After a beautiful sleep on the boat, Zhao Ting and Zhao Si's master and servant quickly arrived at Linshan Mansion City, and there were no waves all the way.

It was Zhao Si, who woke up and began to ask questions about what Zhao Ting had seen and heard in Niushou Village.

Knowing that he didn't believe in ghosts and gods, and was as timid as a mouse, Zhao Ting naturally didn't tell him the truth, but casually perfunctory.

However, after returning to Fucheng this time, Zhao Ting planned to tell his father about Niushou Village as it was, that is, Zhao Ziqi, the government order responsible for maintaining law and order in Linshan County.

After all, the more than 100 villagers in Niushou Village have all died, which is not a trivial matter. Even if Zhao Ting wanted to hide it, but the sudden transformation of a village into a dead domain would probably not be able to hide it for long.

And if you don't report the matter to the government sooner, the people of the government will control Niushou Village.

In case there are unsuspecting passers-by who break into Niushou Village again, they mistakenly release the two "shadow ghosts" that have been trapped by Zhao Ting's design.

I'm afraid the consequences are unimaginable!

As for whether Zhao Ziqi believes what he said or not, then he can only resign himself to fate.

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Linshan City North.

Zhao Mansion.

The snow is clear, the clouds are light, the sun is cold.

The second son, Zhao Tai, was leaning on the railing outside the plum garden, smelling the dark fragrance of the garden.

Only at this moment can he let go of the worries in his heart a little. The air in the early morning is fresh and cool, which inevitably makes people feel refreshed and their minds are much clearer.

These days are stuffy in Zhao's mansion, and Zhao Tai can be said to be very anxious.

Originally, according to the plan he formulated, he should have left this small Linshan County at this time and arrived in Youzhou, after all, in Linshan County, these big and small families are cheating every day, fighting for resources, and even fighting.

In Zhao Tai's view, these actions are no different from a child's play.

The people or things in Linshan County have long been out of Zhao Tai's eyes, and even the two are not in the same realm at all.

In Zhao Tai's heart, only the place where the Son of Heaven surrounded by purple qi is the place where he Zhao Tai should go now.

Moreover, if you go too late, you don't know who the opportunity for transformation will fall on.

Having said that, Zhao Tai couldn't leave at this time, not even leaving the Zhao Mansion in the slightest.

The source of all this is because of the "water charm" that is eyeing his eldest brother, Zhao Ting.

Zhao Tai knew very well that if he didn't dispose of this 'Water Charm' before leaving, and waited until the 'Water Charm' recovered, I was afraid that none of the people in the Zhao Mansion would survive.

Even if the "Water Charm" is only the lowest level of "unknown" in all the unknown.

You must know that no matter how trash "unknown" is, it is also "unknown", and it is by no means something that mortals in the flesh can compete with, even if it is the "martial champion" among mortals, the great master of martial arts to the realm of transformation, it is not good!

Go one and die another.

"Ominous" and human beings are equivalent to elephants and ants.

No matter how strong and good the ant is, it will not be an opponent of an elephant. Because this is no longer a level, no matter how much quantitative change is compared to qualitative change.

It is precisely because of this that Zhao Tai became more and more anxious.

He wanted to solve this 'water charm' that threatened the Zhao Mansion as soon as possible, so as to avoid worries and embark on the road to becoming stronger wholeheartedly.

But how could he have thought that this "Water Charm" was different from all the "ominous" he had seen before, and even he felt that this "Water Charm" should not be called Water Charm, but should be renamed "Rabbit".

In this way, time was spent on this "rabbit" day by day, and Zhao Tai was extremely depressed.

Only a thousand days to be a thief, how can there be a thousand days to prevent thieves?

As soon as he thought of this, Zhao Tai's face suddenly became cloudy, and the little maid standing on the side couldn't help but stay away.

"For more than a month, the spiritual power in my body has grown slowly, if it continues like this for a long time, when will I be able to reach the pass?" Zhao Tai's heart was secretly bitter, "This Linshan County is still too small, and it lacks the resources to stimulate blood, hey, I have to leave as soon as possible......"

Just when he was a little helpless, the timid voice of the little maid beside him sounded: "Big ...... Is the eldest prince back?"

Zhao Tai looked up when he heard this, and saw that on the corridor outside the plum garden, his eldest brother Zhao Ting was wearing a black brocade robe, and his front was coldly walking to the right, looking in this direction, he was obviously going to the inner courtyard.

It's just that what makes Zhao Tai a little suspicious is that on the shoulders of his eldest brother, there is an extremely shallow and extremely light cold black gas, which is wrapped around him like maggots attached to the bones.

This scene made Zhao Tai's face change slightly, his mind turned sharply, and a trace of silver-white light quietly floated in his deep inky black pupils, and he looked at Zhao Ting seriously again.

