Chapter 745 Qinghe Cave, Mysterious Scroll (asking for monthly votes)
The reason why Bai Yunhua wanted to use the cave map in his hand to exchange friendship with Song Qingming was to pave the way for future generations.
Now that he saw that his grandson Bai Jingyun, whom he cared about the most, had officially become Song Qingming's sect, Bai Yunhua felt completely relieved. Without any further hesitation, he handed the map he had drawn directly to Song Qingming.
When Song Qingming saw this, he was not polite to him. He directly took the map, opened it and took a look, then a look of surprise appeared on his face.
"It's so close to Qinghe County. I haven't heard any news about it in these years. It's really strange."
Seeing that Song Qingming was a little confused, Bai Yunhua quickly explained: "Senior, I don't know something. The entrance to this place is very hidden. It is difficult for monks to find the entrance even if they are near the cave.
If I hadn't had the rune guidance on the array plate back then, it would have been difficult for me to discover that cave. You will naturally know it when you get there. "
Hearing this, Song Qingming was silent for a moment and then nodded directly and said: "Well, since the distance is not far, you might as well accompany me today to save you any trouble in the future.
Jingyun asked him to stay on the mountain first. The skills he practiced happened to be similar to Yuan Fang, and Yuan Fang could give him some guidance on his practice. "
"I am willing to listen to senior's instructions."
Seeing that Song Qingming seemed to have suddenly become interested and wanted to visit the cave immediately, Bai Yunhua quickly nodded in agreement.
Now that he has given this secret to Song Qingming, the things in the cave naturally have nothing to do with him. He has no objection to Song Qingming going there whenever he wants.
After making an agreement with Bai Yunhua, Song Qingming came to the side to explain a few words to Song Yuanfang, and then left "Funiu Mountain" with Bai Yunhua.
In the southeast of Qinghe County, there is a large river about thirty to forty feet wide, named Qinghe.
This river originates from the "Yunwu Mountain" hundreds of miles away, traverses the entire Qinghe County from east to west, then enters Jiangling County in the west and finally merges into "Taiyue Lake" in the southwest of Weiguo.
When "Qinghe County" was first established, it was directly named after this Qinghe River. All the monks in "Qinghe County" were very familiar with this river, including of course Song Qingming who had grown up here since he was a child.
After leaving "Funiu Mountain" with Bai Yunhua, Song Qingming rode a flying boat all the way south. After crossing hundreds of miles, he soon arrived over the Qinghe River over there.
Then Song Qingming, who was standing above the flying boat, picked up the map in his hand and took a look at it. The speed of the flying boat slowly slowed down under his feet.
After confirming his location, Song Qingming controlled the flying boat to fly slowly upstream of the Qinghe River, and soon arrived at a location between two high mountains.
Because the two mountains here are steep and the river is much narrower than in other places, the water flow is very choppy and fast. Even standing a hundred feet high in mid-air, Song Qingming can hear the sound of water splashing below.
After stopping the "Phantom Boat" on the spot, Song Qingming glanced at the map in his hand again, then turned around and asked: "Fellow Daoist Bai, is this here?"
"Yes, the entrance to the cave is under a rock in the water below. Senior, please follow me."
After Bai Yunhua responded, he jumped directly from the flying boat, then stepped on the flying sword and flew towards the river, arriving on the water surface in the blink of an eye.
Bai Yunhua then cast a spell to use his magic power to put a water-proof shield on himself, and sank directly to the bottom of the river.
Because the water flow is fast and the soil on the mountain walls on both sides is washed away all year round, the water in this section of Qinghe River is also relatively turbid.
Song Qingming, who also used the water-avoiding technique, entered the water and found that his surroundings were very blurry. It was not until he sank to the bottom of the river that he saw Bai Yunhua standing next to a reef in the distance.
When Song Qingming came over to him, Bai Yunhua moved a huge stone under the reef, pointed to a hole under the stone and said: "Senior Song, the entrance is here.
When I first found this place, most of the cave entrance was covered with sand and gravel. If I hadn't been a little sensitive to the spell restrictions and noticed something was wrong below, it would have been difficult to find this place. "
Seeing a dark hole ahead that could only accommodate one person, Song Qingming couldn't help but smile and nodded:
"There is no spiritual energy overflowing here. It is indeed hidden enough. Without you to lead the way, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to tell any clues even if I passed by here."
As Bai Yunhua said before, there are no people around here, and the entrance to the cave is located in several feet of turbid river water, so it is actually very hidden.
Even a golden elixir monk with strong spiritual consciousness like Song Qingming passing by this place would not be able to detect that there is an ancient monk's cave opportunity hidden underneath, let alone the ordinary monks and mortals nearby.
