As Zheng Yan came back, everyone was a little eager to try, Zheng Yan didn't stop it, and told them about the dragon gate on it, but Zheng Xingye, Zheng Yuan, and Xingshuang, who tried to go up, all fell into a fantasy world, Zheng Xinglu tried twice more or repeated the same mistake, although Zheng Yuchan was also interested and curious, but in the end he didn't try, Zheng Yan saw that several people were relieved and beckoned them to build a place for the night.

Although there were mountains to keep it in the valley, it would be very cold at night, and the boys built two thick stone walls against a large stone that was leeward and slightly sunken inward, and built a shed with dead trees that had fallen to the ground, and covered them with branches and hay inside and out, and built a fire pit by the only opening, and put the fish that had been cut open on the side of the fire.

At this time, it was completely dark, Zheng Yan sat outside the bonfire with helplessness and told everyone about the scene he saw on the waterfall again, this is the fourth time, Zheng Xinglu is still worried about his repeated illusions, Zheng Yan told the truth, but he really wants to enter the illusion to appreciate the scenery of the desolate world.

The little tiger curled up in Bai Bo's arms and fell asleep, in fact, neither Zheng Yan nor Yu Qiu expected that it would become like this after devouring the essence blood, the key was to shrink and coma after devouring a little, and he has not woken up yet, but Zheng Yuchan has seen it, everything is normal, maybe it really responded to what Yu Qiu said at the time from the beginning, but I don't know if the Yu Qiu who woke up is not the past Yu Qiu, Zheng Yan did not say the whereabouts of the big tiger before, nor did he specifically explain the origin of this little tiger, only said that it was found under the dragon gate.

The four women were all arranged in the shed, Zheng Yan sat on the outermost night watch, with spears and bows and arrows at hand, but there was no sense of solidity in his heart, only the slight snoring behind could slightly soothe the feeling of not declining, the wind blew through the woods in the night, with a cold and strange voice, it was like crying;

In the early years, his mother seemed to come to Taihua's side, whether it was to visit the secret or to do things for the imperial family? Yu Qiu said that he regarded the strange woman as the queen and revered, and it was also this woman who asked him to garrison Shengyang Mountain, but he was not completely obedient, and tried to crack the secrets in the mountains in the past few years, but he was killed by the door.

Zheng Yan asked Yu Qiu why the woman asked him to be stationed in Shengyang Mountain and what he was doing in Shengyang Mountain, Yu Qiu flickered, only saying that he would not let the spirits north of Shengyang Mountain go south, and finally Zheng Yan still suppressed the urge to get to the bottom of it, for some reason, he hoped that his mother was just interested in doing this, not for any specific purpose, and nothing else involved.

Thousands of miles of stratus clouds, thousands of mountains and twilight snow, to whom does the shadow go? Inexplicably, I think of such a sentence, and then think about it carefully, I was afraid of inheriting my mother's legacy, and now I still yearn for loneliness and do not want to bear it, is it too undeserved?

These days, watching Zheng Xingye fall into the mud, and suddenly found that he was also looking forward and backward, no wonder Taoism was born, the deeper he entered the world, the more difficult it is to break free, if this red dust is compared to an illusion, the more persistent people in the illusion, the more difficult it is to get out, and the illusion will also deepen people's obsession, such as parents, such as brothers and sisters, such as lovers and friends, fame and fortune, seven emotions and six desires, each factor is a silk thread, the more silk threads you have, the less room you have to flicker around,

Cut or sort out.

Most cultivators are faced with a very delicate choice when they start their practice, whether to cultivate the Dao of Humanity or the Dao of Heaven or even the Great Dao.

Of course, the so-called humanity is not the often said humane realm, but a kind of way to enter the world, with the goal of pursuing the seven emotions and six desires of fame and fortune, love, hatred, and hatred, and hatred, and the first requirement is to understand it personally; and the way of heaven is generally the way of birth, paying attention to the existence of heavenly principles to destroy people's desires, of course, there are also people who practice the way of heaven in the world, such as those who practice qi in the Qin Tianjian, such as those who practice in the temples of the market; as for the avenue, it is difficult to say, humanity and the way of heaven can be transformed into the avenue, they can be said to be inclusive of the relationship can also be said to be intersecting,

Zheng Yan, like most of the Zheng clan, practiced humanity, and once upon a time also longed for the freedom of traveling the world alone, but the more he grew up, the more he understood, many people can't give up and can't let go of many things, but maybe it's because of looking ahead and looking back, resulting in always contradictions in his heart now, cultivating the Tao and cultivating the heart, how can he be willful!

