one's door

Continue to talk about the situation of Xuanshi Mountain, this time it is Zhou Cang who is making the introduction.It is also the latest change in the last two days.But before that, Zhou Cang first asked a question that had been troubling him for a long time.

"Sir, I have a question I would like to ask sir."

"Oh? Master Zhou, please tell me."

"The bells made by Mr. are now very sought-after and necessary in Xiyuan County. Even the bells made by Mr. were used in the great battle a few years ago so that the brothers of the Western Army can advance and retreat. They don't have to be as panic-stricken as the Yaozu. Yes. Said that Mr. Wang contributed the most to the victory of that battle!

But the bell also made me discover a strange thing. It seems that there are some dangerous things on the ground in Xiyuan County that we can't see, but we can use the bell to warn in advance.And the Yaozu will be unable to maintain the supply line under the ravages of those dangerous things, and in the end they can only flee back in a hurry.

Since Mr. has refined the bell, he must know everything.There are many speculations in the Western Army about this matter, but the top guards are extremely strict, and there is no way to explore it.I don't know if you can tell me about it in person?If it's inconvenient, just pretend I didn't say anything. "

Zhou Cang dared to say this in front of Zhang Yan.He wasn't worried about causing any trouble in front of Zhang Yan.This trust is still there.

Zhang Yan was stunned for a moment, but he didn't expect Nanyuan Nation to keep the matter of the Spiritual Clan so tightly.But think about it too.Ordinary people are still threatened by the Spirit Race. If it spreads casually, who will be safe for ordinary people who are the cornerstone of society?At that time, it will be a fatal blow to any country.It is even extremely detrimental to the entire human race.

But since Zhou Cang asked, Zhang Yan was not going to hide it.On the one hand, it is not easy to refuse a request for help from a friend.On the other hand, for Zhang Yan, the Spirit Race is already in his planning of practice, and it is a problem that must always be solved.If it can be solved, then the spirit clan will no longer be a big problem in the future, and whether they know it or not will have little effect.

So Zhang Yan organized the words in his heart, and told Zhou Cang about the Lingzu in a very simple way.There is no complicated power structure involved, just clarifying "there are spirit races in the world" and "what kind of things are spirit races".

But even the very brief narration still made Zhou Cang's eyes pop out.The horror in his heart made him spill the tea in his hand all over the coffee table without realizing it.

"So those spirit races might jump over and eat people all the time?" Zhou Cang swallowed.When he first met this kind of news, he really couldn't accept it for a while, and even his mind froze.

"Hehe, Master Zhou, don't worry too much. Although the Spirit Race has its unique features, they still have concerns because of the strong energy and blood of the warriors. They mainly target some ordinary people. But there are also people who specialize in dealing with them, that is you I have also seen that the special case department is specially set up for the spirit race, and they have means to deal with the spirit race."

Zhou Cang managed to calm down his emotions, apologized, and realized that he had lost his composure just now.But more, he was tactful and didn't ask any more questions.It is probably enough to know one, and if he knows more, he is worried that if he leaks the news and makes himself feel uncomfortable, it will not be worth it.

Bring back the previous topic.Zhou Cang said: "Sir, I didn't understand why there was a terrible wind on the Black Mountain at night, and you could often hear the warning bells you wore when you got closer. Now that you said that, does it mean that those who are not Eldar belonging to 'living creatures' are climbing Montenegro on a large scale?"

"Huh? There are other things like this?" Zhang Yan didn't expect a mysterious stone mountain to come out, and the demon and human races who had been on the bright side were helpless, but the spirit race seemed to have the upper hand.

But things are indeed as Zhou Cang said, Xuanshi is a threat to "living creatures", but not at all to dead things like the spirit race.Even Xuanshi was originally the main material used to refine "ghost weapons" recorded in Taoism.Complement each other?

But I just don't know if it is the demon spirit clan or the human spirit clan, or both?

After chatting for a while, Zhang Yan didn't stay in the military camp for long, nor did he choose to stay here.He just came to take a look at Zhou Cang, and after watching it, he still had to do business.

After pasting a few talismans to soothe the nerves and strengthen the soul, Zhang Yan flew straight towards Xuanshi Mountain not far from the military village.

