Gui Li stared at Jin Ping'er for a long time, frowning slightly, but did not speak. However, under Gui Li's vague and sharp gaze, Jin Ping'er acted as if nothing had happened, and did not feel at all how important his words at this moment were.
As if something was wrong, he looked at Gui Li with a smile.
In the Xuanhuo Altar, it became quiet for a while. The monkey Xiao Hui, who was lying on Gui Li's shoulder, seemed to dislike the atmosphere. He moved his body, called out "Zhi Zhi" twice, jumped off his master's shoulder and landed on the ground.
He looked around for a moment, then walked away on his own, and slowly walked to the center of the Xuanhuo Altar, where countless red fierce gods were engraved with patterns.
Gui Li slowly withdrew his gaze, looked at Xiao Hui who was lying on the ground with great interest and making faces at those fierce god patterns, and said slowly: "So, you know a lot?"
Jin Ping'er smiled slightly, and that smile was as warm as the spring breeze, gently passing through the cold palace, and said:
"I am a small and weak woman, how can I know anything? I am just lucky enough to have been to several places in the past, and I am valued by the Ghost King Sect Master, so I am here to help you."
She pursed her lips and smiled and said, "Don't think too much about it."
Gui Li frowned and said nothing, ignoring the vaguely disturbing charm in Jin Ping'er's charming words. After thinking for a moment, he seemed to have suddenly forgotten why Jin Ping'er suddenly appeared here, and also forgot about the shrouded Jin Ping'er.
Er was even still the mysterious person among ghost kings. He just said lightly: "In this case, I have to ask you for advice."
Jin Ping'er's eyes flashed, but the smile on her face was still charming, and she said: "Sir, please tell me."
Guili said: "It seems that you arrived here before me. As you said, it is said that in order to suppress the beast god, the 'Eight Ominous Mysterious Fire Array' must be found here. It's just that I am dull and can't understand it.
I wonder if Miss Jin has any understanding?"
Jin Ping'er shook his head, with a wry smile on his face, and said: "To tell you the truth, I have actually been here at the Xuanhuo Altar for three days, but I have gained nothing. Except for these messy images carved on the ground,
I found nothing.”
Gui Li looked at the dark red pattern at his feet unexpectedly. Unlike Jin Ping'er, he, including Xiao Hui, had personally experienced the power of the strange magic circle in the Xuanhuo Altar.
The power and the terrifying red flame beast are definitely not memories that can be easily forgotten. Perhaps it is precisely because of this that Xiao Hui is so interested in throwing himself on the ground, scratching here and moving there.
, seems to be looking for something too?
Could it be that after the earth-shattering change that day, volcanic lava shot out of the sky and destroyed the magic circle here?
Such thoughts passed through Gui Li's mind, but he did not express them. After pondering for a moment, he looked at Jin Ping'er again and said: "Miss Jin, no matter what, this is the only place we know of where the 'Eight Ominous Mysteries' are found."
Since the Fire Array is indispensable for suppressing the Beast God, we might as well stay here for a few more days. Maybe there is still a little hope."
Jin Ping'er smiled coquettishly and said, "Okay."
Gui Li glanced at her, then withdrew his gaze, and sat down in front of the magic circle patterns on the ground. Not long after, a faint fragrance floated over, and Jin Ping'er, wearing frivolous clothes, sat down not far from him.
came down, but the distance between the two people seemed to be closer.
Gui Li frowned and hesitated to speak. He did not look at the beauty beside him. He only focused on the picture. But for some reason, another thought suddenly appeared in his mind:
Xiaobai said that day that he would go to southern Xinjiang to search for the magic formula of the "Eight Ominous Mysterious Fire Array", but there was no news about her for a long time. I wonder how she is doing now; and it seems that this is the only place in the world that has the Eight Ominous Mysterious Fire Array.
clues, but Xiaobai is obviously not here, so where will she be now?
Is she okay...
This vague thought flashed through Gui Li's mind from time to time in the next few days.
