Chapter 2888

"Haha, then I'll have to trouble you, Zi Ye!" Xiao Hua snickered in his heart as he accompanied Zi Ye out of the hall.

Fairy Hong Xia and the others also came out of the seclusion room. Fairy Hong Xia and the others naturally received Xiao Hua's message and pretended to greet Zi Ye. However, when she saw Zi Ye holding Xiao Hua's hand, Fairy Hong Xia's gaze fell on their hands and she unhappily curled her lips.

Under Zi Ye's lead and the escort of a group of servant girls, the group passed through dozens of palaces and dozens of plazas before finally arriving in front of a palace. This palace was built on the side of a mountain and its style was different from the ones they saw before.

The palace's color was mainly black with occasional blood red embellishments. Within the black, there were uneven lines that looked like bones and skeletons that covered the entire palace's outer walls. As for the palace's entrance, there were many beast heads. These beast heads were big and small and each of them looked extremely ferocious. Even their facial features were different.

Xiao Hua looked on with admiration in his heart. He really couldn't imagine where the craftsmen who built this palace got so many strange beast heads!

At this time, there were many spirit warriors lined up on both sides of the palace. These spirit warriors were uniform in size and wore black armor. This armor was somewhat similar to the sword armor of a sword cultivator, but there were also some beast heads on it and some strange bone patterns on it. It looked very mysterious.

The spirit warriors lined up from the entrance of the palace for dozens of zhang until they reached the stairs and the large plazas.

There were many palaces and plazas in the Back Earth Stronghold. It seemed that there was a plazas in front of each palace.

And the size of the plazas was related to the importance of the palace.

Looking at the larger plazas, Xiao Hua knew that this was a very important palace in the Back Earth Stronghold.

Looking at the plazas again, there were black banners all around. There were also some green patterns on the banners. The banners at the four corners of the plazas depicted four different types of soulbeasts. Some had wings on their backs, some stood on clouds. The banners in the middle of these banners had some bone patterns and beast heads. Every banner swayed with the wind, and as they swayed, faint traces of black clouds appeared!

On the contrary, the four huge banners at the four corners of the square were only slightly unfurled and did not flutter. It looked very strange.

Under each banner stood a tall and sturdy Spirit Warrior. These Spirit Warriors were different from the Spirit Warriors who stood at the entrance of the hall. Not only were they tall and sturdy, but their muscles were also sturdy. Each and every one of them stood proudly and looked straight ahead.

There were a few people standing in the plaza beneath the banner. These people were dressed differently, and all of them were rather old. In front of these people, near the stairs, there was a square stone table about three meters in size. The stone table was the color of bamboo and faintly glowed with light. Lying on top of it was a soulbeast that was about three meters in size!

This soul beast was even weirder. Its slender body was like a giant thumb, and there was a one-foot-long beast head on its body. This beast head looked like a dog's head, but its eyes were slender and its nose was huge. Its mouth was slightly open, and a faint red tongue was sticking out. Wisps of white gas were coming out of the beast's mouth.

The soul beast had four legs. The front two were slightly longer and were resting on the stone table. The back two were slightly shorter and were separated by the edge of the stone table. A pitch-black tail was swinging from time to time.

"Oh?"

Seeing the tail of the soul beast, Xiao Hua's gaze followed the tail to the back of the soul beast. This pitch-black color led all the way to the back of the soul beast's head, as if there was a black sword on its back!

The abdomen of the soul beast was pure white, without a single strand of mixed hair.

Seeing Xiao Hua's attention on the soul beast, Zi Ming whispered, "This soul beast is called Ming Yu. It is a rare creature in Meng Mountains because it has a special soul. It seems to have been used as a sacrifice for the Netherworld Eye!"

"Hmm ~" Hearing this, Xiao Hua's gaze swept across Ming Yu's slightly squinted eyes. Those eyes were looking at the banners around the square. Some of them were scattered, and some of them were leisurely. It was as if he didn't know that he was at the end of his life!

"Sigh ~" A vague feeling arose in Xiao Hua's heart. He seemed to be able to feel the confusion and playfulness in Ming Yu's heart.

"The ignorant are fearless!

Perhaps this is the case!

Even at the end of one's life, being completely ignorant and not asking, perhaps this is a kind of happiness? "

As Zi Ming pulled Xiao Hua's hand and entered the square, many people's gazes were attracted. These people's gazes swept past Zi Ming and then landed on Xiao Hua. Although Xiao Hua wasn't wearing a Daoist robe, his different appearance and different temperament made it very easy for people to be surprised.

Xiao Hua had already tempered his soul consciousness, and he had already felt a few soul consciousnesses sweeping across his body. These soul consciousnesses were slightly different from Buddhist consciousness and divine will. It was easy to distinguish whether they were hostile or friendly. Xiao Hua had already noticed that a few of them were hostile towards him.

"What is Zi Ye doing?" Xiao Hua was a little confused. "Isn't this guy prepared to disappear?

Why would he want me to appear here with him? "

While he was thinking, four people walked out from the crowd. These four people had a respectful look on their faces. They smiled from afar and said, "Young Master Zi Ye, this old one hasn't seen you for a long time. I didn't expect to disturb you from serving the sacred beast because of the trivial matters of my Jing Apple Village. Damn it!"

