The young Chu Yuanxiao only later learned that there had always been some sayings in the Jiuzhou arena that were like the secrets of landscapes by immortal monks. There were also stories about the fairies and mountain ghosts who hibernated in the mountains and rivers and practiced secretly, looking forward to one day becoming immortals. A running account can be rambled on.
It is said that ten thousand years ago, from the time when the nine continents demon clan in the world were sent to Yunmengze by the last human emperor, until the strange celestial phenomenon called the demon dragon opening its eyes more than ten years ago, this During this period of nearly ten thousand years, there have been very few mountain spirits or ghosts and monsters in Jiuzhou that can truly cultivate a certain climate.
Some people say that the reason is because the last human emperor personally blocked all living beings in the world except the human race from cultivating opportunities. Some people say that it is because there are hundreds of schools of thought headed by the three religions that monitor the world and suppress it. Opportunities for these other non-human beings to grow.
After nearly ten thousand years of accumulation, various theories have been circulated, but it seems that no one has ever really given a definite statement. On the contrary, many people know about the group of people in Middle-earth, and they seem to have some ideas. He has the ability to subdue demons and eliminate demons, and he is more enthusiastic than the monks from other eight continents to accumulate merits and good karma that Linyuan Academy is responsible for keeping accounts.
The more famous ones among them are the four mountain gates of the Taoist lineage outside the Kunlun Ruins. Each of their ancestors is the registered disciple of the Taoist ancestor. Although the disciples and disciples of each family adopt slightly different practices, But it seems that he has some ability to subdue demons and demons.
The most obvious among these four houses is the Longhu Mountain Celestial Master's Mansion, which is said to have both the thunder method and talisman. It opens its doors to accept disciples, has religious rules and precepts, and the main purpose is clearly eight characters, "Thunder method talisman, accumulate merit." , and every elder immortal master in the mountain will clearly tell the disciples of the younger generation that only one and two of those eight characters can be successful in practice.
However, the merits advocated by the Tianshi Mansion do not seem to be exactly the same as the merits in the account book of Linyuan Academy. Instead, they seem more like the incense and wish power required for the growth of human gods in various parts of Jiuzhou.
Generally speaking, these intricate rules and regulations seem to have completely blocked the way for the monsters and ghosts wandering in the mountains to reach the sky. Therefore, in the past ten thousand years, there have been few truly capable big monsters or trolls. Show up in the world.
Among the five tribes back then, except for the Gods who were sealed behind the Tianmen, and the Humans who completely occupied Jiuzhou, the remaining three tribes are still somewhat famous in Jiuzhou. They are the ones who stay in Middle-earth all year round. Zhuolu Prefecture, the leader of the demon sect who never leaves home, Yun Mengze, who is assigned to the entire demon tribe to live alone, and the extraterritorial ghost tribe that only a few people know about, including Luofeng Mountain, are scattered across the sea.
Some people also say that the Zhenhai Tower built in Jinchaizhou in the southeast was actually to suppress the Kraken clan. It used a five-story stone tower to dominate the world and prevent the Kraken from landing on the Jiuzhou land and causing harm to the world. However, this view is not as good as before. The three of them are so famous, it seems more like word-of-mouth spread by good people, so it is not yet known whether they are true or not.
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Today, the young boy Chu Yuanxiao arrived at the entrance of the somewhat strange valley. When he met the strange ghost with a strange and changeable face and whose origin he couldn't see clearly, he initially thought it was the mentally ill Su Sanzai pretending to be, but when he saw After he suddenly turned into a ghastly and terrifying face, he felt like he was really a ghost practicing Taoism.
Old Liangtou once mentioned that in the world of life, everyone is born with three fires on their shoulders and the top of their head. The fire on the top of the head represents the gods three feet above the head, and the two fires on the shoulders each represent the three Yins. The three yangs and the three fires combined together constitute the three souls and seven souls of human beings.
