The monk was very young, with a cultivation level of no more than Juyuan Realm. He was usually responsible for some chores in Shennong Mountain and his status was not high. Fortunately, he had seen Liang Yan from a distance once, so he did not regard him as a spy.
"The Great Elder has just issued the Shennong Order to summon all the disciples in Shennong Mountain. Now everyone is rushing to the 'Meeting Hall'." the young monk replied.
"Senate Hall"
Liang Yan pondered for a moment and then said: "I am a guest of Shennong Mountain. Now that Shennong Mountain is undergoing great changes, I should also contribute. Please take me with you."
After hearing this, the young monk showed a hint of joy on his face, nodded repeatedly and said: "If your distinguished guest has this kind of heart, that's the best thing. Come with me."
After saying that, the monk made a secret and turned into a ray of light to lead the way.
Liang Yan followed behind, and after flying for about half a stick of incense, he saw a tall mountain peak appearing in front of him. There was a courtyard made of earth and wood at the top of the mountain. It looked like a farmhouse, but it was larger than an ordinary farmer's house.
More than a hundred times more.
Within the wooden fence, thousands of monks have gathered. In the distance, there are three or twos of escaping lights, roaring from all directions. Apparently, there are also disciples from Shennong Mountain rushing here.
There is a huge wooden house near the edge of the cliff. There is a plaque hanging on the lintel of the wooden house with the three characters "Senate Hall" written on it. There are more than a dozen monks guarding the outside, and these monks have at least the cultivation level of the late Jindan period.
, the first three people have even reached the realm of Tongxuan Zhenjun.
Liang Yan used his spiritual consciousness to scan and found dozens of monks sitting in the meeting hall.
Among them, the person sitting in the main seat has a very high level, and has at least survived the second disaster of the Transformation Tribulation Realm. There are two monks on both sides of him, who are also in the Transformation Tribulation Realm, but most of them have only survived one disaster or more.
The second problem is that his strength is far inferior to that of the person in charge.
As for the remaining monks, they are all Zhenjun Tongxuan. They are sitting in various corners of the wooden house. From time to time, someone talks and seems to be discussing something.
At this moment, an invisible force surged out, pushing Liang Yan's consciousness away and blocking the door.
Immediately afterwards, a deep voice came from inside the house:
"Where is my Taoist friend coming here? This is the place where we hold meetings in Shennong Mountain. Why do we need to use our spiritual sense to spy on it?"
After hearing this, Liang Yan put away his consciousness and laughed loudly: "Liang is here!"
boom!
As soon as he finished speaking, the door of the meeting hall was pushed open from the inside, and then a bald old man in purple robe strode out.
He looked in the air, and after confirming the identity of the visitor, a smile appeared on his face: "It is indeed Fellow Daoist Liang, please come in quickly!"
Liang Yan fell from the sky and landed in the courtyard. He bowed his hand to the bald old man and followed the latter into the meeting hall without being too polite.
As soon as he entered, everyone in the wooden house looked at him.
Liang Yan touched his nose and said with a smile: "You guys look at me like this. Could it be that there is something wrong with Mr. Liang's face?"
As soon as these words came out, the tense atmosphere in the wooden house immediately eased.
Someone laughed and said, "Senior Liang, don't be surprised. You disappeared after the war broke out. Some said you were a spy of the Yeming Sect, while others said you were afraid of Tiangong City and didn't want to get involved in the dispute, so you hid yourself.
Now that you're here, you've slapped someone in the face."
After saying that, he glanced at the crowd. Several of them knew they were wrong, either bowed their heads and said nothing, or laughed dryly, looking quite embarrassed.
"hehe."
Liang Yan smiled slightly and said: "Since I arrived at Shennong Mountain, the mountain master has been kind to me many times. During this period, he has asked for and given me both cultivation resources and healing medicine. Liang is not a white-eyed wolf, how could he do this?
Are you abandoning Mount Shennong at this time?"
"Well said!" The bald old man patted Liang Yan on the shoulder and said with a smile: "They say adversity can reveal a person's heart, and as expected, I am very relieved that Fellow Daoist Liang can fight side by side with us. Please sit down quickly."
This bald old man is naturally the head of the three elders of Shennong Mountain, Ai Zhong!
He invited Liang Yan to sit next to him, which meant that he was sitting on an equal footing with him. When the other four Transformation Tribulation Realm monks saw this, although they were a little dissatisfied, they also knew that this was a special period and they did not care about the etiquette.
After sitting down, Ai Zhong was the first to speak: "Fellow Daoist Liang, please forgive me for asking. Since the war started, there has been no trace of you. I wonder where you have gone?"
Liang Yan smiled slightly after hearing this. He knew that this question would have to be asked sooner or later. If he didn't answer it, most people in the room would have a grudge.
"Elder Ai, after the war started, I went to the underground palace."
