Facing Lou Zhe's inquiry, Lou Yi did not answer. Instead, he held the bamboo whistle and glanced at the other five people present, as if asking if the others were ready.
Lou Zhe didn't take it seriously at all, but continued to look at the bamboo whistle curiously, his eyes flickering slightly, not knowing what he was thinking about.
At this moment, Lou Yi put the bamboo whistle in his mouth and blew hard. A strange wave came from the bamboo whistle, but no one heard any sound.
Shang Xia's sense of divine will tried to capture and follow this strange fluctuation, but suddenly found that his divine will was being consumed violently, and he quickly restrained his divine will.
At the same time, Fei Gu, Huang Yu, Shan Yunchao and others all grunted, turned pale, or swayed, then exchanged glances with each other, and finally remained silent.
Obviously, these few people had just been trying to capture and track the strange and silent fluctuations coming from the bamboo whistle through divine perception, and then they all suffered a secret loss.
At this time, Shang Xia suddenly felt a gaze falling on him. When he turned his head to look over, he saw Lou Zhe turning his head.
At this moment, as the strange fluctuations spread, the small forest where everyone was located began to become windless, and the swaying branches made a "whining" sound, which at first sounded like a ghost crying or a wolf howling.
At this time, everyone in the woods had realized that the woods they were in should be a hidden formation. However, this formation seemed to have no other function. It could only help Lou Yi with the help of a bamboo whistle.
The strange wave blown out is just amplified ten times or even dozens of times.
"here……"
Huang Yu couldn't help but speak, but was interrupted by others before he could finish speaking.
"This area looks like a formation built by naturally growing woods. I'm afraid it's not that simple to form, right?" Fei Gu said with a mixture of admiration and admiration.
Shan Yun glanced at Lou Yi, who didn't dare to stop because he kept blowing the bamboo whistle, and looked a little tired due to the loss of Yuan Gang Qi in his body, and said in a deep voice: "Some ancient trees in this forest look like they should be
No less than a hundred years."
In other words, Fukong Mountain, or Master Chongshan, may have started planning against Yue Dutian Lake more than a hundred years ago.
You must know that among the nine major Cave Heaven Saint Sects in Lingyu Realm, Fukong Mountain, Cangming Island and Yue Dutian Lake are relatively close allies.
Not to mention anything else, let’s just say that the two realms of Cangyu and Cangling, the predecessors of the Lingfeng Realm, were exposed on the Manyuzhou Continent, and the specific locations of the two realms in the starry sky were obtained on the Cangming Island of the Lingyu Realm.
However, the three major Cave Heaven Sects, Kongshan and Yue Dutian Lake, chose to keep it secret. Instead, the three sects jointly organized internal forces to launch the first expedition against the two realms.
This is enough to prove the relationship between the three Dongtian Sects.
What Huang Yu actually wanted to say was that he had been to this forest before and met the spy from Yue Dutian Lake here, but...
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And just a few dozen miles away from this forest, on a mountaintop guarded by a formation, in an attic by the lake guarded by five peaks, a potted plant used for decoration seemed to be covered by the lake.
It swayed gently as if blown by the breeze, and at the same time, a strange and invisible wave began to ripple in the attic.
At this moment, the attic where the potted plant was located suddenly became much darker. A hand suddenly reached out and touched the swaying potted plant, which also smoothed out the strange and invisible fluctuations.
"The day has finally arrived!"
A vague whisper suddenly occurred to me. When the gentle breeze from the real lake came, the hand had already disappeared from the attic, but this time the potted plant did not sway in the breeze.
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But when the majestic wind on the lake stopped blowing, the originally standing potted plant suddenly swayed three times from side to side, as if being moved by an invisible hand.
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In the woods, Lou Yi was still blowing the bamboo whistle in his mouth at the cost of consuming the Yuan Gang Qi in his body. However, the trees in the mountain forest that originally made various "strange sounds" in response to the invisible fluctuations of the bamboo whistle did not make any sound at this time.
It came to an abrupt end without warning. No matter how Lou Yi blew the bamboo whistle in his mouth, no more fluctuations spread.
