Chapter 738: Huge Formation
Led by the city lord, everyone entered the passage between the mountain walls and continued to move forward.
This passage looks very secret. If it is not opened by the city lord, outsiders may not be able to find a way to open it even if they study it for years.
From the beginning of coming to this place, Zuo Feng already felt that this place seemed to have some connection with himself. Or there is something in this place that attracts him, making him want to explore it involuntarily.
When he first came here, Zuo Feng thought that this place should be a secret place built by the villa, and this secret place is mostly used to store important items. But when he came to the deep pit, this idea was completely dispelled.
With Zuo Feng's eyes, how could he not see that everything in this deep pit has a long history. From this, Zuo Feng immediately thought of the buildings outside, and it seemed that at this moment he began to pay attention to the age of the buildings here.
Zuo Feng did not study much about architecture, or he had almost no experience in this area. He only occasionally came into contact with some books when reading some anecdotes and miscellaneous talks on the mainland. So when he first saw the buildings of this villa, he couldn't tell the different years from the architectural style and details.
However, he could barely recognize the changes that the materials had undergone over the years, but he just didn't pay attention to it before.
It wasn't until he entered the underground pit that Zuo Feng thought of this layer because of the obvious traces of the long years around him.
But at that time, he had just discovered the differences in the ages of the various buildings around him, but he didn't have the time and energy to think carefully. After all, he was more concerned about where the familiar breath below came from.
Although he didn't fully understand the black crystal in the deep pit now, Zuo Feng had already understood the origin of this thing to some extent. If he wanted to understand it more deeply, Zuo Feng always felt that the key was not the black crystal in front of him. But what it was, he always felt that he was not too far away from the truth.
With this kind of excitement and trepidation, Zuo Feng followed the team into the passage at the end.
What surprised him was that this passage did not continue to extend underground, but slowly went to the ground. Now everyone can clearly feel that every step forward is going to a higher place.
Zuo Feng was naturally curious about this change. He believed that since the second match could be held in such a mysterious place, the so-called third match, that is, the last match, would never be held in an ordinary place, at least not in a random square.
Zuo Feng walked while observing the ground around him and under his feet. If you don't pay attention to it, you will only feel that the ground is unusually flat. Although it tends to extend upward as a whole, it is difficult to find that the ground has ups and downs if you don't pay too much attention.
It's just that because these people have good cultivation and subtle observation ability, this gentle slope is not very obvious, but everyone can still feel it.
Zuo Feng is not concerned about the ground passage, but the smoothness of the surrounding walls and the ground. If someone deliberately dug it out here, it should never be the scene you see in front of you.
Because if someone built such an underground passage and repaired the ground to make it flat, it would be normal, but no one should repair the walls and the top of the mountain wall to make it flat.
Zuo Feng, who was walking at the back, had been observing carefully. Although some people noticed the details he observed, not everyone could see as clearly as Zuo Feng in the dark. So he was very careful about his movements, especially when he looked at the top of the cave wall, he only glanced at it with his peripheral vision and did not dare to stay for too long.
According to Zuo Feng's observation, the surroundings of the cave wall, including the top, should have been formed under a huge pressure and high temperature, and this high temperature could even deform and twist the stone.
He himself studied alchemy, so his understanding of fire was far beyond that of ordinary people, and of course he could roughly judge how terrifying this temperature was. If the middle-grade flame crystal used by Zuo Feng was regarded as one portion, then the flame that could burn the rock wall into this state would probably require hundreds or even thousands of portions.
After this discovery, Zuo Feng felt that his breathing became a little hurried, and at the same time he carefully looked at the people walking in front.
Although the few people in front did not move much at this time, Zuo Feng could still feel that Yao Zhen and Zhong Lao seemed to have noticed something. As the two of them walked forward, they would occasionally look at the mountain wall, and sometimes they would walk silently with their heads down, as if they were thinking about something.
City Lord You and Su Lan did not have any special changes, but continued to move forward with an indifferent look. Zuo Feng guessed that Su Lan probably knew something, which was similar to City Lord You, but this was just his feeling.
