Late that night.
In the rest area of the black jade mining area, the snoring was loud, and almost all the mining slaves had fallen asleep.
After being suppressed by the Jue Ling Formation, the monks lost the ability to refining energy and meditate to restore themselves, so they could only rely on sleep to replenish the lost energy like ordinary people.
In silence:
The white light of the forest disappeared in a flash, and the dozen or so figures in the shack fell asleep even more deeply.
The ground automatically 'dissolved', revealing Zhang Yao's figure. He walked gently and came to the edge of Hu Weiwei's bunk.
"Hoo, hoo..."
Hu Weiwei curled up together and slept soundly, snoring slightly.
Zhang Yao stretched out a finger and gently touched her forehead. After quietly sensing for a few breaths, there was a trace of surprise in his expression:
"Such a high-level bloodline...is it really the blood of a cat demon flowing in her body?"
According to his induction, the vitality in Hu Weiwei's body in front of him was nearly four times that of an ordinary person, far exceeding that of a normal demon cultivator.
"This is really scary."
Zhang Yao sighed secretly in his heart, finally understanding why the demon cultivator has been around for tens of thousands of years and never gets eradicated.
Hu Weiwei is only at the Qi refining stage, but relying on the high-level demon blood in her body, she can already live for more than four hundred years, and the upper limit of her lifespan is even close to the golden elixir stage.
Who can resist such a huge temptation?
If it weren't for the many drawbacks of demon cultivation and the difficulty in giving birth to high-level monks, I'm afraid that the demon cultivation method could replace the way of refining qi and become the orthodox path of immortality.
"Incredible! It's really incredible..."
Zhang Yao leaned down, carefully felt the bones and pulses, observed the fine structures, kneaded it a few times from time to time, checked the tooth marks, and soon came to a new judgment.
"This is definitely not a cat, but a little tiger!"
"The blood flowing in her body is probably one of the strongest tiger bloods. No wonder she has such a high upper limit of vitality..."
After initially confirming this, Zhang Yao's expression became a little uncertain.
Finding demon cultivators with high-level bloodlines has always been one of his goals, but this time he finally caught a big fish, only to find that the fish was so big that it might even burst the net!
Gein: Although bloodlines can evolve and degenerate, generally speaking, such high-level bloodlines probably have extraordinary origins, and there may be golden elixir ancestors among their ancestors.
"No, it shouldn't be..."
After Zhang Yao thought for a moment, he rejected his judgment.
After all, if an ancestor of the demon cultivator at the Golden Core stage really wants to find a descendant of the bloodline he values, there must be a way.
Hu Weiwei has been living outside, which means that the demon cultivator group behind her has either become extinct; or there is no golden elixir ancestor at all, making it impossible to quickly locate her whereabouts.
"This loser is really a bastard."
Zhang Yao checked the vitality of the green-haired boy again, and found that it was slightly inferior to the wild boar family in the mining area, and was a proper demon cultivator.
The source of this bloodline is almost all ordinary animals that became spirits in an environment with abundant spiritual energy. Unless there is a generation of ancestors who defy the will of heaven and change their fate, they will be the lowest level demons in the demon clan for generations.
"Hu Weiwei's bloodline is extraordinary. It is impossible to say that there are some methods left behind by her father and ancestors hidden in her bloodline. We still have to guard against it."
"Be careful with the ship that sails for ten thousand years, it's better to be cautious..."
Zhang Yao pondered for a moment, then looked away from Hu Weiwei and looked at the green-haired boy beside him.
"stand up!"
Zhang Yao had an idea, and while maintaining the divine light of the fallen soul, he also awakened the bastard boy Wang Yesan and used the "Legibolism Technique".
He has never had the chance to find the real secret method of searching souls, but with the cooperation of the divine light of Lost Souls, the method of Legilimency is still barely enough.
"Tell me where you are from..."
Zhang Yao's voice was ethereal, and he maintained exquisite control of the silence technique throughout his body, allowing the sound to only spread within a very small range.
"I come from Qiandao Lake in Yuanzhou..."
Wang Yesan looked dull and instinctively answered Zhang Yao's questions.
After a while, Zhang Yao finally figured out the origins of these demon cultivators and apprentices through careful questioning.
The situation of the demon cultivators in Dali is very bad. At the same time, there are internal conflicts and bloody fights. Hu Weiwei, Wang Yesan and others are basically orphans among the demon cultivators.
These orphans are very young, and they have to spend all their mana to maintain the magic of transformation and concealment. They have almost no fighting ability. Once they are separated from the adult demon cultivators, it will be difficult to survive.
