After Zhao Huai saw Lu Wanqiu from Mingyin Temple, the two parties only exchanged greetings for a while and then said goodbye.
At most, he pestered Abbot Mingguang to ask for more details of the story.
Although he and Lu Wanqiu were both looking for the lantern girl, he had no intention of cooperating with the other party.
Because he had too many secrets and was always in trouble, he deliberately chose a route that was different from Lu Wanqiu.
Moreover, with his current strength, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is standing at the top of the world. With the blessing of [Peak Ultimate Intention], the foundation-building monks of one or two levels are no match for him.
If you learn more magical powers, you may not be incapable of fighting even against veteran foundation-building experts.
Naturally, if you see the Golden Core, you can only run away, but monks above the Golden Core realm live in seclusion and are extremely difficult to see.
"The Spirit Mine is ahead."
Zhao Huai followed Ba Ge and gradually entered an open area. Behind the entire area was a large mountain, but at the entrance of the mountain, there was a cave entrance.
It is filled with various transportation facilities, boxes of wooden carts, and piles of spiritual stones. These are the crudest spiritual minerals, not even low-grade spiritual stones.
It must be refined and refined before it can be turned into a spiritual stone.
What you can see now is that one by one, civilians are pushing carts out of the mine, and the sound of "bang bang" can be heard from the mine.
The broken spiritual crystals scattered on the ground are all impurities in the spiritual mines.
The grade of spiritual stones is easy to see. Lower-grade spiritual stones are generally circulated in the secular world and some small and medium-sized sects.
The Yuelu distributed to disciples of famous large-scale immortal cultivating sects are all medium-grade spiritual stones, and they often spend lavishly.
High-grade spiritual stones can occasionally be seen on the hands of elite disciples, true disciples, and sect elders. They are mostly used for cultivation. Just one stone can make ordinary people rich and wealthy for half their lives.
The best spiritual stones are not traded items and are extremely rare.
Every once in a while, there is a disciple of the sect wearing a unified white crane uniform on the tree. His strength is probably at the fourth to seventh level of Qi training. At first glance, he is an outer disciple.
They are responsible for supervising the spiritual mines to prevent theft and concealment.
This spiritual mine is the property of the Wangxian Sect, and the tenants are Jinzhou civilians. They have negotiated with the Jinzhou prefect in advance, so the disciples of the Wangxian Sect guard the important area and ordinary people cannot enter.
But this did not trouble Zhao Huai. He smiled slightly, restrained his breath, and then disappeared into the darkness.
The gap in cultivation lies here. Even in the most basic Qi Condensation, these outer disciples can't see any flaws.
Zhao Huai quickly and quietly entered the back mountain of Ling Mine and reached a deep position. He stood on a hillside and looked at the busy civilian workers below.
"A thousand miles a day, a thousand miles a day."
The myna was hovering in the air over the back mountain and kept shouting. It was obvious that it had arrived at its destination.
"right here?"
Zhao Huai frowned. This place was very ordinary. Behind the spirit mine was a deep mountain. There was nothing special about it, especially no graves.
There are trees everywhere here, where can there be graves?
The only thing he was curious about was why Bago didn't hold those rare spiritual stones.
Why do you want to hold a broken bone in your mouth?
"Whoosh!"
Suddenly, in the quiet environment, Zhao Huai heard the sound of water flowing.
Following the sound of gurgling water, I slowly approached and saw a thin stream running through the woods.
Zhao Huai took a step and realized that his feet were sticky. When he lowered his head, he saw that it was mud stained by the stream.
This moment.
A familiar feeling came over me.
Zhao Huai felt that this place looked more and more familiar, and the memories in his mind gradually overlapped with this place.
I am basically certain in my heart.
This is the place he passed by in his dream, the small river at night.
It's just that one is during the day and the other is at night.
It stands to reason that if you go further ahead, you will encounter a small house, and then a woman in white will appear holding a lantern.
Zhao Huai continued to walk forward based on the impression in his dream.
The magic weapon sword appeared in his hand, shining with cold light.
Full sleeves of thunder charms, the trend is ready to go.
Now that the hexagram has changed to "blessing" again, Zhao Huai is very confident, because this shows that he is on the right track.
Just as he had guessed, the collection of spiritual minerals disturbed the evil spirits sleeping here, and the lantern girl was reborn.
Just deal with her and you'll have a good night's sleep.
However, Zhao Huai walked for a long time without seeing the so-called wooden house.
Not to mention the Lantern Girl.
The road ahead is getting darker and darker, and the intersecting branches block the sun, making the eyes dark. Only a small amount of sunlight shines through the leaves, leaving reflections on the ground.
"rustle!"
