The night scene resembled clear waters, and the shadows loomed over the vast northwest land .
A heavy snowfall covered the whole prairie, giving it a silvery white sheen and it looked very enchanting .
A full moon hung in the sky . In the moonlight, a figure clothed in cyan walked briskly in the seemingly unending field of snow . A breeze blew against the green cloth, but it was only a slight one and merely lifted up a corner of it and did not blow on his face .
A big Silver Wolf tailed behind him meekly, uttering a low whimper from time to time .
"Little Du, we've been walking for a very long time . Is it here?"
"Huh, huh, huh, al-al-al-almost, almost there, there!" After a few exhalations, Little Du replied in a human voice . Although his speech was not fluent, it would have been a shock to anyone who heard it . What did it mean when an evil beast was able to converse in the human tongue?
Demons were different from evil beasts .
Some monsters and evil beasts outside of the Seven-deity Regions were born conversant in the human language, because their ancestors were powerful monsters from long ago . Thus, not only were they able to converse in the human tongue, but they were similar in appearance to human beings as well . But Little Du was different . It had only a slight trace of the evil beast's bloodline from ancient times . His ancestors had lived in the Misty Mountain, and in fact, they were almost indistinguishable from ordinary wolves . There was actually no difference at all . Generally speaking, this kind of evil beasts were able to converse in the human tongue only when they broke through the Mysterious Realm and became an Individual Immortal . To a.s.sume a human shape was even more difficult, because they have to go through the purification of Thunder Tribulation and become a Genuine Immortal first . However, Little Du whose strength was between Level Eight to Level Nine was able to speak in the human tongue ready . It was really amazing .
"Here?" Zhou Bao suddenly stopped . In front of him was a huge canyon covered with snow . As he approached, he found that the canyon was deep and foggy, but Zhou Bao's magical eyes were able to see through it .
He looked directly and saw the layout of the canyon clearly .
There was not much difference between this canyon and the other canyons in the northwest . They were all deserted and desolate . The only difference was that there was a well at the bottom of this canyon .
Yes, a well, dug entirely by human effort but it had dried up already for years .
It was totally unnatural to have a well located in such a place .
That was why Little Du notified Zhou Bao about it .
"Good job, Little Du!" Zhou Bao nodded . In a flash, he descended to the well at bottom of the canyon .
It was really an ancient well . Its mouth was narrow, made of ordinary bluestone, and was nothing special . Zhou Bao touched it and found it to be extremely cool, due to the surrounding environment and also the material it was made from .
Standing at the mouth of the well, Zhou Bao couldn't sense any abnormality in the well .
But that did not mean it was any ordinary well .
"Eh?" Pressing himself to the edge of the well, Zhou Bao spotted an abnormality . A faint force seemed to seep out from the seemingly ordinary bluestone, pitting itself against his strength, which ensured that the well's edge held fast .
This was not what ordinary bluestones could do .
"It's a formation! This well seems to be protected by a formation!" Reflecting on this, Zhou Bao walked away from the edge and began to look around intently . As expected, a moment later, he noticed something awry, and extreme shock replaced the easygoing expression on his face .
"A formation, completely set up by the essence of the world? How could this be?"
No wonder he was shocked . Because as far as he knew, there were many formations in the world, but they all needed materials and tools . For example, his Yin and Yang Dust Formation, though powerful, required an enormous amount of materials . Even a mediocre small formation required a lot of materials . Here, however, this formation, which was of medium size but exquisite and arcane, was totally made up of the essence of the world, without even using any forms of material . How could that be?
If it could be done in this way, it would be possible to bring along all types of formations with you, and once you reached a place and did some configurations with the essence of the world, the formation would be completed . This was totally insane!
Zhou Bao's heart began to thump wildly . He was not very proficient in formations, but he could grasp the aftermath of this method of setting up any formation .
"If I master this method of setting up any formation, there is no one I need to fear!" I can travel around with the Yin and Yang Dust Formation and be totally invincible . I can wipe out the d.a.m.n Divine Wind Palace!" he murmured deep down in his heart . However, he dared not touch those formation suppressions, but circled around the mouth of the well twice . Then he picked up a stone from the ground and threw it into the well where it landed with a plop .
The stone fell directly to the bottom of the well with a thump, and seemed to bounce back . Then nothing happened .
