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Chapter 264 Who wouldn’t be moved after seeing the Yun Dao Crystal?
Perhaps there are only so many goblins around here.

Perhaps he has passed the test and is qualified to leave.

Or perhaps the strength displayed by Xiao Chen was too strong, exceeding the coping rules within the secret realm.

In short, after thirty-six giant trees fell.

There were no new situations around, and there were no obstacles on the way back.

Xiao Chen put away Shuxin's flying sword, checked the map, and rushed to the sixth location on the other side.

Coincidentally, he did not encounter any more blood vine attacks on the road.

With the road smooth, it only took three hours to reach the sixth location.

The number marked on this place is 'three'.

In other words, the search range needs to be expanded to within a radius of 300 miles.

To be honest, if you were outside and had a map of this accuracy, it would be better to ask someone for directions.

But in the secret realm, it is already very good to have a rough range.

So Xiao Chen did not pick and choose, but followed the reference points recorded on the map and began to patiently search every bush and every pit along the way.

The reason why we have to do it so carefully.

This is because there may be natural array patterns around the Yundao Crystal that block the detection of spiritual consciousness.

When searching for most natural treasures, eyes are the most reliable tool for cultivators.

"Hiss~, isn't there something here too?"

Two hours passed in a flash, and Xiao Chen had almost finished searching the sixth location, but there was no new discovery.

He calculated the time and realized that it should be the fourth day in the secret realm.

Although overall, it's less than halfway through.

But you have to know that someone had already gone to the third location before him.

If the other party had acted quickly enough, they should have searched the fourth and fifth places.

In other words, in the next five days or so, the experience accumulated by the Ruan family in the past would be of little use.

It is necessary to truly test the monks' luck.

"Oh, I don't want to gamble!"

Xiao Chen sighed and looked at the last bush in front of him: "If it doesn't work, let's go to the fifth place to check, just in case we missed something."

Don’t be fooled by the fact that the Blood Vine Forest seems to have the smallest overall area.

If you really want to randomly search for a palm-sized Yundao crystal here, the difficulty is no less than finding a needle in a haystack.

"Click~!"

As soon as I walked into the bushes, I heard a crisp sound from the ground, as if something was broken by being stepped on.

Xiao Chen looked down and saw that it was actually a jade belt.

The sixteen pieces of white jade connected in series on it seemed to have already been struck by some kind of force.

Several of the pieces had cracks on them, so how could they withstand being stepped on? They immediately broke into a pile of pieces.

"what?"

Xiao Chen squatted down curiously and distinguished carefully.

Unfortunately, among the remaining jade pieces, there are only a few common inscriptions and no useful marks or words.

However, two obvious clues can still be seen from this.

First, this thing broke not long ago. It was not left by the cultivators who explored the Cangran Secret Realm in the past, but came from the newcomers who entered this time.

Second, judge from the inscriptions and materials on the jade belt.

When it was intact, it should have been a top-grade magical weapon.

Such a close-fitting item is also a sturdy magical tool. It will not crack if touched or shatter if dropped.

This means that the other party encountered a very dangerous battle and seemed to have lost in the end.

"What's going on?"

Xiao Chen looked around and found no obvious signs of fighting nearby.

At first, he didn't even realize that there might have been a battle here.

Continuing to explore forward, there were almost no extra traces around, only a few blades of grass that seemed to have been pressed by heavy objects.

It was not until Xiao Chen completely parted the bushes that he saw a few drops of blood and disturbed soil on the ground.

His first reaction was that some monks were killing people for treasure!
In the spiritual world, such things cannot be said to be very normal, but they are indeed common.

"wrong!"

However, Xiao Chen quickly rejected his own guess. This was definitely not done by another cultivator.

First of all, few people would be so careless as to throw the jade belt on the ground.

Secondly, although it is difficult for a robbery cultivator to completely erase the traces, he would not do it so crudely.

