Chapter 40, Tracking
After learning about the cause and effect, Chen Zhiyuan didn't expect it to be such a bloody plot, but after getting the location of Yinshan, Chen Zhiyuan said goodbye to the old student and left.
After two days of chasing after the road quickly, Chen Zhi could see the Lin family's advancing large team from afar, there were a lot of people, there were thousands of people, which made Chen Zhiyuan have to admire the Lin family's appeal and ability to fool.
There are still sentry guards around the team, in order not to be found and cause unnecessary trouble, Chen Zhiyuan just follows the team from a distance, just keep the team out of sight, otherwise I don't know if they have any special detection tools, and I don't know how to explain when I am caught.
Because there were ordinary people in the team, the speed of progress was not very fast, and it took five days for Chen Zhiyuan to see a mountain range at the extreme.
This mountain is worthy of the name of Yin Mountain, the environment on the mountain is gloomy, Chen Zhiyuan touched the trunk of the tree, I don't know what the reason is, there is a thick layer of ash, so the whole mountain looks a little gloomy. But even if he knew the reason, Chen Zhiyuan still felt very depressed when he was in this mountain.
As they went deeper and deeper, the speed of the team's progress became slower and slower, and some people had begun to retreat, Chen Zhiyuan did not follow the team closely, but released the wooden bird to observe occasionally. As for Chen Zhiyuan himself, he began to look for a way out in the back, making various marks everywhere, in case something happened, he could quickly evacuate this ghost place.
On the third day of entering the mountain, Chen Zhiyuan didn't know how far he had advanced, anyway, this speed was much slower than his usual speed, and there was nothing landmarked, so he couldn't estimate the distance. But on this very day, something happened to the big team.
Cultivators can tolerate this kind of depression because they have spiritual power in their bodies that greatly improves their ability to adapt to various environments, but ordinary people can't, so on this day, some people start to lose the pressure and collapse.
At first, just one or two people fled to the back, but after seeing that the people of the Lin family didn't care about them at all, this gave more people courage, so more people began to flee out.
The people of the Lin family looked at this scene coldly, and didn't care, they still just urged the team to move forward, but the people who fled didn't care, if someone made trouble, it would be embarrassing, and the people of the Lin family were not vegetarians, and they all killed the troublemakers to warn everyone.
When Chen Zhiyuan saw this scene, he felt a chill in his heart even more, there must be something wrong here, otherwise the people of the Lin family would not have let so many people leave so casually.
Chen Zhiyuan manipulated the wooden bird to follow a few groups of people who escaped, but they followed, right under Chen Zhiyuan's nose, the team of five people didn't know when there was one person missing, Chen Zhiyuan couldn't even find out when there were fewer people, and the impression of the missing person was getting shallower and shallower, and finally he really forgot what this person was like, and he could only remember that this team should be five people, but now there is one less.
Chen Zhiyuan knew that something must have happened, so he hurriedly summoned the wooden bird back and began to carefully observe his surroundings. It doesn't matter if you don't look at it, it's just terrible to look at. Chen Zhiyuan found that just now it was a familiar place, and he also left a mark on the tree, but now there is nothing, everything has become extremely strange, and even slowly, he can't even remember the direction of how to go back.
Phantom Array.
Chen Zhiyuan realized that he was probably already in the phantom array laid by Yinshan, don't forget that when he was in the valley, the people of Yinshan also used the phantom array to deceive everyone, and as a result, not many people survived after the sudden detonation.
You have to find a way to get out of the phantom array, how did you get out of the phantom array last time? Chen Zhiyuan remembered, last time it was because he accidentally kicked the stone, but after digging out the stone, he successfully broke a hole in the phantom array.
But after thinking about it, there are so many people in the Lin family who are higher in cultivation than their own, it makes no sense that they didn't find that they were already in the phantom array, and the reason why they were so relieved and bold to let those people go away was probably to let them explore the way.
Now that the Lin family is rushing forward, Chen Zhiyuan has reason to believe that if it weren't for the Lin family and the people of Yinshan joining forces to prepare to kill so many people, then the people of the Lin family must have a way to get out of the phantom array. Or, maybe this phantom array is actually just the outer formation of Yin Mountain, and the effect it plays is actually the same as that of the Fog Hidden Array of the Imperial Spirit Gate, except that the formation of Yin Mountain is larger and the effect is better.
Now Chen Zhiyuan can't find any flaws in this formation, and it's impossible to think about it, so there is only one way left, that is, to follow the people of the Lin family all the way to the dark, I only hope that the Lin family and Yinshan really have a grudge, otherwise they will really be killed this time.
Although he finally chose to continue to follow, Chen Zhiyuan still didn't plan to show up, after all, he was just a third party now, and he suddenly appeared, who will you hit if you don't hit him? And in Chen Zhiyuan's realm, half of the people here can press him to the ground and rub him.
With a nervous mood, he followed the Lin family's team for another three days, although the surrounding environment became more and more weird, and even some trees began to change in front of Chen Zhiyuan, but Chen Zhiyuan's heart became more and more stable, because the route taken by the Lin family's team has not changed, and the people who followed them have never had problems, it seems that the people of the Lin family know how to crack this phantom array.
