After the strong wind only echoed on the desolate ground, it turned into a tragic melody, which seemed to be telling the distant past.
The wind and sand were blown up, filling the sky and the earth, blending with the dim sky, making it impossible to distinguish each other.
Only a long convoy can be vaguely seen, moving forward in this twilight.
The convoy is composed of huge iron cages, and there are countless mirror and shadow tribes and sky-faced tribes inside, shrouded in despair.
In front, there are two people sitting, their ages are separated by an age, the face of the old man wears a mask, the same is true for the face of the young man
The expression on the mask is very exaggerated, showing persistence and piety, as if he is always worshiping.
"The people who offer sacrifices to the Red Moon Temple need to wear this mask. This is a ritual stipulated by the temple, and it is also a qualification for sacrifice. Fortunately, I did this kind of thing in my early years."
"As for the destruction of the two-clan alliance, it's nothing in the Moon Festival. It's just two small clans. The Red Moon Temple is high above them. Under normal circumstances, it's best not to pay attention."
In particular, the sacrifices from Chimu have been collected over the past countless years.
This period of time is actually the craziest time for all races.
"However, we still need to make some preparations. I'll handle this matter." Duan Muzang's calm voice came into Xu Qing's ears in the wind and sand.
Xu Qing raised his hand and touched the mask on his face and nodded. Regarding the attitude of the Red Moon Temple to all living beings, this point was mentioned in the team's information.
Today is the ninth day since they left the holy city.
There is still half a month's journey away from the designated sacrifice in the Red Moon Temple. In the past few days, Xu Qing has thought many times about what Duan Muzang said a few days ago.
Still thinking about the souls of the dead beings entering the temple, Duanmuzang turned to look at Xu Qing.
Xu Qing was silent. After a while, he looked into the distance, looked at the dim sky, and asked softly, "Is there anyone who really found out the curse and reincarnation of the Moon Festival through the ages?"
Duanmuzang shook his head and said, "Never."
Xu Qing thought of Que Chang's previous life, and when he was thinking about it, Duan Muzang suddenly spoke.
"But there are some people who have been trying and working hard." But when it comes to this, Duanmu Zang looked at Xu Qingmu with deep meaning, hiding some temptations, and spread his words.
"The red moon is not eternal!" Xu Qing and Duanmu Zang looked at each other and nodded slightly. He saw that this sentence was like a code word, but he didn't know what the next sentence was.
Duanmuzang waited for a while, and couldn't help asking.
"Are you sure?"
"The red moon is not eternal." Xu Qing said in a deep voice.
Duanmuzang was silent for a long time. , He sighed and raised his hand to take off the mask and rubbed between his brows.
"Xu Qing, do you know Niyue Palace?"
Xu Qing's expression froze. He had never heard of this organization, nor did it exist in the information he remembered, so he shook his head.
Duanmuzang's gaze, ever since he said the word Niyuedian, has been paying attention to Xu Qing's eyes, as if he is confirming something.
Seeing Xu Qingwu's reaction at this moment, he didn't say anything.
Xu Qing didn't inquire, he could see that this organization was very mysterious and hidden, and rashly inquiring about it would cause misunderstanding.
Caravan, keep going.
In fact, another seven days passed. They walked across the plains, climbed over the mountains, and when they were getting closer and closer to the center of the east, they were at the top of a mountain. Duanmuzang drank a sip of wine. , I believe you are not from the Red Moon Temple."
Xu Qing heard this and looked at Duanmu.
"Niyue Temple is a mysterious organization that has existed for a long time in our Moon Festival. This organization has the same history as the Red Eye Temple! Its origin is unknown and it has been destroyed many times, but every time Chimu comes to harvest, This organization will be formed when all living beings recover after withering."
It existed at the same time as the Red Moon Temple, which is enough to show that this Niyue Temple is not the same as the three.
It is even more astonishing that it can still recover after being destroyed again and again.
By the way, although Chi Mu Xu is sleeping now, she was not like this in the past.
Duanmu Zang's voice came again.
"In the Palace of Reversing the Moon, all those who want to struggle and resist in the Great Moon Festival Gather together. Their dream is that someday they can unravel this ancient curse and overthrow everything."
"Although this dream is extremely slim, it is a hope."
He is also working hard here. Although the members cannot help each other in reality, they are all researching ways to resolve the curse.
Xu Qing heard some waves rising from the bottom of the water here. He also studied the curse when he was in a mine, but he didn't go deep into it. This requires a lot of experiments.
Duanmuzang's voice contained some emotional fluctuations at this moment, echoing in Xu Qing's sea of consciousness.
