Chapter 867: Jade Rock Palace
An hour later, the crowd had reached the point where they were nearing the summit.
"The slope in front of you should be the Immortal Cliff!" Gu Fan, the head of the "Huashan Sect", said a few times, and his tone was quite excited.
"According to Tang Tiexin's testament, as soon as they reached the top of the cliff, they were besieged by the masters of the Demon Dao, and they were all captured. It was Tang Zilu who spoke.
Fei Yunzi shook his head and said, "Back then, there were only nine people who came to look for medicine, how could they compare with the hundreds of masters of the eight sects such as me now, Deputy Sect Master Tang was too worried!"
Hua Bushi stared at the stone slope on the top of the cliff in front of him for a while, but saw that although this slope was steep, it was very wide and straight, and there were no large rocks around it to hide, and it was not a terrain that was convenient for ambush attacks, so he immediately said: "Deputy Master Tang, you and Miss Lianhua lead the crossbow shield to go up the cliff from the middle of the slope, and pay attention to preventing the ambush on the top of the cliff. Master Yuantong, please lead the children of the monks of Guiji Temple to go up the cliff from the left side of the slope, and Baoxuan Zhenren please lead the Taoist leaders of the 'Wudang faction' to go up the cliff from the right side of the slope. ”
He paused for a moment and said: "Senior Guolou, you take Qingyunwei to follow your son, so as to respond, if you encounter a strong enemy to intercept it, you will send a fireworks signal." ”
Hua Bushi's layout made the masters of the strongest three sects divide into three directions to go up the cliff, that is, there is really an ambush on the top of the cliff, and it is enough to deal with it from three sides at the same time.
Everyone obeyed the order, and the slope of dozens of zhang long, for the masters of various factions who were good at light skills, they had climbed up in just a few breaths.
Seeing that more than 100 people in front of him had all climbed to the top of the cliff, Hua Bushi and the rest of the factions watched and waited at the bottom of the slope. After a while, I saw a fireworks shooting into the air from the top of the cliff, but it was not a signal of rescue from the enemy, but a sign of safety on the slope.
Everyone walked up the slope together, and after a while, everyone had reached the top of the cliff. And the strange scene in front of them made their eyes wide open and amazed.
Since crossing the snow line, all the way up to the Virgin Peak is steep and steep, to the top of the cliff, there is a large flat open space in front of you, hundreds of zhang wide, all covered with ice and snow, showing a silvery white color, very beautiful.
What surprised everyone was, of course, not the large empty field, but a very tall and majestic building in the empty field.
The building stands straight and towering, like a tall tower, but the shape is irregular, uneven, not man-made, but a natural stone peak. In fact, in the midst of this pinnacle of 10,000 feet, in the midst of ice and snow, it is impossible for human beings to build such a tall and magnificent building out of thin air.
I saw that on this stone peak, many room window holes were cut, and the exterior was carved out of the side eaves and purlins, just like a palace half-embedded in the mountain peak.
It is not easy to dig a tunnel in the hard rock, or dig out one or two stone chambers, but this palace in front of you is shaped like a pagoda, but there are seven floors, the first layer is more than four or five zhang high, and there are no less than hundreds of window holes that can be seen from the outside, and I don't know how many rooms in the belly of the stone mountain. The huge amount of work that excavated this stone palace can also be described as grand!
What's even more amazing is that the rocks on this peak are all white colors, in the surrounding large areas of silver-white ice and snow, like ice carved jade, and layers of white mist curl out, in the mist, this palace is simply the same as the Qionglou Yuyu towering in the clouds, the fairy palace temple is the same.
It seems that the name of "Fairy Cliff" is really appropriate!
Such a spectacle could be seen by an extraordinary person, and although most of the heroes of the various factions who had climbed to the top of the cliff had seen it well, they all stood on the spot for a while, staring into the distance in amazement.
After a long time, I heard the head of the "Emei Sect" take a long breath and said: "In Tang Tiexin's testament, it was only mentioned that the Demon Dao had built a 'Jade Rock Palace' on the top of the immortal cliff, and the scenery was special, but I didn't expect that there was such a place in this world! Is this the residence of the gods?"
Master Yuantong recited a Buddha name: "Amitabha Buddha, all colors are illusory, although this palace is magnificent, but it is the nest of the treacherous people of the Demon Dao, we must not wait for the color to be colored, we must attack it as soon as possible!"
The voice of this Buddhist monk was like a bell, and when he heard this, all the heroes came to their senses. But thinking of such a fairyland-like palace, there must be countless gold and silver treasures hidden in it, as long as you capture this palace, you can get it in your hands, and everyone's hearts are on fire.
Hua Bushi, who went up to the top of the cliff, was also amazed by the majesty of the palace, but also inspected the surrounding open space, and did not find anything unusual.
He said aloud: "Pity the flower girl, you are still leading the crossbow and shield men to open the way ahead, and we will all follow suit!"
