Chapter 266: Dark Blood Devouring Heaven Formation, Seeking Life in a Dead End

The joyful voice of Fairy Chixia came from the bamboo tube: "So, you are willing to exchange this Soul Condensing Jade for the news of the Spirit Bone Spring!"

Fairy Chixia was so delighted that she accidentally revealed the name of the third most dangerous place, but she didn't care. A mere name was not a big secret.

"I never said that!"

Chen An shook his head repeatedly and said, "It depends on whether your information is useful. If it is useful, I can cut off a piece for you. If it is useless, then why should I exchange it?"

"you"

Fairy Chixia was silent for a moment before she spoke again: "I hope you will keep your word, otherwise, you will suffer in the future."

"In fact, there are more dangerous places on Shenglin Island than the Weeping Blood Forest and Ghost Gate. There is also a third dangerous place called the Spirit Bone Spring. Countless bones of the Qilin clan are piled up at the bottom of the spring. It is rumored that it is the cemetery of the Qilin clan."

"There is news that the sacred artifact left by the Qilin clan is hidden in the Spirit Bone Spring. Many people want to find it, but the entrance to the Spirit Bone Spring is covered by a strange restriction. Almost no one can open it. It is also the most mysterious and dangerous place."

"Gone?" Chen An asked in surprise.

"No, that's all I know."

Chen An frowned slightly when he heard that, and was speechless. He wanted to exchange it for a piece of Soul-Condensing Jade just like that?

He silently put away the Soul-Condensing Jade and put the bamboo tube into his sleeve.

"Hey, I told you the news, where is the thing you promised me?"

"I am not satisfied with the news, so I won't give it to you!"

Fairy Chixia was so angry that her teeth itched: "You are so shameless!"

Chen An ignored the other party. It was not his fault. The other party's information was indeed of no use to him.

He didn't think that he could break the ban by himself, even if so many people worked together.

Just as he was about to leave, Chen An let out a light exclamation, then restrained his breath and hid nearby.

Not long after, a woman dressed in gorgeous feathered clothes flew over the area and landed in front of the small pit left by the Soul-Condensing Jade.

She took a look and said in surprise: "There is still a trace of residual aura. This is the Soul Condensing Jade without a doubt!"

"It looks like someone took it away. I guess they didn't go far."

The aura left by the Soul-Condensing Jade will dissipate in a short period of time, but the fact that it still remains now proves that the person who took the Soul-Condensing Jade has just left.

The woman was about to chase after him when she heard a noise behind her: "Feng Wu?"

Ao Jin glanced at the small pit and raised his eyebrows: "Soul Condensing Jade!"

"Hehe, fellow Daoist, this is not right. The treasures of Shenglin Island are for everyone who sees them. You just took the Soul Condensing Jade for yourself. Isn't it a bit unreasonable if you don't give me half?"

Feng Wu's chest rose and fell slightly when she heard this, and she said angrily, "Bah! You stinky bug from the Dragon Clan! Why should I give you the treasure that my Phoenix Clan obtained with my own ability!"

"Since you don't know what's good for you, I'll take it myself." Ao Jin showed a sinister smile.

The two were about to start fighting after a disagreement, but at this moment, a group of Phoenix cultivators flew over from a distance and landed behind Feng Wu.

Feng Wu felt more confident and said with a smile, "I'm always at your service!"

The moment she saw Ao Jin, she tried to contact other cultivators of the Phoenix Clan to come for support.

Facing so many Phoenix Clan monks, Ao Jin remained calm and said, "Do you think you are the only one with help?"

Looking up, I saw more than a dozen golden dragons and five-clawed golden dragons walking on the clouds in the distance. They were as aggressive as the Phoenix Clan.

Seeing the two tribes fighting, Chen An shook his head helplessly: "We haven't even seen the Soul Condensing Jade yet, and they're already fighting?"

