Trials of the Abyss

Chapter 5: Stone formations blocking the road

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"Xiaoyao, are you dissatisfied with the boy from the He family?"

Ning Yuanshan in the tent deliberately lowered his voice and frowned, saying, "He is the person chosen by your family. Your family has verified from many sources that he has good talent. Like you, he is also expected to go to the Galaxy Alliance for training. Our Ning family and the He family are old friends..."

"He was chosen by his family, not by me." Ning Yao interrupted Ning Yuanshan impatiently.

Ning Yuanshan shook her head and sighed, "As a girl from the Ning family, how can I have so many choices?"

"Once I go to the third realm and prove myself in the Galaxy Alliance, I will have a choice." Ning Yao said coldly.

“It’s not that easy.”

As an experienced person, Ning Yuanshan smiled bitterly and explained patiently: "In our world, your cultivation talent and that of the He family kid may be considered outstanding."

"But in the third realm, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is more abundant, and there are almost no impurities in the spiritual energy. There are many kids of your age who are more talented than you two."

What she meant was that even if she and He Ziren were recommended to the Galaxy Alliance, they would not be the outstanding ones in the alliance.

"Talent is not the only criterion. Everything depends on human effort." Ning Yao's eyes sparkled.

"That's right. I'm very pleased that you have this kind of confidence."

Looking at the light in her eyes, Ning Yuanshan thought of his youthful vigor, so he said: "He kid came all the way to see you, he is very satisfied with you. He is very favored in the He family, and the elders of both families have agreed that if he insists..."

"As you know, there are two other people in the family who are competing with you for a place in the Galaxy Alliance."

Ning Yao was silent for a moment, a cold look gradually formed on the corners of her mouth, and she suddenly said, "He shouldn't have come to the Cenji Mountains."

Ning Yuanshan was stunned, looked at her deeply for a few times, and said worriedly: "Don't do anything rash."

"So many people from the Galaxy Alliance, Blood Moon, and Yinling Temple died in the Cenji Mountains, not to mention He Ziren?" Ning Yao seemed to have made up her mind and said coldly, "Liu Qigang is also dead. I, and even you, Uncle Yuanshan, may not be able to leave alive. What's so strange about him dying in the Cenji Mountains?"

Ning Yuanshan rubbed his temple and sighed: "It seems that when I wasn't paying attention, you have grown up."

"Okay, Uncle Yuanshan, you better go outside and keep an eye on it. I always feel like there's something wrong with that pile of rocks." Ning Yao urged him to go out.

At this moment, the two heard a sharp whistling sound from outside, and they rushed out of the tent without hesitation.

In the deep and dark night, the two saw at first sight a few hazy and faint gray animal shadows, accompanied by the shrill whistling of wind among the rocks, flying towards Pang Jian who was sitting quietly in the corner.

The beast's shadow was blurry, without a real flesh and blood body. It seemed to be made of gray mist and was filled with a sense of madness and violence.

Pang Jian, who was sitting in meditation, seemed to have noticed something unusual and was on guard with a cautious expression.

"The lowest level beast evil condensed from the souls of wild beasts in the mountains!" Ning Yuanshan shouted.

At this time, He Ziren, Zhang Heng, and a few people who were hiding in the tent to meditate, rushed out one after another.

"Beast Demon!"

He Ziren said in a low voice.

He also had the cultivation level of Tongmai Realm and could see those blurry grey animal shadows like Ning Yao and Ning Yuanshan.

The tent he was in was actually the closest to Pang Jian, but as he watched the "beast demons" transformed from the souls of wild beasts floating towards Pang Jian, he had no intention of lending a hand to rescue them.

Moreover, he had a mocking sneer on his face, and it was obvious that he was going to watch Pang Jian suffer.

"Uncle Yuanshan, we need Pang Jian to be alive." Ning Yao said softly.

Ning Yuanshan suddenly flew out.

After a few flashes, he arrived in front of Pang Jian and took out a silver-white stone pillar with a fire dragon pattern carved on it from behind him.

"Flame of the Sun!"

A blazing flame suddenly burst out from the top of the stone pillar supporting the ground.

The flaming dragon pattern surrounding the column seemed to suddenly come alive under the flames, posing a ferocious posture with bared fangs and claws.

The flames rushed out for several meters, and with the blessing of the "Flame Dragon"'s divine power, they turned into a raging sea of fire above his and Pang Jian's heads.

Not long after the lowest-level "beast evil" heads took shape, they quickly dissipated like water vapor as soon as they approached the sea of fire, and were unable to actually touch Pang Jian's body.

"What's going on?"

After doing all this, Ning Yuanshan, holding the Flame Dragon Stone Pillar in his hand, lowered his head to look at Pang Jian who was sitting quietly.

