Chapter 278: Returning in vain
"What did you say?" Sikong Qingyu saw Jing Yi thoughtfully, his lips moved slightly, as if he was saying something. However, his voice was so low that Sikong Qingyu didn't hear a word, so he asked softly.
"When we were assessing the disciples of the Shenwu Academy, Qi Lao and I experienced the beast tide in the Sumeru space, and we also felt the existence of swallowing the sky. At that time, Qi Lao said to me that there is a book of "Tibetan Ancient Divine Formulas" in our Tibetan Scripture Pavilion, which records many past events that once existed and were even regarded as legends. When I returned to the academy, I carefully flipped through the book and found that many of the strange things recorded in it were like myths, including the Star Eater and the mysterious mountain in front of me. Jing Yi stared intently at the Divine Mountain and said in a low voice.
"That'...... What does it say?" Sikong Qingyu looked at Jing Yi with a serious face, and instinctively sensed that this matter was not simple. He peeked at the forces around him, and found that no one was paying attention to him, so he lowered his voice and asked.
According to the record of "Tibetan Ancient Divine Formula", this mysterious mountain is the inheritance of the Chinese ancestral star, floating in the air, and there is no fixed place to live. It is difficult for people to find it in the world, and only a few people who are destined to see it can see it. Therefore, the ancestors named this mysterious mountain the Escape Mountain. Moreover, this mysterious mountain itself contains monstrous power, and if it is touched by the world, it will transform into a golden divine light to protect the mountain. That layer of golden divine light was extremely corrosive, making it impossible for the world to climb even if they saw the Escape Mountain. And ......" Jing Yi paused and continued: "Legend has it that there are five divine beasts guarding this mountain of retreat, even if the world has a magic weapon to climb the mountain, they will eventually be repelled by the five divine beasts, and they will not get the treasure on the mountain at all. ”
"Five Divine Beasts, impossible!" Sikong Qingyu froze when he heard Jing Yi's words, and then lowered his voice and shouted. He looked left and right, and then said to Jing Yi: "The Five Divine Beasts have long disappeared in the Immortal and Demon War in the primeval period, and for hundreds of thousands of years, even if people who have participated in the creation of the Ancestral Star have searched for it, it is difficult to find its trace. It is rumored in the world that the only five remaining divine beasts in the Huaxia Continent have been protected by the guardians of various domains, and no one knows the true situation. Therefore, it is very likely that the five divine beasts recorded in the "Tibetan Ancient Divine Formula" are made up. ”
"None of us have climbed the Escape Mountain, so whether the Ancient Tibetan Divine Recipe is apocryphal or not is just speculation. However, since the ancestors depicted the mountain of the world so realistically, it must not be groundless. Jing Yi shook his head and sighed softly.
"Senior Jing, Senior Sikong, what should we do now?" While Jing Yi and Sikong Qingyu were talking in a low voice, Qi Yu, the prince of the Huaxia Imperial Family, stepped forward, clasped his fists and saluted the two, and asked respectfully.
The sudden change in the Escape Mountain surprised everyone. Among the people present, only the leaders of the Tongling Pavilion, Ji Luosheng, Jing Yi and Sikong Qingyu, knew what was going on, and the others looked at the golden light of the Retreat Mountain with a blank expression.
"If you come here, you will be safe, so many forces have gathered in the Escape Mountain in two days, even if we want to leave, it is estimated that others will not give up so easily. Jing Yi glanced at the cultivators on both sides of the Chishui River and said softly.
Although Jing Yi was just talking to Qi Yu, everyone was a cultivator, and his words naturally did not hide from everyone's ears. When he heard Jing Yi mention the Escape Mountain, a hint of discoloration obviously flashed in the eyes of Ji Luosheng, the leader of the Psychic Pavilion.
