"Unknowingly, I've already collected so many …"
The middle-aged man laughed softly and slowly hung the three masks on the wooden shelves. Only then did he nod his head in satisfaction. With a wave of his sleeve, he put away the wooden shelves.
After putting them away, the middle-aged man did not immediately move. Instead, he flipped his hand and took out a golden hollow disc and threw it in front of him.
After the disc flew a few feet away, it immediately flickered and expanded to the size of a round table. All kinds of complicated runes on it lit up, and a dazzling golden light was emitted from the center. It was like a giant pillar that could support the sky, and it shot into the depths of the sky.
Not long after, spots of spiritual light gathered around the golden disc, and gradually, three blurry figures appeared. Their bodies were overflowing with golden light, and their faces could not be seen at all.
"Gongshu Jiu, didn't you go to patrol the Netherfrost Celestial Mansion?
Why did you suddenly contact us? "One of the figures' shoulders trembled slightly as he asked.
The other two figures also turned to look at the middle-aged man.
"Gan Jiuzhen is also in this Celestial Mansion," the middle-aged man named Gongshu Jiu said slowly.
This woman's identity in the Samsara Palace is very mysterious. Even the name Gan Jiuzhen might not be true. In addition, she often changes her mask. How can you be sure it's her? "The figure who spoke earlier trembled slightly and asked.
"I don't have any concrete evidence to prove it. However, from the memories of the Anicca Alliance members that I killed just now, the behavior of Jiao San, who led the group into the Netherfrost Celestial Mansion, is quite similar to Gan Jiuzhen," Gongshu Jiu said as he shook his head.
"In that case, I'll have to trouble Fellow Gongshu. You must capture her alive.
The secrets on her are worth digging, "the figure on the left of the disc leaned forward slightly and said with a smile.
The middle-aged man nodded silently. Just as he was about to put away the golden disc, he suddenly remembered something and said, "Oh, by the way.
Earlier, I found someone in this Celestial Mansion who used the Spirit Refinement Forbidden Technique. It seems like he has cultivated it to at least the third level. "
"I didn't expect that after so many years of prohibition, there are still people who are not afraid of death and forcefully violate the prohibition.
There's no need to capture this person alive. We can execute him on the spot. "The figure who had been silent all this while suddenly spoke in a stern voice.
Gongshu Jiu nodded and waved his sleeve. The golden disk shrunk back to its original size and flew back into his sleeve.
After that, he controlled the flying jade chariot to soar into the sky and fly towards a certain direction.
High up in the sky in another region that was unknown distance away.
Just as Han Li and Jin Tong were rapidly flying through the air, they suddenly stopped and cast their gaze toward a certain direction.
"What is it?" Jin Tong asked curiously.
Han Li watched for a while before he shook his head and said, "Just now, I felt an extremely powerful fluctuation from that direction. It pierced through the sky, but now it seems to be gone."
"A powerful fluctuation … Let's go and take a look!" Jin Tong's face revealed a trace of excitement as he said eagerly.
"Let's not complicate the issue for now. We will inevitably encounter strong enemies in the future." Han Li naturally knew what she was thinking and shook his head.
"Boring." Jin Tong pouted and said in a disappointed manner.
Han Li shot another glance in that direction and frowned. Then, he continued to fly away with Jin Tong.
Four men and women dressed in the Cangliu Palace's attire were inside a well-preserved palace complex. They were activating a treasure each. They were working together to break a prohibition spell outside a palace.
Suddenly, an ancient mirror that was hanging in the middle of the palace's lintel flashed with a spiritual light. Then, a snow-white light shot out of it and hit one of the men's chest.
That man screamed in pain as a round hole appeared in his chest. He then fell on his back.
A green light exploded, and the Unsealing Formation that the four of them had set up also collapsed instantly.
The white-faced scholar's figure flashed and arrived next to the man who had fallen on the ground. He then took out a golden pill and fed it to the man. Then, he used his own Immortal Spiritual Power to guide the pill and help the man to absorb its efficacy.
Soon, the man's chest was restored to its original state. But, he was still gasping for breath.
The others relaxed slightly when they saw this, but they still frowned.
"We have lost contact with the Palace Master and the others for more than half a month. We can't continue to be trapped here. We must immediately break the formation. Maybe the Palace Master and the others have already found that place," the white-faced scholar said with a solemn expression.
"Yes." The other three hurriedly replied.
After resting for a while, they re-arranged the Breaking Spell Formation.
Within the Netherfrost Immortal Abode, strands of white smoke were rising from a hill that was completely charred black.
There was a deep underground palace hall with a large black stone chair. A tall man in a gray robe was sitting on it. His face was purple and he looked haggard. He was the Great Elder of the Fu Ling Sect, Feng Tiandu.
At this moment, the ground in front of him was littered with black boulders. They seemed to be the remains of the puppets that were originally guarding this hall.
