Chapter 21: The Horse-Faced Family
Although there are a lot of top-grade items in tonight's auction, there are only three or four of them that belong to the top spiritual objects, and they are all not needed at this stage.
He was flipping through the roster, and several items had been auctioned off one after another outside, although they were not considered top-notch, but the people who came to participate tonight were not considered the top figures in the cultivation world, most of them were middle- and low-level cultivators, so they naturally flocked to it.
Seeing the ninth lot appearing, Yu Lewei, who had been lazy and uninterested, suddenly lit up with fox eyes, subconsciously sat up straight, and said in surprise: "There is still this thing tonight?" ”
Shi Chi was stunned, looked up at the outside, and then looked at the roster in his hand, the sale that appeared at this moment was a charm, called the Good Luck Charm, as the name suggests, can provide good luck to people.
With a poof, Shi Chi smiled and said, "There is still such a thing?" ”
"That's a good thing!" Yu Lewei leaned forward and said happily, "It can provide people with good luck for about 3 seconds, although the time is relatively short, and there will be side effects of about ten minutes after that, but for you, this is definitely a good thing." ”
Shi Chiyan didn't understand, and wondered: "What do you say?" ”
"Well, I'm going to find Xuanyuan Yun this afternoon, just to prepare something for you, if you add this spell, then the certainty will be even greater."
Although he didn't understand, Shi Chi Yan also nodded, anyway, Yu Lewei wouldn't hurt him, just watch it obediently.
The two of them talked, and An Hong had already finished introducing this good luck charm, and the starting price was ten medium-grade spirit stones.
"Twelve!"
"Fourteen!"
"Eighteen pieces!"
Seeing that the price was gradually rising, Shi Chi Di and Yu Lewei were not in a hurry, until the speed and amplitude of the quotation gradually slowed down, Yu Lewei groaned and said: "Forty-eight yuan!" ”
The price quoted by the previous person was thirty-eight yuan, and he didn't think that he added ten medium-grade spirit stones in one go, and the venue was silent.
Although the good luck charm has a 3-second increase in luck, the side effect is that the luck falls for more than ten minutes, so there are not many people who are willing to make a move.
After waiting for a while, seeing that no one continued to quote, An Hong asked three times in a row, and finally hammered the hammer to confirm the transaction.
Soon, the waiter came over with the good luck charm, and Yu Lewei paid forty-eight medium-grade spirit stones and took the good luck charm into his hand.
When the waiter left, Shi Chiyan couldn't help but ask, "Senior sister, what is the use of this thing?" ”
"I was going to tell you that," Yu Lewei cleared her throat and said with a smile, "We ghost path cultivators, in addition to our own combat power, our greatest ability is to control souls, so every ghost path cultivator will control a certain number of ghost things to help them fight. ”
"In ancient times and even in the flood period, the human world was as strong as a cloud, at that time there were still a lot of ghosts in the human world, and the strength was also very strong, but since ancient times, the number of ghosts in the human world is not only scarce, but even the strength is weak.
"But after all, our ghost path cultivators are still human bodies, and it is difficult to withstand the erosion of ghost qi for a long time, so the ancestors at that time invented a set of formations that can summon ghosts across the border to the ghost realm."
"This kind of cross-border summoning is purely based on luck, if you are lucky, you will summon a ghost that is just right for you, and if you are unlucky, you will either only summon low-level ghosts such as ghosts and wandering ghosts, or you will summon extremely strong ghosts, not only will you give your life, but also cause ghosts to harm the world."
Shi Chiyan understood and glanced at the good luck talisman: "So senior sister, do you want me to use this talisman and then use the formation to summon ghosts?" ”
"That's right!" With a thumbs up, Yu Lewei smiled, "With this charm, you can definitely just summon the ghosts that suit you, although the runes have side effects, but with me, the strength of the ghosts that suit you will not be too strong, I am enough to suppress them and let you control them." ”
"I don't know why, when I heard the last few words, I was a little depressed!" Scratching his hair, Shi Chi Yan smiled bitterly.