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It's just that it seems that the magma eruption that skyrocketed that day caused more damage than Gui Li had expected. Although the stone carvings of the fierce gods on the ground seemed to be intact, they obviously no longer contained the original meaning.
The spiritual energy in it, or the violent energy with powerful power, is now nothing more than dull stone images.
Gui Li and Jin Ping'er secretly pondered and comprehended in the Xuanhuo Altar for seven whole days, but still got nothing.
During this period, disciples from Fenxiang Valley came in from time to time to check, and a few times Shangguan Ce even brought people over for routine inspections. But today's Gui Li, including Jin Ping'er, have advanced in their Taoism and can only hide in the darkness above the Xuanhuo Altar.
place, and easily escaped these searches
It's just that I still can't figure out the essentials of the magic circle, but it's really a headache.
On this day, the two of them sat in front of these stiff stone carvings for another whole morning. Suddenly, Jin Ping'er stretched his waist, and his slender waist looked like the body of an enchanting snake, with an aura that seduces people.
Unfortunately, the only man beside her at this moment was still staring at the stone carvings on the ground, thinking hard, and did not notice the graceful performance of Jin Ping'er at all.
Jin Ping'er snorted softly and glared at Gui Li. There seemed to be a trace of complicated emotions passing through her eyes, but it only flashed past. After a moment, she only heard her sigh and said: "What did you see?"
Is it done?”
Gui Li moved and then slowly came back to his senses. He turned to look at Jin Ping'er, shook his head and said, "What about you?"
Jin Ping'er gave a bitter smile and did not answer, but Gui Li already understood.
Jin Ping'er frowned and said: "We have been here watching these ghosts for seven days. During these seven days, we tried our best, but let alone activating this magic circle, even touching some stone carvings couldn't do anything. What is going on?
?”
Gui Li pondered for a moment, raised his head and glanced at the darkness above, and said: "When I was here to save people that day, I touched the mechanism in this hall, and the Eight Ominous Mysterious Fire Array was triggered immediately...
…”
He glanced at the center of the hall and said with a strange tone in his tone, "But that mechanism is gone now."
Jin Ping'er followed his gaze and saw indeed a small raised stone platform in the center of the hall, but the stone there was burnt black and solidified into an ugly mass. It looked like some ingenious mechanism.
In fact, as soon as Gui Li arrived here and saw this scene, he knew that the strange stone mechanism he saw when he first came here that day had been destroyed, and the last time he came here to see those fierce stone carvings on the ground
, all the violent auras that resonated in my heart were not felt at all this time.
This once terrifying stone carving looks like a lifeless thing.
The two of them fell into silence for a moment, not knowing what to say. After a while, Jin Ping'er seemed to have thought of something, and when he raised his head and was about to speak, his face suddenly changed, and Gui Li's brows had also frowned.
Turning around, he rushed over to Xiao Hui who was playing nearby in the blink of an eye, picked up the monkey, and then floated up. After a while, he had disappeared into the darkness above the Xuanhuo Altar Hall.
Jin Ping'er's wonderful eyes watched his figure disappear into the darkness three times and two times, smiled slightly, and then floated up, also disappearing into the darkness.
After a moment, there was a "squeak" and a dull sound echoed in the Xuanhuo Altar Hall.
The door was opened...
There was a sound of footsteps at the door. It sounded like there were a lot of people, but a majestic voice came faintly from it. After saying a few words, it suddenly became quiet. Then, three people walked in from the open door.
The person in front was surprisingly the owner of Fenxiang Valley, Yun Yilan. The one half behind him and to the right was his junior brother Shangguan Ce, and the last person, a few steps away from the two people in front, was Yun Yi.
Li Xun, Lan’s favorite disciple
After the three of them walked into the Xuanhuo Altar, Li Xun, who was walking at the end, turned around and closed the heavy door. The original light was immediately blocked outside the room, and only the dimness flickered slowly here.
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Having lost the spiritual power of the formation, the three floors above the originally cold Xuanhuo Altar have now lost the bitter cold. All that remains is the indifference of the huge and hard rock. In the darkness, Gui Li and Jin Ping
The child quietly passed through the dark hole and looked down in the darkness.
