The next morning, Zhao Sheng washed up, put on his Sayun robe, left the guest room, and met Zhao Jinjian on the first floor.
Today, Zhao Jinjian was dressed up and looked energetic. His silver hair was tied into a bun, and the Chihong Sword was inserted into the bun as a hairpin.
When the two met, they suddenly smiled knowingly.
To quote what Zhao Jinjian said last night, regardless of the success or failure of today's matter, at least we cannot lose in momentum.
Zhao Sheng took out the invitation letter, handed it to Zhao Jinjian, and asked, "How about keeping this invitation letter with you?"
"No need, you are the protagonist today, and I will be in charge of the scene."
Zhao Jinjian pushed the invitation back and said, "Let's go to the Fangshi Post Station first."
Um,
Zhao Sheng nodded and put away the invitation.
After leaving the inn, the two went straight to the post station.
In the world of cultivating immortals, outsiders are generally not allowed to enter the mountain gates of major immortal cultivation sects.
If outsiders want to enter the mountain gate, they must be guided by someone.
The post station in Jiudingfang City is always staffed by outer disciples of the Danding Sect, who are specifically responsible for guiding cultivators.
The Danding Sect is located in southern Zhongzhou, near the Shiwan Mountains in the southern border. Together with the Beastmaster Sect, which guards the Endless Jungle, they are known as the Twin Heroes of the Southern Territory. Both sects are among Zhongzhou's ten most prominent sects.
The climate in southern Xinjiang is hot, and the local customs are very different from those in the Dongtian City in the central region.
On the way to the post station, the two of them took a quick glance and saw beautiful women from southern Xinjiang wearing bras and short skirts with hot bodies everywhere.
Some muscular men even went so far as to bare their upper bodies, with tattoos of various monster totems such as bears, tigers, dragons, etc. on their chests and backs.
In addition, on the streets, all kinds of monsters were walking openly among the people.
That is to say, there is a master watching nearby, otherwise these monsters would have been killed by the cultivators long ago.
Compared with the other four continents, Central Continent was developed the earliest, and the monsters and spiritual medicines on the land have long been becoming increasingly scarce.
Especially in some realms of immortal cultivation, monsters are almost being killed to extinction.
It is because of the special terrain of southern Xinjiang, with two paradises for monsters, the Ten Thousand Mountains and the Endless Forest, that we can see so many monsters.
What Zhao Sheng saw and heard along the way opened his eyes. He couldn't help but sigh that the world of immortal cultivation was so vast and full of wonders.
Mortals cannot even imagine such a magnificent and mysterious atmosphere.
Half an hour later, Zhao Sheng and his companion crossed most of the market town and finally arrived at the post station.
Just as he reached the door, Zhao Sheng suddenly heard a chirping sound in his ears, and then he saw a small bird with a yellow beak and white feathers flying out of the post station, flying over his head and circling.
Seeing this, Zhao Sheng secretly became alert, and so did Zhao Jinjian.
At this moment, a young cultivator wearing a white robe with red patterns, thin eyebrows and a long face hurried out of the post station.
He looked around and saw Zhao Sheng and the other man. A look of joy appeared on his face. He quickly walked up to them and asked in a gentle tone, "Excuse me, fellow Daoists, are you here for the auction?"
Zhao Sheng exchanged glances with Zhao Jinjian after hearing this, then nodded and said, "Yes, we were invited to the auction."
"Could you two show me your invitation?"
After hesitating for a moment, Zhao Sheng took out the invitation letter from his storage bag and showed it to the young man.
After reading it, the young man was very happy and said, "Very good. Next Thursday, I will be the Danding Sect's guide. I will be responsible for escorting the two fellow Taoists to the Outer Object Hall to attend the auction. Please follow me!"
As he said this, he made a gesture of invitation and then turned and walked towards the post station.
Seeing this, Zhao Sheng and the other man looked at each other again, and then both followed.