"Depressed what!" Glancing at him, Yu Lewei scolded with a smile, "Isn't it good to have me help you?" ”
"Okay, good, good," Shi Chi Yan asked, "Then when are we going to prepare the formation?" ”
Yu Lewei replied: "Wait a minute, I went to Xuanyuan Yun during the day, just to buy some materials for arranging the formation, fortunately, this is the cave controlled by the Xuanyuan family, with their help, the materials needed have been gathered, and after the wait, we will go out of the city to arrange the formation." ”
Shi Chi Yan hummed twice, secretly found the jade slip that Yu Lewei gave him, and found the information related to the ghost beast.
These ghost beasts are more similar to the contract spirit beasts in some novels, through which a master-servant or symbiotic relationship is established, which not only allows ghost cultivators to use the power of ghosts, but also controls ghosts to fight.
However, ghosts are ferocious by nature, and even if they are bound by a contract, there are often cases of ghosts attacking ghost path cultivators.
In the subsequent auction, Yu Lewei also made several moves and successively purchased some materials needed for the formation.
These materials are very valuable, Shi Chi Yan sat next to him, looking at the "spirit stone" of Yu Lewei flower like flowing water, his heart was secretly uneasy, and he hesitated: "Senior sister, is this summoning formation so expensive?" Or ......"
"Shut up!" Yu Lewei glared at him, "I bought it all, and you came to tell me that it was expensive?" Brother, you've become bad! ”
Seeing her anger, Shi Chi Yan smiled embarrassedly, and also dispelled the idea of dissuasion, but the gratitude to Yu Lewei in his heart became stronger.
Half an hour later, before the auction was over, Shi Chi Yan and Yu Lewei had already quietly left, taking the materials needed for the magic circle, and after leaving the city, they went straight to the location selected by Yu Lewei, the Youyue Canyon.
This is a large canyon located in the north of the ghost city of Xudu, the strength of the ghosts in it is not strong, and the strongest ghost thing known at present is only the level of ghost pawns, but the number of ghosts in this canyon is too much, according to the information published in the latest issue of the ghost trace magazine of Xudu, the number of ghosts in the Youyue Canyon has reached nearly 700,000.
With such a number, even a ninth-level powerhouse like Yu Lewei would not dare to break in wantonly.
However, it was precisely because this place was so dangerous that few cultivators dared to come here, and Yu Lewei chose to set up a formation here in the hope of avoiding being discovered by others.
After the two came to the canyon, they both restrained their breath, and according to the route explored by Yu Lewei in advance, they circled around the east of the valley and westward, and after avoiding more than a dozen waves of ghosts in a row, the two finally entered a cave.
This cave was discovered by Yu Lewei when he came here in the early days, it is extremely secret, and the entrance of the cave is covered by a phantom array, so although a few years have passed, this place has still not been discovered by ghosts.
After the two walked into the cave, Yu Lewei took out the materials she had purchased earlier and carefully arranged them.
I didn't feel anything before, but since entering the canyon, Shi Chi Yan found that Yu Lewei didn't seem to be affected by the ghosts around her, and couldn't help asking: "Senior sister, I don't think you're afraid of ghosts!" ”
For ghost path cultivators, the biggest trouble is the negative power contained in the yin qi, ghost qi, and death qi, so if there are means to resist these negative forces, it is the highest secret in the major sects, and it is also the most taboo for others to explore.
However, where did Shi Chi Yan know this kind of thing, he himself has "Soul Yan" to dissolve his thoughts, the so-called rare is expensive, he had this ability when he first cultivated, so naturally he didn't think it was rare.
Yu Lewei made a move, then smiled, and said softly: "My natal ghost creature is a calamity phoenix, and its immortal phoenix flame can help me dissolve those negative forces in the yin qi. ”
In the information given by Yu Lewei, there is also content about controlling ghosts, but there is less detailed content in it, and most of it is just an introduction.
Ghost path cultivators were known for their combat power in ancient times and even during the flood period.
The reason why they can have such a powerful combat power is that in addition to the fact that the ghost path cultivators are affected by the negative forces in it because of the absorption of yin qi, and they are not afraid of death in battle, there is another reason, that is, they can control ghost things.
