Following the bustling crowd, Ye Zan and Lin Mumu headed all the way to where the Black Prison was. 『And the disciples of these various sects also called their friends along the way, discussing various legends about the Black Prison, which was even more lively than going to the market.
The location of the Black Prison is not far from Wudao Ridge, but because there are very few people traveling there, there is no road connecting it. Fortunately, these disciples also have the cultivation level of Foundation Establishment Realm. They step on the leaves directly from the tree crown one by one, which looks quite spectacular.
Finally, following the crowd, Ye Zan saw the legendary black prison.
In Ye Zan's imagination, all magic weapons related to suppression in this world are basically in the shape of a bell, tripod, and tower seal. And since this black prison is called "prison", it can be regarded as a kind of building, so it is probably in the shape of a tower.
However, when he actually saw the Black Prison, Ye Zan realized that he had guessed wrong. In addition to the appearance of this black prison, which is completely black and looks like cast steel, the shape of the entire building is not tower-shaped. He had lived in the secular Tang Dynasty for several months, so he could recognize the building in front of him. It was clearly the shape of a secular government office.
At this time, the door of the black prison is open, like the mouth of a giant beast that chooses people to eat. After passing through the door, you can see inside. Although there is sunshine, it still feels dark and gloomy.
The originally lively team suddenly became quiet. It seemed that everyone felt the evil aura and pressure emanating from the black prison, and no one dared to express it.
"Go in in order!" The protector stood by the gate of the black prison and said to the disciples of each sect.
Following the words of the guardian, the person at the front finally stepped into the gate of the black prison, and the people behind him followed suit without haste.
Ye Zan and Lin Mumu were in the middle of the queue, moving forward little by little as if they were stuck in a traffic jam. After a cup of tea, the two finally entered the gate of the black prison, and then watched helplessly as the people in front of them disappeared out of thin air.
After a moment of dizziness, Ye Zan looked around again, and the scene had completely changed. However, it was still different from what he had guessed. The interior of this black prison, or the underground of Tiandao Mountain, was not completely dark.
Looking around, the entire space is vast and boundless, showing a dark red color, as if the blood is about to solidify. The ground under your feet is soft, like clay, even a little sticky to your feet, and it is also dark red, giving people the feeling of stepping into a pool of blood.
"This place is really disgusting!" Lin Mumu raised his feet and cursed in disgust.
It's not just disgusting, but also depressing, as if the air you breathe is extremely dirty, making people involuntarily hold back their breath. However, Ye Zan was able to detect that the air inside actually contained no harmful substances and was not much different from the air outside.
"Let's go, there's no map or anything, let's just find a direction." Ye Zan looked around, picked a direction and walked away.
This time, Ye Zan did not dare to set off the high-altitude detector. After all, there were not only Foundation Establishment Realm disciples, but also many Nascent Soul Realm protectors. In particular, he has to be on guard against the Linghua Dao Lord. Who knows what the old man's purpose is in opening the Black Prison this time!
At the beginning, the disciples of each sect basically gathered together, but as they dispersed in all directions, Ye Zan and Lin Mumu gradually lost sight of the disciples of other sects.
The two walked for a while, and Lin Mumu stopped, squatted down with a strange look on his face, dug into the disgusting mud under his feet, suddenly stood up and shouted in surprise: "Haha, Brother Ye, come and see, I'm like this Luck is definitely not a factor.”
Ye Zan turned around and looked around, only to see Lin Mumu holding a shiny bead stained with dirt in his raised hand.
"Is this the evil bead?" Ye Zan came to Lin Mumu and took the evil bead and looked at it carefully.
This so-called evil bead is like a small crystal ball, which looks crystal clear. And inside the bead, the centermost position seems to be wrapped in a handful of golden sand, with a little bit of golden light shining.
"Yes, although it seems that the quality of this evil bead is average, I picked it up!" Lin Mumu took the evil bead back and said happily, as if he wanted to take this evil bead as a souvenir.
"Oh, not bad, not bad," Ye Zan said as he took a few steps forward, bent down and dug into the mud, and a crystal clear bead appeared in his hand.
"I... Hey, what's going on!" Lin Mumu was feeling complacent there, but when he saw that Ye Zan also found an evil bead in the mud, he suddenly looked confused.
In fact, after Ye Zan got Lin Mumu's evil bead, he sensed the energy characteristics of the evil bead with insight. This way of insight is like a scanning device in the technological world, or even more convenient than a scanning device.
After getting the energy characteristics of the evil bead, Ye Zan looked around again and saw that the mud was no longer an obstacle, and he quickly found an evil bead.
"I'll give you something, remember not to let others see it." Ye Zan smiled, took out something from the Qiankun Ring, and handed it to Lin Mumu, who was full of curiosity.
"What is this, a game console?" Lin Mumu took the thing. It looked similar to a game console. It also had a palm-sized screen and some operation buttons underneath.
