By the time Qi Yuan arrived at the nameless lake, about three days had passed.
The seven milky white beams of light seemed to be very close, but their actual distance to them was very far.
After opening Kunwu Mountain, the Ye family royal family and others will immediately set up a sophisticated illusion array at the entrance to conceal the truth. The array also has a self-destructive effect, making the entrance extremely dangerous and greatly slowing down the speed of the cultivators behind.
Qi Yuan felt that he had to escape into Kunwu Mountain before the illusion array exploded, otherwise too much time would be wasted.
In the original text, the two immortal women entered the illusion array after it exploded, and Madam Mu still escaped into Kunwu Palace before Han Li.
If nothing unexpected happens, the Ye royal family is already close to the Gate of Ten Thousand Cultivators. Han Li and others are teleported from the Yin Yang Cave to Kunwu Mountain, and by the way, they refine the Infant-Nourishing Pill with the old man surnamed Fu.
As for the Heavenly Crystal Stele, it has the effect of reinforcing the seal and will be obtained by Han Li according to the steps. However, the Dragon Seal in the Kunwu Palace also has a sealing effect, so Qi Yuan no longer cares about this crystal stele.
He obtained the silver medal left by the three Kunwu elders from the Huaxian Sect, and was able to control some of the restrictions on Kunwu Mountain at will. When the time came, he could directly escape underground into the Kunwu Palace, which was much faster than the others, so he had enough time to run away.
Qi Yuan didn't want to get involved too early in the battle against Saint Yuansha, so it would be better for him to conserve his strength and wait for the Ye royal family, Master Xu and others to have a fight before seeing how the situation develops.
"Hey, is it Xiang Zhili?"
Qi Yuan's consciousness suddenly detected a slight fluctuation in the void, and he clearly sensed someone passing by. He immediately guessed that it was Xiang Zhili, who was in the Spirit Transformation Stage.
Among the cultivators walking in the southern border area at this moment, the only one who could completely hide from his spiritual sense was Xiang Zhili himself, while the other Nascent Soul cultivators were still a little short of that.
However, judging from the situation, Xiang Zhili entered Kunwu Mountain very quickly, basically ranking behind the Ye royal family and Han Li and others.
However, as soon as the old man entered Kunwu Mountain, he was trapped by Long Meng's magical celestial phenomena and lost much of his interference ability.
The old man Xiang Zhili in the dark was also slightly surprised, wondering why Qi Yuan would appear in the southern Xinjiang area. Was he also going to break into Kunwu Mountain to steal the treasure?
As soon as Xiang Zhili had this thought, he moved without stopping at all and directly immersed himself in the illusion array, as if he was escaping into Kunwu Mountain without any hindrance.
The appearance of Qi Yuan is more important than Kunwu Mountain, so no one cared about him.
"Leave directly?"
Qi Yuan withdrew his spiritual sense, muttered something, and looked at the layers of illusions under the lake. There was no confusion on his expression.
Although the formation masters of the Ye royal family are quite powerful and the formations they set up are mysterious and ingenious, not everyone can break them easily.
However, Qi Yuan received Ruyin's careful nurturing, so his formation skills were no worse than those of the formation masters trained by the first-rate sects in Dajin.
Breaking the illusion in the lake is not a piece of cake, but it is not difficult enough to be challenging.
Hua Tianqi and his fellow disciples from the Poison Saint Sect, as well as Old Demon Qian should be here soon.
Qi Yuan thought that these guys arrived earlier, so his method of breaking the formation was not vague. He bit his finger and used his blood to wave an ancient formation pattern in the void.
Suddenly, the sky was full of bright rays of light, and the aura of the formation slowly surged outward, causing a considerable fluctuation in spiritual energy.
Then Qi Yuan flew up, stepped on the three-meter-high formation pattern, pressed down on the lake surface, and suddenly rushed into the bottom of the nameless lake.
In an instant, the entire small lake exploded with waves more than ten feet high. Colorful lights were dancing under the chaotic lake water, sometimes shining brightly and sometimes dim.
After a long time, the blue lake returned to calm, but beneath its surface, it still exuded the aura of an illusion.
Several figures flew rapidly over the horizon, each emitting the aura of the Nascent Soul Stage.
"Senior Brother Hua, it seems like we are the first group to arrive?" A Nascent Soul cultivator from the Poison Saint Sect said to the people around him.
Hua Tianqi observed the surrounding environment and said with an unchanged expression: "It's hard to say, but it is true that there are no cultivators nearby. Let's send our disciples to break through the illusion array and try to get in first."
"As you command!" said the Nascent Soul cultivator of the Poison Saint Sect with a bow.
And the figure of the old demon Qian also arrived at the nameless lake a day or two later.
Kunwu Mountain.
"Such a rich spiritual energy, is this Kunwu Mountain?"
