Inside the Dragon Carriage Pagoda Pavilion, Zhang Yan sat quietly in his room, overlooking the mountains and rivers. He used his heart to sense the various changes in the continent.
This was to investigate the flow of the earth veins and see if he could find the traces of the Erosion Runes left behind by the sages.
In the past month, he had gone around the entire West Sink Continent.
Now, he had a good grasp of the flow of the earth veins. As for the Erosion Runes hidden in the mountains and rivers, he had some clues about them.
His only regret was that most of the inscriptions were incomplete. Moreover, at the critical moment, the inscriptions were always intermittent. It was difficult to fully understand them. Moreover, it wasn't just one area that was like this. Instead, it was the same for all of them.
With his attainments in the Path of Erosion Runes, even if he did not understand a thing or two, it was not to the extent that he could not understand them. It was just a guess, and there must be another reason.
After thinking about it carefully, he felt that the Erosion Runes competition might have covered a much larger area than he had previously thought. It might have covered all three continents, and if it went further, it might have covered all the islands in the West Sea.
But this was just a guess, and it might not be true. If that was the case, he would not be able to find anything by just looking at the West Sink Continent. He had to look at all three continents in the West Sea before he could come to a conclusion.
Thinking about this, he decided to leave for the next continent as soon as possible. At this moment, a Golden Nematode flew over from afar. As it neared, it landed on the ground and turned into a pale-faced young man. He carefully walked to the bottom of the pagoda, bowed, and said, "Master, I have returned."
Zhang Yan opened the door and said, "Come in and talk."
Zhang Chan entered the pavilion, bowed once more, and said, "This lowly one has followed Master's instructions and searched the surrounding ten thousand miles, but I still can't find the hiding place of the Demonic Toad's Divine Soul. May I ask Master if this lowly one is able to find it? May I ask, do you want to go out and search? "
Zhang Yan said, "The Evil Toad has lost its body. Even if it could fly ten thousand miles on a talisman, it would not be easy. But this way, it will definitely leave behind some Qi, and there will be no trace of it afterwards. It must not have gone far. "
Zhang Chan whispered, "Master, maybe that demonic toad didn't try to split the spirit?"
Zhang Yan smiled and said, "How can it be so easy? This demon has broken free, but he can't leave. Could it be that he doesn't think that someone will come looking for him again? Even a cunning rabbit has three burrows, not to mention a ten-thousand-year-old demon like him. He will definitely leave a way out for himself. You just need to continue searching. ‘
Zhang Chan pondered and said, "Although I have many insect soldiers under me, I have a lot of them. However, there are water bodies all around, so it will be troublesome to find them. "
Zhang Yan smiled and said, "The place where he is hiding must be a place that can gather vitality. However, the spiritual energy here is weak and there are not many places like this. You don't have to be impatient. If you search them one by one, it won't be difficult to find some clues." Zhang Chan said, "But it will take a long time and I'm afraid it will delay Master's matter."
Zhang Yan flicked his sleeves. He said, "It's fine. I'll go to the West Sink Continent to take care of that demon swine first. I'll leave the two dragons to help you. I'll search slowly with you and we'll plan when I come back. "
Zhang Chan bowed and agreed. He then puffed out his chest and said, "That demon toad has lost its body, it can't use its supernatural powers. I alone am enough to deal with it. I don't need the help of the two brothers."
Zhang Yan smiled and said, "Don't be careless. This time, if you can find this monster, you will be able to escape. If you can find this demon this time, I'll give you some benefits. "
Zhang Chan was overjoyed and said loudly, "I won't let you down."
The next day. Zhang Yan left the West Trap Continent alone, riding the wind and clouds. He rode the wind and headed towards the West Sink Continent in the south.
The three western continents were less than ten thousand miles apart. To those cultivators who could fly in the sky and burrow into the ground, it was very close.
He didn't travel far on the sea before he saw strange black and white stones scattered on the surface of the sea. They looked like chess pieces.
After chatting with the stone statues on the way here, he naturally knew that this was the border between the two continents, the Battle Field.
These strange stones weren't formed naturally. They were left behind by the cultivators of the two continents when they fought for spiritual items. Now that tens of thousands of years had passed, the sea had turned into mulberry fields. The stones were still the same, but the traces of people were nowhere to be found.
This was the border between the two continents. After this, he would reach the West Sink Continent if he continued forward.
He stopped here for a while. After looking around, he continued his journey south.
Not long after, he saw steep mountains rising from the sea in the distance. They stood eerily. Clouds and mist shrouded the middle of the mountains. Occasionally, birds would cry and spread their wings, flying between the two mountains.
The West Sink Continent was originally known as the West Source Continent. It was rumored that billions of years ago, this continent was loved by the heavens and earth. The continent was rich with spiritual opportunity and nurtured all living things. It was the most spiritual place in the nine continents in the ancient times. Later on, cultivators of Qi established their sects here.
The Daoist sects here were the best in the nine continents. However, when the calamity struck, they suffered the most. Not only did the spiritual opportunity of the continent collapse, half of the continent collapsed and sank to the bottom of the sea. What was seen today was only a part of it. However, it created another strange scene in the West Sink Continent.
