After passing through the phantom array, the luxurious carriage carved with a black dragon followed the path for about a hundred meters before stopping.

Slowly stepped out of the carriage, looking at the strange scene around him, his brows gradually furrowed.

Looking down from the sky, the huge black abyss sucked the light of everything around the person like a giant beast's mouthparts, and the thousands of ancient trees within a hundred feet of it were all gray and white, their branches twisted, and the fallen leaves were exhausted, and there were bursts of ominous ghostly energy.

The soul probed out, and Xu Yuan could clearly feel that some unknown change had taken place in the surrounding Yuan Qi.

It is recorded in the classics that if you breathe in this kind of mutated Yuan Qi for a long time, the human body will gradually turn into a ghoul.

Xu Yuanzheng was thinking,

suddenly

"Roar!!"

A long roar of an eagle-like demon beast came from the sky like a deafening sound.

After the sound, the strange forest with all the fallen leaves around it was covered with shadows.

Looking into the sky along the twisted branches of the trees around him, he saw dozens of giant birds and monsters with a wingspan of more than dozens of zhang sweeping over this mountain forest at a low altitude.

The wingspan length of each one is more than Xu Changge's huge Xuanying mount.

And at this moment, these dozens of birds and monsters were all grasping a giant cloth bag on top of their sharp giant claws.

The cloth bags were very large, even bigger than those demon beasts themselves, and they were heavy, and there was faint blood oozing out of some of the cloth bags.

Xu Yuan's brows furrowed slightly, and he muttered in a low voice:

"It's."

"Corpses,

"Don't look at the boy, those bags are full of corpses."

The light voice of the remnant soul of the saint resounded in the bottom of my heart.

“.”

Hearing this, Xu Yuan's pupils shrank suddenly.

Corpse?

And the next moment,

The words of the remnant soul of the saint became a reality.

Under the control of the cultivator behind it, the huge flying bird methodically threw the cloth bag between its claws towards the huge abyss.

The formation above the abyss of the Budai Pass was immediately scorched away, revealing countless corpses in the period, but these corpses appeared for a moment, and they were immediately swallowed up by the inky black mist below.

The next moment,

After eating countless corpses, the black strange mist suddenly skyrocketed, and the rising constantly collided with the huge formation that was upside down above the abyss, and the scorching breeding resounded through the withered and silent mountains and forests around it!

Xu Yuan had a series of classics related to ghost fog in his mind.

The corpse nourishes the yin, the strange fog is not created for a long time, the sun cannot enter, and the five fingers of the hand are not visible. The ghosts and wolves in it are in a hurry, and none of the mortals come back, and it is difficult for the cultivators to return to the shallow path.

His dad is feeding ghosts with corpses!

"Heh" The remnant soul of the saint chuckled, and reminded in his heart: "Xu boy, someone is coming." ”

Words fall,

A rickety old man with a withered face and as thin as a living corpse suddenly appeared in this strange dead forest.

And almost at the same time,

A cold light flashed through the silent dead forest.

An eerie black sword appeared around the old man's neck.

Ran Qingmo held the hilt of his sword, staring at the old man who suddenly approached with a slightly cold look.

Xu Yuan stared at the scene in front of him, his eyes slightly condensed.

"It's a great grandmaster, it's a little weird."

Without waiting for Xu Yuan to ask, the old man with him had already given the answer.

“.”

The air was silent.

The withered ugly old man's godless eyes glanced at Xu Yuan, and then at Ran Qingmo, who was holding the sword, and his lips suddenly cracked into a weird smile.

"Hehehehe"

“.”

The old man's laughter was like the bark of a tree, and Xu Yuan inexplicably thought of the strange laughter of "Ji Ji".

With the same expression, Xu Yuan bowed his hand slightly at the old man:

"Old gentleman. Who are you? ”

The blade of the sword was in his throat, and the old man's voice was inaudible and fearful, still as rough and hoarse as the bark of an old tree:

"The old gentleman doesn't dare to be, the old slave is ordered by Xiangguo to guard this ghost fog, and the third son can call the old slave and the old man."

Saying,

The withered old man paused, then grinned again:

"Third Prince, can you let the Third Young Lady take the sword away."

“.”

Looking at the weird smile, Xu Yuan looked at Ran Qingmo sideways.

Ran Qingmo also glanced at Xu Yuan and silently put away his sword.

Xu Yuan hugged his fists and apologized for Ran Qingmo, and still chose to call the other party's old gentleman:

"Old man, I just offended, Qingmo is also to protect my safety."

After the blade was removed, the withered old man shook his head and made up for it with a trembling voice:

"The old slave knows that his appearance is stumbling, and it is the old slave who has polluted the eyes of the third young lady."

Saying,

The withered old man slowly turned around and walked ahead to lead the way:

"The third son, please come with the old slave, the eldest son has already explained the specific matter before, and there will be someone to deal with the carriage here."

The tree-lined path composed of gray and distorted ancient trees was about a hundred meters away, and Xu Yuan and Ran Qingmo followed the old man quietly.

