And the people outside the stone wall were watching the changes in front of them dumbfounded.

After the Mirage King rushed into the pool of fire, countless flames soared, and it was impossible to see the scene inside. Shen Mengli and the others could only find a way to cut off the surrounding spiritual veins and let the flames here slowly drain away, but the effect didn't seem to be good, and just when Gu Yan activated the jade plate array and mobilized the earth's core fire elemental power, the countless flames that were erupting towards the surroundings seemed to suddenly converge, and then quickly retreated inward.

Everyone's eyes widened as they watched as the flames converged inward, retreated into the stone wall, and then continued to narrow inward, revealing a large blank space outside.

The mottled ground left countless crossed red marks, and the stalagmites protruded outward, looking extremely ugly, like countless monsters with teeth and claws, and those flames, just like the ebb and flow of the tide, quickly retreated, and a huge fire pool was exposed in front of everyone's eyes.

Sheng Hualan took away the array diagram in his hand, and said in shock: "All the spiritual energy here has been converging away, and now the spiritual veins here are empty, and they have become Jedi." ”

Everyone glanced at each other, they didn't know what had happened in this fire pool, and in the exposed empty ground, Gu Yan and the Mirage Demon King were all gone, where did they go?

But the fire pool in front of them was all dry, but it was something that happened in front of their eyes. It also allowed these disciples to see for the first time the true face of these five secret places hidden behind the Thousand Venerable Thousand Caves.

After the flames were all gone, what was revealed was an incomparably vast crater, and countless crimson stalagmites protruded from the ground, leaving all traces of being burned.

And in the upper part of this big pit. It is a dense passage like a spider's web, which leads in all directions, and I don't know where it leads. Every road is deep. It's like there are countless demons at the end, hiding in the depths, trying to devour everyone who enters. Leave no trace.

Fang Shuo strode over the stone wall and walked in the direction of the fading flames.

Shen Mengli quickly grabbed his arm. "Xiao Fang, what are you doing?"

Fang Shuo turned his head and glared at him and said, "Of course I'm going to find someone, don't you want to think about it, if it weren't for her, would everyone be devoured by the sea of fire?" ”

Although his words were very polite, people including Sheng Hualan did not refute it, and Shen Mengli sighed: "I'm not stopping you. But at least, let's negotiate a charter first, plan and then act, right? ”

Fang Shuo waved his hand angrily and said, "What kind of charter is this, doing things so forward-looking, let's go home and nurse the child!" ”

Qin Mingyue said leisurely at this time: "Xiao Fang, you listen to Brother Shen, there are dangers everywhere here, are you really sure that you can get Fairy Gu back alone?" And now, you don't even know where she went, do you? ”

Qin Mingyue usually spoke softly. He rarely spoke, not as flamboyant as Sheng Hualan, but this sentence made sense, and Fang Shuo stopped. Look at Suman Arrow.

Everyone's eyes were focused, and Su Manjian smiled bitterly: "Don't look at me, this place, in fact, I am here for the first time." ”

Qin Feng, who had not spoken, suddenly said: "Miss Su, at this time, you don't need to hide anymore, this is the secret place of the Hidden Sword Villa, even if you haven't been here, you should always know some details, now everyone is working together, if you don't cooperate sincerely, if you have to hide something, how can you get out of this sword washing pool?" ”

Qin Feng had been deeply restrained and silent since he entered the sword washing pool, and when he suddenly said such sharp words, Su Manjian was a little surprised.

Jiang Yaojia cast an appreciative look at Qin Feng, obviously very satisfied with what he said. The man beside him seemed to have some eyesight, and he watched coldly, and he also saw this subtle relationship among the nine major factions, Tibetan Sword Villa and Yunshang Valley, and they were not so close to each other.

Su Manjian pondered for a moment before he said: "It's not for me to conceal it, it's just a strict order of this sect, not after the Sword Venerable, this secret matter is not allowed to be heard, if you accidentally trespass, life and death are all safe and fateful." Thousands of years ago, there were disciples in this sect who entered these five secret places, but the Sword Venerable of that year did not send anyone to save him. She paused and said slowly, "Of the seven disciples who came that time, only two survived. ”

Speaking of this, her face became serious, "Therefore, I also swear here, whatever I know, I will tell everyone without reservation, but at this time, as Brother Qin said, everyone should cooperate sincerely, and there can be no other ideas." ”

Shen Mengli knocked on the folding fan in his hand and said with a smile: "This is nature. Miss Su, please. ”

Su Manjian said slowly: "These five secret places are connected to each other, and there must be a road to the Ten Thousand Caves, but at this moment, our only choice is to move forward." There are countless paths around, and you can't take them. ”

Qin Feng asked, "Why is this, if you go forward, isn't it the end of the five secret lands, isn't that more dangerous?" ”

