After I traveled through the book, I gained a humanoid pendant

Chapter 257

"Master, this is..."

Ni Yangzhou pulled his master's glowing hand and moved it towards the wall, only to see a few fluorescent dots on the rock scattering and fleeing. They turned out to be living beetles with tiny legs.

The two hard shells are folded behind the body, the surface is smooth, and appears a bit oily black under the bright light, but every time it flutters slightly, pure golden dots are revealed at the junction of the back and the abdomen.

Opening and closing, the light flickers.

Like the stars breathing slowly in the night sky.

"Is this the 'life-stealing bug'?"

Ni Yangzhou had heard Yuanjia say that such insects feed on magical herbs and plants rich in spiritual energy. They themselves have no great abilities and will not have any effect on humans or practitioners, but they always cause great trouble to the fellow disciples in the magical herb garden.

They are very gluttonous, have a strong reproductive capacity, and their destructive power is comparable to that of the locusts that wreak havoc on the human world.

The fellow disciples at Chilian Peak who were taking care of the flowers and plants were annoyed by it, so they called it the "life-stealing insect" because it stole the spiritual energy of the immortal plants to prolong their own lives.

But there are also those people in the mortal world who are lucky enough to see this kind of beetle. They also call it "life-stealing insect", but it does not contain any derogatory meaning. After all, where there is a life-stealing insect, there must be a fairy plant.

He picked magical herbs to cure stubborn diseases and stole a few more years of life from the human world.

The brightness and lightness of the life-stealing insects varied according to the abundance of spiritual energy. Even Yan Congzhi, who had seen a lot, had never seen anything as bright as the Milky Way in this cave.

The young and handsome Taoist priest was not overly happy. He just looked at the beetles crawling all over the cave, adding a layer of spiritual shield to Ni Yangzhou.

The boy's eyelashes were almost touching the rock wall, but he seemed unaware and was observing carefully.

"Move forward."

Ni Yangzhou was curious and followed his master. As he walked, he suddenly thought, "So the giant salamander came here to eat the beetles to increase its spiritual energy? No wonder it is so weak. Yuanjia is a Jindan like it, but his realm is not much higher than its, yet he was able to knock it unconscious with a flower pot!"

"This realm that I have achieved by force is really not solid enough."

Ni Yangzhou still felt a lingering fear when he thought about how he almost collapsed after accidentally eating Yuanjia's secret snacks. Fortunately, he was supervised by his master and practiced hard to improve his body, and then he gradually improved.

The master and disciple walked further and further inside, and the life-stealing insects became more and more dense. In the end, they no longer needed to rely on Yan Congzhi's bright light technique. The whole cave was so bright that it was impossible to open one's eyes.

Ni Yangzhou was so uncomfortable from being shaken that he simply lowered his head to feel for the corner of his master's clothes. A large cold hand pinched the boy's paw. Ni Yangzhou looked up in confusion, his eyes narrowed and his brows furrowed, like a little squirrel that was suddenly pulled out of a tree hole during hibernation to face the sun.

The owner of the big hand hesitated for a moment, and a piece of connected clothes was stuffed into the boy's hand. Ni Yangzhou naturally pulled his master forward.

After walking for a long time, there was more and more rubble in the cave, and according to the ups and downs of the beetles, the signs of destruction became more and more obvious.

I don't know if it was Wei Yu or the giant salamander that suffered at the hands of Yuan Jia, or both, but after having already picked up a magic weapon or spiritual energy for free, they still tried to search deeper.

But judging from the cave's appearance, which was too rotten to be traversed, no one succeeded. Ni Yangzhou couldn't see clearly because of the potholes and pits, and it was even more difficult to walk. He even had no place to fly with his sword.

The back mountain doesn't look big and the terrain is relatively high. If it were just in the mountains, it should take half an hour to walk back and forth. However, such a cave could take the master and disciple so long to walk. Ni Yangzhou suspected that they were no longer in the small back mountain of Xixun County. It was estimated that the cave was rugged, and they walked into the surrounding mountains by taking advantage of the high and low terrain.

After nearly falling headfirst for the third time, Ni Yangzhou weighed the pros and cons and felt that he would not be scolded for being lazy for a while, so he took two big steps and stood in front of his master.

Yan Congzhi lowered his eyes and saw his apprentice's hairy head again.

The young man loosened the corner of his clothes and took the initiative to pull up the collar at the back of his neck: "Master, I am worried that I will fall and get bruised and battered. If you don't recognize me when we go out, just carry me and go. I will be a good boy."

Yan Congzhi's voice was somewhat serious: "Lazy."

The echo in the cave was amplified, and it didn't sound as frightening as usual. Ni Yangzhou was a little bolder: "Just be lazy for a while today."

Yan Congzhi pretended to lift his leg forward. The boy squinted his eyes, listened to the sound of the fabric rubbing, accurately judged the direction, and quickly grabbed his collar and moved over.

The furry top of the head appeared in Yan Congzhi's sight again.

After Ni Yangzhou finished his action, he felt that he had gone too far. But the immortal master in his memory, who seemed to be out of touch with the world, had become his own handsome young master who was unwilling to talk properly. The young man saw his "shortcomings" and seemed to be one step closer to his master.

You shouldn't be angry.

The master is always trustworthy, able to protect me and willing to help me.

You shouldn't be angry.

Maybe?

The young man waited for a moment, but there was still no sound. He could no longer close his eyes, which had been closed all this time, and wanted to secretly open them to take a look. His eyelashes trembled, but before he could open his eyes, Ni Yangzhou heard a soft sigh, and then his body rose into the air.

Ni Yangzhou was grabbed by the master and held in the crook of his arm.

Yan Congzhi picked up his apprentice and thought that it was not good for his disciple to be so lazy. He would teach him a lesson next time.

Let’s forget about it this time.

There was no way to go further into the cave. The life-stealing insects here were like a flowing golden river. The rippling light spread everywhere along with the soles of Yan Congzhi's shoes, and then converged and flattened in an instant after he passed by.

Ni Yangzhou tried to open his eyes a crack, and was dazzled so much that he thought he almost became the first blind disciple of Minghong Sect.

"Hold tight."

The young man had not yet recovered from his dizzy state, and upon hearing this, he hurriedly hugged his master with both hands and feet. Yan Cong paused, tore Ni Yangzhou off his body with one hand, ignored the waving claws of his apprentice, and thrust the summoned ancient sword straight into the ground, then guided the young man to put his hand on the hilt.

"Hold the sword tight."

The flowing golden river gathered into a deep pool in a place where there was no road. The spiritual energy was as thick as substance. Yan Congzhi circulated his spiritual power, flipped his wrist, and runes flew into the air. The man drew his longbow, and a golden arrow containing powerful force shot out into the air!

in!

Instantly, the ground shook, and the beetles in the golden pond flapped their wings and scattered, being swept up by the hurricane brought by the spiritual energy. Ni Yangzhou did not dare to open his eyes, and quickly closed his mouth.

The bottom of the deep pool cracked with a sound, and the scattered debris was wrapped in the formation formed by the talisman. The boy's clothes were blown away, but because he was obedient and held the hilt tightly, it was not seriously affected.

The huge wind scared away most of the golden beetles, leaving a square box at the bottom of the pool with neon lights flashing on it, as dazzling as a revolving lantern.

Just as Yan Congzhi was about to fly down to find out what was going on, suddenly a white light appeared on the box and shone directly onto Ni Yangzhou's spiritual platform.

The young man felt a burning sensation on his forehead, and before he could say anything, he only heard a flat, intermittent cry.

The sound echoed in the lonely cave.

"...Host...103. I have been looking for...you...for a long time..."