Qeng Ho Mage

Chapter 484: Former Underworld Master
Xiong Gang proposed to jump into the pit alone, not to seize the iron mushroom, but to bear the risk of picking Ganoderma for Fang Dushu.

Fang Dushu naturally would not let anything happen to Xiong Gang.

When Xiong Gang jumped down into the pit, a sound of thunder suddenly sounded around him. He looked up and found that the Spring Thunder Sword was quietly floating beside him, forming a thunder circle to protect him.

He knew that Fang Dushu was protecting him, so he turned around and hugged Fang Dushu, then started walking at the bottom of the pit and quickly went to the inside of the skull.

After he came in, he counted a total of nine iron antler mushrooms growing here.

There are three lion heads, each with three plants inside.

Xiong Gang picked it carefully and took out the spirit box to store it carefully.

When he picked up the fifth plant, he noticed a slight noise coming from inside the bone stone. He subconsciously turned his head to check and found that there was a sudden 'pop' on the bone surface a few feet away from him! ' With a sound, a small hole opened, and a beetle the size of a thumb came out of it.

The body of this beetle is no different from that of an ordinary beetle, except that its head already has the outline of a human head, which looks extremely strange. It raised its head towards Xiong Gang and screamed ferociously, then flew up and pounced. As a result, when it got within a few feet of Xiong Gang, The sword power of Spring Thunder Sword suddenly activated, splitting the insect body into pieces with one blow.

Xiong Gang looked at the dust on the ground with a hint of ridicule on his lips, but his smile quickly faded.

There is not just one beetle hiding among the skulls in this pit.

Almost in the blink of an eye, the swarm of insects swarmed out from the bone surface of the skull as if they had shed their shells, densely packed like an ant colony, and rushed towards Xiong Gang like a tide.

Seeing this, Xiong Gang felt his scalp numb.

Although the power of the Spring Thunder Sword is sharp and forms a strong thunder circle beside Xiong Gang, blocking any beetles trying to get close, the number of beetles is too great. Xiong Gang is worried that the Spring Thunder Sword will be exhausted, so he plans to use another one. layer of defense.

Just when he thought of this, he suddenly saw a ray of green light flying towards him, landing on his head, forming a lotus seal, covering his body in it.

Then he heard Li Danhui shouting to him: "This is the ghost-headed insect that usually haunts the underworld. Although there are many in number, there is no insect king in the lead. The threat is not great. Fellow Taoist Xiong, don't worry and go pick the iron antler mushroom. Junior Brother Fang and I will do it for you." You neutralize the harm caused by the insect swarm!”

Xiong Gang didn't talk nonsense and immediately accelerated the collection speed.

The surrounding insect swarms were blocked by the two layers of defense outside him and were unable to get close. They suddenly left him and fled, turning around and swarming out of the pit, aiming their attacks at Fang Dushu and Li Danhui.

But the two of them were prepared. Fang Dushu's Xia Yanjian had already been hanging on the edge of the pit. When the insects rushed up, the sword's power drew a ring of fire along the edge of the pit, and the insect swarm could not cross the edge of the pit even half a step. .

Those ghost-headed insects that tried to jump out of the ring of fire were poisoned by Li Danhui using the jade lotus platform to release poisonous mist.

When Xiong Gang finished picking all nine iron antler mushrooms and returned to the pit, the swarm of insects in the pit had already killed seven or seven hundred and eighty-eight people. Even those who survived, they all quickly fled back to the insect cave of the skull.

Seeing that the insect tide receded, Li Danhui began to examine the iron antler mushrooms handed over by Xiong Gang. After looking at them, he sighed softly: "The lifespan of these Ganoderma lucidums is too short. They only have a few hundred years of fire. They are only suitable for true spirits in the Qi training and foundation building stages." After taking it, the improvement of cultivation level is not obvious after taking the golden elixir stage true spirit."

Not to mention the Nascent Soul Stage True Spirit, the effect is minimal.

