Chapter 192: Exploring and Moving Forward
Jiang Feng decisively replaced the magic weapon in his hand with the Modi Long Sword, and the spiritual power was infused into it, activating the "Ice Yuan Vortex", and suddenly, in front of Jiang Feng, a vortex mixed with cold aura and wrapped in the wind blade suddenly took shape. The six corpses that had just stood up were affected at the same time, and involuntarily gathered towards the center of the whirlpool.
Golden Light Talisman!
Taking advantage of the opportunity for several corpses to gather together, Jiang Feng decisively threw out a golden talisman that had a stronger lethality to ghosts, and the golden light talisman shone with a crackling thunderbolt, making several corpses tremble, like a terrifying dancer, and after a while, they fell to the ground like mud.
Explosive Charm!
It's just a golden light talisman, and it may be difficult to kill these monks who look like ghosts, Jiang Feng threw out the fire talisman again, wanting to burn them to ashes, only in this way can the ghosts die completely.
However, several fiery talismans in a row actually ignited only one of the corpses, and the remaining five only became charred and blackened, but instead of burning, the blazing power instead made them wake up, staggering up again, constantly resisting the attraction of the "Ice Yuan Vortex", and walking towards Jiang Feng.
Well?
Jiang Feng could only repeat the old trick, cast the golden light talisman again, and waited until a few corpses fell, and then carefully approached to observe, only to find that these corpses were surrounded by similar white hair, just like the Tianli Sect monk Zhou Zhenglian he met before, and on their bodies, there were bite marks similar to tooth marks, as if they had been bitten by some kind of fierce beast.
Could it be that they were killed by Zhou Zhenglian and bitten by him?
This guess made Jiang Feng chill for a while, and after thinking about it again, it was estimated that Zhou Zhenglian had some special skills, which could transform into some kind of fierce beast to fight, and the few people in front of him were likely to be his masterpieces after he changed into a fierce beast. Of course, the reason why these monks turned into corpses must have something to do with the environment here.
This made him look forward to the contents of the jade slip, and at the same time, it also made him give up the plan to take the jade slip immediately for inspection, the old thief of Yuan Chu was not dead, maybe this is still one of the many strokes he left behind.
A quarter of an hour later.
The corpse lying on the ground woke up again, Jiang Feng repeated his old skills, and used the golden light talisman to silence it again, this place is very strange, these corpse ghosts can continue to be reborn, in addition to other unknown factors, this may be related to the fact that this place was once a spiritual place, I have to say that the intensity of the spiritual energy in the secret room is indeed far better than that outside the Dao Palace. These ghosts continue to absorb the aura on their own, and then continue to resurrect, repeatedly, and may be able to survive until the spiritual power of this abandoned spiritual land is exhausted.
Jiang Feng flew to the entrance of the cave and was about to leave, when he suddenly remembered these immortal ghosts, or a second-order high-grade magic weapon that was suitable for his hand:
Silver Spirit Dagger, Attribute 1 [Ghost Object], when used by a non-living soul target, it can automatically absorb the aura of heaven and earth to enhance the survival time;Attribute 2 [Drink Spirit], cutting the target will dissipate the aura in the opponent's body and increase the grade, but it is invalid against ghosts; Attribute 3 [Advancement], when absorbing the aura, the magic weapon will automatically advance to a certain level of sharpness, no more than the third order of the middle grade; Attribute 4 [Spirit Fetus] This dagger has a probability of giving birth to a machine spirit after being upgraded to the third order of the middle grade.
As a magic weapon obtained from the tomb, this dagger is just right to be cultivated here. As long as a ghost creature in the ruins of the Dao Palace is interested in it, if it is held in its hand, it can automatically absorb the remaining aura of this abandoned spiritual land, if there is a chance to put in a living being, the corpse will also attack the living being, and then absorb the aura of the living being, after absorbing enough aura, it can advance and breed the instrument spirit, and then have the probability of becoming a more practical magic weapon, instead of always dusting in the hand and using it to cut hair.
