Late at night, Lu Xuan was meditating and exercising his Qi when the door suddenly rang.
"Brother, something happened!" Yang Chong's anxious voice came from outside the door.
"What's wrong?" Lu Xuan frowned, stood up, opened the door, and looked at Yang Chong.
"None of the brothers who were sent out have returned yet!" Yang Chong said solemnly.
"Come in and talk!" Lu Xuan led the person into the house and frowned: "What's going on?"
"I sent a total of ten people, in teams of two, to investigate along the road. If there is any movement, report immediately. If not, come back before dark. It's almost midnight now, but no one has come back! "When Yang Chong said this, his face looked a little ugly.
"Tell the brothers to get together and stop running around. I'll go out and take a look." Lu Xuan stood up. These brothers are not weak, and they don't get together. They can kill people silently. They have already It belongs to extraordinary power.
"We've asked them to get together, I'll go with you!" Yang Chong also followed.
The two of them immediately went out and headed straight out of the city.
An hour later, outside the city gate.
"Brother, what's going on? Are you back here again!? A ghost beating the wall?" Yang Chong looked at the city in front of him in shock. It looked like a normal city during the day, but it was extremely gloomy at night, with more than three thousand people living there. There were several houses, but it was as quiet as a dead city.
But the most important thing is that they are obviously running in the opposite direction.
"Formation!" Lu Xuan rubbed his temples. After staying among the mortals for so long, he almost forgot that this world is actually a world with a high limit.
"Array? Brother, can you break it?" Yang Chong looked at Lu Xuan expectantly.
"I learned all my internal skills from you." Lu Xuan gave him a helpless look, but Chenzi Dan was not at home now, so he had no place to ask.
"Then what should we do now?" Yang Chong asked dejectedly.
"Since they don't want us to leave, let's go back. It's best to find the old county magistrate." Lu Xuan also encountered this kind of thing for the first time. This should belong to the scope of cultivation. He thought that he would follow those cultivators in the future. I encountered it, but I didn’t expect to encounter it so soon.
This was obviously beyond Lu Xuan's cognitive scope. He could only wait for the old Taoist to come back and see if there was anything he could do.
The two of them crossed the city wall directly and entered the city. However, the city was still empty when they left. When they returned, the only main road was already crowded with people.
But the strange thing is that so many people gathered together without making a sound. They were like puppets on strings, holding white candles and mechanically walking around the city on a specific trajectory.
"Brother, this..." Yang Chong felt his scalp was numb. When he saw these people during the day, he felt that they were a little weak in energy and blood, and their eyes were too dull. But at night, under the white candle's seal, they were like lonely souls. It's like a ghost wandering around the city. This scene is really scary.
Lu Xuan didn't say anything. He jumped up to the roof and walked in the direction of these people. He had always been bold. When encountering such a thing, it was not his style to stay still. He wanted to see what happened. What's going on?
Following the direction of these people's movements, Lu Xuan did not deliberately hide his figure, and finally came to the county government office!
He jumped up and landed on the eaves of the county government hall. In the courtyard in front of the hall, a bloody tripod stood in the center. A sharp dagger hung above the tripod. People who walked around the tripod would place their hands on the dagger. Just wipe it and let the blood fall into the cauldron along the tip of the knife.
People who have donated blood will leave on their own and return to their homes, still looking numb, as if they feel no pain.
"No wonder the people here are all exhausted." Yang Chong came to Lu Xuan. Looking at this strange scene, he felt a little cold in his heart: "Brother, aren't we hiding?"
"With such a large formation, we should be higher-level monks. Every move we make may be right under their noses. There is no point in hiding!" Lu Xuan shook his head and sighed: "Let's go back."
The only one who can help now is the old Taoist priest. Lu Xuan does not expect to kill the people behind him, he only hopes to escape from here with them.
Back at his residence, Lu Xuan sent Yang Chong to rest, while he continued to meditate and practice his Qi. At the same time, he also waited for the old Taoist to come back to see if he had any solution.
It was almost dawn here, but on the other side of the starry sky, Dan Chenzi came back, and it seemed like it was still dusk over there.
"Senior, something happened!" Mao Xuan sat at the door with five big characters on his forehead, looking at Minister Dan eagerly.
"What's wrong?" Dan Chenzi sat down, with a look of sadness on his face that he couldn't even hide.
"Senior seems to be in trouble?" Mao Xuan asked curiously using barrage.
