Chapter 11: The Soul Eater
Tianlong Temple, Trial Mountain (200 years ago):
A group of disciples gathered in front of the mountain to preach. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
"A centipede has a hundred feet, but it is not as good as a snake; The rooster has two wings, but it can't fly the crow. full of articles, gray hair is not hit; is a shallow learner, and a teenager is a teenager. A young beauty, but a fool; Handsome and beautiful, with an ugly woman. Life also. ”
"When the sky is not shining, the sun and the moon have no light; When the land is scarce, the vegetation does not grow. When the water is not, the wind and waves are uneven; When people can't, good luck can't work. The dragon has not been encountered, and it is diving in the fish and turtle; The gentleman loses time and hands over the villain. Time also. ”
Hua Zhong said: "Life is in front, time is in the back." ”
Hua Xia shook her head and objected: "Time is in front, life is in the back." ”
"The fateful person is determined by seven points and changed by three points."
"The time is determined by three points, and the time is changed by seven points."
It was getting late, and the disciples of the Dao were gradually dispersed, and the two brothers also got up together.
"It seems that according to numerology, my brother and I have different opinions."
"It's okay, the dispute between you and me will be seen tomorrow."
"Tomorrow?"
Hua Xia pointed to the sun that fell into the West Mountain and said, "When the sun rises again this time, it will be the purple sun!" ”
"The once-in-a-200-year spectacle of the purple sun is tomorrow?"
"That's right! When Zixu Dragon soars, you and I will see the future together to prove our respective lives! ”
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Taolin Village, Taowu Forest:
The sky was now dark. Su Wuqian, accompanied by the village chief and his entourage, reluctantly came to the edge of the forest.
Village Chief Qiao grabbed Su Wuqian's hand and cheered her on: "Miss Su's magic is boundless!" These 300 lives in our village are in your hands! ”
Su Wuqian's stiff face barely smiled in response.
The village chief and the others sent Su Wuqian all the way to the vicinity of the peach forest, and they didn't dare to go any further. The girl in Tsing Yi quickened her pace, wanting to get rid of the villagers as soon as possible, and after a while, she was out of everyone's sight.
Su Wuqian turned around and looked around, tightened the burden on her shoulders, and walked to another path on the side of the peach forest.
"Go to the peach grove to die? When I'm crazy, can't I? I want to live more than to be a hero! ”
Granny Ma, who was far away in the village, was leaning over and holding a charcoal basin, as if she was about to baptize the animal bones again. "The fate is set, and it cannot be changed! How can you escape alone if you have not come alone? It's hard to ......."
"Who's there?" Not far from Su Wuqian, a figure swayed.
The figure was frightened, and he didn't care about running away, and ran straight into the dangerous peach forest. Su Wuqian's ears and eyes are excellent, although she is separated by rows of grass and trees, this figure that has grown up with her since childhood, Su Wuqian will not be mistaken. "Big brother?" The girl in Tsing Yi was out of proportion for a moment, allowing the burden to slip off her shoulders.
"No...... Eldest brother! You can't go in there! ”
The wind whirred under Su Wuqian's feet, and the figure shuttling through the forest was as fleeting as a ghost. Unconsciously, he also followed up with Taolin. In terms of speed, Su Wuqian should have caught up with that figure, but the white mist in the forest was filled, and if she was not careful, she lost her target.
She gasped for breath because she was running quickly, but because she was afraid that the white worm would enter her body, she hurriedly covered her nose and mouth, and Su Wuqian was in a dilemma. Where the girl in Tsing Yi stood, within a few meters of her body, the white ash on the tree began to recede, revealing the original wood color of the peach tree. The strong smell emitted by the body really made the white worms stay away.
Seeing this scene, Su Wuqian calmed down a lot. It's just that there are some sparse tapping sounds from the inside of the peach tree, as if to indicate that the tree is completely hollow. Su Wuqian slowly approached the peach tree, and reached out to touch the trunk of the tree with courage, but suddenly the peach tree shook, the bark cracked, and a group of sparrow-sized adults scattered and flew out inside.
Su Wuqian was so frightened that she sat on the ground. But those white aphids did not escape smoothly, and half of them hung in the air, as if they had been caught by something and could not struggle.
Between the branches of the trees above, and between the trees below, at some point, they were covered with white cobwebs, hidden in the entire white mist, and it was difficult to detect. It wasn't until a large number of white aphids collided with it, bringing bursts of white silk waves, that people were alerted to what a praying mantis catches cicadas, and yellow finches are behind.
