The Xu family follows Taoism and seeks longevity

After flying like this for a day and a half, Xu Zhiyu saw the endless sea of ​​sand in front of him from thousands of miles away.

The yellow sand of the "Liuyun Desert" is connected to the clouds tens of thousands of feet high when you look up, and is connected to the earth and rocks when you look down.

The strange power in the yellow sand is everywhere in the sky and on the ground. Therefore, the monks who enter to search for treasure will be eroded by that power even if they want to go deeper through earth escape. It is simply unavoidable.

What separates the desert from the outside world is a thorn forest, about fifty miles wide. On one side of the thorn forest is blue sky and white clouds, and on the other side is a yellow sand area where nothing can be seen clearly.

This was the first time Xu Zhiyu came here. When he saw this strange sight, he stopped to watch for a while. However, the monks who came with him ignored this scenery, as if they were already used to it. They flew past him without even stopping.

As for the basic situation of the "Liuyun Desert", Xu Zhiyu had already purchased some related jade slips and had done most of the research when he was in Lingyan Fairy City. However, in order to better understand this place, he bought a lot of related books in the market where he finally settled.

According to the information he consulted, the internal terrain of the "Liuyun Desert" is mainly desert terrain, so it is called a "desert".

However, due to its vast area, nearly one-tenth of its area is an oasis. It is said that there is a fifth-grade superior spiritual vein in the center of the "Liuyun Desert", but this has never been confirmed.

Whether it is an oasis area or a desert area, the earth spiritual energy inside is much richer than that of the outside world, so in addition to various natural treasures, it also breeds a large number of monster tribes.

It is said that some leaders of monster tribes have a cultivation level as high as level five, but that can only be encountered by going to the center. Xu Zhiyu may not go that deep this time, so he is not too scared.

However, they should not be underestimated, because the monsters have the advantage of the terrain. Since these guys can live here for years, it means that they have long adapted to the strange power in the yellow sand.

Based on this, a Jindan cultivator had a sudden idea and risked his life to go deep into the desert for tens of thousands of miles. He captured two third-rank low-grade specialty monsters, one male and one female - the Desert Fire Lizard.

After he brought the two desert fire lizards back, he raised them carefully for ten years, and finally got a baby that was the fruit of their love.

Next, he began to incubate the egg, and at the moment when the little fire lizard was about to hatch, he successfully signed a 'Spirit Beast Contract' with it, and then fed it various precious spiritual creatures to cultivate it.

Another twenty years passed like this, and this Desert Fire Lizard, which was highly anticipated, finally broke through and became a second-level monster. The Jindan cultivator could no longer wait and took it straight to the "Liuyun Desert".

Originally, the Jindan cultivator who had a sudden idea thought that with this little guy as a guide, he should be able to easily find all kinds of rare treasures, after all, there was a native leading the way!

But it turned out that his idea was not feasible when he just took out the little desert fire lizard from the storage ring and expected it to work.

The little guy seemed unable to withstand the invasion of the yellow sand. He only lasted less than a quarter of an hour before turning into a pile of bones.

The Jindan cultivator couldn't help but feel very disappointed when he saw this scene. In order to verify this idea, he spent thirty years. Unwilling to give up, he quietly returned to the nearby market.

Then he hired people to spread the news in the market and make all his wonderful ideas public.

You know what, inspired by him, many cultivators have tried various things, such as capturing some first-level monsters in the "Liuyun Desert" and forcing them to sign contracts.

Then they brought them out, cultivated them, and then brought them back to the desert, using them as guides to find treasures, but all such attempts failed without exception.

Finally, the monks gave up all kinds of opportunistic practices and started to be down-to-earth.

As for the reasons for the failure of the experiment, the monks who had conducted the experiment also made their own summaries and finally spread them.

They believe that the yellow sand will not cause any harm to the monsters living here unless they live here forever.

If one leaves here for other reasons and lives in the outside world for a period of time, this ability to be immune to the invasion of yellow sand will completely disappear.

Therefore, you must be careful when you encounter monsters in the "Liuyun Desert" because they have an innate advantage.

In addition to the physical immunity mentioned above, the impact of yellow sand on the cultivator's spiritual consciousness is also an important factor. When low-level cultivators enter it, the impact they suffer is far greater than that of high-level cultivators.

