Because of the interweaving of the earth's veins, the large uninhabited area between the East and the South often undergoes geological changes. To put it simply, it is suspected to be located in an earthquake zone.
Large and small earthquakes, landslides, ground cracks and other phenomena often occur.
The Kunlunfang caravan set out from Fengshan and headed towards the Damanglin. With their mechanized speed, it took them less than three days to reach the border of the Southern Wilderness. However, during these three days, they encountered three small earthquakes.
"No wonder Fengming Country is so miserable, but still unwilling to open up the uninhabited area. I thought they were not aggressive enough, but now I know that I wrongly blamed the old king."
Boss Jiang sat cross-legged on the top of the front car in the convoy and looked behind him. Two hours ago, he could still see the small hills behind him, but now it had turned into a hill.
“The land seems very alive.”
He said:
"Can changes in the earth veins alone cause such frequent changes in the terrain?"
"Fellow Daoist Jiang, you don't know."
Beside Lao Jiang, the god of the land of Huai'an Prefecture in Fengming Kingdom, the white-bearded old man called Lord Huai'an, also stayed there in a illusory form. He had met up with the Kunlunfang caravan last night.
The second stage of this journey to the Southern Wilds, which is to go to the Star Valley to track down the evil cultivators, will be the best guide. General Huai'an, who has been secretly tracking the evil cultivators in the Southern Wilds for decades.
However, like the land god and the city god, they are all gods of incense and worship. Once they leave their own "jurisdiction", their power will decrease rapidly.
The Duke of Huai'an was originally a weak ruler, and his strength was only at the Qi training stage. Now that he had left Fengyang County, his aura was rapidly weakening, and he would definitely be of no use in fighting.
It is estimated that once they really arrive in the Southern Wilderness, the only thing left for this old man with white beard is to use the earth veins to travel, help Jiang Xia lead the way and gather intelligence, and act as a logistics staff.
But the old man was not afraid at this time.
In his hand he held the jade pipe given by Jiang Xia, smoking it happily while looking curiously at the "machine car" under him that did not need to be pulled by mules or horses, nor did it require the power of spiritual stones, but could move forward on its own by burning oil.
He then explained to Jiang Xia:
"In our Kumu Realm, among the five continents in the world, except for the special Middle Earth Spirit Realm, there are such uninhabited areas at the borders of the other four regions. Even unsophisticated monsters will not choose this place to practice.
I am a land god, and I know more about these things. I have also been here to explore. The land changes frequently because the veins of the East and South meet here.
That great earth vein carries the spiritual energy of my Bitter Wood Realm, how majestic it is? The two sides collide, and as long as there is a slight escape, the terrain will change.
It’s not just the King of Fengming Nation who doesn’t want to reclaim the wasteland here, the Immortal Alliance also doesn’t allow mortals to move around in this uninhabited area.”
The God of Land twisted his beard and said with a sigh:
“The earthquake and cracks you saw were only the most insignificant changes at the intersection of the earth veins. If the spiritual energy is active, it would be easy for thousands of miles of land to be reshaped overnight.
Therefore, except for the northern border, the five continents of the world rarely intersect with each other."
"Um."
Jiang Xia nodded.
He said:
“In this case, it is no wonder that the trade routes in the East rarely extend to the Southern Wilderness. For ordinary people in the mortal world, it is not easy to travel between the two places under such circumstances.
Fortunately, I brought a mechanical vehicle with me to Kunlun Square this time. If we still had to use mules and horses to transport goods, I'm afraid we wouldn't even be able to get halfway there."
At this point, Jiang Xia turned his head and looked at Lord Huai'an, and said:
“But our Kunlun Square has made up its mind to do business in the Southern Wilderness in the future. Mortals cannot use teleportation arrays, so they will probably have to take this road more often in the future.
In the future, I will trouble Lord Huai'an to inform our Chamber of Commerce of changes in the earth veins in advance. If there are major changes, we will issue warnings in advance."
"Don't worry, fellow Daoist."
Huaian Gong took down his pipe and said with a smile:
"This is my responsibility. Well, we have reached the Great Jungle Forest ahead, so I will not go with you for now. I want to get familiar with the direction of the ground veins here, and then look for the traces of the evil cultivator.
Ten days later, I will be at Star Valley, waiting for you, fellow Taoist."
After saying that, the old landowner stood up, bowed to Jiang Xia, grabbed his jujube wood stick, spun his body a few times, and then turned into a golden veil and dissipated in the air.