[Drinking Spirit] happens to be ineffective against ghosts, which can ensure that several corpses here will not be damaged, and even if one of the bodies unfortunately fails to support it for a long time, there will be "successors".
It's like a just right "Gu" here.
Thinking of this, Jiang Feng almost wanted to throw the silver spirit dagger here, but after thinking about it, the primary goal was to leave the ruins, otherwise what was the use of taking the dagger of the promotion level, even if it was promoted quickly, it would not play a role until his food was eaten, not to mention, if Zhou Zhenglian also returned here by chance, maybe this dagger would be his, and he would be painstakingly lonely, but he would make wedding dresses for others.
As soon as he thought of this, Jiang Feng Shi Shi Ran withdrew from the basement of this palace, carefully sneaked to the surface, and sealed this place with stones.
After meditating and recovering for a while, Jiang Feng chose a new path and went straight into the distance. Yuan Chu's Dao Palace no longer exists, and the most strange places left here are nothing more than these paths that he doesn't know where they lead, he plans to explore carefully, maybe there will be a glimmer of life.
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Asa Yama Sect, in the south of Warm Valley County, is a wild and unknown place.
There are barren mountains and bald mountains everywhere, and since the history of the Asa Mountain Sect, it has been listed as a barren land. Occasionally, there is a flat land in the mountains, which is too small to accommodate village settlements, and Li Youde and Li Wengu have been wandering here for the past half a month, looking for possible opportunities.
"It's too bad here, and there's no spiritual land at all. Originally, I thought that the ancestors had not explored carefully enough, but now it seems that there are really barren places here. After many days of unsuccessful exploration, Li Youde was a little discouraged, standing on the flying sword and looking around, although the place he saw was not as barren as he imagined, it was not much better.
"Fifth uncle, this is also a good thing, at least it doesn't need to be time-consuming and laborious, although most of this place is under the control of Nuangu County, but presumably Master Jiang doesn't expect anything from us. β
"No, the so-called loyalty to people, since the head of the family trusts us, we have to make some achievements, and let everyone convince us. Li Youde took a breath and waved his hand to bring himself two cool charms, dispelling the slumped heat on his body, "Come down with me to explore, check in the clouds, some things can't be seen clearly." β
"Yes!"
The old-faced Li Wen no longer cares, except for the matter of spreading branches and leaves, he and Li are friendly, and they still respect Li Youde everywhere, not to mention that he has followed Li Youde for many years, and he has long known that he is a serious and even indulgent master in government affairs, and Fang Cai's persuasion is just a whining adjustment.
The two of them landed in a flat valley, where the vegetation was still flourishing, much better than the barren hill on the left, Li Youde took out a gold-inlaid bamboo cane, and walked along the shrubs under the forest towards a more lush place.
This variegated forest was longer and narrower than expected, and the two of them walked for an hour, and soon lost their way, and Li Youde was about to sacrifice the flying sword to rise, but heard a faint murmuring of water.
Li Youde pricked up his ears, carefully discerned one or two, and immediately marched in that direction, and after a while, he came to the place where the water was loudest, but as far as the eye could see, there was only a plain and impermanent forest.
He took a few steps forward, stepped on the soft fallen leaves, and the bamboo cane in his hand was pierced hard, and then he lifted it, but he saw that the end of the bamboo cane had traces of water infiltration.
Well?
Li Youde couldn't help but squat down, digging empty-handed, and soon saw a shallow puddle of water, which was quite clear, and seemed to be still flowing, but very slowly, and the amount of water was not much, and it seemed to only be able to moisten the bushes and reeds near the left.
"Just an ordinary undercurrent. β
Li Youde felt it carefully, and he didn't find anything special, and he was slightly disappointed. Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly felt that something was wrong, "I can hear the sound of water, the water can't be so small." He muttered to himself, reopening the puddle, and with an aura blooming in his hand, he took out a slender sword and plunged it straight into the sandstone beneath the fallen leaves.
"There's a layer of rock. Both of them heard a sonorous chisel at the same time.
