Cangyun wears the book strategy

On the third day, Yan Gui saw a lake from afar that shouldn't be here.

The map shows that this place should have been a shrub forest, but now for some reason the entire terrain has subsided, and only occasionally the tops of a few shrubs can be seen from the lake with a shallower water level.Looking carefully, there is a layer of white crystals attached to the shore of the lake. As the wind blows over the lake, Yan Gui smells a faint salty smell.

The water in this lake is sea water.

The blue monster that he dissected out of the inner alchemy yesterday may have crawled out of this saltwater lake.

Moreover, this saltwater lake is probably not a real lake. Yan Gui guessed that such a piece of water may have been missed when the Tianlan Realm was connected to a certain part of the Xuanyou Realm, which also brought out the monsters that are unique to the Tianlan Realm.

All that said, the lake is definitely not safe.

Yan Gui turned to look at Shen Yunci.

Shen Yunci can naturally think of the origin of this lake, so he nodded and said, "Detour."

Unexpectedly, during this detour, he met a group of acquaintances in a certain long and narrow valley - Taiwei Sword Sect and Jinghua Palace disciples were divided into two teams before, and this was one of them.

It seems that the luck of this team is not very good, Yan Gui looked at the situation before him and thought.

This is a very narrow terrain, the cliffs on both sides get closer as you go up, until there is only one line left in the end.The entrance of the valley is also not big, Yan Gui can only accommodate three or four people walking side by side at most.

Most of the people in the team were resting on the large rocks protruding from the roadside. Some of them had blood stains on their clothes, presumably because they had just encountered a battle.And the faces of those who were not injured did not look relaxed.

Exhaustion and fear wear them down.

Standing beside Yan Gui, Shen Yunci turned his head and whispered in his ear: "The number is wrong."

When Taiwei Jianzong and Jinghua Palace were in the team, although Yan Gui did not get off in the cloud car, he could see the situation of the team clearly.

Jinghua Palace divided into three teams, each with about 30 people; Taiwei Sword Sect was divided into two teams, each with nearly 50 people.Afterwards, one team from Jinghua Palace was taken away by the eldest disciple Bai Wei, and the rest were mixed with the two teams of Taiwei Sword Sect.

In other words, each team should have seventy to eighty people.

This number is actually very safe in the Xuanyou Realm. In addition, Taiwei Sword Sect and Jinghua Palace have their own strengths. With mutual cooperation, they will basically not encounter any particularly dangerous situations.

But after Shen Yunci reminded Yan Gui, he counted a little and found that there were only about 40 people left in the team.As for the number of people who disappeared, judging from their gloomy appearance now, one can roughly guess--I'm afraid they were folded somewhere.

Thinking of this, the "lake" just now appeared in Yan Gui's mind.

"Go in and have a look." Yan Gui said.

Shen Yunci was noncommittal, but followed Yangui into the canyon.

There is a barrier at the entrance of the canyon to prevent the intrusion of foreign objects, but the quality of the barrier is barely up to standard, and it can be seen that the people who set up the barrier are in a hurry.

Shen Yun resigned with his sword to open the barrier. He is one of the people with the highest cultivation level among the people who entered the Xuanyou Realm this time.So the enchantment set up by others naturally cannot stop him.

But at the moment when the barrier was broken, the disciples temporarily settled in the canyon, like a group of frightened rabbits, turned their eyes to the entrance in panic and alertness.

Then in the line of sight, I saw Shen Yunci holding a long sword, wearing white clothes and a jade crown, appearing spotlessly there.

Shen Yunci usually has a high reputation in Taiwei Sword Sect, plus he is a direct disciple of the head, almost all disciples have to respectfully call him Senior Brother Shen.At this time, they had just experienced a life-and-death catastrophe. When this group of people saw him, the mentally tense strings suddenly loosened.

Many people's faces were full of joy, and some timid ones finally couldn't help sobbing.

Yan Gui simply doubted that the Shen Yunci in the eyes of this group of people probably had a holy light shining behind him, like a god descending from the sky.

"Senior Brother Shen..." A Taiwei disciple in the Nascent Soul stage came forward, pulled Shen Yunci's sleeve in excitement, and almost knelt down, "I have a duty, half of the disciples in the team are Unexpected encounter, if not meeting senior brother here, maybe the rest of the people would also..."

