The night was deep and the moon was as cold as frost. The undulating outline of the ridge disappeared under the dark sky.

In order to avoid other squads of the Eastern Depot, Gu Yunxi and Priest Wu made a detour and went on their way in a beautiful mountainous area.

Priest Wu himself was not so good at Kungfu and did not know levitation. He was also injured when he fought against the Eastern Depot. At this time, he basically walked forward with small steps.

Gu Yunxi walked obviously much faster than him, but she had to slow down many times because of accommodating him. She always followed Priest Wu and stared at him with piercing eyes all the time.

But there was real anger in her heart. She did not know whether the person in front of her was really unable to walk or pretending to be unable to walk. Walking at this speed, they wouldn't reach the Swift Tower at dawn probably.

Did he want to play tricks?

With a cold snort, Gu Yunxi stretched out her left hand, grabbed the back of Priest Wu's robe, and tugged it back towards herself. She watched him staggering and almost sitting down on the ground with his body arching into a prawn.

Priest Wu looked back at Gu Yunxi, smiling bitterly,

"Oh, heroin, what do you want to ask me to do?"

Gu Yunxi squinted her eyes coldly and her voice was severely cold,

"Are you deliberately dawdling? I warn you the weapon in my hands doesn't recognize anyone!"

After that, she dangled the broadsword in her hand and sharp cold lights of an inch under the moon flashed across her face covered by black gauze, brightening her dark and deep eyes.

"How, how could... I have several heads and dare to fool you?"

Priest Wu was horrified and raised his hands to make a bow.

Gu Yunxi crossed the sword and put it on his shoulders, immediately causing him to shake violently.

"Heroine, don't... don't..."

He really cherished his life.

Gu Yunxi sneered with a smile on her lips under the black gauze,

"Be obedient. Tell me the location later and we will go there in this way. If you dare to play tricks, don't blame me for being ruthless."

"OK, OK!"

Priest Wu smiled shiveringly. Seeing Gu Yunxi putting up the sword and pointing it at his nose, he immediately constricted his expression and became serious,

"It takes less than twenty miles to go west when we go down the mountain. Pass the woods and the Swift Tower will appear. What you want is inside."

Gu Yunxi raised her eyes suddenly and she didn't expect that the Kunhuang Island map she was looking for was hidden in the broken tower Master Leng and she had seen five days ago.

Gu Yunxi raised her eyebrows, pressed the steel sword against Priest Wu's neck again, and scolded,

"Stop fooling me! How can such an important thing be there!"

Priest Wu repeatedly begged for mercy. His face was full of panic with wrinkled features and looked very funny,

"I really don’t dare to deceive you. The tower has been unoccupied for a long time. Even if an ambush is set up, it will not be known to others..."

Gu Yunxi stared suddenly with shady eyes gleaming. Her fingers holding the handle of the sword tightened,

"Didn't you contact the court officials? Be honest!"

"I tell you. I tell you..." Priest Wu grinned in fright,

"We are in contact with each other. But before we have gained enough trust, we don't dare to rush to give the map. This thing is too important. Isn't it equal to death if we don't find a good way out?"

Gu Yunxi's eyes flickered and she felt that Priest Wu made sense. However, she soon had new questions,

"Tell me, what is the secret hidden in that map?"

In the past, His Highness told her some matters intermittently to let her know that there was a secret in this map, but she did not know what the secret was.

At the moment, it seemed that the Eastern Depot, High Priest, and many unknown sects were all focusing on Lei Huan, but they were actually targeting the Kunhuang Island map in his hands. It showed that this secret was earth-shattering.

When asked about the key point, Priest Wu's slender eyes flashed with a strange light, which was unique and complicated. And then his stiff face forced a dry smile and he tilted his neck,

"I don't even know about this. You must work for other people. So you should know that you and I both have humble identities. How can we know everything?"

Gu Yunxi couldn’t refute, so she withdrew the sword in boredom. She lifted the back of Priest Wu's neck with the tip of her tongue pressed against her teeth and took Priest Wu into the air together by levitation. They went along the mountain road to the west.