It can be seen that the contradiction between the dragon and phoenix clans is not small, and conflicts can arise from any reason.

After taking a few glances, Chen An lost interest and left quietly.

Many good locations in Ghost Gate have already been occupied by various races, and there are fewer and fewer places he can go.

I heard that the human race also occupied an area near the Ghost Gate, which is a pretty good location.

However, the human cultivators respected Jiang Xiong, and the two had conflicts before, so he was really unwilling to get involved. If he accidentally killed Jiang Huang's adopted son, it would be difficult for him to survive in Qingcang Province in the future.

After much thought, the only option is to explore in a more remote direction. Although there are fewer underworld beasts there, there is no need to conflict with other major forces.

The frequency of encounters with monks of other races has been reduced, and given the efficiency of hunting Hades beasts, the benefits should not be reduced too much.

After walking for a distance, Chen An encountered a ghost face hiding in a crevice of the rocks. If it weren't for Chen An's sharp sense, he would not have been able to find it.

Chen An used many methods and took great pains to finally kill Gui Lian.

If he didn't want to reveal too many cards in front of Fairy Chixia, the threat posed by this evil spirit would not be that great.

After trapping the ghost face, Chen An took out the soul refining bottle. When he was about to collect the evil spirit in front of him, he found a small piece of translucent lavender crystal in the bottle. There seemed to be countless tiny wind eyes rotating inside, which was quite strange.

"What is this?"

Chen An was a little surprised. Based on his previous experience in refining evil spirits, he thought that a wisp of soul-melting essence would appear in the bottle, but he didn't expect that a small piece of crystal that he had never seen before would be left behind.

He also asked the Chixia Fairy in the bamboo tube, but the other party didn't know much about it either.

Chen An did not take this matter too seriously. He put it away and planned to study it slowly after returning.

Two months had passed unknowingly as we were tracking the traces of the Hades Beast and the Ghost Mask.

The harvest in the first month or so was pretty good. Basically, a dark beast or a ghost face would be found every two or three days. All of them were collected in the soul refining bottle and transformed into the soul essence and unknown purple crystals.

But in the past half month, the harvest has dropped sharply. The strange thing is that the density of the underworld energy in the vicinity has increased instead of decreased, and is vaguely comparable to the level near the cracks of the Ghost Gate.

There must be a demon in the abnormal situation!
Chen An was about to leave this area when a dark beast rushed towards him from a distance.

It had been a long time since he had encountered a Hades Beast, so Chen An was eager to try. He blocked the opponent's attack with three magic swords, and then threw out the Soul-Suppressing Plate to restrain the Hades Beast.

Finally, black petals flew out and severely damaged it, and put it into the soul refining bottle. The whole set of movements was smooth and flowing.

Chen An couldn't help but be slightly surprised, as if this battle was a little too smooth.

Come to think of it, with his methods, who here can be his opponent?
He clearly possesses such strength, but he has been so cautious since entering the island. This is really too cowardly!
Suddenly, he looked towards the crack in the distance from which dark energy was constantly gushing out, and an urge to go in and kill to his heart's content arose in his heart.

At this time, a figure wrapped in escaping light flew over from a distance. This person was wearing a black robe with the Bagua pattern embroidered on it. He held an iron fan in his hand with densely packed runes painted on the fan.

Xuanjizi lowered himself and said with a smile, "Daoyou Chen, we meet again."

Looking at Xuanjizi in front of him, a trace of violence surged in Chen An's heart, a hint of madness appeared at the corner of his mouth, and three swords flew out and chopped at the same time!

"What are you doing? Stop it!" Xuanjizi's face turned stern and he opened the iron fan in his hand.

Immediately, sixteen black fan bones flew out, and with the sound of "ding-ding-dang-dang" the clashing of gold objects, the Sanming magic sword was blocked in front of him.

"Chen An, what's wrong with you? Wake up!"

An anxious voice sounded in his heart, making Chen An become a little more conscious.

