"Oh, he is really a Daoist priest Lao Mountain..."
Kuai Dayou nodded slightly, which relieved his curiosity.
As for Lu San, I am not interested at all and don't even pay attention to it.
Seeing that the two of them stopped talking, Bai Lao Jiu's fingers holding the wine glass tightened slightly, and he said in a low voice with a grimace, "Don't blame me for being abrupt."
"To be honest, since I stepped into Tai'an and reported to the government office, I felt as if a poisonous snake was staring at my back, and my heart felt hairy. The body method of the secret surveillance was so weird that if I hadn't practiced the 'Listening to the Wind to Identify Weapons' Kung Fu in my early years, I would have been almost undetectable."
He took a sip of cold wine, his Adam's apple rolled, "What's even more strange is that the four accompanying policemen disappeared out of thin air in the inn this morning. There were no signs of a fight in the room, and even the swords they carried were left under the pillow."
"And the three Hidden Stake who were supposed to respond have not responded yet, as if they have disappeared from the world!"
He raised his eyes and looked at Lu San and Kuai Dayou, with a chill deep in his pupils. "This is already an extraordinary trick. To be able to kidnap a person from the public family under the nose of the Tai'an government office, he must be a Daoist veteran who is good at Mysterious Gate Evasion Technique."
"Either... it's just something sneaky!" The oil lamp in the wine shop suddenly burst out with "cracking" sparks, making half of his face dark and unclear.
After saying that, he quickly stood up and bent down to hold his hands in his hands, "I can't stand alone, so I can only ask for help from all the heroes!"
"No, no, no!"
Kuai Dayou pinched Yahuazi and waved his hands quickly, "You, the hero on the left and the hero on the right, want to roast us on the fire rack?"
"You said, don't help, it seems that we are not loyal, but our relationship has not reached that point, it is just coaxing two fools!"
"Help, in what name?"
"Twelve Yuan Chen, do you have a starting price?"
Kuai Dayou fired a barrage of questions, leaving Bai Lao Jiu speechless.
He originally wanted to see the two of them young and say something nice to cheer them up, but he found that one was too lazy to pay attention to them and the other was rude and unforgiving.
"This... offends."
Thinking of this, he sighed and left.
"Why are you so anxious?"
Kuai Dayou grabbed him and said in a low voice, "I didn't say I wouldn't help, but I didn't say anything about how to help."
Bai Lao Jiu is also an old pickle that has been pickled by all the hardships in the world. How could he not see that Kuai Dayou was setting a stake for himself?
But he had something to ask for, so he had to pretend to be confused and said, "I'd like to hear the details."
"Easy."
Kuai Dayou chuckled, "I have been in the public service for many years. Although I have earned the reputation of being a great catcher, I am still not an official who can be driven around?"
"This job belongs to Kong family. Why are you working so hard? I'll teach you a trick. Make an IOU in the name of Kong family and ask us to hire Twelve Yuan Chen. They will pay afterward."
"Poof!"
Bai Lao Jiu almost spit out a mouthful of wine and said with a wry smile, "Master Kuai was joking. How can I have the face? What should I do if Kong family doesn't recognize me afterwards?"
Kuai Dayou smiled and said, "You don't have to worry about it."
"You go ahead and fight, I promise not to implicate you. After that, it's our business and Kong family's. Whether we can get the money or not is also our business..."
Lu San looked at Kuai Dayou quietly and did not stop him.
He knew that Kuai Dayou was not a fool and there must be a reason.
"This..."
Bai Lao Jiu was a little embarrassed, but thinking that his life was at stake and whether he would offend Kong family was a matter of the future, he gritted his teeth and wrote the note.
"Okay~"
Kuai Dayou picked up the note and flicked it, "That's alright. Baishen arrests you. You can do whatever you want. We will protect you in secret and catch those people along the way."
Seeing Bai Lao Jiu hesitate, Kuai Dayou laughed dumbly and patted his shoulder, "Don't worry, even if I can't believe the nonsense I say, I don't dare to mess with Twelve Yuan Chen's name."
Bai Lao Jiu looked at Lu San again, and seeing that he had no objection, he gritted his teeth and stood up and said, "Okay, I will leave my life to these two heroes."
He didn't know what Ghost Lord meant by playing Kuai Dayou.
But he knew that this was his only chance to escape!
Watching Bai Lao Jiu striding away from the inn, Lu San looked aside.
Kuai Dayou didn't waste any time and said directly, "Mount Tai is abnormal. The murderer Xuan Wei happened to come here again. It is very likely that they are related. And according to what he said, there are people from the government involved."
"With this name, we can be free. As for Kong family, whether they want to give it or not, the IOU is here, and sooner or later there will be a chance!"
"Okay."
Lu San nodded in agreement without hesitation.
Originally, this kind of thing is usually decided by Li Yan, Sha LiFei and Wang Dao Xuan, but Lu San doesn't make a plan, but it doesn't mean that he can't distinguish the pros and cons.
Borrowing Bai Lao Jiu's hand is indeed their current way to break the situation.
Wow~
Lu San After writing the note quickly, Falcon Xiaobai fluttered his wings out of the window.
