Chapter Seventy-Four: The Art of Moving Mountains and Seas
Mu Chen and the others walked around the small urban area for almost two hours, and finally, Li Dongyi, who was walking in the front, took them into an alley and stopped in front of a gate.
This gilded black door is impressively engraved with the three big characters of the Hidden Dao Sect.
"No, the Hidden Dao Sect is actually in the city!" everyone sighed again and again.
Indeed, although the Hidden Dao Sect was in a separate alley, the surrounding noisy sounds could still reach people's ears and be heard clearly.
"It's really hidden in the city!" Wu Yu looked at the plaque of the Hidden Dao Sect and sighed.
Li Dongyi stepped forward and knocked on the door of the Hidden Dao Sect.
"Knock, knock, knock!"
After three sounds, the heavy doors slowly opened from both sides.
"What a strong aura!"
As soon as the door opened, Mu Chen felt a burst of aura rushing across his face. The aura is constantly filling the front of the gate, and after people inhale it, they suddenly feel clear and relaxed.
"May I ask if it's Li Dongyi of Xunxiang Pavilion, Director Li?" After the door opened, a young man who looked to be fourteen or fifteen years old in a cyan robe walked over.
Seeing Li Dong nodding, the young man continued: "The sect master of my family has already known that you are coming, and he has specially prepared a reception banquet, please go with me." ”
The young man stretched out his hand as he spoke, made a gesture of please, and led Li Dongyi, Muchen and the others through the aura and walked inside.
Originally, the rich aura at the gate covered the scene inside the door, and it wasn't until Mu Chen and the others passed through this aura that they could see clearly the inside of the gate of the Hidden Dao Sect.
"Why is it just one room?" Mu Chen muttered quietly.
It turned out that Mu Chen thought that a big sect like the Hidden Dao Sect must have been built magnificently. It's just that what appeared in front of Mu Chen was only a room in the middle, and the rest of the place inside the gate was full of all kinds of trees and flowers.
With doubts and curiosity, everyone followed the people of the Hidden Dao Sect to the only room.
The doorman didn't say much, and directly pushed open the two doors of the house.
At this moment, a dazzling halo made everyone hurriedly cover their eyes.
A few seconds later, the doorman's voice came: "Everyone, you can open your eyes." ”
Mu Chen slowly opened his eyes, and the scene in front of him made him rub his eyes several times in disbelief, and after confirming that he was not mistaken, he happily observed his surroundings.
Mu Chen and the others, who were originally still in the Hidden Dao Sect located in the alleys of the city, arrived at a mountain in the blink of an eye, and the door behind them stood there very abruptly.
"Wow, this is amazing, these are two worlds!" exclaimed in surprise.
Everyone was in the depths of the mountains, surrounded by green and verdant trees, which did not look like they had entered the late autumn season.
"Everyone, please come with me. "The people of the Hidden Dao Sect walked ahead.
Passing through a few woods, the true Hidden Dao Sect appeared in front of everyone.
Behind a huge mountain gate is a section of stairs with a hundred steps, on the steps there is a white building complex, in the middle of the hall, there is a black plaque, the plaque is engraved with a golden seal three big characters of the Hidden Dao Sect, between the strokes, there is also a trace of spiritual power.
Mu Chen followed the doorman step by step up the steps, the breeze in his ears was blowing in his heart, he turned around and looked down, quite a bit of climbing high and looking far away, looking at the momentum of the world.
After walking up the stairs, a person from the top of the main hall greeted them.
"Sima Yang!"
"Brother Wuyu!"
Wuyu was the first to recognize the people in the hall, and ran over quickly, and the two came to a big hug.
I haven't seen him for a few months, and the rough man who was shirtless at the beginning has completely changed his appearance. Thanks to Wuyu, he and Sima Yang have been together for a long time, so they recognized him.
Sima Yang was wearing a black robe, standing on the main hall with a very pale face, looking at the scenery in front of him condescendingly, his eyes were so resolute but profound.
