The sword is the devil

Chapter 565 The Secret of the Dark River

Hou Tiao escaped into the sand layer, this kind of terrain should not be too easy for him, a soil mouse.

The sand layer is soft. After thousands of years of precipitation, the thickness of the underground sand layer here has exceeded five feet. This is because this place is on the edge of the Painxu Desert. The deeper you go, the deeper the sand layer will be, and the desertification will become more serious.

Yuan Shangyuan's method is that he can drill through the sand layer, but not the soil layer below.

When Hou Tiao reached the bottom of the sand layer, he could already clearly feel the breath of water, which was several times stronger than it should be under the normal sand layer, which fully shows that there is a wetter soil layer under the sand layer.

He left Yuan Shangyuan's avatar and continued to dive. His body quickly merged into the soil layer, identifying the strength of the water along the way, searching for the breath left by undead creatures.

A few days later, he felt that there was no trace of the undead creature's activity, so he sent a message to Yuan Shangyuan through the Fa Xiang, preparing to dive deeper; but he was not sure whether he would lose contact after diving deep, so he needed to inform in advance, lest the above People misunderstand.

After getting ready, he continued to walk deep, wanting to know the specific location of this underground river. Soon, at a depth of tens of feet, he discovered the underground river. The undercurrent was surging and the water volume was huge.

...Ten days later, he drilled out of the sand, and the whole process was uneventful, which confirmed the existence of the underground river, and ruled out the speculation that the undead creatures rely on the underground river for their activities.

The only result is that a clear direction of the underground river in Longxugou is drawn, which is quite different from what is marked on the map; but the question arises, since there are no traces of undead activities here, why? Yu Zhengxing wants them to come here to investigate?
With such doubts in mind, Team Gui returned to Loulan City after nearly four months of patrolling.

"What's going on? In a few days, everyone will be called for discussion?"

After Hou Tiao handed over the outline of the itinerary, including the direction of the underground river, Yu Zhengxing did not see him, but said that it would be strange to hold a meeting after the other teams returned in a few days.

Nan Xiangye pulled him aside. After this mission, everyone is familiar with it, so there is no need to hide some things.

"Brother, there is one thing I have to remind you. Among the monks that Master Yu transferred from Shanmen this time, there is one thing in common..."

Seeing him hesitating, Hou Tiao was amused, "What characteristics? Is it worth your fuss, to cover it up?"

Nan Xiangye was mysterious, "The transfer this time, apart from the fact that everyone is a close disciple of Master Yu, there is another characteristic that everyone is very rich!"

Hou Tiao widened her eyes, "Who says I'm rich? I'm poor. This broken sect hasn't paid me a salary since I came in!"

Nan Xiangye chuckled, "Brother, it's useless for you and me to cry about being poor, and I won't lend you a spirit stone; I mean, this time Uncle Yu brought us here probably to draw blood, after all these In the past year, everyone has been doing well outside, and the money is loose, like senior brother, you are the head of the pirates in Lizhihai, and the golden mountains and silver mountains..."

Hou Tiao didn't admit it, "Which king-eight-passed it lightly? That's not the case! But is your statement true or private speculation?"

Minami Xiangye, "I can guess, there are rumors in private by the senior brothers who have been here for many years, and they are unwilling to say the specifics..."

Hou Tiao was very resolute, "I can't take out a spirit stone anyway, as for you..."

Nan Xiangye, "If senior brother doesn't pick it up, neither will I!"

The two reached an offensive and defensive alliance and vowed to fight for the spirit stone in their pockets. The only thing that puzzled them was, what kind of excuse would Yu Zhengxing use?Hou Tiao was very curious.

During the rest period in Loulan, he began to exercise his [Thunder Fire Forging Golden Body].Because it can generate thunder itself, the speed is very fast. It only took more than ten days to complete the training of Membrane Leidu. Now it is entering the stage of golden bone thunder training. According to his feeling, it can probably be completed within this year.

This is the guarantee of his own strength. He has enough realm, and he also has the natural Tao body and Yuan Magnetic Tao body, so it is very easy to get started.

The next forging three treasures may be the challenge, but that is a matter of the Jindan realm, and it should not be considered now.

Membrane skin thunder crossing, this is not just an increase in skin thickness, but an overall increase in spell resistance. When the body's membrane skin is covered by a layer of lightning, the thunder's special suppression of the five elements will reduce a part of the magic power .

There is no limit to practice, and if you don’t retreat, you will advance. On the path you choose, you will still move forward step by step, sometimes fast, sometimes slow, but no matter what, the forward trend remains the same.

A month later, the teams that went out on missions gradually returned to the city. In the absence of new missions, the monks in Loulan City rarely gathered together.

Finally, the high-level monks composed of several golden cores called everyone to hold a special meeting. All the monks who came to Loulan to serve were invited, regardless of their level of cultivation.

Yu Zhengxing, as the chief official of Loulan, presided over the meeting.

There was no extra words, just hanging one map after another on the wall, a total of ten maps were pieced together, including the map of the direction of the underground river in Longxugou that Team Gui got this time.

"In the Paixu Desert, there is an underground river. Historically, it was the Snow River thousands of years ago. With the passage of time and the desertification of the land, the river that used to flow endlessly on the ground turned underground, which is the current underground river."

Yu Zhengxing pointed to the pictures on the wall, "These ten pictures were drawn by you when you sneaked into the ground during this mission. They are authentic and credible. When you connect the ten pictures together, it is the direction of Xuehe in ancient Loulan. .

It is conceivable that if you add the dark rivers in other areas, how majestic this former Snow River is. It stretches across the Kuxu Desert and divides this land into two worlds. Around the Snow River is the legendary Snow River. , rich and beautiful, rich in products. "

With longing on his face, he waved his hands and said, "It is precisely because of the existence of Xuehe that there have been so many ancient civilizations here in history, and the northwest is not a place full of wind and sand, but a paradise for people to live and work in peace.

However, the wind and sand destroyed all of this. Although the cultivation world has not found out the reason for the erosion of the desert and the disappearance of the Xuehe River, at least we know that if we want to fundamentally change everything in the northwest, we can only start from the original Xuehe River. , now the dark river begins! "

Yu Zhengxing had a strange light in his eyes, "We practitioners pay attention to timing the most. The heaven and the earth work together, and it is not free to transport the common people. Every generation of Loulan guard monks in the past felt that the existence of the dark river may be the key to our human beings breaking the situation in the northwest. However, if the timing is wrong, acting rashly will cause anger and resentment, and it will be a bad thing.

But now, after the Jinxiu Continent regained consciousness 700 years ago, it once again came to the critical point of great changes in the world. I thought that the time had come! "

(End of this chapter)