After a brief silence, Headmaster Qinglian said: "Everyone, the crisis in our Jade Kun Palace has been resolved. Whether it is the Jiuli tribe, Bei Pluto, or the mysterious man in black, they have all retreated. Let's go first. Let’s go back to the palace and make long-term plans.”
Headmaster Qinglian was right. After the continuous melee, many people from each faction were injured or killed. Whether it is to stop temporarily or to attack the Netherworld Ghost State in a large scale, it needs to be temporarily reorganized and cultivated.
Various righteous sects and nearly a hundred casual cultivators led by Qijue Scholars, Taier Zhenren, and Nangong Jingqiu, as well as numerous spirits led by Bigan, Zhu Yan, and Bi Yun, under the guidance of Master Qinglian, embarked on a mighty journey. Return to Jade Kun Palace.
Speaking of which, most of the people present had never been to Jade Kun Palace. Although I have seen it from a distance, when I am actually inside, I am still shocked by its dreamlike scenery.
Walking along the jade avenue at your feet, the five peaks form an open five-finger shape. In the middle are curls of clouds and smoke, drifting and drifting in the breeze.
And in the clouds and mist, there are hundreds of palaces looming in the clouds and mist. What surprised everyone even more was that these palaces seemed to be suspended above the ground, with no rocks, earth or wood supporting them around them.
Mu Jingyu remembered the Fenghua Hall on the Tianjue Peak of Jiuhua Mountain, although it was also half-hanging in the air. But from the top of Tianjue Peak, there is a mountain peak protruding diagonally as a support.
But Mu Jingyu observed carefully for a long time and found no mountain peaks to support these palaces. For a moment, I was quite curious as to how these palaces in the Jade Kun Palace could float steadily among the clouds.
When we reached the foot of the nearest mountain, the Jade Avenue suddenly rose from the ground, reaching into the sky like a ladder. Through the clouds and mist, Mu Jingyu discovered that every time these ladders passed a certain distance, a flying bridge would extend to connect with various palaces.
Headmaster Qinglian first stepped onto the almost vertical ladder, and then warned: "Everyone, the wind is strong and the clouds are thick above. If you are not careful, you may lose your way or even fall from the ladder. Everyone should be careful."
Everyone responded in unison, and the strong ones in the innate realm of each sect set up spiritual energy barriers to block the strong wind for the disciples who were not strong enough. Otherwise, with their cultivation, accidents would inevitably happen.
Although Mu Jingyu was physically injured, his cultivation level was still there. After thanking Biwan and the others for their protection, a layer of light spiritual energy emitted from his body, resisting the howling wind, and followed them step by step. Walk towards the palace above your head.
It's just that this ladder is too steep. It can be as steep as the famous Jiuhua Mountain, but it is ten times more steep! After climbing to a height of 100 feet, the aura barrier blown by the strong wind around him made a crackling sound, and he had to shout loudly to hear it. Moreover, the surrounding clouds and fog are getting thicker and thicker, and there is almost no human being visible ten feet away.
Fortunately, some people like Mu Jingyu and others who are in the innate realm can resist with their own cultivation. But people under the innate realm gradually become a little unable to do what they want.
After walking another seventy or eighty feet, we finally saw several palaces at the bottom, and here, there was a huge platform that could accommodate hundreds of people. After Master Qinglian stood on top, he turned around and said to everyone: "Everyone, the palace in front of you is quite spacious. You can bring the injured disciples into it and settle down temporarily."
Everyone in Lei Gongbao, Yunhai City's Yun Family, Zangfeng Valley, and other small sects and sects had already felt that they were struggling, and they all nodded in agreement after hearing this. Then, under the guidance of several Jade Kun Palace disciples, they walked towards the covered bridge extending from all sides of the platform.
Mu Jingyu took the opportunity to take a few breaths and looked around carefully. Along the way, he still didn't understand how the palaces in Jade Kun Palace were suspended in mid-air.
However, no matter how much he looked around, he still could not find the peaks supporting these palaces, let alone understand the key to them.