"this……"
Shang Xia showed doubts at the right time.
Lou Yi took off the bamboo whistle and put it away again. Then he forced a smile and said: "The insiders above Yue Dutian Lake already know that we are coming!"
"Then what should we do next?" Lou Zhe asked immediately.
Lou Yi did not answer his question. Instead, he looked at Shan Yunchao and said, "Senior Brother Shan, do you have something from your ancestor on you?"
Shan Yunchao was startled when he heard the words and said: "Yes, there is, but that thing was not given by the master, but the master gave it to the teacher back then. When I became a disciple of the teacher and became the true disciple, the teacher gave it to me again.
For me..."
Lou Yi nodded, stretched out his hand and said, "Yes, that's it!"
Shan Yunchao hesitated slightly, but finally took out a folding fan from his sleeve and handed it to Lou Yi.
"Senior Brother Shan, don't worry, this thing will definitely be returned to its original owner after the incident!"
Lou Yi took the folding fan and said with a smile, then he opened the folding fan directly in front of everyone and displayed the fan in front of everyone.
Everyone looked around and saw that there was originally a simple ink painting of mountains and forests on the fan, but a few strokes outlined a scene of mountains and forests swaying in the mountain wind.
"Isn't this the current situation?"
Lou Zhe is obviously the most outspoken person among everyone.
But just as Lou Che finished speaking, he saw Lou Yi pinch his finger and drop a drop of blood on one of the fan bones.
The drop of bright red blood immediately extended along the fan bone, quickly flowed onto the fan surface, and finally penetrated into the ink mountain forest.
The swaying mountain forest picture on the fan suddenly changed a little.
"Hey, it's moving, it's moving!"
Lou Zhe couldn't help but want to exclaim, but he soon realized something and quickly lowered his voice.
Shang Xia saw with his own eyes that the treetops of the ink mountain forest on the fan changed their original tilt direction under the mountain wind for no reason.
"Everyone, please come with me!"
After Lou Yi said a word, he took the lead and walked quickly in the direction pointed by the treetops of the mountains on the fan. When everyone saw this, they followed him one after another.
The six fifth-level masters move extremely fast. Even if they don't use flight or other means, it won't take them long to cover a distance of dozens of miles.
During this process, Lou Yi would drop a drop of blood onto the fan bone at almost regular intervals, and the treetops of the ink forest on the fan would change from time to time due to the penetration of blood.
The way forward.
At this time, Fei Gu suddenly said: "We should be in the clouds and mist outside the Yue Dutian Lake Guardian Formation now, right?"
Everyone who was moving forward suddenly stopped. The warriors including Lou Yi turned their heads and looked around, and their expressions suddenly began to change.
In fact, no need to remind anyone, Shang Xia had already noticed that everyone had arrived in a secret realm covered by clouds and mist.
In this secret realm, the warriors' divine perception has been greatly weakened and distorted unknowingly, so that everyone is unable to realize the direction they are heading, the terrain under their feet, and the changes that have occurred in the surrounding environment.
The reason why Shang Xia was able to detect it in advance was because his protective Gang Qi had been resolving various changes around him caused by the formation. Therefore, although he could not change the fact that his divine perception was weakened and weakened in the distance.
The results are distorted, but the changes in the immediate surroundings can be clearly understood.
The reason why Shang Xia did not warn in advance was because he found that under the leadership of Lou Yi, everyone may not know the specific direction of advance, but the terrain under their feet is gradually rising, and even the slope is becoming increasingly steep.
It is steep, which means that everyone is heading towards the top of the mountain, which means that the direction led by Lou Yi is probably correct.
At this time, Lou Yi also noticed the change in everyone's expressions, so he calmly shook the open fan in his hand and said: "The things from our ancestors are infallible."
Upon hearing this, Huang Yu immediately said: "Since we have come here, there is no reason to retreat any further. Besides, without the guidance of the folding fan in Mr. Lou's hand, that is the real way to catch someone blind."