Finally in the afternoon, the surroundings began to change, these weird black leaves changed back to their original verdant color, it seems that this formation is indeed a formation similar to the fog hidden array, but whether there is any killing intent hidden in it, Chen Zhiyuan dare not guarantee.
Looking at the surrounding environment that gradually became normal, Chen Zhiyuan breathed a sigh of relief, compared to the peripheral formation that the Imperial Spirit Gate could walk out of as long as it took an hour, this formation in Yinshan was really too big and terrifying, but fortunately, in the end, he still walked out without danger.
What caught my eye was a group of black palaces, similar to the one that appeared in the valley at the beginning, only more majestic. As the only survivor of the valley incident, Chen Zhiyuan's reaction when he saw this palace complex was to turn around and leave, but seeing the Lin family leading the team straight in like this, Chen Zhiyuan hesitated again, what's going on in this Yin Mountain, is there no one?
After thinking about it for a long time and not coming up with a reason, Chen Zhiyuan felt a little headache, he knew that he would not come, but now that he is here, he is in a dilemma, which is really uncomfortable. I also want to prevent the people in Yinshan from discovering it, and I want to prevent the people in the Lin family's team in front of me from discovering that Chen Zhiyuan felt that he was so tired, so he agreed to the one who came to recruit people, so that he could make some money, after all, fifty gold is not a lot.
In the end, it was the interests that prevailed, and Chen Zhiyuan decided to wait and see, if there were no accidents to the people inside, he would go in himself.
After waiting for half an hour, just as Chen Zhiyuan was about to step into the palace, there was a sudden roar inside, and Chen Zhiyuan's footsteps that had just stepped out were retracted. What happened inside, Chen Zhiyuan heard the voice, but he didn't know what was going on, and his heart was itching.
However, the voice kept coming, but no one ran out, and Chen Zhiyuan's courage gradually grew, could it be that the people in Yinshan were so unbearable? They were directly led by the Lin family and put on their stomachs? No, right?
Thinking so in his heart, but his steps were very honest, Chen Zhiyuan quietly moved to the front of the palace and released a puppet wooden bird to explore the way inside.
The place where the wooden bird flew was full of ruins, and there were corpses in one place, most of them were ordinary people led by the Lin family, and a small part of them were people in gray robes in Yinshan. However, seeing this picture, Chen Zhiyuan couldn't help frowning, something was wrong, no matter how bad the people in Yinshan were, they didn't have this strength, which was completely inconsistent with what Chen Zhiyuan had learned.
Although he felt that something was wrong, Chen Zhiyuan couldn't think of it for a long time and gave up. Anyway, take this opportunity to see if there's anything you can take.
The layout of this palace complex is exactly the same as in the valley at the beginning, so Chen Zhiyuan can roughly know where he is according to his impression. At this time, the most important thing is not what valuable dishes and chopsticks are, but like those cultivators at the beginning, Chen Zhiyuan's purpose is the Yinshan exercises.
The team of people and horses were driven by the Lin family to attack the main hall, and the other side halls were no one, Chen Zhiyuan's impression that there was a side hall on the periphery that was stored with exercises, and at that time, someone broke into this side hall in the phantom array that stored exercises, Chen Zhiyuan still remembered that they took a few books and stuffed them into their arms and ran.
The wooden bird opened the way in front, and Chen Zhiyuan successfully found the location of this side hall, which was called "Yanwutang • Outer Gate", which seemed to be a special place to store the cultivation exercises of the outer disciples. However, the door was locked, and it seemed that there was still a formation to protect it.
There is no way, Chen Zhiyuan can only choose to demolish, hoping that this formation is not so strong.
Taking out the black needle, Chen Zhiyuan condensed his spiritual power and stabbed it hard, and there were ripples on the formation, but it was not opened. But if there are ripples, it means that the attack is effective, and after waiting for a while, no one came out to stop Chen Zhiyuan Then it seems to be stable.
Chen Zhiyuan stabbed the door of the Yanwu Hall again and again, and the formation on the door also shook violently, slowly, Chen Zhiyuan could sense that this formation was becoming more and more unstable, so he stabbed harder.
Chen Zhiyuan didn't know how long he had been stabbed, the spiritual power in his body was about to run out, the voice in the main hall was long gone, and no one knew where to run, but this damn formation still looked like it was almost broken, which made Chen Zhiyuan really speechless.
Tired of stinging, Chen Zhiyuan thought about it, ruthlessly took out a small fire talisman from the storage bag, activated it with spiritual power, and smashed it vigorously on the door of the martial arts hall, the fireball with the size of the basin stuck to the door and burned violently for a while before disappearing, but the formation was still there.
At this time, Chen Zhiyuan had no choice, so he could only die with this formation, so Chen Zhiyuan was like a pile driver, his whole head was on the door, and he continued to stab with a black needle in his hand.
Just when Chen Zhiyuan felt that he probably couldn't pierce this formation today, the black needle that was being pierced in his hand suddenly disappeared, and there was a "bang" in his ear, and the black needle actually pierced in.