Three foundation-building monks in ragged clothes, covered in burnt black blood, knelt in the "Wind and Cloud Roaring Thunder Formation" in a state of embarrassment, shivering under the double pressure of Ni Kun and Qi Lingyun's invisible spiritual thoughts.
Ni Kun and his horse Jin Dao were sitting on a big rock. Qi Lingyun was standing beside him with Yao Qin in his arms, staring at the three of them eagerly.
"Tell me, who are you?"
Ni Kun asked with a smile, carelessly playing with a red pearl in his hand, which was the spiritual weapon of the woman in gold robe.
In addition to this pearl, the yellow gourd of the old man in black robe, the black flag of the young man in green robe, and the storage bags of the three people are also placed next to Ni Kun at this moment.
The battle failed miserably, and they were disarmed. Life and death were in the hands of others. No matter how unwilling they were, the three foundation builders had no choice but to answer Ni Kun's questions honestly and explain them one by one.
"Little old man Guo Wei..."
The old man in black robe with short stature and ugly face was named Guo Wei, and he was born in the "Huang Shamen" in the mainland.
Although the Huangsha Sect is not among the top tiers and is far inferior to the Seven Demonic Sects and the Four Righteous Sects, it is still a powerful Immortal Cultivation Sect, ruling three mortal kingdoms.
It focuses on earth elements and Yuan Magnetic exercises. The leader is a major Jindan cultivator. There are many Jindan elders in the sect, and it is said that there is also a Yuanying realm supreme elder who lives in seclusion and cultivates quietly.
Guo Wei is a genius. Ever since he joined Huangshamen, his cultivation has been far ahead of his peers at the same time.
Out of jealousy and contempt for his body shape and appearance, many of his fellow disciples, together with the grandson of a Jindan elder, repeatedly bullied and suppressed him, causing him to accumulate a lot of resentment in his heart and his character gradually became more extreme and violent.
In the end, he couldn't bear it anymore, and he broke into a violent fight and killed the grandson of the Jindan elder who bullied him too much. He also killed several of his fellow disciples who had bullied him many times. After that, he defected from the family and fled to Chihuang Kingdom, where he lived in the Jiulian Mountains.
Falling grass.
The young man in green robe is named Chen Rong, and he comes from the "violent ghost sect" in mainland China.
The Violent Ghost Sect is just a small sect that specializes in ghost techniques, specializes in extracting souls, and raising resentful ghosts. The strongest sect leader only has the golden elixir cultivation level.
Chen Rong has excellent foundation and bones. He succeeded in building the foundation twenty years after he started. Moreover, he built a superior Dao foundation. He was accepted by the master as his direct disciple and regarded as the successor of the mantle.
However, an inner disciple of the Violent Ghost Sect massacred mortal towns and while extracting souls to practice magic, he accidentally wiped out the relatives of an inner disciple of the "Netherworld Sect". Behind that inner disciple, there was another golden elixir true disciple...
…
The true inheritor of the Nether Sect's golden elixir, under his cry, single-handedly wiped out the "violent ghost sect". Only Chen Rong, who happened to be traveling abroad, survived and escaped to the South China Sea.
By the way, the "Netherworld Sect" is one of the seven sects of the Demonic Way. It also specializes in ghost ways and is good at raising resentful souls and fierce ghosts.
The last woman in golden robe is named Xiao Jinniang.
This woman has no background. She was just a casual cultivator. When she was young, she accidentally encountered a medium-grade spiritual weapon "Fire Cloud Bead", which contained a "Sky Fire Technique". She relied on it to practice magic and successfully built the Taoist foundation.
The black-robed old man Guo Wei and the green-robed young man Chen Rong, one betrayed the sect and the other wiped out the entire sect. They both had no worries, so they acted extremely unscrupulously, killing people and stealing goods, extracting souls and refining magic.
That Xiao Jinniang also became extremely violent and ruthless because of problems with her skills, and set fire to destroy her family.
After the three met in the Chihuang Kingdom, they all admired each other's shady and ruthless ways. They hit it off immediately and became sworn friends with Jinlan. They formed a small gang of robber cultivators. Based in the Ghost Forest, they were active throughout the Jiulian Mountains all year round to rob and kill.
Make a living as a casual cultivator.
"Ghost Forest?"
Hearing this, Ni Kun couldn't help but ask:
"Since you are resident in the Ghost Forest, have you ever seen the golden elixir battle in the Ghost Forest more than a year ago? Do you know the final result of that battle?"
