Chapter 33: Doubts
The eruptions of the hundreds of volcanic islands around the huge sea column have stopped, but the smoke, dust, and water vapor they produce have turned the sea into a foggy place that cannot be seen a little farther away.
It had only been more than an hour since then, and no matter how quickly the reinforcements sent by the sect received the news, they would not be able to arrive in such a short time, even with the speed of the Jindan Sect Master, it would take five or six hours to arrive.
Of course, in fact, I can't wait that long, because there is a teleportation array here, but unfortunately it is not a teleportation array that goes directly to the main island of Penglai Island, and the reinforcements can only go to the nearby islands first, such as the tide square of Mingyue Island, and then use the teleportation array to come over.
Therefore, coupled with the speed with which the news spread, the reinforcements of the sect should arrive in about two hours.
However, this was not a reason for the Penglai disciples here to watch, and after leaving a few disciples waiting for reinforcements and guarding the mine, several deacons led the other disciples into the fog to search for the disciples who had disappeared during the patrol.
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Shi Xuan turned into a breeze and followed this road, and kept running out. When passing a certain corner, Shi Xuan unexpectedly saw a corner of the inner disciple's clothes, judging by the color and style of the clothes, it should be Ma Yuanjing's.
Ma Yuanjing also entered this Flame Divine Mountain, where is he now, and other questions immediately entered Shi Xuan's mind.
Not daring to delay, Shi Xuan continued to flee along the Yongdao, this time he was more cautious, his Gengjin sword qi needed to be recuperated for several months if he wanted to use it again, and if he met Ma Yuanjing, it would really be dead or alive.
Unexpectedly, Shi Xuan didn't encounter any difficulties along the way, and he came to the exit after half an hour.
The exit was a richly decorated archway, and the outside was foggy, Shi Xuan was a little worried, and used several spells in a row to detect the outside, and only after making sure that there was not much danger, did he breathe a sigh of relief.
After turning into a breeze and escaping into the mist, Shi Xuan immediately flew down against the surface of the sea and flew away with the Vientiane Shadowless Sword, while judging his position according to the direction of the sea.
When Shi Xuan's soul power was consumed by most of him, and he stopped to recover with the pill, several figures flew over from the mist in front of him, and if he looked closely, it was the outfit of the Penglai Sect's disciples.
"But in front of me, a disciple of the Penglai Sect?" the monks who flew over also asked from a distance.
Shi Xuan shouted loudly: "Shi Xuan, a disciple of the Lower Outer Gate, I don't know which senior brothers it is?"
The other side suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, and a familiar voice came: "Senior Brother Shi, I am Yan Wanxiao, and these are the disciples on duty in the mine." Those disciples couldn't suppress their joy either, and whispered in a low voice: "Finally found another disciple." "For this kind of act of rescuing fellow disciples, the sect has always been stingy with rewards, which can be counted as a lot of good deeds.
Hearing Yan Wanxiao's voice, Shi Xuan flew over with the sword light, and when he saw Yan Wanxiao and himself in embarrassment, he couldn't help but smile: "I don't know how Senior Brother Yan escaped from that huge shock?" Yan Wanxiao's hair was messy, there were traces of fire in many places on his body, and his Taoist robe was also tattered, and he could barely see that it was the clothing of the Penglai faction.
Yan Wanxiao also looked scared: "When Senior Brother Meng and I were patrolling, we encountered a huge earthquake, and we fainted on the spot, and then we were washed to the periphery by the sea, and we encountered a volcanic eruption, so it became like this. As for Senior Brother Meng, I think he should have the protective items given to him by Grandmaster Meng, and he will be fine. ”
Shi Xuan understood that Yan Wanxiao was reminding himself that Meng Yuyan should be fine, and he had to be careful, but whether Meng Yuxiao was okay or not, he didn't know better than Shi Xuan. Shi Xuan also made a frightened look: "I had a similar experience with Senior Brother Yan, but the damage to the Dao robe was even more serious, so I had to change my body on the spot, and then I flew back to this center without knowing the direction." As for Senior Brother Ma, he never saw him. ”
The two of them were about to talk for a moment or two, and there was another loud noise in the distance, and the mist was dispersed one after another, and what appeared in front of Shi Xuan and the others was a majestic mountain of flames in the distance, from which purple-blue flames erupted, burning the sea water flat.
Shi Xuan looked at the scene in front of him with his mouth wide open, and understood that it should be Nanming who broke out from the Fire Lake, and if he left a little later, he was afraid that now he would also turn into a wisp of green smoke. It's just that the timing of this outbreak is too coincidental, right?
However, this also relieved Shi Xuan's worries, and he originally wanted to pretend to be injured and return to the sect first, so that even if Meng Li used the secret method to know that Meng Yuwei was killed by himself, he could also say a thing or two in the Zhanglu Hall, whoever was deliberately preparing to start, a monk with a normal IQ could see that Yongxiang would definitely not cover up, but that would expose his knowledge of Taoism, but at that time, Taoism could still be more important than his surname?
As for now, Shi Xuan is relieved, even if Meng Li uses the secret method, he can only see a ball of Nanming Lihuo.
The outbreak soon ended, and the fog poured in from outside one after another, turning this place into a world of fog and smoke again, Shi Xuan suppressed his doubts, and followed Yan Wanxiao and the others to search for other disciples in the fog.
Several disciples were also extremely curious about the Flame Mountain, so the direction of their search was subconsciously getting closer and closer to the Flame Mountain.
At a certain moment when the mist was blown thin by the wind, Shi Xuan seemed to see a tall robe with fire as a pattern and flames as a seal, with wide sleeves and a clumsy-looking middle-aged monk stepping from the direction of the Flame Islands to the sky above the Flame God Mountain.
