Because Jiuzhi Mountain is the location of Zhaoling, there are some hotels at the foot of the mountain, and there are villages and towns in the distance. In order to hide people's eyes, after finding a relatively hidden col at the foot of the mountain, Liu Cong asked the convoy to stop there temporarily. Guo Huaxing walked out of the car, looked up at the last touch of the sunset, and nodded.

I have to say that Liu Cong is very accurate in controlling the time required on the road. When the convoy arrived at the foot of Jiuzhi Mountain, it was just when it was just dark, counting the time to climb the mountain, and when the team reached the top of the mountain, it should be the best time for stargazing.

Because there are many Tang Dynasty mausoleums on Jiuzhi Mountain, many places have been planned, and if all the people in the team go up the mountain together, the goal is too conspicuous. In addition, according to previous speculation, it is very likely that the Taoist holy land is not on Jiuzhi Mountain, so Guo Huaxing only ordered a few people to go up the mountain with him to go stargazing, while the others waited for the results of stargazing in place.

The number of escorts Guo Huaxing chose was not large, except for Chen Ziyang and Liu Cong, there were only Zhenhao and two team members responsible for protection. Because of the one-day car ride, Yang Lei felt sore, and he had to follow Chen Ziyang to go to the long experience, Guo Huaxing did not refuse, so a group of seven people began to hike the mountain.

"Just take a few people up the mountain, what if the people of the Dragon Digging Society ambush them on the way." Looking at the silhouette of Jiuzhi Mountain in the night, Chen Ziyang said with some worry.

Since seeing the team so streamlined this time, Chen Ziyang has been a little worried. After all, the Dragon Digging Society had already learned about the Taoist Holy Land, so they would definitely do everything possible to obtain the Iron Book, so as to obtain the specific location of the Great Qing Dragon Vein Treasure.

On the other hand, although the equipment of the team on his side is also good, he does not bring any supporting equipment that can give confidence like the Tyrannosaurus Rex truck or the desperate Saburo.

"You can rest assured, although there are many masters in the Dragon Digging Society, but there are few of them who are the children of the Taoists, this time we have to go through the seven tests of the Taoists, if the people of the Dragon Digging Society ambush us halfway and want to seize the opportunity, then they are fools.

We have analyzed before, although the strength of the Dragon Digging Society is also very strong, but they have no way to crack the Taoist Holy Land by themselves, and the opportunity for them to obtain the Iron Book is to seize it after we get it, or when we have solved the seven tests one by one, and we will grab it when we are about to get the Iron Book, so the possibility of them ambushing halfway is very small.

Another thing is that as early as a few years ago, when we learned that the first step in finding a Taoist holy place was to go stargazing in Jiuzhi Mountain, we had already started to prepare. It can be said that Old Man Chen has placed almost half of his strength around Jiuzhi Mountain, and these people have been careful to prevent the infiltration of the Dragon Digging Society in the past few years.

So far, although it is likely that some spies from the Dragon Digging Society have entered the range of Jiuzong Mountain, their large army should not have arrived here, and we are still very safe. Liu Cong said with great confidence.

In order to avoid revealing their whereabouts, the seven people did not use flashlights at all, and all used night vision devices to inspect the road ahead, but fortunately, the vegetation on Jiuzhi Mountain was not lush, and the road was relatively obvious, which did not cause much trouble to the seven people.

After climbing along a raised ridge for a long time, Chen Ziyang had the feeling of walking on the back of a dragon, and I have to say that the terrain of Jiuzhi Mountain is indeed very rare. The ridges he could see were almost all of the same thickness, the same slope, and almost the same distance from each other, and it was impossible for them to be so regular, even if they were designed by man.

The slope of the ridge of Jiuzhi Mountain is relatively steep, and the team did not go far after walking for more than an hour, Yang Lei was tired and panting, and Chen Ziyang also felt very awkward.

Although Chen Ziyang's physical strength did not consume much, and he did not feel tired, he felt that his eyes were very uncomfortable. Seeing things with night vision devices is a piece of green, and there is a fresh feeling when you wear night vision devices occasionally, but you have to wear them all the time to walk, and the burden on your eyes is very heavy.

