In an instant, the valley manor, which was brightly lit and bustling with people, fell into darkness, and the entire small valley suddenly entered a deathly silence!
Those people with fierce eyes in Zhuangzi just now also disappeared into the darkness.
Gone! Li Jian was very surprised.
There was a "pop" sound, followed by several more sounds, and someone fell down. The first one to fall was Lu Pingchuan, then Qian Chao, Luo Ying and others, Yanxuan was pulled tightly by Tang Ping They didn't fall down, but they had just woken up from the illusion and were scared to death. Fortunately, they came carefully and never flew high, only as high as a tree, so they didn't fall down even if they fell. Fall injury.
On the ground at this time, the stone road is still there, and the stone lampstands on the roadside are also there, but where are the neat rows of swaying lights?
Looking through the stars, I saw that the end of the stone road was dark and dense, a bit darker than the surrounding night. The brightly lit and lively scene just now was no longer visible!
At the moment when the lights suddenly disappeared, Li Jian's senses keenly captured a few hidden traces of the other party, not all, but almost enough.
"Retreat..." Luo Ying gasped for breath after regaining consciousness from the illusion. As she spoke, she struggled to get up from the ground. At this time, she had just understood something in her heart, but she was still a little confused about what had just happened, but no matter what In the period of less than half a cup of tea just now, she seemed to have lost her memory. She only remembered that she was very yearning for the brightly lit manor and eager to go inside, and then there was that needle-like manor. The thorny ringtone woke her up.
Wenyuan stretched out her arms with a red face, struggling to pull Luo Ying up from the ground. Next to her, Luo Bin was in a bad condition, standing up staggeringly and with difficulty.
Qian Chao was not much better. He only felt that his arms were weak, his legs were filled with lead, and his whole body seemed to have no strength at all. Then Li Jian came over and pulled him up, and then stood up unsteadily. , and then Li Jian went to talk to Lu Pingchuan when he saw that he was fine.
"Let's retreat quickly!" Lu Shuang said with a pale face, "There is no Zhuangzi there at all, that Zhuangzi... is an illusion!"
…
The ten people fled there in a hurry and found a cave to live in.
In the cave, although Yanxuan was still in shock, she was the only one among the ten people who knew medicine, so she struggled to take out the pills that had the effect of calming the nerves and calming the panic and gave them to everyone. Tang Ping also took out several pots of pills with refreshing and tonic effects. The spiritual wine is distributed to everyone for everyone to drink.
Lu Pingchuan's big face regained its color after taking the elixir and drinking the spiritual wine that Tang Ping distributed to everyone.
"What happened there just now?" Luo Ying asked after calming down.
Lu Shuang's face looked much better at this time, and she said:
"I don't know who or what is causing trouble, but that Zhuangzi must be an illusion, and it is also a very clever illusion. After people see it, they will unconsciously walk in. It is conceivable that as long as they enter that Zhuangzi , and you can never come out again. I just used the 'Quiet Heart Bell', which is designed to break illusions."
"Then... what could be causing trouble there?" Wenyuan said.
"No matter what it is, anyone who can use such a powerful illusion is definitely not something we can defeat."
Lu Shuang said with lingering fear, although she had saved everyone just now, firstly, they were still far away from Zhuangzi, and secondly, she had to fight her own injuries to wake everyone up from the illusion, but she did not break the other party's illusion. It was still there, and the last situation was caused by the person or something who cast the illusion becoming angry. Therefore, Lu Shuang was still a little afraid of the illusion.
The so-called illusions, simply put, are nothing more than spells with the purpose of deceiving people's hearts. Of course, the various spells involved can be said to be extremely complex and profound, otherwise the Five Spirit Sect Shuiyun Valley would not have it. This month, Yinglin is in a group. To put it simply, illusions can deceive people's hearts, and they use nothing more than illusions, illusions, and illusions.
Illusions are what people who are under the illusion see. For example, the brightly lit Zhuangzi they saw just now is an illusion.
