Baishi Mountain is 30 miles away from the valley city, here is sparsely populated, there is no grass and trees, the north wind is howling, the stars are dotted, under the sky of the night, the earth is like the barn of the sea.

The light cavalry captain escorted Sha Dutian and Dongfang Dao Chang on a long journey, and finally arrived here after an hour, because the mountain road here is difficult, although it is not very far from the valley city, but the road is bumpy, and it is not so easy to walk. Baishi Mountain is in the moonlight, showing a white boundless, the reason why it is called Baishi Mountain, it is estimated that it is named because it is white, there are saltpeters everywhere here, for Shadutian can simply be said in one sentence: "inexhaustible." "Baishi Mountain stretches for dozens of miles, but the technology here is backward, and no one has found the great use of saltpeter, although the Dongfang Dao chief knows that saltpeter can be used for alchemy, but he does not have much confidence in the system, until the enemy army attacked the city, the situation was critical, he did not realize the importance of **.

The moonlight is like water, shining on a group of ten people and ten horses, Sha Dutian bent down, picked up a piece of white stone, put it on his nose and sniffed it, a pungent smell hit, he said: "Yes, this is indeed saltpeter, I really can't imagine that there is a saltpeter mountain here, if this is in my hometown, then it will be a fortune." ”

Dongfang Dao Chang said with a smile: "The layman's words are wrong, even here, just like his hometown. What he meant was that he could be promoted and made a fortune here. Sha Dutian suddenly felt a little sad, and he asked, "Can't you go back?" Dongfang Daoist nodded slightly in agreement, and the light cavalry lieutenant next to him looked at the two of them suspiciously, not knowing what dumb riddle they were playing.

Sha Dutian suddenly remembered Ge Yiyan and Zhao Ruozhi, and he thought to himself: "I don't know where they went, since Ge Yiyan led the way, it is enough to show that she has a way to get out, isn't it from here that the people in the Dark World Hall I met before?" Yes, there must be a way out, when the war here is over, go find them immediately, although this ghost place is exciting, it is really not as comfortable as home. ”

Sha Dutian said to the captain of the light cavalry: "Dongfang Dao Commander is right, there are indeed saltpeters here, you can lead your subordinates to collect as much as possible, the more the merrier." He set aside the light cavalry lieutenant and followed the Dongfang Dao Commander to collect saltpeter, and he asked, "Dao Chief, what is going on here?" He asked again, the Dongfang Daoist was about to answer his question before, but Ge Di Yongwu interrupted them, no one knows how big the mysterious continent is, how easy it is to find Zhao Ruozhi and them, if you don't figure out the situation, let alone find someone, in case you are stabbed in the back by someone else, it will be miserable.

Dongfang Dao Chang said: "The previous ruler of the Mysterious Continent was called Dark World Tianzun, and was later driven out of the Dark Mountain by the Eastern Clan, and since then the Dark World Tianzun has lost his trace, who knows that in recent years, the Dark World Tianzun suddenly reappeared, threatening to recapture the Dark Mountain and defeat the Eastern Clan. ”

Sha Dutian wondered: "Could it be that the mysterious continent is the country of the Eastern Clan?" I thought it was an emperor. The Taoist chief is also surnamed Dongfang, is he also a member of the Dongfang clan? ”

Dongfang Daoist said: "Fei Ye, I am a fellow villager with the layman, have the laymen forgotten, I heard that the Dark World Tianzun has found a way to immortality, Xuancheng can solve the suffering of human beings, make the world full of happiness, and it has been confirmed, so the rebels are so rampant, I heard that the method of eternal life is related to what black box, but what is it, no one has seen it so far." ”

"Black box?" Sha Dutian was extremely shocked, he didn't expect that the source of this war was related to the black box, and the light cavalry lieutenant quickly ran over and asked, "Lord Sha, what happened?" ”

Sha Dutian knew that he had made a mistake just now, he calmed down and said, "It's nothing, it's nothing, it's just that I can talk to Dongfang Daoist, I'm excited, hehehe." Seeing that the two of them were fine, the lieutenant of the light cavalry left to continue collecting saltpeter.

After the light cavalry lieutenant left, Dongfang Dao Commander asked, "Why, the layman has also heard of the black box?" From the first time he saw Sha Dutian, he knew that Sha Dutian had just come to the Mysterious Continent, and few people knew about the black box, so he was very curious about how Sha Dutian found out.

Sha Dutian said with a smile: "When I was in my hometown, I often heard ghost stories, among which there was a huge black box, which was the entrance to the ghost world, you don't know that I was scared at the time, I didn't dare to go out at night for a month, and when I saw something boxy, I thought it was a black box, which didn't leave this sequelae. He lied without any flaws, and the Dongfang Taoist who listened to it believed nine out of nine.

