Tomb Robber: I, Chen Yulou, am dedicated to cultivating immortality!

The Book of Songs says.

"Mayflies are short-lived creatures that live in the morning and die in the evening."

Guo Pu, the master of Feng Shui in the Jin Dynasty, also wrote in his poem Traveling to the Fairyland, "I ask the mayflies, how can they know the age of tortoises and cranes?"

Generally speaking, the lifespan of adult mayflies is extremely short, ranging from a few hours to a day, and even at most only six or seven days.

Therefore, it is no exaggeration to say that one is born in the morning and dies in the evening.

But these insects in front of us seem to have lived here for countless years.

It uses a sacred tree as its nest and sleeps all year round.

Even though Chen Yulou was born with night vision, he still found it difficult to detect their existence, so much so that at first he thought they were just the colors of the Kunlun sacred tree itself.

"careful!"

"Shopkeeper, be careful!"

The sudden change not only startled Chen Yulou, but also the people at the stone gate behind him.

Kunlun's face was filled with anxiety.

He stood up and rushed out with a cry of surprise.

But there was someone faster than him.

With a tiptoe tap, Partridge Mountain jumped up quickly and landed on the lake in the blink of an eye. He stepped on the water and used the weak recoil force to jump up again.

"Brother Chen...go on!"

While still in mid-air, he took off the umbrella with his backhand and opened it with a bang.

Just throw it away.

The forty-nine mirrors under the umbrellas emitted golden light like a waterfall, all shining towards the "dark clouds" rising on the island.

The Mirror Umbrella of the Mountain Moving Sect was taken out from a Taoist relic by a Taoist monk of the previous generation. Before they practiced in the Taoist sect, the three brothers and sisters only treated it as a protective gear.

It is impervious to wind and rain, and water and fire.

Even if you encounter powerful crossbows or hidden arrows, you can stop them with the mirror umbrella.

I don't know how many times I have saved them over the years.

Now, a ray of majestic spiritual energy flowed in from the handle of the umbrella, and golden light rose from the umbrella, with an astonishing momentum.

boom--

The Taoist aura is the most effective in restraining evil spirits.

At this moment, light and fire shot out, and there was a loud bang. Wherever it shone, the swarm of golden mayflies was instantly pierced through, like white snow under the scorching sun, turning into a wisp of black smoke.

Seeing this, Chen Yulou's heart moved and he subconsciously reached out to catch it.

Before entering the cave, he protected his body with spiritual energy. Although the golden mayflies outside his body were strange, it was impossible for them to break through the protection.

but.

He had seen this mountain-moving magic weapon many times before.

But never had such a terrifying ability.

For a moment, I couldn't help but feel a little surprised.

wow-

At this moment, holding the umbrella handle, a ray of inspiration burst out from the golden elixir. In an instant, the whole mirror umbrella seemed to turn into a ball of flame, burning fiercely.

The golden light is blazing.

Like a big sun.

Almost in an instant, the entire underground cave was illuminated as bright as day.

"This……"

Partridge Whistle, who was planning to help, was stunned when he saw this shocking situation. His pupils constricted and he felt indescribable shock.

It has been more than ten years since the Mirror Umbrella was passed down to him by the previous generation of Taoist monks.

Afterwards, he gave the remaining two to the old foreigner and Hua Ling respectively.

He has always felt that no one in the world today can surpass himself in terms of familiarity and depth of understanding of this magical weapon.

In particular, the spiritual energy flows along the ribs of the umbrella, and the energy ignites the magic mirror, achieving the effect of suppressing evil and breaking the evil.

Even the Taoist monks of previous generations could not accomplish this in their entire lives.

But he never expected it.

This was Chen Yulou's first time touching this thing. With a casual wave of his hand, the golden light that bloomed in the magic mirror was more than a hundred times brighter than his own.

The Mirror Umbrella magic weapon can also be activated by qi and blood.

But the effect is less than expected.

The only real way to mobilize it is spiritual energy.

He had already confirmed this.

Moreover, the more powerful the spiritual energy is and the deeper the qi is, the more terrifying the power of the mirror umbrella will be.

So... we can actually judge from this how powerful the person using the umbrella is.

Standing on a rock, Partridge Whistle raised his head, his amber eyes almost dyed golden by the blazing light.

In his clenched hands, he held another mirror umbrella.

It’s the one that belongs to the old foreigner.

But at this moment, he no longer had the courage to stand in front of Chen Yulou.

"On the foundation."

"Dan formation?"

It seemed as if there were countless voices shouting in Partridge Whistle's heart.

Before this, he had guessed Chen Yulou's realm countless times, but it had never been as clear as it was today.

According to the records in Xuan Dao Foundation Building Exercises.

The realm of cultivation is to gather qi, nourish qi, and refine qi. After going through three small realms, the foundation is built.

Although the subsequent levels are broken.

Not recorded.

But it can be inferred from the six-winged centipede and the corpse king in Pingshan.

After building the foundation, the next step is to condense the pill.

