"What is a screen tent?"
Tian Shuangyou asked curiously. Just now when the two of them were bored waiting, she asked about Shouwo Mountain, and then Shangguan Hong told her that the fierce beast banned in Shouwo Mountain was named Pingpeng.
"That's it..." Shangguan Hong didn't know what to say, so he broke off a branch from the nearby tree and started drawing on the ground.
It must be said that Shangguan Hong is really not good at this. The strange things he drew on the ground with wooden branches made Tian Shuangyou even more confused when he looked at them.
"Hey," Shangguan Hong didn't care and pointed with the wooden branch in his hand. "The screen tent probably looks like this. Well, it has a long body and four legs. Its biggest feature is that it has a head at each end of the body. , my master said that the thing looked like it was made by cutting two pigs in the middle and putting the two halves with pig heads together. You have seen fat pigs before, but this thing has two pigs. The pig heads are almost identical. In addition to being violent, cruel and easy to kill, the two heads always argue with each other and dislike each other. It looks like the two heads are fighting for the body they share. It has four legs, and each head can only control the two legs closest to itself. Therefore, not only do these two heads always seize the opportunity to bite each other, they even have trouble walking... …”
"There are such monsters!" Tian Shuangyou couldn't help but said in surprise when he heard this for the first time.
"It's a ferocious beast. My master said that the screen sealed here seems to be a little short of the true spirit level, so it can be captured by the ancestors of the Five Spirit Sect. If it reaches the true spirit level, I'm afraid they have to capture it. It’s harder.”
"Then...how was it banned?" Tian Shuangyou asked again.
"Hey, that's it." Shangguan Hong inserted the wooden branch in his hand into the ground, right in the middle of the waist of the screen she drew, and then motioned Tian Shuangyou to look at the towering tree with glowing lights. "See that big tree?" Have you? That was originally a rare evil tree in the world. The ancestors of the Wuling Sect spent a lot of effort to transplant it from elsewhere, just to ban this ferocious beast. I heard that the evil tree was originally The leafy one was transplanted by the ancestors of the Wuling Sect and planted in the middle of the screen. Then it became like that, without a single leaf, and it also had this weird hair all over its body. White light, my master said that this evil tree is the most greedy for spiritual energy. It glows with white light on the ground, but underground, its originally vast root system is completely criss-crossed in Pingpeng's flesh and blood, and it can continuously absorb Pingpeng's body. The aura prevents it from gathering strength to break away and escape, and it can tightly restrain Pingpeng's body. As long as Pingpeng is not honest, the roots of the evil tree will become tighter and tighter in its flesh and blood. It must be a pain that even ferocious beasts cannot endure.”
Tian Shuangyou couldn't help feeling a little chilly after hearing this. It was unheard of to ban ferocious beasts in this way. She looked up at the big glowing tree and said in surprise:
"The tree is so big, how big must the screen be?"
"Ferocious beasts cannot be compared with ordinary monsters. Whether they are ferocious beasts or spiritual beasts, they all have at least two forms. One is called the phantom body, also called the phantom form, and the other is the phantom body. The real body is a true spirit-level existence, whether it is a ferocious beast or a spiritual beast. Their phantom body can be any shape and size they like, but the real body is usually very huge, and the screen is banned here. Naturally, we want to seal its true form, and what’s under that big tree is Pingpeng’s true form.”
Tian Shuangyou nodded slightly after hearing this, but there was one thing she didn't quite understand, so she spoke again:
"Then...according to what you just said, this evil tree here in Shouwo Mountain should be enough to ban this ferocious beast. There is that layer of black mist on it, and there are many formations and other formations you mentioned, isn't it? It’s unnecessary, the beast can’t escape anyway, so why go to such trouble?”
Shangguan Hong smiled slightly after hearing this and said:
"This evil tree can trap Pingpeng, but it cannot trap the heirs Pingpeng gives birth to."
"Heir?"
