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Chapter 241: Family Secret Map: Entering Wuling
Patrolled around.

Although Xiao Chen did not find the reason for the increase in the number of sea fish, he unexpectedly saw a small spirit ship anchored on the sea.

The entire hull was covered with a faint blue glow, and a large number of light blue runes gathered around the hull to form two inner and outer circles, flashing continuously like breathing.

Another golden chain extended from the stern and dropped into the sea.

"How could we actually meet someone in such a remote place?"

Xiao Chen thought about it and decided to get closer to observe the specific situation.

As the distance got closer, he felt more and more clearly the fluctuations of spiritual power coming from the front, as if someone was fighting underwater.

But strangely, the sea was calm.

This means that either the fight is taking place at a very deep level, or it must be something else.

Just as Xiao Chen was observing curiously, someone on the boat noticed him approaching.

"Second brother, third sister, someone is coming from the southeast."

The young man in a white robe asked, "We've only seen one so far. Do you want to chase him away?"

The third sister, who was busy adjusting the talisman formation nearby, asked, "What's his cultivation level? Can you tell whose clothes he's wearing?"

The young man raised his hand and brushed his forehead, activating his spiritual eyes again.

He immediately saw the scene three hundred miles away clearly: "It looks like he is in the middle stage of the Golden Core Realm, wearing a white feathered robe, and his origin is unrecognizable."

"He's flying towards us. It's still over two hundred miles away. He'll be there soon."

The young man immediately took out a spiritual sword, his face showing a bit of nervousness, and his breathing quickened. "It seems they are heading for the cave. Should we attack?"

Upon hearing this, the third sister next to her immediately took out a formation flag to temporarily stabilize the talisman formation.

Then he took out a nine-foot-long lotus-inlaid kingfisher silk and prepared to fight the enemy.

"Don't panic, don't mess around!"

The second brother who was in charge of operating the dragon-seeking chain put down the compass in his hand, looked at his nervous younger brothers and sisters, and shook his head slightly.

"You just met someone, there's no need to be so nervous. Put away all your spiritual weapons first."

He ordered, "Third sister, go inside the cabin and keep an eye on the defense formation."

"If a fight breaks out later, you must stay there and guard the talisman formation. Don't forget that we are here to help the clan retrieve the secret method. This is the most important thing."

Then he turned to look at the young man in white robes: "Fifth brother, how many times have I told you this."

"When fighting, focus on protecting yourself first."

"How can I let you go out alone in the future if you're like this?"

After scolding him twice, he softened his tone and said, "Follow me, let's go and see what happens."

After saying that, he stepped out of the spirit ship and went towards Xiao Chen.

The young man in white robe frowned and secretly complained in his heart.

Clearly, the third sister didn't take out any defensive spiritual weapon, but she scolded him for what he did.

The swordsmen he had read about in the novels all held three-foot-long green swords in their hands, looking majestic and powerful, and killing people everywhere.

Who would raise a shield before a fight? Even if they win, it would be too ugly.

But even though he was unhappy, he still obediently put away his flying sword and followed behind.

"My fellow Taoist, I bow my head."

The second brother, wearing a light yellow coat, took the initiative to salute: "We are setting up a formation ahead, it is not convenient to approach, please stop!"

When Xiao Chen saw the person coming, he stopped on his own initiative.

At this time, he was less than ten miles away from the spirit ship, and he could clearly sense that although the golden chain seemed to be sunk in the water, it was actually not particularly deep.

The people below were not fighting, but trying to break the formation.

In other words, the other party should be opening a cave or small ruins.

He immediately returned the greeting with a bow: "Friend Daoist, my name is Xiao Chen. I happened to be passing by here and wanted to ask you for some information."

"I wonder if you are a local monk?"

"Do you know anything about the situation in the nearby sea area?"

"Especially around here, are there any famous meteorite sites?"

It would be a bit troublesome to find Wu Ling by himself. Since he met a cultivator who seemed to be familiar with this place, Xiao Chen thought he could ask for directions.

