Chapter 373 True and False Daughter, Star Horse Winged Snake
The huge mountain range covers half of the sky, like a giant beast crouching on the earth. Only a vast and magnificent place like the Northwest can accommodate it.
The dark red fire rock was its body, and its mane was raised from time to time, as if blown by the wind, burning the entire sky red. A closer look revealed that it was a raging fire all over the mountains.
The raging fire flickered three times, lighting up three dark nights.
The flames subsided once again. In the center of the mountain, where the flames were constantly burning, nine figures slowly walked out from the sea of fire that was so hot that it could melt rocks and melt gold.
They were naked, their bodies burnt black and smelly from the flames, and the icy rings on their wrists and ankles had lost their cold white color and turned into a blazing red, like branding irons.
The nine people walked with trembling steps, and with every step, the charred skin and flesh on their bodies fell off like the skin of a roasted sweet potato.
The blood seemed to have evaporated in their bodies, and the nine people walked out of this dangerous elemental holy land with only their willpower.
Bai Mo couldn't bear to watch this scene. He actually understood the pain of these nine people. He had listened to the suppressed roars for three days. But now seeing their miserable dying appearance, even though he was mentally prepared, he still felt sad.
Staff Officer Shao and Nan Yao also showed reluctance. Staff Officer Shao turned his head to the military commander, who immediately stepped forward and instructed,
"Don't talk, don't move!"
At the same time, a bright healing light shone on his body, and healing bottles appeared one after another, protecting the nine people.
However, the nine people were injured too badly, and even the healing bottle was of little use to them. Junsi's healing skills were only at the fourth level, which was not very sophisticated.
Obviously they were prepared, but not enough.
But after being cured suddenly, the nine people felt a little better. At least they no longer fell down with their charred bodies when walking, and their red eyes had a little more luster.
The leading researcher captain raised his hands tremblingly, and it was clearly seen that his hands had already been carbonized. As he raised them, carbon powder fell to the ground.
In the black dust, a silver light slowly lit up, and a space backpack opened. The things inside fell out. They were nine boxes made of silver metal.
Dense red lines that flickered on the boxes could be seen, and as he stared at the nine boxes, he opened his mouth and stared at Staff Officer Shao with a pair of dry and determined eyes. It took him a long time to squeeze out four words from his abdomen.
"Fortunately, I have accomplished my mission!"
Staff Officer Shao took a deep breath, looked up at Tina, and then turned to the military commander.
"Can it be cured?"
"Yes, but we must rest now and end the activities. It will take a long time to recuperate. If we take them across a hundred kilometers to Jiuquan Pass now, they will probably die."
A narrow escape from death! ?
Nan Yao opened his mouth and felt that this statement was still too light. They were all people who had been tempered on the battlefield for a long time. They didn't know how to treat it, but they could recognize the injuries at a glance.
The nine of them are now injured and have to rely on Li Junsi to support them. Not to mention taking them for a hundred kilometers, even if they go down the Flaming Mountain, they will probably be scared to death.
"I have some of Parthenon's healing elixir here."
Seeing that the atmosphere was beginning to become heavy and the important matter had been completed, Bai Mo suddenly spoke, and with a flip of his wrist, a dozen medicines, about fifty tubes, appeared in his palm.
"It can be used both externally and internally. Five for each of the nine of you should be enough."
Since clearing the Parthenon dungeon, these potions were just some of Ye Xinxia's small gains, and the other potions came from another saint.
Anyway, there is still a lot of white ink and it will never be used up.
Because ever since Qin Yue started studying with Ye Xinxia, the Bai family has established a partnership with her.
We are all partners now, so it’s not too much to buy some healing potions at cost price.
As for the Parthenon potion that is worth a fortune, sorry, we don't need the Parthenon name, we want the potion itself.
"Good fellow, you still have this good thing, you are worthy of being able to overturn the Parthenon."
Nan Yao laughed loudly, and did not bother to be polite to Bai Mo at this critical moment. He stretched out his big hand, snatched the potion, and the short man fed it to the nine researchers.