"Senior Jing, since you know the name of this mountain, you must also know how to climb the mountain, right? Everyone here is here for the treasure on the mysterious mountain, if the seniors of the Shenwu Academy know how to climb the mountain, please don't hide it!" Bai Kun raised his eyebrows, looked at Jing Yi and Sikong Qingyu, and said in a non-yin and non-yang manner.
"In the classics of my Shenwu Academy, this mountain of retreat is indeed mentioned, but there is no record of the method of mountaineering. Ji Daoyou, looking at your expression, you should also know something about the Escape Mountain. I don't know if you have a strategy for mountaineering?" Jing Yi didn't look at Bai Kun, but turned his head to Ji Luosheng and asked. Jing Yi is a highly respected senior of the Shenwu Academy, even if he knows that Bai Kun wants to cause trouble and point the finger at the Shenwu Academy, but as a senior in the cultivation world, he naturally will not be as concerned as Bai Kun.
"Senior Jing, to be honest, this mountain is indeed mentioned in the collection of my Tongling Pavilion, but like your academy, it also does not tell you how to climb the mountain. However, the mountain has always stood here, and no one of us has approached, so why does it fall a divine light? I think before we find a way to climb the mountain, should we check our own doorman, who sneaked into the vicinity of the mountain and triggered its prohibition. Ji Luosheng smiled indifferently and said softly. He has a warm smile, and it's hard to associate him with the mysterious Psychic Chamber.
"What are you talking about? Someone climbed the mountain in advance? So what are we waiting for? If it's any later, I'm afraid that the supreme treasure above will be obtained by someone else!" Hearing Ji Luosheng's words, Bai Kun was suddenly startled, and the original greed in his eyes instantly turned into anger, and he roared loudly.
"Hmph, don't worry, Master Bai, you are not the only one here who wants to get the treasure on it. Besides, Senior Jing said just now that the Mysterious Mountain belongs to everyone, not unique to your Bai family. You're so anxious, are you out of style?" Just as Bai Kun yelled angrily, Tu Lie, the valley master of the Poison King Valley, looked at him with disdain and said disdainfully. Tu Lie didn't know why, since he appeared, he had been targeting Bai Kun.
"I'm just afraid that people with ulterior motives will climb the mountain in advance, in case any prohibition is triggered again, which will harm us all. Bai Kun's face was flushed when he was reprimanded by Tu Lie, he had the heart to be angry, but when he thought of the other party's world-beating poison technique, he could only swallow his anger for the time being.
"Alright, let's stop arguing, now our primary purpose is to study how to climb the mountain, and who secretly triggered the ban on the mountain. Jing Yi looked at Bai Kun, who was red-faced, and Tu Lie, who was cold-faced, and persuaded softly.
"Senior Jing is right, just now we have counted the disciples under the sect, and the person who triggered the ban is not our disciple. However, none of us present are weak, and the person who triggered the ban was actually able to sneak into the vicinity of the Hidden World Mountain by concealing the divine consciousness of all of us, I am afraid that his cultivation is not weaker than ours!" Ji Luosheng looked at the golden mountain in front of him and pondered.
"I don't know where the master sneaked into the vicinity of the Escape Mountain, in the Lower Divine Martial Academy Jing Yi, can the Taoist friends show up and see it?" Hearing Ji Luosheng's words, Jing Yi nodded, and then, he faced the Escape Mountain and said loudly.
In fact, it was not surprising that they didn't find the four of Ling Yu, because among the four of them, there was an existence comparable to a formation master. Wu Dao comprehended from the general outline of the formation that the formation of the hidden aura was extremely mysterious, and the ordinary falling formation stone actually had the power to turn decay into magic in his hands. Moreover, since Ling Yu and the others arrived at the Hidden World Mountain, the forces of all parties have been arguing, and no one has noticed Ling Yu at all. They also couldn't have imagined that under the noses of the top cultivators in these red dusts, there were still people who dared to hide from the heavens and the sea.