Monsters build their foundation to condense demon pills, corpse kings build their foundation to produce corpse pills, and the Taoists... naturally use a pool of water and fire to refine golden pills!

After all, whether it was the six-winged centipede, the Bottle Mountain Corpse King, or all of them, they all followed the path of breathing in and out and guiding spiritual energy.

Although they are different species, their realms are the same.

Now... seeing the blazing golden light bursting out from the mirror umbrella in Chen Yulou's hand, how could he not understand that, unknowingly, this Brother Chen, who had always been low-key, had already left them far behind.

Stepped into the realm where the six-winged centipede was originally.

The key is.

Human beings are the most intelligent creatures in the world. Their breathing is derived from the circulation of the twelve meridians and the Ren and Du vessels in the human body. They have a natural advantage in practicing the Qigong and building the foundation.

Looks like the same realm.

If he really returns to Pingshan in this body, that six-winged centipede might not be able to withstand even a single blow from Chen Yulou.

the other side.

Chen Yulou was so absorbed in the mirror umbrella that he was completely unaware of what was happening behind him.

I originally thought that the magic whip in Yang Fang's hand was amazing enough, but I didn't expect that... the magic weapon of the Moving Mountain lineage was not inferior at all.

Almost in the blink of an eye.

The swarm of golden mayflies on the Kunlun sacred tree were completely pierced through.

The true appearance of the sacred tree was revealed.

The whole body is as smooth as jade, and the delicate and transparent texture seems to be mixed with a layer of fine gold sand, emitting a faint glow under the light.

Compared to the Dharma drum hanging around Azhiya's waist, although it is also made of the Kunlun sacred wood, it is countless times more gorgeous.

It’s like… this ancient tree in front of me is still alive.

The Dharma Drum sacred tree has lost its vitality.

Chen Yulou was shocked and confused by what he saw.

He had seen many ancient pines and bamboos that had taken root in the rocks in the mountains, but these sacred trees before him clearly looked like they had been dead for countless years.

How could it survive to this day?

"Brother Chen..."

Just as he was concentrating on observing, a low voice suddenly came from behind him.

Looking back.

I saw the complicated face of Partridge Whistle at first glance.

"Brother Dao, what is this?"

Seeing his expression, Chen Yulou was unable to react for a moment.

"No, nothing?"

He shook his head and took a few deep breaths to calm himself down, then pointed at the dead insects scattered all over the ground. Under the light of the mirror, most of the insects were directly melted, but there were a few that escaped.

Still struggling desperately at this moment.

"Is this what Miss Una was talking about?"

"should be."

Chen Yulou nodded.

The mayflies here are invisible and airless. Although they are named with the word gold, in fact the color of their bodies is constantly changing depending on the objects they are attached to.

Just like the few remaining ones on the ground now, they have silently merged into the wind-eroded rocks.

If it weren't for the mad struggle.

It's almost hard to detect their presence.

It is precisely because of this strange characteristic that Una shows an uneasiness that is completely inconsistent with her usual behavior.

Perhaps, when the father and daughter came here, they suffered a lot of trouble from these insects.

"How could such a ghost thing appear in the underground cave?"

Partridge Whistle looked strange.

At least before coming here, I had never seen it once in my hundreds of miles across the Black Desert.

It doesn't make sense to say that they only exist in places with water. After all, the underground river here never dries up, and there are also several puddles that never dry up in the vast black desert.

They had also fetched water when they came.

"I guess it's because..."

Faced with his doubts, Chen Yulou simply pointed to the sacred tree outside him. Even without the light from the wind lamp, it still sparkled brightly in the night, with floating light.

And all around were the black fog, the cliffs, and the depths of the lake.

Countless mayflies that had never died flew towards it desperately and attached themselves to the sacred tree.

It looks like... a moth to a flame!

Seeing this scene, Partridge Whistle couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, and a bold idea suddenly came to his mind.

"It, isn't it still alive?"

Although he had never practiced the Qingmu Changsheng Gong, after entering the state, his five senses and six consciousnesses far exceeded those of ordinary people, and he was also able to sense the majestic vitality emanating from the sacred tree.

A living sacred tree!

Once this news gets out, it will probably attract the attention of countless practitioners.

"should be."

"Mayflies are born in the morning and die in the evening, but they...at least live for several years or even decades."

"I'm afraid it's with the help of the inspiration from the sacred tree."

Chen Yulou did not hide anything, but told the truth about his guess.

Although there were several cultivators among their group, the sacred trees were not the big medicines that grew in the walls of bottle yams that could be used to refine pills for cultivation.

Even if the sacred tree can be cut down.

How to preserve it so that its spiritual energy is not lost is a huge problem.

Not to mention, how can one absorb the inspiration contained therein.

However, the Qingmu Changsheng Gong that he practiced can perfectly match it.

In other words, he is the only one who can practice through this.

"So...Oona?"

Partridge Whistle reacted very quickly and immediately thought of the key.

But Chen Yulou just shook his head and smiled, "Brother, don't worry. There are at least ten trees around this small lake."

