However, the little purple dragon elephant had a vague guess that He Baiyi, the chief disciple of the Dragon Subduing Sect, had also made sufficient preparations when he entered the North Ming Demon Suppression Tower.
The Beiming Demon-Suppressing Tower is a place for suppressing evil spirits. Soul-like monsters without physical bodies like the Purple Dragon Elephant can be easily restrained here.
This might be the reason why He Baiyi did not want to use the "Great Dragon Elephant Formation" at first when he was fighting against several snow spirit masters. By the time he felt things were not going well and wanted to use it again, the opportunity had already passed.
"Let's do it now!" Li Yan stood up as he spoke. He did it as he thought. With a flick of his sleeves, the small purple flag on the ground flew up.
The little purple dragon elephant turned into a ray of light and dived in without saying a word, which surprised Li Yan.
Every time when the little purple dragon elephant entered the "Fire Eye" to practice, Li Yan would at most give it a few instructions but would not track it with his spiritual sense. The high temperature there was also harmful to the spiritual sense, and over time it might be infected with fire poison.
Therefore, Li Yan did not know that this purple dragon elephant once tried to go deep into the magma, but retreated on its own due to the problem of soul restraint.
Li Yan did not think too much about the unexpected obedience of the little purple dragon elephant. He soared into the air and flew towards the mountain of "Huoyan Palace". Then he randomly found a "fire eye" and slipped into it.
Looking at the golden magma slowly flowing under the cliff, Li Yan's body was shining with black light, and the Guishui Sutra circulated throughout his body. Without stopping, he stepped out of the cliff in one step.
Listening to the continuous "hissing" sound outside, the water spiritual power outside the body turned into a puff of green smoke as soon as it came into contact with the dazzling golden magma.
However, as soon as the green smoke left the body, it immediately disappeared. Li Yan could no longer breathe through his mouth and nose. Through the spiritual power shield, he felt that all the blood in his body would be dried up and leave him in the next moment.
The flesh and bones felt instantly soft and melting, but fortunately it was all just a feeling.
"The spiritual power is being consumed too quickly here!" Li Yan felt that the spiritual power in his body was being consumed at an incredible speed.
If it weren't for the fact that his spiritual power circulated through the five elements and was far superior to that of his peers, he would probably have only lasted half an hour at most before his spiritual power was exhausted.
“No wonder only those fake Dan monks dare to enter here, but it’s not a good idea to continue like this.”
As Li Yan fell in the golden scenery, he quickly analyzed his situation. He roughly calculated that the limit for a fake elixir cultivator was one hour.
"There must be an end here. There should be a world of its own through this section of magma, otherwise any foundation-building cultivator will die here."
Li Yan thought that Monk Yiming had been here for several months. As a monk of the Pure Land Sect, Yiming certainly knew everything here. Otherwise, unless Yiming was crazy, he would have died here long ago.
Li Yan tried to release his spiritual sense and probe downwards, but as soon as his spiritual sense left the shield, a look of pain appeared on Li Yan's face.
The severe pain in his soul made him groan involuntarily. This pain was not physical, but came from the depths of the soul. It was truly excruciating pain.
The pain almost caused the spiritual shield outside Li's body to dissipate due to anxiety, but fortunately he was prepared. After exhaling a long breath, he calmed his mind, endured the severe pain, and then explored his spiritual consciousness downwards little by little.
However, every time his spiritual sense extended an inch, his sea of consciousness would surge violently, and his spiritual sense, which usually covered thousands of miles in an instant, seemed to have fallen into a swamp.
Just like this, Li Yan had to retract his spiritual consciousness after half a quarter of an hour while he was descending.
At this time, Li Yan was sweating all over. Under such high temperature, the sweat on his body was still there for a while. After two full breaths, the black robe on his body returned to its dry and burning state.
"A distance of one hundred feet, this is my limit. Not only does my spiritual consciousness feel an unbearable burning pain here, but it also seems to be suppressed in some way, making it dozens of times more difficult for my spiritual consciousness to advance an inch than usual."
Li Yan thought helplessly that after his spiritual sense was released a hundred feet away just now, it already made him feel dizzy and faint. How could he dare to try again
Whether it was due to the golden magma everywhere or some other reason, Li Yan felt that his consciousness was wrapped up by an invisible force, suppressing him to the point where he could hardly move.
But Li Yan didn't know how many people would be shocked if he told others that his spiritual sense could travel a distance of hundreds of feet in the magma.
The consciousness of a Zen monk like Yiming of the Pure Land Sect can only extend fifty feet here, and can last even shorter.
The five elements of spiritual energy in Li Yan's body flowed slowly, hoping to last longer. He had the "Rongsun" in his body, so he was not afraid of being caught in a dilemma.
Calculating the falling time silently in his mind, he had been falling for more than half a quarter of an hour, which made Li Yan feel as if several decades had passed.
But there was still rolling golden color everywhere, and as his body sank, Li Yan felt that his previous estimate was too optimistic. The deeper he went, the more his spiritual power increased exponentially.
Otherwise, he would need to take back a trace of his spiritual power, and the whole person would disappear from this world in an instant without even emitting a trace of smoke.
"At most, after a cup of tea, my spiritual energy will not be able to be used continuously like this."
