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"There will be no other things in the cracks in the space, only the 'crack itself'. Then that kind of 'black ice' can only come from the void?!"

Zhang Yan was taken aback by the thought in his head.But although it is unbelievable, it does not mean that his guess should be the truth.

He didn't dare to get close, but only dared to use his perception to test those things that overflowed from the gap in the space and turned into crystals.Black ice, but not the slightest chill.

"What the hell is this?"

Zhang Yan's perception did not detect any information from the "black ice".It even feels like an ordinary thing.It is no different from the earth and rocks at the bottom of this pit.

"No!" Zhang Yan was sure that this thing was not as simple as he perceived at the moment.Thinking in his heart, the rock rat tribe should not be as good as his perception and cognition at the beginning. Seeing these suspicious scenes, he would only feel that he should have found the right position, and he would not know the danger at all.That's why this "black ice" is brought from the ground to the ground...

Take it to the ground? !

Zhang Yan hesitated for a moment, but in the end he couldn't think of any other way. Anyway, he didn't dare to touch the "black ice" with his body.Only by following the example of the monster rock rats before, maybe moving this thing to the ground will change.With the changes, you should be able to detect how strange and dangerous this thing is.

Make up your mind and stop hesitating.Zhang Yan used mana to cut and control one side of the earth and rock at the bottom of the pit, and then this side of the earth and rock supported the piece of "black ice". Follow this thing to move from the small path to the ground.

This method seems to be a lot of trouble, but it can avoid contact with the "black ice" as much as possible, and the contact with mana is within the scope that Zhang Yan feels needs to be avoided.And his body kept at least five feet away from that thing at all times.

When he came out of the ground and saw the light, an extremely dangerous instinctive reaction in Zhang Yan's perception instantly made him stand on his head, and he quickly moved another five feet away, concentrating on sensing the piece he lifted out. The underground is now placed in the corner of a rocky beach with no one around.

"Does it really 'melt'? How does that thing give me a feeling that it seems to eat away at my soul?"

Zhang Yan was puzzled and somewhat nervous.After all, in his opinion, this thing came from the void that even ordinary immortals could not set foot on, and it made him instinctively feel that it was so dangerous, so it must not be a good thing.

Soon Zhang Yan discovered that this thing was indeed not a good thing, because when this piece of "black ice" began to "melt" slowly, all the living things within a radius of Zhang Xu where it was located, including those living in broken The little bugs in the rocks, the grass and vegetation in the crevices of the rocks lost all their vitality and died directly after just a few breaths.

Not only that, as the piece of "black ice" began to "melt", it turned into an invisible thing and began to spread, and the range it reached was finally fixed at a radius of five to six feet from the point of appearance, and it would completely dissipate if it was farther away. arrive.But what spread out will gradually dissipate.However, the ones that penetrated into the bodies of those bugs would maintain a certain activity, and would not disappear in a short time.

Even Zhang Yan could feel that the things hidden in the corpses of the bugs became active and were deliberately testing his perception.Some would rush out desperately trying to pounce on the insubstantial perception, but in the end they had no choice but to disappear quickly because they were separated from the insect corpse.

Zhang Yan didn't have the slightest idea of ​​getting closer to observe. He kept a distance of twelve or thirty feet, covered with breath and barriers, and then watched by perception. This observation means that night will come before dawn.He didn't take any new actions until the unknown activity in those insect corpses completely disappeared.I caught a gopher from the ground elsewhere, then threw it over, and then stopped the gopher and waited for a while in the same place, reconfirming that there was no problem before it was over.

Zhang Yan naturally had a conclusion in his heart.But it seems to subvert cognition.

Because Zhang Yan felt that the things that melted from the "black ice" were not poison, but something "fresh".But relatively, it doesn't have the vitality that living creatures should have, not even the soul fluctuations of ghosts.In addition, even the yin and yang pupil technique cannot "see", and can only be perceived with vague perception.

Fortunately, this kind of "living creature" can't survive on the ground for too long, even with a living body as a support, it can't survive for half a day.Perhaps this is the reason why the Yaozu died in the same group but did not spread endlessly.

Is there such a "living creature" in the void?

With this kind of question in mind, Zhang Yan found a quiet place nearby, arranged a defensive magic circle for himself, and then plunged into the palace where the books were stored in Wanxiangzhuli.He wanted to look up the relevant records about what "living creatures" existed in the void.

Chapter 390 Evolution

Except for the area that he can't go to for the time being, Zhang Yan read all the space related to space in the palace in Wanxiang Zhuli, especially the classics and miscellaneous news related to void.

