Chapter 177: Revisiting the Connection
After Ling Yan took care of the Zhang family, he sent Dong Junqin and the four of them back to Tianqing.
On the way, I learned that it turned out that after Senior Brother Ling Xiao woke up, he wanted to ask Dong Junqin to go to the doctor, but when it came to March Chi, he realized that they had pulled Senior Brother Zhang down the mountain.
Ling Yan was worried that they would be seen by someone who wanted to go down the mountain recklessly, so he also drove them down the mountain. But I didn't want to learn something by the way.
Dong Junqin said after finishing the pulse: "Senior brother's body is fine, the chaos is because the spiritual veins in his body are healing, after all, he has been suppressed for too long. However, after the meridians are self-adjusted, they still need to be accompanied by the elders in the retreat. β
Elder Qinglu: "It's natural. However, before the retreat, we still have to settle the formation. β
Elder Qingyin handed the drawings to Elder Qingyin and said, "I took a look at it just now, and combined with what Ling Xiao said, I have a rough guess. I'm not sure, though. Senior sister, formation is your strong point, what do you think?"
Elder Qingyin: "My idea is that this formation is not some kind of soul rejuvenation formation. As you know, the necessary element of the Soul Restoration Array is the remnant soul. Only with remnant souls can the rest of the souls be recalled through the formation.
But in this formation, here, and here, these runes look the same as many soul rejuvenation spells, but when combined, they actually borrow one soul to let another soul come out.
In other words, Ling Xiao's bone-cutting flute is actually a medium, or a victim, in this formation. β
Victim...... This statement is in line with what Song Jiyue saw, and there is a person who wants to pull Cheng Qi back. Fortunately, Cheng Qi had already been brought back to the ghost city by Ah Lu, if it weren't for this, Ling Xiao didn't know what he would do because of regret at this moment.
Ling Yan was in charge: "At the beginning...... I should have checked it when Miss Alu was in the sky. β
Senior Brother Ling Xiao: "Master, this is my omission. β
Dong Junqin: "Senior Brother Ling Xiao, do you remember what happened after the formation was activated? We heard that there seems to be a soul coming out of that formation?"
Senior Brother Ling Xiao: "Indeed...... There was indeed a soul in the formation. At first, I thought it was Cheng Qi's soul, but then I felt that the breath of this soul was wrong, this breath was too strong, full of murderous aura, not like Cheng Qi. I was worried that I would summon something else when I revived Cheng Qi's soul, so I wanted to suspend the formation. However, that soul felt that the formation began to stagnate, and it seriously injured me. You know the rest of the story. β
Hearing this, the three elders asked, "Is it Ningxi?"
Dong Junqin: "According to Ji Yue and Ah Lu, it's not like Ning Xi. β
Dong Junqin mentioned Ah Lu, and Ling Xiao remembered something: "By the way, Ah Lu girl, have you ever entered my body?"
Alu nodded sheepishly. Ling Xiao sighed lightly: "I was saved by you again." When I was asleep, I felt like someone had pulled me out. I didn't expect it to be Miss Alu, thank you so much. β
Ling Xiao's tone of gratitude was sincere, but his expression made Ah Lu very puzzled, why did he always feel that there was something else.
Ling Yan was in charge: "Anyway, let's go to Luotongguan as soon as possible." β
Mu Baofeng: "How about it?
Alu: "It's definitely today." β
Nanqin: "Little master, do you want to stay with your family for another day? β
Dong Junqin: ......
The three of them went to Wangkong Trench to wait first, and Dong Junqin, accompanied by Ling Yan, returned to March Chihe's father and others to say goodbye.
Dong's father is reluctant, and he is becoming more and more insecure now. But it can't be helped. I just hope this thing ends soon.
After going out, Ling Yan expressed his worries to him in the empty space where no one was around: "Ning Xi, and the matter of creating the living stone is now roughly clear. It is up to people to succeed or fail, so it's good for you to be bold and do it. However, the identity of Miss Alu ...... I think you still have to find a way to figure it out before you and Ningxi and the gang figure it out. β
When Ling Yan mentioned this, Dong Junqin thought that in the courtyard of the Zhang family in Tianqing Town, under Fangcai Mountain, Ah Lu suddenly lost her mind, and when she came back to her senses, she suddenly burst out with such a sentence. Although Dong Junqin didn't ask afterwards, looking at the expressions of Old Man Zhang and Father Zhang, he also knew that Ah Lu must have seen some things in the past.
