The path in front of him should be rarely traveled. The bumpy road was full of weeds. Only the scent of the Han family members still lingered around, reminding Mu Jingyu that he was not pursuing the wrong direction.
"Hey, I think I've been to this place before." Mu Jingyu didn't dare to go too fast because he was worried that Han Songqing would set up an ambush halfway. While following from a distance, he looked around.
"Did you find anything unusual?" Bi Yun asked curiously.
"Yes." Mu Jingyu nodded and said, "A few months ago, when Brother Qin and I went to Netherworld Ghost State to pick up Senior Sister Zhou, Senior Sister Su and others, we were preparing to go to Ice City to collect the list of Han family spies. Pass by here.”
"It's just..." Mu Jingyu tilted his head and said with some uncertainty: "It's just that I remember that this is an official road, not the muddy path in front of me."
"Maybe you remember it wrong." Bi Yun looked around and said, "This is within the scope of Ice City, and the scenery within a hundred miles is similar. We have never been here, maybe you are mistaken. ”
"Probably not." Mu Jingyu retracted his gaze and said, "I clearly remember that when we came to Ice City ten miles away, we rested for a while in a tavern. It was also there that we met a Han family member. The old man was given a few human skin cotton utensils as a gift from him."
As Mu Jingyu spoke, he fell into memories. Finally, he slapped his forehead and shouted, "I remembered, we have never been on this trail."
Then he pointed to the woods not far away and said: "We should have gone to Ice City from that official road. That's why we feel that the scenery in front of us is somewhat familiar."
Bi Yun looked in the direction of Mu Jingyu's finger, and sure enough, she saw a wide official road disappearing and appearing on the outskirts of the lush forest. It was just that the surrounding area was blocked by trees, so we couldn't find it in time.
"Look, look, there is a tavern built on the roadside. Is that the place where you stayed and rested?" Bi Yun's sharp eyes suddenly saw a small piece of roof ridge passing by, standing in front of the door. The wine flag fluttered in the wind.
Upon hearing this, Mu Jingyu immediately stopped, controlled the Wuyin Immortal Sword and took a few steps back. After looking at it carefully, he said, "Yes, it is this tavern built next to the official road."
After Mu Jingyu finished speaking, he slowly moved forward with his sword again, following the traces of Han Songqing and others, and said: "However, we originally went to Ice City from this direction. If the Han family's worship hall is really here, Bian, we missed it in vain."
The direction the two of them were walking at the moment was exactly the direction they came from. And judging from the path ahead, this path is winding and turns a corner not far ahead, gradually moving away from the official road next to it.
Bi Yun guessed: "Jingyu, you said you met an old man from the Han family in the tavern, coming from the direction we are going now. Could he... be the person from the worship hall?"
If Han Songqing really wanted to go to the worship hall, then the old man came from this direction. Maybe it was really someone from the Han family who stayed in the worship hall, but from Mu Jingyu's narration, we could know that the old man was riding in a carriage with only one entourage beside him.
It must be difficult to walk along the path at your feet, and after the path turns a corner, it doesn't seem to be far away from the official road next to it. If the old man felt that this path was not easy to walk in a carriage, he would probably turn in front and walk to the official road.
"Is it possible?" Mu Jingyu shook his head and smiled: "How can there be such a coincidence in the world." Before Bi Yun finished speaking, Mu Jingyu interrupted her.
"I hope it's true." Bi Yun said: "Judging from the few human skin cotton utensils he gave you, he has no ill intentions towards you. If it's as I expected, it's someone from the worship hall, maybe I'll pay you back later. I can help.”
Mu Jingyu tapped Bi Yun's forehead and said: "What are you thinking! Why did the old man give us human skin cotton gear? I can't figure it out clearly. Even if he has no ill intentions towards me, he is a member of the Han family after all. Once he gets it, Knowing that the two of us are looking for trouble with the Han family and rescuing the relatives of the Han family disciples who are trapped inside, how can they help us? If they don't stop it, I'll just thank God."
