Back on the outskirts of Yuecheng, inside the dilapidated City God's Temple.
A group of children with thin bodies and ragged clothes were gathering together, and Chen Yuan was lying among them, his face turning pale and dark, as if he was going to die at any moment.
"Brother Chao, do you think he will die? Fifth Sister said that he was Fifth Sister's savior and asked us to take good care of him. But we haven't eaten for two days, so how can we take care of him?"
A six-year-old girl with messy hair and a dirty face raised her head and glanced at a teenage boy next to her. The boy was holding a broken bowl with dark liquid in his hand.
"Xiao Ou, don't talk nonsense. Fifth sister has said that if she can't take care of him, she will break all of our legs and never take care of us again, making us real beggars."
The older boy was also puzzled. The person in front of him had been in a coma for three days, and they had been given medicine for three days, but he still didn't wake up. His twisted and painful face seemed to be even more painful, and there was no sign of improvement.
"If you ask me, let's not save him. We should take those medicines and sell them in exchange for some food. To save such a dying man, in the end he didn't live and we starved to death instead. I don't know what happened. What was my sister thinking, going to the depths of the dangerous mountains alone to save him? Doesn’t she know that there are ferocious beasts in the mountains, and there are also people from the eldest prince?”
The person who spoke at this moment was an eleven or twelve-year-old boy. He was a little fat, and his clothes were not as tattered as other children. Instead, he was very glamorous, and he was obviously out of tune with the beggar children here.
"Xu Feng, don't talk nonsense. Since the fifth sister has told you, we will just give you medicine. You must not have any idea of those medicinal materials. If the fifth sister knows, she will definitely not let you go. Have you forgotten a month ago? matter."
The big boy mentioned what happened a month ago. The young man named Xu Feng's face changed slightly and said, "You are all good people, so I am the bad one. I don't want to spend two days here with you." I haven’t eaten yet, I’m going to go outside to find some food.”
The young man shook his face and walked out of the City God's Temple regardless. Although he was a beggar in the City God's Temple at this time, he was not a real beggar. A year ago, he was called Mr. Xu by others.
"From today on, I, Mr. Xu, will no longer associate with you. I will be the immortal who goes to heaven and earth."
Xu Feng's figure disappeared in the streets of Huiyue City. Three days ago, he met an immortal master who was willing to accept him as his apprentice. As long as he became an immortal again, he would still be the Master Xu whom everyone respected.
Besides, at the City God's Temple, the big boy Liu Chao had already fed the soup in the bowl to Chen Yuan. Although he didn't know if the soup had any effect, it was arranged by the fifth sister. They just had to follow it. They couldn't control whether they could save people or not. .
After feeding the decoction, the eldest boy Liu Chao greeted a dozen children in the temple and began the necessary daily morning exercises. Although he was hungry, this morning exercise must not be missed.
The fifth sister said that as long as they meet the requirements, they will be allowed to practice "divine arts". With the magical arts, they will not starve.
"Brother Chao, I don't want to do morning exercises. I'm too tired. I'd better take care of the dying person."
The girl named Xiao Ou only moved her arms twice. She didn't want to do any more morning exercises. She was too hungry. After Jin Wu left, she almost didn't eat a full meal. I originally thought that when Jin Wu came back, he would have food to eat. Unexpectedly, after Jin Wu brought back a dying man, he turned around and went deep into the dangerous mountain.
"Xiao Ou doesn't want to practice, so just go and rest. When the fifth sister comes back, she will definitely be able to bring back the wild beasts in the mountains. When the time comes, Brother Chao will roast rabbit legs for you to eat."
The eldest boy Liu Chao is also helpless. As the oldest person in the Chenghuang Temple besides Jin Wu, he is unable to take care of more than a dozen beggars.
This made him feel even more incompetent. If he were a monk like Fifth Sister, he would definitely not let everyone starve.
Chen Yuan naturally didn't know that he was being taken care of by more than a dozen beggars. Now he was in great pain. The backlash of the Soul-Eating Sword almost destroyed his mind, leaving him always hovering on the edge of madness.
At this time, there was a transparent light in his body that was impacting his spiritual sea of consciousness. It was like a sword, an extremely sharp sword. The constant collision caused many cracks to appear around the sea of consciousness.
The sea of consciousness, called the sea of spirit by monks, is located on the head and stores people's spiritual power, which can also be called soul power.
This thing was originally invisible, but it started to be used after becoming a monk. It is the basis for controlling magical weapons. The stronger the spiritual power of a monk, the higher the level of controlling magical weapons and talismans.
Generally, monks in the Qi refining stage can control at most one magic weapon. Below the fifth level of Qi refining, even if they can control high-grade magic weapons, the consumption of mental power is huge.
The reason why Chen Yuan is able to control a middle-grade item and a top-grade item at the third and fourth levels of Qi Refining at the same time is because his mental power is naturally strong.
If the sea of consciousness is shattered at this time, even if Chen Yuan cannot die immediately, it will make him go crazy and become a mindless killing machine.
