Shang Xia pinched the spell again and said, "Open!"
The demon toad spirit moved accordingly, focusing all its strength on the mark on its forehead, and before the strong wind arrived, it tore the space between the red maple trees, and a strange critical area appeared.
They did not enter the Valley of Ghosts and Gods directly, but were frozen in a dark void. The light around the Demon Toad Spirit was the only light.
There were countless peepers in the darkness staring at this light, and the sense of crisis was approaching. Shang Xia was the only one who could sense it. He felt keenly what was surrounding him, until the spirit of the magic toad roared, and he saw a distortion of the void in front of it. , its shape is indistinguishable, and what’s even more terrifying is that, just for a moment, just looking at that place, the sea of consciousness seems to be boiling, and all kinds of evil thoughts emerge from it.
"It's...a demon..." Shang Xia squeezed out two words.
He suddenly looked at Lu Ju. Lu Ju's five senses were closed, and there was nothing abnormal.
The safety of the ten people in the Demon Toad Spirit's belly was all tied to him. He gritted his teeth and turned his spell. The complicated seals were inspired by the Demon Toad Spirit. The Demon Toad Spirit roared again. He finally had the upper hand in the face of the demon and coveted him. I was still coveting it, but I didn’t test it anymore.
Zhao Ning slowly opened her eyes. She was sitting cross-legged three feet behind Shang Xia, but Shang Xia didn't notice.
Divine consciousness spreads outward, the devil, no, it is the demon of the void.
It's strange, why do you have to cross the outer void after crossing the gate tower barrier? That is the domain of the demon.
Zhao Ning didn't make too many moves, he just turned his fingertips slightly, a little spiritual light merged into the air, and invisible ripples appeared in the air.
The ripples spread until they enveloped the spirit of the demon toad, and the approaching demons moved away as if being blown by a wisp of breeze.
Zhao Ning closed her eyes.
Shang Xia felt the pressure on the Demon Toad Spirit suddenly lighten up. He seized the opportunity and turned the spell in his hand. He soon heard another roar from the Demon Toad Spirit and entered a new space.
The Demonic Toad Spirit did not move anymore, but just lay there obediently.
Shang Xia slowly put away his spell, and the aura centered on him also converged, and the people in the circle gradually opened their eyes.
Before I could ask, what exactly had happened just now.
The next moment, everyone was stunned by the scene in front of them.
It seems like a fairyland.
The spiritual energy of heaven and earth was so rich that it gathered into white mist and sank three feet to the ground. The sky is like clear aquamarine, glowing with gentle fluorescence. The trees in the forest are lush and green, as if they are growing in the sea of clouds. From time to time, there are small creatures in the forest jumping around, and some even have some spirituality climbing up the high branches to look at the outsiders curiously.
The air is filled with bursts of floral fragrance, refreshing.
Zhao Ning sniffs lightly, it is the fragrance of Yuelang flower.
A path in the forest led to the highest point. Everyone saw a huge palace at the highest point, with red walls and green tiles on the outside, which was very spectacular.
"Is this the residence of ghosts and gods?" Shan Shu murmured, "I thought the residence of ghosts and gods should be..."
He swallowed it back before he finished speaking. Lu Ju stood up and laughed at her, maybe the place where ghosts and gods should be is a dark place.
He went straight to the exit of the Demonic Toad Spirit. Due to Shang Xia's control, the Demonic Toad Spirit did not move. He saw Lu Ju flying directly out of the Demonic Toad Spirit.
"Why did he just go out?" Shan Shu was a little dumbfounded.
Soon, they all left the space in the belly of the Demonic Toad Spirit.
Standing here, I couldn't help but take a deep breath. The rich aura instantly made me want to live here forever.
"This is just a temporary residence for Jingyao's ghosts and gods. If it were the real former residence, wouldn't it be even more of a fairyland?"
Not knowing what this sentence mentioned, Lu Ju raised his eyes and glanced at him, and just smiled silently.
"You have also seen that the place above is the residence of ghosts and gods." He said to Shang Xia, "Fellow Daoist Shang, Mr. Lu did not lie to you."
He said this as if he was responding to why Shang Xia brought so many people into this place.
Shang Xia didn't speak for a while, but just warned, "We have to be careful when entering the residence of ghosts and gods without permission."
Everyone responded and walked forward along the path.
Yanyu ran to Zhao Ning obediently, "Auntie, I'll be with you."
Zhao Ning was looking at the palace at that time. The palace seemed far and near, sometimes like a shadow, sometimes like a real thing.
A land of ghosts and gods, even the palace is extremely spooky.
Zhao Ning was indifferent and just followed the crowd forward.
A gust of wind blew in the forest, blowing away the thick fog at my feet, and I could vaguely see a stone tablet.
Yanyu took a few steps forward, took a closer look, pushed aside the weeds, and as soon as her fingertips touched the stone tablet, she saw a clear light flashing across the stone tablet.
The next moment, the stone monument disappeared, the forest disappeared, only the white mist sank below the feet, and the forest path turned into a long staircase floating in the air. Roughly counting, there are more than a hundred steps, and the end of the long staircase is still the majestic palace.
"There is indeed a formation here."
"If the residence of ghosts and gods is so ordinary and stands on the top of a mountain, it would be weird."
