Inside the temple of the Jinwu clan, sandalwood was floating upwards.
The Golden Crow priest, covered in red feathers, was performing a mysterious dance in the center of the hall, singing:
"The sun rises from the east. The sun shines brightly over Fusang."
"I sigh deeply, where is Fusang? My heart is sad, and my clothes are wet with tears."
The tone of his singing was mournful, and the various Golden Crow elders standing on both sides all had solemn and sad expressions.
Everyone's thoughts went back to the ancient times, when the ancestor of the Golden Crow followed the large army of demons into the Eastern Emperor Realm, but did not settle in the Three-legged Mountain Range. Instead, they lived on the sacred Fusang tree in the East China Sea.
As for why they were exiled here now, that is another long story.
The location of the sacred Fusang tree overseas was once a top secret and has now been completely lost.
What's more troublesome is that today's Dongzhou and Donghai are both the territories of the Qinglong clan, and the relationship between the Feather clan and the Scale clan is not harmonious.
Qinglong would never allow the Jinwu tribe to stay in the East China Sea, so going out to sea to search for Fuso was simply impossible.
However, there is an unconfirmed rumor within the tribe that deep in the Huoyuan Cave, where the tribe dumps their garbage, there is a teleportation array leading to the sacred Fusang tree.
The previous Golden Crow priest secretly took away the clan's treasure, the Golden Crow Divine Fire Fan, and tried to find the magic circle in the Huoyuan Cave. As a result, he completely disappeared in the cave and there has been no news of him since.
The current Jinwu clan is almost clearly divided into two factions:
One group supports continuing to search for the legendary magic circle, while the other group argues that it is just a fictitious legend and if the news spreads outside, it may bring disaster to the tribe.
Only the matter of "retrieving the Golden Crow True Fire Fan" was recognized by both factions.
The Fire Element True Energy is extremely ferocious. Once it explodes in the cave, even the members of the Golden Crow clan who can resist the fire will most likely be killed.
If he had the Golden Crow True Fire Fan to protect him, his chances of survival would be greatly improved. However, every time the Fire Element True Energy erupted, the route in the cave would change. In addition, the Golden Crow True Fire Fan was used to resist the Fire Element True Energy, which consumed too much True Energy. Therefore, if he was trapped in it for too long, he would still die.
It has been eight months since outsiders were allowed to enter the cave to search for the Golden Crow True Fire Fan, but no one has come out alive until now, causing the tribe to strictly forbid its members to go down the cave without permission.
Today, no one thinks much about it anymore, except when they meet outsiders looking for work, they mention the idea of exploring the cave.
As for whether the other party is willing to go, and whether he can return alive after going, no one has too much expectation anymore.
After the sacrificial ceremony, there is a banquet with eating and drinking.
The elders took their seats, and the red fruits that the Golden Crow loved to eat were served one by one. Everyone toasted each other, ate, drank, and laughed, and the atmosphere relaxed.
Suddenly there was a loud noise, and the Golden Crow Priest stood up suddenly with an expression of incredible shock.
He sensed a violent explosion of spiritual power beneath his feet.
Immediately afterwards, the earthquake caused by the explosion of spiritual power also caused the surrounding tables and chairs to shake violently.
Back in the Fire Yuan Cave half a quarter of an hour ago, Long Long had already asked Long Hu to control the Golden Crow True Fire Fan to melt the entire rock wall behind him.
Only a solitary archway remained.
The material of the arch is exactly the same as the surrounding rocks, almost seamlessly integrated, and there is no spiritual power left.
Even the previous scan by the Kunlun Mirror did not detect anything unusual.
All thanks to the fox's inspirational fan! Good fellow, I will call you Princess Iron Fan from now on!
"Why don't you praise me!" As if sensing that he was thinking about something messy, the dragon fox immediately bared its teeth and said fiercely.
"You did a great job!" Long Long put his hands under her armpits and lifted her up high.
"Ouch! Let go, put me down!" The dragon fox seemed to find this too shameful and began to struggle violently.
Unable to struggle, she pulled out her big fluffy tail from under her skirt and gave him a long-lost slap in the face with her tail.
Long Long put her down excitedly and began to study the arch.
"I found it." Kunlun Jing said in amazement, "There is nothing wrong with the material of this arch, but there should be a magic array underneath, and the arch is the core that is consolidated by the array."
"I see." Long Long said proudly, "This mistake was totally wrong, A Jing! If I hadn't discovered it by accident and made up for your mistake, we would have missed this relic!"
"I didn't check it carefully enough." Kunlun Jing whispered, "But it wasn't you who discovered this archway..."
"You still dare to quibble? You broken mirror!"
The Kunlun Mirror sank into the sea of consciousness and stopped talking.
Long Long drew out the Dragon Roar Sword and cleaned the ground carefully, revealing the hidden patterns of the formation.
Modern formations are all so-called "yang formations", which means using some material to draw raised formation patterns on the surface of the base, making it easier to detect and repair; but ancient formations often use "yin formations", which means directly carving concave patterns on the surface of the base, making the formation and the base almost one and the same, difficult to identify, but almost impossible to maintain.
Seeing the formation pattern on the ground, the little fox was also very excited. It circled around Long Long, waving its big tail like a broom:
"Longlong Longlong, how did you find out? How did you find out?"
"Humph." Long Long laughed proudly, "If you don't have these skills, how can you be the master of the house?"
Dragon Fox curled his lips and thought, you still want to be my master? Dream on.
After clearing all the formations, Long Long observed carefully for a moment and quickly determined the mechanism of activating the formation.
Need supplies and lock and key.
His mind turned slightly and he immediately guessed the answer.
Take out a piece of Nine Crows Blazing Sun Stone and place it on the left side of the formation.
He then took the Golden Crow True Fire Fan from the little fox and placed it at the right center of the formation.
Finally, he injected his true essence into the Golden Crow True Fire Fan. As the formation was suddenly charged, a huge amount of spiritual power burst out from the archway.
Long Long quickly grabbed the little fox's hand, picked up the Golden Crow True Fire Fan from the ground, and rushed towards the archway in the center of the formation.
The two of them quickly passed through the archway, and with another wave-like explosion of spiritual power, they soon disappeared from the spot.
However, the spread of spiritual power continued, and the entire cave began to shake, tremble, and shudder violently... Before long, the fire element deep underground erupted and completely submerged the cave.
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Above the distant East China Sea, Long Long and Long Hu fell from the treetops.
Long Long first used his sword in the air to steady his body in time, then swooped down quickly and caught the screaming little fox.
"Where is this?" As soon as the dragon fox landed on the ground, it couldn't wait to turn around and look around.
Then, the boundless, vast sea came into her sight.