Conquering the guardian spirit requires blood as a medium, and this is impossible in the conscious world. If you want to subdue this unknown high-level demon spirit, you must reintroduce her into the real world.
However, Li Mengnan searched the entire cube space and could not find the soul locking array that sealed the demon spirit's remnant soul.
Even he was a little confused. He didn't capture part of the opponent's remnant soul. How did he seal this seemingly high-level demon spirit here? This is completely unscientific...
Since there is no residual soul as a check and balance, Li Mengnan dare not rashly release such an unknown demon spirit from the prison of consciousness.
Even though the other party looks like a weak and pitiful girl now, God knows how long she has been kept in this maddeningly empty place and how much resentment she has accumulated in her heart. Once she is released carelessly, she will be able to cause harm to the world.
Xiao, maybe the first person to be killed is yourself.
Li Mengnan thought about it carefully and decided not to take the risk. His current illusion level was not enough to suppress demon spirits above E level.
Of course he really wanted to know what was in the memory he had lost, but compared with his life, a memory that had long passed was not that important.
The long-haired girl sitting in the middle of the iron cage closed her eyes at some point, as if she had fallen asleep quietly.
Li Mengnan no longer paid attention to her, and his consciousness returned to real time. He placed the remaining soul of Suzuyan Ji in white that was originally sealed in the soul-sealing tablet into the soul-locking array just constructed in the phantom prison, and then
The body of Suzuhiko-hime in white was also transferred in.
Regarding the change in "living environment", the white-clothed Suzuhiko-hime who looked like a lolita in a kimono did not show any discomfort. After entering the phantom prison, she knelt down quietly and sat there.
"Oh? It's actually Suzuhiko-ji in white?"
A faint voice came from behind Li Mengnan, probably sensing that there was a new "neighbor", and the long-haired girl opened her eyes again.
"You also know her?" Li Mengnan said unexpectedly.
"It seems like it was decades ago when I last saw her. I didn't expect that such a weak creature is not dead yet. It's really a miracle... What, is she your guardian spirit now?"
Li Mengnan nodded and said, "Her special abilities are very useful to me."
"What? Are you planning to give up the magic of illusion and switch to the art of controlling spirits?" The long-haired girl smiled slightly. She knew the inheritance of Li Mengnan's sect very well.
"What? No?"
"Illusionists also practice spirit control. This combination is indeed found in Qimen. However, until you are unable to subdue high-level demon spirits with certain intelligence, a warrior warrior is your best choice."
Except for a few special inheritances, low melee ability is a common problem for almost all Qimen practitioners, especially Qimen professions like diviners and illusionists that have almost no melee skills. In response to this situation, dependent warriors came into being.
Affiliated warriors are similar to the bodyguards of Qimen practitioners, but the relationship with Qimen practitioners is different from the relationship between bodyguards and employers. It is more similar to symbiosis in biology. Attached warriors provide the most thoughtful personal care for Qimen practitioners.
Protection, while the Qimen practitioners help the warriors to deal with the plots from other Qimen practitioners, and provide various rare resources for their martial arts practice.
Because it is difficult for Qimen practitioners to resist sneak attacks from close range, they are extremely cautious in the selection of dependent warriors to protect themselves. Only those whom Qimen practitioners fully trust can become his dependent warriors.
Apart from blood ties, the strongest relationship in the world is undoubtedly marriage, so most Qimen practitioners and their dependent warriors will eventually get together. This is also the origin of the word "dependent" in the names of dependent warriors.
"I admit that what you said does make sense, but I won't bother you to worry about this matter." Li Mengnan obviously did not appreciate the other party's "kindness".
Although Li Mengnan is a member of the Qi Sect, he has never planned to get too involved in the world. Rather than boring training, he would rather enjoy a comfortable secular life as he does now. Once he has a dependent warrior, he must do whatever he wants.