At this moment, most of the heroes of the various factions were impatient, just thinking about attacking the Yuji Palace as soon as possible, and those who went first might find more treasures, and when they heard that Hua Bushi let the disciples of the "Shuzhong Tang Sect" walk in the forefront, they were all a little reluctant in their hearts.
However, all the way up the mountain in front of him, it was all opened by the "Tang Gate", and it was of course not appropriate to take the lead at this time, but no one raised any objections, but they all accelerated their pace, following Tang Lianhua and the crossbow shieldman.
After more than 100 steps, everyone was only fifty or sixty zhang away from the palace. More than approaching, more than can feel the majesty of the Yuji Palace, on the white rock wall, the carved eaves and painting pillars have also been clearly visible, the entrance under the rock wall, carved in the four big golden seal characters "Yuji Holy Realm", can also be recognized clearly.
But at this moment, I heard someone shouting, "Look, what is the great white patch in front of the palace?"
The top of the cliff was originally covered with white ice and snow, but those who practiced martial arts had good eyesight, and they could see that the large white and ice and snow in front of the palace were different from other places.
I saw that a large piece of ice and snow suddenly began to tumble and move, surging straight in the direction where Qunhao was.
Hua Bushi stared at it, suddenly his eyes lit up, and said, "It's not good, it's a wolf pack!"
It turned out that what looked like ice and snow was a large group of wolves! These wolves were covered with white fur except for their front snouts and red eyes, and they had been lying on the snow before, and it was extremely difficult to distinguish them from a distance.
Ordinary wolves mostly have gray-black fur, and pure white wolves are extremely rare xenospecies, but the large group in front of them is enough to have thousands of heads, which is almost unbelievable. These wolves were at least three or four feet long, and among them there were three head wolves that were more than six or seven feet long, with fangs as sharp as knives, and their appearance was extremely vicious!
The wolves were very fast in the snow, and in a few breaths they were already in front.
Tang Lianhua, who was opening the way in front of the team, saw that something was wrong, and immediately turned around and swept back to the rear team, but the twenty crossbow shieldmen did not have the same light skills as her, and they were immediately swallowed up by the wolves that surged up.
Although ※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※ from Zagu Village to the Holy Maiden Peak is only fifty miles, it is a dense forest, and it took an hour for Ximen Hitomi and Li Hu to ride to the foot of the Holy Maiden Peak.
Ximen Tong has to admit that he has benefited a lot from having Lihu with him. Although his horsemanship is not bad, his ability to discern direction and find the path in the mountains and forests is not comparable to that of Li Hu, and if he came alone, even if he did not lose his way in the middle, the time it would take to get here must have been at least doubled.
At this time, Li Hu was squatting next to a big tree, carefully examining some footprints and horseshoe marks of different shades in the grass.
"Judging from the trampling of the blades of grass, the men and horses who left these footprints passed here about half an hour ago. After a moment, Li Hu spoke.
In the eyes of Ximen Tong next to him, those footprints were nothing special, and it was impossible to see when they were left. However, he believed Li Hu's judgment and asked, "But is Master and the people of the Seven Great Sects here?"
Li Hu shook his head: "No." Although there are more than 100 of these horses, the horses they ride are all local Sichuan horses, which are different from the boss's mounts, and many of these people are walking barefoot, and there are no such people in the Seven Great Sects. ”
"Barefoot?" said Simon Hitomi.
Li Hu said: "Yes, not only is he not wearing shoes, but he also has chains on his feet, and he seems to be a prisoner who was escorted." ”
Ximen Hitomi frowned and said, "Escorting prisoners here, could it be that someone in the Demon Dao did it?"
Li Hu said: "It should be so. Why don't we follow these footprints and see what tricks they have in their way, anyway, the direction they are going is also in the foothills of the Virgin Peak. ”
Ximen Hitomi thought for a while and said, "Okay, let's follow." ”
With the tracking ability of the tiger, it was not difficult to keep up with this group of hundreds of people, and the two of them rode horses to chase, and after half an hour, they had come to the mountainside of the Holy Maiden Peak, and the surrounding woods were gradually thinning, and the team in front was not far away.
So the two abandoned their horses and followed on foot.
Riding a horse can save physical strength for long-distance running, but the light skills of both of them are not weak, flying between mountains and rocks is faster than riding a horse, and it is not easy to be noticed by the team in front.
After a few moments, the two of them no longer had to track the footprints on the ground, as the centaurs in front of them were already in their line of sight.
Ximen Hitomi and Li Hu hid behind a rock, only to see that there were more than 100 people in this team, but there were only more than 30 people on horseback, and most of them were on foot.
The horsemen were all dressed in blue and yellow short shirts, masked with green cloth, and all of them carried swords and weapons around them, which were obviously the followers of the Demon Dao. The walkers, however, were unmasked, and all of them were in rags, many barefoot, with chains around their waists and ankles, all of them in a large string, one end of which was in the hands of a rider in front of them.