Li Yan has discovered that his own five elements spiritual power cycle has begun to weaken, and now the speed of releasing spiritual power is much faster than the five elements breeding. He thought that even if he had "Rongsun" to replenish him, he was not sure whether it would be enough at this speed of spiritual power consumption.
Moreover, Li Yan would feel sad if he used even a little bit of the treasure of heaven and earth like "Rongsun". Thinking that he might have to use a large amount of it later, he was extremely reluctant.
"After a cup of tea, if we still haven't gotten out of the magma here, we will have to give up this exploration."
Li Yan never believed that a fake elixir cultivator could persist here for several months. He didn't even have the ability to explore the scope of the magma. He gritted his teeth and continued to fall down.
Time passed little by little. After more than half a cup of tea, Li Yan began to doubt his own judgment. Feeling the burning pain in his chest as if it would burn into fire at any time, Li Yan tried hard to stay conscious, but under the high temperature, he could not get rid of the dizziness.
Suddenly, he felt a cool breeze coming from below, like the sweet dew from the sky. Li Yan, who had planned to ascend after ten breaths, couldn't help but feel happy, and his whole body quickly fell downwards.
What came into view was a piece of red with a distorted space. Li Yan was landing on a dark brown ground that was paved with unknown material. Li Yan looked up at the sky. There was slowly flowing golden magma in the sky, like a golden river in the sky, but not a drop of magma fell to the ground, which looked extremely strange.
Looking back, the space was only twenty feet in size. On the dark brown ground, there was a red gate standing in front.
The red gate inserted upward into the golden magma in the sky. There was nothing in the space around it. Except for the occasional "gurgling" sound from the surging magma above, there was deathly silence, as if the person was wrapped in a ball of magma.
The reason why I said it was cool just now was that it was comparatively speaking. The temperature here is about twice as high as that in the "fire eye" of the cave above. But compared to the magma we were in before, one was like being roasted on a stove, and the other was like walking in the autumn breeze.
Although the temperature is much higher than the "Fire Eye" above, Li Yan can still stay there for a while even if he does not put up the spiritual power shield.
Since his cultivation has greatly improved during this period, especially the physical toughness brought about by the breakthrough in the Qiongqi Purgatory, it is no longer comparable to the ability to endure high temperatures half a year ago.
"What's behind the gate? Is it another world, or an unknown attack?"
Li Yan felt the silence all around him and the occasional "gurgling" sound coming from above. It was an extremely inharmonious feeling, which made him feel uneasy.
The red gate looked like a red-hot iron, covered with complicated patterns and glowing with a metallic black-red luster.
The door has two leaves, each with a bullnose pull ring in the middle of the lower part. It is about one person tall from the ground, but its size seems that only a giant's palm can hold it.
Li Yan stood in the distance, first observed the surroundings, then stared at the red gate carefully. After a long time, he sneered in his heart, and a red light flashed in his hand, and the Lihuo Xuanhuang Fan was in his palm.
This is a world of fire, and it is the place where the Lihuo Xuanhuang Fan takes advantage of its power. The Lihuo bred by the mysterious blood river in the fan is also quite overbearing.
Although Li Yan possessed the Guishui Sutra and his water spiritual power was extremely pure, he felt that it would be more reliable to rely on the Lihuo Xuanhuang Fan to open the door in this space full of raging fire waves.
He held the fan in his right hand, and put the index and middle fingers of his left hand together like a sword. He raised his fingers and touched the closed fan bones. A red flame flew out from the pale yellow fan body and shot directly at an ox-nose pull ring on the red door.
Just as the red flames were about to approach the pull ring on the door, the two pull rings on the red door twisted, and then a golden smoke emerged from them.
The smoke was very light and small at first, but in the blink of an eye it spread into a large golden fog in front of Li Yan, and the fire that Li Yan shot out still flashed and disappeared into it.
Then there was a roar, which caused the golden fog to surge continuously. Li Yan could see the red fire flickering a few times, and then it was annihilated in the golden fog.
But in just a moment, the golden fog seemed to be stained by impurities and changed from golden yellow to dark gold.
Li Yan just stood in the distance with a vigilant look on his face, but he did not show any surprise at the sudden change in front of him. After seeing this situation, he quickly raised his left hand and continued to wipe the fan bone, and another red flame shot out.
"Fellow Daoist, please stop, we can talk it out, we can talk it out!"
The golden fog was like a human being. It jumped to the side to avoid the attack of Lihuo. As it rolled, a golden unicorn with fire under its feet and a mighty look on its face appeared. However, there was a red vertical burn mark in the middle of its brow, as if it had just formed.
At this moment, the Qilin, whose body was burning with fire, showed a trace of fear in its eyes. While dodging the fire, it kept saying to itself.
Upon hearing this, Li Yan stretched out his hand and pointed. The Lihuo that had been chasing the golden Qilin stopped at one place, but the red flames were still running around.
When Li Yan first arrived here, he felt an inexplicable sense of weirdness, but for a moment he didn't know what was wrong.
When his spiritual sense carefully scanned the red gate, there was nothing unusual except the burning pain.
However, when the spiritual consciousness passed through the two pull rings, the strange feeling became even stronger.