However, this does not mean that the young Tie Rongzhi has no uses.

Xiong Gang was very careful when picking. He pulled it out directly without damaging the rhizome. It can be transplanted into the cave and cultivated slowly.

In addition, Tie Rong Zhi, as a golden and iron heaven and earth spiritual root, can be used as a medicine guide to assist in the refining of many elixirs. Even Ling Zhi that has been heated for hundreds of years has a wide range of medicinal effects. If you get it at the market in Oiwa City, It will also attract competition among monks.

Li Danhui divided the nine plants of iron antler mushroom equally, and each person got three plants.

After Fang Dushu collected the Ganoderma lucidum, he turned to look at the nearby pit and said, "Since there is an environment for the growth of iron antler mushroom in this underworld, there must be Ganoderma lucidum that is older. Shall we continue to look for it?"

Li Danhui echoed: "I thought so too! This underworld is hidden deep at the bottom of the mine. It was not discovered by the miners who slaughtered the deer. It has been deserted all year round. It should be able to give birth to ancient medicines that are thousands or even ten thousand years old. I I agree to keep looking!”

Xiong Gang followed the two men's lead and did not express any objection. He immediately moved to a nearby pit and began to disperse the fog and conduct a carpet-like search.

Unfortunately, they found several pits in succession, and except for a pile of broken bones and stones, they were all empty.

But they are not discouraged. Although there is no harvest for the time being, they believe that the old iron thorns must exist.

After the Mad Lion God General evacuated earlier, he should have fled back to this underworld. The cultivator who controlled the Mad Lion God General behind the scenes must be entrenched in a corner of the underworld, even if Tie Rong cannot be found in the pit. Zhi, this foreign cultivator must have a lot of treasures on his body.

With this thought in mind, the three of them arrived at a huge pit about a mile in diameter.

A high platform emerged from the dark mist in the pit. This situation was very similar to the three lion skulls discovered earlier. The three people suddenly became energetic and immediately cast spells to disperse the dark mist.

As a result, after they emptied the pit, they did not find any bones. They only saw a sacrificial pillar several feet thick, inserted straight into the center of the pit.

The high platform they saw earlier was actually the top of the sacrificial pillar.

They looked at the sacrificial pillar attentively, and couldn't help but see a strange light in their eyes.

"There are patterns carved on the pillar!"

The entire sacrificial column is dozens of feet high, and the patterns engraved on the column are lifelike, just like the real thing, and it looks ingenious.

Although the sacrificial column is round, it can still be easily distinguished. The column pattern shows a fierce battle.

The battlefield is set in a dark wilderness. There is a kind of bird monster occupying the sky and the ground. They are so densely packed that they almost cover the entire battlefield.

Among these birds, two monks were revealed. They were mixed with the flocks of birds all over the mountains and plains. They were holding weapons and riding mounts, and started to catch and kill each other.

Looking at the two monks again, the one on the left is wearing silver armor, holding a silver spear in his hand, and riding a three-headed silver lion. The whole person seems to be made of pure silver, looking handsome and very impressive.

The appearance of another monk is slightly inferior to that of the silver-armored knight, but he also looks majestic. He is wearing a black iron armor. His hands look like they have no weapons, but if you look closely, you will find that his palms are It holds two iron balls, a rather strange treasure.This black iron monk also has a mount. He rides a majestic iron bull. The bull's body looks like it is made of iron, but its eyes scatter golden light, and the beam it releases is like two golden knives.

Li Danhui had rich experience. She only took one look at the two monks and immediately recognized their identities.

"Crazy lion butcher! Iron warrior!"

She called out two plausible names.

Xiong Gang stood by and asked humbly: "Princess Danhui, the Wild Lion Butcher and the Iron Warrior must all have great origins, right?"

