Looking at his despondent Shizun, Qingtong inexplicably felt a little sad.
“Who is this person that Shizun seems to be worried about? Looks like they are on the other side of the door…” Mo Tianliao asked Qingtong in a low voice.
Qingtong shook his head slightly, he also did not know who that person was, his Shizun had never mentioned it in front of him. Slowly he went over and put a hand on the door as well: “Shizun, what are you touching?”
Mingyan looked at the heavy stone door, sighed and said two words: “Dan Xi.”
The glass-colored eyes widened in surprise. Qingtong opened his mouth, but no sound came out.
Mo Tianliao soundlessly asked his cat, who Dan Xi was. He saw that the two thin lips touched each other, but there was no sound. However, he understood it. Qingtong said —— “Vermillion Bird”
Vermillion Bird! No wonder Qingtong said that he had never seen the Vermillion Bird. There were only four divine beasts left from ancient times. According to Mingyan, there are still many clansmen for the White Tiger in heaven, and the other three races had disappeared or died out with only one of each remaining. And the world’s only one Vermillion Bird, surprisingly, was in the Taibai continent.
“For demonic beasts to ascend, it needed the light of the sun and the moon, and at the time when the Yin and Yang of heaven and earth to be in harmony. Since 8,000 years ago…” Mingyan paused a little, sighed slowly, and then said again, “8,000 years ago, the war between immortals and the demons happened, almost destroying heaven and earth…”
“The demons were a race that were opposite to the immortals. The human race ascended to the immortal world, the demon race ascended to the demon world. The year before the boundary gate closed, the people from the demon world and the immortal world were able to come to the Taiji continent. Later, it was not known why, but there was a conflict between the immortals and the demons, which led to the immortal and demon war, almost destroying heaven and earth.”
“In addition to killing immortals, the demons also killed mortals. In the end, countless immortals and demons died together and this enormous power was enough to destroy the Taiji continent. In order to preserve the life of the common people, some immortals closed the Xuan Pin Gate before dying together. They shut both immortals and demons into a specific space, closing the pathway for immortals and demons to come to the continent, and also cutting off the two continents at the same time.”
The blessing is the curse, the curse is the blessing.
“The creatures on the continent could survive, but human cultivation was tainted with demonic energy, and demonic beasts could not ascend. But I don’t know what’s going on in the Taibai Continent. It’s probably not much better.”
“Therefore, refining Xuan Jian and opening the boundary gate were the only way for demonic beasts to ascend.” Mingyan let go of his hand that was touching Xuan Pin and looked at the three grooves on the door.
“As for Xuan Wu and Xuan Zhu…” Mo Tianliao suddenly thought of the tortoise shell that Xuanji always carried. Then what was that Xuan Zhu?
“Those two things have been here all the time,” Mingyan sighed. “You go first. The evil blood aura is too heavy for you to stay here for a long time.”
“What about Shizun?” Qingtong hooked Mingyan’s sleeves with his hand.
“It only opens once in a thousand years, I’ll stay a little longer.” Mingyan waved his hand and indicated that it was okay.
Mo Tianliao looked at Qingtong, who was a little pale, and without further ado, carried him and went outside.
Liu Mang and Liu Bi were still in the same place. They had heard their conversation clearly and looked shocked. They came back to their senses when Mo Tianliao passed by them.
“Follow him!” Immortal Liu Mang got up hurriedly and chased after Mo Tianliao.
Mo Tianliao glanced at them both and ignored them, leaving them to follow.
Retracing their steps back the way they came in, they reached the fork on the road. The huge blood sacrifice array was still flickering.
The place of bloody evil aura was extremely fierce. If one wanted to come in then you needed more blood to wash away the old evil aura, but at the same time, it would form a new evil aura. It was no wonder that the bloody evil aura had never dissipated in the past 8,000 years, because it turned out that someone would come to supplement it every 1,00 years.
There were indeed ancient relics in the Taixuan mountain. But it was not just the treasures that people thought about, instead it was the Xuan Pin gate that linked the two realms. Every 1,000 years, it could be opened once.
So, Mingyan calculated the time when the Xuan Pin gate would open. He made that loud noise that shocked heaven and earth. The purpose was to attract the cultivators who had besieged Woyun Sect to Taixuan mountain.
Mo Tianliao went out along the way he came. After a moment’s hesitation, Immortal Liu Mang looked at the other forks, and pulled at Mo Tianliao: “Duantian, this cave is full of ancient treasures, don’t you feel moved at all?”
