Pawn Crossing the River

The more Qi Xuansu and Qi Jiayao walked towards the mountain, the more they felt it was infiltrating. There are too many so-called "empty shells" that have been sucked dry by Wu Zhen.

This shows the difference between Taoism and shamanism. The founder of Taoism manages Taoism as a foundation for thousands of generations, all for the sake of Taoism. The ancestral witches regard witchcraft as a pendant. There is no difference between witchcraft and the magic weapons and treasures in their hands. They are just bigger. When the critical moment comes, they just throw it away.

After finally reaching the foot of the mountain, this place is even more terrifying. Looking around, there are thousands of wooden stakes, one end has been sharpened, the other end is rooted in the ground, and they are arranged to look like an unflowered phoenix. There is a person strung on the stake, which is inserted through the excretory part. The tip of the stake sticks out from the mouth, and the whole person is inserted into the stake. It is very cruel. These dead people are not all empty shells. Some have turned into bones, and some are still mummified corpses. It can be seen that they died at different times, even before Wu Zhen sucked all the Wu clan here dry. ..

So many wooden piles are scattered all over the foothills like clumps of thorns, forming a terrifying "landscape".

There are also some dried corpses that have been hung up, hanging leisurely.

Qi Xuansu has been through battles for a long time. Although he will not be frightened by such a scene, he will not feel comfortable either.

Qi Jiayao looked at these corpses and sighed: "These are the 'sacrifice' offered by the witchcraft cult. They should have been criminals and prisoners during their lifetime. After they were starved to death, they were slowly dried and then placed here. No matter what He said that these are very barbaric behaviors. The witchcraft will never be destroyed and it is inevitable that civilization will replace barbarism."

There are various buildings on both sides of the road up the mountain. These buildings have been completely sealed by something similar to corpse wax. However, there are various simple murals on the outside of the buildings, which have not faded after many years.

Qi Jiayao stood in front of a mural: "The stories recorded in these paintings are all related to Wu Zhen."

Qi Xuansu also looked at it.

In the era of the Eleven Witches, each ancestral witch had his own followers and believers, and he went about his own business. Each ancestral witch seemed to be the master of a country and enjoyed worship.

This painting shows Wu Zhen sitting on a huge throne, like a giant, wearing a robe with strange patterns and a bronze mask that covers his face. There were many figures surrounding her feet, which were not as high as the armrests of the throne. Some were kneeling with their heads bowed in prayer, some were prostrate and saluted, and some were standing with their hands raised, their eyes looking at Wu Zhen piously, as if waiting for Wu Zhen's gift.

The next mural is weird. Wu Zhen is still sitting on the throne, pretending to lift the bronze mask covering his face. The reactions of the figures are different. Some people are extremely frightened and flee in all directions. Some people are jumping for joy, it seems. Looking forward to this moment.

In the third mural, Wu Zhen lifts off the bronze mask on his face. Because the expression form of the mural is limited, Wu Zhen's appearance is not specifically depicted. It is just pitch black, which can also be understood as being shrouded in shadow. And the outlines of those surrounding Wu Zhen, whether they were frightened or joyful, turned into dotted lines, which seemed to mean that they turned into shadows.

This corresponds to the "shadow realm" of Wuzhen.

Qi Xuansu asked: "Why are there so many differences between Wu Ji and Wu Zhen? Wu Zhen has so many relics, but Wu Ji has nothing."

Qi Jiayao replied: "Wu Ji was the first to die, and the suppression against her was also the most severe."

Qi Xuansu nodded and continued walking up.

After these three murals, due to the terrain, there are no buildings on both sides of a long stretch of mountain road, so naturally there are no murals.

When there were buildings on both sides of the mountain road again, there was another long mural. This time all the eleven witches appeared. There was a long table, with Wu Xian sitting in the middle, and the other ancestral witches sitting on the left and right, with different expressions. Wu Yang was in the corner, not sitting down, but standing against the table with a frivolous posture. Wu Yang was also the only one with the height of an ordinary person. In front of the giant Lingshan Ten Witches, he looked very exquisite and small, less than the height of a table.

There was no delicious food or wine on the table, only a stone.

Qi Xuansu glanced at these murals without stopping.

Qi Jiayao followed Qi Xuansu, and when he passed by Wuzhen on the mural, he stopped slightly, then resumed walking, and said: "Judging from the content of several murals, Wuzhen has the ability to turn people into shadows and send them away." The magical power of entering the shadow realm, so we have to be careful. Although Wu Zhen’s remains have been fused with the semi-immortal creature, and we don’t know if there are eyes, we still try to avoid looking into his eyes.”

Qi Xuansu responded.

Finally, the two reached the top of the mountain and came to the temple on the top of the mountain.

Although when you are far away, it looks like a palace in the sky, glorious and majestic, but when you get really close, you will find that this temple is full of dilapidation. Except for the most basic structure, almost everything else that can be destroyed has been destroyed. Even the walls and domes were incomplete. The real ruins were only shrouded in some strange power and illuminated brightly, making them stand out in the dark underground city.

In the deepest part of the temple, there is a huge stone seat, which is the throne where Wu Zhen sits in the mural.

There is no real witch on the throne at this time, only a huge black ball made of countless shadows.

