Do not die

Because of the existence of Xingxiu Tianchi and its irresistible attraction for any Nascent Soul monk, a set of special rules were spontaneously formed for the inheritance of the Nascent Soul Ancestor of Xingxiu Palace.

Under normal circumstances, there is only one Nascent Soul Ancestor in the Xingxiu Palace.

When the former Yuan Ying ancestor feels that his life is about to end and his time is running out, the carefully selected successor will be ready.

The death of the previous Yuanying Ancestor and the rise of the new Yuanying Ancestor can be almost seamlessly connected.

Of course, this is normal.

This is obviously an abnormal situation. The previous Yuanying ancestor suddenly died without any warning.

He himself did not make any arrangements for his death, and Xingxiu Palace also had no preparations and had to urgently close the mountain.

From a certain perspective, this actually unlocks an invisible chain.

Everyone in Xingxiu Palace is given a fair chance to compete.

Under normal circumstances, this invisible chain will appear again soon.

When a new Yuanying appears and activates the Xingxiu Tianchi as quickly as possible, the road to Yuanying will be blocked again.

However, this time there was an "abnormal" situation in the mountain closure.

Those who charged the fiercest and most ferociously not only failed to break through the barrier from the Core Formation to the Nascent Soul, but instead all of them had their heads bruised and bled.

Nearly two hundred years have passed, and no new Nascent Soul has been born.

When "Elder Senior Brother" was finally the first to be lucky enough to cross the pass, "Second Senior Sister" rushed over right after.

Not long after, "Third Junior Brother" and even "Fourth Junior Sister" also rushed over.

After nearly two hundred years of "gathering momentum", everyone has gathered enough energy, and the time between sprints and breakthroughs is very short.

It cannot be said that "Senior Brother" or "Second Senior Sister" have never had this thought in their hearts.

However, before it was officially activated, there were already many "junior brothers and junior sisters" closely following behind.

——The opening of Xingxiu Tianchi has some special restrictions. It does not mean that it can be activated immediately. It always requires some preparation.

In addition, they came to the position under abnormal circumstances and did not receive any guidance from their predecessors, so they had to explore everything on their own.

Because of this actual situation, even if they had private thoughts about this, they were naturally suppressed in their hearts for the time being.

The Xingxiu Tianchi is really amazing, but with so many people, how many of them can fall into their mouths?

The benefits cannot be enjoyed exclusively, but the initiator will inevitably be ostracized and targeted by the entire constellation palace, intentionally or unintentionally, openly or covertly.

Because they understood this, both the "senior brother" and the "second senior sister" simply remained silent on this sensitive issue.

After breaking through the Nascent Soul, they never even talked about this topic.

It's as if Xingxiu Tianchi doesn't exist at all.

Now, the "Third Junior Brother" took the initiative to reveal the problem and made his own attitude explicit.

There was a long silence.

Seeing that the two of them were silent, Lian Ziling sneered in his heart and asked directly: "What do you say?"

His eyes first looked at "Second Senior Sister".

Feeling his gaze, "Second Senior Sister" felt a little guilty for no reason and said:

"To restart Xingxiu Tianchi, we must at least solve the mysterious forbidden talisman array first. This cannot be done in a short time."

She did not answer directly, but her answer could not be regarded as prevarication.

The fourth-level Mysterious Forbidden Talisman Array is not so easy to solve without the oral instruction from the previous Yuanying Ancestor.

Lian Ziling said, "I know the solution."

"Ah?!" "Second Senior Sister" heard this and looked at Lian Ziling suddenly.

The expression on his face was very complicated, ranging from shock, suspicion, and scrutiny.

She didn't speak, but those talking eyes seemed to ask again, "How do you know? How could you know?"

The "elder brother" next to her had a look similar to hers, and his eyes were sharper.

Lian Ziling said lightly:

"If you have nothing else to do, go to the library and have a look. Maybe a certain passage mentioned casually by someone in the past contains the answer that we have been thinking about but can't figure out."

The two of them were thoughtful when they heard the words.

Lian Ziling looked at "Senior Brother" and asked: "Senior Brother, what do you say?"

