Just as night fell, Cang Armed Forces acted as usual, arranging disciples to patrol the vicinity of the sect to prevent anyone from sneaking attacks at night. In fact, he found an excuse and walked out of the mountain gate quickly.
Here, Mu Jingyu, Qin Yunchuan and other young men have been waiting for a long time.
"Master Cang, has your faction settled down?" Mu Jingyu relaxed a little when he saw Cang Wu arriving at the invitation. While asking, he released his true energy and looked around to see if there were any manpower secretly arranged by Cang Wu.
Cang Wu naturally noticed Mu Jingyu's little thoughts, but did not go into details: "Mu Shaoxia, don't worry, Cang has already made arrangements, and I guarantee that no one will notice."
"Jingyu, Master Cang, I think it's getting late. We're still some distance away from Zhongming Mountain. I'm afraid it will take two or three hours to get there. Let's set off quickly." Qin Yunchuan was already impatient. , I'm afraid that if I waste more time, I won't be completely sure that I can get both the fairy treasure and the fairy grass in one night.
After all, everyone is not in Cangdaomen, so they can hide the time for a whole night. If you can't get it today and go through a lot of trouble tomorrow, it will inevitably attract attention.
"Okay." Cang Wu nodded, took the lead and said, "Follow Cang. I am more familiar with the terrain here than you are. Try to get to Zhongming Mountain in the shortest possible time."
The young men nodded. Cang Wu was in front, followed closely by Qin Yunchuan, Zhou Yan and others, and Mu Jingyu and Bi Yun were at the back. This could not only prevent people from falling behind due to poor cultivation, but also prevent them from falling behind when they encounter danger. , take action in time to protect everyone.
Along the way, Cang Wu stopped and looked around from time to time, obviously looking for the shortest distance. Of course, Mu Jingyu was not idle either. While he was alert to his surroundings, he also secretly paid attention to Cang Wu's reaction, for fear that he might secretly deceive him.
Fortunately, the journey was uneventful. After more than an hour of driving, we could finally see a mountain peak not far ahead, standing under the moon.
Cang Wu slowed down, pointed to the mountain in the distance and said, "Mu Shaoxia, Princess Bi Yun, the mountain in front of you is Zhongming Mountain."
Mu Jingyu nodded, raised his head and looked in the direction of Cang Wu's finger. At first glance, Zhongming Mountain is ordinary, no different from most mountains in Kyushu. But if you look closely, you can find that Zhongming Mountain is different.
The entire mountain peak towers into the clouds, but it is different from the peaks in the mountains and mountains. The overall area is not large and the slope is very small. From a distance, it looks like a bell buckled on the ground, just like its name.
"Zhongming Mountain, Zhongming Mountain! The mountain is majestic, but it is gentle and rounded, shaped like an ancient bell. Sure enough, it no longer sounds like a bell. I just don't know if there is really an ancient bell in the mountain that can still buzz."
"Jingyu, you guessed this right." Qin Yunchuan said: "We have been here several times with Master Cangmen, and we did find bells ringing from time to time in the mountain. But after entering, we found that it was no different from ordinary mountain peaks. I guess it’s because there is an empty cave inside that the bells can be heard.”
Cang Wu continued: "Speaking of which, in the hundreds of years since our Cangdao Sect occupied Zhongming Mountain, we have never heard the sound of bells coming from the mountain."
Bi Yun guessed: "Brother Qin, could it be that the fairy treasure found by Master Cang is in the cave in Zhongming Mountain? Is it because the fairy gate opened that the fairy treasure inside made a sound?"
"It's very possible." Seeing that everyone was almost rested, Cang Wu set off again and said, "Whether it is as Princess Biyun said, we will find out if we go over and take a look."
Everyone followed the path in the mountain peak, and under the leadership of Cang Wu, they reached the top of the mountain in no time. Along the way, we saw large fruit trees and huts built next to the woods from time to time.