Remove the useless content, and the remaining content that can be used as a reference for this time is actually very little.

I don't know if it's because although the Dragon and Tiger Mountain Gate was once brilliant, it is generally just a human sect. Although its foundation is rich, it is far from reaching the level of surpassing the limit of the world.Therefore, the cognition of the void is almost all based on "guessing" and "hearsay".

How the rumors about "The Void" came about is unknown.

According to the records in the classics, there are "living creatures" in the void, but they cannot be compared to "living creatures".There is no connection between the void and normal space, and the existence inside is completely different.

For example, the most frequently mentioned living creature in the void: the demon.

The appearance of heavenly demons is usually accompanied by the word "crossing the catastrophe".It is said that during the time of the tribulation, extreme conditions will appear in the space, which will lead to an intersection with the void in a short period of time, thus attracting the "heavenly demon" in the void.Heavenly Demons cannot exist outside the calamity, so they will only target those who are in the calamity.

Heavenly demons will invade the monk's body and touch things hidden deep in the soul and memory, such as some old troubles, or some hidden flaws, and even infinitely magnify some negative psychological emotions.Most of the monks who survived the catastrophe would perish under these methods.And the Heavenly Demon will return to the void when the calamity converges.

As for resistance, no matter whether it is Taoist scriptures or miscellaneous records, there is no clear method that can work against the demon.What is more respected is "self-cultivation", making one's heart and soul as flawless as possible, so as to resist all kinds of attacks from the demons when the doom comes.

Belonging is to solve the problem fundamentally, but it also fully exposes the helplessness of the demon.Even after such a careful understanding, Zhang Yan understood why Du Jie was a near-death for monks.After all, the level of the demon alone sounds as difficult as reaching the sky. Who can guarantee that he has no flaws in his heart and soul all the way through practice?

In addition to the sky demon, there is also a living creature named "Void Zhi" in the void.

"豸" actually refers to insects, but "豸" specifically refers to the kind of insects without legs.Or hard-to-find bugs.

It's just that the statement about the Void Zhi is much more ambiguous than that of the Heavenly Demon, and it is more inclined to conjecture or guess.It is not like the Heavenly Demon that can use the narration of some monks who have crossed the catastrophe as a basis.

Apart from these two living creatures, Zhang Yan did not find any other similar theories.

And can these ancient records of Longhu Mountain also apply to Huang Tianyu?Zhang Yan thinks it can.After all, void exists on the same level as normal space, and these basic things should not change.

Get out of the Wanxiangzhu.Zhang Yan didn't leave Xiyuan County immediately, but took the Skylark Shuttle to several other places guarded by the monster clan.In the same way, he escaped to the area where the Yaozu made a hole, and without exception, he found signs of space distortion similar to the bottom of the Baimashi rocky beach.

After finding the intensity law of space distortion and testing it vigorously, as before, "black ice" will flow out and become crystal.When it is moved to the ground, the scene of "black spot death" will happen again.It was exactly the same as what Zhang Yan had seen on the Baimashi rocky beach.

This shows that Xiyuan County has indeed been predicted by the Yaozu, and some special changes are taking place.Especially in the area behind Baishi City in Xiyuan County, there are more and more dense anomalies in this space.

Also, why is that kind of "black ice" different when it is underground, but another when it reaches the ground.Zhang Yan's guess is the result of the difference in the intensity of "Yang Qi" and "Yin Qi".In other words, if the Yin Qi is strong, it can limit this "black ice".And Zhang Yan tried it immediately.The result was also as he expected.

It only needs to wrap the "black ice" with almost three times the yin energy in the normal environment as a barrier to prevent it from "melting". It will always be in the state of "ice" and will not pose a threat to the surroundings.And three times the concentration of Yin Qi in the normal environment is exactly the level of Yin Qi deposition deep underground.In terms of analogy, the yin energy on a ghost can almost meet this condition.

But what is the origin of this "black ice", Zhang Yan is more inclined to "Void Zhi".Because the ability of this thing is not great, the yin energy can be controlled, far from the level of the demon.And "intangible" also fits the description in the Taoist scriptures.

So after all this tossing, Zhang Yan had a rough idea of ​​the strange changes in Xiyuan County.At the same time, new questions broke into his heart.

Zhang Yan noticed that the space in Huangtianyu was not stable when he was refining the storage magic weapon, so he guessed that there is actually some kind of defect in this world, it is not complete, so the space is not stable.

The space distortion that appeared in Xiyuan County now seems to further confirm Zhang Yan's guess.