Although you can still feel the discomfort as you get closer, it's just discomfort for Zhang Yan, who has the primordial spirit Guyang and has made a defensive talisman.The vitality in his body will not be disturbed by Xuanshi Mountain.

Chapter 416

Zhang Yan had never heard of something like Xuanshi Mountain, not to mention seeing it with his own eyes.Even in the legendary age of the earth, there is no such record.

So Zhang Yan also knew nothing about what was on Xuanshi Mountain.

However, relying on Yuanshen Guyang's ability, Zhang Yan would not be disturbed by the characteristics exuded by Xuanshi, allowing him to approach this strange Xuanshi mountain for investigation.

"despair."

There was a crisp sound when the boots stepped on a flat place on the profound stone, and when you looked down, you could see a crack similar to the sole of the shoe.It's like stepping on a mirror.

Zhang Yan looked around curiously, and there was nothing strange in his perception, so he squatted down, stretched out his hand to brush the surface of the mountain under his feet, and pressed hard from time to time, it didn't take much force to crack the surface of the mountain.

"Is this the mirror effect caused by weathering?" Zhang Yan didn't remember that Xuanshi had the characteristic of "brittle body".But some of the mysterious stones I feel in my hand are undoubtedly mysterious stones. The only possibility is that the mountain has existed for too long or the environment it once existed in is unique, which resulted in the phenomenon of mirroring the surface of the mysterious stones, otherwise it would never be so brittle.

After making this judgment, Zhang Yan looked around again, whether it was steep or slightly gentle terrain, except for the crack where he was standing, all the other places around him were as smooth as a mirror.

"It looks like I'm the first entity standing here?"

With the mirror-like brittle surface of the mountain here, any solid stepping on it should leave traces.And those creatures that are too small will not be able to come due to the disturbance of vitality.

Zhang Yan didn't really walk steadily step by step, he was worried that he would step on some pitfalls.So he unfolded the soaring technique and began to fly slowly a few inches above the ground.

The location where Zhang Yan landed was near the top of the Xuanshi Mountain, and he continued to walk around in circles.

If you ask if you have found anything, yes.That is, Zhang Yan can always find some holes in some cracks in his perception along the way.It's not the kind of smooth and regular holes, some of them seem to be formed on the Xuanshi Mountain itself.The big ones are the size of a fist, and the small ones are not as big as a walnut.

The reason why these holes attracted Zhang Yan's attention was that they were all extremely deep, and they all went deep toward the center of Xuanshi Mountain.And Zhang Yan's perception will always be blocked by a strange force at a similar position when he probes down these holes.

When Zhang Yan went round and round like this to the halfway up the mountain, he found a characteristic of those holes in his heart.That is, these cavities should radiate out from the central mountain of Xuanshi Mountain.It can be imagined as frozen tofu full of holes, but the holes are twisted and twisted, but they all end up in one place.

And the mountain in the center has a "sphere" formed by a strange force. Zhang Yan's perception cannot penetrate, and he cannot probe into the situation further inside.

But these discoveries alone have shown that this Xuanshi Mountain is definitely much more complicated than it appears on the surface.

Zhang Yan continued to wander down.The closer it is to the middle and lower part of the mountain, the more hollows there are, and a "smell" that Zhang Yan is very familiar with begins to appear in the air.

It's the smell of ghosts!

If there was a ghost smell here before, Zhang Yan would have been suspicious, but after hearing Zhou Cang's mention in advance, he just said "Sure enough" in his heart.He didn't care, but continued to focus most of his attention on perceiving the mountain.

But when Zhang Yan continued to go down in a circle, he stopped after less than half a cup of tea, his nose moved very frequently, and his brows also wrinkled into the word "Chuan".

"The yin qi hasn't changed much, but why is there so much yin and soul aura here?" That's why Zhang Yan frowned.

It can be said that Zhang Yan is extremely familiar with the ghosts that he regards as a way to obtain merit and aura.Whether it is a wild ghost or a fierce ghost, or even a ghost like the ghost king who touches the threshold of ghost cultivation, the essence is the same.Although it is not a living thing, it is also a different kind of existence.It relies on the independent soul body formed by the intertwining of soul, hostility, and evil spirits.

