The person who came was an intelligence officer from the Dongfang Qinglong Gate. He handed Ding Qin a piece of paper, "Our head of the sect has sent a special letter to inquire about the Quartet Sect for your business." After inquiring about it, the Southern Vermilion Bird Gate replied that it was not clear about the matter, and the Western White Tiger Gate replied that four years ago, there was indeed a person who went to them and inquired about the news of Chiyan Mountain and Chen Lizong. ”

Ding Qin took the piece of paper, which was a reply from the White Tiger Gate of the West. What was said above was consistent with what the intelligence commissioner said, and it was later written that Ding Shouyi followed their guidance and went to the Northern Xuanwu Gate to inquire about information.

Ding Qin raised his head and looked at this intelligence commissioner, "Then, what about the Northern Xuanwu Gate?"

The man said, "The Northern White Tiger Gate has not replied. Objectively speaking, the relationship between Xuanwumen and Qinglongmen has always been poor, and they may not have paid attention to this kind of thing that has nothing to do with the overall situation. ”

Ding Qin muttered, "After hearing the news from the White Tiger Gate in the west, I went to the Xuanwu Gate in the north, why did my father do this back then? If the Xuanwu Gate is related to Chiyan Mountain, then the other gates should also know." ”

The intelligence commissioner said, "The White Tiger Gate of the West has no explanation for this. That's the only information we've had so far. ”

Ding Qin looked at He Yan, "Then we will go to the White Tiger Gate in the West." ”

He Yan tilted his head and asked, "Why don't you go directly to the Northern Xuanwu Gate?" Didn't your father go to the Xuanwu Gate?"

Ding Qin shook his head, "What if, on the way to Xuanwu Gate, my father changed direction? Besides, why he went to Xuanwu Gate, we should also know." If there are any conditions for the White Tiger Gate in the West to be completed by my father, then when he comes back, he will still have to get further clues from the White Tiger Gate. ”

The intelligence commissioner also nodded, "Little brother is right. The relationship between the four gates is very delicate, in fact, the Western White Tiger Gate can provide us with information, which is enough to save face. The specific situation can only be confirmed if you go there. ”

Ding Qin thought for a while, "Then please report back to the master, just say that He Yan and I were in a hurry to travel, so we left directly, and no longer made a special trip to say goodbye to him." ”

The intelligence commissioner smiled, "The head of the family has expected that Childe may make such a decision. So, at the same time as I came, the vehicles and supplies for your trip to the west were ready. Outside the west gate of Qinglongmen, there is a carriage with a coachman. The two of you can go there directly and take a car. ”

Ding Qin hugged his fists to this intelligence commissioner, "Thank you! Thank you Dongfang Qinglongmen for helping us!"

The intelligence commissioner said, "Since Childe has made up his mind, let's pack up and leave as soon as possible." In addition, the head of the family asked me to tell my son that if the family affairs are successfully handled in the future, I intend to return to our Dongfang Qinglongmen to work, and I can come back at any time. ”

Ding Qin smiled slightly and turned to He Yan, "Get ready." ”

When the sun was setting and the glow was not yet over, Ding Qin and He Yan walked out of the west gate of the Dongfang Qinglong Gate, got into the carriage, and went west along the main road.

The carriage was pulled by four horses, and it was unusually wide and comfortable, and even though the two men were lying flat in it, there was still a lot of space in between. In the carriage, all kinds of supplies are also readily available, and it seems that Qinglongmen has spent a lot of effort on preparing the two.

Although the driver of the carriage was not a cultivator, according to his own words, he had been driving since he was fifteen years old, and now he has forty years of experience. Moreover, he is also one of the few long-distance coachmen in Qinglongmen, and he has made at least four or five trips to each of the other three directions.

When asked about the time to arrive at the White Tiger Gate in the West, the coachman calculated that if he took the main road, it would take at least three months. In the meantime, if it is interspersed with some small roads, it can be shortened by about a month, but those small roads are not only complicated, but also have to go over mountains and mountains, cross forests and wade through water, and powerful monsters are prone to appear during the period.

Although Ding Qin was a little anxious in his heart, he also knew that it was better to be stable. He told the driver to follow the road rules and not to rush.

In this way, it is nearly 100 days.

During this period, Ding Qin celebrated his twentieth birthday. Although there is no ceremony, he knows that after the year of the weak crown, he should take the responsibility of life even more.

Along the way, He Yan was concentrating on what she had learned from Qinglongmen, and there was little communication with Ding Qin. When she was about to arrive at the White Tiger Gate, she could be regarded as relying on a paragraph, and as for what she was studying, she also did not tell Ding Qin.

The White Tiger Gate in the West, the important place in the West of the Lingyin Continent. From a distance, the scale of the White Tiger Gate is about the same as that of the Qinglong Gate, and the style of the outer city wall is also very similar.

On top of its walls, there are also eight white tigers. Unlike the wooden green dragon of the Oriental Green Dragon Gate, the white tiger is made of metal, which shines in the sun and is very dazzling.

The coachman kept sending Ding Qin and He Yao into the walls of the White Tiger Gate. After entering, Ding Qin found that even if it was an architectural style, the two were very similar. The periphery is also built in a uniform style of regular buildings, and there is a fenced high-rise area in the central area.