A moment later, a one-horned flying lizard with a broad back, two legs and a wingspan of more than five meters suddenly took off from the post station and flew directly into the sky.
After flying over the clouds, the flying lizard flapped its wings and swung its tail, then turned and flew southwest.
Standing on the broad back of the flying lizard, Zhou Siming turned his head to look at the two of them, and said with a warm smile: "I haven't asked for your names yet?"
Zhao Sheng also smiled and said, "We both have the surname Zhao. My surname is Zhao, and my name is Chonghe. This is the elder of my family."
"Where are you two from? Judging from your attire, you don't seem to be from southern Xinjiang?" Zhou Siming asked curiously.
"Fellow Daoist Zhou, you have a good eye. We are indeed not from Southern Xinjiang, but..."
Faced with Zhou Siming, who was like a curious baby, Zhao Sheng cheered up and chatted with him. However, Zhao Jinjian remained silent, maintaining the demeanor of a master.
The flying lizard was extremely fast and covered a distance of more than 200 miles in just a quarter of an hour.
Seeing that they were about to arrive at the gate of Danding Sect, the conversation between Zhao Sheng and Zhou Siming suddenly stopped, and the three of them had different moods.
Zhao Sheng looked down at the earth and saw that below him were mountains, valleys and large lakes. Wherever he passed, there were green forests, spiritual plants, rare animals and monsters.
However, in the center of this vibrant world, there is a vast area of barren mountains and swamps, which looks extremely inconsistent with the surrounding area.
Zhao Sheng saw a flat area to the south of the barren mountain and swamp, which was covered with pavilions, towers and palaces. It turned out to be a large and magnificent architectural complex.
However, what surprised Zhao Sheng was that the flying lizard did not fly towards the building complex, but flew towards the barren mountain swamp.
Zhou Siming noticed the two men's strange expressions and explained, "Please don't misunderstand me. That barren mountain swamp is just an illusion created by the formation. My sect's main gate is hidden behind it. And the buildings below are just an outlying community, not the main gate of our Danding Sect."
"Um,"
Zhao Sheng nodded to Zhou Siming, then suddenly turned to Zhao Jinjian and asked, "Is it almost done?"
Zhao Jinjian glanced at the barren mountain ahead, then lowered his head to look down. Finally, he nodded slightly and said in a deep voice, "Almost there!"
Hearing this, Zhao Sheng smiled slightly and said to Zhou Siming, who was a little confused, "Thank you, Brother Zhou, for giving us a ride. We can walk the rest of the way on our own. I won't bother you with leading the way."
Zhou Siming's face changed when he heard this, but he didn't wait for him to do anything.
Zhao Sheng took a step out of the lizard's back and his body fell freely towards the building complex below.
At this moment, the red rainbow sword on Zhao Jinjian's temples suddenly let out a sword chant, and then turned into a red sword rainbow that wrapped around Zhao Jinjian and rushed straight down.
Zhou Siming simply treated Zhao Sheng and the other two as fools.
Do you really think they don't know the rule that you cannot enter any sect's mountain gate without permission?
Even if they are led by disciples of the sect, they will still be captured as intruders if they do not have a pass token.
The plan of the person who designed this play was simple and effective. It was just to create a time difference.
If Zhao Sheng had reacted a little slower, with the speed of the flying lizard, by the time he realized something was wrong, it would probably have already flown into the illusion array.
By then it was too late.
Zhao Sheng and the other two will definitely not be able to make it to the auction.
When he was halfway down, Zhao Sheng was caught by Zhao Jinjian who flew over like a rainbow.
The two stepped on the Chihong Sword and soon landed on a stone road in the building complex below.
As soon as they landed, they heard a loud shout: "Who are you?"
Zhao Sheng turned his head and saw a team of patrolling disciples in red robes and carrying swords running towards them from not far away.
The leader was a strong man with a nine-foot-tall figure, a leopard head and round eyes. It was he who shouted the words just now.