Chapter 257 Entering the Sin Mountain
Three days later, at 7:00 p.m., Huan Yin was already standing at the reception area of Ziyin Sect, while Bai Kui was staying in his Qiankun bag.
Huan Yin had previously informed Wei Bing that he was going to perform the sect's mission. He still remembered that when Wei Bing heard about this, he did not say anything about disagreement, but waved his hand very casually, and what he said made him feel a little puzzled.
"Go, don't rush back. If you feel tired of practicing, you can go out and play for a year or two." That's what Wei Bing said at the time.
Huan Yin couldn't understand why Wei Bing, who always asked him to practice hard every minute, would say that, but he didn't look like he was joking at all.
Even if he didn't understand, Wei Bing naturally wouldn't explain, and Huan Yin could only think of his words as a simple agreement.
So, Huan Yin now hung the jade card with the word "sin" on his waist and stood here waiting for another fellow disciple who wanted to go with him.
The hour of Chen had passed, but the fellow disciple who was going to go with him had not yet appeared. He looked around, but no one was flying towards the reception area.
Maybe he was delayed by something, at least that's what Huan Yin thought, so he didn't show any impatience on his face, but waited quietly.
About a moment later, the air flow around him changed slightly. Huan Yin noticed it, and turned his head to see a female cultivator wearing a pink cloud-patterned crepe robe and a pink and white twelve-broken Liuxian long skirt flying towards him.
Huan Yin was very familiar with this style of dress, because in Ziyin Sect, only the female disciples of Qin Pavilion could dress like this.
However, the dress Huan Yin saw was slightly different from the usual dress of the female disciples of Qin Pavilion. Not only did it look much better, but it also showed a more beautiful and gentle meaning.
Huan Yin looked closely, and an extremely beautiful face came into his eyes, and the bright eyes on the beautiful face were also shining at this moment, looking at him.
The moment their eyes met, Huan Yin subconsciously had the urge to avoid her, and the beautiful face that appeared in his eyes was also what he had been trying to forget for more than half a year.
Huan Yin knew that he had not forgotten it yet, and he still needed time to dilute his memory.
But now, why did she come?
The two Ziyin Sect monks stationed at the reception also saw the beautiful woman flying over, and their eyes could not be moved away the moment they cast their eyes over. They had all seen the female disciples of Qin Pavilion, and knew that all the female disciples of Qin Pavilion were extremely beautiful, which could be said to be the extreme in the human world.
However, they had never seen the female disciple who appeared now, but her appearance was far from comparable to the female disciples of Qin Pavilion they had seen.
"Brother Huan, Shushu is out, and all the affairs of the pavilion need to be carefully arranged. I am sorry for being late today." Ruan Shushu smiled gently, and after landing beside Huan Yin, she bowed to Huan Yin.
Huan Yin was absent-minded for a while, and then he found that Ruan Shushu also had a jade plaque with the word "sin" on her waist.
"Are you going to carry out the sect mission yourself?" Huan Yin did not realize that he was being impolite, because for him, it was simply unbelievable for a pavilion master to go out to carry out a sect mission like investigating the situation in Sin Mountain. Moreover, Ruan Shushu had never been out for many years in Ziyin Sect, so why would she go with him to carry out the mission today?
"Shushu's cultivation is just at the early stage of Life Palm, so I want to take this opportunity to go out and gain some experience." Ruan Shushu said softly with a gentle smile on her face.
Huan Yin was stunned. Finally, he could only bow to Ruan Shushu and said, "Then I would like to ask Pavilion Master Ruan to take care of you on the way."
Ruan Shushu did not speak, but just smiled sweetly, and then stood beside Huan Yin.
When Huan Yin and Ruan Shushu left, the amazed expressions on the faces of the two stationed monks had not yet faded.
"There is such a beautiful woman in this world, who is she?" One of them asked.
"I haven't seen her either, but she is so beautiful. From what Elder Huan called her, she seems to be a Pavilion Master?" another person answered.
"Could it be that she is the Pavilion Master who has never walked out of the palace in Qin Pavilion?"
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The distance between Ziyin Sect and Zui Mountain is not far. For a cultivator of Huan Yin's level, he can reach there before noon.
Along the way, Huan Yin and Ruan Shushu have been flying above the clouds. The two have always been side by side, but they have never said a word to each other.
Huan Yin didn't know what to say, or he felt that he should not have more interactions with Ruan Shushu except for carrying out this mission. As for Ruan Shushu, a gentle and quiet woman like her should not take the initiative to talk to others.