The more powerful a cultivator is, the stronger their soul often becomes, and a ghost path cultivator can rely on secret techniques to forcibly imprison the soul of a strong person after death, refining it into a puppet-like existence, and fighting for himself.
This kind of harness generally falls into two categories.
One is ordinary ghost things, ghost path cultivators can control a large number of ghost things, by torturing and squeezing them, let them burst out with terrifying anger, and ghost path cultivators can collect these evil qi and turn it into attacks.
The other type is natal ghosts.
The strength of such ghosts is generally extremely strong during their lifetime, so after they die, they can retain their sanity and memory.
Even ghost cultivators like this can hardly recover them, so they can only rely on establishing a contract to make them their natal ghosts, forming a state of coexistence similar to Cordyceps sinensis.
And Shi Chi Yan already knew what the natal ghost thing was, and he was surprised: "Amazing! ”
Yu Lewei smiled lightly and didn't explain, the biggest difference between natal ghosts and ordinary ghosts is that they are more deeply connected with each other, although they get more help, but they are also easier to attract the backlash of natal ghosts.
The reason why she was able to become the first person of the younger generation of the Ghost Dao was not only because of her amazing talent, but also because after signing a contract with the Disaster Phoenix since she was a child, she was always attacked by the other party, and she had to desperately force herself to cultivate to suppress the Disaster Phoenix.
Although the formation of cross-border summoning ghosts is widely spread, there are too many materials required, and one may be arranged incorrectly if one is not careful, so it took Yu Lewei a full three hours to arrange this formation covering an area of nearly two hundred square meters.
When he signaled Chi Yan to go to the formation center, Yu Lewei said: "I will activate the big array first, and you will use the good luck charm in it first, remember, because its effective time is only three seconds, so you must carve your own brand in the center of the formation within three seconds, understand?" ”
Shi Chiyan nodded, took out the good luck charm from his pants pocket, walked slowly to the center of the formation, and then looked back at Yu Lewei.
Seeing him, Yu Lewei took a deep breath and manipulated the ghost power to release out, unlike Shi Chi Yan's gray-white soul power, Yu Lewei's ghost power was dark red, revealing a scorching aura.
After a few breaths, Yu Lewei had already activated the large array, and in an instant, the rolling ghost qi gathered from all directions, submerged into the array flags, and circulated along the formation patterns, gradually manifesting a series of runes that appeared and appeared in the array.
Seeing that the runes and seals gradually combined into an altar-like thing, Shi Chi Yan knew that the time had come, and when he was about to inject his soul power into the good luck talisman, as the good luck talisman turned into a little fluorescence and submerged into his body, Shi Chi Di suddenly felt that the whole person was inexplicably more comfortable several times, and his control of soul power and mind had also reached an unprecedented realm.
Knowing that this was the effect of the good luck charm, Shi Chi did not dare to delay, and immediately went deep into the heart of the formation and carved his soul imprint.
In an instant, the altar trembled, and it seemed that a force descended from the darkness, carrying the soul imprint that had been lost for a long time, and directly penetrated into the void through the altar.
The cave is connected to the ghost world, and the ghosts that can be summoned are undoubtedly more powerful when they are set up here, and the ghosts that can be summoned will undoubtedly be more powerful, coupled with the effect of the good luck charm of Shi Chi Di, the ghost things summoned must be the most suitable for Shi Chi Di and the most powerful at the same time.
In just two seconds, the power that went deep into the void suddenly retreated, but it was clear that the power was clearly enveloped, and it should be the ghost thing summoned by the formation.
With a sound of brushing the ground, the moment the ghost thing was dragged to the altar, the previous force had disappeared, and only the altar condensed by the formation was still suspended in mid-air, firmly blocking the ghost thing on it.
Although Yu Lewei stood far away, she still clearly saw the appearance of the ghost thing by relying on the formation, and suddenly her fox eyes widened, and her always cold face was also a little surprised.
That figure is about two meters three meters tall, although it is wearing human clothes and pants like them, but the horse's head and human body, the limbs are hooves and hands, and it is the most famous horse-faced family in the legends of the ghost world and even the human world!