At a glance, Zhao Tai's brows suddenly wrinkled tightly: "This is ...... 'Shadow Nightmare's 'Divine Technique'?"

"I'll go, the previous 'Water Charm' hasn't been solved yet, why was the eldest brother targeted by a 'Shadow Nightmare' again?" Zhao Tai's face was slightly bitter, and he was very speechless in his heart, "Could it be that the eldest brother is the "Yang Bun" physique mentioned in the classics?"

Saying that, Zhao Tai looked at Zhao Ting carefully again before muttering, "It doesn't look like it, but it's ...... If you continue to be involved with "ominous" like this, even if it is not, it will become yes. ”

Thinking of this, Zhao Tai's heart also became anxious, and he shouted: "Big brother, big brother......"

"Hmm," Zhao Ting in the corridor heard the call and stopped and looked over, "Xiao Tai?"

"You're so interested, enjoy the plum here?" Zhao Ting asked with a smile.

Zhao Tai glanced at him, first sent away the little maid beside him, and then beckoned: "Big brother, come and sit." ”

After the two sat down in the pavilion, Zhao Ting stared at Zhao Tai with interest and said, "What do you want to say to the eldest brother, why did you send Xiaocui away?"

Zhao Tai took a deep breath and said with a serious face: "Big brother, where did you go last night? What did you do? Who have you met?"

"Uh......" Zhao Ting was slightly stunned before asking, "What are you asking for?"

"Don't ask, answer my question truthfully first," Zhao Tai's face was a little ugly at this time, "Big brother, do you know that your current situation is very dangerous? Your path is already very narrow!"

“......”

Seeing that Zhao Tai was urging and intimidating, Zhao Ting had no choice but to honestly tell him everything he saw and heard in Niushou Village last night.

Anyway, my younger brother is well-informed and brave, so I happened to discuss with him to see how we could destroy those two 'shadow ghosts'.

After listening to Zhao Ting's words one by one, Zhao Tai's face gradually collapsed.

Thinking that he Zhao Tai has been walking the rivers and lakes for many years, it is not that he has never seen a bold person, but he has never seen Zhao Ting so ...... Such a tiger, a chirp person.

The Dawu Dynasty, the seventy-two counties of Kyushu, there are countless anecdotes.

But I've never heard that ghosts harm people, how can anyone dare to rush up and run to find trouble with ghosts?

Zhao Tai couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva and confirmed again: "Brother, you mean, not only did you take a picture of the two 'Shadow Nightmares', but you also designed to imprison them?"

"That's right," Zhao Ting nodded indifferently, "Not only that, but brother also got a little useful news from them." ”

"I heard from the old 'Shadow Nightmare' that the little 'Shadow Nightmare' consciousness was injured by a jade talisman worn by the original Niu Tie's neck. And in that jade talisman, there seems to be some forging realm hidden......"

"Forging Body Realm Spiritual Cultivation?" Zhao Tai opened his mouth wide and looked surprised.

Zhao Ting smiled and said: "Yes, yes, it is the Forging Body Realm Spiritual Cultivation, and in that jade talisman, there is a full blow of the Forging Body Realm Spiritual Cultivation." ”

"Xiao Tai, brother knows that you are well-informed, so do you know what this Forging Body Realm spiritual cultivation means? Are you talking about cultivation as a realm?"

Hearing Zhao Ting's question, Zhao Tai's face changed again and again, and finally fell silent.

After a moment, he said softly: "Big brother, you are a mortal, you should not be involved in these things. Sometimes, ignorance is not a fault. Knowing too much is a sin. ”

"Aren't you also mortal?" Zhao Ting asked with a frown.

Zhao Tai shook his head slightly and said, "We are different. ”

After a while, he said again: "Since you already know something, big brother, then I will say a few more words, but what I said, you keep it in your heart, just know it, don't tell others again, so as not to cause trouble for our Zhao family." ”

"Well," Zhao Ting nodded, "Brother is measured." ”

Zhao Tai glanced at him with a wry smile and thought, "Are you measured? Will a measured person run to find "ominous" trouble? I see that you just don't have a little bit of pen in your heart. ”

Although he thought so, Zhao Tai still respected Zhao Ting's eldest brother, so he didn't say it.

"Big brother, you should know about our Linshan County, the custom of "burying people immediately when they die", right?" Zhao Tai stared at Zhao Ting's eyes and asked softly.

Zhao Ting said: "Of course I know." ”

Just kidding, this custom almost killed him, could he not know?

"And do you know why?"

Zhao Ting pondered for a moment and said, "Hmm...... I didn't know, I also asked my father and mother, and they didn't know why, they only knew that this was a custom handed down from their ancestors and could not be changed. ”

Zhao Tai turned around, his stretched slender fingers clenched together, and explained: "This is because the "spirit" of the dead is more likely to attract "ominous"!"