Li Danhui said: "The one riding the three silver lions is the Crazy Lion Butcher. Didn't I just mention the eight great gods under the Emperor Kun's throne? One of them is the Crazy Lion God, but these gods are murderous and bloodthirsty. Chengxing was called 'butcher' by the monks of Shenzhou at that time. Their eight gods were actually eight butchers!"

Xiong Gang couldn't help but look back and looked at the pit where the three lion heads were. Then he turned his head and said to himself: "Since the totem of the mad lion master appears here, then the three lion skeletons just now must be those of the mad lion." There is no doubt that it is the mount of the Lion God!"

He pointed at the black iron monk and the golden-eyed iron ox on the cylinder, and asked: "The lion rider is the crazy lion butcher, and the ox rider must be the iron warrior! Princess, who is the iron warrior? Why have I lived in Shenzhou for so long? Have you never heard of the legend of this person? I can only barely recognize the identity of that iron bull, it looks like a powerful golden-eyed bull!"

Li Danhui nodded towards him: "You are right, this bull is the powerful golden-eyed bull! As for the Iron Gut Warrior, he is one of the generals under the command of Bahuangwen Duba in the past. These generals have long been far away from the Divine Continent. The Taoism has been passed down from generation to generation, but now the monks have gradually forgotten them!"

Both the Crazy Lion Butcher and the Iron Guts were from the same era, but the Crazy Lion Butcher’s home base is in the Kuntian Immortal Realm. The mantle has been inherited by the Deer Slayers from generation to generation, and they have been fighting against the Shenzhou monks all year round, so that the Crazy Lion Butcher has died. Thousands of years have passed, but his illustrious reputation is still widely known within the Divine Continent.

There is no legacy left by the Iron Warriors, and there are no descendants of the same race walking in the Divine Continent. Apart from some ancient books and ancient scrolls, who can remember him?

When Xiong Gang saw the pattern, no matter whether it was a mad lion, a butcher or a courageous warrior, they all looked majestic and heroic. The image exuded the heroic spirit of swallowing up mountains and rivers, which made him feel excited. He wished he could fly to ancient times and meet the heroes of that time with his own eyes.

"According to this totem, the Mad Lion Butcher and the Iron Warrior are obviously in a life-and-death duel!" Xiong Gang asked again: "Princess Gang once said that the Mad Lion Butcher provoked Bahuang Wen Duba and was criticized all over the world. As the Overlord, he must not bother to pursue and kill the Mad Lion Butcher himself. Is it possible that the Iron Guts received the Overlord's order to fight against the Mad Lion Butcher?"

"It's very possible!" Li Danhui also judged this.

The classics she read in the Buddhist Scripture Pavilion of the Daxi Royal Family only recorded a few words. The Mad Lion Butcher offended the Overlord for some reason and was retaliated by the Overlord. His whereabouts are unknown since then. As for how the Overlord carried out his revenge, , there is no detailed description in the classics.

However, it is speculated from the pattern of the sacrificial pillar that the Overlord should have sent out the most powerful general under his command, Tie Guilishi, specifically to hunt down the Mad Lion Butcher.

Li Danhui thought of this, suddenly looked around the entire underworld, and whispered: "This underground secret world is expected to be the battlefield where the Mad Lion Butcher and the Iron Guts fought in the past. Both of them should have been buried here!"

She became more and more inclined to believe that this secret realm of the underworld was the tomb of their two ancient monks.

Xiong Gang became confused: "If the two ancient cultivators have died, who left the pattern on this sacrificial pillar?"

"It must have been left by the ghost dove bird from ancient times!"

Li Dan Hui pointed to the flock of birds on the sacrificial pillar pattern: "Ghost doves are naturally born in the dark pits underground. This secret world of the underworld should have been the territory of ghost doves since ancient times! In the past, the crazy lion butcher and the iron gall When the warriors were fighting here, they must have been witnessed by the ghost dove birds who had already opened their spiritual wisdom. These great ghost dove demons like to build altars and carve what they see and hear!"

