The sky was getting darker little by little, and the sky above the grassland appeared a clear deep blue. There were a few bright stars blinking and twinkling. The night was extremely beautiful.
There were no heavy clouds in the sky, and no shadow of the moon was seen.
The surroundings were very quiet, no one spoke, only shallow breathing that was deliberately suppressed could be heard.
"Hu Ling, why do I feel that this place is a little weird? Do you really think that what is written on the line is true? Could it be that someone deliberately made it and wanted to sneak attack us while the moon is dark and the wind is high?" Dongzi
Suddenly he asked me.
"Even if what is written on that line is false, is there a better way for us to enter the city?" I asked Dongzi.
Dongzi moved her lips but said no more.
Although we had planned to wait until the moon came out at night before entering the city, before it got dark, Bai Yao clamored to find a way to go up to the tower to explore the situation.
If Bai Yao's internal strength is not damaged, it will not be a problem to easily climb the 123-meter-high wall, but he only has 40% of his internal strength left, so we can only climb with the help of tools such as climbing ropes.
But the strange thing is that when we threw the flying tiger claws made of fine steel up to the city wall that looked so ordinary, it was unable to hook the wall and fell directly down.
After trying it several times, we had to completely give up on this method of entering the city.
The night became darker and darker, and a few stars in the dark sky became brighter and brighter.
Finally, a full moon slowly rose from the stone pool where we came out. It was as bright as a jade plate, and its silver glow sprinkled on the grassland, like a hazy and thin veil.
The moon rose very quickly, but in just half a stick of incense, it was already hanging high above the pool.
As the full moon rises into the sky, the rich spiritual energy fills the sky and the earth, making people feel refreshed and tired as they breathe.
The moonlight poured down, and the snow-white platform seemed to be covered with a glistening halo.
Chen Laizi walked to the middle of the stone platform and knelt down, looking at the full moon and breathing heavily, absorbing the spiritual energy brought by the moonlight.
Bai Yao also walked to the middle of the stone platform and sat down cross-legged, with his palms facing up, raising his head and breathing heavily. After a few rounds, a bright white inner elixir slowly spit out from his mouth.
He planned to use the moon to replenish his lost internal energy.
"No, everything here and this moon look really weird. It will be very dangerous for you to do this!" Lu Xiaohong saw this and hurriedly stopped Bai Yao.
Bai Yao ignored Lu Xiaohong and still raised his face to the moon. The inner alchemy dragged a bright white halo in the air and went straight towards the full moon.
After the inner alchemy slowly rotated seven or forty-nine times around the moon, which was as bright as a silver disk, it became brighter and brighter, and returned to Bai Yao's mouth with a long tail of light.
The light of the moon seemed to be much darker.
Bai Yao slowly swallowed the inner elixir into his belly, closed his eyes to completely refine the absorbed spiritual energy, and then slowly opened his eyes.
Seeing us all looking at him worriedly, he grinned and said, "I probably know where this place is, don't worry, I'm fine, and I got a huge advantage!"
As Bai Yao spoke, he raised his hand and pointed at Chen Laizi who was kneeling beside him and said, "Look at his face."
I followed Bai Yao's hand and looked at Chen Laizi. At first glance, there seemed to be no change, but when I looked closer, I was secretly surprised.
The skin on Chen Laizi's face and hands was originally as dry as tree bark, and the corners of his eyes and mouth were also covered with wrinkles. But now, looking at it, it is actually much smoother and fairer, as if he is more than ten years younger.
Although he has long since turned into a human form, upon closer inspection he still gives off the impression of a sharp-mouthed rat with a vague weasel-like look between his brows and eyes. However, his facial features are now much softer and more natural, and his chin is no longer so sharp.
He looks no different from a normal person.
Lu Xiaohong and Hao Jingde apparently also discovered this change in Chen Qizi.
"What exactly is this place?" Hao Jingde couldn't help but ask.
"You should know when we enter the city, Lu Xiaohong, don't you even know where this place is?" Bai Yao smiled mysteriously, looked at Lu Xiaohong and asked.
Lu Xiaohong lowered his eyes and thought for a moment before saying, "I once heard Master mention a place occasionally, but..."
"Ah wu——"
Before Lu Xiaohong finished speaking, Sean let out a warning baby cry behind us.
We all looked back and saw that in the middle of the closed city gate, unexpectedly, a silver-white circular double door appeared. There was a white jade door knocker on each door, which was the first quarter moon and the second quarter moon respectively.
The format of the month.
This should be the moon gate mentioned in the small letters on the ground.
Sean was speechless, and no one knew how this moon door appeared.
At this time, the moon has moved over the platform, and the moon door looks like the reflection of the moon above us falling on the door.
"Let's go in quickly. When the moon turns to the west, the door will disappear!"
Bai Yao stood up as he spoke, walked to the moon door, raised his hand to hold a jade door knocker, and knocked three times.
There was a slight "click" sound from the inside of the city gate, and the two leaves of the moon gate slowly opened to both sides.
What makes us feel strange is that through this moon door, we actually find bright lights in the distance in the city.
Are there people living inside?
"Let's go in quickly, this door should disappear soon!" Bai Yao said, taking the lead in stepping into the moon gate.
Sean also jumped in after him.
We then filed in.
Lu Xiaohong walked at the end. When he stepped into the Moon Gate and we looked back, the Moon Gate strangely disappeared again, leaving only a gray-white city gate made of iron or rock.
The inside of this city gate is completely different from the outside. The outside is covered with rows of copper buckles, but the inside is not. Instead, a whole door is carved with murals.
The murals carved on the door are not colored, but the characters look lifelike. Through the silvery light of the moon, it can be clearly seen that the sculptures are roughly six men and two women.
Lu Xiaohong looked at the murals on the door, his face became solemn, his eyebrows furrowed tightly, and he began to look at the murals carefully.
"Xiaohong, is there anything wrong with these murals?" I saw that Lu Xiaohong looked wrong and asked.
"This is us painted on it!" Lu Xiaohong said, raising his finger to point to a pattern on the top of the stone gate.
The moonlight is very bright, and since I can see at night now, I can basically see clearly the pattern that Lu Xiaohong pointed out to us.
The painting shows six men and two women, all wearing ancient robes, just emerging from a pool.
But upon closer inspection, it is shocking. Among the six men, one is old, one has just passed, and the other two are young. The last two actually have a fox face and a weasel face.