Presumably, as Cang Wu said, the entire outside of Zhongming Mountain was planted with fruit trees by Cang Dao Sect, which they used to pick fruits in exchange for gold and silver. And those simple wooden houses should be the temporary residence of Cang Dao Sect disciples.
It's just that the Zhongming Mountain is extremely quiet at the moment. Except for wild beasts coming and going from time to time, there is no Cangdao Sect disciple at all. Cang Wu must have ordered them to return to the door first.
At the top of Zhongming Mountain, the terrain here is completely different from the foot of the mountain below. When looking at it from a distance, I thought it was flat. After Mu Jingyu and the others actually boarded it, they discovered that the terrain here was flat, but the area was only over a hundred feet in diameter.
In the center, there is a cylindrical object twenty or thirty feet high, with four or five people hugging it, standing on it.
Mu Jingyu stepped forward, reached out and touched the column, then stepped back a few steps, looked at it again and said: "Master Cangmen, if I guess correctly, the original Zhongming Mountain must not be what it is today. It doesn’t look like a bell, let alone a bell shaped like a bell.”
"Mu Shaoxia has good eyesight." Cang Wu complimented: "The previous Zhongming Mountain was no different from an ordinary mountain. Cang did not discover this place until the immortal gate was opened during the battle at the temple of the Jiuli tribe. Variety."
Mu Jingyu wiped the dirt off his hands. He was able to draw this conclusion precisely because he found that the soil was relatively moist and was obviously not caused by long-term air drying.
Qin Yunchuan passed Mu Jingyu and walked to the side of the stone pillar. He patted it a few times and said, "Jingyu, Master Cangmen and I have long seen that this is the entrance to Zhongming Mountain. Can we want……"
Mu Jingyu watched Qin Yunchuan rubbing his hands continuously and knew that he couldn't wait any longer. He nodded and said, "It's still the old rule. Brother Qin, you and Cangmen Master will go in first, and Bi Yun and I will stay behind. Once any abnormality is discovered, Qian You must not be greedy, quit immediately and wait until later."
"I know, I know." Qin Yunchuan didn't wait for Mu Jingyu to finish speaking, and immediately flew to the top of the bell. After peeling away the soil covering it with his hands, a bronze handle was revealed inside.
Qin Yunchuan gently twisted the handle, and the entire column began to rotate slightly. Layers of soil were shaken off, and the Zhongming Mountain also trembled.
Mu Jingyu said worriedly: "Master Cangmen, was this the same when you entered before? I'm afraid..."
Zhou Yan said: "Jingyu, don't worry. It is with this in mind that Cang Sect Master will evacuate all the disciples from the mountain. At this moment, there is not a single righteous disciple within a hundred miles, so we can rest assured." Went on a treasure hunt.”
While talking, the middle part of the originally closed stone pillar slowly parted from the middle, finally revealing a dark entrance. Gusts of cold wind blew out from inside, causing everyone to shrink their necks.
Qin Yunchuan jumped down from above, walked to the newly opened entrance with ease and said, "Jingyu, let's go in?"
"Yeah." Mu Jingyu nodded and took a few steps back. While watching Qin Yunchuan and Zhou Yan enter first, Cang Wu, Su Yingying, Shen Mengdie and others followed closely behind. After the figures of the group of seven people were all swallowed up by darkness, they called Bi Yun and walked inside.
As soon as he entered, Mu Jingyu couldn't help but exclaimed. According to his understanding, although the stone pillars seen from the outside are not too thin, they can only accommodate three or four people standing at the same time.
But when he and Bi Yun entered, they discovered that the space here was not too crowded. It was probably no less than a few dozen feet in diameter, enough for the nine of them to stand at the same time.
"This place... is so big!" Bi Yun also said in disbelief, turning her head and looking around. I simply can't believe that there is such a big space in a small stone pillar.
Shen Mengdie said: "Brother Mu, Sister Bi Yun, when we first entered here, we were as surprised as you. But the deeper we went inside, the more we found that the situation in Zhongming Mountain was different from what we thought."
