"What do fellow Taoists mean by this?" Bai Ran just glanced at the bone box and did not reach out to pick it up. Instead, he asked calmly.
How could he take it without knowing what was in the box?
"Fellow Taoist, don't worry too much. Inside is one of the three spirit talismans of our Tianfu Sect. The formula for refining the spirit talisman can only be practiced by the head of the sect. I have no other intention. I just hope that if you can
If possible, just refine this talisman along the way
Let me make the method and send it back to the door for the old man. I don’t want the Tianfu Sect to lose this unique skill." The red-faced old man said with a long sigh. Then, he opened the lid of the box on his own, revealing several pieces with densely packed boy inscriptions inside.
Bone fragments come out.
"Soul Talisman? Only the master can learn it. Are you the master of the Tianfu Sect?" Bai Ran had a look of hesitation on his face.
"Ashamed, Yun is indeed the fifty-seventh generation leader of the Tianfu Sect. Our sect is only a low-level sect in Huayun Prefecture of the Jin State, so I am assuming the position of leader with my cultivation in the Foundation Establishment Period. I really give way.
You're laughing." The old man admitted with a slight blush on his face.
After hearing what the other party said, a look of surprise flashed across Bai Ran's face, but his brows furrowed slightly. After a moment, he looked at the old man and said slowly:
"Since only the master can practice the method of refining this spirit-dropping talisman, it must be unique. Taoist friend just left it to me, aren't you afraid that Bai will also learn the talisman-making method above? And even though I have heard about it,
The Great Jin Kingdom is famous, but I have never been there. Bai himself doesn’t know whether he will really have the opportunity to go there in the future. Fellow Taoist, maybe he is too reckless!"
When the red-faced old man heard Bai Ran's questions, there was no surprise on his face. Instead, he said with admiration in his eyes:
"Since Yun gave this thing to fellow Taoist, he actually gave his tacit approval to fellow Taoist to learn the method of making this talisman. It can be regarded as paying Brother Bai's reward first. And to be honest, after the fellow Taoist actually saw the method of refining this talisman,
, I’m afraid I don’t have much interest in this. Although the method of refining the spirit talisman is in our generation,
It has been passed down from generation to generation, but except for the two or three senior ancestors who refined a few of them during the prosperous period of the sect, the other sect leaders only regarded this as a inheritance, and no one actually refined this talisman.
Now that it has become so weak, it is even more of an idiot’s dream.”
"As for whether fellow Taoist will go to the Jin Kingdom to hand over this talisman-making formula? That's up to fellow Taoist. I'm just trying to put my mind at ease. After all, this spiritual talisman is an original talisman-making technique created by the founder of our sect.
If it were to be lost in the world of immortality, it would be really difficult for the old man to
I explained it. Even if this talisman-making technique really cannot return to the Tianfu Sect, it is better to be passed down in the hands of fellow Taoists than to really become extinct. After that, Yun went to Jiuquan and met the ancestors of the sect, and he
I finally have an excuse." The red-faced old man said with a wry smile.
When Bai Ran heard this, he was a little speechless.
It turns out that the head of the Tianfu Sect was just trying to gain peace of mind. From this point of view, he really could only take advantage and not suffer any losses.
If you don't go to the great Jin Kingdom, there is no need to return the bone box. If you really go to this rumored great empire, it seems that sending something back is just a matter of effort.
Moreover, what kind of magical talisman is this spirit-dropping talisman? It seems to be difficult to refine. This makes Bai Ran also very curious!
According to his growing experience, in addition to the ordinary five-element spells that can be refined into talismans, there are indeed some special talismans with incredible magical powers in the world of immortality, collectively called secret talismans.
These secret talismans are difficult to classify among the five elements of Taoism, and each sect often has a unique refining method, making it difficult for others to imitate them.
For example, when he was in the inner hall of Xutian Palace, he was plotted against by the elders of Xing Gong. The incarnation talisman that appeared when he almost died, and the special teleportation talisman made by Xing Palace, are two different secret talismans. Of course, the value of the former is far greater than
above the latter.
After thinking for a moment, Bai Ran reached out and took the bone box without hesitation, and at the same time promised in a deep voice:
"What I can promise you, fellow Taoist, is to do my best. Fellow Taoist Yun, don't have too high expectations."
