The heat wave hit them in waves, hitting their faces. Zhang Xiaozu and Niu Dawa stood on the top of the mountain, looking at the scenery in front of them. Their mouths were opened wide in shock, and they could not recover for a long time.
In front of the two of them was a huge winding valley, thousands of feet wide from front to back, left and right, and hundreds of feet deep.
Hot red magma is rolling and flowing at the bottom of the valley, and hot air currents visible to the naked eye are rising from the bottom of the valley.
The clouds and mist falling from the sky were evaporated by the heat wave before they fell into the valley, so the view of the entire valley was very clear.
In the middle of the valley, there is a small terracotta island protruding from the magma.
There is a towering ancient tree growing on the island, its trunk is as thick as an Optimus pillar.
Its crown has grown out of the valley hundreds of feet deep, and has risen nearly a hundred feet into the sky.
The huge umbrella-shaped canopy blocks the sky and the sun, and is looming in the clouds.
There are fiery red trumpet-shaped flowers falling like rain from the huge crown of the tree.
Beautiful flowers rained down in the valley, and the fragrant fragrance of flowers filled the air. As the hot air waves hit the faces of Zhang Xiaozhu and Niu Dawa, they felt relaxed and happy.
Directly under the towering old tree, a huge forest-white skeleton stands standing firm.
Its head and tail are hundreds of feet long, and its wings are spread hundreds of feet. Judging from the shape, it should be the skeleton of a huge bird.
Gulu——
Niu Dawa swallowed hard, woke up from the deep shock, and asked in wonder: "Isn't this the skeleton of a phoenix?"
Zhang Xiaozu also swallowed in shock, looked up at the looming tree crown hidden in the clouds, and guessed: "This should be a sycamore tree... right?"
He was not sure because the tree was too tall, and the flowers of the sycamore trees he had seen were all lavender, and he had never seen the fiery red sycamore flowers, but the shapes of the flowers were very similar.
Furthermore, the sycamore trees do not bloom in this season.
However, I felt relieved when I thought that this place was a relic and the flowering time could not be measured based on the seasons outside.
He suddenly remembered something Ye Mingyue said, and told Niu Dawa: "The phoenix is buried under the sycamore tree after it dies. The sycamore tree becomes wise after listening to the mournful cries for thousands of years, and sheds sycamore tears. When the phoenix tree meets the earth, it turns into fire.
Awaken the immortal soul of the Phoenix and then be reborn from the ashes."
Hearing this, Niu Dawa nodded vigorously and said: "That's right, these must be the bones of the phoenix, and only the phoenix can have such a huge body.
It turns out that there really is a phoenix in the world, but it was killed by something. This... is so terrible!"
As he spoke, he couldn't help but shiver with fear.
"Indus Tears!"
Zhang Xiaozu's heart trembled, and he looked at the crown of the sycamore tree, trying his best to find this legendary treasure.
However, the crown of the tree was tall and lush, and there were clouds and fog blocking his sight. Even though his eyes were sore when he looked at it, he could not find any trace of Wutong Tears.
He thought that since Wutong Tears could even awaken the soul of a phoenix, if he could get a drop of it and give it to Butcher Zhang, it would definitely save his life.
"How can we get up to the tree?" Zhang Xiaozhu frowned as he looked at the towering tree crown, knowing that he had to climb up to find Wutong Tears.
Niu Dawa responded: "Climb up or fly up."
If they had not lost their cultivation, this would be easy for them, but now that they have lost all their cultivation, what was once a simple matter has become as difficult as climbing to the sky.
To climb up the tree trunk, you need to cross the magma at the bottom of the valley first. How can your mortal body withstand the high temperature?
Flying up would be even more impossible.
"We must find a way to restore our cultivation." Zhang Xiaozu said.
Niu Dawa walked towards the left, wanting to observe from a different angle.
After walking about two hundred steps, his pupils suddenly trembled, and he stared at the Phoenix skeleton with a look of ecstasy on his face. He waved to Zhang Xiaozu and shouted: "Pawn, come and see, what is that?!"
Upon hearing this, Zhang Xiaozu quickly ran over, then looked in the direction of Niu Dawa's finger, and his eyes fell on a round, fiery red bead as big as a watermelon.
This bead is in the skull of the Phoenix skeleton. I couldn't see it just now because it was blocked by the skull. But now where they are standing, the angle is just right to see the bead.
"That's... Phoenix's demon pill?!" Zhang Xiaozu asked in shock.
Niu Dawa rubbed his hands with hot eyes, and with unconcealable greed in his voice, he swallowed and said: "If I can get this demon pill, wouldn't I be...invincible in the world?
Please hold me a little tighter, I'm afraid I won't be able to control myself and rush down."
"ah--"
A scream suddenly sounded in the valley, and then echoed, reaching the ears of Zhang Xiaozu and Niu Dawa.
"Over there... there seems to be someone burning in the magma." Zhang Xiaozu looked far away in the direction from which the screams came.
The distance was too far, and he couldn't see clearly. He only saw a human-shaped object burning in the magma at the bottom of the valley, turning into charcoal in the blink of an eye.
Niu Dawa also saw it, and he was so frightened that he immediately suppressed the impulsive thoughts in his heart, and muttered: "If your mortal body rushes into the magma, I'm afraid that guy is not a fool."
Zhang Xiaozu looked into the distance, frowned and said: "He rushed inside almost half the distance. It can be seen that he did not step into the magma blindly. He should have found some way to resist the burning of the magma, but he still underestimated it."
He was so heated by the magma that he couldn't hold on even halfway and was burned to death."
Zhang Xiaozu guessed and inferred.
"There are many people on the hilltop opposite," Niu Dawa said, pointing to the opposite side of the valley.