Then Guo Wei said:
"Well, the three of us became homeless dogs again because of that golden elixir battle... But at that time, we only focused on escaping in the aftermath of the golden elixir battle, and we really couldn't care about anything else..."
Hearing this, Ni Kun couldn't help but frown.
Seeing his expression, Chen Rong, the young man in green robe, felt a sudden change in his heart and said with fear and fear:
"Senior, forgive me. The golden elixir used in the fight in the Ghost Forest was too powerful. Hundreds of ghost forest monks were crushed and killed by the aftermath of the fight. The monks who were lucky enough to escape from the ghost forest, including us, were all frightened.
We are afraid that if we stay and watch, we will be misunderstood by the ancestors of Jindan and conveniently kill us, so after escaping from the range of the fight, everyone will not look back and flee thousands of miles away. No one knows the outcome of the fight..."
Ni Kun pondered for a while, recalling the scene of the fight between Jun Yujiao and Bai Yufei on the South China Sea and outside the Black Dragon Island. He had to admit that even if the foundation of the superior Taoist foundation was completed, if he accidentally got too far away from the range of the Golden elixir fight,
In the near future, I am afraid that I can only do my best to protect myself in the aftermath of the fight, and I am unable to care about anything else.
If you had not been involved in the aftermath of the fight, you might still have the guts to watch from a distance.
However, after finally escaping from the aftermath of the fighting, and witnessing the tragic death of a large number of their comrades in the aftermath of the fighting, the monks who survived were completely frightened, and ran away as far as they could without even saying a word.
Shaking his head, Ni Kun said lightly:
"I guess your argument is valid. Then, why do you three come to the depths of this desert?"
The young man in green robe, Chen Rong, answered quickly:
"Senior, the three of us are trying to escape for our lives."
Ni Kun raised his eyebrows: "Escape?"
"Yes, escape." Chen Rong recalled: "A month ago, the three of us returned to the Ghost Forest. We wanted to see the current situation of the Ghost Forest and collect the bodies of the comrades who died tragically in the Ghost Forest..."
Qi Lingyun sneered:
"Collect the corpses? I think you want to collect the corpses and inherit the inheritance, right?"
Chen Rong smiled awkwardly:
"The fairy's discerning eye is like a torch, that's what we thought. But when we arrived at the Ghost Forest, we found..."
Having said this, a flash of fear appeared in his eyes, and his already pale face became as pale as a dead person. His voice trembled as he continued:
"But I found that the Ghost Forest has become extremely strange...
"The monks and monsters who were killed in the aftermath of the golden elixir fight have all turned into walking corpses, wandering aimlessly in the forest. When they see living things, they pounce on them and bite them.
"And any corpse entangled by those walking zombies, whether injured or not, will quickly become a new walking zombie...
"We have witnessed with our own eyes that a foundation-building monk who may have the same purpose as me entered the ghost forest and was entangled by the walking corpses turned into by several monks. He clearly had the upper hand and could calmly break out of the siege, but he only took a few shots.
One time, he fell to the ground out of nowhere.
"When he got up again, the man had turned into a walking corpse with shriveled flesh and skin, like a skinned skeleton...
"When we saw this situation, we were so frightened that we no longer dared to go deep into the Ghost Forest and immediately fled out. Later, fearing that we might be contaminated by some unspeakable curse, we simply fled all the way into the desert..."
Ni Kun narrowed his eyes and asked lightly:
"So what you mean is that the three of you fled into the depths of this desert just to avoid some kind of 'unspeakable' curse that 'may' exist?"
Chen Rong looked sincere:
"Senior Mingjian, what I say sounds a bit incredible, but if you don't see the horror in the ghost forest with your own eyes, you can't empathize with the fear and fear of the three of us...
"A foundation-building cultivator who has experienced hundreds of battles and has a great reputation among the ghost forest black thieves has turned into a walking corpse for no apparent reason. That scene is really too terrifying.
"We are just in case, thinking that this great desert is the most barren aura desert in the entire Chihuang Kingdom. If we are really contaminated by some indescribable and undetectable invisible curse, in this aura desert
, that curse is like water without a source, a tree without roots, maybe it can be solved..."
"Okay, no need to say any more."
Ni Kun chuckled lightly and said:
"You guys are talking nonsense. It seems that if I don't give you some pain, you won't answer honestly..."
Chen Rong was shocked: "Senior has clearly learned from what I have said, every sentence..."
Before he finished speaking, Ni Kun flicked his finger, and a drop of blood burst out from his finger. With a pop, it hit Chen Rong between the eyebrows.
Chen Rong's whole body was shocked. A flash of scarlet spread from the center of his eyebrows and spread all over his body in the blink of an eye. His skin was dyed blood red, making him look as if he was covered in blood from head to toe.