Now Chen Ziyang felt that his eyes were dry and astringent, and there were some swelling pains, and he obviously felt that the frequency of his blinking was much faster. As soon as Liu Cong in front of him asked the team to stop and rest, Chen Ziyang hurriedly pushed the night vision device on his helmet and rubbed his eyes vigorously.

"I'm being a good girl, but I'm exhausted. Liu Cong, you kid just let the helicopter transport us up, can't you get a few motorcycles if it's not good? Do you have to hike up? Yang Lei said to Liu Cong while beating his sore calves.

"You don't understand this, in Taoism, a real star master needs to bathe and change clothes before stargazing, and now the conditions do not allow it, this link is removed, but stargazing also has a very strict requirement, that is, stargazers must hike to the stargazing place.

If it is a stargazing platform built on flat ground, stargazers need to step up step by step, and if the place for stargazing is on a mountain, then starting from the foot of the mountain, stargazers need to walk step by step to the stargazing place. Liu Cong looked around vigilantly and said to Yang Lei.

"What kind of rule is this? Isn't this torture? If one day you get any more tips that you need to go stargazing on Mount Everest, the stargazers must not die of exhaustion. ”

"If you don't understand, don't talk nonsense, in Taoism, star masters and hexagram masters have some requirements before stargazing and divination, and that's because whether it's stargazing or using hexagram deduction, they are stealing heavenly opportunities.

These demands are only to show to the heavens that the stargazers and deductions are very sincere, and as for whether or not they can spy on the heavens, it depends on the will of the heavens. Chen Ziyang pinched the bridge of his nose and said. After resting for a while, he felt much more comfortable in his eyes.

"You said that this Zhang Taixu is really lacking in virtue enough, since he left something about the Taoist Holy Land, can't he say more? But there are only a hundred words left, and we don't know what we're going to do until now. Yang Lei was really tired, his mouth just couldn't be idle, and he was complaining.

Just when Yang Lei wanted to continue to break his mouth, suddenly a cold light flashed beside him, as if something hit him. This frightened Yang Lei's hands tremble, and he hurriedly looked at his side.

Just beside Yang Lei, less than five centimeters away from him, a poisonous snake more than two feet long was writhing, and even the tail of the poisonous snake slapped on Yang Lei's thigh.

Yang Lei jumped up at a height, hurriedly pounced to the side, and dodged the poisonous snake from a distance, only then did he understand that the head of the poisonous snake had been nailed to the ground by something like a small silver dagger, and it was obvious that the snake would not survive.

Seeing this small silver-white dagger, Yang Lei thought about it, the one nailing the snake's head should be the kind of dart that Zhen Hao wiped before, it seems that Zhen Hao's dart saved his life, otherwise it is very likely that this poisonous snake will bite his body when he is not paying attention.

Chen Ziyang, who saw all this, hurriedly set his eyes on Zhen Hao, his eyes were full of gratitude. But when Chen Ziyang saw Zhen Hao, the gratitude in his eyes turned into surprise.

Zhen Hao was ten meters away from Yang Lei, and the night vision device hanging on his helmet was propped up, and it was not pulled in front of his eyes, which means that in such a short period of time, this Zhen Hao found this poisonous snake ten meters away in the dark night without any light source, and accurately threw the dart in his hand and pierced the snake's head.

Although Chen Ziyang can vaguely see the surrounding scenery without a night vision device, he can only see three or four meters away at most, and it is pitch black ten meters away, but this Zhen Hao not only saw the poisonous snake, but also accurately threw a dart to hit the snake's head, this hand flying target skills and eyesight are indeed worthy of the name, no wonder Jin Huang will praise him so much.

Ignoring the surprised eyes of the two people, Zhen Hao slowly walked to the place where the poisonous snake was, reached out and grabbed the dart, and lifted it up with the poisonous snake. Then he pulled the dart off the snake's head, slashed downward, cut open the snake's body with the dart, squeezed out the snake's gall with two fingers, threw it into his mouth and swallowed it.

After wiping the darts on his black special operations uniform, Zhen Hao threw down the dead poisonous snake and continued to guard the surroundings with a nonchalant expression.

"Nonsense, you kid get away from me, don't let the bloody qi on your body pollute my Dao Fa, if something goes wrong with stargazing, I'll screw your kid's head off." Seeing that Zhen Hao killed the poisonous snake, Guo Huaxing, who was standing on the side, scolded with an angry face.

