ninety thousand miles

Chapter 697 Breaking in
The Aoba Boat moved forward quickly.

Li Chuan kept the sound of the kettle while looking forward. In the mist, a tower with moonlight as its skeleton and wings spread out appeared in front of him - Yingfengtai. The white jade stairs wound up, the crystal trees swayed in the wind, the birds circled around the rainbow bridge, and above the sky, the brilliant phoenix feathers surrounded a constantly flowing and changing sphere.

Several monks wearing the robes of the Four Gods Palace stood under the sphere. Standing in the front was a short and fat monk holding a jade ruler.

After seeing Qingyezhou rush to a position of several dozen feet, the fat monk shouted, "Now!"

The scarred monk followed suit and spread his hands again, tearing the void and creating a rift leading to the eye of the tide.

The green leaf boat passed in front of the fat monk and his companions, passed through the crack, and stopped suddenly.

When Li Chuan lost his balance and was about to be thrown out, Jiang Song grabbed him.

"Thank you." Li Chuan thanked Jiang Song and turned to look forward.

Several fat monks also came in. Li Chuan then saw clearly that several of them seemed to be unconscious.

After everyone came in, the scarred monk was still standing in front of the rift, as if waiting for something.

The clouds condensed, and the edges of the crack and the body of the scarred monk were covered with a thin layer of ice crystals.

The rift closed more slowly.

"Come in quickly." Li Chuan said as he used the sound of the pot to disperse the clouds that were drifting in.

The speed of the rift closing has been restored.

At the same time, several sword energies flew out from the crack, blocking the clouds that were rolling towards the crack.

"Come in," said the fat monk.

So the scarred monk took two steps back and passed through the crack. After he passed through, the crack closed.

Li Chuan finally breathed a sigh of relief. He looked at the five unconscious monks and asked, "What happened to them?"

"They are deceived by illusions," replied the fat monk.

Wen Guying looked out.

The fat monk immediately warned him, "Don't look, Junior Brother Wen. I was also drowned in it just now. If it weren't for luck, I wouldn't be able to get out."

"Uncle Baiwei, I understand." Wen Guying retracted his gaze and said, "Those light paths are the paths of immortals."

"The path to becoming an immortal?" The fat monk was frightened.

"Well, Immortal Weng used the Taisu Realm to accommodate the paths of many immortals, including the path of Immortal Yingfeng. That's why he was able to control the Luoxia Secret Realm." Wen Guying briefly repeated the information he knew.

"No wonder," the fat monk sighed, raised his head and said, "This ball is the eye of the sea tide, leading to the Golden Flame Sea. According to the information we collected from the secret realm, the final trial is in the Golden Flame Sea. But... if, as you said, the Taisu Realm accommodates the path of the True Immortal Yingfeng, the Golden Flame Sea is not safe either, and it is likely to be a trap." Then he sighed again and said, "We came in to investigate the reason why the Luoxia Secret Realm came into being. Now that we know the reason, the situation has become worse."

"Brother Li, can you try to wake them up?" Wen Gu said to Li Chuan. "I'll give it a try." Li Chuan's mind sank into the Tianyin Pot.

The sound of pots rang out one after another, and gradually, the eyelids of an unconscious monk moved a few times, and he finally opened his eyes and sat up.

One, two...five monks who were immersed in illusions gradually woke up.

After they all woke up, the fat monk briefly explained what had happened. Then he turned to Wen Guying and said, "Nephew Wen, you are here on the orders of the old palace master, so from now on, we will follow your arrangements. If you have anything you want us to do or want to ask us, just tell us directly."

"Master Baiwei, you are too polite." Then, Wen Guying began to ask about their experiences after entering the secret realm, "After entering the secret realm, did you encounter anything special along the way?"

“No.” The fat monk shook his head and said, “Before coming in, we also looked through the notes of our predecessors. What they said is different from what is recorded in the notes, but it is not much different from other secret realms.”

The red-haired monk added, "I observed the monks from other sects. Apart from us and the monks from Tianyu Sect, the others came here to fight for skills and find magic weapons. For a spiritual plant, the disciple of Xuanyue Sect's Master Hanshan almost plotted against me."

"Where are the disciples of the Golden Phoenix Sect? Have you met any of them?" Wen Guying asked.

"I encountered them," a monk who had just woken up from a coma answered, "two nuns. They asked me to guide them for a while, so I did. But we ran into danger and they ran away first. It wasn't really dangerous, just a few traps."

"What about Qing Zong? Did he encounter anyone?" Wen Guying continued to ask.

The scarred monk said, "After I came in, I followed them for a while, but they noticed me and used a secret method to get rid of me. The last place I tracked was Mingwu Qinlin. As expected, there is something wrong with them? Is there something wrong with the Golden Phoenix Sect as well?"

"Right. And...are we the only ones who arrived at Yingfengtai? Didn't other sects come?" Wen Guying asked.

The fat monk said, "I was the first to arrive. After I arrived, I kept hanging the stone on the tip of my beak. That's where..." He pointed to a place outside the forbidden area and said, "I observed the situation there."

Li Chuan looked in the direction the fat monk pointed and saw a protruding stone.

The fat monk continued, "After noticing something was wrong, I used the token to order them to come over as quickly as possible." He paused and said, "While we were waiting, some monks also came over, two from the Tianyu Sect and one from the Xuanyue Sect. They all went to climb the Heavenly Steps and were probably trapped in an illusion."

He said: "The clouds are constantly eroding the secret realm, and the ban can't stop it for too long. After the ban is broken, even if Dr. Li's voice can disperse the clouds, it won't be able to take care of everyone. We currently have only two choices, one is to continue to go to the Golden Flame Sea, and the other is to find a way out."

"The entire Nine Seas is changing because of the Luoxia Secret Realm. It's useless to leave." Wen Guying looked at Li Chuan again and asked, "How far can the pot sound spread?"

"Do you want to wake up the others too?" Li Chuan asked.

"We have to find a way," Wen Guying nodded and said, "Didn't we all think that Immortal Weng must gather everyone together to complete the ritual? We may be wrong. The path in the Taisu Realm connects them together. The longer they indulge, the harder it will be to leave. They may even be willing not to leave."

"You should have thought of...Frost Leaf Gate." Wen Guying said.

"The Frost Leaf Sect's martial arts?" Li Chuan immediately remembered.

Wen Guying said: "So you try and wake up as many as you can."

The fat monk and the scarred monk looked at each other, and the fat monk said, "Okay, I will lead the way for them when the time comes, and your uncle Zhu will open the door for them."

(End of this chapter)