The will of the other party must be taken into consideration. The current comfortable and leisurely life of ordinary people will inevitably be affected to a certain extent.
What's more, in recent years, the relationship between Qimen practitioners and their warriors has long changed. It is no longer like it was thousands of years ago, where the spark of love was inspired after countless life-and-death battles.
There is a sense of transaction everywhere - Qimen practitioners go to the warrior sect that has a good relationship with the sect before leaving the army, and the warrior sect determines the strongest one in the form of a sect competition.
Put the disciples of both sides together and make a two-way choice based on their appearance, strength, training resources, etc., and finally you can declare the relationship of a warrior warrior.
It's even more ridiculous than the self-help blind date meetings organized by the parents of leftover boys and girls in the city center parks every holiday morning.
Li Mengnan didn't want to spend 24 hours with a strange woman who had no feelings at all just to add a layer of protection to himself.
Even if they agreed in advance not to interfere in each other's private lives, he couldn't stand it.
The long-haired girl smiled, as if she had expected that Li Mengnan would reject her suggestion, but she did not continue to persuade her. Instead, she looked at the white-clothed Suzuyanji who was sitting neatly in front of Li Mengnan and said: "Although
For you humans, we demon spirits are just a tool you use to kill each other, but in fact, even demon spirits that seem to have no intelligence at all, they still have emotions such as joy, anger, sorrow, and joy...
"
It seems that no one in Qimen has studied whether low-level demon spirits have emotions, or they simply don’t bother to think about it. After all, for the vast majority of Qimen practitioners, demon spirits are just consumables and have nothing to do with reality.
Animals such as poultry and livestock in the world are equivalent.
Would anyone consider whether a chicken raised in a chicken farm is unhappy? No matter what its mood is, its only existence value is to be made into a delicious dish.
"Why are you telling me this?"
Li Mengnan always felt that there seemed to be another layer of meaning hidden in the long-haired girl's words, as if she was trying to express something to him.
The long-haired girl did not answer Li Mengnan's question, but continued to say as if talking to herself: "Eemon spirits like Suzuhiko-hime are generally born near shrines, and they are spirits with certain divine characteristics. For zombies, the cemetery
I am disgusted by things that have a turbid and dead air, but I feel very happy in places with beautiful scenery..."
Li Mengnan thought for a while, then raised his hand slightly, and a Japanese-style shrine covering an area of several thousand square meters rose up not far away. A huge cherry blossom tree dozens of meters high covered it like a pink paper umbrella.
The main building of the shrine is shrouded in it, and the petals are falling with the wind, like a dream.
After the shrine appeared, Suzuhiko Ji, who was originally sitting quietly on the ground, walked into the shrine without Li Mengnan's instructions, held up a flower umbrella that appeared out of thin air, and danced in the gorgeous cherry blossom rain.
"See, she likes her new home...and it wouldn't be difficult for you to create such a shrine here, wouldn't it?"
The joy shown by Suzuhiko-hime in white seemed to have infected the long-haired girl in the iron cage. Looking at the petite figure dancing gracefully, the long-haired girl couldn't help but smile.
"But it doesn't seem to have any real meaning to me."
Although Li Mengnan said this, he did not mean to eliminate this shrine. Anyway, as long as the size of the space in the phantom prison remains unchanged, no matter how the environment inside changes, the occupation of his mental power will remain fixed.
"You're wrong." The long-haired girl raised a slender hand that looked like it was carved from jade, and pointed in the direction of Suzuhiko-hime in white, "Look at how happy the expression on that child's face is. It's obvious that she's starting to like you.
Already..."
Li Mengnan subconsciously glanced at the slightly weird geisha mask on the face of Suzuhiko in white. He didn't have the ability of the long-haired girl. He could also see the expression of Suzuhiko in white through the mask.
But then again, that mask seems to be the real face of Suzuhiko-hime in white...