"The identity of every member of Niyue Temple is a secret. No one except themselves knows who the others are. Protecting yourself from being exposed is the first task of Niyue Temple."
"Because the Red Moon Temple has been suppressing the members of the Niyue Temple, and even among these members, there are people who have infiltrated the Red Moon Temple." Duan Muzang took a deep breath, turned his head and looked at Xu Qing.
"The red moon is not eternal, I hope it will last forever."
"Xu Qing, you can, you really are not from the Moon Palace, but I think you will definitely get in touch in the future. If you want to join the Moon Palace, you can go to the Bitter Life Mountain Range."
Duanmuzang stopped talking, closed his eyes, and continued on his way.
Seeing this, Xu Qing knew that the right party didn't want to continue this topic, so she didn't ask.
He understands that Duanmu Zang should be a member of this Ni Temple, and being able to say this in front of his face is enough to show that Duanmu Zang trusts him.
Xu Qing thought over and over again what Duanmuzang said in his heart, and time passed day by day like this.
Eight days later, their convoy finally arrived at the center of the East District. A huge valley in the distance came into Xu Qing's eyes. The mountains on both sides are shocking, surpassing all the mountains seen by Xu Qing's donated scriptures. The jagged rocks on it seem to have a valley formed in the middle depression, like an open mouth of the underworld, which is shocking.
At the same time, when the breeze blows, it also sounds like ghosts crying and wolves howling, whistling in all directions.
In the mid-air of the valley, there was a huge blood-colored heart floating impressively. It was beating, and the sound of thumping spread, adding a more eerie atmosphere to the gloomy valley, and covering it with a blood-colored veil. And the temple and statue above the heart exude an astonishing deterrence, high above.
There are still many figures sitting cross-legged on the meteorite floating around, just like what Xu Qing saw before, still motionless.
As for the gates of different shapes and materials erected on the ground, there are big and small, all around the world, and waves of teleportation waves are constantly spreading out in these gates.
There are crowds of people coming and going from those doors all the time, so that the crowds in the mountains are constantly flowing.
There are too many strange ethnic groups in it, some have real bodies, and some are illusory.
But most of them are wearing the same mask as Duanmuzang on their faces. These are the eastern tribes of the Moon Festival Dayu. They bring their sacrifices and come here to sacrifice to the Red Moon Temple.
"Those gates are disciples. Xu Qing, you can go and find them to communicate. Most of them can be sent to the south you want to go. As for the cost, spirit stones and skyfire crystals can be used."
"As for the temple in the sky, don't look up directly," Duanmuzang said in a low voice as he approached.
As a local, he is very familiar with the procedures here, so he reminded Xu Qing now.
With emotion on his face, he solemnly said, "Finally, I wish you a safe journey!"
After speaking, Duanmuzang left with the team.
Watching Duanmuzang's figure disappear into the crowd, Xu Qing took a deep breath and walked into the crowd as well.
There are more than ten cultivators of various ethnic groups coming and going here.
The temple ignored the people next year, as long as the sacrifices were paid, everything would be self-governing, and after the number of people increased, it would still give people a sense of excitement, and occasionally some ethnic groups could be seen trading, making a lot of noise.
Walking inside, Xu Qing didn't choose those large doors. He aimed at some small doors, and quickly locked on a door that was more than ten feet high. Noticing that there was no one going in and out there, he was about to pass.
But the discussions from the surrounding noise made Xu Qing pause first.
"Have you heard that something big happened in the west!"
"You're talking about the Lone Sun clan in the west five months ago, right? They seem to have initiated a global arrest."
"I've also heard of this, it seems that they lost a treasure."
"What a treasure, it's the sun they made themselves!"
"The Lone Sun tribe is the largest ethnic group in the west. Didn't they create a sun that lifted up within the tribe many years ago to make an area no longer dark, but five months ago, this sun was stolen."
"It's crazy to steal their sun from within the Sun Orphan."
"I don't know, it seems that even the Lone Sun Clan themselves are baffled, but there is a name mentioned in the wanted list, called Weiqing Jianyan, and the sun thief is extremely arrogant. This is the name engraved on the ground before leaving, but no matter how you look at it It's a weird name."
"This Weiqing Sword Flame is already famous."
These voices came from a distance, accompanied by exclamation and inhalation, and when they fell into Xu Qing's ears, Xu Qing's expression under the mask became strange.
And the pseudonym Wei Yangzi and the names of Wu Jianwu and Ning Yan plus his own Qing, that's just right, the team is well-intentioned, and it seems to be expressed in these four words, even if Xu Qing didn't participate, but he still put Xu Qing Qing's name was added.
Xu Qing sighed, and walked towards the wooden door ahead. At the same time, in the sky of the valley, above the beating heart, a woman in red came out of the Cong Temple.