After that, the blood seeped into his skin, and his skin returned to pale color. Only his pupils were stained with a red light, and his expression became muddled and dull.
Of course Ni Kun didn't make him a blood slave.
Although he has now built a flawless Dao foundation and can already control two high-grade Dao foundations and blood slaves in the middle stage of foundation building at the same time, the blood slaves are his personal bodyguards. In terms of selection, they must at least look good and have some talent.
Just fine.
The fairies are quite suitable. They all have good figures, good looks, are proficient in various musical instruments, and are good at singing and dancing. In the future, we can train more fairies to be blood slaves, and we can also form a band or a girl group.
What……
As for guys like Chen Rong who steal souls and feed evil ghosts, forget it.
So Ni Kun just used the "blood sea change" to erode Chen Rong's sea of consciousness, completely erasing his self-awareness.
Chen Rong's magic power has been banned. Facing Ni Kun's methods, he has no resistance at all. In just a few breaths, he has become a zombie-like existence without self-awareness.
Although this kind of zombie-like puppet has no subjective initiative and is dull and clumsy, it can't even execute slightly complicated commands. It also forgets most of its spells, leaving only one or two "native spells" that can be cast, but it is still good as cannon fodder.
Use - Zombie Sea to learn about it.
Most importantly, Chen Rong will now answer all questions.
Although he can no longer understand complex problems, and his long-term memories have completely disappeared as his consciousness has been wiped out, the recent memories that have impressed him will not dissipate quickly enough for him to ask about them.
At the moment, Ni Kun had some free time and asked slowly:
"Now, tell me, what exactly are you here for?"
The demented Chen Rong murmured: "We..."
When Guo Wei and Xiao Jinniang saw this, they were about to stop them. Qi Lingyun gently plucked the strings, and with a sound, they were frozen in place. Not only could their bodies not move, they could not even open their mouths.
Chen Rongze continued to say with a dull expression:
"We did enter the Ghost Forest. Although we were scared away just outside, we were lucky enough to find a jade map slip...
"According to the jade slip, there is a ruins of a temple deep in the desert. In the ruins, you may be able to find the voucher to enter the 'Fanjing Temple'... We are here just to find that voucher..."
Hearing this, Ni Kun was okay, but Qi Lingyun held his breath slightly, and a strange color flashed in his eyes.
Seeing her reaction, Ni Kun knew that she must know something about "Fanjing Temple", so he stopped asking Chen Rong and only asked Qi Lingyun:
"Then where is Fanjing Temple?"
Qi Lingyun said in a deep voice:
"Fanjing Temple is a 'weird' place..."
"Weird?" Ni Kun said in surprise: "What do you mean?"
This was the first time he heard this term, and he couldn't really understand its connotation.
Qi Lingyun explained:
“There is a saying in the world about ‘demons, ghosts, and ghosts.’ But although demons, ghosts, and ghosts are both called the same, their respective characteristics are completely different.
"The so-called demons are all normal creatures other than human beings, such as birds, animals, vegetation, spiritual plants, etc., who have opened their spiritual orifices, gained wisdom, and practiced independently. Although the Xuan Gang Realm respects humans and has always despised demons,
Demons can also practice immortality and even become immortals and gods.
"Demons are a broad category, and when broken down, they are roughly divided into three types: heavenly demons, earthly demons, and human demons.
"Heavenly demons generally refer to demons from outside the realm of Xuangang. They are cunning, changeable, and have no specific form. They are often accompanied by various disasters and suddenly appear in the sea of consciousness of monks, preventing monks from achieving enlightenment and even seizing their bodies. They are harmful to monks.
Dangerous to monks, but almost harmless to mortals.
"Earth demons refer to demons that are naturally generated by adhering to all kinds of evil spirits between heaven and earth. This kind of demon has no spiritual intelligence, only a pure desire to kill and destroy, and it only exists in a specific environment, and does not cause harm.
Too big.
"As for human demons, they are formed when monks are possessed by heavenly demons, or become possessed by demons, and have the evil spirit of the earth enter their bodies, and completely become demons. Human demons have completely lost all humanity, which is pure and unreasonable evil.
"Compared with human demons, none of the seven major demonic sects can be regarded as complete demons. After all, although the seven major demonic sects all believe in preying on the weak and preying on all creatures for their own benefit, they ultimately have the pursuit of enlightenment and immortality, and there are also various
Human desires and actions will also weigh the pros and cons. You can't be like a human devil. Doing evil is the fundamental purpose. You don't consider the pros and cons at all, and you do evil purely for the sake of evil.