"So it's Fellow Daoist Xiao, nice to meet you."

The yellow-robed monk smiled and replied, "I am Sun Haoran, not a local monk."

"But speaking of this meteorite land, I've actually heard of two."

As he spoke, he turned his head and looked behind him: "Fifth brother, go to the cabin and get the sea chart from home."

The young man in white robe was a little surprised when he heard this: "Second brother, that's..."

Before he could finish his words, he saw Sun Haoran glaring at him.

So he immediately shut up, turned around and got a parchment scroll.

"Fellow Daoist Xiao, please take a look at this sea chart."

Sun Haoran immediately used his true energy to hand the parchment scroll directly to Xiao Chen: "This map has been passed down from generation to generation in my family, so some of the place names are slightly different from today."

"It does mention two places where meteorites have fallen, but I'm not sure if they are the places Daoist Fellow Xiao is looking for."

Even with regular maintenance, the parchment scroll still turns yellow overall, and it can be seen that it is indeed very old.

The nautical chart sketched above is rather crude, with few annotations and is very different from today's nautical charts.

Xiao Chen looked at it carefully for a while before realizing that although this nautical chart looked small, it actually marked a very large area.

Based on a super-large island in the northwest corner of the Sea of ​​Mercy and the meteorite site that I explored before, it was used as a reference.

Another meteorite site in the picture is estimated to be about 700,000 miles away!

It has completely exceeded the boundaries of the current Sea of ​​Compassion.

Xiao Chen was also aware before that the regional divisions in ancient times were different from those now.

But I really didn't expect that the actual scope represented by the three words "Sea of ​​Compassion" was much larger than it is now.

Considering the time when the Moon Witch Clan existed, it was also very long ago.

Xiao Chen immediately realized that the location where they built the Wu Tomb was most likely farther away.

In other words, although he had harvested twelve demon pills in the previous three days, it was very likely that he had found the wrong place.

Fortunately, I came here to ask for directions today, and Sun Haoran is also very generous and directly took out the family heirloom sea chart.

"So there are such differences. Thank you, Brother Sun, for your help!"

Xiao Chen silently noted the location and returned the parchment scroll: "I have something important to attend to. I'll say goodbye now. We'll meet again someday!"

Sun Haoran said goodbye with a smile: "You're welcome, Fellow Daoist Xiao."

"My father always taught me to be kind to others when I'm out and about."

"I wish you a safe journey!"

Watching Xiao Chen's figure turn into a small black dot and disappear into the sky.

The young man in the white robe then asked, "Second brother, why did you take out the sea chart at home to show him?"

"It would be a shame to let outsiders see the secret map we have preserved with great difficulty."
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Sun Haoran did not answer this question directly.

He asked, “So what do you think we should do?”

The young man in white robe thought for a moment and said immediately, "He has seen the cave, and he is alone."

"In order to keep this secret, shouldn't we kill people to silence them?"

Sun Haoran was in a complicated mood: "Haoze, let me ask you, what did father say before we came out this time?"

Then he answered himself: "Use the Dragon Seeking Chain to find and open the cave left by Taizu in his early years, and retrieve the lost secret method of the family."

"In ten days or so, we can open the cave."

"You're thinking of making things more complicated?"

Sun Haoze immediately retorted: "No, I'm also worried that he saw the cave in the sea and hid in the dark to ambush, or even notified others to come and seize the treasure."

Sun Haoran pressed on: "Your concern is indeed justified."

"Then let me ask you, how confident are you that you can defeat him?"

"What if we can't defeat them even if we join forces?"

Sun Haoze's voice softened a bit: "But he is only in the middle stage of the Golden Core, and he is alone."

"Second brother, you are already a late Jindan cultivator. With me and my third sister, it's basically a sure thing."

Sun Haoran reminded: "Yes, he is alone."

"Let me ask you, if you were to discover a ghost ship in the distance, what would you do?"