The special residue of Yin Qi is the "trace" left by ghosts, indicating that ghosts have been here.And the strength of the ghost and the time it took to pass through can be judged by the remaining Yin Qi.There is a book dedicated to "hunting ghosts" in the Dragon and Tiger Mountain Gate, which contains detailed descriptions of tracking the whereabouts of ghosts. Zhang Yan once roughly flipped through it, and was deeply impressed by some fragments in it.

For example, it is said in the book that ghosts will leave some evil spirits when they use their means.The thicker the residual evil spirit, the stronger the ghosts have fought fiercely here.Or ghosts have died.

Truth is like human blood.Fighting and killing wounds will leave blood stains.If someone had cut off his head, there would be even more bloodstains left behind.

In the same way, the evil spirit here is a bit too strong.

It would be fine if it was a ghost lair or a perennial spooky place, but this is a strange place that just appeared not long ago, so ghosts can make their homes here?

If he hadn't made a home here, then he had encountered some troubles here that left such a strong evil spirit.

The more you go to the foot of the mountain, the more intense the residue of this evil spirit becomes.Even stronger than the ghost lair.It was like entering a killing field, a killing field dedicated to killing dismembered ghosts.

Moreover, Zhang Yan didn't see anything related to the Yaozu on the mountain.You must know that Zhou Cang said that a large number of monster races risked their lives to rush forward.

where are they

Afterwards, Zhang Yan went underground again, and found that the whole Xuanshi Mountain seemed to appear here out of thin air, and it was not deep into the ground, it was more than twenty feet deep, which was actually not stable for such a high mountain.

There is no difference between the surface of this part of the mountain that goes underground and the part that is exposed to the ground. The same is that the surface is extremely brittle, but due to the backlog of underground soil and rocks, there is no longer a smooth surface.Moreover, it is also full of holes of different sizes, and these holes also extend towards the center of Xuanshi Mountain. After entering the range of the sphere shrouded in mysterious power, it is impossible to use perception to explore.

Zhang Yan also tried to use the earth escape to enter the mountain.But in the end it failed.Profound stones do not belong to "earth" nor "gold". This kind of thing is very repulsive to escapism.Zhang Yan wants to escape inside, at least for now, there is no other way.

Such a large circle of ground and ground is completed.Zhang Yan had a preliminary idea about this Xuanshi Mountain in his mind.But not enough.He set up the skylark shuttle and flew to hover at high altitude, then sat cross-legged in meditation, waiting for the night to fall.

Perhaps at night, Xuanshi Mountain will have another scene.

Chapter 417 Tentacles

The night came as expected, Zhang Yan sat cross-legged on the Skylark Shuttle with his eyes closed, and the clouds and mist around him seemed to be faintly visible.

The position of Skylark Shuttle is tens of feet higher than that of Xuanshi Mountain, and it can no longer be seen from the ground at this height.But Zhang Yan's perception allowed him to grasp all the subtle changes around Xuanshi Mountain very clearly.

In the evening, another group of monsters gathered at the foot of Chaoxuanshi Mountain. Could it be that they wanted to forcefully climb up again?

In terms of spending their lives, the monster race is obviously more willing than the human race.Dozens of hundreds of Yaozu lives are nothing in the eyes of those decision makers of Yaozu.It's just miscellaneous soldiers. If they die, they die. They don't feel bad at all.

However, the monster race is not the focus of Zhang Yan's attention. What he pays attention to is the large number of spirit race that gradually began to emerge from the ground as night fell and gathered at the foot of Xuanshi Mountain.

It was the same as what Zhang Yan had guessed before.Among the gathered spirit clans were not only human spirit clans, but also demon spirit clans, and the number of demon spirit clans was even larger.There is also a clear distinction between them, and the mutual hostility is obvious, but they didn't fight, and they roared and howled at each other a few times.

This is not the first time Zhang Yan has seen ghosts with such discipline.Back then when he was blocking the dead paths of Nanyuan Kingdom, he had experienced these ghosts playing tricks to deceive him into a trap.

Now it seems that these ghosts at the foot of Xuanshi Mountain should be waiting, waiting for the darkest time when the night comes.

They didn't even pay attention to those monster races who were not far away from them.And the leader is the two-headed ghost king.

Not only was the bustle brewing under Xuanshi Mountain, but Xuanshi Mountain itself also had some other movements in Zhang Yan's perception.During the daytime when Zhang Yan wandered around, Xuanshi Mountain was dead and silent, but after nightfall, there were really "horse feet" exposed.

