When he was about to reach the bottom of the lake, Di Nanxun had already raised his head and looked forward to it. When he saw Mu Jingyu's bearded face, he couldn't help but burst out laughing.
"Hahaha, brother Murong, you really didn't disappoint me! You caught an Emei disciple and came back so quickly." Because Shen Mengdie had explained to Dinanxun first, he followed Shen Mengdie and called him Mu Jingyu is Murong's younger brother.
Mu Jingyu led Su Mian to the bottom of the lake, and replied with a long smile: "Brother Di, it's all thanks to you! As soon as I came out of the bottom of the lake, I met Su Mian from the Emei Sect. She is from Emei Mountain Mingzhao'an Prison will definitely have a way to help you get out of trouble."
Di Huai'en, who had been meditating to heal his injuries, could barely stand up after taking the elixir given by Mu Jingyu. He said with a smile: "Master Murong is right. The prison hospital in Mingzhao'an can also be regarded as the center of the Emei Sect. , a person with a relatively high status. With her help, Master will definitely be able to escape from the bottom of the lake today."
In fact, Mu Jingyu was most worried about Di Huai'en. Who knows if he had truly repented before or if he was pretending to surrender? If he suddenly revealed his identity and caused Su Mian to resist regardless of the consequences, all his previous efforts would be in vain. This was also one of the reasons why he asked Shen Mengdie to come down first.
Seeing that De Huaien didn't expose his identity, his heart that had been hanging on him was completely relieved.
"Master Tai, the next step is up to you." Mu Jingyu retracted his palm, pointed behind Di Nanxun, and made a gesture of invitation.
Su Mian still had a gloomy face. After moving his muscles a few times, he came to the place where the soul-shaking nails were.
"Sure enough, it's a soul-shaking nail!" Su Mian had already made this guess after seeing the faint yellow spiritual thread on Dinan's soul-searching platform and limbs. After seeing the soul-shaking nails embedded in the stone wall, he couldn't help but blurt out.
Mu Jingyu laughed and said: "Master really recognizes this thing, that would be great. Otherwise, my efforts will be in vain."
"Don't be too happy too early." Su Mian said coldly: "It doesn't matter that I recognize this spell, but it is not as simple as you think to unlock it."
It turns out that the use of soul-shaking nails is divided into four levels from high to low. The lowest level is the positive Five Elements technique, and the higher level is the Anti-Five Elements technique. Like ordinary Emei disciples, they can easily perform it.
The two words "positive and negative" are very easy to understand. Even if the order of the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth is used, it is nailed into the spiritual platform and limbs in sequence. It is not difficult to crack it. It's just that the cultivation level used is at least in the innate realm. Even if ordinary Emei disciples know the method to crack it, they can't use it.
The third level of technique is to disrupt the five elements and nail them into the body of the trapped person at will. As for the fourth level, it is the most domineering, secretly using the two paths of yin and yang in conjunction with the five elements. Of course, the technique of using the soul-shaking nails on the fourth level is not only a test of cultivation, but also the ability to mobilize the yin and yang energy of heaven and earth. Ever since the fifth head of the Emei Sect realized this technique, no one has ever been able to perform it.
If you want to crack the third or even fourth level soul-shaking nails, other than the person who casts them, no one else must follow the correct sequence. It is not an easy task to crack them smoothly.
After listening to Sumian's explanation of the origin of the Soul-shaking Nail, Mu Jingyu said worriedly: "So...in addition to finding the original Emei disciples, even Master Tai, you are not sure that you can completely crack the Soul-shaking Nail." ?”
Master Su Mian said: "That's not the case. As long as the person who planted the soul-shaking nails does not use the fourth-level method, I can try to crack it. But I don't know the specific order. I can only follow experience. Try it. Most people can’t bear the pain involved!”
"Of course, if your sworn brother can't stand the torture and is willing to wait, I can go back to Emei and secretly find out who did it in the first place. It's not impossible for you to take action to restrain her then. .”
Mu Jingyu was stunned and secretly said that Sumian was a disciple of Emei and held an important position in the prison of Mingzhao'an. He was actually able to unite with Mu Jingyu to take down this disciple for the sake of his own safety!
