"Fellow Daoist Nameless, you seem to be too curious."
Liang Yan clasped his hands behind his back, and a gleam flashed in his eyes, "It is taboo to inquire into other people's details at will. You hid in the dark before, and now you want to test my skills?"
"Ahem, don't get me wrong, Commander Liang. I'm just curious because Can Ke saw someone using a magical power similar to that of Commander Liang. According to him, this magical power originated from the demon clan. That's why he was so concerned when he saw Commander Liang using it just now.
Be curious."
"Demon?"
Liang Yan laughed and said with a smile: "There are many sects in the human continent, and hundreds of schools of thought have their own mysteries. How can you recognize the mysteries of my magical power with just one glance? I'm afraid you have seen it wrong, and it is different from other magical powers."
Confused?"
Even so, I was secretly shocked: "This guy is really not simple. Could it be that he has really seen the 'Soul Seed Technique'?"
"Okay, since Liang Shuai said no, I must have seen it wrong." Wei Wuming's face was noncommittal, and it was hard to tell what he was thinking.
The two of them fell silent, and the cave became quiet, with no more sound.
After a long time, a ray of light suddenly fell outside the cave entrance, but it never came back.
"Both of you, I have investigated carefully. This is the list of spiritual animals they raise."
Gui Wuqi handed the two bamboo slips to Liang Yan and Wei Wuming respectively.
"The spirit beasts raised by these people are all different, and there are no similarities in their attributes. However, one thing is strange. It is that their spirit beasts seem to be very ferocious, and their combat power during the battle is higher than that of spirits of the same level.
The beast is much taller." Gui Wuqi said slowly.
Liang Yan and Wei Wuming looked at each other and both smiled slightly.
"It seems that we have found the key to the problem. If the combat power of one of the spirit beasts is higher than that of the same level, it may be because of the talent of the spirit beast itself, but the combat power of all the spirit beasts is higher than that of the same level.
That only shows that there is something wrong with the way these people cultivate spiritual beasts."
"Well said!"
Gui Wuqi suddenly said: "Although these people have different origins and magical powers, their methods of training spiritual beasts are similar. This is the only thing they have in common. But they are all dead, and the spiritual beasts are also dead.
If it self-destructs, our clues will be cut off here."
Liang Yan said with a smile: "Not necessarily, you have forgotten that our Nanxuan has a sect called 'Wanshou Mountain'."
"You want to help Ten Thousand Beast Mountain? But the things here are related to them. Will it alert the snake?" Gui Wuqi said with some worry.
"There may be a traitor in the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain, but it will definitely not be Liu Changshou. I will go directly to Daoist Liu to find out more about this matter." Liang Yan said calmly.
After hearing this, Gui Wuqi chuckled and said, "I almost forgot, fellow Taoist is now also a member of the Xuanxin Palace, and is on an equal footing with the Nine Great Ya Sages. You are the only one who can invite Liu Changshou."
Liang Yan smiled slightly and said, "Without further ado, please give me all the spirit beast bags of these seven people. Liang will go to the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain now."
"good!"
Gui Wuqi did not hesitate and handed all the spirit beast bags belonging to Nan Wang and the other seven people to Liang Yan.
"Liang Shuai, I'm waiting for good news."
Wei Wuming also said: "Can Ke will be in the Wuchen Army these days. If there is any progress in this matter, you might as well tell Can Ke."
Liang Yan nodded, said no more, turned around and turned into a ray of light, exited the cave and flew straight to the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain.
Half an hour later, Liang Yan arrived at the territory of Wanshou Mountain.
This is a rare plain in the Huntian Ridge, surrounded by undulating mountains, with only one entrance to the east.
In addition to the guarding monks and patrolling teams at the entrance, there are twelve giant elephants sleeping.
These giant elephants are over a hundred feet tall. They are covered in golden light and have mysterious patterns on their foreheads, which contain a hint of the ancient and wild atmosphere.
Just as Liang Yan's escape light approached, these sleeping giant elephants opened their eyes at the same time.
The extremely powerful pressure rushed towards him, and even with Liang Yan's magical power, he had to stop his escape.
"The Wuji Dragon Elephant!"
Liang Yan had joined Nanxuan for some time and had heard of the reputation of these twelve giant elephants. They were a strange species from the ancient times and were born with supernatural powers. They had repeatedly performed extraordinary feats in the previous battles between the north and the south, and were especially good at rushing into formations.
However, although the Wuji Dragon Elephant is powerful, the power of its bloodline is difficult to pass on. After countless years of evolution, it is almost extinct in the Antarctic Fairy Continent. Only the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain still retains twelve of them, so it is a major force in Nanxuan.
Killer weapon.
