Beast-controlling fairy clan.

Three years passed, and including the time spent in Bingyi Country, the ten-year agreement with Master Yan Cang was already very close.

To travel from Jingguo to Huoluoguo, one needs to cross a vast area of ​​more than 100,000 miles, including some dangerous places that are difficult to pass.

Therefore, Zhou Chun did not even bother to wait for Zhou Zhiying to open up the Purple Palace, and he set out on a long journey again.

The journey to Huo Luo Kingdom is long and the time required is unknown.

Zhou Chun also made sufficient preparations before leaving.

He didn't bring many spiritual coins with him, but he did bring many special spiritual items, especially some special items from Longyuan Ze and Frozen Yi Kingdom.

In this way, if he really encounters something there that he wants to purchase or exchange, these things should be easy to sell and exchange for spirit coins or spiritual objects.

In addition, considering that the terrain of Huo Luo Country is said to be mainly desert and desert plateau, Zhou Chun did not bring Mu Mei and Mu Sang this time, and let them stay with Zhou Zhiying for close protection.

Even Lei Jiao Baibai was allowed to rest and recuperate at the Su family's mountain gate.

Therefore, the only spiritual pets he really kept with him were the Golden Winged Tiger and the Hellfire Phoenix.

This is why Zhou Chun dared to do so only after he developed the true power of the spiritual treasure [Moon Toad Orb].

Otherwise, with his caution, he would definitely not give up the trump card of Lei Jiao Baibai.

Zhou Chun traveled westward and within a few months he arrived at a place called Xia Kingdom.

The Xia Kingdom is separated from the Huo Luo Kingdom by many countries, but it can be said to be the only way to quickly travel to the Huo Luo Kingdom.

Going west from Xia State and crossing a long and narrow canyon highland, you can reach the westernmost area where Huo Luo State is located.

If you do not choose to cross this canyon highland, you have to go north along this canyon highland that stretches for tens of thousands of miles, taking a detour of nearly 100,000 miles and passing through several countries before you can get back on track, which also requires passing through some dangerous areas.

But since this canyon highland is so important for exchanges between the two places, but it can isolate the exchanges between the two regions, it is naturally not a good place.

The environment here is very complex and harsh. Evil spirits are growing in many places in the canyon. If the cultivators passing through are not careful and are contaminated by the evil spirits, they are likely to become possessed and their minds confused.

These evil auras will also spread into the sky and merge with the strong wind. Even if you fly through the sky, it is easy to be contaminated by the evil aura without knowing it.

At the same time, some evil beasts and poisonous insects also live and breed in the canyon highlands. These evil beasts and poisonous insects are not only not harmed by the evil energy, but instead integrate the evil energy into their own magic power. Once they are injured by it, they will be contaminated by the evil energy.

In addition, there are some evil people and bandits hiding in this area. They often use their familiarity with the environment to rob and kill monks who try to pass through this area.

Before this, Zhou Chun had only heard of the name of this canyon highland, but didn't know much about it in detail.

After he actually entered the Xia Kingdom and learned the relevant information in detail, he realized that he had underestimated this place called "Evil Spirit Valley" by the Xia Kingdom monks.

In the minds of the cultivators of the Xia Kingdom, the Nieling Canyon is definitely the most dangerous place in the country, without a doubt.

Many examples in the past have proven that even a Jindan-stage cultivator would be greatly affected, or even die directly, if touched by the evil energy inside!

It is said that even a real person in the Nascent Soul stage will inevitably be affected once he is exposed to too much evil energy.

Therefore, in many cases, if the cultivators of Xia country wanted to go to the extreme west, they would rather take a detour of 100,000 miles than cross the Nieling Canyon, which might be only a thousand miles away in a straight line!

Similarly, the monks on the opposite side of the Nie Ling Canyon were also unwilling to cross the canyon to come to the Xia Kingdom.

In this situation, even if Zhou Chun wanted to purchase the map and information of the Nieling Canyon, it would be difficult to find a way, and he didn't know who really had it.