Bi Yun asked: "Sister Xiaodie, what's the difference?"
"Let me speak." Shi Dahong snatched Shen Mengdie's words and said: "Princess Biyun, look, the scene in this cave is not different from other caves we have seen. Not only is there a void all around, but there is also nothing. Any mountain and stone wall. It seems... it seems..."
"It's like being in the Qiankun Bag?" Mu Jingyu continued.
"Yes, yes, Junior Brother Mu is right." Shi Dahong was confused: "Junior Brother Qin said the same thing."
"Void space...Void space..." Mu Jingyu muttered to himself. How could he not see that Zhongming Mountain was indeed a vast void space?
Moreover, in the past twenty years, he had only discovered a large void space in Lingjue Temple, and he had never discovered the existence of void space elsewhere. If he hadn't accidentally obtained the Jiu Yao Xuan Light Chain and was brought into it by Wu Zi, he would never have known that such a magical place existed.
"It seems that this Zhongming Mountain... is definitely not an ordinary place." Mu Jingyu raised his head and said to everyone: "Everyone, we must be careful when we enter."
Qin Yunchuan said: "Don't worry, Jingyu, we all know what's going on."
After confirming that there was no danger around, Mu Jingyu did not dare to stay at the end. Regardless of Qin Yunchuan's obstruction, he took the lead and floated down from above. The Wuyin Immortal Sword on his back was already in his hand, ready to deal with possible dangers at all times.
There was no way, since everyone entered, Mu Jingyu felt disconnected from the outside world. Although this way, it can be guaranteed that no foreign enemies will sneak attack from behind. But it also means that once they encounter unknown dangers inside, it will be difficult to escape smoothly.
At this time, outside Zhongming Mountain, Yun Qiubai and Han Songqing appeared quietly. After confirming that Mu Jingyu and others had entered, they both flew to the top of the mountain, looked at the stone pillars in front of them, and began to grope around, trying to find a way to enter.
Yun Qiubai circled the stone pillar twice, and finally flew up to the top, where he finally found the traces left by Qin Yunchuan's opening of the mechanism. After turning the handle hard, Han Songqing, who stayed below, shouted: "It's open, Brother Yun, the entrance has been opened."
Yun Qiubai fell from the top of the stone pillar, looked at the cave inside which was less than four or five feet wide, and cautiously approached it.
After looking around for a few times, he said doubtfully: "Huh? Patriarch Han, something seems wrong. It seems... there doesn't seem to be any entrance that can lead to the inside."
"Really?" Han Songqing was shocked when he heard this, and looked inside through Yun Qiubai's side. He found that it was just as he said, the space inside the stone pillar was small and there was no entrance or the figures of Mu Jingyu and others.
"Is it possible... there is a secret pavilion below?" Han Songqing entered without giving up, pouring spiritual energy into the mountain below along his footsteps, and found that it was all hard stone, without even a trace of a passage.
"Weird, weird!" Han Songqing quickly exited, shaking his head in confusion and saying, "We clearly saw that they entered from here, how come there is no entrance?"
Han Songqing and Yun Qiubai would never have thought that it seemed that Qin Yunchuan had opened the entrance, but in fact it was all thanks to Cang Wu following the Crimson Woman's method, taking advantage of others' unpreparedness below and triggering other mechanisms. Otherwise, just like the two of them, they can only enter the stone pillars, but cannot enter the real void space.
"Patriarch Han, what should I do?" Yun Qiubai searched again, but of course found nothing, so he asked helplessly.
"It seems that we can only go back and tell Lord Tongxuan." Han Songqing waved to Yun Qiubai to retreat from Zhongming Mountain: "Fortunately, Jinxiu Palace, Lei Gongbao, and Lingxiao Pavilion are already on their way. We just need to follow Behind them, are you still afraid that you won’t be able to get in?”
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