This cave is hidden in such a secluded place. It's no wonder that no one has ever discovered this cave in the more than a thousand years since "Qinghe County" was founded.
But after all, after so many years, no matter how hidden the place is, someone will always find it. Even this cave hidden in the water has been quickly climbed before Bai Yunhua entered.
Following Bai Yunhua, he entered the black cave below, and after about a dozen feet, a suction force suddenly came from the front, causing the two of them to fall down quickly.
Seeing this sudden abnormal phenomenon, Song Qingming instinctively wanted to cast a spell to resist, but heard Bai Yunhua's voice stopping him.
"Senior, don't be nervous. This is just a water barrier at the entrance of the cave. You can quickly enter the cave by following the water flow downwards."
After hearing Bai Yunhua's reminder, Song Qingming put down his hands that were casting spells and followed the water flow down. After a while, the two of them passed through a thin film and entered a very ancient hall.
This hall is located more than ten feet deep at the bottom of the river. There is a ban above to isolate the water flow, so the hall is not eroded by the water, but appears very dry.
Song Qingming, who had just entered the hall, hurriedly stood up and glanced around. He found that except for some useless stones, there was nothing here, and even the spiritual energy could not be felt.
Seeing that there was nothing unusual around, Song Qingming cast a spell to release a night-light pearl to illuminate the surroundings, and then he spoke again to Bai Yunhua beside him and asked: "Is this the cave?"
"Yes, it is here, but there are many powerful restrictions inside. Senior Song should be a little more careful. When I first came here, I didn't know the situation and almost died in a restriction inside."
"Well! This kind of restriction set by ancient cultivators cannot be underestimated. We must be more careful. Fellow Daoist Bai, you should lead the way and take me directly to the place you said. Let's not go to other places for now."
Bai Yunhua nodded slightly after hearing this, and then cast a spell to release a defensive magic weapon to protect him in front of him, and carefully led Song Qingming slowly to the depths of the hall.
Seeing such a cautious look, Song Qingming couldn't help but focus his attention and released his life magic weapon "Five Elements Divine Light Mirror" in advance.
This hall looked empty, but the space inside was really large. Song Qingming followed Bai Yunhua and walked forward for hundreds of feet before they came to the bottom of a high platform at the end.
After arriving here, Bai Yunhua stopped and pointed to the wall behind the high platform and said, "Senior, there are several passages hidden behind this. One of them is where I found those magic weapon fragments, and it is also the place where the restriction is located.
However, there are very powerful restrictions on this high platform, and it is difficult for cultivators like us to pass directly. Please wait for a moment."
After speaking, Bai Yunhua patted the storage bag on his waist, took out a second-level array, and then cast a spell to send out five or six array flags, arranged a second-level array, and summoned five or six golden armored tigers formed by spiritual magic.
Bai Yunhua used the array to summon the golden armored tiger. Although it was completely formed by the gathering of invisible spiritual energy, it was not inferior to ordinary foundation-building cultivators in fighting against the enemy.
After summoning these tigers, Bai Yunhua cast a spell to release several sealing talismans and attached them to them, and then commanded one of the golden armored tigers to jump directly onto the platform.
Just as the tiger fell, the four stone platforms around the platform suddenly lit up with a green spiritual light, and then these spiritual lights flew directly into the sky and gathered into a group, turning into an iron-armored giant holding a giant sword.
After the giant appeared, the aura on his body was no less than that of a Jindan cultivator. He raised the giant sword in his hand high and quickly slashed at the golden armored tiger not far away.
Although there was still a distance of more than ten feet between the two, the spiritual light giant actually released hundreds of sword lights with one sword, like a rain of swords, directly shooting the golden armored tiger in front of him into a sieve, and soon turned into spiritual light and disappeared on the spot.
Just as the spiritual giant attacked the golden armored tiger on the stage, Bai Yunhua below also seized the opportunity and commanded the remaining golden armored tigers to rush to the stone platforms above the high platform and release the spiritual light.
The spiritual giant had just dealt with the golden armored tiger in front of him, and the high platform that provided it with spiritual power was now tightly bitten by the remaining tigers.
Under Bai Yunhua's control, the sealing talismans on the golden armored tigers quickly fell on the stone platform, and soon the aura on the spiritual giant became a little dim.
Although the spiritual giant later noticed their actions and rushed to kill several tigers in time.
However, Bai Yunhua had already successfully integrated the prepared sealing talismans into the stone platform with the spiritual energy of the golden armored tigers. Soon the talismans successfully sealed the spiritual energy supply source of the spiritual giant.
Song Qingming used Bai Yunhua's set of sealing and prohibition methods to break the formation. Seeing that the other party achieved the goal smoothly, Song Qingming's eyes flashed with a hint of appreciation.