"This little baby, the evil spirit on her body is stronger." Behind her, everyone in the temple, including the envoy, was cross-legged at this moment, motionless, like a statue.
No one in this valley can detect everything in the sky. Even if the woman's figure is very clear, even if she raises her head, no one can detect the slightest bit.
Everyone's cognition has been silently changed.
Xu Qing noticed that Ding Yisaner's cursed god fingers were retching constantly in his body, and then he pretended not to see it and continued to retch.
Xu Qing also didn't notice it, and walked towards the wooden door in front at this moment, communicated and left, the other party did not go to the south.
So Xu Qing patiently searched for other disciples, until after asking dozens of people forward, he came to an even shorter wooden door, which was half a meter long and looked a bit dilapidated. As Xu Qing approached, the door frame After twisting suddenly and wriggling like a snake, a face emerged from the door, looking at Xu Qing.
"Fellow Taoist, can you teleport to the south?" Xu Qing asked calmly.
The faces inside the door looked at Xu Qing a few times and smiled. "One Hundred Thousand Spirit Stones"
Xu Qing glanced at the door, the price was too outrageous, and most of his spirit stones were left to Duanmuzang, and he didn't have much left.
"Don't think it's too expensive. It's the peak season now, and all ethnic groups are sending sacrifices. If I didn't plan to go to the south to do business, I'd be afraid to go if you gave me 100,000. It's so far away." The face inside the door said lightly.
After Xu Qing pondered, nodded and said. "Calculate with Skyfire Crystal!"
"No problem, one thousand white fire crystals or one red fire crystal." The eyes of the face inside the door lit up when he heard the words, it prefers sky fire crystals.
Xu Qing nodded, and communicated with him, but the other party couldn't leave immediately, and it still had a few batches of guests to send, so it was agreed to send here tonight.
Xu Qing frowned. He planned to leave immediately, so he left and went to other disciples. He really found a big circle, and it would take three days at the earliest, not as good as the wooden door.
So in the end, he chose this half-foot wooden door.
At this moment, there are still three hours before dusk, so Xu Qing did not wander around, and found a corner to sit cross-legged silently and wait.
Time passed quickly, and after more than half of the time passed, Xu Qing saw Duanmu Zang's figure among the passing crowd.
He noticed that Xu Qingduanmuzang was walking towards him. good
"Didn't you find a suitable disciple?" Duanmuzang asked.
"I found it, let's start later." Xu Qing looked at the convoy behind Duanmu's hiding place, and it was gone.
Noticing Xu Qing's gaze, Duanmuzang sat there and smiled. "It's all given to the temple, and the matter is settled, you don't have to worry, just leave with peace of mind." Duanmuzang's expression was as usual, and there was no difference.
But in fact, his heart was full of worries, not because of the annihilation of the two clans, the Red Moon Temple didn't even ask about it.
It was a request from the temple to make him worry about God, and he was asked to go back within a certain period of time and prepare another 500,000 sacrifices for delivery.
This matter is difficult, but Duanmuzang does not intend to tell Xu Qing, Xu Qing has done enough for them, and he is ready to solve the future matters by himself.
Xu Qing looked into Duanmuzang's eyes.
Duanmuzang smiled, Xu Qing could not see through the city formed by his experience and years of accumulation, especially if he deliberately concealed it, he would not reveal the slightest flaw.
"Why don't you believe me?" Duanmuzang laughed, "You are a little too suspicious, I plan to wait for you to teleport away before going back!"
Xu Qing was silent, they did not see the clue, so they nodded, the sky was getting darker and darker at this moment, as dusk fell, Xu Qing stood up and bid farewell to Duanmuzang.
"If you are free in the future, remember to come back and see us." Duanmuzang looked emotional!
"Definitely!" Xu Qing said softly.
"Definitely!" Later, Ling'er also got out of his collar, and responded crisply.
Duanmu Zang's eyes were filled with blessings, and after a slight nod, Xu Qing turned around, walked towards the wooden door not far away, approached it quickly, and took out the Skyfire Crystal.
The face inside the wooden door emerged, swallowed it in one gulp, and then the door shone with teleportation light to form a vortex, causing Xu Qing to take a deep breath and was about to step in.
But at this moment, a deep voice came from behind him.
"Close the door!" As soon as the voice came out, Xu Qing's complexion suddenly changed, and he was about to take a step, but the wooden door was closed instantly, and the transmission fluctuations in it disappeared instantly, turning into ordinary.
With an ugly expression, Xu Qing turned his head to look behind him, his eyes fell on a figure approaching from a distance with constricted pupils.
