In fact, Jianchou was a little surprised. Qu Zhengfeng had only said that he was nearby, but this herb-picking peak was nearly three hundred miles away from Yashan. If she had not already possessed the cultivation level of Return to the Void, she would probably not be able to find him.
For no reason, I have come so far.
She couldn't help but glance at Qu Zhengfeng, and then at the seemingly bottomless cliff below. Naturally, she remembered that there was the Black Wind Cave below, but she only said: "Your Majesty the Sword Emperor, this 'nearby' is really far away."
"I happened to think of it and revisited the old place, and I made some different discoveries."
Qu Zhengfeng had also walked the path of "Human Instrument" body refining in the past. There were not many places with Black Wind in the entire Nineteen Continents. He had been there, and Jianchou of course knew that he had been there, so there was no need to hide anything in his words. Instead, he answered Jianchou without any hesitation.
"Junior sister's tone back then was really not modest at all."
As expected, I went into the Black Wind Caves again.
Jianchou couldn't help but laugh as well, remembering how he had just had a fight with Qu Zhengfeng eighty years ago and was quite unwilling to accept the result, and how he had gone to the Black Wind Cave to practice "Human Instrument", and also how he had left words on the cave wall again and again.
"It seems that my guess was right. Only His Majesty the Sword Emperor back then could do such a thing as dissecting the various Dao seals of the Dragon Gate on the cave wall."
“Thank you.”
Qu Zhengfeng couldn't hear the slight teasing in her words. He just raised his head to identify the direction, then took a step into the air and disappeared in an instant.
A faint spatial fluctuation was then heard.
He actually used the "movement" method and went north.
Jianchou was startled, but did not rush to catch up. Instead, he looked back at the cliff again, and inevitably thought of the various doubts that had existed in the Black Wind Cave.
The Wind Swallowing Stone, the Black Wind, and the power that can almost destroy a person's soul...
She still remembered that when she fell into the polar region and secretly participated in the tripod competition, she had seen a place similar to the Black Wind Cave in the place where she met the Nine-headed Bird again, and it seemed that she had also glimpsed many things on the Nineteen Continents at that time through the cave.
I always feel that this Black Wind Cave is actually connected to the Polar Region, but there is a mysterious force blocking it, so it cannot be passed normally.
Jianchou thought about it and finally gave up the idea of going in to take a look. With a thought, his spiritual consciousness merged into the surrounding space, feeling the rhythm of the spatial fluctuations. Then he took a step and it was as if he stepped into the waves and disappeared.
The Snow Region is located on the easternmost ice field of the Northern Region. It was originally the closest to the Tomorrow Star Sea, but Jianchou and the others needed to return to their respective sects to dispatch the monks there first, so they had no choice but to take the route through the Central Region.
After leaving the Herb Picking Peak, they headed directly northeast.
The mountains are getting higher and higher, and the scenery is looking more and more like a cold area. With the powerful monks' "movement" method, the long distance that originally took several hours to cross is now covered in the blink of an eye.
There was almost no time to think. The moment he took a step out of the fluctuating air, the vast and lofty scenery of the snowy area struck Jianchou's eyes.
It was sunset.
The snow-capped peaks stretching for thousands of miles are dyed an intoxicating golden red by the afterglow of the setting sun, like a girl in a red gauze walking barefoot on the water beside a clear river. The clouds in the sky are thin and misty, and are blown by the whistling and lonely wind on the ice field, and rolled into different shapes.
This was not her first time to the snowy area, and she had even stayed here for a long time. However, when she saw such beautiful scenery again after a short period of time, she still couldn't help but feel indescribable amazement.
What followed was regret.
Such a beautiful and clean place is home to the dirtiest, most filthy and ugly things in the 19 continents. The ignorance and stubbornness of human nature are not concealed here and are displayed to the fullest.
The last time I came here, I was with Xie Buchen.
They disguised themselves as monks from Xinmi and followers of Buddha and entered the temple. All they saw and heard was filth.
Foolish people, Buddha mother, evil monks...
