The moon was dark and the wind was high, and a strange sound suddenly floated into Su Mu's ears, Su Mu sat up from the bed as if he had fallen into an evil spirit, and when he heard it again, the sound was gone again. I saw a demon wind blowing, a crisp bell sounded, the door was wide open, and a woman in red appeared outside the door, Su Mu rubbed his eyes and looked out of the door, but there was no one. He thought he had seen a ghost, so he hurriedly got out of bed with his sword and looked outside, only to see that there was a heavy fog outside the door at some point, as if something was ominous. And the direction where Ling Huayin lived was even more foggy, and he hurriedly rushed over to see what the fog was all about, but he bumped into Eluo on the road.

"Why are you here?" Seeing Su Muda coming to Ling Huayin's bedroom in the middle of the night, Eluo couldn't help asking.

"I see that this fog is coming sneakily, and I am worried about the master, and I want to see what is going on. ”

Eluo looked around and said, "This fog is indeed strange, and your master is not in the room. ”

Su Mu was taken aback, "My master is not here, what about Yin Tao?"

"Yin Tao slept very deeply, and she couldn't wake up, which may be related to the sudden fog. "Oro Road.

"You are optimistic about Yin Tao, I will go to Elder Tianji and ask him what the signs of this fog are. Su Mu said this and hurriedly flew to the heavenly machine.

When he came to the heavenly machine, seeing that there was no one around, Su Mu didn't care about it, so he flew up directly, but he never thought that this move directly touched the mechanism here, and several huge stones surrounded Su Mu and flew towards him. Su Mu was shocked, kicked the flying boulder away, and crashed into another boulder, only to hear a few violent crash roars, Su Mu broke out of the encirclement and flew to the top floor of the heavenly machine.

He looked down and saw that the Tianji Division had returned to its original state, and said in his heart: I didn't expect that it was really impossible to walk around here, so I accidentally collided with the mechanism, and I don't know if the sound can be transmitted, so I should hurry up and find the Tianji Daoist while no one finds out, and maybe it will be okay to apologize.

Thinking so, Su Mu hurriedly quickened his pace and came to the place where the Heavenly Machine Dao Master usually made spirit stones.

"Heavenly Machine, are you there?" Su Mu shouted, his echo echoing in the silent corridor.

No one answered, and there was not even a single guard in the huge heavenly machine. Su Mu stood in place for a while, and suddenly saw a beautiful spirit stone placed on the platform in front of him, which was emitting blue light, and he was immediately attracted to it.

Su Mu picked up the spirit stone and muttered to himself, "This can't be the Heavenly Spirit Stone that Shang Yue said, right?"

"She came to give Tianji Dao Chief a treasure this time, the Heavenly Spirit Stone, to be able to see the future. Thinking of what Shang Yue said during the day, Su Mu couldn't help but want to try this stone, he touched the surface of the spirit stone, the spirit stone seemed to be able to really peek into his mind, and suddenly lit up, and soon after, a string of runes appeared on the spirit stone, gradually revealing Su Mu's face. Su Mu looked at the spirit stone in his hand in surprise, only to see that the picture above suddenly changed into a gorgeous room, and he was dressed in a black robe and walked towards a woman in front of the bronze mirror. The woman was wearing a bright bridal dress, it was Ling Huayin, she slowly looked up at Su Mu in the mirror, and an inverted fairy mark was displayed on her forehead.

Su Mu was suddenly confused, and hurriedly put the spirit stone away.

At this moment, the voice of the Heavenly Machine Dao Leader came from behind him: "Su Mu, why are you? What are you doing here?"

Su Mu was frightened, hurriedly turned around, and said to the Heavenly Machine Dao Leader: "Elder Tianji, I, I have something to do with you. ”

The Heavenly Machine Dao Master glanced at the Heavenly Spirit Stone behind Su Mu, with a strange expression, and asked, "What's the matter so late, can't you talk about it tomorrow, you touched the mechanism outside just now?"

Su Mu hurriedly made amends: "Yes, I accidentally flew up in a hurry, the disciple is reckless, please forgive the elders." ”

The Heavenly Machine Dao Elder yawned and said, "It's useless for me to forgive my sins, as soon as this mechanism is touched, the Hall of Elders must know about it, and the Discipline Elder will not spare you, wait for tomorrow to be punished." What are you looking for?"

Su Mu didn't care about being punished, and hurriedly said: "There was a strange fog on the side of Qingluan Palace, and my master was gone, I heard the sound of a bell when I woke up, can Elder Tianji help divination what is the omen?"

"Great fog? There has never been a fog in Xianze Palace. ”

Therefore, the disciple felt strange and came to ask the elder. ”

"Okay, you help me get my sun, moon and seven astrolabes, and I'll do the math. Daoist Tianji said.

Su Mu familiarly found the seven astrolabes of the sun and moon and handed them to the Heavenly Machine.

The Heavenly Machine Daoist placed the Seven Star Scrolls on the Heavenly Machine Pillar outside the house, and after a while, the pointer pointed in the direction of the Qingluan Palace, and the Heavenly Machine Dao Chief closed his eyes, and he didn't know what was in his mouth, and soon, a cloud of black gas appeared on the Seven Star Disk.

"Qingluan Hall has a demonic aura. The Heavenly Machine Daoist opened his eyes with a solemn expression.

Su Mu was shocked and said, "Why? Isn't the heart demon already gone?"

"The demons in my heart have been removed, but this demonic aura is extraordinary. Quick, come with me to the Qingluan Hall and have a look!" said the Heavenly Machine Dao Chief.

The two of them hurriedly came to the Qingluan Palace, only to see the retreating magic array open above the Qingluan Palace, thinking that Ling Huayin had returned. As soon as they entered, they saw Ling Huayin and Elo talking.

