Chapter 609: The Five Great Grandmasters
The so-called "looking at the mountain and running a dead horse", although the mountain peak looks close, it is more than an hour to come to the foot of the mountain with the strength of ten people's feet. The concentration of heaven and earth aura here has been nearly double that of Xia Yu City.
"Elder Shi, you're back!" The group approached the foot of the mountain, and immediately a disciple of the Bloody Hand Sect came forward to greet them. These are the disciples of the Blood Hand Sect guarding the mountain gate, and of course they know Shi Haowen. However, they obviously didn't have a deep friendship with Shi Haowen, and it was impossible to know that Shi Haowen in front of them was Fang Tianyou's fake.
"Well, I'm finally back, the aura of heaven and earth in the outside world is too rich and thin, if I come back a few days later, I'll have to worry about my cultivation going backwards. Fang Tianyou said with Shi Haowen's memory.
For people like Shi Haowen, choosing a place where the aura of heaven and earth is rich is the right way. Going deep into the red dust, even if you can show off your might in front of mortals, it is not enough.
Because in the worldly red dust, the aura of heaven and earth has been greatly reduced, which is not a good thing for cultivators. From this, Fang Tianyou thought that in fact, the Hidden World Inner Sect rarely appeared in Huaxia, in addition to being limited by the spatial turbulence, the aura of the earth's heaven and earth was too thin, so that they did not want to step into the earth, but it was also an important reason.
"Elder Shi did not hesitate to waste his cultivation time running around the secular world for the sake of the affairs of the Bloody Hand Sect, this kind of dedication to the sect is really worth learning from. One of the disciples of the Blood Hand Sect flattered. Others chimed in.
"It's nothing, as a member of the sect, you should do something for the sect. Fortunately, I was not dishonored, and I finally completed the task and could explain to the sect master. Fang Tianyou said.
"By the way, I remember that the Young Sect Master went with you to preside over the selection of newcomers, why didn't you see the Young Sect Master come back?" one of the guards asked suspiciously.
"There are some things that shouldn't be asked, but you can't ask them blindly. Young Sect Master's affairs, can you take care of them?" Fang Tianyou pretended to have a slightly cold face.
"Yes, yes, Elder Shi is right. The man suddenly sensed an invisible coercion, and was startled, secretly blaming himself for being too talkative. The matter of the young sect master, I am afraid that Elder Shi will not dare to ask more, let alone such a gatekeeper like him.
"Okay, I'll take them to return to life, you guys stick to your posts. Fang Tianyou threw down a sentence and rushed to the top of the mountain first.
Of course, Xia Jingwu and the others obediently followed. As for the guards, they were relieved only after Fang Tianyou left. Everyone blamed the person who asked the young sect master about the situation just now for being troublesome, not to mention making trouble for himself, and almost causing trouble to others.
Along the way, from time to time, he would meet the disciples of the Blood Hand Sect, and they all saluted Fang Tianyou respectfully, so that Fang Tianyou fully felt the dignity and humility of these cultivation sects.
When the group reached the top of the mountain, it was already nearly dusk. Although it is the top of the mountain, there is a large open space, there are many buildings on it, but it is orderly, much larger than the Gu Witch Sect and the Xuanyin Sect on the earth, but the population is not necessarily more than the Xuanyin Sect, because a sect like the Blood Hand Sect has a lot of people, and the number of people is not much.
The Bloody Hand Sect obviously had a set of mature arrangement procedures, and the newly selected disciples such as Xia Jingwu and Xia Junxin were led down as soon as they reached the top of the mountain.
"Elder Shi, what about the Sect Master and the elders waiting for you in the Confidential Council Hall?" Fang Tianyou was looking at the situation of the Blood Hand Sect when a disciple of the Blood Hand Sect stepped forward and saluted.
"Okay, I'll go see them. Fang Tianyou nodded indifferently. The three disciples who went to Xia Yu City also said goodbye at this time and prepared to go back to their residences to rest.
Before leaving, the steady disciple seemed to be trying to curry favor with the elder Fang Tianyou, and deliberately leaned over and reminded Fang Tianyou: "Elder Shi, according to the previous established procedure, if there is a newcomer going up the mountain, the elders must first come to the ordinary council hall on the top of the mountain to select disciples, but this time they will go to the confidential council hall first, will it have something to do with the disappearance of the young sect master." ”
Fang Tianyou then remembered that Shi Haowen would rather catch a mistake than let go of suspicious people, just to find a substitute for the dead ghost and shirk his responsibility for not guarding Qian Feiyi.
"Thank you for reminding me, since it is already obvious that the mysterious young man did it, I believe that the sect master will not embarrass me. Fang Tianyou said, patting the steady disciple's shoulder in praise, and then walked towards a stone house on the right side of the mountaintop.
Regarding the killing of Qian Feiyi, Fang Tianyou knew that since he was pretending to be Shi Haowen, he would inevitably be held accountable, and he had already thought of excuses along the way along the way according to Shi Haowen's thinking.
Now, the major elders and sect masters are not in a hurry to see their disciples, but are in a hurry to summon "Shi Haowen" to discuss the matter, and nine times out of ten it is for the sake of Qian Feiyi.