But after thinking about it, Mu Jingyu understood Sumian's intention again. Now that she is in trouble, she must find a way to win her trust so she can escape. As for whether he used fake poison pills to control Su Mian, as long as she can successfully return to Mount Emei, she is afraid that she will not be able to find a way to identify the authenticity or even crack it!
Even though Din Nanxun had been trapped at the bottom of the lake for more than thirty years and traveled across Kyushu when he was young, he can be considered a person with a sharp mind. As early as Sumian said this, she understood her true intention.
"Hahaha, Master, you are looking down on Di. I don't mind the mere pain. Feel free to use it later. If I dare to hum a sentence, I won't be Dinanxun!"
"Brother..."
"Master..."
Mu Jingyu and Di Huai'en shouted at the same time.
Dinanxun shook his hand and said, "Don't worry, brother, I am a man after all. I can still bear this little pain."
Din Nanxun was trapped at the bottom of the lake for more than thirty years, looking forward to getting out of here all the time. Today I finally have a glimmer of hope. How could I be frightened by Master Sumian's few words?
"What a man!" Although Sumian didn't know who in the Emei sect Di Nanxun was trapped by, she was still shocked by his arrogance and couldn't help but sigh in admiration.
"Then I will untie the soul-shaking nails for you now. If you can't bear it anymore, you can scream out and no one will laugh at you." Others don't know the pain involved, but Master Sumian is very Clearly, I couldn't help but remind Dinan Xun again.
Din Nanxun shouted carelessly: "You Emei sect is indeed a sect founded by a group of women. You are blabbering non-stop, but you have the decisiveness to kill someone who is cultivating immortality and refining the Tao!"
Master Sumian was choked by Dinanxun, and a ball of anger suddenly emerged in her heart. No longer talking nonsense to him, he ducked in front of the soul-shaking nail.
As a trace of spiritual energy emerged from the palm, a ball of ice instantly formed in the palm. Then after looking at the five soul-shaking nails, he pushed out the soul-shaking nail nailed to Dinan's soul-searching platform in the middle.
The ice ball cut through the lake water and quickly hit the soul-shaking nail. The lake water passing along the way condensed into ice, forming an icicle.
There was a crisp bang, and after the ice ball hit the soul-shaking nail, it immediately turned into a ball of water vapor and dissipated without a trace. After seeing this scene, Su Mian frowned slightly, muttered something wrong, and then condensed a second ice ball, floating in the palm of his hand.
"It seems that this soul-shaking nail was not laid using the Five Elements method. I can only try it one by one." Master Su Mian said as she pushed out the second ice ball again.
After the second crisp sound, the ice ball turned into a ball of water mist again, exactly the same as the first ice ball after impact. No need for Master Su Mian to remind Mu Jingyu and others that this time it would have no effect.
Just as everyone turned their eyes and looked at Master Sumian, condensing the third ice ball, Shen Mengdie noticed something strange about Di Nanxun.
His lips were closed, and his upper and lower teeth were biting together uncontrollably. Even though he was in the lake, you could still see his forehead covered with big beads of sweat. Obviously, Master Sumian's two impacts just now had made him unbearable in pain. It was just that I had boasted so much before that I couldn't bear to say anything.
"Master, are you okay?" Di Huai'en also noticed something strange about Di Nanxun and wanted to run over to help him, but Di Nanxun waved his hand, indicating that Di Huai'en didn't need to come over.
Mu Jingyu shouted: "Brother Di, if you really can't bear it, just scream out loud. Maybe it will relieve some pain."
"Don't worry... I said I could bear it... I will definitely be able to... I will definitely be able to bear it." Di Nanxun took the opportunity to catch his breath and forced a smile.
"You can hold it back and I will continue?" Master Su Mian knew the pain very well: "If it doesn't work, just tell me, don't hold on. If you are unlucky, you can only try the water technique on the fifth time. If it were the soul-shaking nail, I’m afraid you would have been hurt to death.”
"Hahaha, I can't be so unlucky, I need you to try five times to get it right!" Di Nanxun took a deep breath and said, "Just go ahead, even if you try a few more times, I can still hold on. .”