Liu Mang, who was now lame with only one leg, could still fly with Qi and he could move freely. Looking at those caves, he had an itch of greediness. All these years, his cultivation has been stagnant. Now there might be a big opportunity to help him with his cultivation in this cave.
“If you want to go, you can go, no one will stop you.” Mo Tianliao did not bother to pay attention to him.
“It is true that there are treasures left behind by the immortal-demon war, but after the death of powerful immortal-demons, their things will also be attached to the grievances, there is no benefit to take them.” Taishi’s big mouth floated up and lectured Liu Mang with a “you’re stupid” tone.
“Is that so…” Liu Mang lowered his head. When Mo Tianliao turned to leave, he suddenly rushed to Qingtong, who was walking behind him, and jumped into a cave with him in his arms.
“Qingtong!” Mo Tianliao was surprised and immediately ran after him.
Only an Array Master like Mo Tianliao could crack the strange arrays in the cave. If one could hold onto Mo Tianliao’s demonic beast in their custody, then they could make Mo Tianliao follow their orders.
Liu Mang’s idea was good, but…..
The dark wind blew in bursts in the deep gloomy cave, and rustling sounds could be heard incessantly. There were sticky things approaching, making people’s hair stand up due to the chill of fear. Qingtong backhanded a slap on Liu Mang’s heart, Liu Mang panicked and dodged, and the two immediately separated.
There were countless Chi You insects on the wall. Qingtong turned into a kitten, exactly at the moment of hitting the wall. And using Qi, immediately turned over in the air and landed on the ground firmly. Although Liu Mang reacted quickly enough, his size was still too big and he got bitten by a few insects. He immediately raised his hand and burned it with spiritual fire.
The cave was slanting downward. Since they had been fighting, they had already fallen far away from the entrance of the cave. As soon as they stood up, they could see the light around them. Countless Chi You insects gathered together and blocked their way up towards the entrance..
“Damn it, two more fools have come in!” A familiar voice came from the side, accompanied by a lion’s roar. It was none other than Shi Di who was also trapped there.
It was a very powerful trap array. It was hard for anyone who came in to get out of it. He covered his injured shoulder and came with the lion. He laughed: “I thought it was you, you rascal!”
“Roarrr -” Hei Yanshi roared, ran to the kitten, sniffed him with his big nose, and immediately got a paw.
The kitten turned into a human, shook his dirty hand, and sat on the back of the lion. He conjured some water to wash away the soil just stained on the palm.
“Yo, kitten’s here, where’s Duantian?” When Shi Di saw Qingtong, his eyes immediately brightened. He and Liu Mang thought similarly. There were many arrays there, with Mo Tianliao, he could walk out safely!
“Duantian is right behind, Venerable, let’s talk about a deal.” Liu Mang stood up straight and winked at Liu Bi, who followed him in the moment Liu Mang held Qingtong hostage, and now, seeing this, went to Liu Mang’s side to stand with him.
“Talk about what deal?” Shi Di held the Taishi Ground Breaking Hammer in the palm of his hand and was playing with it. It almost seemed as if he would crack Liu Mang’s head if he said anything wrong.
“Only Duantian can walk in this place full of arrays. As long as we control the cat, we can be assured that he will not disobey. When the time comes, we will get the treasure here and Liuyun Sect is willing to share equally with the Venerable.” Immortal Liu Mang smiled with a sincere face.
Shi Di slung the sledgehammer over his shoulder and snickered: “You and me, hold this cat hostage?”
Qingtong washed his hands, since there was no handkerchief, he rubbed his hands on the big lion’s fur.
“How do you like the idea?” Liu Mang asked sincerely.
“Ha ha ha ha…” As if he had heard some funny joke, Shi Di suddenly burst out laughing. If he really held this cat hostage, forget Duantian helping him out, for sure he would chop him off into mush.
“Shi Di, kill Liu Mang, I’ll take you out.” Mo Tianliao’s voice suddenly sounded from outside the array. The array in the cave was heavy, and there were insects everywhere. It took him some time to reach outside the trap array.
Trap arrays were easiest to break from outside. If he also got trapped in the array, it would take him a few days to break out of the ancient array. Currently time was precious, and he couldn’t afford to lose any time.
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Mini Theater:
Liu Mang: Come on, get the cat.
Sledgehammer: Do you think I’m an idiot?
Lion: Yes
Sledgehammer: Yes?! What yes?!（ Plucks fur)
Lion: How many times have I said no plucking! (Open his mouth, bites)
Sledgehammer: How many times have I said no biting ass.