Not long after traveling, a village appeared ahead. The fat man couldn't hold on any longer and shouted from below, "Let's rest in front for a while."
Just as Nanfeng had this intention, the three of them dropped from the village head and walked into the village.
It was only the second watch at this time, and the people were still awake. Three people knocked on the door of a farmer's courtyard, gave him money, and asked him to help prepare food.
Seeing that the three people were generous and accompanied by women, the head of the household agreed to the three people's request and invited the three people into the house to boil water and cook food.
This farmer raised a pig and probably wanted to wait until the end of the year to slaughter it. The fat man paid double the price for it, beat it with a wooden stick and drove him out of the house. After half a stick of incense, he came back with the pig's head.
When the fat man came back, the food had not yet been served, and Nan Feng and Zhuge Chanjuan were making bedding in the west room.
"This is for you to celebrate the New Year." The fat man threw the pig's head to the peasant woman and walked to the west room. "Aren't you in a hurry? Why are you still sleeping here?"
"It's too late, let's have a good rest and leave again tomorrow morning," Nanfeng said.
"Sure," Fatty said, worried about the safety of Hua Qier and others, "By the way, I have to go back to the Orc Valley when the time comes to let them go out and avoid the limelight."
Nanfeng nodded. Although it was unlikely that everyone in Shangqing would take action against Hua Ci'er and the others, it was better to do less than to do more. If possible, it was better to avoid it.
If you have words, they will be long, if you don’t, they will be short. Just after the fifth watch, the three of them set off south again. Since they took a straight line, they were not taking the official road. They mostly traveled through the mountains and fields. They flew smoothly and didn’t feel anything. , but running through mountains and rivers, there were many obstacles, and being dragged down by the fat man, the 500-mile journey took five or six hours, and it was not until noon that we arrived at the end of the land.
This is a flat area deep in the mountains. As far as the eye can see within a radius of more than ten miles, there are plum blossoms, and there are faint traces of houses deep in the plum forest.
The three of them are currently located on the top of the mountain just north of the plum forest. It is the season when plum blossoms are blooming. The mountain breeze blows and the fragrance of flowers hits their faces.
"It smells so good." Zhuge Chanjuan took a deep breath.
"What does it smell like? Go to your nose." The fat man raised his hand and pointed south, "Look, there is a small room over there."
Nanfeng didn't answer.
"Did you see it? It's under the biggest plum tree." The fat man pointed again, "It's your fate that the house is so small, there must be no mechanism."
Zhuge Chanjuan followed the fat man's directions and found the house, but she was not as optimistic as the fat man. "Although this place is far away from the city, it is not very hidden. If there is really no mechanism, it is impossible for no one to come here for so many years." Pass."
"That's right, let's go and have a look." The fat man started to walk.
Nan Feng reached out and grabbed the fat man, "Don't worry, let's take a look before talking."
"What's wrong? There's no evil spirit around here. I've seen it all." The fat man didn't know why.
"What was that house made of?" Nanfeng asked.
After being reminded by Nanfeng, Fatty and Zhuge Chanjuan took another closer look, and discovered a clue, "It looks like a wooden house."
Nanfeng nodded, "If it was really left by the Taoist priest back then, the wooden house would not be immortal for thousands of years."
After discovering the doubt, the three of them did not dare to act rashly. They drank water and rested from the top of the mountain, while observing the surrounding situation.
After observing half a stick of incense, there was nothing unusual. Nanfeng took Ba Ye and flew to the plum forest. He looked down from above the plum forest and found that the wooden house was located under the largest plum tree. Looking down from the gaps between the branches, you could see the wooden house. There are three wooden houses. The door is in the middle and there are windows on the east and west. In front of the wooden house is a small courtyard surrounded by a fence. On the west side of the courtyard is a small stone mill, and on the east side near the plum tree is a stone table. , there is only one stone pier next to the stone table.
The stone table was very simple, with an irregular slate on several sides. There was also a pot and a bamboo tube used as a teacup on the slate. In addition, there was a cattail leaf fan. The cattail leaf fan was a round fan, not big. It's for women.
"Hey." Nanfeng made a tentative voice. Judging from the scenery in the yard, someone should live here.
No one responded below, and the silence remained.
After shouting twice, no one answered. Nanfeng decided to go down to find out what was going on. Just as he was about to jump down, he suddenly noticed a clue. Other areas were covered with plum blossoms, but not a single petal fell in the yard. .
Even if someone cleans it, it can't be this clean. Furthermore, even if someone cleans it, it's impossible to clean the roof like this.
"How's it going?" Fatty shouted from the north. Nanfeng had already fed him several times, so he didn't need to avoid it.
"There's something weird in this house. Maybe it's a deception. I'll try it first." Nan Feng took a piece of broken silver from his waist and threw it to the roof of the wooden house. The deception is all an illusion. If the wooden house is really an illusion of a deception, the silver It will fall directly to the ground.
But what he didn't expect was that the dropped silver did not fall to the ground, nor did it hit the roof. It seemed to encounter an invisible obstacle a few feet away from the roof, stopped out of thin air, and bounced elsewhere.
"It's not a blinding trick, it's a spiritual barrier." Nanfeng instructed Ba Ye to land.
Ba Ye folded his wings and landed outside Chai Fei. The south wind descended to the ground. He pointed his hands forward and walked forward slowly.
About a foot away from Chai Fei, Nanfeng felt the invisible barrier surrounding the wooden house. The invisible barrier contained spiritual energy that was full and fierce. As soon as his hands touched it, he felt like being struck by lightning. He stumbled back and almost fell down.