"Among the three types of demons, human demons are the most dangerous and harmful. Even the seven major demon sects must destroy human demons immediately once they are discovered."
After talking about demons, she continued talking about ghosts:
"As for ghosts, they are the remaining souls of sentient beings after their death, fused with the evil energy of heaven and earth. Those who were powerful or had stubborn obsessions during their lifetimes may turn into ghosts.
"But there are too few naturally formed resentful souls and ghosts, so ghost-raising sects such as the Nether Sect and the Brutal Ghost Sect will arrest a large number of mortals and even monks, and subject them to various tortures. After cultivating a body of resentment, they will then use secret methods to
Extract its soul and refine it into a powerful ghost. This can ensure the rate of becoming a ghost and the strength of the ghost.
"The Xianyin Sect also has ghost refining and ghost raising methods that were exchanged from the Nether Sect, which do not involve the fundamentals of the Nether Sect. The Thousand Soul Cave in Fumiao Mountain is the ghost raising place of the Xianyin Sect. The foundation disciples of the Inner Sect's Upper Courtyard
, you can use your meritorious contributions to exchange for the ghost guardian.
"In the end it's 'weird'."
Having said this, Qi Lingyun paused and his tone became serious:
"Weird, the full name is 'weird', is a kind of existence that goes against common sense and is incomprehensible. Some of them are harmless, and some are extremely terrifying. Legend has it that some extremely terrifying monsters even have to stay away from the gods.
Dare to meet face to face.
"However, although weirdness is weird and terrifying, almost all weirdnesses do not have any initiative. They are more like some kind of natural phenomenon that arises from heaven and earth, acting purely according to their own rules.
"So as long as you can find out its rules and get along with them completely according to the rules, you will not be harmed by the weird things that even the God Transformation Master is afraid of avoiding.
"It is said that 'weirdness' has not existed since ancient times. The first well-documented record of weirdness occurred 30,000 years ago, after the fall of Immortal Court.
"Therefore, some great cultivators believe that the 'weirdness' is an 'error' in the way of heaven and a sign of changes in the world. If the 'weirdness' prevails, the end of the world in the Xuangang Realm will come.
"However, in the 30,000 years since the first case of weirdness appeared, there have not been many weirdnesses confirmed to exist. The Fanjing Temple is one of the more well-known weird places."
Ni Kun, who gained a lot of knowledge, nodded with satisfaction and said:
"Tell me more about Fanjing Temple."
Since Fanjing Temple is a "weird" place, it must be extremely dangerous.
But the three of them, Guo Wei, traveled thousands of miles to the depths of this spiritual desert to find the credentials to enter Fanjing Temple.
It can be seen from this that there must be some great benefits in Fanjing Temple, so that Chen Rong, a high-ranking Taoist who has personally taught the foundation building overhaul of Jindan, is willing to take risks for it.
Sure enough, Qi Lingyun's explanation was exactly what Ni Kun expected:
"It is said that there are two kinds of elixir-forming treasures produced in Fanjing Temple.
"The first is the 'holy relic'. If you can get a holy relic, as long as it is a high-grade Taoist foundation, it will definitely be able to form a middle-grade elixir. A medium-grade Taoist foundation will definitely be able to form a low-grade golden elixir.
"The second kind of treasure is even more extraordinary, and it's called the 'Golden Lotus of Merit'. If you get it with a superior Taoist foundation, it will definitely become a top-grade golden elixir. If you get it with a middle-grade Taoist foundation, it will definitely become a middle-grade golden elixir. Even if there is no golden elixir in the first place,
The low-grade Dao foundation of hope can also form a low-grade golden elixir!"
Hearing this, Ni Kun couldn't help but his eyes lit up:
"Is there such a treasure? So in Fanjing Temple, is there a treasure that can guarantee the formation of an immortal golden elixir?"
"Immortal golden elixir?" Qi Lingyun shook his head: "Whether this legendary golden elixir can be achieved is far from enough. It depends purely on chance... Even in Fanjing Temple, I have never heard of it.
It’s a treasure that can help people condense the golden elixir of immortality.”
Ni Kun nodded noncommittally:
"Continue talking about Fanjing Temple."
Qi Lingyun continued to explain:
"Because of these two treasures, even though Fanjing Temple is extremely dangerous, every time the temple opens, there are always many monks who break into the temple regardless of the danger, looking for opportunities. However, Fanjing Temple is not something you can enter just because you want to.
.
"Fanjing Temple only allows monks with Jindan or below to enter. Monks with Jindan and above, no matter how strong they are, cannot force their way in.
