svetikya Chapter 767 What is this?
Chapter 767 What is this?
At this moment, a strange voice suddenly emerged from the depths of Xu Nuo's mind.
Xu Nuo gazed at Pingshan Mountain, and was inspired by its topography, and unexpectedly realized the ** Thousand-Jin Weight.
Hearing this, he was slightly surprised, and thought to himself that he could gain some insights just by observing the terrain of Pingshan. His understanding was truly extraordinary.
The path of spiritual practice is not only about communicating with heaven and earth, but also about understanding the laws of nature.
Seeking immortality is against the will of heaven. How can you fight against it if you don't understand the way of heaven? Only by observing the movement of heaven and earth and understanding the laws of nature can you have the opportunity to break through the boundaries and explore the secret of immortality.
The strange scenery of Bottle Mountain made Xu Nuo shudder. When Partridge Whistle and his companions reached the foot of the mountain, they all looked up and saw the suspended bottle-shaped boulder.
No matter how brave and fearless one is, facing such dangerous terrain, one will inevitably feel fear, turn pale, and breathe rapidly.
Their hands and feet seemed a little stiff.
At this moment, Xu Nuo activated the Queting Divine Eyes, and a golden light burst out from his forehead. Then he noticed that a cold breath was slowly emanating from the cracks deep in Pingshan.
Obviously, this area is the key to the entire Feng Shui structure, called the "weak point" or "Feng Shui eye" of Pingshan, and it is also the place where Yin energy gushes out.
The low temperatures here are obviously different from other places.
They continued to move forward, and the front became increasingly darker and humid. After a few dozen meters, the environment became as dim as night.
The strong men in Xiangling lit the lanterns and wind lamps for illumination, and water drops began to drip from the rock wall, like falling rain.
Fortunately, the team was equipped with straw raincoats and cloaks to prevent getting wet and catching cold.
The vine branches hanging from the top of the cliff are like heavy curtains blocking the view, making the way forward oppressive and unclear.
After walking about two or three hundred meters, Xu Nuo heard the sound of flowing water ahead.
A place where the chill was condensed and lingering came into view - it turned out to be a deep, dark pool of water, its depth was hard to estimate.
The surface of the lake is covered with a large amount of duckweed, which makes it even more mysterious and terrifying.
Xu Nuo and Partridge Whistle quickly walked to the edge of the pond to investigate.
"This is a pool formed by the gathering of rainwater and spring water from Pingshan Mountain. It is located in the shade of the mountain and never sees sunlight. I wonder if the water in the pool is poisonous?" Partridge Whistle was worried. "It blocks our way. We have to pass through here to get to deeper areas."
The water in the shade of the mountain is cold and can easily breed all kinds of evil energies. If it is exposed to sunlight, the toxicity can be slightly alleviated and the evil aura can be weakened. However, this pool of water has never seen the sunlight, and a lot of evil cold power has been accumulated for more than a thousand years.
Therefore, Partridge Whistle's doubts are not groundless.
In order to verify the water quality, Xu Nuo gently touched a corner of the water's edge.
In an instant, a biting coldness invaded him and rushed up along his meridians.
He quickly withdrew his hand and stepped back.
Apparently the cold in the pool was incredibly strong. Not only did it chill one's flesh and bones, but it had also transformed into some special poison that was extremely ferocious and violent.
Once an ordinary person comes into contact with it, his entire body will freeze instantly. It is not just frostbite on the epidermis. The most fatal reason is that the cold spreads along the tendons and veins to the entire body.
If someone accidentally falls into the water, the other people present will have basically no chance of survival, let alone struggling.
Xu Nuo was in deep thought, thinking about how to deal with the situation.
Since the poison condensed in the pond water is a specific substance, the golden ring leech should be able to absorb this substance.
Thinking of this, Xu Nuo immediately took out the golden ring leech he carried with him.
Previously in Phoenix Village, it successfully absorbed the toxins released by the iron scorpion on the body of the water phoenix. At that time, the entire insect body swelled into a round meat ball.
And now when it was taken out again, it had returned to a leech-like state, only slightly larger than before.
Obviously, purifying this type of toxin is of certain benefit to the golden ring leech Gu. At this moment, it has completed the refining of the iron scorpion toxin.
After being taken out, the little bug squirmed its body and slowly excreted a few drops of thick black liquid with a distinct smell of rust.
In order to avoid direct contact, Xu Nuo poured the liquids into Panwang Bowl.
In an instant, black gas began to churn in Panwang’s bowl.
Then, a system prompt sounded in his mind: "You have obtained the essence of the Iron Pipa Scorpion Venom."
After carefully observing the extracted essence, Xu Nuo discovered that its properties were extremely overbearing and fierce, and could cause extremely painful effects.
Its characteristics are somewhat similar to those of the Heart-Eating Bug.
With this understanding, Xu Nuo quickly put the golden ring leech into the pond and let it start absorbing the poisonous ingredients in it.
Surprisingly, after entering the water, the little Gu did not freeze due to the severe cold, but swam successfully to the bottom of a duckweed and stayed there, clinging tightly to the plant, and then began to devour the surrounding poisonous energy.
Judging from the situation at the scene, the power of this poisonous insect is quite considerable. Even the poison in the pool water is dissipating at a visible speed.
What's even more amazing is that it seems to instinctively understand that "there must be an antidote within three feet of a poisonous snake" - after all, duckweed that can survive in such an environment must be the best barrier against the poison.
