Bart's eyes flickered as he looked at Bai Liming, who had a penetrating face. He no longer pretended.
He stopped smiling, corrected his attitude, and said in an old-fashioned way:
"Did you see it?"
Bai Liming nodded, and seeing that the other party didn't finally believe it, he said:
"It's just a remnant soul. Although it has a bit of a human aura, it can't be hidden from my eyes."
Like a child who had been robbed of candy, Bart glared at Bailiming angrily:
"Oh, it's really boring. I finally encountered an outsider sneaking in, but I still want to tease you more."
As he spoke, he slapped his forehead again and sighed:
"Hmph, it's really boring, but you can guess who I am?"
Bailiming looked helpless and looked at him as if he were a fool:
"Isn't it obvious? You must be one of the highest priests in history."
"Haha, I know I can't hide it from you. Yes, I am the 19th generation high priest of shamanism."
Bart giggled twice to hide his embarrassed look.
Later, he felt that as the high priest respected and worshiped by the Onikata clan, how could he be so underestimated.
Besides, I have trapped these two people and have taken the initiative, so how can I show weakness?
Thinking of this, he raised his chubby face again and shouted in a milky voice:
"Don't interrupt, and get to the truth quickly. What's the purpose of your coming here?"
Bailiming didn't hide anything and replied directly:
"The two of us are here to save Master Wen."
High Priest Bart asked in surprise:
"Oh? Sent by the Taoist sect?"
Before Bai Liming could answer, he shook his head and said in denial:
"No, it's impossible for the Taoist sect to know that Wenwen is here. Besides, it's been so long, so we should have given up on rescuing her long ago."
After looking at Bai Liming and Yuan Chaoxi up and down, he asked doubtfully:
"Then you are Wenwen's relatives?"
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Yuan Zhaoxi 1 raised his hands and said:
"Yes, I am Wenwen's daughter. I wonder if High Priest Bart can reunite our mother and daughter."
Bart grinned:
"Now that you have arrived here, it is easy to reunite with your mother."
Seeing Yuan Chaoxi's confused look, he continued:
"This secret realm is just a palm-sized place. If you stand here and roar, your mother can hear you."
"However, this place is just a cage. It's easy to get in, but it's even more difficult to leave here."
Yuan Chaoxi didn't take it seriously. She waved her fist and said:
"Since you can get in, you can get out. Even if you risk your life, you must take my mother out."
Bart scoffed:
"Little girl, don't talk nonsense, you can't break this small magic circle in front of you, let alone this secret realm blessed by the soul power of the high priests of the past."
Yuan Chaoxi frowned, and when he was about to mobilize his magic power to forcefully break the magic circle that trapped them, Bai Liming said softly:
"I'll try it first."
Yuan Chaoxi nodded. She also knew that she relied on brute force to break the formation, which could easily cause a lot of noise and cause more trouble.
But he saw a flash of light in Baili Ming's eyes, and a group of jackdaws flew up from behind him, grinning like black cloaks flying in the air.
The group of jackdaws screamed strangely, circled, and flew up to the iron cage.
In an instant, as if black ink dropped on the white rice paper, the ink quickly covered the cage.
The runes on the iron pillars were extinguished bit by bit, and the entire iron cage began to rust, weather, and finally disintegrate into ashes.
Bart's eyes lit up:
"Little guy, you have some skills, but I underestimate you."
Baili Ming made a spell and cast a spell, and the group of jackdaws swooped down at Bart and surrounded him.
Then, it turned into a black chain and tied Bart tightly. Seeing Bart with a normal expression and no resistance, Bai Liming asked with some confusion:
"Why is the high priest so helpless?"
Bart laughed and laughed at himself:
"I'm just a remnant soul, just lingering here. I don't dare to waste my original power to fight you to the death."
"And I said, this is a cage. I have been trapped in this cage for too long and I have long been tired."
"Then why doesn't the high priest leave this place? With your methods, it shouldn't be difficult, right?" Bai Liming asked in return.
Bart smiled bitterly:
"This is our cage and the basis for our survival, if this is considered alive."
"I have been dead for a long time. My body has perished and my spirit has collapsed. It is this secret realm that allows our consciousness to remain, but do you know what the price of all this is?"
Bai Liming shook his head in confusion.
Bart laughed:
"It is in this northern wilderness that the power of the souls of the deceased sustains our remaining souls. Does it sound familiar?"
Hearing this, Bai Liming and Yuan Chaoxi looked at each other, both physically and mentally shocked. They thought of the Kaiyang Cauldron and the Beidou Demon Subduing Formation.
"Yes, it is similar to your Dao sect's Beidou Demon-Suppressing Formation, or the Soul-Confining Formation."
Bart told them the answer in their minds, and Bai Liming asked in shock and uncertainty:
"Could it be said that the seven ancestors of the Dao Sect also have immortal souls and exist in the secret realm created by the demon-suppressing formation?"
Bart nodded, with a hint of disdain on his chubby face:
"They are even more stingy. They hide in the formation, hide their heads and tails, and dare not show up easily. They are afraid of wasting a trace of soul power and affecting their survival time."
"Okay, okay, this is a bit far. I can take you to find Wen Wen, and I will also find a way to let you out, but there is one condition."
Before Bai Liming could recover from the shock, Yuan Chaoxi woke up after hearing this and asked hurriedly:
"What conditions?"
Bart's eyes were burning and his expression was firm:
"Get me out of here."
Bai Liming and Yuan Zhaoxi were shocked again:
"Why? Once you leave this place, this remnant soul will completely dissipate and you will really cease to exist."
Bart said quietly:
"I am free and undisciplined by nature, and hate being controlled and restricted the most. You see me transformed into a child, just because I don't want future generations to support me like a clay statue of a god."
"Can you imagine? Being trapped in a place that is only a few miles away, facing false blue sky, false white clouds, false grassland, and these hypocritical descendants all day long, for thousands of years."
"Huh...I have been locked up in this cage for thousands of years. This is the so-called life worse than death."
"So, I want to leave here, go see the real blue sky, the real white clouds, the real grassland, breathe the free air, and dissipate in this world without any regrets."
Although Bai Liming didn't understand it very well, he was moved by High Priest Bart's true feelings. He said sincerely:
"High Priest, I will definitely take you away."
Bart grinned:
"Look up to the sky and go out laughing. How can we be from Penghao? Let's go, I will take you to see Wen Wen."
The three people left the tent on the edge of the camp and headed deeper into the camp.
1 On the way, we encountered several waves of seekers dressed as ghosts, all of whom bowed respectfully to Bart.
When they saw Bai Liming and Yuan Chaoxi, although they had doubts on their faces, they didn't dare to ask.
After walking for about one stick of incense, not far away, a graceful female crown wearing a Taoist costume appeared in front of the three people.
She was carrying her back and washing her clothes when she heard movement behind her and turned around.
The girl's skin was as radiant as snow, her face was slightly round, and a pair of small dimples made her look a bit younger. She looked like she was only 25 years old.
There was deep sorrow and fatigue hidden between her brows, and her eyes were like a pool of stagnant water.
Suddenly, the female crown's eyes fell on Yuan Chaoxi. After a moment of confusion, a light of surprise suddenly burst out.