It didn't take long for the moat to be crowded with monsters. At first, those who fell into the water were eaten, and those who followed finally did not dare to come forward anymore. Those things were piled together indistinctly in the darkness. Li Boxen couldn't see clearly, but he could see those closer to him clearly.
He thought they were all monsters before, but now it turns out they are not. The old woman eating chicken that I saw earlier was also among them, but she was surrounded by a group of little monsters, all of them looked like owl-like creatures with human bodies and heads. They had no clothes on, had fine gray hair, and kept barking with hoarse voices. From time to time, there are one or two arms, and you can see flying feathers growing under the arms, flying into the air for a while, and landing crookedly in the sky.
But as soon as they flew more than ten meters, something among the demons was discovered and they were caught, and there was another scramble.
That old woman is a demon. Could it be that those little things are her descendants?
At this time, a white light suddenly shot up to the sky from the top of the mountain. When it met some invisible barrier, it spread around and turned into thunder snakes, rumbling. Another person was heard shouting: "Beast! Back off!"
It was Zhu Hou's voice.
As soon as the thunder sounded, the roars of the demons became lower. The white light swayed like a kite string again, attracting an electric snake from the ceiling to swim towards the river. Then Zhu Hou shouted again: "Death!"
The electric snakes all over the sky suddenly turned into a thunder and struck down with a roar. The group of demons were immediately overturned, screaming pitifully, and their ears were gouged out like knives.
After this mark, some monsters retreated, but some lingered by the river and roared to the other side. Then Zhu Hou shouted again: "Get out!"
Another white light shot straight into the sky and turned into a thundercloud. It's just that the electric snakes in the thundercloud were rolling endlessly and were very scary. Now there are only a dozen of them, flashing brightly and dimly, looking weak.
Even so, the remaining monsters by the river were also frightened and retreated further.
The electric snake slowly dispersed, and Zhu Hou made no sound. After waiting for a while, more than a hundred soldiers with helmets and armor came down the mountain, each armed with swords and guns to guard along the river.
When Li Bochen saw this scene, he felt it was very familiar. If you think about it carefully, isn't it exactly what you saw in that world? When we arrived there, a phantom followed closely behind us, and thunder erupted from the top of the sky, scattering the phantom. It's just that the scale and power of this place is much smaller than that of his place.
His heart moved, and while calling the Yin soldiers to protect him, the Yin spirit came out of his body. With a flick of his wrist, he called Ye Chengchou out and asked: "Ye Chengchou, your former sect was Sanlaodong. Do you have a secret realm there?"
After hearing what he said, Ye Chengchou looked around and said, "Huh? Is this a secret realm? Li Bochen, you are such a disaster. Which family did you bring disaster to? Fortunately, the secret realm of my San Lao Cave was dispersed a long time ago. , otherwise I will suffer from your cruel hands!"
He actually knows the secret realm. Li Boxen said: "Tell me about this."
Ye Chengchou said: "Wishful thinking! How could I tell you such a secret!?"
Li Bochen thought to himself, it would be nice if he asked him to be grateful to him before he died, and he wouldn't be so dilly-dallying. But he didn't speak. After a while, Ye Chengchou said again: "It's good to let you know the past glory of my San Lao Cave. You know how lucky you are to win me!"
"My Sanlao Dongtian used to be a big sect, so naturally I set up a secret realm. Something like a secret realm is like the 'realm' of the heavens and spirits, but it's just on the ground."
Hearing this, Li Bochen looked towards the riverside and said, "Oh, I know. It's designed according to the earth's atmosphere."
Sure enough, Ye Chengchou immediately said: "Huh, I know one thing but not the other! How can a mortal man, not an emperor, mobilize the destiny of mountains, rivers and seas for a long time? We have to find a way to make the earth's energy reciprocate on its own, and the cycle will never stop. This is how we can do it , you have to regard this secret realm as a person - and also set up some meridians and acupuncture points to let the earth's energy flow in it and form a whole, then the secret realm can be considered complete."
He clicked around again, pointed out a few places, and said, "Did you see it? These places are the key points of this secret realm. The earth's energy circulates here and becomes meridians. But this kind of thing is made by manpower after all. It still needs people to maintain it. Later, the people of my Three Lao Cave Heaven withered, and no one took care of the secret realm. After a few decades, the earth energy in the secret realm slowly dissipated, and the secret realm was gone."
After hearing this, Li Bochen suddenly realized something in his mind - Ye Chengchou said that the secret realm should be made into a person, and also set up meridians and key points. Isn't that the same principle as the mantra that his grandfather taught him to invite the Dharmakaya! ?
