Chen Luo discovered he could scavenge the minds of the dead.
So he went to a graveyard and scavenge the brain of a deceased Great Emperor, figuring he’d borrow it for a bit.
While other...
“I don’t know where this place is.”
Chen Luo tried to sense his own state and found that his cultivation level was still there, and there was also a physical body outside his soul body. He didn't know whether it was a temporary body or a dead body that had taken over.
Grayish-white mist seeped in from the cracks in the wall. The air was filled with a large amount of dust. The light was dim and you couldn't see your fingers.
After dispersing his spiritual sense, he found nothing around him. He also didn't know where Mu Jianyu and the others who had entered the formation with Chen Luo had gone.
Snap...
Chen Luo moved his body, and his joints made sounds like dead wood breaking, and a lot of dust rose from his body.
The dry palm pressed against the wall, and the wooden wall collapsed, splashing a lot of dust, and a ray of gray light shone in from outside.
Outside was an uninhabited desert, with grayish-white sand covering the entire world, with no end in sight.
There are three suns in the sky.
There was one big one and two small ones. The light they emitted was very dim and the temperature was not high.
Buzz!
Chen Luo stretched out his palm, and the air around him surged like a tide, and a translucent vortex appeared in the palm of his hand. Pale white water particles floated out of the air and condensed in the palm of his hand, forming a water ball.
'Spiritual power consumption increases by 30%.'
'The vitality of heaven and earth is different. Only those who practice spiritual cultivation can display their magical powers.'
The aura-sensitive members of the external brain began to estimate the differences in details.
Gurgle.
The cold water ball slid down the throat, and a cool feeling spread throughout the body, soaking into the internal organs.
"My health is not good..."
It was unknown how long this body had been dead, and its internal organs had already rotted away. Chen Luo released his magical power to understand the differences in details. Now that his magical power was in operation, the withered internal organs began to slowly recover.
Walked out through the hole.
Chen Luo looked back and found that the place where he had come out before was a Taoist temple that had been crushed by a huge rock. There were broken walls and tiles everywhere around it, with only a little remnant in the corner, which was where he had come out before.
The stone was covered with green moss, and judging from the traces, it must have been there at least three hundred years ago.
"The Heart Demon View..."
Chen Luo found a wooden plaque in the ruins. He didn't know what words were written on it. The strange thing was that he recognized the words the moment he saw them.
'Brother Changqing has been to this place.'
Throwing the broken tiles aside, Chen Luo stood up and walked to the remaining area of the wooden house in another corner. There were still some fragments of books here, although they were all in tatters, but if you look carefully, you can still find some useful traces.
"The inner demon is born from the mind and grows from obsession..."
This was recorded on a piece of stone. The person who wrote it at the time must have used his fingers to infuse spiritual power and carved the traces of the Dao on it, so that it has not been washed away by time.
"Why does this handwriting look familiar?"
Chen Luo picked up the stone and brushed his index finger over the writing. A wisp of gray air flew out from the writing and turned into a candle-like light spot, hovering at the fingertips.
Chen Luo sensed the aura of Master Wuwei from this.
After putting the stone away, when Chen Luo was about to continue exploring, a stream of light suddenly flew out from the side. With a "bang", a black gourd fell to the side.
It is the Dongtian Gourd.
This gourd is a top-level spiritual tool used by Brother Changqing to store wine. Without the permission of the Immortal Emperor Changqing, outsiders would have no way to refine it. So Chen Luo had never worried about this gourd from the beginning.
Walk over and pick up the gourd.
The little spirit of the weapon trembled slightly, and Chen Luo instantly received the feedback from him.
Half a river!
After he left, the little guy did another big thing and pumped away one-third of the river water. Now the river water in the gourd is enough to flood the entire area.
“Good job.”
Chen Luo nodded with satisfaction, it was worthy of being the Immortal Emperor's wine gourd.
After checking all around and making sure there was nothing valuable, Chen Luo left the pit.
Outside is an endless desert.
Except for the area where he was, which was a little shadowy, everything else was grayish white. Not even a single insect could be seen, let alone a person.
Chen Luo took out a piece of tortoise shell from his storage bag.
"All directions, the westernmost point."
The spiritual light passed through the fingertips and moved around the lines on the tortoise shell. Finally, it was thrown out by Chen Luo and fell into the sand.
Snap...
When he picked it up again, a crack appeared on the surface of the tortoise shell.
Northwest.
The monk Tianji is very mysterious.
The calculated results are not 100% certain, but in a situation like this, it is best to use a Tianji monk to do the calculation.
The spiritual power turned into wind, lifting Chen Luo's body up. As his vision improved, Chen Luo saw a row of blurry black dots in the northwest direction. These black dots were moving slowly in the desert like ants.
Chen Luo prepared to fly over to take a look.
Mu Jianyu and the others came here with him, so they must be here too. Even if they were teleported, they wouldn't be too far behind.
Can't fly more than a few miles.