Shen Yunci stretched out his hand to support the disciple in front of him, and brushed away the hands that grabbed his sleeve calmly.

Yan Gui, who was watching from the sidelines because he was not familiar with these people, happened to notice his movement.Others may not be able to see it, but Yan Gui, who knows his nature well, can be sure that Shen Yunci definitely doesn't like that disciple's behavior.

"What happened to you?" Shen Yunci's eyebrows were gentle, and his voice was full of comfort.

Although Yan Gui knew that [-]% of it was acting skills, but I have to say that it was really effective.

The Nascent Soul Stage disciple quickly calmed down, and then told what happened to them on the road: "We set off in two directions with the other team, and everything was normal the first two days. Most of the monsters are fourth or fifth rank. We walked in a group, and it was not difficult to deal with them. At noon today, we passed a lake, and the lake was shining brightly. The treasure is hidden at the bottom of the lake."

Hearing this, Shen Yunci sighed: "Did you dive into that lake?"

"We are also afraid of accidents, so only a few people went down first to explore the way." The Yuanying stage disciple heard Shen Yunci sigh, and his voice became a little softer unconsciously, "The people who went down first fished out a few things from the bottom of the lake. After seeing the object, it was confirmed that it was a real treasure. Everyone couldn't bear it anymore and went into the water one after another. Who knew that a huge black shadow suddenly appeared in the mud and sand at the bottom of the lake. The people in the lake have already been swallowed by the black shadow. Seeing that something was wrong, the rest of the people got out of the lake immediately, but the black shadow chased after him from the bottom of the lake to the shore!"

"What does that thing look like?" Shen Yunci asked.

"It's very big, almost one-third the size of the lake. It looks like a whale in appearance, but its body is like a translucent blue mist, and the skeleton inside can be seen. And it can swim in the air like in water , but the speed is slightly slower. It is also a blessing in misfortune. If it is as flexible as in water, then none of us will be able to escape. Later, we encountered this canyon on the way to escape. The monster is too big Unable to enter, I hit the mountain with my body a few times, and left when I saw it was useless."

Shen Yun said: "The so-called treasures you fished out from the bottom of the lake, do you still have them?"

The Yuanyingqi disciple hesitated for a moment, and finally took out a green bamboo flute and handed it to Shen Yunci: "I was one of the first to go down to explore the way, and I found this flute at the bottom of the lake, and I didn't go into the water the next time. "

Although it is a bamboo flute, its body is verdant and exquisite, and it is much better than many jade flutes.The two pieces of white jade embedded in the mouth of the flute are warm and moist to the touch, and the quality of the jade is even more colorless.Even the blue and white tassels hanging on the flute look extraordinary.

Shen Yunci rubbed the bamboo flute repeatedly in his hands, suddenly chuckled, and threw the flute towards Yan Gui who was beside him.

Yan Gui subconsciously stretched out his hand to catch the flute, even though he was an amateur at all, he knew that this flute was definitely an extremely rare thing.

"Yaoshan Wannian Bamboo, Kunlun Ice Marrow Jade, and even the tassels are woven with East Sea silver mackerel silk. It's a pity that such a top-notch treasure is just a fake." Shen Yunci looked at the bamboo flute in Yan Gui's hand and said slowly.

"How...it's possible." The Nascent Soul disciple couldn't believe it.

Yan Gui went to look at the bamboo flute again, but no matter what, he didn't think it was a fake.

"The monster you met earlier is called Mirage Demon." Shen Yun resigned, "The eighth-level monster, which is equivalent to the cultivation level of the fusion stage, often hibernates in the waters. If there is a desire in the heart, it will It creates illusions with its own monster aura, and transforms the most beautiful things to satisfy people's wishes. Moreover, although the things that this monster transforms are only empty, people who are lower than it can't tell the truth from the fake."

"Then how did you know it was a fake?" Yan Gui asked suspiciously.

Shen Yunci raised his eyes lightly: "Because the real product is hidden in Taiwei's head."

As soon as this remark came out, naturally no one would question the authenticity of this thing.And Yan Gui actually got a new system prompt because of this.

