Under the bright beam of light, the ghost bats at the entrance of the lair fled in panic. A long and narrow rock crack also appeared in Ning Tao's sight. At the end of the crack was a dark cave, but only part of it could be seen. He didn't know how big it was. .
Ning Tao tried to climb in, but failed several times. The gap became narrower as he went inside. Unless he could flatten himself, he would not be able to get in.
A series of strange screams suddenly came from above the head. The sound was like the sound of a baby crying, sharp and harsh, accompanied by a powerful - evil spirit!
Ning Tao suddenly realized something: "Is it the Bat King?"
Suddenly, a large green juice sprayed from a spray gun fell down from the depths of the crack. Before Ning Tao could touch it, he smelled an extremely strong smell of corpse, which made him want to vomit! Although he was protected by the Tianbao magic robe and was immune to all poisons, he did not dare to be careless. With a push of his hands, his body fell down from the crack, just like a diver jumping from a platform a hundred meters high. Just like diving into a pool.
Green juice like raindrops followed closely, but it was not as fast as Ning Tao's charged ejection speed.
Boom!
Ning Tao plunged into the cold underground river.
Green juice also fell on the river.
Ning Tao, who was sinking rapidly, took a look with his tactical flashlight, and his hair stood on end at the sight. Under the corrosion of those green juices, the huge river above his head actually boiled, and the water vapor filled the air. The scene was like a boiling pot!
Ning Tao was horrified. Can the Tianbao robe resist such venom? He doesn't know, but he believes that even if he can resist it, as long as he is sprayed, his skin will peel off even if he doesn't die!
wind - wind -
The dull sound of wind came from above the head, and it could be heard even though it was across the river. In Ning Tao's sight, a huge shadow suddenly appeared on the river!
That shadow…
The wingspan is at least twenty meters!
Ning Tao was stunned. What kind of bat was this? It was just a pterosaur!
Soon, Ning Tao sank to the bottom of the Dihe River, and the beam of the tactical flashlight could not penetrate the flowing river water to illuminate the scene on the river surface. He wanted to climb up the rock wall that formed the river channel, but gave up after thinking about it. Going up, what he faced was not a group of ghost bats and their king who were helpless against him, but he was facing the king of a country and his army!
The treasure hunt failed.
In fact, if you think about it, this is a very normal result. People from Blackfire Company have been here. If Ghost Bat is so easy to deal with, would Nicholas Conti leave it to him? How could that trap king Chen Pingdao encourage him to hunt for treasure
"Let's wait until the conditions are ripe before coming back." Ning Tao gave up. He walked along the river for a while, found the water cave where he had dived, and then returned to Chen Pingdao's cave through the passage in the water cave.
This time, he went directly to Chen Pingdao's home.
In the small courtyard, Chen Pingdao sat next to a stone table. There was a teapot and two cups on the stone table.
Chen Pingdao did not look at Ning Tao. He was holding a teapot and making tea. He whispered slowly and softly: "You are back and you don't come over to say hello. Do you think you are Dayu controlling floods? You have passed through the house three times without entering?"
Ning Tao had no intention of joking with him. He walked over and sat opposite Chen Pingdao, but he was still thinking about the huge shadow and the terrifying venom.
Chen Pingdao pushed a cup of tea in front of Ning Tao: "Go to that cave?"
Ning Tao picked up the tea cup and took a sip, and then said: "I went and almost died there, are you happy?"
Chen Pingdao glared at Ning Tao, looking very unhappy: "What do you think you said? I really wanted you to die there before, but now I have changed my mind. I hope you live and run the clinic well." …”
Ning Tao said calmly: "Then I will train you a dog."
Chen Pingdao was choked by Ning Tao's words. Indeed, he actually didn't care that much about Ning Tao's life and death. What he was thinking about was the dog that Ning Tao promised to train for him. But if you say these words in front of him, does that mean you are not sincerely exposing his shortcomings
"Tell me honestly, have you ever seen the Bat King in that cave?" Ning Tao scolded him because of this. If he asked Chen Pingdao in a pleasant manner, this guy might fool him again.
Chen Pingdao shook his head: "No, I don't care about the treasure inside. If I don't go to that cave, how could I meet King Bat? Have you met him? What does he look like?"
Ning Tao dipped his finger into some tea soup, and then drew a vague outline on the stone table. It looked like a super bat or a pterosaur. He actually didn't know what that thing looked like, and he didn't see it clearly underwater at the time.
Chen Pingdao looked at it and said casually: "Isn't it just a bat? Isn't the king of ghost bats still ghost bats? At most, they are stronger and bigger."
"Is it just a little bigger?" Ning Tao smiled bitterly, "Let me tell you, that thing sprayed venom at me. I jumped into the water to avoid it, and then I looked at it in the water. Its wingspan was at least twenty meters. You and I Just a little bigger?"
Chen Pingdao opened his mouth wide and didn't close it for a while.
Ning Tao observed Chen Pingdao's reaction and felt that this guy had never seen Bat King before. He didn't want to talk anymore and changed the topic: "By the way, where are Roaring Sky Dog and Fox Xiaoji?"
Chen Pingdao said: "Fox Xiaoji is sleeping and Roaring Sky Dog is practicing here, so don't disturb it."
A smile appeared on the corner of Ning Tao's mouth: "Actually, you are better at raising dogs than I am. The Roaring Sky Dog can get your guidance. That is its destiny."
