"Hunting is not allowed in the Shadow Ghost Forest, especially foundation-level monsters. Didn't Tai Xiong tell you?" the mysterious man in black robe said in a deep voice.
"Who are you?" The other party actually knew Tuoba Yan, and Liu Yu couldn't help but frown.
"Xuan Yu, don't be rude!" At this moment, a figure flew from the forest. It was Taoist Taoist Taoist Master Tuo Bayan, and he stopped directly next to the black-robed man with a hurried expression.
"It's all Junior Brother's fault. Junior Brother Xuanyu has only arrived at the guard station not long ago. Junior Brother has not yet arrived and is in a hurry to tell the sect's ban and secrets related to the Ghost Forest. This is not a misunderstanding!" Tuoba Yan hehe He smiled and said slightly embarrassed.
"Why don't you come and pay homage to your uncle Feng Yi!" Tuoba Yan said immediately when he saw Liu Yu's confused look.
"Xuanyu pays homage to uncle!" Although he didn't know what the situation was and how this black-robed ghost cultivator could be a member of the sect, after seeing Tuobayan's urging look, Liu Yu still stepped forward and bowed respectfully. .
"Yeah!" The man in black robe snorted dissatisfied.
"There are some things that I wanted to tell you some time later, but unexpectedly there was almost a misunderstanding. Senior Brother Feng Yi happened to be here, so I will tell you now." Tuoba Yan hurriedly took over the words and said.
"This "Shadow Ghost Forest" is a forbidden area shared by our sect and the Ten Thousand Medicine Valley sects. All idlers are strictly prohibited from entering the forest, including the disciples of the Guard. No one is allowed to enter the depths of the ghost forest without the sect's order."
"The sect has set up a guard station next to the ghost forest. In addition to guarding against monsters and ghosts in the forest, which come out of the forest to harm people, another duty is to prevent casual cultivators or other sect disciples from sneaking into the ghost forest to hunt and collect medicine."
"This forest is the private land of two sects. The land is closed to cultivate the forest. The mineral veins, elixirs, and even monsters of all levels in the forest are owned by the sects. Every ten years, the two sects will jointly send disciples to pick the old medicinal materials in the forest. .”
"So, even if my nephew is a deacon of our sect's guard, he cannot pick medicinal materials in the forest or hunt monsters at will." Tuoba Yan slowly explained.
"Why didn't you say something to your uncle before you entered the ghost forest?" Tuoba Yan said and couldn't help complaining.
"Uncle Master, this disciple just wants to take the spiritual beast into the forest to find food, and he doesn't know the rules of the forest." Liu Yu explained with an excuse, pointing to the jade snake coiled aside.
No one had told him this. Who would have thought that hunting was prohibited here, and he couldn't help but feel depressed. It was probably impossible to rely on the forest to eat the forest.
"Forget it, it's my fault that I didn't tell you earlier. This spiritual snake has been raised well by my nephew. I guess he put in a lot of effort." Tuoba Yan glanced at the snake coiled aside. It was three feet long and had snake scales like jade. , the jade snake with vivid eyes couldn't help but nodded.
Then he changed his voice, looked at Taoist Feng Yi, and said after discussion: "Brother, look, nephew Xuanyu is the deacon of the guard house. He is busy on weekdays and has no time to take care of this snake. This snake is full of vitality and blood and has been raised to five years old." The potential is not small, can we let this snake go into the forest to find food on its own on weekdays, so that our nephew Xuanyu doesn’t have to worry about the snake’s food?”
"It's okay to put them into the forest to look for food, but you can't hunt Foundation-level monsters like today." Seeing Tuobayan speaking for help, Taoist Feng Yi couldn't help but refuse.
"It's natural. Xuanyu can't thank you enough, Brother Feng Yi!" Tuoba Yan said with a smile.
"Thank you, Uncle Feng Yi!" Bai Niang has always had a big appetite. This move can meet Bai Niang's daily rations and save a lot of spiritual stones. Liu Yu thanked her hurriedly.
"Now that you're here, follow me to Yaocun to find your way there. Don't know anything else!" After finishing speaking, Taoist Feng Yi drifted towards the depths of the ghost forest.
"Medicine Village?" Liu Yu couldn't help but be confused after hearing this, what kind of place is this? .