What kind of spider must be it to weave such a large spider web! The prey is in the net, will the predator be far away...... Su Wuqian didn't care about anything else, she got up and ran, she had to leave this place before the predator appeared.
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Peach Forest Center Belt, Stone Dragon:
In the white mist of this dome, it is impossible to tell the direction. Su Wuqian didn't dare to stop a step, she clutched her chest and pressed her beating heart. The woman's cheeks were flushed, and the huge pressure never moved out of Su Wuqian's heart.
The girl in Tsing Yi has a light posture, and in the blink of an eye, she has come to the center of the peach forest, facing the stone dragon. Whether it is Wang Yuanxing or the eldest brother, they have all gone deep here, but Su Wuqian still hasn't seen anyone.
The sound of "empty, empty" came from the dragon's body, which really made Su Wuqian startled again. She was already a frightened bird at the moment, staring at the dragon's pitch-black mouth, could it be that something was about to fly out? Su Wuqian wanted to escape, but she couldn't lift her legs.
Sure enough, a figure crawled out of the dragon's wide mouth and fell to the ground. This person was surrounded by white worms, and he was crawling towards Su Wuqian little by little, and his mouth kept spitting out painful hums.
Looking at Su Wuqian, who was about to retreat, the figure exerted all his strength and shouted: "Be careful behind!" ”
Su Wuqian subconsciously turned around and saw a huge black spider standing behind her.
The spider's whole body is black, its head is the size of a carriage wheel, the abdominal stem is connected to a slightly larger abdominal poison sac than the head, several human faces appear on the back of the abdomen, and the whole body is supported by slender eight legs, slowly standing. At the same time, the ceralica in the spider's mouth is open and its abdomen is slightly bowed.
"Run!!" The teenager shouted.
Su Wuqian gasped and rolled on the spot, narrowly avoiding the silver-white spider silk spit out of the black spider's mouth. Su Wuqian took advantage of the situation and fled, but unexpectedly, there were still some scattered spider silk sticking to her hair. Under the pulling and pain, Su Wuqian fell to the ground on her back.
The black spider pulled back the spider silk, and Su Wuqian was pulled closer and closer. At this moment, a yellow light flashed, and the spider silk was cut off by a sharp blade. The figure that was lying on the ground was surrounded by green smoke, holding the Eight Desolations Sword in front of the woman.
"Wang Yuanxing? How are you ......?"
"Fire Spell: Starlight Falls!"
Yuan Xing threw the talisman paper into the sky, igniting several raging fires, and the rolling heat wave startled the white aphids in the forest to fly away. The fireball soared through the White Mist Dome and then from top to bottom, piercing through.
Black spiders spit spider silk from their mouths, forming a skyweb between trees and receiving fireballs. Blocking for a moment, the spider took the opportunity to disappear in the fog forest.
The fireball landed in the forest, and suddenly a burst of fire ignited. The white worms scattered, obscuring the sky and the sun. Today, this land is no longer at peace.
Yuan Xing turned around and helped Su Wuqian up and said, "Are you injured?" ”
"It's okay, it's just that you ......"
At this moment, Wang Yuanxing has added aura. The cyan smoke turns into a light blue fluorescence, reflecting the white complexion of Yuan Xing, giving people tranquility. The aura that jumped up with a slight red fiery thread added a bit of uneasiness to the tranquility.
"I'm fine."
Yuan Xing wanted to bring the aura into the dantian, but he couldn't suppress the divergence of the aura.
Su Wuqian was suspicious of Yuan Xing's changes, but this was not the time to be entangled in him.
"What kind of monster was that?"
"This thing is called the Soul Eater Spider, and it likes to use spider silk to suck the soul consciousness of living beings. Or for food, or for fun. Look at the human face on his belly, which is the undigested soul of the man in his belly. ”
"How can there be such a monster in the peach forest?"
Yuan Xing pointed at the dragon and said, "This is its lair. Soul Eaters are rare, and it's no accident that they're here. ”
"Artificial?"
"There are so many unexpected things hidden in this Taolin Village...... Now is not the time to speak, if you are okay, leave the peach forest as soon as possible. ”
"People haven't found ...... yet"
For Su Wuqian, she can't go, the eldest brother is still here.
"Uncle Niu, you say? I was worried that the insect demon was not dead, so I chased Uncle Niu all the way here. He climbed into the dragon and saw that it was full of cobwebs, and the webs were covered with dense white aphid larvae......"
At that time, Yuan Xing lit a fire and folded, entered the dragon's body to take a look, and found that there was a crypt inside, and he didn't know where it led.
