Chapter 23: Senior Brother "Disciple Xu Pingsheng, I beg you to help me..."
The reason why the Biluo Sea is called the Biluo Sea is because it comes from a lake that existed at the beginning of the cultivation world.
The lake water is different from ordinary lake water. It gathers the spiritual energy of heaven and earth within a radius of several miles, and is born with the sun and the moon.
Therefore, the closer you get to this place, the more lush the plants are and the richer the spiritual energy is.
But beautiful things are often fraught with danger.
It is said that among the various spiritual herbs in the Blue Sea, there are many poisonous insects. These poisonous insects are not afraid of spiritual power or fire, and even seals and formations cannot drive them away.
It was the second year since Xie Wuyang succeeded the Demon Lord. He was only in his early twenties, full of youthful vigor, and his favorite thing was to slap the faces of all the immortal sects.
No cultivator in the Immortal Sect had broken through the Nascent Soul stage in a hundred years, so Xie Wuyang chose the day he ascended to the position of Demon Lord to undergo the tribulation on the spot, openly provoking him.
Later, he heard from the people of the Immortal Sect that the Blue Sea was full of dangers and that there was a rare imperial tree growing in it. Countless cultivators rushed there, but no one succeeded. However, Xie Wuyang easily broke in and made the imperial tree into a spiritual weapon.
It was clearly something that happened several years ago, and Xie Wuyang didn't care much about the Emperor Sky Tree. But now that he came to the Blue Sea again, he thought of the refreshing fragrance of the Emperor Sky Tree.
Xie Wuyang subconsciously touched the token on his waist, turned around with his eyes slightly narrowed, and looked at the familiar jungle in his memory.
Then, my breathing froze.
What came into view was a desolate land. There were no starry lights from flying insects, no spiritual energy, and no overgrown vegetation. Only a few lonely dead trees stood in it, looking lonely and desolate.
Xie Wuyang paused. Even though he was very familiar with this place, he couldn't help but doubt his memory at this moment.
At this moment, they have left the desert, and the spiritual power in their bodies has been imprisoned.
Xie Wuyang put his index fingers together and condensed a spiritual power. The spiritual power quickly swept around the edge of the Blue Sea and fell back into Xie Wuyang's hand in a moment.
The green spiritual fire burned at his fingertips, and Xie Wuyang extinguished it with a light squeeze.
Xie Wuyang frowned, somewhat puzzled. "There's nothing unusual here, but for some reason, the spiritual energy of the Azure Sea seems to be drying up."
Yun Wanzhou's eyes circled around the area and nodded, "There is a strange phenomenon."
Xie Wuyang frowned and tried hard to search for the memory of the drying up of the Biluo Sea, but found nothing.
Five hundred years later, when Xie Wuyang came here, the Blue Sea was clearly still full of spiritual energy. How could it be that it was drying up now?
Just like the theft of the Nightmare Stone, the exhaustion of the spiritual power of the Blue Sky Sea this time has never appeared in the history books of the cultivation world.
Could it be...
During these five hundred years, has anything major happened that could have forced the hundreds of immortal families to work together to conceal it?
Xie Wuyang's eyes turned cold and he walked towards Biluohai.
There must be something strange in the blue sea that they have never seen.
There was a constant rustling sound of dead leaves. Xie Wuyang glanced around casually and found that the sea was completely different from the blue sky he remembered.
There is a lake in the Azure Sea that gathers spiritual energy. Located at the end of the Azure Sea, the lake is fed by the spiritual energy, and the Emperor Sky Tree five hundred years later is also fed by the spiritual energy.
Xie Wuyang thought about everything in his memory at random, but was always disappointed.
In five hundred years, so many things can change, whether it is people or things, they are no longer what Xie Wuyang understands.
Feeling that Yun Wanzhou in front of him paused, Xie Wuyang also stopped.
His sight followed Yun Wanzhou's bloodstained clothes and fell on his shoulder.
From this angle, you can just see the Immortal's thin chin.
Unsure of what he had discovered, Yun Wanzhou's face tensed as he lowered his voice to Xie Wuyang, "There's a magic circle here."
