Chen Luo discovered he could scavenge the minds of the dead.
So he went to a graveyard and scavenge the brain of a deceased Great Emperor, figuring he’d borrow it for a bit.
While other...
"The black robe is my friend in the upper world, he's a nice guy."
Taoist Wuwei briefly introduced the man in black robe. This man was able to come across the border just because of Taoist Wuwei's words. His character is absolutely reliable, except that his temper is a little bad.
The two walked out of the ruined temple.
It was raining outside, the drizzle was floating in the air, soaking the soil underfoot, exuding a long-lost fragrance. Some birds were singing on the branches, and the tender buds were growing, giving people a feeling of vitality.
This place is very special. When the Heart Demon Ancestor brought Wuwei Zhenren down from the upper realm, they landed here. There is a hidden space crack here, which is more useful than the Void Stone. By using the special mental method of the Heart Demon Sect, you can use your magical power to connect to the upper realm and smuggle some small things over. But it is a bit troublesome for people to travel back and forth. You must open the teleportation array on the opposite side, and there must be the breath of the "original species" in the teleportation array.
Chen Luo didn't understand what this original seed was. He asked Master Wuwei and found that he didn't know either. He only knew that this thing was planted by the elders of the Heart Demon Sect when he joined the sect. It was considered the sect's mark.
This description reminded Chen Luo of Baixian Cave. When he first started practicing in the Yue Tomb, he was also included in the list of Baixian Cave, but he didn't know if that list was considered the original species. If it was, maybe he could use it.
"I originally wanted to leave a teleportation mark for you, but now it seems I have to think of other ways."
"I am only at the Jindan stage now, so there is no rush for now."
He didn't really care about what Wuwei said. What he was concerned about was the Yue Tomb, where there were so many mummies waiting for him to save. He had to find a way to restore the teleportation array as soon as possible. Recently, he thought of another way and planned to try it after a while.
"Whatever."
Master Wuwei smiled and did not continue the topic.
"I didn't want to involve you in this matter at first, but I found that you were tainted with the aura of our lineage, so you are doomed to be involved in this matter."
Chen Luo then remembered that when Master Wuwei called him over, he had something to say. He originally thought it was about the black-robed man and the upper world, but now it seems to be something else.
"When my master and I descended to the lower world, we encountered a powerful enemy who placed a fourth-level plague beast on the road we had to pass. My master used all his trump cards to defeat the plague beast, and he himself was severely injured. He sealed the plague beast into a piece of spiritual jade. This piece of jade is called Juxing Jade."
When he heard the word "Star Gathering Jade", Chen Luo's eyelids twitched.
He finally understood why the Seventh Ancestor of Qionghua had such an attitude towards the Juxing Jade. It turned out that there was a big trouble sealed inside. In recent years, they used the Ten Thousand Monsters Mountain to suppress the Thousand-Eyed Centipede Monster, but it was just a superficial effort. In fact, most of their efforts were spent on this spiritual jade. Now that the spiritual jade was taken away by the former national master of the ancient country, the trouble was equivalent to being transferred away.
This ghost thing is alive and needs the power of Nascent Soul to suppress it.
The Seven Ancestors of Qionghua have been supplying power to the Lingyu for many years. They have thought of many ways, such as throwing the Lingyu away and giving it to anyone, but none of them worked. As long as the spiritual power supply is cut off, the seal on the Lingyu will loosen immediately. When it got out of control for the first time, an unprecedented plague spread and killed people in the city. Later, they also thought about throwing this thing into the deep sea, but the strange thing is that this thing can track down, ordinary secret realms can't trap it, and it can actively find the last Nascent Soul cultivator who supplied it with spiritual power.
It's like a hot potato that you can't throw away and it sticks to you.
Fortunately, this hot potato has now been snatched away by the centipede monster.
I just hope he can hold on for a while longer and not be sucked dry by the things in the spirit jade! Without the supply of the Thousand-Eyed Centipede and the Heart Demon Ancestor's heart, that thing will get out of control sooner or later. The Seven Ancestors of Qionghua are also making plans early, and they don't want to gamble their own path on a piece of stone.
The grand One Hundred and Eight Peaks Project was a trap from the very beginning.
The real plan is always silent.
"Now that the Star-Gathering Jade has been snatched away by the centipede monster, it's only a matter of time before we lose control. Once that guy comes out, he'll definitely come looking for us first."
This is the enemy left behind by the Heart Demon Ancestor.
Before the seal, the Plague Beast was beaten half to death by the Heart Demon Ancestor. The grudge was in his heart, and he would definitely take revenge as soon as he came out. The Heart Demon Ancestor could not be found, so these two juniors with the Heart Demon Ancestor's aura on them were the most direct targets.
Chen Luo just felt a little pain in his head.
"Can we find a place to throw the jade in? I think the Dragon Tomb is pretty good. Even the leader of the Heart Demon Sect feels it's a problem. It's a good place to clean up after it."
Chen Luo thought of the Dragon Tomb. With the strangeness of the Dragon Tomb, it would definitely be able to stop the plague beast. If that didn't work, he could send it to the Yue Kingdom's Star Tomb. He believed that in front of the mummy brother, the so-called plague beast was nothing more than a little puppy.
He never likes to be beaten passively. Instead of waiting for others to come to him, it is better to take action first.
Anyway, the plague beast is still sealed in the Star Gathering Jade, so there are plenty of opportunities.
