When the silver moon rose from the eastern horizon, Lu Chun and his group had already reached the mouth of the southeast valley. However, there was an invisible force preventing them from continuing forward. It was as if an invisible barrier had been placed in front of them.
Lu Chun raised his hand to signal for the team to stop, and carefully observed the valley in front of them. If he was not wrong, the Gate of Life was right in front of them. However, after carefully examining for a while, he did not find anything strange.
At this moment, a mass of green smoke filled with vitality and a dreamlike illusion slowly rose from the stone monument at the entrance of the valley, slowly drifting towards everyone.
The green smoke floated three feet in front of Lu Chun before stopping. It slowly rotated in the air and in a short moment, the entire smoke was split in half. With a speed that could be seen with the naked eye, it fell into the mud on both sides of the valley and disappeared without a trace.
The people outside the valley looked at this strange scene and could not help but feel confused. They all turned to look at Lu Chun, who was the closest to them.
"Retreat." Unlike the others, Lu Chun, who had experienced countless bloody battles and countless bizarre events, was staring fixedly at the ground where the smoke had disappeared. Just as everyone was looking at each other, Lu Chun's pupils constricted. He clearly saw the soil where the smoke disappeared was peeling out bit by bit, as if something was about to come out from the ground. He hurriedly shouted.
Although no one knew what had happened, Lu Chun's popularity still caused the team at the valley entrance to retreat a few dozen feet.
"My God." Just as everyone stopped to take a step back, a few cries of alarm could be heard from the group. From the place where they had just stood, two thick vines had grown out from the ground. They were like two giant pythons dancing in the air.
The ivy grew at a speed visible to the naked eye. When it reached a height of ten meters, the two vines slowly intersected in the air. A huge arch made of green vines appeared before everyone's eyes.
Green leaves continued to grow out of the green vines, followed by flower buds that also appeared from within the green leaves. The entire process of the vine's growth, from its sprout to its growth, leaves sprouting, was displayed in front of everyone's eyes. It seemed slow but was actually extremely fast.
The whole process seemed to contain a trace of the laws of the world. It made the group of people dazzled and unable to stop.
Just as everyone was staring at the green vines that were still sprouting out of the leaves and were growing more and more flower buds, they suddenly felt the world light up. Raising their heads, they saw a golden bright moon, shining brightly on the silver moon in the eastern sky, and the night that should have been shrouding the world instantly became illuminated by the gold and silver moonlight, as if it was the dawn.
At the same time that Goldmoon appeared, the countless flower buds on the ivy bloomed at the same time. All sorts of colorful and magnificent flowers, covered with vines and interweaving arches, turned into a door of flowers in the blink of an eye. A sound that no one had ever heard before appeared in everyone's ears, like the caress of a cool breeze, or the whisper of a lover. That kind of feeling was extremely comfortable, as if everyone had realized something, but also as if they had not realized it.
A gentle breeze blew from the southeast valley, and the flowers that had just bloomed, as if they were about to wilt, danced in the wind with countless petals, and slowly landed between the crowd and the gate. When the last petal landed on the ground, the ivy that formed the gate trembled, and after a while, countless flower buds appeared from between the leaves, and in the blink of an eye, the flower bud bloomed once again, turning into a magnificent flower, blooming at the same time on the ivy.
When the crowd saw such an unbelievable scene, they were all dumbfounded. The scene of petals raining down like rain and thousands of purple glows blooming at the same time was too shocking.
Just like this, the flowers bloomed and fell 12 times. Each blooming was different and each wilting had its own special characteristics. He seemed to be saying goodbye to the person who was leaving, but he also seemed to be explaining some logic behind it. It was just that it was too obscure and hard to understand, making everyone feel like they didn't know what was going on. Seeing that the petals on the flower gate were no longer drifting down, everyone seemed to have lost something. However, as to what exactly they had lost, everyone was at a loss.
Just when everyone was staring at the flower path in front of them, or at the flowery ivy gate, their heads lowered in silence, deep in thought. He felt the air tremble. The golden and silver moonlight seemed to have been affected by something, flickering like a candle flame in the wind.