"Evil spirit, is this thing really as mysterious as the legend says?"

On top of a bare rock peak, Zhou Chun looked at the undulating mountains in front of him, the Nie Ling Canyon composed of peaks, cliffs, canyons, and highlands, and a hint of curiosity appeared in his eyes.

He thought that since he had the [Pure Spirit Water] in his hand which could purify even the turbid evil energy, it should be easy for him to pass through this area.

But now, after hearing many terrifying rumors from the local cultivators of Xia Country about the evil aura there, he couldn't help but become a little suspicious.

After thinking for a long time, Zhou Chun decided to give it a try first.

According to the rumors I heard, even if a Jindan-stage cultivator cannot completely resist the evil aura, he will not die as soon as he is touched by it as a mid- or low-level cultivator.

If the [Pure Yuan Spirit Water] really can't dispel the evil spirit, Zhou Chun can only take a detour.

If that works, he can go ahead with his original plan.

After making this decision, Zhou Chun immediately flew into the Evil Spirit Canyon in front without hesitation, and took the initiative to look for the so-called evil spirit.

Not long after, Zhou Chun made a discovery in a dead leaf forest.

This dead-leaf forest is located in a canyon, and it is home to a kind of broad-leaved tree with grayish-white trunks, somewhat similar to birch.

At this time, a grayish-white mist was filling the woods, and the mist was still spreading and flowing around with the mountain breeze.

There is a saying in the Xia Kingdom's immortal cultivation world about the evil aura of the Nie Ling Canyon. When you see it, it is actually already beside you!

This means that the evil aura will only appear as a grayish-white mist when its concentration is extremely high. When it is thin, it is actually colorless and difficult to see.

However, Zhou Chun still made hand gestures and cast a spell, drawing a stream of evil spirit onto his body.

Sure enough, when the materialized evil spirit touched his back, he suddenly felt his consciousness sinking, and he seemed to hear some kind of whispering in his ears. A feeling of restlessness grew in his heart, with nowhere to vent.

Fortunately, he was still generally conscious and quickly left the area, then took the [Pure Spirit Water] that he had prepared in advance.

As the cool spiritual water entered his stomach, the dryness in Zhou Chun's body quickly dissipated, and even his consciousness became clear, and he regained clarity in an instant.

"Good, good, it's worthy of being called [Pure Spirit Water]. It really didn't disappoint me!"

Zhou Chun cheered repeatedly and was very satisfied with the results of this experiment.

But then he seemed to have thought of something and couldn't help showing a thoughtful look.

It turned out that he suddenly thought of something, which was the issue of the quantity of [Pure Yuan Spirit Water].

The amount of [Pure Yuan Spirit Water] stored in the [Pure Heaven and Earth Divine Jar] is not that much. Even if he uses 20% of it at a time, he can only use it five times.

If you want to make another jar of [Pure Spirit Water] after that, you will have to wait for forty-nine days.

Even the narrowest section of the Nie Ling Canyon is more than a thousand miles wide, and it is not possible to pass through in a short period of time.

Moreover, as far as Zhou Chun knew, that area was actually the most dangerous, with many powerful beasts and poisonous insects living there, including some powerful beings with fourth-level combat power.

In this case, if he thought that he could force his way into the Evil Spirit Canyon with the [Pure Spirit Water] on him, he would probably suffer greatly.

"It seems I still need to find a map!"

Thinking of this, Zhou Chun quickly turned around and left the canyon and returned to Xia Kingdom.

Although there are very few cultivators who dare to cross the Evil Spirit Canyon and there are not many successful examples, there are always some lucky ones who succeed.

Since Zhou Chun was willing to spend money and was a Jindan-stage cultivator himself, he quickly found such a lucky person.

This person is now a white-haired old man with one foot half buried in the ground, but his cultivation has reached the late Purple Mansion stage. It is said that when he passed through the Nieling Canyon, his cultivation was still in the middle Purple Mansion stage.

"Senior, I'm sure you're aware of the dangers of the Evil Spirit Canyon. The map in my hand is called a map, but it actually only records the areas that I've luckily passed through."