The Qijue scholar on the side seemed to have noticed Mu Jingyu's doubts. He pointed at the numerous palaces above his head and asked, "Mu Jingyu, are you curious about why they can still be stable without any support?" In mid-air?"
Mu Jingyu asked curiously: "Senior, do you know?"
"I know a little bit about it." Scholar Qi Jue nodded, and then explained: "According to the records in the ancient book Shan Hai Jing, the place where Yukun Palace is located was originally a huge mountain towering into the clouds. It was just thousands of years ago that , it was split open from it for unknown reasons. And the five peaks you see are just the five remaining ridges."
"Ah! Is it true!" Mu Jingyu couldn't believe it. The five peaks surrounding it were already thousands of feet high. If they were just the remaining ridges, how majestic the original peaks would be.
Just thinking about it, Mu Jingyu felt that this statement was wrong again: "Senior, I have read the Book of Mountains and Seas, and there are no such descriptions in it. Did you... remember it wrong?"
Before Scholar Qi Jue could say anything, Bi An was the first to answer: "Of course Scholar Qi Jue remembered correctly. Mu Jingyu, don't you know that the existing Classic of Mountains and Seas is not the original one? Many of the records in it have been deliberately erased. ”
"But...even if this is originally a complete mountain peak, how can we explain that the palace in Yukun Palace can be suspended in it without any support?"
"Let me tell you." Zhu Yan said: "If I remember correctly, this is the real Kunlun Mountains. As for the five surrounding peaks and the thousands of miles of Kunlun Mountains, they did not originally exist. It's just that In the second ancient war, it was chopped into pieces by a strong man! After the flying rocks fell from a height of ten thousand feet, the Kunlun Mountains were formed today."
Mu Jingyu looked at the sky thousands of feet high, and the scene of that day appeared in his mind, and he was deeply shocked. To be able to split a huge mountain into powder, what level of cultivation does that person have to achieve!
Zhu Yan paused for a moment, waiting for Mu Jingyu to finish being frightened, and then continued: "After he cut through the Kunlun Mountains, countless spiritual energy was trapped in the five peaks, and they have not dispersed for thousands of years. There are countless rocks, Therefore, it was bound and unable to escape. Presumably after Qinglian gave birth to spiritual consciousness, he built countless palaces on it according to local conditions, forming the current Jade Kun Palace."
"That's it." After Zhu Yan's explanation, Mu Jingyu stretched his hand out of the clouds, and sure enough he felt abundant spiritual energy surging. It is precisely because of these spiritual energy that many palaces can float in them.
At some point, the disciples from various sects who stayed here had already stopped making noises and listened quietly to Zhu Yan's explanation of the origin of Jade Kun Palace. After hearing this, they all followed Mu Jingyu's example and stretched out their hands to feel the endless spiritual energy from the outside world.
Some people are amazed, some are envious, and of course jealousy is inevitable. Master Tongxuan murmured to himself: "Thinking of me, Tongxuan, I thought that the martial arts mountain found by Lingfu Tianzun, the founder of the sect, was already a rare place of blessing in the world. I didn't expect that the Yukun Palace was the real place. The treasure land. If..."
When Master Tongxuan said this, he realized that his words were wrong and he quickly shut up. But the people around him, including those who were not highly cultivated, heard it clearly. The meaning of his words was all clear to me.
Several factions that were already dissatisfied with Wujixu's actions became even more defensive against him. They all turned to look at Master Qinglian to see how he would react.
I don’t know if Headmaster Qinglian has confidence in the strength of Yukun Palace, or if he is not afraid of Master Tongxuan’s covetousness. He just smiled slightly and said: "Master Tongxuanxu, don't look at the place where my Jade Kun Palace is located. It is full of spiritual energy. It is like flowers in a mirror or the moon in water. It can only be seen but not used."
Master Tongxuan laughed and said: "What Master Qinglian said was timely. It was Tongxuan who lost his mind and his words were temporarily wrong. Please forgive me."