Perhaps sensing Liang Yan's pressure, the twelve giant elephants all woke up from their slumber and glanced at them at the same time, making Liang Yan feel a little afraid.
"As expected of an ancient alien species, I have a keen sense of smell. Even if I suppressed my breath, I was still discovered by them immediately."
Liang Yan sighed in his heart, pressed down the light, and arrived in front of the camp gate.
The last time he came, Liu Changshou took him through the back door and did not pass through the main entrance. But this time it was different. Without Liu Changshou to guide him, it was somewhat troublesome.
Sure enough, hundreds of monks surrounded him as soon as he escaped from the light.
"Who trespasses on the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain territory?"
Someone in the patrol team recognized him and quickly grabbed the monk from before, "Don't be rude! This is the commander-in-chief of the Bamboo Army!"
After saying that, he bowed his hand to him again and said with a smile: "I heard that Commander Liang has been training troops recently. How come he has time to come to our Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain?"
Liang Yan said calmly: "I have something important and I would like to discuss it with fellow Daoist Liu."
"You want to find your uncle?"
The man was a little surprised, then shook his head and said: "This is unfortunate. Uncle Master went into seclusion three days ago. Didn't Commander Liang give an announcement in advance?"
"The incident happened suddenly, so no notice was sent."
"It may take a while. Uncle Master is going into seclusion this time to improve the coordination between spiritual beasts and military formations. It is estimated that he will not be able to leave seclusion for less than ten days and a half."
Liang Yan frowned slightly after hearing this.
Although Nan Wang and others were only low-level monks, their deaths were too strange. This matter could be big or small. In his opinion, the cause must be found out in time.
However, in the entire Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain, he only trusted a few people such as Liu Changshou and Li Yile. Now that the Li brothers have left, only Liu Changshou can answer his questions.
"Can you send a message to Fellow Daoist Liu? Just tell him that Liang has something important to ask him."
"I'm sorry." The man's face showed a look of embarrassment, "Uncle Master is in seclusion, and he is most afraid of being disturbed. We don't dare to send messages rashly. If Liang Shuai has something important, he might as well discuss it with a few elders.
two?"
Liang Yan frowned and was about to say something else when he saw a big white bird flying in the sky very fast and landing on the stone pillar at the door in the blink of an eye.
The big bird opened its mouth and spoke human words, and the voice that came out was Liu Changshou's voice: "Shuai Liang is here, it's really brilliant. Let's go to the thatched cottage and sit for a while. I will be here soon."
"Huh?"
All the disciples in Wanshou Mountain were a little surprised. They knew that Liu Changshou never saw anyone when he was in seclusion, and it seemed that Liang Yan was the only exception.
Everyone showed respect, bowed their hands to Liang Yan and said, "Shuai Liang, my uncle has invited me!"
"Um."
Liang Yan nodded without saying anything, and followed a disciple from Wanshou Mountain into the military camp. The twelve Wuji Dragon Elephants seemed to acquiesce to all this, and there was no movement from the beginning to the end.
Not long after, Liang Yan came to a quiet thatched house.
The furnishings inside are extremely simple, with only a wooden table and a few benches.
Liang Yan sat down casually, and after waiting for a while, ripples suddenly appeared in the space in the room, and then an extra person appeared out of thin air and sat opposite him.
"Fellow Daoist Liang, I haven't seen you for a long time. I heard that you have integrated the three battalions and have been training recently. Why do you have time to see me?" Liu Changshou laughed as soon as he appeared.
"If you have nothing to do without going to the Three Treasures Hall, Liang will get straight to the point. Actually, I came here this time because I am confused about something, and I would like to ask fellow Daoist Liu to help me clear it up."
"Oh?" Liu Changshou was a little surprised and asked, "I wonder what it is?"
"Fellow Taoist, please take a look."
Liang Yan took out the spirit beast bags of the seven Wuchen Army members, placed them on the table, and continued: "Nanxuan has had many low-level monks become possessed recently. According to my investigation, this matter seems to be related to
It is related to the spirit beasts they have tamed, but these spirit beasts have self-destructed, so it is difficult for me to trace them with my own methods, so I have to turn to fellow Taoists for help."
"Obsessed?"
Liu Changshou looked thoughtful, picked up a spirit beast bag from the table, and examined it carefully.
After a while, he put down the spirit beast bag in his hand and picked up the remaining spirit beast bags one by one, but only glanced at them a few times.
"well"
After checking all the spirit beast bags, Liu Changshou sighed and said, "It's the 'Secret Technique of the Sky Spider'."
"The secret technique of Sky Spider?"
"Well, this is an extremely unpopular method of taming beasts. The caster needs to use his own essence and blood as a guide, supplemented by the demon cores of seven or forty-nine different kinds of demon beasts, and then use 'Sky Spider Silk' as a medium
, binding the soul of the spirit beast to oneself, forming a symbiotic relationship."
