The night is dark.
In front of the cave entrance on the cliff, a figure sat quietly.
He was still dressed as a disciple of the Vermillion Bird Sect, but he now looked like a middle-aged man in his twenties or thirties. Looking from a distance, it looks like it is Wu Qi who is keeping watch here. And if you look closer and identify him, he and Wu Qi are not the same person.
Although Yuye has a fox-skin mask and the art of disguise, it is difficult for him to imitate a person's appearance as he wishes. In other words, he has not mastered the art of changing fox faces.
However, the Wu Qi he imitated has been reduced to ashes.
I don’t want to kill people, but I have to kill people to silence them. I thought his identity was accidentally revealed due to a slip of the tongue. But after all, he killed someone inside the heavily guarded Immortal Gate. So after he changed his appearance again, he disguised himself as Wu Qi and continued to watch the night. Once the masters of the Suzaku Sect were alerted, he would never think of leaving Tianming Mountain alive. After sitting quietly for half an hour, nothing happened near or far.
call--
Yu Ye breathed a sigh of relief
But before it was a chance, I felt anxious again.
He stood up.
Bird watching pavilion.
People are in the pavilion, leaning on the railing to face the wind. A bright moon is in the sky, and the heaven and earth are as silent as ever. Looking at it, the high Suzaku Tower is right in front of us, but it is blocked by the sea of clouds and the solitary peak is isolated, making it beyond our reach.
From Wu Qi's mouth, I learned that there are only two ways to climb to the Vermillion Tower, one is to fly up with a sword, and the other is to use the formation teleportation to reach the peak. If you use the teleportation array, you will definitely be controlled everywhere and you will not be able to control yourself.
Unfortunately, there are no trees in the Suzaku Terrace, so it is difficult to set fire to it; there is no opportunity to take advantage of the teleportation method. All the previous plans have come to nothing, not to mention ruining the Tianming Dharma Banquet. I am afraid that if something goes wrong, a catastrophe will be imminent.
The elders of the sect have already said that if this incident is exposed, no one will be allowed to implicate the sect. Even if they die accidentally, they can only admit that they are unlucky!
Alas, who made him ignorant and arrogant to take over this matter? Now he is in a dilemma, what should he do?
Yu Ye stretched out his hand to scratch his eyebrows and let out a long sigh.
He stood in the pavilion for a moment, then returned to sit in front of the cave.
If there is really nothing we can do, we have to give up. We cannot let Leng Chen and others die in vain. But she was afraid that Mo Xiao would not give up, or that she would not dare to disobey her orders and would be forced to take risks. In the end, no one could escape the bad luck...
Yu Ye was silent for a moment, then turned over his hand and took out a ring.
Wu Qi’s relic.
It contains more than ten spiritual stones, as well as exercises, talismans, elixirs and other items.
Yu Ye checked for a moment and was about to put the ring away, then with a look on his face, he took out a jade plaque and a jade slip.
The jade token is the Immortal Gate token that Wu Qi carries with him, but it is different from "Senior Brother Ge's" token. There are more restrictions embedded in it. Could it be that it has other uses?
The jade slips are not formulas or classics, but pictures of mountains and rivers, marked with relevant characters, and have a name, Patrol Map. The landscape map looks familiar, it should be Tianming Mountain, but it is different from the known maps. There are some unique annotations on it, such as the two mountain gates of Tianming Mountain, Guanque Pavilion, Zhuxia Pavilion, and Danfeng Pavilion. , as well as Sunset Cliff, Duanfeng Cliff, Sushui Pavilion, Tianxin Pavilion, Tianxing Pavilion, etc.
The patrol map should be used by the disciples of the patrol hall for patrolling the mountain or for duty. Among them, Tianxin Pavilion and Guanxing Pavilion are additionally marked, with characters such as formations and forbidden areas.
Wait, formation?
