Chapter 300

Chapter 300
"Qihuangzi," who spoke these words, had a sincere attitude, a gentle voice, and a kind expression.
But all this was dangerous in the eyes of the five.
Without looking at the spiritual land deep underground, they all turned their gaze towards "Qihuangzi".
Without any communication, the figures of the five drifted back at the same time.
As we distanced ourselves from "Qihuangzi," our energies suddenly surged and merged, but remained hidden and elusive.
It was like realizing the hidden danger all at once, like a fierce beast baring its teeth.
They have come a long way, experiencing many ups and downs, so they won't just believe whatever "Qihuangzi" says.
Now, "Qihuangzi" is pointing to a dark and murky place, asking them to jump in.
Am I, Qingxuan Wulao, brainless?
Therefore, this obvious trap, of course, they wouldn't jump into.
Instead, everyone became even more wary of the proposer in front of them!
Qingye stared at "Qihuangzi" and asked, "Do you want us to explore the road for you?"
There are only three possible scenarios for the situation at hand.
There is nothing abnormal at all, and what "Qihuangzi" is doing is just playing tricks.
Maybe it's just to play a trick on them.
With the nasty character of this old fellow, it is not entirely impossible.
Secondly, it could be a trap set up by this "Qihuangzi" or "Qihuangmen" below.
Just wait for them to take the initiative to fall into the trap.
Of course, this possibility is smaller than the first one.
This is their confidence in their own abilities, and they also think that this "Qihuangzi" has not gone completely crazy.
It is not necessary to develop such a great hatred for them for no apparent reason.
The third possibility is that everything is as the "Qihuangzi" said, that there are indeed abnormalities here, but he is also unaware of the details.
The reason why this scene is happening right now and bringing them here is also very simple.
- In the situation of being unaware, bring a few explorers with similar abilities to be the scapegoats.
From the perspective of "Qi Huangzi", this may be a normal practice, but in Qingye's heart, this behavior is extremely despicable and abhorrent.
Between us, what grievances and resentments do we actually have?
His eyes, have become increasingly unkind.
The gazes of the other four people are also fixed on "Qi Huangzi".
Surprised by the intense reaction of the five people, "Qi Huangzi" laughed and said:
"Why are you reacting so strongly? After all, this is your own territory."
"Even if there really is a problem, shouldn't you be grateful that I'm so honest in pointing it out to you?"
Everyone fell silent, with no one responding.
Indeed, according to the explanation of the Qingxuan Sect, since Tianqi Mountain is located within the Qingxuan territory, naturally it is the Qingxuan Sect's territory.
Now that "Qihuangzi" has proactively raised the issue, it is to bring hidden dangers to their attention in advance and give them more time to respond.
However, the reality is that the "Qihuangzi" behavior of being "frank" really makes people not like it.
The surging aura between the five people has calmed down a bit, but "Qihuangzi" is still firmly locked in.
Finally, Qingye spoke and asked, "
Friend, what exactly do you all know?"
He paused, then added, "We are already here, there's no need to keep hiding anything, right?"
"Qihuangzi nodded and said, 'Seeing is believing. I brought you here so that you can see with your own eyes.'"
Qingye shook his head and said, "We won't go down until we figure out what's going on."
"Qihuangzi" said:
"You don't need to go down, it's not that difficult.
You are scaring yourselves."
A few people pondered, and "Qihuangzi" looked at Qingzhan beside him and hinted:

"You only need to coordinate with friend Qingye to make it happen... It should be simple for both of you, right?"
Indeed, it is simple.
With the reminder from "Qihuangzi", Qingzhan waved his hand and a water flow formed a ring, suspended in the void in front of everyone.

Between the water rings, a ripple stirs, revealing a pitch black area.
Under the bright daylight, this black patch looks like a piece of black paper stuck on.
In Qingye's eyes, two flames suddenly flicker.
Instantly, the mirror formed by the water curtain ceased to be pure black and instead became incredibly bright.
It was as if within the dark area, a circular region was illuminated by a powerful flashlight.
With Qingye's blessing, the water mirror used by Qingzhan to peer into the dark space below through the thick layer of rocks became a moving searchlight.