The clouds in the western sky turned blood-red in the blink of an eye. Then, the sun shined brightly and the light from the silver moon and the golden moon shone brightly. If it were not for the slight chill of the spring night, people would have thought that it was already noon.
At the same time, a blood-red moon appeared in the western horizon. A figure appeared from behind the crimson clouds. The three moons hung high in the sky, emanating a boundless light.
On the same day in March, it was a grand occasion that only happened once every three hundred and sixty years.
"QIao'er, what's wrong with you?" Yu Chu Qing had just awoken from her vision of blooming flowers and falling flowers in the same day of March. He saw his son, Lu Que, staring unblinkingly at Jin Yue, who was hanging high in the sky. There was an indescribable strange expression on his face, as if he was reminiscing, nostalgic, disappointed, yet also surprised and happy.
"Mother, the door is about to open." Lu Que looked at his worried mother and smiled. He pointed to the blood-red moon in the western sky and said, "In the same month of March, the silver moon has come out of the ivy as the door. The golden moon has come out from the flower path.
Just as Lu Que's voice fell, a red light separated into two red beams in the westernmost blood moon, crossing half the sky and landing on the ivy gate. The gate shuddered, and thousands of flowers in the gate let out a colorful mist, and in a short while, the entire gate was filled with the mist.
Everyone looked at the door with some hesitation. No one knew what was behind the door, no one knew what would happen when they passed through it, and no one knew where the door led to.
"Hurry up, or it'll be too late." Lu Chun, who had been staring closely at the Hundred Flowers Fog Sect, suddenly noticed that the myriad of flowers that were spitting out mist seemed to become a little weaker as he quickly said this. Although he had his own concerns, he still walked into the colorful fog ahead of them and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
"Originally, we had no chance of survival in this perilous situation. Now that there's a chance for us to survive, what do we have to fear?" After Mu Xing finished speaking, he also followed into the flower mist.
Su Le Yi and Gu Jianyun looked at each other and smiled, then lifted their feet and walked in as well.
Seeing the four of them walk into the fog, the men who had been through a lot of battles laughed out loud, "We followed the Grand Princess (Marquis of Martialism) in a bloodbath. How can we be afraid of death?" Then he laughed and walked into the Ivy district, one by one.
After Yu Chu Qing and Yu Tian Xiang's nephew walked through the wooden door, Lu Que was the only one left in the group. Lu Que looked at the ivy door, then turned around and looked in the direction of Hu Xin Island.
He saw a ball of white light rapidly moving toward him from the direction of the Greenwood Tree on the island.
"Little White." Lu Que shouted excitedly.
"Younger brother, the ivy mist won't last for long. It's time for you to leave." Unknowingly, the Nine-Colored Deer had already appeared beside Lu Que. The warm and gentle voice that he had always heard resounded in his ears.
"Brother Lu, didn't you say that you wouldn't send me off?" Lu Que looked at the Nine-colored Deer that had suddenly appeared in shock and happiness could be seen on his face.
"I can't not come. If I don't come now, I'm afraid you won't be able to leave." The Nine-colored Deer took two steps forward and said, "Little Brother, you don't belong here, and Little White's future doesn't belong here either. The two of you will eventually meet again. It's time for you to leave."
Lu Que looked at the approaching white light and smiled. His smile was laced with bitterness. His hands slowly took out four jade carvings from his leather bag.
The four jade carvings were actually exactly the same as Xiao Bai, the Nine-colored Deer, and the size of Zi. Their feathers and nails were all perfectly sculpted, looking very lifelike.
"This is a piece of white and a piece of purple jade that I came across by chance. It was carved and made into a piece of purple jade, the work that I was most proud of over the years. I had wanted to leave some thoughts for myself, but it seems that staying would be better.
Seeing the Nine-colored Deer nod, Lu Que looked at the approaching white light and took out the pottery flute. As he played, he walked towards the rattan door. He had played that tune for Little White and Big Violet and he believed that they would understand him because it was called "Meeting with Love". He was looking forward to meeting them again.
Seeing Lu Que's figure disappearing into the colorful fog, Whitey, who was running wildly in the wind, stopped in its tracks.
