Xu Ruluan and Miss Leng are both first-level evil spirits, and neither of them has the hiding effect of Xu Ruyan. If they choose to let them come to Xiaozhu Peak on their own, once they get close to Lingxiao Sect, if they are informed by the monk's talisman, there is a high probability that they will have a conflict.
Whether it was Xu Ruluan and others being wiped out, or the monks being invaded by evil spirits, Chen Ping was not willing to see it.
So Chen Ping followed Xu Ruyan directly to the Demon Slaying Site.
This distance is not far for Chen Ping.
When we arrived at the Demon-Slaying Site, we looked at the huge pits and moss-covered branches of thick trees for miles around, like cut sections of green rock. Chen Ping couldn't help but sigh. One can imagine how brutal the battle here was back then.
Decades later, this is the first time Chen Ping has visited this area in person.
In fact, it’s not just Chen Ping who hasn’t been here.
Many other monks would not come to this area without special missions.
Because there were many high-level monks who died in those days, the place was full of filth. Even if you walked here in broad daylight, the Evil Killing Talisman would feel faintly hot, and it would be even more terrifying at night.
And because this was a former demon cave where demon cultivators had been entrenched for many years, even now, Chen Ping could still feel a touch of demonic energy when he walked out of here.
This is truly a paradise for evil spirits.
"Master, Yan'er, come ahead and we'll come in together." Xu Ruyan led the way.
What does it mean to go in together?
Chen Ping looked around:
"It's not us, it's you. Just go and ask them to come up."
The demonic cultivators had been planning here for many years, so the underground palace would inevitably be extremely deep and complicated. Even if it was completely destroyed later, there might still be residual traps.
Besides, if Xu Ruyan and the others could live here, there might be other evil spirits, and he didn't want to risk it just for the sake of two evil spirits.
Xu Ruyan had the urge to complain about her master.
But I dare not.
"Okay, Yan'er will come back as soon as she goes."
After Chen Ping saw Xu Ruyan slipping into the underground palace tunnel through the gap in the collapsed cave, he released his consciousness at the same time and followed Xu Ruyan's figure to 'check' the situation underground.
There are signs of collapse everywhere in the cave.
The tunnels are cramped, and in many places there is no room for a person to pass through them smoothly. However, after going several miles underground, some relatively spacious caves will occasionally appear.
There are still some white bones that have not been completely ashes visible in the underground palace.
I don’t know if it was left behind by the demon-slaying war, or by the monks who later entered the place for adventure or treasure hunting.
Or maybe it was a monk from the Lingxiao Sect who came here to patrol in recent decades and died unexpectedly.
The further inside the underground palace, the more frequently black energy appears.
Finally, Xu Ruyan stopped in a collapsed underground palace.
With the appearance of Xu Ruyan, two evil spirits soon appeared.
Chen Ping's consciousness quickly searched the filthy cave. There was nothing unique about it. After looking for a long time, he didn't see the dark pattern Xu Ruyan mentioned.
But at this moment, an evil spirit slightly touched a piece of blue rock behind him. Only then did Chen Ping notice that a line flashed slightly there.
Dark patterns are fleeting.
Then it returns to the texture of the rock itself.
No wonder.
This bionic is too strong.
I am afraid that even if the patrolling monks from the Lingxiao Sect go deep here, they may not be able to find anything unusual here.
Chen Ping took a serious look at the dark pattern.
Upon careful inspection, the dark line actually shows the outline of a lotus flower, and it is not without rules.
But other than that, there are no other features.
I don't see why a Xie Sui's cultivation level can be allowed to cross two levels.
Thinking of Xu Ruyan saying that Aunt Leng came from the other side of the dark pattern, Chen Ping concentrated his consciousness and let her enter the wall.
His spiritual consciousness is several times stronger than that of monks in the same realm, and it can penetrate dozens of miles even into the soil.
However, what made Chen Ping regretful was that after his spiritual consciousness entered the wall, he found nothing unusual.
That's just an ordinary wall.
