Author: The Far Mountain is Still

Bloodstone Gorge.

On the turbulent river surface, a group of monks flew from the direction of Xueqi City and stopped above a water-absorbing vortex.

The disciple of Fengming Sect who was leading the way, shouted with a finger vortex: "Zhiwu Zu, Master Fang Wen, this is the entrance to Xingyao Palace."

This group of monks is not someone else. It was Fang Dushu who had been waiting in Xueqi City for many days. After welcoming Zhiwu's ancestor, he accompanied Zhiwu's ancestor to arrive at Xingyao Palace.

Liang Shengyin and Fu Yuqing were both accompanying each other and said in unison: "Master, please go in and explore the way first!"

The Master Zhiwu pointed at Liang Shengyin: "Shengyin, go and bring all the disciples accompanying you! There are goaf people in the palace. If there are fierce fighting inside, don't fight, come out and report the situation immediately!"

After saying that, he held up a bronze mirror: "Remember to open the Spirit Viewing Mirror!"

Liang Shengyin has taken the Spirit-Viewing Mirror in his hand. This kind of treasure mirror can attach his spiritual consciousness. Once Liang Shengyin uses the mirror to cast spells, any scene she sees in the palace can be instantly revealed in the mirror of the weak-minded ancestor.

Liang Shengyin waved to the disciples of Fengming Sect who were accompanying him and jumped into the vortex.

Only Fang Dushu and Fu Yuqing were left, staying with the weak ancestor.

The weak ancestor looked at the mirror and asked Fang Dushu: "I heard from your ancestor that he holds a dew-water marriage rope and can avoid the backlash of the sword demon. Then you should have a way to track the whereabouts of the sword demon, right?"

The Master Zhiwu was not aware that the Demon Spirit had separated from Qi Changzhen. The news she received was that Master Xiaoyue discovered the whereabouts of the Hinayana chariot, and believed that the Hinayana chariot was still driven by the sword demon.

Fang Dushu clasped his fists and responded: "The disciple cannot track it down and cannot sense the traces of the sword demon."

The Master Zhiwu raised his eyebrows, as if he was not satisfied with his answer: "Since you can't chase the sword demon, how did you save the talisman magic power?"

Earlier, she learned from Master Tie Shuangfeng that Fang Dushu had rescued the talisman power, which surprised her.

The talisman power, the slasher and Xiang Peining were all controlled by the sword demon. Fang Dushu was able to save one of them, which means that Fang Dushu had fought with the sword demon and even won.

Three months ago, the weak ancestor accepted Qi Daoming's invitation and rushed to Panshi Bridge to eliminate demons. As a result, he received an emergency message halfway through. The sword demon fled from Panshi Bridge with a Hinayana chariot. She and Qi Daoming immediately started tracking.

Finally, in the waters a hundred miles away from the Xiaoyuan Temple headquarters, we met Master Xuan Jinwen and Master Feixia.

According to the two, the last place where the sword demon appeared was at the bottom of the river, but he didn't know what teleportation magic was used. He escaped with the help of water and could no longer sense any trace.

What realm did the sword demon escape to? At that time, all the Nascent Soul Patriarchs on the Panshi Bridge could not lock in the position of the sword demon.

Fang Dushu also disappeared at the same time. He suddenly brought back the talisman magic power, which means that as early as the sword demon escaped from the bottom of the river, he had steadily grasped the whereabouts of the sword demon.

But at this time he said that he could not sense the traces of the sword demon, which was obviously questionable.

In fact, Fang Dushu also has troubles.

He had no way to explain to the weak ancestors, so he could only try his best to justify himself.

His fingers pointed to the crying valley on the north bank of Bloodstone Gorge:

"The disciples have indeed tried to track the sword demon, but they did not catch up. They only met a group of demon cultivators in the valley over there. These demon cultivators accidentally opened an underground waterway leading to the Star Imperial Palace."

He talked about how he got to know Shi Liugong and Niu Moxing and accompanied him to break into the palace, and said:

"These demon masters have some skills. They broke through Xingyan Peak all the way and finally found an entrance to the secret world on the upper peak. The disciple followed him and found that the talisman power was sent by the sword demon and guarded at the entrance. The disciple rescued him!"

This statement was not false. He originally saved Fu Shentong by chance.

The weak-minded ancestor could not find any flaws in his words, so he no longer questioned his words.

When Master Zhiwu arrived at Xueqi City, Master Xuan Jinwen had already left the city with the talisman power. She rushed to Panshi Bridge to exchange sword dishes, which happened to be staggered with Master Zhiwu.

Therefore, the Master Zhiwu did not see the magic power with his own eyes. She actually had a way to cast spells and search the magical position of the sword through the magic power's magic power's magic power's magic power.

But Fu Shentong left first, and her clever wife couldn't cook without rice, so she could only find Fang Dushu to find out whereabouts of the sword demon.

She heard Fang Dushu mention the entrance to the secret world and asked: "So, the sword demon should be hiding in the secret world?"

