Liang Yan's expression changed slightly. At this time, the human monk who appeared here was almost certain to be one of the top ten geniuses invited by the ghost-hand scholar!
"Does he think the 'Demon Locking Tower' can be repaired?"
"At least that's what Bouchard said." Hongwu replied.
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Liang Yan was silent, glanced at the Kunji clan members around him, and secretly analyzed the situation in front of him.
Obviously, this group of aliens are by no means good people. The reason why they have not launched an attack on themselves now is entirely due to the control of their clan leader. If he directly rejects his request, then this group of aliens may not be so peaceful anymore.
As for the Demon Locking Tower, Nine Cold Mist.
If what Bouchard said is true, then their request is consistent with their own goal. Only by repairing the Demon Locking Tower and re-suppressing the Nine Cold Fog can they safely cross the Wuzhou Island. Otherwise, they will be unable to move forward.
After pondering for a moment, Liang Yan already made a decision in his heart.
"Tell the old clan leader for me that Liang is honored to be able to help. I only hope that after repairing the Demon Locking Tower, I can safely cross Wuzhou."
"clear."
Hongwu nodded and turned to Bouchard to translate.
"Ugua, Ugua!"
After receiving Liang Yan's affirmative reply, the old patriarch of the Kunji tribe seemed a little overjoyed. He even imitated the etiquette of the human tribe and bowed to him.
Immediately afterwards, countless Kunji clan members separated a road and made a big space for him.
Liang Yan knew that they were pointing the direction for him, so he walked forward along this road. At the same time, the Kunji tribe members around him also moved at the same time, still surrounding him, and slowly moved forward in the direction of the road.
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It was obvious that although the leader of the Kunji clan was grateful to Liang Yan, he did not completely trust him. The clan members surrounding Liang Yan were there to prevent him from escaping.
In this way, Liang Yan and Hongwu, surrounded by people from the Kunzhi Clan, walked for about half an hour until a snowy city appeared in the distance.
To say it is a "city" is actually a bit exaggerated, because most of the city is composed of low snow houses, with roofs less than Liang Yan's waist, and some buildings similar to ice crystal tents are also extremely short.
There are no city walls or restrictions on the outside, only a long light blue river surrounding it. It is strange to say that the ice and snow around it do not melt, but the long river has fast currents and has not been frozen into ice.
"There is highly poisonous water in the river. It is the place where the Kunji clan members practice. Bouchard asked you not to touch it easily." Hongwu said beside Liang Yan.
Liang Yan nodded, and accompanied by the Kunji tribe, he walked across an ice and snow bridge and arrived at the place where the Kunji tribe lived and practiced.
Although the houses in this city are small, the area they cover is extremely large. Countless Kunji people are walking in the streets and alleys, more than ten times more than the group of people who went out to hunt before.
"Fortunately, I didn't rebel at that time. Otherwise, if so many Kunji clan members came to take revenge, I wouldn't have been able to force my way in. I would have had no choice but to withdraw from Wuzhou and find another way."
Liang Yan secretly sighed in his heart, followed Bouchard and other senior officials of the Kuntooth Clan, and walked all the way to the depths of the city. Not long after, they came to a huge white jade square.
In the middle of the square, several white tents were erected. Judging from the size of the tents, they looked more like they were built for human monks than for the Kunji tribe.
Behind the tent, a red flame rose. Around the flame, there were hundreds of Kunzha clan members. At this time, they all imitated the human clan, sitting cross-legged on the ground, listening attentively to something.
In front of them, sat a young human man, wearing a set of coarse linen clothes, with a simple black ring on his hand. He was of average height and had an average appearance. He was talking incessantly and eloquently to the hundreds of people.
What are the people of the Kuntooth tribe saying?
Surprisingly, this human man spoke the language of the Kunzha tribe, and Liang Yan couldn't understand a word of it.
At this moment, Bouchard coughed slightly, and the Kunzha tribesmen who were sitting around the torch and listening intoxicated all came to their senses. They each stood up and bowed respectfully to the old patriarch.
Dispersed slowly.
The young human race man naturally noticed the arrival of everyone. He stood up and looked at everyone, and finally fell on Liang Yan naturally.
"Haha, I didn't expect someone with the same idea to come so soon." The man in linen clothes smiled slightly, giving people a feeling of spring breeze.
The moment he saw this person, Liang Yan no longer had any doubts, because the other person's cultivation level was the same as his own, at the peak of Tongxuan!
"We are destined to meet each other. I don't know how to call friends?" Liang Yan clasped his fists and smiled.
