Following the disciples who led the way, Tang Gongzheng and Xiaoxia came to a clearing ground under the huge fireball. Here, Shi Taoist and several leaders of the Treasure Hunt Alliance were gathering together to discuss. Behind them was the outer wall of the huge fireball, and countless huge flame flows were hovering and turning on it. Only in front of them could they see clearly that even the tiniest of these flame flows were enough to swallow all of them.

This place is already at the foot of the mountain, with a slightly higher terrain, and you can almost see other places, and you can see clearly in other places. They just wanted to choose here for a party and discuss, as if it was to let the other disciples of the Treasure Hunt Alliance see how confident the leaders of these leaders were. Although there were also a few of them with bad looks, such as the monkey-like leader Shangguan Wenzhong, who was sweating profusely, turned his head from time to time to glance at the huge fire wall behind him.

The Taoist Shi, who was sitting in the center, looked at them and asked, "I wonder what the hell is there to do with Brother Tang Si and Brother Xia coming to us?"

Gong Zheng bowed to the people around him and said, "Tang just wants to ask the leaders of the Treasure Hunt Alliance for some things. First of all, now that I have arrived at the foot of the Tianhuo Mountain and saw this scene again. I wonder what you have plans?"

"The Fourth Young Master is a cheerful person, so I will just say it. We naturally stayed there and waited for the rabbit. When the Fire Master went to sacrifice and refine the spiritual fire that day, this book was also our original plan. When the Fourth Young Master asked this, he probably couldn't wait to save Brother Ling, right?" Taoist Shi said it very directly, as if he was now very clear about Tang Gongzheng's character.

"That's right. I can't wait." Gong Zheng nodded and admitted. He looked up at the huge fire wall behind them and asked, "So Tang wanted to ask. What's going on in the sky now? Can you still find a way to go in?"

Taoist Shi frowned: "Go in? Is the Fourth Young Master trying to force his way into the mountain?"

"Of course not. Tang has not overestimated his ability yet, but his younger brother and the implicated innocent girl were brought into it. He had to find a way to bring them out no matter what. Tang wanted to talk to the people from the Tianhuo Sect."

"Talk?" Shi Taoist's face looked a little strange. "There are two elders of the Tianhuo Sect that were damaged in the hands of the Fourth Young Master. Those people are like crazy people. Do the Fourth Young Master think they will have a good talk with you?"

"Yes. Because they are not crazy, they are just stubborn enough." Tang Gongzheng said lightly. "In order to sacrifice the spiritual fire, they can even take their own lives lightly, and they don't care about any human grudges. Moreover, the two elders and Tang's actions were just a misunderstanding. As long as Tang's future intentions are made clear to them, I believe there is no chance."

"How big is the chance? 30% or 40%?" Shi Taoist's face became more and more strange, but then nodded. "Yes, even if it is only 30% or 40%, it is still greater than the chance of you and them to rescue people. But... the Fourth Young Master really would rather take this big risk? Ling Brother has already penetrated it anyway. If something happened, it would have happened long ago. Why not wait until the Master of Tianhuo finished sacrificing the spiritual fire that day and then go with us."

"I'm afraid it's too late. So I hope Master Shi and you all will tell Tang about the details of the Tianhuo Sect you know to see if you can find a solution."

"Since the fourth young master insists on doing this, I have nothing to say." Taoist Shi frowned and sighed, and nodded after all. He continued to point to a middle-aged Taoist next to him and said, "But the one who knows the most about the matter of Tianhuo Mountain is this Taoist Chuyang. When he was young, he had obtained several volumes of the books left by the Five Elements Sect, including various records about the Tianhuo Sect. He also learned all kinds of Taoist techniques from this book, so he was very familiar with the magic arrays of the Tianhuo Sect, etc.."

The Taoist also stood up and bowed to Tang Gongzheng: "Fourth Young Master, I am polite."