There was movement in the jungle, and a black shadow flashed past very quickly.
Zhao Huai narrowed his eyes slightly, his true energy surged, he pointed the sword in the direction, and the magic sword was immediately shot out.
The spirit sword was fast, accurate, and ruthless, and it directly hit the target.
Zhao Huai had already reached the foundation and released his true energy. He was able to stand in the air. He glanced over to take a look.
He glanced lightly and found that it was just a chopped branch.
"Crash!"
Then the surrounding trees moved together, and vines whipped out from mid-air. As far as the eye could see, there were hundreds of them.
A tree appeared in front of Zhao Huai's eyes. It was a very big tree. The thickness of its trunk alone was about the size of seven or eight people's arms.
With just one leap, he dodged the lash from the vines.
The spirit sword made a "whoosh" sound, like lightning, and immediately returned to its sheath.
Zhao Huai held the hilt of the sword and took a breath. A sharp aura suddenly emerged, and a wave of air spread out.
"Chi!"
The moment the spirit sword was unsheathed, only the light of the sword soaring into the sky was seen, instantly making the entire quiet forest become translucent.
This sword is like a bolt of lightning that cuts through the sky and blooms in the night, breaking through the darkness and illuminating the light.
After finishing the sword strike, Zhao Huai stroked the edge of the sword and quietly sheathed it.
The vines that had been dancing wildly all over the sky just now fell softly to the ground, and the deep forest became quiet again.
After one breath.
The entire thick tree was cut in half, and a large amount of green blood spurted out.
This is the true art of sword drawing.
Stable and fast.
Since Zhao Huai had the blessing of [Sword Wizard] and [Sword Heart Transparent], his practice of swordsmanship has been getting better and better.
The power of sword drawing is also several times stronger than before.
This century-old tree demon could only hold on for one breath in front of him.
Zhao Huai looked at the tree demon that had been cut in half, his eyes unmoved, even a little distressed.
The lantern girl didn't find it, but instead looked for a tree demon, which was a failure.
After a while, a trace of pure energy surged out from the tree demon's broken trunk and escaped into his body.
Zhao Huai felt very comfortable all over, as if he had come out of a bath. The real energy in his body was extremely active, and his cultivation level actually increased slowly, saving him a month of hard training.
Zhao Huai suddenly realized that it was the fate of [Destroying Demons] that was slowly activated.
Your own attack methods are very threatening to monsters. Not only can the damage be increased, but every time you kill a monster, your cultivation level will be improved.
"It can be considered an unexpected surprise."
Zhao Huai smiled softly.
It is good to have a good fortune in killing monsters, but where are there so many monsters? Even if you look at monsters for a day, you may not be able to find one.
"Fool, fool."
Myna slowly flew down from the top of the tree and landed on Zhao Huai's shoulder. Xiaodouzi's eyes rolled, very cleverly.
This guy is really smart. He is the first to run away when he is cheating. He is definitely a model of not lagging behind.
"You call me a fool? It's all your fault. Are you embarrassed?" Zhao Huai vented to Bage.
Then he calmed down and thought quietly.
He felt that there were two important reasons why the lantern girl did not appear.
The first is the environment. Maybe she can only affect people in dreams, but can't deal with them in reality.
Secondly, there is the issue of time. It may not be until night before the other party shows up.
Anyway, the above is all conjecture.
It would be great if dreams and reality could be connected, Zhao Huai couldn't help but think.
correct! Dream and reality!
Zhao Huai took a look at the remaining blood scab on his arm and had a wild idea in his mind.
Since the Lantern Girl likes to kill people in dreams, and the damage caused can be projected into reality.
This shows that she also exists and has a part of reality, but she is good at hiding in dreams.
Then why can't I bring her to reality?
This is theoretically possible.
The damage she caused can come to reality, so there is no problem in bringing her here.
Zhao Huai thought for a long time about the feasibility of this idea.
In the end I felt it was worth a try.
The only thing I have to pay attention to is not to anger her in the dream.
Zhao Huai observed that the lantern girl was fine when she was in her white state and would not hurt anyone.
But once the lantern turns red, it will go berserk and start killing people.
To be on the safe side, you must first make a wake-up alarm clock.
Zhao Huai raised his eyes and glanced at the branches and thought for a while.
Sleeping in a tree can do just that. As long as there is any big movement in the dream, you will fall from the tree and wake up, right?
"Good, that's it."
Zhao Huai decided on a method and planned to find a safe place to sleep.
The first time he thought of Mingyin Temple.
It's relatively clean there, there aren't many people there, and if you fight with the lantern girl, you won't hurt innocent people.
