Liang Yan's intuition told him that the place in front of him was extraordinary, even more important than the previous ancestral temple.
However, the memory retained in the wooden sign was incomplete, and there was no information about this place at all, so that Liang Yan had no idea where this place was.
Judging from the formation at the entrance of the valley, even if you use Qingshan's identity, you may not be able to get in, and it will easily arouse suspicion...
Liang Yan looked thoughtful.
"Although Meng Cunzhen's spell is strange, after all, it has not yet been realized. If I go in, this person should not be able to find it. It's just that... the layer of restrictions behind him is somewhat special. If he breaks in rashly,
I'm just afraid that my whereabouts will be revealed."
Thinking of this, Liang Yan narrowed his eyes and carefully observed the layer of restrictions in the valley.
After a moment, a light suddenly flashed in his eyes.
"No...there is a flaw in this restriction!"
The restriction in the valley contains powerful water spiritual power. It should have been intact, but in a corner in the southwest, there seems to be a slight crack.
This crack is almost undetectable. Even Lu Qinghe's chief disciple Meng Cunzhen did not notice it. If Liang Yan had not secretly operated the "Bodhi Mirror", he would have missed this detail.
Looking at this tiny crack, Liang Yan quickly came to a conclusion:
"Someone got in first!"
This discovery really surprised him.
Unexpectedly, Wuzhuang Mountain would be so restless during the long night. First, Grandma Tianchi and Gui Wuqi attempted to steal the "Xuanshui Fairy Wood", and now someone else has secretly sneaked into the valley.
What is this person's purpose? Is it related to the seal he is looking for? Will he affect his actions?
Liang Yan frowned slightly, his face a little gloomy.
The next moment, he raised his hand to cast a spell, and his figure gradually disappeared, turning into a stream of transparent blue smoke, flying towards the mouth of the valley.
Needless to say, those disciples in the golden elixir realm had no chance of discovering Liang Yan's existence, but Meng Cunzhen, who was guarding the entrance of the valley, suddenly seemed to feel something. He opened his eyes from trance and looked up at the sky.
The "Tianhe Drunken Gourd" on his waist kept vibrating, and suddenly rushed into the air, spurting out three different streams of spiritual water, washing freely at high altitudes, as if trying to find something.
However, after a long time, the surroundings were always quiet and nothing unusual happened.
"Strange, is there something wrong with my 'Exquisite Heart'? There was indeed something unusual just now..."
Meng Cunzhen looked puzzled, stood up, and carefully inspected the area around the valley entrance.
After turning around in a circle, he still didn't find anything. He finally shook his head, returned to the original position, sat cross-legged and meditated, and re-entered the state of meditation...
At this moment, the green smoke transformed by Liang Yan has entered the valley.
"This guy has some skills..."
Liang Yan turned back and glanced at Meng Cunzhen, feeling a little emotional in his heart.
It's not that this person is very powerful, but that his spells are very special.
He seemed to be able to connect his soul with the formation restriction. He didn't notice Liang Yan's aura just now, but the moment Liang Yan approached the valley restriction, a trace of abnormality was transmitted to his consciousness through the restriction.
This aroused the man's suspicion.
Fortunately, Liang Yan was very cautious and did not look down on Meng Cunzhen because of his cultivation level, otherwise this meeting might have revealed his flaws.
However, Meng Cunzhen and others are only the first line of defense.
After entering the valley, the next thing you have to face is a layer of barrier arranged by Lu Qinghe himself.
This layer of barrier contains the law of water, and the spiritual power is unpredictable and elusive.
Unless he is also proficient in the law of water, or his magical power is much higher than that of Lu Qinghe, it is impossible to crack it without anyone noticing.
Liang Yan thought he couldn't do it.
He could crack it with force, but that would definitely alarm Meng Cunzhen outside the valley, and also make Lu Qinghe feel something.
Thinking of this, Liang Yan did not break the barrier, but let himself continue to remain in the state of green smoke and float to the southwest corner of the barrier.
There, there is a tiny crack.
Liang Yan appeared, stopped in front of the crack, observed carefully for a moment, and gradually came to a conclusion in his heart: that is, the monk who had sneaked in had also practiced the law of water.
Moreover, the power of the laws this person masters is not low, and he can even compete with Lu Qinghe!
"There is such a master!"
Liang Yan's face was solemn. When he recalled the twelve Huajie Ancestors he had seen during the day, it seemed that no one except Gui Wuqi, who had forgotten to return to the city, had ever used the law of water.
