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Chapter 42 42. Death Valley

Creatures like dragons and people walk in the deep valley, with a big tripod hanging on their heads.

You can't see the stars and the moon when you look up, only the diffuse black mist.

There is a breath of death in the mist, and the bones of the creatures who strayed into this place can be seen everywhere along the road.

The rocks exposed in the wind and sand showed a strange purple red, standing up in rows, extending to the depths of the valley, like pustules after swelling of human tissue.When he casually picked up one or two stones and squeezed them hard, blood-like water droplets would appear in his palm, exuding a stench.

He waited at the entrance of the valley until the stars came up.

The lotus flower he took brought him here. The source of the call came from the depths of this valley, and it is interesting that the road signs guided by the stars are also marked here.

Now he can confirm what he has been thinking about before.

The Kunlun ancient road opened up by later generations is a pilgrimage road for walking on lotus flowers.

The black air of death is like a hidden poisonous snake, hiding in the crevices of stones or in the sand and gravel on the ground. Suddenly, it comes up from unnoticed corners, bites, and brings death to trespassers.

That doesn't include him.

Before the black air could get close to the creature, it was burned up by golden flames.The dragon-like and human-like creature didn't give a little attention to Shengu Heiqi. The black coat was loose, and there was a vivid red dragon on the sleeve robe. The embroidered dragon seemed to be wandering around in a trance, facing the wisps of water. The black air roared silently.As the red dragon roared, several small golden lotuses bloomed around him, about the size of a palm, blooming and swaying out of thin air, with the petals looming.

The golden flame that burns the black air comes from these lotuses.

No wonder you need to swallow the lotus to find the Kunlun Shrine.

Li Xi'an pondered.

In front of you is a winding and endless valley trail.

If he didn't take the lotus to force his way into this place, he wouldn't be sure to reach the end of the deep valley.

"Kunlun shouldn't have such a dead zone." Qingniao frowned.She was sending a message to Chijiao in Zai Tian Ding, the black energy would corrode her, especially now that her cultivation was cut off, the bronze Ding Ding was the safest place to live.

"Isn't the role of the lotus flower used to dispel these strange auras?"

"No. The lotus is a keepsake and a medium. When does it need to be a spear and shield for stepping on the ancient road. Since the lotus can be obtained, it means that the person who holds the lotus is eligible to step into the Kunlun Shrine, and there will be no additional embarrassment. "

Blue Bird looked at the golden lotus blooming beside Li Xi'an.

"Do you think mortals who eat the lotus, or creatures without this strange golden fire, can walk to the end of this valley?"

"You mean the golden lotus doesn't come from the white lotus?"

"Because this white lotus is not only a keepsake in this world, but also the medium you call, which contains the inheritance of laws between heaven and earth. I have seen many predestined people who have successfully picked lotus flowers by my mother's side. They have not taken risks like you. With the golden fire, burn the black air of death."

"I felt a very clear calling when I took the lotus flower."

Li Xi'an casually took a golden lotus blooming in the void, the gorgeous golden fire burned silently, the flames danced, and the shadow on the young man's face also changed accordingly.

"Can you still feel it?" Qingniao's tone was a little eager.

"Very vague."

"This may be the 'place where the sun and the moon don't see' that the old man said that day. The source of the filth comes from this deep valley, and the black air carrying the breath of death is the filth that spreads." Blue Bird looked around and found that the place was dead and dark The abyss is indeed in line with the title of "the sun and the moon don't see".

Surrounded by towering rock walls, upwards are valleys and unnaturally lush vegetation.

The bright moonlight outside the valley can't penetrate a beam, and the sunlight in the daytime is also the same.

She is worried.

"Don't think about it, the answer you need is actually ahead." Li Xi'an withdrew his gaze from the golden flame, and put the lotus back into the void.

The golden lotus surrounded the dragon-like and human-like creatures walking in the deep valley, eliminating all unclean breaths for them.

A little bit of Mars fell on the treacherous purple-red rock formation, bringing in the only light here.

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Li Xi'an stopped, and he saw a stone monument under an ancient tree in the deep valley.

"Death Valley."

The stone stele has been severely weathered, but the words engraved in that year can still be seen clearly.

Kunlun Mountains, Death Valley...

He remembered that when he read the ancient books enshrined by humans on the old camphor tree, there was a description in one of them.

"The sun is warm and there are sand beans, and the frost is clear and rushing to the fire ghost rock."

It is written in ancient books that this area is called the Valley of Death by the local people, and some people even claim to see the ghost gate in the deep valley, and there is Meng Po sitting next to the ghost gate and making soup.The local people graze cattle and sheep, even if the livestock is about to die of thirst, they are unwilling to drive the cattle and sheep into this valley.

However, there is a follow-up note that some families with extraordinary inheritance have sent people here to investigate, because a lot of information about the slit space hiding ancient artifacts or ancient scriptures comes from folklore, and they reasonably suspect that there is a slit space hidden in this deep valley. When I came here, I could only describe it as a strange feeling, but in fact, no extraordinary events happened, and the black air of death seemed to be completely non-existent.

They have experts to explore the valley, and the scientific conclusion is that most of the dead creatures here died of starvation or thirst because they couldn't tell the direction and were trapped in the valley.

There aren't any clues involving the Hidden Age.

But the truth is that this place is pretty darn evil.

Since the group of people who investigated at the beginning did not encounter extraordinary events, it means that this valley should have started to change with the rise of heaven and earth.But there are still places that don't make sense. The rumors recorded in ancient books are ancient times, an era that was recorded in detail thousands of years ago.Rumors have existed since ancient times, and it didn't start to rise gradually with the rise.

"Find an ancient book, called Kunlun Qiu Detailed Notes." With a thought, he asked the blue bird in the tripod to look for the ancient book, maybe there was information he had missed.

There was no response, and the golden candle in Li Xi'an's eyes was instantly ignited.

He looked around vigilantly, but there was no vision, only to find that he was not even breathing now.

It was so quiet that I couldn't hear my own heartbeat.

The golden lotus blooming in the void is still swaying, and the flames are still burning.

The traces of the wind and sand on the stone tablet are fading away, like tearing off the uneven outer packaging, revealing a brand new and square stone tablet. The name of the outer packaging is "Years".

The lettering in Death Valley is distorted, the strokes are reconstructed, and the writing is "Reincarnation"!
Samsara Valley.

Li Xi'an trembled suddenly, he looked up slowly, there was a door towering in the sky, inside the door was pitch black, but there were dots of stars twinkling, he had seen similar star dots before, at the Great Wishing Ceremony he used the heaven and earth carving When traces purify thousands of living souls, the same is true for the pure souls that return to the earth.

A woman in green was sitting behind the door, her back was facing the direction of the door, her head was lowered, as if she was dozing off.

Countless starlight formed a sea and flowed quietly past her.

It was too quiet, as if everything was worried about waking up the woman in Tsing Yi with her head bowed.

(End of this chapter)