The military commander was not idle either. He took out some potion and used his water ability to control it and evenly apply it on the nine people.
Then the staff officer took out new Northwest camouflage and changed the nine people into it. The nine people were touched, embarrassed, and ashamed.
Parthenon's holy medicine was effective and the injuries of the nine people were quickly brought under control.
Bai Mo set his eyes on the nine silver boxes on the ground. Although there were flashing red lines on the surface of the boxes, he could not sense any trace of hot aura coming from them.
Apparently, the box is sealed very well.
"With these nine boxes of fire sources, it will not be a problem to support nine Tarim Fortress Cities."
At this moment, Staff Officer Shao was putting things into the space equipment one by one. Her brows did not relax because of this, but she said:
"Is there any way to take them with you?"
The nine researchers had made great sacrifices, and she would not abandon them. The problem was that even if the nine researchers used the Parthenon's holy medicine to keep their lives, they would not be able to survive and follow them on the trek of a hundred kilometers.
Her question also made Nan Yao and Li Junsi frown. Injuries are always the most deadly thing in the wild.
Many military magicians died on their way back from performing field missions due to serious injuries.
If it comes to temporary first aid, Li Junsi's high-level healing bottle is actually enough to deal with most difficulties, but the current situation is beyond the reach of the healing bottle.
"I can set up a space teleportation array, but I need the space coordinates of Jiuquan City." Bai Mo said at this time
"Do you know how to use the space teleportation array?" Upon hearing this, Staff Officer Shao looked up in surprise. She immediately took out a silver bracelet and handed it over.
"There is a set of space teleportation array materials in here, which is specially used to teleport back to Jiuquan City. It's just that they are injured and can't move, so I didn't think of this. Do you think it can be set up?"
After taking the bracelet, Bai Mo scanned it with his mind and found that it was not some unique teleportation formation. It was the same as what he had learned, so he nodded immediately.
"Yes, but it will take some time, and we need to find a slightly more open place. The fire attribute here is too strong, so it's not very suitable."
This is not a problem. Several researchers cannot leave, but Bai Mo can use teleportation to take them with him. In the case of short distances, we only need to make sure that Staff Officer Shao and others clear out the dust storm grasshoppers in the target area.
Then golden light and lightning were seen blasting open a large dust storm vacuum zone on the flat area at the foot of the Flame Mountain. Then a silver constellation of Bai Mo fell, and nine researchers were sent into the space channel one after another and appeared at the foot of the mountain.
Then he disappeared and appeared at the foot of the mountain. Before leaving, he left another space portal at the original place and took the three staff officers away.
The space array materials provided by Staff Officer Shao are all processed semi-finished products, which means that only people who understand space arrays need to build them.
Although it is not something that anyone can do and it is a completely fool-proof operation, it is still considered simple for Bai Mo, who has never formally set up a space teleportation array.
Not only that, the core part of this magic array is directly synchronized with the space magic array of Jiuquan City.
If Bai Mo were to come, he could only use his own modified version. He was not a formation master, so how could he carry space-related materials with him?
Therefore, only hollow willow branches can be used. In addition, it is impossible to accurately position the formation at Jiuquan Pass.
The teleportation array was set up, and a group of people entered it one after another. Bai Mo immediately activated the formation.
The space began to tremble, and silver light covered everyone's figures, and they immediately disappeared from the spot.
In the space channel, Bai Mo exuded a thin silver light all over his body. This light seemed to carry a strong suppressive will. The bumps, turbulence and other space impacts caused by long-distance space transmission all became calm under the suppression of the light.
This is why Staff Officer Shao was confident in his idea of using space teleportation to return to the city.
With Bai Mo's suppression, the discomfort caused by teleportation will basically not occur to the nine researchers.
In the blink of an eye, the wheel of time and space turned, the light dispersed, and Bai Mo and others appeared in a corner of the ancient city.
Immediately, a guard came to report and conveyed Chief of Staff Shao's instructions.
