"Okay, let me ask if you have anything to say." Mu Jingyu calmed down and said, "Brother Di, can you tell me honestly, why did you leave from the clear water and clouds because you were worried about my little brother's situation and came to help? , or did you take the opportunity to sneak out privately and come to Mount Emei to seek revenge?"
Seeing that Mu Jingyu was still holding on to this issue, Di Nanxun relaxed and said, "Brother Mu, didn't I tell you that since those people sneaked into Bi Shui Yunjian, I've guessed that your whereabouts have been exposed. , that’s why I didn’t tell Tai Er and others and came to look for you privately.”
Having said this, Di Nanxun put on a guilty look and said: "You guessed it right, brother, I did have some selfish intentions and wanted to seek revenge in Mount Emei. However, you didn't find Tianxiangmu to escape for a moment, and I They don’t even dare to deal with their own personal affairs!”
Seeing the sincerity of Dinanxun's words, Mu Jingyu couldn't help but feel relieved. But there were still some most important doubts that were not asked, so he said with a straight face: "Of course I believe Brother Di! It's just... how do you always get through the Emei Sect's protective formation and sneak into Mount Emei? What? How did you find the entrance to Baozhaian, and how did you find us by stepping on the lotus covered bridge?"
In the final analysis, this is what Mu Jingyu and the others are most concerned about. If Dinan Xun didn't explain clearly, it would be difficult to eliminate the doubts of the three of them.
"Is this..." Dinanxun was speechless for a moment and didn't know how to answer.
He was able to successfully sneak into Mount Emei and find the entrance to Baozhai Nunnery, all thanks to the young man in black robe working behind the scenes. Just telling Mu Jingyu now that the reason why he came to Mount Emei was because of the words of the black-robed young man would inevitably make Mu Jingyu and others suspicious again.
Qin Yunchuan said: "Senior Di, please stop hesitating and tell me what is going on."
Di Nanxun raised his head and looked at the lake. He suddenly realized the plan and laughed loudly: "Well, of course I am following the old witch! When I came to the outskirts of Mount Emei, I happened to see her sneaking around. Not like a good person, I followed her and found you all the way."
"Are you following Fairy Chi Mei?" Mu Jingyu couldn't help but be shocked. It is indeed somewhat credible to say that Di Nanxun followed Fairy Chimei into Mount Emei.
After the previous events, they have been able to confirm that the men in black robes have planted many spies in various factions, and some of them have quite a low status!
And Yaoming Palace has formed an alliance with the black-robed people. It is not unusual for Fairy Chimei to sneak into the Emei Sect with the help of their spies.
"Is this true?" Qin Yunchuan asked.
Di Nanxun hurriedly raised his palms and swore: "I take these words seriously! If there is any lie, I will be struck by five thunders from heaven..."
Yu Paopao suddenly interrupted: "Senior Di, don't be too busy swearing now. I still have something to ask you. Even if you always follow Fairy Chimei and sneak into my master's door, in this underwater Baozhai Nunnery, you Did you really find it by relying on your own ability?"
After all, Yu Paopao still didn't believe it. Dinan Xuneng only took a few glances and accurately cracked the mechanism, causing it to reveal its true form from the bottom of the water.
"Of course I relied on my own abilities!" Din Nanxun shouted with a guilty conscience: "You little girl, what do you want me to say to make you believe it!"
Seeing Din Nanxun's furious look, Yu Paopao confirmed what he was thinking, smiled slightly and said: "You are the only one who knows whether you are relying on your old self's abilities. This junior just wants to tell the truth!"
At this moment, Mu Jingyu also became suspicious. He stared at Di Nanxun and said in a deep voice: "Brother Di, please tell me the truth. If you are really being deceived by others, you'd better tell me as soon as possible." , so as not to fall into the tricks of those who are interested.”
Dinan sighed a few times, knowing that his performance just now had exposed flaws, so he could only sigh and tell the story of how he met the young man in black robe and was persuaded by him to leave the clear water and clouds privately and go to the Emei sect to look for Mu Jingyu. Things were said.
After listening, Qin Yunchuan shouted anxiously: "Senior Di, why are you so confused! That man is a mysterious man in black robe. With just a few words, you always believed that he would be our old friend and wanted to help. Are you shocked? What if there are disciples from Emei who hunted you down at the bottom of the lake, who can tell us everything! What if... what if it's a conspiracy set up by the man in black robe! What if he wants to catch us all in one go? what to do!"
Din Nanxun knew he was in the wrong, lowered his head and murmured in defense: "Oh, Yunchuan, don't be angry! You see, I didn't follow his arrangements, sneaked into Mount Emei smoothly, and even found the hidden treasure house. An? This means that he did not deceive us."
Different from Qin Yunchuan's anxiety, Mu Jingyu calmed down this time, and after thinking about it carefully, he said: "Brother Qin, please don't be anxious. I don't think that young man in black robe has any ill intentions! Maybe... maybe... Like Jin Yingzi, was he forced to join the men in black robes? Or maybe he was Jin Yingzi's subordinate, which is not impossible."
"Jin Yingzi?" Qin Yunchuan said blankly: "Are you talking about the person who has been secretly helping you? If it looks like this... maybe I am worrying too much..."
Mu Jingyu nodded and said: "Now that we've come this far, it's useless to think so much. Why don't we go down and have a look first? If we can really find Tianxiangmu, we can untie Brother Di's knot at the same time, isn't it? It can prove whether the young man in black robe is sincere or fake."
"Hey, I hope I'm overthinking it!" Qin Yunchuan could only nod in agreement, and at the same time pray in his heart that things would not be as bad as he thought.
At this point, the three of them can only pray that the young man in black robe sincerely wants to help them and has not set up any treacherous plot.
