After a long silence, Taoist Zhan Yi didn't know how to describe his mood.
The moment he saw the evil spirit burst out with an ominous aura, he even thought that it was because of it that the Lanwu Gorge had become so dangerous. He even prepared that Jiang Beiran might have been controlled by this ghost and that he might die.
Be prepared to die.
But just when he was taking out all his wealth and preparing to fight with all his strength, the wronged soul suddenly laughed at him.
Feeling that his palms were still full of sweat, Taoist Zhan Yi took a big mouthful of saliva and looked cautiously at Gu Liangren.
At this time, the orange cat had put away its attacking posture and returned to Gu Liangren's arms. It let out a lazy "meow" when it felt Taoist Zhan Yi's eyes.
"It's credible." Gu Liangren shook his chest muscles twice and said.
After hearing these two words, Taoist Zhan Yi's tense nerves finally relaxed a little and he took a deep breath.
Jiang Beiran actually didn't expect Dahu to scare the four ghost cultivators to such an extent, or to be precise, Jiang Beiran didn't expect Dahu to be able to erupt with such a terrifying aura now.
'Could it be that all the Yin energy of the hundreds of thousands of innocent souls was absorbed by Dahu?'
Jiang Beiran didn't expect that things would develop like this, after all, he didn't know much about ghosts.
"Jiang...Master Jiang, could it be that this is your ghost general?" Taoist Zhan Yi looked at Jiang Beiran in awe when he asked.
When Jiang Bei heard the word "ghost general", he was stunned at first, but soon understood what Taoist Zhan Yi meant by "ghost general".
When Jiang Beiran took Mo Xia to Tang Jingran's apprenticeship before, he learned about some of the training and fighting methods of ghost cultivators, and one of them mentioned ghost generals.
In addition to the basic plan of the four atmospheres, the most common fighting methods for ghost cultivators are ghost control and possession.
As the name suggests, controlling ghosts means controlling ghosts to fight, while possessing means letting ghosts possess you and greatly improve yourself.
The core of these two fighting methods is the same, and that is the ghost general.
It can even be said that the strength of the ghost general will directly determine the combat effectiveness of the ghost cultivator, so it is a very important existence.
This is why Taoist Zhan Yi has awe in his eyes when he looks at Jiang Beiran.
Because if the soul in front of him is really Jiang Beiran's ghost general, then Jiang Beiran's power simply exceeds his imagination.
"No, he is my friend."
Hearing Jiang Beiran's answer, Dahu felt excited at first, and then immediately knelt on the ground and said: "I just want to follow my benefactor, be a friend or something... I don't dare to be, I don't dare to be."
"I said you are my friend, so of course you are my friend." Jiang Beiran said in an unquestionable tone.
"I...I..." For a moment, Dahu didn't know what to say. Besides, it would definitely not work if it wasn't true. But he really felt that he was not worthy, so he had to scratch his head nervously.
Seeing Dahu's awe-inspiring attitude toward Jiang Beiran, Taoist Zhan Yi felt that it didn't matter whether he was a ghost general or not. As long as Jiang Beiran needed it, this ghost would definitely be more loyal than the ghost generals he had conquered.
"I'm convinced... Master Jiang, now I'm completely convinced by you. You really have to do your best if you don't do it."
If Taoist Zhan Yi thought Jiang Beiran was awesome before, it was out of admiration and he felt that he would definitely be able to cooperate with him in the future.
But now Jiang Beiran has defeated him in the field he is good at, which makes him admire him from the bottom of his heart.
Xu Meiying, who had been listening by the side, was also shocked. She wished she could bring her granddaughter over now and let them get married on the spot.
Previously, because Jiang Beiran was too young and all the deeds were heard from her, although Xu Meiying knew that Jiang Beiran must be very powerful, she still regarded him as a potential stock in her heart.
To put it simply, he is a young man who is likely to become a big shot in the future.
But after seeing with her own eyes how powerful Jiang Beiran was, and how powerful he was in his own field, Xu Meiying directly eliminated the future. This young man is now a big shot! A big shot that can shock the entire Xuanlong Continent.
Listening to Taoist Zhan Yi's admiring tone, Jiang Beiran knew without asking that Dahu's strength had completely impressed him, and he probably thought that he was some kind of strong ghost cultivator.
"Taoist Priest, you are here just in time. I have some questions to ask you."