Bai Mo's duty had been completed. As a recruited reinforcement, he had done enough. So he said hello and left.
Just after taking two steps, he was held down by a big hand, "Boy, you haven't returned my things to me yet! That's my daughter's dowry. What, do you want my daughter?"
Bai Mo paused and spread out his palms. The magic weapon that could do two things at once immediately appeared in his palms. He stretched out his hand and returned his daughter.
"Uncle, please don't talk nonsense. I just forgot about that. How could I, who drinks the holy medicine of Tenon like water, covet your magic weapon?"
"Well, you better be."
Nan Yao curled his lips, cursed and muttered "You have the intention but not the courage", and then ran away with the medical staff.
Bai Mo turned around and saw the afterglow of the setting sun shining on the upright figure in khaki camouflage. The corners of his mouth curled up.
The fake daughter was sent away and the real daughter came.
"Why, are you worried about your dad?"
He walked forward and patted Nanjue on the shoulder as a greeting.
Nan Jue looked a little strange, and felt that his words were ambiguous. She shook her head and said softly:
"I heard that you guys came back and someone was injured, so I came to take a look."
"Oh. Those nine researchers were injured, very seriously. When they came out, they were completely hairless." Bai Mo paused, glanced at her, and added, "It's a good thing you didn't go."
"I can't go either. My functions overlap with yours."
"Don't say that. It makes us look like tools."
Nan Jue chuckled and followed him out, "Jiang Shaoxu contacted me and said that they found the trace of the Winged Fire Snake and asked you to come over as soon as you finish your work."
"Huh?!" Bai Mo nodded, and then was stunned again.
"How did she contact you? She's still in the wild."
"It was a military long-distance communicator. It wasn't a direct call to me. It was a signal, similar to Morse code, that was cracked and relayed by someone from the Central Military Region."
"I see."
Hearing this, Bai Mo remembered that in the original novel, Jiang Shaoxu had also asked for help in Qinling Mountains, so he understood.
"Are you looking for a totem?" Nan Jue suddenly asked, "Or is it related to the stars?"
"right."
Bai Mo was not surprised that she knew this. Nan Jue was also interested in and had studied these ancient things. Whether by speculation or asking Jiang Shaoxu in advance, she could know this.
"We got a few star tokens. Using them as clues, we found three of the seven stars of Azure Dragon. We are currently searching for the Winged Fire Snake among the seven stars of Vermillion Bird."
“Why don’t you come to me? I remember saying that I have some knowledge about these ancient things.” Nan Jue said.
Bai Mo was slightly surprised. It wasn't that she said she had researched this, but judging from her expression, she seemed to know something about the Seven Stars of Vermillion Bird.
"What do you know? About the Seven Stars of Vermillion Bird. Don't try to trick me with myths." He asked with some curiosity.
Nan Jue smiled mysteriously and did not answer. Instead, she asked, "You should have seen the totem patterns of the star totems. What do you think of them?"
"How about it."
Hearing this, Bai Mo recalled the totem patterns of the Jiaomu Jiao, Fangri Rabbit, and Di Tu Tapir that he had seen before.
In fact, there are also three totem patterns on the three tokens, but none of them are complete. The complete ones were only recorded when Bai Mo saw them in person.
In general, the patterns of the three totems are very complex in details, but relatively simple in general, and what can be seen are the shapes of the three totems themselves.
But the patterns and postures of the three totems are different. If they are combined together, they happen to be the horns, chest and abdomen of the blue dragon.
And if you look closely at some of the patterns on the wing order in Ding Yumian's hand, they are also very similar to the patterns on bird wings.
"In general, the totem patterns of the star totems are very similar to the image of the totem itself, and can also correspond to some parts of the four spirits."
"Yes, look at this, it looks like something."
Nanjue nodded and raised her hand to take out a round object that looked like a badge.
The badge is not big, with a red background and brown patterns, presenting the appearance of a handsome galloping horse.
