Luoyou City is a big city in Xingluo Province.
The Yougu Sect is affiliated with the Three Swords Alliance.
Xiao Shi's clone and main body had already arrived in the city safely at this time.
And on the day of arrival.
Xiao Shi moved directly into the Wangchen Inn in Luoyou City.
At this time, we were in one of the independent courtyards of Wangchen Inn.
Xiao Shi took out a piece of dream jade.
This piece of dream jade was specially made for him by Xiang Zizheng before he left.
It is a piece of dream jade that can be used to have private conversations with wild ghosts.
Except for this dream jade.
Xiao Shi also has a dream jade stone on him that can be used for group chats, and another dream jade stone that can be used for private chats with Xiang Zizheng.
Ensure that there are no obstacles in the transmission of information.
At this time, when Xiao Shi took out this dream jade.
He immediately fell into a dream.
Meet the barbarian ghost in the dream world.
"I'm in Luoyou City."
Xiao Shi looked at the light man in his dream, who represented the barbarian ghost.
"Where do we meet?"
However, Man Gui shook his head.
"It's better for us not to meet. The guys in the Temple of Prayer are closely watching my every move. If you and I meet, they will definitely pay attention to you, and then it will be difficult for you to enter the ancient ruins..."
Xiao Shi was a little surprised by this.
"You are in Luoyou City. Are they able to keep track of your whereabouts? Do they know who you have met?"
In Xiao Shi's opinion.
Luoyou City is the territory of their Yougu Sect.
However, even on their own territory, they are monitored by people from the Qi Temple.
This is scary!
"After all, the people in the Qishen Temple are not traditional warriors. Their methods are strange and unpredictable, and it is difficult to defend against them."
"But their people are now also being targeted by us, and they also have no chance of entering the ancient ruins."
Said the Barbarian Ghost.
Xiao Shi nodded.
I thought of the information I had learned about the Qi Temple before.
The Temple of Qi is the most mysterious force among the many forces in Xingluo State.
The strong men in the Qi Temple are not warriors in the traditional sense.
Rather, they are a group of people who are proficient in strange and bizarre powers.
It includes many strange powers such as divination, curse, summoning, prayer, etc.
Although these are not mainstream.
It can even be said that it is not martial arts.
However, when orthodox warriors face them, they often have a headache.
"If we can't meet, how can I enter the ruins?"
Xiao Shi asked.
"Don't worry, I have already planned it."
Said the Barbarian Ghost.
…
at the same time.
Located in a secluded valley on the outskirts of Luoyou City.
A desolate, dilapidated little temple stands alone in the valley.
The whole small temple has a strong sense of time.
Revealing vicissitudes of life.
And on the left and right sides of this small temple.
There are two groups of people.
One group of people were wearing dark grey robes that even covered their heads. They sat cross-legged on the ground with a staff placed across their legs.
He kept muttering a strange and complicated spell.
The small temple in front of him was shrouded by an invisible force.
Anyone who approaches the small temple will be cursed!
The other group of people was a group of people with ferocious looks.
They also sat cross-legged on the ground.
Keep a close eye on the group of people opposite.
There was an extremely huge black sphere floating above his head, emitting bursts of black light.
It also prevented the people on the opposite side from getting close to the small temple.
The two sides have been in a stalemate for several days.
No one can get close to the small temple ahead.
At the same time high in the sky.
There were also two figures floating in the air, standing opposite each other.
These are two powerful warriors in the Martial Demon Realm.
While they check and balance each other, they also monitor the key figures in each other's forces through their own means.
This ensures that every move of these key figures is under their surveillance and control.
Make sure no one sneaks in.
Although they know.
If the stalemate continues, no one will be able to enter the ancient ruins.
Once the news spreads and is known by the Star Luo Lord, they will most likely gain nothing in the end.
However, the two sides could not reach a consensus on entering the historical sites.
We can only remain in this stalemate.
Now they are all waiting for an opportunity to break the deadlock.
…
late at night.
Under the dark night sky.
Following Man Gui's instructions, Xiao Shi quietly sneaked into an ordinary shop in Luoyou City.
A dry well was found in the backyard of the store.
whoosh!
He moved.
He jumped directly into the dry well.
Inside the dry well, he saw a teleportation formation that Man Gui had previously set up.
