Chapter 446 What is Dragon Vein (Part 1)

The dark deep pool, the water surface is like a mirror, without a single ripple.

The light is dim, the climate is cold and damp. When Xu Hei came here, he suddenly lost all contact with the outside world, as if this was a space isolated from the world.

Wherever his spiritual sense passed, there was only this bottomless deep pool in front of him and the crooked tree next to it.

"What is this place?"

Xu Hei couldn't help asking.

"This is a place abandoned by heaven, a place that even heaven can't sense." The vulture said, he flew to the branch of the crooked tree and squatted down.

Xu Hei came to the edge of the deep pool. The water in the pool was so calm that it didn't feel like water to Xu Hei, but rather like some kind of energy substance.

At this time, a bald child emerged from the pool and said to Xu Hei: "You are here."

Xu Hei was startled and flew back. He realized that this person was the legendary demon lord.

"Meet... meet the senior." Xu Hei bowed his head.

"Haha, why are you so reserved? I won't eat you." The demon lord laughed.

Xu Hei was silent for a moment.

He always felt that this demon lord was somewhat different from the senior masters in his impression.

The demon lord in front of him looked young and tender, less than ten years old, and it was unknown whether he was a boy or a girl. Even his temperament was like that of a child.

"Can you play chess?" The demon lord climbed out of the pool and suddenly asked.

"No." Xu Hei shook his head.

"That's right, come on, I'll teach you, play a few games with me." The demon lord sat on the ground and said with great interest.

Xu Hei didn't know what the demon lord was thinking, but in front of such a master, Xu Hei could only do as he was told. He changed into a half-human form and walked up to the demon lord.

The demon lord took out the chessboard and a bunch of black and white chess pieces.

These chess pieces were very ordinary, as if they were picked up from the human world.

"I'll teach you the simplest one first. Connect five pieces in a line. Even if you win, you go first." The demon lord smiled.

Xu Hei picked up a white piece and dropped it on the chessboard.

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In the first game, Xu Hei lost cleanly, but later, Xu Hei gradually mastered the trick and began to share the same score, until he won more and lost less.

Later, he learned other ways of playing in a very short time, and also lost first and then won.

In such a place, there is no concept of time. Xu Hei didn't know how long he played. Later, no matter what way he played, he could win steadily.

"Alas, your talent is really good, much better than mine." The demon master said helplessly.

As he spoke, he took out a string of candied haws and started to eat.

Xu Hei looked puzzled.

"Senior, why don't you speak frankly." Xu Hei clasped his fists.

"No need to call me senior, I'm not a senior, just a poor guy who often loses his memory." The demon master ate the candied haws and sighed.

"..."

Xu Hei didn't dare to respond and could only remain silent.

"By the way, are you curious about how an ancient cultivator survived to this day?"

The demon lord finished his candied haws and leaned against the crooked tree, saying lazily.

The life span of the Jindan stage is 500 years, the life span of the Yuanying stage is 2,000 years, and the life span of the Huashen stage is more than 10,000 years. But no matter how long one's lifespan increases, it is impossible to survive from ancient times to the present.

"I'm not curious." Xu He shook his head.

"..." The demon lord was speechless.

"I can't answer your question if you do this!" The demon lord yelled, "You should show your curiosity appropriately, so that I can continue to talk."

Xu He immediately showed a curious expression.

"Well, that's right." The demon lord smiled and said, "There are two factors that affect life span, one is natural aging, and the other is the law of heaven."

"Natural aging can be delayed by elixirs, exercises, etc., but the effect is ultimately limited."

"The law of heaven is that if a person's life span exceeds a certain limit and he still does not die, the heavens will send down divine punishment, which is more terrifying than the heavenly calamity, and he will die even if he does not die."

At this point, the demon lord looked at Xu Hei.

Xu Hei also hurriedly showed his expectation and said, "So?"

The demon lord nodded with satisfaction, and then said, "So, the demon lord at that time thought of a solution. He forced his lifelong cultivation out of his body and sealed his memory. He used the art of reincarnation to turn himself into a juvenile and live his second life again."

"In this way, he lived ten lives again, from the ancient times to the present. And the cultivation he forced out of his body in each life continued to accumulate, more and more, until it became a deep pool."

The demon lord looked behind.

Xu Hei also looked at the bottomless pool.

"Is this... the cultivation that the demon lords forced out of their bodies generation after generation, condensed into it?" Xu Hei took a breath of cold air.

"And I am the eleventh generation demon lord, a new life that has just been transformed. This year... I should be five years old."

The demon lord took out another candied haws and took a bite, with a satisfied expression on his face.

Xu Hei suddenly realized that it was no wonder that an ancient senior acted like a child.

But he was a little puzzled. Why tell him such a secret?

