Chapter 16: The Eye of the Array

It was already noon, at the top of Ji Nan Mountain, Li Gulan was sitting cross-legged on the stone and closed his eyes in contemplation, when he suddenly opened his eyes and stroked his white hair and said, "It's time to go, right?"

"They probably should have come, too. Li Gulan got up and jumped, jumped off the cliff, shuttled between the cliffs, and in the clouds, his figure was like an immortal. This 10,000-thousand-high cliff, he laughed down in less than half a moment.

Li Gulan looked around, but saw that there were no carts and horses, and she couldn't help but be puzzled. "Haven't you come yet?" Li Gulan thought.

Suddenly, the sound of birds in the forest was everywhere, and suddenly the flying leaves swept into the sky, and a red shadow swept by, and instantly descended in front of Li Gulan, only to see that this person was wearing a black dragon pattern suit, wearing a black gauze high hat, a gold-handled sword at his waist, and a red sun and Qinghai map embroidered behind him. Looking at his face again, he is also very handsome, with a high nose bridge, skin like wax, eyebrows like the moon, and what is particularly striking is his double pupils, one blue and one green, with his own strange appearance. The only fly in the ointment was a burn mark on the left side of his face.

"The fate of the nine heavens, the name of Yi Tian! Under Yi Tian-Chang Ming, meet the Xuanxu Daoist!" the man bowed.

"Excuse me, you're the only one who came this time?" asked Li Gulan.

"Exactly, this is a secret meeting arranged by the Holy One, and the fewer people who know about it, the better. Chang Ming replied.

"Since this is the case, then there is no need to pay more respects, I don't know what the Holy One is doing this time?"

"Please also ask the Taoist to take me to Ji Nan to leave the mountain, and I will tell you on the way!"

"That's as it should be. Li Gulan responded, this is very close to the mountain and the mountain, Li Gulan is naturally worried about Luo Tangfeng's safety, but because of this, he can't show a trace of hesitation in front of this Chang Ming.

Chang Ming walked towards the mountain under the leadership of Li Gulan.

"A few days ago, the palace received a secret letter, saying that Ji Nanshan's array was loosened. Chang Ming said, "The Taoist should be aware of it, right?"

Speaking of this "array eye", we have to talk about the layout of the peach blossom source, the peach blossom source is in the shape of sixty-four hexagrams, each hexagram has a corresponding array of eyes, and this array of eyes is the only way for the peach blossom source to communicate with the outside world, such as papermaking and zheng, which was introduced into the peach blossom source by the outside world. An array eye corresponds to an exit or entrance, however, the correspondence of the entrance and exit is not fixed, and because of this, ordinary people basically cannot travel between the two realms. In order to ensure that the world of Peach Blossom Spring is not interfered with by outside rulers, people gradually established the position of the sixty-four array eyes, and the imperial courts of various countries let the major sects move their sects to guard the array eyes, Zhongzhou has the widest land, and the array eyes are also the most, there are thirty-one!

"The old man is aware of it, and he always sees the direction of the mountain on weekdays and nights, and the wind and clouds are uncertain, and it must be the appearance of a big event. Li Gulan said, "It's just that I don't know who the master is, and he can expect this before he is old." ”

"One of the four great assassins, the ghost plot - Yun Mengze......" Chang Ming replied, "said that he is an assassin, in fact, he has never made a move, it is said that his ability lies in his ability to change people's lives, so as to judge people to life and death, and this person is very scheming, walking between the kings and ministers of various countries with ease." ”

"Why does the Holy One believe this man?"

"We don't dare to ask about this. There is a reason for the divine decision, and we can only obey it without reason. Chang Ming said, "This is the mission of the Yitian organization." ”

Li Gulan touched her beard, took a long breath, and said, "I heard that your Yitian organization was recruited?"

"Please don't ask the Taoist chief about this. Chang Ming said, "Do you still remember the old immortal of Cangyi back then?"

"Could it be ......" Li Gulan was taken aback, "I see......

The two of them walked for a while, and then gradually walked into the boundary of the mountain, but they saw that the boundary of the mountain was so dead, and the heavy atmosphere was accompanied by a few muffled sounds. When I walked into the boundary, I suddenly found that the sky seemed to be cut, one side was clear, the other side was cloudy, and the place where it intersected was also lightning and thunder, revealing a bit of yin.

"Dao Chief, the junior is still young, I don't know if the elder has ever seen this situation?" Chang Ming said.

"It's true that no, I heard from my tutor that the last time this eye was loosened was a hundred years ago, and I haven't seen this anomaly. ”

"That's right......" Chang Ming replied, sword in hand, sharp eyes looking around.

The more you go into the hinterland of this mountain, but see that the sky is darker, it is noon, but there is already a midnight scene here, look up, but can no longer distinguish what is the cloud, what is the sky, and then look around, can no longer see the clear sky of the outside world, everything seems to be hidden in the dark curtain in general. There was no sun or moon here, and the two of them could distinguish the outlines of things with only a faint vision.