"Although the Fanjing Temple opens its doors very regularly, once every hundred years, there is still no clear explanation on how to enter.
"Some people can enter the temple just by holding the voucher. Some people enter the temple inexplicably, and they don't even know how they entered.
"However, 'Tianfo Temple', one of the seven major demonic sects, found a way to stably enter Fanjing Temple hundreds of years ago. Every time Fanjing Temple opens its doors, it can steadily send eight to ten Foundation Establishment Realm monks.
Enter the temple.
"Because Fanjing Temple is too dangerous, even if ten people go in, not one of them may come out alive, and those who are lucky enough to survive will probably not get the treasure of pill formation. Therefore, Tianfo Temple does not monopolize this channel, and will always leave behind
Six quotas were sold to six major sects including the Xianyin Sect at a high price.
"The six major sects will also send a foundation builder each time. Of course, for this kind of quota, someone like me will definitely not be able to get it. Only an extremely talented disciple like Ning Feiyan can have hope...
"But having said that, even if they are qualified to get a quota, many talented monks may not be willing to take risks in Fanjing Temple. After all, the mortality rate is too high, and there may not be any gains when they come back alive. Most of them will just take the risk in vain.
"For a genius like Ning Feiyan, there is no hope of becoming a top-grade elixir on his own. Why take such an extraordinary risk?"
Ni Kun nodded noncommittally and asked:
"Is there anyone in the Xianyin Sect who has escaped from Fanjing Temple and gained the opportunity to build a foundation?"
Qi Lingyun shook his head:
"I don't know about that."
Ni Kun asked again:
"Since weirdness has its own rules, it stands to reason that the Fanjing Temple, which opens its doors only once every hundred years, should have figured out the rules long ago. Newcomers should be able to easily avoid danger, right?"
"That's not the case." Qi Lingyun said: "All monks who enter Fanjing Temple and finally escape unharmed will have their memories related to dangers and rules in Fanjing Temple erased.
"For monks who have had the opportunity, the specific process of obtaining the holy relics or the golden lotus of merit will be erased from their memory, and they can only remember some insignificant things.
"Even if Nascent Soul or even the Divine Transformation Overhaul takes action, the memories related to Fanjing Temple cannot be retrieved from the minds of those returning foundation-building monks.
"That's why, even though Fanjing Temple opened a hundred years ago, there are so many people who entered it, there are so many survivors, and there is no shortage of people who get the chance, but no one knows yet what kind of dangers are hidden in Fanjing Temple.
And what rules should be followed?"
Speaking of this, she couldn't help but glance at Ni Kun:
"You don't want to take risks in Fanjing Temple, do you? You build a flawless Taoist foundation until the golden elixir has no bottleneck. You will be able to condense the golden elixir, and it will definitely become a top-grade elixir. For you, the top-grade golden elixir is already
Just a matter of time……"
Seeing Ni Kun smiling and saying nothing, she couldn't help but be surprised and said:
"Could it be that it's not enough for you to build a flawless Dao foundation, and you also want to form the legendary immortal golden elixir?"
Immortal-grade golden elixir has no bottlenecks until it reaches the Nascent Soul, and it will definitely achieve the highest-grade Nascent Soul.
Speaking of which, Mu Yutong, the current leader of the Xianyin Sect, formed a top-grade Nascent Soul.
But Mu Yutong came all the way from high-grade Taoist foundations and high-grade golden elixirs. This is enough to show that to achieve high-grade Nascent Soul, you don’t need fairy-grade golden elixirs. You only need to have enough root talent, good luck, and high-grade golden elixirs.
Dan also has a chance.
Looking at Qi Lingyun's shocked look, Ni Kun thought to himself:
Your guess is still conservative!
More than just the Immortal Golden Pill? I want the Immortal Spirit for Nascent Soul!
If you don't achieve the Immortal Golden Elixir, you have no hope of the Immortal Nascent Soul. Just like if you don't build a flawless Taoist foundation, you have no hope of the Immortal Golden Elixir.
Of course, since I have the flawless Taoist foundation and the immortal golden elixir, I may only need to have a top-quality "golden elixir" and enough potential points.
However, for the elixir to become an immortal, there must be a catastrophe. You should start paying attention to this secret treasure to overcome the tribulation now.
These words are certainly not enough to explain to outsiders.
Even the blood slave who was connected to his mind couldn't say anything. He just smiled and said:
"Since there are treasures in the desert, we might as well go and explore it. If we can get the voucher to enter Fanjing Temple, even if we don't use it ourselves, we can sell it to monks who want to have a try at Fanjing Temple."