He narrowed his eyes slightly and said in a cold voice: "When I first met you, there was clearly no spiritual energy in your body, so I thought you were just an ordinary hunter. Now that we have just entered this mountain range, you have a faint spiritual energy in your dantian. Can you tell me what's going on?"

"I just felt the existence of Qi and absorbed a little spiritual energy into my body." Pang Jian looked calm.

Looking at the sea of fire still burning above his head, Ning Yuanshan, who was leaning on the ground with one hand using the Flame Dragon Stone Pillar, felt the extremely high temperature around him and added, "Believe it or not."

"What a coincidence? Have you really just started?" Ning Yuanshan sneered.

Pang Jian didn't explain any more.

"How long have you been practicing?"

Ning Yao twisted her slender figure slightly, walked slowly towards them, and shouted softly from a distance.

Looking at her graceful figure and heroic demeanor, Pang Jian replied, "Three years."

"It took you three years to realize the existence of Qi and absorb a little spiritual energy into your Dantian?" Ning Yao frowned his thick eyebrows, and his unique and charming face showed a weirdness.

When she came to Pang Jian, she took out a finger-sized round white jade bead from her waist, shone it towards Pang Jian's dantian, and said to Ning Yuanshan, "It seems that it is really just a tiny bit of spiritual energy."

After she said this, Ning Yuanshan snorted coldly and lowered his guard, gathering the sea of fire above his head towards the stone pillar.

The scorching heat that enveloped Pang Jian suddenly disappeared without a trace.

"Don't blame me for doubting you. There are so many hunters in Linshan Town, but only your family is independent and is the closest to the Cenji Mountains." Ning Yuanshan said with a stern face, "There have been many strange things happening in the mountains recently. In addition to the people from our seven major families, there may be other people with ulterior motives who have sneaked in. We have to be on guard."

Pang Jian said "Oh".

"In my opinion, we should just tie him up with ropes and keep him in captivity for protection," He Ziren suggested maliciously. "In this way, if he shows any abnormal behavior, we can kill him immediately."

Pang Jian's heart sank, and his gaze immediately fell on the eerie pile of rocks, thinking that if the Ning family really treated them like this, he would take the risk and rush in to deal with them.

"There's no need to do that. His strength and realm are very low. He poses no threat to us." Ning Yao refused.

"It's up to you." He Ziren didn't care.

Since Pang Jian's cultivation level is so low, if there is anything wrong, he would be able to kill him in a flash.

Pang Jian breathed a sigh of relief and looked at the pile of rocks. He then discovered that the light of the white paper fan, copper hammer and bell had disappeared, leaving only the shrill whistling sound.

Recalling the previous scene, he also sensed that there was some invisible foreign object floating towards him.

Those foreign objects that he could not see should be the things called the lowest-level "beast evil" by Ning Yuanshan and others. Ning Yuanshan rescued himself under the instruction of Ning Yao and destroyed those "beast evil".

Instead, he was involuntarily attracted by the "Spirit Pot" he visualized, and wanted to gather it into his own Dantian Spirit Sea.

Although this was the feeling, Pang Jian was unable to verify it because the "beast evil" had been eliminated by Ning Yuanshan.

While he was daydreaming, Ning Yao, who decided to continue giving him freedom, was also observing the abnormalities in the pile of stones and discussing with Ning Yuanshan and others why the "beast evil" appeared.

Pang Jian was secretly investigating his Dantian Linghai.

The Dantian Linghai is a small world hidden inside the human body. According to the "Hutian Yangqi Jue", those who have not been promoted to the Dongxuan realm and have failed to refine their spiritual consciousness cannot see the true scene of the Dantian Linghai and can only perceive it vaguely.

He sensed it and realized that there were many cotton-like things mixed in his Dantian spiritual sea.

The cotton-like foreign objects made his perception obstructed, and it was difficult for him to gain the full picture of the spiritual sea through induction.

He was like a blind man, moving around in a room, but was always blocked by cotton wool and foreign objects, unable to feel the general outline of the "room".

But he gradually felt that the little spiritual energy he had absorbed earlier would quickly disappear once it touched those cotton foreign objects.

When the spiritual energy came into contact with the cotton wool foreign object, it was like a little ghost fire that melted a tiny piece of the "cotton wool", making the "cotton wool" a little less.

Before long, the little spiritual energy he had accumulated was exhausted in his body.

"Your spiritual sea is extremely turbid, with too many impurities and dregs. If you want to practice, you need to gather spiritual energy first and remove the impurities in your body. This step is like cleaning a room that has been sealed for a long time and clearing away the dust and debris."

