Seeing Xiaobai's reaction, Xu Chunniang felt a little relieved. She was right. There was definitely something wrong with this valley.
But Xiaobai suddenly ran into the valley, scratching and clawing at the ground.
The soil in the valley was extremely hard. Even though Xiaobai was at the sixth level of Qi training, he scratched on it for a long time but was unable to leave even a faint mark.
When Xu Chunniang saw this scene, she couldn't help but widen her eyes. This valley was indeed extraordinary!
Seeing that he could not do anything about the ground, Xiaobai came back with his head hung down, looking very shocked, and squeaked weakly twice.
Xu Chunniang thought thoughtfully, could it be that the thing that came with the meteorite from outer space and could cause Yang County to suffer from drought for hundreds of years was hidden in this valley
She stepped forward and found herself in the valley.
As soon as I stepped onto the black soil, I suddenly felt hot.
Xu Chunniang suppressed the annoyance in her heart, took out the top-grade flying sword that she had seized from the man in black who was chasing her not long ago, and wielded it to chop fiercely at the ground.
“Bang!”
The flying sword hit the ground, accompanied by a violent metal collision sound and intense sparks.
Xu Chunniang stared at it and her face changed slightly.
If she used all her strength to activate this top-grade flying sword, even a cultivator in the foundation-building stage might not be able to take it head-on. If this sword were to strike an ordinary rock, it would cause even more flying sand and rocks, and collapse and cracks in the mountains.
The slash on the black soil valley only left a shallow scratch.
You can imagine how strange this black soil is.
Xu Chunniang frowned slightly. She originally thought that since the things were right in the valley, the worst that could happen was that she would just hollow out the valley.
At the moment, it seemed that even if she tried her best, she would have difficulty digging a hole in the valley, let alone hollowing it out.
When Xiaobai saw this scene, his originally depressed mood became even more depressed.
It is a treasure-hunting rat, and it has a natural liking for spiritual objects, but now that the treasure is right before its eyes, it is helpless.
Xiaobai was very unwilling to give up, so he rushed into the valley again, digging here and there, but after trying many places, nothing worked.
I don’t know what material this valley is made of, but it’s equally hard everywhere.
Finally, it was so tired that it fell on the ground with its four legs up in the air, looking as if it had lost all desire to live.
Xu Chunniang was amused by it, and even most of her worries disappeared.
"Forget it, let's stop here today. Now that we know the problem lies in this valley, let's go back and slowly think of a solution. The black soil is extremely hard, and I'm afraid we need to find some harder materials to chisel it open."
Xu Chunniang picked up Xiaobai and was about to put it back into the spirit beast bag when her hand suddenly stopped.
She thought of Xiaobai's actions just now, digging here and there, as if he would not stop until he had broken through the black soil.
At first she thought it was looking for a weak spot in the black soil.
But the valley before us is completely self-contained and covered with black soil. Where can we find any weak points
A crazy guess emerged in Xu Chunniang's mind.
She looked at Xiaobai in disbelief, "Could it be that this entire black soil valley is that thing?"
Upon hearing this, Xiaobai looked back at her in surprise and squeaked twice as a matter of course.
Seeing that her guess was confirmed, Xu Chunniang took a deep breath and her eyes were filled with horror.
She never expected that this entire valley was what she had been searching for.
But when she thought about the fact that this thing could cause hundreds of years of drought in Yang County, the shock in her heart finally subsided a lot.
The thing was found, but the problem was still not solved.
It is extremely difficult to leave a mark on this "big guy" in front of us, let alone solve it.
This valley is not small, which is why she didn't think about the problem in this direction at first.
Xu Chunniang felt overwhelmed. She thought that she would need to at least reach the foundation-building level to deal with this "big guy".
She walked back with mixed feelings. She agreed to the people's requests, but was completely unable to solve the problem. She was really in a dilemma.
On the way back, she kept thinking that since this valley was formed by a meteorite from outer space, there were two reasons for its formation.
First, it was brought directly from meteorites from outer space.
But after careful analysis, Xu Chunniang felt that this was unlikely to be the case.
The valley is many times larger than the meteorite from outer space. The noise it made when it fell was so loud that it was no exaggeration to say that the earth was shaking.
It is impossible that such a big commotion was recorded in only a few words in the county annals.
The second is that some unknown changes occurred after the collision with meteorites from outer space.
Xu Chunniang is more inclined to this possibility.
The valley is seamlessly integrated and all black, and you can feel its heat when you get close to it.
It is very likely that the meteorite from outer space carried some kind of heavenly fire, and the original valley was burned by the heavenly fire, resulting in the current changes.
Xu Chunniang's eyes flickered slightly. Since the hundreds of years of drought in Yang County were caused by this, it was very likely that the heavenly fire brought by the meteorite from outer space that year had never been extinguished.
After hundreds of years of burning, the sky fire gradually merged with the valley, and the black soil in the valley became extremely hard.
At the same time, the fact that the heavenly fire did not go out was also the reason for the abnormal situation in Yang County where the fire spiritual energy was active and the water spiritual energy was depleted.
The more Xu Chunniang thought about it, the more possible it seemed.
If the heavenly fire has not been extinguished, it is probably hidden somewhere deep in the valley.
It’s a pity that her cultivation level is low, so even with a treasure like the Heavenly Fire in front of her, she is helpless.
Xu Chunniang sighed slightly. This was not the first time she had encountered such a situation.
The same thing happened when he obtained the Gen Tu Pearl. He had the treasure but didn't know how to refine it for his own use. He could only leave it in the jade box and gather ashes.
As a cultivator with a strong will, this emotion only affected her for a brief moment before she adjusted herself.
With the Gen Earth Bead in hand, it is only a matter of time before I find a way to refine it.
As for the valley and the possible heavenly fire, although we are somewhat helpless for the time being, everything has its own way. If we find the right method, it may be possible to solve it.
Xu Chunniang regained her composure and walked towards the county government office.
She wanted to reread the county annals of the year when the meteorite fell from outer space.
Without disturbing anyone, she quietly entered the ceremonial room, took the county annals with ease, and read through them carefully.
But when I looked at it again, apart from a few records of suspected meteorite iron from outer space and a sudden drop in food supplies, there was still no new discovery.
Xu Chunniang closed the county annals in her hand, but she was not too disappointed.
This time I reread it just to see if there is anything I missed.
She left the county government office and walked towards the Censorate while thinking hard.
On the way, we passed by a blacksmith shop and heard the sound of clanging.
Xu Chunniang glanced over when she heard the sound and saw the craftsman in the blacksmith shop putting a red-hot iron block into cold water.
When the red-hot iron block meets cold water, it cools down rapidly, making a "hissing" sound and white smoke rises.
After the iron block cooled down, the blacksmith took it out and started hammering it again.
But after this incident, the hardness of the iron block increased to a higher level.
Xu Chunniang seemed to be thinking about something. She walked to the blacksmith shop and watched the iron-making process carefully.