Chapter 39: Ancient books are eager to learn and enter the forbidden area, but it is better than just...
Ancient books record that monsters are mostly born from the hatred and resentment between humans and demons, usually born on the battlefield, from the obsessions of warriors before their death.
Dashipo is just an ordinary small village. It was peaceful before the monster was born. How could it breed such a monster?
After leaving Yun Wanzhou's yard, Xie Wuyang did not return to his own residence, but walked towards the forbidden attic in the opposite direction.
Compared to the last time he came after his rebirth, this time Xie Wuyang used an invisibility talisman and easily avoided the few remaining patrolling disciples and easily reached the attic.
There were many ancient books in the attic. Last time, because of Yun Wanzhou, Xie Wuyang didn't have time to take a good look at them, and he hurriedly left here with Yun Wanzhou. A few days later, whenever Xie Wuyang thought of the attic, he couldn't help sighing, feeling very sorry.
Xie Wuyang stood in the center of the attic, took out a handful of talismans from his arms, picked out a few wind-summoning talismans, and threw them around.
Suddenly, a lingering sound of wind was heard in the attic, which had been quiet for a long time.
The wind is invisible and can penetrate any hole, making it perfect for testing loopholes in barriers.
The demons set up barriers differently from the immortals. Xie Wuyang never beats around the bush when setting up barriers. The more powerful the barrier, the more golden and flashy it looks. He wants to tell those people blatantly that he has set up a barrier here.
The people from the Immortal Sect are different. Their barriers are always set up secretly and low-key. Unless you bump into the barrier, you may not even know that you are trapped.
Xie Wuyang had suffered enough from the immortal gate's barrier in his two lifetimes. Even though the barrier of the ancient books in the attic obviously had loopholes, Xie Wuyang did not dare to take it lightly.
The wind-summoning talismans flew around the ancient book and finally dispersed, each one stopping at a location. After staying in the air for a short while, they turned into a ray of white light and landed on one of the ancient books.
Xie Wuyang picked the lowest landing point for the talisman, reached in and dug around, and sure enough, the barrier here was worse than nothing and had long been unable to bear the weight.
The ancient books here were arranged in no particular order. It would be like looking for a needle in a haystack to find a book related to the Nightmare Stone. However, Xie Wuyang had no other method at the moment and could only start looking for books one by one from the edge of the loophole in the barrier.
The forbidden attic area of Cangqiong Mountain has existed for who knows how many years. Most of the ancient books collected there are extinct and rare copies that are highly sought after in the world of cultivation. It would be a waste to let them gather dust here.
Wherever Xie Wuyang looked, he even saw a posthumous work of Song Duoyan, the Lord of the Demon Realm.
Anyway, few people come to this forbidden attic, and there are countless ancient books in it, so no one will notice if one or two are missing.
Thinking this, Xie Wuyang casually performed a spell that he had just learned. A trace of spiritual power penetrated from the gap in the barrier and he took out Song Duoyan's posthumous work from it.
Time was running out at this special moment, and Xie Wuyang could not afford to observe the things left by his ancestors here. He could only hurriedly stuff them into his arms and wait until he returned to look at them.
After a while, Xie Wuyang took a few more ancient books into his arms and was quite satisfied.
The attic is where the Nightmare Stone is sealed, but for some reason, Xie Wuyang searched for nearly an hour among so many books, even looking through the list of spiritual pets raised by all the previous masters in the cultivation world, but he could not find any record about the Nightmare Stone.
Finally, Xie Wuyang became so impatient that he took out all the books on an entire shelf and piled them up like a hill. He then sat down in front of the pile of books and flipped through them one by one.
This efficiency saved a lot of effort compared to looking directly on the bookshelf. After reading all the books, Xie Wuyang used the restoration spell on the ancient books on the ground and left as if nothing had happened.
There are many ancient books in the attic. Xie Wuyang stays here for a long time. If Liu Yuqin and Xu Pingsheng come to look for him, they will easily become suspicious. Therefore, Xie Wuyang sets a time limit for staying in the attic every day and has to go back after a short stay.
After three days of going back and forth in the attic to read books, Xie Wuyang found very few things related to the Nightmare Stone, but he did take away a lot of sword techniques, including the book "One Hundred and One Styles of the Sky" written by Yun Wanzhou, which he saw when he came to the attic last time.
On the seventh day after Xie Wuyang came to the attic, he had only flipped through a corner of the ancient books around him. The dense words made Xie Wuyang feel uncomfortable.
Just as Xie Wuyang threw away a copy of "The Confidantes of the Great Leaders in the World of Cultivation" and picked up another copy of "Golden Sayings of the Ancestors of the Wax Apple Sect", a slight sound of footsteps suddenly came from the empty attic.
Xie Wuyang was leaning against a pile of books and flipping through them when he suddenly froze.
In a panic, he didn't even have time to tidy up the pile of books and hid behind the bookshelf.
After all, it is a place listed as a forbidden area by Cangqiong Mountain. Even if the guards are sparse now, Xie Wuyang will definitely be punished if the news gets out.
Listening to the footsteps getting closer and closer, Xie Wuyang put his fingertips together and quietly injected some spiritual power into them.
If I want to avoid being punished by that old man Wu Hanfeng, my only option now is...
The candlelight flickered, casting a slender shadow. The moment the shadow hit Xie Wuyang's face, Xie Wuyang suddenly dodged, and the spiritual power at his fingertips transformed into the shape of a dagger, which fell on the neck of the person who came.
A hint of ruthlessness flashed in Xie Wuyang's eyes. Just as he was about to exert force with his hand, the person in front of him raised his hand and pressed Xie Wuyang's wrist. With a turn, the spiritual power at his fingertips instantly turned into nothingness.
