In addition to skeletons, there are simple stone beds, stone tables, stone chairs, pools and other objects in the cave. However, thick dust has accumulated on the tables and chairs, and the pool has long since dried up and turned black.
Only near the newly opened tunnel, the rock wall was wet, eroded by the water droplets dripping from the top of the cave, making it smooth and free of dust.
Xu Dao once again inspected it with his naked eyes and determined that the cave was probably built by the skeleton in the cave, and based on the clothing on the skeleton, he should be a Taoist disciple in the White Bone Temple.
Xu Dao estimated that the skeleton had been inactive for decades, or even more than a hundred years. As a result, all the large and small mechanisms in the cave were broken, and only one thing was still running reluctantly - the spirit gathering array.
He quickly walked to a rock wall and looked at the formation patterns carved on the rock wall.
These lines are deeply carved into the rock wall, and the lines are twisted and mysterious. Silver, gold, lead, mercury and other materials are used as ink, and talismans are used as formation eyes. They are all over the entire rock wall.
It's just that the formation has been in disrepair for many years, and metals such as copper and silver have long been corroded by rock water, turning rusty and black, making them unfit for use.
This formation is called the "Spirit Gathering Formation". It is a formation often used by Taoist practitioners when building caves. It can stably mobilize the spiritual energy in the talisman and confine it within the formation. At the same time, it can also
The thin spiritual energy outside the law gathers together to increase the concentration of spiritual energy in the formation.
The Spirit Gathering Array allows Taoists to squeeze out every trace of spiritual energy in the talisman money, saving money and food. At the same time, it can also artificially create a spiritual land for cultivating medicinal materials, etc., which has many uses.
Unfortunately, this formation is expensive. Among formations of the same level, its price is five or six times that of ordinary formations, and most people cannot afford it.
Xu Dao asked in the dormitory and learned that the lowest level spirit-gathering array in the temple cost more than a hundred talismans to set up, which was close to his annual salary.
After carefully examining the spirit gathering array, he glanced at the skeleton in the cave and thought:
"It should be that this person just changed the talismans in the spirit gathering array when he passed away. He did not plant spiritual grass or breed monster beasts. The spiritual energy in the array was no longer consumed, but instead continued to gather the surrounding spiritual energy."
"Although the spiritual energy is gathering slowly, over time and by chance, this place has become a spiritual energy node, a spiritual place!"
Xu Dao was surprised for a while. When he bought the formation in the dormitory, the people in the dormitory once boasted to him that the spirit gathering array could also improve the quality of the spiritual land and create spiritual lands.
Xu Dao didn't believe it at first, but he didn't expect that what the other party boasted was actually true! He suddenly had the idea of setting up the spirit gathering array even if he lost all his money.
But he immediately woke up:
"There are many caves in the White Bone Mountain, but I have never heard of a few spiritual lands that were born from the spirit gathering array. There should be a possibility of creating a spiritual land, but it is small and time-consuming. It is difficult to find it.
Nature is like a spiritual place, it can be encountered but cannot be sought..."
Dispelling his thoughts, Xu Dao walked back and forth in the cave to check all the formation patterns in the cave.
When he walked back to the Spirit Gathering Formation, he was pleasantly surprised and said in his heart: "Perhaps we can set up a Spirit Gathering Formation without going bankrupt."
Although the spirit gathering array in the cave is broken, it is still in operation and may be repaired. Xu Dao can build a new spirit gathering array on this basis, which is much simpler.
However, the other formation in the cave was not so lucky.
Xu Dao checked carefully and found that in addition to the spirit gathering array, there was another array in the cave.
The functions of this array include hiding caves, connecting with earth energy, etc., and can even kill trapped enemies. It is far more advanced than the one Xu Dao bought in the dormitory.
Because this formation is a consumable formation, its spiritual energy and talismans have been consumed first, and many of the formation patterns have been destroyed and cannot be repaired.
