When Li Yan was led to a hall at the back by the Qi Condensation cultivator named Feng Zhiran, four people were already standing there, namely the purple-robed young man and his servant and two men in black robes.
After Li Yan and Taoist Gong came out of the "Daoist Scripture Hall", he asked Taoist Gong for a map. Li Yan scanned it with his spiritual sense and couldn't help feeling happy.
Xuanqing Temple is in the teleportation array business after all. Although the map they produced is not as wide as the one given by Wei Chongran, the terrain and topography of the area within a radius of nearly ten thousand miles are drawn in great detail.
Afterwards, Li Yan asked for some more sandalwood that had been used in the hall before. This incense was comparable to a first-grade elixir and was very beneficial for calming the mind. Li Yan certainly would not be polite, and Taoist Gong satisfied all of his requests.
Originally, Taoist Gong wanted to personally send Li Yan to the teleportation array, but how could Li Yan be willing to do so? That would surely make others suspicious of his identity.
Upon seeing this, Taoist Gong followed Li Yan's advice and called over a Qi Condensation Stage disciple to tell him.
"Now that the situation in the Taoist temple has been clarified, let him take the guests to the teleportation array."
Li Yan actually knew the young Taoist priest who was called over. He was Feng Zhiran, who introduced him to the sect yesterday. Feng Zhiran felt a little strange when he saw the sect leader being alone with the young monk, but he felt relieved after thinking about it.
What happened in the Taoist temple over the past day made them feel extremely anxious. Those were the three most powerful masters in the temple, the pillars of the sect since the founder, and they died one by one in such strange ways.
Although these Qi Condensation Stage cultivators also discussed this in private, they became more and more afraid the more they talked.
But this morning, they suddenly received a message from the Law Firm saying that the murderer had been caught. It turned out to be the youngest Uncle Qin. This incident shocked the disciples in the Taoist temple and they didn't know what had happened for a while.
But the Discipline Inspection Hall only said this much and issued a strict warning to all disciples, prohibiting them from making random comments in private.
The guest Li Yan in front of him was with the headmaster, and he must be doing the same thing as when Master Ji met the other four guests before. He would probably either ask some more questions or explain things to them.
After all, the things happening inside the Taoist temple have implicated these guests and prevented them from leaving. Of course, they can't just give a simple explanation afterwards, as that would seem too insincere. They still have to do the teleportation array business in the future.
After Feng Zhiran brought Li Yan to the hall, he called Dao Ji and asked Li Yan to wait here for a while. Someone would arrange for them to be transported later. Then he turned around and left. He was also depressed. It seemed that the spiritual stone reward discussed yesterday was also in vain.
Li Yan looked at the four people standing in the middle of the hall. There was still some fear on his face, but he quickly glanced at the four people and then lowered his head, making it impossible to see his face clearly.
The other four people saw figures swaying at the door, and then two people came in. They glanced and saw that it was Li Yan, who still had a look of fear on his face, so they all withdrew their gazes and no longer paid attention.
After Li Yan lowered his head, his eyes flashed a few times. The four people split into two groups, with a distance between them. The young man in purple kept looking around, with an unnatural expression on his face, while the hunchbacked old man still stood beside him with a dull expression.
Although the faces of the two men in black robes could not be seen clearly under their cloaks, from the direction they were facing, they seemed to be staring at the young man in purple. The yin energy emanated from their bodies, making the hall feel cold even in this July.
For a moment, the hall seemed eerily quiet, but this situation did not last long. Not long after Feng Zhiran left, an old man with gray hair walked in.
He came directly in front of several people in the hall and spoke in a low voice.
"My fellow Taoists and seniors, my uncle is busy with something, so I can only help you to teleport. Please follow me!"
The gray-haired old man's cultivation level was only the tenth level of Qi Condensation, but he was very efficient in doing things. After saying a few simple words, he went straight to a room on the side of the hall.
Li Yan and his companions heard this but kept silent. They followed him one after another. They walked around the hall and behind several huge and sturdy pillars, they saw the gray-haired old man reaching out to push a door and then walked in first.
Li Yan and the others followed in one after another. Li Yan felt a darkness before his eyes. When he looked again, he saw two formations standing in front of him with soft white light.
The two formations are in the shape of Bagua, with dense and complicated runes engraved on them. They are constantly moving along with the soft white light, appearing ancient and mysterious.
The gray-haired old man walked to one of the formations, then turned around and saw that Li Yan and others had come in. Then he spoke again.
"In view of what happened in our sect yesterday, the Sect Leader has ordered that all of the spirit stones that were transmitted this time will be waived. Although there are less than six of us, we will start the transmission now.
Fellow Taoists and seniors, please tell me where you are going so that I can mark the node exit for you.
The formation where I am standing is teleporting to the north, and the formation next to it is teleporting to the east. You all wanted to go north yesterday.
If anyone changes their mind, even if it's just one person, I can teleport you to the east alone."
As he spoke, he stretched out a skinny finger and pointed at another formation that was also emitting a soft white light.
After hearing what Li Yan and his companions said, they felt that Xuanqing Temple's attitude was sincere this time. Even if one was alone, he would actually open the teleportation array once.
After the gray-haired old man finished speaking, he stood in front of the formation that teleported to the north and waited. After a moment, a look of confusion appeared on his old face. His words were very clear, but no one came forward.
The purple-robed young man and the hunchbacked old man seemed to be hesitating, while the two black-robed men stood there motionless, as if they had not heard anything.
Li Yan stood at the back, also with a hesitant look on his face, looking at the four people in front of him, wondering why they didn't leave.
"My fellow Taoists and seniors, is it possible that what I have said is not clear enough? Or do you have any questions?"