There should be a strong man like Xu Fengyang in the Yaozu, and it predicted that this situation would happen in Xiyuan County.But it is obviously not an immediate thing, but a process of evolution.It appears that this process is not yet over.

"The places guarded by the Yaozu are all places where the space is distorted. They must be waiting for the space in those places to continue to change. According to the current situation, they seem to be waiting for the space barriers in those places to crack. It's enough to kill them. Doesn't it see any benefit? Or is there another purpose?"

After finishing all this, Zhang Yan got up and returned to the cliff mountain.A stone tablet that teaches how to condense Yin Qi to form a magic method was carved and placed in the teaching hall, so that the three apprentices could master it as soon as possible.He had a hunch that the situation in Xiyuan County would accelerate in the next two to three years, and they probably couldn't avoid it in Nanyuan Country, so at least some means of self-protection were needed.

Although those Void Chicks are easy to deal with, and they can't run around in normal space, but once they touch it, it will be fatal.At least Zhang Yan still can't find a way to directly resist this kind of void.

In the following year, Zhang Yan's judgment quietly became a reality in Xiyuan County.

Often after one night, those places guarded by the monster clan will sink a large area from time to time, or directly bulge a small dirt bag.

The "black-spotted death" that had stopped before also appeared again, and it didn't even need the rock rat monsters to dig down. With the ups and downs of the terrain, it would suddenly kill the nearby monsters.

Chapter 391 Trouble

Cliff Mountain, Mid-Levels, Lingxiu Building.

This place has the best scenery in the middle of the mountain and is the closest temple to the stream in the mountain.It is also the usual residence of the three brothers and sisters Wang Nian.

"Huh? Where's Brother Stone? Why haven't you come out yet?"

In the hall of the palace, Yang Rui was pacing back and forth with his hands behind his back, looking towards the steps behind him from time to time.There was a bit of anxiety in his eyes.

On a chair not far from Yang Rui sat Liu Rui who was reading a book.Hearing Yang Rui's soliloquy and anxiety, Liu Rui smiled and said, "Brother Wood, you don't need to be in a hurry. Just like I told you, you should come down. Anyway, you are not about to get married right in front of you." , Maybe there will be new changes in a few years? At that time, what should you do if you are willing again? If it’s really not possible, then you can just refuse it? "

The thing is that Yang Rui is now ten years old. According to the marriage agreement between Nanyuan Kingdom and Huayue Kingdom, Yang Rui should formally sign a marriage contract with the princess of Huayue and exchange tokens of love.You can officially get married when you are 15 or 16 years old.

Now Yang Rui is anxious about this matter, he doesn't want to go back to Yuanding, let alone get married.The years in the mountains are what he likes the most.As soon as he thought of the troublesome chores in the palace, and the need to travel to Huayue in the future, he immediately felt disgusted with the matter of getting married.

As far as Yang Rui is concerned, what he believes most now is the opinion of his master.But the master is currently retreating to attack the realm, and the entire upper half of the cliff mountain has been sealed off by a large formation, so even if he wanted to ask, he couldn't ask.

Second, Yang Rui wanted to hear Wang Nian's opinion, and also wanted the other party to think of a way for him.After all, Wang Nian would talk about "marrying a daughter-in-law" from time to time, and he seemed to understand it very well, and Wang Nian could always come up with some tricks to solve troubles.Yang Rui still believes in his elder brother.

But Wang Nian has been in seclusion since two days ago, saying that he wants to make alchemy, so he should come out today.But now it was almost noon, and there was still no one, so Yang Rui was a little anxious.

As for Liu Rui, who was smiling beside him, Yang Rui had no choice.He couldn't hide his affairs from Junior Sister, and he also knew that Junior Sister purposely followed to watch the excitement.The suggestion he made also made him feel very unreliable.

Seeing that Yang Rui was still silent, Liu Rui continued to laugh and said: "Brother Mutou, in fact, if you don't want to get married, the sooner you refuse, the better. It will be troublesome if you procrastinate. Didn't the master say that? Don't you stop being disturbed by it?

If you feel that you can't get rid of the sympathy, you can give some compensation.Bone-strengthening Pill, or you can ask Shitou to help you refine a Biqing Pill.How can they be worth that kindness? "

"Hmph! Shut up, little mantou! You speak lightly. This is not about me alone. It concerns the royal family of Nanyuan Kingdom. How can you be careless? Hey, but it's really annoying!" , so there are many worries.It will also make Yang Rui feel very depressed.

Speaking of which, Yang Rui even let out a long sigh, feeling envious of Liu Rui and Wang Nian's background more than once.How could there be any need for him to be constantly involved in breaking things like him every day?Practice matters are often disturbed.Especially with age, this irritability becomes more and more obvious.