Sun Haoze was stunned by the question.

If he encountered such an unexpected situation, the safest approach would be to actively maintain a safe distance to avoid unnecessary conflicts when he was alone.

"If someone dares to come here alone, it means they are sure they can escape."

Sun Haoran pointed out, "What we need to do is not to gamble that his methods will not work, but to ensure that we are not affected."

"Don't you want to know why I want to show you the sea chart?"

"Because the Land of Meteorites is far enough away from here."

"Who would have nothing better to do than come to such a remote place? He must have more important things to do."

"I was both showing him the way and sending him away."

Sun Haoze widened his eyes, obviously shocked.

But he was still a little confused: "We can't show it to him for nothing, this is our family secret map, we can make up a fake location."

Sun Haoran hesitated to speak.

Finally, he patted his fifth brother on the shoulder and said, "Think of it this way. The family is about to be born, and these secret maps will be taken out for trading."

"Let's just finish the task at hand and go back to the ship."

On the bright side, having such a pure mind is actually a good thing, as it helps to increase the speed of cultivation.

On the contrary, once the family is born, it will absorb a lot of manpower.

When the direct line members travel, two more guest officials can be arranged to serve as guards.

We no longer have to hire people from home to do anything like we do now, resulting in a shortage of manpower.

Seven days later.

Before the sun set, Xiao Chen successfully found the huge abyss.

Putting aside other things, just looking down from mid-air, you will feel that the color of the sea surface is deeper, as if it has a layer of natural shadow.

He urged his spiritual sense to scan downwards, but he couldn't even see the bottom.

You know, after these few months of help from the star core, Xiao Chen's spiritual awareness range has reached a full seventy-nine miles.

But in such special terrain, it is still not enough.

"This world truly proves those four words—the sky is high and the earth is thick!"

Xiao Chen sighed, then searched the surroundings.

However, within a radius of 30,000 miles, they could not find a place to stay.

In the end, he was forced to turn back and return to a reef 38,000 miles away to recuperate.

After all, although the Zangyuan Evil will not be an obstacle, if you want to successfully enter the Witch Tomb and find and take away the witch weapon, this will definitely not be the only problem.

I had a good sleep under the protection of the defensive formation.

It was not until he woke up naturally the next morning that Xiao Chen breathed a sigh of relief.

Then he returned to the sky above the abyss, summoned the Ghost Face Mysterious Light Shield to protect himself, and dived directly into the seabed.

As the dive gets deeper, the light around you gets dimmer.

Logically speaking, this has little impact on cultivators. After all, those who can come here have spiritual awareness, which is no less effective than the eyes most of the time.

But Xiao Chen still used his true essence to light a ball of spiritual fire within the protective mysterious light.

It illuminated the area within several dozen feet around him.

First of all, he was not used to complete darkness.

Secondly, spiritual consciousness can be easily blocked, and he didn't know whether the priests who were responsible for the construction of Wuling at that time had paid attention to this aspect.

So in order to avoid missing the entrance, he still chose to light the spiritual fire to illuminate the surrounding area.

Then Xiao Chen saw that a group of small fish had gathered around him without his noticing.

They have inky scales on their bodies, naturally forming patterns that can obscure spiritual consciousness.

After the fire was lit, the small fish seemed to be frightened and immediately fled away from the light range.

The reason why they are so afraid of light is that in the deep sea, only a few extremely powerful monsters will choose to use light to lure their enemies.

"Alas, they say that the ancient powers could burn mountains and boil seas."

Xiao Chen thought as he dived: "I don't know when I will be able to have that kind of power."

By then there will be no need to go through so much trouble, with diving and spiritual fire.

Just use your true energy to separate the sea water, and you will be able to see what is underneath at a glance.

However, if you want to use your true energy to drive so much sea water, I'm afraid even Yuanying Zhenjun can't do it. It's a long way to go.

"Gulong!"

Suddenly a strange sound was heard.

