The night is deep, and everything is silent,

Fang Yang could almost hear his own breathing.

With the arrival of the polar night, the temperature is dropping every day, and even if there is a mountain protection array, there are fish that have slipped through the net, and low-level nightmare ghosts are lurking in any corner, ready to attack the living at any time.

There are fewer and fewer disciples going out.

Just now, Fang Yang's consciousness caught a fierce and domineering aura, which seemed to come from the upper release of the mountain protection array.

Slowly frowning, he got up from the futon.

He promised Yan Jiujiu, and after that, he gradually took over the pipeline courtyard to protect the safety of all the disciples.

I don't know what existence appeared outside the mountain protection array.

Push open the bronze door of the main hall and cast a great moment.

A few minutes later, he came to a slightly open place.

This is a nine-sided altar, and at the highest point stands the statue of the Barbarian Wu.

The surroundings were pitch black, and occasionally the existence of nightmare ghosts could be caught in dim corners, but these ghosts were too weak to dare to approach Fang Yang at all.

Standing above the altar, this time, the consciousness was put down, and the breath felt became more and more stagnant.

There seemed to be a huge creature hovering above the large array.

It's a flying thing!

In the ear, you can also hear a subtle sound from the outside, which is a bit like the chirping of birds.

Fang Yang then stretched out his right hand and shot out towards the top of his head.

A blood light immediately burst into the sky, stirring open when it touched the Great Array.

The bright light shines through, illuminating the sky for a short time.

Hovering over the top of the mountain are several huge birds, nearly 100 feet long, with wings spread out, as if they want to envelop the world.

"It's such a big ......"

Fang Yang was dumbfounded.

He was sure that it was a living creature,

It is estimated that it is a strange beast in this world.

This bird doesn't seem to be afraid of the dark, roaming the earth and mountains, feeding on nightmares, you can imagine how terrifying the strength is, if it weren't for the protection of a large array, it should have locked the predator target into the Daoyuan.

"That's a vulture!"

Behind him, a familiar female voice sounded.

Fang Yang turned around and found that the person who came was Yan Jiujiu.

He was not surprised, his consciousness could sense the changes above the big array, and the other party would definitely be able to, and it was normal for him to come out to investigate the situation.

"Vulture?" Fang Yang was stunned, feeling confused.

Can vultures have such terrifying sizes?

"To be precise, it's a vulture raised by the Silent Court Division. Yan Jiujiu walked two meters away from him, and also looked up at the top of his head.

"Jing Tingsi?" Fang Yang didn't have a deep understanding of this world, and for him, this was a new term.

"The Jing Court Division is a military subordinate organization of the Great Pheasant Kingdom in the South, in charge of scouts, secret reports, and spies, who watch over the world with vultures, raise them together, and keep an eye on the winds and grasses in our north. Yan Jiujiu's eyes were deep, and he explained, "When the polar night comes, many northerners can't stand the cold winter, so they will try their best to flee to the south for refuge. ”

Fang Yang snorted and nodded, he knew it.

He had heard that the north was known in the scriptures as the land of God's forsaken and therefore experienced polar nights every five years, while the south was different, where the winter was warm and the summer was cool, and the sun rose and set on time every day.

The great pheasant country in the south is strong, and in the past ten million years, even if the northern country has invaded the south several times, it has not been able to step into the territory of the pheasant country for half a step.

"But this vulture, why does it keep hovering above the Dao Courtyard?" Fang Yang was a little puzzled.

Yan Jiujiu didn't do anything, she was also puzzled, otherwise she wouldn't have come out to investigate the situation in person.

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed in Fang Yang's mind, as if he had thought of something, and asked, "Have you heard of the Shadow Gate?"

But as soon as the words came out, he felt that he was talking nonsense.

As an outsider, he can know the existence of this force, and Yan Jiuyue, as an indigenous, must know more than him.

When the words fell, what he didn't notice was that Yan Jiujiu's body trembled because of his words.

After a full two minutes, finding that the other party did not respond, Fang Yang turned his face.

In the dark, relying on her conscious vision, the woman's face sank like water.

Fang Yang sensed that something was wrong, this topic Yan Jiu seemed to be sensitive.

But he didn't mean to stop there, he felt that this matter was very important, and it was necessary to let the other party know, so he continued: "I seem to have heard that the forces of the Shadow Gate are stationed in the south, and I suspect that there are Shadow Gate details in the Dao Academy. ”

"What do you know?" Yan Jiujiu's eyes suddenly looked over.

"There are three generations of disciples in the Taoist Academy, named Li Zidi, do you have an impression. Fang Yang was ready to give it all up.

Yan Jiujiu nodded and motioned for him to continue.

With a flick of his sleeves, he casually arranged a soundproof charm around the altar.

Fang Yang pursed his lips and told the story of escaping from the Taoist Academy and meeting Li Zidi and Li Zizhuo.

Of course, he omitted some details.

For example, the mysterious person who gave the nightmare ghost to himself, if it weren't for the existence of a system, he wouldn't know the other party's name at all, let alone link Li Zizhi and Li Zidi with the Shadow Gate.

In order to make the logic reasonable, Fang Yang said nonsense that he had seen the two meet with his own eyes, one of them was carrying a lamp, and he had just seen their faces clearly, and felt that the two looked very similar.

"Well, by the way, I also heard from them a man called the Lord of the Holy Clothes. Fang Yang mentioned in his mouth.

He simply thought that the title was very compelling.

Lord of the Holy Vestments,

At first glance, it sounds like the title of a top boss.

It was too dark, Fang Yang didn't find it, after he said this, Yan Jiujiu's expression became more and more strange, and there was deep fear in his eyes.

"Okay, I got it. Yan Jiujiu replied lightly.

"Hmm. Fang Yang didn't care so much, turned around and headed towards his Scorching Palace.

Six short contacts have already made him have a rough influence on Yan Jiujiu, the other party is very scheming, thoughtful, and even if something unexpected happens, he will not show an abnormal demeanor in front of others.

The vulture circled on the deer hill for nearly two hours before slowly flapping its wings and leaving.

These huge creatures have gray eyes that can pierce through the night, and they seem to have memorized everything in the temple.......

Soon, another three days passed.

Early this morning, several Taoist children appeared at the altar position of the Taoist Temple, holding oil lamps in their hands, and placing black gas stones into the inlay grooves of the surrounding stone pillars.

For a moment, the formation was opened, and the Barbarian Icon emitted a golden holy light, dispelling the surrounding darkness.

Afterwards, several Taoist children stepped aside and rang the bell.

When the bell rings, it means that the disciples are gathered.

Just yesterday, the little aunt temporarily ordered that the election of the new chief disciple be carried out ahead of schedule!

Even though it was an extraordinary time, even if there were nightmare ghosts lurking in the dark corners, the moment the bell rang, whether it was the disciples who were meditating in the room or the guarantors who were dealing with disputes in the Drizzle Building, they all looked at the direction of the altar, then stood up and rushed towards the place where the bell came from at full speed.

In the Scorching Palace, Fang Yang also opened his eyes, hesitated for half a second, and then got up and pushed open the door of the hall.