Chapter 253: The Crane Boat
As soon as the Feathered Crane Immortals received the letter that they were coming to Xianhe Spring Township to find the Immortal Lake Temple, they began to prepare a "means of transportation" that could take them to the center of the lake at the same time. In the end, he had never seen a hot air balloon, and he even thought of using cranes to build a crane ship.
He actually ordered the crane to find rattan sticks from elsewhere, and used his skillful hands to weave these rattans into a hanging basket large enough for six people. Then he found a light and strong rope to tie to the hanging basket so that the cranes could fly with it.
Now it was time to show Ouyang Xiaoleng his invention to them, he pointed to the sky, and everyone looked up to see the group of cranes flying towards him before. Each of them has a rope in its beak, and underneath these countless ropes hangs a hanging basket similar to that found in a hot air balloon.
"How? I'm going to use this crane boat to take you to the place where the strange fish are concentrated in the middle of the lake! The Feathered Crane Immortal stretched out his hand to summon the cranes to descend in the direction of the shore, so that the hanging baskets they were carrying could reach the ground.
"Hey, this is really a strange thing, I used to ride a hot air balloon when I was in the human world before, but you can even think of replacing the hot air balloon with a crane!" Mochizuki said as he walked to the hanging basket.
When he walked up to him, he was even more amazed, not to mention the extremely delicate craftsmanship of this basket, and the design was specially equipped with a small door to facilitate their entry and exit.
"I'm sorry you've thought so well!" Ouyang Xiaoleng, who hadn't spoken for a long time, couldn't help but sigh when he looked at the crane ship back and forth, left and right.
"So what are you waiting for? Let's get on board! The Feathered Crane Immortal reminded the others who stayed where they were.
So they boarded the crane boat made by the crane immortals, and the feathered crane immortals flew ahead of them to guide them towards the place where the strange fish were concentrated in the center of the lake. The fog-shrouded waves of the lake have a mysterious beauty, but because of this, the people in the hanging basket can't see the situation in the lake at all, and if they don't have complete trust in the feathered crane immortal, how can they let him take them somewhere in the lake?
And the Feather Crane Immortal has such magical powers, from the time you only think you know a little about him, he has already occupied a very special place in your heart, whether it is a man or a woman, and no matter what his status and position is, maybe this is his charm. On the other hand, this is also why among the many divine beasts in the Divine Domain at that time, the Heavenly God Qiansu was the only one who favored the white crane spirit beast that turned into him.
In fact, the Feathered Crane Immortal had long noticed the strangeness in the center of the lake, those strange fish were indeed hiding some unknown secrets, although he couldn't say what the secret was, but he had always been sure of it.
It wasn't until he received the letterhead from Ouyang Hongye that he was even more convinced of his previous thoughts. In fact, the future of the demon world does not have much influence on him, but when it comes to summer and autumn, everything becomes different. He had to ensure that she could return to this world, because this was what she expected, and at the same time, he also hoped that she could live in peace and happiness, so he decided to choose to help Ouyang Xiaoleng and the others.
He led them towards the center of the lake, where the strange fish gathered, and when he finally reached there, he raised his head to the sky and let out a long roar, calling the cranes behind him to stop.
Through the thick mist, Qianqi couldn't see the situation below clearly, just like the others, so he asked, "Is this the place?" ”
"This is it, son of the dragon king, but I can't guarantee what happens next! Because I have to save the world to return to the Soul Realm, and wait there for Summer and Autumn to appear, it is inconvenient to go with you! I wish you all the best! "The Feathered Crane Immortals sincerely blessed them. If it weren't for the fact that he was still worried about the situation in Xia Qiu, he would also have wanted to enter the Immortal Lake Temple with them for an expedition.
"Thank you to the Feathered Crane Immortal for showing us the way!" Ouyang Xiaoleng said gratefully.
"So...... Let's leave it at that! "The feathered crane immortal said goodbye to everyone.
"Take care!" Ouyang Xiaoleng looked at the others, especially Qianqi, "Are you all ready?" ”
"Why are you staring at me? I've been ready for a long time! ”
After listening to Qianqi's answer, everyone looked at their companions again, and after making sure that everyone was in place, they prepared to jump towards the lake below.
"How do you feel that we are going to throw ourselves into the net and fall into the mouth of the tiger?" Mochizuki faintly saw through the thick fog that the strange fish below seemed to be peeking at them, the uninvited guests.
"Don't worry, I'll be the first to jump into the lake, and then I'll use the water control technique to build a barrier to stop the strange fish!" Senki said to Mochizuki and the others.
"Good!" The crowd responded to him in unison.
