Chapter Fifty-Nine: Solving the Murder Machine
"Say, where are we now?"
Hoshigaki rolled over and jumped off the cat's back.
The cat demon turned back into the Miao shopkeeper and said to Nandou Shangxian: "Aren't we in the mirror of that masked monster?"
"I know it's a mirror," Hoshigaki said, "I'm asking you, what is the image you see in the mirror...... A cave?"
Shopkeeper Miao nodded, "Yes, Shangxian, is there any problem?"
Xingyuan pondered for a while, the seriousness on his face gradually eased, and he grabbed the arm of the shopkeeper Miao, "Although the fairy demon is different, you are even more different. β
When the shopkeeper Miao heard this, he became inexplicably shy, "Shangxian, are you praising me, I suddenly feel embarrassed." β
"The eyes of a cat can distinguish everything in the long night, and the illusion is not chaotic. Hoshigaki smiled lightly: "I once read this sentence in a book written by a friend, and I don't want to be awakened by it at this time!"
Shopkeeper Miao shook his head, "I still don't understand." β
"You are a cat, and your eyes can discern everything in the night, and you can see the essence of vision. Hoshigaki explained, "That masked freak named Ling Yan tried to use the mirror to set up an illusion to confuse me, firstly to get out of myself, and secondly to trap me here. Their illusion is actually another dimension, the cave you see, and although I know that it is an illusion, I cannot find an exit because I cannot understand its true image. So, now it's up to you whether we can get out of here. β
Shopkeeper Miao was a little nervous, "But I can't find the exit of this cave, Shangxian." You just said that there will be ** annoyance below, it is estimated that our trip is more auspicious and less auspicious. β
Hoshigaki patted him on the shoulder, "Don't be discouraged, you can figure out all the solutions." Tell me what you can see in the cave now?"
"I can see that the four walls are full of mountain rocks, and there is a big pit on the ground......" Shopkeeper Miao dilated his pupils, "The cracks around the pit seem to be absorbing the black gas around us." β
"That's exactly what the girls of Ziyun Mansion have turned into. Xingyuan nodded, "Ling Yan must be outside of this illusion, he used me to turn these walking corpses into dead qi, and then summoned them through the illusion crack made by Xuanyu Staff......"
At this point, he suddenly stopped.
"Shangxian, what's wrong with you?" asked the shopkeeper of the cat demon seedling.
"Not good. If it were the outer world, the people of the entire Stone Gate City would probably be corrupted by these dead airs. Xingyuan carried the Xuanyu staff and walked towards the outside of the hall of the Ziyun Tower in his eyes.
Shopkeeper Miao hurriedly stopped him, "Nandou Shangxian, what are you doing?"
Xingyuan: "We have to go out and deal with Ling Yan quickly, maybe we should be able to find the door of the transmission between the illusion and the present world outside the Ziyun Tower." β
Shopkeeper Miao hurriedly said: "But we are not in Ziyun Tower, you forgot, this is a cave, and the direction you go out is the cliff at the entrance of the cave!"
"Cliffs?"
"That's right!"
"What's under the cliff?"
"Uh, I can't see clearly, there is a white fog below, I can only hear the sound of water waves, I can't tell if it's a river or a sea......"
"River, sea, mist...... The Elephant of Chaos......" Xingyuan put away his staff, slowly closed his eyes, and with his memory, he silently carried the Spirit Manifestation Diagram Method.
Some gray-white points of light faintly appeared in the dark illusion.
Shopkeeper Miao watched from the sidelines, didn't dare to speak, and only asked in a low voice: "Shangxian, what kind of spell are you?"
Fine beads of sweat oozed from Xinggaki's forehead, but he didn't bother to answer the cat demon's question.
"Shang Xian, look at it!" The Miao shopkeeper didn't want to disturb the Southern Dipper Star Monarch who was casting spells, but the scene in front of him made him feel very surprised, "These points of light you summoned are lined up in a formation by themselves!"