It's good now, not only do you not need the help of others to enter the soul, but you don't even need to go out of your body.
Ling Yan was afraid that Dong Junqin would admit to Ah Lu's death, and he wouldn't listen to his own words, so he changed his explanation: "I think Miss Ah Lu's character is no problem, if she hides her bad intentions, how many chances can harm you along the way, it is impossible not to have a chance to start." I'm just worried that she's a ghost who doesn't know where she came from, and if there is any hidden illness, don't drop the chain at a critical moment. β
Dong Junqin sighed, he was not afraid of hidden diseases, he was afraid of being caught off guard.
After the four of them gathered at Wangkong Trench, they chatted with Ling Yan and left.
The destination of the gate array is the underground karst cave of Luotongguan.
But as soon as the four of them stepped out of the formation, their hearts sank.
Nanqin: "It's broken!
At this time, the underground cave was full of corpses, not to mention the water demon, and the face was dry. And the stalagmite stone pillars are folded all over the ground, and the whole body is black.
Dong Junqin found a water demon corpse and probed: "I just died." β
Mu Baofeng: "Isn't it just how long?"
"An hour ago. At this moment, two people appeared in the depths of the cave. Everyone looked at it, it was Nangong Lu and Dabao Emperor Yu.
Nanqin: "Why are you here?"
Nangong Lu: "I'm back to your master." β
Nangong Lu's expression was rare and serious, and Nanqin didn't look right: "What's wrong?
Nangong Law: "Beishu is fine, don't worry." But we did hear something that was a bit different from what you said earlier. So find this place before you do. Unfortunately, the people of Ningxi came before us, and by the time I got here, they had already wiped out the entire cave. β
Dong Junqin: "What about Xingxu! There is a thing that looks like a snake and a worm in the depths of the cave, is he still alive?"
Nangong Lu shook his head.
Dong Junqin couldn't believe it. Di Yu added: "Ningxi is very hidden. We inquired before we went into the cave and said that several children had gone missing here in the past two days. So the government came to investigate. This investigation, this cave was exposed, and the water demon in the cave was also exposed.
The people of Jiu'anli jointly asked the government to invite the Taoist temple stationed in Jiangyang Mansion to get rid of the demons. β
Mu Baofeng: "So they killed this place openly." β
Di Yu nodded: "Xingxu is a good immortal-level cultivator, and it is not easy to kill him. So Ningxi must have made up her mind this time. β
Dong Junqin: "Then do they know where the things they want are? Or are they killing people because they didn't get the answers they want?"
Nangong Lu: "We don't know about this." Just look at this place, don't let them ruin it...... I guess I didn't find the answer yet. β
Mu Baofeng: "But now that Xingxu is dead, who are we going to ask for questions?"
Speaking of Xingxu, Nangong Lu remembered his original intention of coming here: "By the way, I just said that the thing I heard is different from what you told me before, do any of you want to hear about it?"
All:......
Nangong Lu: "Didn't you say before that there was a god named Chongyun, who was going to destroy the Creation Stone. But when he destroyed the stone, he found that Ningxi had entered the stone, so he sealed him in the stone?"
Dong Junqin: "The first half of the sentence is the truth, and the second half of the sentence is our guess waiting for me." β
Nangong Lu: "But what we found in our investigation was the first half of the sentence. Do you remember Chongyun returning to the Heavenly Realm for a while before destroying the stone?"
Dong Junqin: "Remember, it was during this time that Xingxu did not guard the stone cave and let Ningxi take advantage of the loophole. β
Nangong Lu: "But we found a demon clan elder of the demon clan, and his ancestor is the same Earth Dragon clan as Xingxu. It's a pity that in the end, he took the wrong path and became a demon. Oh, it doesn't matter. In short, the elder said that the legend he heard was that the god Chongyun had returned to the heavenly realm to persuade the gods not to destroy the stone. β
Chongyun didn't want to destroy the stone?
Nangong Lu: "You heard it right, yes, Chongyun doesn't want to destroy the stone." So we guess that there may be another reason for Chongyun to seal Ningxi besides because he was already inside the stone at that time. β
Aru: "He's going to leave behind the stone." But why? This thing is so dangerous......
Nangong Lu shrugged: "That's why we wanted to come here and ask that Xingxu. Oh yes. We've also asked about Thur.
This Sserxiao is said to be the most powerful general under Ningxi, and he is proficient in extracting people's memories. And the other Yumu is good at weaving dreams for people, that is, tampering with memories. The two of them pulled out the memories one by one, and put them back after being tampered with by Yume.
