Chapter 7: The Altar of Xuanhuo
Ghost Li threw the dead gray dolphin in the corner of the wall, and carefully inspected the hole where the gray dolphin was, and sure enough, he found that a very thin thread was pulled out of the hole and connected to a bell in the distance. Presumably, in the past few years, he and Jin Bei'er have repeatedly failed to sneak in, and they were all discovered by this little gray dolphin.
He had read the record in the fragment "Gods and Demons" in the secret collection of the Ghost King Sect, the gray dolphin nose was extremely sensitive, far better than ordinary things in the world, and he tried his best to cover his body, but he didn't expect to be discovered by this kind of small beast.
It's just that although he figured out this joint, his brows furrowed immediately, and he stood in the dark corner of the corner of the wall, groaning for a while. Although the gray dolphin is not an ancient divine beast, it is rare in the world, and it has always been heard that it is only found in a forest deep in the 100,000 mountains of southern Xinjiang. There is actually this beast in the Incense Valley, and from the fact that these people have tried to enter the Incense Valley from many places, but they have all been found without exception, it seems that there are still a lot of gray dolphins in the Incense Valley, which is really surprising.
But the most important thing is to domesticate these many gray dolphins at the same time to such a point, this kind of beast control skills, not to mention the Central Plains Righteous Path, even in the Demon Sect is unheard of, but it is said that there are such strange skills among the barbarians in Southern Xinjiang!
The ghost raised his eyes and turned around, looking forward, and suddenly found that in the midst of the noise in the distance, the depths of the Incense Valley were still quiet, and the deep darkness shrouded it like a black curtain, and he didn't know how many secrets were hidden.
The noise at the entrance of the valley gradually fell silent, and only someone could be heard talking loudly in the distance, but the sound of the fight had all disappeared, and it seemed that the side of the Incense Valley had gradually taken control of the situation.
I don't know who the hell dares to provoke the Incense Valley so blatantly? Ghost Li retracted his gaze looking at the entrance of the valley, and unconsciously swept over the figure of the golden bottle in his heart, this mysterious and bewitching woman, I am afraid that she is still in that chaos at this moment!
At this moment, Ghost Li had already penetrated deep into the interior of the Incense Valley from the invisible corner just now. Along the way, there is no more jǐng bell ringing caused by the gray dolphin, and I think that most of the incense valley is to distribute these small beasts with a keen sense of smell in the corners of the valley, once they reach the middle of the valley, they don't have to worry about this.
The night is deep, and the valley, which has just calmed down from the noise, is particularly deep. As the ghostly figure floated along the path of the pavilion in the valley, the world under the dark curtain was gradually revealed.
Incense Valley is known as the pillar of the world's righteous path, although Ping Rì Li is low-key, but after all, it is a great faction that has been thriving for 800 years, and what gradually appears on this road is where the foundation of this gate valve lies.
Under the night, I saw more than a dozen paths, large or small, connected to each other, scattered like human blood, deep into the darkness in the depths of the Incense Valley. On both sides of the road, there are either ordinary disciples' residences, or tall and majestic halls, mixed in the middle of these buildings, mostly flowers and trees, there are green bamboos and cold plums, and there are also bright and magnificent peony and peony, which are in groups with each other, looking at each other from afar, and the surrounding halls are integrated, and they actually have their own flavors.
Because of this noisy scene, although it was late at night, there were still Incense Valley disciples walking around here from time to time, and Ghost Li had to hide his body carefully so as not to expose his whereabouts. On the contrary, the expressions on the faces of these disciples seemed to be very calm, and without the surprise and shock at the beginning of the noise, they knew that the situation at the entrance of the valley had been settled.
In the past ten years, he has practiced the true law of Buddha, Demons, and Taoism, and based on the strange and magical Heavenly Book and Strange Arts, the radical speed of Taoism is incredible, and even the erudite and talented ghost king is also surprised, and he is puzzled, and in the end he can only attribute to the principle of this Buddhist and Taoist practitioner, and there may really be a mystery that secretly fits and promotes.
It's just that the ghost is hidden in the dark, although he doesn't put these ordinary Incense Valley disciples in his eyes, but the dozen or so roads in front of him give him a real headache, and he doesn't know where to go. This time he secretly infiltrated the Incense Valley, with his selfish intentions, he wanted to explore the secrets of this Incense Valley, and it was best to find out the relationship with those Southern Barbarian alien races.
