Zhao Xuanqi nodded, seemingly unaware of the teasing tone in Zhuang Li's words.
What Zhuang Li said makes sense. This woman is very powerful. If he can find the source, having a helper can increase his confidence in solving this area. If it is really impossible, he has to leave the other party and escape on his own. He doesn't have too many mental obstacles.
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After saying that, they both stood up at the same time, gathered their auras, and left the room.
Zhao Xuanqi suggested that they first take a general look at the evil situation in the neighborhood they were in, compare it with the situation he had learned before, and then make plans. Zhuang Li had no objection.
In about two-quarters of an hour, the two of them swept through most of the block, and Zhao Xuanqi had a new understanding of this woman's ability.
Even without the use of spells, his movements are still fast and sensitive, and his ability to control his own breath is extremely strong. It is not easy to conceal his voice and breath while maintaining a certain efficiency, which shows that he has considerable control over his body.
Remarkably, even if Zhao Xuanqi slows down a bit, it will not be easy for the opponent to keep up with his pace.
With this talent and ability, I am afraid he can be regarded as the number one person even in Miaoyin Hall.
Zhao Xuanqi secretly thought in his heart.
On the other hand, Zhao Xuanqi's performance also surprised Zhuang Li. Although the other party was more familiar with the terrain here than she was, his proficiency and ease in the process of sneaking were obvious, and his breath control was stronger than hers, and his spiritual sense seemed to be better than hers.
He is also more sensitive than her, and can often detect the approach of danger before she does and avoid it.
The use of shadows and the blocking of perspective are almost instinctive.
She had a feeling that the other person was like a ferocious beast accustomed to hunting in the dark, completely integrated with the darkness.
Without more than ten years of experience as a gentleman, she didn't know how she could hone such skills.
Is this guy really a disciple of the True Heart Sect?
As far as she knew, the Red Heart Sect belonged to the Lingguan Dao and was an extremely masculine sect. Its main moves were large openings and closings. People joked that the disciples of the Red Heart Sect were all a group of reckless and reckless men.
Based on this guy's current performance, he is more like a group of guys from the Five Elements Gang who gather from three religions and nine streams and are good at using various Five Elements spells and escape techniques.
"This area is recovering, and the evil spirit's strength has further increased."
After checking half a block, Zhao Xuanqi exhaled and said.
Last time, except for the shadow puppet stage, most of the evil spirits he saw were middle- and upper-level beings such as Ding. There were not many with blood streaks. But after entering this time, he found that nearly half of the evil spirits had more or less blood marks on their bodies.
Some of them had blood streaks, and the threat level was greatly enhanced.
Finally, he took Zhuang Li to the exit of the block, on the top of a building opposite a wide square, and he could hear a vague accent.
The light lit up in the darkness, and a shadow puppet stage shone with a strange red light. Shadow puppets could be vaguely seen dancing on the curtain, and then there were strange and ups and downs of the tone, which affected people's spirits. Ordinary people could hear it.
After that, you will be unconsciously attracted to watch it.
Zhao Xuanqi discovered that this time the accents coming out of the shadow puppet theater were sharper, spread wider, and had a stronger influence. Previously, he would not be affected by observing from this position.
Moreover, what concerned him even more was that the number of long benches in front of the shadow puppet stage had increased at some point. Last time he only saw seven or eight figures sitting on the benches watching the show. However, this time he saw people sitting on the benches watching the show.
There were more than twenty figures on the bench.
Moreover, it was not just ordinary people, he also saw several figures with thick builds and wearing gray plain robes.
Those are disciples of the Red Heart Sect, and they should all be at the Blood-Strengthening Realm.
Even an ordinary strong-blooded person cannot resist the influence once he gets close to the range enveloped by the accent?
"Those are the uniforms of the Five Elements Gang Shenhuo Hall, huh?! It seems there are also disciples of the Yinshan Sect?!"
Zhuang Li, whose face was not very good-looking, seemed to recognize some distinctively dressed figures among the crowd.
Zhao Xuanqi didn't need to say more. She just saw with her own eyes an ordinary person sitting on a long bench watching a play. Suddenly his body shriveled up as if air was leaking. Then he shrunk and turned into a shadow puppet. He jumped off the bench and submerged into the stage. She knew
What is in front of you?
Evil beings are often very difficult to deal with.
"Five Elements Gang? Yinshan Faction?"
