Chapter 1070: Heaven and Earth are Vast

South of the center of the Western Region, 3.97 billion miles away, there is a mountain named Ink Stone. Inside the mountain, there is a valley, and in the valley, there is a pool. The pool water is emerald green and unfathomably deep.

Evil spirits occasionally wander, shaped like smoke, dispersing upon touch.

The four walls are all jagged rocks, interlocking like dog teeth, ancient trees towering, branches and leaves blocking the sun.

By the pool, there is a stone platform with ancient seal script carved on it, saying: "Land of Evil-Falling, enter only if you are not good."

Few people step into this place on weekdays, and even if they pass by, they often roar in the sky outside the mountain and do not break in.

Only those who need evil energy to assist in their cultivation will enter this mountain for a limit of half an hour when the aurora is most brilliant every day.

"It is rumored that this place is the burial place of a great fierce demon cultivator in ancient times. His sword was named Ink Stone, which became a mountain here. The evil intent contained in the sword turned into the Evil-Falling Pool."

At this moment, outside Ink Shishan, a black-robed youth looked at the black mountain body in front of him, whispering in his heart.

This youth was precisely Xu Qing, who had left Black Cloud City.

After sending Yunmen Qianfan to Black Cloud City, Xu Qing decided to wander around this Western Region. The key places he wanted to go were the various strange places described in the jade slip given by Yunmen Qianfan, like the Time Desert.

Evil-Falling Pool was closest to him, so it was the first stop.

Gazing from outside the mountain for a long time, at the moment when the aurora was thickest, Xu Qing stepped and walked into Ink Shishan.

Stepping over the mountain stones, passing through the shrubs, walking into the valley, he saw the pool water, and also saw the stone platform and the handwriting on it.

He even saw the so-called evil spirits.

Gazing for a long while.

During this period, the evil spirits came on their own, turning into ghosts and monsters, emitting fierce roars, choosing people to devour, and rushing over one after another, but the moment they touched Xu Qing, they turned into smoke one after another, lingering in all directions.

"This place does not have the ability to kill cultivators instantly, but it can pollute the soul and consume flesh and blood. If you stay for a long time, you will be soul-scattered."

"And it is also related to the time of entry. I think when the aurora outside is dim, the fierce flames of the evil spirits here will soar."

Xu Qing sensed the surroundings, his gaze swept over all directions, and finally fell on the pool water.

A gleam of light flashed in his eyes, and ripples appeared in the pool water under his gaze. Through the ripples, for a moment, he seemed to see a stone coffin existing deep in the water pool.

"This coffin cannot be moved."

Xu Qing narrowed his eyes. Being able to be placed here until now, it can be seen that this coffin is definitely not ordinary, and this place, under his sensing, exists an inexplicable danger.

"It is also not the place of enlightenment I need."

Xu Qing pondered, and seeing that half an hour had passed, he retreated and was about to leave.

But just as his body was about to exit the valley, a cold wind blew from the pool, making all the vegetation in the valley rustle.

These sounds seemed ordinary. If a mortal were here, what they would hear would only be the sound of wind and leaves, but falling into Xu Qing's perception, they were clearly bizarre whispers.

"Thin grass in the empty forest, strands of cold rain pulling the wind."

"Thin and small lonely soul, accompanying a person."

"Lonely spring terrace, calling your name all night."

"Hazy sight, a line of lamp, revealing a peach face..."

This voice is cold and chilling, echoing in the silent, secluded valley, as if a lonely soul were calling out to someone in the Yellow Springs of the night.

At the same time, the pool water rippled, and a woman's head revealed half a face in the pool water.

Pale skin, black hair submerged in the water, a pair of equally white eyes gazing at Xu Qing.

Just for an instant, the surroundings began to freeze. The earth, grass, trees, and rock walls all became icy cold instantly, and as they spread rapidly, the entire valley distorted.

Then, the figure in the pool water disappeared, as if teleporting, appearing on the pool water.

