Chapter 90 Asking for Help
Yuan Ming played with the fiery red spiritual stone and shook his head with regret.
Spiritual stones can be roughly divided into five categories: gold, wood, water, fire and earth because of the different spiritual powers contained in them. This spiritual stone is obviously a fire attribute spiritual stone. The Nine Yuan Jue that he practiced is a wood attribute method, and he cannot absorb the spiritual power in it to assist in cultivation.
Yuan Ming put the spiritual stone back into the black bag, took out the book, and opened it with great interest.
Since this book was hidden in the black bag, it must not be an ordinary book.
The pages of these books are not paper, but a kind of soft white silk, which can be preserved longer than paper pages.
He opened the first page and four big characters came into view: Heimu Notes.
"Heimu? This name is so familiar... Could it be the Heimu Master of the Fire Refining Hall mentioned by Chen Wan?" Yuan Ming suddenly remembered what Chen Wan had said to him, stopped flipping through the book, and continued to search on the corpse. Soon he found a nameplate from the lapel on his chest with two small characters "Heimu" written on it.
"It is indeed Master Heimu." Yuan Ming's eyes lit up with joy.
Heimu is known as one of the most talented weapon refiners in Biluo Cave in the past hundred years, and the value of the notes he left behind is definitely not low.
But I didn't expect that such a legendary weapon refiner would die here inexplicably.
He was about to continue to open Heimu's notes, and Huochan'er, who was playing in the house, suddenly ran over and jumped onto Yuan Ming's shoulder, squeaking anxiously, full of fear.
Yuan Ming frowned and immediately put away Heimu's notes. A green light flashed in his palm, and a green fish sword appeared. He looked around sharply.
However, as time passed, there was no abnormality around.
Yuan Ming did not dare to relax at all, and walked out lightly.
Along the way, Huochan'er's spiritual perception was fulfilled many times, and it was really sharp. He could sense the breath of fire jadeite through two stone walls, which must not be ignored.
Just as he was about to reach the door of the stone chamber, Huo Chan'er suddenly screamed again. Almost at the same time, a yellow shadow jumped out from the rock under his feet, and a long claw grabbed his calf like lightning.
Yuan Ming did not expect the enemy to emerge from the ground, and hurriedly dodged to the side. The Green Fish Sword reflexively counterattacked and slashed at the yellow shadow's chest.
The yellow shadow's body movement was extremely strange. He swayed lightly and dodged the slash of the Green Fish Sword. His body crashed into the stone wall next to him, and melted into it without any hindrance, disappearing without a trace.
Yuan Ming staggered, and a long cut was cut on his right leg, oozing a lot of blood.
Although he tried his best to dodge just now, he was still scratched by the yellow shadow's claws. Fortunately, the wound was not deep and did not affect his movement.
"It can easily penetrate the stone wall... Could that thing just now be a ground monster?" He thought to himself.
He had seen records of ground monsters in the classics. They have the ability to drill the ground and can travel freely in the earth and stone. They can attack and defend, and are particularly difficult to deal with in the current environment.
It is said that only in the depths of the Ten Thousand Mountains can earth monsters appear. How could there be one in the Qianlu Lake area?
Yuan Ming did not bother to treat his injuries and immediately ran outside.
Huo Chan'er squatted on his shoulder and looked around anxiously.
"Yes, why did I forget to use its power!" Yuan Ming suddenly had an idea and pinched the wood thorn technique.
At this moment, Huo Chan'er screamed again and looked behind.
Yuan Ming's right hand immediately pointed back, in the same direction as Huo Chan'er was looking.
A trace of yellow light appeared on the wall behind the left, and half of the yellow shadow monster appeared.
At this moment, the stone wall under it flashed green light, and a sharp wooden thorn appeared out of thin air and pierced into the lower abdomen of the yellow shadow monster.
This yellow shadow monster belongs to the earth, and wood overcomes earth. The wood thorn technique easily broke its body defense and tore a large wound.
The monster screamed, and most of the yellow light on its body dissipated, revealing its true body.
This is a monster with a big head and a thin body. Its whole body is earthy yellow, its skin is extremely smooth, and its four claws are thin and long. It is ugly but a bit funny.
"It is indeed a ground monster!" Yuan Ming whispered, and pinched the formula again.
Two wooden thorns popped out and pierced the body of the ground monster.
The ground monster shrank its body, dodged the pursuit of the two wooden thorns, sank into the stone wall and disappeared.
Yuan Ming's face was cold, and he continued to run out without the excitement of a successful attack.
According to the records in the classics, the ground monster is very vengeful. Although the wooden thorn technique just now hurt it, it may not hurt its vital parts. This monster may still be lingering nearby, so it must leave immediately.
On the next journey, the ground monster did not attack again. Yuan Ming quickly came outside with a slightly relaxed face.
The ground monster can escape underground. The more closed the environment, the more beneficial it is. Now that it has come to the open space outside, the attack range of this monster has been greatly reduced, and it is naturally not so dangerous.
Huo Chan'er got into Yuan Ming's arms, raised his head and hummed a few times, his body trembling, his expression filled with fear.
