"Huh?!" A beautiful purple-clothed girl stood up, her face full of doubts, pointed at Li Ang and said, "Who are you, why did you come to my Qingcheng faction?!" ”

"My name is Leon." Li Ang introduced himself, and then said with a smile: "Listen to the senior sisters, this is the core area of the Qingcheng faction, is it true?" ”

"Of course it's true."

The purple-clothed girl raised her eyebrows and snorted coldly: "Not only here, but the entire Qingcheng Mountain is our sect's station, who are you, get out of here!" Otherwise, don't blame us for being polite! ”

Li Ang raised his eyebrows, and did not pay attention to the girl in purple, but looked around.

"Hmm......" He glanced at it a few times, and soon found his mission goal, a playful smile on the corner of his mouth.

The statue turned out to be a man.

Although he had already guessed that this statue of the ancestor of the Qingcheng faction was very likely to be a man, after all, the Qingcheng faction was a sacred place for Taoist immortal cultivation.

But Leon still didn't expect that the statue was really a man, and it was a tall, handsome man who looked relatively young.

That's not right......

Isn't this statue male? Could it be that he is a woman disguised as a man? Or a man in his own right?

Leon frowned, walked over to the statue, and crouched down to take a closer look.

"Hey, what are you doing!" The girl in purple shouted in surprise with wide eyes.

"Shh~" Li Ang stretched out his index finger to his lips and whispered, "Don't be noisy, be quiet." ”

“……”

The girl in purple gritted her teeth, finally closed her mouth, and looked at Li Ang vigilantly.

"Huh?!" Li Ang was startled, raised his head, and looked at the girl in astonishment, "You...... How do you know what I'm just doing? ”

"Of course I do." The girl blinked her watery almond eyes and said confidently, "Don't think I didn't see it. ”

“……”

Li Ang was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly realized.

He did put his hand on the statue's chest, but he didn't do anything.

Because his palm had touched the statue of the ancestor of the Qingcheng Sect before, at that time, the statue glowed with a pale golden shimmer, and now it also lit up with a faint golden light.

This shows that the statue is sentient and reacts whenever someone touches the statue.

"In this way, my mission is to 'awaken' the ancestor of the Qingcheng Sect and let him help solve the mystery."

Li Ang touched the bridge of his nose and muttered to himself: "I thought it was something strange, but it was so simple, I said it earlier." ”

But then again, what does this statue of the Patriarch mean with a pale golden shimmer?

Li Ang shook his head, put aside his distracting thoughts, and re-examined the sculpture of the ancestor of the Qingcheng faction in front of him.

The facial features of the statue are very three-dimensional, the eyes are closed, the eyebrow bones are raised, and the lips are pursed, giving people a sense of seriousness and majesty, as if they will open their eyes at any time and release endless anger.

Behind the statue is a large statue pillar about 30 meters high, the side face of the statue and the body of the statue are the same as the appearance of the ancestors of the Qingcheng faction, but the service and decoration on the statue have changed slightly, and the paint is painted white, which looks nondescript.

The statue is a Taoist priest with a short beard, wearing a black Taoist robe, with his hands behind his back, looking up at the starry sky.

From Leon's point of view, you can see the part below the neck, all hidden behind the pillars of the statue, looming.

However, there are two dents in the chest of the statue, which look like uneven skin lines.

"Uh, what's going on with the statue's skin texture?"

Li Ang was full of doubts in his heart, and turned to the purple-clothed girl and asked, "The skin of this statue seems to be different from others." ”

"You know!"

The girl scolded him unceremoniously: "The skin of this statue is the secret treasure of our Qingcheng faction, called 'Xuanhuang Stone'!" ”

"Xuanhuangshi?"

Li Ang was slightly stunned, "Can you eat this thing?" ”

“……”

The girl in purple rolled her eyes and said angrily, "Your head is broken?" This is the treasure of the Qingcheng faction, how can there be anything to eat? ”

"Oh, I see."

Li Ang was stunned and said with a smile: "It seems that the founder of your Qingcheng faction once ate Xuanhuang Stone, right?" ”

“…… Well. ”

The girl was silent for a moment, then nodded and admitted: "Yes, as far as we know, the founder of our Qingcheng Sect once traveled the world and obtained the Xuanhuang Stone by chance, thus stepping into the transcendent realm, successfully flying out of the sky, and creating the current Qingcheng Sect. ”

"That's ......"

Li Ang rubbed his chin and said secretly:

According to the description recorded in "Metaphysics, Yin and Yang", Xuanhuang Stone is a sacred stone conceived by heaven and earth, which contains extremely strong energy and has various effects such as enhancing physical fitness and prolonging life.

If the best elixir in the world is ginseng fruit, then the value of Xuanhuang stone is probably the second.

It is rumored that Xuanhuang Stone can temper the body of a warrior, making it have more tenacious musculature and tendon blood vessels, and can even make ordinary people reborn and change their physique.

In short, Xuanhuang Stone is definitely a rare treasure, even if it is a behemoth like the Qingcheng Sect, there are not many of them.

I don't know where the ancestors of the Qingcheng faction got the Xuanhuang Stone, and it was actually used as the skin armor of the statue, which is the luxury of Zhente Niang.

Li Ang shook his head, put away the emotion in his heart, and continued to look at the statue of the ancestor of the Qingcheng faction, looking for clues.

Near the base of the left ear of the statue, he found a thumb-thick hole, and the dirt next to the hole was slightly soft, as if it had been knocked out by something.

Leon stared at the hole, thoughtful, and suddenly had a flash of inspiration, "Could it be that the skin of this statue is made out of this hole?" ”

He raised his right hand and carefully touched the hole, and immediately felt the slippery palm of his hand.

"Huh? It's ......"

Li Ang was stunned, and slowly moved his right hand into the hole.

In the depths of the hole, there seems to be a crystal clear, round and full bead buried, emitting bursts of fluorescence.

The bead is oval-shaped, about the size of a baby's fist, and its surface is covered with dense and intricate patterns, like a living thing, emitting bursts of dark blue light.

"This bead ......"

Li Ang frowned slightly, feeling as if he had seen it in some ancient book.

"What are you doing?"

The girl saw Li Ang stretch out his right hand and touch the beads in the hole, and hurriedly shouted, "Stop!" ”

Li Ang stopped his movements and turned his head to glance at her: "You are ......"

The girl glared at him and scolded viciously: "Stupid! There's a Xuanhuang stone buried in it! I am the treasure of the Qingcheng faction! Do you dare to touch an outsider? Believe it or not, I beat you up? ”

"Xuanhuangshi?" Li Ang showed a look of interest, "I thought it was some kind of precious jade." ”