ragginovel Chapter 2027 Dilemma
Chapter 2027 Dilemma
Chapter 2027 Dilemma
Dark clouds covered the sky, and everyone fled hurriedly under the constant strikes of lightning.
When they crossed a certain boundary, the dark clouds and lightning disappeared behind them at the same time. The sky was still dark, but the sea was calm again, and the danger seemed to have gone away.
But just as everyone was about to breathe a sigh of relief and move on, they saw the sky ahead was getting darker and darker, the void was shaking, ripples appeared on the sea, and the front suddenly became pitch black.
'Rumble...'
Darkness comes.
Everyone looked intently and saw black water covering the sky and the sun, surging like a tide and rushing towards them.
Without time to think, everyone rushed to fight.
Qin Sangyu held the Gray Oriole Sword upside down in front of her, and her attention was on Young Master Xin. Young Master Xin gave an order and summoned the Xin family monks to surround her.
Then, a shadow floated behind Young Master Xin. It had a human-like shape, with legs at Young Master Xin's feet and the part above the knees attached to a cultivator from the Xin family behind Young Master Xin. It looked like Young Master Xin's back and would move with his footsteps, except that this shadow was alive.
“Is this Mingling?”
Qin Sang was secretly surprised. In his perception, Ming Ling's body was not a physical entity, but it was not like an ordinary spirit body. People who were not aware of the situation might mistake it for a real shadow.
This shadow named Ming Ling possesses powerful magical powers. It is not known whether it is a shadow itself or a special existence that can blend into the back of Young Master Xin.
Some people believe that people are born with shadows. It is not just a simple change of light and shadow. In some legends, shadows are given all kinds of magical powers, giving rise to sayings such as the shadow god.
When the black tide came, Ming Ling raised one arm, used his hand as a knife, and chopped down at the black tide!
‘Wow! ’
A gap was created in the black tide on the spot, and the Xin family members worked together to control a flying treasure and rushed in before the gap closed.
Whenever they were about to be swallowed by the black tide, Ming Ling would raise his arm and chop them off. Using only simple slashing techniques, he led everyone through the waves without displaying any other magical powers.
After crossing the black tide, there are other tests ahead, one after another, continuously, leaving no time to breathe. Fortunately, these crises are just difficult and their power is no greater than the crescent lightning in front.
Pei Gongsheng, Qin Sang and Xin Jia's Ming Ling, equivalent to three Void Refining monks working together, overcame many difficulties without any danger and finally saw a different scenery in the next space.
All the spaces here, no matter what kind of dangers there are, are all the same black sea. The same is true in front of us, but in the endless black sea, shadows protrude from the sea surface, and the shadows rise and fall, which are actually islands.
There were hundreds of islands in sight, and countless more to the rear. There were no buildings on the islands, not even a single plant or tree to be seen, just bare rock islands.
There are many stone islands, some big and some small, but the largest one is only equivalent to a mountain.
Faced with this "mountains in the sea", everyone who had just overcome numerous difficulties became secretly alert. After a while, they found that only these islands were standing quietly in front of them.
Desolate and lonely!
After making sure there was no danger around, everyone began to carefully observe the archipelago.
After watching for a while, Qin Sang felt an inexplicable strange feeling in his heart, as if this archipelago was alive and would come alive at any time, turning into stone men and rushing towards everyone.
The source of this feeling does not come from a certain island, but from the entire archipelago. These islands seem to form a formation.
He was sure that these islands were not simple and could not be trespassed without permission, but there were some things he was uncertain about because he could not feel the fluctuations of the spiritual formation on these islands and had never seen such a formation before.
Qin Sang put his hands behind his back, remained calm, and gently stroked the Qianjun Ring with his left hand.
Just now, the fluctuations of the Qianjun Ring suddenly intensified. Qin Sang already had a clear perception that the thing that caused the Qianjun Ring to move abnormally was deep in the archipelago.
"If it's just a simple psychedelic array, I should be able to find it by relying on the fluctuations of the Qianjun Ring..."
Qin Sang pondered in his heart and glanced at Young Master Xin and Pei Gongfeng.
If he wants to leave the team and act alone, he must first find a reasonable reason. It is not clear what dangers are hidden there, so it is better to be patient.
Qin Sang suppressed his curiosity and suddenly saw Young Master Xin flying forward with an anxious look on his face.
"Is it here?" Pei Gongsheng's eyes flashed, and he chased forward and asked.
Young Master Xin nodded his head, took a deep breath and said, "This should be the place my father mentioned. We finally found it! But we still need to verify it..."