As for Gui Wuqi, I just saw Zheng and Grandma Tianchi fighting inextricably in the ancestral hall, and they were completely unable to separate themselves.
So the question is, who is this monk who entered the valley first?
Liang Yan frowned slightly, his thoughts racing rapidly.
"Wuzhuang Mountain has a sky-reaching eye, and monks below the sub-sage have no way to hide. Apart from the twelve Huajie monks who have eaten the 'Linglong Fortune Fruit', the only ones who dare to walk here are me and Xiong Ba."
And among the twelve transformation tribulations, only Gui Wuqi practiced the law of water, but it is impossible for him to appear here now..."
When Liang Yan thought of this, his heart suddenly moved and he thought to himself:
"Could it be that...this person is related to Luo Qing? Besides Xiong Ba and I, Luo Qing has other arrangements?"
This was the only explanation he could think of.
Luo Qing's stance is somewhat intriguing, and Liang Yan still can't see through his purpose. Looking back on when he was in Xuanyuan Territory, the dogs Qi and Ying Si he asked him to kill were both members of Tianxie Pavilion.
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As a pavilion master, asking outsiders to kill members of his own pavilion is simply unbelievable!
But if you think about it from another angle, although Luo Qing is the master of Tianxie Pavilion on the surface, he cannot actually control this organization. There are more powerful monks above him, so it may make sense...
....
In other words, Tianxie Pavilion may be a tool of some people, and Luo Qing is not a single-handed person in the organization. Is it possible that he is a person who acts in disguise?
When Liang Yan thought of this, he vaguely felt that he had connected a lot of clues, but there were still some key things missing, so he couldn't draw a conclusion yet.
He shook his head and put these thoughts aside for the time being.
Liang Yan knew that there was not much time left for him.
Lu Qinghe's side should have discovered Grandma Tianchi and Gui Wuqi. The three of them may fight, maybe not. After the matter over there is settled, no one will be able to attract Lu Qinghe's attention for him.
"Forget it, regardless of whether you are someone sent by Luo Qing or not, I still want to go in and have a look."
Thinking of this, Liang Yan stretched out his right hand, and a dark vortex appeared in his palm.
Pure darkness spread out and quickly penetrated into the cracks in the barrier. Under the corrosion of this layer of darkness, the cracks gradually expanded, and finally a medium-sized passage appeared.
Liang Yan did not hesitate, his figure turned into smoke again, and got in from this passage.
Soon, he passed through the barrier of Lu Qinghe. With a thought, the darkness behind him gradually disappeared, and the enlarged passage quickly closed and returned to a crack.
He continued to maintain the state of green smoke, flying forward silently, and soon entered the interior of the valley.
The space here is not large, but various rare treasures are planted. There is a mountain spring in the innermost part. The spring water is very strange. It actually floats in mid-air and looks like it is alive and slowly squirming.
Liang Yan's eyes were quickly attracted.
It's not because of these strange springs, but because there is a figure in black robe standing next to the mountain spring.
This man's whole body was covered by a loose black robe, and his head was hidden in a hood. Not a trace of breath leaked from his body. If you didn't see him standing there with your own eyes, you wouldn't be able to notice his existence.
Seeing this person also confirmed Liang Yan's previous suspicion.
"As expected...who is he? He can actually break through Lu Qinghe's defensive barrier."
Liang Yan pondered for a moment, and the green smoke drifted to a corner in the valley.
He didn't want to alert others yet, because the appearance of this person was very strange. The seal he was looking for should be in that spring. Could it be that the man in black robe appeared here and was related to the seal of Tianji Pavilion?
Liang Yan planned to wait and see what happened to see what this person's purpose was.
Thinking like this, the green smoke slowly fell, hiding in a dark corner.
Looking closely, he saw the man in black robes making secrets with one hand and drawing talismans in the air with the other hand.
One by one, extremely mysterious runes appeared out of thin air like bamboo shoots after a rain. As the man in black robe continued to play magic spells, these runes flew into the mountain spring one after another. Finally, they were washed away by the spring water and disappeared without a trace.
"He's putting a curse on the spring?"
Liang Yan was keenly aware that what the man in black robe used seemed to be a strange spell.
This kind of spell is difficult to detect, but it lurks in the dark. Once the caster activates the spell, the hidden dangers of the spell will burst out, thereby achieving a series of purposes such as killing, mind control, and self-destruction.