It must be said that Bai Yunhua's talent in formation is indeed outstanding. If he is given the opportunity to successfully form a pill, he will surely advance to the third-level formation master like Song Qingming sooner or later.
"The spiritual source of this restriction has been sealed by me. Just wait for a while, and the spiritual power in this guy's body will naturally dissipate when it is difficult to maintain."
After hearing Bai Yunhua's explanation, Song Qingming, who was standing aside, looked at the spiritual giant not far away, but shook his head calmly.
"This is not so troublesome! Fellow Daoist Bai, you stand further away, just leave this to me."
After Song Qingming finished speaking, he waved his hand and the "Five Elements Divine Light Mirror" around him split into five, flying directly to the location of the spiritual giant from five different directions.
Seeing that someone had invaded the high platform again, the spiritual giant immediately sensed it and waved the giant sword in his hand to turn it into a rain of swords and shoot at Song Qingming who was following closely.
However, Song Qingming did not care too much about the powerful attack from the spiritual giant. He directly summoned the "Xuanguan Armor" in his body to cover himself and easily blocked the rain of swords.
Just when the aura giant wanted to attack again, a bronze mirror suddenly appeared in front of it, blocking its way.
Immediately afterwards, the other four bronze mirrors of the "Five Elements Divine Light Mirror" also appeared around it, tightly surrounding it. Then, several colorful auras of light were emitted from the bronze mirrors, directly binding the aura giant together. It is trapped in a mask of light, making it difficult to move.
Through the brief battle between Bai Yunhua and the aura giant just now, Song Qingming had already seen the opponent's weakness and knew that his strength was only at the fourth level of the golden elixir.
After the spiritual source was sealed by Bai Yunhua, the strength of the aura giant dropped a lot, and it no longer posed any threat to Song Qingming.
Because of this, Song Qingming chose to attack him directly, not wanting to waste too much time here.
Seeing Song Qingming take action directly against the aura giant, Bai Yunhua on the side wanted to offer some words of advice.
But before he could say anything, he discovered that the two sides had only fought for a few rounds in just a moment, and the aura giant on the high platform had been firmly suppressed by Song Qingming's natal magic weapon.
Seeing that this aura giant seemed to be no match for Song Qingming, Bai Yunhua quickly shut his mouth and suppressed the words that were on his lips, with a somewhat relaxed expression on his face.
After trapping the aura giant, seeing that the opponent had no power to fight back, Song Qingming directly increased his mana and injected it into the "Five Elements Divine Light Mirror". He quickly defeated it easily and turned it into aura and dissipated in mid-air.
Seeing that Song Qingming had eliminated the aura giant, Bai Yunhua hurriedly stepped forward and complimented him: "I didn't know that the senior is so powerful. The junior just showed off his embarrassment, which is really unnecessary. I hope the senior will not laugh at the junior."
Hearing this, Song Qingming waved his hand gently and said: "If you hadn't sealed the forbidden spiritual source just now, I don't think it would be so easy to kill it directly. Fellow Daoist Bai don't have to think too much.
However, this restriction is indeed very powerful. After so many years and being broken many times, it is indeed rare that it can still have such power.
I don’t know what the ancient monks who originally built this cave had the magical power to be able to set up such a powerful restriction, which surprised me. "
"Senior is right. When junior came in for the first time, it was because of this that I always felt that this cave was a little extraordinary.
It's a pity that the younger generation's luck is a little worse. I have been exploring here many times over the years, but other than encountering these powerful restrictions, I haven't been able to find any opportunities. "After Bai Yunhua finished speaking, he couldn't help but sigh.
"Personal luck is destined by God, not something we monks can force. This place is so dangerous, and Daoist Bai has been able to enter it many times without incident. It can be regarded as the way of heaven taking care of it."
Hearing Song Qingming's comforting words, Bai Yunhua smiled and nodded: "Senior's words are quite right. Although I have been mediocre in my life, I have not achieved any great achievements.
However, compared to other fellow monks around me who died early, I have experienced many dangers in my life, and it is indeed not easy for me to survive until now. "
After Bai Yunhua recovered his emotions, he took Song Qingming to the wall behind the high platform.
There is a very exquisite landscape mural painted on the wall, and there are many ancient runes marked in the painting. It is obviously not the work of a modern monk.
I don’t know what materials the painter used in the first place, but after such a long time, it is still dazzling and has no sign of fading.
"Senior Song, many of the runes on this wall hide passages, but there are no spiritual objects inside, and most of them have been climbed first.
After entering here, the junior never gave up and searched almost all the passages above, but still found nothing, so he started thinking about this rune again.
Unexpectedly, after so many years of research, I actually found a relatively special passage. The restrictions inside were still intact, and it seemed that they had not been destroyed.
