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Chapter 48 Exploring the Center of the Earth
In the early morning, Xia Yue resolutely rejected Mu Xingjian's proposal to protect her all the time, and returned to the camp of the Qingxu Sect near Qingtao Mountain alone.

The weather was fine, the sun had just crossed the horizon, and the red morning glow set off the golden dawn in the east.The air was fresh and clean, and the dew at night made everything moist. Pieces of white morning mist gushed out from the tops of the peaks around the camp, flowing gently with the mountain wind, spreading in all directions.

The three teams that had just completed the assembly came out of the camp together. Each of them was full of energy and vigor, and they greeted each other warmly, cheered each other up, and encouraged each other's fighting spirit.

At such a difficult time, the cohesion of the team was unprecedentedly high, and all the monks of Qingxu condensed into one rope, vowing not to admit defeat and never give up.

Xia Yue watched them leave with admiration, and silently wished them a safe return in her heart.

"Xiaofeng!" Suddenly, an old and excited voice sounded behind Xia Yue, Xia Yue's heart froze, and she immediately turned to look in the direction of the voice.

There, a burly elderly monk stood alone, wearing a long snow-colored crane cloak that reached the ground.The wind and frost of the years have carved grooves on his face. His pale face and protruding cheekbones make him look extremely haggard, making him seem to be in his twilight years, and the candles may be extinguished at any time.

Cai Bowen at this moment is not like a Peiyuan monk who can move mountains and seas with a single gesture. He is simply a poor old man who suffers from heart disease because he misses his granddaughter too much.

Xia Yue's heart was sour, tears flowed down uncontrollably, and she threw herself into Cai Bowen's arms without feeling, crying, "Grandpa!"

"Xiaofeng, where have you been this month?" Cai Bowen hugged Xia Yue tenderly, trembling, "It's great to see you come back safe, it's great!"

"This month, I've been practicing hard underground!" Xia Yue thought about it, and decided to report the good news instead of the bad news, so that Cai Bowen wouldn't be frightened anymore, so she pretended to be very relaxed and happy, He replied with a smile.

"Practice underground?" Cai Bowen glared, "You're teasing grandpa again, aren't you?"

"I'm not going to tease you, grandpa." Xia Yue was aggrieved and coquettish, embellishing her experience of being brutally abused by Long Batian, and adapting it into Caifeng's dreamy travelogue of getting rich in the center of the earth, Xiang Caifeng Bowen told it vividly.

In the story, after she entered the space door opened by Yun Ao, she was completely separated from the other two, and she happened to come to an underground cave left by an ancient monk, and gained a lot of things that could increase her cultivation and restore her mana. the elixir.Hearing the blog post, he sighed endlessly, praising Xia Yuefu's great fate and great fortune. Not only did he not suffer much in a month, but his cultivation base has improved to a new level.

The two chatted about this matter for a long time, and finally blown away the haze that had accumulated in the old man's heart for a month. At this time, Xia Yue brought the topic back on track, and said that she was going to continue to search for ancient monks in the Yuyu Swamp The idea of ​​Dongfu.

Cai Bowen has suffered so much to find Xia Yue this month. For this reason, he has scolded Mu Xingjian several times for bringing Xia Yue to the Yuyu Swamp. She returned to the Qingxu Sect's mountain gate, and never let her out to take risks, but now seeing that Xia Yue not only came back well, but also made great progress in cultivation, the old man couldn't help hesitating.

Of course, Xia Yue couldn't go home obediently at this time, so she coaxed and lied a lot, and said a lot of sweet words, and finally tricked Cai Bowen to nod and agree, and provided many clues and information about the ancient ruins.

Except for the ruins that Xia Yue, Yun Ao and Leng Qiuling strayed into, the monks of the four schools have now found two caves and eight other gardens. Among these ruins, the monks of the four schools have found many ancient monks Life records, from which I know the basic identities of the Yuanshen monk and his five disciples.

Yuanshen monk, known as Wanjian Zhenren, is an unworldly strong man who cultivates both Taoism and demons. He is especially good at metal-type swordsmanship and Yin-type Hunyuan magic skills.

Among the five disciples under his knees, two adhered to the righteous way and inherited his swordsmanship, two adhered to the devil way and inherited his Hunyuan magic skill, and there was one disciple with the highest talent who inherited all his mantle. Magic double cultivation.

Among the two caves discovered by the Qingxu sect and the disciples of Yuemenglou, one belongs to the righteous disciples, and the other belongs to the demonic disciples. Unfortunately, the cave discovered by the Qingxu cultivator is the residence of the demonic disciples, and all the trophies they got It is a magical technique and a magic weapon, and it hardly helps our school.The harvest of the Yuemenglou disciples is strictly kept secret by their sect, and the outside world still does not know what they have gained.

Xia Ye thought about it, and roughly judged that the ruins of the valley she and Yun Ao found were probably the residence of another disciple of the righteous way. If the guesses of the four factions are correct, then there is still a disciple of the devil way , a disciple of both Daoism and Demonism, and their master's cave are buried deep in the ground, waiting for someone with predestined relationship to visit.

In addition to the above news, Cai Bowen also gave a summary of the analysis of the elders of the Qingxu Sect, starting from the perspectives of Fengshui, spiritual veins, etc., and analyzed in detail the topographical characteristics of several ruins that have been discovered , and based on this, it was inferred that several other places where caves might be built.

The Presbyterian Council of the Qingxu Sect has sent many disciples to these areas secretly to investigate news, but all these caves are buried tens of miles underground, it is extremely difficult to find them, and so far they have not found anything.

