Celestial being

The reason why Yuan Ming turned back was not that he wanted to leave right away, but that he wanted to go to the other two areas to see the situation before making any plans.

Not long after, Yuan Ming came to the colorful garden. Before he stepped in, the scent of more than a dozen different floral fragrances hit his nostrils.

Yuan Ming's nose twitched, he inhaled a little, and suddenly felt the pleasant fragrance of flowers, refreshing.

He walked slowly into the garden, and with a quick glance, he soon discovered that there were many old spiritual flowers and spiritual herbs. Although they were not too rare, they could be replaced with many spiritual stones when they were taken out. Immediately, the sleeves of the robe were rolled up, and a ray of glow came out, and they were all put into the bag.

But at this moment, he suddenly frowned and felt that the fragrance of flowers in front of his nose turned into a disgusting smell of blood.

He immediately raised his eyes and looked up. What was originally a sea of ​​colorful flowers suddenly turned into a sea of ​​corpses and blood. The so-called red flowers and green leaves were clearly hands, feet and palms stained with blood. It seems to be swaying in the wind, but it is actually the twitching and shaking of the fingers and toes.

And in his palm, a spirit flower that had just been picked turned into a severed palm, with blood oozing out from its roots, while its fingers stretched forward desperately, as if wanting to touch Yuan. Inscribed palm.

Yuan Ming frowned when he saw this situation, but he did not throw out the spirit flower in his hand. Instead, with a thought in his mind, the soul power rippled out from the sea of ​​consciousness, and his spiritual consciousness swarmed over and landed on the strange flower in his hand. It's still the original colorful look.

In addition, although everything shrouded by spiritual consciousness is still extremely terrifying in Yuan Ming's eyes, there is no difference when viewing it with spiritual consciousness.

"It's not an illusion but a poison technique?" If Yuan Ming sensed it, he immediately closed his sense of smell and isolated the influence of the fragrance of flowers, and the strange look in front of him also disappeared.

But at this moment, the ground under Yuan Ming's feet suddenly became extremely soft, and a huge suction force came from below. It only took a moment to swallow up a small part of his legs, and it was still pulling downwards at an accelerated speed.

Yuan Ming's heart was filled with fear, and he immediately raised his hand to release the flower branches and diamonds. At the same time, he pinched the magic formula, and a large bone-white flame instantly ignited on the white bone knife, and it slashed towards the ground beneath him.

As soon as Huazhi and Jin were released, they were ordered by Yuan Ming to take action at the same time.

Huazhi instantly inserted his arms into the ground, and countless purple vines grew and rushed toward Yuan Ming's feet. King Kong quickly stepped forward, grabbed Yuan Ming's arm, and cooperated with the operation of his magic power to pull him out of the soft ground.

As if sensing that Yuan Ming was about to escape, the suction force in the mud suddenly increased. However, when the white bone knife sank into the ground and purple vines followed closely behind, a frightened howl could be heard faintly under the soil.

The next moment, Yuan Ming felt the suction below loosen, and he flew up from the ground in an instant. He was unexpectedly thrown into the sky by the brute force of King Kong who was caught off guard.

Yuan Ming was in mid-air. He quickly used his magic power to stabilize his body and looked towards the place where he had just stood.

Driven and chased by the branches and vines, the garden floor was constantly rising and falling, as if a giant python was swimming in the soil.

Yuan Ming raised his hand to recall the white bone knife, observed the direction of the "Giant Python" in mid-air, and pointed at the right moment. The white bone knife roared out, and hit the "Giant Python" head-on as it broke through the ground. superior.

What surprised him was that when the white bone knife struck the monster's head, it made a crisp sound, as if something was broken. The monster also screamed in pain, and then it burrowed into the soil again. Seems to want to escape.

Yuan Ming immediately activated the magic formula, and the white fire on the bone knife immediately seemed to be alive, and he pounced on the monster before it was completely buried.

The monster was burned by the white fire, and countless pale white ice crystals suddenly appeared on its body surface, and its movement speed also slowed down a lot. Taking this opportunity, the vines released from the flower branches took advantage of the momentum and quickly grabbed the monster out of the soil and hung it. mid-air.

It was only then that Yuan Ming saw the appearance of the monster clearly. It was not a giant python, but a strange lizard covered with white hair. There was a dark oracle bone on its head, and a small piece of it was broken. , presumably the traces left by being hit by a white bone knife just now.

The strange lizard that was suspended in the air was still struggling. As its body shook, several white hairs fell down. As soon as it hit the ground, it disappeared like a mud cow entering the sea. Then, the flowers in that area bloomed instantly and were released. Waves of fragrance burst out and headed towards the flower branches.

However, the flower branch itself is a vine, not to mention that with Yuan Ming's guidance, it is impossible to inhale the floral fragrance, and naturally there will be no special reaction.

Yuan Ming looked at the monster up and down, and suddenly recalled in his mind a monster named "Earth-Drilling Haw" mentioned in the classics he read back then.

Speaking of which, this earth-burrowing beast is similar to the earth-walking demon. Not only does it also have the ability to burrow into the earth, it can also control the softness and hardness of mud and rocks to a certain extent to trap and kill enemies.

In addition, the white hair on this monster's body is also quite strange. Once it falls off, it will cause the flowers and plants in an area to emit a poisonous fragrance. After inhaling it, you will fall into an illusion, but this illusion affects the body rather than the consciousness. , it does not pose much of a threat to the monks, but it will be used as a shortcut to find this monster.

However, the Yin capital city was originally shrouded by the illusory formation, which greatly made up for the shortcomings of this demon's magical power. The monks who stepped into its territory were unable to distinguish between reality and illusion, and were eventually devoured by the demon.

