bayedsolid Chapter 304: Skyfire Desert, a beautiful yet difficult world! ! (Part )
Chapter 304: Skyfire Desert, a beautiful yet difficult world! ! (Part )
The next day, Yun Bai and his five companions set out on a journey to find the second Void Secret Realm. In order to avoid the sadness of parting, the elders did not see them off, but stood at the window and silently watched the backs of the young people, sending them blessings in their hearts.
This world has two "centers", one of which is the political center, which is the current headquarters of the World Alliance, and the other is the spatial center, which is the vast and boundless Jiuding Desert. It is said that a great man in the upper realm refined a heaven-shaking divine pill, but an accident occurred when the divine pill was produced, causing all nine pill furnace arrays to collapse. The power of the collapse was so great that it actually broke through the power of the plane and fell down, eventually forming nine connected desert areas. When looking down, the nine deserts are like the mouths of nine giant tripods. Hence the name Jiuding Desert.
And in the center of the desert, which is the core area of the fifth "Dingkou", there is a peculiar place. That is the destination of Yun Bai and his four companions, the Tianhuo Desert.
The reason why the Skyfire Desert is so strange is that although it is in the desert, there is not a single grain of sand on the ground, it is all red clay, the only plants and even animals here are all red - even the water is red. The most amazing thing is that there is a lake of fire here, the flames there are in the form of flowing water, from a distance it looks like a red lake, but when you get closer you will find that it is full of flames that can melt steel instantly.
The temperature difference between day and night here is also particularly large. The highest temperature during the day is 170 to 180 degrees Celsius, and especially during the hottest time, it can reach 300 degrees Celsius, and you can see the strange sight of three suns hanging in the sky; however, once the sun sets below the horizon, the temperature will drop sharply to below freezing, and even the blazing lake of fire will turn into an "ice and fire lake", which is extremely magical.
Due to this peculiar natural condition, there are all kinds of strange creatures and landforms here, such as fish that can spit fire, mushrooms that can make it rain, scorpions that are born during the day and die at night, ceramic mountains and crystal caves that can be seen everywhere... and also indigenous people who live thousands of meters underground and hide during the day and come out at night.
It can be said that the creatures that can survive in such a harsh environment are extremely tenacious and have a unique way of survival. Among them, the most typical one is the most famous spiritual plant in this area - the wind-rolling hydrangea.
Wind-rolling hydrangea is a very peculiar spiritual plant. Its growth cycle is very short. It only takes three months of rainy season for the seeds to germinate, and then it quickly grows taller, blooms, and bears fruit. When the rainy season is about to end, the whole plant and the fruit will quickly dry up and dehydrate, concentrating all the essence of life into the seeds. Once the dry season comes, the seeds will absorb a large amount of fire energy and store it. Due to severe dehydration, the plant has become very light and can be blown away by a gust of wind. In this process, the seeds will be carried to any place by the wind, fall to the ground, and hide deeply in the soil, waiting for the rainy season to come.
Seed germination is not only a means for the Feng Gun Hydrangea to reproduce, but also a process of advancement. Every time a seed is bred, it is equivalent to their rebirth. Among the tens of thousands of seeds produced each time, there may be one that successfully inherits the heritage of the previous generation. When it germinates, the grade will be higher than the previous generation. In this way, it can be said that all Feng Gun Hydrangeas that can advance to the middle grade or above are the ones that are finally born after millions of natural selection. Their strength - especially the strength of their soul power, can be ranked among the best in the entire spiritual plant world.
As for Mu Yinghun, this distant relative, who should be called uncle in terms of seniority, is Mu Fenghun, a ninth-grade spiritual practitioner who has achieved great success in his cultivation by transforming into Feng Gun Xiuqiu.
Because they had plenty of time, Yun Bai and his companions did not rush. Instead, they calculated the time and arrived at the Skyfire Desert just in time for the rainy season. Even though they had done enough research on this place along the way, they could not help but be shocked by the scene before their eyes.
Red! This is their first impression. Everything they see is red to varying degrees: red stones, red plants, red animals, red mountains, red water, and even the clouds are red! The brighter the color, the higher the temperature there!
Hot! This was their second feeling. Even though it was already the rainy season, the daytime temperature was still around 50 degrees. Although there was no sun at all, why was it still so hot? After a little feeling, they guessed it roughly - it turned out that the space here contained extremely rich fire elements, and the content of fire elements here was almost dozens of times that of the outside world! If it weren't for the heavy rain in the sky, the temperature would probably be at least over degrees now!
The five people quickly activated the protective amulet, which could protect themselves and isolate themselves from the high temperature. Long before coming here, Mu Yinghun had already contacted his great uncle Mu Fenghun through secret methods. They only needed to wait here for a while, and the other party would send people to greet the five people. Sure enough, not long after, the five people felt the ground tremble, and then, in their amazed eyes, a hole suddenly appeared not far away in front of them that could accommodate two people walking side by side. The next second, a cute little girl's head appeared from the hole. After looking at everyone for a few seconds, the little girl said sweetly to Mu Yinghun: "Brother Ying, grandpa asked me to pick you up. Come into the cave quickly, and we will go underground!"
"Haha, you are Tongtong, right?" Mu Yinghun's eyes lit up as soon as he saw the little girl. He happily walked to the front of the cave and hugged the little girl whose face was like a red apple.
"Hey, Brother Ying, how did you know it was me? The last time we met, I hadn't transformed yet!" The little girl called Tongtong asked curiously, her two chubby little hands around Mu Yinghun's neck with a very intimate expression.
"Haha, when did we recognize each other through this skin? There is a connection in the origin! Well, it's hot and humid outside, take us to see uncle!" Mu Yinghun said, and put Tongtong back on the ground, then introduced her to Yun Bai and the others, and then Tongtong acted as a guide to lead them into the underground world.
You don't know until you see it. Once you see it, you will be shocked again. It turns out that the seemingly lifeless underground world is actually full of secrets! After going about 2,000 meters underground, everyone saw a tunnel made entirely of red crystals! With a little release of spiritual consciousness, you can find that the surroundings are all red crystals. This tunnel was drilled through this huge red crystal mountain!
What’s even more amazing is that, although it is two thousand meters deep underground, the tunnel and the surrounding areas are still brightly lit. It is filled with many bright red luminous fungi, which emit red fluorescence one by one. Through the red crystals, it is not difficult to find other intricate passages that look like railroad tracks, with living creatures moving inside, and even human shadows!