Qi Lingyun nodded in agreement:
"That's doable."
Ni Kun looked at Guo Wei and Xiao Jinniang with a kind and friendly smile:
"Two fellow Taoists, are you willing to go hunting for treasures with us? Fellow Taoist Chen Rong must be willing. Now it depends on what you two want."
Is Chen Rong willing?
Guo Wei and Xiao Jinniang felt a chill in their hearts when they took one look at Chen Rong, who had become as if he was demented.
Ni Kun's intention is very obvious, that is, he wants to use them as cannon fodder to explore the road.
But how can they refuse?
Anyone who says half a word "no" will immediately become like Chen Rong, and then "willingly" follow the two demons, a man and a woman, to hunt for treasures...
…
after one day.
A flying boat swooped down from the sky and landed in front of a sand dune several feet high.
Ni Kun stood on the bow of the boat with his hands behind his back, looking at the sand dunes in front of him and asked: "Is this here?"
Qi Lingyun held the Yao Qin in his arms and gently plucked the strings, sending out an invisible sound wave that swept across the sand dunes in front of him, shaking his head and saying:
"No aura response."
Then Guo Wei said cautiously:
"Judging from the directions recorded on the map, the temple ruins should be right here..."
Xiao Jinniang also said firmly:
"The location is correct. The ruins of the temple must be buried in the sand dunes. There is no spiritual energy response. Maybe it is because there is a formation blocking it, or it is too long ago and the items in the temple have lost their spirituality."
Guo Wei was afraid that Ni Kun would be dissatisfied, so he quickly added:
"But the voucher for entering Fanjing Temple should still be usable. After all, weird things cannot be treated with common sense. It is said that many weird things have almost no spiritual reaction."
Ni Kun smiled slightly:
"In this case, we will ask Fellow Daoist Guo and Fellow Daoist Xiao to clear out the ruins of the temple."
Guo Wei said:
"I don't dare. Senior, wait a moment, I will take action to clear out the ruins."
As he spoke, he made seals with his hands to activate his magic power, and then suddenly raised his foot and stamped it on the ground.
boom!
There was a loud noise, and the sand dune in front shook violently. The yellow sand seemed to turn into running water, rolling and flowing towards the rear. In just a moment, the entire sand dune flowed back dozens of feet, revealing the temple originally buried under the sand dune.
ruins.
Looking at the ruins of the temple, which was made entirely of stone and gave people a sense of simplicity and desolation, Ni Kun smiled and praised:
"It's indeed buried under the sand dunes! Guo Dao's friendly approach."
Guo Wei sneered and said:
"It's just a trick, not worth mentioning. It's just that I happen to practice the technique and am good at manipulating earth, stone and sand..."
Ni Kun smiled and raised his hand to point forward:
"Go and explore the way."
After giving the order, Chen Rong, who was standing dumbly behind Ni Kun, jumped out of the flying boat with stiff steps and walked towards the half-collapsed temple door.
After dispatching Chen Rong, Ni Kun looked at Guo Wei and Xiao Jinniang with a smile:
"Since you two are sworn friends with Daoist Chen, why don't you accompany him to explore?"
Guo Wei and Xiao Jinniang looked at each other, and Xiao Jinniang said:
"Can you return our spiritual weapons..."
"Borrow! Yes, borrow!"
Guo Wei quickly interrupted her and said with a flattering look:
"I would like to take the liberty of you, senior, to lend me and my third sister the spiritual weapon, so that we can better eliminate danger..."
"Okay, I'll lend you the spiritual weapon first."
Ni Kun waved his hand very generously and lent the yellow-skinned gourd and fire cloud beads to the two of them - the two of them had been banned by Qi Lingyun in the sea of consciousness, so Ni Kun could certainly lend them the spiritual weapons with confidence.
used.
As for Chen Rong, he has become a walking zombie and can only understand simple commands. Even if you give him a spiritual weapon, he can't use it.
Guo Wei and Xiao Jinniang took back their respective spiritual weapons. Although they felt bitter and sad in their hearts and regretted that they should not provoke Ni Kun and others, they did not dare to delay for a moment.
Guo Wei turned the gourd into a three-foot-high body, carried it on his back, made seals with his hands, and muttered words. The mouth of the gourd spurted out clear yellow gravel, which condensed into a pair of sand armor and adhered to his body.
Xiao Jinniang had a fire cloud bead on her head, and turned the egg-sized pearl into the size of a sea bowl, which was also a hand seal. The fire cloud bead released a red light, fell on her body, and turned into a pair of blazing armor.