I thought about it in combination with Miss Song's situation, and the person that Miss Alu saw in her memory was indeed Se Xiao. But he was the only one present at the time, so he just extracted the memory and erased the feelings and put it back. This is the situation that Miss Song has no common feelings for her own disaster. β
Nangong Lu said and handed him a few pieces of paper: "And that sealing array and what kind of reversal sealing formation...... I studied it with Di Yu, and this formation is very strange. The sealing array was correct, but there was also a protective spell hidden in this sealing array. β
Di Yu conformed: "Yes, that spell is a spell of the Protoss. It is specially used on the seriously injured and sleeping immortals, to protect them from the destruction or interference of others when they sleep again. β
Nangong Lu: "Also, think about it again." Why did Ning Xi want to abolish such a big twist and turn against us? With Dong Junqin, no, with his strength and power before the death of the Azure Realm Bai Yuan Immortal, he had already thought of a way to make people find stones. But he didn't, but went around in such a big circle, so that we can find that he found the living stone. β
Dong Junqin: "We have thought of this a long time ago, because Ning Xi can't find the stone, and he is afraid that his subordinates will be selfish towards the stone, so he wants to borrow our hand." β
Nangong Lu: "But how can he be sure that we will find it?"
How can he be sure that by using the enemy, the enemy will be found? Who is more powerful than him and his men?
Dong Junqin pondered for a long time and said, "There are two explanations, first, combined with Chongyun's theory that he doesn't want to destroy the stone, there is probably something in this stone that will be unfavorable to him. If he finds it, it is likely that he will not be able to save half of his Yuan Spirit, but he will be eaten by the Creation Stone; β
Mu Baofeng kept staring at the formation diagram while the two of them were analyzing each other, and after looking at it for a long time, he suddenly asked, "Ah Jun, what is the full name of the Lord Xiao that Song Jiyue saw in Senior Brother Ling Xiao's memory?"
Dong Junqin was suddenly asked this, and his face was full of doubts: "Xiao Jin." What's wrong?"
Nanqin seemed to understand what Mu Jifeng meant: "What brocade?"
Dong Junqin: "Golden silk brocade, brocade of Jinse." β
At this time, Mu Baofeng pointed to a small text on the side of the formation map and introduced: "That's how the name of the Celestial Owl is written. β
Jinse... Owl...... Shaw......
Dong Junqin: "Who are you, Lord Xiao is the Celebrity?"
Mu Baofeng: "It's very likely, isn't it?The matter of creating the stone was also revealed by him to Senior Brother Ling Xiao." He was also Emperor Xuanning's personal bodyguard. β
Dong Junqin: "A little connection in the name alone can't be conclusive. However, Xingxu has been killed, how can I find the whereabouts of the Stone?"
Alu: "I have a way. β
Dong Junqin: "What's the solution?"
Ah Lu hooked the corners of his mouth: "The old way, find a dead man to ask." β
Ah Lu didn't need any luck to get out of her body now, they hid in the underground cave to protect Ah Lu's body, and let her soul run outside to find the old man she called.
When Di Yu saw this scene, after Ah Lu walked away, he also had questions: "I said young master, after Ah Lu girl has a long heart, how can she now be able to go out of her body more casually? This soul still has a shape and outline?"
Dong Junqin: "Emperor Yu, why do you call me young master......
Dabao: "I'll teach!"
Dong Junqin: ......
Dong Junqin kicked back Di Yu's original question when he said this.
Di Yu thought: It's greasy.
Dabao replied to one thought: You are not tired.
Ah Lu's soul floated on the ruins of the ground in Luotongguan for a long time, and finally saw the old man again at the door of the room where he had read the map when he first came in.
Ah Lu stepped forward and bowed to him: "Senior, are you the ancestor of this Luotongguan, is that the false Taoist priest who met the evil ghost?"
The old man smiled and nodded.
Ah Lu was overjoyed. It's better to ask anyone than to ask the source!
Ah Lu: "You haven't been to reincarnation, and you've been guarding this Taoist temple?"
The old man shook his head, then nodded again, and he pointed to the room, as if he wanted Alu to enter.
After Ah Lu went in smoothly, he didn't see anything different from last time, but after being "ransacked" by Ning Xi's men, the house became even more dilapidated.
The old man didn't enter the house for some reason, but just pointed at the wall. But the walls were bare......
The last time she came, it wasn't a wall, no, no, no, it was a wall, but there was a map in front of the wall.