Zhao Xuanqi's eyes narrowed and he followed Zhuang Li's line of sight.
A member of the Five Elements Gang was wearing a close-fitting leather armor, looking like a knight-errant. There was a pattern of flames embroidered on the leather armor. The other person was wearing a black robe that covered his figure. The black robe was embroidered with "
The undulating pattern of pale mountains.
The Five Elements Gang and the Yinshan Sect are both one of the five sects of Heqing. The sects have strongholds in different areas of Heqing Road. These people are now involved in this ghost town, which shows that the actual scope of influence of this area has far exceeded that of ancient times.
Ming County, and even spread to the entire Heqingdao.
The entire Heqing Road may be unstable.
"This thing is very evil. The area of influence is too large. There are no strangers in this neighborhood. Even if evil spirits are everywhere, it shouldn't be. I'm afraid most of the strangers have been captured by this ghost. With the contribution of a lot of blood food,
, its strength will definitely recover soon. The threat of this thing is really too great. If the source cannot be destroyed, I suggest that our first goal is to destroy this stage first. Otherwise, if it grows, we will all suffer.
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Looking at the strangers' figures, Zhuang Li said with a heavy expression.
These people had relatives and friends, but they were killed by evil spirits in front of them, and she was unable to do anything, which made her feel very uncomfortable.
"I have no objection, but this thing is very dangerous. Let's leave first."
Zhao Xuanqi nodded in agreement. He had experienced the horror of the shadow puppet theater head-on. Not to mention the strength of the general's shadow puppet, if it sucked more blood and food, the overwhelming number would crush people to death.
The two of them left the influence of the shadow puppet stage, walked out of the block, and under the leadership of Zhao Xuanqi, headed towards the location of the block where the Huang Mansion was located.
The Huang Mansion is no stranger to Zhao Xing's memory. The Huang family can be said to be the largest gentry in the entire Guming County. It is said that someone in the family holds an important position in the six ministries of the imperial court. In Guming County, there are some things that even the county magistrate cannot handle.
But Mr. Huang of Huang Mansion can do it. As long as he is from Guming County, I am afraid no one will know the location of Huang Mansion.
The shortest route from Zhao Xuanqi's neighborhood to Huang's mansion passes through three blocks, about half an hour's journey.
Along the way, the two walked very carefully. They discovered that in other neighborhoods, perhaps because there were no evil creatures that hunted people on a large scale like the shadow puppet theater, ordinary evil spirits were generally stronger, and the number of people with blood streaks reached three.
More than two-thirds.
They had heard noises from strangers nearby, more than once, but often by the time they arrived at their destination, the strangers who made the noise had already been killed.
The evil spirits that produce blood streaks are not something that ordinary Zhuangxue Realm disciples can deal with. Once they make a fuss and are discovered by evil spirits, they probably won’t be able to survive for long, and real masters generally won’t make too big a deal in this kind of environment.
There is movement, even if there is movement, it will end within a short time. Although it can be clearly felt that the number of strangers involved in the ghost town has increased, but in such a large county, it is still in a state of stealth, and it is not possible to meet someone.
easy.
This made the two of them feel a little bit thorny. In this case, it didn't seem to be an easy task to gather people and accumulate strength.
In addition, the two of them made more discoveries.
They discovered that there seemed to be a "special" evil spirit in every neighborhood.
They first appeared on Changxing Street, and the special evil spirit was the shadow puppet stage.
Then there is the neighboring Pinghe Street. The special evil spirit comes from a shop similar to a coffin shop. There are strange paper figures coming in and out of the coffin shop constantly, hunting for blood in the neighborhood.
The special evil spirit in Luo'an Street is an ancient dry well. Invisible spirits often float out of it and wander around a large area around it.
Finally, there is Chaxiang Street where Zhao Xuanqi once went on a mission to eliminate troubles, which is also where the two of them are now. The special evil spirit is a flying yaksha with wings, which is constantly patrolling in the air. The whereabouts of the two are different.
He was discovered immediately.
At this moment, in a private house on Chaxiang Street.
"In every block, there is a special evil spirit, and the threat of each one is probably no less than a third-level. This should be a deliberate arrangement of the evil spirit. They are like the guardians of the block, preventing the creatures in the block from being able to
Escape, this domain is consciously hunting, and the source of the evil sacrifice may still retain some basic wisdom."
Zhuang Li whispered.
