The sky was just dawning.

Ximen Shang ran back panting, knelt down with a puff, and said: "Qi senior, according to the orders of the seniors, the little one has dismissed all the gangs in Heifeng Village, and ordered someone to escort those villagers back to the village, and by the way, he brought the silver money distributed to each village with him. ”

Mu Qing was quite satisfied with the efficiency of Ximen Shang, nodded slightly, and said, "Get up, don't kowtow to me if you see me in the future, it's too troublesome." ”

Ximen Shang stood up tremblingly and stood with his head bowed.

"Let's go, let's take a look!"

Mu Qing said a word and took the lead to the layman.

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On the first day of the Lunar New Year, although the sun has already shown its head, in this thick morning mist, it looks like a small red pill.

Ximen Shang wouldn't fly away, and he didn't dare to ask Mu Qing if he wanted to fly away with him, so he had to take two legs, take the lead, and go along a mountain road to the height of Heifeng Mountain.

When he came last night, Mu Qing didn't carefully observe this Black Wind Mountain, and at this moment, he followed Ximen Shang all the way up, and also found that this mountain was really not low, although it was not as steep as Zixiao Peak or Yunlan Nine Peaks, but it was also towering and not falling into the dust.

The two of them were not slow, and after walking for half an hour, they reached the height of two-thirds of the whole mountain, where there were no weeds and trees, all rocks, and no upward mountain road.

There is a small platform here, the rocks are craggy, and there is a wide hole in the mountain wall, which is dug into it seven or eight zhang deep.

Mu Qing smiled when she saw it, and said, "Are you going to dig into it like this?"

Ximen Shang understood Mu Qing's meaning, and said with a wry smile: "Senior, junior's cultivation is too low, so you can only dig into it little by little." ”

Mu Qing said: "But all ancient ruins and treasures, nine times out of ten, they are guarded by magic circles, don't you know?"

Ximen Shang was speechless.

"Go to the top of the mountain!" Mu Qing said. After saying that, they ran to the top of the mountain by stepping on the rocks.

I saw that he got up and down, and with a light step on this rock, he came to another rock.

Ximen Shang chased after him, and he wondered why Mu Qing didn't fly up with him, but he didn't dare to ask.

When he reached the top of the mountain out of breath, he saw that Mu Qing was already standing on a huge mountain rock, looking into the distance.

Mu Qing saw that the terrain here was very strange.

This Black Wind Mountain is not a lonely peak, but is crowded together with the other three surrounding mountains in a cluster, and the lower half is connected into one, and it gradually separates when it is almost to the top of the peak, forming four mountains.

And in the midst of these four mountains, there is a heavenly pool.

The diameter of this heavenly pond is about 30 li, in the shape of a full moon, and the area is about 800 li. At this moment, the surface of the Tianchi is frozen with thick ice, which seems to have turned the entire pool into a large piece of glass, and a thick mist is floating on the surface, like a fairyland.

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"Bring the picture!" Mu Qing said.

Ximen Shang hurriedly took out the beast skin scroll from his arms and held it in front of Mu Qing.

Mu Qing took the scroll, turned to the last picture, and looked at it carefully.

I only listened to Ximen Shangdao: "Senior, I have also come up to the top of this mountain, the location of the red dot is this Tianchi, there is no ice here in summer, I have dived down a few times, the bottom of the pool is a little weird, like the bottom of a pot, not an inch of grass grows, it looks black, it is smooth and smooth to the touch, and it is very hard, as if it has been polished." ”

After a pause, he said: "The juniors have no way to take the bottom of this heavenly pool, so they want to dig a hole from the mountain wall and dig directly to the bottom of this heavenly pool." ”

Hearing Ximen Shang's words, Mu Qing's excitement in his heart was even greater, and he said in his heart: The bottom of the pond is smooth and smooth this day, and it is obviously not naturally formed.

Ximen Shang cautiously leaned towards Mu Qing's side, opened his mouth, and closed it again.

"If you have something to say, don't be distracted!" Mu Qing said.

Ximen Shang nodded and said: "The juniors asked some old people in the nearby villages, and they said that this Black Wind Mountain was not called Black Wind Mountain at the earliest, but called Black Phoenix Mountain, and the three surrounding mountains were called Black Bear Mountain, Black Dog Mountain and Black Tiger Mountain. ”

"Four Spirits Hold a Cup?!"

Hearing Ximen Shang say the names of these mountains, Mu Qing suddenly spit out a sentence.

