Xu Dao refused to give up, thinking that the debris from the Dragon Palace explosion might be buried at the bottom of the lake. He swam down and searched the bottom of the lake himself.
He searched with his naked eyes, but still found nothing. When he saw no one around, he simply released his spiritual consciousness and began to search the land inch by inch.
As a result, he really discovered that there was not even a single piece of iron or iron filings left for him on the bottom of the huge lake, so that even if he scraped the ground three feet, he would not get the slightest benefit!
Needless to say, to be able to clean up the huge fragments of the Dragon Palace so cleanly, a Taoist priest with a foundation-building level must have used his spiritual consciousness and magic to leave nothing behind!
Xu Daoli stood in the dark lake, thinking in his mind, then he raised his eyebrows slightly, and was surprised: "Hey, there is still no spiritual energy here!"
After carefully sensing it, Xu Dao was momentarily shocked.
When he first entered Sheshan and wandered around the ghost market on the top of the mountain and the back mountain, he discovered that the spiritual energy on the mountain was gone, but he just thought that the spiritual veins were affected by the self-destruction of the Dragon Palace, and the spiritual energy was hidden.
But now that we are deep underground, this place, which was originally the core of Sheshan's spiritual veins, still doesn't have even the slightest bit of spiritual energy, and has completely faded into a piece of mortal land.
The thought popped into his mind: "Someone directly destroyed or even took away Sheshan's spiritual veins!"
Immediately, Xu Dao raised his head and looked up. His figure suddenly flashed and appeared in the canyon connecting the inside and the dark lake.
Looking around and identifying the size of the opening in the canyon, he vaguely felt that the canyon did not seem to have burst out due to the self-destruction of the Dragon Palace formation, but more like it was opened artificially.
According to the records in the Dragon-Transforming Blood Exchange Formation, although the self-destruction of the formation will have a certain impact on the spiritual veins, the trauma will not be serious, and it cannot even be considered a trauma.
In addition, the Dragon Palace is arranged in the lake, with many lakes as obstacles, and the layout of Shezhao's ancestors. Logically speaking, the self-destruction of the formation will not blow up Sheshan, but will bring benefits to the creatures in the mountain.
Nourish the blood.
And even if Sheshan is blown up, it won't just be a canyon. The ground will definitely shake and the Shezhao Mountain City below the mountain will be in chaos and even fall over.
However, looking at the various scenes in the city, we can see that the streets in the mountain city are in good condition, the houses are neatly tiled, and the original people in the city have disappeared as if they were out of the city to visit relatives and friends, and the belongings at home are all intact.
For a time, all kinds of clues on Sheshan Mountain appeared in his mind, and Xu Dao gradually understood it.
In this situation, it is more like all the benefits on Sheshan Mountain have been packed up and taken away!
And if, as the disciples of the Yaksha Sect said, Taoist priest Shezhao was driven away by the White Bone Temple, then neither the former nor the latter could have taken everything away so calmly and meticulously.
It is extremely possible that the Taoist priests of Shezhao took out the spiritual veins of Sheshan, took away the remaining living people in the city, and then spread the rumors to the outside world, shifting all the blame to the White Bone Temple!
If you think about it carefully and follow this explanation, everything will make sense.
Xu Dao secretly thought in his heart: "Taoist priest Linghu died in Sheshan, and the Taoist priests of Shezhao also harmed all the casual cultivators in the ghost market, as well as half of the population of the Shezhao tribe..."
"If their plan succeeds, it won't be a big deal if their strength is greatly increased. Unfortunately, the formation is ruined and it's like a chicken flying egg! Several Shezhao Taoist priests are completely unable to explain it either internally or externally, especially to the White Bone Temple."
"In this case, their best way is to use their own tactics and then shirk all responsibility to confuse the public."
"The person to take the blame is also ready-made. Since I have already offended the White Bone Temple and tricked Linghu to death, it is better to offend him more severely and still cause misfortune."
After combing through this point, Xu Dao looked around at the vast scene of Sheshan Mountain and sighed in his heart.
Perhaps other people would have guessed this possibility, but these people had not personally experienced the "Dragon Palace Feast" and could never be as convinced as Xu Dao and know the intentions of the Shezhao Taoist priests.
The only thing that left Xu Dao a little confused was that the monks in the Shezhao tribe had already fed the mirages long ago, and the remaining living people in the city were all mortals. The Taoist priests tried their best to coax these mortals away, even at the cost of This leaves a loophole.
If they want to hide the truth better and gain benefits, they can completely wash away the mountain city and devour all the living people in the city.
This also allows them to absorb the dragon blood essence in mortals' bodies, increase their strength, and repair injuries, which can be said to have many benefits.
And if it is said that a few Taoist priests have discovered their conscience and want to preserve the blood of their own tribe, Xu Dao will not believe it first, and the trouble they caused is so big. As time goes by, the Shezhao tribe is not a fool, and the truth will be exposed sooner or later. .
After thinking for a moment, Xu Dao had several guesses about this, but he couldn't confirm which one it was. Seeing that he couldn't figure it out, he just gave up his guesses.
Anyway, he has probably figured out what happened on Sheshan Mountain, and this is all a dispute between the Shezhao Taoist priest and the White Bone Temple. He promised someone not to be involved in cause and effect, so why bother to find out clearly?