To know this, it is natural to go to the places where those important people in the Incense Valley are, but these paths in front of you look like a labyrinth, which is really a headache.
Just as Ghost Li frowned and groaned, considering whether to arrest a Burning Incense Valley disciple and torture him, suddenly there was a movement on his shoulder, and a slight moan came from Xiao Ash's ears.
Ghost Li was taken aback, turned his head to look, and couldn't help but shake his body. I saw the monkey Xiao Ash clutching his clothes tightly with his hands, the monkey's face was distorted, his eyes were closed, and he seemed to be in pain, but after all, he knew that this was not the time, so he endured it.
Somehow, from the moment he entered the valley, Xiao Ash seemed to be a little wrong, and at this moment, it seemed that there was some great pain in his body.
Reaching out and gently hugging Xiao Ash, Ghost Li looked at it carefully, only to feel the monkey's body trembling slightly in the palm of his hand, obviously it was trying its best to resist the unknown pain. Ghost Li was even more worried in his heart, and said in a low voice: "What's the matter, Xiao Ash?"
As if because of hearing the master's words, the little gray head tilted and slowly opened his eyes.
The slight dark red light in the golden sè is like the strange ghost fire in the night sè, and it is more like the weird magic pupil under the nine shadows, which appears in front of the ghost.
The temperature around seems to have cooled down suddenly.
The sound of Xiao Ash's breathing began to slowly increase, and Ghost Li clearly felt that the monkey claws that grabbed his hands were getting stronger and stronger, and the claws were sinking deep into the muscles.
The monkey's mouth slowly closed one by one, but the strange golden demon in its eyes stared at the ghost fiercely, and it never relaxed for a moment. From there, Ghost Li suddenly felt a familiar look of blood-devouring eyes that was the same as when he was crazy before......
In an instant, Ghost Li suddenly felt cold all over, and Huo Ran turned his head and looked at his hand. Inside that sleeve robe, at some point, the blood-devouring beads above the top of the Soul Devouring emitted a faint green glow with a slight bloody light.
Blood-Eating Beads!
The most vicious and evil thing in this world is so weird......
As if suddenly coming out of his heart, Ghost Li only felt a bitter taste in his mouth for a moment, and he turned his head in a daze and looked at Xiao Ash. Ash seemed to sense something, too, and let out a low cry twice.
The ghost froze his mind, and then found that there seemed to be a hint of panic behind the golden mangs in Xiao Gray's eyes. He took a deep breath, then a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and said softly, "It's okay." ”
Xiao Ash seemed to understand his master's words, his eyes blinked, and slowly closed, and after a while, it seemed that the inexplicable pain gradually subsided, and the strength on Xiao Ash's hands and claws gradually decreased.
Ghost Li stood in the darkness and slowly held Ash in his arms.
The night sè is as cold as water.
There was darkness ahead, and the figures of a man and a monkey flickered gently in the dark corner of the night.
I don't know how long I stood there, but Ash seemed to be asleep, quietly lying in the ghost's arms. Ghost Li didn't care that this was a dangerous place in the Incense Valley, standing in the darkness, gently holding the monkey.
Suddenly, the little gray body in his arms moved, and his head was raised. Ghost Li looked down, only to see that the golden mangs in the monkey's eyes had disappeared, and had changed into a smart and lively appearance in Pingrì.
The ghost's heart was wide, but before he could say anything, Ash seemed to struggle, and then pointed to a road outside with his arm. Ghost Li was stunned, raised his eyes, and after a while, sure enough, two people came from that road, but they were characters that Ghost Li recognized.
Li Xun and Yan Hong.
Ghost Li frowned, he had known each other ten years ago, and they were both extremely talented. Although the world has changed in the past ten years, and we will no longer see each other, but for those who cultivate the truth, ten years is just like a snap of a finger. The two of them looked almost exactly the same as they did ten years ago, just watching them gesture, and they were afraid that they were not comparable to those years.
I saw the two of them walking slowly, and they seemed to be talking to each other. When he got closer, he only heard Yan Hong say, "Senior brother, why did those monsters suddenly rush in?"