"But they should all be dead."

It is not known whether the ancient people of Jingjue discovered traces of the demon country or found a clue from ancient scriptures. In short, they found these ancient sacred trees somewhere in Kunlun Mountain.

They were brought here from thousands of miles away.

It’s a pity that Mount Zaglama is far inferior to Mount Kunlun in terms of spiritual energy and geomagnetism.

Over endless years, the sacred trees died one by one.

The ancients were powerless.

Finally, only this one was left.

"Brother Chen, do you want to borrow it to practice?"

Hearing the hidden meaning in his words, Partridge Whistle asked in a low voice.

So far, although Chen Yulou has never revealed the method he practices, after traveling together for so long, he can still guess a thing or two about the bottle yam wall, the Zhixian and the Rouyu at the foot of Zhalong Mountain.

His eyes flickered at this moment.

It's obvious that he has taken a fancy to it.

"Practice is not something that can be accomplished in half a day, nor can it be accomplished in a short time."

"Let's wait until this is over."

Chen Yulou waved his hand.

He actually wanted to leave everyone behind and stay here to practice in seclusion.

But behind the cave wall in front is the snake cave.

How can we feel at ease with those evil creatures lurking around on the other side of the wall?

"Too."

Partridge Whistle nodded, not surprised.

After knowing each other for so long, he always planned before taking action.

squeak-

While the two were talking.

Suddenly, countless gerbils emerged from the cliff, like sand wolves, aggressive and ferocious, and they seemed not afraid of the people around them at all.

Didn't even look at them.

Just rushed madly towards the underground lake.

Desperately devouring those mayflies.

The mayfly was not to be outdone. It condensed into a dark cloud and attached itself to the gerbil. In the blink of an eye, the dog-like and wolf-like gerbil was drained of blood, leaving only a pile of dry bones and empty skin.

"This……"

See this situation.

The faces of the people outside the door couldn't help but look ugly.

Before, when they saw the mirror light from the umbrella sweeping across and the swarm of insects being helpless, they thought those insects posed no threat.

until now.

Watch the gerbil die instantly.

Everyone finally understood why Una was so afraid of tiny bugs.

"Damn it, those mice must have become spirits."

"I've always heard people talk about mountain spirits and wild monsters. Now I've learned a lot."

"Don't mention it. If we catch one of these and sell it to those masters in the provincial capital who like rare things, we might make a fortune."

"Just don't be afraid of being eaten by them in the middle of the night."

The crowd was not in a hurry to go deeper.

Instead, he watched the fight quietly and with interest.

Mayflies are as numerous as gadflies, but their strength is relatively weak. Although gerbils are few in number, they are very ferocious. They can open their bloody mouths and swallow dozens or even hundreds of them in the blink of an eye.

I don’t know how long it will take.

The melee finally ended with the gerbil's tragic victory.

More than ten corpses were left behind.

The remaining gerbils chose to leave after having a full meal.

However, those golden mayflies that were able to kill people without being noticed had no defense against their natural enemies. Most of them were eaten. The remaining ones could only attach themselves to the sacred tree and desperately devour the spiritual energy.

"Those mice are clever."

"Know the principle of catching fish in a dry rut."

Partridge Whistle watched with great interest and couldn't help but sigh.

Food is already scarce in the Black Desert, and those sand wolves may not be able to catch a single prey even after working hard for a whole day.

They are fine.

I simply regard these golden mayflies as self-help.

Mayflies have an amazing reproductive capacity.

Harvest once in a while.

It means there is an endless supply of food.

Moreover, although it was an extremely ugly sewer creature, it had to be said that the situation here was quite consistent with his school of moving mountains' theory of life, restraint and transformation.

"The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind. Brother, don't forget those black snakes..."

Chen Yulou smiled.

Suddenly he pointed to the other side where the gerbil disappeared.

In the cracks of the cliff shrouded in darkness, countless ghostly lights had appeared without anyone noticing.

Take a closer look.

There were clearly countless black snakes, with their heads raised, a pair of huge pupils on top of their heads, staring at the gerbil corpses with extreme greed.

Look at those twinkling lights.

There are at least hundreds of them.

Completely different from the baby snakes above the temple before.

The black snakes that appeared in the cracks were one or two meters long, or half a person's height. They had distinct scales all over their bodies, and their eyes were cold, which made people shudder at their appearance.

Soon, rustling and strange noises of mucus entangled were heard in the darkness.

"Almost forgot about them."

Partridge Whistle's pupils shrank. Those black snakes left a deep impression on him.

Not just the thirteen dead bodies outside the city.

There are also ancient memories engraved in our bones.

"Brother Chen, use fire?"

Black snakes are afraid of fire and sunlight. This is the conclusion that has been reached before.

Now so many black snakes have suddenly arrived.

If we use fire attack, wouldn't we be able to capture them all in one fell swoop?

But when he heard this suggestion, Chen Yulou did not agree.

"But this is just the tip of the iceberg. The real big player has not yet appeared. Brother...why don't you wait and see?"