As he spoke, Young Master Xin glanced around at the islands, calculated silently in his mind, and identified one of them.
‘Whoosh! Whoosh! ’
Everyone flew to the front of the island.
This island is one of the outermost islands. The terrain on the island is steep, like a sharp sword out of its sheath, pointing straight to the sky.
Young Master Xin stared at the island, his eyes sparkling with wonder. His figure flashed, and he was about to fly behind the mountain when he suddenly remembered something and said confidently to Qin Sang and Pei Gongsheng, "It can't be wrong, this is the mountain!"
As he spoke, Young Master Xin took out a scroll and slowly unfolded it, revealing a painting. This painting had obviously been remounted, and the original painting was painted on an unknown animal skin, and it was obvious that it was not a contemporary work.
This painting is simple and elegant, with only simple lines, which is difficult for ordinary people to understand. However, in the corner of the picture, a few strokes outline the shape of a mountain, which is very similar to the mountain in front.
After a careful comparison, Qin Sang discovered that they were not exactly the same, and the picture might be of the back of the mountain.
Young Master Xin was about to go to the back mountain to verify, and said in a deep voice: "Once we cross this line, there may be changes. Senior Pei, Elder Qin, if I encounter danger, please lend me a hand!"
"We are here to help you. You don't need to be distracted."
Qin Sang and Pei Gongfeng readily agreed, raised their magic treasures, and protected the Xin family monks in the middle.
Young Master Xin nodded, flew towards the back mountain first, and everyone followed closely behind him.
As expected, the situation suddenly changed when they flew over the island.
In an instant, the wind howled, the sky became dark, thunder rumbled in the sky, and the sea was surging. Not only did the environment change dramatically, but the surrounding islands also became blurred.
Everyone felt uncomfortable at the same time, as if there was an invisible pressure in the sky, suppressing them all the time, causing them to subconsciously lower their flying altitude and fly close to the sea surface. Then they realized that their spiritual awareness and vision were also restricted.
The farther away you are, the harder it is to see the islands. If you look closely, the islands in the distance seem to be moving, and the environment is constantly changing, becoming more mysterious and unpredictable.
Fortunately, the formation did not attack them. Everyone paused, flew behind the mountain, and compared it with the painting. Sure enough, every detail matched.
Comparing it with the surrounding environment and looking at the painting again, I immediately have a completely different feeling. All those chaotic lines can be found to correspond to each other. It is like a treasure map, but in fact it is a formation map.
But Pei Gongfeng soon discovered the flaw and frowned, "This picture seems incomplete?"
Indeed, the area depicted on the map should not be too far beyond the field of vision, but based on what they have seen and heard, this archipelago should be more vast, and this map alone would definitely not be able to reach the center.
Unless the core of the archipelago is not in the center, there should be other maps, and this is just one of them.
"Don't worry, Mr. Pei! Father said that there will be a way as long as we get here."
Young Master Xin pointed to a location on the map, found the correct route, and set off impatiently. Everyone could only follow, shuttling between islands and sailing against the wind and waves.
This place was not as dangerous as they had imagined. They had walked through it for a long time without encountering any danger. It seemed to be just a pure maze. They had the map to guide them and knew how the maze changed, so they didn't have to worry about getting lost here.
Getting closer and closer to the goal.
As they passed between the two islands, Young Master Xin frowned slightly. Qin Sang and Pei Gongsheng also noticed something and suddenly ordered them to stop. The Grey Oriole Sword and the Jade Ruyi were attacked at the same time, and the green sword light hit the void almost at the same time.
'boom! '
The void twisted and a dull sound like flesh being hit was heard, and then a gray figure fell out.
A figure appeared, shaped like a tiger or leopard. It was obvious that it was seriously injured. It fell on the mountain and rolled around in a mess, but without making any screams, it turned over and tried to escape.
How could Qin Sang and Pei Gongsheng let it escape? The Grey Oriole Sword split into four sword lights, which trapped the monster in the middle. The Jade Ruyi covered its head and firmly imprisoned the monster.
Unexpectedly, a strange scene appeared. The monster struggled to break free and suddenly shattered like a bubble, leaving only a jade piece the size of a fingernail. It was wrapped in Yu Ruyi and brought back, leaving everyone looking at each other in surprise.
"What is this?" Pei Gongsheng frowned and pinched the jade piece.
"Not like a living being."
Qin Sang recalled the monster's performance and pondered.
The jade piece is slightly turbid, and the small piece of jade actually exudes a vast aura, as if it were a fragment peeled off from an ancient jade. However, the broken jade can transform into a living thing, which is really weird.