Illusions are what people who are under the illusion feel. For example, everything they hear, smell, touch, and even taste are all illusions. The fragrance of wine, coriander, and the fragrance they smelled outside Zhuangzi just now and The fragrance of flowers is all an illusion.
The illusion is that the person who casts the illusion or some monster is also involved. It is he (she) or it who allows the person who is under the illusion to see his or her appearance. Many people who were coming and going in the village just now, It seemed to Lu Shuang and Tang Ping that they were phantoms.
The reason why Lu Shuang is afraid and thinks that she and others are no match for those who cast illusions is precisely because of those illusions. Lu Shuang can also cast illusions, but she can only have a dozen clones at most, and They were all exactly the same as herself, but there were so many people coming and going in the village, men, women, old and young, all of them, and they were almost flawless. The sheer number of them was even more astonishing to her. If she could perform the illusion, her level of illusion skills would be far greater than hers, not to mention the extremely lifelike illusions and illusions she could perform at the same time. Therefore, if everyone entered the Zhuangzi at that time, they would definitely be in bad luck.
Tang Ping also used illusions and used illusions to fight enemies. As early as when Yan Shuang was attacked for the first time, she used illusions to deal with several casual cultivators who sneaked up on her, allowing them to hurriedly get into the money rush at that time. The fire formation she arranged turned into ashes. In fact, the method was very simple. It was just an illusion. It was not as good as the illusion she used to deal with An Zhen earlier. That time she used the spirit fox Xiaobai. The power combines the illusion with the illusion, thus seriously weakening An Zhen's combat power.
But...if there is such a powerful monster outside the sect that can master illusions, why haven't I heard of it before?
If there really is such a powerful monster, the legend about this place should have spread among the disciples in the sect.
Tang Ping said:
"I have never heard of any monster that can perform such high-level illusions!"
Finally Li Jian spoke and said:
"Maybe not one, but what if there are several together?"
"What do you mean? Brother Li, what did you find?" Tang Ping immediately asked after hearing this. Lu Shuang and everyone else also stared at Li Jian, waiting for him to continue.
Li Jian continued:
"The illusion we experienced just now, in my opinion, was not performed by one guy, but...well...many guys worked together to perform it."
"What……!"
"Use together?"
Li Jian probably meant that the monsters and beasts worked together to perform the illusion, but this was even more unbelievable.
Among these people, Tang Ping was a master of both illusions and spirits. After hearing Li Jian's words, her heart moved and she asked:
"Brother Li, have you counted how many things were causing trouble there just now?"
"There are roughly three kinds of things," Li Jian said. "There is a guy who is dormant underground and has a huge body. In my opinion, it seems that all the men and women in the village are that guy's mastermind. There is also a guy in the innermost two. Under a mountain peak, they have been staring at us; well, the last one is hard to count, they are small but there are many, and they are densely packed above the village."
"That's..." Lu Shuang was confused. She didn't understand what Li Jian said. Not to mention Lu Shuang, only Tang Ping had a vague guess among everyone present.
Tang Ping asked:
"Brother Li, you said there is a big thing hiding underground. What does that thing look like?"
"Uh..." Li Jian thought for a while, "It's like a big round insect full of flesh, but all those in Zhuangzi are connected to its breath and controlled by it..."
"What is that?" Luo Ying and Wenyuan asked curiously.
Yan Shuang, who was listening on the sidelines, was extremely surprised. These days, she and Qian Chao and the other five were together almost every day. She had long discovered that Qian Chao and others focused on Li Jian when investigating the situation or looking for possible dangers. She didn't care much at first, after all, the sword cultivator's senses were much stronger than those of other monks, but now she realized that Li Jian's senses were so amazing. This was the first time she had a new understanding of Li Jian.
"Then there is another guy on the ground. Where is that thing under the two peaks?" Tang Ping asked again.
"That thing was the weirdest thing. At first I thought it was a bunch of guys gathered together, with two big eyes on the front, and the whole body was almost covered with eyes. To be honest, I was smelled by the smell there and was affected by it. , otherwise we can know more..."