The gray-haired old man had no choice but to speak again.
Although Li Yan looked hesitant, there were three so-called seniors in front of him, so he had to act like a junior. He did not make a choice first, but looked again at the four people who were still motionless.
He already had some guesses in his mind, and he also got information about these four people from Gong Dao Ren, and learned some information about them.
But he was going to leave, so in silence, he seemed to muster up his courage and walked towards the gray-haired old man, speaking in a somewhat nervous tone.
"My fellow Daoist, I am going to Linshui City." The gray-haired old man had been impatient for a long time. These people were going to leave early in the morning, but why were they so strangely silent here? Were they trying to amuse him
Seeing Li Yan coming over, he nodded, stretched out his hand and slapped his waist, and a token that looked a bit like a military command arrow appeared in his hand.
He quickly raised his other hand and made a seal towards the token. In an instant, a white light came out from the token and shot directly towards Li Yan.
Li Yan just stayed there obediently without dodging. After the white light flashed, it was imprinted on the corner of Li Yan's clothes, forming a white light spot, which then flashed a faint light.
Li Yan quietly used his spiritual sense to sense it. In his spiritual sense, there was a flickering rune inside the white light spot. It was the source of the flickering light spot, as if it was transmitting some kind of signal.
After the gray-haired old man finished all this, he looked at the four people who were still motionless, and he spoke directly.
"Is this fellow Daoist the only one heading north? If so, please get on the teleportation array. I will open it now. However, the remaining four fellow Daoists can only go east.
After all, it is not easy to open the teleportation array once, so today we can only open it in two directions, once for free."
After hearing this, Li Yan no longer looked at the other four people, but stepped into the formation in front of him.
Among the remaining four people, the two men in black robes still seemed not to have heard anything and continued to stand there quietly.
The young man in purple glanced at the two men in black robes opposite him. He seemed to be able to feel a sneering gaze coming from under their cloaks.
He looked at the hunchbacked old man again and knew that no matter where he chose, the two men would probably follow him, unless he didn't leave. However, he thought that the two men in black robes would not leave either.
Gritting his teeth, he took a step forward, and it was the teleportation array heading north. Since he was going to teleport, taking a detour was obviously not a wise choice. As he started, the hunchbacked old man followed him, and the two men in black robes just looked at their backs.
The young man in purple and the hunchbacked old man came to the formation. He looked back and saw that the two men in black robes did not catch up with them. He couldn't help but feel suspicious. Could it be that he had been guessing wrong all along
He took a deep breath and spoke to the gray-haired old man.
"The two of us are going to Linshui City!"
The gray-haired old man also nodded, and also made a hand gesture. Two white lights shot out from the token in his hand at the same time. The next moment, they landed on the corners of the clothes of the purple-shirted young man and the hunchbacked old man.
When the purple-shirted young man saw the white dot fall on the corner of his clothes, he did not hesitate any longer, and he and the hunchbacked old man took a step forward and entered the formation where Li Yan was.
After he stepped into the formation, he turned around and saw the two men in black robes still standing there, which made him even more suspicious and nervous.
"Am I really overly suspicious? Are these two the type of people who don't like to talk much?"
The young man in purple thought to himself, and just as this thought arose in his mind, the two men in black robes also moved.
He walked a few steps to the gray-haired old man, and a cold voice came from under the cloak.
"The two of us are going to... Linshui City!"
After saying that, the cloak moved, as if it was pointed at the purple-shirted young man again. The joy that had already risen in the heart of the purple-shirted young man instantly turned cold.
At this point, how could he not understand that these two people just wanted to confirm that he had actually stepped into the teleportation array before speaking.
Moreover, he also heard a sense of mockery in this cold voice. He suddenly became angry and his face became even uglier.
Just as the two men in black robes stepped into the teleportation array, the spiritual power shields on each person were activated. The teleportation method they used this time was a multi-node teleportation array.
This is not like a single-node transmission that goes directly to the destination. If the transmission node imprint on someone is destroyed by someone else during the transmission, then there is only one outcome.
Finally, because the node could not be found, it was teleported aimlessly into the space turbulence, so self-protection was very necessary.
Moreover, the spiritual power shield can also resist the compression of spatial force during transmission. Otherwise, as long as the transmission distance is slightly longer, even a foundation-building cultivator will be unable to resist the dizziness.
Seeing that the five people had finally entered the teleportation array and had activated their spiritual power shields, the gray-haired old man walked to the vicinity of the teleportation array. As he waved his sleeves, pieces of spiritual stones emitting rich spiritual energy flew into various corners of the Bagua array.
Then he pinched his fingers once more, and a dazzling white light suddenly flashed from the top of the arrow-shaped token, directly hitting the cornerstone of the formation where Li Yan and the other four were.
The cornerstone of the formation suddenly emitted a bright white light, which then shot up into the sky, forming a huge pillar of light that instantly submerged the five people.
Then, the beam of light began to spin rapidly, and the ancient runes were covered with white light beams like a waterfall, appearing and disappearing quickly, alternating in this way.
The entire formation also emitted a series of "buzzing" sounds. The sound was very small at first, then it became louder and louder. In the end, it seemed to deafen the eardrums.
However, the gray-haired old man had already closed his six senses, and the side hall here was also covered by a soundproof formation, so people outside could not hear any noise.
The huge white light column was spinning faster and faster, and finally it was like a whirlwind. With the last loud bang, it soared into the sky and sank into the seemingly infinitely high black hole roof above the side hall.
In the end, only the formation was left in place, making a series of "buzzing" sounds, but the sound became smaller and smaller until it disappeared. Gradually, the original appearance of the formation was revealed. It was still the octagonal formation flashing with a faint and soft white light, and the runes were slowly flowing.