Sword Barrow, Weapon Graveyard
"It's okay, it's your first time here, everyone's like this, it won't happen again—"
After saying that, Ling Yi didn't say anything more and turned to continue walking inside.
Zhang Lei stepped forward, somewhat familiarly raised his hand, patted Zhang Mufeng on the shoulder, and said with a smile, "Very impressive, only a breath shorter than me back then—"
As he spoke, Zhang Lei made a gesture that enraged the Koreans.
He then waved to Long Yin and Qingqiu Xin, who were equally bewildered beside him, and said, "Let's go, don't waste any more time—"
As soon as she finished speaking, she turned around and quickly followed Ling Yi's figure.
Behind them, Zhang Mufeng, Qingqiu Xin, and Long Yin looked at each other, but out of trust in Ling Yi, they didn't think much of it and picked up their feet to chase after Ling Yi and Zhang Lei.
As they walked, the three of them subconsciously observed the shelves around them, while also glancing around at other shelves in the distance.
The three vaguely noticed that the rows of wooden shelves around them were dark green, while the shelves on either side of these shelves were also made of wood, but in a different color, brown; the other side had silver-gray shelves. The three, who had studied forging, knew that they were probably made of some kind of metal alloy.
Soon, the three of them caught up with Ling Yi and Zhang Lei, and together they walked out from the rows of wooden frames and came to a flat and spacious stone platform.
To the astonishment of Zhang Mufeng and his companions, the circular stone platform in front of them, which was forty or fifty meters in diameter and about half a meter high, was actually made of two different types of stone, one half plain white and the other half dark black.
Looking at the black and white stone platform in front of me, and then turning my head to look around, I saw rows of shelves of different colors arranged in the eight directions.
Zhang Lei had seen the layout drawings before, knew that if viewed from the air, the stone platform in the center of the large warehouse and the shelves in the eight directions around it formed a peculiar pattern.
The black and white stone platform in the middle resembles two fat, thin-tailed fish of different colors, connected end to end, with the white fish having black eyes and the black fish having white eyes.
The shelves around the perimeter, according to the words and pictures on the blueprint Ling Yi gave him, are arranged as follows:
Qian (乾), Kun (坤), Zhen (震), Xun (巽), Kan (坎), Li (离), Gen (艮), Dui (兑).
Although Zhang Lei couldn't understand it, he had a sense of awe and wonder in his heart, and he still couldn't figure out what it meant.
In particular, after Ling Yi had finally arranged and adjusted these shelves, which were made of wood, metal, or stone, Zhang Lei entered them again and was in a dazed state for nearly twenty breaths.
In such a long time, even Titled Douluo would probably be stabbed to death in the middle of a battle.
When Zhang Lei woke up from his daze, he asked Ling Yi, his cousin who seemed to know almost everything, about this. But Ling Yi only told him that this was a foundation, a foundation that would allow him to rise again after reaching a certain level in the future.
Ling Yi didn't say anything more.
Since Ling Yi didn't say anything, Zhang Lei stopped asking. All he needed to know was that Ling Yi wouldn't harm him, and that was enough.
On the other hand, Ling Yi, who had appeared confident and composed since entering the warehouse, was actually somewhat speechless inside.
Since evolving, his "Blue Silver Grass" Martial Soul, which reached the quality of over 1200 years and was a Baron Rank spirit, communicated with the "Blue Silver Grass" scattered all over the outside world and entered a state of harmony with the outside world, similar to the unity of heaven and man. Following his intuition, he copied the layout of the "Taiji Eight Trigrams Diagram" from his previous life and made minor adjustments to the placement of the wooden, metal, and stone frames. As a result, the environment here began to show a strange change that he did not understand.
Therefore, he didn't tell Zhang Lei why he was in a daze, not because he was pretending to be profound and playing the riddle, but because he didn't know the reason either.
In addition, after the changes occurred in this warehouse within a warehouse, which was laid out according to the "Taiji Eight Trigrams Diagram", Ling Yi brought his blood relatives Zhang Lei, Ling Xiaoshan, Ling Shan, Zhang Dahe and others to visit it. The duration of each person's dazed state was different. The longest was eighteen seconds for Zhang Lei, and the shortest was only two seconds for his grandfather Ling Changqing.
In terms of physical fitness, Grandpa Ling Changqing, who had worked and practiced the "Farmer's Three Forms" for many years, plus his adult physique, was stronger than Ling Si, a little girl. However, Ling Si was in a daze for eight seconds.