Headmaster Qinglian waved his hand and said generously: "As the head of a sect, I have a heavy responsibility for the future of our sect. Lord Tongxuanxu has this idea, and it is reasonable. I will not care about it."
Since Headmaster Qinglian doesn't care anymore, the others certainly can't say much. But on the way later, they all intentionally or unintentionally stayed away from Wujixu and other sects.
In this way, we walked up a distance of several hundred feet. At every interval, Headmaster Qinglian would assign the disciples of each sect to the nearest palace to cultivate based on their cultivation level. In the end, only Lingjue Temple, Wujixu, Emei Sect and Bian, Zhu Yan, Mu Jingyu, Qi Jue Scholar, Tai Er Zhenren, Nangong Jingqiu and other advanced people were left. They continued to follow him all the way. The main hall of Yukun Palace is located at the top.
Originally, according to the wishes of Zhu Yan and Qijue Scholar, Mu Jingyu was supposed to follow Bi Yun and rest in a palace below. However, he wanted to find an opportunity to tell Headmaster Qinglian about Chi You's origin, so as to relieve his doubts. Headmaster Qinglian also saw that Mu Jingyu had something to say, so he brought him here.
Headmaster Qinglian pointed to the highest palaces and said: "Everyone, this is the top of my Jade Kun Palace. The spiritual energy here is the most abundant. You can cultivate for a while. When you have recovered your cultivation, we will discuss it again. A one-step plan. I wonder if you have any objections to my arrangement?"
Of course, the few of them had no objections. After a long journey, followed by a battle with the Jiuli Tribe and Yaoming Palace, they had already felt exhausted and urgently needed to find a place to rest.
Elder Wu's injury is not optimistic. If he cannot recover, once the Jiuli tribe, Bei Pluto, or even the man in black come back, no one can resist him.
Seeing everyone walking to different places under the leadership of the disciples of Jade Kun Palace, before Mu Jingyu could say anything, Headmaster Qinglian had already taken the lead and said: "Mu Shaoxia, your injury cannot be delayed. There happened to be a quiet room. The room is available for you to cultivate, can you come with me?"
Mu Jingyu had long wanted to find a chance to be alone with Master Qinglian, so there was no reason to disagree when he heard this. It's just that the Qijue Scholar, Master Taier, and Nangong Jingqiu were worried that the Qinglian Palm Church would deliberately take away Mu Jingyu to embarrass him because of Chi You's magic ax, so they planned to go together.
It was Bi An and Zhu Yan who understood Mu Jingyu's thoughts and stopped the three of them. He forcibly pulled them and followed the disciples of Yukun Palace to rest in another palace.
In the blink of an eye, the crowd around them receded, leaving only Headmaster Qinglian and Mu Jingyu. Headmaster Qinglian stroked his sleeves, pointed to a small palace hidden in the clouds and said, "Mu Shaoxia, let's go there too."
Amid the clouds and mist, a covered bridge for one person only extended from a distance. Mu Jingyu stepped on it carefully. Under his feet was an abyss, making those who looked at it dizzy. Countless palaces loom in it, like a paradise in heaven. When I looked up, there were still white clouds in the sky. The dazzling sun became much bigger, but it was not as hot as imagined, and even the original strong wind disappeared.
Headmaster Qinglian moved forward steadily, completely unaffected. Mu Jingyu took a deep breath and followed quickly behind him. Because there were floating clouds passing by from time to time, which obscured the covered bridge in front of him, Mu Jingyu needed to be extremely careful. If he took a wrong step, he might fall into the valley.
Although there is no need to worry about his current cultivation level, it will inevitably make Master Qinglian laugh.
After walking a distance of just over two hundred feet, Mu Jingyu felt cold sweat running down his back. The moment he stepped onto the palace in front of him, he not only breathed a sigh of relief.
Qinglian Headmaster just looked back at Mu Jingyu, then smiled slightly, stretched out his hand to open the door and said: "Mu Shaoxia, this place is on the edge, and the nearest palace is also a hundred feet away. If you have anything to say, don't worry. Speak without worrying about being overheard.”