Su Manjian replied: "Under the fire pool, there is a connection to the essence of the earth's inner yin and earth's fire, and the surrounding roads are born by innate natural creation, I don't know which one, where it will lead to the spiritual veins of the earth's center, at that time, we will all be sucked by the earth's core elemental power, and there will be no bones." Therefore, although the front is dangerous, it seems to be dangerous, and we must find the connection between the secret places and seek opportunities. On the edge of the fire pool, it should lead to the Jinling Jade Palace, which is relatively safe, and we can move forward. ”

Jiang Yaojia said lightly: "As you said, if you want to get out safely, how sure are you?" ”

Su Man arrowed: "Not a single point. But I think everyone didn't come here with the mentality of playing, isn't there no hardship on the road of exploration? ”

She said categorically: "As a disciple of the Tibetan Sword Villa, I am willing to go through this hardship with everyone, and live and die together!" ”

Shen Mengli tapped his palm with a folding fan, "Senior Sister Su's words won my heart. I think you can divide into three ways, separate heads forward, every ten miles, make a mark, echo each other. so as not to be separated. He smiled again and said, "Everybody thinks." Originally, we just went to the Ten Thousand Caves to collect the sword soul, but now we have the opportunity to come to such a secret place to walk around, isn't it an unexpected good thing? ”

Sheng Hualan clapped her hands and laughed: "Brother Shen is right. Let's go our separate ways. ”

Shen Mengli said this, casually dispelled the tense atmosphere, and Qin Feng took a step back with a somewhat gloomy face. Jiang Yaojia gently pinched his arm, indicating that he was very satisfied with his performance just now.

These two people naturally have to do it all the way. Fang Shuo and Su Man arrowed all the way, Qin Mingyue suddenly said at this time: "Among the three roads, there should be a person who has a formation in each, why don't I go with Brother Shen." Miss Jiang is a disciple of Yunshang Valley, and the formation is not an outsider, junior sister, how are you doing it with Xiao Fang? ”

Sheng Hualan was a little reluctant. But Shen Mengli hesitated for a moment, and then said, "That's fine." Senior Sister Qin is good at the art of the flag gate, contact with my jade saucer, the two of us are in the middle, and you can respond from the left and right. ”

The two of them said this, Sheng Hualan had no choice but to respond, leaving aside Yue Jiuxi, who was already dead, and the remaining seven people divided into three roads, and walked separately in the direction where the fire pool had receded.

Everyone was holding Shen Mengli's jade plate. After making an appointment, they exchanged messages every ten miles, and then they separated.

The flames in the pool of fire receded like a tidal wave. At this time, they had already retreated without a trace, and everyone could only follow the direction and slowly grope. After all, no one knows where the Jinling Jade Hall mentioned by Su Manjian leads.

Qin Mingyue and Shen Mengli walked all the way, both of them were speechless, they both used magic weapons to protect themselves, and moved forward extremely cautiously. After walking for a few miles, Shen Mengli suddenly said, "Senior Sister Qin, if you want to go all the way with me, do you have anything to say to me?" ”

Qin Mingyue's eyebrows were raised, at the moment when the two of them got along, her original shyness and self-contained expression had been thrown away, and an expression appeared on her face, "Senior Brother Shen, what do you mean by this?" ”

Shen Mengli said lightly: "Although we have little intersection, but the Ming people don't say secret words, if you don't have anything to say to me, then how about we separate in the next place?" ”

Qin Mingyue smiled slightly, "Brother Shen, why are you so angry. Do you think I'm the only one who has seen through the fact that you deliberately let the Mirage Demon King into the fire pool? ”

Shen Mengli's face changed suddenly, and he said, "What did you say?" ”

His two eyebrows flew obliquely into his sideburns, looking heroic, but at this time, his eyebrows were slightly raised, and suddenly a murderous aura came out, which made people feel cold all over his body. But Qin Mingyue smiled and didn't care. Her eyes narrowed when she smiled, and she looked kind, harmless to humans and animals, but at this time, it seemed that no matter how she looked, it was very meaningful.

"There are no outsiders here, why should Brother Shen behave. My junior sister trusts you, but it doesn't mean that others don't have eyes, you found a gap in the transformation of the two formations, deliberately exposed that flaw, and put the Mirage King into the fire pool, the meaning is nothing more than to let it and the Gu family girl, both lose, I'm afraid that they will lead out the mirage, and there are also your means in the middle, right? ”

Shen Mengli calmed down at this time, and he said lightly: "Miss Qin, although you and I don't have a deep relationship, some things are not nonsense. ”

Qin Mingyue smiled slightly, "Brother Shen, don't lie in front of real people. I'm not the kind of person who wants to blackmail you with this thing, and I don't know what kind of grudge you have against her, so that you are bent on putting her to death, but if you are bent on doing so, perhaps, I can help you. ”

After she said this, she stopped talking and looked at Shen Mengli with a smile, her eyes, which had been narrowed, were already wide open at this time, and her eyes were unabashedly shining. made this senior sister, who had been hidden and restrained and had been under the shadow of Sheng Hualan's light, suddenly exude a different style.