"Spirit" means "spirit". As the saying goes, man is the spirit of all things, and only in human beings can there be a "spirit". And the spirit, no matter what kind of "ominous" it is, is nothing less than a great tonic. ”

"The Ominous devouring spirits not only clears their minds, but also generates killing power, allowing them to step into higher realms. ”

Therefore, in the eyes of the "ominous", human beings are blood food, two-legged sheep, and the perfect tonic pill. ”

"To be honest, brother, I don't understand why God has made human beings so smart, but yet human beings are so weak! so weak that they have no power to protect themselves in the face of "ominous". ”

Zhao Ting frowned and raised his hand, "I'm sorry to interrupt, what do you mean by "unknown......?"

"Unknown" is the collective name of all the mountain spirits, demons and ghosts in the world, they are born with all kinds of strange and strange powers, and every time they appear, they cause countless deaths and injuries, and blood flows all over the ground, which is "unknown"!

According to the ability of the "unknown" and the scope of the calamity, the predecessors divided them into one to five levels, and the higher the level, the more terrifying the harm that the "unknown" can cause to humans. ”

"The "Water Charm" mentioned earlier and the "Shadow Nightmare" you encountered this time are both at the weakest level, unknown. But this is the case, the two of them are not human beings can deal with, and even if they are willing, they can easily take the lives of a hundred and ten people in a village. ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Tai glanced up at Zhao Ting and said, "Brother, I know what you want to ask." ”

But do you know that the "Shadow Nightmare" you encountered this time is only a level of "unknown", what is level 1? It is that they all have some weaknesses. It was precisely because you grasped the weakness of the "Nightmare" that you were able to protect yourself and survive. ”

If we say that human calmness, composure, and intelligence can still play a role in the face of "ominous". Then human martial arts and brute force, in front of the "ominous", is really a joke. ”

The reason why I say this is because no matter what kind of "unknown", as long as they are in the stage and can appear to harm people, then there will be a membrane on their body surface, a protective shell called "Killing Crystal Film". ”

This protective shell protects the "ominous" like eggs. If you don't break it first, you won't be able to hurt the ominous hiding inside. ”

"And as far as I know, it seems that mortals have no means to break this membrane. No matter what kind of martial arts, no matter how much brute force, it will not work, which is why I say that mortal force is of no use to "ominous". ”

Zhao Tai's words reminded Zhao Ting of the first meeting with the "water ghost", Zhao Ting remembered that when he stabbed the "water ghost" with his dragon teeth, the "water ghost" seemed to have a thin black light mask on the surface of the body, but it was shattered by the blow of the dragon's teeth.

He still remembered that the "water ghost" seemed to be surprised at that time.

Now it seems that the thin black light cover should be the "Killing Crystal Film" that Zhao Tai said.

Zhao Tai's voice continued to resound.

"If the "unknown" of the first and second levels can still find weaknesses, then the third and even higher levels of the unknown can no longer find the slightest weakness. Even if there were, I am afraid that with the power of mortals, I am afraid that it will not be discovered. ”

"Just like the "Canglan River King" I mentioned to you, it is a third-level "unknown", the body is a black turtle, it has lived for a long time, and it has eaten a lot of human corpses that fell into the Canglan River, so it has been cultivated into a spirit. ”

"It's unimaginable, just a third-level "unknown" can be entrenched in the waterways of the Canglan River, rampant, even the elite army sent by the Dawu Dynasty has no way to take it, but how many people die. ”

"Big brother, I've seen it with my own eyes, this old black turtle spirit easily overturned a sea ship full of goods five or six zhang high and about thirty zhang long in the imperial court with only one head case. And from my point of view, this guy is definitely bigger than that sea vessel!"

"The scarlet eyes of the lantern, the four legs and claws like the black pillars of the sky, and the gray carapace that is so wide and thick that it is desperately thick on the back, hehe, this kind of monster that is born and raised, you say, how can mortals deal with it?"

Seeing that Zhao Tai's mood seemed to be a little depressed, Zhao Ting asked weakly: "Isn't there any other body forging realm spiritual cultivation? This kind of monk should be able to deal with this old black turtle, right?"

"Forging Body Realm Spiritual Cultivation?" Zhao Tai smiled reluctantly and said to him, "I am, do you think my small body is the opponent of that black turtle spirit?"

Zhao Ting's eyes widened, and he looked at Zhao Tai for a while, then he shook his head and said, "I don't think so, that black turtle spirit is really as powerful as you say, you are not enough for people to stuff their teeth!"

