"This is the ruins of Yeling Fairy City."

After coming out of Yanhu Square, Lu Zhong went straight to the northwest. He spent more than an hour on the road and even used several bottles of dry powder. When he got here, he only saw a huge corruption pool.

After looking at it for a long time, there was no trace of monk activity.

A trip in vain!

Continue heading west.

At first some ruins could still be seen, but gradually only the decayed objects on the ground were left.

It stretches into a vast area with no end as far as the eye can see.

On the way, we encountered a crashed Shanshan boat, which was stuck upside down like a green onion in a pool of decayed matter. Judging from the degree of corrosion of the hull, it should have happened five years ago.

After a special inspection, every part of the hull was almost intact. Only minor details were damaged, which showed that the construction process was extraordinary. Compared with this, ordinary flying boats were probably at the level of canoes.

Soon Lu Zhong found out the cause of the crash of the Shanshan Boat, which was probably the collapse of the Soul Wind Crystal.

"The Soul Wind Crystal is not a consumable item, so why did it collapse?" He guessed that something happened on the ship, and it was most likely done by the monks of the Western Alliance.

The Zhenyang Sect monks have no reason to destroy this thing.

After the Soul Wind Crystal was damaged, the monks on board had to abandon the ship. There were no traces of corpses around, so they probably had already fled here.

Looking at the Soul Wind Crystal socket, Lu Zhong had a bold idea in his mind.

He also has the Soul Wind Crystal, but he is smaller.

"Give it a try, you might be surprised..."

Insert the Po Feng Crystal and it will be loose.

"There is a fixed device here, and the control magic formula is engraved on it, which is quite considerate." Lu Zhong followed the prompts and played the magic formula, and another trace of mana came into it.

The device reacted immediately, popping up a golden ring, and then contracted to fix the Soul Wind Crystal.

"Um, what's the next step?"

Lu Zhong looked around and suddenly saw powdered jade slips scattered on the ground. He searched nearby and found a dozen jade slips, with the information stored in them still intact.

"Flight Log"

"Xuanhao Ship Material Memo"

"List of Monks Offering Bounties by the Western Alliance"

"The Record of the Immortal Fairy"

"One Hundred and Eight Styles of Perspective"

…

"Yes, maintenance manual!" Lu Zhong did not expect that the Xuanhao ship also left behind this jade slip, which recorded the maintenance information of the Shanshan Ship in detail, including the control test section.

The control of the Shanshan Boat is very complicated, but if you want to test its integrity, there are special techniques.

Following the pattern of a gourd and a ladle, he pinched out a magic formula and hit it on the device.

"Buzzing..."

The device called the "Floating Cardinal" flashed on and off several times, emitting bursts of light. Just when Lu Zhong thought it was activated successfully, it immediately dimmed again.

Seeing a lightning-like pattern light up on the cardinal, Lu Zhong checked the maintenance manual to find out the cause.

"There is a problem with the energy supply."

After leaving the cardinal room, he turned around and came to the energy cabin, where he saw the empty spirit storage pool. Lu Zhong thought to himself, no wonder it failed to start.

How can it be successfully activated without even a single spiritual stone?

Take out ten high-grade spiritual stones.

Insert them one by one into the groove.

Return to the cardinal's room and type the activation spell again.

No problems occurred this time.

Successful startup is only the first step, and it can only prove that the Shanshan Boat has not been completely damaged. Next, he needs to obtain control authority of the boat. Think about it and know that the Shanshan Boat, as a war vehicle, must have similar means.

Otherwise, if spies get involved, wouldn't it be possible to sail the ship away casually?

Regarding the control of the Shanshan Zhou, according to the maintenance manual, it should be a compound type of mysterious locking array. This type of array, like the teleportation array, also belongs to the category of "Array Dao Pearl".

Moreover, the level of the Mystical Locking Array is still higher than that of the general teleportation array. At the same level, there are probably only "acquired spiritual treasure" refining technologies such as weapon refining, which are truly high-precision technologies in the world of immortality.

Generally speaking, this kind of mystery lock technology is only mastered by the Immortal Sect.

