Chapter 46: Spiritual Pillar of Psychic Stimulation
When the sun set in the west, everyone finally arrived at a simple military camp.
The military camp was built on a small hill. Directly south of the secluded village, there were only two simple watchtowers and a row of simple barracks. The entire military camp was surrounded by a fence made of tree trunks.
Leave a camp gate open.
People on the observation deck in the distance saw Zhang Sui and his party, and immediately notified the guards below. Several soldiers rode out of the barracks to greet them.
When they came closer, they saw a group of Tsing Yi Guards, led by the commander of the Tsing Yi Guards of Kunzhou Prefecture. The two soldiers quickly saluted on their horses.
Cheng Di returned the favor.
A soldier asked: "I wonder what's going on when Commander Cheng comes here this time?"
Cheng Di said in a deep voice: "I came here because I wanted to re-enter the secluded land and see if I could rescue the brothers who were trapped inside."
Another soldier couldn't help but said: "The situation in Youli Land seems to have become more serious these days. It used to be quite quiet at night, but now it's a bit non-stop even at night."
Cheng Di was shocked when he heard this and asked quickly: "What's going on?"
The soldier said: "I can't explain a word or two. I would like to ask Commander Cheng and your subordinates to enter the military camp first. Our commander will report to you later."
Cheng Di nodded, waved his hand, and led Zhang Sui and his party to follow the two soldiers into the military camp.
After entering the camp, special soldiers came to set up barracks for the Qingyi Guards. Cheng Di took Zhang Sui and his second general Hen Ha to the largest barracks in the military camp.
As soon as they arrived at the door of the barracks, a lean man with a sallow complexion wearing light armor came out. When he saw Cheng Di, he gave a military salute and said: "I'm Peng Gang, the commander of the C-group of the Wuwei Army. I'd like to see Commander-in-Chief Cheng!"
Cheng Di also returned a military salute. He introduced Zhang Sui and the others and said, "These three are the experts I invited this time to enter the land of Youli."
Several people bowed their hands to each other. Peng Gang led several people into the barracks.
After a few people sat down, Cheng Di asked: "I heard from the soldiers below that the situation in Youli Land has changed again. I wonder how it is different from before?"
Peng Gang thought for a while and said: "This starts from three days ago. Three days ago, the secluded place was the same as usual, without much change.
But two nights ago, soldiers reported that there were very dense lightnings in that remote place, but no thunder was heard.
Last night, there seemed to be a lot of people there, but during the day, I communicated with the people in the other three barracks, and we all said that no one was found entering the village along the village road. It is possible that they came from other parts of the dense forest.
The direction slipped in.
And during the day, the secluded place is even darker. Although it is not invisible, once you step into it, it is like entering the middle of the night.
Several of our soldiers were connected to each other with ropes, and they entered a little bit, but quickly retreated because they found that there were some organized-looking people inside, or they might not be human."
In the last few words, Peng Gang emphasized his tone.
"Maybe it's not a human being?" Cheng Di and others looked at each other.
In fact, Zhang Sui was a little prepared, but when he heard Peng Gang say this, he was still a little surprised.
Peng Gang also talked about some changes inside, but many of them are just speculations. After all, he has not experienced it personally.
Seeing that they could not get any more information from him, Cheng Di and Zhang Sui looked at each other, stood up, said goodbye to Peng Gang, and returned to the barracks assigned to them.
Zhang Sui was actually very curious about military camps, and they were ancient military camps. He had seen these things in books before, but now they were vividly displayed in front of him, so he couldn't help but go out and walk around.
Fang Xiong was basically never separated from Zhang Sui, with a long sword hanging on his waist and his iron-mixed rod on his shoulder, following Zhang Sui.
Gao Shou was also quite responsible. He held the sword in his arms and followed them without saying a word.
Although there was no danger in the military camp, the two men followed Zhang Sui to the left and right to wander around the military camp.
What made Zhang Sui very curious was that there was a pillar made of tree trunks standing in the middle of the military camp. The pillar was more than a foot high, with many patterns carved on it, and pieces of talisman paper attached to it.
Zhang Sui called over a resting soldier and asked him about the condition of the pillar.
The soldier smiled and said: "When the military camp was first established, two Taoist priests sent by the imperial court asked them to stand here. There are four military camps here, and there is a pillar in each military camp. It is said that it is for
Suppress that weird, secluded place."
Zhang Sui asked curiously: "So is this thing effective?"
The soldier said with disdain: "It's useless! The land of secludedness is still expanding, and it's still weird. Look at the brothers of the Tsing Yi Guards, haven't they all fallen into it? This thing is a bit weird.
It’s no use! A bunch of old bastards who are pretending to be evil!”
Zhang Sui was speechless when he heard this. He walked forward and held the pillar with his hands. He felt it and found that there was really no power inside. Is this thing really just a decoration? Those things seemed unfathomable.
Are the talismans all the same? Or is it the wrong way to open them?
Zhang Sui shook his head. He didn't understand these things. Logically speaking, he shouldn't. Didn't Cheng Di say that the Taoist priest he worshiped could wake up a crazy person who was affected by the secluded land with one palm? He should have some Taoism.
A soldier in the distance was calling the resting soldier to come over. The soldier turned around and left with an apology.
Zhang Sui circled the pillar twice more and examined it carefully, but still found nothing mysterious.
Gao Shou on the side couldn't help but said: "Mr. Zhang, this is a very common formation in the imperial army. It is called the Four Elephant Formation. It is said to guard the four directions and resist external evil. Its symbolic significance is greater than its actual role."
Zhang Sui's eyes lit up and he asked Gao Shoudao, "Has Brother Gao Shou done some research on these aspects?"