However, now that the illusion formation has been broken, Yuan Ming, who came here, has a powerful soul and is an expert in illusion. With just this demon's ability, he is quite capable. Sora has the cultivation level of a third-level monster, but his combat effectiveness is inferior to that of some second-level monsters.

Yuan Ming raised his hand, and the white bone knife galloped away, cutting off the head of the ground-burrowing dog. Its corpse was immediately absorbed by the flower branches, and soon became a mummy.

Without the monsters to stop him, Yuan Ming continued to explore the garden, and finally found several old spiritual herbs, but nothing else was gained.

If it were an ordinary pill-forming monk, the harvest in the garden would already be considered substantial. With so many elixirs, whether they were exchanged for spirit stones or refined into elixirs, they would already be very impressive.

However, in Yuan Ming's heart, this place is a treasure land that can rival the City Lord's Mansion. Some of the spiritual herbs that can be used during the pill formation period are far from enough to satisfy him.

Yuan Ming left the garden and returned to the dense forest. His eyes wandered between the lake and the rockery, and finally chose to step onto the trestle on the lake.

The five Nascent Soul stage powerful men all visited the city lord's palace, and they were probably faster than him. Therefore, he had to rush ahead of everyone, fight quickly, get the treasures in the garden, and then rush back.

Among the several areas, only the three-story attic felt unusual to Yuan Ming. It was prudent not to go there before. Now that he has discovered that there are no treasures hidden in the garden, and presumably there are none in the Shishan area, there is no need to waste time. .

Yuan Ming hurriedly walked on the covered bridge, with Huazhi and King Kong following closely behind. One person and two beasts were not only alerting the surroundings, but also searching for treasures along the way.

As the three of them got closer to the island in the lake, there were gradually more lotus leaves beside the covered bridge.

Among the tender green leaves, lotus pods lowered their heads, blowing in the breeze, like sleepy children, touching the lake surface from time to time, waking up for a moment after making a circle of ripples, straightening up in a hurry, but then It was hard to hide his sleepiness, and he fell asleep again after a while.

Yuan Ming looked around and felt that the wood-attribute spiritual energy around him was more than several times richer. On a whim, he cast a spell to pluck a lotus plant and dug out several lotus seeds with rich spiritual energy and fragrant aroma.

He used his spiritual consciousness to cover the lotus seeds, and after examining them for a moment, he found that there was nothing unusual about them, so he tried to eat one.

After the lotus seeds entered his stomach, Yuan Ming suddenly felt a warmth spread throughout his body. The mana he had consumed before was instantly filled up, and even his cultivation level improved a little.

Seeing that the lotus seeds had such magical effects, Yuan Ming's eyes suddenly lit up, and he summoned flower branches and diamonds to pick them with them.

While picking, Yuan Ming also dug out the spiritual lotus roots hidden under the lotus leaves. Although his specific effects were not yet known, he knew that they were not ordinary things just from the rich spiritual energy on them that was no less than that of lotus seeds.

One man and two beasts moved forward while sweeping, but suddenly, Yuan Ming discovered that in the depths of the lake far away from the covered bridge, covered by layers of lotus leaves, colorful rays of light gush out, like a rainbow after the rain, dazzling and extremely gorgeous.

Yuan Ming noticed the rich spiritual energy coming from behind the lotus leaves, and his heart suddenly moved. He immediately floated to the lake and walked towards the glow.

He pushed aside the lotus leaves blocking the road, and a small colorful lotus came into view. The lotus was already in full bloom. The three-layered seventy-two petals were pink and tender, reflecting the dozens of colorful lotus seeds in the center, and the rich spiritual energy. It condenses into mist, rising and falling with the glow, as if it can breathe.

Yuan Ming was deeply attracted by the beautiful scenery in front of him, and was filled with admiration in his heart. He was about to step forward to pick it, but his eyelids suddenly jumped after he had just taken two steps, and a strong sense of crisis emerged from his soul.

Yuan Ming's heart skipped a beat. Before he could react, he felt pain in his ankle. Then his body flew up uncontrollably, hanging upside down in the air like a bug caught in a spider's web. .

At the same time, the calm lake surface suddenly rolled and surged, and two bloody vines covered with barbs emerged from the water and stabbed at Yuan Ming.

Seeing the ferocious appearance of the two vines, Yuan Ming quickly used his magic formula to summon a small bronze cauldron, from which endless flames poured out and formed a shield in front of him, blocking the vines.

However, in the face of the brilliant fire, the blood-colored vines seemed to be covered with a thin film, showing no signs of being burned. At the same time, under the constant beating of the vines, the flame shield continued to shrink and soon shattered.

Almost at the moment when they discovered that Yuan Ming was attacked, Huazhi and King Kong, who were standing on the covered bridge, reacted at the same time, and at this time they both began to use their own methods.

Huazhi approached quickly and stretched out his arms. The purple and black vines condensed into a huge purple sword and whizzed down at the bloody vines.

The bloody vine immediately changed its attack target, and its barbed body faced the giant sword. When it was about to make contact, it twisted its body and wrapped itself around it. The barbs scratched the vine giant sword and even tore off a lot of vine skin. Tree chips come.

King Kong saw that Yuan Ming was hanging upside down in the air with two blood vines wrapped around his ankles. He immediately circulated his inner breath to cover his feet and walked on the water. Several people ducked under Yuan Ming and grabbed a thorn wrapped around his ankles. The vines, trying to tear them into two pieces with both arms.

During this process, the barbs on the vines tried desperately to pierce King Kong's body, but they all seemed to hit a copper wall, leaving only sparks that could not penetrate at all.

However, the tenacity of the vines exceeded King Kong's expectations. He almost used all his strength, but only tore a small opening in the vines, but failed to completely tear it off.