"Meow, meow, meow, meow, meow ~" Lil 'White raised its head and wailed at the moon. Its cry resounded through the entire valley like a great bell and great Lu. Its voice was filled with unwillingness and sorrow.
"He left it for you." Just as Little White was wailing at the moon, the Nine-Colored Deer came to its side and placed the white jade carving of the Imperial Spirit Beast in front of Little White. When Lil 'White, the Imperial Spirit Beast, saw the jade carving, it was even more heartbroken. It threw itself onto the jade carving and two streams of clear tears continuously dripped from its eyes onto it.
Seeing Little White's appearance, the Nine-colored Deer's usually kind and pure eyes also had a hint of parting emotions. He raised his head and looked at the night sky filled with lights, murmuring, "The same day in March ~"
"The same day as in March, the world is limitless." On the highest peak of the Eight Peak Ten Valleys stood a man and a woman. Two figures as lonely as the snow stood facing the southeast canyon, quietly gazing at the door.
"Sister Four, they have already left." A handsome man clad in a green and white daoist robe spoke to the lady dressed in the robes of the Flowing Immortal Palace.
"Yeah, I left." The woman sighed in frustration. She clenched her right hand into the air and saw that the stone statue of the Queen had risen from the ground, flying towards the two of them from the village they were originally staying in. The statue rapidly shrank in size until it was only the size of a palm in the woman's hand.
"It doesn't look like it at all." The woman's face was filled with disdain, but she still turned the sculpture over and over, carefully examining it as if it were a beautiful work of art.
Seeing the girl's appearance, the man rubbed his nose with a bitter smile, but didn't dare to say anything. He wouldn't say that since it didn't look like it, he might as well throw it away. He knew that if he said those words, Sister Four, who always had a bad temper, would beat him up. He couldn't beat this weak-looking girl in front of him.
"Hahahaha." It's the same day in March. The heavens are unfathomable. Good methods, good methods. " Just as the two people on the peak fell into silence, a rough male voice suddenly sounded out. This voice contained an endless infernal energy, and the entire eight peaks and ten valleys seemed to tremble with the change in tone.
"Venerable One, what are you trying to do? Don't forget your promise. " The appearance of the rough male voice caused the two people on the peak to be taken aback. The woman's clothes fluttered as she pointed with her finger and a picture scroll appeared in the sky. Countless holy spirits surrounded the picture scroll and flew around it.
"Little girl, are you taking out a broken painting to scare this sovereign?" The boorish man's voice was filled with disdain, "I have been a hero for countless years, and I have seen many heroes. However, your brother is one of the few that I can see in my eyes." And you are not one of them. If I didn't make an agreement with that person, do you think you and those beasts would be able to stop me? "
"I killed you." The woman's long hair danced in the wind, and her aura soared continuously.
"Kill me? "Haha … Hahahaha." Laughter filled the entire valley. The sound of the laughter caused the plants to topple and the rocks to fall.
"This sovereign has lived enough for a long time. Little girl, with your ability, can you kill this sovereign? Would he be able to kill it? Haha ~ Haha ~ If it wasn't for that person who put in so much effort to leave behind this happy land, do you think you would still be able to live on in this world? It's a pity that he did everything but miscalculated. The word 'love' hurts the most, and even if I can't escape, he can't. It's a pity, a pity. " Just when the boorish man seemed to be lamenting something, his voice suddenly became higher, and a hint of envy appeared in his voice. "Hateful, hateful, his luck is even better than mine, he can actually die if he wants to. Kill me, little girl, kill me."
Hearing the rough man's words, the woman's face couldn't help but become more and more unsightly. Just when she couldn't bear it any longer and wanted to make a move, she was stopped by the man beside her.
"Sister Four, he's crazy, why bother with him. Regardless of how he was back then, he was still trapped here. It doesn't matter how Second Brother is all those years ago, but I think that from beginning to end, he has never blamed you. "
"Brat, this sovereign has gone a bit crazy, but are you sure this sovereign can't leave? "This sovereign made an agreement and did not want to go out." The rough male voice sounded even more disdainful, and then he seemed to have thought of something. "Sigh. Three Six Saints. Three Saints. The Six Saints. That's all. Truly, it's true."