Jiang Xia also raised his head and looked far ahead.
The ochre-colored scenery of the uninhabited area is like a rolling muddy torrent, but is blocked by a layer of green "dike", just like a sand-proof forest. Beyond the hills in front, an endless forest has appeared in front of Lao Jiang.
That is the Great Manglin.
Southern Wilderness Border.
Outside the forest, at the junction of the loess no-man's land, there is a boundary marker erected by the Immortal Alliance. It stands like a towering stone pillar and has not been weathered for hundreds of years.
The location of the boundary monument is the precise node that divides the land veins of the Southern Wilderness and the Eastern Wilderness. No one knows how the cultivators of the Immortal Alliance calculated it so accurately.
However, as soon as the truck passed the boundary marker, Jiang Xia, who was sitting on the roof of the truck, immediately felt a slight change in the spiritual energy in the surrounding air.
“Huh!”
In the Bigfoot's carriage at the back, Gu Miao also stuck her head out of the window, and she felt it too.
"The water spirit is so active!"
Gu Miao girl shouted:
"Although not as active as the West Sea, it is much more active than the East."
She has water spirit roots.
She was most sensitive to the changes in water aura. Ruyue, who was holding the steering wheel, also nodded slightly. Lao Jiang had joked before that the secretary liked playing in the water very much.
Yes.
She also has water spirit roots, and is truly a woman made of water.
"You're not surprised, girl."
Driving a motorcycle, driving on the mountain next to Bigfoot, "Old Man" Qiu Ming, wearing a strange pair of goggles, said to Gu Miao in the car:
"Everyone knows that there is a big swamp in the southern wilderness, which is the original holy land of spirits. Isn't it normal to have water spirits? In addition to water spirits, this place also has wood spirits.
Moreover, the deeper one goes into the Southern Wilds, the more water and wood spiritual energy there is, which is most suitable for practicing these two series of skills. However, water and wood are both yin, so there are many evil spirits in the Southern Wilds.
On the western border of the Southern Wilderness is the Dark Mountain Range, which is formed by the gathering of negative energy from all over the world and is inaccessible.
When traveling here, you must be careful of those sneaky ghosts. "
"Yes, I know."
Gu Miao nodded, and she said to Shan Qiuming crisply:
"Thank you for the reminder, uncle."
"You girl!"
The krypton gold warrior who was called uncle felt helpless. He glared at Gu Miao, then twisted the accelerator and drove forward. The car in front had already stopped.
In a camp at the beginning of the Damang forest, someone came out and was talking to Jiang Xia and Lao Si.
"Oh, boss, you are too slow."
Still wearing a long hood, the wolf demon who had not been seen for a month shook his tail, put his hands on his hips, and said to Jiang Xia carelessly:
"We have been waiting here for three or four days."
"I didn't ask you to come early."
Lao Jiang complained.
Looking up and down at the silly monster with an eye patch in front of him, he said with a strange look in his eyes:
"You took a furnace of demon spirit pills and practiced at Shangxian Peak, where spiritual energy gathers, for more than a month. Why is there no change at all?"
“Who said no!”
Liu Hui snorted proudly, with a hint of pride, stretched out her paws, placed them in front of Jiang Xia, and turned them back and forth.
She said:
"Look, this is the progress of this demon!"
"Well?"
Lao Jiang stared at it with wide eyes, then said in a strange tone:
"This, becomes five fingers?"
"Um."
The blindfolded wolf demon raised his head and laughed, his laughter full of pride.
Its original claws only had four fingers, which was determined by the claws of wolves, but now it has grown another finger, turning into five fingers like humans.
Although its claws were still elongated and sharp like knives, it was obviously a step further on the road to transformation.
"Elder Sanbao's craftsmanship is beyond reproach!"
Liu Hui raised her thumb and shook it, her eyes rolling around in her one eye, and said:
“That batch of elixirs was very good . After I ate them and refined the demonic energy, it only took me ten days to grow five claws. I showed them to the elder, and he said that the next step would be to transform my legs.
It transformed into legs and feet like your humans, and then it shed its hair and all the hair and scales on its body.
The last step is to shape the appearance.
According to the elder, he would need to refine thirteen furnaces of demon spirit pills for me before I could successfully transform, which would probably take another fifteen years... Hehe, he didn't know that this demon had practiced the magical art of the Su Yi Sutra.
Why would it take fifteen years?"