"Only when your spiritual sea is clean can you retain spiritual energy and truly become a Qi Refiner."

When Pang Jian was confused, Ning Yao, holding the slightly shiny white jade beads, explained to him with a cold expression.

Because she needed Pang Jian's guidance, she felt that her attitude was good, but the superior attitude in her bones had never disappeared.

The cloth bag of silver coins that she had dropped earlier was now solved, like alms to a beggar.

"oh."

Pang Jian responded with indifference.

It turned out that when the girl was talking to Ning Yuanshan and He Ziren, she was actually observing him secretly, and it was obvious that she did not completely trust him.

"When that time comes, you will be able to feel the size of your spiritual sea. However..." Ning Yao let out a hint of sarcasm and changed the subject, "Generally, those whose spiritual seas are extremely dirty often have poor cultivation talents. Even if their spiritual seas become open and clean, their initial size will be relatively small."

After a pause, she said in a cold voice: "In the future, the space for development will also be very limited."

Like Sun Bin, she also saw that Pang Jian's aptitude for cultivation was mediocre, and thought to herself that it was no wonder that it took him three years to realize the existence of "Qi".

In her mind, Pang Jian was no longer a suspect. She didn't care about Pang Jian at all. She was too lazy to even ask how Pang Jian got the secret of practicing.

No words were spoken that night.

The next morning, the sky was just beginning to brighten, but the clouds were still dark and gloomy.

“Boom boom!”

The sound of wild beasts galloping was heard at the entrance of the canyon, and soon a group of people riding dark gray one-horned rhinos arrived.

The hide of the powerful unicorn rhino is like natural armor, emitting a cold, hard luster like metal.

"Zhou Qingchen!"

The many servants of the Ning family cried out in surprise when they saw the savage unicorn coming towards them.

At the front of the team, a tall man in green was sitting upright on the body of the most sturdy one-horned rhino.

The man was handsome and imposing, half a head taller than the people behind him, standing out from the crowd.

When he rode over on his unicorn, his eyes seemed to be shining with divine light. When he found Ning Yao, his eyes became even brighter and he laughed heartily, "It turns out to be Miss Ning. Long time no see!"

Ning Yao's behavior became more elegant. She pursed her lips and smiled subtly, then nodded and greeted.

Pang Jian observed from the side and noticed that her attitude towards the visitor was obviously much more polite than that towards He Ziren.

When the blue-clothed man's eyes swept over He Ziren, he seemed not to notice the existence of such a person. He clasped his fists towards Ning Yuanshan and shouted, "Uncle Yuanshan!"

Ning Yuanshan smiled and waved gently, "I knew that your Zhou family's people should be here soon."

When the visitor stopped riding the beast, he took the initiative to point out the abnormality of the pile of rocks and expressed their confusion and concerns.

"Old Han, go take a look ahead."

Zhou Qingchen, whose name sounds elegant but whose appearance and temperament are rather rough, said to a bloated old man in yellow clothes behind him.

"Okay!"

Han Duping, wearing a bright yellow robe with copper coin patterns embroidered on the lapels, slid off the other unicorn rhino and waited until he reached a pile of rocks before taking out a special compass.

He didn't rush in, but just circled outside the pile of rocks, carefully checking something.

Ning Yao and Ning Yuanshan were waiting for him. They seemed to know his abilities, so they did not warn him of the danger and let him mutter to himself while surveying the terrain.

Pang Jian also looked at this person's actions curiously.

After a while, Han Duping returned to the crowd, his fat face full of solemnity.

"The scattered rocks formed a formation that could lock in the Yin energy, causing the souls of creatures that died nearby, whether human or beast, to not dissipate within a certain distance, but to be attracted into the pile of rocks."

He raised his head and looked at the rock walls on both sides, wondering, "The rocks all slid down from the mountains on both sides. They should be in a disorderly manner, but they turned into a formation that locks the Yin energy."

"It's really strange. I wonder if this formation is really formed naturally or created by humans."

Han Duping explained his findings with full of doubts.

After he said this, everyone immediately started discussing it, making all kinds of speculations and assumptions.

Pang Jian's mind was slightly moved, and he couldn't help but recall his father's behavior every time he went in and out of the Silence Mountains when he followed his father hunting when he was a child.

My father would kick the scattered stones whenever he passed by this place.

His father didn't seem to have moved the larger and heavier rocks, but many of the gravel that was farther away was kicked here by his father.

According to his father, it was these rocks that blocked the road and prevented them from moving forward.

Thanks to the new alliance "Tsutsui Caimeng Ayame" for giving Lao Ni's new book an additional leader. I also thank the brothers and sisters who gave me rewards in the past two days. It's been so long, and everyone still remembers me~~ tears

(End of this chapter)