Chapter 483: Treasures All Over the Land
Thousands of lakes are scattered all over the place, and waterways are crisscrossed like a net. The vegetation in between is extremely lush, and above them there is a thick layer of white mist like clouds.
On the top deck of the Fire Snake flying ship, Gao Xian used the flower-reflecting mirror to look at the vast water ahead.
In order to conquer the 72 caves of Lingjiu, Gao Xian put all the spiritual light of 30 million people into the Flower-Seeking Mirror and elevated this secret art to the master level.
The environment of the 72 Lingjiu Caves is complex, with lakes and swamps everywhere, and countless caves that are thousands of miles deep.
In such an unfamiliar and complex environment, the most important thing is not how strong your combat power is, but to have a pair of eyes that can see through everything.
Whether advancing or retreating, you can take the initiative.
Gao Xian did not bring other generals this time, mainly because he did not trust these generals.
The situation of the 72 caves of Lingjiu was complicated to begin with, and he had no intention of engaging in intrigue with the gods. Once he had a clear understanding of the 72 caves, he would be able to command and deploy them calmly.
For example, if a task is apparently very simple but the God General cannot complete it, then it is the God General's responsibility. Just deal with the God General directly.
With the help of a master-level flower-appraising mirror, Gao Xian can easily see through the white miasma on the ground, and can even see as far as a thousand miles away.
In fact, the actual observation range is about two hundred miles. Within this range, Gao Xian can accurately lock onto a person and see many details about him.
Beyond this distance, the image becomes increasingly blurred. The miasma that permeates everywhere will still weaken the Flower-Appraising Mirror, and the suppression of spiritual consciousness will be even more severe.
Gao Xian's divine sense has a sensing range of 150 miles, but here it can only reach 50 miles at most. Rocks, lakes, and strata will greatly weaken divine sense.
Miasma is also highly toxic and you must use the Jade Purity Exorcism Talisman to avoid miasma and other poisonous gases. One Jade Purity Exorcism Talisman is nothing. If a thousand soldiers go out to fight, they will consume at least ten Jade Purity Exorcism Talismans a day, which is a huge expense.
Fortunately, Mingyang Sword Master was very supportive of him and received full supplies when he set out. Of course, all the supplies, elixirs, magic tools, etc. needed to be registered.
If it succeeds, the sect will naturally pay for the expenses. If it fails, the bill will be on him! Gao Xian didn't feel any pressure about this. Although there were some fourth-level monsters in the 72 caves of Lingjiu, they were not Yuanying after all.
The main problem here is that the terrain is complex, and the monsters can roam freely, making it impossible to catch them. With the flower-appraising mirror, these monsters can't escape.
Zhu Qiniang stood beside Gao Xian. She didn't have a magic mirror, so she could only see a vast expanse of white ahead. After fusing the Dragon Pearl and refining the Heavenly Golden Dragon Armor, her spiritual awareness was greatly enhanced in all aspects, and her combat power was at least three or four times higher than half a year ago.
Even so, her spiritual consciousness was unable to penetrate the heavy miasma.
At this time, a sharp whistle was heard in the distant sky. Zhu Qiniang looked in the direction of the sound and found a large bird with a wingspan of about ten feet away, with black feathers and a white head, and its dark yellow eyes were staring at them fiercely.
"The Vulture."
Zhu Qinnan recognized at a glance that this was the most famous monster here, the Lingjiu. One of these creatures was not a big deal, but the main thing was that there were tens of thousands of Lingjiu living on the Lingjiu Peak.
The vultures are fierce and aggressive, and have a strong sense of territory. Once they find an intruder, they will fight back fiercely. They gather in groups and fly together, their black wings covering the sky and the sun, making them very difficult to provoke.
Gao Xian smiled and said, "You came just in time. Let's practice with these birds. Let's clear out Lingjiu Peak first. We will be stationed on Lingjiu Peak from now on."
The seventy-two caves are all outside the water marsh, with only one high mountain, Lingjiu Peak. If you stay on this peak, you can overlook the seventy-two caves and marsh from a high vantage point, and you can also avoid being invaded by the miasma of the marsh.
Zhu Qinnan knew that the battle was about to begin. She gave an order and all the Taoist generals and soldiers on the ship moved.
