Chapter 40: The Bridge of Fire
After comforting Ouyang Hongxiu for a few words, Yun Zangfeng turned his attention to Huangquan. Yun Zangfeng and Ouyang Hongxiu didn't know what the river was called, nor did he hear from Yu Niang about the name of this river. Because of Huangquan grass, Yun Zangfeng decided to temporarily call it "Huangquan".
I looked up at the wooden bridge across the Huangquan. There was burning coke on it. This Huangquan was so strange. I believe that the wooden bridge was not easy to live. There must be something strange about the burning flames and the coke on the bridge deck. But maybe this flame wooden bridge that looks like a dead end is the only way to survive in this place. Huangquan grass is on the opposite bank of the river. If you want to get Huangquan grass, you have to cross the river, but how to cross the river has become a big problem.
Yun Zangfeng's five fingers were claw-shaped, and his true energy was spitting and swallowing it. He grabbed a stone on the broken stone pillar next to him and sucked it into his hand. He attached the true energy to the stone. Yun Zangfeng bounced it with force. The stone was wrapped in fire-attributed true energy and headed towards the opposite bank of the river. The sound of breaking the wind resounded throughout the world, like a big insect roaring in the mountains and forests, with a fast speed and reached the middle of the river in an instant.
When Ouyang Hongxiu saw this scene, he didn't know how long Yun Zangfeng was, but he didn't know how long the Huangquan was, but it was a hundred feet wide. The arrows shot by ordinary mortals could reach eighty steps, and they would lose their heads a hundred steps away. Therefore, there was a legend that a hundred steps passed through the willows and was praised by the world. The martial arts masters could shoot 800 steps of stones with their fingers. It was considered that they had deep internal strength and were proficient in hidden weapons. In addition, even if the cultivator used his true energy to control objects, it was already the limit of 1,200 steps away.
A person's step is only half a foot, and ten feet are ten feet. The 100-foot-wide yellow spring is more than 1,800 steps. The stone shot out by Yun Zangfeng has exceeded half in a flash, which shows how powerful, how deep the skill is, how fast the speed is. However, Ouyang Hongxiu knew that this was definitely not the full display of Yun Zangfeng's strength. If we follow the ordinary big rivers, this small stone would definitely fly to the other side of the river.
The reason why Ouyang Hongxiu added the ordinary restriction of rivers is that when the stones flew to the center of the river, they were suddenly pulled by a suction force and dragged into the middle of the river. A stream of blue smoke and a few bubbles rose in the middle of the river, and there was no movement again.
Yun Zangfeng was unwilling to give up, and sucked out another stone pillar, pointed his right hand with his sword, and used the metal true energy to cut the stone pillar into a stone stick as thick as an arm, and stumbled into the yellow spring. Yun Zangfeng suddenly felt a sense of blockage in his hand. The water in the yellow spring was not water at all, but a paste like a swamp, and it seemed that some monsters lurked in the river, constantly pulling the stone stick down, and the blue smoke in the river was accompanied by a "hissing" corrosive sound.
In the blink of an eye, Yun Zangfeng pulled out the stone stick from the Huangquan. The appearance of the stone stick from the Huangquan made Yun Zangfeng take a breath of cold air. All the parts that were immersed in the water disappeared, and the remaining part was still corroded by the yellow paste in the Huangquan.
Abandoned the long stick, Yun Zangfeng released the true energy of the earth-attributed nature, and sucked up about a small cup of water on the river bank. Even so, the true energy was corroded into a large hole, and all the yellow spring water flowed into the yellow spring along the big hole.
"This, what is this? How terrifying? Even the true energy of a monk can corrode. Then what else in this world cannot corrode? And when I flew in the air, I felt a suction force inexplicably, and then had an illusion. It was really terrible." Ouyang Hongxiu's face was fading and had never felt such a deep danger.
Yun Zangfeng stands on the shore
On the side, he held up his chin with his hands and said, "The ancient books record that there is weak water in the world that cannot bear weight. Even if there are goose feathers, they cannot float on it. This yellow spring water should have the same effect as the weak water, but this yellow spring water should have some unknown things that can corrode most of the materials in the world, but it is certainly not all."
Ouyang Hongxiu snorted lightly, thinking that Yun Zangfeng was arguing with her, so he asked back, "How can I see it?"
Yun Zangfeng grabbed a piece of soil on the shore and said, "If anything could be corroded by Huangquan water, then this wooden bridge would not exist. There are at least a hundred feet between the two sides of Huangquan. This wooden bridge is a flat bridge built along the river, not an arch bridge. If there were no pillars to support it, it would have collapsed long ago. The black soil on the shore has no trace of corrosion. Huangquan has existed here for at least a thousand years. In the past thousand years, no one has been here. If the soil is corroded, Huangquan has already flooded the place."
Thinking of the depths, Ouyang Hongxiu exclaimed: "What do you mean is that this river and everything here are designed by someone?"
Yun Zangfeng stood up and clapped his hands, then slapped off all the soil in his hand and said, "It should be like this. I don't know how many years ago, this place should be a very popular small village or town. You can see it by looking at the remains of the stone pillars and the remains of the stone steps along the way. Moreover, I also found some broken statues of gods at the entrance, which shows that there should be sacrificial activities or religious beliefs here. Will this Huangquan be used to punish heretics?"