Once again, Zhou Bao put his hand into the mouth of the well, and mimed the act of catching something . But all he grasped was air, as if he had reached into the mouth of any ordinary well .
"Interesting!" He turned his head to look at Little Du, and Little Du gave him a perplexed look, "I, I, I also, also tried . You can do anything, but you, you can't get into the well!"
You could not get in!
This was what he learned from Little Du .
A very strange well that people could not get into .
After pondering over it, Zhou Bao gritted his teeth and jumped into the well . But in the next moment, he bounced back up to the top of the well .
"What a smart Five Elements Reversing Formation!" This formation caused him to disappear and appear . After one try, Zhou Bao could grasp a little of the workings of the mysterious formation . He found out that this formation had created a perfect spatial loop in the well . No matter how you tried to get into the well, it would just reverse your action and you ended up where you started because of this particular, fixed loop .
Zhou Bao had not mastered the art of this formation, but he was highly attuned to the senses of s.p.a.ce and the spatial fluctuation could not block his spiritual mind .
"This formation seems to work only for living things!" Zhou Bao thought to himself and had an enlightening thought . He launched the Snake-like Breath Holding Skill to restrain his spirit, thus making himself like a stone statue, without any breath of life . Then with a flop, he fell into the well .
This time, the formation did not launch him back but instead allowed him to fall into the bottom of the well .
The bottom of the well was much wider than the top, but it was still quite small with just enough s.p.a.ce for him to stretch himself . The stone he had thrown earlier was a little way to the side . When he looked up, he saw Little Du looking around and purring at the mouth of the well .
Waving to Little Du, Zhou Bao began to take a close look around the bottom .
His first impression of the well was that it was dry and primitive; the second impression was that it appeared to be a rather odd place .
He could clearly sense that the bottom of the well was the Formation Eye of the formation, because not far from his feet, a ball of pneuma gathered, flowing around an ingenious track . The pneuma was of a common type, but the flow was smooth and endless, containing the most profound truths of Great Ways . It was one thing to see and another to understand how it was done .
Zhou Bao knew that there were a lot of truths in it, but he did not understand how it worked . This level of truth was not something he understood . The only thing he could do was to focus on the track of the pneuma he felt and the wonderful feeling coming out of it .
"Who has set this formation and what's the use of it? Just to show his ability to set a formation?" After a thorough examination of the bottom of the well, Zhou Bao found nothing, and felt a little discouraged .
He knew that some of the mighty ones in this world had decidedly queer temperaments, but there was a limit . Was there really someone who was so eccentric that he set up such a puzzling formation here? Or, did he lack the power to solve the mystery?
Zhou Bao had a fair sense of what he expected and also some ideas on the next move . "Hump, I don't believe that with my combat capability of a Genuine Immortal and inheritance of the Innate Deity, I am unable to undo a formation! Then let me try using brute force!"
Zhou Bao was never lacking in brute force . His eyes narrowed slightly and the dark golden Gang Qi flowed out of him . Raising his hand, a blow of the Great Fusion Technic hit the stone wall at the bottom .
"Swish—" The sounds were familiar to the sounds that issued forth when Zhou Bao was practicing the Three Realms Division in the beginning . The Great Fusion Technic that could fuse s.p.a.ce had just risen in the wall and disappeared .
But Zhou Bao could still feel the violent spatial fluctuation surrounding him .
"There's hope!" Zhou Bao was inspired . Then he successively launched the Great Fusion Technic three times, each time with more effort . Given such continuous strong attacks, even this extremely mystery formation could not hold on for too long . After all, it was not a big formation but a common Five Elements Reversing Formation . Being attacked successively by Great Fusion Technic, the flow of pneuma in the formation began to stagnate, and its flow was not as smooth as before . After a careful observation, Zhou Bao gave a faint smile . Then he swished his hand in a wave, but this time he was not using the Great Fusion Technic but the s.p.a.ce Division Skill . A crack appeared in the formation and a pa.s.sageway opened up . Without any hesitation, Zhou Bao entered this pa.s.sageway and the next moment, he found himself in a fantastic place .
"It's underground?"
Zhou Bao took one glance of the surrounding environment, and saw that he was in an underground cave . The cave was not a natural cave but a man-made cave . Before he could react, the Dragon Chimera Fire in his body stirred uneasily, and a great rapacity came over him .
"This is, dragon, dragon vein!"