Xu Dao thought: "After all, it's just a Qi-refining level formation. It's pretty good if it can operate on its own for more than ten years." At the same time, he was also faintly glad that if this formation hadn't been completely broken, he wouldn't have had the chance to find it.
here.
After walking around, Xu Dao explored every corner of the cave. Only the skeleton in the corner remained unchecked, but he was not in a hurry.
Xu Daoxian took out three small flags from his sleeves, with the words "Heaven", "Earth" and "Human" embroidered on the flags.
This is the Sancai Shadow Formation, a relatively low-level protective formation.
By arranging this array, the three small flags can respectively attract the sun essence and moonlight in the sky, and the Yin Qi and cold air in the ground, fill them up, and guard the surroundings of the cave. They can confuse the creatures, suppress the energy, and prevent the cave from being discovered.
When the Taoist sits in it, the blood energy on the human body will also be hooked by the small flag of the formation, which has the effect of protecting and covering the Taoist's body. But other than that, this formation has no other effects, and it cannot trap and kill the enemy.
enemy.
Xu Dao immediately sat cross-legged in the cave, holding three small flags in his hands and chanting something.
Buzz, buzz! The three small formation flags immediately trembled, releasing three colors of black, white and red light. As soon as the light came out, Xu Dao jumped up from the ground, stepped forward, and walked around the four sides of the cave with his eyes closed.
When he reached the position where he could set up the formation, he forcefully flicked the small flag in his hand. Whoosh, the flag flew to the rock wall, and turned into a ball of cold fire and penetrated into the rock wall.
A twisted pattern immediately appeared on the rock wall, and a hole was burned out, leading directly to the outside of the cave.
After a while, the three small flags were properly arranged in the shape of "pin", and Xu Dao threw a talisman coin into one of the holes.
Gloomy, white mist is released from the hole, and it spreads on the floor of the cave, dyeing the inside of the cave like a cloud environment.
At the same time, a light appeared on the top of the cave, a round lump, which was slowly releasing a faint light. This was the formation projecting the moonscape outside the cave in as a light source.
There was no need for the Yin Shen to leave his body. Xu Dao also knew that there was mist steaming up from outside the cave, covering the surroundings of the cave. Moreover, the spiritual energy in the cave was also trapped and would no longer leak out.
He looked at the heavy fog on the ground, and suddenly understood why the White Bone Temple was shrouded in fog all year round. However, this matter had little to do with him, and the cave in front of him had more to do with him.
Xu Dao looked at the Zhang Xu land within the radius, and couldn't help but feel happy in his heart.
After practicing Taoism for several years, he finally has a place to stay, and it is also a spiritual place!
It's gratifying and congratulatory, it's really gratifying and congratulatory.
From now on, he can stay in his own cave to practice without worrying about being disturbed by others. When he has enough energy, he can also open up a spiritual field and buy alchemy furnaces, furnaces and other things to aid his practice!
"Hahaha!" Xu Dao couldn't help laughing.
He waved his sleeves and ordered the mountain warriors who followed him to continue to expand the cave and cast two new spells.
One is the water talisman, which can create a pool in the cave, connect the upper and lower water veins, and lay out four water channels, so that there is a continuous flow of living water in the room.
The second is an earth talisman, which can create a digger. The fossil is made of mud, and can be used to build a cave together with the digger.
After using all three talismans and successfully occupying the cave, Xu Dao allowed the Tao soldiers to move while he collected himself and walked briskly towards the original owner of the cave, the skeleton.
The Taoist robe on the skeleton has long decayed, and it can be barely seen to be the style of a Taoist disciple. It is sitting down and doing sutras, its head is drooped, and the bones on its body are distinct.
Xu Dao had used Yin Shen to detect it in advance and was not worried about the skeleton being deceitful. He bowed to the other party and said, "I will use your Taoist treasure land to collect the bones of your Taoist in return. I hope you don't mind."
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After saying this, Xu Dao apologized, then directly tore off the other party's sleeves, then sat down next to the skeleton and began to check openly.
A piece of leather paper came out of the skeleton's sleeve, attracting his attention...