Chapter 0692 Waves and Islands
A hundred-foot-high wave surged in angrily from a distance, carrying the force of thunder. When it was only two or three feet away from the island, it forcibly stopped its charge. There was only a roar as it ran over the island, like a horse rushing into someone. At the last moment, the crazy horse stands upright, and the iron hoofs may still step down at any time.
Fortunately, the waves were more tame than Crazy Horse, and the anger gradually disappeared, the waves weakened, and the sea became calm again, until another huge wave appeared from the distance.
The island is just a small rock out of the water. It is no more than a hundred steps long and only about ten steps wide. It looks like a sinking ship after overturning.
People standing on it will indeed have a sense of uncertainty and panic.
Bald Man stopped on the highest rock on the island, admiring the wonderful scenery over and over again. Even though he knew that the waves would disappear, he still screamed when it approached. Afterwards, he happily said, "What a pity, Xiaohao can't see it!"
Not far from the bald man, casual cultivator Ouyang Hao and talisman master Liu Ding also turned their heads to look at the waves from time to time, their faces changing color every time.
A little further away stood the demon statue, with a small circle of humans and monsters at its feet that ignored each other. Black Phoenix, Hong Futian, Yin Buchen, An Xiangxing and Yang Chuang were facing in various directions, thinking about themselves. Concerns, occasionally cast a disdainful look at a certain target.
At the end of the island, closest to the waves, Mu Xingqiu and Yang Qingyin stood side by side, waiting for Mr. Yishi to give an explanation.
Mr. Yishi had a frown on his face, pacing back and forth in front of the two of them, only stopping to take a look every time the waves came.
"The waves in the past were not so big, and the constraints on magic were not so strong. You can pass through the seabed, and if you have quick hands and eyes, you can avoid wave after wave of waves in the air." Mr. Yishi frowned, "Now It’s a good thing, it can’t fly, and it probably won’t be able to walk on the bottom of the sea.”
"The road you recognize is dead?" Yang Qingyin asked.
"It's not that the road is impassable, it's that we have brought too many burdens." Mr. Yishi pointed to the other side of the island, "One demon statue is troublesome enough, and there are also casual cultivators and talisman masters. Bringing them here is really unnecessary. It can’t be of any help, and it affects our ability to cross the sea.”
"They are my friends who came here voluntarily." Yang Qingyin said stiffly. Hong Futian, Ouyang Hao, Liu Ding and other three people offered to come together to stop the state. Yang Qingyin and Mu Xingqiu did not refuse, "Don't you also With three monsters? They are even more of a burden.
Mr. Yishi shook his head repeatedly, "I didn't bring the Black Phoenix. As for Yin Buchen, I can strangle him to death at any time. Only An Xiangxing came with me. The time is almost up. I will swallow him before crossing the sea." Soul, just give me a little more strength."
"Let's camp here and rest for a day. Maybe the waves won't be so violent all the time." Mu Xingqiu said.
"Then just wait." Mr. Yishi said nonchalantly, "But I don't think there will be any change. The waves are coming unusually. Either something happened in Zhibu State, or the Taoist tradition has strengthened its defenses and doesn't want to let humans in again." He and the demon tribe secretly entered Zhibu State from the sea. "
"What does it have to do with orthodoxy?" Yang Qingyin asked in confusion. She didn't know anything yet.
Lord Yishi just smiled, walked towards the demon statue, and ordered Yin Buchen to set up a tent.
Yang Qingyin looked at Mu Xingqiu who was silent, "What are you thinking? If that doesn't work, let's go in and let the others wait on the island. It's not a big stop. If the people from Yelin Town are really there, it should be easy. turn up."
Mu Xingqiu smiled and said, "I was thinking that we haven't been alone together for a long time."
For more than a month, they had been flying, taking occasional breaks, which were not long. Indeed, they had never been alone together.
Yang Qingyin felt that Mu Xingqiu's smile was a bit weird, and said coldly: "That's nothing, I'm not in a hurry."
"I'm anxious." Mu Xingqiu liked Yang Qingyin's serious look, "It's tonight, when the moon is at its highest. The scenery here is good, and even the illusion doesn't need to be too complicated."
Yang Qingyin's face turned red. She neither agreed nor refused. She turned to leave, but suddenly realized, "You plan to leave me on the island too, right? So you came to please me and tell you..."
Mu Xingqiu hissed at her, strode away, and set up the tent with the others. He also set up a circle of restrictions so that if the waves really hit, they would not be caught off guard.
Yang Qingyin secretly made up her mind that she would never let Mu Xingqiu abandon her on this small desert island. She hated waiting. The more dangerous Zhi Bu Bang became, the less she could stay out of it.
Mu Xingqiu had other ideas. First, he had to persuade Hong Futian and others to stay. This step was easier. The casual cultivators and Talisman Masters had no intention of becoming a burden and were willing to stay on the island and wait.
The next step is to persuade the bald man, which is not easy. The bald man opened his eyes wide and kept gesturing with three strands of hair, "I'm just that big, you can just put me in wherever you want, it won't be a problem at all, really." , Brother Xiaoqiu, take me with you, I can help."
Mu Xingqiu held the bald man aside and whispered to him, "I asked you to stay for a reason. You have to help me protect someone."
"Who are you protecting?" The bald man looked surprised, glanced around, and said in a lower voice: "Is it my mother?"
"Does she need my protection?" Bald Man was very confused.
"Yes, she has sword-washing water on her body, so she must be coveted by others. No one dared to take action when I was here, but it's hard to tell when I'm not here. She is alone and unable to support herself, and the people around her are not as reliable as you."