After careful consideration, Xu Nuo estimated that it would take about an incense stick of time for the golden ring leech to complete the task of eliminating most of its insidious poison.
So he immediately arranged for other strongmen to dismantle the centipede mountain ladders they carried with them and piece them together into a bamboo raft, so that they could easily cross the pool.
The dozen or so centipede mountain ladders we brought this time were all soaked in tung oil and made into bamboo rafts, which have excellent buoyancy and are enough to carry everyone across safely.
By then, as long as the golden ring leech Gu purifies most of the poison on the water surface, as long as you don't fall into the water, you will not be in danger.
While the Xiangling warriors were busy building the bamboo raft, Xu Nuo fed the essence of the iron scorpion venom he had just obtained directly to the long-dormant Heart-Eating Qiong Gu.
After the Heart-Eating Corpse Gu stretched out its body, it swallowed the essence of the venom into its stomach without hesitation. In an instant, the Gu underwent drastic changes!
The originally hard armor-like shell cracked open, and a brand new poisonous insect broke out of the shell.
The moment he saw it, Xu Nuo couldn't help but widen his eyes and almost exclaimed - this new form is too weird! Not only does the shape of the head deviate from the appearance of an ordinary insect, but it looks like some kind of snake creature, and there are several curved and sharp structures like jaws growing on the back of its head, which are quite similar to the bone shield behind the head of a lizard or triceratops, but sharper and more dangerous.
Its entire body is green, and its surface is covered with strange geometric patterns composed of golden lines; there are even two sharp claws with eagle claw features extending from the front, which are as hard as heavy iron.
A pair of rudiments of wings also sprouted on its back, although they were too small to support flight.
The barb on the tail still exists, but it flashes even colder and more dazzlingly, indicating that its venom is even more deadly and intense.
What impressed Xu Nuo most was that this form vaguely evoked some familiar memories from his previous life - there were also slight similarities when he first refined the Heart-Drilling Gu.
As time went by, the Heart-Drilling Gu continued to mutate, and its appearance became increasingly realistic.
At this moment, a voice suddenly appeared in Xu Nuo's mind.
"After absorbing the essence of scorpion venom, your Heart-Devouring Pterygium Gu has been upgraded to the top-grade Sky-Splitting Gu of the Xuan level." It is indeed so!
Hearing this reminder, Xu Nuo's excitement became even stronger.
He looked at the evolved Sky-Splitting Gu carefully and soon realized that in addition to its original toxicity and armor-piercing abilities, this insect had a new unique ability - the ability to release air blades.
This force can tear the air apart to generate wind blades, which is quite powerful.
Although the Sky-Splitting Gu has not yet mastered the skill of flying, its movement speed is already as fast as lightning.
Xu Nuo vaguely felt that this insect would display more strange abilities in its future evolution process.
So he carefully put away the Sky-Splitting Gu.
At this time, the Xiangling strongmen had already built the bamboo raft.
Everyone put their supplies and tools in place, used bamboo tubes to push the water, and moved deeper into the mountains.
When the bamboo raft reached the center of the pool, Xu Nuo suddenly stood up.
His clairaudience was acute and he detected an unusual sound coming from the shade of the mountain, as if a large number of objects were moving.
No one else was aware of the movement, only Partridge Whistle, with his natural ability of night-watchdog ears, was able to sense something.
The two of them immediately raised their hands to signal everyone to stop.
"Master Xu, what is this? Could it be the poisonous creature that took shape in Pingshan?" Partridge Whistle looked solemn and worried.
The current environment is extremely bad: everyone is scattered on three narrow bamboo rafts in the center of the pool, far away from the shore, and cannot reach the shore quickly in a short time.
The bamboo raft is small and cramped, and it is difficult to use dodging skills if attacked.
At this moment, Xu Nuo tilted his head slightly, and his clairaudience clearly captured a series of sounds similar to rats fighting in front of him. The dense and sharp squeaking sounds rang in his ears and approached at an alarming speed.
Xu Nuo instantly understood that this was a sign of an attack by bats, because he remembered that Partridge Whistle and his companions had encountered a dangerous evil creature in Shanyin earlier - a large number of bats pouring out of the deep valley.
Since these rapidly approaching sounds were exactly like this, "It must be right!" He decisively ordered everyone: "Hurry up and lie down on the bamboo raft, and use the rattan shields to protect yourselves!"
Although heavy cowhide shields were not carried in this operation, several light rattan shields were prepared.
These rattan shields are carefully woven from strong old rattans from the mountains. After being boiled in oil and then dried in the sun for many days, they are indestructible, just like the rattan armor in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".
It’s just that Xiangling Lishi borrowed from the story of the Three Kingdoms and specially coated the outer layer with lacquer and wrapped it with tung oil, making it both fireproof and waterproof.
All the entourage admired Xu Nuo's foresight. Upon hearing the order, they immediately crouched low and pulled up the rattan shield to cover themselves. Hong Gu Niang, Hua Ling and others also followed suit.
Soon, the strange sound became clearer and faster than lightning.
Looking up, I saw a black fog rolling in from the shadow of the mountain, filling the surroundings with foul-smelling air and countless shrill screams.
Upon closer inspection, the black fog turned out to be a group of black bats about half a foot long and with strange appearance. They were more robust than ordinary bats, with rat-like faces, pig-like noses, and fangs as long as an inch that protruded from their mouths, which was quite scary.
The claws extending from the fleshy wings are extremely sharp, like the claws of the devil from hell.
Xu Nuo saw everything clearly in Que Tingshen’s eyes.