The sky is still gray, the air is filled with the smell of sulfur, and on the earth in the distance, dots of red light can be vaguely seen, whether it is earth inflammation or ghosts.
However, the surroundings are no longer as dark as ink, and the surrounding scenery can be vaguely seen.
"what's the situation..."
The Wudu Ghost Town during the day is only slightly better than at night.
Qin Shaoyou covered his head and woke up next to a ruin. When he opened his eyes, only Meng Bai was nearby.
He looked around in confusion. The scene here was the same as when he came in.
An Yuefang and little girl Alan no longer exist.
"you're awake?"
When Mengbai saw that he was awake, he ended his meditation practice and walked over with a dark box.
"What's this?"
"I don't know, your mother gave it to you, saying it was a test for you."
Qin Shaoyou looked at her with an extremely strange expression, and then looked down at the black box in her hand.
This object is neither gold nor silver, nor wood nor stone. I don’t know what material it is made of. There is a faint wave of underworld energy coming from it.
"Thank you."
Qin Shaoyou nodded, took it from her hand and opened it, only to find a colorful feather.
"What is this?"
"You have to ask your mother yourself."
"Oh? What about my mother?"
"Senior Mu Qing took Qin Yun and others away a few days ago. She said she was going to take them to other places to practice. She said she left maps for you, waiting for you to go to the three places marked on the map and pick up the things there.
After you come back, you will know where your senior has gone."
Qin Shaoyou frowned slightly.
A few days ago?
Was he unconscious for several days?
No feeling!
Then, he lowered his head to look at the black box again, and sure enough he found a piece of worn parchment inside. When he unfolded it, he found three places marked with black marks: the fountain of hell, the fire of hell, and the abyss.
deep.
These three places are all very far away from here, and they are in three different directions.
"It seems that you want me to practice here..."
Qin Shaoyou understood that Mu Qing had given him three trial places to improve his cultivation. Also, with his current cultivation, he would not be able to make any waves even if he returned to Daming Continent.
The names of the three places are quite deceptive, but I don’t know if they are dangerous or not.
He put away the map and the colorful feather, then looked at Meng Bai again, and asked with some confusion:
"You stay here alone just to wait for me to wake up?"
"Senior Mu Qing asked me to stay and protect you, otherwise you think I am willing to take care of you!"
Meng gave him a blank look and said angrily.
"protect me?"
Qin Shaoyou was speechless.
In his impression, Mengbai could not be so obedient. It was probably because of some agreement reached between his cheap old lady and Mengbai that the latter reluctantly stayed.
Thinking of this, he showed a malicious smile.
"Then Master Mengbai needs to be careful. I am easily injured and I need personal guards."
"you..."
"Don't even think about it!"
Meng Bai was so angry that she pursed her lips.
"Hahaha..."
After Qin Shaoyou joked for a while, he chuckled, got up and Yukong quickly left in a certain direction. Seeing this, Mengbai hurriedly followed and left here.
According to the instructions on the map, the closest place to here is the Spring of Underworld, because on the map Mu Qing gave him, a black line connected three places at once, and the order was the Spring of Underworld, Prison.
The Fire of Fire and the Abyss of the Abyss, so going to the Fountain of the Underworld first is the best choice.
Flying over the land of Hell has a particularly weird feeling, as if you are flying over an entire grassland that has been burned by fire. The ground below is full of dots of flowing lava. The source of these lava is unknown.
You can't feel the high temperature anywhere, but it just exists like this.
It really deserves the title "hell"!
During the flight, Qin Shaoyou also noticed that there were many Sifang cities along the way that were similar to the Wudu ghost town. Some of them were relatively complete. Although they were also uninhabited and silent, they did not look very eerie, but
Some cities are completely different. Not only did their city walls collapse in pieces, as if they were torn apart by some terrifying force, but the buildings in the city also disappeared in pieces, leaving only deep ravines.
, thick black air hovered over the ravine, and the whining wind could still be faintly heard.
Seeing this situation, even Mengbai, who was in the middle stage of Nascent Soul, couldn't help but feel chills running down her spine, and she unconsciously moved closer to Qin Shaoyou.
But at a certain moment, Qin Shaoyou suddenly stopped in mid-air, stopped and pointed at a city not far below and frowned.
Meng Bai hurriedly stopped and looked in the direction of his finger.
But below, he saw a pitch-black armor half-kneeling at the city gate. A faint red light came from the black helmet. The armor held a similarly pitch-black spear in its hand, blocking the city like a guard.
door.
In front of the armor, there are large tracts of dense bones, but these bones are not of humans, but of various animals, or in other words, monsters!