"Although the birth method is different from that of you humans, demon spirits actually have the same feelings as you humans. If you treat your demon spirits better at ordinary times, you will get completely different rewards at critical times."
As if it was a summary of the previous one, or a final reminder to Li Mengnan, after finishing these words, the long-haired girl walked back to the middle of the iron cage and sat down, closing her eyes and saying nothing.
Looking at the thin and lonely figure in the iron cage, Li Mengnan was silent for a long time, then suddenly shook his head and smiled.
A sea of colorful flowers miraculously grew out of the empty ground with the iron cage as the center, and spread to all sides at an extremely fast speed.
Not far away, a clear spring arched out from the ground and gradually deposited on the ground to form a green lake.
For the first time, the monotonous sky above the head was enveloped by the blue sky. A few light white clouds floated under the high sun. The wind began to flow in the space that seemed to be solidified, and the fresh fragrance of flowers and grass was everywhere.
It was impossible for such an obvious change to go unnoticed. The girl in the cage couldn't help but open her eyes again, looking at the space that had almost become a paradise with slight surprise.
"Does this make any practical sense to you?" The long-haired girl looked deeply at Li Mengnan.
Li Mengnan shrugged indifferently: "Be kind to your demon spirit, and you might get unexpected rewards at some point, right?"
The long-haired girl smiled, and there was a completely opposite sense of seductiveness in her innocent smile.
"I'm not your demon spirit."
"For me, when you are on my territory, you are mine."
Li Mengnan turned his back to the long-haired girl and waved, and his figure disappeared into the space instantly like a burst bubble.
The long-haired girl smiled, squatted down by the iron cage, reached out and picked a wild flower, put it under her nose, sniffed it, and put it on her temple.
"Sure enough, nature has nothing to do with memory... If you see through it, you will act shamelessly. You are still exactly the same as before..."
…
Although the consciousness stayed in the illusory prison for so long, time in the real world actually only passed for a moment.
Li Mengnan opened his eyes again. The desk lamp was still on. Qing Che on the big bed behind him was still sleeping soundly. From time to time, he made a few smacking sounds like tasting delicious food. He didn't know if he was dreaming of something.
Turning off the desk lamp, Li Mengnan stood up and walked to the window, looking at the silver-covered streets in the distance, and couldn't help but fall into deep contemplation.
The memoryless phantom prison space, the high-level demon spirit of unknown origin locked in it, and the memory of oneself that is unknown whether it is hidden or deleted...
Li Mengnan suddenly discovered that he had been divided into two completely different people at some point - his past self and his current self.
The memories of his childhood were so clear that Li Mengnan could even recall everything that happened every day as if he were re-reading a diary. He had never doubted the authenticity of these memories before, but what happened to him could not be explained.
The unknown, but it forced him to start seriously thinking for the first time whether the past in his memory were real.
For an illusionist, thinking about the dialectical relationship between reality and illusion is a brain-burning task that has little practical significance. But for Li Mengnan, he must find out what his past self has hidden from his present self.
What.
Although based on his understanding of himself, it may be best for him now to never know the truth.
"Perhaps I should go back to my hometown in Mongolia during this winter vacation." Li Mengnan said to himself.
Yes, only the place where he had lived for more than ten years could hold the answer that memory could not give him.
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"Hmm! It's strange that the bed outside can be so comfortable..."
Early the next morning, before the alarm clock on her phone rang, Qing Che rolled over and sat up on the comfortable big round bed, letting out a cute moan from her nose and stretching beautifully.
I obviously slept very late last night, but I feel extremely refreshed at the moment. Is it because of the love-making relationship with Brother Mengnan last night?
The little girl hugged the quilt, closed her eyes and reminisced about the full feeling of being filled up last night, her little face felt a little feverish for no reason.
"Oh? Qingche, you're awake."
Previously, Li Mengnan was sitting by the bed reading a book on his mobile phone. When he saw Qing Che get up, he walked to the water dispenser and received a glass of warm water, and handed it to her along with a white pill.