Fortunately, their master 'Sun Qian' was a kind-hearted person and kept them by his side. He was called master and apprentice, but in fact he was more than an adopted father and son. He led them to hide themselves carefully and live in Leizhou.
More than a year ago, Sun Qian bumped into Hu Weiwei who was stealing food in the mortal world, and brought her back to live with Wang Yesan and the others.
According to Hu Weiwei herself, she was separated from her relatives in an accident during her family's relocation and ended up living in Leizhou. Sun Qian once tried to help her find her way home, but ultimately failed.
"If that's the case, that's a great opportunity..."
Zhang Yao's thoughts flickered, and he gradually came up with new ideas.
The birth of a demon cultivator is difficult, especially for children of high bloodline, and each one is taken very seriously.
As long as the demon cultivator family behind Hu Weiwei is not completely wiped out, they will spare no effort to search for her whereabouts and pay attention to all possible news.
"For more than a year before this, Hu Weiwei followed Sun Qian into the world. Finding her was like finding a needle in a haystack."
"But now that she has been arrested and sent to Suiyu Mountain, if the family behind her has been paying attention to her, they should be able to find out this almost semi-public news soon..."
Zhang Yao couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth slightly when he thought of this.
With Hu Weiwei's key bargaining chip in his hand, he could sit on the Diaoyutai, wait and see, and wait for the demon cultivator family behind her to take the initiative to knock on the door.
With his current strength, he can fight head-on in the later stages of foundation building, and he has more than one trump card, so he naturally has enough confidence in his heart.
Soon, Zhang Yao left this shack, dived underground again, and headed to another Taibai fine gold mining area.
Arriving at another rest area, after interrogating Sun Qian and several other demon cultivators and verifying that the information was correct, Zhang Yao felt much more at ease.
"By the way, there's that strange boy..."
Before leaving, Zhang Yao suddenly remembered the scene he saw during the day, and his heart moved.
"When something goes wrong, there must be a monster, so why not go take a look."
Thinking of this, he used the mountain-escape technique again, returned to the rest area of the black jade mining area, and came to the shack again.
In silence:
The divine light of the fallen soul emerged again, and this time Zhang Yao found Wu Siqiang, who was sleeping in the bunk next to Hu Weiwei, and used the 'Legilimency Technique' again.
"Why are the monks in the same hut afraid of you during the day?"
Zhang Yao looked at Wu Sigong with a blank expression, went straight to the point, and asked him the doubt he was most concerned about.
Unexpectedly, the Legilimency method, which has always been invincible, had an unexpected incident this time——
"Ho ho..."
Wu Sikong in front of him instantly rolled his eyes and let out a sound like he was gasping for breath. An explosion-like breath gathered in his mind.
"not good!"
Zhang Yao's expression changed, and he reacted instantly. He suddenly pressed a palm on the top of his head, and the forest-white light surged like waves of water.
Under Zhang Yao's full power of the 'Desolate Soul Divine Light', the explosive aura in Wu Siqiang's mind remained in a stalemate for a few times, and was quickly suppressed, and the young man fell onto the straw again.
"The Divine Soul Law is forbidden..."
Zhang Yao slowly withdrew his palm and frowned tightly.
The person who can cast the Divine Soul Law is at least a foundation-building master who is proficient in the Divine Soul Taoism, and it is usually to protect some kind of secret.
This shows that the question he just asked has touched upon the key secret protected by Fa Jin. When Wu Sigong lost consciousness, Fa Jin automatically judged that he could not keep the secret and would self-destruct his soul on the spot.
If Zhang Yaoyan hadn't used his quick hands and suppressed it with his soul-shaking divine light, he might have alerted the Master of Foundation Establishment behind the scenes.
"Behind these mine slaves, there is actually a Foundation Establishment Master..."
Zhang Yao squinted his eyes, thoughts flashing rapidly in his mind:
"Who could it be? Enemies of the GCC? Poachers from the outside world? Or Jie Xiu who is preparing to steal the ore?"
The enemies of the GCC are less likely to use such low-level methods.
As for the robbers who steal the ore, they have not appeared again for many years since the system was changed to give away the ore once a year. Considering all things considered, outside robbers are the most likely.
"Unexpectedly, there was an unexpected harvest. I actually caught two big fish at once."
Zhang Yao raised his head and glanced around the shack.
The fear and fear of the young man among the few male monks during the day must be related to the secret behind him, which shows that the insiders are far more than just a few mine slaves.