"Hee hee, brother Wood, you are so wrong. You can do whatever you want in practice. If you are so reluctant to do it, it is against your original heart. If you continue like this, you may be in trouble!"

"Go, go, go! I just saw the brother's joke. Have you finished your homework? Are you idle here? Be careful that the master will test you after leaving the customs. If you can't answer well, you have tasted the taste of the golden hoop!"

"Hmph! Brother Wood, I'm not afraid. I finish my homework before you. The one who should be worried is Brother Stone! He forgets everything as soon as he makes alchemy. If he doesn't finish his homework this time, Then when the master leaves the customs, he will wear a golden hoop."

The two hadn't quarreled a few words, and suddenly heard a muffled sound from upstairs.And a scream.

Liu Rui burst out laughing.

And Yang Rui also looked towards the stairs with a smile, and said, "Brother Shitou blew up the furnace again?"

"Hee hee, it's good to fry the stove. We both are optimistic about not lending our alchemy stove to brother Shitou. In case he becomes obsessed again and forgets about his schoolwork."

"Well. Naturally."

There was a sound of footsteps coming down the stairs.Wang Nian, who had grown a lot, walked down the stairs quickly with gray and black stains on his face.The clothes on his body were even more smoky with many holes.

Seeing Yang Rui and Liu Rui downstairs, Wang Nian quickly ran a few steps.After coming down, he grabbed Yang Rui and was about to go back upstairs. He said as he walked, "Wood, come on, lend me your stove. Anyway, you can't use it because your alchemy smells like shit. I'll get it right away." If you can figure out a new alchemy formula, you just need to get rid of the flaws in controlling the fire..."

But before Wang Nian finished speaking, Yang Rui beside him smiled and said, "Brother Shitou, I can't lend you the stove. Don't forget that your homework has not been touched at all. Master has been in seclusion for half a month, and one day he suddenly appeared. Maybe Guan, you should first think about the consequences of not finishing your homework before considering your new alchemy."

Wang Nian: "...Du, has it been more than half a month?" While talking, he looked to Liu Rui beside him for confirmation.Seeing Liu Rui nodded, Wang Nian grinned stiffly, grabbed Yang Rui's arm, and said in a low voice: "Wu Mu, brother helped you make a lot of pills, you can't just ignore death! Help brother finish it." How about a little homework? Not much, just help me with half of it, and I will do the rest myself, how about it?"

Yang Rui was taken aback.But before he could open his mouth, Liu Rui had already laughed and said, "Brother Shitou, don't mess around. Your homework, Brother Wood, can't do it for you even if he wants to? Besides, how dare you lie to Master? "

Wang Nian snorted twice, waved his hands, looked unlovable, turned his head and walked upstairs without mentioning the alchemy furnace.It looked like he was going to finish the homework he didn't do.

"Don't, brother Shitou, do I still have something to discuss with you?"

"What's the matter? I'm in a hurry to make up my homework. You don't want to get me punished!" Wang Nian stared at his eyes, his face was like a cat, and he felt a sense of joy.Not only did Liu Rui laugh so hard that her stomach hurt, but even Yang Rui had difficulty holding back her laughter.

But Wang Nian didn't know how funny his appearance was at this time, he followed Yang Rui to the side, and after listening to it for a long time, he was amused by what Yang Rui said.

"I said wood, you are really wood! The boys in our village have to work hard to find a wife, and the whole family laughs. You are good, and the daughter-in-law comes to the door and pushes away? What on earth are you doing?" want?

It's okay, I won't laugh at you anymore.Actually, I don't think this is difficult, right?Didn't Master recently say that something big is going to happen to Xi Mian?If you can't get rid of the sympathy, you can use this excuse to deal with it first.But it will be another year or two.Then you have to plan again.Either get married, or break up early.Otherwise, it would be annoying to be so indecisive, right? "

Chapter 392 Urgent

Zhang Yan finally touched the threshold of the late stage of returning to the gods a month and a half ago.Then, using the hoarded ghosts and exorcising the merit and aura obtained in one go, he finally started another breakthrough.

The three realms of returning to the gods are all following the primordial spirit.From refining the primordial spirit, and then tempering the primordial spirit.Every substantial progress represents a small level of improvement.

The key lies in the word "yang".