So under normal circumstances, cultivators below the Purple Mansion level rarely go into the "Liuyun Desert" to search for treasures alone. They basically form gangs so that they can have someone to look after them when they are attacked by monsters on the road.

Only cultivators with Purple Mansion cultivation or above would dare to go deep into those places that are difficult for Qi Refining and Foundation Building cultivators to reach alone, and spend a long time searching for rare treasures that are rarely seen in the outside world.

Xu Zhiyu had his own purpose in entering the "Liuyun Desert", which was to find the 'Lingwu Pearl', but this was not easy, because this place was too big, and the 'Lingwu Pearl' was too small.

However, there is always a way out, and the 'Spiritual Mist Pearl' has a very distinctive feature.

That is, it will emit a strange light, illuminating an area of ​​several miles. As long as you are lucky enough to enter this range, you can easily find it.

However, for an area of ​​200,000 to 300,000 miles in radius, the range of a few miles is really pitifully small, like looking for a needle in a haystack. But he still has to find it, and he must go to the Xuanyang Secret Realm.

Therefore, after stopping for a while at the outskirts of the 'Liuyun Desert', he plunged into the flying yellow sand.

As soon as he entered the yellow sand, Xu Zhiyu felt his heart sink. He felt that his spiritual consciousness was greatly suppressed, and the visual range of his eyes was greatly reduced to only one mile.

This feeling made him very uncomfortable, as if he had become deaf and blind, and his sense of security was greatly reduced.

When he was in the outside world, with his cultivation level of the second level of the Golden Core, he could extend his consciousness with all his strength and the range of his investigation was about two hundred miles.

Not to mention the visibility, he can clearly see the white snow on the mountains hundreds of miles away. It's just that awesome.

But in the "Flowing Cloud Desert", the range of his spiritual awareness was only about 10%, and he could only barely explore the area within a radius of 20 miles around him, which directly compressed him to the level of the early Purple Mansion. His spiritual awareness, which was equivalent to that of a fifth-level Jindan cultivator, was suppressed to this extent. It is conceivable how severely the other cultivators with much lower cultivation than him were suppressed.

According to historical records, cultivators in the late stage of Qi training can only barely project their spiritual consciousness outward here, and the distance is only about ten feet around the body. The visibility is even worse, no different from that of a blind person.

In this case, entering the 'Liuyun Desert' is too risky. If you don't encounter any monsters, it will be fine. But if you do, the possibility of being killed directly is too high.

And this is just the situation when you first enter the outer area. As you go deeper, the suppression will become greater and greater, until your spiritual consciousness can no longer project out of your body and all you can see is yellow sand. Then it's time to go outside.

However, there is no cultivator who would turn around and leave only after reaching that limit, because when your spiritual awareness and vision reach their limits, your physical body will no longer be able to withstand the pressure and will begin to slowly disintegrate.

There are all kinds of outrageous speculations about the origin of "Liuyun Desert" in the world of immortal cultivation, with at least more than ten versions.

But the most convincing explanation is that this should be a place for the practice of an ancient powerful man, and the yellow sand all over the sky should be a high-level formation set up by him to maintain tranquility and prevent outsiders from disturbing it easily.

This statement was also supported by some senior formation masters in the world of immortal cultivation, because they had found the remains of formation flags in some special areas of the "Liuyun Desert".

However, Xu Zhiyu was not completely convinced by this explanation. The main reason was that the area here was too large. If one wanted to completely cover such a huge area, a fifth-order formation would definitely not be able to do it, and a sixth-order formation would also be difficult.

Even if a sixth-grade superior formation can do this, where is the energy needed to maintain the formation? Is there a sixth-grade superior spiritual vein here?
However, this is impossible, because according to the information he had read before, the forces that are qualified to occupy the sixth-grade superior spirit veins are only the top few divine transformation forces in the Central Plains.

Knowing that there might be a sixth-grade superior spiritual vein here, would they turn a blind eye and remain indifferent?
And there is another point that is very worthy of doubt, that is, no matter how powerful the formation is, there will always be times when it does not work properly and malfunctions occur, right?

But according to historical records, this "Liuyun Desert" has existed for at least more than 100,000 years. Let me ask you, how has it been able to maintain stable operation for these 100,000 years without anyone maintaining it?
Therefore, he would rather believe that this place was formed naturally rather than artificially, because similar places like this are not uncommon in the world of immortal cultivation in Zuzhou.

