On the white jade altar in the lake, most of the intricately carved runes were lit up. As long as all these runes are lit up, the passage back to the East Island from here will be opened.

A breeze erupted out of thin air from the altar and spread out in all directions, blowing the calm surface of the lake, and the ripples continued to spread to the shore before disappearing into the shore.

Jiang Wenqing looked at Mu Yi in front of him, and the two who came back later, his face was ugly.

"Senior brother, do you want to ...... Forget it. Then Shen Muzhi definitely can't get out. After Mu Yi hesitated again and again, he had the courage to persuade in a low voice.

As soon as his words fell, one of the two people who came back immediately echoed: "Yes, Senior Brother Jiang, haven't you seen it, that low cliff has collapsed, and if Shen Muzhi wants to find out, it is estimated that he will have to move all the stones away." There are so many stones, and it may not be possible to move them all in an hour. Now that the altar is about to open, it's too late. The worst thing is that now those demon beasts outside seem to be rushing in, if we go out to help, in case those demon beasts rush in, the consequences will be unimaginable!"

This person said as he noticed Jiang Wenqing's face. After finishing speaking, seeing that although Jiang Wenqing's expression was extremely solemn, he still didn't seem to have any intention of leaving it at that, his mind turned around, and he immediately found another excuse, and then hurriedly ran away with another person.

"Senior brother, forget it. Mu Yi saw that Jiang Wenqing didn't speak, and said thoughtfully: "Then Shen Muzhi stays here, with the demon girl to protect him, he may not die, maybe it will be better than him returning to the door." He killed Qi An, and brought a demon girl, if he went back, he would definitely be severely punished, and even Lord Zhao Feng might not be able to protect him at that time. ”

Jiang Wenqing ignored him, suddenly turned around and left, looking at the direction, he was heading towards the people from Jianshou Peak.

When Mu Yi saw it, he panicked in his heart, and hurriedly stepped forward to dissuade him: "Senior brother, you don't want to go to Ning Xiaoliu and them, right?"

"It has nothing to do with you, you go and call people, you can call as many people as you can, and then wait for me here. Jiang Wenqing commanded sharply, and his steps were fast.

Mu Yi had the heart to persuade again, but before the words came out, Jiang Wenqing's sharp eyes swept over, his heart trembled, and he suddenly didn't dare to say more, so he had to go to someone for help.

Not far away, Luan Yan was sitting next to Ning Xiaoliu, who was still in a 'coma', he had been paying attention to Jiang Wenqing's movements, and when he saw him coming at this moment, his brows furrowed slightly and then loosened, and a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth.

But in a moment, Jiang Wenqing came closer, Luan Yan stood up, and was just about to say hello to Jiang Wenqing, but Jiang Wenqing didn't look at him, and walked directly past him, and went straight to Yan Yi, who was healing behind.

Ning Xiaoliu took Shen Muzhi out on patrol before and then Shen Muzhi disappeared, he already knew.

Seeing Jiang Wenqing coming over at this moment, the expression in his eyes sank slightly.

"Senior Brother Yan, you should know about Senior Brother Shen, right?" Jiang Wenqing got straight to the point and asked directly.

Luan Yan was ignored by him just now, and he was very angry, seeing him coming towards Yan Yi, he said this as soon as he opened his mouth, so he didn't wait for Yan Yi to reply, and immediately stepped forward and interjected: "What's the matter? Senior Brother Jiang is here to ask us about our sin?"

Jiang Wenqing's brows furrowed slightly, he didn't answer, and he didn't look at him.

This feeling of being ignored made Luan Yan so angry that his chest was stuffy, and he almost wanted to go crazy.

He was just about to speak, but Yan Yi suddenly stared at him and said, "Senior Brother Luan, Senior Brother Jiang is talking to me." ”

When Luan Yan came to his mouth, he was blocked in his throat, he couldn't get out, but he couldn't swallow it, his face suddenly turned red, and he was so angry that he almost smoked. He looked at Yan Yi, and then at Jiang Wenqing, the face on this face still couldn't be hung up after all, he shook his hand and smashed his sleeves angrily, turned his head and walked away.