Gao Shou shook his head and replied: "The soldiers of the Wuwei Army just now didn't know much about it, so they thought it was erected specifically for this purpose. Such things are generally only found in formal military camps.
I actually don’t know much about it, but when I occasionally chatted with my uncle, he mentioned it. Uncle Gao once served in the military and knew a lot about it. He usually talked to me about it to increase my knowledge.
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Zhang Sui nodded after listening to Gao Shou's words. He looked up at the pillar and always felt that it was a bit unusual.
Zhang Sui's heart moved, he stepped forward to hold the pillar with his hands, and introduced a trace of clear spirit energy into the pillar. The clear spirit energy spread in all directions along the lines on the pillar.
Suddenly, the carved patterns on the pillar lit up slightly as if powered by electricity. Although the brightness was not high, it could still be seen clearly even when the surrounding area began to darken.
Seeing this, Zhang Sui was startled and took a few steps back.
Gao Shou seemed to feel something, and he came to the pillar in a swish. After feeling the pillar for a while, he suddenly turned his head to look at Zhang Sui.
Gao Shou said in a deep voice: "No wonder Uncle Gao always said that Young Master Zhang is an expert. It seems that not only can you feel that power, but you can also use that power."
Zhang Sui was moved in his heart and asked: "What is the power that Brother Gao Shou is talking about?"
Gao Shou didn't answer. He held the hilt of the sword with his right hand and pulled out the long sword three inches from the sheath.
Zhang Sui suddenly heard the sound of a clear sword in his mind, and there seemed to be several sword shadows coming straight towards his eyes. The pupils of Zhang Sui's eyes shrank in excitement.
Within two feet of Gao Shou's body, several leaves floating by were shattered into pieces.
Suddenly a tall figure appeared in front of Zhang Sui, separating Zhang Sui and Gao Shou. He slammed the long stick in his hand on the ground and let out an angry roar!
It’s Fang Xiong!!!
The illusion of the sword shadow in front of Zhang Sui disappeared instantly, and his mind suddenly became clear.
Facing Fang Xiong, Gao Shou took four or five steps back in a row. A lot of sweat broke out on his forehead, soaking the cloth belt that blindfolded his eyes. He held the hilt of the sword in his hand and stood frozen on the ground!
The atmosphere was extremely tense for a while.
Seeing this, Zhang Sui quickly stepped forward and patted Fang Xiong on the shoulder and said, "Don't be so nervous. I asked Brother Master to let me see his swordsmanship. It's really extraordinary!"
Fang Xiong nodded, his body relaxed, but he still said to Gao Shou in a low voice: "If you use this method next time to let the second master see your cleverness, be careful that I will be rude to you!"
After speaking, he picked up the iron rod that was on the ground and retreated behind Zhang Sui.
Only then did Gao Shou come to his senses. He first cupped Fang Xiong's hands and said, "I just felt itchy, but I won't do it next time." Then he saluted Zhang Sui and said, "Master Zhang, I offended you just now. I forgot for a moment that you don't know martial arts."
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Zhang Sui complained in his heart: "You call that thing just now a martial skill? It's just a mental attack, right?"
But Zhang Sui was also extremely excited, which meant that people in this world had begun to be able to use various powers between heaven and earth. It seemed that what Gao Shou and the others could use was the pure spiritual energy between heaven and earth.
Zhang Sui waved his hand and said: "This is also my oversight. I didn't expect your sword skills to be so strange. I would like to ask, when did you discover that you can use your sword skills like this?"
Gao Shou hesitated for a moment, and finally said: "Ten years ago, I also practiced the outer swordsmanship. One day, our head summoned all the new disciples and asked Master Gao to test whether we had practiced the inner swordsmanship.
talent, and it turned out that I was one of the gifted ones.
Ever since I started practicing inner swordsmanship, I have been able to vaguely feel that there is a strange force between heaven and earth, and I can absorb some of it when running our mental skills and turn it into my own use."
Zhang Sui murmured: "Ten years ago?" Gao Shou nodded.
Zhang Sui asked again: "Are there many people in your sect who can master this kind of power?"
Gao Shou shook his head and said, "It's really inconvenient to reveal this to Young Master. This is currently a secret of our sect."
Zhang Sui nodded to express his understanding and stopped asking further questions.
Zhang Sui looked at the pillars with illuminated patterns and asked Fang Xiong, "Can you see the light emitted by these patterns?"
Fang Xiong stepped forward and looked up and down, then shook his head and said, "I can't see it."
Zhang Sui thought thoughtfully, it seems that the various forces in the world are difficult to see with the naked eye, unless he is like him. Or like Gao Shou, he can directly feel it with his own skills.
It seems that these pillars still have some skills, but the sect that passed down these pillars may not have mastered the ability to infuse the Qingling Qi into these pillars to have any effect.
Zhang Sui thought, maybe those sects that inherited these pillars also felt that this thing was just a showpiece, a matter of form.
But fortunately, the patterns they carved on this pillar should have been inherited honestly according to inheritance. Otherwise, if they were carved randomly, Zhang Sui thought that even if there was Qingling Qi, it would be difficult to infuse the entire pillar.
Zhang Sui tried to pour a trace of spiritual energy into a piece of talisman paper again, but this time there was no reaction at all. It is estimated that this is a real ghost-drawing talisman.
Zhang Sui thought of what Gao Shou had just said about the functions of the Four Elephant Formation, and suddenly his heart warmed, and he thought: "If I can activate all the pillars in the four military camps, will I be able to exert its legendary power? If I can
If so, then our trip to the secluded land may save a lot of trouble."
Thinking of this, Zhang Sui became excited and said to the two of them: "Let's go find Commander Cheng. I have some ideas to talk to him about."
After speaking, he turned around and walked towards Cheng Di's barracks. General Heng Ha quickly followed behind.