"What array?" Xingyuan was barely distracted, and the seal knot in his hand did not dare to relax.
"Bagua Array. The shopkeeper Miao replied: "It's still an upside-down gossip array." β
Hoshigaki: "Where are you leaving?"
Miao shopkeeper: "Where, which is leaving?"
Xingyuan: "The ...... of the Outer Reality and the Outer Void"
Shopkeeper Miao was so anxious that he was about to cry, "Shangxian, what do you mean by the outside being real and the middle being virtual?"
"Behind you. β
Gou Chenyi's voice suddenly came from the light of his heart.
Xingyuan's mind moved, and he accidentally messed up the spell - the points of light and the array in the illusion disappeared immediately!
The Southern Dipper Star Monarch was swallowed by the spiritual power of the ancient spell and spurted out a mouthful of blood!
Shopkeeper Miao hurriedly bent down to help him up, "Shangxian, what's wrong with you?"
Xingyuan stretched out his hand and re-sacrificed the Xuanyu staff to support his weak body, "I used an ancient spell and was accidentally devoured. β
"Shangxian, you sit down and rest for a while," Shopkeeper Miao took out the Kunlun jade from his arms again, "This baby, can it still provide you with some energy?"
Xingyuan looked at the piece of crystal clear jade that he had once attached to the spirit god, and smiled helplessly, "Originally, yes, but now it no longer has the energy I need." β
"Ah, why do you say that?"
Xingyuan said: "Ling Yan scattered my spirit god before, thanks to you putting those fragments back into the jade one by one, I was able to restore it, and in order to condense the spirit god, the energy on this little jade stone has long been exhausted by me." β
"Nandou Shangxian, I see that your spell just now is very profound, and it must have taken a lot of effort. The shopkeeper Miao said: "You don't know, when the glowing gossip array came out just now, those black dead qi didn't dare to drill into the cracks of the ground anymore......
Xingyuan nodded, "Those are the wisps of remnants that mortals gave up when they died, although they have long since broken off their thoughts of life, but these 'death qi' still have the will of all spirits to live to die after all. In fact, whether it is an ancient spell or the power of resurrection, it is only to summon their last bit of hope before death, because only with hope can they be full of power. β
Shopkeeper Miao hurriedly said: "According to what you said, these dead qi drilled into the cracks of the ground don't have a lot of power now, why don't you use them to supplement yourself, we have to escape from this broken place quickly." β
Xingyuan pointed to the large crater smashed by the staff not far away, "Their strength has stopped them from continuing to slide into the abyss, you see, isn't the death qi in the crack sealed now?"
Shopkeeper Miao looked at what Xingyuan said, but saw that the sinister dead qi just now had all turned into loess and filled the ravines on the ground. "If that's the case, Immortal! In this way, have we already succeeded in one step?!"
The corners of Xingyuan's lips stretched slightly, but they converged for a moment, "Don't be busy with happiness yet." β
Shopkeeper Miao's smile stopped on his face, "Why?"
Xingyuan looked at the dim Ziyun Tower in front of him, "What I said is annoying." β
When the shopkeeper Miao heard this, he immediately protected Nandou Xingjun behind him, showed his claws, and looked around, "What's the trouble?"
Xingyuan frowned again and clenched the Xuanyu Staff in his hand, "It's in that pit." β
As soon as the words fell, a giant maggot suddenly emerged from the pit smashed by Xuanyu's staff!
Maggots are covered in pus and emit a pungent stench.
Hoshigaki held the Xuanyu Staff and couldn't help but retch.
"This ...... It's a python?"
The shopkeeper didn't seem to be very sensitive to the foul smell, but the pus on the maggot's body made it impossible for him to take his eyes off.
"Immortal, how do I feel that this snake seems to have a lot of eyes, and every eye is staring at me......"