At this time, Young Master Xin took the jade piece and frowned tightly, obviously knowing something, but he did not explain, just speeded up.
After that, they encountered no obstacles and successfully reached their destination. In front of them was an island mountain, which was split in half, forming a deep canyon.
They flew into the canyon carefully and saw plants and trees here for the first time.
I saw a stream in the canyon, with black spring water flowing out of the stream and into the sea. On both sides of the stream grew a strange spiritual tree.
This spiritual tree is only about one meter tall, but its trunk is extremely thick, like a round wooden stump. Slender branches emerge from the top of the tree, and the palm-sized leaves are also black, with golden veins, like gold threads inlaid.
"Elder Qin, please look," Young Master Xin called Qin Sang forward.
Qin Sang stared at these spiritual trees as he entered the canyon. "In the jade slip, the spiritual wood that was used to refine the hull but had no name, is it this kind of spiritual tree?"
"Not bad!"
Young Master Xin nodded, "This tree only grows here. Elder Qin, you can use local materials to refine the ferry."
"Young Master Xin, what you mean is that we can reach the center of the archipelago by taking this ferry made of spiritual wood?" Qin Sang asked.
He looked across the canyon and saw the shadows of several islands beyond a ray of sky.
After entering the formation, the Qianjun Ring's reaction became even stronger. He could pass through the maze without any ferry, but he didn't know whether the Qianjun Ring was pointing to the center of the archipelago.
"It should be like this..."
Young Master Xin frowned and looked towards the source of the black spring.
Gurgling spring water came out from the spring. She flashed to the edge of the spring, and her true energy turned into a big hand, which reached into the spring, but only grabbed a handful of sand.
She didn't give up, so she grabbed it a few more times, and finally sighed, "It's true!"
"What's going on!" Pei Gongsheng asked.
Young Master Xin flipped his palm and took out the jade piece. "Father said that this place not only has a spiritual tree for refining the hull, but also a jade disk. When we refine the ferry, we can integrate the jade disk into the hull. Then we can travel freely in this formation and reach our final destination. But the jade disk is gone..."
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone looked at the jade piece in Young Master Xin's hand.
Obviously, the jade disk had been broken and had undergone a transformation, turning into those strange jade spirits.
"So, we have to get all those jade pieces back before we can make a ferry?" Pei Gongsheng and Qin Sang looked at each other, both feeling embarrassed.
The jade disk was broken into countless pieces before they encountered a jade spirit along the way.
Moreover, they only have a part of the formation map in their hands. If the Jade Spirit wanders off to some other place, they can't just barge in. And if they can't get the jade piece, they can't refine the ferry. Isn't that a dead end?
“This is the only way.”
Young Master Xin said helplessly, "I hope to find some jade pieces to build the prototype of a ferry and give it some power. We can then use it to hunt more jade spirits until we have collected all the jade discs. Elder Qin, you concentrate on refining the hull here, and we will go find jade pieces."
Pei Gongsheng disagreed with Young Master Xin's opinion and said calmly, "In my opinion, this place is full of strange things and is related to the Wu Clan. There may be dangers that have not yet been revealed. It is better not to separate. Elder Qin, come with us to hunt for jade spirits first, and then it will not be too late to refine the hull."
"I'm afraid we don't have enough time."
Qin Sang shook his head and pointed to the spiritual trees beside the spring. "Didn't Priest Pei notice? The leaves of these spiritual trees are withering and their spirituality is being lost."
Everyone was shocked when they heard this and looked intently. Just as Qin Sang said, the luster on the leaves was slightly dimmer than before.
"Why did it wither at this time?" Pei Gongsheng swept his sharp eyes towards Qin Sang.
Qin Sang was just being realistic. "Perhaps it's because we broke in and triggered a mechanism. The formation has already started to work, but we haven't noticed it yet."
After the spirit tree withers, who knows what other changes will happen.
Young Master Xin did not dare to delay any longer. "The spirit tree is about to wither. Please two seniors to collect materials as soon as possible. I do not know how to refine weapons, so I will take people out to hunt for jade spirits."
Pei Gongsheng frowned and looked at Young Master Xin's back, and suddenly shouted: "Wait! Elder Qin is enough, leave two people to protect Elder Qin, and I will go with you."
"Thank you, Senior Pei," Young Master Xin was overjoyed.
Seeing the joy on Young Master Xin's face, Pei Gongsheng's eyes moved back and forth between Qin Sang and Young Master Xin.
Young Master Xin left alone, but Qin Sang showed no reaction.
Pei Gongsheng's doubts deepened, and he was in a dilemma for a while.
(End of this chapter)