"I'm Lin Fan, a nobody! Dare you ask your friend's name?"
"Liang Zhidao!"
"It turns out to be Fellow Daoist Liang. Thank you for meeting me!"
The two of them greeted each other politely, and in their hearts they were like Ming Jing, knowing that the other must be one of the top ten geniuses participating in this Suixu Mountain discussion, so no one dared to underestimate the other.
Under the leadership of the old patriarch of the Kunzhi Clan, Liang Yan, Hongwu, Lin Fan and others entered a huge tent one after another. The old patriarch sat at the main seat, while Liang Yan and Lin Fan sat cross-legged on the left and right.
After the pleasantries, Liang Yan went straight to the topic.
"Fellow Daoist Lin, I heard from the old patriarch that you have already inspected the Demon Locking Tower. How confident are you that you can repair it?"
"At least seven points!"
Lin Fan said very confidently: "The Demon Locking Tower here is divided into two parts, the north and the south, which echo each other. After I went to check, I found that the Demon Locking Tower itself was not too damaged, but the auras between each other
The connection has been forcibly destroyed. As long as the connection between the two Demon Locking Towers can be restored, the Nine Cold Qi here can be suppressed again."
"Has it been forcibly destroyed?" Liang Yan frowned and looked at Bouchard, the leader of the Kuntooth Clan.
"Ask the old patriarch for me, how were these two Demon Locking Towers damaged?"
"good!"
Hongwu didn't hesitate and translated Liang Yan's words.
After hearing this, Bouchard showed an angry look on his face. He actually stood up, opened his arms, and yelled "Ugua, Ugua".
After a while, the leader of the Kuntooth Clan calmed down a little and sat back down in his seat, but his face still didn't look good.
"What's going on?" Liang Yan was a little confused and asked Hongwu beside him.
"He said that the reason why the Demon Suppression Tower was destroyed was because of the cunning human race."
Hongwu curled his lips and said: "Just a few months ago, when most of them went out to hunt, two human monks, one monk and one layman, broke into the depths of Wuzhou. There was a big battle there, and they actually killed Suo Yao.
The tower was destroyed. Since then, the Nine Colds have erupted in large quantities, and the living environment of the Kuntooth tribe has been greatly threatened. In the end, they had to shrink their territory, and now it is difficult to even catch prey."
"Of course."
Hongwu said this, and then added: "That Bouchard finally said that he will not anger you because of those two human monks. As long as you and Lin Fan can help repair the Demon Locking Tower, he will definitely order the clansmen to
, let you pass through Wuzhou safely."
"I see."
Liang Yan figured out the ins and outs of the matter, and a look of deep thought appeared on his face.
Could it be that the monk and the layman mentioned by Bouchard are also the geniuses who participated in the seminar on Suixu Mountain this time? I don’t know what grudges these two people have, but they actually started fighting on the road and even killed the two demon-locked people here.
The tower was damaged.
After thinking for a moment, Liang Yan looked at Lin Fan across from him and said with a smile: "Fellow Daoist Lin has great magical powers, but it's a pity that Liang knows nothing about weapon refining and doesn't know how to repair the Demon Locking Tower?"
"Simple, I will teach you how to repair the Demon Lock Tower. You just need to follow my steps to repair it. The key is the last step! The two of us must pour spiritual power into the north and south ends at the same time to replace the two lock towers.
The demon tower has re-opened the link channel, and as long as the connection between them is restored, it will be able to operate normally."
When Lin Fan said this, he raised his hand and waved his sleeve, and a bamboo slip flew out from his sleeve.
Liang Yan reached out and took the bamboo slips, unfolded them and saw that they were indeed the steps to repair the Demon Locking Tower.
He is also a smart person. Although he is not proficient in weapon refining, he can understand some of other people's methods.
Although the repair method in this bamboo slip was simple, it contained hidden mysteries, which opened his eyes.
"Good idea!"
Liang Yan secretly praised it, watching until the end, it turned out that it was indeed necessary to inject spiritual power from both sides at the same time to open up the link between the two Demon Locking Towers.
"With Taoist friend's repair method, Liang is somewhat confident. Without further ado, let's divide our forces into two groups and go to repair the Demon Locking Tower now, right?"
"Haha, fellow Daoist Liang, don't be impatient."
Lin Fan waved his hand, exchanged a few words with Bouchar next to him in the Kunzha clan language, and then said: "According to what the old clan leader said, the two Demon Locking Towers are now surrounded by the 'Nine Colds', and the environment is very dangerous.
