Main Text Chapter 956 Treasure in the Lake

h2>But Miao Yi couldn't help but wonder, who is this treasure-hider? What is the relationship with the Star Fire Art that he practiced? Why must the person who practices the Star Fire Art be designated to get the treasure?

With all kinds of doubts and thoughts, until the painting made of mountains and rivers on the ground gradually blurred to the point of being unrecognizable under the change of light and shadow, Miao Yi fell to the ground again, rushed into the deep mountains and old forests, and turned east and west all the way.

Along the way, with the cover of various terrains and deep mountains and old forests, leaving the five mantises on his body and issuing warnings in advance, he finally touched the lake hundreds of miles away.

The lakeside is lush with water plants, the lake water is green and clear, and there are birds chirping on the reeds.

Miao Yi, who hid nearby and observed for a while, collected five mantises, took out the water-repelling beads and quietly dived into the water. He searched all the way and cast spells, but found nothing, so he gradually went to the center of the lake. The closer he got to the center of the lake, the deeper the water became. After reaching the bottom of the water for hundreds of meters, Miao Yi suddenly found that the space separated by the water-repelling beads to protect him was gradually shrinking, and there was a faint "hissing" corrosion sound, and black smoke filtered out of the water and floated in.

Miao Yi was slightly startled. At first, he thought that the light was getting darker and darker under the water. At this time, he found that the lake water around this water level had become as black as ink, which was completely different from the clear water in the upper lake. Miao Yi immediately reacted that the black water below was highly poisonous!

The body protection magic circle was quickly stretched out, but it was useless! After the effectiveness of the water-repelling beads was broken, the body protection magic circle was also severely corroded with a "hissing" sound.

What is this? Miao Yi was shocked and quickly cast a spell to release the invisible flame to protect his body.

Sure enough, the inky black water immediately lost its corrosion function when it touched the invisible flame, and was successfully blocked outside Miao Yi's body.

Could this also be prepared for people who practice the Star Fire Art? Miao Yi, who was relieved, thought for a while and sank directly to the bottom of the lake. It was pitch dark around him and he couldn't see anything even with his eyes open. How could he find something? Casting spells to investigate was useless, because the black lake water could corrode his magic power and hinder his investigation.

So he rose directly out of the water, flew into the air, determined the approximate center of the lake, and then directly fell from the sky into the lake.

As a result, he found that he had made a mistake in judgment. The center of the lake seen on the lake surface was the center of the lake formed by the accumulation of water under the influence of the terrain, and it was not the same as the terrain at the bottom of the lake. There was no other way. From the previous search, it could be judged that the bottom of the lake was funnel-shaped, so he followed the terrain of the lake bottom all the way to the lowest place, preparing to find a point in the middle first, and then expand the search around this point as the center. If there was anything hidden, it should be in the deepest area.

However, once the center of the "funnel" at the bottom of the lake was found, it was discovered that there was another world at the bottom of the lake. There was a hole about ten feet in radius, and there seemed to be an underground waterway underneath.

Miao Yi, who was standing next to the hole, held a night-shining pearl to illuminate. After hesitating for a while, he finally gritted his teeth and floated down, diving slowly all the way.

As the vertical drop turned into a horizontal one, Miao Yi also wandered in the underground waterway under the lake.

After reaching the end, to be exact, he was blocked by something. Miao Yi cast a spell to use the invisible flame to push open the black water as dark as ink. He was almost shocked to see a green centipede with a body length of more than ten feet, like a green armor, curled up in a ball, locked by several transparent chains like red jade, and with dozens of red spikes as thick as arms inserted into its body. The green centipede's armor was hideous and terrifying, and it was scary to look at.

Miao Yi was wondering whether the monster was dead or alive, when he suddenly saw the monster's chewing mouth move, spewing out a jet of black mist like ink, and rushing straight at Miao Yi.

Miao Yi's shoulders shook, and another layer of invisible flame appeared on his body, blocking it! The black mist immediately burned into ash with a hiss.

It's still alive! Seeing the two huge tentacles of the curled and restrained centipede move, Miao Yi couldn't help but take a breath. How many years has this thing been trapped here? It's not dead yet?

It's not dead, but the centipede just moved twice and then became motionless again.

Miao Yi roughly understood that the black poisonous water under the lake was most likely the work of this centipede. It is very likely that the treasure hunter deliberately locked this poisonous centipede here to set up a barrier.

Needless to say, in this case, it is still alive after soaking in the water. This poisonous centipede must be an old monster, and it must be a very powerful one. Ordinary monsters can't live long in this state! Miao Yi wanted to remove the restrictions on it and ask it what was going on, but then he thought that he had a problem with his brain. It was almost like he was tired of provoking this monster without knowing the details.

This was the end, and the parallel waterway went down again, but the entrance was blocked by this giant green centipede.

He looked around and was slightly startled. He found a stone staircase carved by man on one side of the cave wall. Miao Yi, who was determined to explore, must go over and take a look. So he temporarily put down the centipede and floated up along the stone staircase. After walking dozens of meters along the winding stone staircase, he suddenly saw a very simple stone chamber. A night-shining pearl was inlaid on the top of the cave, which made the cave bright and beautiful.

