Taiping Inn

After breaking the formation, Dongshan Village returned to its usual state, but now there is no living person in the whole village. All the people were refined into zombies by the old man Zang, and their souls were extracted and refined into wronged souls. Now they disappeared with the two formations of "corpse refining formation" and "soul refining formation".

Li Xuandu and Yan Feiqing looked at each other in silence.

It's not that they don't want to eradicate evil, but they are not strong enough. Even the two of them were able to escape from the hands of the old man Zang, which was a bit of luck.

The real name of the old man Zang is unknown. He is a great master of the Tianren Wuliang Realm and ranks fourth on the Taixuan List. He was born in the Zaoge Sect of Beimang Mountain and is the leader of the Zaoge Sect. However, because the Zaoge Sect is affiliated with the Yinyang Sect, the leader of the Yinyang Sect, Xu Wugui, is called the leader of the Yinyang and Zaoge Sects, and the old man Zang is jokingly called the deputy leader of the Zaoge Sect.

However, don't think that Old Man Zang is not a master because of this. You should know that among the three Xuans in the world, except for the Shaoxuan list which is biased due to age restrictions, the other Taixuan list and Laoxuan list are truly worthy of their names. Anyone who can be on these two lists is a well-known person, and almost includes 90% of the masters in the world. Even if there are some masters who have not come out of the world, they will definitely not be better than the few old immortals on the Laoxuan list. In this way, even if Old Man Zang is not one of the top ten masters in the world, he is not far away.

If Li Xuandu was still in his prime, it would not be surprising to achieve such a result when he joined forces with Yan Feiqing, but considering Li Xuandu's current cultivation, it can be said that he is very lucky.

After a moment of silence, the two walked deeper into the village. After a fight, the old man Zang took the initiative to show up to meet the enemy, intentionally or unintentionally blocking the two in the northern half of the village. It can be seen that the real body of the old man Zang is hiding somewhere south of the village. Now that the old man Zang has escaped, the two naturally have to go to find out. After all, this matter is not only about the old man Zang's refining of evil magic, but also involves the treasury silver of the Jingzhou Maritime Customs. It is very complicated. Since the two have encountered this matter, there is no reason to ignore it.

The two walked slowly along the only road in the village that can be called a "street". Because it is paved with gravel, it is not muddy. At the end of the street, there is a small open space. If there is something big, the villagers will gather here. On weekdays, it will also be used as a place to dry grain or thresh grain.

Behind the open space is an ancestral hall. In such a small village, most people have the same surname. If they encounter any major events, they will discuss matters in the ancestral hall. However, the scale of the ancestral hall in Dongshan Village is not large enough for many people to discuss matters. If the village elders summon villagers, they can only speak on the steps of the ancestral hall, which is similar to the emperor's hearing of government affairs.

As soon as they stepped into this open space, the ground under their feet began to shake violently, like the ups and downs of a river, and then became soft like flesh and blood. Li Xuan looked down and saw dozens of pale hands reaching out from the ground to grab his ankles, as if the evil ghosts in hell wanted to take him into the endless sea of ​​suffering in the underworld, and he would never be reborn. At the same time, countless whispers and sobs came from all directions, and countless black shadows were shaking in front of them.

Yan Feiqing activated the "Nine Yang Fire Cover" and transformed the "Pure Yang True Fire" into a fire dragon. The fire dragon circled in the air and swept away the palms. He said: "It seems that old man Zang still has many hidden tricks, but now he has left, there is no need to worry."

While speaking, Yan Feiqing threw several peach wood talismans in succession. As the peach wood talismans exploded one by one, black mist continued to dissipate. There were hideous faces in the mist, but they could only dissipate unwillingly in the end.

The two entered the ancestral hall. Many tablets placed in it had disappeared. Most of them were destroyed by old man Zang because they were in the way. At this time, there was only a strange formation composed of countless talismans in the ancestral hall, like a huge spider web spread on the ground. In the middle of the "spider web", there was a young villager lying. If nothing unexpected happened, it should be Niu Er who disappeared in Jingzi Town.

Yan Feiqing squatted down, stretched out his finger and gently touched one of the lines. After sniffing it, he said, "Although the bloody smell is almost gone, I can conclude that the blood used to draw the formation is the blood of the heart."