At that time, he was just imagining things, and he really had no clue. But now that we are in a secret realm, even if we are not completely correct, we can draw inferences from one instance and understand it by looking at the movement of earth energy in this secret realm.
There was a burst of joy in his heart, but he still suppressed it for the time being, and said: "Oh, what about these monsters here? Are they also created when setting up the secret realm?"
Ye Chengchou said: "You build a secret realm in the mountain to mobilize the earth's energy. Is the Tiger Master just a decoration? Of course it must be approved by them. When you build a secret realm, you must have someone to guard the mountain, right? The same goes for sending a few soldiers to Tiger Tiger. It’s a common thing.”
"Either invite a monster in, or just raise some ferocious beasts. The earth's energy circulates much faster in the secret realm than elsewhere. Even if ordinary ferocious beasts stay for a long time, they will inevitably lose their minds and become monsters, but they will definitely not There are so many here. I think this place must have been abandoned for a long time. The elixirs were originally hidden here, but they were eaten by monsters or wild beasts. If no one cares about them and they practice in this secret realm, they will naturally They have multiplied and multiplied a lot.”
Perhaps that is indeed the case. Li Boxen added: "According to what you said, it is easy to become a monster in the secret realm. There should be many abandoned secret realms in Li country. Why don't you see monsters everywhere?"
Ye Chengchou said: "What are you putting in your head? These monsters are not cultivated in the world, they just rely on this secret realm. If one day the secret realm is dispelled and they return to the world, their own aura will also flow out. Scattered—isn’t this the same as people losing their kung fu? Those who can’t stand it will die!”
Li Bochen sighed and said: "Okay, you are smart - then is there anything in this secret realm that can mobilize the earth's energy to defend against enemies?"
Ye Chengchou was stunned: "Huh? How did you know? Huh, it must be-"
When he said this, Li Bochen shook his hand and took him away.
It seems that Zhu Hou must have used something in the secret realm to control the thunder in the sky. Then this secret realm is very much like a shrunken "world". However, Zhu Hou must have lacked moral integrity. He only used it once and his stamina was insufficient.
He originally wanted to capture Zhu Hou here. But seeing that there seemed to be a hundred or two hundred soldiers on the mountain, Zhu Hou had obtained a treasure, and it would be difficult to capture him. However, Li Bochen had another idea - he said that he wanted to take the armored vehicles of Xuantu Army. Chang Xiu and Chang Qiuwu felt that it was difficult to do, and they felt a little perfunctory.
Now that I know this is the situation in this secret realm, I can use a strange plan.
Li Bochen then looked around, sneaked to a cluster of rocks by the river, and found a stone nest to hide. He also placed Yin soldiers around to guard him and watched those soldiers confront the monsters across the river. After about two hours, the monsters saw that there was no benefit and dispersed. The basin returned to peace, and the soldiers also went up the mountain.
After waiting for a while, the fire on the mountain slowly extinguished, and Li Boxen's Yin spirit came out of his body and flew towards the mountain.
He was a ghost at this time, and his vision was not affected by the night, but he still didn't notice any monsters when he passed through the grass, and he didn't know how they hid. Walking across the water, you can only see one or two pale faces here and there. They seemed to be aware of him and hurriedly avoided them.
After going up the mountain, walk up the stone steps and reach the flat ground at the top of the mountain. I saw the bandit soldiers all wearing armor and lying on the ground haphazardly, some were asleep, and some were talking in low voices. He stood down and listened. Many people were talking about food. It seemed that they had not eaten enough for several days. Others are complaining and regretting coming to the mountain with Zhu Hou, saying that if they had known this, they would have been happier in the world.
Hearing this, he felt more confident.
To the north is a rock wall, and three towers are built against the rock wall. They are all four stories high and are made of stone, perhaps using local materials. Two listless soldiers stood in front of the tower, leaning on the ground with their spears, holding on to the barrels as if they were about to fall asleep.
The doorway of the tower was so dark that it was difficult to see what was inside. Li Bochen slowed down, raised his hand and tried the door. He didn't find any restrictions, so he walked in.
The first floor of the tower is an empty hall with circular steps on both sides leading to the second floor. There is a table and some scattered classics placed in the hall. Zhu Hou was sitting behind the desk, wearing iron armor and a black helmet, with his eyes slightly closed, as if he was adjusting his breath.
