"It's too sudden, let me consider it," Mo Qi said with a smile.
This girl was simple, kind, and beautiful, not blindly chasing fame or fortune. She had quietly settled into his heart, but he was still a little worried, afraid it was all a pretense.
If she wasn't sincere, just completing some task required by Zhong Gui, then he would be trapped.
"Is that so? Alright, I understand," Zhen Zhen said with disappointment. In her eyes, Mo Qi was politely refusing her, and her heart was incredibly heavy.
Seeing her so dejected, Mo Qi's heart became restless, filled with inner conflict.
If it was a conspiracy, what would she gain by gambling her innocence and happiness?
If it was a conspiracy, what did he have that he couldn't afford to lose?
But if it wasn't a conspiracy, wasn't all this a bit too sudden?
Mainly, he had no experience with blind dates. He'd have to go back to Fengxi Village another day and ask Aunt Zhang how blind dates worked. Could people just be together if they liked each other?
The night passed without incident.
The next day, the two set off early. The path downwards became steeper and steeper, truly like a road leading to hell.
Fortunately, both of them had spiritual energy support, so walking such a path was like treading on flat ground. To speed up, they even used flying techniques in wider areas.
After traveling for another half day like this, they finally reached the Black Water Abyss.
The river that had been following them all along grew wider and wider. When it reached this point, it suddenly dived under the stone cliff. Continuing forward, the water emerged from six holes. As soon as it came out, it was a cliff, so it cascaded straight down, forming a massive waterfall.
Below the waterfall was a deep pool. The pool was very wide. From the bank, the opposite side was pitch black, and the other shore was completely invisible. Only a chilling wind blew! This was the Black Water Abyss.
Occasionally, huge waves would surge in the Black Water Abyss, and dark shadows could be seen beneath the water.
In front of the Black Water Abyss was a wide open space. Washed by the waves, countless shells, fine sand, and pebbles were swept ashore, forming an underground beach.
After绕ing around several large rocks from the main path, they reached that open space.
Mo Qi always felt that the Yin energy here was particularly dense, and there should be many beast souls in the water.
He recalled the beast soul refining method he had seen in the Divine Pill Sect's alchemy secret techniques, using the Hundred Fragrance Root as a guide to attract beast souls into the furnace. After burning, their soul power would merge into the pills.
Mo Qi took out the alchemy furnace again and purified the Hundred Fragrance Root, making it emit only fragrance without any other impurities. If there were even slight impurities, the beast souls would not come.
He also prepared some Foundation Establishment spiritual herbs and placed them in the furnace. He lit the Hundred Fragrance Root and put it into the furnace fire. The Hundred Fragrance Root then emitted a special fragrance, which quietly spread in all directions.
It was as if a layer of mist had risen on the water's surface, and various shaped phantoms were torn and emerged from the water, spinning and twisting into the alchemy furnace to burn. The furnace fire immediately emitted a crimson glow, leaping, rising and falling, licking the bottom of the pot. After a Hundred Fragrance Root burned out, the beast souls stopped entering, and the furnace fire gradually turned blue. As the blue gradually disappeared, Mo Qi immediately added another Hundred Fragrance Root and urged his spiritual energy to make it burn. At this time, those phantoms came one after another. They twisted on the water's surface to form a bridge. At the same time, a musical note quietly drifted away.
Zhen Zhen watched the wondrous sight, her eyes wide with amazement. She almost cried out in surprise, but seeing the quiet surroundings, she didn't want to break the silence. She also knew that if this tranquility was broken, Mo Qi might fail.
Ultimately, she suppressed the shock in her heart and watched everything with a calm expression.
At this time, not far away, on the Primordial Sea, some people felt this peculiar alchemy method and couldn't help but sigh: "I never expected this alchemy method, used in ancient times, which only existed in legends and records, to have a successor now, and to be wielded so skillfully."
In fact, the method was simple. For thousands of years, many people knew the refining method, but they couldn't achieve it. Because even when burning the Hundred Fragrance Root, they couldn't achieve the desired effect. Therefore, it had always existed only in legends, and few people even believed that this alchemy method could truly be realized.
"Is it the Nine Gods Cultivation Realm? Interesting," someone said with a meaningful smile.
After the Foundation Establishment Pill was refined, Mo Qi placed the spiritual herbs for refining Spirit Power Pills into the furnace again, re-ignited the Hundred Fragrance Root, and began refining several more batches of Spirit Power Pills.
Mo Qi put away the alchemy furnace and handed the Foundation Establishment Pill to Zhen Zhen. "This is a Foundation Establishment Pill. It can assist in Foundation Establishment. I can guarantee that its auxiliary effect is definitely stronger than Foundation Establishment with earth fire. It should be comparable to Asura Foundation Establishment."
Zhen Zhen was still angry. "No." After speaking, she walked away.
Mo Qi was exasperated, finding it both funny and frustrating. The blind date hadn't worked out, and now they were enemies.
Just then, ripples suddenly appeared on the water's surface, spreading rapidly in all directions. In the center, the waves suddenly surged like mountain peaks. With a splash, the waves poured down, and a figure slowly emerged from the water. Its head was held high, its body long, covered in black scales, reflecting its majestic and heroic posture.
It was a dragon! A black dragon.
This was its territory. Mo Qi's unbridled absorption of beast souls had clearly angered it!