Chen Pingdao looked quite proud: "Well, if Taoist Tiangu doesn't know how to raise a dog, wouldn't it be a joke? If you leave the Roaring Tiangu with me, don't worry, I will train it into a very powerful cultivation dog. ”
"Okay, then I'll go see Xiao Ji and then leave." Ning Tao said.
"Wait." Chen Pingdao stopped Ning Tao.
Ning Tao looked at him: "What do you want to say?"
Chen Pingdao glanced at the room where Hu Xiaoji was sleeping. He looked a little strange and lowered his voice: "She seems to have grown up a little."
Ning Tao was stunned on the spot. It wasn't the first time that Hu Xiaoji had grown up, but he was still surprised when he heard the news. She had grown up from a baby to six or seven years old, and now she has grown up again. Wouldn't that mean she is more than ten years old
"How old is she...?" Ning Tao quickly calmed down and asked. What is coming will always come, and you can't avoid it.
Chen Pingdao said: "You will know if you go and see it?"
Ning Tao went to the room where Hu Xiaoji lived and gently opened the door.
There were no lights in the room and it was pitch dark.
Ning Tao awakened the gazing state of his eyes, and Hu Xiaoji's innate aura suddenly turned into a lantern, illuminating the room as bright as day. In his sight, a girl of twelve or thirteen years old was lying on a simple wooden bed. She still looked like Hu Xiaoji, but she was no longer the immature little kid.
Hu Xiaoji opened her eyes and glanced at Ning Tao, then closed her eyes again. She seemed to be too sleepy, or maybe it was due to this rapid growth. After finding out that it was Ning Tao who was not in danger, she continued to sleep.
Ning Tao withdrew, closed the door, and then returned to the stone table where he and Chen Pingdao were drinking tea.
"Who is this little vixen?" Chen Pingdao stared at Ning Tao, seemingly observing Ning Tao's reaction.
Ning Tao was silent for a moment before saying: "Her identity is very special. If she finds out, she will be in trouble. If you are sure you want to know, I will tell you."
Upon hearing this, Chen Pingdao waved his hand: "Then you must not tell me, just pretend that I didn't ask anything."
"Then I won't tell you. I will take her out of here after I finish handling the outside matters." Ning Tao said.
Chen Pingdao said: "Don't tell me what's going on outside, I don't want to hear it."
Ning Tao couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Okay, let me ask you, based on your experience, when will Qing Zhui and the others be released from seclusion?"
Chen Pingdao touched his chin and thought for a moment before saying: "This is not necessarily true, it depends on their individual talents. When I broke through to the Dan Formation realm, I spent three months in seclusion. You know my talent, which is rare in a thousand years. A genius, my inner alchemy is as big as an egg.”
Ning Tao thought of his inner elixir as big as a basketball, and wondered what kind of reaction this guy would have if he told Chen Pingdao at this time
Chen Pingdao continued: "So... in my opinion, your woman and that martial demon will not be able to get out of seclusion for more than half a year."
Ning Tao said in surprise: "More than half a year?"
Chen Pingdao chuckled and said: "This is still the most optimistic estimate. The higher the realm, the longer the time of seclusion. When you reach the Nirvana realm or a higher realm, it is normal for you to be in seclusion for decades or even hundreds of years. ”
Ning Tao: "..."
He couldn't help but think about it, if he and Qing Zhui or Jiang Hao had several children, and then they reached the Nirvana state and needed to retreat for hundreds of years, he and their children would be old, but they would How should he face such a situation before he comes out of seclusion
However, he now believes the story that happened to Wu Yue. During the Ming Dynasty, she founded the "Ming Shangzong". She wanted to be a being above the emperor of the Ming Dynasty and could retreat. The Ming Dynasty was destroyed. During the Qing Dynasty, she founded the Qing Shangzong, then went into seclusion, and the Qing Dynasty was destroyed again. Now it seems that the higher the level of cultivation of a cultivator, the more it can be done in a retreat in a day or two.
"You can be regarded as a product of my efforts." Chen Pingdao added: "You should also be in the alchemy realm now. Is your inner alchemy as big as a thumb?" After saying that, he gave a thumbs up to his right hand, and then I pinched most of it with my index finger, leaving only half of my thumb.
Ning Tao then put away his thoughts. He stretched out his hands, thought for a moment and put down one hand. Finally, he raised a ring finger, then pinched half of it, leaving only a part of the ring finger.
Chen Pingdao chuckled and said, "I knew that your talent was not as good as mine. You were just smart, so you were able to run the clinic to this level."
Ning Tao said calmly: "I have gone to college after all."
Chen Pingdao said: "Yes, that's what I mean, you are more educated."
"If I go into seclusion, how long will it take me?" Ning Tao asked. He deliberately kept a low profile because he did not want to irritate Chen Pingdao. He was worried that Chen Pingdao would become angry when he knew that he had an inner alchemy as big as a basketball, and then he She won't help him find spiritual materials, nor will she help him take care of Hu Xiaoji and Qing Zhui.
Chen Pingdao said: "I told you just now that you are in a special situation. I don't know. It may be long or short. I think you still have a long way to go before you can break through the Dan Formation Realm. Don't be blind. Don’t worry about it, just do what you have to do.”
"Okay, farewell." Ning Tao said and left.
He deliberately passed by the woods where Jiang Hao was retreating, and it was still the same situation. The trees and ground were covered in ice, and the cold was overwhelming. He didn't dare to go in and disturb Jiang Hao, so he left quietly, thinking secretly in his heart: "What Chen Pingdao said is a normal situation, but Jiang Hao and the others used Xunzu Dan, so it might not take that long." Right? If it really takes that long, I have to consider using the murlocs from Demon Village..."