Elder Wu scowled. This feeling of knowing something was going to happen, but not knowing exactly what it was, really sucked.
Elder Wu did not dwell on it for long and left the Qilian Mountains in the evening with the thought of confronting soldiers with generals and stem water with earth(taking appropriate measures as the situation called for). He just didn’t expect that confronting soldiers and stem water would come too quickly.
Airport.
When Elder Wu was about to board the plane with his boarding pass, his QQ message notification on his phone suddenly rang frantically.
The dripping sound was incessant and distracting.
Elder Wu initially thought that it was someone from the Swimming Dragon Team urging him to go back, so he took out his mobile phone again. He wanted to tell them that he was already at the airport, so they should stop urging him. But when he saw what the constantly flashing notifications on QQ were, his expression instantly turned solemn.
Perfected Hua Xie: There is a change at Qingmang Mountain.
Grand Master Ci Hai: Qingmang Mountain?
Yan Chongming: Has the seal loosened?
Perfected Hua Xie: A few days ago, I suddenly felt restless and started a divination. My divination conveyed a disastrous omen. The direction points to the northwest, near Qingmang mountain.
Yan Chongming: Doesn’t Shen Qingzhu live near Qingmang Mountain?
Shen Qingzhu: I am now in Qingmang Mountain, but did not find any strange movement. Wait…
The group instantly quieted down for a minute.
Shen Qingzhu: Something seems to be moving inside the seal.
Perfected Hua Xie: What is it?
Yan Chongming: Is the drought demon going to wake up?
Grand Master Ci Hai: Amitabha.
Shen Qingzhu: It’s not the drought demon, but if this thing keeps moving too much, the seal will be loosened. Wait until I get to Qingmang Mountain.
Perfected Hua Xie: Who can contact Wu Li? If something happens to the seal, we must find him.
The group went instantly quiet. Apparently, no one had Wu Li’s contact information.
I am Big Account: I read everything. I’m flying over now.
After Elder Wu replied with this sentence, he threw his boarding pass back to the capital into the trash can next to him and bought a new ticket to Qingmang Mountain.
Capital.
Master Mao heard that Chen Yu had returned from Qilian Mountain with the fourth spiritual artifact, so he rushed from the Metaphysics Headquarters and asked impatiently while entering the door, “Where is the fourth spiritual artifact?”
While asking Tian Fei to go upstairs to take down the fourth spiritual artifact, Lou Ming poured a glass of water for Master Mao and asked, “Master Mao, why did you rush here so late?”
“I was too excited.” Master Mao was indeed excited, and his entire body was still in a state of excitement until now.
“Did something good happen?” Lou Ming asked.
“It’s more than a good thing, a great good thing.” Master Mao said excitedly, “The location where the fifth spiritual artifact was placed has been deciphered, and I know how to find the sixth one.”
“Really?” Chen Yu jumped up from the sofa in excitement. “The sixth spiritual artifact has also been found?”
“It’s knowing how to find it.” Master Mao corrected her with a smile.
“The whereabouts of all six spiritual artifacts are all here. Third Brother, your evil spirit will soon be solved.” Chen Yu didn’t care about that. She knew that all six spiritual artifacts could be found anyway.
“Hmm.” Lou Ming also didn’t expect things to proceed so smoothly and was pleasantly surprised.
At this time, Tian Fei brought down the fourth spiritual artifact Chen Yu had brought back from upstairs and carefully placed it on the table in the living room. Master Mao studied it for a while before confirming, “It’s indeed the fourth spiritual artifact, and the aura on it is very similar to the aura of the previous three artifacts.”
After Master Mao finished speaking, he looked at Chen Yu and asked, “Has Perfected Lou seen it?”
“He has, and my grandfather said it’s fine.” Chen Yu nodded.
“That makes me more relieved.” Master Mao asked again, “Has he returned yet?”
“No.” Chen Yu shook her head and said, “Grandpa said he had to stay over there for a few more days, so he might have to come back a few days later.”
“Then when he returns to the capital, can you ask him to come here? I need to discuss with him the specific method to purify Lou Ming’s evil spirit after collecting the six spiritual artifacts,” Master Mao said.
“No problem. When Grandpa comes back, I’ll let him come over,” Chen Yu promised.
Seeing that Master Mao was already worrying about purifying his evil spirit after collecting the spiritual artifacts, Lou Ming couldn’t help but ask, “Master Mao, where are the fifth and the sixth spiritual artifacts?”
Only then did Master Mao remember that he hadn’t told Lou Ming and Chen Yu about the whereabouts of the last two spiritual artifacts. He took a sip from the teacup and said with a smile, “The whereabouts of the fifth spiritual artifact has been analyzed. It’s in Qingmang Mountain.”
“Qingmang Mountain?” Lou Ming asked again, “What about the sixth spiritual artifact?” That so-called darkest and brightest place.
“We don’t know where the sixth spiritual artifact was placed, but we discovered a way to find it.” Master Mao said, “During this recent period, I have marked on the map where the six spiritual artifacts that have been found were dug.”