The black dragon coiled its body in the sky above the pool, enveloped in a faint black mist. Its gaze was piercing, appearing exceptionally imposing, with a hint of killing intent quietly permeating the air.
Seizing the opportunity, Mo Qi pressed the Foundation Establishment Pill into Zhen Zhen's hand. "Take it quickly, then come help me." Zhen Zhen finally took the pill and, without hesitation, consumed it.
At this moment, a voice echoed in the sky above the pool. "Are you the one absorbing my beast souls?" The black dragon glared fiercely at Mo Qi, presumably it was speaking.
Mo Qi said with some regret, "Yes, I've already taken them, what can be done?" He had never fought a dragon before. Intuitively, no matter how powerful a dragon was, it was still a beast. He had dealt with spirit beasts, giant centipedes, and great eagles, so why should he fear a dragon?
Still unrepentant, the black dragon roared in fury and lunged at Mo Qi with bared teeth and claws. Zhen Zhen was just about to sit down cross-legged when Mo Qi formed a hand seal, and a wave of energy erupted. Within it, countless blade-like lights stood in a menacing array. With a flick of his finger, those blade lights shot out, creating sparks as they rubbed against the air, making a clanging sound. They carried wind and momentum, striking towards the black dragon.
The black dragon tilted its head, gathered its strength, and suddenly opened its mouth. "ROAR!" With a sound like the sky collapsing and the earth shattering, and the primordial chaos disintegrating, a sonic boom was created. The water in the pool churned into monstrous waves, and the surrounding rocks collapsed.
Seeing the force of the attack, Mo Qi knew he had made a grave mistake and had greatly underestimated the dragon's combat power. Without looking back, he shouted, "Run!"
Zhen Zhen, standing behind Mo Qi, was stunned. She was also intimidated by the aura emanating from the black dragon. Hearing his words, she unfurled her body and retreated rapidly.
The blade-like lights intensified, suddenly growing longer horizontally and vertically. However, upon contact with the spiritual energy of the wind and waves, the blade lights were instantly torn apart, shattering like glass, turning into fragments, and then dissipating into dust. The wind and waves continued to advance relentlessly, tearing, stripping, and strangling everything in their path. A crack was torn open in the ground, extending infinitely forward. The crack kept widening, sending sand and stones flying, and dust filling the air.
Mo Qi retreated rapidly, conjuring a protective divine light shield around himself. At the same time, he shook his hand, and the eagle soul claw shot out, gripping the spiritual energy of the sound wave. It was as if a sealed giant thunderclap was instantly pried open. In the midst of the explosive burst, all the divine light and spiritual energy were triggered. The light energy shattered like ice shards and then dissipated. A deep pit formed on the ground, and the dust and stones kicked up continued to spread endlessly. The protective divine light shield only managed to resist for a moment before being shattered. Then, the giant wave, with its residual power, struck Mo Qi, sending him flying a considerable distance. The strangling and cutting sensations surged up, making him feel as if his skin had been scraped off. The pain was like falling into magma, and he almost fainted, spitting out a mouthful of blood on the spot.
Under his warning and cover, Zhen Zhen had already escaped far away. However, she was still hit by the sound wave and sustained some injuries. She fell to the ground, desperately trying to get up and run again.
The black dragon lunged forward again without interruption. Mo Qi stumbled, trying to get up, but at this moment, the black dragon let out another roar. Another wave of sound, like a mountain collapsing, surged forward, seemingly even more powerful and destructive.
He definitely couldn't dodge it. "Let's go down together," a trace of ruthlessness flashed in Mo Qi's eyes. He quietly swallowed a few emergency pills, adjusted his breathing, and formed a hand seal. The earth arrow spiritual energy surged out.
Countless arrow lights stood side by side in front of him, each shining with a fierce radiance. There was no bow, yet it seemed as if the taut strings of a bow could be heard, ready to be released.
Mo Qi pointed his hand, and the arrow formation roared out. As it weaved through the air, the entire atmosphere seemed to ignite, trembling and boiling.
The sonic boom of the sound waves exploded violently in the air. Visible dark shadows shuttled rapidly. Wherever they passed, grass and trees instantly turned to dust, stone slabs on the ground burst open, and sand and stones were constantly churned out.
The entire space was instantly plunged into chaos.
The new wave of sound waves, wrapped in that chaos, surged forward with immense power, covering the sky and earth.
The light energy of the arrow formation finally penetrated the chaos and was being consumed at a visible rate.
That chaos, which seemed to devour everything, advanced relentlessly, rapidly consuming the arrow formation and surging towards Mo Qi like a tidal wave.
Mo Qi had already begun to retreat rapidly as soon as he formed the hand seal to release the arrow formation.
However, the speed of that chaos was fierce and swift. It soon reached Mo Qi.
Mo Qi's body was swept up, violently flung several feet away, and finally fell heavily to the ground, spitting out another mouthful of blood.
And the nightmare was not over. That boundless chaos continued to surge forward relentlessly and unstoppably. Once it ravaged past, Mo Qi would inevitably be stripped clean and instantly turned into blood.
Mo Qi wanted to escape, but his entire body seemed to have frozen, almost unable to move an inch.
Zhen Zhen ran a long distance and looked back to see Mo Qi on the brink of death, her face filled with terror and despair.
Mo Qi shouted, "Run! Don't mind me."