Chapter 77 Strange Mirage

In the ancient times, Zhang Qian once saw a strange beast called the Mirage Dragon. This dragon was extremely strange. Its body seemed real, but it felt empty when touched. It could change freely between reality and illusion, and most magical powers could not hurt this beast.

The mirage dragon can spit out mirage gas, which can manifest all kinds of illusions. The hunting of this dragon is extremely interesting. It often transforms into a fairy mountain, and an extremely exquisite heavenly palace appears in the mirage gas.

Many creatures would be attracted by the beautiful scenery of the Heavenly Palace and walk into the mountains unknowingly, where they would be immediately swallowed by the mirage dragon and become its food.

This kind of experience had occurred to Patriarch Hundong before his cultivation was fully developed. At that time, he saw a fairy mountain with a heavenly palace, and he became curious. He walked into the fairy mountain involuntarily and almost fell into the belly of a mirage dragon.

Now that he had heard about the Mirage Dragon Lake, coupled with what Li Qingque had said about the scene in the Mirage Dragon Lake, Zhang Qian wondered if there was a mirage dragon hidden in the Mirage Dragon Lake?
At this time, Li Qingque replied, "In ancient times, there was a strange beast in the Mirage Dragon Marsh. The beast was called the Mirage Dragon. It refined treasures in the Mirage Dragon Marsh. A hundred years later, when the treasure was refined, it returned to the Great Star Sea and disappeared. During these hundred years, it not only changed the topography of the Mirage Dragon Marsh, but also, affected by the mirage air it spewed, a unique tribe appeared in the Mirage Dragon Marsh. This tribe is called the Frost Nether Mirage Snake. Originally, this snake could spew cold air, but under the influence of the Mirage Dragon's mirage air, its bloodline actually changed. It no longer spewed cold air, but instead spewed mirage air."

"Frost Mirage Snake?"

"Yes, this group is very common in Mirage Dragon Lake. I don't know if it's because of the sudden change of their bloodline, but their temperaments are very cruel, and they often kill each other. They don't have much intelligence, and besides being able to spit out mirage gas, they don't have any other magical powers, so they are useless. Otherwise, they would have been subdued and turned into demon soldiers long ago."

Zhang Qian's eyes lit up and he looked thoughtful, with a vague guess in his mind.

"I'll leave now!"

That speculation made him vaguely excited.

Li Qingque looked at him in surprise, not knowing what Zhang Qian was so excited about.

"Remember, come back after you have taken the lotus seeds. Do not stay outside to play."

"Don't worry, Senior Sister. I know what to do."

After bidding farewell to Li Qingque, Zhang Qian had nothing to pack. Besides, Mirage Dragon Lake was not far away, so he didn't bother to blush. He stomped his feet lightly, and a swirling gust of wind blew up, lifting his body and flying into the sky in an instant.

After achieving the perfect state of Qi Refining, Zhang Qian was able to perform the art of flying. Although he couldn't ride on clouds and mist, he could still ride on the wind.

call!
Amidst the howling wind, Zhang Qian flew to the edge of the Demon Refining Island. When passing by the Demon Refining Array, the token on his waist flashed, and a portal appeared in the array. Passing through the portal, he arrived at the vast lake outside the Sword Gourd Palace.

After looking at the direction, Zhang Qian controlled the divine wind and flew straight to the east.

Flying with the wind does not allow you to fly very high, the highest you can go is about a hundred feet. If you were still in the primitive world, Zhang Qian would not dare to fly like this. Flying so low in the primitive world is tantamount to seeking death, and you never know when a giant monster will swallow you up.

In the ancient world, Zhang Qian mostly used earth escape, but now he has no such concerns. Standing high in the sky, looking down at the scenery below, makes him feel very happy.

Following the route instructions in the jade slip, after about an hour and flying over more than a dozen rivers, Zhang Qian saw a stretch of endless fog in front of him.

Looking up, endless palaces appeared in the fog. These palaces were so real that they seemed like they were really palaces from heaven.

When Zhang Qianfei got closer, he could even hear pleasant immortal sounds coming from those heavenly palaces.

"Yes, this is the mirage."

After a quick scan with his mind, Zhang Qian finally determined that the mist was mirage. There is a very simple way to identify mirage. Just use your mind or spiritual consciousness to scan it. If you feel that your mind power cannot see anything and is isolated, it means that it is mirage. One of the wonderful things about mirage is that it can isolate spiritual consciousness from detection. No matter how powerful your mind is or how strong your spiritual consciousness is, it will immediately become useless when it encounters mirage.

Speaking of which, the mirage in front of him can be considered a nemesis of Zhang Qian. His mind is extremely powerful, but it will become useless when encountering a mirage. No matter how he uses his mind to scan the front, his mind cannot see anything in the fog, as if the fog is a wall that isolates his mind from detection.

"Once I learn how to refine a weapon, I will collect all the mirage energy here and refine it into a magical weapon. Wouldn't it be able to block everyone's divine sense from detecting it?"

With his mind turning, Zhang Qian wrote down the idea, carefully recalled the route in the jade slip, and controlled the divine wind to fly suddenly into the continuous mirage.

After turning a few corners, Zhang Qian had a general idea of ​​the terrain of the Mirage Dragon Lake. This place was extremely humid, and the entire land was a stretch of mud.

From time to time, many bubbles emerged from the muddy ground, making a slight popping sound.

The sky was completely covered by mirage. One could not move his mind inside the mirage and could only see with the naked eyes.

With Zhang Qian's eyesight and the mirage surrounding him, he couldn't see very far.

He was not in a hurry to go to the valley to collect lotus seeds, but instead made up his mind to make the pitch-black Heavenly Demon Pagoda appear.

After breaking through to the Great Perfection of Qi Refining, the Heavenly Demon Pagoda became more solid and no longer looked like it would be blown away by a gust of wind.

Holding the pagoda in his hands, Demon One, Demon Two, and Demon Three, three celestial demons appeared outside the pagoda.

"Try and see if you can absorb the mirage here."

This is Zhang Qian's guess. As an invisible and formless existence, the Heavenly Demon has some similarities with the Mirage Dragon. Moreover, the Heavenly Demon can also perform various Heavenly Demon illusions. The illusion methods are very similar to the Mirage. Zhang Qian guessed that maybe the Heavenly Demon can absorb the Mirage to grow.

However, to his disappointment, the three heavenly demons shook their heads decisively.

"My Lord, this mirage is useless to us and cannot be absorbed at all. However, if we can find the existence that spews out this mirage, we can get a lot of benefits. That's not all, because our lives are now connected to the pagoda. As long as we grow, the Lord Demon will also benefit. This is a good thing that will only benefit you."

"Oh?"

Zhang Qian's eyes lit up, he really didn't know that the Heavenly Demon Pagoda had such a magical power. This great magical power was extremely profound. Even though Zhang Qian could perform it easily, he was still far from fully realizing all the wonders of this magical power. Instead, he learned one of its functions from the three Heavenly Demons.

"These mirages are all spewed out by the Frost Nether Mirage Serpent. This clan should not be difficult to find."

Thinking of this, Zhang Qian flew forward for a while, and a dark pool of water appeared in front of him. The pool was about five miles in radius, which was not small.

Boom!
With a wave of his hand, a stream of sword energy shot out and pierced straight into the pool of water, creating huge waves.

Swish, swish, swish...!
Before the waves could calm down, densely packed snake heads suddenly emerged from the pool. Each of these snake heads was as big as a jackfruit, and their triangular eyes were red and full of coldness, staring at Zhang Qian.

(End of this chapter)