What the Soul-Eating Sword swallows is the soul in the monk's consciousness, that is, the spiritual power. Once this spiritual power is too strong, it can still break through Chen Yuan's sea of consciousness and make him completely crazy.
The power of the spiritual sword became stronger and stronger, which made Chen Yuan's face turn blood red, as if his head would explode and die.
"Brother Chao, come and see if he is really going to die. Xiao Ou is a little scared."
The little girl ran to the older boy timidly and pointed at Chen Yuan, looking a little panicked.
"Don't be afraid, Xiao Ou. We are watching him outside. If he is really dead, we will bury him behind the City God's Temple."
The big boy hugged the little girl and looked at Chen Yuan from a distance together with the other children.
At this moment, the Soul-Eating Sword that was originally placed next to Chen Yuan suddenly flew away without its owner, turned into a ray of light, and rushed into Chen Yuan's brain from his forehead.
"this……"
The children were shocked and couldn't believe what they were seeing. The sword disappeared and entered the person's mind. This scene was really terrifying.
In fact, children don't know that this is the process of recognizing the owner of a magical weapon. Only high-level magical weapons will recognize their owner.
Ordinary magic weapons, even high-grade magic weapons, will not recognize their masters. Magical weapons that can recognize their masters have their own spirituality, and their performance is almost close to that of magic weapons.
The magic weapon can only be owned and used by monks above the foundation building stage.
It is true that the Soul-Eating Sword is a magic weapon, but its performance has already been infinitely close to that of a magic weapon, so it will take the initiative to recognize its owner. The main reason why it recognizes Chen Yuan as its master is because Chen Yuan has practiced the spirit-eating technique.
Even if the Soul-Eating Sword doesn't recognize its master today, sooner or later, it will recognize Chen Yuan as its master.
Of course, this is also a little thought of the original owner of the Soul-Eating Sword, the Soul-Eating Demon Lord. When he created his own soul-devouring secret technique, he made a plan to inherit the secret technique.
Only those who obtain the Soul-Eating Sword and practice the secret technique of Soul-Eating at the same time can be truly recognized by the Soul-Eating Sword.
Once the Soul-Eating Sword successfully recognizes its owner, the backlash effect will disappear, and the devouring of souls in the future will only make one's spiritual power stronger.
Chen Yuan naturally didn't know this. Now he only felt more pain in his head, with a feeling of splitting pain.
Suddenly, the sea of consciousness in his brain glowed brightly. When the barrier of the sea of consciousness was shattered, the pain disappeared instantly, and his strength also surged in an instant.
He clearly felt that there were twelve children not far away looking at him intently. Even with his eyes closed, the faces of the twelve children were clearly visible.
The big boy had a thin face and prominent facial bones. Although he was starved to death, his eyes were bright and bright.
On the big boy's right temple, there is a black mole the size of a thumb, with three hairs growing on it.
The little girl's face is a little round and her breasts are fat, but at the same time, she looks sallow due to hunger.
The other children also have their own characteristics, some are thin but powerful, and some have distracted eyes, frightened and frightened.
Chen Yuan even sensed a little mouse under the tree thirty feet away. It was desperately digging a hole, planning to bury a piece of sweet potato that he got from nowhere.
What surprised Chen Yuan the most was that outside the ruined City God's Temple, there were three monks in the Qi Refining Stage. They hid themselves very well and kept an eye on every move in the City God's Temple.
Judging from their clothing, the three monks were not casual cultivators, but came from the same sect, the Yinsha Sect.
He sensed a familiar scent, it was Yin Er and Yin Liu that he met in Zhang Mansion that day. Fireballs had already condensed between Yinliu's fingers.
"No! He's going to attack these children!"
Chen Yuan, who clearly sensed the situation, jumped up from the ground and rushed to the hiding place of Yin Liu. At the same time, he made a palm with one hand and slapped Yin Liu out hard.
"How did you discover me? Your strength is obviously only at the fourth level of Qi Refining. Your mental power shouldn't be so strong."
Vomiting blood and being slapped hard by Chen Yuan, Yin Liu almost lost half his life.
Chen Yuan naturally ignored Yin Liu's questions and suddenly waved his hands in two directions. The golden sword talisman and the ice sword talisman roared out, directly exposing Yin Er and another monk from their hiding place.
Now that they had been discovered, the three members of the Yinsha Sect naturally no longer hesitated and attacked Chen Yuan at the same time.
"Hmph, is your Yinsha Sect the kind of sect that only hurts people in secret? In this case, you are no longer worthy of living."
Although Chen Yuan didn't know why the Yin Sect monitored the Chenghuang Temple, he thought that there would be no other reasons except for the small secret realm and Yin Ming who died in Jinhan Cave.
The strong mental power not only greatly increased Chen Yuan's perception, but also made him more comfortable in controlling magic weapons and talismans.
The two long swords transformed from talismans slashed down at the same time at a speed invisible to the naked eye, causing Yin Er and other two monks to parry with all their strength, but they had no chance to backhand.
With the corner of his mouth slightly raised, Chen Yuan did not want to waste time. When the two monks were frightened by the power of the talisman, the silver flying knife also appeared in front of them like a ghost.