After Yan saw him walk away, he looked at Jiang Wenqing and said, "I already know about Senior Brother Shen." However, this matter has nothing to do with Xiao Liu, he was also seriously injured, if Senior Brother Jiang is here to hold him accountable, then I'm afraid I can't agree. ”

Jiang Wenqing said: "I'm not here to hold me accountable, I just want to ask Senior Brother Yan to help keep an eye on some altars, and the passage will open soon." After opening it, if I haven't come back yet, I'll trouble Senior Brother Yan to help organize the retreat. ”

When Yan heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and immediately asked, "You want to go out?"

Jiang Wenqing nodded: "No matter what Shen Muzhi has done before, but at the moment, everything has not yet been decided, he is still a disciple of our Great Sword Sect." That being the case, there is no reason to leave him alone. Therefore, this side will be handed over to Senior Brother Yan. After saying that, he bowed to Yan Yi and turned to leave.

Yan Yi stood in place, his expression a little ugly.

In the matter of Qi'an, he knows best who cares about it and who doesn't. It's just that it was the people from Jianshoufeng who died, or Qi'an, who was quite valued on weekdays, so he could only pretend not to see the actions of Luan Yan and Ning Xiaoliu in private.

Shen Muzhi had an accident and Ning Xiaoliu was injured, this familiar scene, he could only secretly convince himself in his heart that the truth was what Ning Xiaoliu said.

But Jiang Wenqing's words were a slap in the face.

This slap made his face hot.

As soon as Jiang Wenqing left, suddenly the entire Xuanwu Mountain shook violently.

Yan Yi hurriedly turned his head to look, only to see that above the altar, the light was shining.

Then, a blazing beam of light fell from the sky and slammed into the altar in the lake.

There was a loud bang, and the entire Xuanwu Mountain slammed again, and the huge waves in the lake were lifted and smashed to the shore.

The wind swept and howled into the surrounding array, stirring up the clouds and mist within.

Outside Xuanwu Mountain, another roar sounded.

Before the sound fell, countless demon beasts suddenly rushed out of the surrounding mountains and forests, and in the midst of the storm, their bloodthirsty eyes were open, and they roared towards Xuanwu Mountain.

When all this happened, Jiang Wenqing happened to take Mu Yi, Xu He and Luo Yuelan out of the formation. As soon as they came out, the four of them all heard the movement from outside the mountain, and their expressions were all on the side.

Mu Yi's face turned pale, and he muttered: "It's over, the demon beast is about to rush in!" When the words fell, he hurriedly turned his head to look at Jiang Wenqing, and was about to persuade him to go back, but before he could say this, he heard Jiang Wenqing say: "Mu Yi, you lead the way, you two, whether you want to follow or not, decide for yourself." ”

Mu Yina's words came to his mouth, and he was stuck in his throat, and he wanted to say it, but he was intimidated by Jiang Wenqing's majesty, so he could only nod his head in resignation, and then pulled his legs and rushed into the forest in front of him.

Jiang Wenqing followed.

In the rear, Xu He followed without hesitation.

Luo Yuelan gritted her teeth and followed.

Outside the cave, Bai Yu and Su Hua didn't speak, only buried their heads and moved quickly to move the stones. It's just that the brows twisted into Sichuan characters symbolize the anxiety in their hearts at the moment.

After a while, Su Hua listened to the movements that were coming up the mountain, and couldn't help but persuade again: "You go." ”

Bai Yu turned his head and grinned at her, "Miss Su doesn't have to persuade me. My main mission in entering the secret realm this time is to protect the safety of Mu Zhi. If he can't get out this time, then I won't be able to explain to his master when I go out. Rather than this, why don't I stay here with you, multiple people, you won't be lonely, right?"

Not long after his words fell, several figures suddenly came one after another.

When Bai Yu saw it, he was stunned, and after his eyes paused on Luo Yuelan, he turned his head and asked Jiang Wenqing, "Why are you here?"

Jiang Wenqing rolled up his sleeves and replied, "Come and help." After saying that, he stepped forward and started to work.

Seeing this, the other three also hurriedly stepped forward to make a move.

Bai Yu stood there stunned and didn't say anything, but his nose suddenly felt a little sour.