Xingshuang, who was lying next to Zheng Yuchan, silently looked at the figure in the firelight, as if he was a little guilty and a little resolute, he always had no content, and it seemed to be all-encompassing, too ethereal and distant, and it seemed to be so close that he was uneasy, maybe only Yingyue could really touch him.

The waning moon has disappeared, and the originally clear galaxy is gradually getting a little foggy, and in the blink of an eye, it is already the second half of the night, Zheng Yan is wiping the bow with fish oil, and suddenly noticed that a little mist is slowly drifting in the forest in front of him, and he can't help but be a little puzzled, the cold wind in the forest is still blowing, why is the fog not in a hurry at all? Thinking about it, he added some branches to the fire pond.

Soon the fog was already filled, and the woods and rivers could no longer be seen, only the place where the bonfire was shining was still clear, Zheng Yan took out three arrows from the quiver and woke up the nearest Zheng Yuan,

Zheng Yuan rubbed his eyes and said helplessly, "Don't look at me and lie to me honestly, it's not time to change shifts yet",

Zheng Yan stretched out his hand and touched the mist, feeling that his fingers were a little slippery and a little cold, and the suspicion in his heart was a little thicker.

Zheng Yuan was already fully awake, looking at the fog that suddenly appeared in front of him, he also became a little dignified, pinched a magic trick and put a finger against the corner of his eye, and after a while, he said in a deep voice, "There are unclean things in the fog, it's really strange, how can there be such a gloomy thing here?

Zheng Yan glanced at the other side of the shed and whispered, "Who told you that the dragon qi is just to the yang?

Zheng Yuan kicked Zheng Xingye awake again, Zheng Xingye seemed to be very unhappy, glanced at the mist and rushed in with a sword, and after a while, there was a sound of the sword coming out of the sheath in the mist, and it didn't take long for the fog to begin to dissipate, and Zheng Xingye, who was in a much more comfortable mood, walked back proudly, "A yin ghost and a zombie, even I can't hold up with a sword, it's really a shame for such a place where Zhong Lingyu is beautiful."

Zheng Yuan asked puzzledly, "Brother Xingye, are you sure you can see clearly?, how can there be a yin object when there is a dragon gate?"

"There's nothing strange about it, the principle of the dragon gate originally includes the transformation of the heavenly path and the flow of time, and it is not strange to produce anything, but the people who generally set up the dragon gate will make some arrangements for this, it seems that this large array is a little damaged, Zheng Yan, haven't you found something?", Zheng Yuchan, who didn't know when she woke up, was also a little puzzled,

Zheng Yan shook his head, Yu Qiu didn't have time to say who built this dragon gate in the age when it was built, maybe even he didn't know, but it seemed to be very new. Since it is a formation, it must need energy to support its operation, and Zheng Yuchan also mentioned that the formation has the principle of heavenly transformation in it, so it makes sense to use yin qi as energy, that is to say, there must be yin qi gathering somewhere in this valley, and it is not surprising to produce some yin things.

Of course, this is just a bold guess, as Zheng Yuan said, the dragon qi does have the nature of being rigid and yang, which can also support the speculation that the formation here uses yin qi as nourishment; if it is not yin qi as the energy to support the operation of the formation, but something else, such as the aura contained in the dragon vein, although Zheng Yan does not believe in this thing very much;

If this is indeed the case, there are dragon veins and a rich aura here, then... , Zheng Yan hurriedly stopped his whimsy, there are few people here and there are people who build dragon gates, there should be no such things.

Several people were a little puzzled when they saw the change in Zheng Yan's expression, Zheng Yan glanced at the direction of the waterfall above and finally wanted to go up again, just now it suddenly occurred to him that Yu Qiu seemed to be delaying something, or he just didn't want to let himself continue to walk behind the dragon gate, what was behind the dragon gate? At that time, there was indeed only a half-hidden cliff, by the way! Where did the water come from? It seems that everyone has forgotten the answer they wanted to know in the first place.

Zheng Yan said that he was going to find the source of the waterfall, and then simply made a torch and prepared to leave, and the eyes of the remaining people met for a while, and finally Zheng Xingye stopped Zheng Yan who was about to leave, "Let's go together tomorrow, I can't just let you go",

The words were categorical, it was cold and solemn that he hadn't seen for a long time, Zheng Yan thought about it and looked a little weird, and muttered, "Do you know something?"

Zheng Xingye was stunned for a moment and seemed to hesitate, and Zheng Yuchan, who was quiet and soft on the side, suddenly said, "I'll accompany you tomorrow, let's rest today."

Zheng Yan generally doesn't insist too much on this kind of thing, since he knows that there must be something in it, and the waterfall and the dragon gate can't run even if they stand there, so he sat back by the campfire, Zheng Yuan proposed to change the guard, and simply went into the shed to sleep. Zheng Yuchan took the first step back to the shed, saw that Xingshuang was watching quietly, shook her head slightly, lay down and whispered a few words.