Then, they dropped the scattered coins, climbed through the window, stepped on the edge of the window, did a backflip, jumped onto the roof, and ran quickly.
It was already late at night, and the two of them did not attract any attention.
Lu San also kept whistling gently to attract the rats in the surrounding area.
Soon, they saw Bai Lao Jiu walking cautiously on the street.
At the same time, Sha LiFei also received the news and came from the other side, just in time to form an encirclement with Lu San and the others.
The net has been formed, but no one knows what will be caught...
The night is like ink dye, Mount Tai The night wind howls on the stone path.
The mist was blown by the wind, making it look particularly eerie under the moonlight.
Li Yan holds a turtle-armored compass and blends into the shadow of the mountain road.
He did not take the main path, but stayed close to the mountain wall and sneaked up the slope with dense vegetation and gravel.
Mount Tai He had climbed there in his previous life. Although the buildings were different now, the general terrain remained the same. He knew how to avoid those patrolling disciples.
After bypassing the Red Gate Palace, there should have been a relatively gentle winding road ahead, leading to the Ten Thousand Immortals Tower and the Dipper Mother Palace area. However, as soon as he stepped onto an ordinary stone staircase, the surrounding fog instantly became thicker.
It was getting darker and darker everywhere, and I was clearly walking on the stone path, but my mind was confused, my feet were empty, and I almost slipped off the cliff.
"Ghost Wall?"
Li Yan felt a chill in his heart and looked at the compass again.
Sure enough, he stood there, but the pointer kept shaking.
"The gates of life and death, three on the left and four on the right..."
Li Yan recalled the formation knowledge explained by Wang Dao Xuan in his mind, and kept adjusting his steps as the compass turned.
The body moves left and right, sometimes going backwards, sometimes turning back, completely contrary to the direction of the normal path.
However, just like that, he easily broke through the formation.
But I saw an old pine tree with a crooked neck appearing in front of me, and next to the stone valley with vague writing on it, there was another stone path leading to the bottom of the mountain.
This is not a road up the mountain. It is probably a place of practice for a certain sect.
Li Yan ignored it and continued to move forward.
When approaching the rear of the Dipper Mother Palace, footsteps suddenly came from the distance.
Li Yan His ears twitched slightly, he jumped up without hesitation, sneaking into the dense forest next to him like a civet cat, moving quickly through the steep and rugged mountain rocks.
The path he chose was extremely dangerous.
At this time, Mount Tai, the non-main winding area is extremely primitive and dangerous.
What he is climbing is called "Eagle's Sorrow Ravine". The nearly vertical stone wall has been cut by the running water over the years and has deep ravines, covered with slippery moss.
And Li Yan's Pellet Strength is also playing its best at this moment.
His fingers were like hooks, and his muscles and bones exploded with astonishing strength, embedded in the cracks in the rock, and climbed up with the skill of a gecko swimming on a wall.
There was bottomless darkness beneath my feet.
The strong wind poured into the deep stream, making a ghostly cry.
Although the magic here is suppressed, his kung fu is still astonishing. He moves like a swimming fish, jumps like an antelope, sticks his body tightly to the cliff, and flies upwards.
Chaoyang Cave, Xianrenqiao, Shibapan...
With the help of the compass and Kung Fu, Li Yan finally reached the top of the mountain Jade Emperor Temple.
As soon as I stepped onto the top platform, the heavy pressure that was everywhere, suppressing the magic and Divine Ability, suddenly faded away like a tide.
The biting night wind on the top of the mountain also blew away the thick fog and dust.
The clear moonlight shines on the top of the mountain without any obstruction. The huge black outline of Jade Emperor Temple is clearly visible in the moonlight. The cornices and brackets pierce the night sky, and the lights inside are bright.
Farther away is the vast sea of clouds.
The moonlight pours on it, turning into a sparkling silver ocean, quietly suspended above the mountains, so magnificent that it is breathtaking.
This is a breathtaking view overlooking the heaven and earth.
However, Li Yan didn't have the slightest intention to appreciate it at the moment.
In front of Jade Emperor Temple, the defense is tighter.
On the platform illuminated by the moonlight outside, several figures stood like javelins.
These people are old and young, but they all exude the aura of Yuan Ting and Yue Zhi.
Those people wore different styles of Daoist robes or robes, some were blue, some were dark yellow, some were plain white. They were obviously the core masters of each Mount Tai sect.
At this moment, everyone is guarding Jade Emperor Temple vigilantly.
Just when Li Yan was thinking, a sudden change occurred!
The book in my arms became hot without any warning.
"What's going on?" Li Yan felt a warning sign in his heart.
Before he could figure it out, the entire Jade Emperor Peak situation changed instantly!
The night, which had been clear and clear just now, seemed to be suddenly grasped by an invisible giant hand. A thick, thick gray-white mist, as thick as pulp, silently gushes out from nowhere and instantly filled the entire mountain top platform.
The Jade Emperor Temple cornices and brackets, as well as the figures of the guards in front of the door, which were still clearly visible just a moment ago, were all swallowed up by this strange thick fog.