There was once a group of monks who specialized in the study of incantations and were known as the "Witchmen".
Although the "Witch Sect" has strong fighting skills, the road to becoming a saint is extremely difficult. Later, it declined like the sword cultivator. Except for a few "great witches" in ancient times, there has never been a strong saint.
Nowadays, "Witchmen" are almost extinct, but I didn't expect to encounter one here.
"Why did he put a curse on the spring water here? Is it Luo Qing's order? Or..."
While Liang Yan was thinking, the man in black robe suddenly stopped casting spells and turned around, his eyes in the hood showing a vigilant look.
Since the black robe obscured his consciousness and the hood seemed to be made of special materials, Liang Yan couldn't see his face clearly at all, and could only see a pair of eyes shining with cold light.
"Since your Excellency is here, why do you need to hide your head and show your tail?"
A hoarse and indistinguishable voice came from the hood, as if bones were rubbing against each other, making people feel numb.
Liang Yan was shocked when he heard this.
"He discovered this?"
He was running the Tianji Pearl, completely hiding his body's aura. He also used magic techniques to transform his body. At this time, he was in the state of a puff of blue smoke, colorless and formless, floating in the dark corner.
This level of camouflage is probably not easy for even Ya Sheng Canglong to detect.
But was seen through by the person in front of him?
Liang Yan became more vigilant and alert. He did not act rashly and still hid in the shadows.
But the man in black robe was unwilling to give up, his eyes swept over and over in the valley, and suddenly a cold light burst out, looking straight at Liang Yan's hiding place.
"Huh, since fellow Taoist refuses to show up, then I'm the only one to invite you!"
Before he finished speaking, a cold light broke through the sky and arrived in front of Liang Yan in just an instant.
"He really saw through it!"
Liang Yan was shocked and hurriedly ran the magic formula. The green smoke quickly condensed and turned into a ball of gray mist.
Gray mist rose into the sky, dodging the first round of the cold light's attack, but the cold light did not dissipate. It changed direction in mid-air and pursued it relentlessly.
Liang Yan was shrouded in gray fog at this time and did not reveal his identity.
He was in mid-air, and when he looked back, he saw a crystal clear trident in the cold light. The whole body was made of white jade, and the end exuded an icy chill.
Seeing the trident chasing after him, Liang Yan didn't panic and used all his magic power to shoot forward.
The gray mist rolled, and a big hand stretched out from the mist, grabbed the galloping trident, and dragged it into the gray mist.
The next moment, the "Lightless Sutra" was activated, and pure darkness spread out, forming a black hole, which quickly swallowed up this magic weapon.
The whole process only lasted a short moment, and the gray mist was calm from beginning to end. Even if it swallowed a top-quality magic weapon, it did not cause any waves in the gray mist, nor did it reveal the appearance of the person in the mist...
...
The man in black robe seemed to be stunned for a moment when he saw the other party easily neutralizing his attack, and then a light flashed in his eyes.
He did not attack again, but said calmly: "I can't tell, it turns out that fellow Taoist is also hiding his secrets."
After Liang Yan heard this, his heart moved, and he vaguely felt that there was something in the other person's words.
He had no intention of taking action and urged the gray mist to fall on the other side of the spring. He remained silent for the time being and did not answer the other party's words.
The man in black robe confronted him for a moment and suddenly laughed.
"Fellow Taoist, it's late at night and everyone has the same goal, so there's no need to waste time, right?"
"A purpose?"
Liang Yan's heart moved, and he secretly thought: "Did he also come here for the inheritance seal of Tianji Pavilion? That shouldn't be the case. Didn't the two saints of Tianji say that this inheritance is only for me? Could it be that they have other successors?"
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Thinking of this, Liang Yan became more and more fearful, but he was still not sure what the other party meant, so he tentatively asked:
"Why do fellow Taoists say this?"
The voice of this sentence is very hoarse and difficult to decipher.
"Hahaha! Gui Wuqi, there's no need for us to pretend to be indifferent between us, right? You're not here for the 'Yuanzhen Water', are you here to chat with a certain family?"
After hearing the other party's answer, Liang Yan was slightly startled for a moment, then immediately reacted.
Obviously, the man in black robe misjudged his identity, thinking that the monk in the gray mist was Gui Wuqi in the twelve transformation tribulations!
So here comes the question, why is the other party so confident and thinks that he must never die?
Liang Yan's thoughts were spinning rapidly, and suddenly an idea flashed through him, and he vaguely thought of something...