"Hehe, that's fine! Yun is very grateful for Brother Bai's words." After hearing what Bai Ran said, the red-faced old man felt more at ease and thanked him continuously with a grateful look on his face.
After chatting with Bai Ran for a few more words, he wisely said goodbye and left.
And Bai Ran stood at the door, looking at the other person's retreating back. He couldn't help but weigh the bone box in his hand, it was light and airy, as if he didn't want to have any other secrets.
At this time, Mei Ning, who had been standing silently behind Bai Ran, finally couldn't help but ask:
"This is the first time I've heard the name of this spirit summoning talisman. Is it really a very powerful talisman?"
"I don't know, but I guess it's not ordinary!" Bai Ran glanced at the woman's rosy face and said with a chuckle.
Then he returned to the table and sat down. He picked up a piece of bone and glanced at it.
"Huh!" After just two glances, Bai Ran exclaimed in surprise.
"What's wrong? There's something wrong with the method of making the talisman?" Mei Ning also sat down opposite Bai Ran and asked with her eyes flowing, her face full of curiosity. Since that sweet kiss, the relationship between this woman and Bai Ran has changed.
, and we got a little intimate without realizing it. Most of the original restraints were gone.
"It's nothing. The materials needed to refine this spirit-dropping talisman are really outrageous! No wonder their Tianfu Sect has no talisman-making skills, but they don't even dare to hope to refine this talisman." Bai Ran read the bone fragments in his hands,
He put it in the box and said casually.
"What materials are needed that even Brother Bai thinks are outrageous?" Mei Ning became a little confused.
"Forget about other materials. But as the main material for making talismans, there are things that can't be bought with spirit stones. It actually requires the spirit of a demon beast in the transformation stage to make this spirit descending talisman. What do you think?
Isn't it considered against the heavens?" Bai Ran picked up the next piece of bone and said with a faint smile.
"A monster spirit in the transformation stage?" Mei Ning took a breath of cold air, her clear and beautiful eyes filled with astonishment.
However, she didn't notice that while Bai Ran was carefully looking at the bone fragment in his hand, a mysterious look appeared on his face...
After resting for a night, Bai Ran and Mei Ning left the village without informing anyone. Under the surprised gazes of several guards, they left the village.
When Bai Ran once again stood on the edge of the pile of rocks, looking at the yellow desert in front of him, Bai Ran took Mei Ning to another village closest to them after briefly identifying the direction.
Bai Ran's idea is very simple. If nothing happens when this woman's brother arrives here, he must have arrived in another village. Once he is found, he will be taken away together.
Mei Ning also felt that Bai Ran's idea was indeed reasonable, so naturally she had no objection at all.
So in the blink of an eye, the two of them disappeared into the vast yellow sand and disappeared.
More than a month later, on a strange land that was as red as blood, a dozen strong young men and women wearing gray clothes and holding bone spears were sneaking towards a high ground that looked like a mound, slowly surrounding them.
On the top of this highland, there are several monsters with green bodies and thick necks, crawling there and sleeping curled up.
This is a kind of Yin beast called "Bi Toad Beast". It is small in size and has lumps on its body. Although they look ugly, like an enlarged giant toad. But in this Yin and Underworld place, there are only a few kinds of Yin beasts in the body.
One of the Yin beasts that is not highly poisonous and can be eaten by humans.
Naturally, these people came to hunt and kill these green toad beasts, so as to alleviate the food crisis in the village.
The movements of these people were all extremely dexterous, without making any sound. Just when they were about to completely close the encirclement, a green toad beast suddenly opened a pair of red eyes and suddenly closed the human beings who were only twenty or thirty feet away from them.
Looked into the eyes.
The shouts of "do it" among humans and the warning screams from the beast's mouth sounded at the same time.
In the blink of an eye, more than a dozen gleaming white bone spears flew towards these green toad beasts.
As a result, although most of the green toad beasts jumped up, they were immediately pierced by these spears and fell down. Only the two most vigorous green toad beasts escaped this disaster. They were not completely uninjured, just because they avoided
In time, the spear just missed him.
The Green Toad Beast is almost at the lowest level among the Yin Beasts. Apart from being able to spit out a few breaths of Yin Qi, it has almost no sharp attack methods. But correspondingly, these Yin Beasts can jump and escape very quickly.
, but it’s appalling.
I saw the remaining two green toad beasts. After opening their mouths, two black clouds of yin energy the size of heads were violently shot out. Then they stepped back and jumped seven or eight feet into the air, instantly escaping from the human race.
