After Zhang Tianyi learned about the role of the compass fragments, he had the idea of changing his plan. If he could find the compass fragments in the short time remaining and piece together a complete compass, he could avoid venturing into the space rift.
At this moment, Zhang Tianyi fully believed that this compass fragment could bring him an opportunity to ascend. He even more suspected that Gu Jianfeng had other hidden information. Now, the way he looked at Gu Jianfeng had also changed. It was like looking at a beloved treasure, full of greed and desire.
At this moment, everyone suddenly felt a breath coming towards them. Then, they noticed more auras approaching. In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, everyone immediately concealed their aura and hid. They wanted to see which fellow Taoists were coming this way.
A stick of incense later, Yue Shanqiu was galloping towards this side, and Xu Pingzhi was chasing after him. No matter how far Yue Shanqiu fled along the way, he could not escape Xu Pingzhi's pursuit.
"Yue Shanqiu, as long as you hand over the compass fragments, I will spare your life today, and you will never mention this matter to my master Yuanshi Tianzun after you leave. Otherwise, you will never leave the Nine Heavens Star Palace, and I will definitely destroy you after you leave. sect." Xu Pingzhi shouted from behind.
"Hahahahaha...."
"I don't have long life, do you still care about these external things? This compass fragment is my last hope. If you want my treasure, it depends on whether you have the ability." Yue Shanqiu responded calmly.
The four people hidden in the darkness clearly heard the conversation between the two of them, but the content of the subsequent conversation was unknown. Since they were already far away, the four of them did not use their spiritual sense to investigate. Because, there are still a few breaths rushing towards this side.
Another incense-burning time passed before the two groups of people galloped past them. After everyone left, four people appeared. At this time, they each had different thoughts in their minds. Because they had just learned important information about the compass fragment.
"Fellow Taoists, this compass fragment is indeed precious, but obtaining it almost requires risking one's life. Why don't we go to the second floor first, and then compete for this compass fragment? What do you think?"
When Zhang Tian saw that no one objected, he continued to lead the team forward. Li Changsheng and Fairy Fengling have already discussed that they will not give up easily once they encounter this compass fragment. Unless they encounter an opponent whose strength is too disparate, like the three late-stage God-Transformation monks and several mid-stage God-Transformation monks who hurried past before, they don't even have the capital to confront them head-on.
As time goes by, the four people led by Zhang Tianyi are getting closer and closer to their destination. However, they were surprised to find that there were more and more monks around, which made them somewhat uneasy. Gu Jianfeng even expressed his doubts.
"Fellow Daoist Zhang, I noticed that there are more and more monks around here. Has the information on the second level been leaked, or is there another passage here?"
Zhang Tianyi was unsure at this moment. The information he knew showed that the location was very secret and should not be discovered so easily. Moreover, opening the Shimen Formation requires a large number of Nine Heavens Divine Stones. Over the years, he has not found any Taoist friends looking for the Nine Heavens Divine Stones.
After thinking for a moment, Zhang Tianyi said: "Fellow Taoists, don't worry too much. The destination will be here soon. You will know it when you go there. However, I feel that this place is indeed very hidden, and not many people will find it."
After about three hours of travel, Zhang Tianyi led everyone to a cliff. The mist below the cliff was filled with black air, but Zhang Tianyi told everyone that this was not black air, but Ten Thousand Shadow Insects. Once you are approached by this kind of ten thousand shadow insect, you will basically have a narrow escape from death.
Zhang Tianyi said in a deep voice: "Fellow Taoists, the secret cave on the second level is just below. We need to pass through the area where the Ten Thousand Shadow Insects are. There are four Lost Incense plants here that can resist these Ten Thousand Shadow Insects. You must keep these. It’s our only precaution, there’s no backup.”
After finishing speaking, Zhang Tianyi injected spiritual power into the Lost Incense. Suddenly, a pungent smell filled the air. A moment later, Zhang Tian held the Lost Incense in one hand and jumped into the black mass of shadow insects without hesitation.
Gu Jianfeng followed closely and was the second to jump into the Ten Thousand Shadow Insects. Immediately afterwards, Li Changsheng and Fairy Fengling followed suit and jumped into the dangerous swarm of insects. The effect of the lost incense was remarkable. Wherever they went, the shadow insects retreated and did not dare to get close.
By the time they reached the bottom, the Ten Thousand Shadow Bugs were almost invisible. Looking up, all the ten thousand shadow insects are active in the middle and upper layers of the cliff, as if there is their food there. Seeing that there was no danger, everyone put the rosemary away.
Zhang Tianyi led everyone several hundred feet forward, and finally came to a sunken place in the stone wall. Everyone's eyes suddenly opened up, and they discovered that there was a stone gate here. The most surprising thing is that this place turns out to be a long-lost stone gate array.
"Stone Gate Formation? It's really rare to see it. I didn't expect to see the Stone Gate Formation from ancient times." Fairy Fengling exclaimed.
"Sure enough, Fairy Fengling has a unique vision. It is the long-lost ancient Stone Gate Formation. Fellow Taoists, the dense stone holes on this Stone Gate Formation are used to place Jiutian Jade. As long as all the stone holes are filled, this Stone Gate will be It will open automatically."
I saw Zhang Tianyi take out all the Jiutian jade stones from the storage bag, and then use his spiritual consciousness to carefully send the Jiutian jade stones in his hand one by one into the Shimen Formation. This process was extremely long, and it took Zhang Tianyi three hours to complete.
Li Changsheng saw this and stood up before Gu Jianfeng. He found that Zhang Tianyi seemed to have consumed a lot of spiritual power after inlaying all the Jiutian jade stones. If he and Fairy Fengling were at the back, there wouldn't be enough time to restore spiritual power.
Li Changsheng ignored Gu Jianfeng's dissatisfied look and began to inlay the Nine Heavens jade into the stone door according to the method taught by Zhang Tianyi. At first, he didn't feel how much spiritual energy was consumed, but as time went by, he found that the spiritual energy consumed by each Jiutian jade stone was increasing.
Although Li Changsheng possessed profound spiritual power, it took more than three hours to set the Jiutian Jade in his hand. Most of his own spiritual energy was also consumed.
As soon as Li Changsheng finished inlaying, Gu Jianfeng strode forward and couldn't wait to start inlaying the Nine Heavens Jade. He was afraid that Fairy Fengling would take the lead, so he speeded up. Li Changsheng came to the side to meditate and adjust his breathing to restore his spiritual power, while Zhang Daoyi had almost recovered at this moment.
Gu Jianfeng had the smallest number of Jiutian jade stones in his hand, but it took him four hours to inlay all the Jiutian jade stones. After completing it, he immediately began to meditate and regulate his breath, trying to restore his spiritual power.
Fairy Fengling calmly came to the Shimen Formation and started the same operation. However, when there were only the last two Jiutian jade stones left to be set, she stopped, walked aside and began to meditate and adjust her breath.
Zhang Tianyi originally wanted Fairy Fengling to give him the last two jade stones to set, but he gave up in the end. He understood that Fairy Fengling was fully capable of completing the inlay, and she did so mainly to restore her spiritual power. He didn't want to offend the other party, so he could only meditate and adjust his breath, waiting for Fairy Fengling to inlay the last two Nine Heavens jade stones.
