He carefully looked at the sand table map and found a mark made of white lime near Laohei Mountain in the Xiaoxing'an Mountains. Chen Ziang thought to himself: Xiaoxing'an Mountains has exceeded the jurisdiction of the Songmo Governor's Mansion and is the territory of the Mohe people of the Bohai Governor's Mansion. Why is Li Jinzhong so concerned?

Thinking that Xiaoxing'an Mountains might also hide a shocking secret, the location is Laohei Mountain. Chen Ziang's heart tightened: Could it be that Li Jinzhong also learned about this?

The guard brought a large cup of milk tea, and Chen Ziang asked: "Isn't Governor Li not in the Governor's Mansion?" The guard shook his head and said, "Captain Li is out, and you guys don't know where he is."

Chen Ziang became more suspicious. No wonder Huaiyi left here early. It seemed that this was also the reason why he was angry with Li Jinzhong for not welcoming the imperial envoy at the governor's camp.

After he drank the milk tea, he winked at Zhou Mei'er, then said goodbye to the guards and left the Dudu Mansion Castle. Zhou Mei'er asked: "Brother, Li Jinzhong knew that the imperial envoy was here, but he didn't wait for it. It's really too much."

Chen Ziang thought deeply: "Yes, I think Li Jinzhong has a problem. For the current plan, we should quickly get back to Huaiyi and discuss how to communicate with Governor Li."

The weather was getting colder, and most of the trees had lost their leaves. In the evening, the two rested in the mountains, set up a tent, and Chen Ziang took out the dragon balls to practice.

At this time, he felt more and more that the internal energy he drew from the dragon ball was more abundant. In other words, the dragon ball absorbed more energy from heaven and earth. This mystery puzzled him. Could it be that he was getting closer step by step to someone with unusually abundant energy?

area?

Thinking of this, he nodded silently and concentrated on practicing. The dragon ball now showed a dark green color, which was a bit more intense than the turquoise light the night before. He grabbed the big sword and inserted it upside down into the soil, and the big sword also flashed a dark green light.

Light. He secretly strengthened his skills...

A cold wind gradually blew in the mountains, giving people a biting chill. Zhou Meier said: "Brother, take a rest, I'm afraid it's going to snow heavily tonight." Chen Zi'ang was practicing Qigong and was concentrating, but he didn't answer her.

"Ah -" Zhou Meier suddenly screamed! She was standing behind Chen Ziang, and jumped up as if she had been bitten by a snake! As soon as she landed on the ground, she jumped up again!

She landed about ten feet away and then regained her composure. At this moment, the light of the sword in Chen Ziang's palm was a bit dazzling. It actually flickered and rolled down the soil like running water!

After Zhou Meier thought about it carefully, she realized that Chen Ziang must be practicing the magic power of the metal system, but the intensity of the electricity he emitted tonight was far greater than before. It had already reached the intensity of knocking people down!

She knew that Chen Ziang's practice must have reached a critical moment of upgrading, so she did not disturb him and sat in the tent to watch him practice from a distance. Unknowingly, in the middle of the night, the full moon in the sky disappeared into the dark clouds, and heavy snow fell.

After a short while, Chen Ziang was wrapped up. Chen Ziang sat as steady as a rock, the sword in his palm was filled with light, and the dragon ball became more and more shining.

Suddenly, Zhou Mei'er heard the sound of stepping on the snow in the forest opposite. Chen Zi'ang's sword tilted slightly, pointed at the sound, and used his internal meridians to trigger the metal magic skill!

Swish——, a green light cut through the snow and hit the sound!

Ouch, ouch, there were two howls in the forest, and there was another sound of falling on the snow! Zhou Meier listened carefully, and found that it was the groan of some kind of animal, but it lay there unable to move.

At dawn, Chen Ziang just finished his work. Zhou Meier ran to the woods and saw that the one Chen Ziang knocked down last night was a big black bear! She raised her tongue, feeling happy in her heart, knowing that Chen Ziang's power had greatly increased.

Chen Ziang said happily: "This place is indeed magical. After practicing for several days, I used the dragon beads to absorb the energy, and I really broke through the fourth level of inner scene skills!"