According to cultivation aptitude, cousin Zhang Xin is an ordinary person without Soul Power, yet he has a ten-second daze.
If judged by willpower, Ling Shan, who is usually somewhat lazy, was in a daze for three seconds longer than Zhang Xin, who had persisted in learning and forging with the aptitude of an ordinary person for several years.
This... gave Ling Yi a bit of a headache.
What frustrated Ling Yi even more was that everyone else was in that dazed state, but he, the one who set it up, felt nothing at all.
Aside from sensing a unique atmosphere permeating the space within this warehouse, there were no other discoveries.
Even that unique meaning can only be perceived when the mind is calm. Once you have the thought of actively perceiving it, this unique meaning seems to completely disappear. It is even more elusive than those young ladies whose minds are as unfathomable as the bottom of the sea!
Ling Yi, who was cursing under his breath, remained calm on the surface. He led the four people up to the high platform and looked around. Apart from the mostly empty shelves, all he could see was "Blue Silver Grass" covering the ground.
It is merely the most primitive form of "Blue Silver Grass" with taller and thicker stems and leaves.
Ling Yi turned his head and looked at Zhang Mufeng and the other two, who were looking around with surprise, and said, "Ah Feng, Ah Xin, Ah Yin, the three of you can cultivate here from now on."
No one will disturb you here. Whether you are cultivating your Soul Power, practicing the "Beast Martial Soul: Xingyi Fist Style," or mastering your own Soul Skill, a quiet environment is the easiest way to improve your concentration and maintain it for a longer period of time...
Upon hearing this, Zhang Mufeng and the other two nodded obediently and responded in unison:
"Okay, Brother Yi ~" *3
After saying that, they each separated by a certain distance and began their cultivation.
Seeing his three friends sitting cross-legged and practicing horse stance, entering a state of focused cultivation in a very short time compared to usual, Ling Yi nodded slightly, stood and watched for a while. After confirming that the three were highly focused, he turned around with Zhang Lei and continued walking to the other side of the stone platform.
The large warehouse where they were located was situated in the northwest corner of the entire Mountain Sea Estate, which was the former location of Mountain Sea Village, between the old forest to the north of the village and the dirt road leading to North Mouth River Town to the west.
This place was originally a wasteland. The residents of Mountain Sea Village had once cultivated it, but unfortunately the soil quality was extremely poor and it was impossible to grow any crops. However, after it was abandoned, it quickly returned to its original state, covered with thorns and low shrubs.
Now, the thorns and shrubs have been uprooted and burned to ashes once again. The ashes, mixed with the coarse soil, are dug up and transported away in baskets.
Stones from the mountain between North Mouth River Town and "Wood Plant City" were transported here and used to build buildings.
In the northwest corner of the black and white stone platform, in front of three rows of golden metal frames arranged in the shape of a "", Zhang Lei bent down, reached out and grabbed a light blue metal ring on the ground. He exerted all his strength and suddenly pulled open a stone slab about a meter square and as thick as an adult's palm.
As you can see, the grass formed by the "Blue Silver Grass" on the stone slab is still full of life, and the grass leaves sway as the stone slab is lifted.
Ling Yi was the first to jump off the stone slab and be lifted up. Zhang Lei followed closely behind, leaving only the stone slab with "Blue Silver Grass" growing on its back. Under a simple pressure device, it was slowly pressed down and finally covered the hole.
"Laugh--!"
The sound of flint striking flint rang out, and a bright orange flame suddenly appeared in the pitch-black space.
The next second, under this faint light source, specks of light appeared one after another, directly illuminating an underground space that was about ten meters high and more than a hundred meters wide.
As Zhang Lei descended the steps, he looked at Ling Yi and the torch in his hand. Ling Yi, whose body was half light and half darkness, became even more mysterious and unpredictable in Zhang Lei's eyes.
Taking a few steps forward and standing side by side with Ling Yi, Zhang Lei's eyes had already adjusted to the dim environment.
In the vast space, apart from the "Blue Silver Grass" that appeared black due to the lighting, there were piles of randomly placed metal scraps.
Those scattered points of light are the reflections from the still intact parts of these metal wrecks.
Broken knives, shattered swords, cracked axes, chipped spearheads, flattened hammerheads, and sections of metal rods...
This place is like a graveyard for weapons.
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