Within Yishan Mountain, the originally peaceful mountain stream suddenly shook. Everything began to sway and vibrate. Birds resting on the trees flapped their wings and flew away.
The people trapped in the formation stopped moving and needed to pour spiritual energy into their feet to barely stand firm.
Fu Hong struggled to reach Shen Kuo and reluctantly hugged him. Po Luo and others opposite them did the same, and they were almost thrown to the ground by the sudden shaking of the ground.
"Master Kuo, did something happen over there?" Fu Hong struggled to speak.
At the same time, a burst of strong light rose from a distance, illuminating the mountain like daylight. Shen Kuo was well-informed and could tell at a glance what was wrong there.
"Something must have come out, otherwise there wouldn't be such abundant spiritual energy."
The earthquake must have been caused by that thing.
His words also made Fu Hong understand, "Is it the Demon Purification Tower?"
The person on the opposite side moved very sharply and jumped on the back of the bird, flying towards the place where the strong light appeared.
"Shen Kuo, you won't be so lucky next time."
When Polo left, he covered his wound and said harsh words. He didn't expect that after so many years, he would still be so difficult to deal with.
Almost after the group of people had gone away, Shen Kuo couldn't hold himself up and vomited out a mouthful of blood.
"Master Kuo, are you okay!!" Fu Hong was shocked, "Weren't you fine just now?"
Why did something happen all of a sudden?
Shen Kuo wiped the blood from the corners of his lips and stood up, "We must hurry up and take a look!"
If that thing hadn't fallen into Chi Si's hands, all their efforts would have been in vain.
"Slow down, I'll take you there." Fu Hong said and released the contracted spirit bird.
In the current situation, with the Demon Pure Tower appearing, everyone must have gone in that direction. If they don't hurry up, I'm afraid there will be changes in the future.
Just as their spiritual birds flew into the sky, a group of people fell down where they were standing.
These people all wore uniform masks and black burqas that blended perfectly with the night, making it easier to move in the dark.
"Lord, are we still following?"
The person in the middle is petite and does not look like a man.
"Come on, Shen Kuo is here, we don't have to worry about not having a chance."
The speaker's voice was hoarse, but you could still tell it was a woman's voice.
"yes!"
The group of people shuttled through the woods on the ground very quickly, like sneaking cheetahs. Even if they were wandering on the ground, they still maintained a certain trackable distance from the people flying in the sky.
In the Mingyang Mausoleum, the beautiful and charming maple forest turned into smoke and dissipated. Mu Qian and Chi Si stood side by side, with a look of pity on her face.
A place with such beautiful scenery is just an illusion after all.
Almost as soon as the maple leaves dissipated, the ground they were standing on stopped shaking and began to crack from the middle.
Countless cracks spread from it to all sides, and huge spiritual power poured out, breaking through the sky.
Mu Qian also felt the spirit beings attacking from all directions. With such a large formation, anyone who had read a few books could guess that it must be the appearance of a divine weapon.
The strong light dissipated, and Mu Qian saw the cyan mirror suspended in mid-air. The whole body exuded a gleaming luster. The cyan light was more brilliant than all the cyans in the world.
Chi Si raised his hand, and the summoned mirror fell into his palm. Its original size shrank several times, becoming only as big as a man's hand.
He turned around and brought the mirror in front of Mu Qian.
"This is what you want."
Mu Qian was a little afraid to touch it, but after being mentally prepared, she still reached out and took the thing.
She activated her spiritual power in front of the mirror, but there was no movement for a while. Logically speaking, there was such a big movement when it appeared, so this thing couldn't be fake.
"Go back first." Chi Si said.
Since ancient times, artifacts have tempers, and not everyone can use them casually.
With this understanding, Mu Qian can only follow Chi Si back first. The future is long. As long as something is in hand, there will always be a time when it can be used.
"Wait, what about the Demon Purification Tower?" Mu Qian suddenly grabbed Chi Si's sleeve and asked.
All the people outside are here for the Demon Purification Tower. Now if they can't get anything, they will be at a disadvantage.
"That thing is not here." Chi Si said.
Although he didn't know how the rumor came out, the Demon Purification Tower was indeed not in the mausoleum.
All the formation barriers here are already supported by clearing mirrors. If an artifact like the Demon Pure Tower appears again, the entire Mingyang Tomb will not be able to support such majestic spiritual energy.