In the middle period, Zhang Yan's Yuanshen was beaten to reveal a layer of yang energy, and at the same time the structure of the Yuanshen was also beaten more tightly.Now to climb to the later stage, the tempering of the primordial spirit is naturally still in that vein.It's just that the extreme yang energy that appeared at the last moment last time was poured from the top of his head frantically from the beginning this time, and participated in every beating of the primordial spirit.

The yang energy must penetrate into every inch of the primordial spirit, and it must be constantly pounded and tightened, so that the special consciousness structure of the pure energy of the primordial spirit will change towards the direction of the entity.

During the process, a series of mysterious "reasons" began to pour into Zhang Yan's consciousness under the guidance of Huang Tianyu as always.And these "reasons" are the driving force, or the method, for him to continue to temper his soul.Otherwise, according to the previous "reasons", it would not be possible to temper the soul of Zhang Yan today, let alone the mysterious transformation from fiction to reality.

Zhang Yan also naturally immersed himself in the feeling of "truth", and at the same time, under the guidance of his subconscious mind, he continued to beat the "boring" soul, completely driving a trace of extreme yang into his soul.

I do not know how long it has been.Zhang Yan's consciousness was awakened by the almost extremely intense state emanating from the soul.

So suddenly it has been a full three months.And he also officially entered the late stage of returning to the gods when his primordial spirit was like a small golden sun.

At this point, even if Zhang Yan feels it by himself, he will feel that his primordial spirit has no impurities at this time, and his whole body is almost as if it was made entirely of extreme yang energy.

"Is this the 'Guyang' mentioned in the Daoist scriptures?" Zhang Yan was not in a hurry to start laying a solid foundation, but was carefully feeling the changes he had obtained from this breakthrough.Whether it is the body, the soul, or the primordial spirit, he must grasp any changes immediately.Then comb down and consolidate the realm.

Even compared to previous breakthroughs, this time Zhang Yan appeared to be more cautious after the breakthrough.After the breakthrough, he continued to retreat for a month to lay a solid foundation and familiarize himself with the new strength.

The reason why Zhang Yan is so cautious is that the late stage of Returning to the Gods is likely to be the last state he can pass through easily on his way of practice.The next breakthrough is the big realm checkpoint, and it is necessary to hit the combined realm.And the body-fit environment has a lot to say in the Taoist scriptures.Because the monk's first catastrophe appeared when he broke through the big realm of returning to the gods and breaking into the body.

Taoist scriptures call it: Nine Heavens Tribulation.

If it is anything else, Zhang Yan can think that he will be cheated by this side of Huangtianyu directly like those levels in the previous realms.But the next breakthrough was very different.

Because according to the Taoist scriptures, the state of integration is the fusion of the primordial spirit and the yang, and this process needs to rely on the thunder of the heavenly tribulation as the intermediate force to forcibly blend.That is to say, if this side of Huang Tianyu helped cheat to avoid the catastrophe, Zhang Yan would not be able to step into the combined state at all. If he wanted to step in, he would have to go through the catastrophe.

Zhang Yan was not in a hurry when he had not stepped into the late stage of returning to the gods.After officially stepping in now, to be honest, he really felt the urgency he had never had before.

Withdrawing all the large formations on the upper half of the cliff mountain, Zhang Yan walked out of the secret room.Looking at the sea of ​​clouds in the distance, he let out a long breath.

It seems that he wants to exhale the tension in his heart about the catastrophe.

After a while, there was the sound of rapidly rising and falling footsteps behind him, and they stopped a few feet behind Zhang Yan.Naturally, he felt that the big formation was withdrawn, and he knew that it was Wang Nian and the other three who had been released by his master.

"Disciple welcomes Master to leave the customs!"

Zhang Yan felt that the four months had passed by in a flash.But this is not a short period of time.Compared to living in the source city for a few days every month, it is too long.

"Get up. Are you done with your homework?"

"Responding to Master's words, it's all done!" The leader was Wang Nian, so he answered loudly on behalf of the other two.The voice is full of confidence.Only he himself knows that he completed those homework half a month ago.It took more than twice as much time as Liu Rui and Yang Rui.If it wasn't for the fact that the master's exit time was much shorter than before, he would have suffered this time.

"Very good. I stayed in the mountains for too long this time. Let's go back to Langyuan City first. Then I will test what you have learned during this time." Zhang Yan didn't know what Wang Nian said during his retreat. The kid almost didn't do his homework.Now thinking about going to Langyuan City first and not showing up for four months, the family must be worried.

Naturally, the three children would not object.Wang Nian grinned even more.

Zhang Yan raised his hand to summon Skylark Shuttle, and not long after leading the three apprentices, he landed directly in the backyard of Zhang Mansion.The Zhang family was elated.