There was nothing to say all night, and early the next morning they packed up and went out, and Lao Tu still wanted to sleep lazily, but just after five o'clock, the crackling firecrackers rang out, and it didn't matter what sounded, it sounded for an hour.

As soon as the two of them got out of the yard, the smell of nitrate after the firecrackers hit their faces, causing Lao Tu to sneeze a few times, and he couldn't help but complain: "Does this Mantouling Village open a firecracker factory?

"Of course, the festival has to be lively, but I personally watched these fireworks on their backs up the mountain. An oily voice suddenly sounded behind them.

The two looked back, and there was a fashionably dressed young man standing not far away, he was about the same age as Yun Han, but he was much more handsome, but his eyes were shining with a thief's light, looking at them like a hook, and there was a bit of yin owl in it.

But soon he withdrew his gaze, and when he looked at them again, he had become extremely cordial: "Which branch are the two of you?"

Before they could speak, Zong Youmin's voice had already come from far and near, and his words revealed a bit of respect, and while trotting, he said: "Please forgive me for bothering Mr. Zhang to come over in person, please forgive me." ”

As soon as he saw the two of them there, he said in a sincere panic: "These are the two little brothers I will order, I didn't rush against you, did I?"

The other party smiled silently, and Zong Youmin relieved his heart and introduced Bai Xiu and Lao Tu: "This is Mr. Zhang Qiuyan, the head of the Four Holy Monarchs. ”

Of course, they have to continue to perform this play, Lao Tu stepped forward and held the other party's hand, and exclaimed with some exclamation: "It turns out that you are Mr. Zhang Qiuyan, it is really better to meet than to be famous, fortunately, fortunately!"

Zhang Qiuyan twitched his hand with some disgust, and still looked at him and Bai Xiu with a smile on his face: "The two of you have such an awareness at a young age, it is really commendable, just stand next to me for a while." ”

He lightly dropped a sentence and walked away, but Zong Youmin's face was difficult to see, and Li Huizhi also glared at Lao Tu angrily: "Who are you messing with, you want to provoke that evil star, do you think your life is long?"

The two reacted so much, Lao Tu was a little strange: "Even if it's your top boss, you don't need to be so afraid, right?

"You must not provoke this person, he is notoriously moody in the meeting, and he is afraid that there will be not a hundred but eighty lives in his hands!"

Li Huizhi couldn't help but roll his eyes, and there was a little more concern in his words, "Because of the face of Lord Tianxing and Mr. Feng, no one cares, he is becoming more and more unscrupulous, I heard that he has practiced some evil methods recently, and he specializes in sucking people's essence and blood......"

"Third child!" Zong Youmin's face was displeased, "This is at the feet of the Heavenly Maiden, don't talk nonsense here." ”

Li Huizhi's face could not hide his fear for a while, and he didn't dare to say anything more.

Zong Youmin turned his face and looked at the two of them and squeezed out a smile: "Nephew Tuxian, nephew Xin Xian, let's go up the mountain first, and when the auspicious time comes, the Great Sacrifice of the Spirit Descent Festival will begin...... You see, they're almost there. ”

Bai Xiu took a look, and the open space on the top of Mantou Ridge was indeed full of people, and this battle was much larger than that in Sixiping Village.

So he and Lao Tu followed Zong Youmin up the mountain, and then swept their eyes when they arrived at the ground, and they were a little surprised in their hearts, and they couldn't see anything from a distance, but now they took a closer look, and there were still some buildings behind the original wooden building.

It is a stone building, five or six meters high, but only one or two floors, perhaps it is more appropriate to call it a pavilion, most of the pavilion body is deeply embedded in the stone wall behind, looking at it from a distance, I thought it was a stone carving on the cliff wall.

However, the closed stone door in front of the pavilion looks very three-dimensional, and obviously there is still space behind it, which is a real stone pavilion.

Lao Tu obviously discovered it too: "This place is really weird, a good attic is not built on the ground, but in stone, mysterious and mysterious!"

Immediately, he said: "This Xiao Tianxing and her people didn't live in the village last night, and Zong Youmin didn't say anything, so I thought they would only arrive today, and I feel that these people live here......"

Bai Xiu didn't seem to hear his words, and suddenly froze: "No, this is not a building, nor a pavilion, but a tower...... If I'm not mistaken, this is supposed to be an ancient kind of arrow tower that defended against foreign invasions. ”

Lao Tu disagreed: "I've seen arrow towers too, but there is no such one?