Zhou Mei'er clapped her hands and said, "So, brother now has the fifth level of inner scene skills!" Chen Zi'ang nodded and said, "If Taoist Master Cheng comes here to practice, I'm afraid it will be more effective than practicing in Yinshan Mountain."

The two packed up their tent and set off on the road in the snow.

***

But it is said that the four Huaiyi people walked through the Songnen Plain and saw the Xiaoxing'an Mountains in the distance. Fourteen towering volcanoes in this area stood like inverted cones between the plains and the mountains. They were not too high, about a hundred feet high, and the distant view was already

It is extremely beautiful. The place where you want to worship is Laoheishan, one of the volcanoes.

As soon as he entered the woods on the hillside, Wanyan Huaren discovered the special marks of the Khitans on several tree trunks: peel off the bark with a knife and draw a triangle. The direction of the triangle indicates the direction of the gathering. It seems that there are many Khitans here.

This is the territory of the Mohe people of the Bohai Governor's Palace. Why are there a large number of Khitans here? Wanyan Huaren fell behind everyone and looked carefully. Suddenly, he saw a figure in black flashing next to him, waving to him.

He knelt down to tie his shoelaces. After the Huaiyi trio had gone away, he ran to the hiding place of the man in black. It turned out to be the black boss!

Boss Hei lowered his voice and said, "Tell them to go up Laohei Mountain from the east and not look to the west." When Wanyan Huaren woke up, those triangular arrows were all pointing to the west. Could it be that a large number of Khitan people had gathered in the west?

He nodded and asked, "What's the big deal?" Boss Hei shook his head and said, "It's nothing. Don't worry, Master Wanyan. Governor Li is with us and is nearby. Just follow the plan."

Wanyan Huaren nodded again and heard Boss Hei say: "The sacrifice is over, please tell Huaiyi to go back as soon as possible and don't create any more trouble here."

Wanyan Huaren ran all the way to catch up with Huaiyi. Wang Yangzong said: "Where are you running? I'm waiting for you to lead me up the mountain." "Xiaojie is gone, hehe." Wanyan Huaren pretended to look around and pointed to the woods to the east.

: "It's not far for us to climb the mountain from here."

The four people climbed up Laohei Mountain and looked around. They were all stunned by the beautiful scenery in front of them. These fourteen mountains are all volcanoes, formed after eruptions. There is also a lake on Laohei Mountain, which began to freeze in this cold winter. The lake water began to freeze from

A gap overflowed, forming a waterfall. However, in this cold winter season, the water in the waterfall was very small.

Micro-landforms such as stone dragons, stone seas, lava waterfalls, lava tunnels, lava stalactites, lava vortices, elephant trunk lava, rolled lava, jet cones, volcanic boulders and volcanic bombs are all in various shapes and forms. The curve of the pool bank changes complexly, with

Receive and release.

Huaiyi couldn't help but sigh: "Sure enough, the beautiful scenery makes this trip worthwhile!" At the bottom of Laohei Mountain, the Udelin River winds past like a jade dragon. Wang Quan, with sharp eyes, pointed to the distance at the bottom of the mountain and shouted: "There are still things over there.

There’s a line of soldiers!”

It's just that the distance was too far and I couldn't see clearly who they were. Wang Yangzong said: "They are probably the Mohe people's army."

Huaiyi chose a stone wall at the entrance of the waterfall as the place of sacrifice. He asked Wang Quan to take off the baggage from his horse, take out Buddhist incense, red candles, and tea fruits, and place them under the stone wall. He also took out two solemn curtains and flags.

He lifted the umbrella cover and said: "Let's do the Buddhist offering ceremony first. It's a little simpler. Please forgive me."

It turns out that Buddhist sacrificial rituals only started in the Yuan Dynasty. When Buddhism was introduced to China in the Tang Dynasty, there were no sacrificial rituals, only some simple offering ceremonies. As the abbot of Baima Temple, Huaiyi came to worship the mountains, so it seemed inappropriate not to perform Buddhist sacrificial rituals.

So I thought of a way to get the best of both worlds.

While chanting sutras and performing Buddhist offering rituals, he asked Wang Yangzong to catch a few pheasants and perform Taoist sacrifices later.
Chapter completed!