Night visit to Tianxing Mountain
Tianshan Mountain, the human race has already reached the seventh mountain in the beast world, Broken Peak.
Standing on the top of Broken Peak and looking down, the seventh mountain is simple and ordinary, like a small country village in the primitive dense forest.
"Do you want to continue to fight?" Feng Qinxue looked down at the scenery below the mountain, took a deep breath, and turned to look at Qin Ruqing.
Qin Ruqing didn't know where she was looking, her eyes were slightly narrowed, and she retracted her gaze after hearing the words, and found that everyone around her was serious, with a bitter and vengeful look, which made her unable to help but tease, "Why, don't you fight, are you going home?"
That would be a big loss~
Feng Qinxue rolled her eyes at her unhappily, "Is that what I mean!"
Now there were only a few high-level people standing on the Broken Peak, and Feng Qinxue's words became more casual. Now, in front of the army, she and Diwu Sheng both gave face to Qin Ruqing, the "human leader".
An army cannot have two commanders, so there can only be one leader of the human race.
Since Qin Ruqing has become the soul and core of the human race, then the others should take a step back.
"Of course we have to fight." After teasing, Qin Ruqing looked into the distance again, and his tone became more serious, "Still the same way as before."
Feng Qinxue asked whether to fight or not, not whether they should retreat, but whether they should maintain the previous way of fighting that did not care about the cost and blood was all over the ground.
"But, the reason why it was so smooth before was that we caught the beastmen off guard." Diwu Sheng was still a little hesitant about this style of fighting. "The beastmen must have reacted now, and the reinforcements have arrived. If we continue to fight like this, the cost will be greater than before."
"Then we must fight even more." Qin Ruqing said calmly. "Our current advantage is brought out by our fearless spirit in fighting. Once we show any cowardice, the beastmen will catch us and bite us back."
"We are already in the heart of the beast world. If we show any signs of fatigue, the fate that awaits us is to be outflanked by the beastmen and eventually wiped out."
On the broken peak, the sun had just risen, and the rising sun enveloped everything. There was a sense of peace and beauty.
Who could have thought that this land would soon be covered in blood.
Diwu Sheng's face, full of wrinkles, was brightened by the morning light. He rolled up his sleeves worriedly, "If it goes on like this, when will it end?" He
paused and raised his voice, "Human lives are limited."
This kind of forced momentum cannot be maintained forever.
Qin Ruqing turned around and smiled at Diwu Sheng. This smile made Diwu Sheng think absent-mindedly that her face seemed to have never shown any timidity or fatigue, as if she was always full of energy and had a sure win.
"Human lives are indeed limited." Qin Ruqing nodded, "So we have to find a way out before the limit comes."
The answer seemed to be hidden in this firm tone.
Diwu Sheng tried hard to blink his eyes. He didn't ask, but his expression was full of hints.
Eh~ the old guy is being cute. Qin Ruqing complained in her heart, but pointed to the east.
"The blood pool of Tianxing Mountain."
The outline of the sun was printed in Qin Ruqing's eyes, like a layer of broken gold.
"If the way of heaven really left us a ray of hope, that ray of hope should fall on Tianxing Mountain."
//
The battle of Broken Veins Mountain was extremely brutal, but the human race still won.
It's just that when cleaning up the battlefield, the soldiers' faces were not filled with joy of victory, but heavy faces.
Qin Ruqing understood this heaviness, because they didn't know when this consumption of life would end.
She stood on the dark red land, her face was not solemn, not sad, but she often looked into the distance, or squatted down to stare at the ground.
Wu Lingyu didn't know when he stood behind her.
Qin Ruqing didn't stand up, but picked up a handful of soil, twirled it with his fingers, and said without raising his head, "Are you here to make sarcastic remarks?"
"This kind of battle can't last another time." His tone was so calm that it was a little indifferent, but this was Fifth Lingyu's style. He stared at Qin Ruqing seriously, even if she couldn't see it.
"Next time, you will lose."
"In this world of beasts, as long as you lose once, you have no chance."
The human race cannot lose even once.
"Look at the color of this soil." Qin Ruqing turned around and asked an irrelevant question as if he hadn't heard anything.
He stood up holding the handful of soil, held it under the sight of Fifth Feather, and then slowly opened his palms.