So after the thousand horses jumped into the lake, Ouyang Xiaoleng and the others also said goodbye to the Yuhe Immortal and jumped into the lake.
And from the moment Qianqi entered the lake, he began to use his own water control skills. He imagined that he had formed four large nets in the lake, and these four nets were just able to firmly block the path of the strange fish, and Ouyang Xiaoleng and the others just jumped into the four large nets he had conjured.
The water of the lake seemed to be colder than expected, but when they entered it, when the surface of the lake was still, they could quickly see that the scene formed on the surface of the lake was completely different from when they looked at it from the air, and that scene happened to be the world that Min Euntong had investigated that existed in the mirror space. Without thinking too much, everyone decided to swim towards the entrance of the corridor above the lake that led to the temple of the fairy lake.
When looking down at the lake, the outline of the Fairy Lake Temple is not very clear, to be exact, it is only a vague shadow, and I am afraid that if you don't know the legend that this temple is in a mirror space, it is easy to miss it. They found the entrance to the promenade, swam towards it with great uncertainty, and the moment they poked their heads out of the lake, they entered the promenade in addition to taking a big breath of fresh air.
It is also strange to say that the circular world that originally existed in the mirror space has a real sense of existence at the moment of contact with it. Walking up the white staircase is a long straight corridor, which is not wide enough for two people to pass side by side. On either side of the promenade are some large plants that look like corals.
They walked forward for a while before finally coming to the main building of the Immortal Lake Temple. From the outside, this temple does not seem to have anything to do with the dark forces, especially in the eyes of Mochizuki, who has traveled around the world, it is more like a church in the West. But the strange thing is that in addition to the many sculptures of the gods on the front, the door of this temple cannot be found.
Ouyang Xiaoleng looked around the temple to find a place to place the tribute, and since he arrived at this place, his heart could not be calm. These days, although he has also made several attempts with the help of Min Entong, he has never been able to form an electrocardiogram with Xia Qiu again. He also didn't know what the situation was in the Infinite Heaven Realm, and whether the war between his father Ouyang Xue Ye and the Lord of the Infinite Heaven Realm had begun? And can Xia Qiu rely on the chaos of war and return to the realm of souls?
Thinking of the vow he made with Xia Qiu to take back her body no matter what, he quickened his pace a little more. Qianqi and Lingyu also walked in the opposite direction from him around the temple to find the location of the altar where the tribute was placed, only to find that the altar where the tribute was placed was not around the temple, but on the top of the temple. At the top of the temple is a lotus-shaped device, and in the center of the device there is only a notch that happens to be the same size as the Dream Demon's beads, making people think that this is the altar.
Ouyang Hongye carefully took out the beads of the Demon Dream from his pocket, and then put them into the center of the notch, only to see that the petals of the lotus flower began to close slowly, and finally turned into a bud, and retracted inward. When the buds were completely retracted into the roof of the temple, the entire temple began to rise upwards, and a three-story building unexpectedly emerged from the ground, and the door of the temple was in the middle of the façade of the lowest level.
"It seems that this dream demon's beads are really useful, just now I couldn't see that this temple has three underground floors." Mochizuki nodded as he pushed the door and went inside.
But he pushed hard a few times, but the door didn't move in the slightest.
"What's going on? Even if there is a tribute, can't you open this door?! The Thousand Riders said as he slammed into the door, causing it to vibrate with him.
"I don't understand what's going on!" Ouyang Hongye also tried to push the door, and sure enough, the door should have been locked from the inside.
"Hey, there's a keyhole, why hasn't anyone noticed!" Ouyang Xiaoleng pointed to the inconspicuous keyhole under the doorknob and said.
"But where is the key to open this door?" Ling Yu also leaned over and touched the keyhole with his finger and asked.
"Say there are words!" Thousand Riders shouted as they moved their feet away.
As he said, there were indeed a few lines carved into the stone floor. Surprisingly, they thought it would be the language of the gods they couldn't understand, but in fact it was just the most common Chinese characters.
"The temple in the mirror, hidden into the invisible. The key to the heart, hidden in the window. Ouyang Xiaoleng read out the line.
What does that mean? I understood earlier that it meant that this temple existed in a mirror space, but although the second half of the sentence was talking about the key, how could it be called the key of the heart? Qianqi held his chin in his hand and read it twice, but he still didn't know why.
"Momiji, what do you think?" Ouyang Xiaoleng raised his head and looked at Ouyang Hongye, among the several of them, he was definitely the one who was the best at analyzing and sorting out clues.
"Hmm...... I think the heart and the window can be connected. What do you think? Ouyang Hongye suddenly put forward a bold hypothesis.