"It seems that the end of the long steps is the real destination of our trip."
Shan Shu chuckled, "Then why are you hesitating?"
Without waiting for the others, Shan Shu and the two of them took the lead on the long steps, one step at a time, and walked for several steps, which was quite easy.
Lu Ju and others did not wait and followed up the long steps.
Zhao Ning fell slowly at the end.
But when everyone stepped onto the long steps, subtle changes occurred.
"It's strange why this place is so difficult. I only walked a few steps."
Shang Xia also noticed it, "Have you ever heard of the Ladder of Questioning Hearts?"
Everyone is familiar with the Asking Heart Ladder. When selecting disciples from ordinary families, they will use the Asking Heart Ladder to control them.
"Is it possible that the abode of ghosts and gods wants to test us in this way?"
Shang Xia glanced at Lu Ju, who also showed the same difficulty, and said with a smile, "If I knew the answer, I wouldn't still be walking here."
Shang Xia paused, then turned to everyone and said, "Since everyone has come here, you should go up the mountain to have a look. Asking the Heart Ladder is asking the Heart Ladder. Haven't we experienced it yet?"
Everyone also responded.
"Haha, what I'm talking about is, when I first entered the sect, I was also tested on the ladder of inquiry. The longest I walked was 108 steps. It was a bit torture at the time, but after so many years, these are just... Pediatrics." He said and strode forward, "Let me try it for you, what is the question in this ladder of inquiry."
As he spoke, he walked straight up. Before Shang Xia had time to shout, the man had already passed Shang Xia.
"Be careful." But Shang Xia didn't finish her words yet.
The man was only a few steps ahead, but he was already holding his head and screaming, as if he was in great pain.
The next moment, regardless of the pressure coming from the forbidden air, he used the Yufeng Jue to fly.
Immediately afterwards, the huge pressure brought by the forbidden air formation held him firmly in place.
Shang Xia screamed in surprise and stepped onto the step where the other party was. Strangely, he did not suffer any reaction.
He reached out to help the other person, but he didn't expect that no matter what kind of spell he cast, he couldn't pull the other person up.
The man was so ashamed that he said, "Fellow Daoist Shang, please go up first. Don't let me block your way."
Several people had no choice but to cross him.
Until everyone walks upwards, no one encounters the other person.
Zhao Ning passed by the man.
Yanyu asked, "What happened to you?"
"I haven't encountered anything." The man said, confusion gathering in his eyes, "I just feel like I'm out of control."
Yanyu was puzzled. She looked at Zhao Ning, who was silent and did not answer.
Before he could say anything, he heard another scream and saw two more people being imprisoned in place.
"Why."
It was the same as the first person, unable to move at all. But even worse than that person, two of them were completely petrified.
Shang Xia and others screamed. But no matter how Shan Shu cast spells, there was no way to rescue him.
"Brother Shang, this, this Asking the Heart Stairway is different from the Asking the Heart Staircase we said we experienced."
Lu Ju laughed at him, "What's wrong with fellow Daoist Shang? Why do you not want to leave so much?"
Shang Xia glanced at him sharply, "Lu Ju, do you know anything about this place?"
Lu Ju smiled and said, "If I say I don't know, Fellow Daoist Shang won't believe it. But I have no choice. I can only let Fellow Daoist Shang see it and believe it."
Lu Ju actually moved forward like the others before him.
But he was suddenly pulled back by Shang Xia, "You don't need such proof from fellow Taoist. Shang does not trust fellow Taoist, but it's not to this extent. Let's go together."
The next moment, he and Lu Ju climbed directly to the high-level director's steps.
But unexpectedly, Lu Ju clutched his chest in pain, and then fell down.
Before Shang Xia could check, Shan Shu and Zhong Wenyan, who were following behind, suddenly covered their heads and shouted, "No, no, no..."
Soon their state became extremely weird, with his entire arm drooping down, and his eyes looking forward blankly, as if he had lost his soul.
"Shan Shu!"
Shang Xia screamed.
Zhao Ning raised her eyes and took a look. The souls of Shan Shu and Zhong Wenyan in front of her seemed to have been separated. Fortunately, they were both at the Foundation Establishment Realm and were not afraid of their souls leaving their bodies.
Yanyu was so frightened when she saw that even Shan Shu was in trouble, she ran forward in a few steps.
The moment she touched Shan Shu, her eyes became empty.
"This...what's going on."
The game against Shang Xia was about to begin.
Yanyu and Zhao Ning stood aside. Shang Xia subconsciously looked at Zhao Ning. Zhao Ning folded his hands and grasped the crutches, and just looked at him without saying a word.
Shang Xia paused and said, "Auntie, please wait here and don't leave anymore. Their state is very strange. I'm afraid we haven't found the key to the formation."
He raised his eyes and looked up high, "I just don't know where the core of the formation is."
There is some invisible force floating in the void, trying to control the behavior of recruitment.
Shang Xia hesitated for a moment and said to Zhao Ning, "Auntie, if I go to the end, maybe there will be a solution."
Zhao Ning lowered her eyes, then raised her head and her temperament experienced some subtle changes. Facing Shang Xia, she raised a strange smile and said, "Okay."