Xiao Chen immediately looked around.

But nothing was seen.

There was no way. With the light of the spiritual fire alone, his field of vision was compressed to a few dozen feet.

I can't see the specific situation around me at all.

In just this short while, he had dived almost twenty miles.

If it were on the ground, this distance would be as close as one's doorstep for a Jindan Zhenren, who could reach it just by raising his legs.

But in the sea, this distance is already very deep.

If you are really unlucky, there is a possibility that you will encounter a fourth-level monster.

"Gudong~!"

A wave of water came from the right.

It was then blocked by the protective mysterious light.

However, Xiao Chen could still clearly feel that a large amount of sea water around him was being driven by some force.

It seemed like a huge monster was passing by not far away.

Generally, when monks encounter such a situation, they will either choose to float up or continue exploring.

But Xiao Chen is different. He practices magic to solve problems.

"disease!"

He stretched out his finger and pointed, and the true energy in his body immediately surged out and turned into a hundred ice needles, shooting out to the right.

Fire spells are not convenient to use, but ice spells are not affected by water.

The "Cold Light Ice Soul Needle" that I practiced before can come in handy here.
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"Woo~!"

The next moment after the ice needle flew out, a muffled sound came from the right.

Immediately afterwards, the surrounding sea water surged up and turned into a fierce undercurrent that washed away the protective mysterious light.

Even in the darkness, you can still see the outline of a sea fish about a hundred feet long twisting its body.

"Wow~!"

There was a sound of water, and the sea fish rushed forward suddenly.

It opened its bloody mouth and swallowed the glowing little thing in its eyes, along with the protective shield held up by the Ghost Face Mysterious Light Shield, into its stomach.

Xiao Chen was not surprised by this situation, as he already had experience.

Not only sea fish, many monsters like to swallow their prey directly into their stomachs.

Especially when one has a size advantage, this is a very useful fighting method.

But it doesn't matter. It actually makes it easier for him to bypass the fish scales or fish skin that can block his spiritual sense and directly find the location of the demon pill.

"Hmph, you evil creature, die!"

Xiao Chen punched open the three-foot-thick layer of flesh and blood in the fish's belly and directly grabbed the demon pill in his hand.

Then he threw out more than ten consecutive punches, smashing a path out of the way.

The sea fish turned into a dead fish on the spot and slowly sank to the deeper seabed.

"That's outrageous. There shouldn't be any more Golden Dan Sea Fish in this marginal area, right?"

After killing two golden elixir sea fish, Xiao Chen finally succeeded in diving to the bottom of the sea.

Feeling that only half of his true energy was left in his body, he directly took out a third-level spiritual fruit from the Hanhai Ring and swallowed it as a supplement.

In the world of cultivation, the so-called marginal areas and core areas are divided entirely according to the richness of spiritual energy.

Logically speaking, the number of high-level monsters in such a place should be very few.

As a result, in just such a short while, I encountered two of them, which was completely out of the ordinary.

Fortunately, Xiao Chen was safe for the next hour and did not encounter any new sea fish attacks.

However, due to the excessive pressure at the bottom of the sea, the true energy in his body was consumed too much, and even after eating the spiritual fruit, it still dropped to less than one third.

To be safe, return to the reef to regulate your breathing.

The second dive went much more smoothly and we encountered no obstacles along the way.

This also allowed Xiao Chen to confirm that there were not too many sea fish here.

It must be because his fire was too conspicuous, so he attracted the only two golden elixir sea fish around on the first day.

Unfortunately, after searching for a whole day, Wu Ling was still not found.

But on his third dive, he was attacked by a golden elixir sea fish again.

"No, what's the problem?"

Xiao Chen wondered if he had some special physique that attracted sea fish: "Why do I always encounter so many sea fish recently?"

It was obvious that when he hunted sea fish in Nanlao Sea before, he had to run tens of thousands of miles to catch one.

As a result, they are now falling on me one after another.

You know, although there is an endless sea, the total amount of sea fish is almost endless.

