Originally, the pasture road thought that the place where the legendary ancient emperor Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor once lived should have majestic mountains, steep canyons and trickling rivers.

However, when the pasture path stepped on the land of Xuanyuan Hill, the pasture road found that Xuanyuan Hill was desolate in addition to being desolate.

There are no trees or flowers on the mountain, no beasts roaring and birds singing. If it weren't for the occasional monk shuttling through it, the entire Xuanyuan Hill would have been silent and terrifying.

The only thing that makes people feel that there is a little life on Xuanyuan Hill is just a jump of rivers left from the top of Xuanyuan Hill from south to north, and Xun water.

Although the speed of the water is not turbulent, it is also under the rush. In the middle of the river, there is fine red sand and blue-black stones.

The blue-black stone pasture path is naturally unknown, and it is known from the mouth of Ji Demon and others that this kind of stone is called smoked yellow (realgar), which has a good effect on repelling snakes.

In the Xuanyuan Hill, there are no towering peaks, they are all small hills that can overlook the past, undulating and falling on the Xuanyuan Hill.

The hills are full of loess, and at a glance, they are full of desolation.

"There will be a 'Xuanyuan Sword Spirit' in this kind of place?" Mu Jinglu smiled slightly bitterly: "It seems that the rumors of the 'Xuanyuan Sword Spirit' are all false. ”

After saying that, everyone nodded.

"Brother Tie Gui, where is the 'trick' you explored before?"

Seeing the pastoral path inquiry, Li Ningyang looked up and looked around, then pointed to the west and said, "The west, in the middle of a hill like five fingers. ”

Is it a five-fingered hill? Is it the Five Elements Mountain? There was a body and head of Xingshan before, is there a corpse of Sun Wukong coming out now?

Pastoral Road had a dark face, and the corners of his mouth twitched wildly.

"What's the name of the hills?" asked Mu Jinglu a little apprehensively, looking at Li Ningyang with a look of hope.

Li Ningyang looked at Mu Jinglu's hopeful face, and replied suspiciously: "There is no name." ”

"There are no strange monsters suppressed?"

"Nope. ”

The more Mu Jinglu asked, the more strange Li Ningyang became.

Call... Pastoral trail road exhaled deeply. It's good if you don't have a name, it's good if you don't have it!

Mujing Lu came back to his senses and found that not only Li Ningyang, but also everyone around him looked at Mujing Lu with a puzzled expression. Mu Jinglu coughed lightly twice in embarrassment, and said casually: "Let's go, let's go to the five-finger-like hill first." ”

At the moment when the pastoral path stepped out of his feet, a calling figure remembered in the mind of the pastoral path.

"Help me... Help me..."

Mujinglu was stunned for a moment, quickly turned his head to look around, and then fell his gaze on Xunshui. But when the pasture road looked at Xunshui, the voice in his head stopped abruptly.

"Did you hear any strange noises?" asked Mu Jinglu, looking at the people beside him suspiciously.

Everyone looks at me, I look at you, and they all shook their heads in confusion.

Mu Jinglu frowned slightly, then shook his head helplessly, and chuckled: "It may be auditory hallucinations, auditory hallucinations." ”

When Li Ningyang and Ji Demon heard this, they suddenly looked around with their weapons as if they were facing a great enemy.

"Luzi, have you found any traces of the demons?" Ji Demon turned his back to the pastoral path and looked around vigilantly. Although Sima Yuqing and Hu Yanwen didn't know what the situation was, seeing that Ji Demon and Li Ningyang were so solemn, they also sacrificed magic weapons and looked around vigilantly.

Among the group, the four people with the highest cultivation level all moved, and the others who did not know the situation also sacrificed their weapons one after another, looking on guard.

Mu Jinglu looked at everyone speechlessly, and smiled awkwardly: "No, maybe I'm too nervous." ”

After saying that, everyone was stunned. Hu Yanwen, in particular, pursed his lips and glared at Mu Jinglu with disdain. Mujinglu didn't care, and beckoned everyone to rush to the west. It's just that before leaving, Mu Jinglu looked back at Xunshui suspiciously.

The echo that suddenly disappeared was not from the Xunshui or not, and the pasture path was no longer clear. With doubts in his heart, Mu Jinglu followed the five-fingered hill that everyone pointed to Li Ningyang.

"Brother Tie Gui, what about 'treachery'?" Mu Jinglu looked at the empty five-finger-shaped hill, and his face was ugly.

Li Ningyang's face was even more ugly than the pastoral path, and he even said with some horror in his eyes: "It's not good!"

"What's wrong?" said Mu Jinglu's heart, and he seemed to have sensed that something very bad was about to happen.

Li Ningyang kept looking around, trying his best to appear calm and said: "When I discovered this place before, I clearly saw a five-zhang tall 'trick', and tens of thousands of demons surrounded the 'trick'. But at this time..."

"The army of Nightmare is gone?"

Li Ningyang didn't answer, just nodded solemnly.

Mu Jinglu frowned slightly, straightened up and bent slightly, and then stood on the unwilling hill in front of him, staring around.

After a long time, Mu Jinglu jumped down the hill, returned to everyone, and asked Li Ningyang in a deep voice: "Can the 'trick' be destroyed?"

"Yes!" Li Ningyang affirmed: "But if you want to destroy the 'trick', you must be a person who is not a demon." ”

Hearing this, the pastoral path fell silent.