Inside the cave, Shen Muzhi was lame and was struggling to carry stones. Just now, the two shaking of the mountain caused the cave wall that was already cracked to collapse part of it, and he was almost buried under the ground who was struggling to carry stones. Although he escaped in the end, he was taken to the leg, and the whole leg was immediately swollen, and now he couldn't exert some force, and his already weak body was even worse, and it was even more laborious to lift the stone.

Shen Muzhi tried his best to pretend that he couldn't feel the movement under his feet, as well as the roars of the beasts coming from the cracks in the stones, trying not to let his emotions fall into a kind of despair and collapse, gritting his teeth, and moving those large or small gravel and ants to the depths of the cave.

It's just that the stones of the entire low cliff are now pressed on top of this cave, even if Jiang Wenqing and others help them, how can they be removed in a moment and a half?

Jiang Wenqing listened to the movements of those demon beasts that were getting closer and closer, endured the anxiety in his heart, stopped his movements, turned his head to look at Su Hua and Bai Yu, and said, "This is not a way, use a sword!"

Bai Yu was a little hesitant, but Su Hua was extremely resolute: "No!"

Jiang Wenqing frowned, and after glancing at Su Hua, he could only turn his head to look at Bai Yu and persuade in a deep voice: "It's too late." Moreover, those demon beasts are about to come up. At that time, as soon as these demon beasts come, it will be even more impossible for Muzhi to rescue them. ”

Bai Yu was a little moved, and after a little groaning, he turned his head to look at Su Hua, and said thoughtfully: "Senior Brother Jiang is also reasonable, time is running out. ”

"No! This place is very unstable right now, it has collapsed again, you can see it. If you use a sword now, it is easy to cause the inside to collapse again, and if you are not careful, Makiyuki may be buried inside. Even if we dig him up, it will be a corpse. Su Hua is still very resolute.

Bai Yu thought for a while and said, "But even if we are scruples now, when those demon beasts rush up, once the fight starts, it is inevitable that the mountain will shake." There is still a chance that Makiyuki will be buried inside. Although it is dangerous to use the sword at the moment, the sword is in our hands, and we are here, as long as we are careful, there may not be no chance. ”

Su Hua looked at Bai Yu and was a little moved.

"Try it. Jiang Wenqing persuaded softly beside him.

At this time, there was another roar outside the mountain, and the sound was so loud that it shook the mountains and forests and carried out the four fields.

When the crowd heard this, their voices changed.

"Use a sword. Bai Yu said again.

Su Hua finally nodded, then looked up at the sky, and said, "Be careful, I'll guard it." As the words fell, his figure suddenly turned into a glimmer of light and rose to the sky.

Bai Yu and Jiang Wenqing raised their heads at the same time, and after watching her disappear between the dense leaves, they retracted their gazes, and after glancing at each other, the two of them summoned the flying swords one after another.

"Muzhi, step back away. Bai Yu agitated his aura, and after shouting, he nodded towards Jiang Wenqing, and the sword light on the flying swords of the two suddenly skyrocketed, and then slashed at the stone pile in front of them at the same time.

With a loud bang, rubble splattered and thick dust rolled up.

In the cave, after Shen Muzhi heard the sound, he hurriedly retreated, but his legs and feet were inconvenient, and he had not withdrawn a distance of one zhang, when suddenly the mountain shook, and the sound of clicking above his head continued to come out, and the large and small gravel fell and smashed to the ground, Shen Muzhi held his head and dodged everywhere, extremely embarrassed.

At this moment, a breeze suddenly chased after him, and then, blowing beside him, carried the smell of mountains and forests after the rain.

Shen Muzhi's body stiffened suddenly, and when he turned his head to look, it was still pitch black in front of him. But faintly, a voice came in from outside, and the voice sounded much more real than before.

He couldn't help but be overjoyed in his heart, and hurriedly ran over there, shouting at the same time: "Senior Brother Bai, I'm here!"

Outside the cave, Bai Yu and Jiang Wenqing, who were still waiting for the dust to disperse, suddenly heard the voice, and after being stunned for a while, they were also overjoyed.

Bai Yu immediately rushed into the thick dust.

I saw that there was still a stone blocking the place where a big pit was blown out by their two swords, but Shen Muzhi's voice came out very clearly from inside.

"Come and help!" he shouted.