Fei Gu said with a smile: "Old Huang, do you need to say these words? Since we have come here, how can we not even have this awareness? But what is worrying now is that even if we have the right direction guidance,
But after all, sight and perception are limited. If someone secretly attacks you at this time, it will be difficult for us to respond in time."
What Fei Gu said is indeed what everyone is worried about. Although the folding fan can point everyone in the correct direction to the Tianhu Lake on the top of the mountain, it may not allow everyone to avoid the sneak attack of the Yue Dutian Lake warriors hiding in the dark.
They don't believe that the so-called "sealing the mountain" in Yue Dutian Lake is just a matter of turning on the protective formation and everything will be fine.
At this moment, Shang Xia suddenly said: "How about... let me come down and give it a try?"
Before anyone could speak, Lou Zhe was already very interested and said, "Hey, Brother Shang, how do you plan to give it a try?"
Shang Xia made a calm gesture towards everyone, and then silently circulated the five elements in his body. After a certain disguise, the protective aura turned into a gray mist and swept past him. The mist along the way was
The gray haze disappeared, and the previously obscured terrain, rocks, and vegetation emerged before their eyes, and everyone realized that their divine perception had returned to normal at this time.
However, before everyone showed signs of surprise, the gray mist that had been removed spread to the surrounding area forty or fifty feet, and then began to disappear on its own as if it was running out of energy. Then the clouds and mist that had been pushed back flowed back one after another, covering everyone just now.
Everything he saw was covered up, and even his divine perception seemed to be covered in dust and distorted again.
Shang Xia, on the other hand, looked like he had been exhausted because he had not yet fully adapted to the suppression of the will of heaven and earth, panting slightly.
"Mr. Shang is indeed extraordinary!"
Lou Zhe first praised, but then said: "It's a pity, it's a pity..."
Of course everyone knew what he meant when he said "it's a pity".
Shan Yun said: "Let's continue moving forward, but Mr. Shang's methods should not be used lightly. The closer we are to the top of the mountain, the more likely we are to be noticed by the people at Yue Dutian Lake."
Lou Yi nodded slightly, and was about to pinch a drop of blood from his fingertips again to activate the fan guide, but unexpectedly, Lou Zhe suddenly said: "Third brother, why don't you let me give it a try? You will consume too much.
It affects your own cultivation strength."
"It doesn't matter, I have my own sense of discretion!"
Lou Yi smiled, and as soon as he finished speaking, another drop of blood fell on the fingertips behind the fan bone. Then Lou Yi took the lead and continued to move forward, while the others followed silently.
After traveling in the clouds and mist for a while, the swaying treetops on the fan suddenly returned to normal. However, according to the rules summarized before, the fan bones clearly had not yet had time to absorb Lou Yi's blood.
Lou Yi raised his head and glanced at the thick clouds in front of him, and squeezed out a trace of blood from his fingertips again.
Dripping on the fan bone.
Then the drop of blood flowed directly over the edge of the fan bone and fell to the ground.
Naturally, everyone noticed the failure of the folding fan.
Fei Gu frowned slightly and said, "Is it possible that we have reached the end of the clouds and mist, and the gate of Yue Dutian Lake is in front of us?"
Lou Che immediately took a step forward and said, "Wouldn't it be clear if you just walk forward?"
But before he finished speaking, he was pulled back by Lou Yi.
Fei Gu said: "Young Master Zhe, if the guidance of the folding fan really fails, you will probably be sent down the mountain if you take this step."
At this time, Shan Yunchao turned his eyes to Shang Xia, who was following the last of the group. The others who followed him also realized something and looked at him one after another.
Shang Xia looked at everyone, then showed a slightly uneasy expression and said, "Then Shang will give it a try?"
After confusing the five elements into one, gray light mist surged out of Shang Xia again.
However, this time Shang Xia obviously did not spread to all directions around the body as before, but only rushed towards the place where the clouds and mist were thickest in front.
As the gray light mist flows, the large clouds and mist in front of it are eliminated, and the strange and bizarre scenes all around suddenly reveal their true appearance.
Twenty or thirty feet later, the clouds and mist suddenly disappeared, and the gray mist was suddenly blocked by an arc-shaped formation. Behind the formation, there was still a vague figure of combat power.