As the "lens" moved in a regular pattern, the hidden spiritual land buried deep inside the mountain was directly presented in the water mirror, which was no different from what the few people had just sensed with their spiritual senses.
The five people were not surprised by such a discovery.
During their investigation with divine senses, the five people had long ago discovered the most suspicious spot - a stone room where cultivators had practiced a long time ago.
So, the first area targeted by Qingzhan's Water Mirror was also this one.
Everything coincided with the situation of the divine sense exploration. After no further discoveries, the image in the Water Mirror began to move quickly.
It hasn't been long, the swiftly moving water mirror suddenly paused, and then slowly retreated.
The expressions of the five individuals became solemn.
Among them, Qingzhan was the most solemn.
At a certain moment, she exhaled gently and the water mirror image, which was originally slowly "receding", suddenly jumped, and an altar appeared in the center of the water mirror.
In the center of the altar, there is a tiny incense burner standing.
Because the crowd stood above, the water mirror's view was also a high and mighty gaze.
In this perspective, the appearance of the altar seemed very strange.
三层祭坛看上去像是个颜色分成了内外三层的、规则的“回”字，而香炉的炉口，一个小小的“〇”就位于这个“回”字的正中央。
青湛的情绪似乎有些不稳定，镜头轻微抖动了一下，这才再次被她稳定住。
其他几人，也全都将注意力集中在了这个奇异的建筑之上。
Qingye asked, "Friend, is this the other anomaly you were talking about?"
"Qihuangzi" nodded.
At this moment, Qingzhan had already controlled the field of view of the water mirror and began to observe the entire altar from the side.
"Don't you have anything else to say about this altar?" Qingye asked.
"Qi Huangzi" thought for a moment and suggested, "How about throwing a Retrospective Aura Disc below to test it out?"
青烨目光一凝，看向“岐黄子”，道：“这么说，当日在黑泽原留下痕迹的就是你？”
回溯圆光阵法，青玄宗已经使用了多次，知道的人也已不少。
But looking back at the circular light array, it has only been used once since Xuanyu successfully attempted it in the talisman array hall.
It was the time when he and Qingzhan went to the Blackze Forest to investigate the abnormal number of large monsters, but were blocked by the trace of intense light.
"Qi Huangzi" did not respond directly, but laughed and said:
"Just now, seeing the Daoist's skills, I also remembered that it was you who used the approaches of Xuan Yu and Xuan Lin to observe me, right?"
Originally, Xuanlin Xuan and Xuan Yu came to visit, and someone tried to peek at them through their eyes, but they were caught and given a small bump.
The two sides basically fought to a draw, which is one of the reasons why several old ancestors of the Qing Xuan Sect did not need further verification and treated him with such importance.
Qingye did not mean to get a clear answer, and he waved his hand to throw a plate into the water mirror.
As the plate was thrown in, the water mirror rippled slightly.
At the next moment, before the ripples had completely settled, the plate appeared in the air above the altar.
With the appearance of this altar, the hearts of the five people were undoubtedly elevated, but at the same time there was a sense of "security".
Although they would not recklessly go down, they also had the courage to do some deeper exploration.
Before being put into use, Qingye pre-activated the array disk.
By the time the array disk appeared above the altar through the water mirror, the array disk was completely activated, and a retrospective circle of light covered the entire altar.
The time images within the formation began to retreat, but everything within this area has remained in the same state without any changes for years.
This is reflected in the water mirror, where the altar image remains completely still.
Until.
An odd brilliance flickered and shot out from the censer, but because the image of time was backtracked, what was seen was "out", while in reality it was "in".
Soon, the five people could see everything clearly.
"The statue of the Goddess of Unrequited Love?!"
"The characteristics of the statue of the Goddess of Unrequited Love are too obvious. Anyone who has been in contact with it would not be able to recognize it."
"Qingye and others exclaimed directly, even Qingfeng, whose expression is usually the most indifferent, had his eyes change multiple times in an instant."
From the statue of the god of lovesickness emerged from the incense burner, picking up the jewels-like treasures one by one.
Some were instantly consumed, while others were kept. Then they returned to the incense burner and disappeared without a trace, everything returned to normal.
The whole process was watched by the five people at an accelerated pace.
Only then did Qingye turn his head and look at "Qihuangzi":
"Is this the arrangement of the Li Han Cult?"