Jiang Wenqing and Luo Yuelan also rushed over in a hurry. The five of them were in a hurry, and in a short time many of the stones were removed, and a hole that could barely be drilled through was gradually revealed.

A hand slammed out of it, startling everyone, and then there was great joy.

Bai Yu and the others hurriedly moved away a few large stones nearby, and the entrance to the cave suddenly became much wider. Shen Muzhi was inside, crawling out with his hands and feet.

In the cave behind him, the sound of clicking kept coming.

Shen Mu's heart was so anxious that he shouted while crawling: "Pull me out, it's going to collapse." ”

Bai Yu and the others were originally more cautious, afraid that the stone next to them would collapse, but they couldn't care about it when they heard this at the moment. Bai Yu and Jiang Wenqing grabbed one of Shen Mu's hands and pulled him outside.

As soon as he pulled it out, he heard a loud bang behind him, and then the entire ground sank down, and billowing dust poured out of the hole that Shen Muzhi crawled out, and in the blink of an eye, the hole was blocked by stones again.

Shen Muzhi was supported by Bai Yu and dragged into the distance, looking back at the thick dust, his face was pale, and his heart palpitated.

After coming back to his senses for a while, Shen Muzhi turned his head to look around, but he didn't see Su Hua, and couldn't help but be surprised: "Where is Miss Su?"

"She's nearby. As soon as Bai Yu finished speaking, not far away, a figure fell from the forest, and then dodged and rushed towards them.

When Shen Muzhi saw it, his mood was suddenly excited, and he wanted to step forward with a limp.

However, as soon as he moved, he heard Su Hua suddenly shout: "Hurry up!"

As soon as her words fell, before everyone came back to their senses, a sudden roar sounded outside the mountains and forests overhead. Then, behind Su Hua, there was a sudden blue light, which suddenly lit up in the mountains and forests not far away, and then chased towards Su Hua like lightning.

Shen Muzhi was about to remind, but Su Hua suddenly exploded with a bang, turning into petals in the sky, and then rolled upside down to the blue light behind him.

At the same time, Su Hua's voice sounded in the minds of Bai Yu and the others: "Hurry up!"

Bai Yu did not hesitate, took Shen Muzhi, and ran away.

Jiang Wenqing and others immediately followed.

Under the full speed of the sword, the five of them were outside the cloud and mist array in a moment.

At this time, the demon beasts outside had already rushed to Xuanwu Mountain.

Jiang Wenqing and the others entered the formation without hesitation, and Bai Yu took Shen Muzhi to stop outside the formation and glanced back. I saw that in the dark mountain forest, there were really countless luminous lights chasing towards this side.

"Don't worry, Miss Su is right behind. Bai Yu's deep voice sounded in Shen Muzhi's ears, relieving the worry in his heart.

Shen Muzhi also saw those glows, and his heart was a little calm.

Then, Bai Yu turned his head and led him into the formation.

And, at the moment when they entered the formation, in the mountains and forests in the distance, among the countless luminous lights, another ball of blue light suddenly lit up, and then the luminous lights around him quickly dimmed, and finally fell silent.

Above the altar in the lake, the pillar of light had disappeared, and the entire altar was shrouded in a misty light, and the surrounding space had a more bizarre feeling.

The lake around the altar ripples continuously, rippling round and round towards the shore.

When Shen Muzhi and the others arrived, Yan Yizheng arranged for personnel to send those wounded who were inconvenient to move to the altar first.

Seeing them come in, everyone was stunned, especially when they saw Shen Muzhi, who was being carried by Bai Yu, his expressions were even different.

Luan Yan and Ning Xiaoliu stared at Shen Muzhi in shock, a little incredulous for a while. Shen Muzhi glanced at them and withdrew his gaze.

Yan Yi stood not far away, and after being stunned, he greeted him.

After his gaze swept over the other people, he paused on Shen Muzhi's body, then smiled slightly, and said, "It's good to come back." ”

Shen Muzhi did not answer.

Yan Yi was a little embarrassed, then quickly looked away, looked at Jiang Wenqing, and said, "The wounded have basically been sent to the altar, and the next one will be handed over to you." ”

"Good. It's hard work, Senior Brother Yan. After Jiang Wenqing exchanged a polite sentence with him, he turned to Bai Yu and said, "Time is short, hurry up to the altar." ”

When Shen Muzhi heard this, he turned his head and looked at the cloud and mist array behind him.

