As Zhang Yan got closer, the strange stone shook violently under the pressure of the majestic Qi emanating from his body.
After Zhang Yan arrived a meter away from the stone, he didn't continue forward, and then he started walking around the stone. After sensing it for a short moment, his eyes narrowed. The vital energy of this object was mottled and aged, and it was muddy like smoke. Thus, he was able to determine that it was created artificially. Objects that were created naturally had a pure vital energy that wasn't evil or impure, and it absolutely didn't look like this.
This wasn't to say that things with clear and upright Qi were born innately, but anything with impure Qi could be determined to be acquired after birth.
With a flick of his finger, the two blood stones flew toward the strange stone. However, when they were three feet away from the stone, they seemed to be pulled by an invisible force and slowly sank into the stone. Finally, they disappeared.
There was a flash of light in the matrix door, and Wen Qingxiang also walked in at this time. When he saw this scene, he said, "Zhenren Zhang, we have tried many times before. This stone can swallow almost anything, including mana. Cultivators in the Heavenly Abode can still withdraw in time, but under this realm, they will be dragged in together."
Zhang Yan shook his head and smiled, "This stone may be able to absorb the mana of the cultivators of Paradise, but it may not be able to swallow them all at once."
Wen Qingxiang thought for a moment and said, "Zhenren Zhang, are you saying that this stone was just bluffing before, and actually does not have the ability to absorb us?"
Zhang Yan smiled, "Whether it is true or not, we will know once we catch a Demon Saint and throw it over."
Wen Qingxiang said, "That is easy. Let me go get one."
There were a few tribes of monsters and demons around the abyss. They were originally subjects of the Shanyang Clan, but they were later purged by the Ling Gate. Until now, there were still two Demon Saints imprisoned here.
However, at this moment, the strange stone suddenly trembled and actually rose into the air in front of the two, swaying and drifting towards the top of the cliff. It looked like it was escaping.
Wen Qingxiang said, "Zhenren?"
Zhang Yan looked up and said, "Don't worry, let's see where he's going." With a tap of his foot, a clear Qi enveloped his body. He slowly flew up into the sky. Wen Qingxiang was wrapped in a bloody light as he followed.
He didn't know how high the cliff was. After climbing for about ten li, he still couldn't see the top. At this moment, the strange stone flashed and suddenly disappeared.
Zhang Yan could clearly see that there was a hundred-foot-wide cave on the mountain wall and the strange rock was hiding in it. After arriving at the entrance of the cave, he scanned it with his Divine Will and said, "Sage Wen, did you find this place when you were investigating earlier?"
Enlightened Master Wen said, "A disciple went around to check, but there are many caves here. There are thousands of them. Perhaps I didn't notice them before. "
Zhang Yan considered for a moment and said, "Zhenren Wen, please wait here, I'll go in and take a look."
Wen Qingxiang cupped his hands and said, "If Zhenren has any orders, please call me at any time."
Zhang Yan nodded his head, then stepped on the cloud and entered, following the strange stone's aura.
The terrain of the cave was not winding, but very flat. It could be seen that it was dug by humans. Although the cave walls had become rough and rough due to the passage of time and the erosion of wind and water, it was still generally flat. He flew for hundreds of li in a row and did not encounter any obstacles. As he went deeper, there were many strangely shaped bones on the ground and many broken weapons. It was obvious that there had been a great battle here.
At this moment, his heart skipped a beat. According to Enlightened Master Wen, the strange rock swallowed everything, but it did not touch these bones. Moreover, it ran all the way here. It could be imagined that there must be a connection between the two.
After a while, he finally reached the end of the cave. A ray of light shone in from the outside. He stepped on the cloud and looked down. Below him was a clear lake surrounded by green plants. There was a light wheel hanging on the top, illuminating the surroundings. At first glance, he thought that he was on the surface.
That strange rock was currently floating towards an island in the middle of the lake. There were many collapsed pillars there, and in the center, there was a platform. It was pure gold, and it was incomparably dazzling. Anyone who came here would be able to see it at first glance.
Beneath the altar were countless enormous skeletons, and they were similar to the skeletons they'd seen on the way here. They seemed to be complete, but they had strange appearances. All of them had the lower body of a snake, the upper body of a human, and a pair of sharp horns on top of their heads.
Zhang Yan's gaze swept across the area again. Seeing that there was no existence of anything similar to a prohibition formation, and the spiritual vigor was very peaceful, he turned into a light and flew across the lake, landing directly on the island.
At this moment, the strange stone had already reached the top of the platform and stopped there, no longer moving.
He was not in a hurry to go forward. Instead, he looked around. The outer edge of the island was filled with broken stone slabs, and there were many strange words carved on them.
With a turn of his spirit, he memorized all these words. Unfortunately, these were not Erosion Inscriptions, but man-made. Otherwise, it would not be difficult to understand the meaning of these words.
He quickly reached the bottom of the altar and walked up the stone steps.
At this moment, there were some changes in the spiritual vigor around the strange rock. He could feel that there was a spiritual vigor gathering. After a while, it released a bright light that shone on the entire island.