Fang Dushu spoke cautiously: "When the disciple rescued the talisman power, the sword demon did not show up from beginning to end. Is she hidden in the world? The disciple is not sure, and the disciple is not even sure about the origin of the secret world."

The weak ancestor looked at him: "Have you never sneaked into the secret world to search?"

Fang Dushu smiled bitterly: "Ancestor, you don't know anything. There are groups of water monsters in the secret world, and there are also Nascent Soul-level water monsters to guard it. It is already a blessing for disciples to escape from the entrance, and they have no chance to enter the world to search."

He knew that the weak ancestors came from the upper sect and had a wide range of knowledge. He must have understood the background of the secret world, and even the origin of the "Kunxu" could solve the doubts.

He tried to ask again: "Master, how did that secret world come into being? I have heard a legend that the long river of the Netherworld connects a dark spiritual world. Is that secret world the underworld?"

Master Zhiwu said: "Fellow Daoist Xiaoyue of Fengming Sect once entered the realm and fought with the Snowfield Demon King in the realm. Judging from the situation he introduced, the secret world should be the Changqinghe Palace. The interface of this palace contains the power of the underworld, and it is not wrong to call it the underworld."

"Changqinghe Palace?" Fang Dushutou heard about this place name and was aroused by a strong interest. He hurriedly asked, "What is the origin of Changqinghe Palace? Is it related to Qinghe?"

"It's a big connection. Changqing River Palace is also called Changqing River Realm. Wherever the water of Qing River flows through, the spiritual realm will be born under the river!" The weak ancestor said in a casual manner:

"The Qinghe tributaries extend across the seas and eight wildernesses, and the rivers and waters are connected to each other, and the spiritual world is the same. Therefore, the Changqinghe Realm forms its own world, and is essentially another realm!"

"Make your own world?" Fang Dushu's heart was inexplicably shocked. He could not imagine that there was another world under the long river of Tongyou: "Master, if the river boundary is connected to each other, if you sneak into the entrance of the secret realm, can you directly shuttle to Qinghe Shenzhou through the secret realm?"

"You can only shuttle under the Dao River in the Qinghe Shenzhou, but whether you can break through the boundary and escape into the Dao River is a huge problem!" Master Zhiwu pointed out:

"The Changqing Realm is completely closed. As long as any gap appears, it will be filled by the river water soon. Even if it is not fully supplemented, the monks in the realm will cast spells to fill the realm! The entrance to the secret realm you found in the palace must have been opened by accident. The Nascent Soul-level water monster guarding the entrance also closed the entrance to fill the realm, so he appeared!"

"Fill in the realm? No wonder!" Fang Dushu suddenly realized when he heard this: "The water monster has the cultivation of Nascent Soul, but never rushed out of the entrance. He did not dominate the Xingyan Peak, nor did he chase and kill any monks who entered Xingyan Peak. It turned out that he had a heavy responsibility. He wanted to close the entrance quickly!"

"When did you encounter him?" Master Zhiwu asked suddenly.

"It should be two or three months." Fang Dushu told the truth.

"Then he must have sealed the entrance to the secret world!" Master Zhiwu said with a firm tone: "Friend Xiaoyue from Fengming Sect has only arrived in the palace for a few days. Even if he joins forces with Gou Yeren, he will not be able to open the entrance again!"

"The entrance was originally broken by several demon kings. Can Master Xiaoyue adopt the method of the demon king?" Fang Dushu said.

"I heard from fellow Taoist Xiaoyue that those demon kings inherited the fragments of the Star Underworld tripod of the Tongtian Demon Kingdom. They used the fragments of the Star Underworld to break the boundary!" said the Master Zhiwu, "But the fragments were brought into the secret world by several demon kings. Fellow Daoist Xiaoyue has lost the power to break the boundary!"

Fang Dushu always underestimated the weak when he saw the speech of a weak ancestor, thinking that she would definitely have a way to break the boundaries.

Fang Dushu no longer worried about the secret world being blocked. He planned to continue asking questions about what origins are those water monsters that can form water?

But before he could ask, the weak ancestor looked cold: "Deer-slaying man!"

After saying that, he threw the Spiritual Realm to Fu Yuqing: "Shengyin was trapped by the deer slaughter. I want to enter the palace in person. You are here first. When I have prepared these deer slaughterers, you can come in again!"

The weak ancestor fell into the air and fell into the vortex.

Fang Dushu thought she rushed over and no matter how many deer-slaughter monks there were, she thought she could clean up together.

As a result, after a while, the water-absorbing vortex on the river surface suddenly disintegrated and collapsed.

Once the vortex disappears, it means that the entrance to the palace has been blocked.

Fang Dushu couldn't help but be stunned: "Has the weak ancestor encountered trouble?"

He turned his head and observed the spiritual viewing realm that Fu Yuqing was holding. He saw a green lake spiritual shadow on the mirror. The Xingyao Palace had long been poured into the water of Tongyou River, causing the palace to become a lake.

Entering from the entrance of the palace will appear directly in the lake.

At this time, Liang Shengyin and Zhiwu Zuo Zu were all flying on the lake, surrounded by a group of fully armed wolf cavalry. A white-bearded old man carrying two maces floated in front of Zhiwu Zuo Zuo.