Xu Daofu exhaled. Although he failed to obtain the iron material in the Dragon Palace, he was relieved of his confusion, put down his worries, and his mood was ups and downs, which was considered stable.
After throwing all the distracting thoughts out of his mind, Xu Dao did not fly away from the canyon.
Anyway, time was not urgent, so he lowered his head and looked at the underground dark lake. After thinking about it, he jumped into it and searched for the second time to avoid missing anything.
Xu Dao searched the dark lake several times, and wandered around the back mountain, the ghost market on the top of the mountain, and the city at the foot of the mountain. Still nothing was found, so he returned to Su Jiu and reunited.
Su Jiu hid in the mountains and forests, helping Xu Dao look out for the wind seriously, not daring to relax for a moment. When she saw Xu Dao finally returning, she felt relieved and shouted quickly:
"master!"
Xu Dao heard this, nodded to her, thanked her a few words, grabbed Su Jiu's arm, and said:
"There is no danger at this time, but there is no need to stay here any longer. In order to prevent someone from coming later and you and I ending up like the four people just now, we are leaving for now."
"Yes." Su Jiu quickly agreed.
So Xu Dao grabbed her waist and flew high into the sky. He accidentally found a direction and ran towards the mountains.
Since he had no destination to go to at the moment, and the few disciples of the Yaksha sect who were suppressed by the banners could still be questioned and questioned, Xu Dao took Su Jiu to fly for more than half an hour before settling in a barren mountain.
He borrowed the belongings of several people from the Yaksha Sect to set up a quiet room, then sent Su Jiu away to rest and practice on his own, while he himself dived into the quiet room and closed himself up temporarily.
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In the quiet room, Xu Dao sat cross-legged in a humanoid posture, with three ferocious beasts wandering around him, which were his three-headed fang generals.
Xu Dao looked at Yajiang, with a calculating look in his eyes.
Among the people from the Yaksha Sect, in addition to getting the news about She Zhao, his biggest gain was that he also got several Yaksha Sect spells.
It's just a pity that neither Xiong Sha nor a few others have learned the mind-clearing and calming spells that he needs most at the moment.
As for other spells, most of them did not catch his eye, and those that caught his eye have not yet been forced to reveal.
Fortunately, there is still a spell that interests him.
This spell is called "Ghost Soldier Transport Technique". It is a spell to raise and control ghosts. It is very common among the Yaksha Sect. All four Yaksha Sect disciples have dabbled in it, and two of them have even practiced to the level of Dacheng and planted talismans.
Seed can be taught to Xu Dao.
According to what the four people said, in addition to subduing ghosts, this technique can also refine the souls of monsters and Taoists into ghosts as a driving force.
There are also various methods of torturing the soul, feeding Yin Qi and blood food, and raising ghosts by turning them into ghosts.
The ghost soldiers refined by this spell are also the main source of ghost slaves in the Yaksha Sect.
Ignoring the evil and harmful methods among them, Xu Dao happened to have four ready-made Yin gods in his hands. He could use magic to refine them into ghost soldiers for driving.
According to several Taoist disciples, the strength of ghost soldiers varies. Some will be destroyed by the sun, which has many limitations.
However, these ghost soldiers can increase their strength by possessing paper figures, puppets and other objects. More importantly, their intelligence is not low. If they are well refined, they can even retain the intelligence of a six-year-old child.
Even if the refining is poor, as long as it can be refined, it will at least retain the intelligence of a cat and a dog and can be used as a slave, which is much more convenient than the white bone Taoist soldiers in the White Bone Temple.
Xu Dao was greedy for the fact that the ghost soldiers had intelligence.
Although his tooth generals and scale soldiers are diligent, they have no soul inside, they are just a shell, dull and rigid.
Originally, he was thinking about capturing souls and ghosts and putting them in them to serve as the "brain" of the tooth general's scale soldiers. Now that he has obtained the "Ghost Soldier Transport Technique", he can try it out.
After thinking carefully in his mind for a few times, Xu Dao picked up two pieces of yellow paper with writings on them from the ground. There was a flash of inspiration on them. It was from the minds of two Taoist disciples who were masters of magic that they found out how to practice magic.
Because the four Yaksha disciples know this technique, he has tested it several times separately, and the words and runes on the paper should not be fake.
Moreover, Xu Dao's way of practice is different from others. Even if his method is maliciously tampered with, he will not fall victim to it.
After studying the method for a few times, Xu Dao was too lazy to think about it on his own. He would just wait until it was perfected before he thought about it, so he took out the unmarked jar that he had been hiding secretly.
Sitting in a quiet room, Xu Dao began to copy it meticulously.
Not long after, he finished copying, and he was familiar with the kneading techniques to start a fire, and lit a pot of spiritual materials.
call out!
Xu Daoxiu threw the unmarked basket filled with dense handwriting into the brazier.
Buzz, the ink falls off, and spiritual energy emerges.
A ghostly talisman slowly emerged from the brazier, hanging in front of him like an eyeball.
Xu Dao looked at this talisman and felt slightly happy: "The method is indeed true."
He reached out and grabbed the talisman in his hand, circulated his true energy, and refined a talisman of his own in his mind as if he were eating and drinking water.
"Ghost Soldier Transport Technique", great success!