Day and night alternate, the sky is clear during the day, but at this moment the night sky is covered with thick clouds.
Two ever-bright lamps were lit in front of the inner city gate, and the dim light stretched the figure infinitely.
Two black shadows emerged from the darkness, and the black shadows quickly merged with the shadows on the ground.
"The six of them were still walking southeast with their compasses, pretending to be looking for someone. Nothing unusual was found." Hua Ruxue withdrew her shadow and looked up at the inner city with a solemn expression.
"Those who can manipulate the illusion created by Shuiyuejing will probably have a way to bring Sister Ning into the inner city without anyone noticing."
The person in the dark was hiding deep and was far more powerful than she imagined.
Will Ning Shuyan be in the inner city?
"The appearance of Tian Weimo's guards is a trap, just like the compass. The purpose is to delay the time for us to find Sister Ning. If Bai Yi had not appeared, I would have rushed into the Tian family to ask for people and chose to poison them. The result is , not only did we not find Sister Ning, we will also be left in the Tian family."
She only knew that Ning Shuyan's current situation must be very dangerous.
"We still need to go to the inner city again to find Bai Musheng to repair the compass."
After making up her mind, Hua Ruxue rummaged around in her storage bag for Li's token. With that token, she and Su Yi could freely enter and leave the inner city.
While searching, she found something in the mound of soil in the corner of the storage bag. When she looked closer, she saw a withered yellow bud growing out of the loess.
To be precise, it was a withered Lingyin grass that was one inch tall.
For the seeds of Lingyin Grass to germinate, there must be Yin Qi.
"Lingyin grass sprouts, Guanyun City..." Hua Ruxue turned and looked at the streets with everlasting lights. The outer city was brightly lit, and pedestrians were passing by in a hurry on the streets.
The scene in front of her was no different from the past, but it felt extremely strange to her.
Judging from the withered state of the Lingyin grass, it had not been more than five hours. Today, she must have been to a place where spiritual energy and Yin energy were mixed.
There is Yin Qi in Guanyun City. As far as she knows, the only way to produce Yin Qi in this world is to sacrifice a living soul.
As if to confirm her guess, Su Yi told her the news that had been hidden for a long time: "There are remnants of the ghost clan in the An family."
"Ghost clan?"
Wasn’t the ghost clan extinct?
After 30,000 years of destruction, why did Su Yi say that there was a ghost clan in the An family?
"How do you know there are ghosts in the An family?"
Su Yi raised his head and looked at the top of the city tower. Guanyun City seemed to be in a deep sleep under the night. The heretic hidden in the darkness was about to tear off his disguise and reveal his fangs.
"It was just a guess at first. Young Master Li San's chaotic memories and unexplained emotions reminded me of the ghost tribe's secret technique of refining puppets. The soul is first sealed in the body, leaving part of the consciousness to maintain normal actions. During the soul sealing process It will cause memory confusion. During the puppet refining process, the body will become dependent on the person who sealed his soul and completely obey that person's orders."
Li Zhizhi's chaotic memory and his dependence on An Murong are indeed consistent with the situation of refining a puppet.
"Until the body reaches its strongest state, the refining of the puppet has reached the most critical step, extracting the soul." Su Yi said slowly, "Third Young Master Li has already recovered his cultivation, but he has always been by Young Master An's side. There are no puppet marks on his body, so I can’t confirm it.”
"Puppet mark?" Hua Ruxue suddenly remembered what happened in the main hall of the An family. When An Murong knelt on the ground, a bright red plum blossom mark appeared on the back of his neck. Before that, the plum blossom had never appeared.
That thumb-sized, bright red plum blossom is the mark of the puppet?
Only the ghost tribe can use the secret puppet technique of the ghost tribe, so An Yueming is a ghost tribe?
Is An Yueming's body filled with ghosts?
Su Yi saw her suspicion and nodded to confirm her guess. He explained: "After the soul is extracted from the body, the body completely turns into a puppet, serving the ghost clan that owns its soul as its master. When the puppet gets close to its owner, The puppet's body will show a puppet mark that represents belonging."
An Murong is a puppet, An Yueming's puppet.
In their eyes, An Murong is a puppet and a soul.
An obedient puppet who is immortal and whose body will not be destroyed.
That's why Kuifang said: The assassination was successful, but An Murong appeared intact again the next day.
"But, I clearly checked An Murong's pulse, and there's nothing wrong with it..." As she spoke, Hua Ruxue's voice gradually became quieter.
The puppet's body is just like that of a normal person. It can be poisoned, bleed, feel pain, cry, and laugh.
But their life, death, and every move are firmly in the hands of the puppet master.
No wonder Li Zangzhi's body recovered much faster than she expected and was actually turned into a puppet.
An Muwan's two advices were to first advise her to stay away from An Murong, and then to advise her not to enter the Beauty Courtyard. Presumably, he was afraid that she would be turned into a puppet. As far as her body was concerned, the realm of body refining master was indeed the best material for making a puppet.
Su Yi continued to talk about his speculation, "The only ghost clan in the world who has completely mastered the secret technique of ghost puppets and can refine the bodies of monks and even immortals into puppets is the third son of the previous Underworld Lord, Ghost Lord Chu Ming. He is called the Puppet Master. A plum blossom will be left on the neck of his puppets."
In the underworld, under the Lord of the Underworld, there are only five ghost kings, and the ghost kings are as powerful as the immortals.