Thinking of this, Xiao Chen immediately summoned his true energy and started digging on the spot according to the remaining bloodstains.

Immediately, a deep red vine was dug out from the ground.

There are also many tendrils on it that are as thick as a little finger, like hundreds of earthworms.

And the half of the leg bone that they were entangled in, which had not yet been fully digested.

Suddenly exposed to the light, the vine seemed to be stimulated by something.

It trembled violently and retreated as if trying to shrink back.

However, the tendrils clung to the bones so tightly that the vines were stuck and could not retract into the cave immediately.

"What a shame, rest in peace, fellow Daoist!"

Xiao Chen sighed and turned to leave.

Most of the time, risks and rewards are equal.

Since you have come to the Blood Vine Forest, you must accept this fate.

After all, not everyone can be like him, ignoring the vines and monsters and running directly to the back.

If Xiao Chen's guess was correct, the deeper you go into the Blood Vine Forest, the more dangerous it should be.

The obstacles at the seventh location were enough to surround and kill an average Jindan Great Perfection cultivator, so the sixth location should not be much different.

Although this unknown fellow Taoist came quickly, he was obviously not strong enough.

All his spiritual weapons became nutrients for the blood vine.

Ok?
Ah!
Xiao Chen suddenly stopped and an idea flashed through his mind: "Spiritual weapon!"

You know, even if it is a second-hand spiritual weapon, as long as it can still be used, its value will not be less than 50,000 spirit stones.

If it has a clean origin and is well preserved, it would not be difficult to sell it for 60,000 or 70,000 spirit stones.

Anyway, this unknown fellow Taoist has already left, so he certainly won’t be able to use it anymore.

Why don’t Xiao Chen recycle the spiritual weapon? After all, it can be considered as picking up money.

Of course, there is a more important point, that is, every Jindan cultivator basically carries a storage ring with him!

"If it's left alone, it would be a waste."

"If someone else picks it up, it's better for me to pick it up."

Thinking of this, Xiao Chen turned back, but found that the crimson vines had disappeared.

Only an irregular hole was left on the ground, and light red vines were wriggling, as if burying the hole.

Even the jade belt that was originally exposed outside disappeared without a trace.

It seemed as if they had all been taken underground together.

Xiao Chen immediately started digging on the spot along the hole that had not yet completely closed.

At first, the surroundings were quiet, with only the sound of digging being heard.

But soon a large number of vines emerged from the ground, trying to stop him from digging down.

"Humph, take my Fire Condensation Palm!"

Xiao Chen raised his hand and slapped it, and immediately a raging flame poured into the ground.

There is actually nothing wrong with doing this.

However, at this moment, there were a large number of vines under his feet, turning the originally solid soil into an elevated terrain structure.

As soon as the palm came down, there was a loud bang.

In an instant, a large area of ​​the ground collapsed, carrying Xiao Chen and the surrounding bushes with him, all falling down.

"Depend on!"

Xiao Chen subconsciously activated his true energy, but was suppressed on the spot by the no-fly restriction in the secret realm.

He fell directly into an underground cave that was thirty feet deep.

Suddenly, a strong smell of rotten earth rushed into my nose.

When the flying dust settled, Xiao Chen could see clearly that this was not a cave, but a nest made of vines.

Densely packed gray-brown old vines are piled up layer upon layer, intertwined to form a support like an ant nest.

Tunnels of different thicknesses are left in the middle.

Fresh vines crawl through the tunnels like snakes. The thinnest ones are only as thick as chopsticks, and the thickest ones are as big as buckets.

The friction and buzzing sound as they squirmed created a natural psychedelic sound.

If an ordinary cultivator fell into this place, he would probably be immediately confused by this sound and completely lose his mind.

Then, like the bushes next to it, they were cut and moved away by the light brown vines and cleaned up.

However, Xiao Chen was naturally not afraid of hearing the devil's sound. Instead, he looked around curiously.