"Look how scared you are, little guy. But it's true, first it was the four-eyed golden ape, then the black giant crow, and now there's a ground monster, it's better to leave early!" Yuan Ming gently stroked the hair on Huo Chan'er's head, and he also had the idea of retreating.
Although this island surrounded by thick fog is full of dangers, it also highlights its mystery, especially the appearance of Heimu's corpse, which makes him want to find out the truth, but unfortunately his strength is still too weak, so he can only wait for a chance in the future.
He returned along the cold stream and soon returned to the black pine forest.
Yuan Ming hesitated for a moment and did not plan to return by the same route.
If he followed the previous route, he would probably encounter the black giant crow and the four-eyed golden ape again. He didn't want to have any unnecessary entanglement with these two guys, so he would avoid them if he could.
Yuan Ming carefully recalled the situation after entering the island, and barely judged that this black pine forest should also be on the edge of the island. If he walked in the opposite direction of the cold stream, he should be able to reach the edge of the island.
He walked according to his own judgment. The black pine forest gradually became sparse, and the sound of rushing water came, and he soon came to the lake.
Yuan Ming's face relaxed, and he immediately lifted the fur-covering technique, found a dry place to sit down, and while running the Nine Yuan Jue to restore his mana, he thought about how to get out.
He still had a rope on him, so it was not difficult to build another raft. The trouble was the black water monster that could launch lightning attacks. He always felt that the water monster was still wandering around the island, waiting for him.
At this moment, Yuan Ming suddenly opened his eyes and looked at a pine tree next to him.
However, there was nothing there.
"It shouldn't be, I just felt that there was something there..." Yuan Ming muttered to himself, and suddenly thought of a possibility.
"Silver cat, is that you?" He stood up and spoke.
There was silence nearby, no response.
"I know you are nearby, can you show up and see me?" Yuan Ming cleared his throat and said sincerely.
Although he didn't know why, the silver cat always followed him mysteriously, and it should be here now. This cat has extraordinary magical powers. If he can help him, it will be much easier to leave this place.
Except for the sound of water and wind, there was still no other movement.
Yuan Ming smiled bitterly, knowing that this was the response of the silver cat's unwillingness to help, so he didn't continue to call, sat down again, and continued to operate the Nine Yuan Jue to restore his magic power.
After a while, he stood up and sacrificed the Green Fish Sword, cut off a few black pines, cut branches and tied ropes, and soon made a new raft.
Yuan Ming did not put the raft into the water, but put it into the black storage bag, then sacrificed the incense burner and flew into the air, rising as high as possible, and then flew away with all his strength.
The wind whistled in his ears, and the white mist was also scratched with a trace, and soon flew away for seven or eight miles.
When he got here, Yuan Ming's face turned pale, and he slowly fell down, stopping a few feet above the lake.
He took out the raft from the black storage bag, gently dropped it into the lake, and then floated down, panting slightly.
After flying so far, Yuan Ming's mana was almost gone, and his body was extremely weak. He wanted to fall asleep, but now was not the time to rest.
He barely cheered up, took out a pole, carefully propped up the raft, and drove forward quickly.
This was the escape plan that Yuan Ming had thought about and tossed out. First, use the incense burner to fly as far as possible, and then escape with the raft.
If it was before, this method would not work. The storage bag given to him by the third cave master could not hold a raft at all. After he got the storage bag of Master Heimu, he had this escape plan.
This method is very risky. If he is discovered by the black water monster, he will have almost no power to resist, but he has no other way and can only take a risk.
Yuan Ming quickly propped up the raft, his heart was beating fast, and he kept an eye on the surroundings.
Time passed little by little, and the black water monster never appeared. His tense heartstrings gradually relaxed, and he continued to move forward for more than ten miles. After confirming that the black water monster would not appear, he stopped the raft and sat cross-legged to recover his mana.
As soon as his mana was restored, Yuan Ming immediately put the raft into the storage bag and continued to fly away with the incense burner.
Half a day later, it was completely dark.
On the shore of Qianlu Lake, a raft came quickly and slowly approached the shore.
"Finally, it's out." Yuan Ming jumped ashore and breathed a sigh of relief.
This search for the green water stone was originally thought to be an easy task, but I didn't expect so many complications to arise.
Yuan Ming shook his head and left quickly.
A round black object protruded from the lake water several dozen feet away from Yuan Ming. It was as big as a millstone, smooth and slippery, and had two huge green eyes. It looked like the head of some aquatic creature. Several black tentacles appeared in the surrounding lake water, paddling hard and quickly approaching the shore.
If Yuan Ming were here, he would definitely recognize it at a glance. This thing was the black water monster that had chased him before.
However, the black water monster's eyes no longer had the fierce light, revealing a sense of confusion, as if its mind was controlled by someone.
On the black head, a small silver figure squatted, but it was a silver cat.
The black water monster quickly swam to the shore. The silver cat jumped lightly and landed on the shore silently. Its heterochromatic eyes sparkled in the night, looking in the direction where Yuan Ming left.
The black water monster trembled, and the hazy color in its eyes suddenly disappeared. It looked at the silver cat in horror, and immediately dived into the water and disappeared.