Chapter 11 Silver Moon (I) She felt herself gradually going down, but she began to...
The spiritual spring pool was filled with hot steam and mist. Song Qingtang lay in it with her eyes closed, recalling her master's words. She seemed not surprised by what the two of them had experienced in the illusion.
If that's the case, why did Master still want her to go investigate the Wu Clan? Could it be that something happened to the Wu Clan?
Song Qingtang's thoughts were interrupted by the arrival of the golden butterfly, and Chi Wanyin's figure appeared in the hall. So she put on a light silk dress, fixed her hair bun with only a wooden hairpin, and went to meet Chi Wanyin.
Chi Wanyin seemed surprised that her senior sister, who was always dignified and tense, would dress like this. There was still a little moisture at the end of her hair. Although it was a matter that could be solved with a spell, Song Qingtang did not want to do so.
"I wonder why you're here, Junior Sister?" However, Song Qingtang's voice was still as gentle as ever.
"I'm sorry to bother you, senior sister. However, I have a request. When you go to the witch clan's territory in Silver Moon Valley, can you accompany me?" Chi Wanyin said sincerely.
Song Qingtang was not surprised. "I understand. I will report it to Master."
"Thank you, Senior Sister." Chi Wanyin's face showed joy. Seeing her like this, Song Qingtang couldn't help but smile. "However, we must not be careless when we get there. Although not everyone is like Yin Xuechan, people's hearts are unpredictable after all."
"Yes." Chi Wanyin nodded obediently. Seeing her obedient appearance, Song Qingtang couldn't help but think of a cat slave she had raised before she entered the Taoism. It was only so obedient in front of her.
He couldn't help but shake his head secretly, thinking that he had been worrying too much recently and had lost his mind for a moment.
Chi Wanyin was naturally unaware of her senior sister's thoughts. She remembered Ye Tinghe's instructions and realized that the only way to find out the truth was to go with her senior sister to the place where the witch clan lived in seclusion.
Chi Wanyin and Song Qingtang boarded the flying boat to the Silver Moon Valley. The Silver Moon Valley is located in the southern border, where the Witch Clan is also located.
Chi Wanyin had nothing to do, so she simply drank tea and had snacks on the flying boat. Song Qingtang found some books related to Silver Moon Valley to read. She intuitively felt that the two must be closely related.
In this way, the flying boat traveled for two days before arriving at Silver Moon Valley.
The air in the Silver Moon Valley is humid and full of miasma, making it impossible for ordinary mortals to survive there. Most of the people living in the valley are cultivators who are not afraid of miasma. Before the two of them set off, True Man Huaiyu had already sent a message to the Valley Master, and the Valley Master would naturally give some face to the Yantian Sect.
As soon as the two got off the flying boat, they saw the Valley Master's disciples waiting there, but Song Qingtang took a quick look and found that Yin Xuechan was not among these people.
The leader was a tall female cultivator wearing silver jewelry on her head, who looked to be around 28 years old. "Please follow me, both of you."
Most of the buildings in the valley were bamboo houses, so Chi Wanyin and Song Qingtang were naturally placed in one of them. The tall female cultivator said, "Please rest here for one night. If you need anything, just tell the servants outside the door." However, she never mentioned the matter of the Witch Clan, and it was unknown whether it was the order of the Valley Master.
Song Qingtang nodded slightly in response, "Thank you." Then the female cultivator left, and the two sisters had a chance to talk.
Chi Wanyin leaned on her arm and sat by the window, looking out of the bamboo building. "Senior Sister, tonight I want to explore the details of the Silver Moon Valley."
Song Qingtang naturally thought so too, but she couldn't act rashly, so it would be most appropriate to leave this matter to Chi Wanyin.
"Junior sister, it's better to be careful in everything." Song Qingtang reminded her with some concern.
Chi Wanyin nodded slightly as a sign of agreement.
As night fell, Chi Wanyin transformed the peach wood sword in her hand into the same shape as herself. With a slight thought, the puppet moved as she wanted.
She wrapped the puppet in a cloak and made it go in the opposite direction of herself.
Butterflies emitting blue and purple fluorescent light roam in the Silver Moon Valley, leaving scales in the air as they fly by.
Chi Wanyin noticed that the butterfly looked quite similar to the nightmare beast. At this moment, she was also dressed in black, sneaking in the night.
She really wanted to explore the true situation of the Silver Moon Valley, but there was another thing lingering in her mind. Thinking of this, she went to Xu Anzhi's former residence. It had been blocked by a formation, but Chi Wanyin could naturally break the curse. However, she knew that once the formation was broken, it would soon be discovered, so she had to make a quick decision.
Like a silent breeze, Chi Wanyin sneaked into Xu Anzhi's former residence. It was no different from the small building where the two of them lived, but all the items were covered with a thick layer of dust, making it look like the owner of the house had gone on a long journey.
Chi Wanyin searched everywhere but couldn't find any clues until she picked up a fragment under the table. There were burn marks on the end of the fragment. It seemed that it must have been thrown into the fire, leaving only such a small trace.
Chi Wanyin frowned slightly as she looked at the words above. She had certainly seen Xu Anzhi's handwriting in her previous life, so she was sure that it was written by Xu Anzhi, but what was written above was not some secret.
I finally know the biggest secret in this world.
Chi Wanyin looked at the line of crooked and even scribbled blood words, but she couldn't guess what was coming next, so she put the fragment back and restored everything to its original state.
After doing all this, Chi Wanyin immediately left Xu Anzhi's small building.
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In the main hall of Silver Moon Valley, candles as thick as children's arms burned silently on the candlesticks.
