Benedict! Tuk Tuk!
Just when the old man in green was confused, a slight voice sounded on the stone door again.
The old man suddenly frowned, walked down from the stone bed, then wrapped a black dagger around his body, and walked toward the stone door with a vigilant face.
Click, click, click... He held the magic formula with one hand and gently pressed the mechanism beside the door with the other. As the stone door slowly slid open, he was ready to take action at any time.
Um?
But when the stone door gradually opened and he saw clearly what was outside, he was stunned and showed a surprised expression.
He saw a black lion lying outside the stone door, with big watery eyes looking straight at him.
"What's going on?"
The old man in green was puzzled. There seemed to be no magical beasts in this Yinsha Mountain.
Moreover, this guy has no fluctuations in his cultivation at all and looks like an ordinary beast.
This is too strange.
He couldn't figure out where this guy came from.
"Beast, get away! Otherwise I will kill you." The old man in green stared at the lion for a few seconds, then kicked it towards him, preparing to drive it away.
Unexpectedly, instead of leaving, the black lion suddenly rushed into the stone hall.
"You are seeking death!" The old man cursed angrily, and turned back to kill the black lion with his dagger.
However, the moment he turned around, the black lion suddenly opened his mouth and spit out a pink ball at him.
The ball's inspiration flashed, and in the blink of an eye, the entire stone chamber was filled with pink mist.
Before the old man had time to react, the dagger flew out uncontrollably. At the same time, his eyes froze and he fell directly into an illusion.
Lu Li was secretly happy when he saw this, and he suddenly changed back to his original appearance. He didn't even bother to put on clothes, so he hurried to the sandalwood stand by the wall and stared at the huge jade charm.
Every formation talisman has runes inside it, and Lu Li has done a lot of research on this Tao before, but as soon as the pupil technique was activated, Lu Li could clearly see the runes inside the formation talisman.
However, there were many runes in this formation, and most of them were unfamiliar to him. It was still quite difficult to fully understand them.
Fortunately, Lu Li didn't need to fully understand the functions of these runes at this time. He directly found the most critical entanglement rune.
Then, with a trace of distant energy, a tiny grain of iron sand was stuffed into the inside of the rune, forcing it to be blocked.
The main function of the entanglement rune is to create a reaction between the rune and the formation.
Once this rune is blocked, the line between the two will be broken. No matter what happens to the Wuyang Valley formation opposite, there will be no reaction here.
What's more important is that unless the array master carefully investigates such a blockage, it will be difficult to detect any clues.
All this is said to be slow, but in fact it only takes a few breaths.
After Lu Li was done, he quickly put away the Bewitching Bead and returned to his previous black lion appearance.
Then his eyes moved, he rushed over and bit the old man's thigh hard.
"Ah!" The old man screamed in pain and immediately woke up from his confusion.
At the same time, he waved his palm and sent Lu Li flying out of the stone palace with a slap.
"Beast! You are looking for death." The old man was so angry that he got up from the ground and wanted to chase Lu Li.
However, the effect of the Mind Bead has not completely disappeared, and his true energy still seems extremely obscure.
He suddenly stood up and rushed out, but his center of gravity was unsteady and he fell hard on the threshold.
"Roar...!" Lu Li struggled to his feet, roared unwillingly at the old man, and then disappeared into the night.
"Beast, beast...!"
Although the old man had the intention to chase after him, he was too exhausted to do anything against Lu Li.
He braced himself, stood up and closed the stone door, walked back to the bed and sat down.
He glanced around and found that the important things were not damaged, and his gloomy expression softened slightly.
However, when he saw several ferocious teeth marks on his thighs, he couldn't help but feel angry: "You dare to bite me, you better not let me catch you!"
In his opinion, this black lion must be hungry, so it came out to look for food.
At the same time, I am also glad that I have some skills, otherwise I would be in bad luck today.
Yinsha Mountain is covered by a large formation. Except for the normal exit, it is impossible to get out from other places.
After Lu Li thought about it, he returned to Shi Ming's appearance and walked out of the front door with a swagger.
The two guards were meditating in the stone pavilion. When they saw Lu Li, they couldn't help but be surprised.
The guard on the right stood up and said hello: "Master Protector, are you coming out so late?"
"Well, the host wanted to talk to me about something, which took a little time." Lu Li said casually, took out the snow lotus from his arms, and stepped on it.
"That's it, sir, go slowly!" The guard didn't become suspicious and handed him off.
Lu Li didn't reply and disappeared into the night in a flash.
In the days that followed, Lu Li stayed in the Shiming Cave to practice and did not go out at all.
At the beginning, he was still on tenterhooks, fearing that the consul guarding the stone palace would discover some clues and reveal what happened that day.
But after more than two months of silence and no news, Lu Li felt completely relieved.
On this day, he was still immersed in practicing, but the communication mechanism in the cave suddenly rang.
He hurriedly exited the Time Palace, quickly transformed into Shi Ming and went to open the door.
Lu Li opened the stone door and saw that it was a middle-aged man of Immortal King level.
"Master Shi, I am the consul of the mission hall."
"According to the rules, you should have gone to Wuyang Valley to take over from Protector Qiao three days ago. I would like to ask if there is anything going on here."
The middle-aged man introduced himself respectfully before explaining his purpose.
"Three days ago?"
"Sorry, sorry, I practiced too much for a while, but I forgot about such a big thing. I'll be there right away!"
Lu Li was stunned for a moment, then slapped his forehead and suddenly realized.
Of course, he didn't really forget, but he did it deliberately to make the Twelve Guardians anxious.
In this way, the other party will not think that he is impatient to take over the position.
After all, guarding Wuyang Valley is not an easy job. If you rush over to drive away the opponent, there is no guarantee that the twelve guardians will not become suspicious.
"In that case, please come over quickly, Master Shi. Protector Qiao is impatient to wait." The mission hall consul felt relieved when he heard this, clasped his fists and smiled.
"Okay, I understand. You go first. I'll clean up and go over to replace him." Lu Li waved his hand and sent the consul away.
Lu Li walked back into the house, sat there for a while, and drank a few cups of tea leisurely, before he walked out in a hurry and headed towards Wuyang Valley.
Wuyang Valley is located in the northeast of this place. It is a small valley surrounded by steep cliffs on all sides.
However, there is a small crack passage on the southern cliff.
The valley is covered by a barrier, and only this crack passage can enter and exit.
A small cave was dug into the stone wall on the right side of the crack.
In normal times, the protector who guards here lives in the cave.
However, at their level, unless there is a middle-grade Taoist source, there is no way to comprehend the Tao in the cave.
Therefore, the guards often meditate on the platform outside the cave.
And at this time.
There is also a person on the platform outside the cave.
However, he was not meditating, but pacing back and forth on the platform, staring into the distance from time to time, with an anxious and restless expression.