"We must first find the centipede monster and take back the Star Gathering Jade. The Star Gathering Jade was obtained by our master in the upper realm before his death. It is a treasure in itself. This person will never give up before he finds out the problem."
Master Wuwei sighed.
They knew that none of the Seven Qionghua ancestors knew about the secret realm, but the problem was that the centipede monster that stole the Juxing Jade would definitely not listen to them. It would take at least ten years to figure out the secret of the Juxing Jade. When the Seven Qionghua ancestors stole the Juxing Jade, they also treasured it and hid it for decades. When they later figured out the restrictions on it, the thing stuck in their hands.
"Neither of us can escape this. I'm telling you this only so that you can make plans early. When the plague beast escapes, I will hold him back first, and you find a chance to escape. If that doesn't work, go and hide in the Dragon Tomb, and come out after you break through the Nascent Soul stage." Taoist Wuwei no longer held out hope.
His original plan was to take Chen Luo into the passage of the Heart Demon Gate, so that even if the plague beast escaped, it would have nothing to do with them. But the plan got stuck at the first step. Without the original seed of the Heart Demon Gate, there was no way to enter even if he knew the passage.
"Is there any way to kill this plague beast?"
When the centipede demon finds out about the problem with the Star Gathering Jade in the future, he will definitely find a way to solve it. By then, the centipede demon will join forces with the Seven Ancestors of Qionghua and True Man Wuwei. With so many experts, I don't believe that they can't kill this plague beast. If they're lucky, they might even be able to pick up a special brain.
“It’s difficult.”
Master Wuwei shook his head. He knew better than anyone how difficult that guy was.
"The Plague Beast is a species of heaven and earth, and it is also the top existence among the fourth level. Master had mastered some methods of transformation before his death, but even so, he was unable to kill this beast, and could only barely seal it."
Chen Luo said nothing more.
The master and the apprentice thought about it for a long time but could not find a feasible solution. Finally, they had to separate temporarily. Wuwei Zhenren went to find the whereabouts of the centipede monster to see if he could take the jade back before the seal of the Juxing Jade was unlocked. Chen Luo returned to Qionghua Sect to find a way to improve his cultivation and prepare for exploring the tomb of the mummy brother again.
As soon as Chen Luo returned to the mountain, two people came up to him.
"Master, this is the mission you assigned to me. Inside are the bones of some outstanding mortals, as well as some geniuses who died in accidents."
Ao Ye and Xue Dao returned with the tasks assigned to them by Chen Luo.
In order to curry favor with Chen Luo, these two guys dug up several nearby mortal countries. As long as they were famous talents in history, or geniuses who died young, they were all within their scope of excavation. With the guidance of the foundation-building master, Xue Dao, they had a smooth journey. Occasionally, they met a few ignorant robbers, who also became their gains and were put in their bags and brought back. In their opinion, those who dared to do robbery business must be talents in some aspects, and they might also be within Chen Luo's collection range.
"so much?"
Chen Luo opened the storage bag that the two of them handed over and was slightly stunned.
The two storage bags were filled to the brim with corpses. The number was close to 8,000. How many graves had these two guys dug? Some of the corpses were old and moldy, some were freshly killed, and there was everything. Chen Luo even saw a monkey that had just died in the pile of corpses. It was covered in gray hair and was the most common wild monkey in the mountains.
"What is this?"
Chen Luo took out the wild monkey's body, his face looking a little gloomy.
He suspected that these two guys were just filling in the gaps.
"This is a gray-haired monkey we met on our way back. Master, don't underestimate it as just an ordinary wild monkey, but it is very agile and smart. A monkey without spiritual power actually stole a storage bag from us, and then he stood on the tree stump and grinned at us. I think it also meets the definition of a 'genius', so."
Ao Ye described what happened and Chen Luo's face turned black.
He felt that it was a bit hasty to leave this matter to these two guys. Their definition of genius seemed a bit abnormal.
"I want a genius who excels in some aspect, not a wild monkey whose thinking is not even as good as that of a normal person."
Chen Luo reached out and threw the wild monkey's body out. This wild monkey might be considered a "genius" among the monkeys, but it was almost worthless to Chen Luo. He wanted a monkey that was useful to him at his current level, not a monkey that could steal things.
He can't possibly find a mountain and hide there every day to steal things from passers-by.
"This is an accident. The rest will definitely meet your requirements." Seeing this, Xue Dao immediately spoke up. He was also against bringing this wild monkey in before, but Ao Ye insisted, and he, a registered disciple, had no choice but to agree to this request.
'There are three things to pay attention to when breeding sows.'
Chen Luo reached out and took out a corpse from inside, and successfully read the obsession that remained in the corpse before it died.
Chen Luo, who was mentally prepared, calmly threw the corpse aside and took out another one.
'The best way to fertilize the soil is with manure!'
'Feed more 'Lu Bu Dao' to wild donkeys when breeding, and they can have one more litter of pups each season.'
'Using hanging wires when building walls can ensure that the walls do not tilt.'
'You must have good waist strength to hook up with a widow'
One after another, the obsessions he read became more and more exaggerated. Involving all aspects, generally speaking, these corpses are indeed the same as he required, and each has its own special abilities. But most of them are corresponding to their own lives, and for Chen Luo, who is in the Jindan realm, they are almost useless. (End of this chapter)