Chapter 427 Black Fire Lotus

Wu Shidao then took out the brocade bag and handed it to Duan Rong.

Duan Rong took the brocade bag, clasped his fists and said, "Thank you, Senior Brother Wu."

Wu Shidao smiled and said, "You and I are from the same school, so you don't have to be polite, Junior Brother."

Duan Rong's eyes moved and he said, "By the way, Senior Brother Wu, where did the statue of Acala in our secret training room come from? It's a bit strange to be alone there."

Wu Shidao's heart skipped a beat. This guy really has a lot of questions. However, he still smiled and said, "The statue of Acala was originally there. There was originally a secret room there. As for the secret room for the disciples, it was rebuilt on the basis of the original secret room."

As expected, Duan Rong looked clear and continued to ask, "When I was testing in the Valley, I also saw the statue of Acala. However, I remember that there were four statues in the Valley, standing in four dimensions. It should have been like this here originally, right? Since it was rebuilt, where are the other three statues?"

Master Wu replied, "The other three were naturally improved in the secret room for cultivation. Two of them are in the remaining two empty secret rooms, and the other one is in the secret room for cultivation of Senior Sister Fan."

"I'm just a little curious. Thank you, Senior Brother Wu, for answering my doubts." Duan Rong smiled.

Master Wu said, "Junior brother, you are not only a hard-working person, but also have a strong desire to get to the bottom of things. You will surely be a dragon and elephant in our sect in the future."

"Brother, you are too kind! I will not bother you anymore! I will return this geomancy map to you after studying it."

"It's not urgent. You can take your time to look at it. It's okay."

"Thank you, brother! Goodbye!" Duan Rong clasped his fists and turned to leave.

Duan Rong muttered as he walked in the corridor. The two empty training chambers were not so bad, but there was still one in Fan Hongjiao's training chamber, which was a bit troublesome. There was no difference between missing one or three, because they were all incomplete and could not be practiced at all.

Duan Rong thought so, and took the brocade bag back to his room in the pavilion. The scroll of the strange beast book and the ancient geomancy map in the training chamber had also been taken out by Duan Rong from the training chamber.

Sitting in front of the desk, he unfolded the ancient geomancy map and the map he had just taken from Wu Shidao, and looked at them together.

For the past month, Duan Rong has been concentrating on hard training, but he has never even turned over the geomancy map.

At this time, a cursory look at it has already shocked him.

The dark forest under the ground is actually nearly a thousand miles in radius, which is almost as vast as the endless mountains of Changliu Mountain Range.

"This is simply an underground world!"

Duan Rong looked at the map unfolded on the desk in front of him, his eyes were astonished.

Now it seems that the place they entered last time was just the edge of the edge, the outer edge of the outer edge.

Duan Rong then discovered that Wu Shidao's soft animal skin map was only about one-tenth of the entire map, and was in the southwest corner, extending outward from the falling point of Yunfu Peak.

Duan Rong mixed the pen, ink and pigment, and moved all the markings on Wu Shidao's geomancy map to his own ancient map.

Wu Shidao's annotations were quite detailed, and Duan Rong only picked out the most important information to copy.

As he was copying, Duan Rong's eyebrows suddenly jumped.

"Black Fire Lotus?!"

The lotus seeds of the black fire lotus are the auxiliary medicine for practicing the twelfth level of the Taizang Sutra.

In fact, as the elder's direct disciple, with this level of status. Such medicine should also be provided by the sect. But once it is obtained through the sect, wouldn't it expose the fact that he has practiced to the twelfth level of the Taizang Sutra?

Therefore, Duan Rong had already decided that he would get the lotus seeds of the black fire lotus himself. However, he didn't have time to collect information in this regard. Unexpectedly, he had already obtained this key information on Wu Shidao's geomancy map.

From the information marked by Wu Shidao, the place where the black fire lotus grows is also occupied by fire toads and fire weasels. Both of them are low-level Yuan beasts and feed on black fire lotus.

Next to Wu Shidao's information, the word "difficult" was also noted. Wu Shidao is a warrior in the cyclone realm. If he finds it difficult to deal with these two beasts, then these two beasts may not be easy to deal with. Moreover, the two-legged mad python is also a low-level Yuan beast, which almost killed Wu Shidao.

It seems that the matter of taking the black fire lotus seeds has to be put aside for a while. He has not yet achieved the first level of the Yuanqi realm. Even if he has the means to suppress the Yuan beasts, if he goes so deep into the dark forest and has to face two difficult Yuan beasts, it is estimated that there is a high probability that he will die.