The mist is not an ordinary mist, but a mixture of earthy smell and stale incense.
What's even more weird is that, deep in this surging thick fog, at one point, two points, three points... countless green lights light up silently.
They are not free and scattered will-o'-the-wisps, but strange phosphorous eyes suspended in thick ink, faintly hovering in the mist, flickering on and off.
These green lights are cold and dead, exuding a creepy and malicious meaning. Wherever the green light touches, even the howling mountain wind seems to be frozen and swallowed.
"Enemy attack!"
"Where is the evil?! So bold!"
"There's something strange about the mist! Hold on!"
The experts in front of Jade Emperor Temple reacted as fast as lightning.
Almost at the moment when the will-o'-the-wisp first appeared, a few shouts broke the dead silence.
In addition to being horrified, their voices were filled with disbelief.
This is the top of Mount Tai, a place guarded by Zen and Shinto in the past dynasties. It's easy to say there are weird things at the foot of the mountain, but why are they also found on the mountain?
One of the white-haired old men, wearing Dark Taoist Robe with thunder patterns, was the first to take action. He stepped on the steps of Yu. He didn't know when there was a dharma seal covered with thunder patterns in his hand. He chanted. "Supreme Jade Purity King, rule the thirty-six, nine Qi Yingming platform, the emperor's decree, suppress!"
The dharma seal flew out of his hand, and with a roar of thunder, it hit the nearest green will-o'-the-wisp!
However, the astonishingly powerful thunderbolt disappeared into the thick green light of the fog, like a mud cow entering the sea. It only made a muffled sound and shook the will-o'-the-wisps slightly.
It dimmed for a moment, and then the green light lit up again.
Old Taoist's face suddenly changed, and he took half a step back with a groan.
"It's not an ordinary ghost! Say 'Seven Stars Suppressing Mountain Formation'!" Another middle-aged Daoist with a majestic face shouted sternly.
He and his companions quickly stood up, and the seven of them instantly formed the shape of a Big Dipper, pinching Mystical Gestures with their hands, and chanting mantras in unison.
For a time, Jade Emperor Peak fell into chaos.
However, Li Yan noticed something was wrong.
"This is... an evil deed!"
Li Yan looked solemn and made some guesses for a moment.
Needless to say, the earth immortals almost all reached the end, but they could not take the crucial step, so they could only use various secret methods to stay alive and escape the disaster.
How could these disciples be opponents?
Phew~
Sure enough, with the strong wind and thick fog howling, the disciples outside the door couldn't even form their formations.
"Unprotected formation!"
The leader, the white-haired Old Taoist, was twitching his beard and hair, waving Law Sword, trying to tear away the mist.
However, those erratic green will-o'-the-wisps seemed to be alive, and the hatred as thick as dirty blood Killing Intent instantly dispersed all the disciples.
Some people fell directly to the ground, their pupils losing focus.
"What kind of evil thing is this?!"
"Quickly retreat!"
The disciples guarding the perimeter were horrified.
Although they are not top masters, they are still elites from various sects. They are difficult to be harmed by ordinary evil spells, but at this moment, facing this weird will-o'-the-wisp, they are completely helpless.
The dense fog rolled in, and the green light suddenly surged, turning into dozens of ghostly silhouettes with teeth and claws, screaming and rushing towards the panicked monks!
The roar contained a terrifying mental impact, and the disciples with weaker cultivation levels suddenly had splitting headaches and lost their minds!
At this critical moment--
Boom!
The whole Jade Emperor Temple shook violently!
The simple and heavy Daoist temple door suddenly opened, and seven powerful auras bursting through the thick fog instantly like seven startling rainbows.
"Obstacle! How dare you!!"
The first one, Old Taoist, in purple robes, has white eyebrows and a sinister face.
It is Jade Emperor Temple from the prison Shouming Zi!
He roared in anger like thunder, his voice shook the surrounding areas, he waved the fly whisk in his hand, and a concise and solid wind blew out. Wherever it passed, the green phosphorus ghost fires whined like melting snow in the spring, and they rolled back and exploded.
The purple-robed Old Taoist Shouming Zi's eyes were like lightning, locked firmly on the figure in green robes that was vaguely visible in the depths of the mist, with unbelievable shock and overwhelming anger intertwined on his face:
"Shi Xuanming! It's you!"
His voice trembled, and his tone was full of anger, "You have been protected by me, Mount Tai, and have not treated me badly for a hundred years. What do you want to do!"
The thick fog was forced to disperse, and the figure in green shirt finally appeared.
This person is Shi Xuanming who practices in Mount Tai, nicknamed Hermit Daiyin.
Holding Withered Pine Dragon Staff in his hand, his beard and hair stained with stone edges like frost, he faced the seven elders and asked them questions without paying any attention. Instead, he let out an indifferent chuckle:
"Shouming Zi, after hundreds of years, you mediocre people who sit in a well and look at the sky are still just clinging to the decayed incense and talking about the old Heavenly Laws!"
Shi Xuanming looked calm, but his voice was cold and ruthless.
"For the sake of past kindness, I won't kill you today, but retreat quickly."