"Don't be stunned, follow up!" Seeing Liu Yu stunned on the spot, Tuoba Yan immediately urged him.
Afterwards, Liu Yu put the jade snake back into the spirit beast bag and used his body skills to follow.
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Soon, Liu Yu followed the two of them to an open space deep in the ghost forest. A large medicinal field appeared in front of them. The medicinal field was filled with half-human tall plants with blood-red flowers. The blood-red petals on the branches were so delicate and beautiful. At a glance, the entire medicinal field looks like a lake of blood, and the air is filled with the intoxicating fragrance of flowers.
"Greetings to Uncle Feng Yi! Uncle Tai Xiong!" A black shadow came forward over the medicine field, and it was another ghost cultivator. His soul was covered in a loose black robe, like a headless ghost. Like this black shadow There are many ghosts in robes roaming over the entire medicinal field, and there are as many as twenty of them at a rough estimate.
"Back off!" Taoist Feng Yi waved his hand, and then led Tuoba Yan and Liu Yufei to a strange village in the middle of the medicine field. The village was not big, with only dozens of dilapidated wooden houses and no one in sight. It was like a long-abandoned village. Deserted village.
What's even weirder is that these dozens of wooden houses are all built next to a huge sinkhole. From the mouth of the sinkhole, visible black mist pours out all the time, which is the extremely pure "Primary Yin Erosion Qi".
The entrance of the cave is so deep that it's bottomless, and it's unknown where it leads. The dark wind rises, making people's hair stand on end.
"The poor Taoist will go back to the cave first. Junior Brother, please tell him about the situation here." After finishing speaking, Taoist Feng Yi jumped down and floated into the pit filled with black mist, and soon disappeared in In the endless darkness of the tunnel.
"Uncle Master, what is this?" Liu Yu was already full of questions at this time.
"This village is called Yaokeng Village. The surrounding area is planted with the fifth-level elixir "blood-containing grass". It blooms in fifty years and bears fruit in fifty years. It is a rare Yin spiritual material and is the source of several high-level elixirs. The auxiliary materials not only need to be grown in a place with strong yin and yin energy, but also need to be regularly watered with spiritual blood to produce fruit."
"These black-robed disciples who are guarding the medicine field here were all disciples of the sect during their lifetime. Due to various reasons, they gave up their physical bodies and changed to practice the ghost path. They practiced in hiding here and also helped take care of the medicine field."
"At the same time, he also serves as the ghost forest rebuke guard, monitoring the movements in the forest. One is outside and the other is inside. Together with the guard, he protects the "Shadow Ghost Forest" for the sect." Tuoba Yan did not shy away and explained directly.
"Uncle Master, isn't there a prohibition in the world of cultivation that you cannot turn to the ghost path? Ghost cultivators are murderous, and everyone in the righteous path can kill them. Why would the sect do this?" Liu Yu was shocked when he heard this and asked in a low voice.
"Nowadays, the world of cultivation does not tolerate ghost cultivators, but if a sect disciple dies fighting for the sect and his body dies but his soul remains, like the last sect war, will the sect abandon him and let his soul dissipate?"
"Or, my nephew, you may have been poisoned, cursed, or seriously injured, and your body has withered, or your meridians have been disabled, and you are unable to practice. Are you willing to just wait for death?" Tuoba Yan was not in a hurry to explain, but asked road.
"This..." Liu Yu couldn't help but be speechless. Although it is very rare for the body to die without the soul disappearing, but if this person is born with a strong soul, or if he has practiced the "out-of-body" method with ghost skills before his death, he will not be able to die. Not impossible.
Besides, if his body really withered or he was seriously injured, which damaged his Dantian and made him unable to practice, Liu Yu would definitely not be willing to wait for death. This is why Liu Yu took the risk to take out the incomplete copy of the book buried in the ground from his old house. "Ghost Dao Kung Fu".
On the way back to Yunzhou from the north, the shocking scene of being killed by a sorcery still chills Liu Yu to this day. He had to consider leaving a backup plan. The method of leaving the body recorded in the book "Ghost Dao Techniques", Liu Yu is already meditating.
"So, there are some things that can be completely eliminated without a ban. The sect has many considerations in this move."