Mu Qian also knows that the Demon Purification Tower is not here. If this is the case, all the clues may have been lost.
"Let's go." Chi Si suddenly took her hand and walked forward.
Mu Qian was thinking about the Demon Purification Tower in her mind, and didn't care about how intimate the movements between the two were.
The two disappeared into Yishan. After the two left, people coming from all directions finally arrived in front of the mausoleum.
But the bright light just now has told everyone that the treasures in the tomb have been taken away, and all the formations set up in the mountain have long since dissipated.
There is no point in going back to the tomb now.
"Who took the things away?" Polo looked at the tomb door that had begun to gradually freeze.
Now the situation can be seen at a glance. Things have been taken away, the tomb door has begun to be sealed with ice, and a barrier has begun to be drawn around the entire Mingyang Tomb. I am afraid that it will not be long before it completely sinks into the ground.
"Someone saw the red gardenia disappearing here!!"
Someone among the onlookers shouted.
Shen Kuo and Fu Hong stood in the corner, looking at the scene in front of them, feeling vaguely uneasy.
"She must have taken the things away, and she even froze Mingyang Tomb!"
With this understanding, more and more people in the crowd calmed down. Originally, this thing belongs to whoever grabs it.
Their skills are inferior to others and they can't say anything.
It's just that this red gardenia that appeared out of thin air is a bit too arrogant. It has only appeared for a few months, but it has done things that ordinary spiritual beings cannot do in several lifetimes.
Apart from anything else, just breaking the Shulingchu formation is enough to scare many people.
"It seems that Miss Hong Zhi is completely famous this time." Fu Hong whispered.
She doesn't know whether being famous like this is a good thing or a bad thing for her.
"Blessings depend on disasters, misfortunes depend on blessings. Who knows what the future will bring." Shen Kuo looked meaningfully at the group of people opposite who were still aggrieved.
After this incident, I am afraid that more and more people will be looking for traces of Hong Gardenia in the future.
The Pure Demon Tower has a great reputation and is coveted by countless people.
Even in a place like Mingyang Mausoleum, there is a steady stream of people taking risks to find it. Now if it falls into human hands, it will not be more dangerous than in the tomb.
Polo chuckled after hearing this, "I have heard of this name a long time ago, but I never thought that a young girl could have such ability."
It looks like I really want to pay him a visit.
At the far end, the group of people who followed Shen Kuo and Fu Hong to the tomb door clearly heard the voices of everyone talking.
"My lord." The person behind her called.
The person in the middle only glanced at it, turned around and left, "Find Hong Gardenia at all costs."
Since everything has been taken away, there is no big meaning for them to stay here. Some people who are not strong in ability did not come with the intention of grabbing the Demon Purification Tower.
They just wanted to get some benefits from Mingyang Mausoleum. Now that the mausoleum is sealed, they can only return in despair.
"The ghost gate obeys the order!" Polo turned around.
The people behind him responded, "Yes!"
"Follow Hong Gardenia at all costs." Polo gave the order.
In any case, the Demon Purification Tower must be returned to the ghost gate, otherwise there will be endless troubles.
On the farthest mountain peak, where you can overlook everything below, there are people standing on small rocks.
"Interesting." Chu Zhou said coldly.
Qiu Yuerong, who was standing behind him to the right, glanced at the people below. They stood here monitoring all night, but they didn't expect that things would turn out like this.
This time, the forces from all sides were coming fiercely, and some of them were famous or extremely evil spirits. I didn't expect that the thing would fall into Hong Zhi's hands in the end.
"It seems that the Shuling Department is going to have a good fight with this Miss Hong Zhi." After sorting out the information, Chu Zhou released the bird on his arm.
"What do you mean?" Qiu Yuerong looked at him.
"The last time we broke the Shulingchu formation, we didn't make a wanted arrest for her. It was because of the minister's kindness, but this time it's not so easy to fool her."
After listening to Chu Zhou's words, Qiu Yuerong understood what they wanted to do.
"The things in the Mingyang Mausoleum have never been owned. She got them by her own ability. From any point of view, the Shuling Office is not qualified to want her." Qiu Yuerong said.
"Not qualified?" Chu Zhou sneered, "Just because she broke into the Soul Shuling Department, we are already qualified to deal with her, let alone the attack on the Yinjue Academy this time may have something to do with her. Team Qiu, don't I'm dizzy."