If you want to crack the control authority, the prerequisite is to master this kind of technology.

"Happy for nothing!"

When Lu Zhong saw this, he knew that his efforts were in vain. He thought he could pick up a mountain-shaking boat for nothing, but he never thought that others already had the means and were not afraid of being picked up.

The log jade slip was photographed, which recorded a lot of sensitive information, including sailing routes, action notes, and a series of other information. It is not an exaggeration to say that this jade slip is a sect secret, and it is not known what the monks on this ship were doing when they abandoned the ship.

Why would it be left behind?

He was going to see if the Xuanhao ship passed by other monk gathering places before crashing.

"On the twenty-eighth day of the seventh lunar month in the year 45557, the compass heading is Yiyou, and the southeast wind is level three... The crew member Chu Weichen fell ill, and the butler Bai Xiaolan was sent to the isolation cabin... According to the mass extermination order, a building in the lower city [Xinluyuanfang] was destroyed

, a total of 112,907 criminals were killed, the details are as follows..."

"February of the 45557th year of Zhenyang..."

"The eleventh month of Zhenyang 45556..."

Nothing you do is human affairs.

…

One by one, the movements of the Xuanhao ship were clearly recorded.

With this, Lu Zhong was able to connect the dots on the map to form a line and figure out the movement trajectory of the mountain-shaking boat. Finally, he deduced its approximate starting point, which should be that he was going to the West Pole Sword Region on this trip.

"The mass extermination order...did the Western Alliance fail?"

Lu Zhong still clearly remembers that the monks of the Western Territory Alliance aimed to save the world and intended to develop scarlet aura transformation technology to fundamentally solve the crisis in the Western Territory.

But judging from the current situation in the Western Region.

There is a high probability of failure.

"This is normal. It is so difficult to convert spiritual energy. Otherwise, with the strength of the East China Sea Immortal Cultivation World, the demon alchemy alchemy technique has been put into practical use long ago, and why it is still a half-finished product now." Lu Zhongmo thought.

But this is just speculation.

The monks are extremely adaptable and cannot be easily exterminated.

What is more likely is that they all went deep underground, and maybe tens of thousands of years later, some kind of "underground man" civilization could develop.

Knead the jade slips in your hand into powder.

"I have to say that Yanhufang City is really lucky." Lu Zhong said with emotion.

If the Xuanhao ship had not crashed and continued westward to execute the extermination order, the workshop would have been completely destroyed. I am afraid that when he got there, all he would see would be ruins.

Don't think about it anymore.

Taking back the Soul Wind Crystal, he continued to fly towards Shaxuan Valley.

Through the voyage log, Lu Zhong understood that on the way forward, it was basically impossible for him to encounter a monk settlement, and it was impossible to talk about supplies. Therefore, the use of scarlet mushroom powder and the purification frequency of scarlet corruption were necessary.

Make some plans.

He cannot bear the consequences of being overly corroded by the scarlet aura.

…

Head all the way west.

Two years passed in the blink of an eye.

Lu Zhong dug a shelter in the rock formation hundreds of feet underground, and skillfully deployed the Small Sumeru Formation. The effect of this formation in isolating the scarlet aura was average, but it was still better than nothing.

Wait until a burst of purple flames ignites on the body surface.

He began to determine his position.

The closer you get to the Scarlet Demon Land, the more serious the corrosion of scarlet corruption becomes. Especially when you have recently officially entered the West Pole Sword Territory, you can't even find a single landmark.

Forced to have no choice, Lu Zhong had no choice but to start calculating the direction based on direction and flight speed.

"If we advance a thousand miles, we will need to build another marking tower."

At this time, Lu Zhong was not afraid that anyone would discover him, so he simply started to use magic to build marking towers one after another as a basis for identifying his direction.

Occasionally, there will be a star-pulling technique.

Watching the meteorite break through the clouds and create a deep crater in the field of decay can be regarded as a way to relieve stress.

Since the day he left the Xuanhao ship, he had not seen a living person for two full years.
To be continued...