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Zhang Yan was not surprised to see that the scene was interrupted. Although the elephant worm's body was as hard as metal and stone, it was only a monster after all. As long as it had not transformed, its intelligence could not be compared to that of humans. It was already rare for it to remember something that happened in just a few breaths.
He probed a little and found that no outsider had been here for at least more than 9,000 years. In other words, the things in the elephant worm's memory should have happened 9,000 years ago, which was very far away from today.
Recalling the figure of the Taoist, he could not help but guess his identity.
Although it was only a glimpse in the Reflection Stone, he could still judge that this person's cultivation was extremely high, and it was very likely that he had reached the Mortal Transformation Realm.
This was not surprising. After all, more than 10,000 years ago was different from now. The cultivators of this generation had contributed a lot to vanquishing the demons.
Judging from this person's clothes and various subtle actions, he should be from the West Continent.
Those cultivators from beyond the sky looked the same as the cultivators of this world, but in fact, there were some slight differences. It was only because the orthodoxy of Qincang School came from beyond the sky, and there were detailed records in books that he could distinguish them so clearly.
He thought to himself, "The scene in the stone just now seems to be in this mountain. If that's the case, it's either that the Sun-devouring Green Locusts are still fighting after being sealed in this small world, or someone else has come here privately."
However, the latter possibility was less likely. With the Abyssal Heavy Water sealing the inside and outside, it was impossible to come here without the Dragon Soul Essence or his Five Elements Escape Method. However, the person who was originally responsible for guarding and suppressing this place could enter this place. As for why he did so, it was unknown.
He thought of the records in the jade book, which were very secretive about what was inside the small world. It seemed that this situation was more complicated than he had imagined.
After wandering around the mountain for half a day, seeing that there were no more valuable clues, Zhang Yan no longer stayed here. Instead, he activated the sword light. Instead, he activated the sword light and came out.
Outside, he glanced around and found that the place where he was originally located was composed of several dark red mountains. Puddles of blood stained the ground.
As for in front of him, it was a dry land. There were no trees or weeds, nor were there any lakes or lakes. What was left was only an undulating, wave-like desert. Only in the distant sky, one could see the shadow of a huge mountain.
Under the situation where the Green Locust could not absorb spiritual vigor, it was highly possible that it was hiding somewhere to hibernate so as to minimize its loss.
And in such a vast small world. If he wanted to find this demon, he would have to put in some effort.
He took out the Revealing Netherworld Pearl and sensed it for a moment. He discovered that Huo Xuan and the others were coming over from where he was. After thinking for a moment, he sat down cross-legged and waited patiently.
Three days later, a water-like golden light flashed in the sky to the left. It arrived in front of the mountain and turned downwards. Golden light struck the ground. Amidst the clear sound of water, a plain-clothed youth emerged. "Hall Master Du Zhen."
Zhang Yan stood up, returned the greeting and said with a smile, "Protector Lu arrived first, did you see anything strange when you came over?"
Lu Junyang replied, "I didn't find anything else. It's just that when I came in, I landed in a withered forest. Because it has been a long time, it has already turned into stone jade. It's just that on each tree trunk, there are many shells of demonic insects that have shed. "
"Oh," Zhang Yan acknowledged. He then asked, "Protector Lu, do you know what kind of demonic insects it is, and how many are there?"
Lu Junyang said, "I happen to know it. This is the Wonderful Sound Cicada. That forest is incomparably vast, and there are at least a million insect shells. "
"A million …" Zhang Yan thought for a moment and said, "The Wonderful Sound Cicada is also a descendant of the Green Locust. Although it is timid, there are a lot of them. Once everyone is gathered, I want to go over and take a look."
The two of them waited here for another day, and a ball of golden light and blazing fire flew over from the right. It was Huo Xuan.
After meeting up with the two of them, Zhang Yan also asked him about the situation. However, Huo Xuan's expression was solemn as he said, "Along the way in my direction, I saw many holes in the ground, broken cliffs, and cracked mountains. There were also many damaged artifacts used by cultivators. It seemed like there had been a fierce battle, but I didn't see any trace of the demon locust."
Zhang Yan nodded. If what Huo Xuan said was true, then according to their previous speculations, after the demon locust was sealed, there were several fierce battles here. Perhaps it was to completely exterminate the demon locust. Since the demon was not dead, it was obvious that the cultivators were defeated.
At this moment, his eyes suddenly flashed, and he turned to look in front of him. He said, "Something's wrong."
At this moment, Huo Xuan and Lu Junyang also felt that something was wrong at the same time. In their senses, the aura that originally belonged to Mu Shoushan had suddenly disappeared.