"Okay!" Master Su Mian didn't waste any time, and took out the third ice bead.
Mu Jingyu and Shen Mengdie all held their breaths and prayed in their hearts that they could succeed this time.
With a bang, the ice bead hit the soul-shaking nail located on Dinanxun's left leg. Instead of moving forward twice, it turned into mist and disappeared without a trace. Instead, it wrapped tightly around it and stopped moving.
On the other hand, Di Nanxun didn't seem to feel anything strange. He looked at Master Sumian with wide eyes and said, "Hey~ Why don't you feel anything this time?"
Master Su Mian sneered and said, "Hmph, you're lucky, you succeeded the third time."
"Succeeded? Really succeeded?" After hearing Master Sumian's words, Mu Jingyu was even happier than Di Nanxun.
"Don't be too happy too early. This is just the first step. As for whether the soul-shaking nails are deployed using the positive Five Elements method or the reverse Five Elements method, a second step of testing is needed. Of course, if he is lucky, No, it was spread by someone from my sect using a trick to confuse the Five Elements, so the pain you have suffered has just begun."
"Ah..." Seeing that there were only two collisions, Din Nanxun almost couldn't bear it any longer, and Mu Jingyu and the others suddenly became dejected.
Din Nanxun comforted the three of them and said: "Don't worry... Brother Murong! The Emei disciples who chased me back then were far behind Master Su Mian in terms of age and cultivation. Therefore, the techniques they used must be positive and negative. The five elements!”
"I hope so." Mu Jingyu said, "Master, please continue."
After Su Mian nodded, his hands became full of energy again. Only this time, the ice ball did not condense, but instead glowed with a little red light, which was the effect of the fire aura.
The formation of this fireball was extremely slow, all because at this moment, deep in the lake bottom, there was already abundant water spiritual energy all around, and very little fire spiritual energy existed.
After waiting for dozens of breaths, Su Mian gathered enough fire energy from within a hundred feet to form a seemingly weak but persistent flame, which then struck Dinanxun's right foot. The soul-shaking nail is nailed on.
It seems that Master Su Mian still wants to use the correct order of the five elements to try to crack the soul-shaking nail.
This ball of flames immediately touched the soul-shaking nail, and the small flames rose and dispersed the surrounding lake water.
"The method of correcting the five elements! It is the simplest method of correcting the five elements!" Mu Jingyu shouted happily.
Dinanxun touched his nose and laughed loudly: "I have long said that my luck will not be too bad! How about, I guess you are right."
Now that he had found the correct method, Master Su Mian no longer wasted time and condensed the elements of gold, wood and earth in sequence, and struck the remaining three soul-shaking nails in sequence.
After all the five elements of spiritual energy touched the soul-shaking nails, they immediately shot out five-color spiritual threads and connected them to the adjacent soul-shaking nails, forming the shape of a five-pointed star.
After Master Su Mian saw this, she immediately sat cross-legged and quickly formed various mudras with her hands. Mu Jingyu just looked at it curiously for a few times, then felt dizzy and turned aside quickly, not daring to look any further.
As the five elements of light shone brighter, several more spiritual threads flew out, intersecting in the middle, forming a group of small light beads. Master Su Mian flew forward, put his palm on it, whispered the word "receive" in his mouth, then grasped the spirit bead tightly and pulled hard.
The five soul-shaking nails were gradually pulled out from the stone wall under the pull of the middle spirit bead.
Din Nanxun, who was still watching intently, suddenly felt a splitting headache. His limbs seemed to be torn apart by invisible spiritual threads, stretching out as if they were nailed in the water.
"Hold on for a while, and you'll be fine soon!" Master Su Mian yelled, then the strength in her hand became stronger.
Everyone knows that now comes the most critical step. Watching Din Nanxun in pain, he didn't dare to make a sound.
"It's done!" Master Sumian kicked the bottom of the lake hard with her feet. After pulling hard with her fingers, she finally pulled out the five soul-shaking nails that had troubled Dinanxun for more than thirty years.
And Dinanxun was lying on the ground like a pile of mud, without even the strength to breathe.
