Chronicles of Celestial Origins

On both sides of the formation, there were dozens of people sitting cross-legged in a bustling manner, including men and women, old and young, including many Jindan monks.

Tang Ning's consciousness swept over these people. When it swept over an old man with white beard and hair, he could not detect any spiritual energy fluctuations or any aura on his body, as if the whole person did not exist at all.

His heart shuddered, and he turned around to look, only to see this man wearing a light yellow robe, sitting quietly with his eyes closed.

Being able to transcend the detection of his spiritual consciousness shows that he is at least a Yuanying level monk.

Tang Ning only glanced at him and quickly looked away, fearing that he would be displeased.

This person alone occupies a position directly east of the teleportation formation, and no one within ten feet dares to approach.

Tangning found an empty space in the northwest corner, sat cross-legged, and quietly waited for the teleportation array to open.

Not long after, many people came in from outside the hall one after another and sat down on the ground, but they all deliberately avoided the enigmatic old man.

About half an hour later, four men in black clothes came outside the hall. They were all monks with Jindan cultivation. They walked to the teleportation array and stood in four directions.

The four people turned their left hands and each took out a small red flag. The four people pointed a point at the flag. The four small flags emitted a dazzling red light, intertwined in the center of the formation, and converged at a point.

The jade pillars on the side and the patterns and characters carved on the ground seemed to have come to life and began to swim around.

The older man among the four said: "Which of you comes first?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the old man sitting cross-legged on the east side of the formation stood up and walked to his side, handed him the number plate in his hand, and then walked into the teleportation formation.

The man took the number plate, turned it over in his hand, and took out a palm-sized crimson token. At a point above it, the token emitted a crimson light and struck the four rays of light intertwined in the formation.

In an instant, dozens of jade stones and formation flags burst out with light around them, and the lights of various colors intertwined, making people unable to open their eyes.

This light lasted for more than ten breaths. When it dissipated, the old man in the formation had disappeared.

Everyone entered the formation one by one and was teleported away.

When it was Tangning's turn, he handed his number plate to the man and walked into the formation. The surroundings were filled with light. He felt that his eyes were completely white and his head felt dizzy. When he woke up, he was already in a hall.

The surrounding jade pillars, formation flags, patterns, and characters are exactly the same as the ones just now, but the people guarding outside the formation have changed their appearance.

Apparently, he was teleported and came to Xuanyi Island.

Tang Ning walked out of the formation. The monks guarding the perimeter of the formation paid no attention to her and turned a blind eye.

Surrounded by mountains outside, pavilions and pavilions stand between the peaks. After a short walk, I came to a pavilion, which is the management office here.

Inside, several men and women were sitting on the desk, handling matters.

Tangning came to a woman and asked, "Fellow Taoist, may I ask how to get to Fire Ape Island? Is there a teleportation array?"

The woman raised her head and glanced at him: "There is no teleportation array to Fire Ape Island. You can go to Xingfan Chamber of Commerce and ask. Maybe there is a transport ship to Fire Ape Island."

"How should the Xingfan Chamber of Commerce go?"

"The headquarters of the Xingfan Chamber of Commerce is in the northeast, just go there."

"Thanks for letting me know."

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Xingang, Qingyang Sect's meeting hall.

Headmaster Wang Xuquan and the senior officials of the three halls and three courtyards gathered together. Everyone looked solemn and looked ugly.

The Blood Bone Sect raided the frontline camp the day before yesterday, resulting in heavy casualties among the Qingyang Sect disciples. Shen Wenze, the master of the Qingxuan Palace, was killed.

"Junior Brother Zhao, tell me what's going on!" Wang Xuquan said with a livid face.

Zhao Gong coughed slightly: "The day before yesterday, I went to Duanjishanfang City to buy elixirs. I handed the central array of the formation to my disciple Zheng Jian and told him to take good care of it and not leave the camp privately. As for the specific details, One thing, I am in Duanjishanfang City and not in the camp, so I don’t know the specific situation.”

The camp's formation was suddenly closed, causing the Demon Sect to invade. The Qingyang Sect suffered heavy losses and was severely damaged. There is no doubt that he will bear the main responsibility for this matter.

Zhao Gong felt very ashamed, but he couldn't figure it out. He personally handed over the center of the formation to his disciple Zheng Jian, and even warned him that he would take good care of it.

How could this happen? He had always known Zheng Jian to be cautious and alert, but why he had shut down the formation at this critical moment? He couldn't understand the mystery even after thinking about it.

Wang Xuquan was silent for a while: "Junior Brother Tao, how is your investigation going?"

The man with a wide square mouth and white temples below said: "The Supervisory Department has launched an investigation into the disciples who fled back to the sect. According to them, the formation was closed around midnight, not long after the Demon Sect invaded the camp. , less than one stick of incense.”