What they had to do was very simple, which was to activate the magic scrolls on their bodies to form the Gouchen Tianshu Demon Control Array. The power of the huge magic array was ultimately controlled by Zhu Qiniang.
The Vulture threatened several times, but when it found that the huge scarlet fire snake flying ship had no intention of leaving, its voice became sharper and sharper.
Soon, thousands of vultures flew over from the distant sky, their spread wings like a black cloud, and they swooped over with screams.
The group of eagles was so loud that the blazing sun was blocked out by them, and many Taoist soldiers on the Fire Snake Flying Ship were blinded. The sharp cries of the eagles made people even more upset.
The first-class Taoist soldiers were all cultivators in the middle and late stages of the Qi training level. Most of them had never seen such a scene, and their faces looked grim.
Most of the Lingjiu are second-level monsters, and there are a few third-level Lingjiu among them. Although thousands of Lingjiu gathered together cannot form a magic circle, the powerful aura they release is enough to intimidate many Qigong soldiers.
Fortunately, they used magic scrolls to connect into a formation, and fear was only out of instinct. In fact, the magic power of the formation circulated, allowing each Taoist soldier's consciousness and magic power to condense into a formation, and it would not be attacked by external forces at all.
This was the first time Zhu Qiniang faced so many monsters, but she was very calm. Not to mention the magic array, the fire snake flying ship, and Gao Xian by her side.
Even if she encountered this group of eagles alone, she could easily escape. The Tianji Golden Dragon Armor was not something that these monsters could break through.
"Fire Wing Demon Slayer Cannon, prepare and fire!"
Zhu Qinnan locked onto the flock of griffon vultures diagonally above her with her spiritual sense. A cannon on the deck, like a scarlet cannon, suddenly fired. A ball of fiery red flame instantly cut through the sky and landed in the center of the griffon vultures.
The distance between the two sides was about 1,500 feet. The Fire Wing Evil-Slaying Cannon condensed the Fire Wing Star Force as a bullet. Its flame was blazing but sticky. It exploded in the center of the group of Vultures. The eruption of red-gold flames turned into a huge fire net in the sky.
Most of the Vultures within the fire net were instantly turned into charcoal. A few Level 3 Vultures barely managed to hold on to the flames, but most of their feathers had been burned.
Just this one shot destroyed one third of the Vultures.
The power of a fourth-level magic weapon is beyond the imagination of monsters. On the other hand, monster birds like the Vulture are most afraid of fire spells.
"Let go, let go, let go."
Zhu Qinnan shouted in a low voice, and the four Fire Wing Demon-Slaying Cannons in front of the deck fired in succession. Balls of red flames burst out in the sky, forming huge fire nets.
The sky was dyed blood red.
Thousands of grizzly vultures were burned to charcoal in the fire net. In the blink of an eye, only a few grizzly vultures at the edge fled in panic.
Seeing this scene, many Taoist soldiers were more confident. It was just a monster, nothing more than this...
Gao Xian was not surprised by this result. Human cultivators could easily crush monsters of the same level by relying on the power of magic weapons and talismans.
The Fire Snake Flying Ship itself is a combat magic weapon, and the power of the Fire Wing Evil-Slaying Cannon can reach the fourth level. Even a Yuanying True Lord would feel uncomfortable if he was hit by a bullet head-on, let alone these flat-haired beasts with little intelligence.
Gao Xian had no psychological burden when it came to killing these monsters.
There were originally a large number of ordinary mortals around the 72 caves of Lingjiu, with a total of 17 countries. As the monsters from the 72 caves gathered, the surrounding mortals suffered.
Over the course of several hundred years, all seventeen nations were destroyed, and at least hundreds of millions of people died.
Monsters kill people, just like wild animals eat people, it is more out of instinct. It cannot be simply measured by the good and evil of human beings.
The same is true for Gao Xian's killing of the monsters, which was just to solve the hidden danger. From the perspective of humans, it is a natural good deed. But from the perspective of the monsters, this is unreasonable.
The Fire Snake flying ship reached the top of Lingjiu Peak, and its four Fire Winged Evil-Slaying Cannons fired in rapid succession, turning Lingjiu Peak into a sea of red in the blink of an eye.
The thousand-foot-high mountains turned into burning torches, the trees burned to ashes, and the rocks melted like wax.
