Hearing this, Cao Kun no longer needed to probe.
The other party's identity is already quite obvious.
Cao Kun was still somewhat curious about how this guy had somehow gotten into reality: "When did you wake up?"
The high priest did not show any hostility for the time being, and instead answered all questions: "About a month ago."
Cao Kun looked at the underground space: "Right here?"
High Priest: "Right here."
Cao Kun was filled with curiosity about how this operation was conducted.
According to the movie plot, the high priest should have awakened decades ago.
But now, they say they only woke up more than a month ago.
This makes absolutely no sense.
After thinking for a moment, Cao Kun asked again, "What woke you up?"
The high priest answered succinctly: "Time."
"Time?" Cao Kun asked doubtfully, "Isn't it the Book of the Dead?"
"Hahaha……"
The high priest laughed: "I know the legend of the Book of the Dead. As long as you recite the verses on it, you can bring the dead back to life."
Do you think there are such magical items in this world?
If so, my beloved Ansunam would have already been resurrected.
Cao Kun thought about it and agreed.
The gap between life and death is an insurmountable chasm, and the more he cultivates, the more he understands this.
How could that be? It's not that easy to bring someone back to life.
The first one was alright, but the second one was even more ridiculous.
After the female protagonist was killed by the reincarnation of Anzunam, she was resurrected on the spot by reciting the Book of the Dead.
It turns out that Cao Kun was just a spectator and didn't think there was anything wrong with it.
But now that I've become a cultivator, my perspective on things has naturally changed.
The more I look at it, the more unreasonable it seems.
If that's the case, then what's the point of cultivators cultivating at all?
Cao Kun originally wanted to ask about the "Book of the Sun," but since the "Book of the Dead" did not exist, the corresponding "Book of the Sun" naturally could not exist either.
Cao Kun looked at the high priest and guessed, "Since it wasn't the Book of the Dead that awakened you, then it must be a curse you suffered in your previous life."
You have committed adultery with the Pharaoh's concubine and have been sentenced to the punishment of being worm-eaten, to suffer eternal torment in both body and soul.
But you are, after all, the high priest; they still underestimated you.
You must have used some kind of secret technique to allow yourself to absorb the power of the scarab and the curse.
Protect your soul so it doesn't truly die.
After thousands of years of accumulation, you have finally awakened.
The high priest stared at Cao Kun with his dark eyes: "You are very clever."
Cao Kun continued, "After you awoke, you discovered that thousands of years had passed, and the ancient Egyptian kingdom had long since disappeared into the river of history."
Even the greatest enemy has passed away with time.
And your loved one, too, has become a skeleton. In your despair, you may have contemplated dying again.
The high priest raised his head and looked at the dome of the underground space, seemingly lost in a memory.
After a long silence, he finally said, "Not bad, what else do you know?"
Cao Kun: "What's your current state?"
The high priest uttered a sound that was hard to decipher, whether it was laughter or tears: "Half-human, half-ghost, half-monster, a special kind of being that survives by relying on the power of curses."
Cao Kun: "So how did you find the film crew?"
The high priest slowly shook his head: "I don't know. One day, I felt a force calling to me."
I followed the call and found those people.
Cao Kun's heart skipped a beat.
"Is there a force summoning him?"
What does this mean?
"Could it be that the idea of like frequencies attracting each other, which I just made up before, is actually true?"
Is there really an attraction between the two?
"This is ridiculous!"
Cao Kun was somewhat bewildered; he himself couldn't believe it.
He asked, "If they summoned you, why did you kill them?"
High Priest: "When I found them, I discovered that what summoned me was their flesh and blood."
I can regain my power by absorbing their flesh and blood.
I killed someone, and it turned out to be true.
I killed one person every day, until I met you.
Cao Kun sneered: "Do you think I would believe such nonsense?"
The high priest did not refute, but said in a voice that was neither smiling nor laughing, "Then what do you think it is?"
"Perhaps their flesh and blood are indeed of great help to you, but what is helpful to you is definitely not just their flesh and blood."
Cao Kun said in a deep voice, "If I'm not mistaken, you were indeed very weak at the beginning, and could only kill one person a day."
But as your strength returns, killing becomes incredibly easy for you.
You not only killed the crew members, but also other people.
Just as you regained enough strength, you prepared to kill everyone in the crew.
At this moment, you unintentionally kill the exorcist on the film crew.
As a result, you find that he is of great help to you, much more effective than absorbing the flesh and blood of ordinary people.
So, even though you've already regained a lot of your power, you still choose to kill only one person each day.
The goal is to get the production team to bring in more exorcists so you can recover faster.
What you displayed in the hotel before wasn't your true power at all.
Your condition will be much, much better than it is now.
Snap snap snap...
The high priest clapped his hands: "I knew you were clever."
His tone turned regretful: "Unfortunately, you realized it too late. Since you're here, prepare to offer your flesh and blood to me, so you can suffer less."
The high priest stepped down from the stone platform, stood barefoot on the ground, and made strange noises.
Instantly, rustling sounds came from all directions.
Soon, tiny insects, each about the size of a thumb, emerged from the cracks in the underground space.
The insects gathered in increasing numbers, forming a black tide that surged towards Cao Kun.
"Scarab?"
Cao Kun recognized the insects at a glance.
In the movie, these insects ate quite a few people.
In the second part, Ansunam's reincarnation dies in this swarm of insects.
Even through the screen, many viewers were frightened by these scarabs.
That was just a movie; now this swarm of insects is right in front of Cao Kun.
Cao Kun had to admit that the shock of seeing it up close in person was something that movies could never match.
Last time, the witch Blair also summoned a swarm of insects composed of various poisonous creatures.
But compared to this, that is really nothing.
If the two sides were to fight, these scarabs would quickly devour the poisonous insects, leaving not a trace.
"You deliberately led me here and talked to me for so long, just to carry out your plan, right?"
Cao Kun showed no fear in the face of the swarming insects.
He made a hand seal and shouted, "Heaven has Heavenly Fiends, Earth has Earthly Fiends, and Man has Human Fiends. The Yin Talisman enters the earth, gathering evil into fiends, and Earthly Fiends arise..."
Boom boom boom...
An invisible malevolent aura was stirred up, rising from the ground and striking the scarabs.
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