"Oh wow, that's interesting. There's actually another world out there?"

He hadn't seen any relevant description in the booklet before.

There is not even any legend or gossip.

In other words, there is still an underground world in the Cangran Secret Realm, which may have remained undiscovered for thousands or even tens of thousands of years.

In other words, even if someone finds out, they won’t be able to get the news out.

Therefore, it has been unknown to outsiders.

"With so many tunnels, how am I supposed to find the spiritual weapon?"

Despite such a major change, Xiao Chen still kept his goal in mind.

He carefully identified the direction, casually pushed aside the light brown vines that were coming over, and chose a relatively thick tunnel to crawl into.

Now that we are here, let’s go inside and see what is going on.

It would be best if you could pick up the spiritual weapon at the same time.

It took about three hours to walk along the ups and downs, winding tunnel.

Even though Xiao Chen was usually familiar with the roads, he felt a little dizzy at this moment.

If he were asked to return along the same route, it would probably be impossible.

But it doesn't matter, he had thought about it from the beginning.

When you want to go out, just use the Fire Condensing Palm to force a big hole and crawl out.

The reason why we don't travel this way now is because it not only consumes too much energy, but the speed may not be as fast as digging a ready-made tunnel by ourselves.

"Strange, why do I feel like I'm getting deeper and deeper?"

Randomly entering a new tunnel again, Xiao Chen frowned slightly as he looked at the terrain that was getting lower and lower.

He felt that although this place was like a maze, with ups and downs, it seemed to be heading downwards overall.

However, the next moment, after he turned the corner, he suddenly saw a beam of light in front of him.

You know, in the past three hours, Xiao Chen relied on his spiritual eyes to travel in a dark environment like night.

It's not pitch dark here, but it's at least dark.

But now, he actually saw the light!
Xiao Chen immediately rushed over in two steps and soon discovered that the light came from a small hole about ten feet away.

Maybe something went wrong when it was piled up.

Those gray-brown old vines did not completely block the place, but left a gap as big as a fist.

"Well, no!"

The five senses of Jindan cultivators were all enhanced, so Xiao Chen could easily smell a faint smell of blood coming from the small hole. Although it was as thin as a gossamer.

But after getting used to the strong smell of rotten soil all around, it became very obvious.

There seems to be something wrong outside!
dig!
Xiao Chen immediately picked up the flying sword and chopped it down at the gray-brown old vine in front of him.

"clang!"

The sound of metal clashing with stone was heard.

It was as if he was not chopping dead vines, but a solid wall made of fine iron.

"Ding!"

He changed his position and stabbed again, but the result was the same.

It's not that the area around this gap is solid, but that all the old vines are as strong as copper and iron.

It is almost as strong as ordinary defensive spiritual weapons.

Seeing this, Xiao Chen simply put away his flying sword, reached out to grab a dry vine, and broke it with force.

"Crack!"

There was a crisp sound, and the vine finally couldn't withstand his extraordinary strength that far exceeded that of a Jindan cultivator, and it broke into two immediately.

"Crench!"

With a strong push to the left and right, accompanied by a teeth-grinding friction sound, the gray-brown old vine was forcibly twisted and deformed, opening up a hole big enough for a person to squeeze through.

“Crunch! Crunch!”

“Crunch! Crunch!”

……

As the sounds continued to ring out, Xiao Chen forcibly pried open the vines one by one with his hands.

It took him half an hour to cover the short distance of a few feet.

Fortunately, as a top physical cultivator, he has enough strength.

This kind of simple physical work is not a particularly big burden.

After crawling out of the hole that was just big enough for him to pass through, Xiao Chen's vision suddenly became clear.

A pure white glow fell from overhead, clearly illuminating the lush green basin below.

Looking up, I saw that the soft white light came from a pumpkin-sized fruit.

There are probably several thousand or even tens of thousands of them in total, and you can't see the end of them at a glance.