Soon, Zhao Huai returned to the vicinity of Mingyin Temple and chose a pine tree a hundred meters away as a sleeping place for half a day.
And ninety-nine and eighty-one thunder talismans were set up around the big tree.
Suppress Thunder Talisman, Kill Thunder Talisman, Five Elements Thunder Talisman...
No matter what kind of monster it is, it must have a taste of thunder.
After taking the preparation measures, Zhao Huai was about to fall asleep. Before that, he took a special look at the result of the copper coin toss.
The hexagram remains unchanged and the result is still "blessing", which shows that this trip is worth a try.
He leaned against the thin branch, motionless, his eyes narrowed.
It didn't take long before I fell asleep.
...
In the dream, the moonlight was still dazzling, and black clouds piled up.
Zhao Huai came to the familiar woods, and there was still a large thin mist in front of him.
"I am coming again."
This time, Zhao Huai was well prepared and planned to cure this lantern girl.
When he reached the familiar creek, before he saw the wooden house, he saw a woman in white squatting next to the creek.
Still digging in the mud, lanterns placed aside, emitting firelight, but this time the place of birth is different?
Zhao Huai came ten meters behind her, but the other party didn't respond at all, which made him confused.
"Does she have no memory of me?"
Didn't I see it in my dream last time? Could it be cleared?
Zhao Huai suppressed his suspicion and stepped forward slowly.
The quiet lantern girl was digging in the mud and chattering like a crazy lunatic.
This time, Zhao Huai planned to ask the lantern girl about her past and try to trick her into telling her the same story.
He cleared his throat and said: "Hello..."
As soon as Zhao Huai spoke, the lantern girl who was squatting on the ground stood up, and the lantern on the ground flew up and fell into her hands.
The lantern girl turned around and walked towards Zhao Huai step by step, her eyes already filled with wisps of red light.
The flames in the white lantern flickered.
"I haven't finished speaking yet..." Zhao Huai said speechlessly.
I didn't even begin to say my words, and you transformed?
The lantern girl looked extremely strange, and her appearance was no longer as fresh and beautiful as before.
"Have you seen... my... husband-in-law."
The voice became intermittent, hoarse and low, like the roar of a big man.
This time Zhao Huai saw clearly how she "transformed". Her mouth gradually elongated and split, her eyes seemed to be shrunk and twisted, and her five fingers gradually became longer and very sharp.
Zhao Huai could feel the smelly strong wind blowing in his face. He knew that if he didn't say something, the lantern girl would go berserk.
Facing such a terrifying nightmare, Zhao Huai remained calm and smiled slightly:
"I seem to know where your husband is."
As soon as this sentence came out, the lantern girl was obviously stunned and said in a hoarse voice:
"Really...really?"
Zhao Huai nodded: "I already have an idea. As long as you cooperate with me, maybe you can find your husband."
"Before that, you first return to your original appearance."
After hearing this, the lantern girl was silent for a few seconds, and finally gave in.
"good."
In an instant, the lantern girl returned to her previous fresh and beautiful appearance, and the lantern turned white again.
The white dress is fluttering, the eyes are bright, the teeth are bright, the beauty is shining, and she has the dignity of a lady.
Zhao Huai knew that he had found the right formula and the key. A blind fight to the death would be inferior, so it was better to go around and see.
"As long as I can find my husband, I can do anything you ask me to do." The lantern girl said seriously.
"Really?" Zhao Huai raised his eyebrows.
The lantern girl looked pitiful and nodded gently.
"Then tell me first, what happened after you went out to look for my husband?"
Zhao Huai's purpose is clear. If he can find out where the Lantern Girl's resentment lies, he might be able to solve the problem without any bloodshed.
Therefore, it is very important to know as much as possible about the experiences of the lantern girls.
The lantern girl lowered her head and thought slowly: "I remember walking in the mountains for a long time and was very tired. It was very dark that night and I almost lost my way, but I was very worried about my husband's safety because he was already three years old. He hasn’t written to me in months.”
"I gritted my teeth and persisted, and finally made it to the state, and then I discovered..."
As she spoke, the lantern girl's expression began to look strange, and she seemed to be in great pain.
Moreover, the flame of the white lantern in his hand kept swaying, as if it would go out at any time.
Seeing her like this, Zhao Huai knew that he had finally found his blind spot.
As long as we figure out what happened after the lantern girl arrived in the state, everything will be solved.
"I found...my husband betrayed me..."
The lantern girl finally said this, but at this time, her voice had become hoarse again.
When Zhao Huai saw this, he said something bad.
At present, resolving the resentment is not going smoothly.
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ps: For the sake of viewing experience, I combined the two chapters together, and I did not miss any updates.