The middle-aged Taoist Tang Gongzheng and Xiao Xia have seen each other in the past few days, and have always been around Taoist Shi. Before the Tianhuo Mountain changes, he first noticed the Taoist Shi who turned to remind him. Although his martial arts seem to be not very good, he does have an understanding of the Taoist Dharma of the Tianhuo Sect that ordinary people cannot compare with. Taoist Shi and Taoist Shi were able to stay next to this huge fireball so calmly. This naturally means that he also trusted the Taoist's judgment.

"See Taoist priest." Tang Gongzheng also bowed to the Taoist man. "I hope the Taoist priest will inform the current situation of the Tianhuo Sect. I wonder if there is still a way to get in, or at least notify the people inside?"

"It's impossible." Taoist Chuyang shook his head with certainty. "This is the mountain-sealing formation "Jiyang Purgatory Cover" inherited from the ancient Five Elements Sect. The accumulated fire spirit power of a hundred years plus the thrust of the ground below, the ground flames and underground lava are melted gold and iron, and they are circulating endlessly with infinite power. The arrangement of this formation has long been lost, and even the Heavenly Fire Sect itself can only use it and cannot be rebuilt. It is said that when the Five Elements Sect and the Demon Sect were fighting, two of the four heavenly kings led their people to try their best to break it. Once this formation was opened, the inside and outside were cut off from then on, and the formation could only be removed from the inside, or wait until the formation consumed all the accumulated fire spirit power. But since the Heavenly Fire Sect opened this formation at this moment, it means that the accumulated fire power for hundreds of years must be enough to last until twenty days to sacrifice and refine the spirit fire."

When the Taoist Chuyang spoke, Tang Gongzheng's brows frowned, and as he continued to say, the two thick eyebrows were almost clasped together. After a moment of silence, he asked: "You are waiting here to know that this formation will definitely dissipate after the spiritual fire is sacrificed?"

"Sure." Taoist Chuyang was still very sure. "Because at that time, the fire energy accumulated in the entire Tianhuo Mountain will be drawn over to sacrifice and refine spiritual fire. This formation becomes a tree without roots, and at most it will be maintained until the end of the sacrifice and refinement, and will naturally disperse."

Tang Gongzheng thought about it again and asked: "...Why is Taoist Master so sure?"

The Taoist Chu Yang smiled, but he smiled strangely, and his voice was a little desolate: "Twenty-four years ago, my family bought a property that was settled. Before I could finish it, a few weird people came to the door to tell me what lost classics were found in the door. My family was also a powerful local tyrant at that time. My father and these people asked people to start fighting when they had a disagreement with these people. As a result, these people killed the forty-five people from all over the house. After rummaging through the boxes and cabinets, they found nothing and fired my house to a white ground.

.I went to the county town to study and was spared from the trouble. After I returned home, I realized that my family was destroyed. Later, I found several indestructible Taoist scriptures in the depths of the ruins. I realized that the disaster started here. I memorized all the words in the book, and then tore them apart. I could memorize every record in the book, and I pondered and calculated every day over the years, and kept paying attention to the news about the Tianhuo Sect, just waiting for the opportunity to avenge this great revenge one day. The Fourth Master said, why can I be so sure of these?"

Gongzheng Tang couldn't help but sigh, and asked again: "The Taoist priest can be sure that the Tianhuo Sect's sacrifice to the Vermilion Bird Spiritual Fire must have failed?"

"At least there is a chance of failure." Taoist Chu Yang smiled again. This time he was so happy that he couldn't help but feel happy. "Since the Five Elements Sect split, the classics left by the Tianhuo Sect have been incomplete, especially the last step of the Fire-Environment Dao Law has never been known. The sect leaders of the Tianhuo Sect in history can only think about it from the existing mental law and Taoist techniques, but no one has ever been able to accomplish this for hundreds of years, and it is the end of death. Even though the Zhuque Spirit Fire is a rare spiritual object in heaven and earth, there has never been such a precedent, and it has been forced to act.