Xia Yue made a copy of this essence, chose a place that the elders thought was the most likely place, and embarked on her own search.

Four days later, in a complex and deep underground karst cave about [-] miles north of Qingtao Mountain, Xia Yue carefully dug out a piece of dead magic grass that looked like yam from the underground soil. Rhizome, said in the sea of ​​consciousness, "Jiulan, let's test the year of this Qingqiu cabbage."

The faint five-color light flashed from her palm, and Jiu Lan's voice sounded, "Same as the eight plants found before, the year of this green hill cabbage is also 520, and it has been dead for a long time. Up to 420 [-], so many magic herbs of the same year died at the same time, I think we are very likely to find the right place."

"Yeah!" Xia Yue nodded excitedly. Four days ago, after she was sent to this area by Cai Bowen, she immediately went deep underground and began to wander around in the criss-crossing underground caves, looking for possible ancient ruins.

After such a long search, Xia Yue walked hundreds of miles underground, but found no ruins, but unexpectedly found some dead magical herbs.

Under normal circumstances, magic grass will only grow in places rich in magic energy, or in the abyss, or in some special places of the sun.The underground spiritual veins in the Kip Swamp are huge and full of aura, which is not a place where these plants can survive. The only explanation is that these magic grasses do not grow naturally, but are artificially cultivated by people with special means.

And those who are most likely to cultivate these plants are naturally those ancient monks.

Xia Yue threw down the roots of Qingqiu cabbage, frowned and looked at the four karst cave branches in sight, and asked in the sea of ​​consciousness, "Jiulan, where are we going next?"

"Hmm..." Jiu Lan sensed it for a while, pointed to the second fork in the east in the sea of ​​consciousness, and said, "That direction is more cloudy, and I guess there will be more magical herbs."

"Okay, let's go this way!" Xia Yue's eyes flashed, and she ran towards the straight road without hesitation.

Xia Yue's running speed is extremely fast, just like a gust of wind roaring in a hole in the ground. Jiulan in the sea of ​​consciousness is always sensing the concentration of various breaths in the air, and from time to time directs her to walk in one branch after another. Making a choice so that she can go all the way to the deepest part of the earth without any hesitation.

After a moment of planting, Xia Yue stopped after entering a large cave, grabbed a handful of underground soil, and rubbed it in her hand.Under the illumination of the magic lights, Xia Yue could clearly see that all the soil here showed a dark color as thick as the night, as if it had been splashed with ink.And the temperature coming from his hands was as cold as ice, obviously not ordinary soil.

"This is black ice soil specially used for growing magical herbs!" In the sea of ​​consciousness, Jiu Lan's voice revealed a kind of uncontrollable excitement, "Master, hurry up, dig around, I feel that there are many There are hundreds of magic grasses."

"Okay!" Xia Yue didn't talk nonsense, directly took out a medicine hoe, and dug randomly in the black soil.

"I found it!" Soon, the first ginseng-shaped medicinal herb rhizome appeared in Xia Yue's sight. Jiu Lan used her own ability to test it, and suddenly said happily, "This is the magic ginseng. The year It’s been a full 1000 years, but it’s a pity that it’s been dead for too long, the magic energy has dissipated, and it can no longer be used, otherwise, master, you can take it out and sell it, and you will definitely make a small fortune.”

"Really?" Xia Yue was overjoyed, "This place may have been the medicine garden of the Yuanshen monk more than 3000 years ago. Let's work hard, and maybe dig out his hometown in a while. !"

"Be careful, master! I feel that someone is coming to us very quickly!" Just as Xia Yue was about to continue digging and further search for those herbs that could prove her guess, Jiu Lan suddenly reminded anxiously in the sea of ​​consciousness stand up.

"What?" Xia Yue's complexion changed, and she said in surprise, "This place is at least [-] kilometers vertically from the ground, and the road is full of labyrinth-like karst caves and tunnels, how could anyone find this place as accurately as we did! "

"Yes, it is possible for monks of the Demonic Way to find the right path by relying on their accurate understanding of Yin Qi and Devil Qi." Jiu Lan said seriously in the sea of ​​consciousness, "Master, you should hide quickly, and you will be killed sooner or later." He was found."

"Hide, where should I hide..." In fact, without Jiulan saying, Xia Yue was already flying in the underground caves covered with black ice.But when she scanned the terrain with her consciousness, she suddenly discovered that the place she was in was really a vast underground medicine garden, and there was only one entrance and exit to the medicine garden, which was the road she had entered before. aisle.

"Fight!" Xia Yue gritted her teeth fiercely, turned around and ran towards the exit with all her strength.

Tread, step, step...

At this moment, a sound of fine and loud footsteps came from the darkness not far in front of him.

"It's too late!" Xia Yue's complexion changed drastically, and she hurriedly asked in the sea of ​​consciousness, "Jiu Lan, can you sense the other party's cultivation?"

"It's Peiyuan..." Jiu Lan said without thinking, "Eh, that's not right..." She quickly changed her words in confusion, "It seems to be the beginning."

"Hey, it's not right." Just when Xia Yue thought she could breathe a sigh of relief, Jiu Lan suddenly changed her words, "He is actually a cultivator, not a demon cultivator. Oh, it's not right..."

This time it was too late for Jiulan to give a new answer, and a figure had already appeared at the entrance of the medicine garden.

Seeing this person's face, Xia Yue was stunned in surprise. She never expected that the person who appeared in front of her was a person she knew.

(End of this chapter)