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Chapter 97 96. The Current Situation of Jianmen, the "Blind Box" That No One Dares to Open (2.6K Words - Please Subscribe)
The identity of a swordsman from the Nanwu Sword Sect is a good cover.

During the past six months, Song Yan's shadow puppet of "Grandma Fox" has entered three secret realms under this identity and met many independent cultivators, but he has not been able to find blood suitable for Song Yan.

But it was not without discoveries. At least in some daily interactions, Song Yan heard some things about the "ancient teleportation array".

A cultivator told him that a long time ago, the north and south of this continent were connected. The so-called "Wu, Shu, and Wei" Three Kingdoms were just a small country split from the south of this continent. In the past, there seemed to be a teleportation array that could directly connect the north and south, but now it is so long ago that nothing can be verified.

This piece of information roughly provided Song Yan with a possible direction of the "ancient teleportation array" - the north.

He didn't know where the north was, but there was a high probability that he had crossed the Mountain and Sea Monster Kingdom.

The Three Kingdoms of Wu, Shu and Wei were a "dead end". Either they went out to sea, but no one knew what was out there;
Or go north through the "Lonely Smoke Wasteland", and Grandma Fox was invited from there by the King of Wei. It is obvious that direction leads directly to the Mountain and Sea Monster Kingdom.

so.
Song Yan began to study this ancient teleportation array again.

He could still hide in the Crimson Palace, but facing the two-headed man-eating Virupaksha insect from the Purple Mansion Realm, he felt that he could not hide at all.

The Purple Mansion Realm was a realm that he had no idea about.

It is necessary for him to become stronger, but he must also prepare a way out for himself.

After learning the news, he separated the two shadow puppets.

Grandma Fox continued to do what a sword cultivator should do and helped him find more secret realms.

The other one began to secretly move towards the ancient teleportation array.

After more than a month of trekking, Song Yan followed Grandma Fox's map and finally found the formation in a secret cave southeast of Nanwu Jianmen.

The words "long time ago" are indeed true.
Just the three layers of vines outside the secret cave are enough to make people miss this place, not to mention that this is a desolate mountain with no mysterious energy, a place that woodcutters and hunters would not go to.

Song Yan lit a tinderbox and walked through the gaps between the vines in the body of a fox demon shadow puppet, walking in the dark cave. When he reached the deep end, he took a look and found that there was indeed something special.

The entire formation was about the size of a landscaped pond in a courtyard, with a distance of about twenty steps. There were six stone tablets about seven feet high standing on the six sides, and the formation pattern was in the center.

Even though countless years have passed, the array patterns are still as new as ever, with all the coarse and fine textures intact. It is obvious that the stone used to cast the array is extraordinary.

only.
Song Yan frowned slightly, his figure flashed, and landed in the northwest direction of the formation.

There was a drag mark there as thick as an adult's arm!

This drag mark was like an eraser that wiped out part of the array pattern.

Song Yan looked forward along the drag mark and saw a rusty broken sword standing at the end of the drag mark.

It seems that this formation was not destroyed intentionally by someone, but was affected by a fight and then completely cut through by a broken sword, thus destroying the formation.

Song Yan stepped forward and grabbed the broken sword, and circulated his profound energy slightly. The broken sword seemed to be a bottomless pit, constantly absorbing his strength. As it absorbed the energy, its surface began to shake, and the rust spots on the surface were quickly shaken off. However, Song Yan felt that the profound energy of his shadow puppet was almost absorbed, so he hurriedly stopped, threw the broken sword into the storage bag, and continued to check the teleportation array.

Obviously, if one wants to restore this ancient teleportation array, one must at least find a way to repair the "array pattern".

'Broken sword.'

'The remnants of the formation.'

'It's time to go to Nanwu Jianmen to take a look.'

Although Song Yan was also worried that Grandma Fox would be discovered, after all, shadow puppets could not really perform sword control techniques, and Grandma Fox shadow puppets relied entirely on their own body strength, power, and speed to use the sword. However, now he had to go to Nanwu Sword Gate.

Before, he was worried that others might have some secret technique of tracking through shadow puppets, but now, firstly, he was in a secret place, and secondly, he couldn't care less.

Half a month later.
Jianmen of Southern Wu.

The fairy island is hidden in the clouds and mist. Although the peaks are not high, they are beautiful and graceful. The mountains in the sea of ​​clouds and mist seem like the dragons and snakes drawn by a master of freehand painting, and the ups and downs have their own charm.

clatter.
The bamboo pole stopped at the shore, the bow sank slightly, the water lily split in two, and a few whimpering sounds were heard between the sinking and floating.

Song Yan tied the rope and stepped onto Guanwu Island, the outermost island of Nanwu Jianmen.