Below, a variety of flowers, plants and trees grow in the circular basin.

There are countless varieties, and the only thing they have in common is that they all grow lushly, almost giving the impression that they are about to overflow.

The place where Xiao Chen is located is in the upper-middle part of the basin.

And below him, in the very center of the basin.

There lay a strange monster that looked like a sika deer, but was covered in scales and had a fleshy fin on its back.

Its eyes, as big as a cow's, were closed, and its chest rose and fell evenly, as if it was sleeping.

Because of the lack of education.

So Xiao Chen couldn't recognize what kind of monster this was.

But this cannot be blamed on him. After all, the world of cultivation is extremely vast, and no one dares to say that he can recognize all the monsters in the world.

Try to feel the breath below.

However, there was no result.

He slowly moved his spiritual consciousness closer, but he could only see that in the middle of a field of spiritual herbs, a large piece was inexplicably missing.

broken!

Xiao Chen immediately realized that the cultivation level of this monster was even higher than his.

Faced with such a situation, the best way is to leave here as soon as possible before it wakes up.

However, just as the divine consciousness spread out.

He also happened to see a broken spiritual shield scattered at the bottom of the basin below.

There was also a storage ring mixed in.

White velvet wrapped around a leg bone that looked vaguely familiar.

The filaments that were closer were slightly reddish, and that faint smell of blood came from them.

Right next to it, there were several broken crimson vines scattered around, also wrapped and absorbed by the velvet.

In other words, this is the end point of all flesh and blood in the secret realm!

Looking around, you can see both the monsters that died in the secret realm and the monks who died while exploring the secret realm.

In the end, they will all be sent here, along with the fragments of spiritual weapons or magical weapons, and all will be transformed into nutrients.

Of course, these are not the most critical.

The most important thing is that right next to the storage ring, there is a piece of Yundao crystal that has not been put away in time.

Apparently, this was the direct cause of the strange monk's death.

It is said that people die for money and birds die for food. It is nothing more than this.

But then again.

Who wouldn’t be moved after seeing the Yundao Crystal?
Anyway, Xiao Chen was also tempted.

However, he looked up at the strange monster in the distance and immediately put his thoughts aside.

This is probably fate.

At the age when he was most helpless, he happened to meet Crystal who moved him.

If he had reached the Nascent Soul stage... he wouldn't be able to enter the secret realm.

That's fine.

Xiao Chen turned around decisively and resolutely, wanting to leave without even looking at the Yundao Crystal below.

However, before he could return to the tunnel.

A trace of extremely aggressive and vital energy actually floated over from below and penetrated into his body between his calves.

With his rich experience, Xiao Chen recognized it instantly.

This is evil!

He immediately turned around and used his secret technique to investigate.

The world before my eyes suddenly changed. In the original basin, it seemed that towering trees were rising from the ground.

In a trance, Xiao Chen seemed to see a super giant tree standing tall and upright, supporting the sky above and connecting to the underworld below.

Qingqiongsha!
One of the typical evil spirits specially included in "Xuantian's Secret Method of Taking Medicine".

Its nature is more yang, and it represents vitality, growth, flourishing, regeneration... and other characteristics.

Immediately, the shadow in front of him disappeared, replaced by a large whirlpool.

The tremendous evil spirit that had accumulated over who knows how many years seemed to be being pulled by some force.

Almost all of the monsters were slowly rotating around the center of the basin.

Occasionally, a few strands of evil spirits would be squeezed out, but they would soon be guided back to the bottom of the basin.

From this perspective, Xiao Chen can see clearly.

Every time the monster breathed, an extremely faint trace of evil energy would be swallowed into its body, replenishing the slowly fading vitality in its body.

It was not sleeping at all, but using the Qingqiongsha to heal its wounds!
Good guy!
Before, the Moon Witch Clan knew how to actively use evil spirits as a means of defense against Wu Ling.

Nowadays, it is suspected that some ancestors are using evil spirits to help monsters heal their wounds.