Xingyuan looked at the shopkeeper Miao, "That's not a snake, it's a demon maggot, and what it has on it is not an eye, but a pustule, you have to be careful of being hurt by the sepsis in it." β
"Didn't you say that my eyes can distinguish visions, I won't look away, it's a big python with long eyes...... I, hate pythons......"
The mood of the shopkeeper Miao began to become impetuous.
Seeing this, Xingyuan hurriedly cast a breathing spell, grabbed the back of the neck of the shopkeeper Miao, and engraved the seal on his body, "Shopkeeper Miao, this maggot is a thing in the demon world, although you can distinguish the illusions of others, but you don't understand the depth of the demon realm, you should quickly turn around, stick to my back, don't stare at that monster anymore, the pus on its body may emit poisonous gas and invade your eyes." β
"Nandou Shangxian," the Miao shopkeeper's pupils shrank into a pair of thin vertical lines, and the seal on the back of his neck began to glow, "This monster is really evil, I'm afraid ...... has been poisoned by him......"
Hearing this, Hoshigaki hurriedly raised his staff and hit the seal on the back of his neck!
However, the shopkeeper Miao was one step faster, and he jumped straight at the giant maggot!
"Beware!" Xingyuan Fei stepped forward and grabbed the shopkeeper Miao, "The monster is luring you with poison, don't act rashly!"
"Its poison is controlling my body, Nandou Shangxian," said the Miao shopkeeper, "This monster wants me to kill him......"
Xingyuan grabbed him tightly, "Don't fall for the trick, this demon maggot is full of miasma, like you, you will die if you encounter it, let alone kill him......"
As soon as the words fell, the maggot suddenly raised its mouthparts overflowing with jet-black saliva and sprayed fishy pus towards the cat demon and Xingyuan.
Xingyuan couldn't dodge, he used all his strength to pull the Miao shopkeeper back, and then threw it out!
The chubby Miao shopkeeper was thrown out of the cave directly and planted upside down into the misty deep water of the cliff outside the cave!
"Help, I'm afraid of water, meowββ!"
Nandou Xingjun blocked the poisonous pus of the giant demon maggot for the shopkeeper Miao, and the gorgeous purple shirt and white robe on his body were corroded by the dead qi......
"Blazing Flames, Ember!"
Nandou Immortal Monarch's body suddenly flashed with seven stars.
Xingyuan poured the existing energy on his body into Xuanyu's staff, and a dazzling ball of light immediately condensed on the crown of the staff, shining on the pus of the maggot, stinging the vicious monster.
The ugly monster writhed its clumsy body, broke through the poisonous water in the, and splashed it on Xingyuan again, and Xingyuan raised his staff to fight back, and the seven-star energy condensed on the crown of the staff immediately scorched the lifeless poisonous miasma spread by the maggots!
With a "bang", the maggot monster immediately let out a terrible howl!
The Ziyun Building in Xingyuan's eyes collapsed and shattered, and he quickly put away Xuanyu's staff, crossed his knees on the ground, and blocked his ears with both hands to stabilize his mind.
"Antares two, river drum two, two Yi and three yao retrograde arrays have been activated, come to Ziyunlou to help, come quickly, come quickly!"
I don't know if the method of sound transmission can be delivered to the two Nantian companions, but Xingyuan didn't dare to lose too much spiritual power, he closed his eyes, gathered his spiritual spirit, and began to heal his wound from the poison of the demon maggot.
The surrounding illusions are changing rapidly, and with the flickering of the light in the heart, there is a heavenly realm, a human world, a bright purple cloud tower, and a dim palace......
"Hoshigaki, wake up, you've found the door to death!"
Hearing a familiar voice calling out to him, Hoshigaki opened his eyes suddenly!
What greeted his bright purple eyes was the cloth robe he often thought of in his heart.
"Gou Chenyi, you ......"
The cloth robe was bloodstained and tattered on the cold seal iron, but the man's gentle smile was better than warmth and light, "Ah, Xingyuan, I finally see you." β