Could it be that Tianxin Pavilion and Guanxing Pavilion are where the teleportation array is located? It's just a teleportation formation, why has it become a forbidden area? And since it is a teleportation array, why is it divided into two places?
At this moment, a ray of light suddenly flashed in the distance, and it turned out to be a figure stepping on a sword from far away and approaching.
Senior of the Suzaku Gate Night Patrol?
Yu Ye hurriedly put away the jade tablets and slips, pretending to sit in meditation with his eyes closed.
The man stepping on the sword cast a glance at him. Before he could get close to the bird watching pavilion, the sword light circled and disappeared suddenly...
Summer nights are short.
And this night on the ninth day of June seemed extremely long.
In the woods outside the town, Leng Chen sat cross-legged, but he did not breathe and breathe, but kept staring in the direction of Tianming Mountain with his eyes open. One hour passed, then two hours passed, and then from midnight to this time, the junior brother's return was still not seen.
He wouldn't be exposed and caught red-handed, right?
And once the Suzaku Sect learns the identity of their junior brother, they will not give up. Not only Leng Chen and Mo Xiao, but also all fellow disciples will suffer crazy revenge from the Suzaku Sect.
If that's the case, we're in big trouble. He, Leng Chen, could only return to Tianfeng City immediately and urged Mo Xiao to escape quickly with his fellow disciples.
And just when he was suffering, a call came from the woods.
"Friend Leng——"
"ah……"
Leng Chen was slightly startled.
In the hazy morning light, Master Yu Tian and his two disciples were running toward him. The disciples of the Immortal Sect who were staying overnight in the forest also got up and walked out one after another.
Oops, it's daybreak, but I still haven't seen my junior brother. Could it be that he has really caused a big disaster?
Leng Chen stood up hastily.
"Friend Leng, there is no need to be polite!"
Master Yu Tian came closer and waved his hand with a smile. Seeing how refreshed his master and his disciple were, they must have earned a lot of spiritual stones from setting up a stall last night.
Leng Chen had no choice but to cup his hands and hurried out of the forest.
Who would have thought that Tianshi Yu would follow and said, "Today Tianming Mountain opens its doors to accept guests and invites all parties to visit Zhuque Terrace. This is a rare opportunity, why not go?"
"Let's go together——"
Leng Chen looked struggling, hesitated for a moment, stamped his feet, and followed the three masters and disciples towards Tianming Mountain.
No matter whether the junior brother is alive or dead, he must find out, otherwise his conscience will be uneasy and he will not be able to explain it to Mo Xiao.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, someone called again——
"Senior Brother Leng!"
Leng Chen glanced back and hurriedly said "Excuse me" to Master Yu Tian, then turned around to greet him and said via voice message: "Oh, what happened again?"
Come and try it quickly. 】
A strong man came rushing from a distance, it was Bian Ji. He must have been in a hurry and panted: "Senior Brother Leng, there has been no news from you and Yu Ye for many days. Uncle Mo was worried and ordered me to come and check. Could it be that something has changed here, why can't I see Yu Ye?"
"No no!"
Leng Chen waved his hand hurriedly and said perfunctorily: "Junior Brother Yu has something to do, so we can talk about it later. Today Tianming Mountain is open to welcome guests, you and I take the opportunity to find out the truth!"
"Uncle Mo has exactly what he means..."
"Hmm, how about Tianfeng City?"
"Everything is fine, but the tasks assigned by junior brother are not progressing well..."
"Talking as we walk——"
After a while, we arrived at the foot of Tianming Mountain.
There were already many people gathered in front of the mountain gate. They were all disciples of the immortal sects from all walks of life. There were six to seven hundred people in total, chatting and laughing very lively. A group of Suzaku Sect disciples stood ready, and senior figures promulgated relevant rules.
The so-called rules are that from now until the eighth day of July, the Suzaku Terrace in Tianming Mountain will be open for half a day every day to receive fifty guests; no matter how big or small the immortal sect, everyone has only one chance; after going up the mountain, everything must be obeyed. Order, otherwise you will be responsible for the consequences, don't say you didn't predict what you said, etc.