As soon as these words came out, it immediately caused quite a commotion. Some people in the scene were surprised and some were angry. Under Ai Zhong, a monk in the Tribulation Realm stood up and asked: "Fellow Daoist Liang, the Houshan Underground Palace is ours."
Let alone you, even the three elders and the four direct disciples of the forbidden area of Shennong Mountain cannot enter the forbidden area without the permission of the mountain owner. How can you, an outsider, dare to enter the forbidden area without permission?"
At the end of the sentence, his tone was a little harsh, and he seemed to be questioning Liang Yan.
"Nephew Ding, please be patient."
Ai Zhong, who was in the main seat, waved his hand and motioned for the other party to sit down first.
In the whole meeting hall, only Ai Zhong seemed to have guessed something. He was not as angry as the others. Instead, he smiled slightly at Liang Yan and said: "Fellow Daoist Liang, I know you are not a reckless person. There must be a reason for trespassing in the forbidden area. Can you tell me?"
two?"
"The Great Elder Mingjian."
Liang Yan cupped his hands, and then told him one by one how he discovered Zi Lan's flaw, how he tracked him to the forbidden area, how he rescued Wei Long, and how he stopped Zi Lan from robbing the Xuan Mizhu.
However, he still kept a secret and did not tell the story about Wu Xin's inheritance in Xing Demon Palace and the fact that he obtained the "Shen Xiao Seal". He only said that after defeating Zi Lan, he asked Wu Xin to guard Xing Demon Palace while he teleported.
Come out and see if you can help the people in Shennong Mountain.
"This is the situation. Zi Lan was at the entrance to the forbidden area at the beginning. I had no time to inform you all. I had to send a message to Elder Ai first. But now, it seems that this message has been blocked." Liang Yan explained slowly.
Everyone in the meeting hall looked at each other in shock after hearing what he said, not knowing whether to believe it or not.
After all, what he said was too bizarre, and no one has seen Zi Lan so far, so it's not certain whether he was killed or whether it was true as Liang Yan said.
Among all the people, only Ai Zhong looked thoughtful.
After a moment, the great elder of Shennong Mountain spoke slowly: "Everyone, listen to me. I can testify that what Fellow Daoist Liang said is true! Two days ago, Junior Brother Yun rebelled, and I was trapped in Michen by him.
In the Dize Formation, Junior Brother Yun later died mysteriously, and Zi Lan emerged from his stomach. Now it seems that this demon woman must have used some kind of poison to use Junior Brother Yun's flesh and blood to move through space."
Having said this, Ai Zhong looked at Liang Yan and sighed: "I'm really ashamed to say it. I didn't expect that Shennong Mountain had already been infiltrated. The message you sent at that time should have been intercepted by Junior Brother Yun. Although I guessed that
There was an accident in the underground palace, but accidents happened one after another in Shennong Mountain. I am too busy to do anything, and coupled with the ancestral teaching that I cannot enter the underground palace, I have been unable to rush there. In the end, I relied on you, an outsider, to solve the problem. "
"Haha." Liang Yan smiled slightly and said, "Elder Ai doesn't have to blame himself. Fortunately, Xuan Mizhu is safe and sound, and Zi Lan's conspiracy has been seen through. It's a pity that this goddess is not weak. If she runs away, there will inevitably be hidden dangers.
.”
"Well this is indeed a problem."
Ai Zhong nodded and said: "Zi Lan's cultivation level is not low. She has survived two disasters and seven disasters. She has been lurking in Shennong Mountain for hundreds of years. She knows a lot about things in the mountain. If this girl is not eliminated, there will be trouble in the future.
Infinite!"
After hearing this, everyone frowned and looked worried. It was obvious that the current situation was not optimistic for them.
After a moment of silence, Ai Zhong suddenly said: "Fellow Daoist Liang, during the battle in the underground palace, you said you rescued Elder Wei and Qing Qing. I wonder how they are doing now?"
"They are all in my gourd."
As Liang Yan spoke, he raised his hand and patted the Taixu gourd. As the glow flashed, two more people soon appeared in the wooden house.
One of them was wearing cloth and had gray hair. He was none other than Wei Long, one of the three elders of Shennong Mountain!
The other person is wearing green clothes with long braids and a pretty face. She is the only daughter of the Shennong Husband, Qingqing!
Although both of them were in a coma, they did not appear to be seriously injured.
Seeing that the two of them were safe and sound, everyone was relieved a little, especially Ai Zhong. One of the three elders had already died. If something happened to Wei Long again, the entire burden of Shennong Mountain would fall on him alone.
Already.
"so far so good"
Ai Zhong checked the pulses of the two of them, and then mused: "Elder Wei seems to have been possessed by a powerful illusion, and he had no choice but to lock his soul. If you use the secret method of Shennong Mountain, you can wake up in about three days. As for Qingqing,
.She is not seriously injured, but her mood swings were too great and she temporarily fell into a coma. After I use my secret method to treat her injuries, she will wake up in a quarter of an hour at most."