Chen Ping drew out his consciousness and carefully looked at the dark patterned lotus flower again. This time, his consciousness unconsciously entered the dark pattern lotus with precision, and he suddenly felt a sense of trance.
Chen Ping was shocked.
Sure enough, there is something abnormal.
But before he could react, his consciousness continued to deepen and he felt a stronger sense of trance and dizziness.
The dark lotus pattern seemed to have turned into a dark passage, and his consciousness was floating in it like a mote of dust.
Along with the dizziness comes a strong sense of exclusivity.
Chen Ping was shocked. His instinctive sense of self-protection made him instantly cut off his consciousness and withdraw the consciousness that was deeply embedded in the dark pattern to avoid further backlash.
What is this dark pattern?
Why exclusivity?
Will it be aggressive?
Chen Ping didn't understand, but he didn't dare to try again. One thing is certain: the dark patterns definitely hide mysteries.
"Master, Yan'er is back." A voice brought Chen Ping back to reality.
Behind Xu Ruyan, two women stood.
Two women who are very recognizable.
One of them looks very similar to Xu Ruyan, and Chen Ping knows it is Xu Ruluan without introducing him.
Like Xu Ruyan, she was also wearing a Xu uniform-style red dress and had a slender figure. If she hadn't been more dignified and quiet, Chen Ping wouldn't even be able to tell who was the elder sister and who was the younger sister.
"My little daughter, Xu Ruluan, has met Master Chen Xian." Xu Ruluan gave a slight salute.
Chen Ping nodded. At this time, his attention was no longer on her, but on the female evil spirit whom Xu Ruyan called Aunt Leng.
this.
Not normal at all.
It is more like a rattle than an evil spirit turned into by a female cultivator.
It's just that one side of the rattle has a drum head, and the other side has the face of a fox with its eyes closed.
What is Aunt Leng called? Call it a cold-faced fox.
Seeing Chen Ping at this moment, she said nothing.
Instead, it keeps changing faces.
"She is what Yan'er called Aunt Leng. She can't speak. She keeps turning her head, which means she is very happy." Xu Ruyan said quickly.
Chen Ping remains wary of the cold-faced fox.
Among the three evil spirits, Xu Ruyan has completed the contract and now shares the honor and disgrace with him, and cannot harm him. Xu Ruluan is Xu Ruyan's sister, and he indirectly completed her revenge on her behalf. The two of them had nothing to do with each other during their lifetimes, and there was no reason to harm him.
But this cold-faced fox has to be guarded against.
It's not that he's worried about her targeting him for no reason.
But her origin is unknown, and the dark pattern of the lotus flower in the cave is full of mystery.
Chen Ping has always been highly vigilant about unknown things.
He carefully looked at the cold-faced fox and realized that its evil spirit was not very strong. It was obviously at the first level at the moment. It was unlikely to hurt him in this case. Chen Ping felt relieved a little.
"It is not advisable to stay for a long time at this moment. You all go into the stone tablet first, and I will take you back." Chen Ping said, and a stone tablet was suspended in front of him.
After the three women entered the stone tablet, Chen Ping quickly returned to Xiaozhu Peak without stopping.
After returning to the quiet room, he activated the small mountain protection formation and arranged evil-killing charms everywhere in the quiet room, and then released Xu Ruluan, giving priority to empathy.
Most of Xu Ruluan's life experiences overlap with Xu Ruyan's, so empathy was quickly completed.
So are their obsessions.
It is now complete.
However, Chen Ping was not in a hurry to let her complete the contract, but immediately summoned the cold-faced fox, eager to use the cold-faced fox to understand what was behind the dark lotus pattern.
Under the empathy, I saw that the life picture of the cold-faced fox was not as clear as that of Sister Xu Ruyan.
It is not even possible to know the life experience of the cold-faced fox.
Her obsession is to find a rattle, which was a toy from her childhood that was later lost.
In the limited footage, Chen Ping cannot see where her childhood came from, but a giant statue of the character is seen in multiple scenes.
A statue towering in the abyss.
Under the empathy, Chen Ping seemed to be standing in the abyss, standing in front of the towering statue. Just by looking up at it, the statue gave him a huge sense of oppression.