Shen Meng took a step back and looked her up and down, as if he had only known this person today. He Baoding City for a long time, Qin Mingyue didn't urge, just smiled and waited. Shen Mengli suddenly hahadaxiao got up, "Senior Sister Qin, I've known you for many years, but I don't know, you still have such a deep scheming, hide it well, hide it well!" ”

Qin Mingyue said with a smile: "Each other, it's just that you, as the proud son of the Danding Sect, never pay attention to me." But when it comes to it, we're just one of the same kind of people. ”

Shen Mengli gently tapped the folding fan in his hand, "Yes, I underestimated you." I do have some grudges against the woman surnamed Gu, but it's not a big deal, and I don't necessarily have to do my best to kill her here. Otherwise, do you think she can really fight against the entire Danding faction? ”

Qin Mingyue smiled skillfully, this woman who usually looked quiet and dignified, was tall. The long hair is fluttering, and at this time, it actually emits a different kind of charming style. "Then I don't know, but, for the sake of a loose cultivation. I don't want the Huayan old ancestor of your faction to make a move, such a face of the Danding faction. Didn't you go overseas? ”

Shen Mengli's smile narrowed and said, "Senior Sister Qin, if you have any matter, please tell me directly." I used to underestimate you, but if you want to rely on this one thing, you want me to do what you do, but I'm afraid that I will make a mistake. ”

Qin Mingyue smiled and said, "What do you think?" Am I the kind of woman who doesn't know where to go or what to do? The vast land, after thousands of years, has been stormy and eventful, and now the period of the nine factions is approaching, Brother Shen, don't you say, you don't know anything about the current situation? ”

Shen Mengli's face suddenly became serious, and he found it. I still underestimate this woman a little, although she is silent on weekdays, but this eyesight is enough to be above Sheng Hualan. He solemnly said, "What do you mean? ”

Qin Mingyue said lightly: "It doesn't mean anything. It's just that I'm also in my own school, and I also have some small ideas. I don't believe Brother Shen has not? If not, why bother to befriend Senior Sister Sheng, you must know that she is the most blue-eyed person in this sect of Master Padmasambhava! ”

Shen Mengli said, "What do you want to say?" ”

Qin Mingyue suddenly put away her cold face again, and smiled brightly, "I just want to say to Brother Shen that in this Lotus Mountain, if you cooperate with me, the rewards may be much richer than my little junior sister who is not yet familiar with the world." ”

Shen Mengli laughed, "Senior Sister Qin, I just found out now that you are really a smart person, but it's a pity that two people like us, probably neither of us will believe each other." ”

Qin Mingyue said: "Therefore, we can only be a cooperative relationship. Posted here, stopped at the other, if you want to talk about any friendship, probably no one will believe it, right? ”

The two of them glanced at each other, and suddenly daxiao, who had a tacit understanding, got up, and only felt that he had really met a confidant in his life, and it was not daxiao, which was not enough to describe the happy mood here.

After a while, the laughter gradually stopped, and the two only felt that the distance between the two of them was much closer in an instant, and Shen Mengli said, "What do you mean by what you just said?" ”

Qin Mingyue said: "Back then, my master, that is, Master Padmasambhava, once came to the Sword Washing Pool for trial when he was not a baby, he was one of the very few monks outside the Hidden Sword Villa, who had entered the five secret places and came out safely. ”

Shen Mengli's eyes suddenly warmed up: "You mean, do you know anything about the terrain here?" ”

Qin Mingyue nodded, "I'm afraid Senior Sister Su, what she knows may not be as much as I do." According to my master, at the end of the five secret places is the most mysterious place in the Tibetan Sword Villa. Now that the fire pool has receded, maybe Gu Yan has stimulated the geocentric elemental force, if she is lucky and is not swallowed by the geocentric elemental force, then she will inevitably fall into the Phoenix Terrace! ”

There was a hint of coldness in her eyes, "Phoenix Tour on the Phoenix Stage, it is a place that seems to be safe, but it is actually extremely dangerous, I can set up a formation in between, so that she can't get out of the Phoenix Stage!" ”

Shen Mengli said: "I heard that you are good friends with Su Manjian, but this time you went to harm her friend?" ”

Qin Mingyue said with a smile: "Yes, Man Jian is indeed a rare friend of mine among the nine factions, but friends can always be friends again, but some things must be done, isn't it?" ”

Shen Mengli smiled and said, "Even if she is trapped in the Phoenix Terrace as you said, won't Su Manjian ask the people of the Hidden Sword Villa to save her?" ”

Qin Mingyue said: "I have my own method, but I don't need to tell you in advance. ”

Shen Mengli thought for a moment, then smiled: "In this case, I will believe you once." He raised his hand, Qin Mingyue also stretched out his palm that was as white as jade, and the two of them struck three times lightly in the air, and they reached a temporary covenant. When you smile at each other, you all have a sense of understanding.

