The ghost from the eastern suburbs told Ruan Bei that Lu Sibai had received a message from an unknown number, asking him to go to Yundang Mountain.
The moment the place name was mentioned, it was like stabbing Qin Gu in the nerves. He gritted his teeth and suppressed his anger, the veins on his forehead throbbing.
Based on the current information, Luo Zikun may have set a trap on Yundang Mountain, Zou Na covets Xiao Bei's eyes, and is trying to exchange lives for Ruan Bei and Lu Sibai.
Now that Lu Sibai has been summoned to Yundang Mountain, Zou Na, who is far away in Ghost King Forest, seems to have received the signal as well. What they want to do is obvious.
“You can’t go,” Qin Gu said immediately.
The danger is no longer his; he doesn't have the ability to see ghosts anymore. He didn't die in his previous life, and the situation is much better in this life. Zou Na can't kill him, and his martial uncle won't really let him die. But Xiao Bei won't get such good treatment.
"I want to go." Ruan Bei pressed Qin Gu's hand and said urgently, "Listen to me, look, as soon as my martial uncle found out I was going, Lu Sibai and Zou Na received the news. If Lu Sibai is going to Yundang Mountain, then Zou Na should be going too. She wants my eyes. Does my martial uncle know how to do it?"
"no--"
“Okay!” Ruan Bei’s tone was more resolute than ever before: “Zou Na is hiding in Ghost King Forest, and none of us can do anything about her. But if we go to Yundang Mountain, we can wipe them all out in one fell swoop.”
"This is too dangerous." Qin Gu did not hesitate when he knew he might be in danger, but when it was Xiao Bei, he suddenly became timid.
“It is dangerous, but as long as Zou Na is not caught, we will never have a moment of peace. I have to be on guard against her doing something in secret at all times, and I can’t do anything with peace of mind.”
"Kunkun, I don't want to live that kind of life of constant fear."
Qin Gu hesitated for a moment, then said, "Zou Na and Lu Sibai have already received the signal. We just need to wait for them to come out."
“You know that won’t work,” Ruan Bei said calmly. “If Zou Na and Lu Sibai are arrested as soon as they show up, Uncle will definitely notice the problem. So, he will go undercover instead.”
Qin Gu remained silent. If his uncle had a problem and it wasn't exposed, the harm would be greater than that caused by Zou Na, because the entire Xuanqing Temple wouldn't be on guard against him.
If any of his elders in the sect were to suffer any consequences because of this, Qin Gu would not forgive himself.
"Okay, I'll stay with you. I promise I'll never leave your side, never run away, and never leave your sight. I'll listen to whatever you say, and I'll protect myself immediately if there's any danger, okay?"
Qin Gu pondered for a long time before finally nodding with difficulty.
After the agreement was made, they waited to set off. Ruan Bei packed his things in advance, bringing all his magical artifacts. Qin Gu had just traced the runes on the Yu'an Umbrella for him, making it full of combat power.
Each person also carried a large bag of talismans, of various types and uses, just in case.
I hadn't originally planned to bring that compass, but when I was in the capital, I showed it to my senior brother, who said it was fine and just a normal compass.
That makes sense; Luo Zikun wouldn't tamper with things in such an easily exposed place.
They were all well prepared, but Lu Sibai encountered some problems.
He probably thought the message was from Zou Na, and went on another rampage in the apartment, laughing as he smashed his phone, muttering, "You abandoned me, you ignored me, this time I won't listen to you anymore..."
It seems he's holding a grudge because he failed to get help from his mother before.
Ruan Bei was helpless. He couldn't persuade Lu Sibai to reunite with his mother, so he could only ask Dongjiao Gui to continue keeping an eye on things for him.
Meanwhile, the special agents quickly found the person who instructed the children to set off fireworks. It was a petty thug from a nearby village. He said he received a text message one day in which someone sent him money, saying that if he needed help setting off fireworks in the future, he would give him more money.
The hoodlum thought it was a good thing to get money for free, so he readily agreed. Then one day, he suddenly received a text message from that person asking him to set off fireworks.
When the thug saw the location, he felt something was wrong. Although he was a reckless hoodlum, as a local, he had heard from the elders since he was a child that the mountains there were not to be visited, and he could usually see people in uniforms guarding them.
At most, petty thugs would do some petty theft, but they would never dare to get involved in anything truly evil. However, he had taken money from someone and tricked a few kids in the village into helping him set off fireworks.
He figured that even if the child was discovered, they wouldn't arrest him.
The result was that they didn't arrest the child. Instead, they followed the clues and found him. Not only were all the messages on his phone thoroughly searched, but he was also being monitored.
The officers in uniform didn't arrest him, they just kept an eye on him and told him that if he had any more news about that person, he had to report it first.
The petty thug had never experienced anything like this before. Even when he was caught stealing chickens and taken to the police station, he had never seen so many uniforms. Now, he could only tremble and obey orders.
However, the thug was like a tool that had been used up, and he never received any more messages from the person who paid him.
However, Zou Na soon appeared outside the Ghost King Forest. The direction she came out of the forest was far away from where Ruan Bei and the others had entered. They were not in the same direction, and the forest there was closer to the territory of the Netherworld Ghost King.
After Zou Na came out, the people guarding outside did not make any rash moves, but kept a close watch on her.
After Zou Na came out, she found a place to stay in a nearby small county town for the night, ate, and slept. The next day, she headed towards Yundang Mountain.
Upon receiving the news, Xuan Ningcheng sat quietly in his office for half an hour, and then doubled the size of the team that was going to Yundang Mountain.
In the end, Lu Sibai was won over by Zou Na. According to Dongjiao Gui, Lu Sibai received a message that asked him to go to Yundang Mountain.