Qi Yuan was now on a winding white jade staircase. Looking up, he saw lush green colors on both sides. The mountain walls were covered with spiritual plants of various colors, filled with a vibrant atmosphere.
But in addition to the rich spiritual energy, the mountains on both sides stretched endlessly, and even with his spiritual sense he could not see the end. The mountains were extremely huge, more than a hundred feet high.
He stood on the white jade stairs, and looking down from the sky, he looked like a small ant being trapped by a giant, completely vulnerable.
On the right side of the mountain, two ancient characters were carved. The strokes are elegant and graceful, and they look very immortal.
Inscription: Kunwu...
"The ancient immortal land is indeed worthy of its reputation."
Qi Yuan stared away, his eyes slightly raised, and his figure swept forward, easily passing through the broken restrictions.
Having the Ye royal family lead the way would indeed save a lot of trouble, but once they discover someone is following them, they will set up formations to block them along the way.
There are pros and cons.
Kunwu Mountain has the effect of suppressing spiritual consciousness, so Qi Yuan did not speed up and deliberately kept a large distance from the Ye royal family in front of him.
The silver medal is only effective in the Kunwu Palace area, and he has no good way to shake the rest of the restrictions.
In front of a 15-meter-high ancient archway, a group of Ye royal family disciples controlled magic weapons and continued to attack the archway with all their might. However, as soon as the fierce attack got close to the range, it would be offset by the purple light that was emitted.
More than a dozen people attacked in a circle, but there was no effect at all.
"Third boy! How many hours do you think it will take us to break through the Gate of Ten Thousand Cultivators?" The big-headed weirdo of the Ye family looked at the archway in front of him that was wrapped in various colors of spiritual light, turned his head and asked the white-robed Confucian scholar, looking quite anxious.
The white-robed scholar responded confidently: "It will take about a day and a night for us to break the restriction of the archway. The difficulty of the Wanxiu Gate is three times more difficult than we imagined."
"One day and one night? Then speed up the attack on the archway. I have a feeling someone has escaped to Kunwu Mountain."
The big-headed weirdo named Ye's eyes flashed, and he said with a somewhat depressed look on his face.
"Once we pass the Gate of Ten Thousand Cultivators, we will set up formations along the way to deliberately slow down the speed of those behind us." The white-robed scholar said confidently.
The ancient demon Xueyan mixed in with the cultivators of the Ye family. With a bored look on his face, he directed a black flying sword that he summoned from nowhere to attack the archway intermittently.
The act of conserving mana needs no explicit explanation.
When he heard what the two people said, he was slightly moved, but did not show any expression.
Just wait until we get to the Demon Suppression Tower and release the adults inside. All these human cultivators are not good enough, and they surrender to the demons or die one by one. In the sky above the stone pavilion where the Ye family cultivators once rested, there is a seemingly ordinary thick barrier.
Suddenly, there was a flash of light, and a small head with white hair popped out from the wall, looking a little funny in its cautious movements.
This man found that there was no trace of monks here, so he rushed out without any hesitation and squeezed out from the barrier covered with silver light.
Then the man stepped on a huge disc, slowly flew down to the stone pavilion, and landed on the top of the stone pavilion, standing steadily.
At this time, the man raised his head, revealing a round face full of wrinkles but with small eyes.
It was the old man Xiang Zhili!
"Is this Kunwu Mountain? Wow! The spiritual energy here is indeed different from that of the outside world. Before I came here, I sent someone to convey a message to the Huaxian Sect. With the help of the relics left by the three elders of Kunwu, we should be able to stop this storm."
"But who has nothing to do after eating a full meal dares to open this seal? What if he releases the adult who should not be provoked? Do you want the entire Jin Dynasty to be buried with him? I am unlucky too. I happen to be nearby. I can't pretend I don't know."
Xiang Zhili looked around for a moment and suddenly heard the faint roar of the Ye family's fighting in the distance. He immediately couldn't help but jump up and down on the stone pavilion and cursed, with a gloomy look on his face.
"Since you know that this place is unlucky and you shouldn't come here, why do you still dare to take the risk? I really admire your courage."
Just as Xiang Zhili stopped cursing, he suddenly heard a sweet female voice in his ears. The voice was soft and gentle, like the call of a lover.
When Xiang Zhili heard the woman's voice, his body suddenly felt cold and the blood in his veins seemed to have stagnated.
The old man swallowed his saliva and began to stutter...
"Senior, you...you came out?"
Even though he has reached the peak of the early stage of the Spirit Transformation Realm and can run rampant in the human world without any scruples, he can make clouds and rain with a flip of his hand.
But facing the woman in front of him, the old man felt that he was no match for her. He felt a deep fear in his heart and did not dare to move at all.
"To be honest, I could have been free ten thousand years ago, but the last layer of restrictions set up by the three Kunwu elders with the strength of tens of thousands of people is not something I can tear apart by myself."