Although Dongfang Dao Chang still has doubts, he looked at Sha Dutian's eyes empty, as if he was recalling the past, not like lying, he sighed and said: "The layman's experience can be described as general, the black box I am talking about is not different from the black box described by the layman, I heard that the black box is as small as a fist, it can capture people's hearts, and the dark world Tianzun clearly makes people happy, but secretly it is manipulating people's hearts, it can really be described as a wolf's heart and dog lungs." ”

Dongfang Dao Chang then asked, "Layman, do you want to find someone?" I look at your face, as if you have something urgent to do. ”

Sha Dutian was slightly shocked in his heart and said: "How does the Dao Chief know that I am going to find someone, yes, I am lost with my companions, and I must find them, but I am very unfamiliar with this place, by the way, does the Dao Chief know how to go to the Dark Mountain?" ”

Dongfang Dao Chief's eyes showed surprise, and then he disappeared, and he pretended to be concerned and asked, "Where did the layman go and do something?" The Dark Mountain is a place where the Dark World Heavenly Venerable must fight, it can be said that at this time, there is an extremely dangerous place, there is no return, where is the person who is looking for the layman? He vaguely felt that Sha Dutian did not appear here for no reason, there must be some reason why he came here, maybe it was an insider who brought him here, thinking of this, he was shocked, could it be that she came back?

Sha Dutian shook his head and said, "I don't know if they went anywhere, anyway, I'm going, I can't leave them alone." He remembered all the things in the past, and the sudden separation from the people close to him made him very uncomfortable, and he silently thought in his heart: "Mentally handicapped, you turtle grandson, where did you go, alas, it must be with Lu Da and the beautiful lady Qingqing and me, and I have already thrown my buddy out of the clouds." ”

Dongfang Dao Chang asked, "What are their names, maybe I can help you." ”

"Dao Chief, Master Sha, we're almost done collecting, can we go back?" The light cavalry captain stepped forward and said. Dongfang Dao Chang secretly scolded this kid in his heart for not coming at the right time, but he remembered that he had made meritorious contributions to defending the city, and he was no longer angry, he also said: "It's almost, we should go back, if I am suspicious at the south gate, maybe we will find us..." ”

I faintly heard a voice: "General Li, I saw a bright light over there just now, why did it suddenly disappear?" General Li asked, "What is this place, why is it so strange, all around is white, there is something strange about these stones, and I don't know what they are." ”

"General Qiqi Li, this is Baishi Mountain, few people have set foot in it, general, look, there are people there." I saw two people walking over with torches.

General Li shouted, "What person? I saw an old Taoist priest walking slowly in the firelight, and the old Taoist priest said: "General Qiqi, I am a Taoist priest, I don't want to disturb the general, and I hope to forgive my sins." ”

General Li looked Dongfang Daoist up and down, it was clear that he was a Daoist Daoist, he moved his gaze to another person, only to see that the person was full of beard and wearing undershirts, but he didn't have the appearance of a Taoist priest at all, he asked, "Who is he?" What are you doing here? ”

Dongfang Dao Chang replied: "He is my apprentice, we went up the mountain to collect medicine, but unexpectedly encountered danger, fortunately my apprentice was close to beat away the beast, and therefore lost the Taoist robe. ”

General Li saw that the bearded man was very raw, not like a local, but seeing that his face was slightly red, his clothes were torn, and it was obvious that he had fought with something, he asked again: "It's so late, what kind of medicine to take?" Have you ever seen anyone suspicious? ”

Dongfang Dao Chang replied: "The refining of the elixir requires the white stone, that is, the stone here, and because of the distance, it was delayed, so that the collection was only completed at this time, but I didn't want to meet the general, and I didn't see any suspicious people except for a beast in the middle." ”

General Li had heard of Taoist cultivators cultivating elixir for a long time, and taking them could be immortal, but so far he has never seen anyone who is immortal, but the Dark World Tianzun has found a better way, and there is still a trace of respect for Taoist monks cultivating immortals in his heart, and said: "In this case, you guys go, by the way, where is your Taoist temple?" ”

Elder Dongfang said: "The poor road is cultivated in the Three Mountains, and it is more than 100 miles away from here. General Li had never heard of the Three Mountains Temple, but seeing that the two of them did not look like suspicious people, he didn't ask any more questions, and said, "It's dark at night, it's not appropriate to go outside, so you can go." After he finished speaking, he led the team to leave, ignoring the Dongfang Dao Chief.

The firelight was getting farther and farther away, so far that it disappeared on the horizon, and Sha Dutian couldn't hold back his breath and said, "I'm a mother, I almost suffocated me." Eight people came out of the shadows, led by ten horses, all of them in a strangled manner, led by the light cavalry lieutenant, and he said, "Lord Sha, without further ado, let's go back quickly." ”

Dongfang Dao Chang sighed and said: "Although Nanmen Wei I am impulsive, he is a shrewd person, he can actually expect that someone in the chaotic army will break out, it seems that it is not easy for us to go back." ”

Sha Dutian suddenly said, "Don't we still have a secret passage to go?" Afraid of what. The light cavalry captain said: "Have you forgotten that the secret passage has been Yan... General Yan was ruined. ”

Sha Dutian smiled evilly: "If he can destroy it, we can't open it again?" Let's look at my old sand skills. "In order to be just in case, he secretly spared sulfur, charcoal and fine sand, and as soon as he found saltpeter, he could make a strong ** bag, and one thing was that he had enough to open the secret passage again, and during the day he found that although the secret passage was blown up, it was not serious, and the surrounding rocks were solid, and the collapsed rocks were just soft stones with loose outer layers, as long as a little calculation, the secret passage could be unblocked again.

The light cavalry lieutenant said excitedly: "Great, with the secret passage, we have an extra talisman." ”

A group of ten people packed up their bags of saltpeter and left quietly.