Ruoan Yueming's body contains the ghost king Chu Ming, Guanyun City...
The night is getting darker, the cold wind is blowing, and the sound of the wind is like the howling of ghosts and wolves.
Su Yi lowered his eyes. His understanding of the ghost clan was limited to the words left by his master and the destiny spoken by his master.
It is destiny that the underworld will be destroyed and the ghost clan should be destroyed. From then on, the Book of Life, the Book of Life and Death, and the Hall of Reincarnation were all included in the Nine Heavens, and no soul or soul in the world was allowed to turn into a ghost.
"The ghost clan has been wiped out. This is the worst case scenario." Su Yi said. Although they knew the news and knew that An Yueming's identity was problematic, they still didn't know the whereabouts of Ning Shuyan.
When Hua Ruxue learned the news, she couldn't help but worry that Ning Shuyan had been tricked and turned into a puppet by An Yueming.
"How long does it take to refine a puppet? What state will the puppet take during the refining process?" Hua Ruxue asked.
"It can range from a few months to a few years. Miss Ning had no abnormality before."
"It takes An Yueming at least a month to refine a person into a puppet. If he really wants to use Sister Ning as a puppet, the best time to do it is when the beast tide comes. Sister Ning has lost contact for less than a day, and that person has Both the search for Tian family guards and the manipulation of the compass were all improvised and do not seem to have been planned for a long time."
Therefore, Ning Shuyan was not used as a material for refining the puppet, and this matter should have nothing to do with An Yueming.
It would not be a wise move for the two of them to confront An Yueming, a ghost clan who knew nothing about their origins. It would be best if the matter had nothing to do with him.
"Let's go find Bai Musheng to repair the compass." Hua Ruxue felt relieved after finding out that Ning Shuyan's disappearance had nothing to do with the ghost clan.
Thinking about it now, 80% of Li Zangzhi's death was caused by An Yueming. As a ghost, it is normal for him to carry some poison from the underworld.
"You said that the person who brought Li Changzhi to hell was An Yueming? He wanted to refine Li Changzhi into a puppet, but the Li family's great cause was difficult to control, so he poisoned the person first to weaken his will. , and then detoxify people in the future. By taking advantage of this life-saving grace, and moving around more, I can train people into puppets in a fair and just way."
As Hua Ruxue talked, she felt that this idea was reasonable, but Li Zhizhi was still in the Li family and was not in danger. The most important thing right now was to find Ning Shuyan.
She said it casually and didn't take it to heart.
"Maybe."
The two of them used the teleportation array to teleport to the street closest to the city lord's palace. As soon as they landed, they heard chaotic footsteps all around.
There were no fewer than thirty people, and all of them were in the out-of-body stage.
The tense atmosphere and the pressure unleashed by anger made people tremble uncontrollably.
Su Yi took out his sword to resist the pressure. The long sword appeared, and the pressure around him suddenly did not dare to approach.
When Hua Ruxue saw this sword for the first time, she couldn't help but look at it curiously. The sword was hidden in a jade-like scabbard and its edge had been restrained. It seemed to exude a faint fairy aura.
"Is this a fairy sword?" Hua Ruxue felt it with just one glance.
When it comes to the specialness of this sword, I guess it is the sword obtained from the inheritance of the Sword Immortal.
Su Yi held the sword in his hand with a pious look, "This sword was forged by the master and he devoted his whole life to it."
"It's a good sword." Hua Ruxue praised. Her mere appearance made the coercive people afraid to approach. With this sword in the future, they no longer have to worry about those monks going crazy from time to time and unleashing coercive forces randomly.
The crisis was temporarily over, and the two of them had no intention of paying attention to what those monks in the out-of-body stage were standing in rows on the street. They walked quickly towards the city lord's palace.
Li Buyu was seen guarding the door of the city lord's palace, walking around anxiously.
When the two of them reached the city lord's door, they heard a shout from inside: "Jun Xue, girl, stay here!"
Hua Ruxue looked up, and the person who spoke suddenly appeared in front of her. She took two steps back and recognized that the person in front of her was Li Chu.
Why is Li Chu here? Could it be that someone was poisoned again?
Before she could ask, Li Chu explained his purpose: "Have you finished using the compass? Lend it to me."
Li Buyu stepped forward and explained, "My master is missing."
Li Zhizhi is missing?
Hua Ruxue and Su Yi looked at each other and turned their eyes in the direction of An.
The most critical step in puppet refining is to extract the soul, and this step can only be performed by the puppet master himself.
As the puppet master's puppet, An Murong can only complete the sealing of the soul and the tempering of the body.
When the two of them learned that Li Zangzhi was missing, their first reaction was: He was in Anjia, the Beauty Courtyard.
However, if they directly informed them about the ghost clan and puppetry, even if Li Chu would believe it, how could the An family admit it without clear evidence? How could An Yueming show up? Chinese website
Su Yi presented the compass and placed his jade pendant in it, but saw that the compass was pointing in the direction of the City Lord's Mansion without moving.
This compass had been tampered with and would not point to Anjia at all. Even if they wanted to fake it, they would not be able to do it.
Su Yi briefly explained the situation: "There is something wrong with the compass. We are returning to the City Lord's Mansion now because we want to invite the Young City Lord..."
Before Su Yi could finish speaking, Li Chu understood the key points and directly reached out to pull the two of them and disappeared in front of the city lord's mansion.
It has to be said that this trick was too small, and Li Chu was not polite when it was time to use it.