Su Hua hadn't arrived yet.

Seeing this, Bai Yu naturally understood, so he said to Jiang Wenqing: "You go up first, and we'll wait." ”

Jiang Wenqing didn't say much, now that Shen Muzhi is alive here, what he should do has already been done, as for what they want to do next, it is their own business.

Thinking about it, he took Mu Yi and the others and flew towards the altar with the others.

When Luo Yuelan left, she took a deep look at Bai Yu and said, "You grasp the time." ”

Bai Yu glanced at her and nodded.

Little by little, time passed.

Su Hua was never seen.

Shen Mu's heart became more and more anxious.

A stick of incense time, gradually, has passed most of it.

"Senior brother, you go to the altar first. Shen Muzhi turned his head to look at Bai Yu, who was waiting with him, and said in a deep voice.

Bai Yu frowned, stared at him, and after a moment of silence, he suddenly asked, "If Miss Su really can't catch up, what should you do?"

Shen Muzhi was stunned for a moment when asked.

He suddenly remembered that when he first arrived at Xuanwu Mountain before, when Su Hua asked him if he wanted to go to Baihua Valley together, he didn't think about it, and agreed in one bite. At the time, he thought it would be impossible for him to return to the East Island.

But, at this moment, he has a chance, and the opportunity is in front of him.

It's just, do you want to leave Su Hua here alone?

Shen Muzhi didn't know why he suddenly thought of Qingguo.

I thought of the illusion I experienced when I was walking the road of the moat.

In the illusion, Qingguo said that she was waiting for him in the mountain.

If he can't go back, then he may never go to Worm Mountain again to verify a fact that may be unlikely.

But if he goes back, Su Hua may not be in this place, but in the rest of his life, every time he thinks about it, will he feel guilty?

It's as if he thinks of Qingguo every time he thinks about it now.

Thinking of this, Shen Muzhi smiled at Bai Yu and said, "Actually, it may not be bad to stay here. ”

When Bai Yu heard this, he immediately remembered that Su Hua had told him this before.

He looked at Shen Muzhi with a complicated expression, not knowing how to persuade him.

When Su Hua said, he could have many reasons to refute. But when Shen Muzhi said it, he couldn't find any reason.

Because, they all know that going back this time will inevitably be another 'bloody storm'.

So, the phrase 'it's not necessarily bad to stay here' is, to some extent, quite right.

It's just that Lord Zhao Feng will miss him?

Senior Brother He of Qingliang Peak, it hurts him as if he were his own brother, will he be sad?

And Zhou Yu and them......

Bai Yu's heart suddenly swelled with a lot of unspeakable bitterness.

Jiang Wenqing came over again.

"Senior Brother Bai, the time is almost up, let's go. He glanced at Shen Muzhi, lowered his voice, and said to Bai Yu.

Bai Yu glanced at Shen Muzhi and hesitated.

Jiang Wenqing suddenly said in his heart: "Knock it out! If Senior Brother Bai can't bear to do it, I'll come." ”

Bai Yu glanced at Jiang Wenqing in a slightly shocked light, but these words took root in his heart.

He hesitated.

At this moment, there was a sudden tremor under his feet.

Then there was a loud bang, and the dense fog in the cloud and mist array suddenly rolled violently, and a thin light curtain appeared in the air. Immediately after, there was another loud bang, and the light curtain above his head trembled.

Through the misty light of the light curtain, it was faintly visible that a large bird was attacking this light curtain outside.

"Those demon beasts are attacking!" Jiang Wenqing looked up at the light curtain above his head with an ugly face, and after saying something in a deep voice, he looked at Bai Yu seriously.

Bai Yu had a hard time making a decision.

Jiang Wenqing urged: "It's too late! Once the demon beast breaks through the formation, it will be dangerous!"

Bai Yu gritted his teeth and nodded towards Jiang Wenqing.

Seeing this, Jiang Wenqing raised his hand and slashed at the neck of Shen Muzhi, who was staring intently at the entrance of the Cloud and Mist Array.