Li Xun frowned, obviously not quite understanding. But seeing that his face was cold, he said coldly: "Those uncivilized beasts, who can know what they are thinking! If I want to say that these fishmen dare to invade the valley, they must be told that they will have no return, so why bother Uncle Shangguan again?"
Yan Hong said softly: "Senior brother, don't be angry, the valley master is far-sighted, there must be something we can't know about this matter for the time being." When he first negotiated with these barbarians, it was Uncle Shangguan who used his magical powers to deter in one fell swoop, and those barbarians regarded his old man as a celestial, as long as his old man came forward, those monsters would definitely leave obediently. The valley master asked us to invite Uncle Shangguan to come out, presumably for this reason. ”
Li Xun snorted and said, "I naturally know this, but I don't understand that with our respect for the Incense Valley, why bother to whisper to these monsters, and now we have to ask Uncle Shangguan to come forward, if this matter spreads, won't our Incense Valley become the laughing stock of the righteous path in the world?"
Yan Hong smiled and said, "Senior brother, I think there is still something to use for these barbarians, so the valley master tolerates them for three points." Wait until the future......" Speaking of this, she suddenly stopped talking, but looked at Li Xun with a pair of eyes, and seemed to have a thousand words.
The corners of Li Xun's mouth twitched, and there seemed to be a trace of disbelief on his handsome face, but from a distance, it added a bit of chic. But he didn't say anything more, just sighed lightly, and slowly walked up a path next to him with Yan Hong, and after a while, he disappeared into the night.
In the shadow, a gaze as sharp as a knife looked at their backs. Ghost Li's heart turned sharply, it turned out that the people who invaded the Incense Valley tonight were actually those fish-man aliens that he tracked down. Recalling the night before, I had heard Lu Shun talking to the fishman in the dark, and the tall fishman seemed to be the head of the clan.
It seems that tonight's incident is mostly caused by the fish-man patriarch being sniped by the golden bottle, and the remaining fish-man clan is angry and comes to retaliate. As soon as he thought of this, Ghost Li couldn't help but pass over the figure of the golden bottle in his heart, and his meaning for this woman was deepened.
He stood in the shadow of yīn for a moment, and then seemed to have made a decision, and looked at Ash in his arms. I saw that the little gray eyes blinked, and suddenly his body moved, and he jumped on his shoulder, grinning, and it seemed that he had fully recovered.
Ghost Li put his mind down, smiled faintly, and said, "Let's go and see what kind of character Uncle Shangguan is, how about it?"
Xiao Ash "squeaked" twice, and with a wave of the monkey's hand, he pointed to the road where Li Xun and Yan Hong were walking.
Ghost Li smiled silently in the darkness, and his figure suddenly rose, as fast as a ghost, and went down the secluded path.
In the distance, a disciple of the Burning Incense Valley was walking here, and suddenly felt a flower in front of him, as if there was a ghost shadow flashing on the road leading to the "Xuanhuo Altar" in the middle of the valley, and when he looked carefully, he didn't see anything. He couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, then shook his head, muttered, and continued walking, not taking it to heart.
The path is secluded, but the road is unexpectedly long, and it is obvious that the place where the Shangguan Uncle is located is very secluded. Ghost Li didn't go far on this road, there were no other houses around, there were trees and flowers on both sides of the road, the night wind blew, under the light of the dark moon in the sky, the shadows of the trees were swaying, looking like some kind of demon dancing, revealing a trace of weirdness.
Ghost Li walked cautiously along this path, walking for a while, but he didn't see any forks in the road as he did outside, it seemed that this road led directly to the place where the Shangguan Uncle was.
The Incense Valley covers a huge area, and this trail, looking twisting and turning, leads to the depths of the valley.
Suddenly, a white sè square object suddenly appeared next to the road ahead, and the ghost stared at it, but it was a stone tablet, engraved with two lines of eight characters:
Flames
The disciple stopped
Ghost Li's brows furrowed, not because he hesitated because there might be some mysterious place in the Incense Valley in front of him, but because the word "Xuanhuo" quietly touched a place in his heart.
He couldn't help but glance at his right arm, and underneath the clothes, "Xuanhuojian" was lying quietly on his arm.