Feng Tiandu stared at the remains on the ground with a gloomy expression. His face was full of wrinkles and his muscles were bulging. He looked more like a ferocious zombie.
At this moment, footsteps suddenly sounded from outside the hall. A thin man who was also dressed in a gray robe walked in from outside. He looked at the man on the stone chair with his remaining eye and bowed to him.
"Senior Brother, the people we brought in have been separated. Two of them are temporarily uncontactable. The rest are still searching and haven't found the Tai Yi Hall," Qi Tianxiao said.
"Is there any news about the people from the Immortal Palace and Cangliu Palace?" Feng Tiandu looked at him and asked.
"There's some news that I only managed to find out yesterday, and it's only been delivered today.
The people from the Immortal Palace and Cangliu Palace are similar to us. They have also scattered their people, but they don't seem to have any clues, "Qi Tianxiao said.
"According to our calculations, there is still some time before the Heavenly Furnace opens. If we can find it first, we can set up a trap in advance. When that time comes, we will have the upper hand," Feng Tiandu said in a low voice.
"Senior Brother, don't worry. I will pay attention to all the movements." Qi Tianxiao cupped his fists and said.
In a desolate Red Earth Wasteland where no living creatures could be seen, two tall men dressed in Southern Li Clan attire, holding two golden crutches, were flying at high speed in the sky.
Behind them were three men and women dressed in Ghost Cry Sect attire. They were actually cultivators of the Tenth Direction Pavilion.
For some reason, there was no conflict between the two sides. Instead, the three people seemed to be following the two people in front.
The two tall men flying at the front had sallow complexions and wooden expressions. They looked like puppets. They didn't say a word along the way and just hurried on with their journey.
After flying for a quarter of an hour, they saw a city-like Red Earth Wasteland at the end of their line of sight. They hurriedly sped up and rushed over there.
The Netherfrost Immortal Estate was located in a hilly area that rose and fell, and there were numerous deep and shallow valleys mixed within it.
Some were lush and verdant, some were densely covered with rivers and rocks, some were narrow and narrow like a line in the sky, and some were filled with miasma like the Poison Fire Valley … They were of various shapes and sizes.
In the middle of the mountain range, there was an inconspicuous small valley. It had neither strange rocks, miasma, nor dense forests. Even its height was lower than the adjacent valleys on both sides.
Within the valley, there were three figures gathered together and they were whispering about something.
At this moment, each of them had a grave expression on their faces.
Among the three, the leader was a purple-robed middle-aged man with a square face and thin eyebrows. He had a unique temperament and was elegant and dignified. He was the Golden Immortal Dao Master of the Torch Dragon Path, Ouyang Kuishan.
"Fellow Daoist Ouyang, we previously spread the location of the Netherfrost Immortal Abode's entrance, which aroused the suspicion of the Immortal Palace. If we inform Daoist Hu Yan and the others in advance, I'm afraid the Immortal Palace will accuse us of betrayal." One of them said.
"What does it matter if we're guilty or not?
How many of the things that the Immortal Palace promised us?
Now, we're being mocked by the entire Northern Frost Celestial Realm as' servants of two families' and we're secretly being held back by the Celestial Palace of the Northern Frost Immortal Abode. We might as well have fought back then, "Ouyang Kuishan said slowly with a hint of sorrow.
"Back then, we had no choice but to betray Sect Master Baili for the sake of the Torch Dragon Path's survival. After all, it's a sect that we've spent half of our lives developing.
Now that we've ended up like this, we can't blame others for laughing at us behind our backs, "another person said with a wry smile.
"After this, I've completely understood that in the Northern Frost Celestial Realm, only when one's own strength is strong enough can one's fate not be controlled by others.
This is also an opportunity. The few great forces of the Celestial Realm are all here, so we don't need to be the first to stand out. We just need to stir up trouble and make the Celestial Palace of the Northern Frost Immortal Abode lose some of their strength.
As long as they lose some of their strength, their control over us will be weaker, "Ouyang Kuishan said with a glimmer of light in his eyes.
"That's right. Anyway, we're just telling Hu Yan and the others. The Celestial Palace can't find any evidence to prove that we leaked the information," another person said.
After deciding on the plan, the three of them took out an octagonal bronze formation plate and put it together in the center. The Torch Dragon engraved on the plate lit up at the same time.
Deep in the valley, a layer of light that looked like water covered the sky. There were waves of ripples on the surface, which made people's vision blurry. They couldn't see what was behind the light layer.
Under the dark clouds in the sky, there was a dark green mountain that was a thousand feet tall.
Near the top of the mountain, there was an open cliff. Xiao Jinhan, who was wearing a white robe, stood at the edge of the cliff. The mountain wind blew his clothes and he looked into the distance with a complicated expression.