In the sky above these piles of bones, there is a large gray shadow, and in this shadow there is a bright red light flashing continuously.
This is a huge undead creature, but you can’t tell what it is just by looking at its appearance!
As long as the undead creature made any move close to the city gate, a burst of cold gunfire came from the half-kneeling armor, turning into a violent wind, forcing the undead creature back.
go.
But all of this is silent, and the two repeat like this and never stop.
"this..."
Mengbai was speechless and opened his mouth slightly.
Qin Shaoyou frowned and slowly turned his gaze to the city wall in the distance. He saw streaks of gray gas running around in the streets of the city. Everywhere he went, there would be a faint red light that flickered and died out.
Thinking of the scenes he saw in Ye Feng's memory before, Qin Shaoyou can imagine a picture:
Monsters besieged the city. A strong man in black armor faced the monster beasts alone in front of the city gate. Little did he know that the city he was guarding behind him had already become a feasting hall for other monsters.
..
Of course, this must have been a long time ago.
But even if this is a tragedy, why is this moment preserved and repeated?
Qin Shaoyou thought about it for a long time and had no idea.
Perhaps the two of them stayed for too long. At a certain moment, the black-armored helmet on the ground made a clear rattling sound, and slowly lifted it up, looking in the direction of Qin Shaoyou and the others.
.
"withdraw!"
Qin Shaoyou felt that something was not good. The situation here was too weird. He didn't want to cause trouble. After he secretly said something, he immediately turned into a stream of light and fled into the distance. But the moment he opened his mouth, Meng Bai had already rushed out.
A few dozen feet away...
Fortunately, the armor moved relatively slowly. By the time it was completely turned around, the two of them had already left the place. Then the helmet slowly turned back, and the confrontation that had lasted for tens of thousands of years was still going on.
After escaping hundreds of miles away, Mengbai returned to Qin Shaoyou again.
"What was that just now? I feel like as long as I take a look at it, my mind will go blank!"
Thinking of the feeling just now, Meng Bai still has lingering fears.
Qin Shaoyou glanced at her.
Although he was dissatisfied with Meng Bai's behavior just now, he couldn't blame him for anything. If it were him, he would do the same thing. After all, his own life is the most important thing to a monk.
As for the promise of protection or not, just listen to it and don't take it seriously. Qin Shaoyou is not naive enough to really put his safety in the hands of others.
"have no idea!"
Qin Shaoyou's answer was a bit stiff. Mengbai blinked and said no more.
They were silent all the way. Whenever they saw similar ghost towns, they would just walk around them and not get close to them, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble.
Although they were so cautious, they still attracted a few gray undead creatures when they passed through some inconspicuous mountain villages. The latter were attracted by the fluctuations of dark power on their bodies and chased them for hundreds of miles.
The more cities, towns and other places he passed, the more Qin Shaoyou found that something was wrong.
It was as if everyone here was living an orderly life, until a certain moment it suddenly turned into this scene. Mortals died and turned into ghosts and undead creatures. They were confused and at a loss. Some ghosts and evil spirits were even still going on.
Actions before death...
Qin Shaoyou was just thinking wildly, but suddenly he heard the sound of rushing water in his ears. This sound was particularly pleasant in this silent hell, as if he suddenly returned to the broad daylight of Damingzhou, and the feeling of depression was also weakened.
More than half of it.
He followed the sound and saw a rushing river in the distance. The water was yellow and clear, and layers of black air rolled up on the surface of the river. There might be some bones floating up and down in it.
"Is this the Huangquan you are looking for?"
Mengbai took a breath of cold air. She looked into the distance and saw that the vast land was densely covered with countless winding rivers. This caused the sky above the entire area to be filled with dense black.
Angry, chilling.
Qin Shaoyou frowned slightly.
"The blue sky above and the yellow spring below fall. There have been poems describing this place in the world, but now it seems that this yellow spring is not just a spring, but an entire river basin!"
"Mortal world?"
Mengbai sighed softly, "How does the mortal world know the scene of this hell? I have heard that the word hell comes from the group of monks at Puguang Temple on Bodhi Mountain. The Huangquan you just mentioned should also be taken by them.
name..."
You say it without meaning, but you listen with intention.
Qin Shaoyou's heart moved. Meng Bai was right. Even if he came here, he would be separated by three levels of secret realm, and it would be impossible for those mortals to appear here!
Could it be...
Are they the monks from Puguang Temple?
This is quite possible!
I just don't know how they got here.
"what is that?!"
Qin Shaoyou's meditation was interrupted by Mengbai's exclamation. He looked up and saw many squirming figures appearing on the horizon in the distance. It seemed that there were quite a few. Against the backdrop of the dim moonlight unique to hell.