Bi Yun said dissatisfied: "Han Songqing and Han Wenyuan have done many evil things. In order to achieve their own goals, they will even sacrifice the lives of their subordinates. The old man may not be able to understand what they do."
"Okay, don't think so much now. Don't lose Han Songqing and others in a while. Where can we find them?"
Feeling that the remaining breath of Han Songqing and others had become weaker, and not finding any abnormalities along the way, Mu Jingyu stopped being cautious and urged the Wuyin Sword to speed up.
After turning a few corners, the path looped back again. And there is another path extending from the side. It looks like it should be an official road leading not far away. However, there are only two shallow wheel marks on this path, so there should be very few people walking on it.
Looking forward, the horse hoof prints left on the road were very clear, and they should have been left by Han Songqing and others who had just passed by.
"Jingyu, my judgment just now was not wrong. Maybe that old man is really from the worship hall." Bi Yun said with a proud smile.
Mu Jingyu looked solemn. If it was as Bi Yun expected, how should she get along with the old man when she saw him later? You can't just fight with Yi Hong's parents regardless of the gift of a treasure just to save them.
"Jingyu, otherwise... let's wait until we get to the worship hall. Don't rush in. Find a place to check the situation first. Maybe there are other ways to rescue Yi Hong's parents without disturbing the Han family. "
After Bi Yun felt proud, she immediately noticed Mu Jingyu's thoughts. Knowing that he was concerned about the friendship with the old man and did not want to be his enemy.
"Hey, I think we should not chase Han Songqing for now. Let's go back to the tavern where we stayed before and think of other options." The more Mu Jingyu thought about it, the more worried he became. Bi Yun's guess might be true. . In order not to become an enemy of the old man, he decided to retreat temporarily.
"How can that work!" Bi Yun shouted: "If you really meet that person, just let me entangle him, and you can deal with Han Songqing and Han Wenyuan with all your strength. If you delay for a moment, Brother Yi's parents might be there It’s dangerous.”
"But...I..." Mu Jingyu felt flustered for no reason, and even he didn't know why.
Even if the old man was kind enough to give him a treasure, he would just not take action against him when they actually meet him later. However, an unexplained intuition in his heart told him that the old man's identity must not be simple. It seemed that... he seemed to have some connection with him.
But Mu Jingyu faintly felt an intuition rising from deep in his heart, telling him that he must meet the old man, maybe he could solve some of the mystery. As for what this mystery is, he can't explain it.
Shaking his head vigorously, Mu Jingyu suppressed the uneasiness in his heart and said: "Yun'er, I know everything you said. Even if Han Songqing uses them as hostages to deal with me, he won't do anything for a while. I'm confused now. I really need to find a place to think about it."
"Are you okay?" Bi Yun didn't know what Mu Jingyu was thinking. She thought he had been injured by the thunder bomb of the sneak attack earlier, so she worriedly stretched out her hand to press his forehead.
"I'm not injured." Mu Jingyu pushed away Bi Yun's palm and said, "Just listen to me and go back to the tavern first and talk quietly."
"Okay." Bi Yun saw that Mu Jingyu's state was abnormal and stopped insisting. She put her hand on his waist and allowed Mu Jingyu to activate the Wuyin Sword and leave from another path.
Two old men in black stood on the treetops not far from the worship hall, watching helplessly as Han Songqing led people closer. But when he looked far into the distance, he saw that Mu Jingyu suddenly turned around and was about to leave from another path.
"Mu Jingyu, this kid, won't find us. He knows we are invincible, so he should run away." The old man in black clothes with a beast face said with a frown.
"Probably not." The ghost-faced old man in black shook his head and said: "When I took action just now, I deliberately controlled the spiritual energy. With their cultivation levels, they would not have even thought of sensing my existence, let alone guessing that it was you and me. Human.”
"Then how did he..."