The two of them first said something from a distance, but obviously they did not reach an agreement and soon got in hand.

Fu Yuqing's spiritual realm can only be seen, and no sound is revealed. I don't know what the two said, but judging from their tit-for-tat expressions, it seems like they are meeting enemies, and they are particularly jealous.

After the two fought for a while, the opponents around Liang Shengyin began to increase, causing Liang Shengyin to be exhausted and forced to end the Spirit Realm, and all his magic power was used to deal with the enemy.

When Liang Shengyin suddenly retreated, the mirrored spiritual shadow on Fu Yuqing's side disappeared without a trace and was completely extinguished.

Seeing this, Fu Yuqing looked at Fang Dushu and said solemnly: "There is a leader of the Nascent Soul Cultivator among the Deer Slaughterers. The master is entangled by this person. There are many people and powerful people. The senior sister may not be able to resist it. We must go to the palace to help immediately!"

Fang Dushu pointed to the lake: "The entrance to the palace here should have been closed by the Nascent Soul monk, and he can no longer enter!"

He looked at Tiyou Valley again: "I know there is an underground waterway in the valley over there, but the distance is a bit far, and the deer-slaughter cavalry should have controlled that waterway. If we break in, we will definitely be sniped. When we open up the waterway and kill into the palace, it will probably take a lot of time!"

In the current situation, you either have to break through the water or wait here, waiting for the weak ancestor to repel the deer-slaying Yuanying monk and open the river entrance again.

Fang Dushu didn't know much about the magical powers of the weak-knowing ancestor and the deer-slaughter, so he couldn't weigh the outcome of the weak-knowing ancestor. He did not make a decision whether to take a detour or stay in the same place for a while.

Fu Yuqing was clean and neat, signaling Fang Dushu: "I would like to ask Brother Xian to lead the way, let's go to that underground waterway!"

"Come with me!" Fang Dushu turned around and flew to Tiyou Valley without hesitation, and asked on the way: "Do you know that the weak ancestor can't beat the old man who slaughtered the deer?"

"Even if you win, it will take a long time to distinguish the top and bottom!" Fu Yuqing said:

"There are old enemies in all parts of Shenzhou. The deer-slaughter is the most famous. They have fought with the cultivators of the Shangsect for countless times. They have a very good understanding of their own magical powers. If they have the same cultivation level, just like the master and the old deer-slaughter, their fighting skills are basically the same, and it is difficult to win quickly!"

She had not been worshipped in the upper sect for a long time. Once she stayed in the sect to practice, she had never traveled around Shenzhou. In fact, she had never seen the deer-slaughter monk with her own eyes.

But her fellow disciples often mentioned the monks who slaughtered deer, and even during the sect competition, many fellow disciples imitated the monks who slaughtered deer, so that they could be prepared for their future encounters.

She knew the difficulty of the monk slaughtering deer, so she thought that staying at the entrance was not a good idea, so she asked Fang Dushu to take another path so as not to delay too long and unable to solve Liang Shengyin's dilemma.

Fang Dushu heard that she had a certain understanding of the deer-slaughtering people, so he asked: "What is the purpose of the deer-slaughtering cavalry suddenly falling into the snowfield south?"

"It must be to seize the entrance of Changqinghe Palace. As long as you master the entrance, you can touch the hinterland of Qinghe Shenzhou through Changqinghe Palace!"

Fu Yuqing had heard about the situation in Changqinghe Palace in Shangzong, but he didn't know it well: "But the deer-slaughtering people are far away in Kuntian Wilderness. How did they know that the entrance to the secret realm of Xingyao Palace is from Changqing Palace?"

Fang Dushu immediately remembered the Xuechou Ghost Master and analyzed: "There is a demon master in Tiyou Valley who once went north to Tielin Mountain and invited fellow demon cultivators living in the mountains to gather at Xingyao Palace. This demon master was very clear about the inside story of the palace. She happened to be caught by the deer-slaughtered cavalry in Tielin Mountain. Did these cavalry calculate the situation in Changqing Palace after searching the soul?"

"It's possible!"

Fu Yuqing nodded: "Although Tielin Mountain is not the core territory of the eight Kuntian tribes, the hardware and spiritual treasures in this mountain range are very rich and are the main source of cast armor magic weapons. Eight servants are stationed all year round, specializing in digging spiritual treasures in the mountains. If they meet the demon master occasionally, it is really possible!"

The deer-slaughtering cavalry that Fang Dushu encountered outside Tiyou Valley all came from the Iron Nu tribe, which was the tribe that smelted weapons for the eight tribes of Kuntian.

Among the lower tribes like the Iron Nu tribe, there are rewards issued by the Eight Tribes of Kuntian. These edicts include finding the entrance to Changqing Palace. Once found, you can not only receive heavy rewards from the Eight Tribes of Kuntian, but also get rid of the slave family and be promoted to a nobleman of the upper tribe.

This is also the reason why the Iron Nu Cavalry went south.
Chapter completed!