Before leaving, the coachman handed Ding Qin a letter, "This letter is a letter of recommendation written by the head of the Eastern Qinglong Gate, and I will show it to the guards of the high-level area of the Western White Tiger Gate, and I will naturally be received by the Western White Tiger Gate." ”

Ding Qin took it and put it away, and took out some gold and silver from his body and gave it to him as a token of gratitude.

The coachman was also polite, and left after making sure that Ding Qin and He Yan didn't have anything to help with.

According to the coachman, Ding Qin and He Yan went directly to the high-level area of the central government. After handing over the letter from Dongfang Qinglongmen to the guards there, the two waited outside for about half an hour before someone came out to welcome them inside.

The buildings in the high-rise area are also similar to Qinglongmen, which makes Ding Qin feel a little intimate. In the main hall, the head of the Western White Tiger Gate was firmly seated, and there were more than twenty high-level personnel below.

Ding Qin stepped forward and saluted the master, "Ding Qin and He Yan have seen the master. ”

The head nodded slightly, and said straight to the point, "Qinglongmen has sent a special letter, saying that you are looking for a person named Ding Shouyi. Four years ago, he came to us, but then he left. ”

Ding Qin said, "We came to visit your family on this trip to do justice for our father Ding Shouyi. ”

The head said, "I have already written in the letter that he went to the Xuanwu Gate in the north. You didn't go directly to the Xuanwu Gate to look for it, and you made a special trip to my Western White Tiger Gate, but what is not clear?"

Ding Qin said, "Boss." To tell you the truth, my father came here to look for Chiyan Shanchen and left the sect. Why did he go to the Northern Xuanwu Gate from here, we want to know more clearly. In addition, which way my father took back then, if the head of the family knows, he can sue one or two. After all,"

Ding Qin's mood was slightly depressed at this time, "After all, my father is not from the Lingyin Continent, and after arriving in the Lingyin Continent, it is difficult to move forward. Even if the goal is clear, there may be many dangers on the way, and no one can be sure whether they will successfully reach the Xuanwu Gate in the north. I want to go back to my father's old path and find it, maybe there will be more clues. ”

"Hmm. The head of the White Tiger Gate responded, as if agreeing, "The mood is understandable." Back then, Ding Shouyi came to Baihumen in the West, not for a clear purpose. When he came, he was mortally wounded and dying. ”

Father is injured?

Hearing this, Ding Qin chuckled in his heart.

The head of the White Tiger Gate continued, "Actually, it was a coincidence that he was able to come to the White Tiger Gate. At that time, one of my White Tiger Gate patrol envoys was out on a tour, and on the way back to White Tiger Gate, he found the seriously injured Ding Shouyi. The envoy recognized that many of the clothes and ornaments on his body were not from the Lingyin Continent, and he was worried that he was the envoy of a certain sect, so he brought him back to the White Tiger Gate for healing. ”

"Due to the severity of the injury, we have been treated for 7749 days before the injury is stabilized. After another month of recuperation, Ding Shouyi basically recovered, and only then did he realize that he was not an envoy, but a person from the Xuantian Empire of the Xuanling Continent, who came here to find Chiyan Mountain. ”

He paused for a moment and said, "Well, the purpose of what he said is consistent with what you just said. ”

Hearing these news, Ding Qin was surprised and delighted. Father single-handedly, he must have suffered a lot in the Lingyin Continent.

The head of the White Tiger Sect continued, "It's a pity that we don't know where Chiyan Mountain is. So we suggested to him that we could go to the Xuanwu Gate in the north to have a look. ”

Ding Qin immediately asked, "There are four gates on the continent standing side by side, why is it that among the other three gates, only one suggested that he go to the Northern Xuanwu Gate?"

The head of the White Tiger Gate said, "Because it is only in the Xuanwu Gate in the north, there is a Xuanwu Monument." It is rumored that the Xuanwu tablet is an ancient thing, and there are many obscure words recorded on it. If the so-called Chiyan Mountain Chen Lizong is really in the Lingyin Continent, then the only clue may be on the Xuanwu Monument. ”

"Xuanwu Monument......" Ding Qin muttered to himself.

Although his voice was small, he was still heard by the head of the White Tiger Gate. The head said, "That's right, Xuanwu Monument." You came from the Dongfang Qinglong Gate, and you may also know some information about the Four Gates. The information of the four doors all shows that the four doors appeared almost at the same time. Therefore, everyone speculates that it was split from a large sect. ”

He sighed lightly, "However, even if the four sects are interested in studying this matter, they have no conclusion. The only thing that may have left information is the Xuanwu Monument. ”

"In the very center of the Xuanwu Gate in the north, there is a statue of the Xuanwu Divine Beast, carrying an ancient monument that is more than a foot high. In the historical materials of the northern Xuanwu Gate, there is no record of the construction of this monument. Therefore, we think that it may be left by the original so-called big sect. ”

"Precisely, Xuanwu itself is also a monument. If a gate is built with the monument as the center, it can be said. ”

When Ding Qin heard this, a question flashed through his mind, and he couldn't help asking, "Isn't there an inscription on the stele? If there is an inscription, won't it be able to solve a lot of doubts? Or is it that the Northern Xuanwu Gate holds its own secrets and does not announce it to the outside world?"