When people walk in the world, when viewed from a distance, the three fires are like white paper lanterns shining in the mountains and fields in the middle of the night. However, for some people with shallow fortunes, the bright fires are like If it is not bright enough, it will be more like a ghost fire, which can easily attract evil spirits.
As for those who have a strong enough destiny, or have advanced cultivation, the firelight is like the sun, which can naturally block the approach of those sinister and evil spirits.
Today's young boy Chu Yuanxiao is decapitated on the one hand, and on the other hand, his martial arts body is completely shattered. Although there were rumors in the small town that he was destined to kill his relatives, the problem is that the saying that he was killed is somewhat based on It's hard to say whether it was God's will or whether it was a man-made disaster. Therefore, when day and night alternated and black and white were difficult to distinguish, it seemed reasonable that he suddenly encountered an evil spirit blocking the road.
The surroundings were suddenly dark without any light, a strong wind was blowing, sand and rocks were flying, and ghosts were wailing in my ears!
Chu Yuanxiao's hair stood on end for a moment. When he carried the dead old drunkard three miles out of the town and buried him at the foot of Zhelongbei Mountain, he seemed to have never been afraid, because the old man was a relative who had watched him grow up. It's really not the same thing as this unknown ghost in front of me.
Opposite, the pale ghost face that kept wandering in the black mist seemed to suddenly have only one head left, and the entire body from the neck down seemed to be the same thing he had condensed with ghost energy before. In that dark room When it diffused, it melted and dissipated little by little, merged into the black air, and disappeared, leaving only a head flying around.
In fact, as early as more than ten years ago, this ghost had already settled in the valley in front of him. However, at that time, the monks and the gods of the mountains and rivers all over the world did not like to see these monsters. Therefore, although he settled here, he In fact, there are very few times when I dare to show my body in public.
He is just like the ostrich that likes to bury its head under the sand on the ground when avoiding natural enemies. He ignores his head and deceives himself and others.
Later, not long after, I don’t know whether it was because the sky had eyes and specially gave him a way to survive, or because he was exposed to the light of some similar evil spirits with great luck. In short, on a full moon night, that spot in the sky The lunar moon, which was originally like a white jade plate, was suddenly stained with a layer of blood. It was the demon dragon who opened his eyes!
Ghosts like them, who are born with a treacherous path, are already hungry for the power of Taiyin. Without the resources of heaven and earth to supplement it, they dare not blatantly devour those weak human monks or ordinary people. , used as a panacea to nourish cultivation, squatting on the top of the cliff to absorb the power of the lunar moon every night when the moon is at its peak is almost the only option for them to effectively increase their strength besides practicing steadily.
They help each other and complement each other.
That night when the demon dragon opened its eyes, the so-called "demon dragon" happened to be the most friendly to the monsters in the mountains and rivers, and it could also benefit a lot from ghosts like them.
So all this time, the ghosts in front of me who only dared to sneak around in secluded places to absorb some of the power of the lunar moon benefited a lot from that night, and their cultivation level also improved to a higher level. They finally dared to show their faces a little bit in normal times, and occasionally coveted them here. Businessmen and pedestrians passing by on the official road outside the valley.
It's just that as a ghost, he is born with a keen sense of smell. Although it is about two hundred miles away from the famous Yanguan Town in Liangzhou, he still does not dare to be too arrogant because there are so many dazzling things scattered in that town. In his eyes, many great human cultivators were as dazzling as the sun, and it was difficult to pretend they were not visible even though they were two hundred miles away.
Moreover, in the eyes of ordinary people, the distance of two hundred miles may take two or three days to reach, but in the eyes of those human monks who are like natural enemies in his eyes, it is only slightly longer than a step. A little bit, he is not much different from being right under the eyes of others.
It’s not that this ghost doesn’t want to go further and settle down somewhere else, it’s just that his strength is not very high when he comes, only equivalent to about the middle stage of the second realm of human cultivation. In addition, he ended up here by accident. I don’t dare to change places too blatantly anymore, lest I get noticed accidentally.