As if he knew that this time was no better than before, Xiao Hui, who was always restless, seemed to be much quieter, lying down beside his master.
Yun Yilan and Shangguan Ce walked slowly to the center of the Xuanhuo Altar and stood on top of the former Eight Ominous Xuanhuo Array. Looking from a distance, his face seemed to be shrouded in shadow.
The three people below stood there, silent for a long time, without speaking. The atmosphere was a little weird. Above their heads, Gui Li seemed to be aware of it. He glanced at Jin Ping'er, but he happened to see Jin Ping'er also looking towards him.
It seemed to me that both of them saw the slight confusion in the other's eyes.
Yun Yilan seemed to have a gloomy look on his face. Maybe his mood should have been like this. Who else would have been in such a bad mood when he saw that the business he had been running for many years had become like this?
At first glance, he seems to have no expression. If you look at him for a long time, it will give people a vague feeling of ever-changing. But if you look carefully, you will find that his face has never changed. What has changed is just
It's just your wish
At least, during those days in Qingyun Mountain, no one in the world would see his expression.
For a long time, Yun Yilan's wandering eyes kept moving on the strange red stone carvings on the floor of the Xuanhuo Altar, looking from one end to the other, from one to the other. After that, he slowly walked to the stone carvings.
On the small burnt black raised stone platform in the center, I stretched out my palm and gently stroked the stone.
"How long has it been?" Yun Yilan suddenly spoke, asking in a low voice without any beginning or end.
Shangguan Ce was standing next to him. Judging from his expression, he was not surprised by Yun Yilan's sudden question. He seemed to know some things clearly, but he had no intention of answering.
Strangely, he turned his head and glanced at Li Xun, who was standing three steps behind the two of them.
Li Xun's head was lowered slightly, his expression was respectful, his eyes were slightly closed, and he remained silent.
He didn't look back, but Yun Yilan seemed to know everything that happened behind him, and said calmly: "Xun'er is not an outsider. He will also take over Fenxiang Valley in the future, so don't hide these things from him."
Shangguan Ce shook slightly, then calmed down. He was silent for a moment and said: "It has been thirty days since we were ready and started the formal summons, and the 'Red Flame Mingzun' has not responded."
Yun Yilan's expression did not change at all. At most, his eyes flickered a few times, but it gave the impression that he had become a little gloomier in an instant. Above the Xuanhuo Altar, Gui Li's heart moved, but it was not
It was because he was surprised that Fenxiang Valley was also suffering from the inability to repair this strange magic circle, but what Shangguan Ce had just said about the so-called "Red Flame Mingzun" touched a place deep in his memory, almost subconsciously.
I feel what Shangguan Ce is referring to——
Could that fiery and wild giant beast, whose whole body was wrapped in flames, be the key to the legendary Eight Ominous Mysterious Fire Array with a long history and strange origins?
The atmosphere in the Xuanhuo Altar was a little weird. Yun Yilan looked ugly and didn't speak. He just paced back and forth in the hall, seeming to be thinking about something. Shangguan Ce just looked at his senior brother and didn't speak. As for standing there
Li Xun on the side seemed to just maintain a humble posture and said nothing.
As time went by, Yun Yilan's eyebrows gradually wrinkled, and there was a sharp look in his eyes, as if something was fiercely fighting in his heart, but finally, he suddenly stopped, took a long breath, and turned his head to the person behind him.
Shangguan Ce and Li Xun come to visit
Shangguan Ce glanced at Yun Yilan, called out in a low voice, "Senior brother?"
Yun Yilan seemed to have made up his mind, so he did not hesitate anymore and said coldly: "Junior brother Shangguan, I don't need to say more about how important this magic circle in the Xuanhuo Altar is. No matter what, it must be restored, otherwise
, we have no other way to deal with him."
Shangguan Ce nodded and said nothing, but in the darkness above the heads of the three men, Gui Li and Jin Ping'er were shocked at the same time.
he?
who is he?
Who is the person that Fenxiang Valley wants to use this weird magic circle to deal with?