He couldn't wait to escape.
call!
Chen Ping stopped empathizing and took a breath.
What kind of statue is this?
Why is there such a strong sense of oppression?
Whose statue is this?
Why is it standing in the abyss?
What place is there?
Chen Ping's mind was filled with questions.
He couldn't help but look at the cold-faced fox with a smiling face again, and realized that this evil creature's life experience might hide a big secret.
But it is absolutely useless to ask the cold-faced fox. What is seen through empathy is the most real thing. Information that is not seen means that the cold-faced fox himself does not know.
Chen Ping guessed that because the picture was fragmented, the cold-faced fox was like a puppet, unable to speak or communicate.
etc.
Demonic energy?
Chen Ping suddenly felt a pure demonic energy in the cold-faced fox.
Demons?
Chen Ping's heart was filled with turmoil, and he couldn't help but take a small step back.
This demonic energy is too pure.
He had only sensed such pure demonic energy in two people, one was Chi Liang, and the other was Capricorn who he met in the magic weapon collected by Jia Zhong.
This is the original demonic energy of the demon clan, a demonic energy that demon cultivators do not possess.
This demonic energy is pure, but very weak. Chen Ping had never had close contact with the cold-faced fox before, so he didn't pay attention to it. This was not the focus of his empathy. It was only at this moment that I felt this weak demonic energy in close contact.
The cold-faced fox comes from the devil world?
If that's the case, then where is the other end of the link to the dark-patterned lotus in the cave? Could it be the devil world?
Why does the dark pattern lotus appear here?
It’s terrifying to think about it.
Chen Ping couldn't help but tremble at the corner of his mouth. The more he thought about it, the more terrifying he felt.
This matter is of great importance, and Wei Xun must be told about it.
no no.
Wei Xun is useless.
You have to tell Xiyue.
Chen Ping looked at the cold-faced fox in front of him, asked him to return to the magic weapon, and then used the Nine Nether Ghost Training Technique to temporarily seal the cold-faced fox in the magic weapon.
Without his initiative to lift the ban, she would never be able to get out.
The cold-faced fox has a special identity, so it's best not to come out.
Chen Ping didn't intend to fulfill Yu Cai's obsession for her.
Are you kidding me?
Go to the devil world to find a rattle? Don't say that she is just a first-level evil spirit. Even if she is a third-level, fourth-level, or even fifth-level evil spirit, Chen Ping will never take risks for this.
Finally, the Xu Ruyan sisters were released again.
Asked:
"When did that dark line in the cave appear?"
Xu Ruyan looked at her sister and said proactively:
"Yan'er and her sister went to live there after the war. At that time, they didn't pay attention to the existence of the dark pattern. They just intuitively thought that it should have existed a long time ago. But Aunt Leng only emerged from the dark pattern later. , what it looked like fifty or sixty years ago.”
Although the Xu Ruyan sisters call Leng Mianhu their aunt, there is actually no blood relationship between them.
Just because we were in the same room, we developed feelings.
The reason why she is called aunt is because the only sound that the cold-faced fox can occasionally make is a hesitant "Gugugu~"
What Chen Ping is more concerned about is, if that dark pattern has existed for a long time, was it a coincidence that the demon cultivator planned to plot the Qingyun Domain? Or has it been planned for a long time?
"Later, the two of us sisters asked Aunt Leng to help me kill Su Lengyuan, and then we discovered that Aunt Leng seemed to be unable to leave the dark pattern. Her strength would drop sharply when she was far away."
"What's wrong? Is that dark pattern important?"
Chen Ping nodded slightly.
That dark pattern is not important.
What is behind that dark pattern? What secrets are hidden is what matters.
Seeing Chen Ping nod, Xu Ruyan recalled for a while and then said:
"When Yan'er and her sister were living there, disciples from the Lingxiao Sect entered there to investigate. From their conversations, it was guessed that they were investigating the demonic cultivators. But they did not notice any hidden patterns there."
This is exactly what Chen Ping thought.
