Maple Forest Valley is located in the middle section of the Yucui Mountains in the Chixia Kingdom of the eastern continent, which originally had few mountains. It covers an area of about several hundred acres. It is said to be a valley, but it is actually a forest formed by several hills. The land of maple trees is collectively called Maple Grove, and the real forbidden land is about a hundred acres in the middle of Maple Grove.
The biggest difference from other maple forests is that the maple trees in this forbidden maple forest valley have never grown taller or died. According to records from the eastern continent, the maple leaves of these maple trees are all blood red, and there is not even a fallen leaf on the ground. .
On the hilltop outside the forbidden area, Tang Yao had already ordered people to build a temporary residence here. Although it was temporary, it also had a two-entry courtyard. There is a unique scenery in the maple forest. If this place had not been banned before, it is still uncertain whether it has disappeared. It is also a good place to rest and recuperate without worrying about the world.
When Zheng Yifan reminded Tang Yao in Donglin City, he knew that Song Pingzi would definitely come to the "Maple Grove" exploration he proposed.
Therefore, when Song Pingzi arrived, he was already waiting here after receiving the news.
"Sect Master Tang is really well-informed!" Song Pingzi smiled lightly and didn't mind Tang Yao's overtures.
"Since I have sent out the invitation, I naturally have to express my sincerity. Although I don't know how long it will take Mr. Song to decipher the secret, it is best to make some preparations, lest Mr. Song sleep in the open, which will make me, the master, too insincere." Tang Yao They didn’t explain why they were notified in advance. Some explanations were redundant.
"Then thank you very much, Sect Master Tang. I won't pretend to shirk it." Song Pingzi thanked him with his hands.
"Young Master Song must have checked a lot of information. It's daytime and there's nothing special. In the evening, after Mr. Song has carefully checked it all night, I will discuss it with him in detail." Seeing Song Pingzi, Tang Yao accepted it readily. Of course I'm happy.
Zhao Decheng and Li Gang naturally arranged Song Pingzi's residence first. As for Zheng Yifan, it was not that they didn't want to arrange it for him, but they really didn't know the tutor's habits. Anyway, the wing room was full of everything. Tang Yao was also very sensible. In the small courtyard he entered on the second day, Song Pingzi's residence was inside, while Zheng Yifan, Zhao Decheng and Li Gang were outside.
And he himself was very aware that there was a row of separate houses fifty steps apart, and the sect arranged for someone to come and take care of the daily lives of everyone. These were arranged by the people who stayed in Donglin City after observing that Song Pingzi liked the lifestyle of ordinary people.
That night, because Song Pingzi might see what the situation was like in Maplewood Valley at night, it was just a simple meal, but it was enough to be described as rich.
Song Pingzi stood on a high place in front of the courtyard that night, observing carefully from the first light spot. Because there were other people around, he only relied on his naked eyes and senses, and did not run the Jishan Heart Sutra.
If the information introduces, the strange light can be bright or dark, and the aperture can be large or small, as big as a fist, or as small as a firefly. When the strange light appears in the entire Maple Valley forbidden area, they who are watching from the periphery do not notice a trace of warmth. The improvement, on the contrary, there is a chill.
"Song Gongzi, viewing Maple Grove Valley at night is completely different from daytime, isn't it?" Tang Yao asked when he saw that Song Pingzi had not spoken.
"It's indeed different, very weird. It's neither scale fire nor strange fire." Song Pingzi replied.
"There are exorcists in Hunan, and strange fires are often seen in cemeteries. We have also called in many exorcists to check, and they all say that it is not a will-o'-the-wisp. There have been bold exorcists who went in, and they were just as crazy." Tang Yao pointed forward. Maple Valley.
"Why did Sect Leader Tang get associated with the corpse exorcists? Could it be that he suspected that this place was an ancient cemetery?" Song Pingzi did not expect this aspect.
"I had such suspicions, but after the exterminators came, I gave up completely. We also tried to enter during the day, isolated the maple trees, and blasted away the ground. There was not a single corpse, not even an animal bone. None. If it is a will-o'-the-wisp, no matter how long it takes, it is impossible not to find a single bone. And it is true that no one has ever died in Maple Grove Valley. If you encounter an accident when you go in, you will go crazy. In the end, you will either jump off the cliff or destroy yourself in various ways. Yes!" Tang Yao also told about the detection he had done.
"Has Sect Leader Tang ever gone in?" Song Pingzi asked.