All the way, all the way silent.

suddenly

The voice of the remnant soul of the saint sounded in Xu Yuan's heart:

"This person is also loyal to your father, at least he has been guarding this ghost fog for thirty years, the ghost is in the body, half human and half ghost, he is not tortured all the time, and it is estimated that he will not live for a few years."

“.”

Xu Yuan looked at the rickety and withered back of the person leading the way in front of him, and did not speak.

The moment he saw the old man's appearance, his soul had already felt the strange aura that permeated the other party's body.

This aura is almost the same as the source Qi of the surrounding anomaly.

Ghostly.

This state of affairs is recorded in some texts.

The mood is a little complicated.

Walking out of the woods in silence, the dozens of giant birds hovering in the sky were still methodically feeding all kinds of corpses under the black abyss.

There are humans, monsters, and barbarians.

And when Xu Yuan followed the old man out of the shade and came to the open space around the huge black abyss, a huge cloth bag was thrown down from the sky by a giant bird at the right time.

As the formation burned the huge cloth bag to the ground, Xu Yuan subconsciously paused after catching a glimpse of what was inside.

Is that

Living?!

The crowd fell into the black mist, most of these living people were martial disciples, and even Xu Yuan saw a few cultivators during the period.

They desperately tried to escape outside the formation, but they had nowhere to borrow their strength in the air, and they could only watch themselves fall towards the strange black mist.

The screams, angry scolding, and cries were all in one piece, and they were quickly engulfed by the black mist.

And then the second, the third, the fourth

The old man in front seemed to notice Xu Yuan's strangeness, and slowly looked back:

"Third Prince, your mercy should not be left to these people."

“.” Xu Yuan raised his eyes intently.

Saying,

The withered old man glanced at the crowd screaming and trying to escape, and a strange grin appeared on the corner of his mouth:

"These people are all death row prisoners sent from the county jails around Jingjiang Prefecture, and most of them are strongmen who kill people and oversell goods, and it is not a pity to die.

"And,

"These people have a lot of evil energy, and they are the most suitable for cultivating powerful ghosts, hehehehahahaha

At the end of the words, the withered old man seemed to be uncontrollable, and suddenly let out a low and crazy sneer.

The cold wind swept through the treetops, and it was a stumbling block.

Pale sunlight shone on the old man's withered face, accompanied by ugly laughter, and the surroundings were strange.

Xu Yuan looked at the old man in front of him silently.

[Ghost Qi enters the brain, if you are crazy]

Mo laughed for about a dozen breaths, and the laughter of the withered old man stopped abruptly.

The sinister smile on the corner of his lips was still on his lips, but his expression suddenly froze.

Gradually, the old man's smile gradually converged, his eyes drooped and he was silent for a few breaths, and he clenched his fists towards Xu Yuan tremblingly:

"Old .. The old slave trespassed, and the third son atoned for his sins. ”

"It doesn't matter." Xu Yuan shook his head gently.

The old man's pale lips moved, he didn't speak again, the look in his eyes dimmed a little, and he leaned over and continued to lead the way for Xu Yuan silently.

The black abyss is surrounded by bare black earth for hundreds of meters, and there are no man-made structures at a glance.

But soon, a downward dark corridor appeared in front of Xu Yuan's eyes.

The withered old man seemed to need to stabilize his emotions, and walked straight down without saying a word.

Walking into the corridor with Ran Qingmo, Xu Yuan found that there were no engraved Mingwen lamps on both sides of the road, but the oldest firelight.

While the firelight was flickering, Xu Yuan suddenly found that the shadows of the three of them were constantly flickering.

After staring at it for a long time, Xu Yuan asked in his heart:

"Mr. Luo"

The remnant of the saint explained unconcernedly:

"Ghost Mist trait.

"Many things in the ghost fog are different from the outside world, if it is not for the formation restrictions, it is estimated that this place has been swallowed by the ghost fog, located on the edge of the ghost fog, you can understand it as "the junction of yin and yang", of course, this is just an adjective, but it is not much worse. ”

Xu Yuan knew when he heard this, he had read a lot of classics about ghost fog these days.

The classics are all secretive about ghosts, and the descriptions are extremely terrifying.

Erosion of all things, infinite diffusion, forbidden areas of life, man-made natural disasters, once born and devastated.

Now that I have seen it in person, I have some understanding.

There is a fire but no shadow, and the rules of common sense are directly changed.

The silence continued downward, and the corridor spiraled downward, as if there was no end.

I don't know how long I walked,

Ran Qingmo suddenly said out loud beside him:

"It's coming."

Xu Yuan was immediately vigilant when he heard this, he felt that he would see something terrible next.

After walking for about a dozen breaths, the end of the road that swirled and fell finally appeared in front of me.

A stone arch that had been hit by a hole was now wrapped in a thin layer of white light.

In order to avoid losing control of his emotions, the old man still didn't speak, just glanced back at Xu Yuan, and silently passed through this layer of white light.

Xu Yuan stopped in front of the light curtain and glanced at Ran Qingmo.

