The Yuxu Mountains have ups and downs, and there is a depression on the mountainside of the steep peaks.
One person stopped and checked carefully four times, and then found several traces of human stay.
The corners of his mouth curled up slightly, thinking in his mind:
"Someone has stayed here for a short time. Although the other party has carefully cleaned it up, whoever passes by will leave traces and whoever searches for it will be found."
Looking into the distance, there are piles of jade and beautiful mountains, lying on the top of the mountain, majestic and beautiful, like a flying dragon rising up into the sky.
The sky is getting dark, and under the setting sun, the mountain peaks are surrounded by clouds and mist, like a young girl, half covered by her pipa, her charming face is hazy, standing in the sunset.
The man looked at the snow-capped mountains holding the red sunset and sighed:
"It can be said that the setting sun soaks the mountains with cold ripples!"
This person is Chen Songyan. He followed Baili Ming all the way here. When he saw the sun setting in the west and night approaching, he planned to spend the night repairing here.
The reason why he was not afraid that Bai Liming and Zhou Jiang would go too far was because he knew that it was very dangerous to travel among the steep mountains in the dark.
Although everyone is a cultivator, with keen eyesight, they are not afraid of the twilight. However, compared with the daytime, the temperature is lower, the cold wind is more severe and violent, and the cracks hidden under the ice... will still give them a hard time.
It can cause trouble and even cause serious injury if you are not careful.
Similarly, Bai Liming and Zhou Jiang also knew this, so when night fell, they would stop to rest and would not risk moving forward.
Chen Songyan took out a formation disk and several formation flags from the Qiankun bag, placed the formation flags in a circle along the four sides, and then placed the formation disk at the eye of the formation. After that, he took out a spiritual jade and placed it on the formation disk.
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As he recited the mantra, a magic circle was activated instantly, covering a 1-foot area around him. If observed from the outside, this location looked like a natural boulder.
Then, he took out a few sticks of firewood from the Qiankun Bag and cast a spell to light them. The heat from the natural flames warmed his body.
Feeling the warmth, Chen Songyan sat cross-legged, took the elixir, and began to circulate the heaven to digest the power of the medicine. This moment was the most relaxed and comfortable moment for him in the day.
Compared to Bai Liming and Zhou Jiang, Chen Songyan's life was even more difficult.
The spiritual energy in the Northern Wasteland is thin, and Chen Songyan cannot mobilize his magic power all the time to resist the severe cold. This is also a heavy burden for him.
Although there are elixirs that can replenish mana, as we continue to penetrate deeper into the Northern Wilderness and get further and further away from the Middle Earth, the supplies cannot keep up, so the elixirs can only be used less and less.
Since we can’t “open up the money”, we can only find ways to “cut down the expenditure”.
Therefore, Chen Songyan must be careful and frugal in order to complete the task.
However, Bai Liming and Zhou Jiang can refine the strong evil spirit of the Northern Wilderness and replenish their own mana at any time, so they can mobilize their mana at any time to resist the extreme cold.
Compared with Chen Songyan, one of these two people is cautious and cautious, and the other is relaxed and contented.
It can be said to be: "One heaven and one underground".
Although his body is cold, Chen Songyan's heart is full of fire.
A piece full of hope and enthusiasm for the future.
He kept telling himself:
"I must complete this task, gain the approval of the Patriarch, the head of Kaiyang Palace, the elders, and even all the disciples, and use my unparalleled achievements to make everyone unable to find fault and leave them speechless."
He constantly encouraged himself:
"I must shoulder the responsibility of being the direct descendant of Xingjun and obtain the position of Kaiyang Xingjun. I cannot let this position fall to the sidelines. Only in this way can I be worthy of the master who sacrificed his life heroically and the junior brothers and sisters who are looking forward to it."
He kept reminding himself:
"I must find Sui Xing and avenge my master. I know that my ancestor is using me, but this is not an opportunity. If I don't even have the value of being used, then I will really be cornered and unable to move forward."
Chen Songyan, who was sitting cross-legged in meditation and refining the elixir, felt a little confused for a moment.
Looking at the dim full moon hanging high in the night sky, he thought of the camp where many strange beasts were imprisoned, and the worry in his heart became more and more intense.
The collusion between demons and barbarians has become a fact. From these various discoveries, it can be seen that they are carrying out ulterior and sinister plots.
"No, we must ask the founder's opinion. If it continues to develop, there will be endless troubles."
Thinking of this, he took out the copper incense burner and placed it on the cleared ground.
He decided to contact the Patriarch, under the guise of reporting Bai Liming's whereabouts, and inquire whether any countermeasures had been taken for that camp.
I saw him fluttering his hand gestures and chanting in a low voice. After a while, the copper incense burner spontaneously ignited without fire, and green smoke floated on it, slowly condensing into the vague form of Li Yukong, the founder of the Taoist sect.
Chen Songyan faced the phantom, pinched the Taoist formula and saluted respectfully:
"Ancestor!"
The phantom Li Yukong glanced at Chen Songyan who was bending over to salute, straightened his body slightly stiffly, coughed twice silently, and then asked in a low voice:
"Well, um, thank you for your hard work. Where is Bai Liming now?"
Chen Songyan respectfully replied:
"Bai Liming and General Zhou are still moving forward in the Yuxu Mountains. They are about 5 miles away from the disciples. They have already set up camp to rest."
The virtual shadow Li Yukong asked with a straight face, pretending to be serious:
"Any new discoveries?"
Chen Songyan felt a little guilty for a moment, but he still said bravely:
"Disciple 1 followed the whole route, Baili Ming and the other two were on their way, and found nothing unusual."
Phantom Li Yukong snorted coldly, and his power suddenly rose. In Chen Songyan's panic, he said coldly:
"No abnormality was found, why did you contact me?"
Hearing this question, Chen Songyan was shocked. He knew that he should not contact the Patriarch to find trouble, but at this point, he could only express his worries and be honest, and maybe he could win the Patriarch's forgiveness.
Just as he was about to speak, the virtual shadow Li Yukong spoke first:
"Did you go explore that camp again?"
Hearing this, Chen Songyan was obviously stunned and secretly happy in his heart. He didn't expect that the Patriarch was also concerned about this matter. He was about to reply when he suddenly became alert:
"Why did the Patriarch ask this? From what he said, he was not concerned about the situation in the camp, but about whether I had gone to investigate. No! There is something fishy about this matter."
"The Patriarch repeatedly emphasized that tracking Baili Ming is the top priority, and everything else can be put aside first. Because of this, I didn't dare to stay in that camp any longer."
As his mind raced, Chen Songyan seemed to have grasped something and became cheerful.
"Is the Patriarch testing me? To see if I disobey his orders and secretly investigate deeply?"
"Well, yes, that should be the case."
In the flash of lightning, Chen Songyan figured everything out and hurriedly replied respectfully:
"Grandmaster, please rest assured. This disciple has kept his teachings in mind and has not stayed in that camp for a long time. Instead, everything is focused on tracking Baili Ming."
The virtual shadow Li Yukong was suddenly stunned. He raised his hand as if to scratch his head, but then he put it down abruptly. After laughing twice, he squeezed out a trace of joy on his face and said:
"Oh, okay, good."
At this moment, not far away, there was a person sweating coldly, feeling guilty and worried about the series of stiff and uncoordinated movements and words he had just made.
He turned his head and looked at his companion who was casting spells with all his strength. Under his encouraging gaze, he readjusted his mentality.
Immersed my mind in the shadow again, and looked at Chen Songyan with a respectful face...