Chapter 176: Mountaintop Sky Steps

After a cup of tea, Xu Yang, Bai Mujin and Black Cat Ye Tu arrived not far from the gate of Beiqing Mountain.

The three of them hid behind a thick old tree and watched a group of soldiers wearing Dongjun uniforms patrolling past in neat lines.

Since it was announced that Princess Dong was in retreat in Beiqingshan to pray for blessings, the security in Beiqingshan has become even tighter, and the number of soldiers stationed here has more than doubled than before.

"There are so many Dongjun guards on the road to the top of the mountain. It seems that we have to find a way to get around them." Bai Mujin said.

"Come with me. There is a secret passage in the back mountain of Beiqing Mountain. It was originally built as an emergency passage to prevent accidents. This secret passage leads directly to the middle of Beiqing Mountain. Only a few people know about it." Black Cat Yetu said.

Black Cat Yetu is the incarnation of the real East Princess Wang Tianming, and he is very familiar with the situation in Beiqingshan.

After activating the invisibility technique, a faint blue mist rose up, covering the three figures in a blink of an eye. They quietly bypassed the sentries and patrol soldiers set up at the foot of the mountain and arrived at the back mountain.

In front of a flat and huge rock, Black Cat Ye Tu summoned a round white jade pendant. This jade pendant was engraved with a clear mountain-shaped pattern, which was exquisite and small.

Black Cat Yetu activated the magic formula, and the jade pendant floated in the air, spinning slowly. Immediately afterwards, a white ray of light projected from the jade pendant and fell on the huge rock opposite.

The next moment, silver light flowed on the surface of the seemingly ordinary rock, gradually reflecting a tall and steep mountain pattern.

"Kakaka!"

With a sudden sound, the huge rock moved to the side, revealing a passage leading directly to the mountainside behind the rock.

Black Cat Yetu took back the jade pendant, stretched out his consciousness, and said after a moment: "This is it. It doesn't look dangerous. Let's go in."

When the three of them entered the passage, the huge rock behind them slowly returned to its original position, as if nothing had happened.

The inner wall and floor of the passage are made of bluestone, and the space inside is not very wide. The walls on both sides are staggered with a small amount of fluorescent stones and stone candles, glowing with a faint light and unobstructed sight.

There was nothing in the passage. As I climbed up the stairs, my slight footsteps made a clicking sound.

After an unknown amount of time, two people and a cat appeared on the mountainside of Beiqing Mountain.

It is said to be halfway up the mountain, but the height here is already above the sea of ​​clouds.

The white clouds in front of me are endless, like the shore of the sea, with waves surging and thunderous waves crashing on the shore.

"Follow me." Black Cat Ye Tu said.

There was no time to appreciate the natural beauty in front of him, the black cat Ye Tu sat on Xu Yang's shoulder to guide the way and continued moving forward.

Not long after, a wide heavenly staircase appeared in front of the three of them.

The ground and railings of the heavenly steps are made of white marble, like a huge white dragon with its head hidden above the towering green mountain. The already majestic mountain is even more sacred.

"There is still some distance from Yangtian Palace on the top of the mountain, but if you go up from here, there is only this one heavenly step." Black Cat Ye Tu said.

"Then wouldn't it be easy for us to expose our whereabouts?" Bai Mujin asked.

"There are no guards on this heavenly level." Black Cat Yetu replied simply.

"Oh? I'm afraid this road won't be that easy."

"Miss Hibiscus is really quick-thinking. When this road was first built, it was blessed with the method of falling thousands of pounds and prohibiting the control of the sky. The higher one goes, the greater the pressure. Generally speaking, there is no second level of true elixir realm. With the above cultivation level, it is impossible to safely reach the Yangtian Palace at the top of the mountain."

"Is that so?"

As Bai Mujin said that, he stepped on the heavenly steps in front of him with one foot. After taking just a few steps, he felt as if his legs were tied with a thousand pounds of weight. He was struggling to walk, panting, and had no choice but to step back.

She looked at the spiraling heavenly steps in front of her, and a look of embarrassment suddenly appeared on her pretty face.

Black Cat Yetu was originally at the peak of the True Alchemy Realm. Xu Yang also had the strength of the True Alchemy Realm, but he was actually at the Peiyuan Realm.

Based on the feeling of the trial just now, I am afraid that I will not be able to reach the remote mountain top with my own strength. Wouldn't I become a burden on this trip? Even if the two can help him pass the current heavenly level safely, it will probably take a lot of effort and time.

"Don't worry, Miss Mujin. Let Xu Yang find help next."

When Xu Yang heard this, he understood.

"Hibiscus, please wait."

After saying that, he stretched out his hand and took out the crystal clear Moon Magic Dzi Bead.

Holding the Dzi Bead in the palm of his hand, his consciousness moved and he probed into it.

In the different space inside the Moon Magic Dzi Bead.

The little red snake about a foot long, which was transformed from the blood soul body of "Thousand Snakes", was still hiding timidly in a corner of the octagonal altar.

A golden thread worn between his two small nostrils occasionally pops out a golden flame, which is the power of the Golden Crow Flame Spirit blessed by Xu Yang on his body.

"Qian She, according to your agreement with me, the time has come when I need your help."