, if you go there rashly, your life may be in danger."
"What should we do?" Liang Yan frowned.
"It is said that the 'Nine Cold Qi' will ebb every ten days. According to the old patriarch, the next low tide should be three days later. By then, the 'Nine Cold Qi' will have weakened slightly. Although it is impossible to cross Wuzhou, at least it can
Hold on until we repair the Demon Locking Tower."
After hearing this, Liang Yan remained calm on the surface, but secretly sent a message to Hongwu and asked:
"Is everything he said true?"
Liang Yan didn't understand the Kunzha clan's dialect, but Hongwu was very proficient in it. He had listened to the conversation between Lin Fan and the old clan leader word for word, and now he nodded without trace, which was regarded as a response to his question.
After receiving Hongwu's affirmative answer, Liang Yan's doubts disappeared a lot, and he muttered: "Since the next ebb of the 'Nine Cold Qi' is still three days away, we don't have to rush, we can just wait here for three days before taking action.
Bar."
"Yes, Feiyu Shiwuzhou is very dangerous. We must be as careful as possible." Lin Fan nodded with deep understanding.
Hongwu translated the conversation between the two to Bouchard, and Bouchard nodded in agreement.
The old patriarch of the Kunji Clan clapped his hands, and immediately the tribesmen entered the tent and stood respectfully in front of Liang Yan and Lin Fan.
Seeing this, Hongwu hurriedly said: "The old patriarch said that you are guests from afar, and he will give you the patriarch's palace to rest for a few days."
"No need, it's fine just in this tent."
Liang Yan didn't care about this, and Lin Fan also smiled slightly.
Seeing that they were in agreement, Bouchard was no longer polite. He stood up and slowly left the tent with the support of his own men.
Seeing the people from the Kuntooth Clan leaving, Lin Fan smiled slightly and looked at Liang Yan opposite.
"Fellow Daoist Liang, let's not talk secretly. Fellow Daoist, you are here this time probably for the Dao-discussing appointment at Shaixu Mountain, right?"
"good!"
Faced with such a direct inquiry, Liang Yan did not dodge, but admitted it generously.
"Liang is trapped in a bottleneck and is suffering unspeakably. He heard that Suixu Mountain has an opportunity to break through, so he came here all the way. Regarding this, fellow Taoists must be the same, right?"
"good!"
Lin Fan sighed and said: "Lin has been trapped in a bottleneck for a long time! No matter how hard he practices, he still can't get a trace of the feeling from heaven and man."
After sighing, he thought for a while and then said: "If my guess is correct, Brother Liang should also have received the letter. The ghost-hand scholar in Fengdu City. Lin has never heard of this person before. I don't know if Liang Daoyou can
Have you heard anything?"
"Scholar with Ghost Hands."
Speaking of this person, Liang Yan was also confused and could only tentatively tell some of his guesses.
In the tent, the two of them listed some of the characters they had heard of and could think of, but in the end they found that no one matched their number.
"well!"
Lin Fan let out a long sigh and said: "As the saying goes, a gentleman does not stand behind a dangerous wall. We know that this trip is very dangerous and there are too many unknown risks, but we still want to go through this muddy water. All we can say is this 'Ghost-Handed Scholar'" 'It's our lifeline. After all, this 'jealousy' he mentioned may really be our crux."
"Yes, who doesn't want to improve his cultivation to a higher level? The despair of not being able to break through the bottleneck is really unbearable." Liang Yan nodded in agreement.
"Brother Liang!"
Lin Fan suddenly stood up from his seat, raised his hands to him and said, "There is more than one road leading to Suixu Mountain. It is fate that the two of us can meet here! This trip to Suixu Mountain is unpredictable. , the other eight geniuses are even more difficult to distinguish between friends and foes, so why not the two of us form an alliance in advance, so that no matter what sudden dangers we encounter, we can advance and retreat together. What do you think, fellow Taoist?"
Lin Fan suddenly proposed an alliance. Although Liang Yan was a little surprised, he was not surprised either.
He looked at the other party again, stood up as well, and said with a laugh: "What Lin Daoyou said makes sense. It is still difficult to predict whether the ten geniuses are friends or foes. It is better for us to form an alliance secretly than to take risks alone. Much more."
"Haha, heroes think alike!"
Lin Fan was overjoyed, stepped forward, stretched out his right hand, and wanted to high-five Liang Yan and swear an oath of alliance.
Liang Yan's eyes twitched slightly, but on the surface he remained calm. He also stretched out his right hand and high-fived Lin Fan three times in mid-air.
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