There were no clouds in the night sky, only stars scattered everywhere like sesame seeds. There seemed to be no pattern to them, and they were smooth and uniform in every direction.
Chen Chang Sheng stood by the window and looked at the starry sky that was indeed closer than the ground. He repeated the previous conversation.
Luoluo stood at his side, her left hand grabbing his sleeve out of habit. She tilted her head and thought for a moment before saying, "Then let's go see him."
Chen Chang Sheng glanced at her and said, "This matter needs to be done in secret. Your mother can't find out."
The Shi Clan leader had already drawn the rough location of Emperor Bai's seclusion on the map and handed it over to him.
If he wanted to go there, he had to go through a secret passage in the palace.
In his view, although Luoluo was a noble princess, under Madam Mu's deliberate suppression, she should not have much control over the Imperial City.
Luoluo blinked her eyes and said seriously, "Sir, don't worry. I'm your student. I'm capable of doing these things."
Chen Changsheng felt that these words had the flavor of Su Li or Tang Thirty-Six, and he couldn't help but laugh.
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Walking out from the damp and dark but not cold stone path, on the contrary, it was stuffy and hot. A snowy mountain along with the morning light entered Chen Chang Sheng's eyes.
The snowy mountain was thousands of feet high. Below it were black cliffs and primeval forests. The top half of the mountain was completely covered in white snow. Under the morning light, it glowed with a dazzling light. It rose abruptly from the lakeside and extended towards the north. It was impossible to see the end of it. It even made people wonder whether it would continue to the end of the world. It seemed extremely majestic, like a miracle.
Chen Chang Sheng knew that this snowy mountain that stretched for countless miles was the Starfall Mountains that were often mentioned in ancient records.
The Starfall Mountains grew along the western coast and suddenly protruded out of the earth to the north of White Emperor City. To the left, a hundred-some li was the ocean, its peaks covered in snow that had accumulated for tens of thousands of years. The mountain range also stretched for tens of thousands of li, all the way to the extreme north. In the middle was a relatively flat plain known as Zhanling.
After traveling southeast for ten-some days and nights, they arrived at the westernmost Cong Province Army headquarters.
Between Zhan Ling and the Cong Province Army Headquarters was a grassland that was the homeland of the Elves. Now, it belonged to Chen Changsheng and Xu Yourong.
Chen Chang Sheng walked to the lakeside and looked at the opposite mountain range.
He recalled the records in the Daoist Canon that the Red River had originated from one of these snowy peaks, and then he recalled the connection between him and that plain, and he felt a strange sensation.
Ever since the Demi-human race established their kingdom on the Red River, countless generations of White Emperors and Empresses had been buried in the Starfall Mountains.
According to the rules of the ancestral spirits, in order to prevent evildoers from peeking at the remains of the Great Yao and the remnants of its true blood, the successive White Emperors had never built a tomb in the mountains. They would only wait until the end of their lifespans before they would follow the secret path that Chen Changsheng had taken and arrive in the mountains. They would randomly choose a place to close their eyes and return their souls to the sea of stars.
Of course, other than when they were on the verge of death, the successive White Emperors would often come to the Starfall Mountains to pay their respects to their ancestors, to enjoy the scenery, or to search for opportunities to break into the next realm. Naturally, it was unavoidable that they would build buildings for resting in these snowy peaks. It was just that these buildings were surrounded by extremely powerful seals, making it extremely difficult for anyone other than the White Emperor to enter.
The current White Emperor and the Demon Lord engaged in a heaven-shaking battle on the snowy plains to the north of Mount Han. The Demon Lord was heavily injured, and then Black Robe and the Demon Commander worked together to overthrow him. The White Emperor's injuries were also extremely severe. In the last few years, he had secluded himself in the Starfall Mountains. Other than Madam Mu and the Xiang clan leader, very few people knew where he was.
Chen Changsheng had the map provided by the Shi clan leader, so he naturally did not lose his way. Using the Yeshi Step to tread on the snow, he quickly found the place.
In front of two extremely verdant and ancient pines was a large black cliff.
The cliff was covered in ice and snow that had not melted for tens of thousands of years. It looked extremely cold and lifeless, with nothing out of the ordinary about it.
The area indicated on the map was very vast. Chen Changsheng did not know where the entrance was, so he could only spread his spiritual sense in all directions. However, he discovered that a barrier had appeared in front of him.
This barrier was like a cushion of air, cutting off his spiritual sense, but it actually calmed his mind, because he had confirmed that this was the place.
Hidden beneath the black cliff and the frigid ice and snow was an array. After sensing it for a few moments, he discovered the formidable aspects of this array.
This array probably originated from the same source as the Tong Palace array in the capital's Imperial Palace. It was both strict and dangerous, and contained its own mysteries between life and death. However, perhaps because it had absorbed too much Qi from the snowy peaks and cold lakes, this array was even colder and more callous than the Tong Palace. It faintly exuded a somber aura, but also an extremely powerful Qi of the imperial clan.
If this array was activated, it would probably be no less powerful than the seal of the Red River. Of course, compared to the Imperial Design of the capital, it was still much weaker …
Two days ago, when Chen Changsheng broke the seal of the Red River, he had consumed too much of the light energy in the Divine Staff of the Orthodoxy and could not use it again, so what method could he use to break the array?
Since there were arrays in the world, there was naturally a corresponding method to break them.
Chen Changsheng was well-versed in the Daoist Canon, and after cultivating, he had also studied arrays, but he was still not skilled in this Dao. After studying it for a very long time, he could only think of one possibility.
As he gazed at the black cliff of ice, he once more felt that strange feeling in his heart.
If he had not mistaken her for an elf girl, would they have been together even earlier? If on that day on the banks of the Tong River, he had patiently waited for half a day after reading the letter, would she have come with him on a crane? If she were here, would she be able to see the flaw in this array with just a glance?
With a clang, several dozen swords appeared in the sky. An incomparably awe-inspiring sword intent spread out in all directions from Chen Changsheng's body, instantly chopping apart the countless snowflakes drifting down.
Chen Changsheng gripped the Stainless Sword and warily gazed at a protrusion at the very bottom of the black cliff.
The snowflakes drifting down came from the ice and snow above the black cliff. This was because the cliff had been shaken, as clearly as his feet could feel.
The protrusion at the bottom of the black cliff suddenly split open and two people climbed out.
The several dozen swords trembled and let out a frightening hum, but they did not attack, because Chen Changsheng recognized the identities of these two people.
These two people were Jin Yulu and Xiao De.
Jin Yulu had once been the gatekeeper of the Orthodox Academy and had helped Chen Changsheng resolve many problems. Although they had not met for many years, their friendship still existed.
Although Xiao De and Chen Changsheng were enemies, he had always had a close relationship with the Human race. In the coup of the Mausoleum of Books, he and Xiao Zhang had forced their way into the Imperial Palace and helped the Tang Second Master seize control of the Imperial Design. One could imagine that he had been Shang Xingzhou's collaborator at the time.
The resolute attitude the Shi clan leader had displayed in the Heavenly Selection ceremony and in the following two days also proved this point.
Chen Changsheng naturally would not attack them, but he had not expected them to emerge from the black cliff.
If the White Emperor really was in secluded cultivation in the depths of the cliff, had they seen him?
At this moment, not even he knew which answer he wanted to hear, because none of them seemed good. (To be continued.)
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