Maybe they were both concentrating on flying and rushing on the road, so before the end of the Si hour, Huan Yin and Ruan Shushu fell from the sky and stepped on the ground.
At this moment, in front of the two of them was a gray-black mountain. The mountain looked dead and lifeless, and it didn't look like there was any life at all. If you stayed in the mountain for a long time, you might go crazy.
This was the Sin Mountain, which was opened up by a deceased elder of the Ziyin Sect a thousand years ago to imprison sinners.
There were a total of 500 prison cells on the Sin Mountain, and each prison cell was a small cave in the mountain. So when Huan Yin looked at the Sin Mountain, he soon discovered that there were densely packed black caves appearing from the foot of the mountain.
There are powerful restrictions outside each cell to prevent the criminals from going out. Together with the seal array that covers the entire Sin Mountain, they form two extremely strong blockades, leaving no chance for the criminals to escape.
The seal array isolates all forces, whether it is spiritual consciousness or cultivation, so Huan Yin and Ruan Shushu can only see the general appearance of Sin Mountain from a distance when standing outside the array, and cannot investigate it very carefully.
Just looking at it, they can't see anything. There is no movement in Sin Mountain, and it doesn't look like there has been any abnormal movement. Moreover, most of the criminals imprisoned here have long died due to the exhaustion of their lifespan, so there are only more than a hundred left. What kind of trouble can they create under the double seal?
"Master Ruan, let's go in and take a look." Huan Yin stood for a while and said to Ruan Shushu beside him.
"Yes." Ruan Shushu responded softly, and then walked towards the seal array outside Sin Mountain with Huan Yin.
The seal formation of Sin Mountain was extremely powerful, beyond Huan Yin's imagination. Fortunately, they had the "sin" jade token with them, so when they walked to the edge of the light curtain of the formation, they did not encounter any obstacles and went straight through.
However, the moment they passed through, there was a "crack" sound from their waists, as if something was broken!
This was not a good sign. Huan Yin and Ruan Shushu both looked at their waists at the same time, and found that the "sin" jade token that had been hanging there had a very obvious crack the moment they just stepped into the formation.
Huan Yin and Ruan Shushu both had a very bad feeling in their hearts. They looked at each other, and then turned around and walked out of the formation again.
This time, when they hit the light curtain of the formation again, they were pushed back by a force. If they were not in a hurry, the force of the push back might hurt them.
"Crack!" This sound rang out again. When the two looked at their waists again, the "sin" jade card was broken, and the crack just ran through the middle of the word "sin", which made people feel a little inexplicably horrified.
The broken jade card meant that Huan Yin and Ruan Shushu were no longer recognized by the restrictions and formations in the Sin Mountain. They were reduced to the same status as the sinners imprisoned in the mountain. They were trapped here.
If the so-called abnormal movement in the Sin Mountain is not seen now, then Huan Yin and Ruan Shushu's cultivation would be in vain. However, the current situation is not to be thought of. It is probably not just the word "abnormal movement" that can explain it. There must be a crisis hidden in the Sin Mountain that they don't know yet, otherwise how could the jade card break by itself as soon as they stepped into the seal formation? Such a thing has never happened before.
The safest and wisest way to solve the problem in the mountain is to inform the great powers in the Ziyin Sect and let them come to find out. However, now that they are in the seal formation, they are just like the sinners. They cannot go out at all, nor can they contact the outside world in any way. How can they inform the great masters in the sect?
Huan Yin looked at Ruan Shushu, her expression was a little solemn, but anyone who was trapped as soon as they arrived in such a place would not have a good face.
"Let's go and find out." Huan Yin spoke, he knew that what he said was the only way at present, and they no longer had any other hope except relying on themselves.
Ruan Shushu nodded, then she moved closer to Huan Yin and walked towards the Sin Mountain with Huan Yin.
The closer they got to the Sin Mountain, the more depressed they felt. This is a dead place. There is no spiritual energy at all. Not to mention that there is no grass growing in the range covered by the formation, let alone birds and beasts. There is not even a trace of life here, or in other words, they can only feel this breath from each other.
Fortunately, they did not come alone.
This feeling rose in the hearts of both of them at the same time, because it was too stressful to go alone to investigate the hidden dangers of a dead mountain where criminals were imprisoned.
Finally, the two held their breath and walked to the foot of the mountain. In front of them was a large area of prison caves, all pitch black, like a huge mouth that could swallow people at any time, opening towards them.
Both of them used their spiritual power, and Huan Yin even probed Bai Kui's body with his divine consciousness. If there was any abnormal movement, they would definitely fight back as quickly as possible.
Then, they walked towards the prison chambers.