In Zhang Yan's perception, there was movement from the dense network of holes almost all over the body of Xuanshi Mountain.But it was weird, the movement was clearly in his perception, but it had no similarity with the "existence" that Zhang Yan knew.

First of all, it is not a living thing, because it has no breath, no vitality, and no substance.Secondly, it is not a dead thing like a ghost, because it doesn't even have soul fluctuations.

Then why use "movement" to speculate?It was because the surge of energy that Zhang Yan felt in his perception was not a hasty advance or retreat, but a probe that seemed to be cautiously probing before reaching out.

Like tentacles that have no entity and are in the form of pure energy.

So are these tentacles a part of a whole, or do each belong to an independent individual?After careful observation, Zhang Yan thought that these tentacles should be a whole.Because although there is no breath or soul fluctuations in this thing as a difference, the nature of the energy is the same, and the strength is the same. If it is an individual, there should always be some subtle differences.

"Could this be the ball hidden in the center of Xuanshi Mountain?" Zhang Yan thought speculatively.

In addition to being surprised, there was another thought in Zhang Yan's mind, that is, is this thing a living thing?In other words, although it is completely different from the creatures in Zhang Yan's cognitive system, who in the world stipulates that there cannot be a creature that does not even have a soul and exists purely in the form of energy?

Different species, there must be something different, right?

While thinking about it in his mind, Zhang Yan continued to pay attention to the changes in the situation on Xuanshi Mountain below.It wasn't the Spirit Race that moved first, but the Monster Race.They don't seem to give up, but they are not rushing around.Instead, they took out a strange looking fruit and swallowed it.After waiting for a short while, they started to set out to enter the area of ​​influence of Xuanshi Mountain.

Zhang Yan was dumbfounded on the Skylark Shuttle. In his perception, those monsters who had devoured that strange fruit suddenly seemed to be sucked out of their vitality and turned into "walking dead"? !

Of course, it doesn't really turn into walking dead, nor does it really lose its vitality, but the vitality of these monster races is covered up to the extreme. From the perspective of perception, although they are still alive and kicking at this time, they have no vitality at all. , "dead" belongs to.

The changes in these monster races obviously came from the fruits they ate.Moreover, in Zhang Yan's opinion, this kind of coming prepared would definitely not be the result of the Yaozu's thinking.It should have benefited from Baronka's guidance.

Before meeting Baronka in Haoyue Demon Country, Zhang Yan remembered that Baronka had said that it was the demon clan of Haoyue Demon Country who "found" him, and that's why it attacked Zhang Yan.In other words, there is a means of connection between the demon clan and the demon god Baronka.

It's like the martial arts academy that exists in every country in the world of the human race and enjoys a very high status.Zhang Yan thought that it must be the means of communication that Wu Sheng Xu Fengyang stayed with the human race.

However, compared to Baronka, it seems that Xu Fengyang seldom reveals anything to the people.Otherwise, the human race would not have been as passive as it is now in the change in Xiyuan County from the beginning to the end.

While thinking wildly, Zhang Yan saw these monster races stepping into the influence range of Xuanshi Mountain.The effect of that fruit is outstanding, it not only hides the vitality of these monster races, but also seems to wrap it up, without leaving the characteristics of the mysterious stone to disturb, so that those monsters who should have stepped into the range of the mysterious stone will die soon The family has not been affected for the time being, and the scattered search battles along the way began to climb up.

But it can also be seen that although these monster races have found a way to resist the influence of Xuanshi Mountain, they have no understanding other than this.From the foot of the mountain, they seemed to be meticulous about everything, and each monster clan even picked up a few broken black stones and put them in their pockets.

The speed of the monsters climbing up the mountain was not fast, and almost half a stick of incense after they climbed the mountain, the nearly thousand spirits gathered at the foot of Xuanshi Mountain also started.

Like the Monster Race, the Spirit Race also looked like they were searching, even deliberately keeping a distance from the Monster Race, and at the same time staring at them closely.

And those holes hidden in various rock crevices or depressions on Xuanshi Mountain are the focus of the monster and spirit clan's search.

But even the spirit race cannot sneak into the black stone. Facing those holes, even if they can get in with the advantage of the stretchability of the soul body, they are also afraid of whether there is any danger inside, and no one has tried it yet.

