Contrary to the slightly off-beat path I took before, as I got closer and closer to the Hengduan Mountains, the number of cultivators on the road gradually increased.
Many of them are small teams wearing uniform uniforms, and they should be disciples of certain small sects.
Without exception, these people all looked in a hurry, obviously heading towards the relics of the soon-to-be born Venerable.
To be cautious, he found a place to stay on the way and spent some time changing his appearance, and then changed into ordinary clothes.
The journey was uneventful until the next night when he arrived at Mangcheng, one of the only three ancient cities outside the Hengduan Mountains.
Putting away his flying sword early, he merged into the crowd of people lining up to enter the city without leaving a trace, and successfully entered the city after paying the fee to enter the city.
Although it is located in a remote place, the streets are still bustling with people and brightly lit.
Different from other cities, most of the places you see are restaurants and inns, and there are also some wonderful beauty places.
If Leng Qingzhu hadn't been taken to Wugou Peak by Leng Qingzhu since he was a child, he might have been interested in watching it.
Now that he has developed a discerning eye, he can no longer look down on such a vulgar place.
Instead of wandering around, He Gu walked directly inside, and then entered an inn with relatively few customers.
After paying ten times more than usual, he booked a single room.
However, he did not rush to the room. Instead, he went back to the restaurant next door and ordered a few side dishes and half a bottle of wine at the small table in the corner.
While taking a sip, your ears perked up.
Regarding the relics of the Venerable, Leng Qingzhu told him about experience, so he only knew one location during this trip.
Every subsequent decision needs to be arranged by himself.
The first step is of course to understand the situation.
It was not difficult to find out the information. There were many drunk cultivators in the store discussing at length the emergence of the ruins. Soon he understood the general situation.
The vision of the ruins appearing was five days ago, and there is not just one entrance, but three in total, all at the boundary between the outer and inner areas of the Hengduan Mountains.
The three points exactly correspond to the three ancient cities on the periphery of the Hengduan Mountains. It seems that the owner of the ruins did this intentionally.
The phenomenon at the entrance becomes strongest at noon during the day and becomes stable at night, which basically indicates that the official opening time will be around noon during the day.
According to the changes in the intensity of the vision in the past few days, it is most likely tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow at the latest.
There is also news that a certain big shot has deduced that only one of the three entrances is really connected to the final place of the ruins, and the rest are all false traps. The answer will not be known until the end.
In other words, you have to try your luck in the first step, and make one wrong step and the next wrong step.
Knowing that it was not too late, He Gu breathed a sigh of relief.
He didn't think much about it. Now that he had arrived in Mangcheng, the first thing he considered was the entrance corresponding to Mangcheng.
When it comes to luck, of course it's better to just take things as they come.
After the wine was empty and the plate was empty, and he was sure there was no more useful information, He Gu returned to the inn.
On the third floor, when he turned the corner, he unexpectedly saw a familiar fiery red figure in front of him.
The woman was dressed in simple red clothes, with a black spear on her back, and a pair of sharp red eyes as bright as gems on her delicate face.
The unusually long and beautiful legs are hidden in the pomegranate skirt. Even if she is standing among a group of beautiful female cultivators, her figure still looks very tall and outstanding.
Such beautiful long legs are naturally his strong fiancée, Shen Jiangli.
I really didn't expect to meet her here, He Gu almost turned around and left.
It's not that I'm afraid, I just don't want to add too much detail to this issue.
Later he remembered that he had changed his appearance, so he walked over openly.
Several people seemed to have just booked rooms and were saying goodbye to each other.
He Gu captured some information. His fiancée seemed to be doing well in the Chiyun Sect. She had been accepted as a direct disciple by a respected elder and was now living in the same room with the elder.
She even heard that there seemed to be many male disciples pursuing her, and a senior sister was teasing her, asking her to choose one first.
He didn't know if it was the grown man's mind that was causing trouble, but he suddenly felt a little uncomfortable.
I couldn't help but secretly glance at my fiancée's face.
Seeing her calm face and disapproval, he felt a little better.
Only after Leng Qingzhu revealed her feelings to him did he realize that his master was not deliberately ignoring the He family's situation.
Naturally, we can guess that Leng Qingzhu must have secret arrangements for the safety of the He family, and there is no need to use the power of the Shen family for protection.
Now that he has a huge sum of spiritual stones, he can make appropriate compensation to the Shen family, so he has already made a general plan in his mind to terminate the engagement between the two families as soon as possible.
But before he actually breaks off the engagement, he doesn't want to see his fiancée have an ambiguous relationship with other men.
Although there is no so-called love between a man and a woman between him and Shen Jianglei, to him, this is still a nominal betrayal.
Fortunately, it doesn't look like it happened.
When He Gu, who was thinking quite complicatedly, was about to pass by, several people had already finished saying goodbye and dispersed to go to their respective rooms.
Only Shen Jiangli was left at the door of the room, as if watching them off.
When he looked over, she didn't look over.