Logically speaking, shouldn't such a secret be kept secret? This is deceiving the sky and exploiting the loopholes of the laws of heaven. If everyone is like him, wouldn't it be a mess?

"Senior, what do you want to do? You might as well say it directly." Xu Hei said.

"Hey, what's wrong with you? I just chat with you casually, do you have to do something?" The demon lord complained.

Now, it was Xu Hei's turn to be speechless.

He would never believe this, and telling him such a shocking secret was like playing a joke. How could this be possible?

"By the way, I haven't been out to play for a long time. Come out to play with me."

The demon lord grabbed Xu Hei and flew into the sky.

The vulture naturally took off into the air and grew larger, and the two sat on the vulture's back.

Xu Hei really didn't know what tricks this demon lord was playing. But if it was really as he said, it was just a five-year-old child, and it was not surprising to do this.

"Why did you let me go out to play with you instead of others?" Xu Hei couldn't help asking.

"Oh, don't ask so many questions. As long as you play around, I will answer you a question, any question, that's all." The demon lord said impatiently.

Xu Hei had to agree.

The vulture Ku Ming flapped its wings and flew out like lightning, flew out of this abandoned land, and came to the outside world.

As soon as the demon lord and his party came to the outside world, a muffled thunder-like sound came from the dome and the clouds. This breath was extremely terrifying, thousands of times more terrifying than the thunder tribulation that Xu Bai had just experienced.

Xu Hei couldn't help but tremble, looking up at the sky in horror.

"I'll just go out for a round, just a round!" The demon lord said to the sky.

At this moment, the destructive breath disappeared, which made Xu Hei's pressure disappear.

However, the experience just now really scared Xu Hei, and all kinds of speculations emerged in his heart.

In this way, Ku Ming carried the two of them and flew to the distant mountains and rivers, to the human city.

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Deep in the East China Sea, high in the sky.

A large group of figures gathered here, hanging in the air. They were humans and demon beasts, with strong breath. They were all top masters in the East China Sea, and more than ten of them were in the Nascent Soul stage.

At this moment, everyone's eyes were solemnly looking at the spreading black pollution.

After several days of experiments, they were sure of one thing.

Any creature that approaches the polluted area will be sucked in and unable to escape until it turns to ashes.

In the foundation-building stage, it can withstand one breath, and above the Jindan stage, it can withstand ten breaths. No one has tested the Nascent Soul stage, but the magic weapon of the Nascent Soul stage can last for half an incense stick before breaking.

In addition, they also discovered the characteristics of this black pollution-

These black pollutions are like an energy opposite to the true essence, called "anti-true essence". As long as they come into contact with the true essence, they will cancel each other out.

According to this characteristic, as long as the powerful true essence is forcibly infused into it, the spread of pollution can be slowed down and the pollution can be offset.

In this way, as long as there is enough true essence and it is continuously infused into it, they can even open a channel, and perhaps have a chance to reach the source of the pollution and seal it.

This is the only solution.

However, true essence infusion? I am afraid that this group of Nascent Souls can only make a channel less than 100 feet long, and they cannot get close to the destination at all, and will die of exhaustion.

There is no solution to this situation, so we can only find another way.

"Energy that is completely opposite to the true essence, this is clearly going to destroy the world."

"Damn it, this must be the work of the Sea God Cult!"

"Why did it come so soon?"

Everyone fell into despair.

Compared with humans, the monsters living in the ocean are even more desperate. This is their home, how can they give it up? Leaving is a dead end!

"There must be a chance! Since this anti-true essence is also energy, it cannot be infinite. Let's go back and set up the formation and guard our respective islands!" The Master said in a deep voice.

"Yes!"

Everyone said in unison.

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After seven days, Xu Hei and the Demon Lord traveled through the mountains and rivers of the Qin State.

From the imperial city to the streets and alleys, the peaceful areas and the war-torn areas, everywhere, their footprints were left. Xu Hei didn't understand what the Demon Lord wanted to do, but he still accompanied him to finish this journey.

The Demon Lord behaved like a child, playing and eating, and even learned to gamble, and he was just short of going to a brothel.

When the brothel was mentioned, the demon lord waved his hands repeatedly: "No, no, you can go there, but I can't."

"Why?" Xu Hei asked curiously.

"How can I, a woman, go to a brothel?" the demon lord replied.

Xu Hei was speechless.

"However, marine creatures like me can change their gender constantly, and some can even reproduce parthenogenetically. In order to allow the species to continue, gender does not need to be so rigid." The demon lord said to himself.

Xu Hei was petrified on the spot. Although he didn't understand, he was shocked.

"Okay, I've played enough. I should fulfill my promise to you. You can ask me a question, and I will tell you everything I know!" said the demon lord.

Xu Hei took a deep breath and asked seriously: "I want to know what the dragon vein is!"