I've seen that iron armor before, but the black helmet is a bit strange. There is a plume of black tassel on the top of the helmet, hanging down from the shoulder. There is no decoration on the helmet, but it is as black as a mirror. The armor below is covered with a layer of thick black hair, like a lion's mane.
Putting this helmet on, it looked very majestic, but Zhu Hou was wearing shiny fish scale armor, which made it look top-heavy in comparison. Li Bochen thought to himself that he was not worthy of wearing this thing, but it would be perfect if it was placed with my black armor.
But this helmet looks so weird, it must not be a mortal thing. Ye Chengchou said that there should be something in the secret realm that can mobilize the earth's energy, maybe it is this helmet. Otherwise, it is already April and it is very warm in this secret place. Why would Zhu Hou wear this thing on his head?
He only had one arm left at this time, but his face looked fine. He narrowed his eyes slightly and adjusted his breathing for a moment, then opened his eyes and looked straight in Li Boxen's direction.
Li Bochen was shocked and thought to himself, did this person use any tricks to discover me?
But I heard Zhu Hou say: "Huh, Wang surname? There were so many Wang surnames in the past, haven't they all died?"
Then he said: "The situation is changing. Then Beichen might be dead too. Why can't I stand out?"
This man is so bold! He obviously cultivated Beichen's lineage, but he dared to say that Beichen was dead. But Li Bochen was happy to see him like this - Zhu Hou was really ambitious. Now that I have a broken arm, I feel more resentful and want to get ahead even more!
He waited with peace of mind. After listening to Zhu Hou say a few more cruel words and adjust his breathing for a while, he slowly leaned on the ground, used the helmet as a pillow, and fell asleep.
Li Bochen immediately flicked his wrist, released the iron rope, and hooked it towards Zhu Hou.
When he was in Tao's house before, Yin Chai used this iron rope to draw out the possessed evil spirit. At this time, Li Bochen had a little more difficulty in drawing out Zhu Hou's evil spirit. After all, Zhu Hou had cultivation in his body, and the Yin spirit had spiritual energy to protect his body, so he felt as if the iron rope was stuck to his body. When his mind moved, he could only see the outline of a green humanoid slightly away from his body, with a dull face. .
Li Bochen then tried to speak: "Do you know who I am?"
The half-disembodied Yin spirit rolled its eyes in confusion and said slurred words: "No...I don't know..."
That's it. What he had been thinking about before was "entrusting dreams". I used to feel dazed when I was out of body while half asleep and half awake. When ordinary people dream, certain perceptions of the real world tend to be biased. For example, things that are unreasonable may feel perfectly logical and very certain in dreams. It seems that Zhu Hou's Yin spirit is also in the same situation now.
He said: "I am the real king of the world in ten directions. Zhu Hou, do you know that the current turmoil in the world is the day when a hero is born?"
Zhu Hou said: "Ying... hero?"
Li Boxen said: "You are fulfilling my destiny. Now in the Li Kingdom, Beichen has no way, and I will replace him. Are you willing to get my luck and become the master of the world?"
Zhu Hou was confused for a while and said: "I...I..."
Seeing him like this, he couldn't hold back anything good to say, so Li Boxen said again: "Listen up. To the east from here, there is a city named Xuantu. Your destiny is there, so you can take care of it!"
After saying this, he let go of his hand, causing Zhu Hou's Yin spirit to return to his physical body.
Li Bochen took away the iron rope and circled around Zhu Hou again. When he lured his Yin spirit out before, he actually wanted to see if there was anything else on him. Zhu Hou's temperament changed drastically. In fact, Li Bochen also had a guess in his mind. But looking at it now, it seems that there is only his own Yin spirit and nothing else.
Could it be that I thought wrong?
He waited for a while longer. Zhu Hou's head tilted and slipped from his helmet, and he suddenly woke up.
He opened his eyes and looked around, sat up suddenly, was stunned for a while, and then said: "...is this a dream?"
After thinking for a while, he said, "Is it a dream?"
But it seemed difficult to fall asleep again. He picked up his helmet and strode around the hall for a while, frowning. He walked back to the desk and lay down as before. After lying down for a while, he sat up again and said, "This True Lord, if you really entrust me with a dream, please entrust me with another one!"
After saying this, he slowly lay down, and after a long time, he fell asleep again.
Li Boxen thought to himself, this person is really suspicious. But after waiting for a while, he pulled out half of his ghost spirit. Before Zhu Hou could speak, he immediately shouted: "I gave you the revelation in all realms, how dare you be so rude!?"
After saying that, he put his hand away and put his Yin spirit back.
