Eight hundred and thirty-eighth chapter freedom from war
Shu Youjin and the others followed the others and walked several miles deep into the valley. After passing through various palaces and buildings, they finally arrived at a naturally formed sinkhole in the depths of the valley.
Shu Youjin looked towards the tiankeng and found that it was a huge pit with a diameter of a thousand feet and a depth of a hundred feet. There were nine solitary peak pillars distributed in the pit, each of which was more than a hundred feet high and protruding.
The sinkhole is about 10 feet long.
Eight of the pillars are connected in a series, surrounding the tallest pillar in the middle, and their positions coincide with the Bagua directions.
On these eight pillars, there are wide platforms built, each of which is a hundred feet wide, and it seems to be used for martial arts performances.
At this time, the outside of the Tiankeng was already filled with people who came to attend the ceremony.
Dozens of them were children of various ethnic groups participating in the competition, and were specially placed on the left side of the sinkhole.
Shu Youjin and Fang Zhen walked to the left side of the sinkhole, while Anhua stayed there, waiting for the competition to begin.
Fang Zhen's eyes kept scanning the stone pillars in the tiankeng, and he saw dozens of purple-red carved wooden chairs arranged on a stone pillar in the center of the Bagua Pillar, which were already full of people.
"Brother Shu, is that the viewing platform above?" Fang Zhen asked with one hand pointing to the stone pillar in the center that was used to watch the battle.
"Yes. This ceremony is really grand. Not only the Earth Dragon and Qinggui clans sent elders to attend, but also other families who have not been born for a long time but have profound foundations. It is said that the Earth Dragon clan has done a lot for this matter.
Don't be prepared, their young master also came to participate in the selection in person, he is still the popular candidate this time." Shu Youjin nodded.
Fang Zhen stood aside, but did not answer. He just stared at the white-browed old man sitting on a seat on the right side of the viewing platform.
"Is that the leader of your purple-eyed demon cow clan?" Shu Youjin followed Fang Zhen's gaze and asked.
Fang Zhen sighed lightly and nodded.
At this time, many people watching the ceremony around, and even those standing on the left side of the sinkhole, mostly cast their fiery gazes towards the center line of the viewing platform.
Sitting there was a young woman wearing an aqua gown and a veil. She was none other than Zhao Lingxiu, the new saint of the Tianfeng clan.
On her right side, Zhao Xuanji, who was dressed in a gold robe, with skin as smooth as gel and a radiant face, was leaning over her ear, smiling sweetly and whispering something. The relationship between the two seemed quite close.
The saint listened to her words and nodded in agreement from time to time. Occasionally she would curl her eyebrows and show a bit of a smile.
However, even though his full face was revealed, under his face covered by gauze, his every frown and smile still aroused the admiration of everyone around the sinkhole.
On the left side of the saint, there was a woman wearing a phoenix crown and colorful feathers sitting. Her expression was quite serious. Seeing that the conversation and laughter between the two had attracted the attention of the onlookers, she turned sideways to remind them.
One sentence.
After hearing this, the two people immediately stopped laughing and sat upright.
In addition, people such as Granny Jinfeng and Madam Zhen of the Tianfeng clan, Wu Yun, the elder of the Pangui clan, and Di Feng, a powerful god in the Earthly Dragon clan, are also on the list.
"Mr. Shu, I think it's almost time. I'm afraid this competition is about to start. I'm afraid Mr. Shi won't be able to catch up." Fang Zhen raised his head and looked at Chu Yang, who was slowly rising, and said with some worry.
"Brother Shi has always been very measured in what he does, so he shouldn't miss anything important. I think he should be here soon." Shu Youjin said this, but he frowned slightly.
Obviously, he was also a little surprised. Shi Mu had been missing since early in the morning and had not yet arrived.
About half an hour later, Shu Youjin and Fang Zhen still had no sign of Shi Mu.
"Brother Shi may really have something important to deal with. You and I just need to try our best." Shu Youjin glanced at Shitai and said.
"Okay." Fang Zhen responded quickly.
At this moment, a red-haired old man wearing a red brocade robe finally stood up on the viewing platform, cleared his throat, and said loudly: "You have worked tirelessly and traveled thousands of miles to come to your clan to celebrate the Saint with me.
The blessing of taking over has brought glory to our clan. I, Zhao Zhutong, on behalf of the Tianfeng clan, sincerely thank you all for coming."
The red-haired old man was energetic, his voice was like a bell, and the aura exuding from his body was very powerful. He was actually a strong man in the early stage of the divine realm.
As soon as these words came out, everyone in the room was in high spirits, and the whole place was silent.
"It looks like it's about to begin." Fang Zhen looked towards Zhao Zhutong and whispered.
"It's almost the same time, but it's a little strange." Shu Youjin said with some confusion.
"Brother Shu, what do you think is strange?" Fang Zhen asked in surprise.
"Look at the three stone chairs in the middle of the viewing platform. For such a grand ceremony, and the purpose of the three major clans taking this opportunity to gather power, the heads of the Tianfeng, Chime Turtle and Earth Dragon clans must be there in person." Shu Youjin said.
said,
"Yes, those three stone chairs should be the main seats for the three of them, why are they still empty?" Fang Zhen was shocked.