"The sect will move all the disciples who have changed to the ghost way due to various changes to the "Shadow Ghost Forest". Once this forest is called a "cloudy place", the yin energy is heavy, and it is an excellent secret for practicing the ghost way. Land. Secondly, you can also help take care of the medicinal fields in the forest and guard the ghost forest, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone." Tuoba Yan said slowly.
"Although this is the case, I heard that the Jian Yue Immortal Sect has already issued a "Ghost Killing Order" and often sends inspectors to visit various places in Dongyuan. If they are discovered by them, won't the sect cause a big disaster?" Liu Yu He asked still a little confused.
"The Jian Yue Immortal Sect indeed has a ban, ordering the sects all over the world to destroy the "Ghost Dao Kung Fu". Each sect has indeed fulfilled this order. On the surface, it has already abolished the "Ghost Dao" lineage and does not allow its disciples to practice the Ghost Dao Kung Fu. However, As mentioned above, there are always some unavoidable reasons.”
"So there will be more or less ghost cultivator disciples in each sect of Dongyuan, and the number will definitely not be large. This is the default thing in the cultivation world."
"Even the Jian Yue Immortal Sect actually knows this. As long as each sect manages the ghost cultivators within their sects and does not cause trouble, the Jian Yue Immortal Sect will pretend to be ignorant and turn a blind eye."
"Otherwise, the close relatives and descendants of the elders of the Jian Yue Immortal Sect will also have physical injuries in accidents. Reluctantly, they will also secretly arrange for their descendants to turn to the ghost path to ease the pain of premature separation."
"Although there are few good results in the ghost path, and the soul will disappear in the end, it can always postpone the pain of parting for a few years." Tuoba Yan said in a deep voice.
"Is what Uncle Master said true?" Liu Yu couldn't believe it. The Jian Yue Immortal Sect has always been the leader of the righteous path. After issuing a ban, how could the sect violate it privately? Isn't this a slap in the face?
"Things in this world are not black and white. Some things may seem absurd or ridiculous, but they have their own reasons for existence. My nephew, you are still young. Right and wrong, good and evil, are actually not as clear as you think. , when you see more, you will understand some things." Tuobayan shook his head and sighed.
"Are things in the world really like this?" Tuoba Yan's words made Liu Yu seem to realize something, but also seemed to be confused, and couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
"These ghost cultivator disciples are all under the jurisdiction of Senior Brother Feng Yi just now. Senior Brother Feng Yi has become a fake elixir and is a ghost cultivator in the late stage of foundation building. When we meet in the future, please be more respectful."
"There are more than forty people below the foundation, all living in Yaokeng Village. There are five people above the foundation. Except for senior brother Feng Yi, the other four people have caves in the underground mines connected to this pit. There is a chance Let me introduce it to you again." Tuobayan continued.
"There are so many! Uncle Master, are the sect afraid that these people will slip out of the ghost forest and cause trouble?" Liu Yu was startled again. After looking around, he asked in a low voice, you must know that most of these ghost cultivation techniques involve The way of eating blood always changes the color of those who hear it. Isn't the sect afraid of something happening?
"That's why the sect set up a guard station by the forest to prevent the monsters and ghosts in the forest from going out and causing harm to the people, and these ghost cultivator disciples are also included."
"Xuanyu, listen, if any ghost cultivator disciples try to break in or escape from the ghost forest in the future, once the defense team finds out, they will kill them on the spot." Tuoba Yan said with a cold gaze.
The sect is naturally afraid that something will happen. Although the Jian Yue Immortal Sect may turn a blind eye or close an eye, if something happens, they will not be lenient in order to build up their authority and kill as a warning to others.
Over the years, some sects have been imprisoned in Huiyue Mountain due to their ghost cultivators causing trouble, and some sect deacons or elders have been implicated, and some sects have even been forced to be expelled.
All Dongyuan sects strictly supervise the ghost cultivators within their sects and are very cautious. The Buhuang Sheng Sect imprisoned all the ghost cultivators in their sect in disguise in the "Shadow Ghost Forest" and issued a ban ordering these ghost cultivator disciples for life. , don’t take a step out of the ghost forest.
Just in case, secret seals are planted in the souls of these ghost cultivator disciples so that they can track their whereabouts at any time. Tuobayan has a positioning weapon in his hand that can track the location of the ghost cultivator disciples in the forest at any time. The main responsibilities of Bayan's appointment here.