Immediately after hearing the rules, the disciples of the immortal sects from all sides started to make noise——
"There are only fifty people, who comes first and who comes last..."
"I've been waiting for half a month, so I should take the lead..."
"I have arrived here in early April, so what should I say...
"Since we have opened the mountain gate, we should welcome guests and be accommodating..."
Even if all parties were dissatisfied, the Suzaku Gate ignored it. At that time, the mountain gate's restrictions opened a gap. Everyone swarmed forward, and there was another burst of chaos.
Unexpectedly, Bian Ji was squeezed out of the crowd on the spot.
But they saw that Leng Chen and Senior Brother Leng had taken advantage of the chaos and passed through the mountain gate. After being recorded in the book, they were led up the mountain by the disciples of the Suzaku Sect...
"Fellow Daoist Leng?"
"Senior Yu!"
On the winding stone stairs, Leng Chen and Yu Tianshi met again.
"You are as young as you are young."
"Humph, you old man is even more brave!"
As said, those who can rush into the mountain gate under the crowd of six to seven hundred people are all smart and strong people. Leng Chen was too lazy to say anything more, he just lowered his head and climbed the mountain. And on the way up the mountain, he did not forget to keep an eye on him secretly, hoping to find his junior brother.
Turn around the cliff and follow the stone stairs down step by step.
After a while, everyone came to the valley, walked through the flower and grass paths, crossed a stream trestle, and stopped in front of a tall pavilion.
The plaque on the pavilion is engraved with three large characters in red lacquer: Tianxing Pavilion.
Tianxing Pavilion is surrounded by trees and is very quiet. Through the gaps in the treetops, you can see the mountains on both sides, winding stone stairs, soaring pavilions, and floating white clouds...
"Fellow Taoists, please—"
The door of Tianxing Pavilion opened.
Under the urging of the disciples of the Vermillion Bird Sect, everyone walked into the Tianxing Pavilion in order. There is a formation set up in the pavilion, which is enough to accommodate twenty-five people.
Teleportation formation?
Leng Chen saw Yu Tianshi taking the lead to step into the formation, and followed closely behind him. Before he could stand still, the formation's light flickered...
In the blink of an eye, the light disappeared. Then a strong wind blew in our face, and the world suddenly opened up.
There was a burst of exclamation from the crowd.
Leng Chen also stared in astonishment.
I was still in the valley before, and now I am in heaven?
In front of you is a huge stone platform, which is a hundred feet wide and has no obstruction on all sides, allowing wind and clouds from all directions to gather.
This is the Suzaku Terrace!
It is thousands of feet high and reaches straight into the sky. Being here is like being halfway up the sky. Suddenly I forget about the characters and I can't help but want to look up to the sky and roar and fly high.
Leng Chen followed everyone out of the formation.
The formation is located in a corner of the Vermillion Bird Terrace, guarded by only two foundation-building disciples. Looking back, I saw that the valley I came from was right at my feet, but it was obscured by clouds and mist, making it difficult to discern the clues.
On the square platform in the middle of the Suzaku Platform, there stands a stone pillar. The carved Suzaku is not only lifelike, but also exudes inexplicable power.
As the light of the formation flashed again, another twenty-five companions appeared, followed by another burst of exclamations, and then they dispersed one after another, either looking far into the distance and expressing their emotions; or sitting on the spot, absorbing the rich spiritual energy; You can admire the red bird on the stone pillar and listen to the relevant allusions explained by fellow practitioners; or you can chat in groups and imagine the grand occasion of the Heavenly Ming Dharma Banquet.
Leng Chen stood among the crowd, looking around and taking a breath quietly.
Going up and down Tianming Mountain, nothing seemed to happen. In other words, the junior brother is safe and sound. And where did he go? He was so anxious...