With Mu Shoushan's magical power and ability, if there was an unforeseen event, it was impossible for there to be no movement at all. In that case, either something had happened, or the Revealing Netherworld Pearl had been destroyed.
Huo Xuan asked in a low voice, "Could it be Zhenren Mu himself?"
Zhang Yan thought about it and shook his head. "It's impossible. Instead, it could have entered a place by mistake, and the aura has been concealed, so we can't sense it."
If something had happened to Mu Shoushan, it could only be because of the obsession of the split soul. However, putting aside the fact that there was a seal in his body, even if the obsession really came out and destroyed the pearl, it would not benefit him at all. Although the split soul was arrogant, it was not a crazy person, so it would not do such a thing.
Huo Xuan said, "Hall Master Du Zhen is right. Whether it was Zhenren Mu's intention to conceal it, or there are other reasons, we can only find out when we go there."
The three of them flew toward the direction where the aura of Mu Shoushan disappeared. However, to prevent any accidents, they restrained their spiritual vigor so as not to shake the land and mountains.
Several hours later, they arrived at a place and stopped. The mountain range here was broken and ravines crisscrossed. The ravines looked incomparably straight, as if someone had used brute force to forcefully cleave out these ravines from the mountain.
Lv Junyang caught a wisp of aura and said, "Zhenren Mu must have been here."
Huo Xuan said in a low voice, "If he deliberately avoided us and didn't leave this wisp of aura, then it must have been an accident."
Zhang Yan looked for a while and suddenly realized that there was something strange about the ravines on the ground. His eyes flashed, and he performed a hand seal to calculate for a moment. He said, "If I'm not wrong, someone has set up a restrictive formation here, and Zhenren Mu must have entered it."
Huo Xuan was surprised. He looked ahead and asked doubtfully, "The spiritual vigor here is weak, so it's a formation. How was it maintained for the past many years? "
Zhang Yan pondered for a moment and said, "The external treasure can collect spiritual vigor and Qi from this place. If someone was controlling it, it's not impossible to pour it back into this place. "
Huo Xuan looked down. His expression gradually became solemn, and he said, "If that's the case, the only thing that's worth guarding is the Sun-swallowing Green Locust."
Zhang Yan said with his hands behind his back, "Whether it's true or not, we'll know once we enter. I know a little about formations, so I'll go in and take a look first. The two of you can wait here."
Huo Xuan knew that he had the North Sea Sword. Even if he encountered the demonic insect alone, he could fight it. Thus, he said, "Hall Master Du Zhen, be careful."
Zhang Yan nodded slightly and took a step inside. His figure swayed, and he disappeared in front of the two inexplicably.
At the same time, Huo Xuan noticed that his aura had also disappeared. He frowned and said, "It seems that the strangeness really came from this restrictive formation."
Lv Junyang didn't say anything and just stood there quietly.
After Zhang Yan entered the formation, he noticed that the Revealing Death Pearl was unable to sense where other people were. It was affected by the formation power. Luckily, after observing, he noticed that this was just a bewildering formation. Since no one was controlling it, it didn't pose any threat to him. He followed the path of the formation veins and walked in. Roughly two hours later, he had already circled around the formation. Since he didn't see any traces of Mu Shoushan, he headed straight for where the formation pivot was.
Not long later, he came to the front of a half-collapsed cliff. There were bug corpses all around, and corpses piled up in the valley. There were marks left from intense battles all around.
Behind the spell altar, there was a huge hole. This hole was bottomless, and it was deathly silent within. Looking at the aura, Mu Shoushan had come here before. Just Now, he had just entered.
Out of caution, he did not immediately chase after him. Instead, he flicked his finger and sent a sword light into the cave. After a short while, he smiled and turned into a ray of light to escape. After traveling for more than ten miles, he arrived at a cave that was obviously created by magic power. Mu Shoushan stood in front and bowed, "Hall Master Du Zhen is here."
Zhang Yan saw his lazy expression and laughed, "Zhenren Mu really made it easy for us to find you."
Mu Shoushan said, "This wasn't my intention. Just Now that this place is weird, I suspect that this place might be where the demon bug is hiding. I wanted to tell the three of you, but Just Now I wanted to avoid it. I didn't expect that I would fall into this place. I don't know much about formations, so after a few turns, I arrived here. However, since I am here, I will settle down and see what secrets this place has."
Zhang Yan said, "Did Zhenren Mu see anything?"
Mu Shoushan moved aside and said, "Why don't Hall Master Du Zhen come over and take a look."