Why take the risk?

Let's wait and see about this matter.

Duan Rong studied the geomancy map and the scroll of the strange beast book in the room. He sat in the room for several days.

During this period, Lu Geng and Wang Yue came to chat with him.

The two soon discovered that Duan Rong was not only crazy about cultivation, but also worked hard on studying these things, sitting for several days.

Such boring things, no matter how they are, who can't sit still! ?

A few days later, Duan Rong had basically gained a detailed understanding of the terrain near the crash site of Yunfu Peak, as well as the distribution and habits of the Yuan beasts.

That day, Lu Geng came to see him again and brought him a plate of mountain fruits.

Lu Geng smiled and said, "Little Junior Brother, come, eat some fruit and take a rest."

Duan Rong said, "Thank you, Senior Brother Lu." He took two fruits from the plate, handed one to Lu Geng, and took a bite of the other, and the juice immediately filled his mouth.

Lu Geng also took a bite and asked, "Junior brother, how is the study of this geomancy map going?"

Duan Rong took a look and said, "It's almost done."

"Junior brother, I'm a little curious, why are you studying this thing? And you're working so hard."

Duan Rong bit the berry in his mouth and smiled, "I said it's a hobby. I just love to study this thing, do you believe it, senior brother?"

Duan Rong's words were not all nonsense. Looking at maps is indeed his hobby. He has liked doing this since he was a child. If he can choose a subject that can be described as likable among all subjects, for him, it is geography.

Hearing this, Lu Geng was slightly startled and said, "I believe it! Senior Brother Wu is such a person, just like you, studying this thing and sitting for several days. Otherwise, how do you think the geomantic map came out?"

Duan Rong's eyes moved. Indeed, the geomantic map of Master Wu was extremely detailed, and even some of the information was useless for them to capture the Yuan Beast, but Master Wu would also mark it down.

"It seems that this Senior Brother Wu is a fellow practitioner!" Duan Rong sighed, and suddenly seemed to remember something. He looked at Lu Geng and asked, "By the way, Senior Brother Lu, are the keys to the other two empty training chambers also with you?"

Lu Geng looked at Duan Rong with a strange look in his eyes and said, "What's wrong, Junior Brother? Do you think the training chamber that Senior Brother chose for you is not good? Junior Brother, let me tell you, there are statues in the other two training chambers. I specially chose a clean one for you."

"No. Senior Brother, don't misunderstand." Duan Rong said, "I saw these four statues when I was testing in Yougu. I am a little curious, why does the sect have these four statues? What are the uses of these statues?"

Lu Geng smiled awkwardly and said, "Junior Brother is indeed a thoughtful person!"

Lu Geng had practiced the Taizang Sutra and achieved the second level, so he naturally knew what the four statues were used for. But at this time, Duan Rong had obviously not been taught the Taizang Sutra, so he didn't want to reveal it. Even though Duan Rong was so talented that he would be taught the Taizang Sutra sooner or later, he told him before he was taught that it was a leak of secrets and he would be severely punished. After all, this matter was related to the core skills of the sect, and it had always been dealt with severely.

Lu Geng had no idea that Duan Rong said so because he knew that he had practiced the Taizang Sutra.

After a while, Lu Geng handed the keys of the remaining two training chambers to Duan Rong.

Duan Rong took the keys and went to the back of the hall on the first floor of the pavilion and entered the training chamber space.

He stood there, staring at the other two empty training chambers, one next to his own, and the other between Wu Shidao and Wang Yue's training chambers.

In fact, just based on the orientation of the two empty training chambers and the Acalanatha statue beside him, Duan Rong had basically determined what kind of statues were in the two empty training chambers.

Duan Rong walked slowly to the stone door of a secret room for cultivation, inserted the key in his hand into a hole of the animal pattern on the stone door, and turned it with great effort for half a circle.

Amidst the falling of stone chips, the stone door swayed and opened, and Duan Rong walked in and lit the candle on the stone wall with a fire stick.

When the dim light filled the secret room for cultivation, Duan Rong's eyes had already looked to a corner, and saw a statue standing there.

The size of this statue was the same as that of the statue of Acala outside.

These four statues were obviously originally constructed into a mandala for cultivating the Taizang Sutra, but for some unknown reason, this mandala was abandoned and then converted into a secret room for cultivation.