Anyway, this monster is chattering non-stop and in a very good mood. Lao Jiang also noticed that the demonic aura on Liu Hui has indeed faded a bit. It seems that Elder Sanbao's demon spirit pill is really powerful.
"I understand the reason."
Jiang Xia's gaze passed Liu Hui and looked back. In that camp, the wasteland ascenders who decided to join the mercenary group were packing up .
But among them, there is a guy who shouldn't be here.
"You brought the little fat guy with you, and we needed him to lead the way to Longxin Village, but why did you bring Shi Rui with you as well?"
Boss Jiang frowned and said:
"This southern wilderness is dangerous. He is a half-cultivator coming here..."
"He's bringing you something."
Liu Hui waved her paw and went towards the convoy, intending to take a nap in the car.
It said without looking back:
"He also said that the battle armor was ready, and he wanted to take this opportunity to test its actual combat performance in the Southern Wilderness. I don't really understand, but since your foolish master promised, I brought it along.
This demon cannot afford to offend a great cultivator in the God Cultivation Realm."
"Junior Brother Jiang!"
The third prince saw Jiang Xia from a distance, turned around and said something to the fat boy, then walked quickly towards Jiang Xia with a smile on his handsome face.
He walked over, and without saying much, he took out a book from his ring and handed it to Jiang Xia.
explain:
"Master asked me to bring you this volume of 'Geng Xin Qi Shu'. It is a method suitable for people with gold spiritual roots to practice in the Qi training and truth-keeping realms. Once you have mastered it, you can use your spiritual power to manipulate gold and iron, making it easier to make tools.
Among them is the Gengjin killing technique.
It is a five-element technique similar to the Molten Fire Secret Book practiced by Senior Sister Xiuhua. It can not only defend yourself from enemies, but also make it easier for you to find rare treasures and study skills in the future.
The master said that it should have been given to you when you first started.
But she... forgot."
"Forgot? I think she is holding back on giving it to me on purpose. After all, I am not popular with her."
Jiang Xia took the book and threw it into his ring without even flipping through it. He looked at Shi Rui, then looked around and whispered:
"The armor is ready? How come it's so fast? Didn't they say it would take several months?"
"With Senior Brother Liufu doing his best to help, the speed will naturally be fast."
Shi Rui smiled, touched the ring on his finger, and said:
"In addition, I also asked Senior Brother Chu for help. He is a genius in the art of making instruments. He helped me sort out many of the difficulties in integrating machinery with the ink array."
"You are really generous."
Jiang Xia glared at Shi Rui and said:
"Aren't you afraid that you and Chu Qiao will be grouped together during the sect competition? You are actively exposing your weakness to him."
"I'm not afraid."
Shi Rui didn't care.
The third prince was in a very good mood. He stroked his hair and said:
“If we were really grouped together, even with this armor, I would not be a match for Senior Brother Chu. Besides, it’s not unfair to lose to a genius like Senior Brother Chu.
And given Senior Brother Chu's character, he definitely won't spread my secrets everywhere."
"All right."
Jiang Xia curled his lips and said no more.
"Boss Jiang, we'll leave first then."
A few minutes later, as the two Bigfoots started up and the vibration of the motorcycle engines rang out in the forest, Shan Qiuming, who did not carry any magic weapons, waved to Jiang Xia.
He shouted:
"We're going to Star Valley first and will wait for you there."
Behind him, the Bigfoot and the motorcycle were filled with Wasteland Gang warriors. These people were not suitable for practicing in the outer sect of Mo Shuang Mountain, so they planned to do their old business in Ku Mu Realm.
Su and Heishui were also among them, as well as Junior Sister Liu Yin.
"Heya, you go with them too."
Jiang Xia snapped his fingers and said to the Lady Baroness who was looking around at the edge of the forest behind him:
"Go and adapt to the rhythm of the battle here. I have already given you the elixirs and other things. I will go over and join you in ten days."
"oh."
The Lady Baroness was quite straightforward. The young lady had no complaints as she knew why she came to this Kumu Realm.
He took out his backpack and luggage from the truck with his long legs, picked up a cross sword in his hand, and waved to Ruyue and Gu Miao.
He rode his motorcycle very casually and drove into the forest along another road with the mercenaries.
"Come on, let's go too."
After watching the group leave, Jiang Xia turned around and patted Qian Duo on the shoulder.
Said to the little fat boy:
"Go to your house first, don't look so sad, go home, it's a good thing."