Volume 6: The Key to the Demonic World Chapter 9: The Vast Ocean of Clouds and Mists
Just as Mo Yi moved in an instant, suddenly, two white lights shot out from the fingertips of Ying Lili, who had originally closed his eyes in meditation, and shot directly onto the rotating divine sign. Suddenly, golden light became brighter all around, and a golden light pillar covered their heads, covering Ying Lili and others in the light pillar, separating them from those people from the Wuji Immortal Palace!
The blue-robed Taoists reacted extremely quickly, unsheathing their massive swords, but they were still a step too slow! Before the giant swords could descend from the sky, Mo Yi and the others felt a jolt. In the blink of an eye, the surrounding scenery was completely different. It looked as if they had arrived directly at the foot of . Before them was a multicolored mist, and the blue-robed Taoists had long since vanished!
"What an amazing technique for changing scenery!" Qingluan was the first to react, praising him profusely. "Lili, have you figured out the secret of this 'Xuanmo Fuxi Formation'?"
Ping Lili nodded, then shook her head. Amidst the crowd's puzzled gazes, she slowly spoke, "This 'Xuan Mo Fuxi Formation' is too powerful. I can't easily comprehend its secrets. However, the appearance of those people just now gave me some clues. I felt they must be connected to this 'Xuan Mo Fuxi Formation,' so I followed their trail and made a divination. Unexpectedly, I stumbled upon the entrance to this 'Xuan Mo Fuxi Formation.'"
"Wait, are you saying that this 'Xuanmo Fuxi Formation' was set up by those Taoists from the Wuji Immortal Palace?" Wei Xingying asked impatiently. Mo Yi frowned deeply at this time and looked into the distance. He had only seen it from afar before and had not realized how powerful this 'Xuanmo Fuxi Formation' was. Now that he was close to it, he felt a captivating power emanating faintly from the formation.
"Not only was it set up by them, I even suspect that the green-clothed maid of Zhuo Ao that we are looking for is also from their Wuji Immortal Palace." Ying Lili pondered for a moment and threw out the explosive speculation in his mind. Everyone looked at each other in surprise, thinking that they had heard it wrong.
She was originally an immortal!
This would explain why she could live for five hundred years, and why people from the Wuji Immortal Palace would appear here and even set up the 'Xuanmo Fuxi Formation' here!
It turned out that the people of Wuji Immortal Palace had been involved in the Xuming Continent before their Penglai Fairyland, and had begun planning for it as early as five hundred years ago. But what was their purpose? And why did they send such a woman to approach Zhuo Ao?
Zeze, who had been silent until then, suddenly spoke up: "If I remember correctly, Master also always wears green clothes. However, Master doesn't look as young as them."
It was only then that everyone remembered that this little boy Zeze had once been the apprentice of the green-clothed maid. He should have known more about the green-clothed maid's affairs. However, when it came to knowing more, Wei Xingying seemed to be an old acquaintance of her. He had told many of the green-clothed maid's secrets to appease Zeze before. Pinglili's gaze unconsciously drifted towards Wei Xingying.
Wei Xingying's brow furrowed, as if she was trying to recall something. "I'm not too familiar with her. I've been to Kuaiji Mountain a few times before, before she was attacked by the 'Spirit Blood Curse'. However, back then, she looked like a normal person. By the time I met her, she had already become an old woman. If she were a cultivator from the Wuji Immortal Palace, she should at least be eternally youthful. And judging from her usual behavior and martial arts skills, she doesn't seem like a cultivator, otherwise she wouldn't have been attacked by the 'Spirit Blood Curse'."
"It seems that our primary goal right now is to find her first." Ying Lili said this, frowning and looking at Zeze: "Zeze, Kuaiji Mountain is so huge, which peak is your master on? If we want to find her, we need a clear focus. Otherwise, it will take us forever to find her among all 749 peaks."
Zeze pointed without hesitation to the highest main peak in the distance, which was the place covered by the strange cloud that Pinglili had seen before.
"It seems that the person who set up the formation is indeed coming for your master. That mountain is the core of the 'Xuanmo Fuxi Formation'." Ying Lili's face suddenly wrinkled like a bitter gourd. She knew that the person who set up the formation would not have chosen this mountain for no reason. Now, the place she least wanted to go to happened to be her destination. She wondered if this counted as going to a tiger mountain even though she knew there was a tiger there.
But looking at the expressions of the crowd, they all seemed eager to try. Gong Lili sighed and thought, could you guys not be so passionate? We are going to die, not to get married.
Gong Lili pondered for a long while and helplessly told everyone his final worry: "However, although we have found the entrance to the formation, this colorful fog is not easy to deal with. If we go in rashly, I'm afraid..." Gong Lili subconsciously looked at Mo Yi again. Mo Yi had remained silent since the beginning. He didn't say a word from beginning to end, but his expression was very solemn.
Although she knew that Mo Yi always liked to act cool and quiet in front of outsiders, his expression at this moment made her worry even deeper. Just as Pinglili walked forward to ask Mo Yi's opinion, she suddenly heard Zeze exclaim, "Pingping, what are you doing?"