As he spoke, he flicked his sleeves lightly, and a ray of rays of light shot out, turning into a thick mist on top of Qingqing's head, shrouding Qingqing in it, and began to heal her injuries.
During this period, everyone fell silent until Liang Yan coughed and broke the silence:
"Elder Ai, I have been in the underground palace before. I wonder what the situation is like now?"
Ai Zhong glanced at him, the wrinkles on his face deepened, and sighed: "Fellow Daoist Liang, to be honest, the owner of the mountain has been plotted by others, and his whereabouts are unknown now. We in Shennong Mountain are now leaderless and have a bleak future."
As Ai Zhong sighed, everyone's mood also dropped one after another.
"How is that possible?" Liang Yan looked surprised and blurted out: "Shen Nong Hu is a powerful sub-sage. Is it possible that there is a 'sub-sage' in the Yeming Sect?"
As soon as these words came out, everyone was even more ashamed. Ai Zhong was silent for a long time, and then replied: "There is no 'sub-sage' in the Yeming Sect, but there is a traitor among the mountain master's direct disciples, and the other party has a sophisticated plan."
Next, Ai Zhong briefly described the battle that took place at the foot of Shennong Mountain and on the Lingdao Slope, and also let Liang Yan know what happened before and after the disappearance of the Shennong Husband.
"It's actually like this!"
Liang Yan let out a sigh, but secretly thought in his heart: This Shennong Hu was still careless after all, otherwise with his 'sub-sage' cultivation, he would not be plotted like this anyway. Who knows who sucked him up in the end?
What kind of magic weapon is the missing black gourd? Is Shennong Hu alive or dead now?
Thinking of this, Liang Yan asked: "Do you have a way to confirm the life and death of Shennong Hu?"
"have!"
Ai Zhong replied: "The Shennong family is a single lineage. Each generation of mountain masters will leave their own soul lamps in the ancestral hall. We checked just half an hour ago. The mountain master's soul lamps have not been extinguished, which means he is still alive."
, but this soul lamp is very weak, and it seems that the situation of the mountain owner is not optimistic."
"As long as you are alive, there is hope. As long as the barrier is not loosened, Shennong Hu is our biggest trump card. We must find him!"
Liang Yan's face was serious. After pondering for a moment, he asked again: "After Shennong's disappearance, is the war still going on?"
"No." Ai Zhong shook his head and said: "After the mountain master disappeared, the disciples of Shennong Mountain were leaderless and had no intention of fighting anymore, so they retreated to the mountain one after another. The monks from the Langhuan tribe did not dare to break into this place. They set up camp at the foot of the mountain.
If we are surrounded but not attacked, this is the terrible situation we are in now."
After hearing this, Liang Yan instantly understood what Ai Zhong meant and nodded: "It's not that they are not attacking, but they are waiting! Because they know that even if the mountain owner is not there, they cannot capture Shennong Mountain, so they are waiting for the Ye Ming Sect.
As long as three of the three leaders get rid of the Shennong Husbands, they can come back and lead them to raise an army. By then, one will lose the other, and Shennong Mountain may not be a match for these rebels."
"That's right." Ai Zhong said with a worried expression.
Liang Yan nodded slightly, but secretly thought in his heart:
"Actually, if I and Wu Xin join Shennong Mountain, even if Shennong Hu is not here and the three leaders of the Ye Ming Sect lead their troops to attack, they won't be able to take advantage at all. However, the Ye Ming Sect has many conspiracies. I don't know if they have any trump cards. In order to be safe,
For the sake of safety, we must first rescue the Shennong Husband.”
Thinking of this, Liang Yan asked: "Has the Great Elder sent someone out to search for the black-skinned gourd that absorbed the Shennong Husband? Where is it now?"
"After the black-skin gourd sucked the mountain master in, he immediately disappeared. In the past two days, I and several fellow disciples and nephews have used various methods and sent countless disciples out to search, but we have never been able to find any clues.
, we only know that the mountain owner is not dead, but we don’t know where he is now.”
"This is a bit difficult to handle."
Liang Yan couldn't help but sigh softly after hearing Ai Zhong's words.
Finding people is not his area of expertise. If so many disciples in Shennong Mountain cannot find Shennong Hu, then there is nothing he can do.
Just when everyone was silent and unable to do anything, a very weak voice suddenly sounded in the meeting hall: "I, I have a way to find it."
"Qingqing?"
Liang Yan, Ai Zhong and others all frowned slightly. They followed the sound and found that Qingqing had woken up. However, her eyelids were a little heavy and she could not open them for a while. When she heard the last few words of the conversation, she subconsciously