When Zhang Yan looked again, he saw dozens of people with two horns on their heads appearing on the altar. Among them, there was a majestic person with a snake's body that was a hundred feet tall. It could be seen that he was a noble of the clan. He wore golden armor and jade plates, and behind him was an exquisitely woven ribbon with gorgeous wings. He wore a silver helmet on his head, and there was an eye between his eyebrows that was moving slightly. However, it was not born by himself, but was dug out from somewhere else and embedded on it.
The guards on the platform seemed to have noticed Zhang Yan's presence and shouted at him. The leader of the people with a snake's body pointed downwards, and suddenly, many rushed down, raised their spears high, and poked him in the chest.
Zhang Yan looked indifferently and did not care at all. He continued to go up, letting the people with a snake's body do whatever they wanted. However, in the next moment, they passed through his body and disappeared.
These were just illusions created by the spiritual vigor. Moreover, unless it was a cultivator or a great demon of the same realm as him, they would not be able to stand firmly in front of him. He could kill them with just his Qi dynamic, so how could they possibly attack him?
After a while, he reached the top of the altar. At this moment, the illusion changed again. The noble with a snake's body that looked like a witch faced the strange rock, kneeling on the ground and chanting prayers. Countless people with half their bodies in the snake's body surrounded the altar and kowtowed. Not long after, dozens of servants carried a two-headed, four-armed, one-eyed, and three-legged giant up the altar. They chopped off its head with a sharp axe and poured its blood on the strange rock.
After this scene, another scene appeared, followed by the next one. However, regardless of the attire or the people, they all became more and more ancient.
Zhang Yan looked on calmly. This should be the scene from tens of thousands of years ago, but it was reenacted by the strange rock using some unknown method.
After looking at it for a long time, he had a general idea of what was going on, and thought to himself, "So it has such an origin. This trip was not made in vain."
Most of the Demons, Devils, and Outsiders that lived on the surface of the Mountain and Sea Realm had evolved from the primordial starlight. Whether or not they were related, most of the tribes recognized Bo Bai and Bo Xuan as their ancestors.
This tribe of people with a snake's body was called the Buju Tribe, and they had nothing to do with the planets beyond the heavens. They were the true natives of the Mountain and Sea Realm.
According to the living beings of the Realm, the Buju Tribe was a spirit that was born after Yuan Bo incarnated into Heaven and Earth.
They had been powerful for a time, and not only was the Earth Abyss within their territory, they even occupied a part of the Frigid North Abyss. However, twenty or thirty thousand years ago, a subterranean Demonic insect invaded their tribe, and nearly wiped them out.
In order to deal with the Demonic insect, the leader of the Buju Tribe jumped into a furnace and sacrificed himself. He used a strange jade to temper his body, and in the end, he transformed it into a Devouring Stone, which he used to block the Demonic insect.
However, one Devouring Stone wasn't enough. In order to ensure the survival of the tribe, the Elders of the tribe followed suit, and forged more than two thousand Devouring Stones to guard various areas of the Earth Abyss. From then on, as long as they were protected by the spiritual light of the Devouring Stone, they would no longer have to fear the Demonic insect.
Originally, after resolving the crisis, the Buju Tribe would have had a few thousand years to recover, and it wouldn't have been difficult for them to rise again.
Unfortunately, as the Demons, Devils, and Outsiders on the surface of the Earth Abyss rose, a tribe called the Teng people were defeated, and under the leadership of their leader, they invaded the Earth Abyss.
As the Buju Tribe occupied almost all the good areas in the upper three levels of the Earth Abyss, there was an inevitable conflict between the two tribes, and it evolved into a war between the two tribes.
However, by then, the Buju Tribe had lost all of their combat power, and the Devouring Stone couldn't fight against the leader of the Teng Tribe, who was almost as powerful as the Demon Ancestor. In the end, they had to stake everything on one throw, and put all the Devouring Stones in one place. Tens of thousands of tribe members sacrificed themselves to forge one Devouring Stone, and this stone severely injured the Teng people.
This war could be said to be a lose-lose, and the remaining people of the two tribes lost their inheritance. When the Shanyang Tribe arrived, the remaining people of the two tribes were already like beasts.
Looking at the strange stone on the altar, Zhang Yan pondered, "Seems like this stone is the Devouring Stone that day. It should have been absorbing the Spiritual Vigor of the world over the past tens of thousands of years, and then gradually developed its own consciousness."
But according to the Buju Tribe's records, at that time, it was because of an unknown refined jade, and relying on it, it was able to forge this Devouring Stone.
This item could be called a real treasure, and if it could be taken back, it would be enough to carry the Xuan technique. However, it was located in the depths of the Earth Abyss, and in the tens of levels, it was extremely dangerous.
Zhang Yan's eyes flickered, and he said, "You do have some spiritual wisdom, showing me all of this is to make me abandon you and find the refined stone. It's best if you lose it down there, then you can protect yourself, am I right?" “
The Devouring Stone couldn't help but tremble slightly.
Zhang Yan smiled, waved his sleeves, and took a few steps forward, then he pointed at the Devouring Stone.
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