Animal? Animal path? These two words with similar meanings were naturally connected by Zhang Ke. The animal path in the Buddhist scriptures originally refers to all mortal animals except humans, and fish is certainly one of them.
Reminiscing that I had placed the ever-light lamp of the Animal Path on the corresponding square stone before, I opened the sealed stone door and entered the sacrificial area behind the black curtain. But now, I seem to be experiencing the feeling of being an Animal Path.
I'm afraid this is not a coincidence. There is a certain connection, but it is still unclear. Is the room I am currently in the same room with the colorful ink stains that I originally entered?
If not, it means that after being comatose, he was moved to a new room. In this case, it would be a bit far-fetched to consider the relationship between the experience in the room and the animal path itself.
But if this is still the room behind the stone door, does it mean that someone arranged so many things in the room while I was hypnotized? Although it is a bit incredible, after all, I don’t know how long I stayed in the trance state.
It doesn't seem completely impossible for a third person to enter the room and arrange things on the spot.
While thinking about the problem, he swam hard to the shore. Zhang Ke finally saw that he was about to reach the finish line. He quickly accelerated and rushed to the shore. He spat the coral key on the ground and let it roll out of the water.
However, before he could take a breath, Zhang Ke suddenly heard a meow coming from above his head, and then a huge shadow swooped down. Before he could see clearly what was going on, he felt his eyes go dark.
"This dead cat is really lazy and greedy——"
When Zhang Ke opened his eyes again, he found that he was lying on the ground, and his hands stained with corpses reappeared in front of him, which meant that he had returned to the corpse.
At the same time, he also understood what had just happened. It turned out that the cat, which was lying on the top of the bookcase and was too lazy to move, saw a fresh fish emerging from the pond and swimming hard towards the shore.
Then I got interested and jumped to the water's edge and bit it.
And now the cat was cutting open the belly of the fish and preparing to feast on it, so Zhang Ke's consciousness was naturally squeezed out and returned to his original body.
Seeing that the coral key was still next to the cat, Zhang Ke hurriedly ran over and took the most important key in his hand, but at the same time another thought came to his mind.
Since I can transform into a fish by sacrificing a fish, what if I sacrifice this cat...?
Although it had long noticed Zhang Ke's presence, the cat was still enjoying the delicious live fish dinner regardless, with no intention of escaping.
Naturally, Zhang Ke would not miss such an excellent opportunity. He immediately stretched out his "devil's claws", lifted it up, and walked towards the wheel-shaped altar.
Although the cat that was lifted up by its neck kept fluttering and struggling in mid-air and making angry calls, it was still no match for human strength. No matter how much it resisted, it was in vain. In the end, Zhang Ke pinned it down hard at the center of the altar.
After hearing it suddenly let out a shrill cry, its limbs suddenly stiffened, its body stopped shaking, and its eyes became hollow. As the sacrificial words underneath turned from rust red to bright red, yellow lights suddenly lit up in the ever-burning lamp.
Flames surrounded everything in front of Zhang Ke...
"Well, it seems that I guessed it right..."
After the flames dissipated, Zhang Ke found that the height he was standing on had become lower, but his body was extremely light, as if he could jump very far with a simple jump of his legs and feet, but there was a lingering fishy smell in his mouth.
It makes people feel very unhappy.
Raising his "left hand", Zhang Ke saw a fluffy flesh pad. Once again he was sure that he had turned into a cat, so he ran towards the bookcase.
The purpose this time is very clear. Use the cat's flexible posture to walk as high as possible and see if you can rely on your jumping power to jump to the shackles of Ye Suling's hands.
If it succeeds, try again later with the coral key in your mouth, and you should be able to save her.
It's a pity - things didn't seem to go as smoothly as Zhang Ke expected. Even though he jumped on the highest cabinet and jumped in the direction of Ye Suling with all his strength, he still missed a long way and fell to the ground again and again.
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Fortunately, cats have excellent balance and resistance to falling. Even after jumping up and down several times, they did not feel their stomachs tumbling. If it were a human, they would probably have vomited.
After another failed jumping attempt, Zhang Ke realized that the limit of a cat's jumping ability is probably only this level. If the weight of the key is also included, it will only jump lower. If he wants to become a cat, he will jump even lower.
It's obviously not enough to touch the acceleration - I'm afraid only by actually putting on wings and flying into the sky can I reach Ye Suling's hands.
Wait, wings?
Zhang Ke suddenly realized that this absurd idea from the beginning was not necessarily just a delusion. Since he can now turn into a fish or a cat, why can't he turn into an animal with wings and flying?
However, judging from the current situation, there seemed to be no other animals in the whole room... At this moment, Zhang Ke caught a glimpse of the exquisite and beautiful Qibao Jade Tree sculpture next to him.
Previously, because it was placed too high and too far away from him, he could not clearly see the specific details on it, but after turning into a cat and jumping on the bookcase, Zhang Ke finally saw its appearance clearly, and he also saw that there was indeed a deep hole on the trunk.
hole.
Regardless of what it was used for, since you have seen it, just take it away. Zhang Ke immediately opened his mouth, picked up the jade tree, jumped towards the ground, and landed steadily.
Probably due to the shock, the moment Zhang Ke landed, he saw a wriggling caterpillar crawling out of the small hole in the trunk of the jade tree. It seemed that it was observing vigilantly because of the shock.
surrounding conditions.
Caterpillar - isn't this another animal? Zhang Ke gradually became familiar with it and began to understand the correct way to use that magic circle.
It picked up the Qibao Jade Tree and looked at it carefully, and found that there was a hidden compartment hidden at the bottom, but there was no device on the surface that could trigger the mechanism, and it couldn't be scratched at all with its claws. Obviously, with its current physical condition
, the items inside cannot be taken out.
Then the answer is very simple. Zhang Ke released his claws and jumped into the magic circle. After a burst of smoke dissipated, he found himself lying on the ground, using his own body of course - or should be said to be a corpse.
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In the center of the circle, the cold body of the cat lay alone. It looked like it had completely lost its vitality and was in tatters like a crushed rag.
The moment he saw the cat corpse, Zhang Ke suddenly felt an uncomfortable feeling in his heart. He realized that it was the sacrificial ceremony he performed that took away the cat's life.
Or to be more precise, it was because his soul entered its body that it squeezed out its soul. Therefore, once his consciousness left the body, the cat fell to the ground and became a complete corpse.