Chapter 8: Infiltrating the Mani Heavenly Palace
This goes to the north, and the wind and dust are thousands of miles.
As far as the eye can see, there are mountains overlapping on top of each other, and there is not a single village or field in sight. These mountains, which have existed for tens of millions of years, are like sleeping beasts, no one has ever dared to wake up their dreams, no one has ever dared to go deep into their hearts, and even the most adventurous wanderer only dares to approach their feet, but does not dare to take a step forward.
In the sky above the mountain, there are not clouds but sky, and those proud clouds can only climb to the waist of the mountain no matter how hard they try. The old people say that the mountain is a staircase connecting the heavens and the earth, and only those who have attained the great road can follow the mountain to the sky. And the cloud is the gate between man and heaven, and beyond the cloud line, it is Elysium.
The wind and sand rolled, and two horses, one black and one white, came from afar, as fast as the wind and lightning, and came to the foot of the mountain in the blink of an eye.
"I really didn't expect the Demon Sect General Altar to be in this place, compared to it, Guangming Mountain is probably less than one-ten-thousandth of this Great Snow Mountain. Ye Qiuli looked at the countless mountains in the distance and couldn't help but sigh with emotion.
"If it weren't for someone telling me that the main altar of the Demon Sect is here, I wouldn't have believed it. Xiao Sheng said with a wry smile, obviously the next road will depend on walking, and it will be very difficult to walk.
"Hurry up and finally get to the foot of the mountain within a month, there are still a few days left, we have enough food and water, let's go straight up the mountain. Ye Qiuli took off his burden from his horse and carried it on his back. Xiao Sheng was not ambiguous, took the burden and turned over and dismounted.
The two of them, carrying their burdens, took the last step to the main altar of the Demon Sect.
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The snowy mountains are cold and windy all year round, and snowflakes are flying. This white snow has an indescribable holiness, but such pure whiteness is a hidden murderous motive.
At this time, a violent snowstorm was blowing on the snowy mountain, and the snowflakes were flying under the blowing of the strong wind, beautiful but ruthless, moving but cruel - this is the beauty of nature, but also the disaster of man.
The wind is like a knife, and the snow is like poison. These six words are the most appropriate to describe the blizzard in the Great Snow Mountain.
And at this time, on this boundless snow, in addition to the white, there were only two slowly moving black dots left, and those two black dots were Xiao Sheng and Ye Qiuli who were heading to the Mani Heavenly Palace. At this time, even if the two of them were strong in martial arts, they could only barely move slowly in this blizzard, and their speed was no faster than that of a snail.
"It's been three days, and we only have one day left, but why can't I see the Mani Heavenly Palace? After all, under the bitter blizzard, running on the snow with light skills is simply looking for death. Fortunately, both of them have deep internal skills, so they won't freeze after staying in the snow for a long time.
"I don't know, I only know the general direction, I don't know where it is. Xiao Sheng's situation is no better than Ye Qiuli, or even worse, after all, Xiao Sheng is a little shorter than Ye Qiuli, "Bear with me." ”
If it had been just a blizzard of this magnitude, although the two of them could hold on for a long time, this kind of aimless walking was boring and maddening.
Ye Qiuli knew that Xiao Sheng didn't lie to him, so he had no choice but to shut up and continue walking. Don't think that the two of them can chat happily in the snow with their deep internal skills, that would just be a slow suicide.
The two walked wordlessly for about an hour, and suddenly Xiao Sheng moved his arm with difficulty to stop Ye Qiuli.
"What's wrong?" Ye Qiuli forced his voice into a line, and his voice clearly reached Xiao Sheng's ears.
"Shhhh......h
After a while, a man dressed in black appeared above Xiao Sheng and Ye Qiuli, looked around suspiciously, and said to himself, "Delusion?"
Feeling that the comer was directly above him, Xiao Sheng gently pulled Ye Qiuli, and Ye Qiuli understood.
After fine-tuning his figure, Xiao Sheng jumped on the ground, broke through the snow, and held Xiao Jian directly to the throat of the man in black. The man was not an idle person, and was about to draw his sword to block, but suddenly Ye Qiuli reached out his hands under the snow, and the man was immediately tripped and fell to the ground. Xiao Sheng stepped forward and instantly restrained the man in black.
"I asked, you answered. Xiao Sheng put Xiao Jian on the neck of the man in black and asked in a cold tone.
The man in black was silent, his face suddenly turned pale, his head tilted and he lost his breath, and he committed suicide by taking poison directly.
"You're too anxious. At this time, Ye Qiuli slowly crawled out of the snow, looked at Xiao Sheng's bad face, and smiled helplessly, "The Demon Sect is a group of people who are not afraid of death, otherwise how could it bring so much harm to the Central Plains?"
"I thought the people at the altar weren't going to be that kind of Deadpool. "Xiao Sheng is not a person who has not killed the Demon Sect, and he has also seen those Demon Sect Deadpools who found that they were on the run and had no hope of committing suicide by taking poison directly.
"That's it. Although we didn't get any information from this person, we thought that the Mani Heavenly Palace was near here, and we should be able to see it if we worked harder. Ye Qiuli waved his hand and went back into the snow to hurry.
