Although the central area of Panxi Mountain is defined as having a radius of five hundred miles, the actual core area is only a hundred miles in radius.
There is a big palace.
The surrounding landforms - swamps, deserts, jungles, snow-capped mountains, lava, etc., some say are the hunting lands designated by Old Man Huang Ji for his concubines. And this palace is the garden where they live, play and play.
It is said that there are countless water pavilions, terraces and galleries, as well as countless exotic flowers and trees, rare birds and animals. Even the inconspicuous pots and chairs in the courtyard are exquisitely crafted magical objects, or the work of folk masters. They have extraordinary origins and can be investigated.
However, according to the records in the Yunxiao Sect's collection, after the ancestors of the sect and the Monster Clan broke in, not only were there no traces of human habitation inside, but also few so-called magic weapons were found.
However, there are many spiritual flowers and spiritual fruits. Although most of the high-end and valuable objects have been removed or withered, many of the remaining plants and trees are still rare to the outside world.
In the past few sessions, Yunxiao Sect would organize a large number of disciples to go there.
At least two hundred and sixteen people are needed.
Two Tiangang enchantment formations and two Earthly evil enchantment formations were arranged in the four directions of the palace, southeast and northwest.
The Tiangang Formation requires thirty-six people, and the Disha Formation requires seventy-two people. Everyone finds their position and casts spells at the same time, and the formation can be easily broken.
Some people say that Old Man Huang Ji designed such a formation that requires a large number of people but is not difficult to open because he hopes that his concubines can work together as a team and have less intrigue and discord.
This statement is just to make people laugh.
In previous years, Yunxiao Sect usually gathered manpower and opened the grand formation five days before the end of the secret realm. However, this time it was replaced by monks from various countries. After some calculations, the time was advanced to the tenth day of entering the small world.
That is today.
It was past noon, and Jin Zhangeng was walking back and forth on a recently built high platform, looking agitated.
Not far away, there is Yan Shijun, who is holding a folding fan and has a leisurely attitude.
"Junior Brother Jin, why are you so anxious?" Yan Shijun put away the folding fan and said with a smile, "Are you still worried that something will happen to Senior Brother Zhao and Senior Sister Liang?"
"I'm worried about what they are doing!" Jin Zhangeng said bitterly: "We agreed to meet at Chenshi, but it's almost too late, and there's not even a single person! Are we waiting here in vain?"
"What's the harm if it's a quarter earlier or a quarter later?" Yan Shijun didn't care. He winked at Qin Mingzhen and Qin Yugui beside him, secretly laughing at each other's lack of composure.
Qin Mingzhen snorted coldly, with disdain on his face. During the Eastern Region Competition, Jin Zhan Geng was defeated by him and missed the semi-finals.
Qin Yugui's face was expressionless, and he didn't seem to notice Yan Shijun's little movements at all.
This time to break the four formations, Xu, Qin, Zhao, and Liang each sent one person to preside over them. They were Jin Zhangeng, Yan Shijun, Zhao Wubing, and Liang Xiaoyu, who were the top figures in this Eastern Region Competition.
"These two people, one went to the southwest and the other went to the northeast, did they really find some treasure?" Jin Zhangeng said to himself.
Yan Shijun's eyes flashed, he chuckled and shook his head without saying anything.
Suddenly, he held a folding fan in his hand, pointed forward, and said with a smile: "Junior Brother Jin, please be patient. Senior Brother Zhao is here."
Everyone followed his fingers and saw a group of people coming quickly from the northeast.
The leader is a young man in blue robes, with a square face, a hawk nose, broad lips, and a tall figure. The contours of his face exude a domineering air of calmness and authority. The looming tough lines under the blue robe are like a tiger with its claws gathered, containing astonishing power.
Jin Zhan Geng turned around, a smile suddenly appeared on his handsome face, and he greeted loudly: "Hello, Senior Brother Zhao!"
Over there, Yan Shijun and Qin Mingzhen also raised their hands to say hello.
That young man was the top one in this Eastern Territory Competition, Zhao Wubing from the Zhao royal family. He nodded slightly towards Jin Zhan Geng with a faint smile on his lips. Turning to look at Yan and Qin, the smile on his face faded and he nodded heavily without saying a word.
Jin Zhan Geng changed his cold and arrogant look when he was with Yang Zhen, and said with a smile: "Senior Brother Zhao has a smile on his eyebrows. Could it be that he found some treasure in the Northeast region?"
When he said this, many people looked at Zhao Wubing and found that this young man who had always kept his emotions secretive seemed to have a hint of happiness that could not be hidden between his eyebrows.
Zhao Wubing's face darkened slightly and he said coldly: "Is there any?"
Jin Zhan Geng hit a soft spot, smiled and changed the subject: "It's up to Senior Sister Liang, this woman does things..."
"Haha!" Before he finished speaking, a woman's sneer came from a distance, as if it was exploding in his ears.
To the southwest, a group of people appeared from the forest. It was Liang Xiaoyu, Song Zhixian and others.
Song Zhixian couldn't frame the fault that day, and he didn't dare to leave alone. After helping Liang Guo obtain the treasure, he always stayed by Liang Xiaoyu's side, flattering her in every possible way, just asking the other party to let her go.
Although Liang Xiaoyu was angry with him, on the one hand, she could not do anything at will in the secret realm, and on the other hand, the other party was also a prince of the Song Dynasty, so it was inconvenient to deal with him immediately, so she simply stayed with him as a follower and talked about it later.
Qin and Liang were already allies, not to mention that the other party was a beautiful woman and very powerful. Yan Shijun and Qin Mingzhen quickly stepped forward to greet her warmly and inquire about her welfare.