Should we say that there is indeed more than one smart person in the world?

Everyone can realize that in addition to causing demonic disasters, perhaps the evil spirit can be better utilized.

But at the moment, it seems that the Lord of Xuantian Immortal Palace has gone a little further on this path.

After seeing this situation clearly, Xiao Chen suddenly had more doubts in his mind.

For example, who set up the formation here to attract evil spirits?

For example, what is the relationship between the Cangran Secret Realm and that monster?
If it was built just to save the monster, it would be a huge undertaking!
But despite many doubts, there was one thing he understood clearly.

The monster below was in a difficult situation and had no time to care about him.

In other words, Xiao Chen can now go down and put away the Yun Dao Crystal with peace of mind.

And that storage ring.

He even seemed to be able to consider getting some of Qingqiongsha's power.

Anyway, there is so much evil energy here, he only needs to take away a small part of it.

At most, a little more.

Xiao Chen immediately walked down the basin and picked up the Yun Dao Crystal and the storage ring.

With the acquisition of this Yun Dao Crystal, he has obtained a total of three this time.

Almost one person’s gains are comparable to the gains of all people in the entire secret realm in the past.

This is undoubtedly a great joyous event.

However, Xiao Chen was too busy to be happy at this moment.

Because as he approached the bottom of the basin, the surrounding Qingqiongsha had begun to spontaneously invade his body.

He took two steps to the side, then immediately sat down cross-legged and began to actively practice the "Xuantian Secret Method of Taking Medicine" to absorb the Qingqiong Evil from the outside.

As it turned out, his previous judgment was completely correct.

The monster seemed to be completely unaware that the evil aura around it had disappeared.

After all, under the guidance of the formation, the evil energy in the center of the basin still tightly surrounds it, continuously providing it with healing energy.

Of course, it is also possible that it has already discovered the anomaly.

However, he was too busy or too seriously injured to attack Xiao Chen.

There is no doubt about this. After all, if the injury is not serious, there would be no need for such luxurious healing methods.

Because the evil spirit here is not as concentrated as in the Huangquan Palace, and there is also the interference of the pulling force of the formation.

Therefore, when Xiao Chen was absorbing, he would inevitably be affected.

This caused the overall speed to slow down a lot.

But it doesn't matter, he is always patient when it comes to serious matters like this.

Five days passed in the blink of an eye.

With Xiao Chen's tireless efforts, he absorbed almost half of the evil energy in the basin.

Finally, a brand new Yang Wood Seal was successfully condensed in his Dantian.

The moment the Yang Wood Seal was formed, it automatically overlapped with the Yin Wood Seal that had already been successfully condensed.

The two combined into one formed an extremely mysterious pattern.

Xiao Chen mobilized his spiritual sense to look inward, and in that pattern, he seemed to see the shapes of all the plants and trees he had ever seen in his life.

"Great! Another half-baby formation success rate has been achieved."

To be honest, I never expected that the second pair to be collected would be the Yin-Yang Wood Evils.

Unlike Yin Yang Water Demon, although Huang Quan Demon was obtained early on, he has not met his other half yet.

"The thing that's most in short supply in the Eastern Region is water. It doesn't make sense for us to be stuck here."

Xiao Chen sighed and decided to investigate the relevant information after going out.

He then quickly withdrew his spiritual sense, stood up, and prepared to leave here quickly.

Although he had stopped actively absorbing the Qingqiongsha.

However, the evil energy around him was still spontaneously penetrating through his robe and invading his body.

But now that he has obtained the Yang Wood Seal, there is no need for him to absorb more evil energy.

It's mainly because of the extra evil energy, which is useless even if you take it.

Moreover, if I disturbed the monster by mistake, it would hit me and probably trigger the Night Blade.

As I said, it is better not to waste such a life-saving trump card unless it is the most critical and dangerous moment.

(End of this chapter)