"Yes, offspring, ferocious beasts can also give birth to offspring. It is said that this Pingpeng will give birth to a child every five hundred years. The little Pingpeng born will not be shackled by this evil tree. If left unchecked, given time, It might become a ferocious beast that endangers the world, so the other arrangements are all aimed at that small screen. You see, there are many monsters in this wok-guarding mountain. Well, if you don’t learn the art of controlling spirits, you may not be able to understand them. But in my opinion, almost all the monsters here have more or less Pingpeng’s bloodline, and they cannot be Pingpeng’s descendants, nor can they have the strength to go under the tree and get Pingpeng’s blood. To eat flesh and blood from their bodies, there is only one way for them to obtain Pingpeng's bloodline... and that is Pingpeng's offspring. Pingpeng is a ferocious beast, and the monsters here cannot compete with it, but the little Pingpeng it gives birth to is very important to this place. For the monsters, it is a delicious meal that is of great nourishment to them. This Pingpeng has been banned here for I don’t know how many years, so that almost all the monsters here are directly or indirectly through its offspring. Obtained its bloodline. To be honest, if the monsters here are released, they will definitely become a disaster in the Wuling Sect area. Therefore, the ancestors of the Five Spirits Sect made so many arrangements. It is said that they used spirits. I don't understand the methods of the study of pulses and formations. The surrounding mountains here prevent monster beasts from daring to approach. The black mist in the sky is also to prevent those flying monster birds from escaping. In short, under the arrangement of the ancestors, the Shouwo Mountain has completely become a prison for the Ping Peng. It cannot escape, and neither can its descendants. It is for this reason that this place has become the Five Ping Peng. It’s a dangerous place in Lingzong, and few people dare to come here.”
"Oh my God..." Tian Shuangyou said in shock, "You ancestors have really thought of all the ways. You can come up with such methods. The layout here has completely ruined this screen, and it will never be able to make a difference. "
After hearing Tian Shuangyou's words, Shangguan Hong's lips curved into a slight smile, which made Tian Shuangyou couldn't help but think a little more after seeing it, but she didn't say anything.
"I told you when I came in that the idea of the people below was probably to wake up Pingpeng from the ground after seeing me, and use the power of Pingpeng's struggle to get rid of me. Do you remember?" Shangguan Hong asked road.
"Of course I remember."
"That method is indeed powerful, but at first glance, it is not the method that the Yuling monks came up with, and it is not the most powerful. Well, my method is beyond their imagination..."
"What are you going to do?"
"Let's wait. As long as Qian Chao and the others come near the tree, I will use my means before those people wake up the Ping Peng... to make the Ping Peng give birth to the heir in its belly in advance!"
"What……!"
"I checked the classics and found that it has been more than three hundred years since the last time this Pingpeng gave birth to a baby. The little guy in its belly is almost ready to take shape. The monsters here will fight each other when they meet. Don't think that they are just In order to hunt for blood food and nourish myself, the real reason is to seize the blood of the ferocious beasts from the opponent, so they will be more bloodthirsty than the monsters outside. As long as the little Pingpeng is born, even if it is induced by my means Those born prematurely are a fatal temptation to all the monsters in the entire Shouwo Mountain. At that time, all the monsters will frantically fight for the ferocious beast cubs, whether they are unable to fight for them or are worried about them. If other monsters grab it before me, they will inevitably start to fight each other fiercely. It will spread to the whole Shouwo Mountain and cause chaos. It is impossible to stop or resist it. In that case, do you think that except for the two of us, Can anyone get out alive?"
Shangguan Hong almost revealed his plan completely, leaving Tian Shuangyou in front of him stunned.
"How...how can you still have such means?"
"Although the screen is a ferocious beast, it has been imprisoned here. I just cast spells on it, not to subdue it. I am a spiritual monk, and these are nothing to me."
Shangguan Hong said calmly, and he casually pulled up the wooden branch stuck on the ground, held it in his hand, and broke it with a "pop" sound.
…
Almost at the same time, somewhere far away from Shangguan Hong across the big glowing tree, Qian Chao and Tang Ping gathered together to discuss something. There were still an unknown number of monsters in the distance where they were hiding. The beasts were fighting together, and various thunderous roars and strange sounds were heard continuously.
The five people gathered around and stared at the ground. Tang Ping actually held a thin wooden branch in her hand like Shangguan Hong. There was a pattern she drew with this wooden branch on the ground.
It turned out to be the ferocious beast with two pig heads, like a screen. Well, Tang Ping's painting was much better than Shangguan Hong's. At least the two fat pig heads with big ears were painted vividly.
"This is the screen tent." Tang Ping said.
"That's what it looks like, tsk tsk, ugh, although there is an extra pig head, there are also two missing hind legs. Unfortunately, I can't eat it anymore..."
Lu Pingchuan, who was always greedy, said something out of nowhere, and even Li Jian beside him couldn't help but smile.
"Brother Lu..." Tang Ping said angrily.
"Hey, Miss Tang, please continue talking."
"The big luminous tree is the key thing that seals Pingpeng. It is an evil tree. It is rooted in Pingpeng's body and continuously absorbs spiritual energy from Pingpeng's body. At the same time, all its The roots are like countless ropes, tightly binding Ping Peng in his flesh and blood, making it impossible for Ping Peng to escape..."
At this point, Lu Pingchuan interrupted again:
"Hey, that hurts so much!"