After that, the two of them cautiously followed Chen Rong, who was hurriedly forward, towards the temple gate.
Soon, Chen Rong took the lead and arrived in front of the temple gate.
On the left and right sides of the half-collapsed temple door, there are two statues of heavenly kings. These four statues of heavenly kings are about ten feet tall and have huge bodies, but they have no heads. They look very strange.
No one present noticed any fluctuations in spiritual energy from the four statues of the Headless King, which had most of their paint peeled off, were mottled and covered with tiny cracks.
But when Chen Rong walked between the statues of the Heavenly King, a statue of the Heavenly King holding a big sword suddenly came to life, swung the giant sword the size of a door panel, and chopped off Chen Rong's head.
Chen Rong roared, swung out a claw, and shot out a giant black claw made of Yin evil. When it touched the giant sword that had no spiritual energy fluctuation and looked like it was just carved from ordinary stone, the giant Yin evil claw made a pop sound.
, the smoke disappeared.
The giant sword on the door panel did not stop, as if it had just broken a bubble, and continued to slash down wildly. With a bang, Chen Rong was smashed into a puddle of flesh from head to toe.
Seeing this situation, Guo Wei and Xiao Jinniang who were behind were stunned and looked horrified.
Ni Kun couldn't help but frowned slightly.
Although Chen Rong was turned into a zombie-like puppet by him, his reactions became slow and clumsy, he had no spiritual weapon with him, and most of his spells were dissipated, leaving only one or two of his most deeply practiced native spells. But even so, his
The spell is also powerful in the foundation building realm. How can it be broken by a single blow from a stone sword that has no spirituality?
And no matter how slow Chen Rong is, he should have the instinct of a beast. When he sees the spell being broken, he should dodge.
With the speed at which the giant sword fell, Chen Rong could have dodged it, but he just stood there as if he had been petrified and immobilized, allowing the sword to chop him into a pulp...
"Something is wrong."
Qi Lingyun said in a deep voice:
"This temple is not simple. Those statues of heavenly kings are probably not simple stone puppets either."
Ni Kun nodded slightly and ordered Guo Wei and Xiao Jinniang:
"Clean them up. If you encounter a stone statue again, don't get close. Just cast spells and attack from a distance."
Guo Wei and Xiao Jinniang naturally understood. At that moment, they each activated their spiritual weapons. Guo Wei's yellow gourd spurted out yellow sand, which turned into a giant claw, carrying the evil wind, and struck hard at the statue of the king who killed Chen Rong.
.Xiao Jinniang also activated the fire cloud beads to send out dense red flame rockets, shooting towards the statue of the King of Heaven.
As soon as the two men attacked, the four statues of the Heavenly Kings all came to life, each wielding their sword, demon pestle, lotus hammer, and sword, and slashed at the giant yellow sand claws and flaming rockets.
This wave of attacks by the two of them were activated by their respective mid-grade spiritual weapons, and their power was certainly not comparable to that of spells cast with bare hands.
The giant claws of yellow sand collided head-on with the two headless statues of the Heavenly Kings. Although half of them were broken into pieces, the remaining sand claws also hit the two statues of the Heavenly Kings fiercely, causing them to retreat with a roar, and their bodies were also bruised.
More and deeper cracks appeared.
Although the other two statues of Heavenly Kings also scattered many flaming rockets, they were still riddled with holes from the flaming rockets that came one after another, and dark red magma continued to drip from their bodies.
Seeing that the attack was effective, Guo Wei and Xiao Jinniang became more energetic and worked harder.
Guo Wei's strength is on par with Qi Lingyun, and Xiao Jinniang is only slightly inferior to Qi Lingyun. Although the four heavenly king statues are weird, they seem to be able to defeat ordinary spells and close combat except for the lack of spiritual energy fluctuations.
Apart from the ability to transform into stone, he had no other abilities, and his movement was too slow, so he was gradually suppressed by the two of them.
After a while, the four headless king statues collapsed one after another and turned into four piles of rubble, scattered on the ground.
With a sweep of his mind, Ni Kun saw the four piles of gravel, which were no different from ordinary stones. There was no spiritual energy fluctuation at all, and there were no strange objects hidden among them. It was boring for a moment.
He ordered Guo Wei and Xiao Jinniang to continue to explore the road ahead, while he and Qi Lingyun got off the flying boat. They were about ten feet behind and followed behind the two of them. When they passed Chen Rong's fleshy body, he raised his hand and moved Chen Rong's body away.
The remaining essence, blood, and soul were drawn out, turned into a fountain of blood, and collected into the sleeve.