When it is not shining, the dark lines seem to be the lines of the rock itself and are not conspicuous. And if the spiritual consciousness is not injected accurately along the lines, even if the spiritual consciousness penetrates deep into the wall, it will not be able to detect any abnormalities.
"Also, Master, please do not misunderstand. Yan'er and sister did not attack those Lingxiao Sect monks back then."
Seeing Chen Ping's thoughtful look, he quickly explained:
"What Yan'er said is true. Just imagine, if those disciples died in the cave, it would only attract more powerful monks. Then we would have to find another place, and the gain would outweigh the loss."
Chen Ping's focus is actually not on this. These things have long since passed.
He could only control Xu Ruyan from attacking the Lingxiao Sect monks at will now. The past matters were beyond his control.
He is concerned about the dark pattern.
It's a pity that Sister Xu Ruyan doesn't know much.
never mind.
do not care.
Just let Xiyue deal with such a big thing.
I'm just an early-stage Jindan cultivator, so I'd better take care of my own cultivation first.
Chen Ping finally looked at Xu Ruluan:
"Your obsession has ended. Are you sure you want to complete the contract and become part of the magic weapon? If you don't want to, it's still too late to regret it now."
"Ru Luan is willing."
Xu Ruluan's voice was steady.
Chen Ping didn't ask any more questions. It was estimated that the two sisters had already talked to each other many times in advance and said directly:
"After you enter the magic weapon, relax yourself and let yourself merge with the magic charm of the magic weapon to complete the contract. I will copy a spell called 'Shared God Technique' to you afterwards, and you will practice this technique in the future Just follow the law.”
Among the three ancient Jiuyou ghost training techniques, the Seven Injury Technique has been practiced by Xu Ruyan.
The rest of the attack techniques require Xie Sui to have sufficient strength to make sense. Xu Ruluan is only at the first level, so he is obviously not suitable for practicing attack techniques.
Gongshenshu is very suitable.
Once you learn the Gongshen Technique, it is equivalent to having an extra long-distance eye, which is much more effective than Jiuyou Colorful Cicada.
"Thank you, Master." Xu Ruluan greeted.
Chen Ping hesitated for a moment and said:
"In terms of evil spirits, you can dissolve the evil spirits pill in the bath for you to practice together."
After so many years, the evil spirit in the magic bath has been absorbed by Xu Ruyan.
Xu Ruyan had already started taking evil spirits pills.
However, the evil spirit pill can be taken directly, or it can be dissolved in the bath to release the evil spirit for everyone to absorb together.
At present, the evil spirit pills are limited and cannot withstand the consumption of the two of them, so they can simply dissolve them in the bath for everyone to absorb slowly.
"Thank you, Master." Xu Ruyan smiled excitedly and thanked her sister in advance.
Before, she was worried that Chen Ping would not look down on her sister's cultivation, but now it seems that Chen Ping is taking good care of her sister.
"Master, what about Aunt Leng?"
"Her situation is more complicated, we will discuss it later."
After the Xu Ruyan sisters returned to the magic weapon, Chen Ping copied out the "Shared Divine Technique" in "Nine Nether Ghost Training Techniques".
At the same time, he himself also prioritized practicing.
Three days later, I got started successfully.
[Nine Nether Ghost Training Techniques: Common Divine Techniques (Introductory): 1/1000. 】
A few days later, Xu Ruluan, who had completed the contract, entered smoothly.
The more proficient one becomes in practicing this evil art, the further the distance between the owner and the evil spirits can be directly shared.
Chen Ping immediately conducted experiments with Xu Ruluan. At the current entry level, the distance between gods is almost 100 miles.
In other words, when Chen Ping is at Xiaozhu Peak and Xu Ruluan is in the forest 100 miles away, Chen Ping can see what Xu Ruluan sees through the Sharing God, and communicate with Xu Ruluan to let him act according to his ideas.
But after it exceeds 100 miles, the 'signal' becomes bad, the screen will freeze, or even drop out.
The higher the proficiency level, the further the distance.
Similarly, Xu Ruluan's concealment will become stronger.
This is not urgent.
Just practice slowly.
(End of chapter)