The encirclement. Although several people struggled to throw their spare bone spears, they were obviously slower and could not reach the two green toad beasts.
Seeing the two green toad beasts rising and falling, they rushed into a pile of strange rocks not far away, but suddenly there was a flash of blue light, and the two green toad beasts fell straight down from the air without saying a word, with a thud.
It's really incredible.
The green blood suddenly dyed the ground red. Two sounds of "swish" and "swish" were heard, and two green lights flew out from the body of the Yin Beast, shooting backwards towards a nearby boulder. Then the figures flashed, and there was a man and a woman.
Turned out from behind the stone.
The man has an ordinary appearance with clear eyes, and the woman is delicate, beautiful, gentle and pleasant. They are Bai Ran and Mei Ning. It’s just that they are each wearing a light blue animal skin coat, and Bai Ran has a button on each hand.
The small green sword, which is about an inch long, has a circle of translucent silk thread-like things wrapped around the hilt of the small sword, which is actually some slender animal sinews.
Bai Ran walked over in a few steps, looked down at the two Yin beasts killed by the small sword, and then looked up at the people with wary eyes.
"I saw these two green toad beasts trying to run away just now. Bai had no choice but to take action rashly. You won't blame me. But don't worry. I don't need these two green toad beasts. I just want to ask you a few questions.
.I wonder if you can answer it?" Bai Ran smiled and said to the other side with a kind face.
"You really don't want the corpses of these two green toad beasts?" an older, strong man said with a puzzled look on his face. It seemed that he was the leader of this group of young men and women.
"Of course it's true, I'm not short of food." Bai Ran kicked the corpse on the ground and repeated affirmatively.
"Okay, you ask!" Although the strong man felt a little strange, he felt that he would not lose anything and finally nodded in agreement.
Seeing that the other party was so understanding, Bai Ran nodded with satisfaction and said calmly, "Master?"
"Yes, we are all villagers of Hongtu Village!" The strong man frowned, but replied honestly.
"That's good. We are actually here to find out if your village has accepted any newcomers from outside recently. I am here to look for them." Bai Ran asked calmly.
"Newcomer? No! But when the crack opened last time, we stood at the place where the Yin Beast was active and found several skeletons, both male and female. They all looked like a pile of white bones. It seems that they were unlucky and were killed.
The Yin beasts who returned early have eaten everything clean." The strong man thought for a while and said hesitantly.
"White bones?" Mei Ning, who was standing behind Bai Ran, changed her face slightly. It was a bit hard to look at.
In the past month or so, the two of them have run through three other villages. Although they have not seen their brother, it seems that there are two or three monks who survived the disaster.
This village is good, but as soon as it opens its mouth, it is full of dead people.
Why didn't this make Mei Ning's heart tighten, and she had a vague premonition of something ominous!
"That's right. We buried the remains on the spot. But we put the things on them into the warehouse in the village. Do you two want to take a look?" The strong man saw that Bai Ran was really looking for someone.
. Suddenly his vigilance faded away, and he greeted somewhat boldly.
"Okay. Then I'll thank you, brother." Bai Ran looked at the silent beauty beside him, nodded and said.
Even if there are a few dead people, the identities need to be confirmed. If this woman's brother is really among them, he doesn't have to worry about it anymore.
"Hehe! The tone of my brother's words is very formal. At first glance, it seems that he is from outside. He is also a newcomer here, right?" The strong man called others behind him to clean up the body of the Yin Beast, while he chatted enthusiastically with Bai Ran.
stand up.
Bai Ran smiled casually when he saw this.
After following their group for several miles, Bai Ran and Mei Ning arrived in another strange village.
This village is obviously much smaller than other villages.
Although the surrounding area is also protected by a stone wall, this wall is not only only seven or eight feet high, but is also in many places and is in tatters, as if there is no time to repair it.
Judging from the size of the village, there are only a hundred or so people living here at most. The population is pitifully small.
As soon as he entered the village, the strong man pointed at a larger stone house. He apologized and asked Bai Ran and the two of them to look at it themselves. He and the villagers wanted to deal with the corpses of the green toad beasts first, which were all precious.
Food must be given priority.
Bai Ran naturally didn't care about this, so he immediately thanked her and walked over with Mei Ning.
"Is this really your brother's thing?" Bai Ran asked a little surprised, looking at the tattered and blood-stained clothes in front of him.