"I believe everyone knows that. Before the official ceremony of the Holy Maiden's succession, several rounds of competitions need to be conducted to select the Holy Maiden's dual cultivation partner. Due to the importance of this event, many of the contestants will be participating for the first time.
I'm afraid there are still many people who are not used to the environment here on Suzaku Star. The Saints of our tribe are considerate of your hard work and hereby postpone the start of the competition by one hour." Zhao Zhutong continued.
As soon as he said these words, the dozens of children of all races on the left side of the sinkhole who were participating in the competition looked at each other in confusion and were at a loss.
"Everyone can go on the Bagua martial arts stage to get familiar with it. The competition will start on time in an hour." Zhao Zhutong said with a little embarrassment.
"Master Shu, this... what should we do next?" Fang Zhen was still a little confused about the situation for a while.
"They were waiting for the three clan leaders to arrive, so they were delayed for an hour, but this is a good thing for Brother Shi." Shu Youjin said with a smile.
After hearing this, Fang Zhen nodded in agreement.
Among the dozens of participating disciples, most of them looked at each other in confusion, not knowing what to do. Only a few flew up to the Bagua martial arts stage and became really familiar with the stage.
…
Somewhere in the blue space, a ray of light flew from a distance, and in a blink of an eye, it came close, and Shi Mu's figure appeared.
At this moment, his face was gloomy and his brows were furrowed.
He has been flying in this blue space for a while, looking for a way out, but has found nothing.
The only thing he knew was that this blue space was incredibly large, and he had been flying for so long without any sign of ending.
At this moment, Cai'er flew out of the spirit beast bag. Her complexion was much better than before, but she had not yet completely recovered from her injuries.
It glanced around a few times and said in surprise: "Hey, where are we? Where is that guy in blue robe? Kill him, Stone."
Shi Mu nodded casually, a little absent-mindedly.
"Shitou, you are getting better and better!" Cai'er looked at Shi Mu with a surprised look.
"There's no need to flatter you, now we have to consider how to get out of here." Shi Mu said lightly, with a trace of anxiety in his eyes.
It's probably already dawn outside now, and the ceremony is probably about to begin.
"I've been very strange since just now. Where is this place? It doesn't look like it's inside the formation restriction." Cai'er said.
"If my guess is correct, this should be the inner space of a magic weapon." Shi Mu said.
"What, the magic space?" Cai'er asked in surprise.
"As far as I know, some spiritual treasure-level magic weapons may have spaces inside them," Shi Mu said in a deep voice.
"Then how can we leave and use brute force to break through this place?" Cai'er asked.
"The owner of this magic weapon has been killed by me. As long as we find the core restriction of the magic weapon and refine it, we should be able to get out. However, I searched for a while and couldn't find any trace of the formation restriction here." Shi
Mu shook his head and said.
There is also a simpler method, which is to have Yan Luo summon Shi Mu to the undead interface, so that he can leave this space.
However, after he arrived at the undead interface, Yanluo's spatial coordinates in the Tianhe Star Territory were gone. It would be more troublesome for Shi Mu to come to Suzaku Star again, and it would be more convenient to refine this magic weapon.
"It doesn't matter. When it comes to eyesight, I'm better than you. If you can't find it, I can definitely find it!" Cai'er said confidently, using her spiritual power to look around.
"Then I'll leave it to you." Shi Mu said.
Cai'er's spiritual power is indeed superior to his, and they will definitely be able to find some clues if they work together.
…
An hour passed quickly.
On the stone pillar viewing platform in the middle, the three central positions are still vacant.
At this time, several elders of the Tianfeng tribe were surrounding Granny Jinfeng, seeming to be talking about something.
After a while, the red-haired elder named Zhao Zhutong came back to the stage and said loudly to everyone: "The time has come and this selection competition is about to begin. I will inform you of the details of the competition."
As soon as these words came out, the scene became quiet again, and everyone's eyes fell on the central stone pillar.
After Shu Youjin glanced around, he let go of his consciousness and searched in all directions for a while, then shook his head and sighed: "I thought that with this hour's buffer, Brother Shi might be able to arrive in time, but now it seems
, Brother Shi may have encountered something urgent."
Fang Zhen heard this and nodded silently.
"There are seventy-four candidates in total for this selection. Among them, the descendants of the original Eight Wilderness Ancient Clan, as well as the descendants of famous families in our Tianhe Star Region, based on their own strength and the preciousness of the gifts submitted by their families,
A total of ten people are selected and will be exempted from competition for two rounds and directly advance to the final two rounds." Zhao Zhutong said loudly.
After saying that, he waved his palm, and a golden light curtain immediately appeared in mid-air, with ten names written in ancient seal characters on it, including Fang Zhen's brother Fang Ce, and a land that was widely regarded as the "Dragon and Phoenix Match".
Di Xiang, the young master of the Dragon Clan.
"What? Do you still have the right to avoid war?" Fang Zhen stared at Fang Ce's name and said through gritted teeth.