It was even more dangerous. The leader of the Tianhuo Sect tried to sacrifice the innate true spirit after the heavenly firepower. It was as ridiculous as boiling iron with boiling water but trying to melt the iron. But this was the only opportunity for the Tianhuo Sect now. The more you practice the Taoist method of the Tianhuo Sect, the more you purify the mind, and the more you think about taking the last step of the ultimate fire path. Finding the ultimate Tao in the fire again is also the biggest wish of the Tianhuo Sect for hundreds of years, so even if it is only 10% or 20% chance, they will definitely bet. And we are just waiting for them to fail."

Taoist Shi added next to him: "And these are not just one-sided words of Taoist Chuyang. I have asked the Lord of Xuanshui Palace as he inferred. The Lord of Xuanshui Palace also nodded in approval."

Tang Gongzheng nodded silently. Xuanshui Palace, like the Tianhuo Sect, is a sect divided by the Five Elements Sect, but it is different from the Tianhuo Sect's specialization in the study of the exquisite Fire-action Taoism. Xuanshui Palace is in the Water-action Taoism. Both schools are completely opposite in nature and Taoism. The real thing is that water and fire are incompatible. Although they come from the same source, there are always gaps. But because of this, if you want to say that besides the Tianhuo Sect's own family, who else in the world knows their Taoism and practices deeply, the Palace Master of Xuanshui Palace is definitely worthy of it.

"...Is there really nothing I can do?" Tang Gongzheng asked again.

"As far as I know, there is really nothing." Taoist Chuyang shook his head.

Taoist Shi said at this time, "Since that's the case, the Fourth Young Master might as well wait with us and wait for the spiritual fire to sacrifice and refine them together. We are many people, so it is more convenient to search and find people."

Gong Zheng thought about it and nodded slowly: "It seems that this is the only way..."

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"That Taoist might be lying. There should be some way to get in."

Since he went to ask with Tang Gongzheng, Xiaoxia has been silent, following Tang Gongzheng like an extremely honest follower. It was not until he left there that he suddenly said this.

"Oh?" Tang Gongzheng stopped walking and looked back at Xiao Xia. "What do you say?"

"...Shi Taoist Master Shi had expected that you would ask him, and he would naturally ask him the Taoist Master Chuyang, so he should have known if there was any way. If there was really no, he could answer you directly in person. Why do you need to ask Taoist Master Chuyang by yourself?"

Tang Gongzheng thought for a while and nodded, "Maybe it is to make me ask myself more credible, and it is nothing more than to show in advance that I don't know. Even if we find out later that there is a way, he can shirk the relationship... I also feel like this early. He has always wanted to win me over in his treasure hunting alliance, especially his flying swords were severely injured by me, and his power was greatly reduced. He even hoped that I could stand on his side to borrow the name of Tangjiabao to suppress the scene. Of course, I don't want me to go on the risk alone. Otherwise, hiding under the people would be a big hidden danger."

Xiao Xia was stunned: "Oh? Before, Taoist Shi wanted to pull us into the alliance, but I thought he just wanted to strengthen his momentum and shock the other leaders and other forces. But later I looked at it. Although the other leaders were barely considered leaders and first-class experts, they were still far from him Taoist Shi, so they should not be able to threaten him. As for the second leader, they were just snobs. It was even more insignificant."

"It's naturally like that on the surface. But do you think that the only ones who are thinking about the innate spiritual fire are the only second-rate guys?" Tang Gongzheng's voice suddenly lowered and he didn't even move his mouth. But the voice was still clearly heard into Xiao Xia's ears. "There are at least three skilled and me in this alliance. If they join forces and start a sudden attack, I'm afraid that Taoist Shi will not be able to deal with it even if the two swords are not damaged. However, these three people obviously have their own ways of coming, and they all want to hide until the last moment to wait for an opportunity to grab the spiritual fire, so they have been hiding in the crowd."