Magic circle?
Xie Wuyang's eyebrows twitched, and before he could come back to his senses from Yun Wanzhou's words, a barrier rose up around his body.
Yun Wanzhou pinched the Dao formula with extremely fast speed and hit Xie Wuyang's heart.
A surge of spiritual energy flowed into his heart, like a warm current, making Xie Wuyang feel a little itchy.
Xie Wuyang instinctively raised his hand and pressed his fingertips against his chest, "Master..."
In just a moment, Xie Wuyang realized that Yun Wanzhou was casting a life-saving spell on him.
There is a very good saying in the world of cultivation, "No one will go against his own life", and Xie Wuyang particularly agrees with this.
But at this moment, when Xie Wuyang's heart fell under Yun Wanzhou's palm, and the other party could take Xie Wuyang's life with just a slight movement, Xie Wuyang's heart still couldn't help but beat faster.
In just a short moment, it seemed like five hundred years had passed.
Until the spiritual power in his chest gradually calmed down, Xie Wuyang moved his Adam's apple with difficulty, moistened his throat, turned around calmly, and studied this inexplicable barrier.
This barrier seemed to be full of spiritual energy, and it must have been set up not long ago. The spiritual light spots on the barrier fell down little by little, dazzling Xie Wuyang.
If it was done by the person who stole the Nightmare Stone, he should not have gone far.
Xie Wuyang walked to the edge of the barrier, raised his hand and touched it lightly, and the spiritual power gathered there.
This barrier is really powerful. Even if Xie Wuyang used his spiritual power, he could not find its origin.
Xie Wuyang was silent for a moment, "Master, have you ever seen this formation?"
Yun Wanzhou shook his head and said, "No."
Xie Wuyang frowned.
This is a difficult situation.
With his current cultivation level, if he cannot find the origin of the barrier, it will be impossible for him to break it.
His current cultivation level is not high, and the Yun Wanzhou he knew and the current one are 500 years apart in terms of cultivation and knowledge.
Five hundred years can bring new life to a dead tree and change eras, let alone change a person.
Perhaps, the current Yun Wanzhou is not as powerful as he realizes.
Just as Xie Wuyang was thinking, Yun Wanzhou suddenly stopped touching the barrier, his brows becoming serious, "Back off."
Xie Wuyang was the first to react. After he came to his senses, he was about to ask Yun Wanzhou the reason when he saw Yun Wanzhou draw out the Broken Snow Sword and place it in front of his chest. The sword was shining with golden light.
Fortunately, after entering the Blue Sea, their spiritual power was restored and enough to withstand Yun Wanzhou's attack.
boom--
Flying sand and rocks, and dead leaves are everywhere.
The sword light started from the barrier and drew a long sword mark on the ground.
Xie Wuyang only had time to cover his face with his arms before the surroundings instantly returned to calm.
Xie Wuyang's gaze followed the sword mark to a spot not far away, and he suddenly raised his eyebrows, "Master is so powerful."
…
Yun Wanzhou's sword not only broke the barrier, but also eliminated all the remaining poisonous insects in the Biluo Sea.
Feeling the lingering sword power along the way, Xie Wuyang's heart gradually settled down.
With one sword, Yun Wanzhou's strength was not much different from that of five hundred years later, which was enough to protect the safety of two people.
But in this way, Xie Wuyang dared not leave Yun Wanzhou for even a step in the Blue Sea.
In the previous life, the Azure Sea was full of spiritual energy, but it was also a dangerous place full of poisonous insects. Few people could reach the end of the Azure Sea.
But it was different now. The spiritual power of the Blue Sky Sea had been exhausted, most of the poisonous insects had died, and coupled with the sword that Yun Wanzhou had slashed out, the two of them did not encounter any obstacles along the way, and they reached the end soon.
The lake surrounded by spiritual energy has dried up, leaving only a small puddle. A few spiritual herbs are sparsely growing on the dry ground. It looks so desolate that Xie Wuyang frowned.
I wonder what kind of magic was used to transform the Blue Sea into this state in such a short period of time.
