Chapter 13: Closing the Mountain

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The border between Daqian and Xidi has never been very clear, from Jiyong Erzhou all the way to the north, there is an endless wilderness and primitive dense forest, even the Xidi tribes that have been at war with Daqian all the year round, in this almost endless wilderness and dense forest, they only occupy a small area, nomadic fishing and hunting for a living, and occasionally fight and annex each other, so many places are basically borderless

But there are also some forces that were established and stationed even before the Great Qian, such as the Heavenly Volcano.

It was a mountain that suddenly rose from the sparse taiga, and there were no other mountains around it, and this huge mountain stood on the surface as if it had suddenly fallen from the sky, and the smoke and fire emitted from the depression at the top all year round

Even the people of the Heavenly Fire Sect couldn't tell how many years they had occupied this place, in short, long before the Five Elements Sect was divided, this was already the place where they cultivated the Fire Movement Dao Method and smelting equipment, and then the battle between the Five Elements Sect and the Demon Sect that lasted for a hundred years shook the world, and even the dynasty also changed, although the Demon Sect has been in a slump since then, the Five Elements Sect has also split into five factions, and there is no longer the momentum of the previous heyday, and the Tianhuo Sect that was split by the loss of countless profound Dao methods and classics has since taken this Heavenly Volcano as its own foundation, which continues to this day

Some of the people who had fallen from the Daqian or the Sidi tribes had also gathered under the volcano to seek refuge and hide from wild beasts, thus forming a small village, but now only a few wooden houses can be seen scattered in the glades, and the people have disappeared like the birds and beasts before the catastrophe

Amid the sound of horses' hooves, a carriage came and went through the deserted village, along a black dirt road that seemed to be paved with coking coal, all the way to the top of the volcano, the only thing alive in the dead silence

The closer to the top of the mountain, the heavier the sulfur smell in the air, and the hotter and hotter, the sweat has unconsciously gathered from Lin Xiaoyan's face, and then soaked all the sleeves of Tang Xiaoxiao's chuckle, Lin Xiaoyan turned his face sideways, but Tang Xiaoxiao seemed to be hotter than her, sweat was densely covered with his forehead like soybeans, and even the clothes between his chest and abdomen were faintly watered

"Ah Xiao, isn't it hot?" Lin Xiaoyan reached out and wiped the sweat off Tang Xiaoxiao's face in the past two days, she seemed to have gradually become accustomed to the smell of sulfur and the shadow in her heart, or maybe she crossed a line and quieted down instead

Tang chuckled and didn't speak, just smiled Seeing this smile, Lin Xiaoyan also smiled He has laughed a lot these days, more than she has remembered in the past five years, but these smiles seem to be a little strange, either a little stiff, or a little mysterious, but even so, seeing his smile is also the only comfort that Lin Xiaoyan has come these days

The carriage retreated, and the voice of the old man who took the lead came: "It's here, Miss Xiaoyan, please come down."

When he walked out of the carriage, Lin Xiaoyan was stunned by the scene in front of him, it turned out that they were now standing on the top of the Heavenly Volcano, not far away was a huge cliff pit within a radius of the deep pit, and the fiery red magma at the bottom of the pit was constantly surging, sending up the indescribable heat and thick smoke, and from time to time there were all kinds of flames gushing out from everywhere, it seemed to be a hell that had nothing to do with reality, only scorching heat and flames

It's just that as soon as she got out of the carriage, Lin Xiaoyan felt that her head and clothes were scorching, and her skin could barely withstand the burning around her, it seemed that there was a heat-insulating charm on the carriage, and the horse was also a special livestock cultivated by the Tianhuo Sect, so she could stay in this place

Several other old men were beside the car, and as soon as the old man who picked them up from Baishi City raised his hand, two red lights hit Lin Xiaoyan and Tang Xiaoxiao's bodies, Lin Xiaoyan suddenly felt that the burning around her had been reduced a lot, at least she could bear it

The old man said again at this time: "There are these two charms to protect the body, but Ben Wei is not harmed by the ordinary heat here, but it is good not to be careful not to move around, Miss Xiaoyan, please come with me, your grandfather has been waiting for you for a long time, and the little brother is still waiting in place."