"Yes, so since this screen tent was sealed here, it should have been in a sleep like suspended animation. Otherwise, it would be impossible to be so peaceful in Shouwo Mountain. But... if someone wakes it up, wake up Even if the screen tent that comes over cannot escape the shackles of the evil tree, it will still struggle fiercely. In that case, at least near that evil tree, there will inevitably be a disaster. Ordinary people... even if my master is here There is no resistance here, we must escape. If someone wants to harm us as Boy Qian said, then his chance is to wake up the screen as soon as we get near the tree..."
These words made several companions look at the towering tree that glowed with white light.
"The distance is too far. It's impossible for me to know if there is anyone there." Li Jian said.
"That's a ferocious beast, Ah Ping, how can you possibly wake it up?" Yanxuan said.
"My dear, that tree is big enough. It can completely take root on the beast. Sister Tang, if you put it this way, how big must those two fat pigs with pig heads be?" Lu Pingchuan said.
"There must be a formation near the big tree. I have been looking for it all the way we walked, but the formations arranged by the ancestors of the Five Spirits back then were too exquisite. There were no formations at all on the surrounding mountains. There are signs, so in my opinion, the formation that controls the Wok Mountain must be near that big tree." Qian Chao said.
Tang Ping continued:
"Before I came out this time, I didn't ask my master about the Shouwu Mountain, so I don't know much about how to wake up the screen. But if it's just a wake-up call, it's not difficult to do, and..."
As she spoke, Tang Ping inserted the wooden branch in her hand into the back of the screen painted on the ground and continued:
"Hey, now you can think of this branch as the big tree over there. Brother Lu, now you should know how big the screen canopy will be, right? Don't think about the elbow of the screen canopy, you can't eat it in your mouth! "
"hey-hey."
"Actually, what I just said is not the worst situation. I said before that almost all the monsters here have the blood of Pingpeng, and it is impossible for these monsters to devour the flesh and blood of Pingpeng. Then they will get There is only one possibility for Pingpeng's bloodline, and that is to devour Pingpeng's offspring. No matter how powerful the ferocious beasts are, their offspring must be extremely weak after they are born and before they grow up. I heard that ferocious beasts like Pingpeng will kill every five One child is born every hundred years. I don’t know how many years have passed. The monsters here only fight to devour Pingpeng’s offspring every five hundred years. They already have the blood of ferocious beasts. No matter how powerful Pingpeng is, , but after all, it is imprisoned and cannot escape at all, but...if someone uses means to force it to give birth now, look, although the fighting there is fierce, it is not as good as their fight for the offspring of the screen. How inferior it is!"
What Tang Ping was talking about was the scene of numerous monster beasts biting and fighting in the distance. What the five of them could see were more than a dozen monster beasts flashing around and biting each other, and there were monster birds above. Circling around looking for an opportunity to strike, roars and roars kept coming, and the smell of blood had spread to their hiding place.
"Pingpeng's birth is probably an extremely bloody feast for the many monsters here. Those who can fight for Pingpeng's offspring will probably be killed and devoured by other monsters immediately after swallowing them. And then, killing It will spread. Look how bloodthirsty the monsters here are. Qian's little trick allowed so many monsters to fight to the death there. However, in my opinion, they are not just doing this for blood. Food is just to compete for the bloodline of the ferocious beast. The ferocious beast is so powerful that it is immeasurable. The monsters here will only become stronger if they accumulate more bloodline of ferocious beasts. Only then can they... guard the wok from here. Escape from the mountain is just like the two-headed strange bird we saw in the black mist when we entered Shouwo Mountain, but unfortunately, it still failed."
Tang Ping's statement made Qian Chao stare at the big glowing tree in silence.
"Uh... Sister Tang,... is there any way to make this Ping Peng give birth to babies in advance?" Lu Pingchuan asked.
"Why not? The art of controlling spirits is not just about controlling spirit beasts to work for oneself. There are many other ways to tame, taste, and cultivate spirit beasts."
"Then do you know how to make Pingpeng give birth to babies in advance?"
"I've never raised a screen tent before, so I really don't know how to do this."
After saying this, Lu Pingchuan became even more curious and asked:
"Didn't you say that this screen tent is a ferocious beast? Can your Spirit Control Sect also raise this thing?"
"Who told you that you can't keep ferocious beasts? Well, let's not talk about anything else. Let's just talk about the nine girls next to my master. It is actually the Guhuo bird. My master also got his reputation because of raising it. But you know that if Miss Ninth is not tamed by my master, over time she will become a creepy beast... a ghost car!"
"oh."
Qian Chao thought for a while and said:
"Tang Yatou said two ways to use ferocious beasts to harm people here, and the two methods seem to be more powerful than the other. Well, is it possible... I just guess... But if it is really like what we said before, I'm thinking the same thing, if someone is planning to harm people here, will it still be a situation where the mantis stalks the cicada and the oriole stalks behind?"
