Although the central area of Panxi Mountain is defined as having a radius of 500 miles, the actual core area is only a hundred miles in radius.
There is a big palace.
The surrounding landforms - swamps, deserts, jungles, snow-capped mountains, lava, etc., some say are the hunting grounds designated by Old Man Huang Ji for his concubines. And this palace is the garden where they live, play and play. It is rumored that there are countless waterside pavilions, pavilions and galleries, as well as countless exotic flowers and trees, rare birds and animals. Even the humble pots and chairs in the courtyard are exquisitely crafted magical instruments, or the ingenuity of folk masters.
Things have extraordinary origins and can be investigated and observed.
However, according to the records in the Yunxiao Sect's collection, after the ancestors of the sect and the Monster Clan broke in, not only were there no traces of human habitation inside, but few so-called magic weapons were found.
However, there are a lot of spiritual flowers and spiritual fruits. Although most of those high-level and precious things have been removed or withered, there are still many plants and trees left that are rare in the outside world.
In the past few sessions, Yunxiao Sect would organize a large number of disciples to go there.
At least 216 people are needed.
Two Tiangang enchantment formations and two Earthly evil enchantment formations are arranged in the four directions of the palace, southeast and northwest.
Thirty-six people are needed for the Tiangang Formation, and 72 people are needed for the Earthly Evil Formation. Everyone finds their position and casts spells at the same time, and the large formation can be easily broken.
Some people say that Old Man Huang Ji designed such a formation that requires a large number of people but is not difficult to open because he hopes that his concubines can work together as a team and have less intrigue and discord.
This statement is just to make people laugh.
In previous years, the Yunxiao Sect usually gathered its people and opened the large formation five days before the end of the secret realm. However, this time it was replaced by monks from various countries. After some calculations, the time was advanced to the tenth day after entering the small world. p>
That is today.
It was past noon, and Jin Zhangeng was walking back and forth on a recently built high platform, looking agitated.
Not far away is Yan Shijun, who is holding a hand-held folding fan and has a leisurely attitude.
"Junior brother Jin, why are you so anxious?" Yan Shijun put away the folding fan and said with a smile, "Is it possible that we are still worried that something will happen to senior brother Zhao and senior sister Liang?"
"I'm worried about what they are doing!" Jin Zhangeng said bitterly: "We agreed to meet at Chenshi, but it's almost too late, and there's not even a soul! Are we waiting here in vain?"
"What's the harm if it's a quarter earlier or a quarter later?" Yan Shijun didn't care. He winked at Qin Mingzhen and Qin Yugui beside him, secretly laughing at each other's lack of composure.
Qin Mingzhen snorted coldly, with disdain on his face. During the Eastern Region Competition, Jin Zhangeng was defeated by him and missed the top four.
Qin Yugui's face was expressionless, and she didn't seem to notice Yan Shijun's little movements at all.
This time to break the four formations, Xu, Qin, Zhao and Liang each sent one person to preside over them, namely Jin Zhangeng, Yan Shijun, Zhao Wubing and Liang Xiaoyu, who were the top figures in this Eastern Region Competition.
"These two people, one went to the southwest and the other went to the northeast, did they really find some treasure?" Jin Zhangeng said to himself.
Yan Shijun's eyes flashed, he chuckled and shook his head without saying anything.
Suddenly, he held a folding fan in his hand, pointed forward, and said with a smile: "Junior brother Jin, please be patient. This time, senior brother Zhao is here."
Everyone followed his finger and saw a group of people coming quickly from the northeast.
The leader is a young man in a blue robe. He has a square face with Chinese characters, an eagle nose and wide lips, and a slender figure. The outline of his face shows a domineering atmosphere that is not angry and self-defeating. The looming tough lines under the blue robe are as if
A tiger with its claws closed contains amazing power.
Jin Zhan Geng turned around, a smile suddenly appeared on his handsome face, and he greeted loudly: "Hello, Senior Brother Zhao!"
Over there, Yan Shijun and Qin Mingzhen also raised their hands to say hello.
That young man was the top one in this Eastern Region competition, Zhao Wubing from the Zhao royal family. He nodded slightly towards Jin Zhangeng, with a faint smile on his lips. He turned to look at Yan and Qin, their faces
His smile faded, he nodded solemnly without saying a word.
Jin Zhangeng changed his cold and arrogant look when he was with Yang Zhen, and said with a smile: "Senior Brother Zhao has a smile on his eyebrows. Could it be that he found some treasure in the Northeast region?"
When he said this, many people looked at Zhao Wubing and found that this young man, who had always kept his emotions secret, seemed to have a hint of happiness that could not be concealed between his eyebrows.
Zhao Wubing's face darkened slightly and he said coldly: "Is there any?"
Jin Zhan Geng hit a soft spot, smiled coquettishly, and changed the subject: "It's up to Senior Sister Liang, this woman does things..."
"Haha!" Before he finished speaking, a woman's sneer came from a distance, as if it was exploding in his ears.
To the southwest, a group of people appeared from the forest. It was Liang Xiaoyu, Song Zhixian and others.
Song Zhixian failed to frame the blame that day, and did not dare to leave alone. After helping Liang Guo obtain the treasure, he stayed with Liang Xiaoyu, flattering him in every possible way, and only asked the other party to let him go.
Although Liang Xiaoyu was angry with him, on the one hand, he could not do anything at will in the secret realm, and on the other hand, the other party was also a prince of the Song Dynasty, so it was inconvenient to deal with him immediately, so he simply stayed with him as a follower and talked about it later.
Qin and Liang were originally allies, not to mention that the other party was a beautiful woman and very powerful. Yan Shijun and Qin Mingzhen quickly stepped forward to greet her warmly and inquire about their welfare.