Secondly, there is actually another reason why I dare not say it openly, that is, the Yanguan Formation, which can gather the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, is two hundred miles away from this place, but because the effect of absorbing spiritual energy is too huge, it happens to be There is a spiritual energy vein running through this valley all year round.
Therefore, settling here will have some benefits for ghosts who do not have the protection of the great road. At best, it is called a tower near the water, but at worst, it can only be called a rat to steal oil. In short, there are some benefits.
These days have been sneaking around like this for more than ten years. Until about half a month ago, he was still hiding in his cave in the cliff. Unexpectedly, a disaster struck from the sky. The powerful warriors who could seriously injure and kill him just because of their anger, somehow took the wrong medicine and came to this valley to ask each other about punches.
In that brutal martial arts game, regardless of how the two people were fighting each other, he was a trembling ghostly creature hiding in a cave on a cliff. He was first frightened and injured half to death.
If he hadn't run fast enough when he saw the situation was bad, and the two people seemed to be only looking at each other at that time, not even noticing him running away under their noses, he probably wouldn't have survived today.
However, the fist fight between those two affected him, a fish under the city, so when he was seriously injured, he had to show up after the clouds cleared and the sky cleared, and found a way to make up for his shortcomings.
Fortunately, the Yanguan Formation has been broken now, and the masters who in his opinion could kill him with just one fart have also left Liangzhou territory one by one. Therefore, it was only at this moment that he intercepted the young man in front of him. The next thing to do is to take supplements to make up for the shortfall.
As for why he can change into the appearance that this young man knows, it is a trivial matter. This young man is a weak person with a weak soul and no cultivation. The ghosts and spirits want to see through people like them. What he was thinking was very simple. At a glance, he realized that the appearance of the man in black seemed to have the deepest roots in the young man's heart, so it would not be difficult at all as long as he changed it slightly.
As soon as he thought of this, the ghost stared at the young man in the ghost's aura with a pair of scarlet blood eyes. He smiled strangely, his eyes were hot, and he couldn't help but stretched out his terrifying and weird long tongue and licked the pale and innocent boy up and down. Bloody lips.
"Boy, if you had followed me into this valley without saying a word, I would still have eaten your flesh and blood, but at least I could have kept your soul as a little devil, or as my slave. It's just that you talked too much and missed this great opportunity. Then don't blame me for taking supplements with your flesh and blood and soul."
As he spoke, the ghost, which was constantly wandering and changing directions in the ghost mist, had its eyes even more blood-red, salivating while continuing to laugh weirdly.
"Looking at your origin, you must have come from that small town, right? You have been nourished by the spiritual energy of heaven and earth for many years. To me, it is just a tonic flesh and blood elixir. It is of great benefit. I can't think of it. Although I don’t have the honor of entering the town to recruit disciples, I do have the good fortune of being a young man in the town. It’s my destiny, and it’s time for me to attain enlightenment and ascend to heaven!”
The ghostly aura was so strong and the evil wind was raging that Chu Yuanxiao, who was inside it, inevitably began to feel dizzy, and his whole body began to feel weak and weak.
The two accidents before and after left him injured, and like a shabby thatched hut, wind began to leak from all sides. The gusts of wind that were constantly raging around him happened to flow upstream along the cracks in the broken body, constantly eroding the internal organs in the body, making He was shivering all over and getting weaker.
However, the pale-faced young man was really sure that this was not Su Sanzai, but a real ghost from the underworld, and he was not as scared as before.
It is human nature to be afraid of those things that cannot be seen clearly. But now that he has determined what is going on on the other side, the young man feels a little more at ease. After all, he did let the right person go face to face with the Fengdu Ghost Marquis, even though it was just A bystander, but the body is indeed his.
Chu Yuanxiao gritted his teeth, then tried to open his eyes and looked at the gusts of sinister wind around him. Although it was pitch dark, he could not hear the source of the ghostly voice, but he still said: "How can you be sure? It must be You ate me instead of falling into my hands?"