Stars were mottled and breezes whizzed.

Just after going down the mountain, they encountered a dozen masked men in black who blocked the way.

There was no doubt that another force came for the map.

Gu Yunxi grasped Priest Wu firmly, gripping the handle of the sword in one hand with a murderous look like an eagle.

"Who's that coming?"

Gu Yunxi took her sword ahead and shouted at first. Presently, the group of people showed up their weapons and attacked her without saying a word of nonsense.

Only one of them still stood upright in his place. His figure was unshakable.

When Gu Yunxi raised her voice and shouted, his expression was slightly startled under the black cloth and showed a daze.

Gu Yunxi pushed Priest Wu with one hand, stared straight at the enemies in front of them, and said to him,

"Find a place to hide first."

Immediately, the broadsword was waved swiftly and a bloodbath started. Only through moves could she distinguish them. These people were not professional and it could be concluded that they were not the secret guards of the Eastern Depot.

Hearing a cry for help, Gu Yunxi looked in that direction with dazzling eyes. It was the man who had just stood outside the encirclement that arrested Priest Wu and tried to snatch him away like a dead dog.

Gu Yunxi hurriedly fought against many opponents and then leaned forward the man to take Priest Wu.

The man dragged Priest Wu not far before he was stopped by Gu Yunxi. He couldn't help smiling and his eyes were gleaming. He admired the sleek but difficult opponent in front of him and had a little hatred.

Priest Wu hid behind the tree in anxiety. His legs were weak and he couldn't move at all.

The two masked men, a man and a woman, immediately fought with each other. Their bodies were intertwined. In the dark, the two swords met each other, and silver sparks flew everywhere.

There were hundreds of rounds in the blink of an eye.

While the opponent was surprised by Gu Yunxi's superb skills, he was a little impatient. He suddenly threw his left palm when they passed each other.

Gu Yunxi also used the same moves with the same emotions.

When they passed each other, the black veils of the two people dropped from their faces at the same time. Immediately, they saw the true face of each other and coincidentally froze on the spot.

"Is it you?"

"Brother Lu?"

They were both in a daze.

Lu Qiange was the first to react. His clear and purple eyes narrowed and he abruptly asked,

"Tu Muxue, who do you serve?"

Gu Yunxi asked coldly in reply,

"What about you? Whose orders do you follow?"

Priest Wu was hiding behind a tree and realized that he could take advantage of the opportunity to flee. Suddenly, he ran away but was hit by a willow dart flying out from Lu Qiange, which hit his calf. He was pressed to the ground by Lu Qiange's followers.

Lu Qiange turned his head and his intense gaze wandered around Gu Yunxi's body and said with a sullen face,

"It seems that you come here for the Kunhuang Island map."

Gu Yunxi was calm,

"So do you. This is also the real purpose of your entering the Palace, right?"

Lu Qiange's eyes flickered and he said frankly,

"Tu Muxue, I see you do well in Kungfu. You should also know my skills. I am afraid that you and I will fight for three days and three nights, but no one will win or lose. There are a lot of people who have designs on the treasure map. There will inevitably be people on the way to hijack the priest. How about you and I working together to take the map? Maybe we can help each other."

Gu Yunxi pursed her lips, thinking quickly in her mind that what Lu Qiange had said was reasonable.

Anyway, at this moment Priest Wu was in his hands. He was indeed an extraordinary martial artist. If he continued to fight, she would only hold things up. After a while, if the Eastern Depot chased them, the trouble would be even greater.

Hence, Gu Yunxi nodded and decided to cooperate with Lu Qiange temporarily.

Everyone took Priest Wu to go ahead. After passing through the woods in no more than twenty miles, they saw the broken Swift Tower in front of them.

Lu Qiange's people took out the fire to light up. Led by Priest Wu, the group entered the tower and then knocked down ten priests that guarded the way.