After a moment of silence, "Big Brother" finally spoke:

"Since junior brother proposes this, it will indeed bring us great help in a short period of time, so I have no reason to object in principle."

As he spoke, he paused and quickly added: "However, we still have to seek the opinion of Fourth Junior Sister on this matter first."

Hearing the other party's reply, Lian Ziling sneered again in his heart.

But he said calmly: "Okay, in that case, let's act quickly."

…

Meng Zhou didn't know what specific changes had taken place in the Xingxiu Palace.

But the changes in the four secret forces loyal to Xingxiu Palace, including the Qiao family, had already sounded the alarm in his mind.

Meng Zhou spent some time reorganizing the information compiled through "Transparent Dao Heart" and "Celestial Phenomenon Deduction".

While keeping the core conclusions unchanged, the amount of information was first significantly reduced.

Then, some information that was too detailed was blurred, and some of it was so secret that it was almost impossible for outsiders to know it and completely erase it.

After such "compression desensitization" processing, two communication spells flew out of Qi Yunfeng.

The communication spell that gave birth to two wings of light spanned hundreds of thousands of miles of void and submerged into two mountain peaks one after another.

Soon, two figures escaped from the two peaks and rushed towards Qiyun Peak.

Finally, the two figures met outside Qiyun Peak.

The two people who appeared had a brief exchange, and the two people who were still a little confused entered Qi Yunfeng through a large formation gap that automatically opened in front of them.

These two people were none other than Qingtang and Qingyao who were sitting at the mountain gate.

After entering Qiyun Peak, the two of them immediately saw "Qihuangzi" who was in the stone pavilion on the cliff.

At this moment, "Qi Huangzi" was sitting cross-legged in the pavilion, slowly cooking a pot of new tea, as if waiting for their arrival.

The two exchanged glances, and their swift trajectory in the air drew a slight arc, and soon they entered the stone pavilion.

The two of them stood opposite "Qihuangzi", and Qingyao asked directly: "I wonder why my friend summoned me and me?"

Although they had very little contact with "Qihuangzi" and the two parties were never close to each other, they had basically figured out the temperament of the person in front of them.

Even if the two parties are close at hand, if there is no urgent matter, he will definitely not summon the two of them, let alone invite them to visit together.

Meng Zhou put the cooked new tea aside and motioned to the two of them: "Sit down and talk."

After the two of them sat down and drank two cups of hot tea with full of questions, he asked:

"I wonder if you have noticed that the secret forces that have been hidden deeply in recent years are becoming more and more active?"

Qingtang and Qingyao were slightly startled when they heard this. They didn't expect "Qi Huangzi" to ask such a question.

Finally, Qingyao answered "Qihuangzi"'s question head-on.

He nodded and said, "I noticed."

As he spoke, he added:

“Although we have taken the confidentiality work to the extreme, the movements of the ancestors of the five sects have received extraordinary attention.

They have been away from the sect for a long time and are active outside. It is impossible for the outside world to not notice anything.

On the other hand, with so many ancestors acting together over the years and traveling all over the five regions, it is inevitable that some traces will be revealed. "

"Those hidden forces have always been very sensitive to the movements of the Five Sects, so some changes are inevitable."

Meng Zhou nodded. Qingyao's judgment was basically the same as his initial judgment on the matter.

Immediately afterwards, he raised a question again:

"Then I wonder if you have noticed that the activity level of the secret forces within the jurisdiction of Qingxuan Domain is much lower than that of the other four domains?"

Qingyao was stunned: "Is there any?"

Then, he fell into deep thought, seeming to be judging the authenticity of "Qihuangzi" based on the information he knew.

After a long time, a look of surprise appeared on his face.

"It's actually like this!...How could it be like this?"

He first sighed subconsciously, and then asked questions, wanting to explore the reasons behind this.

The question raised by "Qi Huangzi" was something he had never thought about before.

He believed that not only him, but others also failed to discover this hidden pattern.

No one has thought about it from this perspective.

Meng Zhou, who knew the answer, deduced the reason from the answer and said confidently:

"Because you destroyed a secret force many years ago... If my guess is correct, the retrospection of the round light formation is one of the gains from that time."

"Qihuangzi" did not answer directly, but brought up old things from many years ago. Qingyao was a little confused and said in surprise:

"What does this have to do with anything?"