Qin Mingzhen asked casually: "Where is Liang Wei, is he not with you?"
Liang Xiaoyu's smile froze, her face was gloomy, and she didn't answer.
Qin and Yan were secretly surprised, but it was not convenient for them to ask again.
The four of us have finally arrived and it’s time to get down to business.
"How many people have arrived?" Zhao Wubing asked.
"There were two hundred and seventy people an hour ago," Jin Zhangen looked around and replied, "Now, there should be three hundred, fifty or sixty people."
"Then let's get started."
The four of them started to gather the team according to their previous agreement.
Since after the formation is opened, all monks can enter, and those who participate in breaking the formation will have an advantage at most, so many monks just want to watch the excitement and will never take the initiative to participate unless they are called on.
Under this situation, these hosts naturally try to choose people from their own country for the purpose of command. When the manpower is insufficient, they will consider choosing from monks from Zhou, Ju, Kuang and other countries.
Jin Zhangeng was in charge of one of the earth evil formations. He counted and found that there were only about sixty monks from the Yunxiao Sect. He was about to ask Hong Xuanqian to bring some people over, but saw this senior sister excitedly saying:
"A few more are here, um, it's Yang Zhen and the others!"
……
Yang Zhen and her party walked in the jungle for four days.
After finding the place where Junior Sister Liu from Zhao State was killed that day, he immediately ordered Yiyi to help find the murderer.
Then, he was surprised to find that there was a big loophole in [The Language of Grass and Trees]——
Unable to recognize Mudun!
The murderer was able to hide in the giant tree because he used the wood escape technique.
Yang Zhen has also mastered this technique. After using it, the magic wraps the whole body and the body merges into the wood.
At this time, in the eyes of the giant trees, you do not exist, or in other words, you used magic to deceive them, and they cannot detect your existence.
In this case, even if Yiyi uses the language of plants and trees to communicate with them, she will not get any useful information.
The only thing Yang Zhen can get is the appearance of the murderer in the short period of time when he appeared.
When he managed to hide himself in the big tree again, he lost track of this man.
Of course, it’s not completely impossible.
After all, Wood Release is a kind of magic. After it is cast, it will leave traces of mana fluctuations in the trees.
Yiyi can detect this trace.
However, in the past, using the language of grass and trees, she could collect the information she wanted in an instant, but to detect mana, she needed to check tree by tree, which was time-consuming and labor-intensive.
In this way, Yang Zhen managed to chase for thirty miles, which took almost four or five hours, and most of her spiritual consciousness was consumed.
Finally I had to stop and rest.
However, it is not without gain.
During this period, the man stopped his wood escape several times, emerged from the trees, meditated, adjusted his breath, and walked normally.
The attire is indeed exactly the same as that of a Yunxiao Sect disciple.
In terms of appearance, it can be said that she is 70% similar to Yang Zhen.
But Yang Zhen doesn't care. After all, there are many young and handsome boys like him in the world of immortality.
For others, no obvious features can be found.
The next day, Yang Zhen continued her search and finally found the storage bag abandoned by the murderer inside a giant tree.
Inside were Junior Sister Liu's identity token and the smashed jade certificate, but the body and other things were missing.
The discovery of these items stunned the monks who followed him in circles in the woods.
Those few people were originally full of complaints, but they had to follow the team because they were weak. At this time, although they didn't know how the young man found him, they all honestly kept their mouths shut.
In the next two days, Yang Zhen continued to follow the murderer's footsteps and witnessed another similar murder case under another giant tree.
This murder occurred on the same day as Junior Sister Liu’s murder.
Obviously, the speed at which he pursued the murderer was far less than the speed at which the opponent's Wood Escape could move away.
Then, the deceased's storage bag was found.
It's just that the deceased was a Zhou nationality, not an acquaintance of the two monks from Ju and Qin in the team.
As expected, this murderer killed more than three people.
After several days of searching, Yiyi's spiritual consciousness was consumed a lot. Yang Zhen understood that his search method was no longer sustainable.
Many people in the team also expressed opposition, even Zixue did not support it.
So he had to give up and walk with everyone towards the center...
……
Yang Zhen's face was heavy, and she called a Zhou monk, handed him the storage bag, and explained a few words.
The man had a look of shock on his face and left in a hurry. Soon after, a young man dressed in the same clothes as him followed.
The man couldn't wait to open the storage bag and shouted: "Junior Brother Lu, this is Junior Brother Lu's relic!"
He raised his head and looked at Yang Zhen, about to ask for details, when suddenly his face showed panic, and he pointed at the young man and said: "It's you! You are the murderer!"
Yang Zhen looked stunned.
The Zhou Guo monk who brought him here scolded: "Junior Brother Huang, you have lost your mind and gone crazy! It was Xu Guo, Junior Brother Yang, who discovered Junior Brother Lu's storage bag. Many people can testify."
Several monks who came with Yang Zhen nodded one after another, and some even introduced to others how they found the storage bag from the tree in the past few days.
"No!" But Junior Brother Huang shouted loudly: "This man is lying to you, he is the murderer!"
He cried loudly: "When Junior Brother Lu was killed, I happened to go look for him and saw the scene of his tragic death from a distance. At that time, the murderer who emerged from the tree was dressed like this and looked like him!" p>
"Think about it, this storage bag is so secretly hidden. If he wasn't the murderer, how could he find it so easily?"
"He is pretending, he is just lying to you——"
Junior Brother Huang showed a fierce look in his eyes, gritted his teeth, and pointed a finger between Yang Zhen's eyebrows: