"Let's be frank!" Mu Lingxiao didn't want to beat around the bush and went straight to the point.
He had originally planned to enter the Heavenly Palace through the election, but now that he had run into Zong Zhengsong, there was no need for him to sneak into the Heavenly Palace anymore.
Zong Zhengsong waved away the servants and glanced at Daxue and others.
"It's okay, they are all confidants, just tell me directly." There is a contractual relationship between the demon slaves and their masters, so when Mu Lingxiao said they were confidants, Zong Zhengsong did not doubt it.
Of course, Mu Lingxiao wouldn't let Daxue and the others leave. He ordered Daxue and the others to protect Lai Siyu at all times. After all, this was the Heavenly Palace, not some other place, so it was better to be careful on someone else's territory.
"Okay, you two are not from the Heavenly Realm, right?" Zong Zhengsong waved his hand to set up a soundproof barrier, and then asked.
"Mu Lingxiao, my wife Lai Siyu, we are from the Great Wilderness."
"Oh, so you really are the variables. It seems my guess was right."
"This black ball has no apparent effect yet, so why is Fellow Daoist Zong Zheng so concerned about it?"
"Don't you care too?"
"I was just wondering why someone would be willing to pay any price for something like this... so I just got it back on my own."
The two of them talked back and forth for a long time, but didn't say anything substantial. They even said they wanted to speak frankly. What kind of frank words were they talking about?
Humans are hypocritical! Daxue and the others once again confirmed this fact in their hearts.
"Aren't you and your dear Daoist couple native to the Great Wilderness?"
"Yes, we are from the outside world. Fellow Daoist Zong Zheng, just say whatever you want to say."
"Haha, if that's the case, then what is the purpose of Fellow Daoist Mu and Fellow Daoist Lai coming to the Heavenly Realm? If my guess is correct, you and your wife are looking for a way to leave the Immortal Realm, right?"
Mu Lingxiao raised his eyebrows: "Don't you want to leave the Immortal Realm?"
"Hahaha~" Zong Zhengsong laughed heartily and said, "Since we have the same goal, we can cooperate."
Lai Siyu, who was concentrating on eating beside Mu Lingxiao, suddenly looked up and said with a smile, "I wonder what Fellow Daoist Zong Zheng plans to use to cooperate with us?"
Zong Zhengsong said, "Now that we've come to this, I won't hide anything from you two fellow Daoists. I've traveled extensively throughout this abandoned star region over the past million years, but the outer barrier is far too powerful for the likes of you and me to forcibly break."
Lai Siyu shrugged and said, "So there's no hope?"
Zong Zhengsong smiled and said, "Otherwise, there's still hope! You two are from the Great Wilderness. I wonder if you've ever seen my old friend, You Fu, in the Great Wilderness?"
Mu Lingxiao did not hide it: "I have seen it, but the remaining soul has already dissipated."
"Did the Taoist get a crystal ball from him, just like this one?" Zong Zhengsong flipped his hand, and a crystal ball appeared in his hand.
Lai Siyu and Mu Lingxiao were not unfamiliar with this crystal ball. They had five identical crystal balls in their hands.
"I do have a crystal ball like this, but it wasn't obtained from Youfu. I came to the Heavenly Realm precisely because I learned from Youfu that there was another crystal ball in the Heavenly Realm.
Now it seems that the crystal ball he mentioned is in your hands."
Zong Zhengsong was stunned when he heard this. After a moment, he shook his head and said, "This crystal ball is from the Tianji Pavilion. I discovered it by chance and it is the same as the crystal ball in You Fu's hand." In the Tianji Pavilion, this crystal ball was embedded in a fairy weapon and was covered with some hollow patterns carved from other materials.
Of course, if it weren't for this, You Fu and he wouldn't have been unaware that there was a crystal ball right under their noses.
"So there's a crystal ball hidden in the imperial capital of the Heavenly Realm?"
Zong Zhengsong nodded and said, "That should be the case. Now you and I have two crystal balls and one black bead in our hands. We only need five more crystal balls to activate the formation that seals off the Immortal World.
But these five crystal balls are hard to find."
Even though it was difficult to find, they still had to look for it. Zong Zhengsong believed that since God had sent the variables before his eyes, he would definitely let them find the remaining crystal balls.
Lai Siyu asked curiously, "How did you know that seven crystal balls and one black bead are needed to activate the formation?"
The banquet was held on a pleasure boat floating in the center of Taihu Lake in the Heavenly Palace. It was surrounded by vast waters that stretched as far as the eye could see.
Zong Zhengsong stood up, walked to the edge of the boat, and casually threw the crystal ball into the water.
The calm lake surface was immediately stirred up, circles of water ripples spread out, and gradually a picture emerged.
The image depicts a vast starry sky, with seven transparent planets orbiting a pitch-black one. The starlight is drawn into strands of soft, silky light, pouring continuously into the transparent planet.
Gradually, the seven transparent planets were filled with bright white starlight, and their bodies were no longer transparent.
These seven planets gradually connected to form the shape of the Big Dipper, and the "colored" planet suddenly developed a vortex, which gradually expanded and involved the entire starry sky.
The star field twisted with the black planet as its center, and the center of the vortex formed by the black planet gradually expanded... and actually formed a channel leading directly to the outside world.
This passage did not last long, at most ten breaths, and the black planet returned to its original state.
The barrier in the Liuxianjie star field was closed again.
Mu Lingxiao and Lai Siyu now understood that the crystal ball was the last one. There was a map that pointed the location of the crystal to the Heavenly Palace, and it was probably this crystal ball that was marked.
No wonder Zong Zhengsong has been keeping this news a secret. The scene shown in the last crystal ball showed that the passage would disappear within ten breaths of its formation.
If more people knew about it, firstly, it would be difficult to find the crystal ball. Secondly, if too many people rushed into the passage, it would be easy for something to happen.
Mu Lingxiao also threw the crystal ball in his hand into the lake, and a scene appeared in the lake. "The place where this crystal ball appeared is likely the location of the next crystal ball. Unfortunately, I am not familiar with the Heavenly Domain and don't know where this place is."
Zong Zhengsong's expression turned strange when he saw it. "This is a dead zone outside the Heavenly Territory. According to You Fu, his crystal ball was obtained from outside the Heavenly Territory.
It seems that we must first find the crystal ball in Yufu's hand before we can find the crystal ball behind it."
This is not good news. Where will Youfu hide the crystal ball?
Lai Siyu and Mu Lingxiao also acted as if they were worried. In fact, they knew that the crystal ball was actually hidden in the Heavenly Palace by Youhu Guozi.
"We have the key to escape: the black ball. If we continue to cooperate like this, we'll be at a disadvantage!"
As soon as Lai Siyu finished speaking, Zong Zhengsong smiled and said, "Fellow Daoist Lai, what do you think is the best way to avoid being at a disadvantage?"
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