As soon as it was dawn the next morning, Zheng Yuan came out of the woods, carrying a spotted deer on his shoulder, and then threw it to Zheng Yan who had just gotten up.

After eating barbecue, the original blue-gray sky has turned into lead gray in a blink of an eye, which is a sign that it is going to snow again, Zheng Xingye had no choice but to announce that he would be stationed here first and wait for the sky to clear, Zheng Yan got up with the prepared things, and said with a smile, "Why don't I go by myself,

It was rare for Zheng Yuchan to snort, "If you still want to set us, they know less than you know, only I know a little", said and picked up his bags and walked straight to the top,

Except for Xingshuang, the remaining three people who had been sleeping last night had not figured out the situation, Zheng Yan had already disappeared with Zheng Yuchan, Zheng Xingye, who stayed in place, looked at the direction where the two disappeared and frowned, Zheng Yuan was obviously puzzled, but it was not easy to ask.

Here the two jumped up the waterfall and walked to the bottom of the dragon gate again, Zheng Yan was surprised to find that there was handwriting in the blank space before the top of the archway, "Longguang returns to the ruins", what does it mean? So he looked at Zheng Yuchan who looked flat next to him,

Zheng Yuchan shook her head and said softly, "I don't understand either, but these four words have a charm, and they should also be part of the formation, return to the ruins, legend is that in the vast deep sea east of the Eastern Wilderness, of course it won't be here, this was also a part of the Eastern Wilderness in the early years, and even a northerly place, right?"

Zheng Yan said helplessly, "What do you ask me?" and walked inside.

The two quickly walked to the bottom of the cliff, Zheng Yuchan didn't mean to do anything at all, just now no matter how Zheng Yan asked, he only said to let Zheng Yan find it by himself, and if he couldn't find a suspicious place, he would go back, but the curiosity in her eyes was still revealed a lot, Zheng Yan didn't care about her, and after some investigation, he took out a dagger and cut his palm, smeared the blood on the cliff, and the outlined figure happened to be a Taiji diagram, and then a seven-foot-sized cliff with a Taiji diagram was withdrawn inside, revealing a deep cave.

Zheng Yan was about to take out the torch, Zheng Yuchan raised her hand to stop it, and sacrificed her wheel, like a bright moon, which was indeed enough to illuminate the cave, Zheng Yan smiled, and took the lead in carrying a spear.

The cave is very deep, not spacious, but four feet wide is seven feet high, the cave wall does not have any obvious signs, not to mention the picture handwriting, not even many traces of manual excavation, but like a natural formation, the two have been walking for a long time, suddenly there is a break in front, Zheng Yuchan sacrificed the wheel to continue to go deeper, only to see that the break is about one zhang high, below is a three-zhang square stone room, there is a stone platform in the middle of the stone room, and there is something on the stone platform.

The two fell from the break to the stone room, Zheng Yan stepped on the ground to make sure it was solid, and then walked lightly to the stone platform, and also saw the things on the stone platform, it was actually a stone statue about nine feet high, the stone statue had three heads and six arms, each face was hideous and mighty, and the six hands were empty, what should be held before looking at the shape, and then look at the lifelike armor carved on the stone statue, the style of the armor Zheng Yan had never seen, and there were a few designs that seemed to be very unreasonable,

There is a dragon at the foot of the stone statue,

Dragon?!

Zheng Yan didn't understand a little, isn't this related to the Dragon Gate? Even if it wasn't built by the Dragon Clan, it should be... , Wait, Zheng Yan suddenly thought of a possibility, someone wants to enslave those dragons who have crossed the dragon gate and have completed their transformation, and they are generous!

Zheng Yuchan's expression changed a little, Zheng Yan looked at it in his eyes and asked suspiciously, "Don't tell me that this is done by the clan."

"Impossible!", Zheng Yuchan shook her head, thought about it and said, "I just heard the clan elders casually mention that there is a true dragon's spirit guarding here, and I didn't want you to come in before because I was afraid that the dragon would take you away, it is said that the real dragon was suppressed by someone to support the operation of the large array here, and must have accumulated a lot of anger, and it is by no means a good kind",

Zheng Yan muttered, "Tell me in detail,

Zheng Yuchan hesitated for a moment and said softly, "I don't know who built it here, and what it was for, I only know that the dragon gate above can indeed turn into a dragon, but the clan elders don't seem to think so, that's all."

Zheng Yan looked at the opposite door, it seemed that he had to go on, first Xuanwu Pond, this is Zhenlong Cave, and people are really bold without taboos.