When they got close, they actually had to bow down and pay their respects.

Zi Ming had a smile on his face as he hurriedly helped them up. Looking at the dark-skinned but spirited old man, Zi Ming said, "Elder Ji Lan, Ziye is just a junior. He definitely isn't worthy of such great courtesy from you!

Moreover, when Zi Ye was young, Zi Ye received guidance from you. Even now, Zi Ye doesn't dare to forget it. "

"Young Master has a good memory!"

Elder Ji Lan's face lit up with excitement. His withered hands trembled in front of his chest, "This old one has only told Young Master about soul consciousness a few times. Young Master still remembers it!"

"Haha, a teacher for a day is a teacher for life. Zi Ye doesn't dare to forget the teachings of my ancestors!"

Zi Ming had a humble smile on his face. He looked up at the other three old men and said, "Elder Zi Ming, Elder Xun Yu, and Elder Jing Fan have also come!"

"Greetings, Young Master Zi Ye!"

The other three old men didn't dare to neglect and shouted, "This old one and the others didn't expect such a trivial matter in the village to disturb Young Master. Really … If the sacred beast blames the Jing Apple Village for this, this old one and the others won't be able to atone for our sins!"

"It doesn't matter!" Zi Ming said with a smile, "I heard from Elder Sister that everything is just gathering!"

Immediately after, Zi Ming pointed at Xiao Hua beside him and said, "Four elders, this is the Dao Sect's cultivator, Xiao Hua, whom Zi Ye met in Sky Patrol City back then. He and I hit it off at first sight and almost became sworn brothers.

However, he was in a hurry that day and was stopped by Fu Lu … "

"Haha," Without waiting for Zi Ming to finish, Elder Lin Ming said with a smile, "Young Master Zi Ye was born intelligent and has always had the style of the ancient people. In your eyes, there is no difference between the secular world. If Young Master Zi Ye is in charge of the Houtu Village, it will definitely be the fortune of our Meng Mountain!"

"Hehe ~" Zi Ming smiled and shook his head firmly. He looked at Xiao Hua and said, "After Zi Ye and Fellow Daoist Xiao parted ways, I thought that it would be decades before we could meet again. However, I didn't expect that he would come to our Meng Mountain because of Junior Brother's matter and even meet Zi Ming!

This kind of fate … if it wasn't arranged by the Houtu God, Zi Ye wouldn't believe it even if he was beaten to death!

Come, come, come! Fellow Daoist Xiao, greet these four Sect Elders. They are the Sect Elders of Jing Apple Stronghold, and they are also the pillars of Meng Mountains. As they have some important matters to attend to in the stronghold, they have no choice but to meet Fellow Daoist Xiao's Junior Martial Brothers!

There is no grudge between us. "

Xiao Hua suddenly understood and hurriedly bowed with a smile on his face. "I, Xiao Hua, greet the four Elders!

We all want to ask for help from the Houtu Village. This is fate! "

"Hahaha, since Fellow Daoist Xiao is Zi Ye's best friend and Junior Brother Bi is Zi Ming's acquaintance, what else can our Jing Apple Village say?

Miss Zi Ming has already given us a chance!

Fellow Daoist Xiao, please don't take these trivial matters to heart. After all, we really don't have any grudges! "How could Elder Ji Lan not know what Zi Ye was thinking? He hurriedly returned the greeting and said with a smile.

Since she had already explained everything, Zi Ming smiled again and said, "Fellow Daoist Xiao's Junior Brother has to use the Netherpassage Mirror because of his own background. But what is so important about the Jing Apple Village?"

"This …" Elder Ji Lan was a little hesitant. His face showed that he was in a difficult position. He smiled and said, "Ji Man didn't mention this to me. I also don't know the two Juniors she brought with her. However, it seems like Ji Man values them very much. Otherwise, the four of us wouldn't have accompanied Ji Man. We are just afraid that these two Juniors will be hurt!"

"Oh, so it's like that!"

Zi Ming nodded. She had asked Ji Man about it before, but Ji Man only smiled and shook his head. He did not say anything. Clearly, he had already promised Ji Man of the Jing Apple Stronghold. At this moment, Elder Ji Lan also said that he did not know. Naturally, it was very secretive and also very important. Otherwise, Ji Man of the Jing Apple Stronghold would not risk offending Zi Ming and Zi Ye by insisting on a chance to use the Netherpassage Mirror.

In the four corners of the plaza, under the pitch-black banners, four Soul Warriors raised their hands at the same time. A horn-like soul armament appeared in their hands and brought it to their mouths. "Wuwuwuwu ~" A series of loud noises could be heard from the four corners of the plaza. In an instant, everyone shut their mouths and turned their eyes to the other side of the plaza. It was where the stairs were!

Several strange canopy-like umbrellas appeared in mid-air. Then, Ji Man from Houtu Village, who was dressed like a palace, and an old woman who was about the same age as her, appeared under the canopy at the same time. Ji Man from Houtu Village had a graceful face, and an unconcealable aura was emitted from her high hair bun. Ji Man from Jing Apple Village had an obvious look of fear on her face. Although Ji Man from Houtu Village held her hand, she still moved back by half a body's length, and even her waist was slightly arched.