Xiao Xia nodded thoughtfully: "I can only vaguely notice that there are four or five groups of people who are a little strange, but they are just second-rate goods. As expected, the water in the Treasure Hunt Alliance itself is not shallow. No wonder Taoist Shi doesn't want you to go."

"But since there is a way... how should I ask the Taoist?" Tang Gongzheng frowned again. "There are many people around here, and they are all Jianjiazi, and the Taoist is following not far from Shi Taoist. It is unlikely to sneak into him quietly to ask him."

"... When it's night, you go to talk to Taoist Shi alone, and he will definitely agree. Just make sure that he doesn't stay by the Taoist Chuyang, and then I will go to Taoist Chuyang."

"That's right. I also happened to have something to ask the Taoist Shi privately." Tang Gongzheng nodded.

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After the night, the huge fireball finally showed some benefits. One of them was that there was no need to raise a bonfire. Within a few miles, the light emitted by the fireball was illuminated like daytime. The disciples of the Treasure Hunt League went out to fight the beast and ran directly to the outer wall of the fireball to barbecue. Unfortunately, even the fireball was very close to it. The temperature was difficult to cook the meat, but as soon as it touched the outer wall of the fireball, even iron tools such as swords burned red in an instant, and the meat became a ball of coke as soon as it hit it.

The members of the Treasure Hunt Alliance were stationed under the command and arrangement of the leaders of the alliance. Some of them knew about construction and carpenters, and they were instructed to cut down trees to build a simple residence. As for the wooden house left by the mountain people, the good things that were ready-made, and it became a resting place for the leaders and leaders of the alliance. Although the Taoist Chuyang was not the leader or the leader, he had a special status and was assigned to a rest room.

There was no furniture in this wooden house, and Taoist Chuyang seemed to have no intention of fiddling with anything. After entering the house, he found a slightly cleaner place to sit cross-legged and close his eyes to meditate. Except for the occasional noise from the young disciples of the Treasure Hunt League not far away from the house, the wooden house was a bit strangely quiet. It seemed that there was no slight anger.

However, the silence did not last long. The ground in the middle of the room suddenly raised silently, and then broke open, and a man emerged from the broken ground. It was Xiao Xia.

After brushing off the soil on his body, Xiao Xia looked at the Taoist Chuyang who was still sitting there, a little surprised. He naturally used the earth spell ball that was used by the stone mud to perform the earth escape technique and came over quietly. It would be natural that it would be fine to hide it from other disciples outside. However, this Taoist Chuyang should have some cultivation of Taoism, and would not be completely unaware of it. So he coughed gently.

Sure enough, Taoist Chuyang opened his eyes when he heard the sound and looked at Xiao Xia in the room. His eyes were dull and the expression on his face did not fluctuate at all.

Xiao Xia was stunned. He had seen this kind of look. During the Liuzi Camp, a man who knew him was hit by a man with half an axe and half a helmet in his head by a Xidi man. Later, after he was lifted back, the military doctors used an axe and helmet to save his life. But from then on, he only knew that he could stutter and eat and drink water, and even scatter and pee were solved by himself. The man's eyes were so dull and unconscious. But this Taoist Chuyang must have never been hit by an axe. It was extremely normal when he was on the small field outside. Could it be that he could still make people stupid when meditating this time?

For a moment, Xiao Xia in the wooden house looked at Chu Yang Taoist in an eye. After several breaths, just as Xiao Xia was about to ask or walk over and poke, Chu Yang Taoist's eyes turned, and the lively inspiration gradually appeared in his eyes again. Then the expression on his face also moved, and finally made the surprised expression he should have done. He looked at Xiao Xia and asked in a low voice: "Who is your master? Didn't I tell anyone outside that I don't see anyone outside?"

"...What happened to Taoist priest just now..." Xiao Xia looked at Taoist Chuyang carefully. Now the expression on his face and the divine light in his eyes had completely recovered, and he looked no different from a normal person.