"Oh no!" Chen An's heart was in turmoil. While he still had a bit of rationality, he immediately recited the "Dang" spell from the Three-tone Soul-Calming Technique without saying a word.

"Hoohoo!"

After taking two deep breaths, Chen An's expression became a little clearer, and he suddenly felt that his back was wet.

Even after regaining his composure, he was still frightened. There was something strange about this place!
At the same time, he touched the bamboo tube in his sleeve, expressing his gratitude for Fairy Chixia's reminder.

Xuanjizi also noticed his change and asked, "Did you kill a ghost beast here just now?"

"Yes, this place seems to be different from other places." Chen An did not hide it.

Xuanjizi sighed softly, pointed to the ground, and said, "Under our feet, someone has set up a Dark Blood Devouring Heaven Formation. This formation absorbs the resentment and dark energy on the island. Any living being that dies in this formation will have its soul and blood devoured by the formation and transformed into an extremely ferocious dark energy."

"You were affected by this formation just now, which is why you became a bit bloodthirsty."

While speaking, he couldn't help but look up to Chen An. He was clearly affected by the formation the moment before, but recovered to normal the next moment. It seemed that this person was not an ordinary cultivator.

Seeing that Chen An was fine, he put down his hand that was touching the storage bag on his waist.

"Heavenly Blood Devouring Formation? This is a seventh-level formation!"

Chen An was surprised that this seventh-level evil formation appeared on Shenglin Island. He didn't know whether it was left by the Qilin clan or set up by someone else.

The former is fine, but if it is the latter, it means that there are bad people among the people who entered the island!
"not good!"

Chen An suddenly remembered the detailed information about this formation: "The Dark Blood Devouring Heaven Formation will continue to expand its radiation range as resentment and dark energy increase. If it is allowed to continue, it will cover the entire island sooner or later!"

If everyone on the island became bloodthirsty and violent, I wonder how many people could walk out of the island alive, including himself.

Xuanjizi waved his hands and said bitterly, "Don't even think about destroying the formation. The Dark Blood Devouring Heaven Formation is a seventh-level formation. It's not something you and I can destroy. Moreover, once we start attacking this formation, the person who set up the formation will know immediately."

Chen An touched his chin, looked at Xuanjizi, and asked tentatively: "Daoyou, do you mean that the people who set up the formation are guarding outside the island?"

Upon discovering such a dangerous formation, a normal person's first thought would be to run away, but Xuanjizi not only did not run away, but continued to stay here, which means that there is something outside the island that scares him.

Combined with what the other party said about the Dark Blood Devouring Heaven Formation, the person who set up the formation is most likely outside the island.

Hearing this, Xuanjizi was slightly stunned, then shook his head and said, "I don't know, I'm just guessing, but it's almost right."

Chen An sneered: "The fusion of the soul and spirit also has a certain effect on the fusion. I guess there are already quite a few fusion cultivators gathered outside the island now."

"It's easy to enter Shenglin Island but difficult to leave."

Xuanjizi smiled mysteriously: "Do you want to go out, fellow Taoist?"

"Do you have any idea?"

Chen An's eyes lit up. The other party was hiding here, definitely not waiting to die. He most likely had a way to get out.

"Yes, there is, but..."

"Why, fellow Taoist, you still want to take advantage of the situation?"

"How could that be! You are worrying too much, fellow Taoist."

Xuanjizi waved his hands quickly and said, "It's like this, I found an ancient teleportation array nearby, which seems to be able to teleport to somewhere outside the island."

"However, this teleportation array is too old, and the construction method is extremely unconventional. Not only is it difficult to repair, but if you force it to be transported, it will be corroded by the strong wind in the turbulent space. I am afraid that it cannot withstand it without the fusion cultivation."

"Luckily, I have seen this kind of teleportation array in ancient books. I have repaired it almost completely during this period. Now, I only need a spiritual object called Wind Breathing Crystal to resist the erosion of the strong wind, and then I will be done."