"I told you that you can't help, just talk about it. I may have to count on you for the rest of my life!" The old man shook his head dejectedly.
At this time, it was actually best not to disturb others, but the situation was a bit critical at the moment, and Mao Xuan couldn't care less. He immediately replayed what he had experienced tonight in front of Lao Dao using the method of imaging.
"What you encountered before was the Mysterious Formation. Although there are slight differences, this crude formation is similar wherever it is placed. But what did he use to set up the formation?" Dan Chenzi frowned, stroking his beard.
"Isn't it using spirit stones?" Mao Xuan remembered what the old Taoist told him.
"This formation method is actually the same as practice. People absorb the energy of heaven and earth, and it is tempered through the meridians and eventually returns to the Dantian, or is used to temper the body. Different exercise routes have different effects. Just like you who practice martial arts, you have The true energy cultivated by some techniques is inherently sharp, and some are extremely hot. The attack techniques adapted to these techniques are also different, but one thing remains unchanged, which is the need to absorb the spiritual energy of the outside world."
"No matter what Tao you practice, you must constantly absorb power. The same is true for this formation. Some formations can operate on their own, which has the effect of gathering spirits. But even so, something needs to be used to control its flow. , the human body controls the meridians, and the formation does not have this, so it needs help from external objects."
"The most common ones are spirit stones. You can also use your own true energy to form an array, or some spiritual objects, such as magic weapons and spiritual weapons. If you have the ability, you can use fairy weapons. Among them, spirit stones are the most common and most common. It’s easy to obtain. Although I can’t feel it personally, it’s full of evil and doesn’t have the refreshing feeling of a spiritual stone, so it shouldn’t be a spiritual stone.”
"What are they doing?" Mao Xuan put the screen on the tripod.
"Blood sacrifice!" The old Taoist glanced at it and said disdainfully: "There must be some evil cultivator nearby, using secret methods to control these mortals and let them provide blood food for themselves. This person is quite smart. You should not feel the existence of luck here. ?”
Lu Xuan nodded. The Guiyi Sect has a great influence. Its followers are all over Jiuzhou. Even in the city of the imperial court, you can feel a trace of the Guiyi Sect's luck.
But here in Xizhuang, he couldn't feel anything at all. He thought it was because it was isolated from the world and didn't know about the existence of the Guiyi Sect, but now it seemed that was not the case.
"Senior, how should I get out?" Mao Xuan asked.
He doesn't care about the evil cultivators here for the time being. His current goal is to wipe out Sun Fang's men and completely control Shangyang County. The evil cultivators can be discussed later.
"It's not difficult to guide you out alone." Dan Chenzi said nonchalantly.
"I mean breaking the formation!" Mao Xuan quickly changed the barrage.
The most elite men under his command are all here. What's the use of running out as a polished commander?
"It's not difficult to break the formation. There are not many things used to set up this mysterious formation. If you find one and destroy it, the formation will be broken. But the evil cultivator will also notice that the blood sacrifice of ten thousand people is at least a golden elixir level evil cultivator. Are you sure you want to Broken?" Chenzi Dan looked at Lu Xuan.
Sixth grade?
Mao Xuan was silent. If it was Confucian sixth-grade, Lu Xuan could loudly say that sixth-grade was rubbish, but against martial arts sixth-grade or Taoist sixth-grade, Lu Xuan, a seventh-grade martial artist who had just broken through, would still be self-aware, but if he did not break through , is it equivalent to asking him to give up these brothers who have been through life and death?
After a moment of silence, a line of words flashed on Mao Xuan's forehead: "Senior, please teach me!"
"Huh?" Dan Chenzi looked at Mao Xuan in surprise.
"My brothers and I are going through life and death, fighting on the battlefield, and each has his or her destiny. But if we abandon these brothers who are going through life and death in order to survive, Lu would rather die!"
Mao Xuan raised his head, and a pair of cat eyes made Dan Chenzi feel as if he was looking forward to death.
"Is it worth it?" Dan Chenzi frowned. He has been practicing for many years and has seen many scenes where brothers kill each other and fathers and sons turn against each other for the sake of profit. This is the first time he has seen someone like Lu Xuan who is willing to sacrifice his life for his brothers.
"It's not worth it. I rebelled, so I didn't think about how long I could survive. I might be able to survive without my brother, but I'm afraid I won't be able to get through this in my lifetime!" Lu Xuan tugged on his clothes and stood up to lift the pole into the sky. The painted halberd is held in his hand.