There are thousands of talismans in the immortal sect, and Xie Wuyang couldn't help but feel curious, carefully observing the layout around him.
The Emperor Sky Tree in the Blue Sea has not yet grown up, and there is only a bare cliff face connected to the lake surface, which does not look like a place where people can hide.
"The spiritual vein here is not broken." Xie Wuyang observed for a long time and finally came to the conclusion.
As long as the spiritual vein is not broken, it can continuously supply spiritual power to this place and will never run out.
Unless there is something absorbing the spiritual energy here, that thing must be strong enough and exceed the supply of the spiritual vein.
It is impossible for a cultivator to absorb so much spiritual power by relying solely on himself as a container, but what if he relies on a magic weapon?
Xie Wuyang suddenly remembered why he and Yun Wanzhou came here.
Xie Wuyang immediately had a guess in his mind and looked at Yun Wanzhou, "Could it be that the Nightmare Stone is here?"
That barrier couldn't have appeared out of thin air; it must have been created intentionally by someone.
Or perhaps...
There is more than one barrier in the Blue Sea.
Xie Wuyang frowned and walked towards the cliff.
As if knowing Xie Wuyang's intention, Yun Wanzhou raised his hand slightly and injected some spiritual power into the spell on Xie Wuyang.
A sharp sound of wind came from his ears, interrupting Xie Wuyang's words. At the same time, an urgent voice sounded behind him, "Junior brother, don't worry!"
The figure in white stumbled to a halt. Xu Pingsheng put away the long sword at his feet and took a deep breath, "Junior brother, please don't go forward."
Yun Wanzhou turned around when he heard the voice, looking surprised, "Xu Pingsheng?"
The man was dressed in white, with silver wristbands neatly tied at his cuffs. A jade pendant hung from his waist, and the jade tassel fluttered with its owner, making him look like a handsome young man.
Xie Wuyang's gaze shifted from the jade pendant to Xu Pingsheng's face. He searched his memory for a long time before vaguely remembering this person's identity. It seemed that he was the eldest disciple of Wu Hanfeng and the eldest senior brother of his original body.
Xie Wuyang called out tentatively, "Senior Brother Xu?"
"It's me." Xu Pingsheng bowed, then turned and saluted the two men, "Uncle Master, thank you, Junior Brother."
Xu Pingsheng quickly glanced at Xie Wuyang, then hurriedly looked away, as if he had encountered something difficult, with his brows furrowed.
Before he could even think of how to speak, he knelt down in front of Yun Wanzhou with a thud and kowtowed heavily, "Disciple Xu Pingsheng, I beg you, uncle, to help me save my junior sister Liu Yuqin!"
Yun Wanzhou raised his hand and helped Xu Pingsheng up. "What happened?"
"Uncle Master, you may not know this, but ever since you and Junior Brother left the mountain, the Sect Leader has been worried about you. He specially sent Junior Sister Liu and I to assist you." Xu Pingsheng's eyes were red, and his tone gradually became excited. "The Sect Leader said that Uncle Master started his search from Dashipo. Junior Sister and I discussed it and decided to stagger with Uncle Master and head to the Demon Realm."
Hearing the word "Demon Realm", Xie Wuyang raised an eyebrow, "What happens next?"
Could it be that he was captured by the demon world?
Xu Pingsheng said, "When Junior Sister Liu and I passed by the Blue Sky Sea, we noticed something strange here and wanted to come in to investigate. We never thought..."
Xu Pingsheng swallowed hard and spoke with difficulty, "Under the cliffs of Biluohai, someone has set up a barrier. It's a very strange barrier. The moment Junior Sister Liu approached, she was swallowed up. Counting carefully, today is the third day Junior Sister Liu has been trapped."
Xu Pingsheng, who stayed outside, was extremely anxious. He tried every possible way in the past few days, but could neither get in nor break in. In the end, he could only ask Wu Hanfeng for help.
But waiting for rescue would take time, and by then the people in the barrier might have already been lost, whether alive or dead.
Xu Pingsheng pleaded with hope in his eyes, "I hope Uncle Master will help me for my Master's sake!"
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