Chapter 158 Wooden Statue
The colorful spiritual energy penetrated into the brain of the corpse and came into contact with the remaining traces of the soul. A series of pictures then appeared in Zhou Zhilu's mind.
The battlefield, fighting, pain... these are the most profound images of this person before his death.
When death came, not knowing how long it had passed, a feeling of rejection of the soul suddenly came over Zhou Zhilu. He guessed that it must be the time of transformation, and he immediately concentrated on feeling everything that the person's soul felt at that time.
There was a person standing in front of me... There were many corpses beside me... There was woods all around me...
Zhou Zhilu frowned slightly. These impressions were too ordinary to help him and others find each other's location. Was there no slightly more special sign?
Looking outward again, the scenes of each cave were reflected in Zhou Zhilu's mind.
Cave?
"Where are there more caves nearby?" Zhou Zhilu looked up and asked everyone.
Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. At this moment, a soldier from the Northern Territory hesitated and said, "Sir, if there are many caves... perhaps they are over at Beisha Mountain."
"Beisha Mountain? Tell us in detail." Jing Zhan ordered.
"My Lord, the North Sand Mountain is located further north, at the border between the Great Song Dynasty and the Demon Alliance. There are mostly earthen mounds over there, and under the wind over the years, countless small caves have formed."
Upon hearing this, Jing Zhan looked at Zhou Zhilu and asked, "Are there any other clues?"
Zhou Zhilu felt it again for a while, then shook his head and said, "There are very few traces of the soul left on this corpse. It's hard to see more."
Jing Zhan pondered for a moment and hesitated. The main reason was that Beisha Mountain was at the border of the Demon Alliance, and the risks involved were certainly not small. If he went over there and found nothing...
"Then let's go to Beisha Mountain and pay attention to the situation on the way. If we encounter monsters, we should focus on safety and retreat!" Jing Zhan sighed and said. Now the only way was to move forward.
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At the border of the Demon Alliance, Beisha Mountain.
On the winding mountain road, a small team was advancing stealthily. The burly man walking at the head of the team was Wu An.
They were all covered in dust at this moment, but Wu An's eyes were bright.
The deputy captain behind him hesitated and asked in a low voice: "Captain, we've followed this far, isn't it time to retreat?"
Wu An turned around and glared, cursing, "Why are you so cowardly? You're already here. How can you feel at ease if you don't follow him and see what that guy is doing?"
At this moment, a dazzling red light suddenly burst out from a cave on Beisha Mountain, and a chilling aura burst out from it.
Wu An's eyes lit up when he saw this, and he took the lead and ran towards the red light. The deputy captain behind him saw this and shouted, "Captain... Hey! You guys go back and inform the others, the rest of you, hurry up and follow!"
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Inside the cave, a man in a grey cloak was standing in the middle of a formation. The formation covered every corner of the cave. Intricate blood-colored patterns were printed on the ground, emitting a strange red light.
In the center of the formation, there is a tree trunk. If you look closely, you can see that the trunk is emitting a little golden light. It is the Bodhi tree that was cut down in the Buddhist world.
The man held a carving knife in his hand, carefully carving every detail on the tree trunk.
After an unknown amount of time, when the man blew away the debris on the tree trunk, the image of a woman with a slim figure and beautiful face stood before him.
The man stared at the statue of the woman for a long time, took a deep breath, slowly stretched out his hand, and gently rubbed the woman's face.
"It's almost there... it's almost there... I'll have you back."
After saying that, the man showed the ring on his hand and took out a crystal coffin from it.
As soon as the crystal coffin landed on the ground, layers of frost instantly formed in the entire cave.
The man carefully placed the crystal coffin next to the statue, and then looked into the coffin with deep affection on his face.
There was a woman in luxurious clothes lying in the coffin, and the face of the statue was carved according to the appearance of the female corpse.
"Bodhi wood, the blood of ten thousand people, the red spider lily... they're all here!"
The man's hands trembled with excitement as he pressed them to the ground in the center of the formation. Just as he was about to activate it, a sharp shout came from behind him: "Stop!"
The man frowned and turned his head to look, only to see a burly young man standing at the entrance of the cave, looking hesitant and excited. It was Wu An.
Although Wu An knew that he was no match for the man, he had a hunch that he must not let the other party activate the formation, so he shouted out unconsciously.
But when he really looked into the other person's eyes, Wu An felt a little timid. He gritted his teeth, looked at the red flower closest to him, drew his sword and chopped at it.
This red flower is none other than the red spider lily, and each one is extremely precious. Although Wu An did not recognize it, seeing the extremely mysterious arrangement of flowers in the cave, he guessed that it must be a key part of the formation.
"Stop!" the man shouted angrily. With a puff sound, a scorpion tail suddenly grew out from behind the man and shot out in an instant. With a ding sound, it blocked Wu An's long sword.
Wu An looked at the scorpion tail behind the man in surprise and asked in shock, "Demon tribe?"
But then, a pair of wings grew out from behind the man, the clothes under his armpits were torn, and a pair of tiger claws grew out from his flesh and blood.
Spider's eyes, lion's teeth, hedgehog's spines... and so on, all kinds of demon characteristics emerged from the man one after another.
In the blink of an eye, the relatively normal man turned into a... disgusting spliced-together monster, with claws, hands, and eyes all over his body.
It was like countless creatures were thrown into a blender and merged together without any rules.
"What kind of monster are you?!" Wu An couldn't help but step back and asked in disbelief.
"Since you are here, you will be the sacrifice before the ceremony begins..." A strange and vicissitudes of life voice came from the monster's body.
Wu An looked back and saw that he had been surrounded by corpses without knowing when. It seemed that he had no way out. When he was feeling regretful, he suddenly heard a sound of breaking air outside the cave.
I saw a huge spear instantly piercing through the heads of several corpses and shooting towards the man.
However, the scorpion's tail swung, easily blocking the spear.
"Are you the shopkeeper Liao?"
The sound of horse hooves was heard, and everyone looked back, only to see a group of horses appear outside the cave, and the person who spoke was Jing Zhan.
Next to Jing Zhan and others stood several panting soldiers. The deputy captain saw that they were the people he had just sent back, and he couldn't help but feel relieved that the support came so quickly!
Zhou Zhilu looked through the corpse and saw the wooden statue standing in the middle of the formation, and his eyes widened instantly.
"Noble Concubine Wu?!"
Because Zhou Zhilu had been involved in the cases of Concubine Wu before, he had also privately looked at some portraits of Concubine Wu, and the face of this wooden statue was exactly the same as Concubine Wu!
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