Zhang Yan looked forward and saw that at the end of this place, there was actually an altar. There were many spirit cages placed on top of it, each of them about ten feet tall, and there was a jade curtain hanging in front of them. In front of the altar, there was a tall stone tablet, which was densely engraved with characters.
He looked around and his expression changed slightly, "So this is the burial place of senior's ancestors."
Mu Shoushan sighed, "According to the words on the tablet, although the battle with the Sun-swallowing Green Locust caused heavy injuries, there were many cultivators who died. Their corpses are all here."
Zhang Yan stared at the stone tablet for a moment, only to discover that it was also made from the Reflection Stone. He thought for a while and walked forward. He pressed his hand on it and in an instant, countless figures and scenes flashed in front of him.
After a long time, he let it go and took a few steps back. He sighed and said, "I was puzzled. Since the ancestors had the time to bury their comrades, why didn't they take their corpses away? So this is the truth. Although I didn't think about it before, now that I think about it, the strangeness of this place makes sense."
Just Now, Mu Shoushan didn't think that it was a Reflective Stone. After hearing his words, he was curious and went forward to press his hand. After a moment of daze, he also stood there for a long time and let out a long sigh, "I see."
It turned out that the boundary they saw was not created. Instead, someone used their power to move the place where the two sides fought here.
This boundary was called the He Evil Continent. It was originally the largest island on the West Sea, but the mountains and rocks were so hard that not even a blade of grass grew. There were only some strange trees without branches that cried all year round. It was originally a place where a certain sect in the West Continent imprisoned criminals, which was why it was called "Evil".
In the battle more than ten thousand years ago, the Sun Swallowing Green Locust was lured here by the cultivators. After a battle, although it was seriously injured, they still underestimated the ability of the Sky Demon.
Just as they were about to fail, an almighty cultivator by the name of Hua Qin Zhou, under the advice of the founding master of Jade Heaven Sect, Reverend Yao Han, activated the magical treasure of the sect and moved the entire island into it with the power of fire.
At the same time, he mercilessly sealed the exit and cut off the spiritual opportunity. According to the previous plan, he used the Deep Abyss Heavy Water to suppress it into the Eye of the Sea.
In this way, although the Sun Swallowing Green Locust was trapped, many of the cultivators who were still fighting on the island did not escape. Among them were a few of Hua Qinzhou's good friends.
He also felt guilty about this matter, so he did not leave. After guarding this place for more than a thousand years, he felt that he did not have much time left. When he entered this place again, he realized that all the cultivators in the past had died. Not only were their corpses and bones devoured by the centipedes, but even their souls could not be preserved.
He collected the remains of the cultivators and built a magic altar here to comfort the ancestors. After paying his respects, he set up a maze. Then, he turned around and slaughtered all the disciples and disciples of the Sun Swallowing Green Locust. Then, he raised his sword and challenged the Sun Swallowing Green Locust, which had recovered slightly. Finally, he nailed it to the highest cliff of this place with seven Glory Treasured Sun Nails.
However, he was also a lamp that had run out of oil and was unable to do anything to the demon insect. He used a sword light as a sustenance and imprinted this matter on the monument in front of the altar, hoping that the people who came later could completely eradicate this demon.
Mu Shoushan sighed and said, "Hua Zhenren of the Huaqin Continent was one of the three great cultivators in the West Continent, the headmaster of the Xuanhui Palace. If he had not disappeared, the situation in Donghua would have been difficult to predict. So, he died here."
Zhang Yan nodded. After the four continents were pacified, the sects came down to divide up their territories. This Hua Zhenren had been here for more than a thousand years, so he had obviously missed this opportunity. Although the Xuanhui Palace had occupied a place in the Donghua Continent with its past foundation and the achievements of the ancestors in the sect, in the end, it still declined.
He thought to himself, This also explains why the cultivator didn't speak in detail. Although the demonic insect was suppressed in the end, he also sealed a group of fellow Daoists into this place. This is a dishonorable thing after all. I'm afraid he was too ashamed to write about it.
Mu Shoushan said, "I didn't expect that there were still thirteen people who managed to leave their cultivation methods and supernatural powers behind. Since I'm here, I might as well find a successor for them after this is over."
Zhang Yan agreed and said, "Our ancestors cut through thorns and thorns so that our descendants can enjoy peace. These ancestors should not have ended up like this. If there is a chance, I will naturally fulfill this wish for them."
As for the two of them, they were disciples of the Qincang School and had their own inheritance, so they did not need to covet these things.
Mu Shoushan took a deep breath and said, "Since we already know where the demon insect is, we can go and investigate first. If there is a chance, we can work together to kill it!"
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