"What about the ones you said are densely populated above Zhuangzi?"
"Like flying insects..."
"It's enough to know this," Tang Ping said, "I now know what the illusion is."
"Oh?" Tang Ping said, and everyone looked at her again.
"Senior Sister Lu, the illusion just now was indeed brilliant, but it couldn't be performed by just one monster. According to what Brother Li said, I guess it was performed by three monsters working together. We almost suffered a loss."
"You should tell me quickly!" Luo Ying urged.
"The big thing that Brother Li just mentioned is dormant underground, like a big insect. Everyone who can be seen in that village is related to it. In my opinion, that thing must be an underground nightmare that has become a climate!"
The name Dimeng suddenly came to Yanxuan's mind. Back in the Youming Valley, Tang Ping and Yanxuan lived in the same house. On the first day they moved in, Tang Ping gave Yanxuan the name. Looking at a map full of interesting things, there is a mark on the map that indicates the presence of earth monsters. At that time, a beautiful woman was drawn on the map. Tang Ping asked Yanxuan what she was, and Yanxuan guessed it was a beauty. Tang Ping found out that it was a beauty. Ping told her that it was an underground nightmare, a kind of monster that hides underground. It usually stretches its tentacles out of the ground and assumes a human form, usually in the form of a beautiful woman. It lures people who see it to get closer and then takes the opportunity to harm them. At that time, Yanxuan realized that the stories of fairies in secular legends that transformed into evil spirits and harmed people were real. She never imagined that a few years later, she would actually experience the methods of the earthly nightmare.
"I also know about the Earthly Nightmare, but can that thing transform into so many shapes?" Lu Shuang was a little doubtful.
"Low-level ones won't work, of course, but they must have become a climate nightmare. Believe me, you can't go wrong." Tang Ping said.
"That thing on the ground, what is that guy with eyes all over his body that Junior Brother Li just mentioned?" Luo Ying asked again.
"Maybe it's a mirage?" Luo Bin interjected.
"Yes, it should be a mirage." Tang Ping said.
"Oh, that kind of thing." Lu Pingchuan said, he had seen mirages before, and not only did he see them, he also killed one himself.
"What's missing?" Yanxuan asked.
"Well, the last one. Brother Li said that there are a lot of them and they are small. Judging from the illusion we just experienced, I guess... it must be some kind of monster insect like a butterfly. We were alert at that time. , I didn’t enter that Zhuangzi, I just smelled some smells. This is exactly what monsters like the butterfly can do."
"Earth nightmare, mirage, phantom butterfly," Lu Shuang murmured, following Tang Ping's thoughts to deduce the origin of the illusion bit by bit. "The mirage created the illusion of a large manor, and the earth nightmare created the illusion of a large manor. The manor was filled with all kinds of people who looked flawless, and then the scent that they smelled from a long distance was caused by the phantom butterfly. What Junior Sister Tang said made sense. Although it was rare, it was really possible. It’s an illusion created by three monsters working together, it’s really…”
Luo Ying didn't care about this, but asked:
"Is there any way to deal with it?"
"Of course there is," Tang Ping said, "Not to mention anything else, the earth-demon is afraid of light and fire, and generally does not dare to move during the day. As for the mirage, if you see through it, you don't have to worry too much. What we just said Therefore, the main reason for almost being attacked is because of the trick of the lost butterfly. The wings of that kind of monster insect are covered with a kind of fine powder. When they see prey, they just need to flap their wings together, and the fine powder will float in the wind. If the monk is not careful, If you inhale it, you can feel whatever you see, and they are all things you like or desire. In addition, the methods of the earth nightmare and the mirage overlap, so there is a danger at that time. It is not difficult to deal with it, When daybreak, let's take a look again. As long as we can find the lost butterflies, it's almost like this. Although the illusion they cast together is powerful, we only need to defeat them one by one. Hum, we will definitely be able to sweep the place clean and then activate it. That relic!”