When Lu Sibai said he wouldn't go, the man said, "If you don't go, you'll stay in Jincheng and wait to die, until your body rots away like a corpse."
The last message definitely wasn't sent by Zou Na, because she was still in Ghost King Forest at that time, but this time it was sent by her. She knows all of Lu Sibai's weaknesses.
Lu Sibai's sores had become very serious; some areas that had been covered up too tightly had begun to ooze pus and ulcerate, and were not far from rotting.
His face was unrecognizable; it was swollen and purplish-red from sores, and his head looked much larger.
Before leaving, Lu Sibai, who hadn't been out for a long time, looked in the mirror and then broke down and smashed all the mirrors in the room.
He wrapped himself up tightly, without any luggage, only his ID card and money, and bought a train ticket.
After Zou Na and Lu Sibai left one after the other towards Yundang Mountain, Luo Zikun also sent a message to Qin Gu, urging them to set off.
Qin Gu agreed expressionlessly and cheerfully, but his face turned cold as soon as he hung up the phone.
He and Ruan Bei, carrying their luggage, met up with Luo Zikun, and the three of them went to Yundang Mountain together. Xuan Ningcheng immediately led a large group of people to follow.
Those who cultivate have sharp ears and eyes, so they cannot follow too closely, or Luo Zikun will discover them.
Fortunately, there were two undercover agents, Qin Gu and Ruan Bei, who carried tracking devices. Someone in Xuan Ningcheng's team was monitoring their movements and directions, and always keeping a safe distance.
Of course, back when Qin Gu asked Xuan Ningcheng for help, he had already sent people from the Special Affairs Bureau to Yundang Mountain.
However, to prevent Luo Zikun from having other plans, his men did not dare to go deep into the area. They only roughly investigated the situation and confirmed that there were no other traps or ambushes.
So the problem mainly revolved around that natural formation. Along the way, Ruan Bei tried his best to act, portraying himself as a simple, lively, and extremely curious newbie about formations, asking simple questions from time to time.
Luo Zikun was like a truly kind elder, teaching him wholeheartedly. He was knowledgeable and witty. If it weren't for this incident, Ruan Bei would have really liked his personality.
Although Yundang Mountain is not as large as the Ghost King Forest Mountain Range, it is still a large mountain. The natural array is located deep in the mountains, and it took two days just to walk the path after entering the mountain.
Meanwhile, Zou Na and Lu Sibai had already met inside Yundang Mountain.
On the morning of the third day after entering the mountains, Ruan Bei and his two companions finally arrived at their destination. He knew that Lu Sibai and Zou Na were also there, but he didn't know where they were hiding now.
Luo Zikun led them to see the large formation with a smile. From the outside, you really couldn't tell anything about it. It was just ordinary trees and rocks, maybe the trees were a bit bigger and the shapes were a bit weirder.
"Xiao Bei, come here." Luo Zikun smiled and waved to Ruan Bei. Qin Gu froze and subconsciously tried to pull Ruan Bei back.
Ruan Bei reached out and took his hand before he could, as if the two of them had deliberately held hands, her eyes crinkling with a smile: "Come on, let's go take a look together."
Qin Gu tried his best to smile, and Luo Zikun looked at them with a smile: "The two children have such a good relationship."
He didn't say Qin Gu couldn't see it; in fact, when the two got closer, he even asked Qin Gu, "Did you notice anything?"
Qin Gu wandered around for a moment, then stopped in front of a tree that was neither thick nor strange, and looked unremarkable. He turned his head to look at Luo Zikun: "Here?"
Luo Zikun nodded approvingly: "You've minored in talisman techniques, but you haven't neglected array formations either."
Qin Gu's talent in formations was only average, but because there were talisman arrays in the talismans, he learned some along the way. He wasn't very proficient, but it was enough for him.
"What's wrong here?" Ruan Bei asked curiously.
Qin Gu took his hand and placed it on the side of the tree trunk, feeling the uneven texture of the bark beneath his palm.
When Qin Gu touched a knot in the tree, he applied some force, and Ruan Bei felt as if the protruding knot had been pressed down a little.
But upon closer inspection, it's still the same; nothing has changed.
Ruan Bei looked up in confusion. Qin Gu led him to the side. The basement was covered with gnarled tree roots and vines, making it very difficult to walk, especially in one section where there were piles of rocks in the middle.
Ruan Bei looked down at the road, proceeding cautiously, while Qin Gu strode directly into the pile of rocks.
"Wait, hey—?" Ruan Bei stepped into the pile of rocks, turned his head in surprise, then turned back, his eyes wide: "What, what's going on?" The pile of rocks was gone, and the tree from before was gone too.
Luo Zikun followed in and explained, "The outermost layer is a simple illusion array."
Ruan Bei nodded in bewilderment, finding it incredibly amazing. He had seen some formations before, but most of them were small-scale, either trapping or killing formations.
"And then?" Ruan Bei asked. "Wasn't it supposed to be a stacked formation? Where's the next one?"
Luo Zikun smiled and said to Qin Gu, "Want to try again?"
Qin Gu nodded. This time it took him quite a while, and finally he frowned and said, "It's still an illusion array. We found one of the array's cores, but it doesn't quite look like one..."
Luo Zikun said, "It's not one, it's two illusion arrays, and they must be broken at the same time. That's why I called you here."
He took Qin Gu and Ruan Bei to see the two array points he had found. One was found by Qin Gu himself, and the other was more hidden and difficult to find, which Luo Zikun had discovered earlier.
He let Qin Gu choose one, and Qin Gu chose the one he had found himself.
Luo Zikun chose the remaining option and looked at Ruan Bei: "Xiao Bei, who are you with?"
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