Sword from the Immortal Mountain

Chapter 97: Mountain Protection Poison Formation, Magic Lamp Exorcises Snakes
Chishen Mountain is geographically remote and difficult for people and horses to travel. From a distance, it looks like a mountain shrouded in clouds and mist, and is not very high.

Unlike Yunshan, the clouds on Chishen Mountain condensed into a gray-black color, like a smudged picture; mixed with a few traces of blood-red, it was extremely strange.

As soon as Chen Jin saw it, he could feel the malice hidden in it even without using any Dharma thoughts to visualize it.

It seems to be saying: The road ahead is blocked, strangers are not welcome...

"Mr. Chen, I have something to tell you."

Liu Wan in the carriage suddenly shouted.

The two women were tied up, but their mouths were not gagged. However, they knew what to do and behaved well throughout the journey, not daring to make any noise or shout.

Cai Mei originally had a little idea in mind, and wanted to use her own beauty to find an opportunity to communicate with Ye Yanke.

Unexpectedly, this young swordsman was not gentle and his temper was as straight as a sword. Cai Mei's tricks were just like flirting with a blind man, and were completely useless.

As for Chen Jin, the way he looked at them was as if he was looking at grass and trees, without any emotional fluctuations at all.

Terribly indifferent.

Faced with such a person, Cai Mei couldn't even say a word for some reason.

Thinking of the inexplicable death of their senior brother, both Liu Wan and Cai Min noticed that something was wrong.

From this we can see that Chen Jin is by no means an ordinary scholar taking an imperial examination.

Liu Wan took the initiative to speak at this moment, and she also mustered up the courage.

Chen Jin came over and asked, "What's the matter?"

Liu Wan's eyes flickered. "My master is not a reasonable person. You might as well let us go, then turn around and leave. I can guarantee that the Red Eyebrows will not hunt you down, nor will they vent their anger on the people of Datang Village."

Chen Jin smiled and said, "How can you guarantee that?"

Liu Wan lowered her eyes and said, "My master should be in seclusion right now. As long as he doesn't know what happened, isn't that enough?"

Chen Jin said calmly: "Your senior brother and others are dead, how could your master not be alarmed and come to investigate?"

Liu Wan replied: "Even if they investigate, they will just send us down the mountain to investigate. My master won't leave."

"What you said may make sense, but it's not necessary."

"You mean you don't believe me?"

Chen Jin smiled and said, "What else?"

Liu Wan sighed: "I know."

After Chen Jin left and headed to the front, Cai Mei asked in a low voice: "Senior Sister Liu, why don't you let them go up the mountain? Once we get to the mountain, Master will take action and we can escape."

Liu Wan looked at her like a fool: "Junior Sister Cai, do you think they dare to go up the mountain and will not be able to defeat the master?"

Cai Mei said: "That swordsman named Ye is definitely no match for Master; as for this pale-faced scholar, although I can't see through him, he doesn't seem to have much ability either."

"If he had no ability, how did the eldest brother die?"

"Maybe there is something else wrong with the eldest brother?"

Liu Wan: “…”

I'm too lazy to talk to this stupid junior sister anymore.

In fact, she had another worry in her heart. Combined with her understanding of her master, if the two sides started fighting over a disagreement, they would definitely not have an easy time as captives.

So, even though she knew things had come to this, Liu Wan still wanted to dissuade him.

……

When you get here, there is only a narrow path to go forward. It is passable on horseback, but difficult for a carriage to pass.

So they parked the carriage and horses on the side of the road and put Wangcai in charge of guarding them.

Ye Yanke grabbed the two women and cut the ropes tied to their feet so that they could walk on their own.

A group of four people walked up the mountain. Looking around, there were few tall trees, mostly lush bushes, and patches of weeds that were higher than a person's knee.

This kind of environment is most suitable for snakes to survive and move around.

Chishen Mountain also has another scary name, and is called "Snake Mountain" by people outside.

There are poisonous snakes everywhere and people try to avoid them, so the surrounding area is rarely visited by people.

Ye Yanke was afraid of being attacked by a poisonous snake, so he held a sword in his hand and was on guard.

"Third Senior Sister! Fifth Senior Sister, what are you doing?"

A young male disciple in colorful clothes appeared on the mountain road. He was originally walking down, but when he saw the people coming towards him, especially when he noticed Liu Wan and Cai Mei's tied hands, he couldn't help but be shocked.

Then he turned around and ran up like a flash to report the news.

Ye Yanke asked: "Should we catch him?"

Chen Jin said: "No need."

This time I came here openly and honestly, with nothing to hide.

As the saying goes, "stirring up trouble will alert the snake." The snake must be startled to come out so that it can be dealt with and handled.

About a quarter of an hour later, a series of strange whistle sounds were heard from the mountain, and someone struck a gong.

Then there was a rustling sound in the bushes and grass on both sides of the mountain road, as if countless living creatures were swimming in them, rushing towards them, and ready to pounce and bite at any time.

Seeing this, Ye Yanke couldn't help but feel uneasy. The palms holding the hilt of the sword began to sweat. He looked around nervously, ready to draw the sword at any time.

I'm not afraid of one or two poisonous snakes, but I'm afraid of more than ten or even more. It's hard to guard against them.

Especially in the current environment, it is easy to be trapped by a group of snakes.

Cai Mei had already revealed her delight. As a disciple of the Red Eyebrow Sect, she of course knew that this was a fellow disciple of the sect. With the approval of the sect's head, Master Chishen, she activated the mountain-protecting snake formation.

This formation is different from those magic formations that require formation plates, formation flags, etc. to activate. Instead, it is a "spiritual" formation formed by connecting countless living snakes.

rustling...

sizzle...

Amidst the waves of heart-pounding noises, you can already see colorful poisonous snakes appearing and approaching.

At this time, even Liu Wan was secretly delighted. She and Junior Sister Cai were disciples of a sect, and they had learned some secret techniques and applied some secret medicine on their bodies, so they would not be attacked by poisonous snakes.

But Chen Jin and Ye Yanke were different. They were outsiders and would naturally be attacked by the group.

Even if one possesses some magical powers, it is difficult to resist the attack of a group of snakes. Once bitten, the poison will attack the heart and even the most powerful person will die.

At this moment, Chen Jin took out something from his bookcase, which was the Kuixing Wenhuo Lamp.

He held the lamp in his hand, pointed his finger, and a fire lit up.

But this was by no means a normal light; it was curling and the beam of light didn't look big, but it emanated a hot and fierce feeling, as if a big fire would start at any time.

Liu Wan opened her eyes wide and quickly noticed that the base of the ancient lamp was a turtle with a dragon head and a fish body. It had obviously been refined and possessed some kind of extraordinary magic and divine power.

It has been said since ancient times that Ao is one of the sons of dragon and possesses true dragon blood.

At this point, snakes are undoubtedly naturally intimidated.

This is definitely an extraordinary magical weapon.

As if confirming her guess, in an instant, there were strange noises all around, and the snakes dispersed and fled, and no poisonous snake showed up.

"Eh? Which master is visiting our sect?"

A feminine voice sounded and came down.

(End of this chapter)