"You really have a way to hide it from many supervisors and supervisors, and connect them secretly."
"Ha... that's right. I canceled their mining period for more than half a month and gave them this opportunity..."
Zhang Yao shook his head and thought to himself:
"It seems that in the next time, we have to keep an eye on the movements in the black jade mining area."
"And among the supervisors, there might be a traitor hiding inside and outside. Even the two supervisors, Lao Zhou and Lao Chen, might have problems!"
Sitting in Suiyu Mountain and enjoying generous treatment is equivalent to shouldering the greatest responsibility.
Under normal circumstances: he only needs to ensure production in the mining area, but if large-scale riots, casualties, or serious damage to the mines occur, he will still be responsible.
In order to prevent this from happening, he must keep a close eye on it from now on and take action to suppress it at critical moments.
"This is really interesting..."
Zhang Yao took a deep look at Wu Siqiang and Hu Weiwei, turned around and left quietly, with a cold light flashing in his eyes:
"I want to see who is behind this, how dare he act wildly on Tai Sui's head!"
…………
More than a month passed in a hurry.
Ever since he noticed the potential conspiracy, Zhang Yao has been secretly patrolling and gradually mastered many clues.
But he did not act rashly, nor did he tell anyone the news. Instead, while secretly inspecting several senior managers, he also set up hidden formations in several key places in advance.
this day:
On the edge of the black jade mining area, thick white mist covered dozens of feet, and thousands of mining slaves lay scattered inside.
"no, do not want……"
Hu Weiwei murmured unconsciously, showing off her sharp claws, and her whole body kept twisting, as if she was resisting something.
"Hahaha……"
Wu Siqiang, who was lying not far from her, laughed heartily and was immersed in a sweet dream.
Zhang Yao stood with his hands behind his hands, his mind scanning the various scenes in the white mist, observing the reactions of these people.
"Buzz!"
After a moment, the soul rosary buzzed and trembled, and a large cloud of white mist merged into it. A ray of light flashed before falling into Zhang Yao's hand.
"The collection of soul energy is almost complete."
Zhang Yao observed it and found that streams of psychedelic air were rising inside the soul rosary, almost filling the entire soul rosary, leaving only the last trace of space.
"We can do it again tomorrow at most, and the work of collecting soul energy can be declared completed."
Zhang Yao calmly put away the soul rosary, gave a few words of instruction as usual, and then drove away with the light.
After returning to the cave:
"Um……"
Zhang Yao sat behind the desk, took out the soul rosary and observed it carefully, silently thinking.
After nearly two months of observation and exploration, he has basically understood the manufacturing method of the soul rosary, but with his current level of weapon refining, he is still unable to imitate it.
Not only that, he also discovered something more interesting:
"The energy of the soul collected through the soul rosary, as I speculated, has strong emotional stimulation and can be guided and refined manually."
"It's just that the soul rosary in my hand can't do this. It probably requires the person who controls the 'main bead'..."
When he thought of this, he suddenly had a judgment in his heart.
Since the soul rosary has this function, it must have some hidden purpose.
Zhang Yao guessed that the energy of soul thought was probably one of the keys to Tianbao Tower, or the four major golden elixir forces, to control the 'Breaking Man'.
From the very beginning of practicing the exercises, little by little influence is exerted and gradually penetrated. This process continues until the 'soul thought energy' is injected, and then it may be considered complete.
"It seems that I will have to find a way to collect the soul energy I need for my future cultivation!"
Zhang Yao made a decision in his heart and secretly warned himself:
"This thing is of vital importance to your life and must not be stolen from others."
The amount of soul energy required to construct the 'Ten Thousand Souls' Formation' is extremely large.
To collect it from Qi Refining monks, tens of thousands of Qi Refining Practitioners are needed; if the target is a mortal, it will cost more than a million, and the time consumed is unimaginable.
Zhang Yao's original idea was to collect part of it himself, and get the rest from some evil cultivators through rewards and purchases.
But now it seems that this idea is obviously not feasible. Items related to the soul may contain vicious and sinister traps, so you have to do it yourself to feel at ease.
"Um?"
At this moment, Zhang Yao seemed to notice something, frowned and sneered in his heart:
"How brave!"
"Because your cultivation level is higher than mine, you dare to spy on me with your spiritual thoughts in broad daylight!"
Something was delayed today. I have been so busy that I have to hurry up and finish it. Qingyun will try to have time to make up for it.
(End of chapter)