The disciple left after passing the word, and did not say where the confidential council hall was, obviously in his consciousness, "Shi Haowen" should know that place, so he did not give special directions.
Fortunately, the mountain boy extracted some of Shi Haowen's memories and knew that the secret council chamber was in an underground cavern at the top of the mountain, and the entrance was in a stone house on the right side of the mountaintop.
As soon as he entered the stone house, there were two guards sitting cross-legged inside, and when they saw Fang Tianyou coming in, they hurriedly got up and saluted, and then obediently pressed a button on the side of the stone house to open an underground passage.
As soon as the underground passage opened, a warm air flowed through, as if there was a large hot furnace underground. From Shi Haowen's memory, the mountain boy learned that there was indeed a sleeping volcano underneath.
Because of his mutilated memory, Fang Tianyou didn't know the specific situation inside, he only knew that it was a secret place, so important discussions would be held there.
In addition, it is said that it is also a temporary refuge for the Blood Hand Sect when it is in danger, but for thousands of years, the position of the Blood Hand Sect has been as stable as a mountain, and this kind of refuge has never been used, so I don't know if the rumors are true or not.
No matter what the truth is, Fang Tianyou will not miss the opportunity. He came here to find out the information of the Hidden Inner Sect from the Blood Hand Sect.
According to Shi Haowen's remaining memories, Shi Haowen's strength in the Blood Hand Sect was medium. Of course, as an elder, as the core of the Blood Hand Sect, the weakest is also the Sect Master's cultivation, and the Sect Master Qian Guantian reached the realm of Heaven and Man twenty years ago.
Fang Tianyou had the intention to use his divine sense to probe the underground situation first, but he was afraid that if he caused the induction of Qian Guantian and the others, his identity would be exposed, so he only released his divine sense within ten meters of the surrounding area, and walked towards the depths of the underground while being on guard.
The passage was not straight, but spiraled and curved downward, but fortunately it was relatively wide enough for three people to walk together. At every turn, there are things such as glowstone and night pearls, so that the passage is not dim.
After walking underground for nearly ten minutes, a solid stone door appeared in front of me. It is more than two zhang high, one zhang wide, and seven or eight feet thick.
The stone door was opened, and it was obvious that Qian Guantian and the others had already known that "Shi Haowen" was going to come down, so they didn't even close the stone door and were waiting for him. The moment Fang Tianyou stepped into the stone gate, he suddenly sensed five sharp gazes sweeping towards him.
"Five masters above the Grandmaster level!" Fang Tianyou secretly exclaimed in his heart. You must know that when you were on Earth, it was difficult for even a grandmaster-level master to meet, but now you have met five at once, and one of them has surpassed the grandmaster and reached the realm of heaven and man.
However, surprised to be surprised, Fang Tianyou didn't feel much scared, grandmaster-level master, Fang Tianyou killed several of them. Even the master of the Heavenly and Human Realm, Fang Tianyou had repelled and even killed.
It's just that those Heavenly and Human Realm masters have more or less some weaknesses, either they have just broken through, or their longevity is about to end, and Fang Tianyou has blood soul flags and others to rely on every time, so he can kill them.
No matter what, in the face of these five masters, although Fang Tianyou said that he might not be able to kill them, he was at least confident that he had the ability to escape.
Fang Tianyou glanced at the conference hall. The inside is quite spacious, with a radius of four or five hundred meters, the highest point is about forty meters, and the lowest place is more than twenty meters, but there are only five people sitting, plus myself, there are only six people, no wonder it seems spacious and quiet.
Fang Tianyou didn't know where his previous position was, or if they used to sit in a fixed position. But judging from the current state, it seems that he can only sit in the most remote position.
Facing the gate was a tall, multicolored stone chair, which could be seen from the position of the place, which was more respectful and should be the position of the sect master.
On the left and right of the colorful stone chairs, there are three slightly smaller stone chairs each, and at this time, there are people sitting on the two stone chairs closest to the position of the sect master on both sides, so if Shi Haowen wants to sit, he can only choose the third stone chair on the left or right to sit.
"Sect Master, Elders!" Fang Tianyou stepped forward, first facing the middle position, a man with a face somewhat similar to Qian Feiyi, with slightly white temples, arched his hand, and bowed slightly to the other two. Needless to say, the one on the tall multicolored stone chair in the middle was of course Qian Guantian, the sect leader of the Blood Hand Sect.
"Shi Haowen, I asked you to take Yi'er to complete the selection of newcomers this year, just to increase his knowledge, but you couldn't bring him back, how can you explain!" Qian Guantian looked at Fang Tianyou's eyes full of anger, and the other four people also had serious faces, like the posture of interrogating prisoners.
"Sect Master, the young Sect Master is missing, and I, as the team leader, am of course guilty of dereliction of duty. However, the young sect master had an accident because he left the team without permission and broke into the Ten Thousand Beast Forest, so I can't be completely blamed for this matter.
Besides, it is not certain that the young sect master is dead, he is just missing, and the sect master has time to blame me, so it is better to arrange for people to go to the Ten Thousand Beasts Forest to search as soon as possible. Fang Tianyou replied without humility or arrogance.