The horse does not appear in the center of the badge, but seems to be running on the surface of the inner circle of the badge. It is drawn quite long, and is almost connected end to end around the inner circle of the badge, forming a circle.
The body of a horse is usually smooth and straight, but on this badge, it is twisted into a circle from the side. Therefore, it took Bai Mo a long time to recognize it.
In fact, at first glance, the pattern of this badge does not actually look like a horse, but rather has an overall feeling of a big eyeball.
The brown circle in the center is the pupil, and the long limbs extending around are the blood vessels that bulge out towards the eyes.
At first glance, it looks like the pupil of a ferocious beast with bloodshot eyes!
"This is."
The pattern of the divine horse, and the external image of the eyeball. Bai Mo's thoughts turned rapidly, and in a blink of an eye he thought of the Xingri Horse, one of the seven stars of the Vermillion Bird. Among the seven stars in the south, Xingri Horse is considered to be the eye of the Vermillion Bird.
"The totem pattern of the Star Sun Horse?"
He said somewhat uncertainly.
"It should be, but the real pattern may be far more complicated than this. This is our family's emblem."
Nan Jue said slowly, "I love studying ancient things for a reason. My initial interest came from the family crest."
"It is not only the symbol of the Nan family, but also used on various utensils and restrictions. Some restrictions even have similar patterns. This piqued my interest, and I began to study it. I also learned about the history of the Nan family, or the origin of these pattern seals."
The sun set, and the two stood in the shadow. Bai Mo did not interrupt and continued to listen to her.
"It comes from a fortuitous encounter of Taizu a hundred years ago. Taizu didn't seem to obtain any specific artifacts, only these emblems and magical methods were left behind."
"But my search over the years has not been fruitless. At least I know where Taizu got these things."
Nan Jue paused here, as if waiting for Bai Mo to ask.
"Where?" As expected, Bai Mo asked.
"It's in the southern Suzhou area, not far from Gusu City. According to the fragments in Taizu's handwritten notes, he got these things after he left the Wanli Bamboo Sea."
After saying that, Nan Jue slowly walked towards her residence. Only her voice could be heard clearly.
"If you want to look for it, you can call me. I am very interested in these."
Watching him leave, Bai Mo fell into deep thought. He could ask Lingling to refine the location of Xingri Ma by combining their methods afterwards.
However, based on past experience, to find the traces of these star totems, it is not enough to rely on some fragmentary information, but also requires key tokens.
Without a token, it is estimated that at most it will be like the Yuwen family in Tianmen City, where only traces of a totem device can be seen.
Even the Yuwen family only saw it when they had a totem device part in their hands.
Nan Jue's great ancestor returned empty-handed, leaving behind only some derivative technologies related to the Star-Sun Horse, but no totems or other things, apparently because there was no token corresponding to the Star-Sun Horse.
It was getting dark, so he simply stayed inside the pass for one night. The next day he set off for where Ding Yumian and the others were.
It is much more convenient to travel alone than in a group. The scenery around him kept changing. He traveled day and night, with the sun rising and the moon setting, and finally arrived at the flaming mountains above the basin.
Bai Mo left a spatial mark on Ding Yumian, which could help him find her location more accurately, and was more useful than a spatial compass.
A few inconspicuous silver dusts scattered on the vast yellow sand, and a figure flashed repeatedly. In a blink of an eye, it appeared on the reddish-brown mountain.
The location of Ding Yumian and the other two was not hidden. They set up their tent directly on the flat ground on the other side of the lava pool.
Jiang Shaoxu built a fence around the area using plants, and Bai Mo sensed the fluctuations of mental magic on it.
This is a circle of mental fear fence that can make any living creature that approaches it feel terrified from the bottom of its heart and subconsciously stay away.
Bai Mo even saw them barbecuing, how arrogant.
Only psychic mages can play so wildly in the wild. Other mages, they all hide in a safe and secluded place.
"I am coming."
His figure fell, and he looked at the meat on the fire, wondering what kind of demon it was. Lingling and the other two looked at him, and Ding Yumian asked:
"Have you eaten yet?"