Guo Wei and Xiao Jinniang lamented secretly and carefully stepped into the half-collapsed temple door. After entering, they saw a stone incense burner standing in the vestibule, with a headless Arhat statue on both sides of the incense burner.
Although there was no movement from the two headless Arhat statues, the two of them did not dare to be careless at all. They directly activated their spiritual weapons and fired out giant claws of yellow sand and flaming rockets to kill them.
When the attack came, the two headless Arhats came to life, waving their fists and fighting with sand claws and rockets.
The two headless Arhat statues are only slightly taller than ordinary people, and much smaller than the previous four headless king statues.
However, their movements were more flexible, their bodies were stronger, and their moves were precise and precise. They seemed to know martial arts. Guo Wei and Xiao Jinniang carefully kept their distance and fought for a long time before defeating the two Arhat statues.
Then Guo Wei sent out a giant claw of yellow sand, crushing even the stone incense burner into pieces, and then continued to move forward.
Speaking of which, although the headless stone statues in this temple are a bit weird, as long as they know their characteristics and take precautions, they are not a big deal for foundation-building monks who are very strong and have good spiritual weapons at their disposal.
Too difficult to deal with.
Along the way, Guo Wei and Xiao Jinniang, who were leading the way, smashed several headless stone statues one after another, and even smashed a one-foot-tall headless Bodhisattva statue, and entered the main hall smoothly.
There is only one Buddha statue in the main hall.
The statue of Buddha, with hands tied in Dharma seals, is sitting on a lotus platform. It is six feet high. The golden paint all over its body is dull and full of mottled cracks.
Different from all previous stone statues, this Buddha statue has a complete head, eyes closed, and a peaceful expression, giving people a sense of compassion and tranquility.
Seeing the Buddha statue, Guo Wei and Xiao Jinniang did not hesitate to activate their spiritual weapons to attack.
But before the two men could attack, the Buddha statue suddenly opened its eyes and raised the corners of its mouth, revealing a strange smile.
When the Buddha opened his eyes, Guo Wei and Xiao Jinniang's expressions suddenly froze. In just a moment, their eyes became trance-like and empty.
After that, the two of them stopped using their spiritual weapons, and even the sand armor and flame armor on their bodies dissipated. With stiff steps, they walked dumbly to the lotus platform of the Buddha statue. Like the most devout believers, they clasped their palms together and knelt down.
In front of the lotus platform.
Ni Kun and Qi Lingyun did not enter the main hall, but when they saw this strange scene through the hall door, they were all startled.
From beginning to end, neither of them sensed any spiritual energy fluctuations.
No matter whether you use spiritual remote sensing or look at it with your eyes, the Buddha statue is just an old clay puppet with mottled gold paint. But it is the clay puppet that feels soulless. It turns out that Guo Wei is killed just by opening his eyes.
Xiao Jinniang, these two powerful foundation builders, were controlled!
However this is just the beginning.
What happened next was even more bizarre and terrifying.
Guo Wei and Xiao Jinniang worshiped and kowtowed to the Buddha statue three times and nine times with great piety. When the last head kowtowed, their heads suddenly rolled to the ground, but their bodies still moved as usual, and the broken neck was smooth without a trace.
Blood stains.
The Buddha statue suddenly opened its mouth, and the two human heads on the ground seemed to be sucked by invisible suction and fell into the Buddha's mouth.
After sucking the two human heads into his mouth, the Buddha's cheeks moved like he was chewing, but no sound came out. Everything was like a mime.
As the Buddha statue chewed and swallowed the human head, the mottled and dull gold paint on its body suddenly appeared with two more bright golden colors, as if it had been repainted with two new coats of gold paint.
Afterwards, the Buddha statue slowly closed its eyes again, and the strange smile on the corner of its mouth disappeared, and its expression became peaceful and compassionate again, even showing a hint of sadness and compassion, as if it was lamenting how difficult the world is and how hard it is to cross the sea of suffering.
And then……
Two lines of blood tears slowly dropped from the corners of the Buddha's eyes. The blood tears condensed into two round blood crystals on his cheeks. They made two tinkling sounds and fell under the lotus platform.
After the bloody tears fell, Guo Wei, Xiao Jinniang's headless body, bowed with great piety and slowly stood up.
When they stood up, their bodies changed rapidly. In the blink of an eye, they turned into two headless statues of the Heavenly King, one foot tall and brightly painted! One held a stone lotus hammer, and the other held a stone demon-conquering pestle.
Seeing this, Ni Kun and Qi Lingyun looked at each other and finally understood the origin of those headless stone statues.