Qin Mingzhen asked casually: "Where's Liang Wei? He's not with you?"
Liang Xiaoyu's smile froze, her face was gloomy, and she didn't answer.
Qin and Yan were secretly surprised, but it was not convenient for them to ask again.
The four of them finally arrived and it was time to get down to business.
"How many people have arrived?" Zhao Wubing asked.
"There were two hundred and seventy people an hour ago," Jin Zhangen looked around and replied, "Now, there should be three hundred, fifty or sixty people."
"Then let's get started."
The four of them started to gather the team according to their previous agreement.
Since all the monks can enter after the formation is opened, those who participate in breaking the formation will have an advantage at most, so many monks just want to watch the excitement and will never take the initiative to participate unless they are called on.
In this case, these hosts naturally try to choose nationals for the purpose of command. When there was insufficient manpower, only monks from Zhou, Ju, Kuang and other countries were considered.
Jin Zhangeng was in charge of one of the earth evil formations. He counted and found that there were only about sixty monks from the Yunxiao Sect. He was about to ask Hong Xuanqian to bring some people over, but he saw this senior sister excitedly saying:
"A few more are here, um, it's Yang Zhen and the others!"
…
Yang Zhen and her party walked in the jungle for four days.
After finding the place where Junior Sister Liu from Zhao State was killed that day, he immediately ordered Yiyi to help find the murderer.
Then, he was surprised to find that there was a big loophole in [The Language of Grass and Trees]——
Can't recognize Mudun!
The murderer was able to hide in the giant tree because he used the wood escape technique.
Yang Zhen has also mastered this technique. After using it, the magic wraps the whole body and the body merges into the wood.
At this time, in the eyes of the giant trees, you do not exist, or in other words, you used magic to deceive them, and they cannot detect your existence.
In this case, even if Yiyi uses the language of plants and trees to communicate with them, she will not get any useful information.
The only thing Yang Zhen can get is the appearance of the murderer in the short period of time when he appeared.
When he managed to hide himself in the big tree again, he lost track of this man.
Of course, there is no solution at all.
After all, Wood Release is a technique. After it is cast, it will leave traces of mana fluctuations in the trees.
Yiyi can detect this trace.
However, in the past, using the language of grass and trees, she could collect the information she wanted in an instant, but to detect mana, she needed to check tree by tree, which was time-consuming and labor-intensive.
Through this method, Yang Zhen managed to chase him thirty miles away, which took almost four or five hours, and most of his spiritual consciousness was consumed.
Finally had to stop and rest.
However, it is not without gain.
During this period, the man stopped Wood Escape several times, appeared from the trees, meditated, adjusted his breath, and walked normally.
The attire is indeed exactly the same as that of a Yunxiao Sect disciple.
In terms of appearance, it can be said that she is 70% similar to Yang Zhen.
But Yang Zhen didn't care. After all, there were many young and handsome boys like him in the world of immortality.
Others have no obvious features.
The next day, Yang Zhen continued her search and finally found the storage bag abandoned by the murderer in the belly of a giant tree.
Inside were Junior Sister Liu's identity token and the smashed jade certificate, but the body and other things were missing.
The discovery of these items stunned the few monks who followed him in circles in the woods.
Those few people were originally full of complaints, but they had to follow the team because they were single and weak. At this time, although they didn't know how the young man found it, they honestly kept their mouths shut.
In the next two days, Yang Zhen continued to follow the murderer's footsteps and witnessed another similar murder case under another giant tree.
This murder occurred on the same day as Junior Sister Liu's murder.
Obviously, the speed at which he pursued the murderer was far less than the speed at which the opponent's Wood Escape could move away.
Then, the deceased's storage bag was found.
It's just that the deceased was a Zhou nationality, not an acquaintance of the two monks from Ju and Qin in the team.
This murderer indeed killed more than three people.
After several days of searching, Yiyi's spiritual consciousness was consumed a lot. Yang Zhen understood that his search method was no longer sustainable.
Many people in the team also expressed opposition, even Zixue did not support it.
So he had to give up and walked with everyone towards the center...
…
Yang Zhen's face was heavy, she called a Zhou monk, handed him the storage bag, and explained a few words.
The man had a look of shock on his face and left in a hurry. Not long after, a young man dressed the same as him followed.
The man couldn't wait to open the storage bag and shouted: "Junior Brother Lu, this is Junior Brother Lu's relic!"
He raised his head and looked at Yang Zhen, about to ask for details, when suddenly his face showed panic, and he pointed at the young man and said, "It's you! You're the murderer!"
Yang Zhen looked stunned.
The Zhou Guo monk who brought him here scolded: "Junior Brother Huang, you have lost your mind and gone crazy! It was Xu Guo, Junior Brother Yang, who discovered Junior Brother Lu's storage bag. Many people can testify."
Several monks who came with Yang Zhen nodded one after another, and some even introduced to others how they found the storage bag from the tree in the past few days.
"No!" But Junior Brother Huang shouted loudly: "This man is lying to you, he is the murderer!"
He cried loudly: "When Junior Brother Lu was killed, I happened to go look for him and saw the scene of his tragic death from a distance. The murderer who appeared from the tree at that time was dressed like this and looked like him!"
"Think about it, this storage bag is so secretly hidden. If he wasn't the murderer, how could he find it so easily?"
"He's pretending, he's just lying to you—"
Junior Brother Huang showed a fierce look in his eyes, gritted his teeth, and pointed a finger between Yang Zhen's eyebrows:
"You are the murderer!"