This sentence suddenly reminded Ouyang Hongxiu of the scene he saw when he crossed the river. He punched Yun Zangfeng again and said, "Stop talking. The more you say, I feel more terrifying. I always feel that someone is staring at us somewhere. This feeling is so strange."
Ouyang Hongxiu's words made Yun Zangfeng frown because he also had this feeling, like a ray on his back and a thorn in his throat, which made people feel uncomfortable. But in order not to make Ouyang Hongxiu feel even more scared, Yun Zangfeng comforted: "Don't scare yourself. I said that this is a ruins of a town, where are there people? There is no way to cross the river, so I'd better see if I can think of any way from the bridge."
There was no one and nothing to be afraid of, but Yun Zangfeng had seen such strange creatures and races, and naturally thought of the soul clan in his heart. However, when he reached the foundation-building stage, he had already opened his eyes and could see souls without physical protection. How could he not find it? Unless the people of this soul clan had been guarding against them.
Ouyang Hongxiu also thought of this, but in order not to make himself more afraid, he did not say it out. It seemed that if he didn't say it out, it wouldn't exist. It's just that Yun Zangfeng was thinking about the soul clan, while Ouyang Hongxiu was thinking about ghosts. Strictly speaking, the two are the same thing in themselves, and there is no big difference.
The two of them came to the bridge hand in hand. Ouyang Hongxiu kept huddling behind Yun Zangfeng, holding Yun Zangfeng's sleeve tightly with both hands, fearing that she would be the only one left when she let go.
The flames on the bridge burned, and the burning coke burned the air into a wave of heat, which seemed to be distorted in the space. Yun Zangfeng didn't know where the strangeness of this coke was, but Yun Zangfeng knew that the coke must have some magical places, otherwise it would not have been possible to burn for so long.
I don't know how high the temperature of the flame is. Yun Zangfeng wanted to catch a bird to test it, but suddenly found that it was actually in this space.
There was no living thing. Yun Zangfeng suddenly realized at this time. He finally understood what was wrong. It was that something was wrong here. No place that exists in the world could be without living things.
Even in ancient ruins or in the tombs of the great gods, under the tiles, and in the corridors, there will be spiders, centipedes, earthworms, and other insects that like dark and humid places. Even in the desert, there will be birds that occasionally fly through the sky, rattlesnakes lurking under the sand and sand wolves traveling at night. But there is nothing here, and even the plants reveal a disgusting death aura.
"I know something is wrong. There is no living thing here, but there are traces of life. Although there is no need to fire, there is fire. Although there is no vitality, the trees are very lush. The two extremes are presented in one place in an extremely disharmonious way, so there is a feeling of awkwardness everywhere." Yun Zangfeng frowned and said very seriously.
As soon as he finished speaking, the Yin-Yang Bagua Mirror on Yun Zangfeng's waist suddenly shook, and several golden light flashed in succession. Yun Zangfeng pulled out the Yin-Yang Bagua Mirror, bit his fingertips, and drew a golden light spell with blood. The Yin-Yang fish in the middle of the Yin-Yang Bagua Mirror slowly opened, and a golden light shot out from the center, forming four lines of large characters in the sky:
In the Netherworld City of Senluo Ghost Hall, hundreds of ghosts walk at night to capture the souls of humans. The ancient ghost clan is no longer here, and there are still no living people in the ruins.
"Mr. Yun, your master is so mysterious. This kind of limerick is not like the things written by your master who is knowledgeable, and it is not at all accurate." After Ouyang Hongxiu read the news sent by Fang Tiansheng, he expressed his own opinions calmly and pertinently.
Yun Zangfeng said: "If you think it's not good, you can write it yourself, at least you have told us some interesting things. Otherwise, we will be wandering around like a headless fly."
Ouyang Hongxiu knew that no one could replace these masters' high status in Yun Zangfeng's heart. She also knew that she had lost her words, pouted and muttered softly: "Didn't she just tell us where this is? She didn't tell us how we should go out."
Yun Zangfeng ignored Ouyang Hongxiu. Since several masters ignored him, the Six Monsters of Tianqi became a thorn in Yun Zangfeng's heart and could not be pulled out, but it would hurt if he touched it lightly. This feeling is difficult to understand. If it were the past, Yun Zangfeng might not be so excited. After all, the Six Monsters of Tianqi are all people who don't care about other people's opinions, and their disciples will be like this. At worst, they can just make a joke and pass.
Yun Zangfeng, who didn't want to get too entangled with this problem, stepped on the coke directly. The burnt smell in his imagination did not come from the soles of his feet. He wanted to flew into the air and flew over by the clouds, but a powerful suction force pressed Yun Zangfeng tightly on the coke, and Yun Zangfeng could only stand on it.
"Hey, what's going on? Don't your feet hurt? Is this red-burned coke just a mere appearance?" Ouyang Hongxiu exclaimed.
Yun Zangfeng gave Ouyang Hongxiu a burst of joy and said, "You are still a monk. How can you not hurt when you stand on the charcoal with your flesh? Wouldn't it be better to move forward with true qi? Although you can't fly, true qi can still be used. Why are you so stupid as if you are so stupid?"
Ouyang Hongxiu also went up to the bridge after hearing this, and said to Yun Zangfeng with a smile: "Xiaohong told me that the woman in love has her head empty and only men are left, so I became like this, it was all your fault, you have to be responsible."
Chapter completed!