In a suspicious silence, Fifth Lingyu first glanced at the soil, then looked at Qin Ruqing, speaking slowly, "You didn't listen to a word I said."
"I'm listening!" Qin Ruqing raised her chin, indicating that her question had not been answered, "Ask you the color."
"Red." Fifth Lingyu frowned, but said it anyway.
"Yes! The land stained red with blood." Qin Ruqing picked up a handful of soil from the palm of his hand, held it against the sun, then brought it to his nose and smelled it, "But even so, there is not much blood smell."
Fifth Lingyu began to wonder if Qin Ruqing was playing a trick on him.
"Look at that look in your eyes... am I such an insincere person?" Qin Ruqing said, bringing the handful of soil closer to Fifth Lingyu to smell.
The fifth feather wanted to dodge, but when the unique fresh smell of the forest soil penetrated into his nose, he paused in his retreat. With a flash of deep thought, he looked at Qin Ruqing.
Qin Ruqing smiled: "I didn't lie to you, it's dyed this color, but it doesn't smell fishy."
"What did you find?" The fifth feather said.
"I'm not sure yet." Qin Ruqing said leisurely, and scattered the handful of soil casually, "But you are right before, we don't have much time, and there is no chance for us to try and make mistakes. So, tonight, I decided to verify my guess."
Qin Ruqing decided to explore Tianxing Mountain at night.
When the news was announced to the whole army, Qin Ruqing clearly saw the shock on everyone's face.
She understood this shock very well.
——Why is it necessary to take such a risk.
——She actually chose to say this.
Even Elder Feng, who was meditating with his eyes closed at the top of Broken Vein Peak, cast a watchful glance towards the foot of the mountain.
"Commander, why is that?" Diwu Sheng asked in confusion. From the expression on his face, it can be seen that he disagrees.
"Is it because of the blood pond? Do you want to go to the blood pond to cause trouble?" Feng Qinxue showed a suspicious look.
When she heard Qin Ruqing say that she was going to explore Tianxing Mountain, she immediately thought of the breakthrough point that Qin Ruqing had mentioned.
Is it to break the deadlock that she took this risk?
In front of the army, Qin Ruqing put away his usual casualness and became unprecedentedly serious.
She didn't try to be mysterious and said directly: "The battle at Broken Vein Mountain made me notice something strange. I guess it's related to the blood pool at Tianxing Mountain. The blood pool determines the direction of our future war... so I decided to investigate."
Although she didn't completely solve everyone's doubts, at least she had a beginning and an end, so that people knew what she was going to do.
"The blood pool is important, we all know this, but isn't it too risky to spy on it like this?" said the Taiyi Sect Master.
The senior executives around the campfire nodded one after another.
On the flying boats hovering in the air, countless soldiers poked their heads and consciousness out, all looking in this direction.
Everyone knew that there was a secret in the blood pool, but how to find out this secret became the biggest problem.
Qin Ruqing smiled slightly, "I am not a reckless person. I dare to bring it up in front of the army today, so I must have a way."
Under the gazes of the crowd, Qin Ruqing's figure suddenly dispersed.
It was really "dispersed".
Like a burning incense stick, it emitted a wisp of lingering white smoke. Finally, the color of the smoke became thin and transparent until it disappeared.
Diwu Sheng dropped his chin, pulled his beard and made a hissing sound. Feng Qinxue stared at the disappearing smoke, his eyebrows and eyes motionless.
Not to mention the shock and loss of composure of other senior officials, even the Feng Patriarch who was sitting on the top of the peak watching the meeting, his brows unconsciously showed a trace of doubt.
The smoke gathered again, transforming into Qin Ruqing's thick and bright facial features.
After scanning everyone's expressions, she raised her lips and said, "As you can see, I can transform into wind. Even wind is not the element I am most proficient in. If I transform into fire, I can do it more concealed and realistic than wind."
"It's just that a ball of fire floating in the air is really weird. It's not as convenient as wind."
"It's because I mastered this magical power that I dared to take the risk to explore Tianxing Mountain."
Diwu Sheng took a long time to find his tongue. He opened and closed his mouth several times, and said hesitantly: "You are..."
"An elemental magical power." Qin Ruqing mentioned it briefly without explaining in detail.