He was stunned for a moment, then sneered, and walked over to the stone tablet with his feet.
Although the stele looked ordinary, it seemed to be a dividing place, and after passing the stele, somehow, although the path still zigzagged forward, the trees and flowers on both sides of the road were much rarer.
First the grass on the ground gradually disappeared, then the low shrubs, and finally even the trees on both sides gradually thinned out. Not to mention that the ground began to crack, but even the branches of the remaining trees had turned yellow, as if the land had been scorched due to the extreme lack of water in the vicinity.
I don't know if it has anything to do with the word "Xuanhuo"?
The little gray on his shoulder let out a low cry, and his body moved, as if he was a little uneasy. Ghost Li patted his body lightly, and Xiao Ash gradually quieted down. The current scene around here is indeed very strange, but it doesn't look like there is anything important in the Incense Valley, otherwise I wouldn't have seen even a single guard disciple along the way.
Ghost Li turned his mind around and followed the path and turned the last corner.
Suddenly, he couldn't help but shake his body, and a large open space appeared in front of him, and a wave of heat blew in his face from nowhere.
The clearing is a huge circular altar with a suspended bottom, and a huge stone pillar made of thirteen white jade stones up to three zhang high supports the entire altar. Among them, there are twelve white jade pillars on the edge of the altar, each of which is as thick as two people hugging, and the thickest white jade pillar in the middle of the altar looks like at least five or six people can hug it together.
Above the altar, all the buildings are made of a strange crimson stone, steps, railings, all the same. In the zhōngyāng of the altar, there is a tall and majestic hall, in the shape of a pagoda, with three floors, each of which is about half smaller than the next, but each floor is almost incredibly high.
From a distance, this altar was simply a huge burning red flame that pierced the sky. Ghost Li stood under this altar, almost like an ant, extremely small.
Ghost Li took a deep breath, the building in front of him was really amazing, and the four words of ghostly craftsmanship were well deserved to be placed here. I didn't expect that there was such a magnificent building in the Incense Valley. He groaned in his heart, and for a moment he thought of the stone tablet he had just entered, and he vaguely knew in his heart that the place in front of him was the famous place in the rumored Incense Valley-Xuanhuo Altar.
He froze, and then floated silently. Except for the Xuanhuo Altar in front of him, there is nothing in the open space, and there is no cover. But fortunately, there were no guards on the left and right, and his body was fast, and he reached the bottom of the Xuanhuo Altar in a blink of an eye.
As soon as he approached the vicinity of this Xuanhuo Altar, the heat in the air suddenly increased several times, and even if he practiced like a ghost, he actually felt a burst of upset, and there was a faint sweat on his forehead. Ghost Li frowned, secretly surprised in his heart, and then remembered in his heart that he didn't know if Xiao Ash could support such a scorching heat, so he turned his head to look, but saw Xiao Ash lying on his shoulder scratching his head and scratching his ears, as if he was ignoring the heat around him.
The ghost was stunned, and subconsciously felt that Xiao Ash had been very unusual recently, especially since he had devoured the elixir and strange stone in the Heavenly Emperor's treasure house on the divine tree in the Death Swamp, his body had obviously begun to change gradually.
But no matter what, in this situation, it is naturally better for Xiao Ash not to be afraid of heat than to be afraid of heat, and Ghost Li has no heart to care about so much for the time being. He was thinking about whether to climb this Xuanhuo Altar next when suddenly there was a sound of footsteps from above the Xuanhuo Altar.
Ghost Li frowned, glanced around, but saw that there was no shelter around at all, and with a slight groan, the person flew under the Xuanhuo Altar and hid behind a thick white jade pillar.
He hid behind the stone pillar, subconsciously reached out to touch the stone pillar, and suddenly his hand burned, he reacted so quickly that he immediately retracted his hand.
Under this altar of Xuanhuo, even this stone pillar is hot.
The footsteps became louder, and it was obvious that someone had walked down, and suddenly an old voice said slowly: "Since the valley lord has invited me, I naturally want to go." But you told me why those fishmen were so violent that they were about to attack the valley?"
Ghost Li hid in the shadow of the stone pillar, looked out, and saw Li Xun and Yan Hong following behind an old man in gray, and walked down respectfully.
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