"Perhaps... I'm worried that Han Songqing will set up an ambush here. Or maybe, I didn't realize that this is where the Han family's worship hall is, and Yi Hong's parents are imprisoned here. In order to take advantage of the emptiness of the Ice City, bring the Bi Yun is going to the Ice City."
The old man in black clothes with an animal face said: "What are you going to do? Are you going to watch them retreat?"
The old man in black clothes with a ghost face smiled and said: "If he doesn't want to come, won't we lure him over? Don't forget, the two spirit beads are still enshrined in the hall. As long as I activate the spirit beads to release the breath, he will come even if he doesn't want to come. .”33
After the two old men in black arrived here first, they planned to immediately activate the spirit beads to release their breath. But considering what the old man in black clothes with an animal face said was right, once the breath of the spirit bead is released, it can cover a range of hundreds of miles, and it might really attract the attention of others. In order to prevent accidents from happening, the ghost-faced old man in black did not take action immediately.
At this time, seeing that Mu Jingyu did not follow the plan, he decided that he could not wait any longer. Only by letting the spirit bead breathe out can Mu Jingyu be deceived.
"Hey, this is the only way." The old man in black clothes with an animal face said helplessly: "You go and activate the spirit beads, and I will see if I can set up a spirit world within fifty miles to prevent more breath from escaping. "
The old man in black clothes with an animal face said something nice before, hoping to attract more powerful people. But he also knows that it is difficult for the two of them to take action now, but it is not that they cannot deal with strong enemies that may appear. Instead, he was worried that Mu Jingyu would discover the whereabouts of the two and then doubt their motives.
"Thank you." The ghost-faced old man in black clothes thanked him. After the animal-faced old man in black clothes left, he quickly sneaked into the worship hall to activate the aura of the two spirit beads.
On the other side, Mu Jingyu and Bi Yun were wiping their swords on the ground and walking slowly, still thinking about unreasonable uneasiness. Seeing that he was silent, Bi Yun stayed behind quietly without disturbing him.
Seeing that the official road was already visible at the end of this path, suddenly from the direction behind him, two spiritual energy, one green and one blue, soared into the sky, reaching a hundred feet into the sky.
"Jingyu, look!"
Without Bi Yun's greeting, Mu Jingyu had already sensed these two spiritual energy fluctuations first. Stopping the sword, he turned around and looked back, only to see that the two waves of spiritual energy were soaring parallel to the sky at the beginning, and now they are entangled with each other and merged into one.
After reaching an altitude of 100 feet, it seemed to be blocked by something, and it no longer continued to rush higher into the sky. At the same time, the spiritual energy of the two colors spread out, covering a ten-mile radius.
"The ancient immortal treasure is born!" Bi Yun shouted: "Jingyu, the ancient immortal treasure must have suddenly appeared! And judging from the direction it is located, it is exactly where the worship hall may be!"
"It's not an ancient immortal treasure." Mu Jingyu looked at the two auras, then looked down at the Jiuyao Xuanguang Chain on his left wrist. I saw it trembling uncontrollably after sensing the two auras.
"It's not an ancient immortal treasure? What could it be?" Bi Yun asked in confusion.
"Maybe... maybe it's the spirit stone in the Jiuyao Xuanguang Chain!" As soon as Mu Jingyu finished speaking, Lilong and Wuzi Lingzhu rushed out of the Jiuyao Xuanguang Chain, and their spiritual bodies stayed beside Mu Jingyu. , looking at the two auras that are still emitting breath.
"Good boy, you really can't find anything after wearing iron shoes. It takes no effort to get it! Two more spirit beads have been born. What are you waiting for? Come over and check out the situation."
Lilong originally wanted to use the Jiuyao Xuanguang Chain to accumulate spiritual energy, but Mu Jingyu has been having troubles in the past six months. In order to help him solve the crisis, not a single ounce of the spiritual energy gained through hard training was left. At this moment, there were two more spirit beads in front of him, which of course urged him to hurry over and take a look at the situation.
Some people died, but not completely...