Ximen Shang was stunned, and he didn't know what this "Four Spirits Holding Cup" was.

Mu Qing's eyebrows were slightly locked, and he had already thought of the true meaning of this terrain.

In Tian Qing'er's inheritance of his magic circle, there is a separate article that writes about the method of arranging the formation with the help of terrain and the luck of heaven and earth. One of the biggest differences between these methods and ordinary magic circles is that they should take advantage of the situation naturally formed by heaven and earth, slightly transform them, and turn the luck of heaven and earth into their own use.

Among them, the terrain in front of me is mentioned: several mountains are surrounded by a heavenly pond in the middle, as if the power of the mountain peaks has lifted a huge jade cup - called "the momentum of holding the cup".

It's a pity that Tian Qing'er's research on this kind of magic circle is not in-depth, and she does not elaborate on what the function of this array is, how to urge it, and how to solve it.

Several thoughts flashed through Mu Qing's heart:

It stands to reason that even if you want to arrange the "Cup Array", it should be in the place of the spiritual eye. Could it be that this is a hidden place of spiritual eyes?

If it is said that the Cangyue Palace has set up the mountain gate here, then this area is too small, much worse than the underground giant city!

Could it be that this is not the remains of the mountain gate of Cangyue Palace, but a magic circle that they arranged separately? This is more likely.

So what is the function of this "Four Spirits Cup Array"?

There should be a defensive circle here, I have no cultivation, how can I break through this defensive circle?

The Baina crystal embedded by Tian Qing'er in the middle of my forehead and eyebrow bone is still there, and those formations are all in it, but I have no divine sense, and I can't see what is inside at all......

......

Mu Qing carefully recalled the bits and pieces of the "Cup Array" contained in Tian Qing'er's inheritance, for a long time, but still had nothing, and said in her heart: It seems that if you want to find out about this matter, you really have to learn from Ximen Shang, and use the stupidest and simplest way to dig a hole and take a look!

He turned his head to look at Ximen Shang, threw the animal skin scroll in his hand, and said, "Go down!"

......

Mu Qing and Ximen Shang returned to Heifeng Village, taught Ximen Shang the exercise called "Burning Palm" that he had once cultivated, and ordered him to wait in the village, while he set off to go down the mountain and return to Xujia Village.

Although Mu Qing's feet were fast, when he arrived in Xujia Village, it was already noon.

As soon as they entered the village, a group of children who were setting off artillery on the side of the road saw Mu Qing and immediately shouted: "Brother A-Qing is back! Brother A-Qing is back!"

The children shouted to themselves, but none of them dared to approach, and a few older children had already turned their heads and ran home, apparently to report the news.

Mu Qing thought that these children were frightened by her killing last night, and she didn't take it to heart, and walked towards Daddy Xu's house.

But soon, the doors of every household were wide open, and men, women, and children all ran out, blocking Mu Qing on the road, and Mu Qing couldn't help frowning.

Xu An, the old village chief, pushed aside the crowd, stepped forward, and said: "Brother Aqing is brave, righteous and cloudy, and has a bodhisattva heart. As he spoke, he bowed respectfully to Mu Qing.

Those villagers bowed down at the same time, chanting in unison, "Thank you, Brother Aqing—"

Only then did Mu Qing react, and said in his heart: It seems that those dismissed Black Wind Zhai people have already come.

So he hugged his fists and saluted back, saying: "I have received a great favor from Daddy Xu's family, and I can't repay it, but I just do my best." ”

The old village chief walked up to the front and said with a smile: "Ah Qing, I heard someone say that you killed the red-faced Jiao, dismissed the Black Wind Village, and sent people to send money, grain, rice and noodles to these ten miles and eight townships! This kind act is enough to repair the statue of the shrine, and be blessed and bowed!"

Mu Qing was ashamed and said, "Old village chief, it's too exaggerated, there is no need to be like this." ”

The old village chief said: "No exaggeration, no exaggeration! I don't know what customs are in your hometown, but here in our case, there are rules for cultivating the 'ancestral hall in the world'! As long as you are not taboo, as soon as the first lunar month passes, I will unite with several surrounding villages to build a statue of the ancestral hall for you, and be admired and blessed every day!"

Mu Qing didn't want to argue with him, so her voice changed and said, "Daddy Xu's family ......"

Hearing Mu Qing mention Father Xu, the old village chief's face darkened slightly, and he said, "Come with me." As he spoke, he took the lead in parting the crowd and headed towards Daddy Xu's house......

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