"The Crypt?" Su Wuqian came to her senses, "Take me to see!" ”
Yuan Xing couldn't be dissuaded, so he had no choice but to squat under the tall dragon and wanted to lift Su Wuqian. Unexpectedly, the woman jumped slightly, her toes were a little on Wang Yuanxing's shoulder, and her raised hands were clasped on the edge of the turtle dragon's mouth. Look at her pedaling the stone turtle again, turning over and entering. This is a healthy hand, and it really doesn't lose to a man. Yuan Xing jumped on the back of the dragon turtle, from the neck to the head, and turned upside down.
The dragon's body was indeed full of cobwebs and white insect corpses.
"If the Soul Eater Spider has been hiding here, then why hasn't it appeared to attack the villagers for so many years?" Su Wuqian asked.
"There are a lot of cobwebs here, but there's very little droppings. Unlike the long-term place, the Soul Eater Spider came suddenly......"
"Like a white worm?" The woman said preemptively.
"That's right."
Su Wuqian walked straight to the entrance of the crypt, reached out to touch the dust on the edge, and felt the gentle yin wind on the back of her hand. "This crypt has just been formed."
Yuan Xing couldn't help but be curious: "Oh...... Where do you know? ”
"This kind of soil is called sealing soil, and the sealing effect is excellent." Su Wuqian grabbed a handful of dust and showed it to Yuan Xing under the light of the fire, "It means that this place should have been sealed originally, and you can see that the edge of the entrance is very rough, if it has been formed for many years, it should have been rounded." It's just that recently, for some reason, the sealed soil collapsed, revealing the crypt. ”
Yuan Xing realized: "So the biggest possibility is that the white worm and the soul eater spider both come from this deeper underground. ”
"I don't know where it leads down there...... The insect demon must have come from here, too. ”
"This insect demon ...... Very special......"
Su Wuqian got up to check the rest of the dragon's body, and looked back at Yuan Xing in three steps: "What's wrong with you?" It seems that there is something in the words. ”
"Don't go over!"
As soon as the words fell, Su Wuqian tripped under her feet and sat on the person's body. The fire broke and fell to the ground, illuminating the man's face, and this person was Uncle Niu.
"Ahh Su Wuqian retreated from Uncle Niu's side with both hands and feet.
"Uncle Niu is dead...... Yuan Xing said in a low voice.
"How could he die here!" Su Wuqian was puzzled.
"I think Uncle Niu was in a coma in the forest that day, because he was sucked by the soul devouring spider. Instead of digesting it, the Soul Eater spits its its soul consciousness on a web stained with white aphid larvae. ”
"What does this mean......"
"The Soul Eater is also known as the alchemist of nature. Suck the soul, spit out the soul, melt the soul...... In short, the patches of white worms all possess part of Uncle Niu's soul consciousness at the same time, and the white aphid larvae form a soul consciousness community. With Uncle Niu's memory, you can change Uncle Niu's appearance. It can even be said that in its opinion, he is Uncle Niu. ”
"So...... It was actually this so-called ...... who returned to the village that day Soul Community? ”
Yuan Xing nodded and said, "It should be so." The real Uncle Niu lost his soul consciousness and wandered in the forest all day long, with nowhere to go. ”
"But it's amazing! In the past three months, is it true that Uncle Niu has not starved to death? ”
"Together! There is an extra layer of connection between the insect demon and Uncle Niu that they can't even imagine. The soul master is Uncle Niu, the soul auxiliary is the insect demon, Uncle Niu is the leader, and the insect demon is secondary. Uncle Niu is born and coexists, and Uncle Niu dies together. The insect demon erodes the human body and steals the lives of the villagers, just to nourish Uncle Niu. ”
"It's ...... Fantastic! How did Uncle Niu die just now? Is the insect demon still around? ”
The blue light on Yuan Xing's body gradually dimmed, and the spiritual power continued to dissipate.
"The insect demon is gone! The spiritual power in my body can not last much, it is important to subdue the Soul Eater Spider now, and the rest will be talked about later......"
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Peach Fog Forest, inside the dragon (about half an hour ago):
Yuan Xing jumped into the mouth of the dragon, and before he could land, he was hung in the air by a spider web. Yuan Xing flipped his wrist and swung his sword to slash the silk, freeing his body from the spider silk.
It's just that spider silk is inherently toxic, and after touching the skin, neurotoxins spread along the sweat glands. Before Yuan Xing could stand up straight, he felt that his legs were paralyzed and he could no longer stand up.
"This is ......," Wang Yuanxing carefully examined the cobwebs covered with white aphid larvae.
