Chapter 42: This is not a secret realm. Whose entrance is set up like this...
Unexpectedly, they also found a map here, which marked the location of the secret place.
After taking a look at the direction and finding it was similar to the route she remembered, Ying Bu Ran simply took Zhao Chaoan and followed the map.
"Let me check the map. It's nearby, just like the place marked in the inherited memory." Ying Bu Ran looked at the map, then looked around, and was sure that this was the place.
Zhao Chaoan looked around carefully, then released his ghostly energy to search the surroundings. Finally, he shook his head regretfully: "But I don't see any entrance or anything like that nearby?"
Ying Bu Ran pondered for a moment, then sighed softly, "Let's try to find it."
There's no information about the entrance in the first generation's memories, so this is probably part of the test.
With a certain landmark as the center, Ying Bu Ran and Zhao Chao An slowly searched nearby and expanded their search area, but they still found nothing.
Ying Bu Ran was initially certain, but after searching around without success, he began to doubt himself: "I've already searched all around, could it be that it's in a different place?"
She shook her head, returned to the center and sat down, sighing, "I'm a little unsure now... Let's take a break... eh?"
"Click"
Ying Bu Ran raised her hand. Did she seem to have pressed a stone? Had she searched for this stone before?
Zhao Chaoan heard her scream and immediately rushed over to ask, "What's wrong? Hey, hey, hey?"
At the same time, the two of them felt empty under their bodies and fell down, disappearing on the spot.
They didn't know how long this part was, they felt like they were falling all the time, and from time to time it seemed like there were some knife blades cutting through them.
The incident happened suddenly, and even Zhao Chaoan didn't react immediately. He only remembered to protect himself when the knife was about to touch his body.
After falling for an unknown amount of time, they finally saw light and the ground. They both used their spiritual power and ghost energy to cushion their fall, finally landing smoothly.
Zhao Chaoan barely managed to stand, cursing as he steadied himself: "No, who's entrance is set up like this... Ah Ran? Are you okay?"
She helped Ying Bu Ran up and asked with concern.
Ying Bu Ran shook his head: "It's okay, it's just a little sudden, but it's nothing serious."
That means he was slightly injured. "Nothing serious? Then he was injured. Let me take a look." Zhao Chaoan walked in front of Ying Bu Ran and used his ghost energy to detect and check.
Ying Bu Ran subconsciously waved his hand to refuse. After all, they were just minor injuries and didn't hurt much. They would probably disappear after a while. "Don't bother. Let's take a look first..."
"Since the person has already come in, there's nothing to worry about. We don't know what's going on down there, so it's safer to just take care of the wound." Zhao Chaoan interrupted her and continued checking, as if he knew what she was going to say next.
Ying Bu Ran knew that he couldn't win, so he calmed down and let Zhao Chaoan check him.
After a moment, Zhao Chaoan did not find any major wounds, and he breathed a sigh of relief: "It is true that the wounds are not big, but there are a lot of them. Let me help you treat them."
Ying Bu Ran nodded, sat down, and held out her hand so Zhao Chaoan could operate more easily. Looking at the wound, she was a little surprised: "It seems that there is no blood in the wound now?"
"It may be related to the unique magic you are practicing now. You already have a special physique, and now it has changed. The good thing is that it is much easier for me to treat you." Zhao Chaoan said, pausing his hands for a moment before continuing.
"Alright! It's bandaged."
Ying Bu Ran withdrew his hand, touched the bandage on his arm, and nodded: "So that's how it is."
Zhao Chaoan added, "Although there won't be bleeding, you should be careful about the leakage of some power. Another thing is that there is demonic energy in the wound."
"Demonic energy? Weren't demons extinct long ago?" Ying Bu Ran was stunned. The demons had disappeared for hundreds of years, so how could they suddenly appear here? Or had they been here from the beginning?
Zhao Chaoan spread his hands and said, "I don't know, maybe it was left here when I broke in a long time ago."
She looked at Ying Bu Ran, who was staring at the wound on his arm, and warned him, "I have already removed the evil energy from your wound. We must be careful from now on. If we hadn't checked, we really wouldn't have noticed it. Although it's nothing serious at first, it will affect the balance in your body over time."
"Okay, I understand. I will be careful. Can you find where the entrance is? That's where we came in." Ying Buyan stood up, was stunned for a moment when he looked up, and asked Zhao Chaoan.
Zhao Chaoan subconsciously pointed upwards: "Aren't we falling... Hey?"
When she looked up, she found that there was no passage at all, just a stone wall. It looked like it was naturally formed. She didn't believe it, so she released the ghost energy to explore.
Solid.
"Have we arrived at another space? I don't know if it was created naturally or set up intentionally. If it's the latter, we have to be careful." Zhao Chaoan scratched his head.
If it's the latter, and if the owner of this place doesn't want them to leave, it will take a lot of effort for them to go out and have fun.
Ying Bu Ran looked ahead and let out a soft breath. "Let's go for a walk. We can't draw any conclusions standing here. But which path should we choose?"