But the number of golden dan sea fish is ultimately a small and limited part.

Previously, in transactions within the City Lord’s Mansion, an ordinary demon pill could be sold for 20,000 spirit stones.

But based on the density that Xiao Chen is sensing now, the price must be reduced by at least half?
If this is true, it would be a good thing as it would make it easier for everyone to obtain cultivation resources.

Due to limited vision, Xiao Chen searched for six days in a row and walked through almost half of the abyss.

Finally, in a deep trench at the bottom of the sea, half of a man-made pillar was discovered exposed on the ground.

Although a thick layer of sediment has accumulated on the pillars over millions of years, their original appearance is almost unrecognizable.

But thanks to the pillars themselves are made of stone.

In the end, a few crooked hieroglyphs were preserved.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, the words have to be carved on stone."

Xiao Chen sighed and peeled off the solidified sediment on the outside.

Sure enough, the words inside seemed unfamiliar yet familiar.

It was somewhat similar to the text in the pictures he had seen before under the lunar eclipse.

"It wasn't easy, but I finally found it!"

Xiao Chen was suddenly alerted and immediately began to dig down along the pillar.

At the bottom of the abyss, most of it is deposited quicksand and some small pebbles.

Therefore, it is not particularly difficult to handle, except that the quantity is too large.

After digging for three days, Xiao Chen finally unearthed the original entrance to Wuling from among the sand and rocks.

What appeared before him was not so much a door as a huge stone engraved with runes.

These runes have various shapes, some are like the crescent moon in the sky, with traces of spiritual patterns on the edges, and some are like ferocious beasts with bared fangs and claws, exuding an ancient and majestic aura.

"How can this be opened without a door?"

Xiao Chen tried to reach out and push the boulder.

Unexpectedly, as soon as his fingertips touched the cold stone surface, a strange force spread along his arms and swept directly across his body.

Immediately afterwards, he felt the blood and energy in his body tremble, as if being affected.

As if confirming something, the power returned to the boulder.

"Boom!"

A dull sound came from the depths of Wuling, as if something was turning behind the huge rock.

Then Xiao Chen saw that there seemed to be a light behind the huge rock in front of him.

Then the entire boulder shook and slowly sank into the ground, revealing a transparent light curtain behind it that isolated the sea water.

what?
It can actually open by itself?

Xiao Chen was already thinking about how to break it by brute force, but he didn't expect that everything was normal at the entrance.

This isn't right.

Logically speaking, the entrance should not be blocked with huge rocks.

Then set up numerous mechanisms to prevent those malicious invaders?

Looking at the spacious entrance in front of him and the transparent light curtain that did not block his vision at all, Xiao Chen suddenly felt as if he was being lured into a trap.

He slowly walked down the stairs leading to the entrance and immediately smelled a rotten smell.

It’s like old grain that has been stored in a warehouse for several years, wrapped in a quilt that has absorbed enough moisture during the return of the south wind.

Finally, it was buried under an old tree stump on a hillside that never sees sunlight all year round, which gave it a unique smell.

The stairs are not very deep, with only eighty-one steps in total, and are only about three or four meters high.

At the end is a fist-sized night-shining pearl, emitting a soft moon-white light.

Xiao Chen stood at the bottom of the stairs and saw a long passage in front of him.

The walls of the passage were inlaid with countless luminous crystals, illuminating the surroundings as bright as day.

These crystals are not ordinary prisms, but are carved into the shapes of various witch symbols.

The most numerous ones are runes symbolizing the moon in different phases of waxing and waning, followed by strange runes shaped like flowers, flying birds, etc.

The ceiling of the passage is covered with magnificent murals, the colors still as vivid as ever, as if they had never been affected by time.

The painting at the entrance depicts the high priest holding up his scepter with both hands and pointing at the moon, while the tribesmen kneel in worship in unison.

　Tip: There are only 28 days in this month, and the monthly pass is about to expire.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)