Some existences left a deep impression on Jianchou: for example, the initiation of Tantric Buddhism, the little girl Sangyang who injured her with a deer-cutting knife and eventually died under Xie Buchen's sword, another skinny, frightened and panicked Meiduo by the holy lake, and the holy lake in the sky, the lake demon or god named Jialan, the mysterious boy who always wore a white monk's robe, the holy son Jiye...
She remembered the snow lotus and the blue delphinium.
She also remembered Xie Buchen's words that she could never forget: I said, you can't save me.
Xie Buchen and she have never been on the same page regarding these matters.
He always carries himself with extreme calmness and cruelty, as if he has never been affected by the passions of love in this world, and never paid attention to the life and death of others.
What matters is only the goal at that time.
Even if she was unwilling later, Jianchou had to admit that what he said was actually right. Such a snowy area, frozen three feet deep, was not formed in a day, and it was definitely not something she could easily save by herself. If there was no fundamental change, it would be useless even if she spent another hundred or thousand years.
"I heard that you and fellow Taoist Xie from Kunwu explored this place together twenty years ago. What did you see and hear?"
Qu Zhengfeng was right beside her, watching with her.
However, the two had no intention of going further into the Snow Region. One reason was that they were afraid of alerting the enemy if they rashly entered, and the other was that they still had to wait for the Dakini Yangjin and the Zen Buddhists here.
The extremely high cliff in front of you is the dividing line between the Central Region and the Snow Region.
Jianchou fell from midair and stepped onto the edge of the cliff. The Lantern Sword in his hand emitted a faint warm light under the setting sun, resisting the cold air coming from the high mountain glaciers.
She didn't even look at Qu Zhengfeng, she just answered: "I have indeed been here before, and I have seen a lot..."
If the plan went as planned, once the Dakini Yangjin arrived and met them, they would enter the Snow Region, so Jianchou thought about it and told her everything he had seen and heard in the past.
From the beginning of her journey into the Snowland, she and Xie Buchen investigated the murder of Yu Zhifei and other disciples of Yashan, to her changing her name to "Qiaguo Suba" and Xie Buchen changing his name to "Huaijie", sneaking into the temple, and then plotting murder and attacking the King of Dharma...
Finally, I mentioned the doubt that had been lingering in my mind.
"The first is Xie Buchen's purpose for coming to the Snow Region. It is impossible that Master Hengxu did not know about the grudge between Xie Buchen and me, but he still agreed to let the two of us come to the Snow Region together. His intentions are hard to predict."
"The second one is the elusive Saint Jiye, who seems to be a friend of mine."
"The third is the holy lake behind the temple. There is a beautiful female demon in it. She may also be a god in the sky."
"The fourth one is what I am most concerned about..."
When he said this, Jianchou paused, turned his eyes to look at Qu Zhengfeng, and seemed to think about it for a while before asking. "
"I wonder if Your Majesty the Sword Emperor still remembers the being that appeared behind the cliff of the Silver Building that year?"
Of course Qu Zhengfeng remembered the price offered by the Baiyin Building.
Jianchou, who had just returned from the Jiyu Territory, fought against several masters of the same level in a series of battles. Not only did he become famous in one battle, he also rescued Zuo Liu, which was unprecedented.
But the "existence" she said...
His brows suddenly frowned, and he finally remembered a very unpleasant memory. Of course, he also remembered the existence he discovered when he went to the old nest of the Night Boat Crow Ferry after the incident in the Silver Building.
Ancient atmosphere, powerful and evil!
"You mean, this thing is now in the snowy area?"
"not necessarily."
When Jianchou heard the three words "this thing", he knew that Qu Zhengfeng had really dealt with it. He wanted to laugh for a moment, but what emerged in his mind was the tragic scene of Yu Zhifei and other disciples of Yashan being killed by its attack in front of the canyon that year. He could not smile at all.