It became quieter and darker, but I saw that Chang Ming's eyes suddenly glowed strangely like glowing fire, one blue and one blue, jumping in the dark, which was even more weird.

"Is the secret art of the country? Li Gulan said, "But the terrain here is also familiar with the decay, you can go with me." ”

Chang Ming's technique, called Red Refining Fire Pupil, gathers essence in the eyes, can see dark objects at night, and can observe the flow of other people's qi veins and internal forces during the day, which is one of the "three secret techniques" in the "Wanjing Building" of the Zhongzhou Imperial Court.

Chang Ming followed Li Gulan closely, and walked into a cave in less than half an hour, the wind in the cave was whistling, like the sound of crying, and there were candles and lanterns that were about to be extinguished on the cave wall, but they could almost see the surrounding environment clearly.

After walking dozens of steps, I saw that a large door was locked, and the door lock was already rusty, and the moss raged on the wooden board, and the moisture filled every crevice in the woodblock. I don't know how many times this door has been repaired, it is estimated that it has the thickness of the gate of the inner hall of the palace, and the chains are layer after layer, as if there is some secret hidden inside, and some kind of fierce beast lurks inside.

Li Gulan took almost a pillar of incense just to unlock it, and the door opened a crack slightly, but saw a black wind rolling out inside, rushing straight to Chang Ming, Chang Ming didn't have time to dodge, he was forced back by the wind for several steps, but he was haunted by this black gas, Chang Ming suddenly felt that there were ten thousand ants eroding his heart, the pain of removing bones and scraping the marrow, half kneeling and covering his chest, panting.

Li Gulan wanted to step forward to help, but was stopped by Chang Ming's hand, only to see Chang Ming slam a few acupuncture points on his body, and the black wind dissipated with a mouthful of black dirty blood, and then looked inside the door, it was even darker, and even Chang Ming's Red Refining Fire Pupil couldn't see what was inside.

"What a fierce formation. Chang Ming stood up, "Senior, what will happen if I go in now?"

"I don't know, but I heard from the master that he once had a junior disciple who disobeyed the precepts and entered this cave before the eyes were opened, but later found his body in the southern suburbs of Zhongzhou, and died a terrible death. ”

"How?"

"It is said that black blood is everywhere, the hair bun is scattered, the bones and veins are broken, and the facial features are distorted to the appearance of a man. Li Gulan said, "But this is also very strange, it stands to reason that it was the second year when I found him again, but the blood stains were still not dry, and the corpse did not look corrupted and dilapidated." Later, I heard the tutor talk about similar things many times, and it was like this. ”

"Tsk!" Chang Ming sighed, "It seems that I have to ask the Holy Lord to send someone to garrison it." ”

"It is not a general person who can come out of the eyes of this great murderer, and the stakes are very high, but I am afraid that some people will take advantage of the situation if the momentum is too big, so it is better to hand it over to me Ji Nan Taoist Temple, this time it is not easy to make extraneous branches, and it will not bother the saint to bother to be sad, how?" Li Gulan said, having said that, in fact, he himself also took into account Luo Tang Feng, if the court officials came to discover Luo Tang Feng, it would be unfavorable to Luo Tang Feng or Ji Nan Taoist Temple.

"It's the best, but I also have to send a few people to report to the saint in time. ”

"That's self-serving. ”

Chang Ming turned around and was about to leave, but he suddenly saw the painting on the inner wall of the door, as if he had found something, but his expression was not superfluous, but he said lightly: "Xuanxu Daoist, this filthy qi is really treacherous, staying here for a long time is afraid of accidents, now that it has been discussed, it is best to leave as soon as possible!"

Li Gulan nodded in response, and the two returned the same way, due to the urgency of official business, the two did not talk on the road.

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That night, in the territory of Lishan, there was still wind and rain, lightning and thunder. The barren trees are vertical and horizontal, the strange branches are staggered, and in the forest, there seem to be three ghost fires that appear and disappear from time to time, and it is Chang Ming who returns to the cave mouth alone.

"So...... Don't believe it......" Chang Ming stroked the lines on the mural with his hand, as if he was talking, "unheard of......"

"Repay to the Holy Lordβ€”no, to the Holy Lang (the name of the Holy Lord's successor in the Peach Blossom Land World, similar to the title of the current crown prince). ”

"Having said that, if it is correct, Ji Nan Taoist Temple has such an accident, it is no wonder that this array of eyes is so weird. ”

Chang Ming drew his sword and swung eight swords in a row, cleanly and neatly, destroying the mural. When he was done, before leaving, he seemed to think of something, looked back at the place where the chains were blocked, and said mysteriously:

"I see, Ji Nan Taoist Temple, heh, the crime deserves it!"