The monster did not come over, but stood still. Although several people were extremely frightened when facing such a monster, although the monster was still eager to try, it stopped. It seemed that if it took another step forward, it would be irreversible. Several people Everyone looked relieved, Qian Chao was indeed right!
But this guy blocked there and formed a confrontation. The five people could no longer move forward. If they moved forward, they would have to face this guy. Although the five of them had some means, they all understood at this time. , this guy in front of me is definitely not something that five people can match together!
In this way, the giant wolf and the five Qian Chao faced off for a while, seemingly bored. Although the monster was reluctant, it finally slowly turned around and walked slowly back towards the depths of the cave.
The wolf tail, that is, the big snake as thick as a human leg, kept raising its head high and staring at the five people until it could no longer be seen!
As the giant wolf walked away, the cold aura weakened a bit. The five people's tense hearts suddenly collapsed like a torn thread. They staggered almost at the same time as if they were losing their strength. Lu Pingchuan simply stopped. He just sat on the ground and breathed heavily!
Although it was just a confrontation and not a fight, the five people felt that this period of time was as uncomfortable as a year!
"My dear!" Lu Pingchuan said with a pale face, "Today I have opened my eyes. I finally saw what the monster looks like!"
Li Jian held on to the cave wall with one hand and gasped for breath. He had been very nervous just now, always preparing for the guy to pounce, so he kept pumping up the spiritual energy in his body. Now he suddenly relaxed and felt that he could not bear it. live.
"Brother Qian, no, Miss Tang," Li Jian wanted to ask what kind of monster the giant wolf was, but he remembered that Tang Ping was from the Yuling Sect and knew more about monsters, so he asked Tang Ping again, " What kind of monster is that!"
Yanxuan, who had already turned pale, wanted to know the answer after hearing this, so he looked at Tang Ping, who also turned pale.
"This..." Tang Ping was also a little confused. If the numerous heads on the giant wolf were pulled out one by one, she would be able to tell at least half of their origins, but those things were born together, which was beyond her. I have learned a lot, but...it was Mr. Qian who told everyone not to retreat just now, saying that the guy would definitely not hurt everyone. From this, it seems that Mr. Qian should know the origin of that thing.
Thinking of this, Tang Ping looked at Qian Chao and asked, "Boy Qian, do you know what that is?"
"Know……"
As he spoke, Qian Chao took out a futon, threw it on the ground and sat on it. After taking a few breaths, he saw several of his companions looking at him helplessly, and hurriedly said:
"That thing... is an evil beast!"
Evil beast!
"Evil beast?"
Li Jian, Lu Pingchuan and Yan Xuan were a little surprised when they heard this name for the first time!
Tang Ping seemed to have heard of it, but never seen it. After hearing Qian Chao say this name, she couldn't help but look in the direction where the evil beast disappeared.
"Is that... the evil beast?"
Tang Ping asked with some disbelief.
"It's unmistakable," Qian Chao said, and took out a few more futons. Now that almost everyone was weak, he asked several of his companions to sit over. "This is my first time seeing that thing, but it must be an evil beast."
"How can you be sure?" Tang Ping asked as she sat down.
"Everything in the book matches, so it must be that thing."
Yanxuan asked with both fear and curiosity: "Brother Qian, what exactly is the evil beast? Is it a powerful monster?"
Everyone wanted to know, so they all looked at Qian Chao.
Qian Chao calmed down his thoughts and said:
"Do you still remember that one time when we were talking about the evil arts in the world of spiritual practice, Tang Yatou said that in the world of spiritual practice, there is a kind of evil magic to control spirits, which is to put the human soul into the body of an animal?"
That was mentioned by a few people at a gathering a long time ago. At that time, they were all at the second level of Qi Refining. However, after listening to Qian Chao's words, they vaguely remembered it. There was indeed one time, and that time it was Tang As Ping mentioned, that time Yanxuan also said several terrible evil spells about alchemy, which were all frightening legends. (For details, see Volume Three: Ignorant Qi Refining, Chapter Seventy-Six: Evil Arts and Forbidden Arts)
"Yes," Tang Ping said, "That's what I said, but what does it have to do with this evil beast?"
"I remember you said at that time that when a human soul enters a beast's body, it must first expel the original soul in the beast's body, and then put the separated monk's soul into it, right?"
"Yes!"
"Well, actually that means that a body, whether it's that of a spiritual beast or a monk, can only have one soul and no others, right?"
"Yes..." Tang Ping was very surprised. What does this have to do with the terrible evil beast just now?
"And the evil beast is in the body of a demon beast. I don't know how many souls of demon beasts are sealed inside. That's why the guy I just saw is so terrifying!"
Tang Ping was stunned. Not only Tang Ping, but the other three people also felt that it was inappropriate. In any case, if one body could accommodate two or more souls, then... that would be impossible. Even if It was a failed attempt to seize the body. The soul of the original physical body could not be driven out completely, but after the battle between the soul and the soul, I am afraid that it has long been weakened. It can be as terrifying and terrifying as an evil beast!
"How... was that done?" Thinking about how Qian Chao had stopped everyone from escaping just now, Tang Ping vaguely had the answer in her heart, but she was still not sure.
"That's the formation." Qian Chao said.
"Formation!"
"Yes, this kind of formation belongs to evil arts!" Qian Chao said, "Do you still remember the evil sword used by An Zhen? Well, there is also the Horcrux used by Shang Jie. In fact, the difference between the two is the evil sword. What is sealed inside is the soul of the monk, and what is sealed in the soul weapon is the soul of the monster. However, the method used to seal the soul is actually the same, and this method actually uses formations, which are arranged on the spiritual weapon. The formations are relatively low-level formations. There are low-level formations, and naturally there are high-level ones. What I read from the book is that in the world of cultivation, there are monks who have been obsessed with studying this type of evil magic. What they pursue There are two, the first one is hoping to seal more powerful souls in it, and the second one is hoping to seal more souls in it. No matter which one is made, it will be more powerful than the previous evil weapon. "
"Then have they finished it?" Yanxuan asked.