The ghost seemed to have heard a big joke when he heard this, and it still couldn't get rid of the thick and sinister atmosphere in its sneer.
"I know that you have some immortal things close to you, such as the money in your hand. As an object of disgust, it has some natural restraint on creatures like us, but what you don't know is that the magic weapon exerts Whether it's powerful or not depends on who uses it."
The ghost suddenly revealed its head from the sinister aura that permeated the surroundings, and then grinned. The two corners of its long and narrow mouth had reached to the base of the ears, making his already withered and terrifying face look grim. , looks even weirder.
"If a cultivator holds your winning coin, I will have no choice but to retreat. But as a sick man like you, who is depleted of vitality and whose life flame is flickering and is about to be extinguished, use this money to deal with me, just like Cao Cao. What's the difference between itching and itching? If you use it as a method, it's a question of whether that force can penetrate my ghost formation!"
The young man looked at the terrifying ghost that only had a head and no body below the neck, but was still bleeding. When he heard his answer, his face became uglier.
He wasn't sure if it was true as the ghost said. If he read out those four words, the young man in black would be able to sense the predicament in front of him, but if he didn't read it at the moment, he seemed to have nothing else to do. Too many means are available.
Seeing that everything was at an end, the young man did not hesitate. He directly held the coin and whispered the four words engraved on the coin.
After finishing reciting, when he raised his eyes again, he saw that the ghost face stayed in place for a long time, with a pair of weird and terrifying ghost eyes narrowing in a smile, and the sarcasm at the corners of his lips became more and more obvious.
Because there was no change in the dark mist surrounding him, it was as if, as he said, even if the young man really used the winning money, it would be of no use. The great monk who promised to be summoned by him, Didn't show up.
It was quiet all around, except for the dark mist that was constantly rotating, and there were no sounds or other changes.
Seeing this, Chu Yuanxiao couldn't help but his eyes changed slightly. If this money was useless, it meant that he would have to think of other ways, or even rely on his own ability to escape.
The ghost opposite seemed to be in a good mood at the moment, and was not in a hurry to take the young man's life. Instead, he said with a strange smile: "Boy, you have grown up so old, you must have never heard of ghosts breaking walls, right?" ?”
Of course the young man has heard of ghosts breaking into walls.
Old Liangtou once said that some people who are not very lucky will wander around as if they are lost when they encounter ghosts at night, or even accidentally enter a ghost place alone in the wilderness during the day. In serious cases, they will be directly connected to ghosts. His mind and spirit became muddled and he could not get out of trouble.
When some ghosts are too fierce, people who stray into them may even die.
The young man remembered clearly that when Lao Liangtou talked about this matter, he once mentioned a tragic phenomenon that he had witnessed with his own eyes when he was young.
It is said that the young man who met the ghost and hit the wall was found kneeling alone in a pit at the foot of a mountain. His eyes were wide open and protruding with a huge look of fear, as if he had seen something extremely terrifying. Weird scene.
Moreover, the man's mouth and nose were filled with mud and sand, and the nails on his hands were all broken off and dripping with blood. There were still two handfuls of mud in his hands.
He also said that the sand in the young man's mouth and nose should have been fed into his mouth by himself. When others found out, the man had already died of suffocation because his mouth and nose were blocked, and his body was already cold and stiff, and he died. The situation is extremely miserable!
At that time, the lights were dark and there was no sound around. The young man who followed Lao Liangtou through the streets could only make some sound when he knocked the clapper in his hand. So when he heard Lao Liangtou say these descriptions in a calm tone, The young man felt as if something was following behind him, and he couldn't help but get closer to the old man.
What could have been heard as a story back then was now happening right in front of me. Chu Yuanxiao's face became darker, staring at the arrogant-looking face, and said: "Gui Daqiang does know, but you want me to do it because of that?" After hearing these three words, it may be too easy to simply surrender and obey orders."