"But, Xiao Tai, are you actually a spiritual cultivator in the Forging Body Realm? Are you a cultivator mentioned in "Strange Tales of the Mountains"? Also, how did you become a spiritual cultivator? Is there any magic elixir? Don't be stingy, let's practice together. ”

“......”

Facing Zhao Ting's series of questions, Zhao Tai shook his head with a wry smile and said, "Brother, how can I have any magic elixir? I can become a spiritual cultivator because I am originally a spiritual cultivator!"

"Spirituality is just a name for mortals, and to be precise, it should be called the Spirit Race. ”

"Spirit Clan?" Zhao Ting was a little puzzled.

Zhao Tai explained: "The spirit race is a human race born with spiritual power in its blood, just like the "ominous" is born with strange and strange powers. ”

"In order to distinguish the difference from ordinary human races, these human beings who are born with spiritual power in their bloodlines and can cultivate on their own call themselves "spirit races"!"

"And the reason why I was able to cultivate spiritual power is because of my mother, she is a spirit clan. ”

"Forehead......" Zhao Ting was stunned for a moment, "Didn't you say that Erniang is a Jianghu guest?"

Zhao Tai smiled and didn't explain more, but continued: "The spirit clan is born with spiritual power in its bloodline, and if the blood is pure, the spiritual power will be more, and a hybrid like me will also have spiritual power in the body, but it is almost better than nothing. ”

"The cultivation method of the spirit clan is to stimulate and stimulate the spiritual blood in the body, and derive the spiritual power in the bloodline, so that it can reach a higher degree of atavism. This degree of inducing spiritual blood is also divided into four stages by the people of the spirit race, that is, four realms. ”

"The first stage, sacrificing the blood realm, refining the spiritual blood in the body, and removing the useless waste blood, is for the sacrificial blood realm. The second stage, forging the body realm, induces the power of spiritual blood in the body, so that it feeds back to the physical body, which is for the forging body realm. ”

"The third stage is the spiritual realm, which nourishes the spiritual blood in the body, so that more spiritual power is derived from the blood, which is the spiritual realm. The last stage, which is also a stage that few people can reach, is refining the god realm, this realm is more about using spiritual power to temper spiritual power, and it is for refining gods!"

"It is said that the spirit clan that has cultivated to the depths of the God Refining Realm has one spirit and spirit, and all laws are inviolable!

Looking at Zhao Ting's somewhat hopeful gaze, Zhao Tai sighed and said, "Brother, you want to ask, do mortals have a cultivation method?"

Zhao Ting nodded and said, "Yes, brother just wants to ask this." After all, according to what you said, human beings are really a little too weak in the face of the unknown, is there a way for human beings to cultivate, learn, and deal with the unknown?"

"This ......" Zhao Tai hesitated for a while, and finally said, "I really want to say that there is." ”

"However, this world is not like in the book, there is indeed no magical cultivation method like the one mentioned in "Strange Tales of the Mountains and Wilds". The Spirit Race can cultivate because they were born with it!"

"And humans ......"

At this point, Zhao Tai also paused, he didn't want to give Zhao Ting hope, and then let Zhao Ting despair.

But the providence of this world is like this, everything is destined by birth, and he Zhao Tai has no way.

Seeing that Zhao Ting's mood was declining little by little, although Zhao Tai was a little unbearable, he still reminded him: "Brother, I know that you risked your life to run to hit ghosts, and you just want to study where the strange power of the "unknown" comes from. ”

"I have to say, this idea of yours is very bold and courageous. Looking at Zhao Ting's disgraced face, Zhao Tai didn't even dare to say too much, so as not to stimulate him, "However, what is born is born, and it can't be studied." ”

"Moreover, if you are a mortal, if you come into contact with "ominous" for a long time, after being infected with their breath, I am afraid that you will become a "yang bun" physique, that is, you are more likely to provoke "ominous" than ordinary people. ”

"If it's just the first and second level unknown, my younger brother can barely cope with it, but if it attracts the third level or even the fourth level or even the fifth level unknown, I'm afraid our Zhao family will immediately face a catastrophe!"

"Do you know that the fifth level is unknown, even if the predecessors of the Spirit Clan who have cultivated to the depths of the Refining God Realm and are invincible by all laws come here, they will not be opponents! For example, a few years ago, in the land of Yunzhou and a state, there was a great drought for three consecutive years, the mountains, rivers, lakes and seas were burning, the red land was thousands of miles, and there were millions of corpses, the source of all this was a drought fish! The legendary fifth level is unknown!"

"In order to end the drought in Yunzhou early, the spirit clans did not know how many people they sent, but all of them returned in vain, and some even died in Yunzhou and never returned. ”

"If it weren't for the last moment, the dragon monarch in the Qilian Mountains used his flesh and blood to sacrifice the sun and curse the drought, I'm afraid, Yunzhou would have already turned into a ghost. ”