[Get the clue "The whereabouts of the real product", the progress of the current branch clue is 1/10]

Several people who also got the treasure from the bottom of the lake couldn't hide their disappointment when they heard Shen Yunci's words.But more people fell into a greater panic because of the eighth-level monster mirage described.

"Senior brother Shen, how could there be an eighth-order monster in this mysterious environment? What should we do now...?"

"There have been changes in the Xuanyou Realm. I am afraid that there are not only high-level monsters like the mirage monster." Shen Yunci frowned, "If you want to leave, I can find a way to send you out .”

Everyone in the canyon looked at each other in blank dismay. After thinking for a while, most of them chose to leave the Xuanyou Realm early.

Many of these disciples are leaving the school for the first time. They have just escaped from the mirage demon. After seeing nearly half of their companions die in the mouth of the monster in an instant, it is difficult for anyone to have the courage to move on.

This is actually a very rational choice, even if there are many treasures in the Xuanyou Realm, no matter how beneficial it is for cultivation, it is not as important as life.

Shen Yunci took out a piece of paper talisman between his fingers and burned it with blue flames. Then, from the ashes, dozens of white lights emerged one after another, weaving into a paper crane with fluorescent dots.He tapped the paper crane's beak twice with his index finger, and the paper crane seemed to come to life, hovering and flying to stop in front of him.

"Follow this paper crane, and you will be able to find the shortest way to the entrance. If there is danger on the way, it will also warn you. Remember not to stop on the way because of any abnormalities."

After most of the people left with the paper crane, there were only three people left in the canyon except Shen Yunci and Yan Gui.

These three are all disciples of Shangyuan Peak of the Taiwei Sword Sect, and the disciples of the Nascent Soul Stage just now are also listed.

"Are you really not leaving?" Shen Yunci asked again, he actually didn't want other people to go with him,

The Nascent Soul Stage disciple seemed a little embarrassed to answer: "We still feel that it is safer to be with Senior Brother Shen. Besides, the Soul Concentrating Grass has not been obtained yet, so it seems a little inappropriate to leave like this..."

Hearing these words, Yan Gui thought to himself, it is obviously much more dangerous to be around Shen Yunci.If they happen to see something they shouldn't see at that time, they will realize that Shen Yunci is more terrifying than the mirage demon.

"Since that's the case, you should follow along." In Shen Yunci's gentle tone, there was a hint of imperceptible helplessness.

For the next three days, nothing unexpected happened.

But this overly calm state gave Yan Gui a bad premonition.

On the seventh day after entering the Xuanyou Realm, Yan Gui and the others finally arrived at the place where the Soul Suppressing Tree was located.

The roots of the soul-suppressing tree grow out of the resentful black mire, but the trunk, branches and leaves of the soul-suppressing tree are lush and lush, and there is even a little shimmer of light against them, forming a very sharp contrast with the dark and humid environment under the tree.

Just like a fairyland, like a demon realm.

On the intertwined roots of the soul-suppressing tree, there are countless green grasses.The grass core is dotted with a little blue light, which is the title of Lanxing Pavilion this time - Concentrating Grass.

Things are close at hand, but the people standing outside the quagmire dare not act rashly.

When Yan Gui and the others arrived, they found that other people had already arrived first.It stands to reason that Yan Gui already knew the location of the Soul Suppressing Tree, and no one should be faster than him, but because of the Tianlan Realm incident along the way, Yan Gui and the others had to detour a few times.

But even so, that group of people was too lucky.

Even though it was useless to come early, Yan Gui shook his head as he looked at the group of people standing by the black mire who looked at me and you, no one dared to take a step forward.

Gather ghost energy without corruption, gather resentment without being infected with evil, use the spirit of an inch of ground veins to suppress resentful ghosts in all directions.

The reason why the soul-suppressing branch is named "soul-suppressing" is because where it grows, there must be corpses everywhere and countless resentful souls.The black quagmire, which seemed difficult to deal with, was formed by the long-term accumulation of resentful souls and corpses.

If you pass directly above, you will definitely be pulled into the black mud by the ghosts transformed from resentment at the bottom of the pool, and you will be with them.

Looking at the expressions of the group of people by the quagmire, Yan Gui could guess that someone must have tried the quagmire with their bodies and never returned.