Qing Che didn't ask any questions, she just opened her mouth and let Li Mengnan feed the pills into her mouth, then picked up the water glass and drank it down in a few sips.
"Brother Mengnan, am I good?"
Putting down the water glass, Qingche happily threw herself into Li Mengnan's arms and hung it around his neck with a smile, like a little kitten waiting for praise from its owner after eating all the cat food.
"If you were good, you wouldn't have to eat this now."
Li Mengnan knocked Qing Che's little head angrily. Qing Che stuck out his tongue in embarrassment, shook his body and apologized.
Naturally, Li Mengnan would not be really angry with this little girl. He kept a straight face and let her act pitifully for a while, then took out a jade pendant from his pocket and put it on Qing Che's neck with his own hands.
"Brother Mengnan, what is this?"
This jade pendant is just a white jade sign tied with a red string. It is lightly engraved with two fish biting each other head and tail. The knife work is so poor that it looks like a cheap street stall that only costs a few yuan a piece.
Qing Che was a little surprised. Li Mengnan had never given her gifts such as necklaces before, but they had never been as ugly as the one in front of her.
"This is a peace charm I made with my own hands. Don't leave it at any time. If you are in danger, just break it. It can save your life."
Amulets are a special skill of the Fulu lineage, and Li Mengnan naturally doesn't know how to do it. In fact, what he handed to Qingche was just the jade spirit-sealing tablet that had been reshaped, and he re-sealed the "Red Ghost" in it.
” demon spirit, and subdued it with the clear blood and became her guardian spirit.
Although Qing Che does not have enough mental power to maintain the existence of the demon spirit in the real world, Li Mengnan made this amulet as a one-time prop in critical situations and does not have any requirements on the user's mental power.
From the perspective of a Qimen practitioner, this approach is obviously an extremely extravagant and wasteful behavior. However, Li Mengnan himself doesn't feel that way. Anyway, this demon spirit is also a free trophy. You can exchange a demon spirit for a clear one.
Ping An, this deal is worth everything to him.
Although this jade pendant was extremely ugly, Qingche saw that Li Mengnan was serious about what he said, so he still put it on tightly, pulled open the collar and stuffed it into the unfathomable ravine on his chest.
"Brother Meng Nan, I am going to accompany my mother around the city today. She said she wanted to visit the places where she left memories. Do you want to come with us?"
Qingche rolled over from Li Mengnan to the other side of the bed, and walked into the bathroom naked and barefoot. Although she wanted to stay with Li Mengnan on the bed for a while longer, she couldn't let her mother, who had made the promise yesterday,
Waited too long.
"No, I have to go to the hospital to see a classmate later."
In fact, Li Mengnan is not that busy today, but he just slept with his daughter last night, and he can no longer be shy in front of his mother today.
What's more, the woman named Hai Tang definitely doesn't want to see him either.
"Oh, okay then." Qing Che nodded. She just asked casually. She heard that Li Mengnan had something to do, so she said nothing more.
After sending Qing Che away, Li Mengnan had a traditional Chinese breakfast at a small restaurant on the roadside. Under the murderous eyes of the shop owner, he shamelessly used the free WIFI for more than half an hour. After calculating that the time was about the same, he paid for it.
I took out my wallet to pay and left the hotel.
What he told Qingche before about going to the hospital was actually not an excuse. He did have such a schedule today.
As for the person he wanted to see, it was naturally Miss Zhuang Jiazhuang who had narrowly escaped death in the 610 dormitory incident.
Although I don't have any friendship with this arrogant young lady, since I'm seeing a patient, I always have to act like I'm seeing a patient.
This lady would definitely not like something that was too ordinary, and it would hurt him to buy something that was too expensive. Li Mengnan simply bought a bouquet of flowers at a roadside flower shop, put it on the passenger seat, and drove straight to the hospital.