The temperament revealed by Sima Yang is completely inconsistent with his face in his thirties. Now he is like a person who has experienced many vicissitudes.
"Mu Chen!"
"Director Li!"
"Break up!"
Sima Yang greeted everyone one by one, although there was a smile on his face, but he also had a steady aura.
"Hmm, what about Ruoxing, why didn't he come?" Sima Yang looked around, but didn't see Liu Ruoxing.
At the mention of Liu Ruoxing, Mu Chen and the others changed their expressions, and when they remembered the incident of the destruction of the door, everyone lowered their heads and became sad.
Seeing everyone's reactions, Sima Yang probably understood what was going on, so he stopped asking.
"Alas," Sima Yang sighed and said, "Since we have chosen this path, we are handing over our lives to God, whether we live or die, after all, it is the will of God." If he is a star, he can be regarded as liberated. ”
Yes, since Mu Chen left the Peach Blossom Land and embarked on the road of salvation to find the fragments of the Heavenly Underworld, didn't he put life and death aside a long time ago?
After listening to Sima Yang's words, Mu Chen felt a lot of comfort in his heart.
"Okay, okay, we all got together and said something happy. Li Dongyi patted Mu Chen's shoulder, and his words pulled everyone out of their sadness.
Sima Yang also smiled and said, "Yes, we haven't seen each other for a few months, but I really want to hear your adventure stories." Let's go, I've got a big table of dishes waiting for you!"
"Okay, let's go!"
"We're not drunk, haha!"
Everyone joked with each other and walked to the banquet hall, only to see a table of delicacies from the mountains and seas, and jade wine.
"Everyone," Sima Yang, who was sitting on the main seat, said, "These are all wild animals from the mountains, and the wine is also brewed by my own Yin Dao Sect, how about you taste the food in our small place!"
Mu Chen drank a cup of small wine and tasted it carefully. As soon as the wine entered the mouth, it melted in the throat, soft and delicate, and the faint aroma diffused. The drink continued to slide down his throat, suddenly exploding violently in the stomach, tumbling up and surging up his throat, quite a bit of stamina.
"Ahem, good wine, good wine. Mu Chen drank too much and coughed for a while, but he didn't forget to praise the beauty of this wine.
"Haha, it's really good food and wine!"
"It's delicious! Brother Sima really has a heart!"
Xiao Yuanba, who was sitting on Mu Chen's shoulder, heard everyone's praise, hurriedly pulled Mu Chen's clothes and climbed down, sat on the table, picked up a big rabbit leg next to him and gnawed it.
Everyone present laughed when they saw Xiao Yuanba's cute appearance, and the atmosphere became more enthusiastic.
After a few rounds of pushing and changing cups, Mu Chen was already a little drunk. After squinting around, he collapsed on the table drunk.
"Ah Li, your alcohol consumption is too bad!" Mu Chen pushed the broken man lying on the table with his soft arm, and said disgustedly: "I slept like a dead ghost!"
On the other side of the table, Wuyu, Li Dongyi and Sima Yang were still toasting each other, not looking drunk at all.
"Brother Chen, don't drink, eat vegetables!"
Xiao Yuanba, who had eaten with a bulging belly, lay directly on the table, and when he saw Mu Chen pick up the wine glass again, he quickly reminded him not to drink.
"Don't worry, I'm still awake!" Mu Chen put down his wine glass and stuffed a piece of meat into his mouth.
On the other side of the table, after Li Dongyi drank a glass of wine, he suddenly asked, "How did Brother Sima know that we were coming to visit early in the morning?"
"Hahaha," Sima Yang held his wine glass, laughed a few times, and said proudly: "Although the intelligence information of our Hidden Dao Sect is far inferior to that of Xunxiang Pavilion, it can be regarded as a good knowledge in this small place of Qingtan City. ”
"So as soon as a few of you arrived in Qingtan City today, I knew. I was going to send someone to invite you, but then I found out that you were looking for me, so I'm waiting for you here. ”
"I see, come, cheers!" Li Dong happily drained a bowl of wine.