"Moreover, after so many years, the conditions in those areas must have changed. If you encounter any abnormal situation, I will not be responsible at all!"

In a teahouse in the market town, Zhou Chun invited the lucky guy he had found to come here. When the other party heard his purpose, he immediately gave him a shot of prevention and did not want to take any responsibility at all.

But this person was the most suitable candidate Zhou Chun could find in a short period of time, so he could only look at him calmly and said, "Don't worry, fellow Daoist. As long as there is no problem with the map in your hand, even if you really encounter any danger, I will not vent my anger on you."

"With your words, I feel relieved."

The old man's expression relaxed and he immediately took out a map and handed it to Zhou Chun.

Judging from his skilled appearance, he must have done this more than once or twice.

Zhou Chun was not surprised by this.

After all, although the Nie Ling Canyon is dangerous, being able to pass through it can save a lot of time and avoid many other dangers.

Naturally, there are many cultivators and forces in Xia Country who will be interested in this.

For lucky people like the old man in front of him who have successfully crossed the Evil Spirit Canyon, the map in his hand will definitely become a hot commodity.

After studying the map, he paid a handsome sum.

Not long after, Zhou Chun left the market with the map.

Above a canyon a thousand feet wide, countless fist-sized black strange insects gathered in a group, covering the sky and sweeping towards a monk in a silver-white robe in the air.

The strength of each of these strange black insects is only equivalent to that of a cultivator in the early stage of Qi training, but there are too many of them, densely packed together, no less than hundreds of thousands!
At the same time, the black acid they spit out is mixed with the unique evil aura in the Evil Spirit Canyon. Even if it is burned into smoke, it can still cause damage to the target.

The silver-robed monk was Zhou Chun, who was now deep in the Nieling Canyon.

After he got the map, he quickly followed the map into the canyon.

The journey ahead was relatively smooth. Apart from being inevitably contaminated by the evil spirit that permeated the void, there were no threats worth mentioning. It was not until he flew over the canyon that he was suddenly stopped by these strange black insects.

At this moment, he made a few moves and found that these black strange insects were difficult to deal with. He immediately did not want to tangle with them, and directly made a gesture to cast a spell, using the "Golden Escape Technique" to break through to the front.

There was a flash of golden light, and in an instant it flew away more than fifty miles, shaking off the swarm of strange black insects.

However, he had just escaped from trouble and before he could feel happy about it, his expression soon changed and he looked towards a mountain not far away with gloomy eyes.

Suddenly, a group of dark golden bat monsters flew out from the top of the mountain. Judging from their aura, they were of the second and third level, and their flying speed was very fast, comparable to that of a Jindan stage cultivator!
"Damn it, there's no record of these two things on that old guy's map! I hope I'm being tricked by him!"

Zhou Chun cursed inwardly, but he knew he couldn't keep running away any longer.

He is still following the map. At least the terrain along the way is generally similar to the map.

If we escape in a hurry at this moment and deviate from the map route, it is hard to say whether we will encounter enemies more dangerous than we do now.

Immediately, Zhou Chun no longer hesitated. He slapped the spirit beast bag on his waist and released the Hellfire Phoenix.

Under normal circumstances, when a fourth-level monster like the Hellfire Phoenix appears, some second- and third-level bat monsters will definitely flee.

However, those dark golden bat monsters seemed to be completely unaffected by the aura emitted by the Hell Fire Phoenix. After entering the attack range, they launched ultrasonic attack abilities and spit out black arrows from their mouths, shooting at Zhou Chun and the Hell Fire Phoenix.

This situation made the Hell Fire Phoenix very angry. It immediately let out a clear cry and flapped its wings, and feather-shaped flaming arrows shot towards the dark golden bat monsters.

Boom boom boom!
Just like rockets hitting the target, those dark golden bat monsters would immediately explode into flaming fireworks in mid-air once they were hit by the flaming arrows.