The moment the two people passed each other, the secret stone in He Gu's body suddenly moved.
Trembling slightly, a message in blood-colored text emerged from it.
[Shen Jiangli: Commiting suicide (one day later)]
He Gu was shocked and couldn't help but stop.
Hengduan should refer to the Hengduan Mountains. Suicide, she wants to commit suicide?!
But...why can't she think about it and commit suicide?
Confused, he immediately turned his head and looked over.
Sensing the stranger's gaze, Shen Jiangliu frowned slightly and glanced at He Gu with her sharp red eyes.
Without saying anything, she turned around, pushed the door open, entered the room, and closed the door behind her.
He didn't look like someone planning to kill himself.
He Gu stood there for a while, and finally resisted the idea of knocking on the door, and walked back to the room he had reserved earlier.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Although I can’t figure out why my fiancée suddenly committed suicide and had to go to the Hengduan Mountains to commit suicide, it also indirectly provided him with a piece of potentially useful information.
There is a high probability that the Venerable Relics will be opened tomorrow.
He Gu returned to the room and fell asleep directly.
As for tomorrow, if there is a chance, he will certainly be willing to stop it and will try his best to find opportunities.
After all, he is still Shen Jiangli's fiancé in name only, and he has the responsibility to protect the woman in his name.
Even if it's just temporary.
Nothing happened all night.
It was still dark the next day, and when He Gu left the room, all the rooms in the row on the third floor were empty.
After leaving the inn, he followed the people out of the city gate.
After a while, a group of dense, rolling and intricate mountains came into view.
Not far away, in the Red Cloud Sect's team, Shen Jiangli's figure appeared in his field of vision again.
After thinking for a while, he quietly approached.
The Hengduan Mountains, as its name suggests, is the boundary between the Hengduan Extreme North, a place with harsh environment, and other places in the Northern Immortal Territory.
It is composed of countless parallel mountains, running east-west as a whole, with a very wide span from north to south. It would take at least a month for ordinary cultivators to cross directly.
Fortunately, the entrance is not in the depths. According to people who have gone in, it can be reached in time within one morning.
Many demonic beasts thrive in the mountains, which can be said to be the base camp for the survival of demonic beasts in the Northern Immortal Domain.
The danger is self-evident.
The cultivators who arrived here all stopped with a tacit understanding and planned to enter together as a group, which would be more efficient and secure.
The people standing at the forefront of the crowd are all the relatively strong first-class sects in the Northern Immortal Territory. As the largest sect, Wu Zong is naturally among them, and it is natural that he should stand at the front.
The leaders were also two acquaintances, Jiang Lintian, the chief disciple of Qingqing Peak, and Jian Yi, the chief disciple of Bladeless Peak.
It seems that all the major sects have taken action to divide their forces into three groups.
Compared with other large sects, Wu Zong's team does not have any elders or deacons, they are all disciples of the younger generation.
He Gu remembered that Leng Qingzhu had said that this time the relics of the Venerable were revealed, many elders and deacons in Wu Zong also planned to participate.
He estimated that these big shots, who were not afraid of the dangers of the night, should have entered early and formed their own group.
When the first ray of sunlight in the morning emerged from the horizon, the large army, led by Wu Zong's team, began to enter the Hengduan Mountains in an orderly manner.
He Gu kept a certain distance and followed slowly behind the Red Cloud Sect team.
Due to his position in the middle of the crowd, the monsters he encountered along the way basically didn't have to take his turn to fight, so he pretended to work hard and got through easily.
The monsters on the outskirts of the mountain range are not weak at all, but they are usually alone and are no match for large forces.
It wasn't until they approached the destination that they accidentally encountered a powerful tiger-shaped monster of the Seventh Realm, and the large army became a little confused.
The leaders Jiang Lintian and Jian Yi immediately retreated with Wu Zong's team.
At this time, the accompanying elders from several major sects except Wu Zong finally took action.
The short battle only affected a few casual cultivators who were not very eye-catching, and the tiger-shaped monster was quickly injured.
Seeing that the situation was not going well, the tiger-shaped monster turned and ran away.
Realizing that in addition to the danger, the several elders who took action tacitly returned to their respective teams and gave up their leading positions to Jiang Lintian and the others.
Only a leading sect like Wu Zong dares to have the confidence not to send an elder to follow him, but to use the elders of other sects as free guardians.
And they dare not not do it.
Perhaps the movement just now frightened the nearby monsters, and the subsequent march of the large army went smoothly.
Just before noon, everyone heard a loud sound like a shattering mirror not far ahead, followed by a powerful air wave.
Suddenly someone shouted excitedly: "The entrance is open!"
Following this shout, the originally well-ordered troops instantly dispersed into their respective camps. Everyone unanimously accelerated their advance.
He Gu stared closely at the pair of long legs with beautiful curves vaguely showing as they moved, and followed not far behind him.
When he looked up again, above an ordinary hilltop that was shorter than the surrounding mountains, a cracked space door suddenly appeared in his eyes.