Soon after the banquet began, Li Dongyi, who knew how to drink, felt that the small wine glass was not enjoyable, so they directly changed it to a large bowl to drink!
"But yesterday we contacted you, Brother Sima, but we couldn't get in touch, which really worried me for a while. Wu Yu said.
After hearing Wuyu's complaining words, Sima Yang immediately poured two bowls of wine himself, handed Wuyu a bowl, and apologized: "I'm really sorry, little brother, after I returned to the Hidden Dao Sect, I decided to take the disciples in the sect to practice well, and no longer care about foreign affairs." ”
After listening to this, Wuyu drank the bowl of wine happily: "Haha, then I wish Brother Sima success as soon as possible, and the Hidden Dao Sect will definitely become a famous sect." ”
"Then thank you Brother Wuyu Jiyan!"
Mu Chen felt really bored when he heard their polite words, and interrupted them, "Brother Sima, I still have a question to ask?"
"Say yes. Sima Yang said lightly.
Mu Chen spoke: "I want to know how we got to this deep mountain in the blink of an eye from the city before. It really bothered me all the way. Haha!"
"yes, I'm curious, it's amazing!"
"Yes, Xunxiang Pavilion only knew that the Hidden Dao Sect was in the city, but he didn't expect that the real one was hidden in the mountains. ”
After Mu Chen finished speaking, Li Dongyi and Wuyu also echoed.
"Then let me explain it to you. ”
Seeing that everyone was quite puzzled, Sima Yang sat down and began to say: "Actually, this is not a magical thing, it's just that my Hidden Dao Sect has one of the skills, which is to 'move mountains and seas'. ”
"Moving mountains and seas?" were all over their faces.
Sima Yang smiled, left his seat, and pretended to be mysterious: "Everyone, please come with me." ”
Li Dongyi and Wuyu curiously followed Sima Yang out of the banquet hall. Although Mu Chen was a little drunk, he could still stand up on the table, and he staggered out.
In the banquet hall, there was only one person left who drank and lay down, and there was a little Yuanba who couldn't move until he ate.
Everyone followed Sima Yang out of the banquet hall and into a room in the main hall.
This room was extremely dark, and after Sima Yang found a candle to light it, Mu Chen and the others found that the windows of the house were all sealed with wooden boards, and then covered with light-blocking paper, so that there was no sunlight at all.
In the middle of the room, there is a square mountain and river table, on the table
There was something wrapped in cloth.
Sima Yang walked straight over and removed the cloth.
"It's about moving mountains and seas. “
When I got closer, I saw a model of the architectural scene mounted on a transparent glass plate under the cloth.
"It's ...... Qingtan City?" Mu Chen couldn't help but exclaim.
If you look closely, the model under the glass is completely a microcosm of Qingtan City.
The streets, buildings, and flowers and trees on both sides of the road are exactly the same as what Mu Chen and the others saw on the street today.
All the models here are white, except for the hermit sect model in the city, which is made of bright red.
"Brother Sima, I still don't understand what you mean by moving mountains and seas?" asked Li Dongyi.
Mu Chen and Wuyu also showed puzzled expressions.
Sima Yang smiled, pointed to the red Hidden Dao Sect and explained, "Actually, that Hidden Dao Sect in the city is just a phantom. ”
"Phantom?"
"Hmm......" Sima Yang nodded and continued: "The technique of moving mountains and seas is my unique skill of the Hidden Dao Sect, you see. ”
After Sima Yang finished speaking, he waved his hand lightly, and the red Hidden Dao Sect model under the glass instantly turned into a pile of red fine sand.
"This red sand is the magic weapon that can create illusion, it can be shaped into various forms, although it is an illusory thing, but it can stand in reality. The Hidden Dao Sect in the city was actually just an empty shell. ”