In the quiet Xuanhuo Altar, what seemed to be flowing at the moment was an invisible dark aura. However, what Yun Yilan said next made the vague darkness around him turn into cold ice:
"The lava burst out that day and caused too much damage to the magic circle. The spiritual energy that our Fenxiang Valley sect had absorbed and stored here for hundreds of years has been exhausted. In addition, we have lost the key to the magic circle, the 'Xuanhuojian', so we are unable to summon the red sword."
"Yan Ming respects the magic circle. If that person doesn't show up, it won't matter. We will just start from scratch. But now, it is time to use this magic circle in a hurry." Yun Yilan snorted coldly, frowning.
Three deep textures slowly appeared, the killing intent was vaguely visible, and the voice became increasingly cold.
Shangguan Ce also frowned deeply, but there was a hint of surprise on his face. He said in surprise: "Why, does senior brother already have some other method that works?"
The corners of Yun Yilan's eyes seemed to twitch slightly, and she said: "The formation in the Xuanhuo Altar was arranged by the founder of our sect based on the records handed down in the 'Jade Book of Burning Incense', and at the end of the jade book,
Another Patriarch wrote down a comment, which is that in view of the current embarrassing situation of losing the Xuanhuo Mirror and being unable to activate the Xuanhuo Array, the risky method may be feasible."
Both Shangguan Ce and Li Xun behind him were startled, and then they were overjoyed. The "Fenxiang Jade Album" is the supreme treasure of Fenxiang Valley. Only the owner of Fenxiang Valley can keep it and understand it. Yun Yilan must have said this.
There really was an amazing and brilliant founder who left behind wonderful ideas.
Shangguan Ce said happily: "Brother, what wonderful method did that patriarch say?"
Yun Yilan saw the excitement of the two of them in his eyes, but there was no joy at all on his face. On the contrary, the gloominess was strong. After a moment of silence, he slowly said: "The Patriarch was in the 'Burning Incense Jade Book'
'Finally, he wrote: The Xuanhuo Formation was born from the hostility of heaven and earth. The Red Flame Beast is ferocious and violent. The spirit inherited from the engraving of the formation is also the evil god of the Eight Desolations. Based on this, the ancient books in southern Xinjiang should be sacrificed with the blood of a living person.
, then the violent energy will flourish, the gods will return to their positions, the ferocious beasts will appear, and the fire array will be completed."
Shangguan Ce and Li Xun's expressions changed greatly, they looked at each other, and they were both speechless for a moment.
After a long while, Shangguan Ce managed to calm down from his panic and uncertainty, and said in a solemn voice: "Is this really written by the founder of our sect?"
Yun Yilan snorted and said: "Junior Brother Shangguan, do you suspect that I have done this evil thing in the name of the Patriarch?"
Shangguan Ce's face changed again, and he said quickly: "I don't dare, it's just that this matter of blood sacrifice of living people is obviously a magic method. How, how can it appear on the jade book of our sect..."
Yun Yilan cut off Shangguan Ce's words directly and said coldly: "You are right. Although the Patriarch wrote these words, no one has ever tried this method."
Shangguan Ce looked at Yun Yilan's gaze towards him, and suddenly felt a chill all over his body. He couldn't help but take a step back. From the corner of his eye, he glanced at Li Xun standing behind him, and was shocked to find that his expression was also the same.
Like dirt, indescribably ugly
"Senior brother, are you..." Shangguan Ce seemed to have never spoken so hard before, "are you planning to use this method?"
Yun Yilan raised his brows without anger, and sneered: "What if we don't use this method? We have been working hard for hundreds of years, and seeing that great things are about to happen, there are so many things going wrong. Now even the most important method is
The formation is also destroyed. Do you want me to watch all my hard work go to waste?"
Shangguan Ce still seemed to be hesitant and argued: "Senior brother, important matters are of course important, this method is too much..."
Yun Yilan interrupted him coldly and said: "Junior brother Shangguan, are you so insistent, is it because you still have a trace of the understanding of being a righteous person in your heart? Over the years, what you have done for this great cause has also
Isn’t it the right way?”