"This being is called a 'god', and it seems to be called 'Shao Ji'. In order to save Zuo Liu, I once explored Crow Ferry at night and went deep into the dungeon of the Night Boat. I saw this being awaken before my eyes. It was too powerful to be defeated and unfathomable. Later, when the Silver Tower was quoting a price, I fought against Liang Tingyu, and I felt the aura of this god Shao Ji from her. It was exactly the same as the aura I sensed when I entered the Snow Region later."
Fu Chaosheng originally came to the Snow Region for two reasons: one was to investigate reincarnation, and the other seemed to be chasing this thing. He vaguely felt a sense of resentment towards its existence.
That is an ancient evil creature.
Jianchou didn't know His most specific origins, but from the polar regions to the sea of stars, and from the sea of stars to the snowy regions, His shadow could be glimpsed. The thought of it really made one feel chilled.
"But later on, there was no trace of this evil creature. Daoist Chaosheng guessed that it passed through the Snow Region and went to the other side of the Extreme Region, and no trace of it could be found anymore."
Jianchou thought about it and suddenly remembered the remaining words that Xie Buchen left here.
"Besides, even if this evil creature is somewhat related to the Snow Region, there should be some resentment. After all, he is a peerless existence, and the Snow Region Xinmi will be afraid of him no matter how much he relies on him. Not to mention, Xie Buchen collected the aura left by his killings and massacred more than 40 Xinmi monks in the Snow Region Holy Temple, blaming him. In terms of human calculations, Xie Buchen dares to admit that he is second to none. I'm afraid no one dares to admit that he is first. This should make Xinmi a little wary of this existence and not dare to trust it completely."
"… "
When Qu Zhengfeng heard this, he looked up at the snow-covered peaks for a long time, and an indescribable sense of weirdness arose in his heart.
He was thinking about something and didn't say anything else.
Jianchou didn't mind. He found a relatively clean stone on the cliff and sat cross-legged. He placed the Ran Deng sword on his knees and began to meditate with his eyes lowered.
The sun sets and the moon rises.
The frosty moonlight soon shone out from the gray night sky, illuminating the vast sea of clouds and the cold Tianshan Mountains.
Dakini Yangjin arrived in a hurry after midnight, but unlike when she left the sea of stars alone, when she came to the snowy cliff to meet up, there were two more people beside her.
The moment she arrived, Jianchou and Qu Zhengfeng noticed it.
The two of them raised their heads, opened their eyes and looked over.
Yangjin was wearing a peacock blue dress, which had a unique mood of the snowy land, but under the moon, she seemed a little lonely.
The other two stood beside her.
The first monk had a snow-white robe and a handsome face, with a hint of pear blossoms after the snow between his eyebrows. However, when the light flowed through his compassionate eyes, a faint loneliness was revealed. He was clearly a bright and handsome man, but he gave people the feeling of being like a rotten wood.
When Jianchou saw it, he was stunned.
She had met this eminent monk once when he was lingering in the Xihai Zen Sect because of the incident of the female demon Jianchou.
Among the three masters of Xihai Zen Buddhism, he is the one with the highest cultivation!
—Zen Master Xuelang.
She was a little surprised for a moment, thinking that the Xihai Zen Sect would definitely send a very powerful person, but she didn't expect that the person who came was such a famous figure as the "Love Master" among the "Three Masters".
It is said that Zen Master Xuelang was troubled by love in his early years, and later he turned to Buddhism.
From then on, he took the character "Qing" as his nickname, which has been passed down to this day.
He obviously recognized Jianchou, and after landing on the cliff, he put his palms together and chanted the Buddha's name: "Amitabha, I am Xuelang, the poor monk, and I am honored to meet you."
Jianchou and Qu Zhengfeng both returned the greeting.
At this time, a young voice laughed, with a hint of excitement: "Master Jianchou, I am here to show my respect."
When Jianchou turned around, he saw a handsome and kind face, and a pair of bright eyes with natural wisdom. Who else could it be but the Zen "little wise monk" Lekong, whom he had dealt with several times
A person who can get through the red killing circle by luck alone...
At this moment, Jianchou's mouth twitched slightly, but the thought that came to his mind was: This trip is settled.