The villain and I have eight hundred minds combined

Tang Huanyun nodded, "Yes, it was a long time ago. The minds of those senior cultivators used mountains and rivers as prisons and formations as eyes to completely resist the evil spirits lingering near the ghost world. We, the Wenxin Sect, have an obligation to do so. However, the human world is vast, and there are many kinds of sentient beings. The pain and resentment of all sentient beings can no longer be suppressed by this formation alone. This is the 'evil spirit' that Junior Master Uncle mentioned to you in the childhood story just now. This is its real name."

After hearing this, she understood everything and asked hurriedly, "In other words, when you were young, Master and Junior Uncle were taken away by those bad guys and forced to practice. Their purpose was to use children as containers to hold the resentment of the world?"

Tang Huanyun nodded, his face solemn: "Well, the so-called 'evil spirits' include 'greed, ignorance, anger' mentioned in Buddhism, as well as pain, obsession, resentment, etc. These evil spirits are often formed by dead people who are unwilling to reincarnate for various reasons and thus linger near the ghost world. After the predecessors found that the mountain and water Tai Chi formation was not enough to deter them, they began to study new methods to deter or lock up these evil spirits. At the beginning, they found that children have stronger yang energy in their bodies. If children can awaken their wisdom roots early and practice magic, then..."

At this point, Tang Huanyun showed a look of compassion on his face, as if he couldn't bear it, or as if he was thinking of his childhood, and his heart was ached.

In the end, he failed to save those children.

He paused for a moment and continued, "In short, if a mortal child cannot withstand the evil spirit, he will die soon. Therefore, children with cultivation are their first choice. After going through many rounds of screening and assessment... in the end, the outstanding ones who survived all these were made into a cauldron with their flesh bodies."

Mu Hanxing's eyes widened as if he was struck by lightning.

At this moment, she thought of Jiuzhou Ding!

"Is it...Jiuzhou Ding?" Mu Hanxing's voice trembled slightly.

When Tang Huanyun mentioned this, he still felt an indescribable pain and fear in his heart, and he nodded.

Her breath stagnated. She had never expected that the raw materials of Jiuzhou Ding were actually a group of children...

Seeing her expression of shock and grief, Tang Huanyun quickly comforted her: "You don't have to be so sad... We were all five or six years old back then... Some of us were very slow to understand what 'death' was. We felt pain for a while... and then we were gone."

Her heart felt like it was pricked by a needle, and it was excruciatingly painful.

Tang Huanyun also had a dejected look on his face: "I can't tell whether those people are good or bad. If they are good, they are using the child's life to irrigate the vessel. If they are bad, they want to use this vessel to save the three realms... Hey, Junior Uncle doesn't understand, so for so many years, I don't know whether I should seek revenge on that group of people. Without your master... I really can't do anything well..."

Mu Hanxing remained silent in the dark room for a long time before she suppressed the pain and anger in her heart. In fact, she didn't know how to evaluate whether this matter was right or wrong.

She calmed down and comforted Junior Master: "Junior Master, don't blame yourself anymore. You alone can't shake the decision made by those seniors... Oh, right... This is what I wanted to ask you just now. Do you know that I dreamed that my master told me that the Jiuzhou Ding belonged to my sect. What happened afterwards?"

Tang Huanyun was stunned: "Did your brother come to you in your dream? What did he say? Is he okay over there?"

She shook her head: "I can't quite remember, but I just felt that my master was very worried and anxious because of the theft of the Jiuzhou Ding."

"At this point, I won't hide anything from you. The Jiuzhou Ding is indeed owned by my sect. That's why my brother and I chose to join this sect. We discovered that the Ding was cast with the children's flesh and blood and was sent to the Wenxin Sect. We came here to investigate the case and to save a group of children who would never come back. At the beginning, we wanted to be spies and lurk in the mountains." Tang Huanyun explained.

"What happened next?" she asked hurriedly.

"Later, we found out that the sect leader at the time had no idea about this. He explained to me and my brother that in ancient times, many seniors in the cultivation world discussed researching a peerless divine sword and placing it in the center of the Tai Chi formation. This might make the formation more powerful, but the sect leader's opinion was not adopted during that discussion. Later, another person proposed using a magical tool that absorbs evil spirits... The sect leader didn't know what happened afterwards. In short, the Jiuzhou Ding was created and officially launched, but no one knew what it was made of... Perhaps my brother and I were the only ones who knew the inside story, but we made a decision at the time."

When Mu Hanxing saw that Tang Huanyun had an uncomfortable expression again, he knew that his master and junior uncle had probably decided to hide the matter of the child. If the origin of the tripod was immoral, other righteous leaders might suggest destroying it. Then, if the evil spirit of the ghost world infiltrated into the human world, the world would be in chaos.

Tang Huanyun lowered his eyes, looking guilty, and said, "Back then, my brother and I decided to conceal the truth and let the Jiuzhou Ding shock and absorb the evil spirit. At that time, because the Wenxin Sect was considered the leader of all immortal sects, everyone discussed and classified the Jiuzhou Ding as the property of the Wenxin Sect. Then someone who was good at fortune-telling calculated the destiny and feng shui. Finally, everyone decided to place the Ding on the top of the mountain behind the Wenxin Sect. That place overlooking this map is the center of the Tai Chi formation."

As he spoke, he pointed to a location on the stone brick map.

Mu Hanxing looked down and saw that the top of the mountain behind the Wenxin Sect was indeed located at the center of the Tai Chi Formation, so no matter how it was calculated back then, the Jiuzhou Ding should indeed belong to the Wenxin Sect.

After getting this result, she was even more determined to get the Jiuzhou Ding. The problem was how to find it? Also, what happened to the theft that year?

She continued to ask: "Didn't the theft case back then have any results? And why was it stolen?"

Tang Huanyun replied, "Later, in addition to the world of cultivation, strange things happened constantly in the human world. Mortals were bewitched by evil spirits, and some even voluntarily went to the ghost world to practice ghost ways. The strong evil spirits could also invade the bodies of mortals and control their minds, causing chaos in the world. When the situation became urgent, several leaders of the world of cultivation used magic to activate the Jiuzhou Ding. The yang energy in the Ding was strong, and it really quickly absorbed the evil spirits that invaded the human world. For a long time, the three realms were peaceful and auspicious, and the country was prosperous and the people were safe... Therefore, the Jiuzhou Ding became the world's most precious treasure that all the countries in the three realms wanted to monopolize."

Of course, the powerful and wealthy would want to keep such a good thing in their hands.