Chapter 78 Chapter 78 Where the sky and the earth hang together is the sacred mountain...
The direction in which the Nuo beast left was completely opposite to the hinterland of Jintingzhou. It was on the other side of Huagutan, which was clearly the direction of Lingshan where they came from as Yan Wuji said.
Cheng Yunjun instantly used the earth escape technique to sneak away, using the plants and trees as his eyes, and followed the Nuo beast's trail from underground.
Huo Xuexiang then whispered in Bai Lu's ear, "The Qiongqi, one of the twelve Nuo beasts, has a tiger body and wings. It likes evil and hates good. It is extremely fast."
"There are, there are such vicious animals." Bai Lu's eyes flickered.
This Qiongqi was running and flying at the same time, and its speed was really very fast. Cheng Yunjun, who had reached the fairyland, had to follow it with all his strength to avoid getting lost.
When passing a cliff, Qiongqi flapped its wings and flew away, and Chengyunjun hurried down and then forward, which took no more than two breaths of time.
But when I looked outside through the plants, I could not find any trace of Qiongqi!
"Ahhh, we lost it!" Bai Lu screamed, and the basket in her hand swayed, causing the monks to quickly hold on to the vines with both hands.
"Hold it, hold it!"
"Hey, give me a hand..."
"It was intentional. Bai Lu must have done it on purpose."
"Oh no, oh no, how can Qiongqi fly so well? How about I ride on my broom and try to chase it?" Bai Lu shook her fellow Taoists who dared to fight with her and said.
This Qiongqi is most likely returning to Lingshan to deliver the battle report. If he is lost, it will take who knows how long it will take to go back and wait for other ghost kings and Nuo beasts again. It is a waste of time.
Bai Lu was so anxious that she was spinning around. Cheng Yunjun suddenly said, "I got it."
Hmm? Bai Lu observed carefully, and it turned out that Qiongqi appeared in front of him again. No wonder he couldn't see it just now, Qiongqi had come down from the sky and was drinking water by the river.
Bai Lu heaved a sigh of relief and said to the inside of the basket, "Hahahaha, you said Qiongqi was fast, how fast was it? It still got caught up by our Mu tribe."
Everyone: “…”
Do you want to change your face faster?
However, although tracking Qiongqi was tiring, it was indeed smoother than they had expected. Many people had originally prepared for the inevitable fierce battle if they were discovered by Qiongqi.
It seems that this Hidden Mountain Seal combined with Earth Escape is really useful.
They kept running like this for several days and nights, which made Cheng Yunjun very tired. Even Huo Xuexiang couldn't tell where they were for a while, so Qiongqi slowed down.
This place is all at the foot of the mountain. The sky is dim, as if between day and night, but there are still faint traces of the underworld around.
Qiongqi stopped at a flat stone tablet. Bai Lu took a moment to identify it and found ancient characters written on it: Feng Ju.
Fengju Mountain? Isn't that near the legendary Lingshan Mountain?
Fengju Mountain is said to be where the sun and the moon rise and set. Someone must have found this place in the past, but there is no trace of the sacred mountain anymore.
But Qiongqi still came here. Could it be that Lingshan did not move and is still hiding in the same place?
As if to confirm everyone's idea, Qiongqi lowered his head and did something unknown, as if spiritual power was injected. The material of the stone tablet became a little transparent, then rose up, carrying it slowly into the air, and went up into the air.
Bai Lu was shocked. The witch clan went home and took the elevator?
Qiongqi had wings but didn't use them. He squatted on the stone tablet and rose into the air at a constant speed. Bai Lu quickly enlarged the magnifying glass and said, "Look farther, look farther. You are the best. Look farther with the magnifying glass."
Pei Zhaoting looked up at the flower mirror and sighed, "Where the sun and the moon intersect, where yin and yang are divided, where the sky and the earth are suspended, that is where the sacred mountain is."