"No." Bai Mo blinked, so leisurely.
"We haven't eaten either." Ding Yumian flipped the barbecue in his hand and continued, "Let's eat first. I'll take you downstairs after you finish."
"What's going on?" Bai Mo looked at Lingling.
"The remains of the Winged Fire Snake are in that lava pool. Let Sister Yumian tell you the details. She has gone down there." Lingling said while taking a sip of juice.
"This entire lava spring was formed by the Winged Fire Snake. It was only when the spring water flowed upward that it merged with the magma and became the lava pool we see today."
Without waiting for Bai Mo to ask questions, Ding Yumian took the initiative to speak.
"The pool we saw last time was only about ten meters deep, but in fact it is a hundred meters deep. The body of the Winged Fire Snake is at the bottom of the pool. There seems to be a special identification restriction at ten meters. Only those with flames flowing on their bodies and the Wing Command can continue to dive."
"And if the magma in the pool is completely consumed, the restriction will not appear, and we will not be able to enter it."
Bai Mo nodded slightly. He didn't expect it to be so smooth, but smoothness is always good. Seeing Ding Yumian coming down, he asked:
"Besides the skeleton of the Winged Fire Snake, what else is there down there?"
"Under the magma is a clear spring, no, it should be a hot spring. There is a special energy in that hot spring that can improve the quality of my fire soul seed. I have absorbed more than half of it, and the fire soul seed has reached the level of a sub-celestial soul seed."
Ding Yumian spoke slowly, handed him a bunch of barbecue, and continued,
"I took out some hot spring water and asked Lingling and Jiang Shaoxu to try it. Their physical fitness improved a little, as if the impurities were driven out."
"Yumian, what you said is not very appropriate. We are not dirty, so how can we get rid of impurities?" Jiang Shaoxu couldn't help but complain.
"Just understand what I mean." Reaching out and taking a piece of meat to cover her mouth, Ding Yumian continued to tell the story.
"Besides the corpses, there is also a bow at the bottom of the pond. It should be the totem device. I tried to wake up the Winged Fire Snake, but it looks like it has been dormant for a long time. It is likely dead."
Bai Mo nodded again, but this time the totem device was another weapon, which was unexpected.
After dinner, Bai Mo followed Ding Yumian to the edge of the lava pool.
A platinum-colored flame burned from her body. Compared to the previous soul-level flame that was so arrogant and overbearing, as if it wanted to burn the entire world to ashes, the divine flame of destruction at this time was much calmer, like a sword hidden in a box.
"Protect yourself."
As she spoke, she reached out and grabbed Bai Mo's hand. At the same time, platinum-colored flames spread towards Bai Mo's body.
The surface of Bai Mo's skin was instantly covered with a thin layer of silver light, and all the flames were clinging to the thin light instead of on his body.
The two of them got ready and jumped into the lava together.
The temperature in the lava was extraordinary, and it was impossible for anyone other than a fire mage to survive for long. However, it didn't take more than a few seconds to sink dozens of meters.
His whole body was wrapped in flames, and he only felt that he had passed through a thin film. As he continued to go down, the red color of the molten lava gradually faded, and the temperature dropped to normal warm water.
He could feel strands of energy flowing into his body from the clear hot spring.
The two dived all the way to the bottom of the pool. The space here was much wider and more open than above. It was no longer a pool, but more like a small underground lake.
In the center of the lake, a giant snake that looked like it was carved from red gold and warm jade was coiled. The huge snake body was unknown how long it was, and as thick as a pagoda. It lay like a red gold sacred mountain, solemn and sacred.
The scales on the snake's body are lifelike, with clear outlines, yet they seem to be made entirely of fire elements, emitting a bright but not dazzling glow.
If it were alive, it would probably be a creature like the totem black snake.
But even Bai Mo could feel the thick aura of death beneath that sacred body!
If it has dark power, this deathly aura is enough to turn this place into a small land of the undead!
(End of this chapter)
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