However, only the second-level bat monsters will be directly blown to pieces, while the third-level bat monsters are often injured but not killed, showing powerful defense and vitality that are far superior to those of monsters of the same level!

Moreover, although the number of these bat monsters is not as large as those black strange insects, there are still thousands of them. The Hellfire Phoenix can only kill one tenth of them at most in one round of attack.

Seeing this, Zhou Chun had no choice but to take action himself, and summoned his own magical weapon [Wanhua Jinding], which fired out golden arrows at the bat monsters.

They worked together as master and servant and quickly killed half of the bat monsters.

But at this moment, a sudden change occurred.

One of the third-grade top-quality bat monsters suddenly let out a fierce roar, and a huge black gas surged out of its body, transforming into small black bats that flew into the bodies of the dead or seriously injured bat monsters.

In the blink of an eye, the corpses and severely injured bat monsters quickly shrivelled up, losing their energy and life.

Then, one after another, the little black bats flew back into the body of the third-grade, top-quality bat monster, and actually forced it to become a fourth-grade monster!
As soon as this monster entered the fourth level, its escape speed increased greatly. Not only did it easily dodge the attacks of the Hellfire Phoenix, it also unleashed a sonic attack that Zhou Chun had to take seriously.

And it was not known whether it was affected by the evil spirit, but under the sound attack of the fourth-level bat monster, Zhou Chun's inner restlessness and confusion became obviously stronger.

However, the Hellfire Phoenix seemed to be less affected by the evil spirit, probably because it was protected by the [Lapis Lazuli Pure Fire].

"Damn it, we have to fight quickly!"

Zhou Chun shook his head, silently practicing the secret technique of "Heart Lotus Dharma" to stay awake, and immediately stopped holding back and used his true strength.

As soon as he activated his life-saving magic weapon [Wanhua Jinding], several golden sword rainbows shot towards the fourth-level bat monster.

By the time the fourth-order bat monster relied on its powerful flying speed to dodge the golden sword rainbow attack, a golden spear had already locked onto it, leaving it with no escape!

When it spread its wings and released a black gas shield to take the blow, it saw a torrent of black and red flames pouring down on it, submerging it.

squeak--

With a sharp hissing sound, the fourth-level bat monster, with its body in tatters and burnt, staggered out from the flames and was about to use an escape technique to escape.

Suddenly, a golden divine thunder struck it on the head, blowing its head apart on the spot!
After using the [Genjin Sky-Splitting Thunder] to kill the fourth-order bat monster, Zhou Chun joined forces with the Hell Fire Phoenix and quickly killed all the fearless second- and third-order bat monsters in mid-air.

But after killing this group of bat monsters, Zhou Chun did not show any joy at all.

Because he suddenly discovered that these bat monsters did not leave any demon pills after their death, and their aura also weakened after death.

The key point is that the corpse also exudes an ominous smell, which gives him a very bad feeling.

He asked about the Hellfire Phoenix.

As expected, even this spiritual pet, which used to like to eat all kinds of poisonous insects, snakes and ants, had no intention of eating the corpse of the bat monster, and rejected and hated it from the bottom of its heart.

As a result, he spent so much effort to kill these monsters, but he was unable to gain any useful gains.

"What bad luck!"

Zhou Chun cursed with an ugly look on his face, and immediately mobilized part of the [Pure Yuan Spirit Water] to evolve the evil aura that he had been contaminated with. Then he put away the Hellfire Phoenix and continued to fly forward.

But what Zhou Chun didn't notice was that shortly after they left, the bat corpses on the ground turned into a ball of black gas and sank into the ground, disappearing without a trace.

At the same time, a strange black bird that witnessed the whole process suddenly fluttered up from a rock and flew towards an unknown place.

On the other side, after Zhou Chun killed the group of bat monsters, he soon encountered a group of black strange birds that looked like crows. They were able to breathe out a kind of black flame, and the bird king among them actually had a fourth-level cultivation level!
This made him immediately realize that there must be something wrong with the map in his hand!

It’s not necessarily that the map is completely fake, but the old man definitely doesn’t have the ability to cross this area.