"This is the protective formation of Yue Dutian Lake. Disengage immediately!"
Fei Gu's expression changed and he exclaimed.
In fact, no one else needs to say much, Shang Xia has immediately cut off the connection between its own origin and the gray mist.
However, although the remaining gray light curtain was like rootless water, the moment it touched the formation screen, it began to annihilate each other with the formation screen.
And this will inevitably trigger the early warning of Yue Dutian Lake, and their invasion may soon be discovered by the people of Yue Dutian Lake.
"Quick, get to the front of the formation!"
Lou Yi saw that as the gray light mist disappeared, the surrounding clouds and mist surged in again, and he quickly spoke to remind others.
At this point, it is impossible to sneak into Yue Dutian Lake quietly, but it is even more impossible to retreat. We can only bite the bullet and make a forced invasion.
Everyone stepped forward to cling to the slightly shaking formation screen, and at this time, the figure originally standing behind the formation screen seemed to be closer to everyone.
"careful……"
Huang Yu thought of opening his mouth to remind everyone.
Unexpectedly, Lou Yi interrupted him and said: "It's our internal response at Yue Dutian Lake!"
Everyone was relieved when they heard this. However, when they tried to carefully observe the person inside through the formation screen, they found that they could not see the person's true face no matter what.
Not only was the formation in front of them blurring everyone's view, but the spy was obviously hiding something and did not want to expose his identity easily.
Everyone looked at Lou Yi, obviously wanting to know from him what to do next.
However, Lou Yi was at his wits end at this time. He seemed to have no idea how to get in direct contact with the internal agents through the formation screen. People from Yue Dutian Lake might soon come to check the location where the formation screen was touched.
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At this moment, Shang Xia vaguely saw that the figure behind the formation seemed to be moving, and was rushing towards their location at an extremely fast speed.
"careful!"
But it was not Shang Xia who reminded him, but Shan Yun Dynasty.
However, the figure behind the formation didn't seem to be facing anyone.
At this moment, a "pop" was heard, and the translucent formation screen was suddenly pierced by a thorn-like weapon. Following a "click" the weapon was retracted, and the blurry figure behind the formation screen
The shape is rapidly moving away, and a small hole only as thick as a finger is left on the formation screen. The remaining Yuan Gang power is delaying the self-repair of the formation screen.
"quick!"
Lou Yi jumped to the small hole on the formation screen, shouted urgently to Shang Xia in a low voice, and tried to see through the small hole the appearance and identity of the person opposite, but the figure of that person had already changed.
Disappear.
Shang Xia had already come to the small hole at this time, and saw that the small hole was shrinking. He did not bother to block Lou Yi's sight, and directly pressed his palm on the small hole. The five elements in his palm were still transformed into
Gray light weapons continuously seep into this flaw, and then continue to corrode and dissolve the surrounding formations, eventually expanding this flaw into a gap that can be used by people present to enter and exit.
"How about it?"
Lou Che squeezed forward and asked Shang Xia loudly. At the same time, he did not forget to say: "We must pass through the formation before the people from Yue Dutian Lake arrive, otherwise..."
"Shut up!"
Lou Yi shouted, but his eyes were still just staring at the position where Shang Xia's palm was pressing.
"Look!"
Fei Gu pointed at the position of the formation where Shang Xia's palm pressed and shouted in a low voice.
He didn't need to remind him. Everyone had already seen it at this time. Under the erosion of the gray light mist in Shang Xia's palm, a circular gap continued to expand, gradually exceeding the size of Shang Xia's palm.
"Brother Shang can't hold it anymore!"
Huang Yu couldn't help but worry as he looked at Shang Xia's trembling palms and his slightly ferocious look.
Huang Yu knew that Shang Xia would definitely have reservations, but after all, this was a mountain-protecting formation of the Dongtian Sacred Sect. Even if it left flaws, how could it be broken so easily?
Moreover, Huang Yu didn't want Shang Xia to spend too much money on this, and at the same time, he also wanted to see if Lou Yi and others had other back-up plans.