Zhou Bao looked into the center of the cave with great horror . There were corpses of some large creatures bound in thick black chains, hanging in the air . The end of the chain stretched out into the infinite hollow .
Chapter 392 Dragon taming RuinsTranslator Transn Editor TransnThe night scene resembled clear waters, and the shadows loomed over the vast northwest land . A heavy snowfall covered the whole prairie, giving it a silvery white sheen and it looked very enchanting . A full moon hung in the sky . In the moonlight, a figure clothed in cyan walked briskly in the seemingly unending field of snow . A breeze blew against the green cloth, but it was only a slight one and merely lifted up a corner of it and did not blow on his face . A big Silver Wolf tailed behind him meekly, uttering a low whimper from time to time . Little Du, we ve been walking for a very long time . Is it here Huh, huh, huh, al al al almost, almost there, there After a few exhalations, Little Du replied in a human voice . Although his speech was not fluent, it would have been a shock to anyone who heard it . What did it mean when an evil beast was able to converse in the human tongue Demons were different from evil beasts . Some monsters and evil beasts outside of the Seven deity Regions were born conversant in the human language, because their ancestors were powerful monsters from long ago . Thus, not only were they able to converse in the human tongue, but they were similar in appearance to human beings as well . But Little Du was different . It had only a slight trace of the evil beast s bloodline from ancient times . His ancestors had lived in the Misty Mountain, and in fact, they were almost indistinguishable from ordinary wolves . There was actually no difference at all . Generally speaking, this kind of evil beasts were able to converse in the human tongue only when they broke through the Mysterious Realm and became an Individual Immortal . To a.s.sume a human shape was even more difficult, because they have to go through the purification of Thunder Tribulation and become a Genuine Immortal first . However, Little Du whose strength was between Level Eight to Level Nine was able to speak in the human tongue ready . It was really amazing . Here Zhou Bao suddenly stopped . In front of him was a huge canyon covered with snow . As he approached, he found that the canyon was deep and foggy, but Zhou Bao s magical eyes were able to see through it . He looked directly and saw the layout of the canyon clearly . There was not much difference between this canyon and the other canyons in the northwest . They were all deserted and desolate . The only difference was that there was a well at the bottom of this canyon . Yes, a well, dug entirely by human effort but it had dried up already for years . It was totally unnatural to have a well located in such a place . That was why Little Du notified Zhou Bao about it . Good job, Little Du Zhou Bao nodded . In a flash, he descended to the well at bottom of the canyon . It was really an ancient well . Its mouth was narrow, made of ordinary bluestone, and was nothing special . Zhou Bao touched it and found it to be extremely cool, due to the surrounding environment and also the material it was made from . Standing at the mouth of the well, Zhou Bao couldn t sense any abnormality in the well . But that did not mean it was any ordinary well . Eh Pressing himself to the edge of the well, Zhou Bao spotted an abnormality . A faint force seemed to seep out from the seemingly ordinary bluestone, pitting itself against his strength, which ensured that the well s edge held fast . This was not what ordinary bluestones could do . It s a formation This well seems to be protected by a formation Reflecting on this, Zhou Bao walked away from the edge and began to look around intently . As expected, a moment later, he noticed something awry, and extreme shock replaced the easygoing expression on his face . A formation, completely set up by the essence of the world How could this be No wonder he was shocked . Because as far as he knew, there were many formations in the world, but they all needed materials and tools . For example, his Yin and Yang Dust Formation, though powerful, required an enormous amount of materials . Even a mediocre small formation required a lot of materials . Here, however, this formation, which was of medium size but exquisite and arcane, was totally made up of the essence of the world, without even using any forms of material . How could that be If it could be done in this way, it would be possible to bring along all types of formations with you, and once you reached a place and did some configurations with the essence of the world, the formation would be completed . This was totally insane Zhou Bao s heart began to thump wildly . He was not very proficient in formations, but he could grasp the aftermath of this method of setting up any formation . If I master this method of setting up any formation, there is no one I need to fear I can travel around with the Yin and Yang Dust Formation and be totally invincible . I can wipe out the d.a.m.n Divine Wind Palace he murmured deep down in his heart . However, he dared not touch those formation suppressions, but circled around the mouth of the well twice . Then he picked up a stone from the ground and threw it into the well where it landed with a plop . The stone fell directly to the bottom of the well with