This statement is clear to Qiu Yue, but now they are just suspicious, and there is no solid evidence to prove that the attack on Yinjue Court is related to Hong Zhi.
"We didn't see her take away the Demon Purification Tower with our own eyes. Even if there is no evidence, even if she is wanted, it will be useless and will only make people laugh." Qiu Yuerong reminded.
Wasn't it enough that Shu Ling Chu had lost face last time? This time he had to rush over and lose face.
"So she is just a suspect. This person is very troublesome. I will leave it to you to kill Feng. I will hear definite news within half a month. Is there a problem with Qiu's team?" Chu Zhou gave the order boldly.
Qiu Yuerong was speechless after hearing this, but she could only nod in agreement.
Although the status of the three main teams is equal, everyone implicitly admits that Po Ling is under the direct jurisdiction of the minister and has handled many major and important cases. Now the superiors have given Chu Zhou full authority to handle these matters.
She could only listen to this man's words.
"You can cast a wide net and focus on catching fish." Chu Zhou reminded her, "There are many people standing below who have extremely powerful tracking skills. There are many ways to find people in this intercontinental underground world. If Shafeng doesn't have this ability, , it is better to think about whether you can borrow the help of others."
Chu Zhou said that he disappeared under the night, leaving only Qiu Yuerong and a group of people behind him.
"This is too much. How can he talk like that? Po Ling is not necessarily superior to us." The team members behind Qiu Yue were indignant.
Although there is indeed a huge disparity in ability between the three teams, their status in the Shuling Department is the same, and no one is higher than the other. Why do you say this so harshly?
"That's right, why didn't he lead someone to catch Hong Zhi because he is so powerful? What were you doing standing here just now? Wasn't it just that he was afraid of being embarrassed by losing to Hong Zhi?"
The team member who blurted out these words quickly reacted and hurriedly explained to Qiu Yuerong, "Home team, I didn't mean that."
Qiu Yuerong only looked at the situation below and spoke expressionlessly.
"Walk."
No matter what happened tomorrow morning, the entire continent will be spread throughout the world, regardless of whether the Pure Demon Tower is in Hong Zhi's hands or not.
There will be countless people looking for her traces, which is not good news.
If your reputation is too great, if you don't have the strength to match it, it will probably lead to disaster.
Shen Kuo and Fu Hong returned along the way they came, towards the imperial capital. Now that they had fulfilled Chi Si's request, he had to confirm the situation first.
Many people returned in despair, going down the mountain ten times as fast as going up the mountain. After a while, there were only a few people running in the extremely lively mountain.
"Master Kuo, where should we go next?" Fu Hong asked.
Shen Kuo supported his body and walked down the mountain. He had just been injured by Po Luo, and now the wound was beginning to decompose into rotten flesh. If he didn't hurry up and deal with it, he might be life-threatening.
"Go to Xunji."
After listening to Shen Kuo's words, Fu Hong did not dare to delay.
We must find a doctor immediately to treat Mr. Kuo's injury.
When the two of them approached the border of Yishan, they were blocked by people in front of them.
They all jumped down from the books, each of them was very agile and their speed was more than twice as fast as ordinary spirit beings.
"You're fine, Shen Kuo."
The person in the middle looked at him and chuckled, his laughter clear.
"I didn't expect that the famous general in the Shuling Department would be in such a miserable state now. It really makes people lament the time..."
Fu Hong took a step forward and stood in front of Shen Kuo, holding the dart on his body in his palm.
"Fu Hong, please step back first."
Shen Kuo looked directly at the person in front of him, with no intention of attacking, "I didn't expect you to come too."
Under the moonlight, her hood was opened, and Fu Hong could clearly see the purple butterfly-patterned mask on her face.
This man is a legendary beast.
There was a master of the same era as Shen Kuo. It is said that she studied poisons and there was no poison in the world that she could not detoxify. She was a master of poisons.
But he had died twenty years ago. He had been missing all these years, but he suddenly appeared tonight.
"Shen Kuo, I was still wondering how someone could enter and exit Mingyang Tomb so easily. As soon as I saw you, I understood. As expected, you are still the same as before..."
Shen Kuo curled his lips and smiled softly, "Isn't it the same for you?"
There are always some things in this world that cannot be forgotten.