In addition to severely suppressing the spiritual consciousness of cultivators, Xu Zhiyu also felt the erosion of the physical body by the yellow sand in the "Flowing Cloud Desert". It was indeed a strange power.

However, because he was a Jindan cultivator, and his body was tempered by thunder spiritual power all year round, he was much stronger than an ordinary Jindan cultivator. After feeling it carefully, he came to a conclusion.

Given the speed at which the yellow sand was eroding his body given his current position, he wouldn't have to worry about any problems for three years.

According to the information he had, the average cultivator in the early Jindan stage could only last here for a year at most.

Three years is basically the maximum time that the false infant monk can persist here. This discovery surprised him very much.

This means that he can stay here for two more years, and his hope of finding the 'Spiritual Mist Pearl' is greatly increased.

Xu Zhiyu couldn't help but murmured:
"By the way, I wonder if the spiritual shield that absorbed the power of the thunder will have any effect on the strange power in the yellow sand?
Thinking of this, Xu Zhiyu originally planned to start the experiment immediately, but after thinking about it, he held back.

The reason is that he has only just entered the "Liuyun Desert" and is far from reaching the area that Jindan cultivators can go deep into.

Therefore, even if he conducted the experiment at this time, the result might not be correct. Therefore, he quickened his pace and flew quickly into the depths of the vast yellow sand.

A cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Stage can only stay in the "Liuyun Desert" for three days at most. If they want to travel back and forth safely during this period of time, their range of activities is only about three to four thousand miles. They cannot go deeper.

However, there are still some brave ones who carry special protective magic tools with them and dare to go deep into the range of eight or nine thousand miles. Generally, they do not exceed ten thousand miles. After all, no matter how good the treasure is, it is not as important as life.

The area where Purple Mansion Stage cultivators move around is much larger, usually between 10,000 and 30,000 miles. If you want to take a risk, 40,000 or 50,000 miles is not impossible to try.

As for those with Jindan cultivation like Xu Zhiyu, as long as they don't go more than 100,000 miles deep, they are generally relatively safe, but they still have to be wary of monsters.

When he arrived at the 20,000-mile point, he discovered that some sensitive third-level monsters had sensed his whereabouts.
However, he ignored these guys. His escape speed was fast enough, and by the time these monsters wanted to do something, he had already flown far away.

Secondly, he is not a pushover. To be frank, even if he stands there motionless and is attacked by a third-level monster, he will not necessarily be injured.

I don’t know if these various monsters that have lived in the “Liuyun Desert” for a long time have experienced damage because the corrosive force of the yellow sand has entered their brains.

He has a very bad temper. No matter what level of cultivator you are, he will shout and challenge you, as if he is not thinking straight.

Even though the aura emanating from Xu Zhiyu was clearly one realm higher than these guys, the monsters would still try to attack him when they discovered his whereabouts, and when they encountered flying birds, they would flap their wings and chase after you to attack you.

Xu Zhiyu had basically no desire to attack these third-level monsters, because it would only waste his time, and he was also afraid that the fluctuations caused by the battle would bring about other troubles.

It's not just the monsters that are dangerous in the "Liuyun Desert". The immortal cultivators who roam here are often the most terrifying. It is said that because there are so many cultivators looking for treasure here, a new profession has gradually emerged here - the sand bandit.

In this way, after three days, he finally went deep into the 50,000-mile area of ​​the "Liuyun Desert". Here, Xu Zhiyu's spiritual sense coverage range had been compressed to three miles, and the visibility was only about ten feet.

So he decisively stopped moving forward and found an oasis as a foothold. The oases in the "Liuyun Desert" were not connected in one piece, but were scattered like spots.

The "Spiritual Mist Pearl" among the three wonders of the yellow sand may also appear somewhere in the oasis. In short, it all depends on luck.

Even though his luck had always been good, he could not guarantee that he could find the 'Spiritual Mist Pearl'. In an oasis with a radius of one hundred miles, he spent five days and only found a few worthless second-level spiritual medicines.

On this day, Xu Zhiyu, who was searching for spiritual objects and an oasis, suddenly heard an angry and terrifying roar of a beast coming from the deep yellow sand ahead.

This made him look stunned, and then he decided to go to the beast roaring place to check it out. (End of this chapter)