"No big or small, who are you talking to!?" As soon as he finished speaking, Mao Xuan was thrown away by Lao Dao's finger and hit the wall. It hurt, but he was not injured. Obviously Lao Dao was not really angry, but just had a head injury. Picked up a bag.
"Slip of the tongue, habit." Mao Xuan stretched out his cat's paw and wanted to rub his head, but found that he couldn't reach it, and a barrage appeared on the bag on his head.
"Okay, I'll help you break the formation now. Don't blame me if you die!" Dan Chenzi sighed.
"Senior, why don't you just help me find that evil cultivator?" Lu Xuan typed with a thought in his heart.
"What do you want to do?" Dan Chenzi looked at Lu Xuan unexpectedly.
"I'm thinking, since the other party is at least in the Golden Core realm and it's easy to catch me, why does it take so much trouble? Just catch me, why hide in the dark and dare not come out to see people." Lu Xuan narrowed his eyes and said: "Yes. Could it be that you are injured?"
"It is possible that for some evil cultivators, the method of blood sacrifice can not only improve their cultivation, but also speed up the recovery of injuries!" The old Taoist nodded and thought: "It is true that some evil cultivators will use this method to recover from injuries, and if If you are injured, it will require a long-term blood sacrifice of ten thousand people. I am afraid the injury is not serious, but what if it is not?"
"Then bet your life! If it is, I will live, if not, I will die!" Mao Xuan raised his head, his eyes flashed with excitement. He somewhat liked this feeling of playing with his life.
"You are really a lunatic!" Dan Chenzi looked at the kitten, shook his head and sighed. He had placed his hope on this kid, and he didn't know if he could return to his roots.
But only with this kind of personality, there is a slight possibility of becoming a star master!
At the moment, Lu Xuan returned all his consciousness to his body, but the jade plaque was stuck on Mao Xuan's forehead. Dan Chenzi could directly see the scene in front of Lu Xuan through Mao Xuan, and at the same time informed Lu Xuan of his judgment through Mao Xuan.
Yang Chong was not notified this time. With Yang Ao here, the two could still join forces, but as for Yang Chong, he would not be able to intervene in a battle of this level.
Under the guidance of Chenzi Dan, Lu Xuan ran all the way and came to the county government again.
The blood sacrifice has ended, and the city has once again returned to its ghost town appearance.
"Senior, are you sure you are here?" Lu Xuan frowned and came to the tripod and looked inside. There was no trace of blood inside.
"This tripod is a magical weapon and one of the formation's eyes. Move it three feet to the left!" Dan Chenzi affirmed.
"good!"
Lu Xuan came to the right side of the tripod, pressed the tripod with his left hand, and suddenly exerted force.
Lu Xuan's acquired state was nourished by the body tempering pill. When he was in the acquired state, he could compete with Guo Chang, who was in the innate state. Now that he has entered the transformation state, his one-arm strength is ten thousand kilograms, even with a solid bronze tripod. It was easy enough to lift, but the three-legged cauldron in front of me didn't move at all.
"Idiot, this is a magic weapon. If you find the Xun position, use your Qi to push it!" Dan Chenzi looked at Lu Xuan's operation speechlessly.
"Where is Xun Wei?" Lu Xuan was confused.
"Listen to my command, walk forward three feet, and then one foot to the left, which is the position of Xun! When you get here, you are integrated into the formation. You can use the power of the formation to push the cauldron. Otherwise, you can only use the power of the formation to push the cauldron. With brute force, even if you are at the same level as the opponent, it will be difficult for you to push forward."
Lu Xuan followed his words and came to the Xun position, and once again mobilized his true energy to sink into the three-legged cauldron.
In an instant, the three-legged cauldron was filled with blood, and wisps of blood continued to flow into Lu Xuan's body. In an instant, Lu Xuan felt that the energy and blood in his body were flowing into the cauldron as if he could not control it.
"Bloodthirsty, swallow this!" Dan Chenzi took out a pill and stuffed it into Mao Xuan's mouth.
In an instant, wisps of pure Qi emerged from the Dantian. The blood light that had entered Lu Xuan's body was like a torrent of snow when it encountered this green Qi. It dissipated with just a touch, and the uncontrolled Qi and blood also increased. Return to peace.