"I'm coming!" Li Wen, who was behind him, volunteered, took out a magic weapon in the shape of a silver nail, and struck straight at the place where the thin sword was interspersed, and the silver nail drilled into the rock layer for four feet, and soon a clear stream gushed out along the tiny hole.
"There is an aura in the water. Li Wen held a puddle of water, felt it carefully for a while, and then came to a conclusion, "The quality is okay, it should flow from that direction, fifth uncle, let's go upstream?"
"That's exactly what I mean. β
The two of them followed the hidden stream, went straight upstream, and after half an hour, they found the source of the stream, which was a cave that only half a man could bend down to go into, and the two no longer hesitated, and dived into it for about three or four hundred steps, and the low passage suddenly opened up.
The sound of the water was already so loud that it almost drowned out the sound of the two of them talking. Li Wen turned on the Soul Fire Palace Lamp and found that this was an underground dark river dozens of steps wide, and the hidden stream was only a small part of the overflow of water, and the volume of the dark river was huge, and he didn't know where it came from, let alone where it flowed.
"This dark river may have flowed through the deepest spiritual veins, so it has begun to have an aura. Li Wen analyzed, "Fifth uncle, it seems that this place is not useless. β
"Very good! If the water of this dark river can be channeled, it can at least nourish thousands of acres of spiritual fields. Although it is not as convenient as a businessman, Warm Valley County is in my hands, and I can go up a level. Three counties, no, the evaluation of the four counties, I want to win the wonderful, win the convincing!" Li Youde had a happy look on his face, and suddenly felt that his waist was warm and powerful, and it seemed that he could work hard again tonight.
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Lizong, Zhenwu City.
Chu Yiming had just sent off his brother, Chu Yilin, a prefecture-level monk ranked second in his generation, and the other party sent the bad news that his father Chu Anlan had unfortunately died in the Angry Wind Canyon, and discussed with him Of course, the non-negotiable tone can also be understood as a decision to quickly take over a part of the low-level spiritual veins.
Regarding the death of the "head of the family and father" Chu Anlan, with the foreshadowing of the mysterious Huang Lao, Chu Yiming has already been mentally prepared, and he does not need to pretend to be sad, because many people in the Chu family know that their relationship with the "father" Chu Anlan is estranged and cold.
The Chu family has always been responsible for the management of the spiritual land of the Li Sect, and most of them are in charge of Chu Anlan, who has reached the middle stage of the prefecture level cultivation, and Chu Yilin, who has reached the early stage of the prefecture level, and a small number of them belong to several other monks in the affiliated families. When Chu Anlan suddenly died in the Fury Wind Canyon, the high-level leaders of the Li Sect naturally would not immediately withdraw the power of the Chu family, but the ensuing supervision and divide and rule were inevitable trends, and for the sect, this was also a security strategy that must be adopted.
I heard that the Lei family, which has risen recently, may take over some of the rights of the Chu family, of course, after the fall of Chu Yiming and Bai Shi one after another, it is unknown whether there will be other factors that will lead to more adjustments.
Chu Yilin's intention was obvious, Chu Yiming would take over a few spiritual lands that were not of high grade and small in area, and he would do his best to find a way to defend the most important high-level spiritual lands to ensure that the core interests of the Chu family would not be affected. Chu Yiming's cultivation is low, only at the spiritual level, but fortunately, he is still a man, which is in line with the tradition of the Li Sect.
The division of spiritual land was carried out by Chu Anlan's previous deputy Wang Bo, who randomly allocated five spiritual lands to Chu Yiming, hoping that he could take over the relevant people and things as soon as possible, and hurriedly said goodbye after a few words of encouragement.
But it doesn't seem like so!
Chu Yiming sent a few people away, and retired from the steward Huang Dong, then turned his back and secretly unfolded a note rolled in one place in his hand, but there were no words on the note, but he just drew a pavilion, which was the Full Moon Tower.
Sure enough, they were speeding up the layout, and among the spiritual lands they took over, the spiritual land of Dongbo City was impressively listed. Chu Yiming asked himself that he didn't have any thoughts of avenging Chu Anlan, he just didn't want to be used as an unconscious pawn.