Shangguan Ce was immediately suffocated.
Yun Yilan's eyes were sharp, as if he wanted to pierce people's hearts. He stared at Shangguan Ce and said: "Also, Junior Brother Shangguan, the Xuanhuo Altar was an important place of our sect back then, and it was you who guarded it. Unexpectedly, it was in your hands.
, caused today’s evil situation, do you know?”
Shangguan Ce's body was shaken and he suddenly raised his head, only to see Yun Yilan's cold eyes, almost like knives in front of him, looking at him. Shangguan Ce's face was excited and his body was trembling slightly, as if he had something to say, but
Somehow, under Yun Yilan's gaze, he finally retreated slowly. After a while, his face became slumped and he whispered: "I understand."
Yun Yilan nodded and said: "In that case, you should take charge of this matter. Besides, Xun'er," he turned to look at Li Xun
Li Xun's expression was also strange at this moment. When he suddenly heard the master's call, his body was agitated and he quickly said: "Disciple is here."
Yun Yilan glanced at him and said: "Just follow your uncle Shangguan, study hard, and help him by the way."
Li Xun's face turned pale, and his voice suddenly became hoarse for some reason, but he still whispered: "Yes"
Yun Yilan took one last look at the stone carvings on the ground, frowned, turned around without looking back, and walked out. Amidst the creaking sound of the heavy door, only Shangguan Ce and Li Xun were left behind.
, facing each other blankly
For a long time, without saying a word, the two people slowly walked out.
The Xuanhuo Altar fell into silence again
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There was a slight sound in mid-air, and two figures gently floated down from the top. Xiaohui called out "Zhizhi" twice, jumped on the ground twice, and ran to the side to play. In the first few days,
It seemed to be quite interested in the stone carvings on the ground, but after a few days, the monkey was no longer interested.
After Gui Li and Jin Ping'er landed on the ground and stood firm, neither of them spoke for a while. The atmosphere around them was still slightly cold, as if the strange aura emanating from Yun Yilan just now had not faded.
After a while, Jin Ping'er suddenly said: "Who do you think the person they were talking about just now could be?"
Gui Li glanced at her and asked instead, "What do you think?"
Jin Ping'er smiled slightly and said: "I am 90% sure. What they said is that the beast god only listened to what they just said, but I am not sure whether they know the whereabouts of the beast god."
Gui Li nodded silently and said: "One more thing, the Eight Ominous Mysterious Fire Arrays are in this Xuanhuo Altar. It sounds like they want to use this array to deal with the Beast God. Did they expect that the Beast God will definitely arrive?
Is it in this mysterious fire altar, or is this magic circle actually movable?"
Jin Ping'er frowned slightly. Apparently there were many joints that she couldn't figure out, and she fell into deep thought for a while.
Gui Li's eyes slowly turned and fell on the ferocious stone carvings of evil gods on the ground. After looking at them for a long time, he suddenly sneered and said: "Is this the so-called righteous way, sacrificing the evil gods with the blood of living people, hehe, then
I have never seen anything like this happen in the Demon Sect..."
Before he finished speaking, he suddenly heard Jin Ping'er's crisp laughter beside him. There was a faint weird tone in it, like a sneer, like a mockery, and there seemed to be a hint of hidden fear, saying: "You,
How do you know that there is no such thing in our holy religion?"
Gui Li shuddered and turned to look at her. He saw Jin Ping'er standing with a smile, but she had already turned her head away and no longer looked at him. Gui Li frowned and said coldly: "What are you talking about?"
meaning……"
Suddenly, before the last word "thinking" in his words was uttered, Gui Li's voice became mute. In that moment, for some reason, he suddenly remembered the time when the great wizard cast a spell to save Baguio.
, requesting the Ghost King to carve the formation diagram with blood
And the Ghost King, almost in the blink of an eye, took out a sufficient amount of blood
Where did those basins of bloody blood come from...
Gui Li stood there dumbly, feeling cold all over his body, and could no longer speak.