Chapter 1 [The Shocking Change in the Deep Pool]
"No, that dragon...is over!"
Luo Xiao stood on the high watchtower, looking at the distant mountains with clouds and mist. Just a moment ago, he was practicing bowing techniques in the temporary training ground under the tower, and saw a meteor sky fire hit Longyuan Mountain. Then the earth shook and the mountains shook, and hundreds of beasts ran away. Looking at the direction, it was the legendary deep pool of dragons.
As a disciple of the Xiuwu Hall, Luo Xiao’s mission is to patrol Longyuan Mountain. Once he finds an abnormal movement, he will report it immediately. Now it is not just an abnormal movement, it is simply a sensation!
Since a month ago, the legendary dragon swallowed and spit day and night, and the dragon mirage spread over a hundred miles, causing a riot of beasts in Longyuan Mountain. The county government was worried about the formation of a beast tide and harming living creatures. It ordered the Xiuwu Hall to send disciples to build a tower to watch and take turns to supervise. Once there is any change, the message will be immediately sent.
It was just a watchman and didn't require much skill. Therefore, the martial arts hall was classified as a third-level mission, and all the disciples from the lower level of martial arts were sent below the third level of martial arts. Luo Xiao was one of them. Today was his turn, but he didn't expect that there was no movement for a whole month, but this drastic change occurred when it was his turn on duty.
Luo Xiao, who woke up from the shock, was shocked and pulled out a special arrow with red paint from the quiver hanging around his waist. He put it on a stone bow in his hand, and shot it quickly. The arrows soared into the sky, and the dazzling light burst out in the air. It could be seen clearly within ten miles. I believe that when the strongholds ten miles away saw it, they would send people to ride fast horses back to the city to report to the martial arts hall and the government, and send reinforcements.
In fact, even if he doesn't shoot a sound arrow, it's hard not to hear this huge movement within a radius of dozens of miles. But his responsibilities are still necessary to do what he should do.
The alarm was issued, and Luo Xiao had to face two choices next: wait for reinforcements and then enter the mountain? Or should he investigate first?
Luo Xiao, a hunter's son, knew better than anyone else. He really didn't want to go into the mountain alone to explore what was going on, but he had no choice. Because it was already afternoon, and if reinforcements arrived, it would be dark. As soon as it was dark, no one dared to enter Longyuan Mountain. After one night, no one dared to say what new changes would happen in the situation.
Therefore, the most important thing now is to first figure out what is happening in the mountains, evaluate whether it will trigger a tide of beasts, and then report it to the top. This is his duty, otherwise it will be a dereliction of duty. It seems that a lower-level disciple like him, once he is denied his duty, and the result of waiting for him will be expelled from the martial arts hall, and his cultivation path will be cut off. And his grandfather, who has given up his life to change his destiny in order to let him go to the martial arts hall to change his destiny, will die with his eyes open.
Luo Xiao made up his mind: "Don't worry, just try it, just go to the periphery and take a look. At least the inspector asked for an explanation. Even if there is danger, with my familiarity with Longyuan Mountain, it will not be difficult to escape."
In fact, in addition to his duties, Luo Xiao was even more curious. What was that meteor sky fire? What happened in the valley? Why did the sound of the dragon roar disappear after the shock? Reason kept him away, but his strong curiosity drove him to find out. After all, he was just a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy, and when his curiosity was strongest.
He has a decisive personality. Since he has decided, he will do it and will never look back. He has a bow on his back, a knife, a spear, and then pulls out all the arrows and even the practice arrows on the target, and makes up two pots of arrows. He puts his whole body on his back and runs towards Longyuan Mountain.
When Luo Xiao carefully entered the mountain, he was surprised to find that he had not encountered any attacks on the wild beasts along the way. Occasionally, he was panicked when he met several wild beasts and kept drilling towards the nest. It seemed that the huge vibration was too powerful, and the beasts in the entire Longyuan Mountain and even higher-level spirit beasts hid in their nests and did not dare to come out.
Luo Xiao was overjoyed, Longyuan Mountain! He has been hunting with his grandfather since he was a child. For nearly ten years, he has been able to circulate around the periphery and dare not go deep. This time, the meteors from the sky are equivalent to clearing all dangers and turning this mountain of beasts with frequent crises into a smooth road.
Longyuan Mountain is both a dangerous place and a treasure mountain. Once you enter the treasure mountain, how can you return empty-handed?
Luo Xiao heard that many places guarded by spirit beasts in the valley are growing in strange flowers and plants, each of which is a treasure for warriors to practice. On weekdays, he does not have the ability to steal herbs from these powerful spirit beasts, and now almost all the beasts are shocked by unknown giants to return to their nests. This is a good opportunity for heaven!
So Luo Xiao went deeper. The depths of Longyuan Mountain were rarely visited. There were no traces in front of him, and there were jungles in front of him, as if endless. Even if the sun was sunny all day, it was still misty and silent and gloomy.