Master Mao narrated, flipping out a map from his daoist robe and pouncing on the table to clarify things to the two people. “Look. The first spiritual artifact, the Bronze Sword, was found in Lingnan, and the location is here. The second one, the Bone Flute, was found here ten years ago. The third one is in Wufang Lake, which is here. The fourth one is in the Qilian Mountain Range, which is in this direction…”
“The Pentagram Convergence Array.” Lou Ming surveyed the four coordinate points that Master Mao marked, and the five words Pentagram Convergence Array suddenly popped out of his mind.
“Exactly!” Master Mao raised his head excitedly.
“If it is a Pentagram Convergence Array, then as long as five of the spiritual artifacts are found, the sixth one will naturally generate a response.” Chen Yu also understood.
The Pentagram Convergence Array was a very simple formation, and this formation had almost no use other than to allow objects to sense each other. The Celestial Masters in the Metaphysics World usually use the array to store more important items and magic artifacts. This way, whenever a sect lost a magic artifact outside, they could rely on the senses of the other magic artifacts to find the location of the lost artifact and find it back.
But now that Metaphysics was in decline, no sect in the Metaphysics World needed to use the Pentagram Convergence Array to store magic artifacts. Therefore, few people used the formation. Fortunately, the formation was relatively simple. Moreover, there were even records about it in the books of formations left in the Metaphysical World.
“So now… we just need to get this magic artifact from Qingmang Mountain next. Once the five magic artifacts are gathered, we can then use the Pentagram Convergence Array to locate the sixth artifact,” Master Mao said while using his finger to heavily point at Qingmang Mountain.
“Then what are we waiting for? I’ll go to Qingmang Mountain now.” The mere thought of Lou Ming’s evil spirit being purified immediately excited Chen Yu so much so that she wished she could fly to Qingmang Mountain to get the fifth magic artifact.
“There is no hurry.” Master Mao laughed.
“How can you not be in a hurry? Of course, the sooner, the better for this kind of thing.”
“Listen to Master Mao finish,” Lou Ming smiled and said soothingly.
“I know you are in a rush, but Qingmang Mountain is a restricted area to Metaphysics,” Master Mao explained.
“What do you mean it’s a restricted area for Metaphysics?” Chen Yu couldn’t understand. Lou Ming on the side heard the word ‘restricted area’, his brows couldn’t help frowning. He could guess 7-8% of it.
“In terms of laws and regulations, the state is relatively lax in its restraints on the Metaphysics community, but there is one rule that must be strictly observed.” Master Mao explained, “That is… for areas restricted to Metaphysics, no Metaphysics techniques shall be used. Violators will be severely punished.”
“But there definitely are zombies in the place where the spiritual artifacts are stored, so how can we not use the spells.” Chen Yu frowned.
“This is our disadvantage and also our advantage.” Master Mao said, “If there are no zombies, we can just ask archaeologists to excavate the place directly, which is not a violation of the Metaphysics ban. But precisely because there are zombies, we can also take advantage of the presence of zombies in Qingmang Mountain and apply to the top to send a Celestial Master along to solve the problem.”
“Er… then have you applied? How do you apply?” Chen Yu asked anxiously.
“I’ve already applied, but the approval takes time,” Master Mao smiled and returned.
Lou Ming was quietly listening at the side, but his expression was not as relaxed as the two others. He stared at Qingmang Mountain on the map for a long time before suddenly asking, “Why did Qingmang Mountain become a restricted area to Metaphysics?”
“…” Master Mao froze and said after a moment’s thought, “Qingmang Mountain was classified as a restricted area to Metaphysics twenty years ago. The reason seems to be unspecified.”
“No specific reason?” Lou Ming frowned unconsciously.
“This is normal. Many things in the Metaphysics World cannot be explained by common sense, so the reasons are usually not announced to the public,” Master Mao said.
Lou Ming wasn’t as optimistic as Master Mao. He pointed to the geographical location of Qingmang Mountain and said, “Look, Master Mao, Qingmang Mountain is in the area of Qin Dong. Due to natural geographical reasons, this place is always sandy. From ancient times to the present, it has been a barren land. Even in today’s highly technologically advanced era, there are few inhabitants of this generation in Qingmang Mountain. Why would a place off the beaten path like this be classified as a restricted area for Metaphysics?”
“…” Now that Lou Ming asked, Master Mao also felt that things might not be as simple as he thought.
“Why are you overthinking it? Anyway, spiritual artifacts and zombies are there. If the state agrees, we will go openly. If not, we will go secretly.” Chen Yu declared simply and brutally. She did not delve deeper into it as the two of them.
Lou Ming sighed and said, “Let’s wait for the results of the application first. I hope I’m overthinking it.”
“Alright. I will also inquire again to see.” Master Mao followed closely and nodded.
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Young Wu realized that his master did not spare him even as a ghost and felt the despair of life.
Young Wu: How did you become a ghost messenger?
Sect Master: Yanwang said I’m a talent.
Young Wu: Talent? Do talents start from the lowest level, being ghost messengers?
Sect Master: …
Young Wu: Did you offend someone from the Underworld before your death?
Sect Master: …
Young Wu: You deserve it!
The annoyed Sect Master beat up Young Wu again.