Zhao Xuanqi nodded, understanding what she meant. If the source of this domain still retains some basic wisdom and can "dispatch troops and generals", then things will be even more troublesome.
"We are about to arrive at the Huang Mansion. Let's take a look at what's going on there first."
Zhao Xuanqi said.
Then, while hiding to avoid the attention of the flying yaksha in the sky, the two left Chaxiang Street and entered Anyuan Street where the Huang Mansion was located.
As soon as they entered the neighborhood, the two discovered that this neighborhood was different from other places.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The ground shook slightly, and there was the sound of footsteps, accompanied by the sound of fragmented metal collisions.
A group of evil spirits appeared in the sight of Zhao Xuanqi and Zhuang Li.
This is a group of armored soldiers, six in a team. Their skin is shriveled, their armor is incomplete, their weapons are rotten, their eyes are flashing with a terrifying light, and their vague sense of momentum and threat is stronger than ordinary evil spirits.
"Soldier ghosts are formed by soldiers who died on the battlefield nourished by Yin Qi. They have extremely strong evil spirits. It is difficult for ordinary blood Qi to hurt such evil spirits. They also have stronger fighting abilities and even retain a certain sense of military formation. The number of them is
More than one is a huge threat."
Zhuang Li said softly to Zhao Xuanqi.
The two discovered that there were weapon ghosts patrolling this neighborhood all the time, and there were quite a few of them. Even for them, it was difficult for them to sneak in silently.
"Go in and take a look. Are you waiting for me here?"
Zhao Xuanqi took a deep breath. This time, he controlled his breath to the extreme, almost like a walking zombie that had lost his life.
Although under the current situation, it was basically impossible for them to directly eliminate the source, but having come this far, he still wanted to see what was going on at the source.
"Let's get together."
Zhuang Li said, tapping her fingers a few times on her body, and in Zhao Xuanqi's surprised eyes, the life breath further decreased.
"I am a practitioner of both medicine and martial arts at Miaoyin Hall. It is extremely easy to control Qi and blood and conceal breath."
Zhuang Li said with a smile.
This woman has quite a few tricks up her sleeve.
Zhao Xuanqi nodded slightly and did not object. The two of them continued to sneak deeper into the neighborhood while avoiding the patrols of the sword ghosts.
After walking about a fifth of a block, the two men suddenly stopped at the same time.
Bang bang! Bang bang! Bang bang!
A crisp drumbeat sounded on the street, and at a corner in front of them, a figure half a man tall suddenly jumped out.
With bare feet and a red bellyband, he looks like a child.
It's just that this child has pale skin all over his body and has three heads on his neck.
These three heads are also pale, but there is a strange blush on their cheeks. The three heads have different expressions.
The face in the middle is calm and normal, the face on the left is deformed with a smile, and the face on the right is distorted and ferocious.
This strange child held a blood-red rattle in his left hand and a small black wooden sword in the other hand. As he jumped around, the rattle made a crisp sound that echoed in the neighborhood.
The sword-slinging ghosts patrolling the streets consciously gave in when they encountered these three songs, and the drumbeats rang in the ears of Zhao Xuanqi and Zhuang Li. They had inexplicable power, and seemed to be in harmony with the slight beating of their hearts and the slow circulation of blood.
A resonance.
A feeling of restlessness spread from the body, and the blood seemed to be rioting.
Once the Qi and blood are out of control, the breath of strangers will leak out instantly.
The two of them stood still, trying their best to suppress the chaos of energy and blood in their bodies. Zhuang Li had already placed one hand between the two peaks, assisting in suppressing it with force, and at least stabilized the situation.
The three children jumped around and walked between the houses where the two were hiding. They didn't seem to notice them. They came to another street corner, turned around and disappeared, and the crisp sound of the rattle also slowly disappeared.
Zhao Xuanqi and Zhuang Li looked at each other and breathed a sigh of relief.
Exposing your whereabouts in the opponent's lair is not a fun thing.
However, just as the two were about to continue their departure, the hairs all over Zhao Xuanqi's body suddenly stood up, the beasts suddenly roared, and a strong sense of crisis surged into his heart.
Before he could make a move, an innocent and clear voice like a child sounded in their ears.
"Hehe~~ I found you~~ Now it's your turn to be ghosts~~"
I don't know when, silently and without any warning, as if they appeared out of thin air. In the corner of the courtyard where they were standing, a pair of small hands poked out three pale heads with different expressions, and stared at them with malicious eyes.