The sand below began to churn, and the moment Chen Luo flew over, a sand snake covered with black scales jumped out from below, circled in the air, and spit out a fishy wind from its open and closed mouth.
Bang!
Chen Luo, who was wrapped in black air, rushed straight forward. There was a muffled sound and blood rained down.
Large pieces of meat fell from the sky, hitting the sand and bringing up large amounts of dust.
Chen Luo didn't even bother to look at it. The black shadow cut through the sky, leaving a dark mark. The blood on the ground rose up and followed the black gas into the distance, forming a demon shadow formed by the black gas and blood.
Below the desert, the weak creatures shrank back to the ground, looking at the shadows flying through the sky with awe on their faces.
Where did this king come from? He is so domineering.
"There are more and more living beings."
The sunken area he came out of was like the center of a large circle. The further out he went, the more living beings there were.
After absorbing the blood of the sand snake, Chen Luo's condition improved a lot, and there was a hint of blood on his face. He changed from a skeleton that was close to a mummy to a skinny demon.
After a cup of tea.
Chen Luo stopped in the air.
After flying for so long, the black spots did not get any closer. They were like a mirage, visible but not touchable.
'There are no traces of formations.'
'There are no immortal cultivators.'
'My breath is dry, my spiritual energy is disordered, and I am unable to practice Qigong.'
Dozens of thoughts came to mind, and judgments were made from all directions.
The common sense of the world of immortal cultivation was challenged here, and he planned to find a local to ask for directions.
His spiritual sense spread out, and soon he found a little demon with awakened spiritual intelligence at the bottom of the sand not far ahead.
"come out."
Chen Luo fell from the sky, and black air descended from the sky. He stomped his feet on the ground, and the sand rippled like waves.
A groundhog wearing animal skin was blown away by the flowing sand. It was holding an oak nut in its hands, and its cute eyes were full of fear.
He was sleeping in the rat's nest one second ago, and was bounced out the next second. In front of him appeared an old demon covered in blood, with a hideous smile on his face.
"I need your help."
Click.
The acorn in the gerbil's hand fell to the ground, his legs went weak, and he knelt down.
"My king, I don't have enough meat to eat. I know a big brother, he's a sand dog, he has more meat than me, he'll keep you full!"
Chen Luo's face turned dark, and he raised his hand and slapped the gerbil on the back of the head.
This gerbil has probably just transformed, has limited intelligence, and cannot distinguish between good and evil.
"Please accept it, Your Majesty!"
After the slap, the gerbil instantly came to his senses and reluctantly handed over his treasured acorn.
"What are those black spots in the distance? Have any of you come into contact with them?"
"Black spot?"
Seeing that this big demon was not here to steal his treasures, the gerbil breathed a sigh of relief. Then he scratched the back of his head with his hand, and tried to recall for a long time before he remembered what Chen Luo said.
He remembered that his great-great-grandfather had been to that place.
"There are some monsters to the west. These monsters are different from us. They have no shape, and claws and teeth have no effect on them." The gerbil tried his best to describe the information his ancestors told him in a language he could understand.
Ghost? Or evil spirit?
If it was a demon soul, then the problem would be easy to solve. I had consumed a lot of low-level demon souls at the tree of good and evil before, and I needed to replenish the soul flags.
"How do I get to that place?"
"It's going to rain."
"rain?"
Chen Luo subconsciously looked up at the sky. There were three suns in the sky of this world. Could it be that the changes in this desert were related to the sky?
The next day Chen Luo confirmed this guess.
There were four suns in the sky, one big and three small, and the temperature rose slightly.
The desert turned into grassland.
The animals and monsters in the desert also changed. The gerbil caught by Chen Luo turned into a big green-skinned lizard. If it weren't for the animal skin apron wrapped around his waist, Chen Luo would have thought that the gerbil monster was showing off its transformation skills to him.
"My king, eat meat."
The green-skinned lizard flatteringly took out a piece of meat from the hole.
Even my eating habits have changed.
"Have you always been like this?"
Chen Luo loosened his hand and put the green-skinned lizard on the ground. He had just checked it and found that this guy had turned into a lizard from the inside out, including his soul.
"What?"
The green-skinned lizard looked confused and had no idea what Chen Luo meant.
Chen Luo looked at him with a strange look in his eyes.
"do not you remember?"
"I remember the king." The green-skinned lizard had a flattering look on his face, not realizing that there was anything wrong.
Chen Luo narrowed his eyes, activated his external brain, and began to analyze the problem.
There's something really wrong with this place.
Day 3.
The suns in the sky became five.
One big and four small, the temperature became higher, the desert faded, and the ground turned into an ocean. Chen Luo watched with his own eyes as the green-skinned lizard turned into a colorful-skinned toad in front of him.
The toad was about half a meter tall, with the animal skin apron still wrapped around its waist.
"Quack!"
After changing into this form, even the most basic ability to speak is gone. (End of this chapter)