He turned his head and thought: "But looking at this degree of solidity, it really means something, just imagine if the door is closed like this, if people hide inside, the outside can't attack at all, huh-"

A flash of inspiration flashed in his mind: "No wonder the Celestial Stars have no fear, they shouldn't have been ready to fight a 'protracted battle' a long time ago, right? As long as the cultivation realm attacked, they would hide inside——

I wonder there's a secret passage inside that leads to other places...... Hey, why didn't you think of it earlier, I have to quickly inform the captain that they are in the right position, otherwise I will definitely have to pounce!"

He turned around to leave, but Bai Xiu hurriedly stopped him: "Have you ever thought about why we met Zhang Qiuyan before?"

Lao Tu was stunned, instantly understood what he meant, and quickly retracted the foot he had just stepped out.

"That's right, that's right, this Tianxing Club has to control every grass and tree in Mantou Ridge, since we are new faces, they will definitely send someone to spy on us, and I will be a scare snake when I go!"

He rolled his eyes, bumped into Bai Xiu, and said with a smile: "Looking at the way you are in your chest, do you have any ideas?"

Bai Xiu also smiled: "Originally, I didn't, but Zhang Qiuyan reminded me." ”

"That's right, since Zhang Qiuyan wants us to stand behind him and watch the ceremony, so he can monitor it closely, then we will obediently let him monitor it. ”

Lao Tu touched his chin, "But it's really strange, since they are guarding us, why do they let us get so close, in case we are raided, it will be troublesome?"

"I'm afraid they're just looking forward to us taking action, and the cultivation world wants to get rid of the Celestial Star Society as soon as possible, and the Celestial Star Sect is not like this. ”

Lao Tu was confused: "Then what are we going to do?"

Bai Xiu stared at the strange stone tower, and slowly said: "The dove occupies the magpie's nest and draws wages at the bottom of the kettle." ”

Lao Tu's eyes lit up, and he slammed his palm.

"Simple and rude, I like it! Whether Tianxing really wants to do a good job of this Spirit Descent Festival, or to lure them to show up, Xiao Tianxing and the so-called Four Holy Monarchs will definitely come out, and it will be time for us to 'make their debut'.

They must have thought that we were going to make a move on Xiao Tianxing, and to capture the thief first, and they wouldn't have thought that we were actually staring at their lair, which was called striking the east and the west...... Let's go and find Zhang Qiuyan now!"

Zong Youmin was also worried about this, and squeezed into the crowd with the three of them.

There was originally a square altar in this open space, and in order to facilitate the observation of several heads of the Celestial Star Society, four seats were set up at the edge of the altar, two of which were seated, missing Yun Han and the so-called Mr. Feng.

It's also very strange, this Yun Han went to send Xie Ningyun, and he didn't come back after sending it all night.

When they arrived at Zhang Qiuyan's seat, Zong Youmin didn't dare to speak, and the four of them could only stand, Lao Tu was angry in his heart, and whispered to Bai Xiu: "This guy must know that we are coming, pretending to be a score!"

Bai Xiu ignored him, because he noticed that among the onlookers nearby, there were actually few locals from Mantouling Village, and most of them were watching the excitement, and most of them were still like them, all of whom came from other places.

Unexpectedly, the previous analysis still turned out to be true, if they really want to do it, how should they deal with these crazy believers?

While pondering, Lao Tu pushed him very persistently: "Do you smell anything?"

"Taste?" Bai Xiu didn't know why, sniffed carefully, and felt more and more strange, "There is indeed a strong smell of incense paper here, but it is normal to burn incense paper before doing things, right?"

"This celestial star will be really rich, whether it is firecrackers or incense paper, it is the same as not using money...... Lao Tu couldn't help but sigh, but he thought about it carefully and shook his head vigorously, "No, you smell it carefully, is there any other smell?"

Bai Xiu did as he was told, but he really smelled an extremely strange smell, he didn't know how to describe the smell, although he could only vaguely smell it, it was very strong, and the aroma was full of earthy smell.

"Damn, it can't be the people of the Celestial Star Society who have poisoned it, right?!" Lao Tu looked at it a few times in disbelief, there were all people from the Celestial Star Society, and he naturally felt that everyone was very suspicious.

Bai Xiu laughed for a moment: "This is not a closed environment, and it should not be possible to be poisoned." ”

Lao Tu didn't want to let go of any suspicions, and after thinking about it, he suddenly slapped his forehead: "No wonder I think this smell is so familiar, isn't this what tomb sweeping often smells during the Qingming Festival?

He turned his head to look at the nearby hills, "Is there a cemetery here?"

Bai Xiu reacted, and his heart was also stunned, but at this moment, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he muttered to himself: "Aren't those corpses used to worship some evil gods, but to control corpses......