"This is for finding evil beads. You will know after you open it and take a look." Ye Zan said with a smile.
What Ye Zan gave Lin Mumu was actually a small detector that could be used to scan the energy fluctuations of evil beads. He had just asked the mastermind in the different dimension space to make this detector based on the energy characteristics of the evil beads. The casing used for the detector is indeed the casing of the game console, but the inside is completely different.
Use this thing to find evil beads? Lin Mumu suddenly became interested and quickly turned on the detector. The screen lit up, showing a grid-like picture, with several light spots flashing in the grid.
"Hey, it's interesting. This point is the evil bead in my hand, and this is yours." Lin Mumu moved his position while looking at the screen. By comparing the distance with the light point on the screen, I quickly figured out how to use the detector.
"Okay, now that you know how to use it, let's continue." As Ye Zan spoke, he moved again and came to the other side. There was no need to bend down to pick it, he just reached out and grabbed it on the ground, and a bead broke through the mud and flew out, falling into the palm of his hand.
"That's it. I saw it when I used it just now. It's really easy to use!" Lin Mumu exclaimed excitedly.
The two continued to move forward, but after all, this evil bead was not a stone on the roadside. Even if they had insight and a detector, their gains were not exaggerated.
It seems that we, the foundation-building disciples, are being treated as little kids who are just picking up ears! Ye Zan walked along, secretly cursing at the same time.
According to the guardian, the changes in the forest of stele formations caused a large number of deaths and injuries of evil spirits and demons, so there should be more evil beads. Obviously, those with high real value and those that are easily discovered when they fall on the ground should have been taken away by the people of Tiandao Mountain.
Just like a secular farmer, after harvesting the crops, they will let the children go to the fields to look for the missed ears of wheat. The children were playing a treasure hunt in the fields, and they were overjoyed for every ear of wheat they found.
And these Foundation Establishment Realm disciples are just like those children who glean their ears, just picking up some evil beads that others have missed.
Suddenly, Ye Zan stopped and reached out to stop Lin Mumu.
"Hey, Brother Ye, look, there's an evil bead coming towards us on its own!" Lin Mumu shouted while holding the detector.
But then, a dark wind blew by, and an illusory and twisted figure appeared from nowhere, roaring and rushing towards Ye Zan and Lin Mumu.
Lin Mumu also used this detector. He was so absorbed in picking up the evil beads that he finally remembered that the moving evil beads were evil spirits.
You must know that although this evil spirit can give birth to evil beads, it is still condensed from the most yin and filthy air. Once you are attacked by an evil spirit, or even just touched, you may suffer a serious illness, or the foundation of your Tao will be stained. This is definitely not a joke.
A flash of sword light lit up, Ye Zan had already drawn his sword, and hit the evil spirit that was coming towards him with his sword. With just a slight strike of the sword, the evil spirit seemed to have been immobilized and stopped in mid-air, and then streams of foul air escaped around. In the blink of an eye, the evil spirit disappeared, and an evil bead landed on the tip of Ye Zan's sword.
Ye Zan flicked his wrist, picked up the evil bead, and caught it in his hand with a "pop" sound. Compared with the evil beads that I picked up before, the quality of this new evil bead is obviously much higher, and the golden light spots in the bead are almost condensed into a ball.
"Wow, this can be considered a low-grade evil bead." Lin Mumu shouted from the side.
"This is low-grade, what about the ones we picked up before?" Ye Zan asked curiously. This classification of grades is actually more to facilitate transactions and allow people to intuitively know the value. But in the market, at least in the Tiandaoshan market, he has not seen the trading of evil beads.
"Those, of course, are low-grade, but low-grade are also evil beads and are of great use." Lin Mumu was easily satisfied and said without caring.
"How are the qualities of these evil beads classified?" Ye Zan asked again.
"The main thing is to look at the Zhiyang Qi inside. If it disperses but does not condense, it is a lower grade. If it condenses but does not solidify, it is a low grade. Just like a gold bead is a medium grade, half of it is a top grade, and if the whole body is like gold, it is a top grade." Lin Mu Mu introduced.
Ye Zan nodded and put away the low-grade evil bead.
The appearance of this first evil spirit seemed to mean that Ye Zan and Lin Mumu had walked out of the safe zone.
As the two of them moved forward, the evil spirit appeared more and more frequently, but the evil spirit was not strong enough to pose a danger to the two of them. Lin Mumu also took action several times after that and harvested several low-grade evil beads. He seemed to be happy for a while.
This dark prison is indeed a treasure, but it is also definitely a dangerous place. Soon, Ye Zan and Lin Mumu saw several light pillars suddenly rising in the distance. This was a sign that the Tiandao Mountain token was activated, which meant that a disciple had been moved out of the black prison. (To be continued.)