The nine dark red crystals were quickly divided up by Yang Qi and his three companions. Emperor Jiuyan got three due to his strength, while Yang Qi and his two companions each got two dark red crystals.
Emperor Jiuyan glanced at the blood river not far away, and then said, "It seems that there will be no more similar strange creatures. Let's continue to explore along the river."
Upon hearing this, Yang Qi and the other two nodded, and the four of them continued to investigate along the river. After only walking a distance, Yang Qi and the other three suddenly stopped.
“Look!”
Yang Qi and the other three looked towards the river surface. Originally, it should have been shrouded in dark red mist, so they could not see the river surface on the other side. But now, they could actually see some outlines of the other side.
“The river narrows.”
Emperor Tianyu said with a little excitement.
You know, Yang Qi and his four companions also explored along the river for quite a distance, but they didn't find anything. Now they finally got something.
The river began to narrow, which meant that the river upstream might be narrower, and there might be a route that bypassed the blood river in front of us.
The river became narrower, which meant that Yang Qi and the others saw hope, the hope of crossing the blood river! Hearing this, Yang Qi and the other two nodded. The river began to narrow, which was definitely good news for them.
"Speed up the investigation!"
Emperor Jiuyan looked at the three people beside him and said.
Yang Qi and the other two nodded, and then the four of them sped up their exploration. As they continued to explore upstream, the river became narrower and narrower. Originally they could only see the outline of the opposite bank, but now they could clearly see the scenery on the opposite bank.
This is definitely great news for Yang Qi and others. The narrower the river becomes, the greater the possibility of appearing a way around the blood river ahead.
As if to confirm the speculation of Yang Qi and the other three, as they continued to go upstream, the river became narrower and narrower, until the blood river was only more than ten feet wide.
With such a width, it would not be difficult for a warrior who has just embarked on the path of martial arts to cross the river, let alone Yang Qi and others.
However, even though the river was only a dozen feet wide, Yang Qi and his four companions still had no intention of crossing the river directly.
If they wanted to cross the river directly, let alone more than ten feet, even if it was tens of thousands of feet, with their strength and means, they could cross it in one step.
However, when they had a clear view of the scene on the other side of the river, Yang Qi and his four companions did not do so at all, because they did not know whether they would encounter any danger if they passed directly across the river.
Since they already saw hope of bypassing the Blood River, why should they take risks? So even though the river was only a dozen feet wide, Yang Qi and the other three continued to go upstream along the river.
Finally, after traveling for a while, Yang Qi and his four companions arrived at the end of the Blood River. They could no longer see the dark red river water, only the barren land.
Looking at the bloody river downstream, Emperor Jiuyan sighed, "Finally we got around it."
In order to avoid the blood river in front of them, they spent a lot of time. Fortunately, their efforts paid off and they finally avoided the blood river. They no longer had to worry about any danger if they crossed the blood river directly.
Immediately, Yang Qi and the other four went towards the depths of the dark red fog. Although they avoided the Blood River, they only avoided the outermost tributary. Not long after going forward, they encountered another tributary.
Fortunately, Yang Qi and his four companions already had experience in this area, and they continued to head upstream, avoiding the following tributaries one by one.
This went on for a long time until they encountered no tributaries again. Yang Qi and his four companions were finally sure that they had completely left the range of the Blood River.
Emperor Yaoyue looked behind him and then slowly said, "I hope we won't encounter the blood river again next time. Otherwise, it will take a lot of time just to take a detour."
Upon hearing this, Yang Qi and the other two could not help but nod secretly. The blood river did indeed waste some time, and in order to avoid the blood river, they had taken a lot of detours.
It was not known whether Emperor Yaoyue’s words had any effect, but on the rest of the journey, Yang Qi and the others did not see the blood river again, and the dark red fog also returned to its dark gray state.
This made Yang Qi and the other three realize that there should be no blood river nearby, otherwise, due to the influence of the blood river, the fog around them should be dark red.
Just as everyone was heading towards the depths of the dark grey fog, Yang Qi suddenly said, "Do you feel that the dark grey fog nearby is starting to fade a little?"
"You think so, too?"
Almost at the same time, Emperor Yaoyue and the other two looked at Yang Qi.
After these words were spoken, Yang Qi and the other three were stunned for a moment, and looked at each other. It was obvious that they did not expect this, and everyone noticed this.
"I noticed it a little bit before, but I thought it was an illusion at the time, so I didn't say it out."
Emperor Tianyu spoke.
Emperor Yaoyue and Emperor Jiuyan on the side nodded. Their situation was similar to that of Emperor Tianyu. Although they had noticed something before, they did not say it out loud because they could not be sure.
If Yang Qi hadn't taken the initiative to break the silence, it would probably take them some time to confirm the matter.
"Since the four of us have this feeling, it should not be an illusion."
Yang Qi paused for a moment, then said solemnly, "The dark grey fog nearby has changed. This is not a good thing!"
This Martial Saint had been dead for who knows how many years, and it was impossible for the environment inside his corpse to change in a short period of time.
This means that the environment inside the corpse was in a certain delicate balance, but now this balance has been broken. There is only one possibility, that is, the nearby environment has changed.
Just like the dark red fog before was a change caused by the blood river, the dark gray fog nearby became thinner, which means that there must be something nearby that affected the dark gray fog.
The appearance of the blood river before forced Yang Qi and his four companions to take a long detour. Now that the environment has changed again, what will happen
Therefore, after hearing Yang Qi's words, the expressions of Emperor Yaoyue and the other two became solemn, because they knew very well that what Yang Qi said was true, and the sudden change in the environment was not good news for them.
Unfortunately, Yang Qi and the other three knew better that faced with the changes in the environment, they were simply powerless to change anything. They could only take some precautions in advance to prevent any unexpected situations.
The Jiuyan Emperor's expression became serious, and he said in a deep voice, "From now on, everyone should be as careful as possible."
Upon hearing this, Yang Qi and the other three nodded, and then continued to go deeper into the dark grey fog. As they went deeper, the dark grey fog became thinner.