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Before Duan Rong came in, he had roughly determined that the statue of Vajra Yaksha Mingwang, which was located in the north of the altar, should be in this secret room for cultivation.

However, this empty secret room for cultivation was also full of dust, especially the statue, which was covered with a thick layer of dust. Even the eyes, nose bridge and some decorations were difficult to identify. Duan Rong couldn't tell for a while whether this statue was Vajra Yaksha Mingwang.

He walked over slowly and stood beside the statue in the corner. Duan Rong didn't care about the dirt on the surface of the statue, and directly pressed his palm on it, thinking in his heart: "Read the spirit of the instrument!"

Then, a set of data appeared in front of Duan Rong.

It was indeed Vajra Yaksha Mingwang!

Artifact: Vajra Yaksha Mingwang Stone Statue

Artifact Spirit Level: Level 10

Devouring Requirements: Host Spiritual Power Level 10 (Satisfied)

Devouring Effect: Garbha Sutra 13th Level (Incomplete), Garbha Sutra 14th Level (Incomplete), Garbha Sutra 15th Level (Incomplete)

"Devouring!"

As Duan Rong said in his heart, the data panel in front of him collapsed and disappeared. At this time, for some unknown reason, the dust on the statue actually fell off.

Duan Rong was startled and stepped back a few steps, looking at the statue in astonishment. The statue of Vajra Yaksha Mingwang was angry and ugly. Some of the dust fell off here, revealing its true appearance, which made Duan Rong's heart beat wildly.

He never knew that when devouring the spirit of the artifact, the artifact would actually react! ?

Otherwise, why would the dust on the statue suddenly fall?

There is no wind in this secret room!

There is only one explanation, that spiritual power or the soul can have a slight impact on the material world, and this impact is so subtle that it is difficult to show, so Duan Rong has never noticed it.

If this statue had not been placed in a closed space for many years and covered with thick dust, it would have only dropped a little dust at that moment.

It was as if the statue trembled slightly at the moment when Duan Rong devoured it.

Duan Rong stared at the statue in front of him in a daze, and the more he looked at it, the more he felt scared.

The statue still looked hideous and ugly, and such a strange thing suddenly happened. If a timid person, he would probably have peed himself.

Duan Rong looked at it for a while, and confirmed that there was nothing wrong with the statue, and then he felt relieved. This phenomenon can only be studied slowly in the future. He extinguished the candle and left the secret room for cultivation.

When the stone door behind him slowly closed, Duan Rong actually breathed a sigh of relief. In his previous life, he had watched many horror movies, and at that moment, he really felt a little terrified.

At this time, Duan Rong calmed down a little. He thought that the phenomenon just now might be a certain reaction when the artifact and the artifact spirit were separated.

Although the artifact spirit is something at the level of the soul, when it was extracted, the artifact itself also underwent some subtle changes at that moment.

The artifact spirit is also a kind of spirit after all!

They are just a kind of soul existence formed by the human soul imprint eroding the artifact, but they have not produced an independent will.

Wait!

Not produced does not mean that it will not be produced!

Perhaps the highest level of artifact spirit is one with spiritual intelligence and independent will, and it has even evolved with it and become a kind of organism.

At that time, wouldn’t Duan Rong’s swallowing be equivalent to eating a spirit alive?

Although Duan Rong was a little scared, he could not give up the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth levels of the Taizang Sutra.

As long as he suppressed the horror in his heart, he walked into another controlled training chamber again and quickly devoured the spirit of the statue. At the moment when the dust fell, Duan Rong ran out in a panic.

Duan Rong stood there and glanced at the stone door of Fan Hongjiao's training chamber. There was only one statue missing. However, Fan Hongjiao was not in the chamber, so he could only find a chance later.

Duan Rong left the training chamber and returned to his room in the pavilion. He ordered food and had a full meal.

After eating and drinking, he lay on the bed.

Before entering the dark forest alone, he had to adjust his state first, at least get a good sleep and rest.

Duan Rong slept until the next day. When the sun was high in the sky, he got up from the bed. He stretched and felt refreshed in his head. The spirits of the two statues swallowed yesterday had obviously been digested and absorbed.

Although he had gathered the spirits of the three statues, the three levels of the Taizang Sutra in his mind were still a quarter incomplete.

However, Duan Rong no longer had the energy to pay attention to this matter. He had to prepare and then go down to the dark forest.