"The purity of your medicinal power after transformation is a bit scary!" Dan Chenzi was a little jealous. The medicinal power after being purified by the cat clone was 50% stronger than when swallowed normally. Moreover, it was in the form of pure energy and could be absorbed with almost no side effects. He wanted to have Such a clone has continuously purified the true energy in the body, and maybe it has been integrated long ago. It was obviously made by myself, so why did it take advantage of this kid! ?
Lu Xuan didn't answer. After those bloody lights were useless, the tripod was slowly pushed forward.
"Buzz~"
The next moment, black light began to glow on the three-legged tripod, and the surroundings seemed to get darker. The dark wind howled between the sky and the earth. Lu Xuan felt dizzy in front of his eyes. The surrounding environment seemed to have changed, and there seemed to be thousands of ghosts dancing in front of his eyes.
"This is an illusion. Take this reassuring pill and continue!" Upon seeing this, Dan Chenzi took out another green pill and threw it into Mao Xuan's mouth.
The illusion in front of him disappeared again, and the three-legged tripod slowly moved three feet horizontally under Lu Xuan's push.
"Woo~"
"Boom~"
The moment Lu Xuan pushed the three-legged cauldron to the designated position, a strong wind suddenly blew between the sky and the earth. At the same time, the sky was covered with dark clouds, and there were faintly golden electric snakes dancing in the clouds.
Lu Xuan looked at the sky solemnly, this scene was a bit scary! Is it really a golden elixir?
"It's calamity, retreat quickly! The further away, the better!" Dan Chenzi's expression became rarely serious when he saw this scene.
Lu Xuan didn't ask any more questions and retreated violently.
"You bastard!" With an angry roar, a bloody figure appeared above the tripod. A pair of bloody eyes stood out in the darkness.
He stretched out his hand to grab it, and a big bloody hand suddenly appeared. Lu Xuan, who was running, was caught by the bloody palm without any accident, and flew towards the county government office.
Lu Xuan couldn't even resist.
"Boy, I don't know whether you should say you are lucky or not! Now there is good news and bad news!" Dan Chenzi stared at the screen, shook his head and sighed: "This is the Vajra Body Protection Pill, eat it!"
"Senior, please tell me and make me understand." Lu Xuan couldn't struggle, and the cat clone quickly swallowed the pill handed over by Dan Chenzi, saying with some helplessness.
"He is a golden elixir, at its peak, and is not injured! You guessed wrong!" Dan Chenzi sighed.
"What about the good news?" Lu Xuan felt that the power coming from the giant hand was getting stronger and stronger, as if his body was about to be crushed. A faint golden light lit up all over his body, and the blood palm touched the golden light, making a strange sound. .
"He is about to overcome the tribulation, and he is surrounded by the fire of karma. With the power of this tribulation, he is afraid that he will die without rebirth! It is probably for this reason that he uses this method to cover his aura, in order to avoid the tribulation, but you just put him The magic weapon used to avoid the heavenly calamity has been moved away!" Dan Chenzi sighed: "According to his situation, even if you break the mystery formation, he probably won't come out and attack you directly."
As long as the main body leaves this range, he will be killed by the Heavenly Tribulation. If the main body hadn't taken action, Lu Xuan only had to break the surrounding mystery formation. This person still couldn't stop Lu Xuan with just some small spells.
"How could a seventh-grade martial artist have such magical power to protect the body!?" The cold voice contained a hint of disbelief. He originally wanted to crush Lu Xuan to death to vent his anger, but who knew that his bloody handprint could not be used instantly? Killing the opponent instantly. He hated Lu Xuan so much that he used all his strength to activate the blood hand seals, hoping to crush this reckless man who exposed himself to death before the disaster came!
As if to confirm what the veteran said, just when Lu Xuan felt that he was about to be crushed, a golden thunderbolt fell and struck the bloody figure hard.
"Ah~"
With a scream, the big bloody hand grabbing Lu Xuan disappeared out of thin air, followed by a series of sky thunders falling continuously, hitting the bloody figure. Lu Xuan wanted to leave, but an inexplicable pressure from the sky came. Come down, making it difficult for him to move.
"Don't bother. This is the power of God. I was able to walk just now. Now...just wait with peace of mind. When the catastrophe is over, this power of God will also be gone!" Dan Chenzi appreciated this scene and said with relief at the same time.
Lu Xuan could only stand upright with all his strength, looking at the bloody figure that gradually became silent under the bombardment of the golden sky thunder. But the strange thing is that with such a powerful force, in addition to the cracks in the ground under the bloody figure, Except for this, other places were not affected...
(End of chapter)