This is a red-clothed woman, the wave of the spiritual treasure radiates from her body, and the people around her pass by seem to be unable to see her existence, and even Duanmu Zang has not noticed it, as if their cognition has been changed, the world they see, It's different from Xu Qing here.
Xu Qing was silent, bowed his head and hugged his karma, and bowed to the person.
"I've seen the senior." He recognized the other party as the servant of the Red Moon Temple who was sent into the crack of the coffin by himself, but the obviously dead person appeared in front of him. In fact, the answer is easy to judge.
Especially the scene where the cognition of the people around has been changed is more certain.
Since the terrifying existence in this coffin can change the cognition, at least it can also change the cognition of the angel, and then use some method to create a clone, everything is reasonable.
Thinking of this, Xu Qing looked respectful.
Under the great pressure in Xu Qing's heart, the girl in red walked up step by step with a half-smile, and finally stood in front of Xu Qing.
Seeing Xu Qing's attitude, the clothed woman smiled, not surprised that Xu Qing recognized her.
"You little doll, you are so polite every time, I can't afford to be evil!"
"Seniors are noble, and juniors are like this. This is also my master's education to me." Xu Qing looked solemn.
"I mentioned your master again!" The woman in red smiled meaningfully.
Xu Qing's expression remained unchanged, and he bowed again. "Since the senior doesn't like the junior, don't mention it."
Hearing this, the woman in red stared at Xu Qing for a while, then shook her head and smiled, "I know you have a good background, and your master should also be a powerful person, but this is the Moon Festival."
The woman in red said, looking up at the sky.
Xu Qing was silent.
After a long while, the voice of the woman in red echoed, "Little baby, do you still remember the agreement under the sea of fire?"
"Junior remember!" Xu Qing nodded with a solemn expression.
"Then, you and I will go to the Unmelted Ice Field in the northern part of the Moon Festival. Our sisters were suppressed there, and a younger brother was also buried under the glacier."
The voice of the woman in red is full of reminiscence, and contains a trace of my sadness.
Xu Qing hesitated, he didn't know whether what the other party said was true or not, but anyway? If he went to the north, the danger there must be extremely high.
With one's own ability, it is too risky to participate in such a thing at this moment.
As for the income is only destiny, it seems out of proportion.
Xu Qing did not hide these thoughts in his heart, but showed hesitation on his face.
For the powerful man in front of him, he knew very well what his expression meant, and the other party knew it at a glance.
This is the method by which the weak prescribe conditions to the strong.
Although it may not work, it is still necessary to try.
"Is this trick also taught by your master?" The woman in red glanced at Xu Qing, and spoke calmly, her voice was calm and coercive.
In his memory, once he opened his mouth and looked like this back then, many people would tremble and agree to all his demands.
Xu Qing showed embarrassment, and with this gesture, the atmosphere was subtly relieved.
Seeing this, the woman in red had a strange light in her eyes and thought for a while before saying, "This is a deal, and I need you to follow my request sincerely."
"You get three benefits"
"One you can get the destiny."
"Second, your human race in the Tianhuohai area will get a temple law, rabbits will go to additional sacrifices and will be sheltered by this law until the next sacrifice day."
"Three, when you complete my request, I will give you a mysterious gift."
"Now, tell me your choice." The woman in red stared at Xu Qing and said slowly.
Xu Qing silently looked up at Duanmuzang.
At this moment, Duanmuzang is going away. In his cognition, Xu Qing has already left, and his back is a bit bleak. Obviously, when Xu Qing left here, the first thing he saw was the statue of Chimu. This statue , making him extremely jealous.
"Your master is indeed of some stature, and actually gave Chimu a few gods to devour her, making her fall into a deep sleep."
The woman in red had clear eyes, and then she smiled, he clearly knew everything.
Xu Qing blinked, didn't answer the conversation, but looked towards the temple, followed by the open door, and he saw statue-like crowd inside.
"Their taste is pretty good!" said the woman in red.
"You can take a break." He licked his lips, "We have to do a full set of tricks, and the sacrificial day will end after the second day, and we will leave."
Hearing the words, Xu Qing sat down cross-legged in silence and looked towards the earth and walked away to Duanmuzang, which was full of desolation.
The woman in red waved her hand, and a red light shot out from the temple, turned into a token and went straight to Duanmuzang.
On the ground, Duanmuzang, who was worried in his heart, raised his hand to catch it for a moment. He checked it, and felt the protection of the god's token and the decree canceling more sacrifices.
So he looked suspicious and turned his head to look in the direction of the temple. There was nothing there.
After a long time, Duanmuzang withdrew his gaze and walked away silently, murmuring in his heart.
"is it him?"
"What is his identity?"