Due to the terrain, the water from the underground sewer could not reach here. Miao Yi stared at a stone portrait on the stone wall opposite. He was not surprised. It was the flying woman again, but this time it was a relief. She just held a black metal ball in her hand and half-inlaid on the stone wall.

The space in the stone chamber was not large, estimated to be less than two meters in radius. Could this be the treasure place he was looking for?

Miao Yi cast a spell to scan the stone wall, but did not find any place to hide things. He was a little dumbfounded. Looking at the stone chamber, which was so small, everything he could see was right in front of him. What could be hidden? No way? Where is the treasure of the Supreme Demon? I spent so much effort, are you kidding me?

But then he thought, the treasure hunter couldn't have spent so much effort to joke around. His eyes finally fell on the black metal ball held by the flying woman. This was the only foreign object in the entire stone chamber. Upon closer inspection, he seemed to have a sense of déjà vu. Miao Yi raised his hand and grabbed the air. With a click, the black metal ball broke through the wall and was taken into his palm. He cast a spell to investigate and found that there was something strange. It was a simple magic weapon.

Under the injection of magic power, the black metal ball suddenly crackled and unfolded. Miao Yi was immediately ecstatic. Could this be the Great Demon Unparalleled Art of the Earth Department?

However, when the black metal ball was completely unfolded in his palm, he looked at it and was dumbfounded again. He cried out: "Son of a bitch! Are you kidding me?"

In his palm was a map, the same as the one he had seen in Zhongli Kuai's hand. Next to it was a picture of a flying woman with two lines of words: The road of immortal heroes has not yet ended, the sea of ​​blood has no end, and the white bone boat is boundless!

The most annoying thing is that the two words on the map are also clearly "demon" and "earth".

Is it the earth-character department's great demon unparalleled art? Miao Yi felt crazy. He spent so much effort and was even targeted by the group of heroes. He spent several years to find a map that is exactly the same as the one in the hands of Tianxing Palace? Isn't this a joke!

Miao Yi wanted to smash this broken map in anger, but soon he said "huh" again, his eyes locked on the map, and gradually found the difference from the map in the hands of Tianxing Palace, that is, the map without pictures and words. The map in Tianxing Palace's hand, at least the copy, he had studied carefully. Not to mention the difference in the star coordinate map, at least the mark between the three mountains on that map was not on this one, and this one marked another place.

After careful confirmation, Miao Yi was really at a loss whether to laugh or cry. It seemed that the purpose of that map was to find this map. Was it necessary to go around in circles like this? Wouldn't it be another map after finding another place according to the map?

Miao Yi still felt that he was fooled and still wanted to destroy the map, but it was just a thought. He really couldn't do it. After turning around in the stone chamber for a few circles, he picked up the map again to study it, and stayed in this stone cave for a day.

After a day, Miao Yi, who was dizzy, gave up. It was easy to understand the detailed map of the destination, but he really didn't know how to start with the star map outside the destination. The universe was so big, and he was not very familiar with the big world. It was inconvenient to take it out for others to study. Who knew where the star map above was!

He was unwilling to give up, but he didn't know where to start his own research. After thinking it over, he decided to go to Tianxing Palace. They had experience in cracking the previous map. He could find a way to ask them how to do it. It would be a good opportunity to let them escort him away from here. It would be safer to stay in Tianxing Palace than here. At least he had a relationship with them. He couldn't guarantee what was going on here, so it would be better to leave as soon as possible.

So he took out the star bell and contacted Zhongli Kuai. Only after Zhongli Kuai's reply did Miao Yi feel relieved.

He turned around and took out another jade disc. Compared with the map in his hand, he copied the star map on it, but the map of the specific destination was naturally omitted. As long as he found the position of the starry sky on the map, the rest would be simple.

After doing all this, Miao Yi looked around the stone room, strode away, and once again hid in the black water. He once again looked at the huge and ferocious green-armored centipede. In the end, without knowing the details, he gave up the idea of ​​provoking it. He returned to the lake along the original path, broke through the water, and returned directly to the territory of the elf tribe.

A few days later, Zhongli Kuai did not come, but Mingzhao came again, and brought two junior brothers who were also in the Color Lotus Realm. Naturally, it was to guard against the Heroes' Meeting.

As soon as they met, Mingzhao frowned and asked, "Why are you back again?"

Miao Yi felt a little embarrassed. It was estimated that if Tianxing Palace had not seen the cooperation with Zhengqi Grocery Store, it would be unlikely that three masters in the Color Lotus Realm would be dispatched to rescue him for him. After all, Miao Yi was nothing in their eyes, and they were just repaying the favor of Zhengqi Grocery Store.

"I didn't want to come back either. I was blocked by them. I fled to Zhengqimen, but they couldn't stop me. I was afraid that they had already made preparations in advance when I went to Tianxing Palace. I had no choice but to flee back here and ask Elder Musen for protection at Muxing Palace. Otherwise, I would have fallen into the hands of the Heroes' Association." Miao Yi could only explain it this way. He couldn't say that he came back to look for treasure. r1152

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