After spitting out all the things hidden in his heart, Di Nanxun no longer had any worries and kept comforting everyone: "Don't worry, I'm very accurate in judging people, I guarantee there won't be any accidents. "
The four of them walked down the spiral lotus platform. After they stepped onto the last Tianshu Star, the light and shadow in the lake in front of them suddenly changed. Above everyone's heads, branches of heavenly fragrant trees appeared one after another, densely covering the entire lake. The branches and leaves extending from it just lifted up the Baozhai Temple above. Presumably, the two-story palace was formed by the gathering of countless heavenly fragrant branches.
With Tianshu Star as the boundary, the lake below was radiant, and a huge ancient tree in the shape of an inverted triangle grew upward from the bottom of the lake. Branches so thick that no one could hug them criss-crossed the center of the lake.
It’s just that the Emei Sect found dark bricks and stones from nowhere and built a palace under the lake in the shape of an ancient tree. Through the looming gap, you can see the branches inside, just like the Baozhaian above, each holding a treasure box.
You don't need to think about it to know that the treasures stored in those treasure boxes are the real treasures of the Emei Sect.
Din Nanxun pointed at the ancient tree in front of him and said, "Brother Mu, if what that black-robed young man said is right, the towering ancient tree in front of us is the ancient Heavenly Fragrance Sacred Tree."
Mu Jingyu said in disbelief: "Brother Di, do you think this is a Tianxiang tree? It's too big..."
Big, of course it is big! According to their previous judgment, the Emei Sect only obtained a Tianxiang tree that was more than ten feet long. Even if they had the ability to bring it back to life, how could it grow to such a large scale in just a hundred years!
On the contrary, Qin Yunchuan said in agreement: "I think it can't be wrong! Jingyu, don't forget, according to the records in the Book of Mountains and Seas, the Tianxiang tree can originally cover the sky and the sun. Only if it has such a scale is it consistent with the records in the book. . Besides, with this large area of innate water nourishment, it is reasonable for the Tianxiang tree to grow to such a large scale in just a hundred years."
"However, I see that there are treasure boxes on these branches. If one is easily sawed off, it will definitely alert the elders of the sect. How should we take down a piece of Tianxiang wood?"
Yu Paopao's thinking was not unreasonable. Just looking at these Tianxiang branches, they were much thicker than the Tianxiang branches in Baozhai Temple on the lake. They were obviously Tianxiang trees. Just wanting to take away a piece of it quietly is not an easy task.
Di Nanxun said: "Don't worry, the young man in black robe has told me a long time ago that if you want to get the real Tianxiang wood, you still need someone's help."
Mu Jingyu chuckled and said: "Brother Di, you mean... that the person who was suppressed at the bottom of the lake can not only help you solve the mystery of the year, but also help me get the Tianxiang wood?"
"Of course! Otherwise, brother, I wouldn't have gone to all the trouble and risked being scolded by you to secretly come here to look for you." After Dinan Xun laughed a few times, he stepped forward and was blocked from sight. Walked into the place that looked like a gate.
After entering the door, the four of them felt the vastness of the Tianxiang Tree. Today's fragrant tree deserves to be called an ancient sacred tree, and any branch is thicker than an ordinary tree. Moreover, because it occupies a vast area, the gaps between the branches are huge, making it feel like you are in a huge palace.
Din Nanxun took the three of them, not to look at the precious treasures, but to find a way down, heading straight to the lowest point.
The further you go down, the rarer the Tianxiang trees become. Instead, there are several trees standing in clusters that cannot be hugged by three or four people. After descending to a place about forty or fifty feet away from the bottom of the lake, the side branches had disappeared, replaced by three tree trunks that could not be hugged by ten people, arranged in a triangle and inserted directly into the bottom of the lake.
At the root of the tree, there is an iron chain as thick as an arm surrounding the root. Looking along the chains, I saw an old woman in tattered clothes, about sixty or seventy years old, sitting cross-legged among three Tianxiang trees.
Looking at this situation, the Emei Sect obtained not one Tianxiang tree at that time, but three! After planting on the bottom of the lake, this lake bottom forest grew. As for the old woman who was bound here, I don’t know who she is. Because of what she committed, she was secretly imprisoned here by the Emei Sect.
Qin Yunchuan looked at the old woman sitting cross-legged An Ran and said softly: "Senior Di, I think that old man is probably the person the young man in black robe mentioned. Why don't we go down and take a look?"
"Let's go down and have a look!" Din Nanxun waved his hand, already impatient. The mystery that has troubled him for more than thirty years can be learned from her soon. How can he not make Dinanxun excited?
However, what surprised the four of them was that until they landed on the bottom of the lake, the old woman seemed to be petrified. She remained motionless while sitting cross-legged in meditation, as if she was dead. The three iron chains were wrapped around her neck and legs respectively, firmly reducing her range of movement to several feet in diameter.
The four of them looked at each other, not knowing what to do, when they heard a hoarse voice coming from the man's mouth.
"Hehehe... Hahaha... Din Nanxun, Din Nanxun, you are finally here." This voice was sharp and harsh, piercing people's hearts, as if coming from a ghost, and anyone who heard it would feel their hair stand on end. .
"You...are you...a human or a ghost..." Despite Yu Paopao's cultivation, she is still a girl in essence. At the bottom of the silent lake, I suddenly heard a laugh that was not like human language. I was so scared that I held Mu Jingyu's arm and pointed at the old woman nervously and asked.
"Ghost? Humph, if I were a ghost, I would have killed you a long time ago. Can I still talk to you nicely?" The old woman laughed softly a few times and then turned around.
When the four of them looked at it, they couldn't help but take a breath of cold air at the same time! Even with Din Nanxun's cultivation level, he didn't realize he took a few steps back.