a thump, and seemed to bounce back . Then nothing happened . Once again, Zhou Bao put his hand into the mouth of the well, and mimed the act of catching something . But all he grasped was air, as if he had reached into the mouth of any ordinary well . Interesting He turned his head to look at Little Du, and Little Du gave him a perplexed look, I, I, I also, also tried . You can do anything, but you, you can t get into the well You could not get in This was what he learned from Little Du . A very strange well that people could not get into . After pondering over it, Zhou Bao gritted his teeth and jumped into the well . But in the next moment, he bounced back up to the top of the well . What a smart Five Elements Reversing Formation This formation caused him to disappear and appear . After one try, Zhou Bao could grasp a little of the workings of the mysterious formation . He found out that this formation had created a perfect spatial loop in the well . No matter how you tried to get into the well, it would just reverse your action and you ended up where you started because of this particular, fixed loop . Zhou Bao had not mastered the art of this formation, but he was highly attuned to the senses of s.p.a.ce and the spatial fluctuation could not block his spiritual mind . This formation seems to work only for living things Zhou Bao thought to himself and had an enlightening thought . He launched the Snake like Breath Holding Skill to restrain his spirit, thus making himself like a stone statue, without any breath of life . Then with a flop, he fell into the well . This time, the formation did not launch him back but instead allowed him to fall into the bottom of the well . The bottom of the well was much wider than the top, but it was still quite small with just enough s.p.a.ce for him to stretch himself . The stone he had thrown earlier was a little way to the side . When he looked up, he saw Little Du looking around and purring at the mouth of the well . Waving to Little Du, Zhou Bao began to take a close look around the bottom . His first impression of the well was that it was dry and primitive the second impression was that it appeared to be a rather odd place . He could clearly sense that the bottom of the well was the Formation Eye of the formation, because not far from his feet, a ball of pneuma gathered, flowing around an ingenious track . The pneuma was of a common type, but the flow was smooth and endless, containing the most profound truths of Great Ways . It was one thing to see and another to understand how it was done . Zhou Bao knew that there were a lot of truths in it, but he did not understand how it worked . This level of truth was not something he understood . The only thing he could do was to focus on the track of the pneuma he felt and the wonderful feeling coming out of it . Who has set this formation and what s the use of it Just to show his ability to set a formation After a thorough examination of the bottom of the well, Zhou Bao found nothing, and felt a little discouraged . He knew that some of the mighty ones in this world had decidedly queer temperaments, but there was a limit . Was there really someone who was so eccentric that he set up such a puzzling formation here Or, did he lack the power to solve the mystery Zhou Bao had a fair sense of what he expected and also some ideas on the next move . Hump, I don t believe that with my combat capability of a Genuine Immortal and inheritance of the Innate Deity, I am unable to undo a formation Then let me try using brute force Zhou Bao was never lacking in brute force . His eyes narrowed slightly and the dark golden Gang Qi flowed out of him . Raising his hand, a blow of the Great Fusion Technic hit the stone wall at the bottom . Swish The sounds were familiar to the sounds that issued forth when Zhou Bao was practicing the Three Realms Division in the beginning . The Great Fusion Technic that could fuse s.p.a.ce had just risen in the wall and disappeared . But Zhou Bao could still feel the violent spatial fluctuation surrounding him . There s hope Zhou Bao was inspired . Then he successively launched the Great Fusion Technic three times, each time with more effort . Given such continuous strong attacks, even this extremely mystery formation could not hold on for too long . After all, it was not a big formation but a common Five Elements Reversing Formation . Being attacked successively by Great Fusion Technic, the flow of pneuma in the formation began to stagnate, and its flow was not as smooth as before . After a careful observation, Zhou Bao gave a faint smile . Then he swished his hand in a wave, but this time he was not using the Great Fusion Technic but the s.p.a.ce Division Skill . A crack appeared in the formation and a pa.s.sageway opened up . Without any hesitation, Zhou Bao entered this pa.s.sageway and the next moment, he found himself in a fantastic place . It s underground Zhou Bao took one glance of the surrounding environment, and saw that he was in an underground cave . The cave was not a natural cave but a man made cave . Before he could react, the Dragon Chimera Fire in his body stirred uneasily, and a great rapacity came over him . This is, dragon, dragon vein Zhou Bao looked into the center of the cave with great horror . There were corpses of some large creatures bound in thick black chains, hanging in the air . The end of the chain stretched out into the infinite hollow .