As soon as he got ashore, a disciple from the Nanwu Sword Sect came over. When he saw his appearance, he was surprised and happy and said, "Senior Brother Bai! You are still alive?!"

Although Song Yan had searched the soul, he only had a slight impression of who the disciple in front of him was. Fortunately, over the past six months, he had been getting used to Bai Xiuhu's temperament and way of speaking. At this time, he skillfully imitated his tone and sighed, "It's a long story."

The disciple sighed, "A lot of things have happened over the years. My fellow disciples who used to practice swordsmanship with me have suddenly disappeared one by one. Some are dead, and some are still missing."

Song Yan suddenly asked, "Has the master come out of retreat?" The disciple sighed and said no more.

Song Yan didn't ask. In fact, he had heard many rumors while he was away during this period.

The rumor said something like "The headmaster of Nanwu Jianmen has been in seclusion for several years. He did not show up in such an important battle as the Battle of Hantan Valley because the headmaster had passed away a long time ago."

In fact, the reason why Nanwu Jianmen was able to confront the Puppet Sect was entirely because of this leader.

The name of this headmaster is "Water Lord Sword Emperor". He has the innate water root of the five elements. Sitting in the rivers, lakes, and seas, he is in an invincible position.

A few years ago, in order to break through the "late stage of Jiang Palace" realm, Shui Bo Jian Huang shut himself up in Luoxia Bamboo Island, the deepest part of Jianmen, and has not come out since then.

Gu Huangzi's fear of him was just like his fear of "Zhang Han" who was sitting in the center of the evil land.

This kind of enemy, which is powerful in itself and has the advantage of time and place, is fighting on its home turf and cannot be provoked.

No one knows what the blood of Shui Bo Jian Huang Ding's "Third Central Palace" is, but it is very likely that he took the risk of taking the Crimson Palace Pill in order to strengthen his blood. And the Crimson Palace Pill is also likely to contain toxins.

Whether we can get through this difficult time is anyone’s guess.

In order to prevent anyone from disturbing the head master, the great elder strictly forbade anyone to approach Luoxia Bamboo Island.

Even now, it is still like this.

However, the rumors circulating nowadays are really scary.

Song Yan himself was not sure whether this was the truth, or just a rumor spread by the Puppet Sect, or whether it was both a rumor and the truth, so he asked this question after landing on the island.

But since he didn't get a definite answer, he had a rough idea in his mind.

Today's "Shui Bo Jian Huang" is just a "blind box".
The Great Elder or any high-ranking member of Nanwu Jianmen did not dare to open this blind box.

As long as the blind box is not opened, Shui Bo Sword Emperor is in seclusion, and Nan Wu Sword Gate may have a powerful late-stage Jiang Palace master at any time.

But if it is opened, it will be like a gambler who has lost his temper and pushes all the chips in front of him forward and goes all in.

Song Yan walked forward a few more steps, and saw another disciple hurriedly walking in the mist. The disciple seemed to recognize him, and from a distance he clasped his fists and called out, "Junior Brother Bai."

Song Yan recognized this man and smiled and said in return, "Senior Brother Su."

The disciple nodded, then flicked his sleeves, took out a jade bottle, put some powder in it, and sprinkled it on Song Yan's head, saying sternly: "If you have nothing to hide, don't move!"

Song Yan remained motionless, his expression calm.

The powder fell, icy cold, and felt as if it was about to tear his illusion apart.

However, Grandma Fox's illusions are ultimately not something the little foxes can match.

The powder could not be torn apart.

Senior Brother Su also breathed a sigh of relief, and then explained: "In the previous war, the Puppet Sect eliminated a lot of fox demons, and now we have made a lot of fox demon shadow puppets.

Those shadow puppets are very good at illusion. If they are not sprinkled with this illusion-dispelling powder, they will be impossible to recognize.

However, I know that Junior Brother is definitely not a fox demon shadow puppet, otherwise he would not have come to Junior Brother so unguarded. "

Song Yan wondered, "Why?"

Senior Brother Su whispered, "That kind of thing usually involves two people walking together, one is the fox demon puppet, and the other is the puppet master. They can't be too far apart. Junior Brother returned alone, so how could he be the fox demon puppet? But Senior Brother is just taking precautions."

Song Yan said respectfully, "Senior brother, you are cautious."

Senior Brother Su waved his hand and said, "Go back to your cave quickly. Many major events have happened in the sect. You may be transferred to the front line again in a few days."

Song Yan said: "Since I fled last year, my mind has been polluted, but now I have figured it out. Only by slaying the demons and eliminating the monsters can I cleanse my heart again!"

After saying that, he coughed a few more times and smiled bitterly, "It's a pity. I'm still seriously injured and I'm afraid I'm powerless."

Senior Brother Su comforted him, "It's good to have the intention, don't worry about anything else."

(End of this chapter)