"Qihuangzi" nodded: "It should be."
After a while, the formation disk captured the trace of the statue of the God of Parting from its appearance to leaving.
Just when Qingye was about to control the formation disk to continue its effect, cracks appeared faintly on the surface of the disk, and then quickly shattered into irregular pieces.
The backtracked image suddenly terminated.
Just as these fragments were about to fall, a hand made of water swept through the void, collecting them all in its palm.
Soon, this hand made of water emerged from the water mirror, and handed all the fragments to Qingye.
The water mirror, standing vertically in the void, shattered and disappeared.
Qingzhan said, "These things should not be left at the scene."
Qingfeng, who had been silent all along, suddenly spoke, "Clean up all the related traces below."
Qing Zhan nodded and pinched a few seals with her fingers. Spiritual ripples like water rippled from her fingertips and disappeared underground.
In the depths underground, there were no traces of any magic around the altar. Only the spiritual energy of the sacred ground created slight ripples before everything returned to normal.
Qingye took the fragments of the formation plate and expressed regret, saying, "The performance of this usage is much worse than what Xu Xu said."
Qingyao said,
"Your attention was all focused on the statue of the God of Departed Love. You probably didn't notice that when the traces of the two statues of the God of Departed Love were traced back and presented, the formation plate happened to cover the range of the statue's arm movement, causing the formation plate to age at a faster rate."
Speaking, he threw several memento stones to the other people, even "Qihuangzi" got one.
Under Qingyao's guidance, everyone discovered that during the time when the statue of the parted lovers appeared twice, the formation plate was indeed aging at an abnormal speed, as if the flow of time in this area had accelerated.
There was not much reaction from Qingye and others about this. They had already experienced a bigger shock earlier, so this new discovery could only be considered as an unfinished repercussion.
However, Mengzhou's heart skipped a beat and he made a mental note of this new discovery.
Previously, he used the "Transparent Moon Mirror" to observe retroactively hundreds of miles away, and during the appearance of the statue of the goddess of parting sorrows, there were no additional abnormal changes.
Moreover, based on his personal experience and his superior understanding of time retrospection compared to others present, he believed that the images of time retrospection were simply images and would not have any additional impact on the real world.
Now it seems that this judgment is too arbitrary.
Meng Zhou thought to himself, and Qing Ye looked at "Qihuangzi", "Fellow Daoist, let's go."
Having said that, he turned around and headed back the way they came.
"Shall we take a look together?" asked "Qihuangzi".
Qingye looked at him speechlessly and said, "How about this, you go and take a look first, we'll wait for you up here?"
"Qihuangzi" quickly waved his hand and said, "That's not necessary."
Soon, the group returned to the spaceship.
And the spaceship merged with the incessant gusts of wind and raced into the distance.
"This doesn't seem to be the direction to return to the Qingxuan Sect," said "Qihuangzi".
"Hmm, let's go to Wumong Sea," Qingye nodded.
"Are you really going to check them one by one? ... How about I tell you the locations, and you can verify them later?" "Qi Huangzi" suggested.
Qingye turned his head and looked at "Qi Huangzi", and said helplessly: "Dao friend, I apologize to you, but I truly hope that you can understand us."
"Don't you think I am insidious now?"
"Qihuangzi" picked it up with both hands and took a look.
Qingye nodded: "You don't have evil intentions, you have a different agenda."
"Qihuangzi" exclaimed anxiously:
"What? You better make yourself clear! I have been frank to this extent, and you still accuse me of having a different agenda?"
Qing Ye glanced at him and said:
"You want to come to Qinglin Peak and find a place to stay, but your intention is not so simple, right?"
"Qihuangzi" said:
"How is it not simple? After discovering this spooky thing, every time I go into seclusion, I feel a chilling sensation behind me. Is it not simple enough to want to find a crowded place to gather?!"
Qing Ye was helpless again.
The old man took the initiative to speak out the "impure" reasons, and his accusation seemed to be untenable all at once.
"Qihuangzi" said:
Or is it that you want to shut out a lonely old man like me?
If a cold wind howls again at this time, it will be even more picturesque.
Qingye's five people all glanced at it.
Finally, Qingye reached out a hand and said, "Welcome."
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