Could it be that the old man is talking about a map?
But the map is now in rags...... No matter how she knew her way, she couldn't find a place on a broken map.
Besides, she's in a state of soul now, so she can't take the real thing!
Hey, there you have it!
Ah Lu remembered that he knew how to speak now, and he could find Dong Junqin and they could find a way to send someone to get it.
Dong Junqin looked around after hearing Ah Lu's heart...... They're not good either...... That's right!
So Nangong Lu turned into a grass dog and ran out of the cave.
He cried out to himself as he walked to the dilapidated house. After he took the map, several people underground opened it and looked at it, and then Dong Junqin laughed: "Ah Lu, have you forgotten whether this map was more than 300 years ago or hundreds of years ago, in short, it was a terrain map drawn a long, long time ago, and it is not the same as now." β
Rutsu: yes, I used translucent paper to fold and look at it. But...... The translucent paper is afraid that it will be ruined long ago.
Just when Ah Lu racked his brains but had no clue, the old man beckoned to her again.
Alu: "Senior, do you have anything else to tell me?"
The old man pointed to the entrance to the underground cave.
Lu: "What does this mean? What's wrong with this hole? The demons in it, whether they're immortals or immortals, are all dead?"
When the old man saw that she still didn't understand, he was so anxious that he jumped to his feet.
"Can't you speak?"
The old man shook his head, pointed at his Yuan Spirit, and waved his hand again.
It seems that the cultivation is not enough, and it is my best to keep my memory clearly floating in the mortal world for so many years. Now I still want him to speak, I'm afraid I don't have the strength to speak, and Ah Lu can't enter the house just now, it seems that there are still restrictions on the range of activities.
But what about this?
Alectur, the old man also throbbed. Suddenly, he thought of something and beckoned to Ah Lu again.
When Ah Lu approached, the old man continued to wave.
What does this mean, if you get closer, you will stick a piece...... Into the soul?
Ah Lu was stunned, but after thinking about it again, that's right, the essence of entering the soul is two souls, isn't it more convenient to have no body?!
After she figured it out, she entered the old man's soul without saying a word.
In the old man's memory, he was standing in front of a puddle and staring at it.
In the middle of the night, he suddenly turned his head to look for some tools.
Ah Lu swept around, and there were no towers at this time, and there were only two rooms.
This was more than 300 years ago, when the old man had just started to build the Luotongguan.
The old man found some tools, and with iron tools and spells, he dug a wellhead in the puddle.
Then the old man jumped down into the water.
At that time, the well was full of water, and it was not an empty cave as it is now.
Well, no, it's a cave, it's just that the cave was still full of water at that time!
The old man swam in the dim water for a while before he surfaced.
Ah Lu has recognized it for a long time, this is the Stone Cave!
At that time, seventy percent of the stone caves were underwater, and only ......
It's a vein of water!
It dawned on Alu.
At this time, she was suddenly ejected from the soul of the old man.
Ah Lu excitedly confirmed with him: "Senior, your consciousness is a water vein, and the Shengsheng Stone floats in the water somewhere along the water vein?"
The old man nodded in satisfaction.
I see, I see!
It was she who was so stupid that she never thought of this. Those maps, which are updated every few years with translucent tissue paper, are not for the topography, but for the water veins.
The terrain is difficult and easy to record. However, the changes of water veins are actually very frequent and very small, especially the water veins hidden underground are even more secret. Even if there is a small stream suddenly in a certain place one day, most people will not care, they will only feel that they have not found it before, or they will not investigate it because they are overjoyed.
So the tissue paper is mainly to see the water veins.
Moreover, Senior Brother Zhang's grandfather's master destroyed the stone at the beginning, which was probably the method of taking the water vein.
Maybe Xingxu also knew about this, but he lied to them in order to keep the stone.
Ah Lu: "Senior, you have always been concerned about the Stone, I'm afraid that he will be caught by bad people and do bad things!"
The old man smiled but did not move.
Alyu: "Don't worry, I'm not a bad person! I won't shout that a stone will fall into the wrong hands! But do you know that the stone will drift to ......?"
Alyu wanted to come to a conclusion, but the old man's soul suddenly began to mottle.
Oh no!
Ah Lu wanted to protect it, but it was a step too late.
The old man finally disappeared into ashes and completely disappeared into the Three Realms.
Ah Lu sighed that her luck was not good, and on the other hand, she sympathized and admired, how difficult it is for a ghost to persist for three hundred years, just look at her.
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