Shi Xuan thought he was dazzled, and when he wanted to look again, he was blocked by the fog.
"Let's go, there seems to be a disciple ahead? Let's go over and take a look. Yan Wanxiao said to a few people, Shi Xuan didn't look good anymore, and followed Yan Wanxiao with doubts.
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Over the Flame Mountain.
The clumsy-looking middle-aged monk looked around before he said to himself, "It's good to catch up." Lao Dao had long calculated that this Flame Divine Mountain would be born at this time, but he never thought that it would be blocked by the old ghost, and it was almost too late. After finishing speaking, he struck out one quaint talisman after another on the Flame Divine Mountain.
As the Fu Seal became more and more played, the Flame Divine Mountain gradually became smaller, from a few thousand zhang at the beginning, but in a moment, it became dozens of zhang in size.
At this moment, the ancient monk's face froze, and then he stopped playing the talisman seal, showed a sincere smile, and said to the east: "Two fellow Daoists, this Flame Divine Mountain is a thing of the old Dao, but it is not in line with your exercises, and it is not of much use to take it home, so it is better to give it to the old Dao." ”
Seeing that there was no movement in the east, the ancient monk said with a heart: "This matter is because I Zhu Yanzi owes the two of them a favor, and I will repay it." ”
At this time, there were two cold snorts from the east, and then a thundercloud, a clear breath suddenly appeared, and then quickly went away, and there was no trace between breaths.
Zhu Yanzi breathed a sigh of relief at this time, he was not afraid of one-on-one, he didn't expect the two old monsters to come together, so he could only retreat one or two, fortunately, this Flame Divine Mountain was of little use to them.
Continue to play the talisman, and finally use a finger of his hand to hold the Flame Divine Mountain in the palm of his hand, and one step in the direction of the Flame Islands will appear in the sky, and another step will disappear.
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Shi Xuan and the others successively found a few outer disciples, plus the news from other teams, and now the missing ones are only Meng Yuwei and Ma Yuanjing, of course, the other outer disciples also have bad luck, when they are found, they have become corpses, their whole bodies are charred and incomplete, and they should have encountered a volcanic eruption directly above the crater.
Suddenly, the sea below began to move, surging towards a certain area in the center, and even the fog and smoke seemed to have this tendency.
All the disciples found the abnormality, looked at each other a few times, and unanimously decided to withdraw first, so they controlled all kinds of magic weapons and flew away, because they were worried about encountering danger, they all used their whole body solutions, and Shi Xuan also added a little breeze when controlling the sword light.
When he was halfway through the flight, the suction power of the whirlpool in the center became more and more intense, which made all the disciples happy, if they left a little later, it was a matter of whether they could fly or not.
Soon, the disciples flew out of the misty sea and returned to the island where the mine was located, and then watched as the sea rushed towards the center, and the mist and smoke also shrank rapidly.
A quarter of an hour later, the smoke disappeared, the wind and the waves were calm, Shi Xuan and the few disciples who were together just now looked at each other, where was the majestic mountain of flames that he had seen before? It can't be that he was dazzled, so many disciples have seen it!
However, Shi Xuan still had a guess, could it be that the ancient monk with a high crown and robe sealed the Flame Divine Mountain? How much mana is this? Could it be that this is the legendary Yuan Shen Zhenren?
At this moment, the teleportation array in the center of the island lit up, and several elders walked out of it, among which Meng Li, the first seat of Tianquan Peak, was the leader, who was holding an extinguished glass lamp in his hand, his face was pale, and he shouted loudly: "When something happened, who was with Yu Wei?"
Yan Wanxiao stood up with a pale face and saluted: "It's a disciple, but the disciple has fainted at that time, but he doesn't know where Senior Brother Meng went." However, Senior Brother Meng's strength is extraordinary, so he should be able to get out safely. ”
"Hmph, get out safely?!Don't you know this soul lamp?The soul lamp of Yuwei has been extinguished!" Meng Li said angrily.
Meng Li was also not polite, he used polygraph techniques and interrogated Yan Wanxiao, but what Yan Wanxiao said was the truth, and the natural light did not change.
Another white-haired elder walked up to Meng Li's side and grabbed Meng Li: "Senior Brother Meng, it shouldn't be him." You don't remember, Yuwei's soul lamp was always on at the time of the accident, and it didn't go out until an hour later. I guess I met something at that burst of flames. ”
"Hmph. Meng Li withdrew his lie detector with an ugly face, and then took a few elders to the sea of flames to check on one or two.
After that, several groups of inner disciples rushed over through the teleportation array.
Meng Li and the others naturally couldn't find Meng Yuwei in the sea of flames, so they had to turn their direction to Ma Yuanjing, so they investigated Shi Xuan who was with Ma Yuanjing. Shi Xuan really hadn't seen Ma Yuanjing again except for that piece of clothes, so naturally he had something to say, which made the elders a little suspicious that Ma Yuanjing and Meng Yuyan had a dispute over a certain treasure, so they absconded after killing Meng Yuyan. However, the news from the sect was that Ma Yuanjing's soul lamp had also been extinguished.
The two out-of-body monks died, but the examination of the out-of-body monks was relaxed, and even the polygraph was useless! Because no elder wanted to believe that one out-of-body monk could kill two out-of-body monks!
In the end, Meng Li did not give up and used the secret method of conjuring spirits, although the soul disappeared before the death of the Yin God Period, but he could use the clothes of the deceased to hook up the breath he left before death, and finally get certain news.
Shi Xuan understood that the aura left by Meng Yuyan had already dissipated completely when Nanming Li's Fire Lake erupted, so he was not afraid, and watched Meng Li's method the whole way, there was no doubt that he had failed shamefully.