Chapter 46: The Grand Temple of the Earth Spirit

  It seems like the system doesn't want to get itself into trouble.

  Liu Yun could only give up on such thoughts and walk out of the cave, heading towards the correct location of the Lingzhu grass.

  The edge of the underground world is nothing but some rocky walls and lava, and there is no road beyond that.

  Near these marginal areas, some lava lizards gradually increased, these lizards were all second-level ground level, not weak in strength, attacks with severe toxicity and scorching, now Liu Yun was still struggling to fight.

  Fortunately, there was Ling Leng Hong, this super bodyguard, and before Liu Yun could even make a move, these lizards were already torn to pieces.

  "It's just ahead!"

  Liu Yun glanced at a high and protruding boulder about three meters high not far away, muttered to himself, and quickly ran over.

  Climbing up the high rock, as expected, at the top of the high rock, a small grass with fluorescent light green color appeared in front of Liu Yun's eyes.

  Liu Yun picked up the Lingzhu grass and jumped straight down from the big stone.

  "Did it work?"

  Disheveled and flustered, Hong hurriedly asked.

  "Hmm!" Liu Yun swung the grass in his hand and put it into his bag.

  If you're an ordinary player, you can't even get here. The lizard group is extremely dense and cannot be passed through unless a large number of players clear the monsters.

  Having obtained the Lingzhu grass, he returned with Ling Hong the same way they came.

  "Not bad! Not bad! I didn't expect you to find the Lingzhu grass for me so quickly! Indeed, heroes emerge in youth!"

  The old woman took over the Lingzhu grass and measured it for a while, then laughed hoarsely.

  Ding! System: Player 'Liu Yun' has completed the task of finding Lingzhu Grass, and obtained a key to the entrance of Diligent Sect Ruins. Note: This key can only be used once.

  The system sound started, and the old woman put away the Lingzhu grass, took out a copper key from her waist, and handed it to Liu Yun.

  "Remember, when entering the Spirit Temple, you must not disturb the spirits there. Otherwise, your fate will be miserable!"

  The old woman warned and then turned around and walked down the bridge, slowly walking towards the distance.

  Liu Yun was lost in thought for a while, then walked towards the other end of the bridge, with Ling Hong closely following behind.

  At the other end of the bridge, there is a huge rock wall. This rock wall is much more regular than others, although there are also many pits on it, but it is not as rugged and uneven as other rock walls.

  Liu Yun carefully examined the rock wall, and his eyes suddenly caught a tiny hole.

  He hastily walked over, inserted the key into the hole and turned it lightly.

  Suddenly, the rock wall began to shake and pieces of debris fell from above.

  Liu Yun hastily retreated several steps and stood together with Ling Qinghong.

  All of a sudden, the rock wall in front of them slowly opened, and a series of "rumbling" sounds were chaotic. Before long, the entire rock wall had shrunk into the gap above, and a magnificent road appeared before the eyes of the two people.

  "Is that the Divine Spirit Sect up ahead?" Ling Hong asked with a hint of excitement.

  "Of course!" Liu Yun nodded his head, he had been here before, so naturally he had some impression.

  Ling Leng Hong didn't wait for Liu Yun either and rushed in first, looking very anxious. It seemed that the Water Fire Crystal was extremely important to her.

  "Hey, wait!!"

  Liu Yun saw it and hastily called out.

  It's okay, Ling Leng Hong has already run inside.

  She saw her foot and suddenly stepped on a piece of gravel. The gravel actually moved and quickly shrunk into the ground.

  "Ah..."

  Liu Yun shook his head helplessly.

  Ling Leng Hong suddenly felt a subtle change beneath his feet, and his heart sank. He raised his head to look around, only to see that the rocky walls on both sides of the road had suddenly appeared with holes the size of fingertips. From these holes, countless poisonous arrows shot out in an instant, fiercely piercing towards Ling Leng Hong.

  "Skyward Sword Technique!"

  Ling Hong's voice was like a cold, red, milky mist as she shouted angrily, pulling out the long sword from behind her back. Her small body began to dance and move nimbly, with rows of sword shadows starting to revolve around her.

  Ding ding ding ding ding...

  The sound of cracking continued to echo in her ears, and Liu Yun looked at Ling Qinghong who was still struggling to resist the poisonous arrows around him, and couldn't help but say: "Stop blocking, come back quickly! These arrows are endless, if you keep standing there, they will keep shooting!"

  Upon hearing this, Ling Hong clenched his teeth and grasped the long sword, swiftly dancing with quick steps, rushing towards Liu Yun.

  With her agility, it was easy for her to escape, but after a fierce battle, her small face that was usually cold and calm was now flushed red, looking very cute.

  "Are you intentionally not telling me?"

  Ling Leng took a deep breath and stared coldly at Liu Yun.

  "It's none of my business if you're being reckless!"

  Liu Yun said with an unpleasant tone.

  "You... I'll kill you!"

  Ding! System: The affection level of specific NPC 'Ling Leng Hong' towards you has decreased to 2 points, please be careful, player.

  "Kill me then!! If you don't want the Water Fire Crystal, just kill me with one sword! I'm not afraid, but let me remind you, if you don't understand the mechanism of this Earth Spirit Sect's path, even if you're the leader of the Red Sword Sect, or even a Great Luo Golden Immortal, you won't be able to reach the location of the Water Fire Crystal!"

  Liu Yun wouldn't be afraid of this so-called specific NPC either. After all, players can revive, do they still need to fear the NPC?

  "You..."

  Ling Leng's face turned red with anger, but he didn't dare make a move against Liu Yun.