At this time, the initiators, Ling Yu and the four of them, had quietly gone ashore. With the support of the three of them, Ling Yu found an ancient tree to lean on and examined the wounds on his feet. The soles of his shoes had been pierced by golden light, and the flesh on the soles of his feet had been roasted. Ling Yu is now an Out-of-Body Realm cultivator, coupled with the fact that he used Heavenly Thunder to refine his body during the Tribulation, it stands to reason that the strength of his body is comparable to that of thousands of years of demon beasts, but he didn't expect to be injured by this mysterious golden light today.
"Xiao Yu, how is it? Can you still hold on?" Wu Dao took out a bottle of elixir to treat burns from his arms, handed it to Ling Yu, and asked softly. I don't know if the wound is a burn, but now I can only try it according to the burn.
Ling Yu took the ointment and applied it to the soles of his feet, and a cool feeling came from the Yongquan acupoint. After about a quarter of an hour, the pain finally subsided. Ling Yu let out a sigh, nodded to the three of them, and said softly, "Now that I've used the medicine, it's no big deal." I just don't know what kind of object the golden light pouring down from this mountain can cause so much damage to living beings. Ling Yu wrapped her feet with strips of cloth and took out a new pair of shoes to put on. He knew that this was also relying on his own flesh and blood, and if he was replaced by someone else, he was afraid that his entire leg would be abolished.
"Xiao Yu, I think this mysterious mountain is more dangerous than all the Jedi we have been to before, whether it is the hinterland of Dragon Bone Mountain or the Ghost Seal Jedi, compared to this mysterious mountain, I am afraid that it is less than one-tenth of the danger here. Xiao Hei scratched his head and said softly.
Listening to Xiao Hei's words, Ling Yu also nodded, although they had also been to many Jedi before, they were all in danger. This time, they were injured before they even climbed the mountain, and it was hard to imagine what kind of location this mysterious mountain was.
"Then what should we do now?Go back to Shenwu Academy?" Wu Dao also had no idea at this time, although he had been alone before, but since he met Ling Yu, he had taken Ling Yu's horse as the leader. Although Ling Yu is not very old, he is thoughtful, and his means and methods of doing things have deeply impressed Wu Dao, and he is willing to accompany him and let him send him.
"We can't go yet, although we can't climb the mountain, but there are other cultivators on the shore, their cultivation is higher than ours, and they should all have all kinds of immortal magic weapons in their hands. Let's wait and see if they can make it to the mountain, and then we can make plans. Ling Yu said.
With that, Ling Yu, supported by Xiao Hei, quietly approached everyone with Wu Dao and Shi Chen. In order to prevent them from discovering the four of them, Wu Dao also deliberately set up another large array to cover their figures and aura.
At this time, the various forces seem to have reached some kind of consensus and are ready to climb the mountain. They were led by the two elders of the Shenwu Academy, and the leaders of the rest of the forces were distributed left and right, and Bai Kun, the head of the Bai family, was in the last position.
Everyone came to the shore facing the Escape Mountain, and Tu Lie of the Poison King Valley took the lead. I saw his hands in the void, words in his mouth, and an obscure note came out of his mouth, as if he was performing some kind of summoning ritual. About a cup of tea had passed, and everyone suddenly felt the earth under their feet begin to tremble, and as time passed, the frequency of the earth shaking became more and more intense. Then, Tu Lie roared, and saw a centipede about hundreds of feet long emerge from the ground in front of him.
The centipede was dark all over, not like flesh and blood, but like it was made of bluestone. After the centipede emerged from the soil, it seemed to have received some order, and swam straight towards the Escape Mountain. The centipede was extremely fast, and in the blink of an eye, it swam to the foot of the Hidden Mountain. And when its tentacles just put on the golden shield of the Hidden World Mountain, a terrible scream resounded through the heavens and the earth came from its mouth. Then, its body began to be enveloped in raging fire from its tentacles, and burned all the way to its tail. Before everyone could react, it had lost all its life.
"Let's go, everyone is destined to return in vain today!" Ling Yu sighed softly as he looked at the centipede's body that had turned to ashes.