Tang Yao smiled awkwardly, "Such an unknown is not worth taking the risk. Originally there were some small beasts in Maple Forest Valley, but the forbidden areas of the Automatic Blue Star Continent disappeared one by one, and the small beasts inside were nowhere to be found. Although it looked like Maple Forest, The valley has not changed at all. It is because these little beasts have disappeared that we have confirmed that Maple Grove Valley must have changed. As for whether there are any strange phenomena left by the disappearance, we don’t know."
"No one has ever caught those little beasts?" Song Pingzi turned to look at Tang Yao.
"To be honest, there is no way to catch them. Those little beasts never leave this area. Later, after the mutation happened, the little beasts didn't know their direction, and they couldn't catch them even if they wanted to." Tang Yao's answer made Song Pingzi a little strange. In the previous training system, if you did not go out to sea to catch sea beasts while practicing in the Jingjing realm, you would also enter forbidden areas to look for ferocious beasts. Although Tang Yao said that Maplewood Valley was a small beast, it was a matter of size and had nothing to do with whether it was ferocious or not. No one has ever caught it, which is really unimaginable.
Song Pingzi made a mental note, nodded, and continued to look at Maple Grove. He couldn't tell what these strange lights were. On the first day of the day, he had no intention of taking any risks. He just wanted to learn as much as possible before making a decision.
Just as he was thinking, the conch ring on his finger tightened. Song Pingzi's heart skipped a beat, but this was not the time to ask. After looking at it for an hour, he said that he was a little tired from traveling today and would rest tomorrow. Reconsideration.
Tang Yao had seen it more than once, so of course it was nothing; Zheng Yifan couldn't see it either, so naturally he wouldn't object.
Back in the courtyard, Zhao Decheng and Li Gang sent Song Pingzi to the second entrance and then retreated.
"What do you have to say?" Song Pingzi returned to his bedroom and asked the big black dog to guard the door. He first set up an isolation barrier and then fumbled for the conch ring and asked.
"Sir, those strange lights are soul fire." A flame spread from the conch replacement, and Ye Huo couldn't wait to show off his "professionalism".
"Soul fire?" Song Pingzi was very surprised. It was the first time he heard such a statement.
"To put it simply, it is the fire left by the soul."
"The fire left by the soul?"
This answer was tantamount to no answer, and Song Pingzi still didn't understand. The soul can be invisible, and the demeanor of the Heshen realm can even be tangible. The level of cultivation of the mind is the same even at the Nascent Soul stage. But I have never heard of a divine soul having fire.
"Oh, how can I explain it to you! This soul is not the soul that you understand, young master, nor is it a soul that is cultivated, but the traces left by a soul that cannot be reincarnated. It neither belongs to heaven and earth nor can it be integrated into the vitality. , absorbing the light presented by spiritual energy over time. Although it is called fire, it is actually light. Because it is a dead soul, it feels cold instead of hot. "
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"They are innocent souls. They were filled with extreme injustice during their lives and did not want to return to heaven and earth. But who is so boring to collect so many innocent souls here!"
Ye Huo's answer surprised Song Pingzi. If Maple Grove was full of wronged souls, they should also be souls, but why couldn't he feel the breath of souls at all. "Then can they still be called souls?"
"Of course not. These are all dead souls, and a sufficient number of wronged souls will eventually become the corpse chief."
"What is Corpse Chief?" Song Pingzi once again heard a title he had never known before.
"It's the gathering of wronged souls that produces intelligent monsters. For strong men with a firm mind, the corpse boss is not scary, but it is really troublesome for ordinary people. The corpse boss is the gathering of wronged souls, which can make people crazy. Like this When a person dies, he becomes an unjust ghost again."
"Why have there never been similar records on Blue Star?"
"I've seen it before when I wasn't blocked by the Abandoned Land! Every once in a while, a zombie would appear. After all, there were many people who died unjustly on Blue Star, but then it seemed that there really weren't any. .As for why there is no record, then I don’t know. The name Shikui also existed before. Isn’t it possible that this name is not recorded in Blue Star?” Ye Huo was also very strange.
"That's true. I've looked up a lot of information. I've never seen it or heard anyone mention it."
"Can all these soul fires become corpse masters?" Song Pingzi was most concerned about this.
"Although the corpse leader's spiritual intelligence is actually very weak, it is mainly supported by the will before death. The stronger the will, the stronger the will. After becoming the soul light, some weak-willed souls will gather to become the soul light. After reaching a certain level, they will start to absorb the spiritual energy. , it won’t take hundreds of years to become a corpse master. Moreover, I just felt it, they seem to have been in a dormant state and just woke up." Ye Huo thought about it and said something that even he himself didn't quite believe. result.
How powerful it is to actually be able to make the soul light go dormant instead of gathering it together and turning it into a corpse leader!