I really didn't expect that as soon as she entered this so-called warehouse, Mei Ning immediately recognized her brother's relics placed in the corner. Her face turned pale and her beautiful eyes became a little distracted.
"How could I remember! I sewed this shirt for my brother with my own hands. And the storage bag next to it also has our brother and sister's unique markings." Mei Ning stared at the hidden pile of things with red eyes, a little confused.
He murmured choked with sobs.
Bai Ran didn't know what to say to comfort her at the moment, so he could only hesitate for a moment, pat the woman's shoulders twice, and then quietly exited the stone house.
He knew that it would be better to leave this woman alone for a while now.
Sure enough, as soon as he left, intermittent sobbing came from inside. Bai Ran sighed softly, looked at the sky, and was speechless.
After a full quarter of an hour, Mei Ning walked out of the house with slightly swollen eyes.
"Let's go. Since my brother is gone, there is no need to go to other villages. Let's go directly to Storm Mountain!" the woman said calmly.
It seemed that she had forced herself to hide the pain of losing her brother in her heart.
"Of course we have to go to Storm Mountain, but before that, I have some other things to do, and I need to collect some Yinming beast crystals." Bai Ran glanced at Mei Ning and said calmly.
"Beast crystals! What's the use of collecting them? Moreover, those Yin beasts are not easy to deal with." Mei Ning naturally knew about the Yin beast crystals at this time. She was startled and asked a little unexpectedly. "Collect them."
They naturally have their uses below. I estimate that the world is huge, but in a place like the Land of the Underworld, even if
It's not unique, and it's definitely very rare. After leaving here, it will be extremely difficult to collect the Yin beast crystals. As for dealing with these Yin beasts, we don't need to take action at all, just leave it to them.
Deal with it." Bai Ran suddenly shook his sleeves, and a green light flew out and landed in front of the two of them.
"It?" Mei Ning looked at the little monkey in front of her with a look of confusion on her face!
"Of course it is!" Bai Ran affirmed with an unchanging expression.
On the previous journey, because he was eager to find the village, he always looked for safe roads. Therefore, although he used a small sword to kill some low-level spiritual beasts along the way, he did not see any beast crystals.
.This made Bai Ran, who vaguely knew the use of Yinming Beast Crystals, naturally want to collect more.
Now, Bai Ran didn't say anything more. After greeting this woman, he turned around and left with a cry in his heart.
He planned to rest in this red earth village for a day, and tomorrow he would start going to the place where the powerful Yin beasts gathered to test the power of the Soul Crying Beast.
A giant clawed beast five to six feet tall was walking leisurely in a depression.
With its pair of huge, indestructible claws and its mouth full of sharp fangs, it is the overlord of the nearby area. Naturally, it will not worry about any high-level Yin beasts suddenly attacking it.
Suddenly, its little ears that were not very sensitive seemed to hear something. It turned its head and stared to one side with a fierce look. About ten feet away, a little monkey about a foot tall appeared out of nowhere.
Come.
The little monkey was staring excitedly at the giant creature in front of him.
When the giant clawed beast saw the little monkey, it did not pounce on it angrily. Instead, after humming a few times, it wanted to retreat with a look of fear on its face. But as soon as its body moved, a yellow cloud appeared like lightning.
It flew in and covered the giant beast's body within it.
Then, in the yellow light, there was an earth-shaking roar from the beast. The light was strong and then, yellow clouds flew back, with traces of black air in it sucked into the monkey's big nose.
The little monkey chewed a few times with relish, then patted his slightly bulging belly, with a satisfied look on his face, as if he had eaten something extremely delicious.
At this time, Bai Ran slowly walked over from a distance with a relaxed look on his face, and beside him was a pretty woman who was stunned.
This woman saw the whole scene just now, which really made her unbelievable.
Now she took a look at the mostly shriveled body of the giant claw beast, and finally vaguely thought of the little monkey in front of her and a certain ferocious beast in the rumors, and her face couldn't help but look ugly.
Bai Ran had already reached the head of the giant beast. With a flick of his sleeve, a shining silver dagger appeared in his hand.
With an unchanging expression, the giant beast's head was split in half like a watermelon under the skin with a knife, and then a green crystal the size of a thumb fell out.
When Bai Ran saw the crystal, a smile appeared on his face. He bent down and picked it up.