Seeing this, Xiao Sheng had no choice but to follow.
After another half an hour, Xiao Sheng and Ye Qiuli finally saw the Mani Heavenly Palace. When the two of them saw that there were such magnificent buildings in this white world of ice and snow, they both fell into a deep silence.
Located on the top of the snow-capped peak, overlooking the world. What a rampant demon cult!
The entire Heavenly Palace was covered with white snow, and if you didn't look closely, you would simply think that it was a large piece of snow. Coupled with the snowstorm, the two of them recognized the destination of their trip only about a mile away from the Heavenly Palace.
Xiao Sheng and Ye Qiuli glanced at each other, opened their baggage and took out white clothes. At first, wearing black clothes was just to be able to absorb a little more heat to keep warm, but now if you want to sneak into the Mani Heavenly Palace, you still have to wear it so conspicuously, isn't that looking for death?
After changing their clothes, the two held their breath and dived deeper into the snow. After the heavy snow completely covered the two of them, the two began to crawl under the snow. It took another half an hour for the two of them to get close to the periphery of the Mani Heavenly Palace.
"Hell, this city wall is so high!" Ye Qiuli looked at the outer wall of the Mani Heavenly Palace, which was comparable to the city wall of the capital, and sighed helplessly.
"There are frequent snowstorms here, and if the walls were that low, this place would have been in ruins. Xiao Sheng obviously expected this situation a long time ago, but still frowned, "But if it's so high, it's not easy for us to sneak in." ”
Ye Qiuli patted the wall with his hand and found that it would not work to make a hole in it - if you don't have a special tool to make a hole quietly, you can only dig it by hand. So Ye Qiuli said helplessly: "Take a gamble." It's so deserted here, and there won't be too many people in the Demon Sect to keep watch. ”
"That's all there is to it. Xiao Sheng nodded, and was not ambiguous, and continued to borrow strength on the city wall and took the lead in sweeping the city.
Ye Qiuli saw that Xiao Sheng went to the city safely all the way, and he also performed light skills and easily jumped to the city.
When they got to the top of the city, the two looked at each other and stopped talking, and walked down the city wall, where they soon hid in the shadows of the buildings.
There is not only one main hall in the Mani Heavenly Palace, there is also a large courtyard behind this main hall, and the specifications are the same as the Sword Casting Gate in Los Angeles. According to the intelligence, Xinyan lives in this compound.
Xiao Sheng and Ye Qiuli bypassed the main hall and sneaked straight towards the compound behind the main hall, but they didn't encounter anyone from the Demon Sect along the way. Ye Qiuli was faintly uneasy in his heart, and wanted to open his mouth several times to stop Xiao Sheng from moving forward, but looking at Xiao Sheng's eager figure, he didn't open his mouth after all.
Soon, Xiao Sheng came to the familiar gate. Seeing this familiar compound, Xiao Sheng had a strong illusion, all this seemed to be just a nightmare, and he was actually still at home. Xiao Sheng couldn't help but be stunned, if it weren't for Ye Qiuli pulling him a few times, it is estimated that he would have stood there until he was discovered.
Under Ye Qiuli's urging, Xiao Sheng flashed into the compound and walked to Xinyan's room with ease. It's all too similar, no, not similar, it's exactly the same.
Like the Sword Casting Gate, this compound is not big, and Xiao Sheng soon came to the door of Xinyan's room.
At this time, the uneasiness in Ye Qiuli's heart was about to explode, he felt that Xiao Sheng's state was very wrong, and it was too smooth along the way, as if it was an empty city. He finally couldn't help it anymore and was about to open his mouth to stop Xiao Sheng...... However, it was too late.
Xiao Sheng pushed open the door and saw the person he had been thinking about for a long time, yes, his favorite little junior sister was sitting there.
Xinyan sat cross-legged in the innermost part of the room, breathing steadily. When Xiao Sheng just opened them, Xin Yan had just finished the last week and slowly exhaled a breath.
"Xinyan!" Xiao Sheng walked straight towards Xinyan, his heart trembling. Xiao Sheng still remembers the good times of those days three months ago, when his life and death were uncertain, Xinyan still cooked for him as usual, without a trace of fear of being implicated. She trusted him so much, but he was so powerless. Now that he has escaped the pursuit of the Zhang family, there is no one in the world to stop. He's going to take her home.
Suddenly, Xin Yan opened her eyes, her eyes were full of indifference and dead silence, staring at Xiao Sheng expressionlessly and asked an unbelievable word: "Do you know what my surname is?"
Xiao Sheng was stunned all of a sudden, looking at his little junior sister in confusion, his face full of shock. However, before Xiao Sheng could speak, the floor in the room suddenly disappeared, and Xiao Sheng instantly lost his balance and fell down, he didn't see Ye Qiuli who was also falling on the other side, because his eyes were staring at Xin Yan's dead eyes.
"My surname is Xiao......" Xinyan lightly left this sentence in a mournful tone, turned around and left, leaving only Xiao Sheng, who was still falling, panicked and didn't know why.