"No, I want Ah Xiao to go with me, without Ah Xiao, I won't go anywhere" Lin Xiaoyan almost didn't think about it, and suddenly tightened the hand of Tang Xiaoxiao next to her, in this place that breathed fire everywhere like purgatory, this was the only thing she could grasp

Tang chuckled and smiled, and lightly grabbed Lin Xiaoyan's arm with one hand

The old man thought about it, and didn't seem to feel embarrassed, so he nodded: "Okay, those two come with me, just be careful not to move around along the way."

After speaking, the old man turned around and walked towards a cave, Tang Xiaoxiao Qiao Lin Xiaoyan followed behind, did not walk a few steps, but heard a bang behind them, the two turned around, only to see an old man who stayed there waved his hand and rolled up a wave of fire several feet high, and threw the carriage parked there into the crater under the cliff with the horse, and the tongue of fire rolled, and the carriage and several horses completely disappeared into the magma without even making a sound

When Lin Xiaoyan saw it, she immediately shouted anxiously: "Why did they burn the carriage?

"Don't worry, it's okay" Tang chuckled and patted Lin Xiaoyan's shoulder gently, but the sweat on his face kept coming

The rock walls along the way ahead are actually glowing red, shining the figure of the old man who led the way, there is no fork in the road on this road, it is all down steps, and there is no other sound around, only the roar of the slow flow of magma, Lin Xiaoyan's nails are almost all caught into Tang Xiaoxiao's flesh, and Tang Xiaoxiao doesn't seem to feel anything at all, just pulls Lin Xiaoyan, who can barely move his feet, to follow the old man in front

In the feeling of the two of them, it seemed that they had walked dozens of miles in this road, but when the exit finally appeared in front of them, and when they walked out of this road, they realized that they had already come to the crater, and the old man who led the way was standing on a small platform in front of him, and a few feet below was the tumbling fiery red magma

"You two can just stand there," the old man waved his hand to the two people standing at the entrance of the Yongdao, then turned to the lava lake below and said, "Sect Master Xiaoyan has brought it."

"I know it's hard work," a deep voice came from the magma below

With the sound of this magma, the magma in the crater began to roll slightly, and even the rock wall under the feet of the two people was shaking slightly, as if there was a giant beast born in the depths of this volcano was about to be born slowly, the thick magma in the center actually became like boiling water tumbling and splashing everywhere, and even the platform outside was stained with a lot of splashed magma, but from time to time there were flames rolling out of the old man's body, blocking all the splashed magma

Lin Xiaoyan's face was already pale with fright, and although there was still a hint of a smile on Tang Xiaoxiao's face, the sweat on his forehead had already merged into a stream

Finally, a bright yellow flame flew up from the boiling magma, stopped in mid-air and slowly stretched out, after this bright yellow humanoid flame unfolded, what was revealed in the middle was a vermilion strange small flame, which was strange to say, this flame was very small, as if it was just a lamp flame on a candle, except for the slightly weird color, it didn't seem to be anything special, but as soon as it appeared in this flame hell full of flames and lava, it immediately attracted Lin Xiaoyan's eyes, and she had a strange feeling, as if only this fire was real fireThe other magma that had given her endless oppression and fear just now was just a bluff illusion

Of course, Don chuckled and saw this vermilion flame, and the moment he saw it, the brilliance of his eyes was almost comparable to that of this flame, but immediately fell silent again

This strange little vermilion flame just appeared, and then it sank silently into the magma, and the tumbling magma also subsided, leaving only the bright yellow flame in mid-air that continued to twist its shape and floated towards the platform at the same time, and when it fell on the platform, the flame had already changed into an old man in a white and red robe

"Xiaoyan, you have grown so big, I have missed you so much all these years" As soon as the old man who turned into flames fell on the platform, he walked directly in front of Lin Xiaoyan, revealing a very kind smile

"Are you you?" Lin Xiaoyan opened her mouth wide, her face full of astonishment, obviously not the first time she had seen this old man

"Yes, me, I'm your grandfather, didn't you expect it," the old man nodded, his eyes full of kindness

"Sect Master, can you close the mountain?" At this time, the old man who led them down next to him asked

"Seal the mountain" The old man nodded, and his eyes did not take his eyes off Lin Xiaoyan at all

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When the volcano finally appeared in sight that day, the people of the Raiders of the Lost Ark suddenly couldn't help but stir, and many people looked excited, as if they had finally seen the clue of the 300,000 taels of gold

Tang Chengcheng, who was in the team, frowned, it seemed that with this group of people, he really couldn't catch up with the carriage carrying Lin Xiaoyan and Tang chuckling after all, so he could only go directly to the Tianhuo Sect to visit

"It seems to be strange" Xiao Xia next to him suddenly frowned, buried his head and looked at the ground, and then looked at the heavenly volcano in the distance, "Didn't you say that there are still twenty days left to refine the Vermilion Bird Spiritual Fire?"