The ghost listened to the young man's answer, and even raised its eyebrows with its blood-red ghost eyes, which looked a little weird and funny. He just heard him smile strangely and said: "Then why don't you try it and see if there is any way to get out of the trap?" , if you can escape from me today, I will be your servant from now on!"
Listening to the ghost's voice and tone, Chu Yuanxiao could clearly tell that he was more mocking than determined, just like a cat playing with a mouse. He didn't rush to speak, but instead had a touch of teasing about playing with toys for fun.
This was actually an opportunity. The young man began to think quietly about what else he could use. At the same time, as if he had no intention of talking to the ghost, he began to delay: "Besides me, have you ever blocked anyone else?"
When he said this, the young man began to calculate in his mind. When he walked out of the town, the magical objects he carried were, in addition to the money, the jade token Xumi object given to him by Mr. Cui, and the magical object given to him by Li Yuyao. That fish dragon pendant, and the compensation that Su Sanzai had extorted from him were placed in the sumeru object.
In addition to these, he should also include the bamboo stick in his hand. When he was in Yanguan Town, every time he saw the old Taoist priest, the young man could see that the old man with wide robes and big sleeves was always Hold this bamboo stick in your hand to explore the way.
Moreover, on the night of the Spring Equinox, when the old Taoist priest stood on the top of Zhelongbei Mountain in the east of Zhendong, he also used this bamboo stick to release the thunder pool, so maybe this bamboo stick will be useful?
The ghost opposite listened to the boy's question and didn't mind him stalling for time. It also looked at the boy's eyes and movements. When he saw him pinching the bamboo pole, he grinned strangely and said, "It doesn't matter whether I blocked others or not." , you want to use that bamboo pole to deal with me, do you think I will be knocked unconscious by you like a human being?"
The reason why he said this is because ghosts are different from humans. Human monks cannot cultivate the real into the weak unless they have reached a certain level of cultivation. That is to say, they cannot avoid attacks by dissipating their bodies, but ghosts do not have this. limit.
For example, when Chu Yuanxiao and Li Yuyao faced off against the pair of Shuixiu Lake masters and servants at the foot of Zhelongbei Mountain, the old woman with a gloomy face had the sixth level of Qi Practitioner cultivation and had also practiced magic skills. , faced with the sword energy explosion attack of the girl in white, it was still impossible to avoid the damage by disappearing.
But like the ghost in front of him, he can disappear from this place at any time and then reappear in another place. As long as the ghostly atmosphere around him like a howling wind does not dissipate, he can always move around like a fish in water.
Therefore, when he realized that Chu Yuanxiao was planning to attack him with the bamboo pole, he only felt it was funny. Not only did the young man in front of him have no cultivation, he seemed to not even know some basic common sense about traveling in the world. He was a real young man!
So, before the young man could answer his question, he smiled strangely and put down his bold words, "Come on, come on, you might as well try and see if your bamboo pole can do any harm to me?"
This time, without waiting for the boy who was holding the bamboo stick tightly to make a move, both humans and ghosts saw a flash of light and shadow, and then a thin hand with five fingers suddenly appeared above the ghost head. !
As if he thought the ghost's head was too bloody and dirty, the palm of his hand did not touch the pile of hair hanging loosely from the top of the ghost's head, but there was a vague and clear air that slowly wrapped and imprisoned the head. got up.
Almost instantly, the face of the gloomy ghost that had suddenly changed suddenly changed. The grimace that originally held a strange smile was transformed into a face of surprise and fear like a magic trick, because he found that he could not move.
It was clear that the gloomy ghost energy around him showed no sign of dissipating. Only one hand appeared, and the owner of this hand was still submerged in the ghost mist. However, he was suddenly caught by a fish swimming in the water. It's like being trapped in a net bag, unable to disappear, unable to move, unable to escape. The world is like a cage, and you cannot escape!
Before the ghost had finished panicking, and before the boy had finished being surprised, a lukewarm voice sounded in the ears of the boy and the ghost at the same time.
"Then look at his bamboo stick now and see if he can hit your ghost head, which should have been rotten for a long time?"
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