When the stone statue commented on this place, there were four sentences. It said, "Thousands of peaks in the forest, wild geese whirl. Half of the mountain collapses and the sky falls. Below the cliff of Dao Seeking, the crane is gone, it's hard to become a celestial."
After a thousand miles into the continent, he could see land.
However, when he looked over, he realized that it was mostly bare and cold rocks. There were no signs of people. Even the plants and living things only existed in the cracks between the rocks.
Zhang Yan could not help but sigh. Although this continent was not far from the West Sink Continent, the spiritual opportunity here was much weaker. Some places were even devoid of life. It was obvious that the aftermath of the calamity had not dissipated yet.
Thinking back to what the Yuxiao school did, it was no wonder that the Qincang school did not object to letting the people of the Xuanmen go to the small world. It turned out that there was a precedent.
If someone in the Donghua Continent tried to touch the roots, they would definitely end up like this.
At this stage, where would the cultivators go to live? There was no place like Donghua in the nine continents that could provide for the cultivators of the world.
When that time came, they could only pretend to be strong and fight to the death.
From his point of view, this was not impossible. Moreover, he had not passed through the three calamities. The only way to protect himself was to find the Dharma Access as soon as possible and train his cultivation experience and supernatural powers to the point where he could not control them.
When he thought of this, his eyes revealed a look of determination.
After adjusting his breath in the sky, he headed southwest according to the direction that Sect Leader Qin had pointed out.
On the fifth day, he found the forbidden land in a valley.
He pressed down the cloud and looked down from above. What he saw was a huge pit that was more than a thousand feet wide and bottomless.
He stretched out a finger and a talisman floated into the room. However, after looking around, he found that the room was empty. There used to be an underground palace like the Xuanyou Palace, but it had long collapsed into rubble. It no longer had any value.
He squinted his eyes. As expected, he was too late. The ferocious creature had already escaped.
He looked around for a while and thought to himself, "Looking at the traces of soil and rocks below, this ferocious creature has been gone for at least a hundred years. I wonder if it escaped to another continent or is still in the continent."
After thinking for a while, he waved his sleeves and flew into the sky again. He then looked around.
After a while, he saw a green shadow in the southeast. There was a faint aura of life.
"There seems to be life there. It's in the southeast. If the demon swine wants to go to another continent, it must pass by. I can go there to investigate."
He summoned his will, and a sword light flew out, wrapped around him, and turned into a rainbow as it flew away.
An hour later, he saw a wisp of smoke in the sky. He knew that there were traces of people here.
The three-legged demon swine was huge. After escaping, it definitely couldn't transform into a human. If it had been here before, there should be some clues.
Not far away, he suddenly felt his body warm up. It wasn't as cold as other places. He sensed carefully and realized that it was only limited to these thousand or so regions. This abnormality attracted his attention and he stopped. He glanced over and was slightly shocked.
In the forest below, there was a flat open space. There was an altar built in it. It was twenty feet tall and had a strict layout. It was obvious that it was used to gather Qi.
"Could it be that there are also cultivators here? Or is it the work of the demon swine? "
Just as he was guessing, he saw hundreds of people coming out of the forest. They carried animals like dogs, horses, cows, and sheep to the altar. They then knelt and kowtowed. Following that, under the instructions of an old man with a strong body and a full beard, they placed them one by one.
However, there was no officiator on the altar. There weren't any rituals or rules. Looking at everyone's expression, they all had a look of fear. After putting down the cows and sheep, everyone retreated in a panic.
Zhang Yan thought for a moment and descended from the clouds, but no one noticed him. He arrived in front of the old man, cupped his fists, and said, "Sir, may I know what you are worshipping?"
The old man didn't know when a stranger had appeared beside him. He was shocked and sized him up. He cupped his hands and asked cautiously, "Sir, are you the celestial master of Firestorm Ridge?"
Zhang Yan smiled and said, "I'm not from Firestorm Ridge. I came from the north and traveled all the way here. I came across everyone worshiping an empty altar, so I came up to ask."
The old man exclaimed, "Celestial master came from the north. You must be very capable."
He paused and said, "Celestial master is an outsider. No wonder you don't know this place." He pointed to a mountain in the distance that looked like a sharp awl. "This place is called Ji Muyuan. About a hundred years ago, a great god fell into the mortal world and happened to land here. Rumor has it that this god was wronged by the Heavenly Court. He roared at the sky all day long, his voice shaking thousands of miles. He also breathed fire, wind, and fog. There was a saying that 'smoke and dust covered the sun, and no light could be seen for three months'.
"But this ruined our livelihood. Later, we begged a few celestial masters to come up the mountain and offered hundreds of young boys and girls. Finally, we made an agreement with the great god to build a temple at the foot of the mountain and offer offerings on this day every year. Only then did the mountain god's anger be suppressed. But in the past few decades, there were still some troubles from time to time. It's only in recent years that things have gotten better."
After listening, Zhang Yan immediately knew that the so-called fire god was most likely the demon swine.
This demon was different from the Thousand-eyed Toad. Although its life pearl was also taken, it had the ability to use the astral wind and earth fire to cultivate its true essence. Otherwise, it wouldn't have escaped with its body.
And the situation here was most likely caused by stealing the earth fire and piercing the earth aperture. Maybe at this moment, it was hiding somewhere under his feet.
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