Looking at the familiar face in front of him, Xie Wuyang's eyes suddenly widened and blurted out, "Master?!"
As if he hadn't expected to see Xie Wuyang here, Yun Wanzhou frowned and looked inquiringly, "Why is it you?"
Xie Wuyang especially remembered that the last time he came to the forbidden area, Yun Wanzhou caught him red-handed, and in the end he managed to get away with it by using the excuse of "lost token".
Now facing the same situation, the same excuse must not be used a second time. Xie Wuyang racked his brains for a long time, and his eyes suddenly fell on the ancient books on the ground.
"The last time I came here, I saw many powerful sword techniques. I have learned them all from Master's booklet. I was curious and wanted to come to the forbidden area to take a look."
Trespassing into the forbidden area because of one's thirst for learning would have much less consequences than directly admitting that one was heading for the Nightmare Stone, right?
"You just..."
"The last time I was accused of stealing the Nightmare Stone, I was knocked unconscious and thrown into the forbidden area. Since then, I have always been cautious." Xie Wuyang explained first.
Yun Wanzhou stared at Xie Wuyang doubtfully, without asking any more questions, and walked straight to the pile of books that Xie Wuyang had piled on the ground.
Noticing Yun Wanzhou's gaze, Xie Wuyang casually asked, "Master, why are you here?"
"I came here to find some books related to Nightmare Stone."
Xie Wuyang was worried that he couldn't find it. When he heard Yun Wanzhou's words, he pretended to be nonchalant and asked, "Nightmare Stone? Didn't Master say that the Nightmare Stone had been given to other disciples to find?"
"It's not that simple." Yun Wanzhou picked up a book and flipped through it, saying, "Do you still remember An Nan?"
"Born as a spiritual body, of course I remember." Xie Wuyang nodded without hesitation.
He still remembered that he saw the residual aura of the Nightmare Stone on Cuizhu's body, and thought that the person who stole the Nightmare Stone had indeed been to the Blue Sea.
Xie Wuyang analyzed the events of the Azure Sea. "We went there originally following instructions. After arriving there, the people who stole the Nightmare Stone not only didn't flee quickly, but they even had the time to set up so many barriers and formations. It's quite strange."
If they really wanted to delay them, why would they deliberately leave traces of the Nightmare Stone everywhere? What's even more coincidental is that they went to the Azure Sea just when the energy there was exhausted, An Nan's illusion was formed, and Liu Yuqin was trapped...
A series of unexpected events forced Xie Wuyang to have a clearer understanding that the theft of the Nightmare Stone was more complicated than he thought.
If there is such a big conspiracy behind the Nightmare Stone incident, then what is the goal of the person who planned it?
Xie Wuyang frowned, picked up a book and flipped through it absentmindedly.
Could it be between him and Yun Wanzhou?
However, he had not told anyone about his rebirth, and his original body was just an ordinary disciple. From the inside out, there was really nothing about him that was worthy of others setting up such a big trap to frame him. So it seems that the target should be Yun Wanzhou.
As for him, it was just because he was this man's disciple that he was implicated for no reason.
Xie Wuyang picked up a book absentmindedly, thinking in his mind how he could escape from other people's calculations. After quickly scanning the contents of the book, he threw it aside. The next moment, Xie Wuyang paused, and he picked up the thrown book hesitantly.
He seemed to see the words "Nightmare Stone"...
Relying on his memory, Xie Wuyang quickly turned to the original page and read it quickly.
"The Nightmare Stone can reshape the spirit body. The spirit body needs a large number of living souls to nourish it, and pure soul spirits as a guide to maintain it and exist in the world..."
Xie Wuyang's face was filled with shock. He raised his hand and grabbed Yun Wanzhou's arm, holding the thing in his hand in front of Yun Wanzhou, "Master, I found it."
Yun Wanzhou put down what he was holding, took the book and briefly read through what Xie Wuyang had pointed out.
"Living souls are the guide... Master, do you think that monster on the big rock slope could be a tool used by the person behind the scenes to collect living souls? Living souls are easy to find, so what do these pure souls refer to?"
"It's a cultivator." Yun Wanzhou's face was stern, and a cold light flashed in his eyes half-hidden in the candlelight.
If the person behind the scenes really wants to reshape the spiritual body, he will definitely need a large amount of pure soul and spirit. The monks traveling in the human world are scattered, and most of them are hidden among the mortals, making them extremely difficult to find. Therefore, if the person behind the scenes wants it, he can only wait for a suitable opportunity.
"What day is today?"
"The fifth day of September."
Yun Wanzhou pursed his lips upon hearing this and said, "Two months from now, it will be the succession ceremony for the new leader of the Lianwu Sect."
At that time, all the immortal sects will gather in Lianwu to witness the birth of the new leader and maintain peace among the sects for hundreds of years.
Tens of thousands of monks and the people behind the scenes will definitely seize this opportunity.
Yun Wanzhou closed the book and put it on his waist. Then he touched the Emperor's Heavenly Wood tied around his waist and waved his hand to restore the books scattered on the ground to their original places. In the meantime, he also repaired the gap in the barrier that protected the ancient books.
Looking at the barrier that had regained its luster, Xie Wuyang secretly said it was a pity.
He only had time to move back four or five books before he had to say goodbye to this wonderful place.
"I've re-established the barrier using the Emperor's Heavenly Wood. The spiritual energy on the Emperor's Heavenly Wood is mixed with your aura, and the barrier now obeys your commands. If you want to come here to read in the future, you won't have to be so sneaky."
Xie Wuyang raised his hand and touched the barrier on the side, and found that he could actually penetrate it without any hindrance, and immediately smiled.
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