Luo Xiao swung his sword and broke through the thorns, and his life was a way out. The price was that his clothes were hung into strips of cloth by thorns, and blood marks were added to his skin, especially his arms. However, Luo Xiao was very happy because the price he paid was ten times the reward. Although he had never encountered the most precious treasures of heaven and earth guarded by the spirit beasts, he collected many spiritual medicines with great value for cultivation, filling his waist with cloth bags. He had long since cleared some of the pieces of copper in the cloth bags and the dry food for two days. Even if he had one more spiritual medicine, his value was far more than that little money. As for dry food, Luo Xiao, who had rich experience in survival in the mountains and forests, could easily find alternative foods to solve it.
At dusk, Luo Xiao, who was almost exhausted, walked out of the forest and finally saw the legendary deep pool in the deep valley of Longyuan Mountain.
A legend has been passed down from generation to generation in the western region that Longyuan Mountain has deep valleys and deep pools in the valley. The pond is unfathomable and the dragon is hidden inside. It is the king of all beasts in Longyuan Mountain. No one knows whether it is true or not. I heard from those who have sneaked in that pool is bottomless and deep, making people feel cold.
The so-called "dragon roar" that Luo Xiao heard during this period was just a speculation by the strong men in the county. Whether this strong and powerful voice was made by the legendary dragon has not been confirmed.
However, Luo Xiao, who saw the scene, was sure and sure - this is a dragon! A dragon broken into slag!
He was shocked to find that the bottomless deep pool in the legend was dyed blood red, becoming a blood pool. At the same time, the pool water seemed to be evaporated by an incomprehensible special force, and the eyes were hazy and fog filled the entire valley. The fog was burning and hot, and in just a short while Luo Xiao's face turned red and sweating profusely, as if he had walked into a giant bathhouse.
Luo Xiao hurriedly mobilized the small strand of vital energy in his dantian to wander around his body. Wherever the vital energy meridians travel, the tendons and veins are connected, and the five internal organs are smooth, so he felt better.
There were large patches of blood everywhere, with muscles splashing everywhere and bones all over the ground, mostly burning black, as if burned by strong fireworks. Only a small piece of giant fish like a tail is intact. And a strange fang with golden patterns on it is enough to prove that this is the king of the beasts in the Dragon Abyss Mountain, the powerful spiritual beast dragon!
Luo Xiao's breathing was rapid, which was caused by the stuffy air and the fear of the inexplicable death of the powerful dragon in front of him. He just wanted to leave here quickly. Who knew if there was a second meteor from the sky? But before that, he had to take the benefits he deserved, and this great opportunity was not something he could encounter casually.
The teeth, scales, tails, and a piece of dragon tendon that had been melted out. These are treasures! Luo Xiao was very happy to collect them in the package. The package could not be packed, and he took out the only piece of clothes for washing and changing and continued to pack them. The fangs were too long and could only be tied with a straw rope to carry them. Unfortunately, most of the other three huge fangs were broken, and there were also some fine and sharp teeth, as well as the dragon skin, dragon tendons, claws and toes, which were broken, which made Luo Xiao feel a pity.
At this time, Luo Xiao’s big bags were bulging and he really gained a lot.
Just as Luo Xiao was about to leave, his feet slipped and he almost fell down. Looking closely, a hemispherical thing appeared on the ground, like an upside-down sea bowl, with a white color and a hazy light, which caused his Dantian energy to be vaguely disordered.
Luo Xiao was surprised and took a few steps back and activated his vitality. Although he was a little slow, he did not feel hurt. Then he felt relieved. After relaxing, a thought suddenly popped up in his mind: "Is it the inner alchemy of the dragon?"
He has seen some inner elixirs of low-level spirit beasts in the alchemy workshop in the city, and he also explained in the martial arts class that there are several characteristics of inner elixirs: one is very hard, the higher the level, the stronger it is, and the hammer cannot be cracked; the other is that the higher the level of inner elixirs have the power to repel the vital energy of the warrior, and the warrior cannot use it directly. Only by letting the alchemist use a variety of spiritual medicines can it be refined into a elixir that has wonderful uses for the warriors. The things on the ground are very in line with the above two characteristics.
Luo Xiao immediately used a knife as a shovel and dug a circle along the hemisphere, and raised a bead the size of a sea bowl. It was as crystal clear as jade, with warm tentacles. There seemed to be a shiny light flowing inside the bead, like a shiny miniature dragon - let alone the strange phenomenon inside the bead, but the outer appearance of the bead is exactly the same as the illustration of the inner alchemy of the spirit beast in the classroom, but it is larger in size and more exquisite in appearance. It is undoubtedly an inner alchemy, and now it is developed!
Wait, what else is in the pit under the inner alchemy...
Luo Xiao reached into the pit with both hands and slowly hugged an egg-shaped flesh membrane about the size of an inner elixir. He smelled a wonderful fragrance and pressed it hard. He was very elastic and very solid, and he couldn't tell what it was. Judging from the strange superposition position of the inner elixir and the egg-shaped flesh membrane, it seemed that the inner elixir protected the egg-shaped flesh membrane with its own super strength and toughness.
"Is it a dragon egg?" Luo Xiao thought, but he didn't see another dragon? Forget it, let's put it away too.