This teleportation formation was set up by Man Gui through a meaningful code word, in which he instructed his subordinates to find other people to secretly set it up.
He himself had not been here.
Although he was always being watched by people from the temple.
But when he gives orders to his men through code words, the people watching him will not analyze his every word.
More attention is paid to its whereabouts.
Although anyone who has come into contact with Man Gui will also be under surveillance, this time Man Gui asked his men to find other people who have nothing to do with them and secretly set up this teleportation formation.
In this way, it is passed down layer by layer.
It is impossible for the Temple to monitor every single person.
Therefore, the barbarian ghost secretly set up such a teleportation formation.
Immediately.
After Xiao Shi entered the dry well.
He immediately activated the teleportation array according to the instructions given by Man Gui.
Buzz!
Suddenly, he was enveloped by the light of the teleportation array.
Disappeared from the dry well out of thin air.
When Xiao Shi's vision became clear.
He had already appeared in front of a rugged cliff.
A three-meter-high stone door is embedded in the wall, on which is engraved a relief of the Eight Diagrams, with characters such as Qian, Kun, Zhen, Kan and Li raised.
Xiao Shi observed the stone gate in front of him.
To feel the stone door open, you may need a specific key.
But the barbarian ghost did not give him any key.
He first checked the surroundings vigilantly, and after confirming that there was no one else here, he took out the dream jade and entered the dream.
"I have teleported to the place you mentioned, but there is a stone door here that cannot be opened."
Xiao Shi said to Man Gui.
The barbarian nodded.
"The trick to opening this stone door lies in the Bagua diagram on it. This is a Bagua locking array handed down from ancient times. As long as you follow the correct route and transfer soul power, you can unlock it."
"I'll tell you the correct route now..."
Man Gui explained the entire opening route to Xiao Shi in great detail.
"Are you sure there is an ancient monument behind this stone gate?"
Xiao Shi asked.
"Sure."
The barbarian ghost nodded.
"There are actually two entrances to this ancient monument, and the one that was leaked is only one of them."
“Few people know about this entrance nowadays.”
"But it's very difficult to open this entrance, unlike the other entrance where you can just enter directly."
"So when we first discovered this entrance, we were unable to enter immediately. Then we were monitored by the Temple of Prayer, and we couldn't get through anymore."
Xiao Shi suddenly realized.
No wonder Man Gui needed to find someone who was not under surveillance and was trustworthy to go to the ancient ruins and help him take out the items inside.
Immediately.
Xiao Shi followed the route instructed by Man Gui and transferred his soul power into the stone gate.
As the soul power followed the correct route, it began to flow on the stone gate.
Xiao Shi raised his hand and pressed the pattern in the middle of the stone door.
The stone gate shook violently.
Slowly slide to one side.
Xiao Shi saw it clearly.
Behind the stone gate was not the dark and gloomy mountain belly, but a corridor with flickering candlelight. The entire corridor was about three meters wide and five meters high, leading to a very deep place with no end in sight.
There was an oil bowl on the alcove, with bean-sized flames burning quietly.
Xiao Shi stood in front of the door.
Didn't enter it immediately.
Instead, he spread out his soul consciousness, trying to use it to investigate the situation inside the tunnel.
The one that Xiao Shi came with this time was his main body, not his clone.
He placed his clone in Luoyou City.
In terms of soul consciousness...
The soul consciousness of the main body is far stronger than that of its clone.
Whether it is the attack of soul consciousness or the spread of soul consciousness, it is not comparable to the clone.
At the same time, after he practiced the Phantom Eye, his entire soul consciousness was further enhanced, and its concealment was extremely good.
Before coming to Luoyou City, Xiao Shi had already specifically sought out Xiang Zizheng to try it out.
He found out…
When he used his soul consciousness to sweep away Xiang Zizheng.
Even with Xiang Zizhen's strength and cultivation, he could not detect it.
Unless you investigate further.
Only then will Xiang Zizhen be able to sense it.
Under normal circumstances, the other party cannot sense the soul detection.
However, now that Xiao Shi has infiltrated his soul consciousness into the corridor.
His entire soul consciousness was instantly greatly suppressed.
It simply cannot spread too far.
This situation is similar to the situation in the underground palace.