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The Fire Wings Demon Slayer Cannon fired twice more, destroying all the creatures on the huge mountain. The Fire Snake Flying Ship then slowly landed on the top of the mountain.
One thousand soldiers were divided into ten teams, searching the entire mountain from top to bottom, and then a special formation master set up the formation.
Zhu Qinnan was very capable and pushed forward various tasks in an orderly manner. She had completed the deployment of the magic circle before dark and set up a warning magic circle within a radius of fifty miles.
Gao Xian had been watching from the side, and overall things were going smoothly. However, there were inevitably some bumps in the implementation, as some people were unfamiliar with the spells, did not know how to cooperate, and various mistakes occurred.
These Taoist soldiers are said to be elite, but in fact they are newly selected and most of them have no actual combat experience. This team of Taoist soldiers is still very young and needs to be tempered through combat.
Gao Xian didn't care much about this. He had never counted on the Taoist soldiers, let alone the divine generals. If he wanted to clear the 72 caves of water, it would depend on him.
The main reason is that if he kills too many people, it will attract powerful evil spirits to attack him. He has tried it once and it is indeed very dangerous. Even if he has the Pure Yang Light, he cannot do it recklessly.
On the other hand, Taixuan Shenxiang can be quickly upgraded through killing.
Gao Xian thought that he could use the Pojun Treasure Scroll to distribute the evil spirit of killing backlash to all the Taoist soldiers. Of course, this was just his idea, and whether it would work or not still needed to be tried.
The spiritual energy tide is going to wipe out 90% of all living things. How can I think so much now?
That night, Gao Xian sent Taixuan Shenxiang into the depths of the water.
The Taixuan god in black clothes and black eyes, with the Tiansha Huaxue Divine Sword on his waist and the Blood God Banner in his left hand, was walking gracefully on the swamp.
There was a layer of green light flickering in the left eye of Taixuan Divine Minister, and he was looking around through the Flower-Seeking Spirit Mirror.
This place is deep into the water for thousands of miles, and there are poisonous grasses, snakes and insects everywhere. At a glance, all kinds of life are shining, and it is very lively.
Taixuan Shenxiang did not conceal his own aura and soon attracted a group of monsters.
The mud surged, and several monsters with antlers and fish bodies emerged.
"Qinlu is a monster that can be found everywhere in the water. Its meat is extremely smelly, and it spits out poisonous water to form arrows. It likes fresh blood and flesh the most. It is said that there are fourth-level monsters among the Qianlu..."
When Gao Xian saw this group of monsters with deer horns and fish bodies, relevant information naturally came to his mind.
Wanfeng Sect has cleared out the Seventy-two Caves many times, and although there was no significant result, they did have a general understanding of the monsters here and compiled the relevant information into a book.
Gao Xian flicked his finger, and a flash of blood-red light flashed, leaving a deep crack on the mud. More than a dozen latent deer were cut in half.
This monster has a strong vitality and is not dead yet. Its broken body keeps twisting and emitting an extremely fishy and bloody smell.
The strong smell attracted a large number of latent deer. The antlers of latent deer appeared from the deep mud, and many of them spit out black poisonous water arrows at Gao Xian.
These monsters are too low-level and are of no use to the Tiansha Huaxue Divine Sword.
Gao Xian waved the Blood God Banner in his hand, and blood light spread out like water, quickly killing all the large number of hidden deer in front, and their essence and blood were absorbed by the Blood God Banner.
Gao Xian continued to move forward in this way. After killing thousands of deer, he finally encountered a deer as tall as an elephant.
The antlers of the black latent deer are more than ten feet high, and the surface of its huge body is covered with scales. Its magical aura is extremely strong, even more powerful than that of Mingyang Jianjun, who is in the late Nascent Soul stage.
Gao Xian was not surprised but happy. A fourth-level hidden deer came just in time!
I heard that the antlers of the fourth-level latent deer can strengthen the soul and strengthen the blood, which is extremely magical! The seventy-two caves and swamps are full of treasures!
Gao Xian grinned at the giant latent deer, and had already drawn the Heavenly Evil Blood-Transforming Divine Sword in his hand...
The fourth-level black latent deer stared at Gao Xian, with a puzzled look in its eyes, not understanding what this little thing meant! (It's the last day, please give me a monthly ticket~)
(End of this chapter)