Lu Xin had completely entered the range of the Earthly Fiend Qi, and he felt a surge of coldness rushing from his tailbone straight to the top of his head. He quickly erected a mana shield.
As a result, he found that the circulation of mana was much slower than outside.
At the same time, he also felt that the immortal spiritual energy here was extremely thin, and some spells that borrowed external spiritual energy would probably be greatly reduced in power here.
“It should be affected by the Earthly Fiend Qi,” Lu Xin thought to himself, and had to stop first to adapt to the rhythm of this place.
It was not until more than half an hour later that he gradually adapted.
“As expected of the Barbarian Ruins, the environment here seems to be only suitable for those who practice body refinement to survive.”
The immortal spiritual energy here is thin and difficult to replenish. To save mana, he has now removed the mana shield and instead activates his Golden Body.
Fortunately, the Earthly Fiend Qi is not like the Gang Wind in the Boundless Sea. Although it is strong, it does not hinder his Golden Body, which is equivalent to the Human Immortal Realm.
He glanced around the environment and found that all he could see were broken walls, overgrown weeds, and a gray and dim tone under the influence of the Earthly Fiend Qi.
In addition, the whistling wind from time to time made it seem like a ghost realm.
However, no matter how terrifying the environment was, it could not scare an immortal like him. So, while carefully exploring the surroundings, he walked forward.
According to Du Zhiyan, the Barbarian Vine Root exists in the Barbarian Temple, which is a place specially for the people of each Barbarian settlement to cleanse their bodies.
Those who are not highly talented or have made great contributions have no chance to enter.
This was information she had occasionally found while reading idle books, and she could not guarantee that it would definitely be there, but it was worth Lu Xin's visit to take a look.
While looking at the internal map of the ruins that he had painstakingly collected, he headed towards the Barbarian Temple.
He encountered trouble not long after, because this place is shrouded in Earthly Fiend Qi all year round, and the terrain changes rapidly. Many landmark terrains have disappeared, causing him to lose his bearings all of a sudden.
At the same time, his divine sense was also greatly suppressed, which further increased the difficulty of his progress.
Without a choice, he had to slow down his pace.
On the other side, the Cold-Faced Immortal and Madam Ba Qing, who came in later, also encountered almost the same problem.
“These Barbarian Ruins are indeed well-deserved. Just this Earthly Fiend Qi is so difficult to deal with.”
Madam Ba Qing expelled a wisp of black-gray airflow from her fingertips, with a solemn expression on her face.
“Be careful.”
The Cold-Faced Immortal's tone did not change at all, “This Earthly Fiend Qi is just an appetizer. Later, in addition to some beasts affected by the Fiend Qi, there are also people who have entered this place to explore. These are the most difficult to deal with.”
“Where's the map?” Madam Ba Qing looked at him, “We're already here, you can't still be hiding it, right?”
The Cold-Faced Immortal didn't say anything, and directly took out a map. After comparing it with the scene in front of him, he said, “It may not be good. The terrain here has changed.”
“Let me see.”
The Cold-Faced Immortal didn't say anything and handed it directly to her.
“As far as I know, this ruin is very large. Could it be that the location we entered does not match the map?” After quickly comparing it, Madam Ba Qing said.
“Hopefully.”
The Cold-Faced Immortal shook his head, “The starting point of the map is due north, and this is the direction we entered. Let's search horizontally first to see if we can find a location similar to the starting point on the map.”
“Alright.” Madam Ba Qing naturally had no objection. Then, after the two discussed it, they searched towards the left.
After a while, at the place where they were originally standing, the soil suddenly bulged, and then slowly grew taller, condensing into a mud figure. Then, a yellow light flashed, and the original mud figure instantly turned into a real person.
This person was wearing a khaki kasaya, with a bald head and white eyebrows.
If Lu Xin were here, he would be able to recognize that this person was the White-Browed Toutuo.
He looked in the direction where the Cold-Faced Immortal and the two were leaving, sneered for a while, “As expected, I was right. They really have something planned for this trip. I just don't know if it has anything to do with the long-circulated Barbarian Relic.”
He stroked his white eyebrows with his fingers, thought for a while, then snorted coldly, and thought to himself:
“No matter what, Li Youshan dared to swallow me when I was seriously injured. This time, I can't let him get his way. Maybe…”
Thinking of this, he disappeared in place.
“Get out!”
In a black wooden forest, Lu Xin punched a black crow with a wingspan of several feet, shouting angrily.
“Caw!”