At this time, the stone tablet rose to a point, and Qiongqi, which had become a small dot, stomped his feet, and the stone tablet stopped, and its figure suddenly disappeared.
Bai Lu poured out all her fellow Taoists from the basket, looked at the neatly arranged colors, and felt a little reluctant, then she lifted the spell that could shrink people into an inch.
The monks returned to their normal form and looked at each other.
You Yue couldn't help but say, "I think we should stand in this formation from now on. It looks pretty good."
Others: “…”
After sending the Nuo beast away, the stone tablet quickly descended and returned to its original position.
A group of people gathered around the stone tablet to study how to imitate the Nuo beast and activate it.
Bai Lu didn't understand academics, so she rode her broom up there for a spin. The Nuo beast suddenly disappeared after reaching a certain height, but Bai Lu couldn't touch or see anything when she flew to a high place. It was empty.
Although it was expected, Bai Lu was still a little disappointed. The Wu Clan was not a makeshift group. He pressed his body and flew back to the ground.
"No?" Ning Yanhu, who had been paying attention to his movements, said, "This stone tablet is made of special materials and has magic. I'm afraid that only through it can it break through the cover of Lingshan magic, so Qiongqi has wings but doesn't use them."
"Then how do we activate this stone tablet? The Nuo beast just injected spiritual power into it, should we also inject it?" Bai Lu stared at it.
Huo Xuexiang also squatted down to check it out and said, "Inside the stone tablet is the ancient witch jade. The Nuo beast just poured the five elements of spiritual power into it in a certain order, and then the witch jade was revealed. Moreover, the lifting technique in it is not complete, and you need to control the stop by yourself."
In other words, this is a semi-automatic stone tablet. After successfully guessing the password to start it, you still need to know which level to go to. Only the Wu clan knows at which height the stone tablet should stop in the air to enter the Lingshan Mountain, which is equivalent to a double-layer password.
"I can infer the order based on the strength of the remaining spiritual power," Pei Zhaoting suddenly said, "but how do we determine the height? Do we have to calculate the point where the sun and the moon meet?"
"Not necessarily. What if it's the height of the yin and yang energy?" Ning Yanhu said in a deep voice.
You Yue also frowned and said, "They don't necessarily have to ask for a specific number, what if they just randomly set the height? Don't be too clever for your own good. There is another problem. What if we don't guess the height right the first time and disturb the witch tribe? It would be too embarrassing to be exposed before we even enter the door."
After thinking about it, I have to sit down and calculate slowly.
Bai Lu raised her hand and said weakly, "Why do we have to guess right at once? Why don't we dig out this stone tablet as well, just unlock it and not let it fly first. We can fly with it, so that we can test the height little by little. Wouldn't that give us many chances to try?"
"Fei, trouble." Cheng Yunjun changed back to the tall tree man, bent down and dug out the entire piece of land. Everyone was still on that piece of land, and they staggered to stand firm.
Cheng Yunjun held them in his arms, just like Bai Lu held the shrunken crowd.
Then Cheng Yunjun's figure slowly grew taller, like a tree growing rapidly, and he said, "You input spiritual power to reveal the Wuyu, and I will grow upwards to see where I can enter the Lingshan Mountain."
Everyone was speechless.
Very good and violent, worthy of the Wood Clan.
Since Cheng Yunjun couldn't wait to grow upwards, Pei Zhaoting hurried to crack the stone tablet.
After he input the spiritual power in the correct order, the material of the stone tablet gradually changed and became like ancient jade.
The wind around him gradually grew stronger. Cheng Yunjun had grown extremely tall, even taller than his original body. This was something he forced himself to do.
It looked like it was taller than most of the ancient trees Bai Lu had seen in the Qingdi Secret Realm.
Even with Cheng Yunjun's original body and cultivation, he stopped when it was about to soar into the sky. Cheng Yunjun tried again... but it didn't grow. He said regretfully: "Bai Lu, help me."