Yin Yueying looked at her eldest disciple Ling Su, who was kneeling down to apologize. Although her tone was calm, she still revealed a hint of displeasure, "You can't even catch someone who can break the formation."
The cultivators in the Silver Moon Valley were all skilled in using witchcraft and poison. By the time of Yin Yueying's generation, the talented people in the valley had already dwindled away. She was only at the Nascent Soul stage and her life span could be seen at a glance. It was probably hopeless for her to become a god in this lifetime.
Moreover, the most talented non-Buddhist disciple of our sect has defected and become a demon cultivator. As a result, the position of Silver Moon Valley has become even more difficult.
"Three days, capture this man within three days." Yin Yueying gave the order, and Ling Su naturally agreed. However, she remembered something and hesitated whether to report it. Seeing her like this, Yin Yueying said, "Tell me."
"The trace of the Snow Toad... has been found." She said hesitantly, not daring to look at Yin Yueying's expression.
Yin Yueying's expression remained calm, but her words were icy cold. "Once you find them, bring them back immediately. Silver Moon Valley cannot afford to lose another disciple."
"Yes." Ling Su bowed her head and retreated. She knew what Yin Xuechan's talent meant to Silver Moon Valley.
After Lingsu left the hall, Yin Yueying's expression became amused. She remembered that Master Huaiyu had specially sent her a letter asking Yinyue Valley to receive two monks. According to Lingsu's previous statement, there was nothing unusual about these two monks, they just left the valley every day as if they were looking for something.
"Could it be..." Yin Yueying murmured to herself. She was not worried that these two Foundation Establishment cultivators could pose any threat to Silver Moon Valley, but their actions seemed like they were investigating something. Recalling the agreement with Master Huaiyu, Yin Yueying could only sigh.
This was the fifth day that Chi Wanyin and Song Qingtang had arrived in Silver Moon Valley. Naturally, she told her senior sister about the abnormalities she had discovered in Xu Anzhi's former residence that night, but she still kept the matter of the fragments secret.
Judging from the information in the fragments, Xu Anzhi defected because she discovered something, and Chi Wanyin did not want to involve her senior sister in this matter.
"Junior sister, it's time to go back." Song Qingtang called her. In the past few days, the two of them had explored most parts of the Silver Moon Valley, but it seemed that they still had no results about the Witch Clan.
Today, the two seemed to be returning empty-handed again, but Chi Wanyin had no intention of going back. As the sky gradually darkened, the butterfly with purple-blue wings that had been seen that night appeared again, and a moon appeared on the horizon, which seemed to be a full moon tonight.
The butterflies were not flying in a disorderly manner as on ordinary nights, but were gathering in groups as if they were going somewhere. Chi Wanyin naturally noticed this abnormality.
So she and Song Qingtang continued along the way and found that the grass and trees around them emitted a faint light, the same color as that on butterfly wings.
The further you go, the quieter the place becomes, and the light emitted by the grass and trees becomes stronger.
Until the butterflies stopped under a huge tree. The branches and leaves of the tree also emitted a purple-blue light, and the breeze blew, making rustling sounds.
For a moment, Chi Wanyin felt that the scent of the tree was somewhat familiar. She reached out and touched the trunk, "I seem to have seen this scent before."
Song Qingtang looked at the tree carefully, but heard Chi Wanyin's surprised voice, "Ruomu."
Yes, the aura emitted by this tree is exactly the same as the Ruomu she had seen in the forbidden area of Yantian Sect.
Song Qingtang frowned when he heard this. "This tree might be a branch of Ruomu. It seems that the Wu Clan believes in Ruomu."
Chi Wanyin sensed this familiar aura, "Yes, but why isn't there even a single living thing here? Didn't they say the Wu Clan lived in seclusion here?"
Song Qingtang shook her head. She didn't know the reason, but she couldn't help but think that her master must have a very close relationship with the Wu Clan, as she was able to give them the branch of Ruomu.
"Senior Sister, Elder Ye once gave me something, saying that it would be useful when we reach the witch clan's sacred tree." Chi Wanyin spread out her palms, and the fruit in her hands shone brightly, as shiny as jade.
However, as soon as the fruit touched Ruomu, the surrounding scene seemed to change and distort in an instant.
In front of Ruomu, led by a witch priestess dressed in gorgeous clothes, all the witch people performed the ceremony of kneeling and worshipping, but she looked very solemn.
She frowned and seemed to say something, which could not be heard clearly in the illusion, but it was not difficult to guess from the expressions of the rest of the tribesmen that it was probably a very serious matter.
Chi Wanyin looked at Ruomu again, but found that Ruomu was no different from when she saw it in Yantian Sect, except that red fruits had grown on the tree.
The next moment, the Ruomu where the two were still emitting a purple-blue light, obviously having been separated from Ruomu's memory.
"Senior Sister, Ruomu in the illusion is not what she looks like now." Chi Wanyin reminded.
Song Qingtang pondered, "The Wu Clan probably worshipped the Ruomu tree because it protected them... But now this tree can no longer sense any spiritual energy. It's even changed color due to the spiritual energy surrounding it."
Perhaps, because Ruomu lost its function, the Wu clan was destroyed?
She looked around Ruomu and found nothing unusual except a cold pond that was bottomless.
Song Qingtang came to the edge of the pond, and her reflection appeared in the water. "Junior sister, you hold this place while I go explore the cold pond."
Chi Wanyin nodded, and Song Qingtang jumped into the pool while chanting a spell to avoid water. She felt herself gradually sinking, but could never reach the bottom.
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