  Ding! System: The affinity of specific NPC 'Ling Leng Hong' towards you has decreased to 1 point. Please be extra cautious, player. If it drops to 0 points, this NPC will actively attack the player.

  Hearing the system's words, Liu Yun knew that this little girl's temper had already been provoked to the extreme by him, and if he continued, he would really fight with her.

  "Come on, follow me, don't rush in blindly!"

  Liu Yun changed the subject and immediately walked forward.

  Ling Lenghong opened her eyes, which were covered with frost, and stared coldly at Liu Yun. She secretly stomped her feet and followed him.

  It is said that after the Earth Spirit Sect was counterattacked by the Fire Spirit Sect, the war situation continued to deteriorate. In order to preserve the Earth Spirit Sect, the master of the Earth Spirit Sect activated all the strongest mechanisms set up by the first master of the Earth Spirit Sect.

  And so, there was another incident with Ling Hong just now.

  "This nearly hundred-meter-long path has a total of 80 stepping stones, which are distributed along a relatively curved route. Each stepping stone is just the right size for an adult's foot to step on, and when you step on it, your foot cannot exceed the range of the stepping stone, otherwise, the mechanism will be triggered."

  Liu Yun drew out his sword and looked around for a suitable place, then stepped forward.

  Then, he aimed at another place and trampled on it.

  Ling Leng Hong's eyes behind him kept blinking, staring at Liu Yun with great curiosity and surprise.

  "When you were looking for the Lingzhu grass before, I wanted to ask, and now, you even know the mechanism of the Dilin Sect... Liuyun! Have you been here before? Why do you know so much about the Dilin Sect?" Ling Hong couldn't help but ask.

  Ding! System: Specific NPC 'Ling Leng Hong' has increased their favorability towards you by 5 points.

  This woman's emotions and feelings about herself are a bit too unstable, aren't they? This isn't a good sign...

  "I've read extensively." Liu Yun said casually.

  "You..." Ling Leng's face turned red with rage, her eyes flashing with anger, but she bit back the words and remained silent.

  This long road, with Liu Yun's familiar route, passed by safely and smoothly. Ling Leng Hong also looked at Liu Yun with new eyes, although she could also make it over, but after all, she had to use some effort.

  After walking along this main road, turning a corner, there is a long downhill staircase. On both sides of the stairs are lamp posts piled with thick dust.

  As two people approached, the lighthouse lit up one by one automatically.

  Ling Leng Hong glanced at the vast empty space below the stairs, and her delicate eyebrows furrowed.

  "Below, all around was empty and spacious, both sides of the cliff walls were extremely smooth, as if there was a mechanism?"

  "Brilliant!"

  Liu Yun couldn't help but admire it, and she didn't know if it was the system telling her or if she had really imagined it herself.

  "The staircase opposite is the road to the Temple of the Earth Spirit, but this open space below is a trap. Once we go down, the roads around us will be completely sealed off, and then countless spirits of the Earth Spirit Sect will appear to slaughter us!"

  "What are you afraid of, a group of ghosts?" Ling Lenghong snorted.

  "There's no need to be afraid, but these things are endless and can't be killed. Why waste our time here?"

  Liu Yun pointed to the second lamp post on the right side of the empty space below and said, "Can you destroy that lamp post within 10 seconds after leaving the stairs?"

  "Hmph!" Ling Hongyu snorted in disdain and immediately drew the long sword from behind his back, swinging it at the lantern.

  Buzz!!!!!!

  The surging sword energy on the long sword was immediately swung out by her sharp swing, a long and crescent-shaped sword energy flew out, directly hitting the lamp post.

  Boom!

  The lighthouse immediately became dilapidated, and Liu Yun could clearly see that the lighthouse's blood volume was only 30% left.

  Attack is very high!

  Liu Yun's heart was still in shock, if it were him, destroying the lamp within 10 seconds would be extremely difficult. However, if he couldn't destroy the lamp within 10 seconds, its vitality would be fully restored.

  Whoosh!

  Ling Cold Red made another sword move, but with a loud crash, the lamp post directly fell to the ground and shattered into pieces.

  "What's the point of destroying something that's already dead?"

  Ling Hong sheathed his long sword and said proudly.

  "Not bad!" Liu Yun nodded, though somewhat surprised, but also not unexpected.

  With Ling Hong's presence, the originally difficult roads have become much easier to traverse.

  Ling Leng destroyed several control towers and lighthouses, then Yu Yun continued on his way.

  The lighthouse was destroyed, stepped down, and the roads around it would not be closed. Liu Yun and Ling Qinghong came to the main hall of the Diling Sect with ease.

  This grand hall was enormous, about half the size of a football field. As soon as the two entered the hall, the lights inside lit up automatically. Liu Yun stood at the entrance of the hall and took a glance around. At this moment, countless skulls were scattered all over the hall, along with numerous helmets and blades, all scattered on the floor. Judging from the posture of these skulls lying on the ground, they had apparently been fighting with people when they were alive, and this place had obviously experienced a fierce battle.

  The bones are very cautious, but they won't stand up and transform into monsters to attack the player. This is a summary of what happened when Liu Yun entered here in his previous life.

  Liu Yun's gaze shifted to the highest seat in the great hall, but it was empty. The leader of the Di Ling Sect had died outside the sect by the river, so the throne was vacant at this moment.

  However, Liu Yunke did not come to find the corpse of the leader of the Di Ling Sect.

  He came here for one purpose only.

  Looking at the throne, memories began to flash, he quickly walked over...

  (It's transitional and might be a bit dull, but the exciting part is yet to come.)