Dressed in white.

Immediately after, the distortion rose again, and when it appeared, it was already outside the pool.

Just about to continue, but at this moment, a huge pair of scissors appeared above Xu Qing's head, and with a click.

An invisible silk thread was cut directly.

With the breaking of the silk thread, the woman's bizarre movement was also terminated.

She stood in place, separated from Xu Qing by a hundred feet, her white eyes gazing.

Xu Qing was calm from beginning to end, and at this moment spoke faintly.

"I am not the person you are looking for. If you continue to pester me, I don't mind making you unable to wait any longer."

After speaking, Xu Qing slowly retreated until he left the range of the valley, and the temperature of the surroundings gradually returned.

The valley had no more abnormalities.

Xu Qing also had no hesitation, teleported out of Ink Shishan, stood outside the mountain, and looked at the mountain.

Vaguely, he seemed to be able to sense that in the valley of this mountain, the bizarre woman just now had disappeared, and only the previous whispers were still vaguely echoing.

"The legend is fake."

"This place is not a burial place for a sword, but a seal, sealing a god."

"And being able to pollute a mountain under this seal, in this god-forbidden heaven and earth, the true strength of this god back then was at least at the peak of the Divine Platform."

Xu Qing withdrew his gaze and turned to leave.

Half a month later.

South of the center of the Western Region, 1.53 billion miles away, there is a plain named Heavenly Wind.

In the eastern part of the plain, there is a cave, with a mouth of ten thousand miles.

Down inside the cave, it becomes narrower and narrower, finally becoming a long and narrow passage, unfathomably deep.

There is an inexplicable wind in the passage, the wind power is extremely great, as if the immortal who controls the wind lives here.

And in the middle of the downward journey, one can see the cave walls carved with strange totems.

"Legend has it that these totems are the spells left by the immortal who controls the wind, recording how to guide and control the power of the wind."

"And rare and exotic beasts often appear in the cave, they shuttle in the wind, like illusion and truth."

Outside Heavenly Wind Cave, Xu Qing, who had traveled for half a month and arrived here, was standing there, looking down, the description in Yunmen Qianfan's bamboo slip appearing in his heart.

His divine sense spread out, sensing for a while, and a strange gleam appeared in his eyes.

"This place is a wonderful place, containing Dao marks of wind authority, and it is an open place for enlightenment. There are hundreds of cultivators below, all meditating..."

"The further down, the fewer people meditating, and the greater the wind power, and the totem marks are denser."

Regarding the authority of wind, Xu Qing had encountered it, and had also used his own wood Dao to simulate it to a certain extent.

So his body swayed, and he took a step down into Heavenly Wind Cave.

Sinking all the way, one could see many cultivators sitting cross-legged on the way. He didn't go, and those cultivators didn't look at him, both sides not disturbing each other.

Ten days later, Xu Qing left.

In the following months, heaven and earth were vast, the star ring was vast, and his figure had appeared in the Fire Void Mountain Range, and also on the Main Dao Cliff.

Fire Void Mountain Range, located west of the center of the Western Region, with red fire burning the sky, stretching for 90 million miles.

Within it, the mountain range is continuous, peaks are stacked, and there are many volcanic rocks on the mountain, colored like red gold, flames burning, never extinguished all year round.

Fire phoenixes occasionally circle, spraying fire and spitting mist, the sound shaking the four fields.

And there are many hot springs between the mountains, water vapor steaming, like clouds and mist.

Legend has it that in this Fire Void Mountain Range, there exists an immortal palace named Fire Void, which is the traveling palace of the Fire Void Immortal Lord among the eleven immortal lords of the Fifth Star Ring.

Those with opportunity can find the immortal palace here, and from then on, step into the sky and become a disciple of the Fire Void Immortal Lord.

It's just that from ancient times to the present, the legend is just a legend, and no one has possessed this opportunity.