Bai Lu held the Qingdi Jue close to Cheng Yunjun, who absorbed the energy and started to grow taller again.
The scene was extremely shocking when viewed from a distance. A tall, lonely giant tree stood tall in the wilderness, its branches growing vigorously until its crown pierced the clouds and knocked into the sky.
The Wuyu was only one meter long and wide, with Bai Lu standing on it. When Cheng Yunjun continued to grow in the clouds, Bai Lu kept muttering, "If it grows any longer, it will probably reach the stratosphere..."
Suddenly, the eyes blurred, as if for a moment the Wuyu was stuck in the card slot. Bai Lu hurriedly said, "Stop! Go back a little bit——"
Cheng Yunjun carefully reduced his height a little bit.
In fact, reaching such a height is also a challenge for Cheng Yunjun. He must firmly fix himself with his roots. Even so, his body trembles slightly in the air.
"continue."
Shrink a little bit more.
"Yes, it's here." The height was right, Bai Lu could see that there was a large stone gate in front of him, with ancient snake patterns embossed on it. Long snakes were entwined in one place, with their heads down swimming in the auspicious clouds. The whole gate was empty and suspended in the air.
Is behind the door the witch clan’s sacred mountain?
But when others looked at it, they were just confused.
"Why, can't you see it?" Bai Lu reacted. That's right, maybe it can only be seen and touched on the Wu Yu. "Hey, I shouldn't have lifted the spell just now. Come on, get into the basket."
"Another basket is entered. Could it be that the Wu Clan only puts one person up and down each time? Do they have a way to expand the Wu Jade..." You Yue muttered to himself, knowing that it would be faster to just shrink his body at this time.
Everyone stood in the queue that Bai Lu had arranged for them, just like a color palette.
Bai Lu looked at the size of Wu Yu under her and realized that there was no room for another person. She said to Huo Xuexiang hesitantly, "Master, you have to shrink too."
"How about letting Sword Master carry the basket?" Yan Changming was interrupted by Bai Lu as soon as he made the suggestion.
Bai Lu: "No, I will shrink my master."
Everyone: “…”
No, you remember that we are not playing now...
Actually, shrinking is not a big deal, as Huo Xuexiang taught Bai Lu this technique himself. Huo Xuexiang nodded, and turned himself into a little man, then flew to Bai Lu's shoulder on his sword.
As for the others, Bai Lu put them in a basket.
Bai Lu turned to look at the Master, and couldn't help but stretch out a finger to fiddle with it. Haha, a mini Sword Master. It would be nice if I could keep the Master in my pocket all the time.
Huo Xuexiang raised his sword to block it and said calmly, "Stop making trouble."
Bai Lu almost laughed out loud. Stop it, it’s even more fun. This is so interesting.
But Bai Lu did stop smiling and held the basket, letting everyone see the stone door in front of them. "How about we just go in like this?"
"There doesn't seem to be any magic on this stone door, let's just go in and try it."
Bai Lu reached out and grabbed the golden door knocker on the stone door, and with a little force, she opened the stone door a crack.
At the same time, the snake relief on the stone gate suddenly opened its eyes, and nine pairs of clear and cold vertical pupils locked onto the prey from all directions.
Didn’t you say there is no magic?
Bai Lu was frightened by the snake's gaze. She tilted her head back as far as she could to avoid it, and continued trying to pull the stone door, but it wouldn't open.
"This seems to be... a living thing." Huo Xuexiang said as he stood on Bai Lu's shoulder, "No, it's between life and death."
The next moment, this strange species of snake flew down from the stone gate, spreading its long body. Only then did Bai Lu realize that there were not several snakes on the door, but one snake with nine heads!
"Nine-headed viper." Huo Xuexiang identified it thoroughly. "This is a creature of the witch clan, refined with witchcraft, and the power of the netherworld maintains a half-living and half-dead form. It will not die for thousands of years, but it will also not live for thousands of years."