The bald man nodded immediately, "I understand...why don't you take me to Zipubang with you?"
"It's also because of the sword-washing pool. I don't want to attract too much attention in Zhibubang."
The bald man still didn't quite understand. After thinking for a long time, he reluctantly agreed, "Okay, I'll stay to protect my mother and the sword-washing pool. Also, I won't let Ouyang Luo and Liu Ding get too close to my mother."
Mu Xingqiu smiled and shook his head, "Don't leak the secret. I won't tell Yang Qingyin about this until tonight."
The bald man grinned, happy to be involved in the secret, even if the secret can only last for one night.
For the rest of the time, Mu Xingqiu entered the state of contemplation in the tent and carefully read the mind-reading spells left to him by the dragon demon. There are more than a thousand spells, but not many of them are really suitable for him. Low-level spells occupy more than half, and there are some advanced methods that require illusions above the ninth level to perform. He can only look at them, but cannot learn them. There are dozens of other methods. Although they are extremely helpful for the eighth level of illusion, they require the support of top-level magic tools or even the treasures of the Taoism. Mu Xingqiu can only sigh in despair.
There are about a hundred spells suitable for the eighth level of illusion, and some widely used low-level spells are also worth learning.
One method particularly attracted Mu Xingqiu's attention because it was related to the Sword Washing Pool in Yashan.
Mu Xingqiu once used the water of the Sword Washing Pool to perform mind illusion in Zhanmo Mountain, and destroyed tens of thousands of ice monsters in one fell swoop. At that time, he felt that illusion and the water of the Sword Washing Pool were particularly matched. In this spell called "Pearl Shadow Water Illusion", Mu Xingqiu finally understood the reason.
After all, the Mind Department is one of the eighteen departments of Taoism. Although it is inextricably linked to the magic of the demon clan, its foundation is still the five elements. Most of the Taoist illusions belong to the water of the five elements. Among the nine great treasures, the Sword Washing Pool is the most suitable for illusions, both the five elements illusions and the mind illusions.
The benefits of the sword-washing pool water to illusions are not just as simple as amplification and enhancement. "Pearl Shadow Water Illusion" introduces more wonderful uses in detail. If Mu Xingqiu knew this trick in the Battle Demon Mountain, it would be easier to destroy Bingkui.
The power of a thought can move the hearts of all enemies. Mu Xingqiu didn't really get the edge until then.
Mu Xingqiu studied attentively. Although he didn't have the sword-washing pool water in his hand, he still practiced the method dozens of times, but never let the illusion leave his body.
Unconsciously, the night was deep. Mu Xingqiu suddenly remembered that he had an important appointment with the moon. He hurriedly retracted his mind and walked out of the tent. He saw a cliff-like wave coming, and the iron-red full moon above his head was like a blood pearl jumping out of the sea.
The roar was still there, but it was no longer deafening.
The others were resting, only the golem stood there quietly. Mu Xingqiu had not read the information hidden in it. He walked to the other end of the island and found that Yang Qingyin had not arrived yet, so he cast a spell to create an illusion.
The illusion was very simple. He kept the towering waves and the blood moon in the sky, but turned the hard rocks into soft sandy beaches with a few pieces of wood lying across them for sitting and leaning on.
"It looks like Zhaoshan." Yang Qingyin came, deliberately appearing calm and easy-going, but was ready to refuse to stay on the island.
"It will look more like it with a little more light." Mu Xingqiu created a soft glimmer, and this corner of the island looked more like Zhaoshan Island in the South China Sea.
"Actually, there is no need to do this..."
"Since we are connected, we should be more serious." Mu Xingqiu adjusted some details and was finally satisfied. Then he walked in front of Yang Qingyin and stared into her eyes.
Yang Qingyin did not flinch. If Gao Fuwei was still there, he would be heartbroken about this eye contact.
"Hmm?" Yang Qingyin did not let down her guard.
"We are mortals, but our behavior is too much like that of Taoist priests."
"What do you want?"
"I want to be a mortal tonight."
"How?"
"First, forget your identity as a Taoist priest. Secondly, try to slow down the inner elixir. Also, leave all the magic tools outside. Finally... we can talk about it later."
Yang Qingyin hummed easily, wanting to see when Mu Xingqiu would get to the point.
Mu Xingqiu had three treasure bags and two Qiankun bags on him, each containing various types of items. He untied them from his waist, took them out from his arms, and placed them all on a stone at the edge of the illusion. Yang Qingyin also placed several of her own bags on it, as well as a few scattered magic tools, and finally the Laojun magic palm that was stored separately.
Mu Xingqiu casually summoned the water from the sword-washing pool in the palm of the magic palm, "I have learned a new trick of pearl shadow water illusion, let you see it."
Mu Xingqiu reshaped the illusion, and then sent the pool water back to the palm of the magic palm.
"It seems that nothing has changed." Yang Qingyin glanced at it, and everything was still the same as before.
"Wait."
It was as if a mountain fell from the sky. Suddenly, the surrounding scenery changed significantly. It was no longer Zhaoshan, but Pangshan Muma Valley. Not far from the two of them was the small pond.
Yang Qingyin's heart warmed up and a smile appeared on her face.
Mu Xingqiu's expression became serious, "Only the illusion created by the water of the sword washing pool can block the prying of the water of the sword washing pool."
"What did you say?" Yang Qingyin found that she was wrong. Mu Xingqiu not only wanted her to stay, but also had more important things to say.
"Everything." Mu Xingqiu said. He finally found an opportunity to tell Yang Qingyin the truth he knew.