Xu Qing lived in this Fire Void Mountain Range for half a month, walked through all the places, and did not have the opportunity to find the immortal palace, but in this mountain range filled with flames, his understanding of the five elements of fire significantly improved.

But what followed was a question.

"Where does the fire here come from..."

No answer.

Even if he went deep under the mountain range to explore, he still had no harvest. This fire seemed to be born, growing on this mountain range.

The word "grow" might not be very applicable, but the feeling it gave Xu Qing was just like this.

So he simply sat cross-legged, trying to comprehend.

I don't know how long it took, vaguely, as if a sun-like palace rose in his heart, and had some resonance with him.

But the next instant, his eyes were blurry, and an ethereal voice echoed in his heart.

"Your cause and effect are not in me."

With the appearance of the voice, his body was unknowingly sent outside the Fire Void Mountain Range by a strange force.

There, Xu Qing was silent for a long time, did not ask more, bowed, turned and left, heading to Main Dao Cliff.

Main Dao Cliff, also located west of the center of the Western Region, the range is blurry, Xu Qing searched for a period of time before finding it.

This cliff is like a broken giant blade, standing in a Gobi.

Alone, and abrupt.

The cliff wall is steep, like knife-cut and axe-chopped, towering into the clouds, standing on it, the clouds are under the body.

And there are ancient characters carved on the cliff, saying: "The road of the main Dao, communicating with heaven and earth."

Besides this, there is a kind of strange flower named "Main Dao" growing on the cliff.

This flower is pure white, with golden veins hidden in the petals, seemingly symbolizing the supreme Dao between heaven and earth, and its medicinal properties are also like this...

Cannot be eaten, can only be smelled.

Like smelling the Dao.

It blooms once every hundred years, and when it blooms, the fragrance is attacking people, the fragrance spreads for tens of millions of miles, and practitioners will come to the cliff to seek inspiration, hoping to break through the cultivation bottleneck.

Xu Qing didn't come at the right time, it was not the period, and it would be more than forty years until the next bloom.

So there were not many cultivators on Main Dao Cliff.

But here, Xu Qing felt that his thoughts seemed to be blessed by invisible forces, and he had more ideas.

So he, who had been wandering for half a year, chose to stay here for a period of time.

On one hand, he summarized the enlightenment of his journey, on the other hand, he calmed down and studied the soil containing spatial energy he obtained.

By this, he tried to form the glue he had seen.

During this period, he took out the divination jade slip sent by Yunmen Qianfan at parting.

Inside this jade slip, not only contained Qianfan's divination power, but also contained a... secret key.

That was a rune Xu Qing couldn't understand, revealing ancientness, filled with mystery, and seemed to have its own life, but it was dim, in an illusory state, as if it had not reached the opportunity to shine.

Gazing at this secret key, Xu Qing was thoughtful.

The mission he received at the beginning was to escort the core of the Yunmen family to the designated place. The information he knew was that someone among these people carried a secret key.

And later, from the Earth Spirit Clan, he knew that this was actually a gamble.

As for what the truth was, Xu Qing did not delve into it, but he was very sure of one point.

"When Yunmen Qianfan gave me this jade slip, I had checked it. Inside... there was no such secret key."

"This secret key condensed itself into the jade slip during this period of time."

Xu Qing pondered and put away the jade slip. No matter what this secret key was, or where the place it opened was, it was not his focus at the moment.

He prepared to set off for Earth Rule Pool, Cloud Mud Basin, and Immortal-Fallen Mountain Range after practicing on Main Dao Cliff for a period of time. The last one was rumored to be the source of the aurora.

But many times, plans often cannot keep up with changes.

The second stage of the Immortal Capital hunt, at this moment, reached a key node!

This node was also the moment that countless cultivators who knew the inside story had been waiting for and dreaming of!

This day, the aurora in the sky disappeared.

This day, four stars became the most brilliant starlight in the sky in the entire Fifth Star Ring. ===== CHAPTER 1073 =====