The sound reached the little red snake's ears. It raised its head and then wagged its tail.

At the same time, on a remote and desolate hill in East County, a large red flame suddenly rose.

Under the rolling flames, there is a three-headed flame python with red fire breath all over its body. It is the thousand snakes hiding here.

Qian She's amber pupils shrank, and Xu Yang's words just came to his mind.

"Is it Xu Yang who is calling me? This snake is already tired of staying in this small world. You can call me over, but don't let this snake eat people. This snake hates the smell of human blood and soul the most. Did I lose something in your place? It's familiar and disgusting. Forget it, I don't want this kind of thing that disgusts me. Wait for a moment, let this snake determine your location first."

The huge body of the thousand snakes kept swimming back and forth, and circles of fire-colored ripples swayed from its body surface.

After a while, the thousand snakes turned their heads and looked in the direction of Beiqingshan.

"This snake has captured your location. This distance should be teleportable to this snake."

Before the voice fell, the thousand snakes shook their three huge snake heads, and violent flames ignited around their bodies. In the rising red fire, purple arcs ran around, forming a circular flame barrier around it.

Then, the void shook violently, and the huge flame barrier disappeared out of thin air, and the thousand snakes in it also disappeared.

At the same time, there was a violent shock in the void far in front of the Beiqingshan Tianjie.

"Sizzle!"

A purple lightning streaked through the void, and then more and more purple arcs popped out. With a muffled bang, a large ball of red flames rose from the purple lightning, reflecting the entire sky red.

In the flames, the huge three-headed snake body of Qianshe was looming.

The barrier dissipated, and Qianshe's red and slender body appeared in front of Xu Yang and others.

"Xu Yang, I'm here as agreed."

"Qianshe, welcome to your arrival. This time we are going to open the exit of Xiaoxianjie and return to Zhongyuanjie together. I hope we can cooperate successfully."

"Great, this snake has long wanted to return to Zhongyuanjie."

"Big snake, hello." Bai Mujin said obediently.

"Who is this pretty girl? I seem to know a little girl named Su Yaoer in my memory. She looks very similar to you, but you are much more gentle and obedient than her." Qianshe looked at Bai Mujin who was talking to him, and then said.

"You also know Su Yao'er, I am her long-lost twin sister, my name is Bai Mujin, nice to meet you." Bai Mujin made up a white lie to avoid trouble.

In Bai Mujin's heart, that Su Yao'er had long died with his master Su Li. She is now just her mother's daughter Bai Mujin, she wants to start a new life with this new identity.

"What a coincidence? I am also very happy to meet you."

Because Qianshe's blood soul body was removed from the body, Qianshe's memory related to the blood soul became very vague.

"Right now, there is a ban of ten thousand pounds on the ladder in front. We need your help to go up from here." Xu Yang said.

"For this snake, this is just a dish of green vegetables. Green vegetables and such, this snake likes it the most, and I want to eat more."

Hearing Qianshe say this, Xu Yang almost doubted his ears. Qianshe, who lost his blood soul body, changed his temperament greatly. Not only did he hate the taste of blood soul, but he also obviously preferred to eat vegetarian food.

After saying that, the three snake heads on the flat snake neck of Qianshe reached out in the direction of the ladder, and the long body followed closely and swam over.

"This restriction is indeed a bit difficult, but it can't be difficult for this snake."

I saw a golden light flash in the belly of Qianshe, and the huge power of the golden elixir was activated. The fiery red scales all over the body trembled, and circles of fire-colored soul domains spread from its body.

Although this soul domain is not a real soul domain, it is just a soul domain simulated by Qianshe using its power close to the holy beast, but the power law within it has been changed accordingly. The original ten thousand jin of falling force on the ladder was offset by the power of this simulated soul domain.

"Come on."

Hearing this, Xu Yang was the first to follow.

Although he could still feel the downward weight, the weight was within the range that could be easily resisted.

Seeing that Qianshe's soul domain worked, Xu Yang nodded with satisfaction.

"Mujin, come on."

Hearing this, Bai Mujin smiled and followed.

"It's great to have you here."

The Thousand Snakes continued to release their soul domains and climbed up the Heavenly Steps. Xu Yang, Bai Mujin and Black Cat Ye Tu followed closely behind.

At the beginning, the weight-bearing force from the Heavenly Steps did not bring much burden to everyone.

As time went on, the closer he was to the top of the mountain, the more clearly Xu Yang felt the pressure brought to him by the restriction of the Ten Thousand Jin Pendant on the Heavenly Steps.

Looking at Mu Jin who was struggling beside him, Xu Yang reached out and held Mu Jin's hand. Wherever he touched, it was all soft, making people reluctant to let go.

Xu Yang used his own magic power to help Mu Jin resist the downward weight-bearing force. The two walked up hand in hand and shoulder to shoulder.

Black Cat Ye Tu saw it and made a meow. If one day, he could also walk hand in hand with Yingyue like this, how happy it would be.

It took more than half an hour.

The end of the Heavenly Steps appeared in front of him, and a huge archway stood on the top of the mountain.

There are dragons and phoenixes carved on the archway, and three large iron-hooked and silver-stroked characters "Yangtian Palace" in the cloud pattern sparkle in the sun.