Two big eggs, uh, big beads, there was no place to fill all over his body. Luo Xiao's eyes stopped on his pants... It had been delayed for a lot of time to put two big beads, and Luo Xiao's breathing became less and less smooth. It was time to leave.
Just as he turned around, something suddenly appeared in front of him, floating gently in the air - Luo Xiao could swear that when he came over before, there was absolutely no such thing, because it was too dazzling. If it had existed before, he would never have seen it.
This is a fist-sized stone, neither gold nor jade... stone. Yes, it looks like a stone door or a broken corner of a stone tablet, smooth and sharp. Such a stone should be inconspicuous, and it is so ordinary that no one picks up it when thrown on the ground. However, at this moment, this stone is not on the ground, but floating in the air. Just because of the different positions, I will tell you clearly that it is definitely not ordinary!
Luo Xiao stood still and observed carefully for a while. The stone was still rising and falling slightly, without any changes, and without any danger.
Luo Xiao stared at the strange rock while pondering, and his eyes gradually showed decisiveness. He suddenly reached out and grabbed the strange rock. He started with warm hands, not like a stone but like a warm jade. When he slowly opened his palm, he found that the strange rock had undergone strange changes: once he showed the substantial stone, and then turned into virtual. When he showed the substance, the entire surface of the stone emitted colorful light, hazy and dazzling but not dazzling; when he turned into virtual, it was completely transparent and completely invisible, just like invisible. After a while, all the light converged and turned back into an inconspicuous stone.
So that's it. It seems that this strange rock has always been there, but it was invisible just now, so it can't be seen.
Luo Xiao was extremely surprised. With his poor knowledge, he really couldn't see what kind of strange thing this was, but he could be sure that it was definitely a treasure! Abruptly, an idea popped up in his mind. The meteor outside the day I saw before was not this strange rock, right? He immediately laughed and shook his head, throwing this absurd idea behind his head. Such a small thing killed an extremely powerful dragon, almost without any corpse? It was completely impossible!
Just as I was out of my mind, I vaguely heard a voice from the valley: "Look soon, it's coming."
Luo Xiao was shocked and suddenly remembered that it was not only Yishui City that set up observation posts, but also two other neighboring cities surrounding Longyuan Mountain: Yanshan City and Xiuyan City. Judging from the direction of the sound, it should be the visitor from Yanshan City in the northwest.
The three cities under Heshuo County: Yishui, Yanshan, Xiuyan and the three cities have fierce competition, and conflicts have erupted from time to time due to the allocation of the share of cultivation resources.
Luo Xiao knew very well, but if he was seen by the deacon in the martial arts hall of the city, he would at most let him hand over some of the gains at a certain proportion, and he would still be able to leave a lot of them. Once he was seen by the deacon in the martial arts hall of the other two cities, he would probably swallow it up so much that he would not even be left. In order to avoid being pursued by the martial arts hall of the Yishui martial arts hall, it would be impossible to silence him.
Luo Xiao immediately turned around and ran towards Yishui City. As soon as he rushed out of the valley, he found that there were several people in Xiuyan City. Further away, there were also a few figures flashing in Yishui City. If he rushed out of the valley, the first person he bumped into was Xiuyan City. With the strength of the inspector at least as warrior-level strength, a low-level warrior like him who was in the second level of martial arts Condensation Yuan Realm could not hold on to the Yishui City Inspection Team to come to pick him up, and was killed directly. Not to mention that the martial arts repair hall in this city would seek justice for him, no one in this world would seek justice for a dead person - and a dead person with a low status.
To survive, you can only rely on yourself!
At this time, he thought that if he had just jumped into the pool, he could avoid such a crisis, but it was too late to run back to the deep pool, because the exclamation from the Yanshan City inspection team had already been heard in the direction of the deep pool. It was obvious that he saw a bloody scene by the pool. At this time, he would fall into the trap when he ran back. The valley road was smooth and steep and difficult to climb, and there was no cover. There was really a wolf in front and a tiger behind, and he was sandwiched in the middle.
Luo Xiao was anxious. He was still holding a strange rock in his hand. In a hurry, his palm was tightened naturally. He felt a pain in his palm, but it was pierced by the sharp edges of the strange rock and bleeding. Luo Xiao, who was anxious, did not notice that a hazy colorful light burst out from the wound...
At this moment, Luo Xiao didn't care about this little injury at all. He was extremely anxious and a picture flashed through his mind, which was the invisible scene of the strange stone just now.
"It would be great if I could disappear suddenly like this strange rock..."
Before Luo Xiao could finish his thoughts, the strange rocks in his hand suddenly shone brightly, bursting out circles of colorful glows. The layers of halos that transformed enveloped Luo Xiao's whole body, turning him into a dazzling white glow. If someone saw it on the side at this time, he would be afraid that he would bow and exclaim "God man".
Luo Xiao's eyes were hard to open, and he had no time to feel it. He suddenly tightened his whole body, and a powerful force sucked in, and his whole body was sucked into the strange rock.
The strange rock that had lost its support was suspended in the air, suddenly fell to the ground, mixed with the rocks in the valley, inconspicuous. The texture became more and more transparent, and finally disappeared completely.
Chapter completed!