"You can come with me to search for an evil spirit that looks like a ghost near the Ghost Gate, and then use a special method to sacrifice it to obtain the Wind Breathing Dark Crystal!"

Chen An heard this and looked thoughtful: "Ghost Face? Wind Breath Dark Crystal? Is this what you are talking about?"

He took out a purple crystal, placed it on his palm, and showed it to the other person.

Xuanjizi was very excited: "This is it! I have been searching nearby for a whole month and have not seen even a single ghost mask. I didn't expect that Daoist Chen actually has one!"

"Just good luck."

Chen An said calmly that he had almost cleared out all the ghost masks in this area, it would be strange if the other party could find them.

"In that case, I will take you to the teleportation array now."

As they spoke, the two of them headed towards the north of Shenglin Island, one in front and one behind.

A few days later, when we were about to leave the Ghost Gate, a dense forest appeared in front of us. It was lush and green, and if it were not for the black leaves, it would not be much different from ordinary trees outside the island.

Xuanjizi brought him to a towering tree that was several feet thick and said with a smile, "To prevent the evil spirit from destroying it, I used some tricks."

As he spoke, he took a step forward, and his figure sank into the tree and disappeared.

Chen An paused, hesitated for a moment, held up the Zhenyuan body shield, and held the black petals in his hands. Only then did he feel relieved.

Immediately he took a step forward and stepped inside.

The scene in front of me changed, and when I looked carefully, I found myself in an underground passage.

Xuanjizi looked at his alertness and said, "The teleportation array is at the end of the passage. Besides, I just want to leave Shenglin Island as soon as possible. I don't have any other ideas. I hope you have the same idea."

If it wasn't unsafe to leave the island directly, he would have left long ago. Now that he has found a way to survive, he has no time to engage in intrigue here.

"So good."

Although he said this, Chen did not take off his Zhenyuan body shield. He followed the other party and walked towards the depths of the passage.

When we walked deeper, we found a teleportation array that exuded an ancient atmosphere.

Judging from the appearance, it can indeed be barely recognized as a teleportation array, but Chen An can only recognize about 30% of the array patterns on it, and some of them are guessed based on his understanding of the array patterns.

Xuanjizi pointed at the teleportation array and said, "This is the ancient teleportation array. Now, as long as you give me the Wind Breath Crystal, we can leave Shenglin Island after it is completely repaired."

Faced with the opportunity to leave, Xuanjizi was obviously impatient.

Chen An did not hesitate and directly took out a piece of Wind Breath Crystal and gave it to the other party.

Afterwards, Xuanjizi came to the teleportation array with the Fengxi Ming Crystal in his hands, smiling widely, and was busy having a lot of fun.

At this time, the first voice sounded in Chen An's heart: "The opportunity to go to Shenglin Island doesn't come once in thousands of years. Do you really want to leave now?"

Chen An smiled and said, "No matter how great the opportunity is, you still have to live to enjoy it. The situation on Shenglin Island is complicated now, and there is a mysterious force setting up the Blood Devouring Heaven Formation. If I continue to stay here, I might die here one day."

If he had not long suspected that there were cultivators in the combined state lurking outside the island, he would have left Shenglin Island after meeting Huang Lin.

Now that he thinks about it, Huang Lin's words are not as simple as they seem. In all likelihood, he is implicitly reminding him to leave the island as soon as possible.

Although he is only one step away from leaving, Chen An does not want any unnecessary trouble at this critical moment. After all, the means arranged by Xuanjizi outside cannot be concealed from the powerful cultivators.

After thinking for a moment, Chen An smiled and said, "Fellow Daoist Xuanji, I hope you won't mind if I set up a few restrictions in the formation."

Xuanjizi, who was busy, paused and snorted coldly, "Please do as you please!"

(End of this chapter)