"Master Jiang, just ask." Taoist Zhan Yi said cheerfully.
So Jiang Beiran told Taoist Zhan Yi everything that had just happened.
"..."
After listening to Jiang Beiran's story, Taoist Zhan Yi fell silent again. He originally thought that the soul named Dahu was some thousand-year-old ghost, otherwise how could he have gathered such terrible evil energy.
But now I heard what Jiang Beiran said, this big tiger was just an ordinary ghost yesterday, and he became so powerful because he absorbed the hundreds of thousands of innocent souls under the great formation.
"I can only say... your friend named Dahu has very good luck." Taoist Zhan Yi said with the corners of his mouth twitching.
In fact, the first thing he wanted to say directly was that such a good thing could happen to you?
But I felt it was not polite, so I held back.
"Oh, how do you say that?" Jiang Beiran asked with some confusion.
Taoist Zhan Yi was in a state of envy at this moment. He shook his head, looked at the jade-faced woman and said, "It's up to you to explain."
Compared with Taoist Zhan Yi, the jade-faced woman acted much calmer. She nodded and explained to Jiang Beiran: "Usually those who can become ghosts are because they had obsessions during their lifetime. Only when they complete their obsessions can they become ghosts."
Leave this world with peace of mind, so ghosts usually cherish their lives more than living people, and will never dissipate easily before completing their obsession."
Jiang Beiran nodded after hearing this, indicating that he understood.
"The wronged souls actually have stronger obsessions than ghosts, but after becoming wronged souls, they will become extremely crazy and cannot remember the obsessions in their hearts."
At this time, the jade-faced woman glanced at the big tiger again before continuing: "So usually, ghosts and innocent souls are not produced in large numbers. After all, no one dares to risk the disdain of the world and kill so many civilians in one go.
He even tortured them before they died."
Jiang Beiran nodded again after hearing this.
Although the cultivators on Xuanlong Continent are aloof and do not take civilians seriously, they do not dare to kill without restraint, because no matter which country they are in, the population is the basic base, otherwise they would not be like Lian Shengguo.
Small border countries all know that they need to set up a court and choose an emperor to manage the people.
What’s the purpose? It’s just for the population!
If all civilians in a country die, it will only be a matter of time before that country is destroyed.
Therefore, situations like this where hundreds of thousands of innocent souls appear at once rarely happen.
"In addition, the strength of wronged souls in all aspects is higher than that of ordinary souls, and they are very suitable for fighting. Unfortunately, wronged souls are filthy things that have lost their minds and cannot be controlled at all. Therefore, not only can we not take the wronged soul into a ghost general, let alone absorb its power.
Use your power for yourself, otherwise ghosts will fall into madness like them."
After speaking, the jade-faced woman sighed, and a "tearful" expression of envy suddenly appeared on her masked face.
"To sum up, Dahu's situation can be said to be unprecedented, and it will be difficult for anyone in the future to be able to make the enemy soul willingly contribute all his strength without any resentment. This is basically a problem for us.
The unimaginable.”
Taoist Zhan Yi also nodded at this time, looked at Dahu and said: "I have only seen this one ghost who has such luck. This is comparable to..."
After speaking, Taoist Zhan Yi suddenly paused and looked at Jiang Beiran with somewhat disbelieving eyes.
Because if you think about it carefully, this is not Dahu's luck at all. From the moment he broke the formation, everything was actually the road paved for him by Jiang Beiran.
'No wonder he had no intention of coming out in the face of such a terrible ominous atmosphere. It turns out...it turns out that everything was arranged by him...'
For a moment, Taoist Zhan Yi seemed to get to know the young man in front of him all over again. Although he seemed calm and kind on the surface, he was actually very ambitious...
'When the day he really shows his fangs, I'm afraid the entire Xuanlong Continent will surrender under his feet.'
After listening to the jade-faced woman's explanation, Jiang Beiran turned his head and glanced at Dahu, and he roughly understood in his heart how powerful his opportunity was. It could not be described as a once-in-a-century or a once-in-a-thousand-year opportunity, but it was the first time in the world.
'No wonder you can become so strong...'
After understanding what was going on, Jiang Beiran looked at Taoist Zhan Yi and asked: "How can Dahu make good use of this power? Is there anything..."
"Gudu... Gudu, dudu, dusk..."