We have to find a way to get to the bottom of the matter.
Dongbo City Spiritual Land is the key to this, but looking at Uncle Wang's performance, the other party may have infiltrated here for many years, and the relationship is colluded and involved very much, and if he acts rashly, he will be suspected.
He pondered for a moment, and felt that since he wanted to assume the management of the spiritual land, he had to use a few trustworthy people, so that he could move forward safely in the exploration and get closer to the truth.
In addition, the speculation that he had previously concluded that the Shangguan family was related to this matter also needs to be investigated as soon as possible, and this matter may also need to rely on Jiang Feng to help investigate, and I don't know if he has returned safely?
Of course, before Jiang Feng intervened, he was not without a way to confirm the matter. Now that Chu Anlan is dead, the influence of the Chu family has been greatly weakened, and his reputation is unbearable, if the Shangguan family is still interested in marriage at this time, it may be proved that the Shangguan family is also in the bureau.
Entrusting his adoptive mother Zhao to renew the marriage contract? Chu Yiming suddenly had a good idea.
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"That's what you gave me?" the thin young man took the note that Yu Xiaozheng handed over, but only glanced at it a few times before questioning in a suspicious tone.
"That's right," Yu Xiaozheng pointed to the "Discerning" poster hanging on the wall, "You have to believe our investigation results, our 'Puzzle Brigade' is credible." β
"In other words, Chu Yiming entered the Full Moon Tower because he coveted the beauty and plump figure of the Qiuyue girl, regardless of the marriage contract, and the people behind the Full Moon Tower had the evidence that Chu Anlan had mined the spirit stone privately, and wanted to use Chu Yiming's hand to blackmail Chu Anlan, but Chu Yiming was unwilling to cooperate, so he set up a situation and made a farce like a prostitution dispute?"
"That's right, Chu Yiming's fiancΓ©e is a man's wife, no one will like this, this makes sense. Yu Xiaozheng glanced at the other party's slightly angry expression, he also knew that this reason was far-fetched, but Zhu Yizhao, who was in charge of the investigation, felt that it was very reasonable, just as for Bai Ruoxi, he was also willing to join the "Puzzle Brigade".
As for other things, it is purely Yu Xiaozheng's off-topic play, although his sister Yu Xiaoman asked him to make things bigger, but he didn't figure out how to make things big at first, and the several investigators he sent out failed to investigate in depth, so they inexplicably had disputes with passers-by and failed to find out any secrets.
Chu Yiming's reputation in the circle is not good, but he only owes the full moon building spirit stone, and it does not hurt anyone, especially the children of several major families, therefore, he can't talk about anything jealous, he thought about it for a night, he can only start from the Chu family, the Chu family manages the spiritual land, what is the big thing, naturally it is to fill his own pockets, think about the pavilions and pavilions of the Chu family, and then look at his own Yu family, this thing is mostly true.
In order to make the matter bigger, he deliberately made up a few astonishing figures, and conclusively speculated that the Full Moon Tower had a deep background and could not be easily investigated, and deliberately threw the results of the investigation of this case in the meeting hall of the "Puzzle Brigade", believing that several of the guys who were not strict in their mouths had already publicized the matter, and as for what it was about, it was not something he could control.
I heard that Chu Anlan unfortunately died in the ruins of the Angry Wind Canyon, which is a strange thing, but this is okay, Chu Anlan mined the spirit stone privately, and there is no proof of his death, but now Yu Xiaozheng is faintly worried, although the "Puzzle Brigade" is famous, and he also pulled Zhu Yizhao, a child of the head family with a background, to enter, but it is still unknown whether he can withstand the anger of the Full Moon Tower and the Chu family's counterattack.
Why does it seem that you have been pitted, and you will not be locked up for a few years, right? Will your life be in danger?
"How is it, are you satisfied with our investigation?" Suppressing the worry in his heart, Yu Xiaozheng showed a confident smile and white and straight teeth.
"Give me back the magic weapon!" he looked smug and met a pair of angry eyes.