"What's wrong with me?" The Taoist Chuyang looked inexplicably. "I was awakened by you during meditation. Are you not the one who was with Master Tang before? Why don't you ask the disciples outside to inform me?"

"...I came to look for Taoist priest and it is not suitable for outsiders to know, so I bypassed the disciples outside and disturbed the Taoist priest. I hope the Taoist priest will forgive me..." Xiao Xia calmed down and picked up the speech he had prepared before, but he was always a little absent-minded when he remembered the appearance of Taoist Chuyang before.

"What's the matter? Did Mr. Tang Si ask you?" Taoist Chuyang frowned and asked. The reaction was indeed not unusual, which made Xiao Xia wonder if he had read it wrong just now.

"...We know that it was Taoist Shi who asked Taoist Magistrate to say that he could not enter Tianhuo Mountain..." Xiao Xia carefully looked at Taoist Chuyang's expression when he said this. Sure enough, Taoist Chuyang's expression was unnatural, and he was indeed called. "...I am also quite familiar with the formations of the Tianhuo Sect. This big array should be a second-level magic array established on the basis of the most basic earth fire gold array. I wonder if I have any mistakes?"

"Oh? It turns out that you really have a good understanding of things from the Tianhuo Sect." Taoist Chuyang's eyes flashed.

"... Since this formation was passed down before the ancient Five Elements Sect was split, there must be no only one fire Taoist law in the operation of the formation. However, if the Fire Sect operates this formation alone today, there must be flaws to follow. But what we know is limited and we really can't figure it out. I hope the Taoist priest will tell you." Looking at the reaction of Taoist Chuyang, Xiao Xia continued without waiting for his answer: "We know that Taoist priest is also worried that Taoist priest will blame him and will never mention this matter to others. And what the Taoist priest wants is just to speak."

"What do I want? Humph. I want all the people of the Tianhuo Sect to die, and the inheritance of the Tianhuo will disappear from the world from now on." Speaking of this, Taoist Chuyang suddenly gritted his teeth, and the resentment in his eyes was particularly obvious.

"...If we get the method to enter, we might also be able to lay the groundwork for the people of the Treasure Hunt League when they go in in the future, at least understand the general situation inside, so that it will be easier for them to deal with the Tianhuo Sect in the future..."

"... Needless to say. Since you can also infer the roughly oneself, the rest is just to try it. I'll tell you it's okay." Taoist Chuyang waved his hand. "You're right. This mountain protection array is built on the earth fire molten gold array, but it's not a second-level magic array, but a fourth-level. The earth-mounted magic array absorbs the earth's spiritual energy to control the flow of lava, while the water-mounted magic array can control the flames to actively kill the enemy. These two auxiliary magic arrays are no longer effective, so this formation has become a turtle shell that can defend and not attack. Moreover, the earth-mounted magic array cannot function, and the lava that originally flows underground will be greatly affected, so there will naturally be loopholes to drill. Since you know the earth escape technique and understand the earth-mounted gold array, you will understand it by diving down and trying it yourself."

"...So that's it. Thank you for your advice." Xiao Xia bowed and bowed.

"Okay. If you know, leave quickly. If someone sees me, I will not be able to speak. If I feel dizzy, I will have to rest." Taoist Chuyang seemed to suddenly become very impatient and urged Xiaoxia to leave.

After thinking about it, these were basically the same as what he expected. Xiao Xia no longer delayed it. The earth spell ball in his hand moved, and his body sank silently into the ground.

But at the moment when he was immersed in the ground, Xiao Xia saw the Chuyang Taoist covering his forehead with one hand, and the light in his eyes seemed to be a little dull again. But at this time, another sound of footsteps approached outside, and he could only escape. For some reason, when he thought of Chuyang Taoist's dull gaze, he always felt an inexplicable chill rising from behind.
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