Pawn Crossing the River

As Wu Ji's remains fell into a deep sleep again, all the illusions he had, including the incarnation of the God of Thunder, disappeared, as if it was a big dream that had never existed.

Qi Xuansu was not in a hurry to leave this place, and carefully observed the alienated remains of Wu Ji through the formation.

As the saying goes, he has read 300 poems by heart and can recite poems even if he can't compose them. Qi Xuansu has at least come into contact with so many things about creation, including "Emperor Shitian", the master of eight works of creation, and "Eternal Life Stone", the master of creation projects. ", so Qi Xuansu really saw something about the sect. There are obvious traces of creation transformation on it. There are not only the totems of the witch sect, but also the talismans of the Taoist sect. It has the best of both, and it is undoubtedly the handiwork of Yao Zu.

Obviously, Yao Zu's transformation achieved multiple things with one stone. First, it completely eliminated the possibility of Wu Ji's resurrection and return. Second, it regarded Wu Ji as the core of the pass formation here, eliminating the need to connect with earth energy or reserve divine power. , to squeeze out the last bit of value from Wu Ji.

It is in line with the Yao family's motto: if you lose, you will hold a grudge, and if you win, you will counterattack.

Obviously, this is Yao Zu's counterattack.

Qi Xuansu had a somewhat familiar feeling. Everything in front of him seemed to have the same origin as his "Heart of the Immortal Stone". If the "Heart of the Immortal Stone" is the master and essence of the creation project, then the transformation of Wu Ji's remains It is an aspect of the engineering of creation.

Qi Xuansu came up with the idea, could he obtain Wu Ji's magical powers through Wu Ji's remains? It is this illusion ability that is so powerful that it can be easily confused with the real one.

At this moment, Qi Jiayao's voice came from above: "Qi Tianyuan, come up quickly, this passage is going to be closed."

Qi Xuansu looked up after hearing this and saw that the passage he opened with the Shattered Void Realm was shrinking, just like the flesh and blood of some living creature, constantly squirming and gradually healing.

Could it be that the entire city is the remains of Wu Ji?

Qi Xuansu thought this and knew that he could not stay any longer. He stood up and left the place before the passage was completely closed.

After all, whether he can obtain Wu Ji's ability is secondary. His main purpose is to explore the secret of the "Heart of the Immortal Stone".

After Qi Xuansu returned to the ground, he found that the gray-white fog that had enveloped the city had dissipated at some point, revealing the true face of the city. This was a special city filled with temples of different sizes, built against the mountains. It is built with large stones, but the doors and windows are made of metal. Various talismans are cast on the surface, which seems to be the technology of Tianji Hall.

There are various creations in and around these temples, including but not limited to firearms, crossbows, machine puppets, living corpses, etc. However, due to Qi Xuansu's authority such as Jian Xiu Shan Bing, these creations do not move and are in a static state.

Qi Xuansu came to a machine puppet and found that this puppet was different from the puppet in Tianshui Yixin Tower. It seemed to be an earlier version. After Qi Xuansu carefully observed it, he suddenly punched and heard a series of explosions. The surface of the machine puppet The armor began to disintegrate into scattered parts such as helmets, armors, boots, etc. However, under the armor, there was not some kind of core as Qi Xuansu thought, nor was it empty, but a mummy.

Qi Xuansu now knew why he felt something was wrong with this puppet. It turned out that it was essentially an extension of Corpse Refining, a very low-level prototype of "Emperor Shitian", and then it was put on a suit of armor. The mechanism puppet Qi Xuansu saw in Tianshui Yixin Tower was mainly based on mechanism skills and divine power. It also absorbed some of the alchemy arcana of Westerners. It could even have a simple conversation with Qi Xuansu. It was completely different.

Qi Xuansu carefully inspected the mummy and found that there was a sutured wound on its chest. After opening it, the chest was empty, with no heart and only a stone.

This is certainly not the "Heart of the Immortality Stone". At best, it can only be said to be the "Heart of the Stone", which is a very low-level prototype of the "Eternal Life Stone".

what is this? Have the prototypes of "Eternal Life Stone" and the prototype of "Emperor Shakti" come to fruition?

Qi Xuansu had an intuition that Yao Zu seemed to be experimenting with something, and these creations reflected some of Yao Zu's ideas.

Could it be that Yao Zu's original idea was to inlay a complete "immortality stone" into the body of "Emperor Shitian"? "Emperor Shakti" itself is already comparable to an immortal. If you add the "Eternal Life Stone" that can create an immortal, wouldn't it mean that you will create an immortal?

There is no doubt whether Yaozu can refine the "Eternal Life Stone". As early as Wu Xian's time, two "Eternal Life Stones" were refined. Taking a step back, even Chen Shuhua can secretly refine one. "Stone of Immortality", why couldn't Yao Zu, who was far superior to Chen Shuhua in terms of power, resources and cultivation level, not be able to refine the "Stone of Immortality"?

However, according to the last time Qi Xuansu directly controlled "Emperor Shitian", "Emperor Shitian" did not become a calamity immortal. The most intuitive manifestation is that it did not form a crushing trend against Zhenren Shangqingwei, regardless of Zhenren Qingwei. He has mastered several immortal objects, but after all he is not a serious immortal, let alone a quasi-one-kalpa immortal like the Imperial Master. If "Emperor Shitian" is really a one-kalpa immortal, against the real person Shang Qingwei, the result can only be that he can defeat ten tribulations with one force.