"Could it be that after the Nightmare army left, someone happened to pass by and destroyed the 'Trick'? Or did someone collude with the Nightmare and destroy the 'Trick' after the important Nightmare Demon came to the Xuanwei Continent?"

The words of the pastoral path made everyone's faces change greatly, especially Lu Yu, whose brows were about to frown.

"It can't be because of collusion. Lu Yu said in a low voice: "Every time there is a big battle between the Xuanwei Continent and the Nightmare Demon, the Nightmare Prison wants to open up as many 'tricks' as possible, and if one is found, it will send heavy troops to guard it, how can it take the initiative to destroy it?"

"Pioneering?" Mu Jinglu was stunned when he heard this, and wondered: "Isn't the 'treacherous' random appearance?

"Hmm!" Lu Yu nodded and said, "Since ancient times, there have been several nightmare wars. Naturally, there is an ancient power who walks through the 'treacherous gate' alone and goes to the Nightmare Prison to investigate the enemy's situation. ”

"The appearance of 'treachery' is mostly due to the precipitation of time, and the independent connection between the Nightmare Prison and the Xuanwei Continent. However, among the demons, there are also demonic powers that are proficient in space magic, and with their own strength, they can also open the 'trick'. ”

"Even if it wasn't the Demon destroying it himself, it wouldn't make sense. Ji Demon Kai, who was barefoot on the ground on the side, said: "It is not easy to develop the 'treacherous', and the five-zhang high 'treacherous' is also very important for the demon demon, and it is impossible not to leave a heavy guard. ”

Shi Ling'er saw Ji Demon speak, and also said in a ghostly manner: "Sister Ji Demon is right. Most of the monks who came to Xuanyuan Hill this time came because of the 'Xuanyuan Sword Spirit'. Although there are a large number of people, there is no unified command, and it will not be too difficult for the Nightmare to control the 'Trick'. It is impossible to easily abandon the 'treacherous' and take the army away. Unless..."

"Unless what?" Mu Jinglu and Li Ningyang spoke almost at the same time, their expressions a little anxious.

"Unless there is a major invasion in ten years, the Nightmare have abandoned the Western Regions. Lu Yu continued with a solemn face: "In other words, the important people of the Demon Demon have triggered the momentum of heaven and earth through the 'Trick', and the 'Trick' has been forced to destroy. ”

"Triggering the momentum of heaven and earth?" Mu Jinglu was puzzled again, and his heart became more and more uneasy.

"Hmm. Lu Yu nodded: "Either the cultivation is higher than the limit of the 'treacherous', or the demon who has passed through the 'treacherous' is the most important person among the demons." ”

"And this kind of restriction?" Mu Jinglu asked suspiciously, "The Heavenly Dao of the Xuanwei Continent will also suppress the exchange between the Xuanwei Continent and the Nightmare Prison?"

Mu Jinglu's questions like idiots made Hu Yanwen and Sima Yuqing look disdainful.

Mu Jinglu completely ignored the attitudes of Sima Yuqing and Hu Yanwen, and turned his head to look at Lu Yu.

Lu Yu nodded and said, "Heavenly Dao does have a big or small suppression of the Nightmare Demon. Perhaps the appearance of the Demon and the subtlety of cholera is not the result that Heavenly Dao wants to see. ”

Mu Jinglu was stunned again when he heard this: What do you mean? Doesn't the Heavenly Dao have its own set of laws? Why do you have to suppress the Nightmare Demon again? Could it be...

The more I thought about it, the more frightened I became, and even a little scared.

Mu Jinglu took a few deep breaths to calm himself, then looked at Li Ningyang and asked: "Brother Tie Gui, now there is no trace of the Nightmare Demon, after two days, the so-called 'Xuanyuan Sword Spirit' really appears, and the monks on Xuanyuan Hill are afraid..."

Li Ningyang nodded heavily, then frowned and thought for a moment and said, "Let's move separately and find the place where the Demon is hiding." ”

Everyone, you look at me, and then I look at you, and everyone sees horror and solemnity in each other's eyes.

Everyone here, except for Li Ningyang, Ji Demon, Sima Yuqing and Hu Yanwen, who are Huangjie cultivators, the rest of the people's cultivation is really difficult to see.

"Ling'er, Yuwei, Gu Fang, your cultivation is too low, and staying here won't help much. When everyone was silent, Sima Yuqing spoke: "You leave Xuanyuan Hill and prepare to meet us on the periphery of Xuanyuan Hill." ”

"Yes, Dharma Protector!" When Xu Yuwei and Gu Fang heard this, they immediately received the order, and their expressions were very relaxed.

As for Shi Ling'er, he frowned slightly and said, "Yuqing Protector, I'll stay." ”

"Ling'er..."

"I know what the situation is, so I don't need to persuade him. Shi Ling'er interrupted Sima Yuqing's advice and said with a firm face. Sima Yuqing opened her mouth again, then shook her head helplessly and put down her hand.

Hu Yanwen didn't say much, just stood behind Lu Yu so lightly, and didn't seem to take Lu Yu's safety valve to heart.

Li Ningyang looked at Mu Jinglu and the others, and said lightly: "The old man can walk alone, and you can watch the distribution yourself." ”

After saying that, Li Ningyang turned around and planned to leave.

"Brother Tie Gui, take it!" Mu Jinglu shouted softly, and with his right hand, he quickly threw a jade bottle at Li Ningyang.

Li Ningyang subconsciously caught the jade bottle, but found the sword order attached to the jade bottle, and looked at Mujing Road with a shocked expression.