At this time, a middle-aged Taoist in the team rode a horse to the side of the stone Taoist at the front of the team, and after whispering a few words to the stone Taoist, the stone Taoist raised his hand, and a voice infused with internal strength reached everyone's ears: "It's all stopped"

When everyone rode their horses to a halt, the ground was shaking slightly, and then the heavens and the earth suddenly lit up, and everyone could see a dazzling pillar of fire gushing out from the top of the heavenly volcano in the distance

"The volcano erupted?" Many people shouted loudly, but then they saw that the spewed pillar of fire did not scatter and splash away, but continued to spread around, and then fell to surround the heavenly volcano After a few breaths, the heavenly volcano was no longer visible, and there was only a huge fireball that kept rotating in the original position, and after a while, the rumbling sound reached everyone's ears, and the clouds in the sky were also scattered by the flames below, and the ground trembled slightly, even though it was still dozens of miles apart, it was also affected by the aftermath of the fireball that wrapped the entire mountain

"What's going on?" Tang Cheng asked in a low voice, frowning

"I don't know what kind of big array it is, in short, it's a huge fire element power, and even the earth spirit qi of this land has been pulled and converged there, which is more powerful than the big array of heaven and earth furnace I saw in Jingzhou back then" Xiao Xia glanced at the stone Dao people not far away, as well as several other alliance leaders of the Treasure Raider Alliance, and replied in a low voice, "But they should know some details"

Sure enough, these people didn't seem too surprised, and the voice of the stone Dao man came again: "What everyone doesn't need is that this is just the mountain protection array inherited from the volcano hundreds of years ago, it seems amazing, but it is just a turtle shell that can catch fire, it can be defended but not attacked, and since this formation has been used, it means that they no longer plan to come out, we just need to wait outside for the rabbit, and wait for the Heavenly Fire Sect Master to sacrifice the spiritual fire without his own strength, and burn himself to the ground."

"Sure enough, I came prepared" Tang Chengcheng nodded and thought for a while, "It seems that I really want to consult the Huangshan Sword Immortal."

When they got closer, those people who were still a little excited before in the Raiders of the Lost Ark had already turned pale, under this huge fireball with a radius of several miles, people were just ants, even if these two thousand people were just more ants, the huge fireball only needed a roll, it could crush this pile of ants and burn them to ashes, leaving no traces, almost like the power of heaven and earth, just seeing it, it made people intuitively feel that it was a great power that human beings could not resist

But strange to say, it was such an earth-shattering scene, until I walked so close, I didn't feel anything too hot on the huge fireball, and if I looked closely, I could see that there were countless flames converging and flowing on it, which seemed to be chaotic, but it was natural, and it seemed that the fireball was rotating as a whole, but no matter how you looked at it, you couldn't tell the direction of rotation of this fireball, and this fireball was clearly locked in it in this mysterious way

Thanks to the fact that the leaders of the Treasure Raiders Alliance did not panic much, and the disciples under them were barely able to keep up, and they were stationed many places away from the huge fireball, and naturally their disciples assigned commands, those who should cut down trees, and those who should go to find water to forage for food, it seems that they really plan to settle down here

The eagle eagle carrying Mingyue and Bai Jinfeng descended, Bai Jinfeng's face was already a little pale, maybe she could see this scene like a wonder of heaven and earth more clearly in the sky, she asked Tang Cheng a little anxiously: "Brother Tang Family, those Fire Burning Dao people can use such powerful spells, do you still want to go to them?"

"Must" Tang Chengcheng replied lightly, and immediately smiled again, saying: "Jinfeng girl doesn't need to go too far, go to them, and don't have to fight with them."

"You must go too" Mingyue also frowned and looked at Xiao Xia, "Daoist Xia, you are obviously a very smart person, why do you always do stupid things?"

Xiao Xia smiled bitterly, thought about it and replied: "Then I'll try to make this stupid thing as smart as possible."