This magical power was mastered by her after absorbing three drops of blood essence from a great man in the heavenly realm. At that time, she felt that it was very useful.
The first time she used this magical power was when she went to negotiate with the Wolf King. She transformed into wind and flashed behind the Wolf King, scaring him so much that he still didn't know how she almost killed him that day.
This is the second time in front of so many people tonight.
"Then how long can this magical power last..." Diwu Sheng's eyes were full of complexity.
He was really impressed.
"With my current ability, at most one hour." Qin Ruqing replied, and out of the corner of his eye he saw Tang Zifeng pursing his lips and staring at him closely, with every expression full of worry and disapproval. He smiled in his heart and said, "And this magical power can also avoid harm to a certain extent."
He turned his head and looked at Feng Qinxue, "Director, can you attack me once?"
Feng Qinxue heard this and immediately put his fingertips together to condense a sword blade. Before the sword blade was struck, Feng Qinxue reminded: "My sword blade can break everything. If the commander is injured..." "
It's not your fault." Qin Ruqing smiled and took over the rest of the words.
Qin Xue swung the wind blade down calmly. It looked ordinary, but in fact, it drew the rules and made a clear sound of breaking through the air.
The old man Feng on the top of the mountain nodded secretly. Qin Xue did not hold back at all in this attack.
But the next second when the sword was about to hit Qin Ruqing, her figure dispersed and suddenly turned into light smoke.
The sword blade chopped down with great force, but the light smoke did not dissipate at all.
Everyone's eyes widened. This is really strange.
Tang Zifeng's tense facial lines relaxed to a visible degree, and his dark eyes lightly touched Qin Ruqing's.
Qin Ruqing glanced at him with a smile, and said to everyone: "Although this magical power also has weaknesses and cannot avoid all harm, it should be able to keep me safe for exploration purposes."
The soldiers on the flying boat couldn't help but cheer excitedly.
"The commander is invincible!"
"The commander is invincible!"
"..."
In the end, all the soldiers on the flying boat shouted, and the momentum was unprecedentedly high.
Qin Ruqing and Fengqinxue Diwusheng exchanged glances.
This is the second reason why she chose to announce this matter, to boost morale and inspire people.
Qin Ruqing showed herself like a treasure, showing off all kinds of magical powers. While her prestige was greatly improved, she finally got the approval of everyone - agreeing to let her explore Tianxing Mountain at night.
In fact, she could go secretly, but it would not have the immediate effect.
Candles were lit on the flying boat, and everyone gathered around Qin Ruqing, like stars surrounding the moon.
"Everyone, I'm leaving." The tone was neither high nor low, but it left a clear sense of presence in someone's ears and heart.
Everyone was looking at her.
Qin Ruqing's figure clearly turned into wisps of smoke, and finally became completely transparent and disappeared.
//
The invisible sight followed the route in memory and stopped at the foot of Tianxing Mountain.
It coiled around a towering ancient tree, scratching the leaves and making a rustling sound.
The guards were much stricter than last time. It was night now, and at least five teams of patrol soldiers could be seen patrolling from a bird's eye view.
The patrol soldiers were scattered in different directions and moved at any time. The foot of the mountain was almost in a state of blind spot.
This was the case at the bottom of the mountain, not to mention the blood pool.
In other words, it was almost impossible to sneak in by bypassing the patrol.
Either you had to force your way in, or you had to make a careful plan.
A gust of wind blew by, and the patrol soldiers were unaware.
The patrol leader didn't have to move all the time. He stood on the watchtower and yawned loudly because of the gust of wind.
He didn't forget to urge the soldiers below with sleepy eyes: "Wake up!"
Going up the narrow plank road at the foot of the mountain, there is the first barrier.
The invisible vision felt that it was not a powerful barrier with profound precision, but an ordinary protective barrier. There is nothing to be afraid of.
Continuing forward, the mountain wind passed through thousands of stairs and came to the entrance of the blood pool in the cave.
There is a second barrier here.
Qin Ruqing remembered very clearly that when he participated in the selection at the foot of Tianxing Mountain, the beasts selected by the mysterious scepter would have a beast head mark on their bodies.
Only beasts marked with the beast head mark can pass through the barrier and enter the cave smoothly.
The breeze circled around the barrier, but never passed through it.