But even if I knew this, it would not be appropriate to turn back now.

Zhou Chun had no choice but to remember this grudge and muster up his spirit to fight the crows.

Just like before, the strange black bird was not afraid of the Hellfire Phoenix at all, and immediately launched a fierce attack on the master and servant.

After Zhou Chun used all his strength to kill the flock of crows, he still failed to obtain even one demon pill.

He even deliberately spared the life of the fourth-order monster bird to see if its demon pill would self-destruct, but it did not.

This time, for some reason, Zhou Chun deliberately stayed at the scene for a while longer, and then he saw the corpses of the strange birds turn into black gas and disappear.

After seeing this scene, his face suddenly changed, and he finally understood why these monsters had no demon pills!

"Qi gives birth to all things. Isn't this the characteristic of the legendary Void Refining Stage? Could it be that there is a seventh-level monster under this Evil Spirit Canyon?"

Zhou Chun looked at the canyon below with a grim expression, and was extremely shocked.

He had also seen the description of "Qi gives birth to all things" in an ancient book. It said that a cultivator in the Refining Void Stage who was above the Spirit Transformation Realm could create living creatures with flesh and blood with a trace of his magic power, and these living creatures could even possess spiritual wisdom!
But when they die, they will return to their original energy.

This kind of creation method is no different from that of the immortals in the legend, so the cultivators in the Nascent Soul Stage are also called "Half-Immortals".

However, the power at the Nascent Soul stage is simply not something that this world can accommodate. Logically speaking, this world can only accommodate the power at the Spirit Transformation stage at most!

"Evil Spirit, Evil Spirit, does this name have another deeper meaning?"

Zhou Chun's eyes moved slightly, and he thought of the name of the Nieling Canyon under his feet, and seemed to understand something.

If it is really as he thought, then this place is really not a good place. No wonder the big powers in Xia Kingdom would rather take a detour to trade with countries in the far west such as Huo Luo Kingdom, rather than make an effort to open up a safe passage here.

I'm afraid it's not that I don't want to, but that I can't!!
"It seems like I can only go this way once. Next time I return, I must not risk going here again!"

Zhou Chun pursed his lips, suppressed the fear in his heart, and continued to absorb the spiritual power in the spirit crystal to restore his magic power while continuing to move forward.

Not long after, he encountered many black poisonous bees again, and had no choice but to continue to eliminate these transformed monsters.

But just as he was destroying these black poisonous bees, Zhou Chun suddenly felt his mind move and he felt like he was being watched.

With his current powerful consciousness, once this feeling arises, it is basically correct.

After understanding the details of the monsters in the Evil Spirit Canyon, Zhou Chun also had a rough guess about the identity of the spying person.

There was a flash of cold light in his eyes, and he immediately let the Hellfire Phoenix attack with all his strength, using [Lapis Lazuli Pure Fire] to burn all the black poisonous bees into black gas and dissipate them.

Then he looked behind him calmly and said, "Since you are already here, why do you have to hide and not show up?"

"Hey, he actually found it. This guy has something!"

On a certain mountain peak, a man in a black robe couldn't help but let out a light exclamation and hid the green light in his eyes.

Just now, he was the one who used his spiritual eyes to spy on Zhou Chun from afar.

Unexpectedly, even though he was spying from hundreds of miles away, he was still discovered by Zhou Chun.

"Boss, this is a difficult idea. Should we still do it?"

Behind the man in black robe, a burly man with a body as strong as an iron tower saw his serious expression and asked in a muffled voice.

"Why not? He has fought several battles along the way. Even an iron man would be tired by now. We have finally waited for this fat sheep to enter the canyon. How can we let him slip away so easily!"

A murderous look flashed across the black-robed man's face, and he spoke in a grim tone.

Then he no longer hid, and flew away from his hiding place with the strong man, and flew straight to where Zhou Chun was.

The cultivation levels of these two people are exactly, one is in the middle stage of the Golden Core, and the other is in the early stage of the Golden Core!