It's a pity that the restriction is very powerful. Over the years, the younger generation has tried their best but still can't get in. I don't know if I will have the chance to see what's inside in this life. "
"Don't worry, Fellow Daoist Bai. If we can go in smoothly later and there are really good things inside, I will definitely not treat you badly. After all, I wouldn't have the chance to find this place without you."
"Haha! I have known Senior Song for so many years. It is precisely because I know that Senior is a kind person that I dare to entrust my family and tell you the secrets in my heart.
This junior is already on the verge of death. No matter how many spiritual objects and magic weapons I get, it won't change anything for me.
Senior, don’t worry, since this cave has been given to you, I will never covet anything in it again. I just want to take a look to make up for the regrets in my heart. "
After hearing Song Qingming's promise that he could share some spiritual objects with him after entering, Bai Yunhua shook his head repeatedly, directly rejected the other party's kindness, and then began to cast spells to search for the runes on the wall.
Seeing this, Song Qingming didn't say anything more, and looked at the other party with a calm face as he carefully searched for the special passage he mentioned.
Many of the ancient runes on this painting were the same as those Song Qingming had seen before. Bai Yunhua had been studying them for many years and was already very familiar with them. It didn't take him long to accurately find the one he wanted to open.
As Bai Yunhua poured his mana into the runes, soon the entire mural on the wall lit up with a dazzling spiritual light.
The scroll on the wall began to change constantly under the illumination of the spiritual light, from mountains and rivers to rivers, lakes and seas, and then changed to the heavenly palace fairyland in the clouds. Various exquisite pictures flashed before the eyes of the two.
It was the first time that Song Qingming saw such a scene. He couldn't help but show a bit of surprise on his face, and secretly admired the person who could arrange such a delicate ban.
"Senior Song, these runes will change their positions every time they come in. I have written them down and put them on the back of the map I gave you. If you come in next time, you can also follow the notes above, which will be much more convenient."
Hearing Bai Yunhua's reminder, Song Qingming opened the drawing in his hand and quickly found the rune he mentioned, and then smiled and nodded to him.
Fortunately, Bai Yunhua came with him this time, otherwise Song Qingming would have to spend a lot of time alone to find the passage he wanted to enter among so many runes.
After Song Qingming put away the blueprint, the scroll on the wall suddenly flashed a more dazzling spiritual light again, and then a rotating pattern that looked like a teleportation entrance appeared.
"Senior, the passage has been opened, let's go in first!"
After Bai Yunhua finished speaking, seeing that Song Qingming did not object, he walked into the teleportation entrance first, and soon disappeared on the high platform of the hall.
Seeing this, Song Qingming immediately followed him, and the two of them quickly passed through the teleportation array and fell into an underground passage that was much smaller than the hall outside.
After arriving here, Bai Yunhua took Song Qingming and walked forward along the passage for dozens of feet, and soon they were blocked by a white stone door.
After taking a look at the stone door in front of the two of them, Song Qingming quickly realized that the restriction on it had been broken by someone, and immediately asked:
"Did you break the restriction on this door?"
Bai Yunhua nodded and said, "What the senior said is right. I did remove this restriction, but the restriction on this door is not very powerful, and I didn't spend much effort at that time.
However, in addition to the restriction on the stone door, there is also a very powerful Gangfeng restriction behind the door. I was blocked by it and couldn't get in."
"Well! You open the stone door first, I will try to see how powerful this restriction is!"
After Song Qingming finished speaking, the "Five Elements Divine Light Mirror" automatically flew out of his body with the magic power in his hand, protecting him and Bai Yunhua.
Seeing this, Bai Yunhua did not hesitate at all and pushed the stone door open directly.
As the stone door was opened, a fierce gust of wind blew in front of him. Even though Bai Yunhua, who was standing in front, had prepared to use the protective light shield, he was still blown away and could not stand.
Just as Bai Yunhua took out the magic weapon to resist, a bronze mirror appeared beside him, blocking the fierce gale in front of him and allowing him to stabilize his body.
"This gale is indeed quite strong, and it is not something that a cultivator in the foundation-building period can get through. Fellow Daoist Bai, you stay here first, and I will go forward to see if I can break this restriction."
Hearing Song Qingming's suggestion, Bai Yunhua nodded and responded quickly, then removed a few formation flags and simply set up a defensive formation on the spot and got in.
After Bai Yunhua did all this, Song Qingming took back the "Five Elements Divine Light Mirror" to protect himself, and walked forward carefully against the fierce gale.
The further he walked, the more Song Qingming realized that the power of the gale seemed to be gradually increasing. It was no longer something that an ordinary Jindan cultivator could directly withstand. He couldn't help but frown slightly. (End of this chapter)