After hearing this, Liang Yan nodded slightly and asked, "What are the characteristics of this method of taming animals?"
"The combat power of spirit beasts raised with the 'Secret Technique of Sky Spider' will far exceed that of spirit beasts of the same level, and it is very easy to advance. There is almost no bottleneck in the early stage. Let's put it this way, a monk in the early stage of foundation building can rely on'
The Secret Technique of the Sky Spider can even challenge monks in the late stages of foundation building."
"So domineering?"
"Haha, although the technique is overbearing, its shortcomings are also obvious. The reason why the spiritual beasts raised with the 'Secret Technique of the Sky Spider' are powerful is that part of the potential of the monks is overdrawn and given to the spiritual beasts. This leads to the monk's own breakthroughs being changed.
It’s very difficult. To put it simply, it’s trying to defeat the enemy! Although it has a strong combat power at this stage, it ruins its own future.”
"I see."
Liang Yan nodded, but there was no look of surprise on his face. With his current level of cultivation, he could certainly guess that such a spell to forcibly increase his strength would most likely destroy his future.
Liu Changshou sighed and said: "We monks in Wanshou Mountain disdain to practice such extreme methods. Only some casual cultivators who are greedy for temporary combat power will practice. And the cultivation level has reached the Golden Core level or above.
There is no need to use this method, it will cause a lot of harm but no benefit."
"Well, this does explain why those who become obsessed with evil are only monks in the Juyuan Realm and the Foundation Establishment Stage."
"Excuse me for being frank, a few monks in the foundation-building stage have gone crazy, and the people below will handle it. There is no need to alarm you and me, right?" Liu Changshou asked with some confusion.
"What my fellow Taoists don't know is that these people went crazy at almost the same time, and a similar situation occurred not only in the Wuchen Army, but also in the Shenxiao Army. If what I expected is correct, the entire Nanxuan Army, like this
There are quite a few low-level monks who have gone crazy, and the time is close to each other."
"There is such a thing!"
Liu Changshou frowned and said in a deep voice: "When something abnormal happens, there must be a monster! This matter is indeed unusual. I don't know how Liang Shuai guessed it."
Liang Yan did not hide anything and told Wei Wuming's inferences.
"Well, it is indeed possible." Liu Changshou muttered: "Those who practice the 'Secret Technique of Sky Spider' have bound the spirit beast's soul to their own soul. If the spirit beast is affected in some way, it will feed back to it.
The master of.”
After hearing this, Liang Yan's eyes lit up, "Fellow Daoist Liu, are you saying that it is not these monks who are affected, but their spirit beasts, and it is only because they have practiced the secret technique of the Sky Spider that they are affected?"
"good."
"Then, in my opinion, what is it that affects these spiritual beasts and makes them go crazy?"
"It can only be another kind of spiritual beast."
"How do you say that?" Liang Yan asked.
Liu Changshou looked solemn and said slowly: "If it is music, it is impossible for you not to hear it, but these low-level spirit beasts hear it. So it can only be the language between spirit beasts. And with the 'Secret Technique of the Sky Spider'
In addition to greatly increasing their combat power, the trained spirit beasts also have another characteristic, which is that they are very sensitive to ghost-like spirit beasts and can hear sounds that ordinary people cannot."
When Liang Yan heard this, he suddenly realized: "You are saying that there is a kind of ghost-like spiritual beast in our Nanxuan Camp. The sound it makes unintentionally when it moves has interfered with those who practice the 'Secret Technique of the Sky Spider'
The spiritual beasts that came out caused their owners to become possessed?"
"This can only be the explanation." Liu Changshou said solemnly.
"Then Liang dares to ask, who in the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain has cultivated this kind of spiritual beast?" Liang Yan said with a solemn expression.
"None." Liu Changshou answered very simply.
"No one? Then"
"No need to think about it, the ghost-type spiritual beasts are very rare, and the cultivation method is also extremely secretive. As far as I know, this secret technique is only recorded in a certain sect in Beiming, and the cultivation level of the person who cultivates it must be at least
The realm of transformation."
After hearing Liu Changshou's answer, Liang Yan's eyes flashed.
"Sure enough, there is a spy! It seems that I am not unfounded. This person has the cultivation level of the Tribulation Realm, and his intentions are definitely not small, but I don't know what his purpose is in secretly activating the spiritual beasts?"
"That's what we're going to investigate!"
Liu Changshou said with a solemn expression: "Don't worry, fellow Taoist Liang, since this matter is related to spiritual beasts, I will definitely investigate to the end, but it will take some time. Fellow Taoist, you can go back first. I will send someone to inform you as soon as there is news."
"In that case, please leave it to fellow Taoist." Liang Yan said, cupping his fists.