Gong Lili subconsciously turned around and was really shocked when she saw that the Purple Cloud Beast had opened its mouth wide, swallowing up the five-colored mist emitted by the 'Xuan Mo Fuxi Formation' in front of it, just like when it opened its mouth to swallow the evil spirit in Hongsha Village before. After it devoured it voraciously, the 'Xuan Mo Fuxi Formation' that was originally surrounded by the chaotic five-colored mist suddenly opened up a long and narrow path, as if it was a crack that was sucked out by the Purple Cloud Beast!
Afterwards, the Purple Cloud Beast burped loudly and patted its round belly, seeming to be quite satisfied with the current effect. It raised its pointed little face and stared at Ying Lili with its amethyst-like eyes, with a smug expression on its face as if it was a child who had done a good deed and was waiting to be praised.
Pinglili burst into laughter and reached out to touch the beast's head and praise it. Unfortunately, before her hand could even touch the Purple Cloud Beast's head, another person had already pounced on it and hugged the chubby Purple Cloud Beast. At this time, little Zeze had a beaming face. He smoothed the long, snow-white hair on the Purple Cloud Beast's head and said to himself, "Pingping, you really made us Pingping Zeze proud! It looks like you've had enough to eat today. I'll accept the snacks you brought without hesitation!"
The Purple Cloud Beast was slightly startled, and only realized after a while that Zeze had bad intentions and was plotting against it. This was intolerable! The Purple Cloud Beast was, after all, a ninth-level demon beast, the king of demon beasts. Even after reincarnation, it was still an extremely arrogant being. How could it be so easily bullied by a human child? Even if he was Zeze, he couldn't do that!
The purple cloud beast's amethyst-like eyes rolled, and while Zeze was feeling proud, it quietly opened its mouth and bit Zeze's hand viciously with lightning speed before he could retract it!
"Ah! What are you doing! Let go, let go, my hand is not a hoof flower!" The bite was so powerful that tears welled up in Zeze's eyes. Without hesitation, she threw a punch, almost piercing the belly of the Purple Cloud Beast: "If you don't want to give it to me, then don't give it to me! Why are you biting me?"
Zeze held his little paw, which had a row of neat teeth marks on it, and blew hard on it, while viciously accusing the Purple Cloud Beast of its "crimes", as if he had completely forgotten that he was the one who provoked it first.
The Purple Cloud Beast raised its proud little head and snorted coldly in response, then turned around and rubbed against Gong Lili's arms, acting coquettishly and happily.
Gong Lili looked at the two awkward little guys and suddenly frowned again. He thought to himself, it's really lively with these two sons. Suddenly he remembered how they had forced the huge baggage on their backs into his treasure bag. He couldn't help laughing. They were still two children after all.
However, this was not the time to watch children fighting. Seeing the Purple Cloud Beast swallowing the five-colored mist of the 'Xuanmo Fuxi Formation', a narrow path appeared in front of her. She knew that she had to enter the formation quickly, otherwise the five-colored mist around would gather again in a while, and those people from the Wuji Immortal Palace would probably catch up with her.
"There is no time to lose, let's get into the battle formation quickly." Qingluan had naturally thought of this as well. She was anxious and urged hastily.
"As soon as any alien spiritual energy invades, the formation will be activated immediately, gathering the power of the five elements within a radius of 100 miles and instantly shredding the invader into pieces."
When Gong Lili said this, there was still some worry on her face. Although she failed to predict the method to crack the "Xuanmo Fuxi Formation" by using the magic sticks, it was not a complete failure. At least she had glimpsed some mysteries.
"So, after we enter the formation, we can't use spiritual power, right?" Wei Xingying quickly understood, his thick eyebrows knitted into a line. Ying Lili's expression grew increasingly serious.
"If we encounter the enemy, you go first and I will cover your retreat." Mo Yi, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said this. Not only Gong Lili, but everyone present was stunned.
Only Gong Lili was slightly startled, then quickly nodded and agreed, "That's right. If we encounter an enemy, we only have one way to go. Run! Run as far as you can and let Mo Yi cover your retreat."
Wei Xingying glanced at Ying Lili, seemingly surprised that she would agree with Mo Yi. He thought, even though Mo Yi was immortal, he couldn't be so arrogant, could he? Everyone else couldn't use their spiritual power, so could he still use it?
As if sensing everyone's confusion, Gong Lili quickly explained, "Every one of them, the Nayu people, is a natural-born killer. Even without using his spiritual power, I believe he can hold us back for a while with his swordsmanship."
After saying that, he turned his head and winked at Mo Yi and teased, "Really? Brother Yi? Our lives are hanging on the tip of your knife."
Mo Yi snorted coldly and sneered at her blatant flattery. He walked up to the Purple Cloud Beast and patted its head. The Purple Cloud Beast was smart and understood immediately. It immediately spit out a circle of purple smoke, which swirled around Mo Yi. In the blink of an eye, all the spiritual energy in Mo Yi's body disappeared without a trace!
Gong Lili's eyes lit up, and he remembered that they still had a ninth-level monster beast that was essential for robbing houses. Relying on the purple smoke exhaled by the Purple Cloud Beast, as long as they did not take action, it would be easy for them to hide their spiritual energy from being noticed.
When the purple smoke around Ping Lili began to spread, Mo Yi slowly reached out his hand, took hers, and quickly carried her into the formation, following the direction of the strange cloud...