However, the black crow was not afraid. It flashed its scarlet blood-red eyes, rolled on the ground, and attacked again.
Lu Xin frowned. This was not the first time he had encountered immortal birds and strange beasts here. Affected by the Earthly Fiend Qi for many years, their minds had long been obliterated.
They became ignorant of fear and attacked when they saw living things.
Fearless of death.
And their strength is not low. The black crow in front of him has the strength of a Human Immortal, and its physical body is extremely hard, not much inferior to him.
Extremely difficult to kill.
“Could it be that this Earthly Fiend Qi also has the effect of body refinement?”
Lu Xin punched the black crow away again, had no time to entangle with it, and immediately disappeared in place.
In the blink of an eye, he passed through the black wooden forest. Lu Xin glanced behind him. Seeing that the black crow did not chase after him, he breathed a sigh of relief, then grabbed a wisp of Earthly Fiend Qi and began to examine it carefully.
Then, he tried to activate the Golden Body Technique to absorb it. He immediately felt a slight dizziness, very slight, almost negligible, just because he absorbed so little.
He quickly forced it out of his body.
“Sure enough, it can affect the mind.”
Lu Xin's eyes narrowed slightly. Just now, he found that the dizziness was not because the Earthly Fiend Qi was poisonous, but because it could affect the Yuan Shen.
Long-term absorption will inevitably be like those immortal birds and strange beasts, obliterating the mind and turning into a machine that only knows how to be bloodthirsty.
However, if the problem can be solved, this Earthly Fiend Qi does have the effect of body refinement.
Even with his current physical realm, it is effective.
“It's just how to eliminate its negative effects?” Lu Xin touched his chin, then shook his head, temporarily not thinking too much, and first found the Barbarian Temple.
So, he continued to move forward.
Soon, he encountered other living things besides immortal birds and strange beasts, and quickly used the 《Wood Stone Stealth》 technique to approach.
It was a team of people, two men and two women, all in the Earth Immortal stage. Among them, a man wearing a jade belt and a woman wearing a robe with dogwood patterns had the highest realm, both in the late Earth Immortal stage.
The other two men and women, one was in the middle stage and the other was in the early stage.
“Sister Yu'er, what did you find?”
Lu Xin silently merged into a big tree, which seemed to have aroused the awareness of the woman in the dogwood-patterned robe. Whether it was a coincidence or not, she suddenly turned her head and looked over.
The woman in the early Earth Immortal stage next to her asked suspiciously when she saw this.
The other two men walked in front and turned their heads when they heard the sound, “Miss Yu'er, what's wrong?”
The woman in the dogwood-patterned robe shook her head suspiciously, “I seemed to have sensed an abnormality just now, maybe it was an illusion.” She retracted her gaze.
The man wearing the jade belt followed her gaze, looked at the big tree, did not find anything unusual, and then smiled:
“The cultivation technique you practice makes you always sensitive, and any disturbance can arouse your vigilance. It seems that there are advantages and disadvantages.”
“Isn't it good to be sensitive?” The woman in the early Earth Immortal stage asked in confusion when she heard this.
“Of course it's good.” The man smiled, then shook his head, “But if you can't control it, and it's always like this, your mind will always be a little haggard.”
As he spoke, he looked at the woman's slightly tired face.
The woman did not refute, and the woman in the early Earth Immortal stage exclaimed: “Ah, Sister Yu'er, so you are always a little tired because of this. I thought you were cultivating too hard.”
“Bang!”
At this time, there was a loud bang next to him. It turned out that the man in the middle Earth Immortal stage suddenly took action and smashed the big tree to pieces.
“Rather than being suspicious all the time, it's better to know the answer as soon as possible.” He was burly and his voice was strong and powerful, “Look, don't we know the answer?”
He pointed again, and saw black sawdust flying horizontally, and there was a big pit left in place, and even the roots of the tree were not left behind.
The woman in the early Earth Immortal stage said angrily: “Not everything can be solved by brute force.”
“How do you know if you don't try?” The sturdy man seemed to be very superstitious about his own strength, and winked at the woman, as if he meant to tease her.
“You…”
“Okay.” The man wearing the jade belt said, “We have been delayed here for a while, let's continue searching, and hope to find the Barbarian Relic Land recorded on the map as soon as possible.”
The three naturally had no objection and continued to move forward.
After they left for a long time, Lu Xin slowly walked out, “What a close call, I was almost discovered. Sure enough, I can't be superstitious about the spell introduction. What is the Barbarian Relic they are talking about?”