"Humph!" The woman coldly snorted, but her expression became much calmer. With a flick of her hands, the painting in the sky returned to her sleeve like a swallow returning to its nest.
"However, I still need to thank all of you. I have waited for too long and have become a bit impatient, but now, I'm very good. I want to have a good night's sleep. When I wake up, I'll decide life and death." As he said that, a yawn sounded out, and the rough male voice continued to speak, "I wonder when we woke up? "Haha, forget it. This is good as well. This is also good."
When the man's voice completely died down, the man at the peak said, "Sister Four, let's go back."
"Wait a little longer." The girl then looked up to the sky and mumbled, "Will he come back?"
"Sister Four!" The man looked worriedly at the woman.
"Moonlight shines on the beautiful view of the bright sun. The Phoenix Bird Resting Luan Platform. The Great Dream has not awoken yet. " The woman paused for a moment as she spoke, then her eyes revealed a hint of hesitation. She then became determined, "The world knows that I'm powerful and tyrannical. Since I'm unable to wake up from my dream, I'll do it again. I don't think anyone can blame me."
The moment her voice sounded, the lady's hands moved consecutively, forming a spell sign with her fingers and pointing to the air. "Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!" All he saw was that on the 28th night, the sky suddenly bloomed with endless starlight. One after another, the dark and gloomy stars started to emit endless amounts of star power, competing against the brilliance of March.
At the same time, countless people who were watching the same phenomenon that happened only once in every three hundred and sixty years, were shocked when they saw the radiance of San Heng's twenty-eight stars.
"In the Great Gan Palace, Emperor Yu Yuan Xu and Empress Lu Xin looked at the stars in the sky that were fighting for glory for the last three months, and their expressions also changed drastically." "Wang Zan, summon the Venerate Heavens Sect and have them meet with their respective officers tomorrow morning at the imperial court."
"This old servant obeys the decree."
"And ~" Yu Yuan Chen thought for a while before opening his mouth again, "Eagle message ~" Just as he opened his mouth, he seemed to have thought of something else, "Let's wait till tomorrow for me to personally write a letter."
"Your Majesty, do you want to invite Yu Xiayi into the capital?" Having known each other for over twenty years, how could Lu Xin not see through the Emperor's intentions?
"That's right, besides Prime Minister Zhuge, the only person who can dispel our confusion is this Sect Leader Yu." While speaking, Emperor Yu, Yu Yuan, gazed at the mysterious phenomenon in the sky, seeming to have thought of something.
At the Mansion of the Subordinate Kingdom, the Prime Minister of the Great Gan City, Zhuge Xing, who was playing chess with his grandson in the parlour, trembled slightly when he saw the wondrous scene in the sky.
"Grandfather, what's wrong?" Zhuge Yan, the eldest grandson of the Zhuge family, looked curiously at his grandfather, whose mind was in complete chaos.
"The same thing happened in March. It was supposed to be a good thing for me to be in the prime of my life. Now that the stars are gathering and people are appearing, I don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing for me."
"Grandfather, using the human heart to test the way of the heavens, the wise will not do it. As long as the Dagong outside the military force, the inner light reward. "Why would I care about such a mere Celestial Phenomenon? The heart of man is the heart of heaven. Although the heroes have appeared frequently, they can still be of great use to me." Zhuge Yan glanced at the strange scene in the sky and nonchalantly picked up a chess piece before placing it on the board.
"Yan'er is right. Since the hearts of the people are with you, then Tianxin can be used. There's no need to worry about not returning to the sect." Zhuge Xingwen looked at his grandson who was about 80% similar to him when he was young and nodded, "Yan'er, you're already 14 years old this year. Have you decided which academy you'll go to after the exam?"
"Of course it's the Phoenix's Cry Palace."
"Why is that? Your father was a student of the Cloud Perching School? "
"There's no other reason, it's just that the Phoenix's Cry is close to home." Zhuge Yan twirled the folding fan in his hand a few times, glancing at the stars and moon in the sky without a care in the world, before shifting his gaze to the chessboard.