Ran Qingmo blinked, nodded at Xu Yuan, and signaled that there was no danger.

Xu Yuan estimated in his heart that this should be some kind of formation, so he also kicked it over.

Beyond the white light film, the scene in front of me suddenly opened up.

It's a huge cave.

The inner wall of the cave was hidden in the darkness and could not be seen at a glance, but on the ground under his feet, there was an unknown gem that shimmered, stretching endlessly, connecting into some kind of intricate formation, until the end of Xu Yuan's vision.

After he stepped in,

suddenly

The cumbersome formations seemed to light up one after another like flowing water into a canal, and with a few breaths of energy, the darkness of the entire cave was lit up by the formations, revealing the true appearance of them.

On the inner rock wall of the cave are neatly arranged stone houses, and countless phantom-like ghosts are trapped in them and crash wildly, but the inner walls of the stone houses are also engraved with this dense and cumbersome formation, making them unable to get out of the trap at all.

Seeing this Hundred Ghost Cave, Xu Yuan's breathing gradually trembled.

"Boy, haven't you seen this?" The slightly mocking voice of the remnant soul of the saint sounded.

Xu Yuan stabilized his mind and shook his head gently.

It is almost common knowledge that monsters can be kept in captivity, but this thing is a terrible ghost.

The remnant soul of the saint chuckled when he heard this, and his tone carried a hint of emotion about the changes in the world:

"Huh. Also, the last time I came out was 3,000 years ago, when every time a ghost mist was born, not to mention the destruction of life, it was also a forbidden area, and it was difficult to exterminate it. The eldest brother told me about this before, and I still didn't believe it, but now when I see it, this ghost fog can really be raised like a demon beast, hehe, it's really humane and prosperous. ”

“.”

Xu Yuan frowned and did not speak.

He suddenly knew why Lou Ji had said that something happened here before, which would affect the supply of soul pills in the southwest of Great Yan.

The medicinal materials that help the soul are not only harsh in the environment, but also have a long growth cycle, and the maturity of the next batch of medicinal materials with a perfect ripening system is less than two or three years, and more than ten years.

However, after thousands of years of development, the elixir that helps the soul has long been not necessarily practiced with medicinal materials, and ghosts and demon souls can be refined.

The soul power contained in the natural soul body of the demon ghost fully meets the needs of refining medicine, as long as the fierce qi contained in it is refined in a special way in the process of refining, the soul pill can be achieved!

Demon hunting and ghost hunting are not a day or two

But if you talk about captivity.

Thinking of this, Xu Yuan exhaled a long breath.

The technology tree of this world is not unchanged for thousands of years, and under the centralized power of the imperial dynasty, many things are rapidly evolving.

Just like the progress of human beast breeding, only this time the things that the human race began to raise were even more terrifying ghost things.

But when you think about it, too,

Fierce as monsters, all of them can be raised and domesticated, why can't the ghosts of ghosts be kept in captivity?

However, the technique of captive ghosts should not be perfect.

Otherwise, the relevant classics would not have been covered so tightly by the major forces, so that he, the third son, did not know the details.

After thinking about it, Xu Yuan turned his eyes and asked in a low voice to Ran Qingmo beside him:

"Ran Qingmo, do you Tianyuan Sword Sect have this?"

Ran Qingmo looked back, slightly hesitant, but finally nodded:

"Yes, the master took me there before, but it's not as big as this."

"Huh"

Hearing this, the remnant soul of the saint let out a chuckle in Xu Yuan's heart, and said in a low voice: "How can the latecomer compete with the first-changer? ”

Xu Yuan's eyes froze, with a hint of surprise in his eyes, and he asked in his heart;

"Mr. Luo, what does the first changeler mean?"

The remnant soul of the saint was silent for a moment, his words were full of appreciation, and he chuckled:

"This array of blocking the ghost fog was founded by the "Gewu Academy" in your Xiangguo Mansion, hundreds of millions of sentient beings, there is really no shortage of amazing and brilliant people, this kind of formation is a precedent. ”

Gewuyuan.

Xu Yuan silently recorded this name in his heart, and he must go shopping when he has time.

The previous "Tianxun Round Crystal", the Isolation Ghost Mist Array at this time was almost all creations that could subvert the first life.

After thinking for a while, Xu Yuan suddenly asked:

"Mr. Luo, why do you know about this?"

The remnant soul of the saint is a matter of course: "When your eldest brother said earlier that he would use the demon soul body to help me recover my soul power, I asked about it casually, and he answered. ”

As he spoke, the remnant soul of the saint paused, and said with a meaningful smile:

"Your eldest brother is the best in the world, and there are such amazing and brilliant people in the Gewu Academy, I am really curious about Xu Xiaozi, your father."

Xu Yuan didn't know if it was okay, and replied with a smile in his heart:

"When I return to Beijing, Mr. Luo will naturally see my father, as for now, let's follow that ghost old gentleman to help Mr. Luo recover your soul power."

Two in one, and one more chapter later

(End of chapter)