"Otherwise, would I have waited until now?"
The woman's voice was still gentle, but Xiang Zhili's face turned pale in an instant.
"Senior, could you have escaped the seal of the Nine True Demon Subduing Formation? Besides, there are two all-powerful magical treasures suppressing it. I think that you have only escaped a trace of your soul, and you showed up here just to scare me away."
After Xiang Zhili was frightened, he quickly regained consciousness and immediately spoke again.
"As expected of you, you are a top cultivator in the human world. If you can ascend to the spirit world, you will definitely be able to make a difference. But now, just stay here and don't delay my important event."
After the woman finished speaking in a cold voice, there was a burst of space distortion above the stone pavilion, and a white vortex about ten feet in size appeared out of thin air. A large piece of colorful light emerged from the vortex and covered the old man head-on.
"A fantastic celestial phenomenon!" Xiang Zhili's face changed drastically when he saw this scene. Without thinking, silver light flashed around his body and he turned into a beam of light and shot out.
However, the five-color ray of light rotated slightly, and a huge suction force suddenly emerged out of thin air, causing the old man's escape light to stagnate slightly.
Then the rays of light rolled past, and Xiang Zhili disappeared without a trace in an instant, as if this person had never been there.
"The magic power I have accumulated with great difficulty has been used up again. I can only sleep for a while and recuperate for a while."
"I hope that when I wake up, the more monks come here, the better. That way, the chances of escaping will increase rapidly. When that day comes, hehe..."
The woman murmured a few words weakly, then burst into a crazy giggle, and then the sound stopped abruptly.
Although Qi Yuan's spiritual awareness was restricted by Kunwu Mountain and could not reach its peak state, it did not prevent him from capturing the fluctuations of spiritual energy.
Just now, he sensed signs of the use of magical powers from a considerable distance away. Judging from the profound aura, it did not seem like the work of the Ye royal family.
"Oh, could it be that Xiang Zhili was suppressed by Long Meng?"
Apart from this reason, Qi Yuan couldn't think of any other clues.
It was reasonable for Xiang Zhili to be forced offline. After all, with his state of transformation, he could indeed prevent many things from happening.
If he was not trapped, the plans of Xue Yan, Long Meng and others would not be able to be implemented.
A few days later, when the Ye family broke the restriction of the Wanxiu Gate but were blocked by another restriction, Han Li and others looked at the restriction that appeared in front of them with expressionless faces.
On the surface where the seal was located, the nameless lake gradually became lively. Not only did the old demon Qian arrive, but other cultivators also approached the lake.
The old demon Qian relied on the five demon sons to forcibly break the blockade of the Poison Saint Sect and rushed into Kunwu Mountain with his demonic power.
Hua Tianqi and others, as well as the Sisan Zhenren Zheng Wei, were unwilling to be left behind, and also entered Kunwu Mountain one after another.
In an instant, many Nascent Soul cultivators poured in, and the nameless lake gradually calmed down.
In Kunwu Mountain, Qi Yuan casually shot out a beam of colorful magic power, and with a puff, it shattered a black light restriction, and then continued walking as if nothing had happened.
The Ye royal family will not be able to break all the restrictions along the way, so Qi Yuan will have to take action to clear the obstacles.
Looking up, I saw a lavender spiritual flower overflowing with spiritual energy growing between the rocks on the left. It seemed to be quite old and had obvious effects on cultivators in the Nascent Soul stage.
Qi Yuan did not take any action upon seeing this. Instead, he walked past calmly without even thinking of picking any of the fruits.
Not to mention that he had plenty of spiritual medicines, just knowing that there were no spiritual plants in Kunwu Mountain was enough to make one realize that it was a trap.
Small tricks like this to tempt people are common in Kunwu Mountain. Being trapped in an illusion is the lightest thing, but if some powerful restrictions are triggered, death is not impossible.
Suddenly, the void twisted, and the colorful light shattered. Three figures slowly appeared, one was a young man, one was an old man in black, and the last one was a female cultivator with a slender figure, skin as white as cream, and eyes as bright as water.
"Junior Brother Han..."
"Senior Brother Qi?"
There is no doubt that these three people are Han Li, the old man surnamed Fu from Jiuyou Sect, and Bai Yiyao from Xiaoji Palace.
As for the big man surnamed Yuan from the Poison Saint Sect and the junior sister of the old man surnamed Fu, they had naturally died in the Yin-Yang Cave.
Han Li looked slightly strange, and said, "I didn't expect to meet Senior Brother Qi here. We are truly destined to be together."
"I happened to be in Southern Xinjiang, and I saw some unusual celestial phenomena, so I decided to take the risk and try my luck."
Qi Yuan thought to himself that the mystery could not be made clear, so he just made up a few words to get away with it.
That was too much of a coincidence. Han Li had doubts in his mind, but he could not grasp the key points and could not figure out the relationship. (End of this chapter)