The fat man arrived first, got off his horse and asked, "What's going on?"
"Try it." Nanfeng raised his hand and pointed north.
"A blind man crosses the river, you don't have any good intentions." The fat man curled his lips in disdain. He had seen the Nanfeng being blown away, and knew that this barrier was untouchable. However, he knew that he knew it, but he still couldn't control his curiosity. , relying on the eight golden bodies to protect his body, he walked over and reached out to touch it.
The result was naturally the same as Nanfeng, who was staggered by the spiritual energy barrier, and his arms were sore and numb, which was very uncomfortable.
Zhuge Chanjuan arrived later, gave the fat man a hand, then walked quickly towards Nanfeng, and asked with concern, "Are you injured?"
"Why don't you care about me?" Fatty yelled from behind.
Zhuge Chanjuan turned around when she heard the sound, "Are you hurt?"
"Go, go, go." The fat man waved his hands impatiently.
While the two were talking, Nanfeng broke another section of the plum branch and stretched it forward to test. After touching the invisible barrier, the plum branch broke and flew away.
Nanfeng threw away half of the plum branch in his hand, "This aura barrier is so tight that it can block everything, whether it's living or dead, even cold and damp air."
"Is this wooden house where the Taoist priest lived?" Zhuge Chanjuan asked.
Nanfeng nodded, "Yes, this person has gained a lot from studying the Heavenly Book, and his Taoism is profound. This kind of spiritual energy barrier cannot be arranged by non-immortals. However, this person should not be a Taoist priest, but a Taoist nun. Look at the stones in the courtyard. The round fan above is only used by women."
Zhuge Chanjuan looked at the stone table in the courtyard, took out the water jug, and poured the water in it toward the north. Just as Nan Feng said, this barrier blocks everything. When the water is poured, it will be blocked and bounce back and splash.
"What should we do?" Zhuge Chanjuan was very anxious. The reason why she was anxious was that Nanfeng was anxious. When the three of them came, they speculated on many possibilities, but they did not expect that there would be a spiritual energy barrier and various mechanisms. In comparison, the aura barrier is the simplest and most difficult to break.
"So close yet so far away." Nan Feng was very annoyed. He did not expect that this would happen. This was clearly bullying the small with the big. How could mortals break the barrier left by the immortal? However, if you think about it, there is nothing wrong with people doing this. The tortoise shell is their property. It is up to them to decide whether to destroy it, keep it, or give it away. Who stipulates that people must keep the tortoise shell alive and let the tortoise shell that originally belongs to them be Future generations will get it.
"Can we go in from underground?" Zhuge Chanjuan asked.
Nanfeng waved his hand, "You don't understand. This kind of spiritual energy barrier is all circular. There must be a barrier underground. Don't even think about it. The seventh place is also near here, go there."
"Try it with a hammer. This is dark iron, maybe you can penetrate it." The fat man came over with the hammer.
"It's useless even if the hammer can enter the barrier. It can't grasp objects." Nanfeng said.
Even though Nanfeng said this, Fatty still gave it a try. Not to mention, the hammer really passed through the barrier and returned smoothly.
"It's too far here. Go to the back of the house," Zhuge Chanjuan said. "Even if you can't bring back the tortoise shell, at least you'll know what's going on inside."
"That's fine." Nanfeng nodded.
The three of them walked around to the back of the house. When they reached the back of the house, they were stunned. There was a hole behind the wooden house. The hole was inside the barrier. It was clear that someone had drilled a hole from the outside and entered the barrier.
"It shouldn't be." Nanfeng was very confused.
"There should be another cave entrance nearby, look for it quickly." Zhuge Chanjuan and Fatty looked around the house.
After a while, the fat man made a discovery, "Here it is."
Nanfeng and Zhuge Chanjuan heard the sound and hurried over. They saw that the entrance of the cave discovered by the fat man was under the plum tree on the east side of the wooden house. The plum tree had grown for many years and its roots were extremely thick. The entire hole was dug on the roots of the tree.
"I'm thin, let me go in and take a look." Nanfeng put down the sundries and got into the hole.
"Be careful." Zhuge Chanjuan warned.
Nanfeng responded and crawled forward. This tunnel was more like a tree hole than a hole in the ground. It completely followed the roots of the tree and was very narrow.
Not long after moving forward, Nanfeng touched the spiritual energy barrier again. He was in a narrow tree hole and had nowhere to retreat after being rebounded. It was painful.
In desperation, he had to go back, "The roots of the plum tree originally extended into the barrier, and the breath was not completely blocked. The person who dug the hole took advantage of this, but now the roots have rotted, and the barrier has blocked the tunnel. Sealed.”
"Look at the situation, this tree root died not long ago." Zhuge Chanjuan said.
Nanfeng thought for a while, took out the map, and after looking at it for a moment, he suddenly realized, "Master must have been here. You can see that this red dot is smaller than the others. It was obviously added later. He must have got the tortoise shell here." , the one he carried with him."
"As long as it doesn't fall into other people's hands," the fat man said.
"I misjudged the red dots. I thought I was going to explore three places, but in fact there were only two left. The first place we went to was the fifth place, and then we went west to Mount Taihe, where Gao Pingsheng was. Mount Taihe is The sixth place, Huacier's Orc Valley cannot be counted. There are actually only seven or eight places left in the Southern Kingdom. This is the seventh place, and now there is only the last one left... "