Through the shadow, you can vaguely see a bronze mirror in the center of the black ball.

Qi Jiayao smiled when he saw this and said, "It is indeed a 'bone mirror'."

Qi Xuansu was surprised.

Of course he had heard of the "bone mirror".

As the saying goes, it is difficult to draw bones when painting dragons and tigers. You cannot know the faces of people but not the hearts. This mirror is called "Shaping the Bones" because it can reflect the true face of everything, whether it is the ever-changing changes of a martial artist, the magic of an alchemist, or the great demon. When one's transformation is reflected in this mirror, the original shape will appear. Therefore, the "Bone Mirror" is an excellent tool for suppressing demons.

Now it seems that some kind of change occurred after the "Bone Mirror" merged with Wu Zhen. It was originally used to suppress monsters, but now it is not just about suppressing monsters, it has become a suppression of them all regardless of each other. This led to the two His realm cultivation has been suppressed to this point.

As for the shadowy black ball wrapped in the "bone mirror", it should be the remaining part of Wu Zhen's remains, which corresponds to the theory that the two have not been completely integrated.

Qi Xuansu asked: "Fellow Daoist Qi, how do we take away the 'Bone Mirror'?"

Qi Jiaoyao said: "We need to temporarily 'close' the 'Bone Mirror' first. After the suppression of the 'Bone Mirror' is gone, you and I can restore our original cultivation and we can naturally take it away easily."

Before Qi Xuansu could ask further questions, Qi Jiayao continued: "As for how to temporarily suppress the 'Bone Mirror'. I also have a way."

After that, Qi Jiayao also took out a mirror and explained: "This is the 'Haotian Mirror' imitated by the Creation Project. It looks like a treasure. However, there was a slight deviation during the imitation, and the magic is greatly reduced. The biggest feature is that it is sturdy. , no less than many semi-immortal creatures, and can even be used as a shield.”

Then Qi Jiayao raised the mirror with both hands and pointed it at the "bone mirror".

When the two mirrors look at each other, an independent world seems to be formed between them, like a narrow tunnel extending infinitely to both sides.

At this moment, the suppressive power exerted by the "Bone Mirror" was completely "absorbed" by the mirror in Qi Jiayao's hand.

After all, it is an uncontrollable fairy, and it has never given birth to an elf, so it can be so tricky. If it were controlled by someone, it would never be like this.

It was at this moment that Qi Xuansu felt that his state of cultivation had returned, from the point where he was about to fall to the level of a person born in heaven, and returned to the state of creation.

It feels so good to have the power back.

However, the mirror in Qi Jiayao's hand obviously cannot withstand the power of the "Bone Mirror". Although it is a treasure and is as strong as a semi-immortal, cracks have appeared in such a short period of time.

Qi Xuansu no longer hesitated and took action immediately.

However, he did not dare to directly reach out for the "Bone Mirror". Instead, he used "Izanozun's left hand". The flaming palm penetrated into the shadow and grabbed the "Bone Mirror" in his hand.

Almost at the same time, the mirror in Qi Jiayao's hand completely shattered and turned into fireflies all over the sky, which lasted only a few breaths.

The "Bone Mirror" was about to exert its power again, suppressing everyone's realm cultivation. In just one breath, Qi Xuansu had already fallen from a created heavenly being to an infinite heavenly being.

Qi Xuansu directly put the "Bone Mirror" into his Xumi items without even thinking about it.

All Sumeru objects are in the form of treasures at the lowest level, but ordinary Sumeru objects not only cannot isolate the influence of immortal objects, they cannot even carry immortal objects.

Qi Xuansu's Sumeru object was given by Master Jiang Da. It was originally designed and refined for immortal objects. It can be regarded as a semi-immortal object. Therefore, after Qi Xuansu put the "Bone Mirror" into the "Jade Dragon Ring", invisible suppression also followed. Disappear.

However, the development of things is far from that simple. As Qi Xuansu took away the "bone mirror", the black ball, which was composed of countless shadows and originally wrapped the "bone mirror" and was very quiet, began to stir, twisting and changing, constantly A wandering black shadow broke away from the black ball and began to fly freely in the hall.

Qi Jiayao threw away the frame in his hand, came behind Qi Xuansu, and said quickly: "The 'Bone Mirror' is not a thing of Wuzhen, but a semi-immortal thing left by the Tianshi Sect to suppress Wuzhen's remains, but he didn't expect that the two The two will merge into one. Now that we have taken away the 'Bone Mirror', the two have not been completely integrated. It is equivalent to us taking away the suppression artifact and releasing the remaining Wu Zhen remains."

"Most of the power of Wu Zhen's remains has been absorbed by the 'Bone Mirror', and the remaining remains are not of concern. However, the Wuzhen remains have leveraged the power of the shadow world, which has loosened the seal of Master Si Tian. We may have to face an incarnation of Wu Zhen."

Qi Xuansu was already a little numb.

Neither surprised nor angry, it seemed natural.

He knew that things were not that simple, but with the fairy in his hands, he didn't bother to say anything.

In the blink of an eye, the black ball composed of shadows was no longer spherical, but gradually transformed into an illusory translucent human figure, wearing a bronze mask and a robe with complicated patterns, sitting on the throne.