Therefore, no one could recognize it when it was in hiding, because it was not a magician nor a living creature, and it had not appeared in the world for a long time. If Huo Xuexiang had not looked up many witch-related books to help Bai Lu find clues, no one would have recognized it.
Bai Lu wanted to avoid it, but once one foot left Wu Yu's range, she could no longer see the nine-headed snake. At the same time, the nine-headed snake faced the stranger who broke into the mountain gate and spit out a ball of black air.
"Clang!" Fortunately, Bai Lu only had one foot away from Wu Yu, and the basket was still within Wu Yu's range. Pei Zhaoting moved the formation plate to block the attack of the viper.
Bai Lu hastily retracted her foot, "Everyone, please be careful and do not leave the Wuyu area!"
Otherwise you will become blind.
The righteous monks took out their magic weapons from the basket one by one, and now it was the time for the long-range attack monks to attack from a distance.
Bai Lu held up the basket, and they released a magic spell from the basket, which filled the sky with flowing light, so beautiful.
The nine-headed viper dodged flexibly in the air. It opened its mouth and uttered a human voice, saying in a low voice, "Hey, kid, what a powerful basket magic weapon."
Bai Lu: “…”
The snake brother guarding the gate was very powerful, but his eyesight was a little poor. He couldn't see clearly with his nine pairs of eyes and thought the basket was Bai Lu's magic weapon.
At this time, Huo Xue whispered a few words to Bai Lu.
"Ah?" Bai Lu hesitated for a moment, but out of trust in Huo Xue, she still reached out and lifted him off her shoulder, "Then be careful, Master."
Huo Xuexiang nodded, jumped from Bai Lu's fingertips, and flew out with the sword in hand.
After leaving Wu Yu's range, Huo Xuexiang could no longer see the nine-headed viper. However, he had just seen the viper's position and moving shape, and he cut off one of the snake's heads with one sword!
The snake head snapped off, and the nine-headed viper screamed. It did not see the little sword master, but only shouted: "What a powerful hidden weapon!"
Bai Lu: “…”
Bai Lu discovered that the snake's eyesight was indeed not very good...
The nine-headed viper angrily said to Bai Lu: "You...are very sinister, aren't you?"
Not only does he have poor eyesight, but his brain is not that good either. The monks in the basket thought speechlessly, how can you ask questions like this, it's a bit direct and a bit rude.
Bai Lu: “Yes.”
Others: “…………” What a bold question and a bold answer.
Bai Lu thought that the master would come back after chopping off a head, but Huo Xuexiang did not.
After one of the nine-headed viper was cut off, it twisted its body and tried to attack again. Huo Xuexiang clearly couldn't see it, but he accurately predicted the movement of the nine-headed viper. He instantly changed back to his normal size and struck again with a sword, piercing through the other snake head.
And this time, Huo Xuexiang did not put away his sword, but took advantage of the situation to use the sword to position himself.
After leaving Wu Yu's range, the nine-headed viper was not simply invisible, but disappeared between yin and yang, but Huo Xuexiang's sword had penetrated the boundary.
Letting the nine-headed viper dance wildly in the air, he just bent his knees and half-knelt on the huge snake head, quietly waiting for the next opportunity to attack.
The first sword is a test, the second sword is a positioning, and the third sword is a decision of life and death.
Seeing this, the others also stopped their magic and left it to Sword Master to deal with it.
The nine-headed viper seemed to have sensed the coming of death, and its body danced even more crazily. Its thick tail immediately wrapped around Cheng Yunjun's torso, and it roared nine times: "Ah ...
With a tug of its tail, the nine-headed viper's counterattack before death came at him. Cheng Yunjun grasped the roots tightly, but he couldn't stand at this moment. His face changed drastically, and he was about to be pulled away tilted -
Something grew rapidly and reached into the clouds in an instant, supporting the crumbling Wu Yu on behalf of Cheng Yunjun!