From this point of view, Yao Zu's attempt should have failed, and he failed to implant the "Eternal Life Stone" into the body of "Emperor Shitian". This was the later change of direction, completely turning to the mechanism technique, so there was a new version of Tianshui Yixinlou's puppet.

As for these failed experiments, Yao Zu did not destroy them and simply threw them into the Lingshan Cave.

It gives people the impression that Yao Zu treats Lingshan Cave Heaven as a utility room, where all kinds of useful and useless things are piled up. He can come in and rummage when needed. No wonder he doesn't let others in.

Although this experiment failed, it can also give a glimpse of Yao Zu's thinking. Qi Xuansu even made a bold guess. After the "Eternal Life Stone" failed to be implanted into "Emperor Shitian", Yao Zu must sum up the failure experience. Zu believed that "Eternal Life Stone" was essentially a dead person, which was incompatible with the "Eternal Life Stone" that emphasized immortality, resurrection, and immortality, and was not suitable as the carrier of the "Eternal Life Stone". So Yao Zu changed his mind and used living people as the "Eternal Life Stone" "Carrier.

However, the "Eternal Life Stone" has various negative effects. Even the second generation "Eternal Life Stone" of the Enlightened Six Wizards has the drawback of having too high a threshold. It is essentially prepared for immortals.

Therefore, Yao Zu completely changed his thinking and used the second generation "Eternal Life Stone" as a blueprint to lower the threshold and let the "Eternal Life Stone" grow with the host.

This is probably the origin of the "Heart of the Immortal Stone".

Compared to the "Eternal Life Stone", the threshold for the "Eternal Life Stone Heart" could not be lower. Not to mention the innate person, it is the acquired person. As long as the body is mature, the "Eternal Life Stone Heart" can be implanted. There are only gains and losses. The "Heart of Immortality Stone" cannot directly make people become immortals. Apart from some life-saving functions, it seems that it is not worthy of the word "immortality" at all.

However, the "Heart of Immortality Stone" gives the host unlimited future and possibilities. The "Heart of Immortality Stone" and the host grow together. When the host becomes an immortal, there will be no difference between the "Heart of Immortality Stone" and the "Eternal Life Stone".

This reminded Qi Xuansu of two words - furnace tripod.

The furnace for refining the "Eternal Life Stone".

However, these are Qi Xuansu's speculations, and there is no substantial evidence, because the Li family also has a "heart of immortality stone". It cannot be said that the Li family regards Li Changge as a furnace, which indirectly refutes Qi Xuansu's speculations.

What other reasons are behind this, we need to continue to explore to know.

Having said that, this also supports Qi Xuansu's original idea that the secret of the "Heart of Immortality Stone" is indeed hidden in the Lingshan Cave.

These original versions of the machine puppets can't be seen outside, let alone Wu Ji's remains.

Qi Jiayao also came over, looked at the stone heart in Qi Xuansu's hand, and asked, "What is this?"

Qi Xuansu asked back: "You have been here for so long, don't you know?"

Qi Jiayao said matter-of-factly: "I had authority in the past and I would not provoke these creatures. How could I know?"

Qi Xuansu used his five fingers to crush the stone heart into powder.

Obviously, no matter in terms of texture or magical power, this low-level imitation cannot be compared with the original product.

Qi Xuansu picked up another piece of armor and looked at it carefully for a moment. He found nothing, so he had to put it down.

Qi Jiayao was already a little impatient: "Are you leaving or not?"

"Let's go." Qi Xuansu said.

Next, there were no obstacles and the road was smooth. Qi Xuansu and Qi Jiayao soon left this place. Outside was a vast plain and a battlefield. Yao Zu and the Yao family did not completely clean up the battlefield here, but only opened a path from it.

Qi Jiayao has walked through it more than once and introduced it to Qi Xuansu: "There are not many creations in this place, but it was once the place where the ancestor Tianshi killed Wu Ji. The thunder is strong, and thunder often falls, so be careful of being struck by lightning. "

Qi Xuansu then looked up.

Sure enough, the top of the head was not a simple dark cloud, but a gathering of thunderclouds, with thunder and lightning surging among them, disappearing and appearing, like a dragon's head always looking out, as if it would fall at any time.

Qi Xuansu held "Qingyun". The thunder and lightning did not recognize anyone, but recognized the sword of the ancestor Tianshi. Anyway, he was not afraid.

Qi Jiayao saw Qi Xuansu's actions and understood immediately, and immediately approached Qi Xuansu.

This shameless energy is quite like Xiao Yin's style. No, strictly speaking, among the three generations around Qi Xuansu, only Zhang Yuelu, the middle one, is more reserved and shameless. As for the other two, it’s hard to say whether young or old.

Qi Xuansu ignored her and continued to move forward.

Thunder and lightning kept falling, one after another. But he always avoided Qi Xuansu's vicinity.

The plain is vast, with corpses everywhere, and there is only one long road with no end as far as the eye can see.

After walking for a long time, as night approached, Qi Xuansu suddenly stopped and looked up.

Qi Jiayao followed Qi Xuansu's gaze.

In the sky, two figures were fighting fiercely.

They walked between streaks of lightning. Countless gravel floating in the air was shattered by the aftermath of their fight, and ripples visible to the naked eye spread.

One of them kept waving a crescent-shaped sword energy, which fell like rain.

The other person summoned large swaths of cold flames. At first glance, these flames seemed to have given birth to a human face, and the flame tails were like hair, stacking up and covering the sky.

Qi Xuansu had seen this scene before.