"Master, what's going on?" Su Mu hurriedly stepped forward and asked.

Ling Huayin had just returned from the Valley of Gods and Demons, and she didn't know what was going on here, so she said to the Heavenly Machine Dao Chief: "I checked around, I don't know where the demonic energy came from, can the Heavenly Machine Elder help me take a look?"

The Heavenly Machine Daoist took out the Seven Astrolabes of the Sun and Moon, turned around in place, and then pointed the pointer in the direction of Ling Huayin's study. They hurried to the study and finally found a clue on the table. It turned out that the demonic energy was emitted from a bell on the table. The Heavenly Machine Dao Master brushed the dust on the bell and drove away the demonic energy.

"What is this?" Su Mu couldn't help but ask.

The Heavenly Machine Dao Master replied, "This is the Immortal Palace's Lock Heart Bell, which is used to deal with demons. ”

Su Mu was puzzled for a while, "Since it is a thing from Xianze Palace, how can there be demonic energy?"

Ling Huayin pondered for a while and said, "This name...... Isn't the Lock Heart Bell the thing used to trap the demon spirit in the tower in the Great Wilderness Map?"

Tianji Dao Chang patted his head and said, "Yes, yes, exactly." Could it be that the demons are back?"

"......" Ling Huayin fell into deep thought, and said to the Heavenly Machine Daoist: "I will make this matter clear as soon as possible, the Heavenly Machine Daoist has come over tonight to work hard, I will let Su Mu send you." ”

"Hey, no, no, you still care about your good apprentice, he will suffer tomorrow!" said the Heavenly Machine Daoist as he waved his hand back.

Ling Huayin was puzzled, and hurriedly looked at Su Mu, only to see Su Mu scratching his head and saying, "Master, the apprentice is in trouble again." ”

The next day, Su Mu was summoned to the Discipline Hall, and Ling Huayin followed. Seeing that the head of the sect, Shan Liqun, the precept elder, and several senior disciples, including Bai Zhen, were there, Su Mu had already been mentally prepared, and after seeing the head and the precept elder, he honestly knelt on the ground, waiting for the upcoming punishment.

The Discipline Elder glanced at Ling Huayin, and then said to Su Mu, "Su Mu, where did you go during curfew last night?"

Su Mu replied truthfully: "The disciple went to the Heavenly Machine last night. ”

"What are you going to do in the Heavenly Machine?"

"The disciple found that there was something unusual in the Qingluan Hall in the middle of the night, and the master was not there, so he went to the Tianji to find the Tianji Daoist. ”

"What's wrong?"

Ling Huayin suddenly stepped forward and said to the master: "Master, let me talk about this matter, I know better." After that, he told Shan Liqun about last night's events, and handed him the lock heart bell.

When the precept elder saw the lock heart bell, he and Shan Liqun looked at each other, and then said, "Master, this matter still needs to be investigated, but Su Mu trespassed into the Heavenly Machine during the curfew last night and destroyed the organ, and this matter cannot be resolved." ”

"You are in charge of punishment, you can do this kind of thing yourself, why bother to mobilize the people. Shan Liqun had a headache on his face, and it seemed that he didn't want to care about such trivial matters, especially when it involved Ling Huayin.

"That's what the boss said. The Discipline Elder turned to stare at Su Mu and said, "Su Mu, do you know what is wrong?"

"The disciple knows his mistake and is willing to be punished. ”

"Remembering that you are a first-time offender and have just come and don't understand the rules, then you will be punished with three lashes and locked up in a confinement room for two days as a punishment. ”

As soon as the precept elder said this, the people around closed their mouths tightly. The whip of the precept hall is not an ordinary whip, and people who don't have some skill can't bear it. Like Su Mu, it will take at least more than a month to get out of bed after three whips.

Su Mu was about to receive the punishment, but he heard Ling Huayin say: "The precept elder is so fair and selfless! Then if something happens to the Qingluan Palace, Elder of the Precepts, do you say it's better to keep this broken rule, or should you find someone to ask for help first?"

The Discipline Elder frowned and said, "What does the Sword Elder mean by this, does he think that I am not properly punished?"

Ling Huayin said calmly: "The precept elder only looks at the result and does not ask the reason, so it is naturally an improper punishment. If it was the Discipline Hall that had an accident, would the Discipline Elder still blame the disciple for trespassing on the Heavenly Machine?"

Hearing this, a trace of anger appeared on the face of the precept elder, and he said, "Elder Sword Protector is shielding his own disciple, the disciples of Xianze Palace have always treated everyone equally, and they will not be exempted from responsibility because of which elder's disciple they are, even the disciple in charge of the sect is no exception. Could it be that the Sword Elder wants to set a precedent?"

Hearing this, Zhou Yi and Zhou Yao, who were standing on the side, couldn't help but bow their heads, for fear that anger would pour on their heads.

"The precept elder doesn't need to talk about things with the master, Su Mu made a mistake, and there was a reason for it, and the punishment should be mitigated. Ling Huayin still did not back down.

"The Heavenly Machine is the important place of Xianze Palace, and even the head of the sect must follow the rules of the sect. Su Mu broke through like this, if he destroyed any important magic circle, would you be able to afford it as a master?"

Seeing that the two of them were unforgiving, one must be punished, and the other tried his best to protect his shortcomings, Shan Liqun didn't want to deal with it, so he said: "Elder Precept, you don't have to bite this matter, Su Mu's mistake is true, but if there are special circumstances, he will be punished for three days of confinement, and the whip will be waived." Anyway, Shan Liqun didn't want to wade into this troubled water again, so he took his two apprentices and left.