Cheng Yunjun himself was also held firmly in front of him by this object. He heard Bai Lu say above his head, "Cousin, you can come up now."
Cheng Yunjun and the monks in the basket finally calmed down and looked carefully. They found that what supported Wu Yu was actually a huge tree.
Unlike Cheng Yunjun, this tree is not a cultivator of the Wood Clan, but just an ordinary tree that has not yet awakened.
But its roots are so solid, standing straight and strong into the sky, holding up everyone, without moving an inch, as if it was born that way.
Cheng Yunjun cried out in amazement: "Jianmu!"
That’s right, it was the legendary Jianmu that reached from heaven to earth. This object originated from the Qingdi Secret Realm. When Bai Lu and his friends reached the end of the level, they received their reward on Jianmu.
Cheng Yunjun is taller than most of the trees in the Qingdi Secret Realm, except for this tree.
At that moment just now, Bai Lu did not use any magic weapon, but controlled Jianmu to grow rapidly, supporting Wu Yu and Cheng Yunjun.
Cheng Yunjun leaned against Jianmu, turned back into a human form, climbed up twice, and transformed into a small sapling. He leaned on Bai Lu's arm and said, "Cousin, good job! I didn't expect you to have Jianmu."
"In the Green Emperor's Jade." Bai Lu smiled at him hurriedly and looked up again.
Over there, because of Cheng Yunjun's sudden change, the nine-headed viper that had originally entangled him lost its fulcrum and its body suddenly retreated.
In a flash, Huo Xuexiang drew his sword, flew into the air and swung his sword with a cold light flashing.
He could not see the full appearance of the nine-headed viper, but the pupils of other people present suddenly shrank, reflecting the sword light of the Mokong Sword that cut the huge body of the nine-headed viper into several pieces!
The sword's tip was still trembling slightly, but the remaining body of the viper did not fall from the sky. Instead, it turned back into a stone sculpture and flew back to the top of the gate, its eyes going from drooping to completely closed.
Bai Lu said regretfully: "Why did it turn back into a stone? I still want to pick it up..."
Huo Xuexiang had put away his sword and jumped back onto Wu Yu accurately. Because he had returned to his normal height when he drew his sword just now, the two of them standing on Wu Yu were inevitably crowded.
But Huo Xuexiang did not stay for long, he held Bai Lu's waist with one hand.
Bai Lu hugged the basket tightly, and felt her master push the door open with his hand, then he hugged her and jumped in steadily.
…
Stepping through the stone gate is the real sacred mountain. Bai Lu was mentally prepared, but she was still stunned when she saw it.
The sacred mountain that has been hidden for who knows how many tens of thousands of years is not just one mountain, but a mountain range composed of several mountains surrounding each other. The land is dark in color, and is dotted with huge stone pillars and altars engraved with runes.
The sky here was a light dark purple, and the air was filled with a chilly feeling. It seemed as if there was no living thing, and it was eerily quiet.
There is also no sound of living things and it is frightening. Compared with the Qingdi Secret Realm, this place is at the other extreme. It is filled with the breath of death.
Looking up, a huge altar was in operation in the valley surrounded by distant mountains. Figures stood quietly, wearing gorgeous ritual robes with dark red as the main color and various strange masks. Each figure held a scroll of luminous silk book in his hand, and the chanting sounds flowing from his lips and teeth echoed in the valley, like the sighs of dead souls.
As the chanting sounded, countless light golden runes flowed in the air, and strands of power connected from the sky and the earth, causing the space to slightly distort as if it could not bear the burden, and the breath of the underworld faintly flowed out.
Although separated by mountains, all living beings who saw this scene were shocked by the tremendous power and terrifying aura emanating from the mysterious formation!
Suddenly——
In the center of the altar, two faint lights flashed in the eye sockets of the mask on the tall priest's head, and a faint voice rang out: "Hmm?"
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