"I'm sorry, Guo Zhenren, just now the incident happened suddenly, I didn't think about it so much, I just thought about saving people." Zhen Hao lowered his head and said.

"Humph! If there is such a thing, it is better to let him die here than to delay my big event. Guo Huaxing ignored Zhen Hao's explanation, and looked up at the sky with a displeased face and said.

Yang Lei glanced at Guo Huaxing, obviously complaining for his life-saving benefactor. And Liu Cong also patted Zhenhao on the shoulder and comforted him.

Although what Guo Huaxing said just now was a bit harsh, Chen Ziyang could understand it. The search for the Taoist holy land this time was so important that almost all of them made great efforts to hope that this operation would be successful.

And what the Maoshan Star Master was most afraid of before stargazing was the bloody breath. The Maoshan Star Master who was contaminated with the bloody breath is equivalent to desecrating the heavens, and it is very likely that he will not be able to see through the heavens when stargazing, resulting in the failure of stargazing, no wonder Guo Huaxing is so angry.

At this time, Chen Ziyang found out that although Guo Huaxing was old, he really didn't have the physical strength. Compared with Yang Lei, who was out of breath, Guo Huaxing's face was not red, he was not panting, and he was staring at the stars in the sky calmly.

"Usually Guo Zhenren is still very amiable, and he always talks and laughs with us, but this time it's really a big deal, so don't mind.

Guo Zhenren has been preparing for this day for several years, and he doesn't want the first level he is responsible for to make a mistake. Seeing that the atmosphere was a little awkward, Liu Cong started a round and whispered in the ears of Chen Ziyang and Yang Lei.

"Liu Cong, you think too much, I don't have an opinion on Guo Zhenren, we are all descendants of Maoshan, I can understand what happened just now, if it were me, I would be very unhappy. Tell me more about Guo Zhenren. ”

"By the way, I just remembered that there is another similarity between the two of you. You can open the Yin and Yang Eyes, and this Guo Zhenren also has a very unique ability, he can open the Star Eyes. ”

"Stareye!" Chen Ziyang said in surprise. The reason why he was so surprised was because he knew that compared to the yin and yang eyes that he could open, there were even fewer people who could open the star eyes.

If one in every thousand people has the wisdom root to open the Yin and Yang Eye, then there is not one in 100,000 people who can open the Star Eye, no wonder Guo Huaxing will become a Maoshan Star Master, no wonder he can take on the heavy responsibility of opening the first test of the Taoist Holy Land.

"It's getting late, let's get on the road." Guo Huaxing said to everyone.

Because of the previous incident, the atmosphere on this road was a little awkward, but everyone rarely talked to each other, so it didn't affect anything else.

After walking for a few more hours, the group of seven people finally climbed a secondary peak of Jiuzhi Mountain. Jiuzhi Mountain is more than 1,000 meters above sea level, and it is not easy to climb to the main peak, and time does not allow it, so Guo Huaxing chose this sub-peak as his stargazing location.

Although it is not the main peak of Jiuzhi Mountain, it does not affect stargazing, and the vastness of the stars cannot be affected by the square inch of land.

The altitude of this sub-peak is not low, and the surrounding vision is also very open, if you look at the stars here, it is not blocked by the main peak at all, and the entire starry sky can be seen at a glance.

Although Chen Ziyang had seen Instructor Liu stargazing before, he really didn't understand anything about stargazing. After raising his head and looking at it for a long time, Chen Ziyang didn't find out which seven stars Zhang Taixu was referring to, and he could only watch the excitement from the sidelines.

After doing some rituals, Guo Huaxing stood with his hands behind his back at the highest point of the sub-peak, looking up at the starry sky and being silent for a long time.

At this time, in Guo Huaxing's eyes, there were several stars in the sky that were flashing with faint purple light, and from the main peak of Jiuzhi Mountain, there was also a purple qi that slowly rose and melted into the purple light emitted by the stars.

"I see, I see. Purple air runs through the sky, seven stars and a line, Liu Cong, what is the southeast direction. Guo Huaxing asked excitedly.

"Southeast? The southeast direction should be Xianyang, and the east-southeast direction is Xi'an. ”

"That's right, that's right! Purple qi comes from the east and goes west, the Taoist holy land is really not on this Jiuzhi Mountain, let's go to the northwest, where the purple qi gathers. ”

(End of chapter)