At this time, Gu Yan, who was still in the fire pool, didn't know that hundreds of miles away, there were already two people who had secretly reached a secret agreement against her.

She ignored Ning Fengzi's shouting in the space, what she was thinking at this time was what she saw in that stone cave, long before the Dao Demon War, the record in the mysterious monk's jade slip, she wanted to explore the source of this sword washing pool!

Gu Yan always felt that the mysteries hidden in this sword washing pool were far more than what he had seen, and the final mystery could only be solved if it came down to the mysterious source of the sword washing pool. Therefore, the curiosity in her heart was so great that she did not hesitate to risk being sucked into the center of the earth, and also wanted to explore the source of the sword washing pool.

If someone overlooks from the top of the sword washing pool at this time, they can see this incomparably magnificent scene, in the dense holes that extend in all directions like spider webs, countless flames, like the raging waves of the sea, quickly rolled back, swallowing everything that can be seen in front of them, under the shroud of fire, countless stone walls, countless demon beasts, all wrapped in flames, turned into ashes before this mighty impact.

Ning Fengzi kept shouting: "Hey, are you dying?" I don't want to die with you! ”

Gu Yan turned a deaf ear to her screams, and at the moment when she quickly retreated, she was still engrossed in the fire spirit in front of her. Originally, in the place of the eyes of the sea in the center of the earth, the two red line fires refined by the sea guests were all shrouded in purple gold aura at this time, and a faint purple light was revealed around it, and her heart suddenly felt a little sentimental, thinking of the three fire spirits that passed away in the eyes of the sea in the center of the earth, and then thought of the way of death and life, breaking and then standing, undefeated and undefeated, and said in her heart: "Divided into two, it is still named after the previous name, how about it?" ”

With the words, Gu Yan's left hand stood like a knife, slashing down heavily, and a golden light flashed, separating the two flames that were entangled at the same time. The two flames, one green and one red, are separated from the left and right, and they are distinct. Gu Yan said: "One Qing Ming, one Zhu Lian, but also!" With a flick of her fingers, two flames were swept into the chaotic space. Since then, he has become an innate fire spirit that is in harmony with his body and mind.

In Gu Yan's heart, she was actually slightly surprised, these two red line fires, their attributes, were different from the ordinary fire spirits she saw, with an extremely hidden aura, even with her spiritual sense, if it wasn't deliberate, it would be difficult to detect, it was really hard to imagine that this was refined by Canghaike himself. Maybe he got it from somewhere by chance?

Then her right hand stretched out, grabbed it in the air, and the golden light hand covered the air, and countless bright flames were held in her hand, and from the fingertips, there was a clear feeling of flame burning, but it seemed gentle and unassuming. The flames are bright and eye-catching. With her magic, she was absorbed into the chaotic space on her own. Gu Yan finally collected her fifth fire spirit.

The three fire spirits submerged into the space at the same time, and although the appearance was still similar, the aura had become very different, no longer as lifeless as before, but as if it had merged with the entire space.

It also seemed to sense this change, and it ran over with great joy, sniffing up and down with its nose out, and then let out a cheerful cry of "whoosh".

In front of Gu Yan, the Mirage Demon King, who was trapped by her with a jade plate array and was only a few dozen zhang apart, finally showed horror in his eyes at this time.

Gu Yan understood what it meant, and said with a smile: "I heard that your body is invulnerable to water and fire, and it is indestructible, I don't know if I can refine you completely with five kinds of innate spiritual fire?" ”

Probably on this vast land, since the Dao Demon War, even including the Yuanying Monk, no one can be like Gu Yan, who can possess five kinds of innate fire spirits at the same time, and they can all refine the body and mind together, and work from the heart. According to the records in that Fire Sutra, if a person can gather the seven innate fires at the same time, he can directly sanctify his body and cultivate the Flame Yuan Infant in his body. And now Gu Yan is working hard for this hope.

It's just that the jade box true scripture she got is only half of it, although it records the foundation method in the front, the cultivation method in the back, and the most critical part of becoming a baby, but it is not mentioned at all, which also makes Gu Yan have a headache. Being able to get the Banque Sutra is already a great opportunity, but now where can I find the second half?

However, Gu Yan's lifespan is still very long, since she has chosen this path, then she must keep going, she believes that there will always be a day when she finds an opportunity.

Seeing the extremely frightened appearance of the Mirage King in front of her, she couldn't help but smile and said, "It turns out that you also have something to be afraid of, even so, how about you follow me?" (To be continued)