However, Qingtang had been listening silently and had more time to think. At this moment, he suddenly said:

"You mean, this matter is also related to Xingxiu Palace?"

Faced with Qingtang's inquiry, Meng Zhou did not directly answer yes or no. Sometimes, rather than telling them the answer directly, it is far less effective than letting them find it themselves.

There were two more jade slips in his hand, and he pushed them gently and brought them to the two of them.

"Just take a look."

The two picked up the jade slip, put their consciousness into it, and quickly read the information inside.

The stone pavilion became quiet again. Meng Zhou poured himself a drink and waited quietly.

The two jade slips contained the information that he had specially "compressed and desensitized".

In order to ensure that the two of them could draw correct conclusions from this information, Meng Zhou also gave careful guidance before handing the jade slip to them.

The two of them didn't speak, but the change in their expressions that became more and more solemn clearly showed the change in their attitudes.

After a long time, Qingyao and Qingtang woke up one after another.

Deep in the solemn look, there was also a bit of confusion and confusion.

Qingyao woke up earlier, and his eyes slowly moved and refocused on the "Qihuangzi" in front of him.

He did not immediately talk about what he derived from this information. Instead, he asked:

"Is all this information true? How can fellow Taoists guarantee that they are all true?"

Speaking, Qingyao explained:

"I'm not doubting anything, I'm just curious. It's really incredible... I dare say that even with the combined power of the five sects, it would be difficult to achieve this level!"

As he spoke, Qingyao shook the jade slip in his hand.

The information contained in this small jade slip covers all five domains, and it touches so deeply.

The precise and detailed grasp of the movements of those hidden forces is like a pair of eyes peeking in the dark at all times.

Meng Zhou didn't answer Qing Yao's question. He just smiled and said:

“While sorting through this information, I noticed a strange phenomenon.

In the Alchemy Realm, the Spirit Controlling Realm, the Golden Cauldron Realm, and the Hehuan Realm, there is a hidden force secretly stirring things up and fanning the flames.

In recent years, the movements of hidden forces have changed, and they have contributed a lot secretly. "

After saying that, Meng Zhou asked directly:

"Do you know anything about this Qiao family and three other secret forces that are doing things secretly?"

Seeing that "Qihuangzi" didn't answer his question, Qingyao felt a little regretful.

But at this moment, he still replied seriously: "There are some speculations, but after all, they are not operating in Qingxuan Domain. To really confirm, you still have to ask the other four sects first."

As he spoke, a small flying sword appeared in Qingyao's hand. He entered information into it while looking at "Qihuangzi".

Meng Zhou nodded and quietly opened a corner of the mountain guarding formation.

Soon, the flying sword flew out of Qing Yao's hand, flew out of Qi Yun Peak, and disappeared into the void in the distance.

When Qingyao was flying swords to Qingye and others in the distance, Qingtang looked at Meng Zhou and said:

"Although final confirmation is still needed, it is basically certain that the four forces scattered in the four domains should be the spies secretly arranged by Xingxiu Palace."

"What's your judgment on their current behavior?" Meng Zhou asked.

Qingtang's eyes became deep and he said solemnly: "Xingxiu Palace should be coming out again."

"Then...what are you going to do now?" Meng Zhou asked.

Qingtang looked at him with a hint of resentment in her eyes.

"What do you want us to do?" Qingtang asked.

"Uh..." Meng Zhou.

"Is it true that you shared this news with us out of pure kindness?" Qingtang.

"Yes, I have pure good intentions." This time, Meng Zhou answered simply.

Such a shameless answer made Qingtang a little discouraged, but soon her eyes became determined again.

She looked at Meng Zhou and said:

“Now that we have discovered it, our five sects cannot avoid this matter.

However, you can't count on us and hide behind secretly! "

"You can't avoid it!"

"You should do your best, and you must do your best!"

She stared at "Qi Huangzi" with firm eyes and a firm tone.

We are all grasshoppers in the same boat now, and no one can "do not have anything to do with himself".

Meng Zhou nodded and gave her a reassurance.

"Don't worry, I won't stay out of this matter." (End of Chapter)