Zhang Yan could see clearly with his senses at high altitude.No matter the monster race or the spirit race should belong to the state of "Although I don't know what's here, but I know it's dangerous".

And those shooting-like things inside Xuanshi Mountain were also testing, but they didn't get out, they just swung their tips twice when they were close to the opening of the hole, and then retracted.

As the monster race and the spirit race gradually climbed up, in the holes that they had searched just now, tentacles have stretched out and rolled up, and they seem to be entangled with each other on purpose, and soon it is like It is to form an invisible net wall.

Chapter 418 Eating

To suffer!

Zhang Yan's perception has insight into everything that happened inside and outside Xuanshi Mountain.I understand that the Yaozu and Lingzu below will suffer.It will also reveal to him what the previous Yaozu and Lingzu have experienced on this mysterious stone.

Not long after seeing them, Yaozu and Lingzu stepped into a relatively flat area.

And it was this area that made Zhang Yan feel the unusual yin and soul aura during the day.

Sure enough, at the same time that Zhang Yan thought to himself that the demon and spirit races below were about to suffer, the killing below really started.It's like a Venus flytrap on Earth, opening its mouth, waiting for the prey to crawl in, and then snapping its mouth shut again.Nothing fancy, just the simplest brutality.

I saw those tentacle-like things coming out of the small holes in all directions, and bit by bit from the upper and lower sides, they surrounded the monsters and spirits who were trying to search the mountain.After the entanglement of the upper and lower net walls is completed, the killing will officially begin.

"Huh? There seems to be something in this hole?!"

A demon clan leaned over to a baby's arm-thick hole and listened. It seemed to hear a sound coming from it just now.

"Things? Don't you read it wrong?"

"Really there is, uh!"

"What's the matter? Tell me! Hey, what's wrong with you? You... the enemy! The enemy! Watch out for those holes, there are um..."

The tentacle-like thing changed from the soft and timid appearance in Zhang Yan's perception before, and it can plunge into the body of the monster race like a sharp arrow at an extremely fast speed.No matter how tyrannical these demon clan's physical bodies are, whether they are wearing armor or not, and how quick their reactions are, they are all vulnerable to these tentacles.

Unlike other kills, these tentacles kill and plunder at the same time.When the tentacles pierced the bodies of these monster races, it was like a mosquito sucking blood. With a sharp jerk, the fleshy bodies of those monster races would deflate visibly with the naked eye.

Not only the flesh body of the monster race, but also the clothes and armor on them will also be twisted and sucked away by the invisible force.But the invisible tentacles are still invisible, even when absorbing things, there is no change.Where did the flesh and blood, bones, clothes and steel get sucked away?How could it disappear completely?

In just three or five breaths, a demon soldier completely disappeared.And the disappearance of a demon general will not be much slower than that of a demon soldier.

This is not only for the demon species, but also for the spirit race.At this time, including the two ghost kings, they were also attacked by dozens of tentacles.

Not that no one fought back.Rather, tentacles of pure energy nature can hardly be found by the demon and spirit races. Even the two ghost kings barely noticed the existence of the tentacles until they barely felt the surge of energy at the last moment.But if they dodge, firstly, there are too many, and secondly, they are not so fast at all to dodge.

Not to mention the means of counterattack.There is no point in smashing entities with knives, choppers and hammers.Physical strength is useless.And the experience of ghosts is similar.Even if the two ghost kings have some magical means similar to the five elements, it's useless, and the tentacles don't take it at all.

Can't see clearly, can't avoid, can't stop.In addition, there was no news from the Yaozu and Lingzu who came to explore the mountain before, and all the Yaozu and Lingzu who climbed the mountain lost the courage to continue to stay, turned around and started running down the mountain.

But it is easy to go up the mountain and difficult to go down the mountain. All the roads down the mountain are blocked by the network wall formed by layers of tentacles behind, and it is still a dead word to bump into it hastily.

Let alone ghosts if the Yaozu died here, no dregs would stay behind, let alone their souls.

And the spirit race is interesting.Although they are also swallowed by the tentacles, they are not like the Yaozu who swallowed all the clothes and weapons completely without leaving any dregs, but the yin and hostility in the soul will remain, like exhaust was placed in place.