"Obviously, this incident was carefully planned and arranged by the Demon Sect. It is almost exactly the same as the last Xuanyue Mountain incident. It is certain that the last Xuanyue Mountain incident was also a problem on our side. It should be the same person."

"Zheng Jian's body was not found. One disciple said that when the Demon Sect invaded the camp, he saw someone coming out of the formation and suspected it was Zheng Jian."

"That's all we have now."

Wang Xuquan glanced at Zhao Gong and said, "Why did Zheng Jian come out of the big formation?"

Zhao Gong's face was full of doubts: "I don't know. When I handed the formation disk to him, I clearly told him not to go out in the big formation, and not to give the formation disk to anyone else."

A middle-aged man below said: "This matter is not simple. The method is almost exactly the same as the last attack on the Xuanyue Mountain Spirit Mine. If the person who came out of the formation is really Zheng Jian, I think he must have been deceived."

"But no matter what, he has no reason to carry the formation disk with him and go out into the big formation. The question now is, who did he hand over the center of the formation disk?"

"Whoever can gain his unreserved trust is willing to hand over the central array and secretly leave the array. I think this will be the key to us finding the secret work inside."

Zhao Gong said: "Master, I bear the unshirkable responsibility for this matter. There are also serious suspicions. I am willing to accept the sect's investigation."

"Senior Brother Zhao, don't get me wrong. I'm not doubting you. I just think things are too weird and inconsistent with common sense. Judging from what happened at the Xuanyue Mountain Spirit Mine last time, the situation is almost exactly the same." The man who just spoke said.

"Let's think about it carefully. That time Junior Brother He left Xuanyue Mountain, and then the formation was closed. And before that, Xiao Sihua, who controlled the center of the formation, had left the formation once."

"And this time, Senior Brother Zhao left the camp, and Zheng Jian, who was in charge of the center of the formation, also left the formation."

"Is this a coincidence? I think there must be deep and connecting clues here."

"Both of them were deceived by others, but who could deceive them into willingly handing over the center of the formation?"

"Also, the two men died in exactly the same way. When the Demon Sect invaded the formation, no one had seen them and their bodies could not be found."

As soon as he said this, everyone frowned and thought deeply.

Wang Xuquan asked: "What does Junior Brother Yang mean?"

The man surnamed Yang said: "I thought about it all night yesterday, and I feel that the problem definitely does not occur with Zheng Jian."

"Like Xiao Sihua, he was deceived by others. Going back to the question just now, who can gain their unreserved trust?"

"Xiao Sihua is a disciple of Shuiyun Sect. We don't know about them yet."

"Senior Brother Zhao, Zheng Jian is your disciple. Based on your understanding of him, would he hand over the central formation disk to others at this time and sneak out of the formation by himself?"

Zhao Gong shook his head and said: "This is exactly what I don't understand. This guy is alert and cautious, and I told him repeatedly that he would never hand over such an important thing to others, let alone leave the formation himself. Unless He was controlled by someone else."

The man surnamed Yang said: "What if this person is you? Will he hand over the formation disk to you and follow your orders to quietly leave the formation."

Zhao Gong said: "When the Demon Sect invaded the formation, I was still in Duanjishanfang City. I can accept any form of sect investigation."

The man surnamed Yang said: "Senior Brother Zhao, I'm not talking about what you ordered Zheng Jian to do. I'm asking, if it was your order, would he hand the formation disk to you and leave the formation himself?"

Zhao Gong didn't understand what he meant, but nodded anyway.

The man surnamed Yang said: "Then we can be sure that only Senior Brother Zhao can order Zheng Jian to hand over the central formation disk and quietly leave the formation. In reverse order, let him hand over the formation disk. The person who left the formation is Senior Brother Zhao. ”

"I..." Zhao Gonggang was about to speak, but the man surnamed Yang interrupted: "From this, we can conclude that someone impersonated Senior Brother Zhao's identity, defrauded Zheng Jian of the formation disk, and made him leave the formation. In this way If so, everything will make sense.”

"This person was afraid that his identity would be exposed, so he wanted to kill Zheng Jian first to prevent him from escaping during the war. So Zheng Jian quietly left the formation and fell into a trap."

"Including the last Xuanyue Mountain Spirit Mine incident, this person also used the same method."

"After the camp was breached, I immediately thought of the Xuanyue Mountain incident. The two were almost the same, so yesterday I went to the archives of the Secret Security Department to look through the files of the Xuanyue Mountain Incident Investigation Team, and I saw a very interesting document. inference."

"In the investigation team back then, some people speculated that Xiao Sihua, who controlled the center of the formation, had died before the Demon Sect invaded the formation. However, no one noticed it because after the Demon Sect invaded the spiritual mine, no one saw it. No trace of him, including his body, could be found.”

"Someone took his central formation disk after killing him, opened the formation, and let the Demon Sect in. Otherwise, it is impossible for a spiritual mine manager who controls the central formation disk to do nothing after the Demon Sect invaded. , no one even found him."