The demon in this net, Yuan Xing is all too familiar. The Soul Eater Spider is a specialty of the Tianshan Valley, and it will even be encountered here.
Soul Eater Spider, White Worm, Uncle Niu, Worm Demon...... Isn't that right?
Nature's Alchemist......
…… In this way, the explanation makes sense......
I don't know if it's because of the toxin, Yuan Xing's complexion turned from ruddy to gloomy. Wang Yuanxing used the Eight Desolations as a crutch, propped up his body hard, and approached Uncle Niu who was panting heavily.
"Why are you chasing me...... I'm Niu Ben, a villager in Taolin Village! ”
"Of course I know who you are, I can't get along with you for more than a few days, Uncle Niu. But why are you running? ”
Yuan Xing snuggled up to the Eight Desolations and slowly fell to the ground. The Soul Eater Spider's venomous silk should not be fatal, but the nerve paralyzing toxin has made its chest unable to rise and fall normally.
"Last night, the insect demon was burned to ashes, but the demon insect that invaded Brother Chang's body escaped the catastrophe. So, there are still some demon insects with soul consciousness in your body, right? ”
"Let me go...... Let me go...... Let us go......" repeated in a sad and excited tone, revealing the desire to survive.
"Spare ...... 'you'? Do you want to escape with the demon worm and live with the demon for the rest of your life? ”
“…… I just want to live, I want to live! I'm sick and incurable! I can't live without them! ”
"In order to keep you alive, the white worm will kill others. How can a man live at the cost of killing others? ”
"I just don't want to die......" Uncle Niu was already crying on the ground.
"And, do you think the white worm will live in your shadow forever? The moment you return to the village, the insect demon realizes your presence. No one wants to be an accessory, and the insect demon will not be willing to be limited by you. Last night, the insect demon brought you out, but it was really for the sake of the soul. If I'm one step late, it will take the opportunity to fight back, completely replace you, and become a real bull run! ”
"Huh? How so...... I don't believe it! Because of it, I only lived three more months! ”
"Those who are not of my race will have different hearts. Only I can save you! Yuan Xing slowly stretched out his hand to Uncle Niu, "Uncle Niu Ben, go back with me, Doctor Jiang and I will do our best to heal you, so that you can avoid the plague of white worms and not suffer from evil diseases!" ”
Niu Ben greeted Yuan Xing, slowly raised his shriveled and bloodless hands, suddenly! Grab Yuan Xing's wrist violently!
"Follow me back ......"
Wrong!
A large number of white worms poured out of Niu Ben's body, climbed onto Yuan Xing's body, and burrowed into his body from everywhere.
"Hahaha, you're right, young man. Those who are not of my race will have different hearts. It's a pity that I'm no longer human! ”
"You can manipulate the demon worm ......"
The art of demon refining is weird and complicated, and Yuan Xing sighed that he only knew the skin. Niu Ben is a mortal, lost his soul for three months, and now the demon insect is actually acting along Niu Ben's consciousness, what is the reason for this?
Wang Yuanxing was powerless to struggle, so he could only swing his sword and stab at Uncle Niu, and Niu Ben turned over to dodge. Taking advantage of this gap, Yuan Xing climbed on the ground, trying to escape from the dragon.
"Run, run! Wherever you flee, you are the source of my life! Till death rest! ”
Yuan Xing fell out of the mouth of the dragon and saw Su Wuqian standing in front of him......
Paralyzed body, vague consciousness. There seemed to be another person talking in my head.
Missed for its deliciousness? Like the beauty of poppies, people are obsessed and intoxicated.
No......
How can there be no reason not to eat this delicious food that is sent to your mouth?
No...... Yuan Xing is still struggling.
"Watch the back!!" Yuan Xing shouted at Su Wuqian.
When you try it once, you can never forget that feeling, right?
No......
Isn't that sense of rebellion, knowing that you can't do anything and breaking through morality, like a desire to pursue freedom and regain your life?
No......
"Run!!" Su Wuqian, a fool, why is she still stunned in place?!
You want to get your hands dirty.
No...... I was forced...... I want to save people!
Don't lie to yourself, when you first see the art of demon alchemy, you will unconsciously remember it deeply and be crazy about it. Do you dare to say that you haven't read the Book of Heaven all these years?
I...... No......
Is there a moment when you hope that Su Wuqian will not get out of the crisis, so that you can have a strong excuse to convince yourself...... Cannibalism again!
The tense muscles of the whole body made the demon insects that invaded the body tremble.
Uncle Niu, I'm sorry! Borrow the soul sense of your demon worm. Afterlife...... Repay!
"Soul Eater: Soul Turning into Spirit!"