But at that time, Xiao Shi had not yet developed soul consciousness, so he did not have any strong feelings, and could not be compared with the current situation.
But he was sure of...
The suppression of soul consciousness now is not because of the formation!
But it is the wonder of this ancient monument!
"If it's a formation... then there's still a chance of breaking it."
"If it's not a formation, then there's no solution."
Xiao Shi's expression became a little more serious.
The suppression of soul consciousness will weaken his strength to a certain extent.
But now that I'm here.
He would not back down because of this.
With a move of his body, he entered the corridor and moved forward.
The entire corridor is very long.
After he walked forward for more than ten minutes.
suddenly.
Xiao Shi stopped.
I found a human-shaped stone statue standing in front of me.
The entire stone statue is a burly soldier leaning on a long sword, facing Xiao Shi, wearing heavy armor, a helmet, and with his head lowered.
Xiao Shi did not approach rashly.
At a distance from each other.
Its soul consciousness spread out.
Investigate through soul consciousness.
Although his soul consciousness was greatly suppressed in this ancient site.
However, Xiao Shi can still maintain the spread of his soul consciousness within a hundred meters.
When his soul touched the stone statue.
Buzz!
The eyes of the entire stone statue suddenly turned scarlet, and with a series of clicking sounds, the statue's drooping head slowly raised up, accompanied by dust that splashed down.
Xiao Shi's heart tightened.
Be on full alert and ready to go to war at any time.
The revived stone statue stared at Xiao Shi with its scarlet eyes and picked up the long sword that was leaning on the ground.
However, he did not attack Xiao Shi with the sword in his hand.
Instead, he thrust the sword in his hand into the ground, drawing a circle on the ground.
Then he used the sword in his hand to draw a crescent moon next to the circle.
Finally, a hexagram pattern was drawn on the edge of the crescent moon.
When the statue finished all this.
He thrust the sword in his hand into the ground again and returned to his previous posture of standing with the sword in his hand.
The scarlet in his eyes dissipated.
He lowered his head again.
Xiao Shi looked at the scene with a frown.
He thought that the statue would attack him after it revived, but he didn't expect that the statue just drew three patterns on the ground.
"Could it be that these three patterns represent the sun, moon, and stars?"
Xiao Shi had a guess in his mind.
Since the stone statue only draws these three patterns, it does not give any explanation.
He can only guess based on his feelings now.
"From the current situation, it seems that I have to choose one from these three patterns..."
"And my choice may very likely affect the circumstances and experiences I will face in this ancient monument in the future."
Xiao Shi fell into deep thought.
The meanings represented by these three patterns are different.
There may be only one "right answer".
If you can choose the correct answer, the road ahead will be smooth sailing.
But if you choose the wrong answer.
What you will face next is most likely a catastrophic disaster.
If that’s the case…
Then he must be cautious in choosing among these three plans!
"If we know the relevant information about this ancient monument, we can analyze and speculate based on its history."
"But now we don't know anything, so we can only rely on luck!"
Xiao Shi sighed at this.
I really miss the Blood Luck Pill that dropped when I was in the Blood Martial Realm, which could bring a boost to my luck. It would be great if there were such luck-boosting items now.
Then he won't have to worry.
Just close your eyes and choose anything.
"Maybe it's not just luck, maybe the answer is hidden nearby..."
Xiao Shi began to observe his surroundings carefully.
Pay special attention to the tall stone statue in front of you.
Look at the statue's clothing, including the sword in his hand, to see if there are any elements related to these three patterns.
At the same time, I also observed the floor and walls of the corridor.
However, after careful observation.
He did not find any relevant clues from the stone statue, the ground, or the walls.
He only realized that if he did not choose one of these three patterns, he would not be able to move forward and would stop here.
Xiao Shi took a deep breath.
The three patterns can only be sensed through soul consciousness.
See if you can sense anything from these three patterns.
Under his constant perception.
He felt it clearly immediately.
There is an intense heat hidden within the circular pattern.
And within the crescent moon pattern, there is hidden coldness.
There is sharpness hidden in the final hexagram pattern!
Xiao Shi narrowed his eyes slightly.
He could only sense so much now.
"Since I don't know the meaning behind it, I can only choose according to my own feelings!"