Thinking that Master Leng said that there might be ambushes in the tower, Gu Yunxi didn't dare to be careless. She remained vigilant as she walked, holding the sword nervously and always paying attention to the surrounding movement to prevent herself from being hit suddenly by any unknown hidden weapon.

In this way, she went upstairs to the third floor of the tower without any obstacles.

Gu Yunxi looked around with the light of the fire.

In the huge space, there was only a long table and a few wooden chairs placed in the southeast.

Although it was simple and old, the dust on the surface of the various furnishings was not too thick, only a thin layer. There was no cobweb dust hanging on the ceiling. This showed that someone would come to clean and maintain it regularly.

There was an Eight Trigrams copper compass between the pair of bronze candlesticks on the long table. It was about the size of a Western table clock. The upright disk was carved with a variety of patterns and its shape was extremely unique.

The Tianchi in the center of it was not a compass but a yin and yang symbol as large as a dial.

Directly in front of the compass were an exquisite small bronze incense burner and a bundle of sandalwood.

Lu Qiange obviously didn't have much patience when he saw it. He grabbed Priest Wu's robe and asked fiercely,

"Why do you bring us here? I am asking you. Where is the Kunhuang Island map, eh? Where is the map!"

Priest Wu stepped back and flatly said,

"Hero, don't worry. Let me open the mechanism and get the map. But after that, you have to fulfill your promise and let me go."

"Stop talking nonsense! Of course, I will fulfill my promise. Go ahead. I will never forgive you if you dare to play tricks."

Lu Qiange threatened him with a steel sword.

"Hey, I do not dare..."

Priest Wu walked to the incense table humbly with low eyebrows. When he stretched out his hand, Gu Yunxi sharpened her eyes immediately.

"What do you want?"

The priest smiled sourly and pointed at the compass,

"The treasure map is in the compass. How can I get the map without turning on the mechanism?"

Gu Yunxi had to flatten her mouth and shook her head, "Go!"

Priest Wu moved the copper furnace before the incense case, put his hands on the Eight Trigrams compass, and moved the outer and inner plates back and forth at will.

Gu Yunxi stared roundly without blinking, watching every movement of the priest closely.

Suddenly, the vision of her was bright ahead and the brilliant white light made her turn aside her head and close her eyes uncontrollably. And then a huge force in front surrounded her and Lu Qiange's exclamation was in her ears,

"Tu Muxue!"

…

The melancholy clouds over Yuyan Ridge were bleak and gloomy. The purple light flashed in the thick rolling clouds and the sky was thunderous.

In the middle of the mountain, Yu Xuanji suddenly grabbed the monocular telescope in Leng Qingtang's hand and placed it in front of him. He looked in the direction of the Swift Tower and was worried for an instant.

"No, they started the black matrix!"

Leng Qingtang's face changed drastically when he heard the words, "What is it?"

Yu Xuanji put down his telescope and frowned,

"A kind of invisible sorcery, but it is weaker than the death matrix so that it will not immediately kill the person who enters it. The person at most will be despaired and captured by the opponent."

Leng Qingtang cast his gloomy eyes,

"Sure enough, Lei Huan used the map as bait to capture the looters alive."

Yu Xuanji sneered,

"That woman is really stupid enough to fall into the opponent's trap easily."

"Xuanji, can you break this matrix?"

Leng Qingtang looked at the handsome man who was gloating sternly, but the tone of questioning did not mean soliciting.

Yu Xuanji raised his eyebrows cunningly,

"Do you still use this tone to ask me to save your sweetheart?"

Leng Qingtang was impatient and stressed,

"This is an order! I have to rely on her to dig out the power behind it, so she should not be allowed to die."

"Hiss, it is an excuse!"

Yu Xuanji snorted dissatisfiedly, put on the golden mask, and shook the horse's rein. He shouted,

"Mingfeng, Xuyue, follow me!"

Behind him, two boy Taoists dressed in disguise vigorously beat his horse and followed Yu Xuanji towards the tower.