Qian Chao looked at the direction where the evil beast disappeared just now, smiled bitterly, and said:
"Of course it was done, and it was very successful! The evil beast just now is proof of it."
Hearing this, several people couldn't help but look in the direction of the darkness deep in the cave.
"But... isn't that a method used on spiritual weapons? How can it be used on monsters? Monsters are living creatures!" Tang Ping asked in confusion.
"Remember Yu Xian? Later we saw that his body was covered with weird embroidery, which was also a formation. In the world of cultivation, there is a method of writing talismans, which can be used to cast talismans on living creatures... on monsters and even on monks. I know how to imprint runes on my body now. I learned the method of engraving runes from a book found in Yu Xian’s storage bag. Oh, I refined the leather armor on Brother Li’s body. The talisman method was used at that time, and this method was also used on the inner armor of Brother Lu's armor, which is better than the weapon refining method I used before."
When they heard that Qian Chao would also arrange formations on monster beasts, several people were a little surprised, especially Tang Ping, who looked at Qian Chao in a strange way. She knew that Qian Chao had obtained the magic of talismans from Yu Xian. , but today is the first time that she knows that this talisman technique can be used as a magic spell. She doesn't want Qian Chao to come into contact with any magic.
Li Jian couldn't help but touch himself. Under his robe was the leather armor that Qian Chao refined for him. It was thanks to this leather armor that he saved his arm last time. He felt that there was nothing wrong with this magic spell. OK, he said: "So this talisman method is not a magic spell."
Qian Chao said: "The talisman is just a means of engraving runes on the skin of monsters or monks. It is not a magic spell in itself, but... it can be used by evil cultivators!"
Several people nodded after hearing this.
Tang Ping suddenly asked: "Is there any formation nearby? Did you break something on it before the evil beast arrived? Is it the formation? Is it because of this that evil beast will not hurt us?"
"That's right," Qian Chao glanced at her approvingly, "There is indeed a formation here. The one I destroyed just now was also a formation. Without the formation above our heads, the evil beast would not be able to get through. Well, this The arrangement of the formations was very clever, but I was careless, and I finally saw it, but there should be at least two formations here, but here, I can only see one."
As he spoke, Qian Chao raised his hand and pointed at the top of the cave, which was exactly where two small craters were made above his head with his spiritual weapon. Then he pointed at the spot three to four feet behind where the evil beast stopped. Above, there should be a formation on the top of the cave, but the other four people couldn't see it.
"Where is the formation arranged?" Tang Ping looked there and asked.
"There are many, not just there. There are many formations arranged on the roof of the cave. They are all the same. There is one every other section, stretching towards the depths of the cave. The function of this formation is different from that of An Zhen. The formation in the evil sword that seals the souls of monks is somewhat similar, but it is more complicated. Its function is to seal a large number of souls, so that the souls of countless monsters on evil beasts will not dissipate, but this formation can After all, the area affected is not big, so so many identical formations are arranged to allow the evil beast to walk freely within the area affected by the formations in the cave, and use its fangs and sharp teeth to kill the intruders. , such as us, and our current position is outside the influence of that formation, so the evil beast can only stay there, and it cannot come over. If it really pounced over just now, those many souls will dissipate. , in that case Brother Li might be able to kill that thing with one sword. But the people who set up the formation are vicious enough. Thanks to Brother Li, we can know that there is danger ahead, and that evil beast is probably caused by what I just said. The talisman attracted us, but it couldn't hurt us, so we went back."
"Boy Qian," Tang Ping immediately noticed that there was something unclarified in Qian Chao's statement, "You just talked about the talisman method for a long time. Why is it that the formation that seals the many souls in the evil beast is not arranged in the evil beast?" Why is it arranged on the ceiling of the cave above? This is unreasonable!"
"What do you think the evil beast's true form is?" Qian Chao asked.
"It's just an ordinary demon wolf." Tang Ping replied.
"Yes, it's just an ordinary demon wolf. It's a middle-grade or high-grade one. Naturally, it has a formation engraved with the talisman method on its body, but not all! This formation that can seal the souls of many demon beasts is a bit too complicated. There was no way to completely engrave it on the body of the demon wolf, or the demon wolf was too weak to withstand the entire formation, so the person who arranged the evil beast... Oh, he is really clever, I have opened my eyes. , he actually divided the formation into two, arranged half of the formation on the demon wolf, and then arranged the other half of the formation on the roof of the cave, and arranged many of them, so that half of the formation on the demon wolf was the same as the one on the roof of the cave. The formation can be put together to seal the many souls in the demon wolf, thus turning it into an evil beast!"
"You mean what you just destroyed was not a complete formation, but two identical half formations..."
"Yes, if the evil beast comes in front of us, the formation will be incomplete, the souls will not be able to be contained, and the evil beast will be destroyed, so it does not dare to come over." Qian Chao said.
"I didn't expect that the formation could be arranged like this!" Tang Ping sighed.
"Yes, I have gained a lot from what I saw today." Qian Chao said.
At this point, several people figured out why the terrifying evil beast did not come over to bite them.
"Oh," Lu Pingchuan understood. "That is to say, if it were someone else today who didn't understand the formation and got here by mistake, and if he went further and entered the range of that formation, he would definitely be there." You were chewed by that guy until there was no bone left, right?"
"Not bad." Qian Chao said.
"Hey, since there is such a powerful thing guarding it, there must be something good hidden inside, right?" Lu Pingchuan's eyes lit up.