"Would you like to go over and take a look?" Zhang Xiaozu asked.
"Let's go and see how they resist the burning of magma." Niu Dawa looked anxious.
He is full of greed for the Phoenix Demon Pill, so he is afraid that others will get there first.
The two immediately walked around the edge of the valley and approached the other side.
As the distance continued to get closer and their sight passed through some obstructions, they discovered that there were thousands of people in the valley, standing scattered here and there, far more than they imagined.
Like the two of them, everyone is full of yearning for the small island in the valley.
"Wait a minute." Finding that there were many people in front of him, Zhang Xiaopou stopped Niu Dawa and said, "Find a place to hide the Flame Heart Fruit to avoid any trouble."
"Okay." Niu Dawa nodded in agreement.
The two walked down the mountain and found a hollow behind a rock. After scanning around to make sure no one was peeking around, they dug a hole and buried the flaming heart fruit.
Then sprinkle rock ash evenly on top so that no trace is visible.
The two of them kept two pills in their arms in case they encountered a fight with their enemies, and they could eat them to replenish their fighting strength.
"Excuse me, dear friend, how did that person rush so far into the valley just now?" The two continued to move forward and met several blond people. Niu Dawa put on a smile, cupped his hands at these people, and got straight to the point.
asked.
"I don't know." One of them stared at the two of them warily and replied coldly.
After saying this, the group of people waded down the slope through the thick ash and walked towards the valley.
Zhang Xiaozu and Niu Dawa thought that these people with cold faces and extraordinary strength were going to the bottom of the valley and crossing the lava to reach the island, so they stopped and watched.
However, a few people walked down the slope for a distance of three to four hundred steps, whispered to each other, and then stopped, kneeling on the slope, using their swords to dig away at the ash.
"Excuse me, brothers, what are you digging for?" Niu Dawa asked loudly and curiously.
Those few people dug alone and didn't answer the question.
In fact, he and Zhang Xiaozu had already seen it from a distance. Many people were digging on the slope of the valley, and they didn't know what they were digging.
"Oh, do you still want to keep it a secret?" Niu Dawa felt displeased, snorted disdainfully, and continued to walk forward.
After walking some distance, Niu Dawa saw a dark man kneeling on the slope digging soil. He stopped and asked loudly: "Excuse me, brother, what are you digging for?"
The swarthy man stopped when he heard the sound, raised his head, looked at Niu Dawa and Zhang Xiaopeng, and responded: "There are extreme fire crystals and red flame soil in the soil, and everyone is digging for these two treasures."
After that, continue digging.
The two were shocked when they heard this, because the Extreme Fire Crystal and Red Flame Earth were both excellent treasures, and they couldn't help but want to go down and join the excavation army.
Ding!
The swarthy man's knife stuck in the ash and hit something, making a crisp ding sound.
A look of ecstasy suddenly appeared on the big man's face. He dug up the soil quickly and dug out a red and shiny stone the size of an egg.
"Hey, you're so lucky." The big man held the Extreme Fire Crystal in his hand, chuckled happily, and quickly put it into the pouch on his waist, fearing that it would attract jealous people to snatch it.
Zhang Xiaozu and Niu Dawa were extremely greedy when they saw it. They felt that the extremely fire crystals seemed to be everywhere on the ground and they could be found by just digging around. They couldn't wait to dig more.
"Excuse me, brother, there was a person walking into the magma earlier. I wonder how he got so far and why he suddenly caught fire and died?" Zhang Xiaozu asked, suppressing the urge to dig for the Extreme Fire Crystal.
"That man received ancient inheritance and penetrated the Qi Sea. He thought he could withstand the burning of the magma. However, he ran out of true energy halfway and fell into the magma and burned to death." The dark man replied.
"I wonder how he obtained the ancient inheritance?" Zhang Xiaozu then asked.
"It is said that he meditated on a tombstone at night. I don't know whether it is true or not." The swarthy man replied.
Zhang Xiaozhu couldn't help but frown when he heard this, because the first night the tombstone appeared, he touched the top and bottom of the tombstone and found no inheritance.
"Could it be behind the tombstone?"
He suddenly remembered that he only touched the front of the tombstone, but missed the back.
"Pawn, what should we do?" Niu Dawa asked.
Zhang Xiaozu responded: "Go down the mountain and pick up the old man and Fairy Hui, and then we will dig and find a way to get to the island."
"good."
The two dug out the buried flaming heart fruit and then went down the mountain. They did not dare to go back the same way for fear of being blocked and robbed by the terrifying rock-backed monitor lizard.
The two of them were strong, had sufficient stamina, and were agile, so they went down the mountain very quickly. It only took half a day to run all the way down from the top of the mountain.
However, when I got down the mountain, my legs began to tremble uncontrollably, my steps were wobbly, and my thighs felt weak.
"I'm afraid the fruits won't last long and are about to rot." Niu Dawa found that the Yanxinguo and Yanxiangguo in the bag were soft and wilted.
Zhang Xiaozu said: "Don't worry, after we go up the mountain again, we will use the temperature of the magma to bake them into dried fruits."
"good idea."
"I just came down from the mountain and thought of a way to get to the island. I wonder if it's feasible?" Zhang Xiaozu said.
"any solution?"
"We can fly a big kite and fly to the island. We played it when we were kids."
"What a fool!" Niu Dawa suddenly yelled and said, "You tricked me into tying the rope around my waist. As a result, there was a strong wind and I was dragged up to the sky by the kite. Fortunately, I was blocked by the old willow tree, otherwise the wind would blow.
I'm going to have to fall down and die."
"You can't blame me, it's you who clamored to go to heaven." Zhang Xiaozhu said with a sneer.