Everyone kept moving forward, moving towards the ground. Everyone seemed to be walking slowly, but after all, Zuo Feng, the person with the lowest cultivation level, had reached the third level of the tendon tempering period. Even at a seemingly slow speed, it was about the same as the running speed of an ordinary warrior in the early stage of bone refining.
After walking at this speed for half an hour, Zuo Feng estimated that he had walked out of the previous deep pit for three or four miles, and the cave entrance gradually appeared in front of him.
The fresh and slightly cool air, with the breeze blowing, made everyone notice the cave entrance not far away.
Although it was a dark night sky outside, it was still a little brighter than the passage because of the light of the stars and the moon.
Zuo Feng had a feeling that the closer he got to the cave entrance, the more inexplicably excited he felt. What surprised him even more was that the little beast Nifeng in his arms had not changed at all, but when it approached the cave entrance, it suddenly vibrated.
This change was too abrupt. Even if Zuo Feng reached out and pressed it down as soon as he noticed it, the people in front of him still noticed it.
Zuo Feng felt several eyes converged on him, and his heart suddenly tightened, but he also reacted quickly. At the moment when everyone's eyes were on him, his spiritual energy also circulated violently, and he raised his hand and thought about several important acupoints on his body.
While his fingers were rapidly tapping on his body, his own spiritual energy was also constantly circulating, and finally covered up the fluctuations of Nifeng.
It seemed that Zuo Feng was unable to suppress the injuries caused by Su Lan before, so he used the method of pressing acupoints to control the injuries. Although he felt that he had concealed it well, the expression on Su Lan's face before she retracted her gaze did not seem to be completely convinced.
However, Su Lan did not make any other movements. When her gaze stayed on Zuo Feng for a moment, she turned away with a gloomy face.
After observing, the city lord said: "Don't worry too much, little friend Shen Feng. The next competition will not invite him to practice as much. And your injury does not have much impact, so don't rush to suppress the injury. It is not good for your body."
After listening to the words of the city lord, Zuo Feng breathed a sigh of relief and nodded with a smile. He was very puzzled in his heart. After the little beast Ni Feng formed a cocoon in the training room, it seemed to become an ordinary stone, without any fluctuations.
According to Zuo Feng's speculation, Ni Feng would never come out of the cocoon without a long period of gestation and transformation. He even guessed that this time would be very long, and it might not be possible to complete this transformation within a few years.
But at the moment, Nifeng suddenly had such a fluctuation, which seemed to indicate something, or Nifeng, who had become a cocoon, was longing for something. Then the thing he longed for was probably the existence outside the cave.
Zuo Feng's misfortune did not make others too concerned, especially the other two young men who participated in the competition, who were now showing a mocking look.
Although Zuo Feng's performance in the first and second competitions was extremely outstanding, he was hit by Su Lan's palm. In their opinion, Zuo Feng was lucky to escape from that palm, and he would not be able to show his usual strength in the following competitions.
Even if the city lord said that it would not have much impact on the third competition, it meant that there would be some impact. The two of them were still very concerned about Zuo Feng, but now they really wanted to fight with Zuo Feng as soon as possible.
Putting aside what the two people thought, the city lord who took the lead had already walked out of the passage. Just as Zuo Feng guessed, the place for the third competition was above the ground.
A square appeared in front of everyone without any obstruction. Everyone felt excited when they saw the square.
This is a square paved with huge stones. There are seven stone pillars on the square. To be precise, there is a huge stone pillar surrounded by six stone pillars. Although these six stone pillars are much smaller than the stone pillar in the middle, they are also about half a meter wide and about three meters high.
The stone pillar in the middle is even more exaggerated. It is estimated that six people cannot hug it. The height is almost more than five meters, standing in the square and it is very eye-catching.
"This, is this place?"
"It can't be true, isn't this place determined not to allow outsiders to come, how could we really appear here."
The other two young men who participated in the competition talked in shock after seeing the seven stone pillars, as if they knew something about this place.
The city lord looked at it calmly and said, "That's right, it seems you have guessed it. This is the city defense formation of Linshan County. I believe that except for the people of my city guard, no one else can see it with their own eyes. I think it's worth your trip to see this formation today."
Just as everyone was sighing, Zuo Feng frowned and stared at the largest stone pillar in the center.