Li Xuandu asked, "Is it human blood?"

Yan Feiqing nodded.

Li Xuandu also squatted down and looked at the lines that had turned dark and bloodless. He was not surprised at all by the fact that Yan Feiqing revealed. He frowned and said, "If you want to use the blood of the heart to draw such a large formation, it is far from enough to rely on just one Dongshan Village. According to our previous speculation, the original intention of the old man Zang was to use the people of Jingzi Town under Dongshan to sacrifice evil magic, but because of our intervention, it failed. Now where did he find so much blood of the heart?"

Yan Feiqing continued to observe the formation carefully, and said in a deep voice, "According to what the old man Zang just said Niu Er was only the ninth person he had found who was destined to be cursed by the Heavenly Evil. He had already successfully refined the first eight people, so it was reasonable that Old Man Zang still had some unused Heart Blood in his hands. As for why Old Man Zang had spare blood but still wanted to "use local materials", I think he did it out of convenience. Such evil masters always regarded human life as worthless, and the Heart Blood had a lot of uses, not just for drawing formations, so naturally the more the better. "

Li Xuan did not dwell on this issue too much, and asked again: "Brother Xuanji, what else do you see?"

Yan Feiqing stared at the formation without turning his eyes: "This formation is indeed the "divine refining formation" from one of the "three refinings" of Zaoge Sect. The formation of Zaoge Sect is different from ours. They come from The Ge Zao lineage emphasizes that the talisman must have a positive shape, and no trace of error can be made, so it is easiest to identify, but the concept of the Zaoge Sect is inconsistent with the Ge Zao lineage, so the two words are reversed and called themselves Zaoge. But then again, No matter how traitorous the Zaoge Sect is, its formation and talismans are still unique. As the head of the "Three Refinings", the "Divine Refining Array" can be said to be the essence of the talisman formation of Zaoge Sect. Of course, the mysterious thing is More than that, this formation can only be considered a small half of the "Divine Refining Array", which abandons the function of fighting against the enemy and leaves only the effect of extracting souls."

Li Xuandu asked, "Do you want to copy this formation and bring it back to Zhengyi Sect? If this formation can be broken, it will have more chances of winning in the future when fighting."

Yan Feiqing shook his head and said, "Not to mention that it is too late in time. Just as the formation, although the Ge Zao lineage emphasizes that the talisman has a positive shape, the key to the formation talisman is still the flow of spiritual energy. Now the spiritual energy of this formation is free. Scattered, there is only physical form but no spirit, just like human corpses. Besides, our lineage emphasizes the amorphous shape, and one qi means spirituality. The two are just the opposite, so there is no need for this."

Li Xuandu stood up and said, "Since that's the case, let's destroy this formation so that it will not cause trouble if it stays here."

Yan Feiqing also stood up and said, "No need to do it, it will dissipate on its own immediately and nothing will be left."

Li Xuandu was not very proficient in the art of formations, so he couldn't help but ask, "How do you say this?"

Yan Feiqing explained: "This is the mystery of the "Divine Refining Array". Drawing the array with the blood of living people, the formation is like a living thing. At this time, the spiritual energy of the formation has been exhausted, and it is the appearance of the drying of oil and lamps. It is like a person dying. Without others taking action, it will die by itself."

After the words came, the formation was like white paper burned by flames. It was gradually burned yellow, then gradually turned into ashes, and finally dissipated with the wind. All the traces on the ground were indeed as Yan Feiqing said, and there was no trace left. Next, only one Niu Er was still lying on the ground.

Although the culprit must be the old man in Tibet, the cause was from Niu Er. No matter how he is, he is now dead. Li Xuandu and Yan Feiqing have no reason to not even look at him. But it cannot just go there like this. If Old Man Zang left some secret arrangements on Niu Er before leaving, it would be inappropriate for the two of them to go up rashly. After all, both in the temple and in the world are easy to avoid open guns and hidden arrows are difficult to defend against. If the two old warriors just do this, it would be a bit unreasonable.

Finally, Yan Feiqing sacrificed the "Nine Yang Li Fire Cover" and walked forward alone.