When she said this, she noticed that Fang Dushu had been silent for a long time, staring at the pattern of the sacrificial pillar, and then asked: "Junior Brother Fang, what are you looking at?"

Fang Dushu calmed down and said, "I'm looking at these ghost dove pictures. In my early years on the snowfield, I once saw a ghost demon whose body shape was exactly the same as these pictures."

The images of birds displayed on the pattern are all dark in color. Their trunks are similar to bats, their wings are similar to crows, their heads are similar to doves, and their claws are very similar to eagles. They are all four different things.

Back then, Fang Dushu followed Master Tieshuangfeng to the snowy plains to clear out bird nests. On his way back, he was intercepted by a ghost demon named "Tianjiu Mingshi", and the black bird he manifested was the ghost dove.

Fang Dushu still has an impression of Tianjiu Mingshi, because he is a clever old demon who is good at avoiding danger.

During the battle in the snowy field, Tianjiu Mingshi and Xueji Ghost Master accepted the invitation of Mrs. Huagu and the old man Zhiba, and went to intercept the sniper Fang Dushu's team. Peng's relics took the initiative to withdraw from the battlefield and arranged for Tianjiu Mingshi and Xueji Ghost Master.

Xueji Ghost Master was so angry that he went to track down Mrs. Huagu and the old corpse demon, but they all died in the River God Temple in the Blood Stone Gorge of Tongyou River.

Only Ghost Master Tianjiu swallowed his humiliation and retreated to the cave early, thus escaping the disaster.

Later, Fang Dushu went to the Crying Valley of Tongyou River to participate in the Star Rock Juyi, and met Master Tianjiu Ming for the second time. The demon cultivators who participated in the Juyi at that time were Shi Liugong, Niu Moxing and several demons, and they went to the Star together. Yao Palace searches for the missing demon king.

After coming out of the palace afterwards, Tianjiu Mingshi had a premonition that something was wrong, and once again withdrew alone, successfully avoiding the crisis of the Deer Slayer heading south to the snowy fields. However, since then, there was no news from Tianjiu Mingshi, and Fang Dushu had never been seen again. This monster.

When he saw the ghost dove pattern on the sacrificial pillar, Fang Dushu immediately thought of Master Tianjiu.

When he recalled the situation about Tianjiu Mingshi, he suddenly realized that this secret world of the underworld could be the birthplace of Tianjiu Mingshi?

When Xingyan gathered together, Shi Liugong introduced the origin of Tianjiu Mingshi to Fang Dushu, saying that Tianjiu Mingshi was the true body of Guijiu that was naturally conceived in the Yin Mingji Realm and was born with the earth. Shi Liugong also concluded that Master Tianjiu Ming will be blessed with great blessings in the future.

If Tianjiu Mingshi was really born here, then this monster may have inherited the mantle of the crazy lion butcher and the iron warrior.

"Junior Brother Fang has seen ghost doves?" Li Dan Huiqi asked: "Before forming elixirs, these ghost birds used to hide in underground caves and would never go out. The ghost doves you saw should have already transformed, right? ?”

Fang Dushu was about to reply when he saw the bird pattern on the sacrificial pillar, 'Bang!boom! ' shattered into pieces, and all the birds and ghost doves seemed to be alive. They spread their wings and flew out from the cylinder, making crow-like cries, and swarmed towards Fang Dushu and the others.

In an instant, the three of them were surrounded by birds.

Ghost doves rushed out of the sacrificial pillars one after another, forming a spiral formation and flying around them with their wings spread.

Looking from a distance, they seemed to be in a black storm, which stretched for more than ten miles, completely blocking their sight.

They tried to cast spells to disperse the birds, but the magical power hit the ghost dove, and the dove body immediately collapsed into a ball of dark mist, and then condensed into the dove body again.

They were shocked to find that these ghost doves were not flesh and blood, but completely spiritual shadows evolved from the underworld.

(End of this chapter)