There were four identical roads in front of her. She tried to explore them using her spiritual sense, spiritual power, and ghostly energy, but it was as if she was blocked by an invisible wall.
Zhao Chaoan also tried to find out, but also found nothing: "I can't tell which one to choose, so just go with the flow. Follow your intuition. If you make a mistake, you can always come back."
Ying Bu Ran stared at the four roads ahead and closed her eyes. She had no means of distinguishing, and it seemed that the only thing she could trust now was her intuition.
After calming down, the road on the far left seemed to emit a breath that attracted her, but once she carefully identified it, the breath disappeared without a trace, as if it had never appeared.
Ying Bu Ran opened his eyes and pointed to the road: "Then take the road on the far left. Let's go."
Zhao Chaoan had no objection. She would go wherever Ying Bu Ran went, following Ying Bu Ran step by step.
The deeper you go, the scarcer the light becomes, until there is no light at all at the end.
Ying Bu Ran simply switched to his ghost form, so that at least he could see more clearly, which made Zhao Chao An, who wanted to hold hands, feel a little disappointed.
"It's quite quiet, but there are some signs of fighting around. It's better to be careful." Zhao Chaoan's eyesight was better than Ying Bushan's, and he saw subtle traces on both sides.
Ying Bu Ran looked over and squinted his eyes to see something: "Well, I will be more vigilant."
Almost as soon as he finished speaking, a sound came from the surroundings: "There's movement."
Zhao Chaoan glanced at the foot, his voice became colder, and he instantly became alert: "It's demonic energy, I'm afraid it's a demon soldier."
Ying Bu Ran summoned his flute and held it in front of him, watching a dark figure twisting and standing up. "Here it comes."
But the first one to attack was not the one in front, but a "clod of earth" at the feet that suddenly rose up and was about to stab forward with a spear.
As if they had foreseen this, the two men leaped away simultaneously, one in front and one behind. Zhao Chaoan used his ghostly fire sword to slash off the demon soldier's head. At the same time, Ying Bu Ran activated his sword intent and condensed his sword energy, stabbing the demon soldier behind Zhao Chaoan.
After dealing with the two, more "clods of earth" began to become restless, and one demon soldier after another stood up in various twisted postures.
"More are coming." Ying Bu Ran quickly retreated to Zhao Chaoan's side with a serious expression.
Zhao Chaoan looked at the demon soldiers who were slowly gathering around him and snorted: "Just a bunch of little Karami."
The place here is too small. If the demon soldiers slowly wake up, it will be disadvantageous to them. They have to fight quickly and decisively.
Zhao Chaoan released ghost fire, which spread around his body and then condensed into swords, hovering in the air.
With a wave of her hand, thousands of swords shot out, piercing through the surrounding demon soldiers, and the moment they pierced their chests, flames ignited and burned them.
Ying Bu Ran was a little dazed as she watched this move. In a trance, she seemed to see another person. Really, the moves were exactly the same.
…
What else do you want her to do? It's already passed. Ying Bu Ran laughed at himself in his heart, then cheered up and stood beside Zhao Chaoan, waving the flute wrapped in sword energy in his hand, and dealt with several demon soldiers who approached in the gap.
Soon, there was no movement around. Zhao Chaoan raised his hand to retract the will-o'-the-wisp, then placed his hands on his hips and said proudly, "Hmph, it's over."
As expected of her, she took care of all the demon soldiers in such a short time.
Ying Bu Ran followed suit and praised, then walked over to a demon soldier and observed him carefully: "Looking at their clothes, they don't look recent. They are most likely soldiers from another first generation. When the secret realm was formed, there should have been no demons in the lower world."
She remembered that in history, after the human race won, the only demon that existed in the open was another first generation.
This secret realm seemed to have been formed after the battle, when the first generation "returned" the artifact borrowed from heaven and earth.
Zhao Chaoan touched his chin, feeling that it made sense. "It's possible, and it has already refined itself. It has no independent consciousness and only knows how to attack. This method is not like the demons described in history books. They are more likely to devour each other. It is impossible for them to lose consciousness and become weapons, nor will they become weapons. They will be swallowed before that."
An idea occurred to her: "By the way, is it possible that these guys were assigned to guard here?"
After the death of the first generation, the celestial spirits were almost all monitored and deliberately guided to grow up, and only those people would break in here.
"It's very likely." Ying Bu Ran also guessed so, and then looked forward again, "Since we are guarding here, it is possible that the path we have chosen is correct. Let's continue."
Zhao Chaoan took one last look at the demon soldiers before nodding: "...Okay."
Having known each other for a long time, Ying Bu Ran immediately noticed that something was amiss with Zhao Chao An. He stopped, turned around, and asked, "Do you feel anything is wrong?"
"No, I just feel like I might have seen these guys somewhere. It might be an illusion. After all, in a sense, they are a bit like my ghost soldiers who have lost some of their self-awareness." Zhao Chaoan spread his hands and quickly put the matter behind him.
But Ying Bu Ran was thinking of other things, his eyes dimmed slightly, and he seemed to be thinking about something.
"Maybe," she said.
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