Ordinary barriers absorb breath and use the breath to distinguish passers-by. But breath can be disguised. The barrier here should be a higher-level consideration.
What is the most fundamental difference between humans and beasts?
To be honest, there are many differences. The blood vessels, bones, meridians, and body structures are completely different. But this is only an appearance. Qin Ruqing knows very well that the root cause lies in the difference in the original laws.
The ray of life left by the Avenue gave birth to beasts and the beast world, that is to say, real beasts and humans are not products of the same world.
The origin is different.
So, to pass this barrier, you have to pass the assessment of the origin of this beast world.
The breeze dissipated and gathered again. A black beetle passing by on the cave wall moved its tentacles curiously, sensing the strange breeze.
Qingfeng did not hesitate this time and passed through directly.
If there is anyone in this world who can pass the test of the origin of the two worlds without hindrance, it should be Qin Ruqing.
Well... the Fifth Feather, a chaotic body whose attributes have been halved and halved again, can't do it either.
The scene inside the cave is not much different from the last time I came. The light is dim, and there is a wall lamp every six meters, which makes crackling sounds from time to time, making the cave particularly quiet at night.
Qingfeng's "field of vision" is not affected by day and night. She stared at the blood pool and felt that the blood in this blood pool was much thinner than the last time she came.
Thin does not refer to the color, but the energy contained in it.
The inside of the blood pool is called a cave, but in fact it is more like a winding underground river. The last time I came here, I didn't find the end of this "river". This time, Qin Ruqing decided to explore it.
Qingfeng moved forward again.
After walking for an unknown period of time, her vision suddenly widened. She seemed to have come to the roof terrace, but there was no terrace on Tianxing Mountain. This should be the top of Tianxing Mountain.
Qin Ruqing felt the energy that was a hundred times and a thousand times heavier and more violent than last time. It almost crushed her body and even the wind stagnated.
Her vision was also blurred and she couldn't "see" anything. This was unreasonable, because she was not seeing with her eyes, but a higher-level spiritual vision. If
she couldn't see, it meant that there was special protection here.
The third barrier. Qin Ruqing said softly in her heart.
And there is something in the barrier.
Qin Ruqing's heart was knotted. She couldn't say that she had gained nothing from tonight's investigation, but she certainly hadn't discovered the most basic secrets of the beastmen.
She was very unwilling to be asked to go back just for this little thing. She couldn't use this elemental magical power all the time, and each time she used it, it consumed a lot of rule power.
After using it tonight, she would need at least ten days or even half a month to recover.
Should she wait until next time?
But next time, she would still encounter this barrier.
The breeze was floating slightly. Qin Ruqing hesitated because she felt the specialness of this third barrier.
In front of this barrier, she had a feeling of being "watched".
Qin Ruqing's intuition from countless near-death experiences told her that she must not force her way through this barrier. Once triggered, even if it was elementalized, she would definitely expose her whereabouts.
Was she just going to leave like this?
Qin Ruqing weighed the risks and costs in her mind, and floated forward. When she was about to trigger the barrier, she comforted herself, "I'm here now," and then dived in. In
just one second, Qin Ruqing saw a scene that she would never forget:
a dim red world, a huge, thick pool of blood like volcanic magma, dark red to black, bubbling.
Six hideous bronze beast heads opened their mouths, revealing their fangs, and spit out blood like a spring, quietly and silently pouring into the blood pool.
On the protruding round platform in the center of the blood pool, there lies a beast corpse. It has horns half the length of a wall, a symbol of power, and eyes of different sizes all over its head. The largest eye is closed, while the rest are all open. The white pupils are covered with scarlet blood threads like spider webs. The most shocking thing is the resentment and resentment that are about to overflow in those countless eyes.
This scarlet world is so quiet that you can hear a pin drop, but there is a sudden sound of water flow. At that moment, a huge sense of crisis spreads throughout the body.
Qin Ruqing wanted to run, until a pair of giant eyes with crazy emotions emerged from the blood pool.
The eyes are clearly red and white, and they rotate strangely and quickly, and finally accurately lock onto a corner of the void.
Qin Ruqing couldn't move.
She felt that the eyes seemed to be laughing. A bloody hand stretched out from the blood pool, dripping with blood, and slowly clenched in the air.
The invisible rules pulled, and something suddenly shattered and disappeared.