Just as Jiang Beiran was halfway through his question, he suddenly heard a sound that seemed to be half boiling from the river behind him.
"come yet……"
Jiang Beiran, who heard the commotion, gestured to several ghost cultivators, then turned to look towards the river.
I saw black bubbles popping out in the middle of the river. Miraculously, only the part of the river where the heart was dropped had this change, while the river next to it was still rushing forward.
As the black bubbles from the boiling river water grew larger and larger, the temporary altar Jiang Beiran had just built also reacted.
I saw that the pieces of the altar wood were all exuding a matte light, and at the same time, the corridor array in the center began to operate.
"Clang!"
At this time, Jiang Beiran took out a golden-ringed sword from the Qiankun Ring and shook it hard. The crisp sound of the copper ring made the river water boil even more intensely.
"Exerting the spirit and spreading the energy to eliminate the five plagues."
"Left and right officers and soldiers, three and five generals."
"Whoever hears my curse will be shattered into pieces!"
…
Then there was a muffled sound coming from the depths of the river, and before a few ghost cultivators could get closer to see what was going on, they saw a black Gu worm being washed up into the air by the river water.
'kindness?'
In doubt, Jiang Beiran stretched out his hand and caught the Gu insect in mid-air, his eyes full of doubts.
'Such a huge formation...is just for this Gu?'
The first thing Jiang Beiran did after breaking the formation was to find out what purpose the super large formation of Lanwu Gorge existed to sacrifice, and the Gu insect in front of him was the answer.
That's right, such a ridiculously large formation was actually for this thumb-sized Gu worm in his hand.
The Gu insect caught in Jiang Beiran's hand didn't seem to realize what had happened, and was still sleeping soundly, unaware that he had been taken out of his lair.
At this time, several other ghost cultivators also gathered around, and they all frowned when they saw the Gu worm in Jiang Beiran's hand.
"What a strong evil spirit..." Taoist Zhan Yi said with a frown. If Jiang Beiran hadn't been here to control the situation, he would have retreated madly.
After hearing Taoist Zhan Yi's words, Jiang Beiran used his mental power to sense the Gu worms in his hands, and indeed felt a very strong ominous aura in his body, but it was just the same words.
He is not a ghost cultivator, so he cannot explain how powerful this evil spirit is.
But when he thought of the Gu cave he had visited before and the big mouth on the wall, Jiang Beiran knew that all the "poisoned" humans had been fed into his stomach.
Coupled with the hundreds of thousands of innocent souls suppressed by the super large formation...
'So all the hundreds of thousands of humans who were tortured and killed by the Gu clan ended up in this thing's belly?'
At this time, Jiang Beiran suddenly felt the two bracelets on his wrist vibrate, turning them into absolute swords. Jiang Beiran only heard the extremely resentful voice of King Gu ringing in his ears.
"Give me..." "Give me..." "Give me..." "Give me back!"
Looking at the flickering Ksitigarbha True Crystal, Jiang Beiran could feel how much the Gu King wanted to break through the seal.
'No wonder it is so well protected, it seems to be very important to King Gu.'
At the same time, Jiang Beiran's previous guess was also overturned. At first, he thought that the Gu King left so many ordinary humans unkilled in order to convert them all into the Gu clan.
But now it seems that naturalizing into the Gu tribe is correct, but the purpose is not to increase the population of their Gu tribe, but to feed these Gu tribes transformed from humans as food to this Gu insect.
'How much potential does this Gu have? It is worthy of being cultivated by this Gu King.'
Jiang Beiran observed it for a long time, but found that his current knowledge of Gu was not enough to recognize it. It was neither a king Gu nor an emperor Gu, but a completely new species.
And there is a high probability that it is a powerful variety that surpasses the former.
[Option 1: Kill the Emperor Gu in your hand, completion reward: Burning Moon Holy Book (low-grade heaven-level)]
[Option 2: Find another five Emperor Gu. Completion reward: Random basic skill point +1]
‘…?’
'It would be okay if I just announced the answer directly.'
Just as Jiang Beiran was thinking about what kind of mysterious Gu it was, the system option popped up and directly told him that this Gu was quite big, and there were five others as big as it.
'Wait...five.'
If it corresponds to the six countries, the other five are likely to be waiting for their food in the remaining five countries.
After the analysis, Jiang Beiran took out a red jar from the Qiankun Ring and put the sleeping Emperor Gu in it.