34 Temple Pond
“Chuckle…”
A strange sound came from underground. The surrounding locust tree was like a huge door that might release some demon at any time.
As an unpleasant smell filled the air and the earth churned, Hua Lang met a pair of blood-red eyes.
The creature completely revealed its shape. Evil creatures, each the size of a □, covered in black and red, as if their skin had been peeled off, crawled out from the ground in dense groups.
The disappearing demonic aura also emerged from the bottom of the tree along with the demonic clam.
In a flash, Hua Lang immediately understood what Yu Hu meant by "sacrifice".
Although there is no spiritual energy in the mortal world, this group of mortals inexplicably carries spiritual energy in their bodies. If they use their bodies as the carrier of the demonic energy, they can use the spiritual energy in their bodies to cover up the existence of the demonic energy. In this way, they can use their bodies to build a mirror for the demons to walk on.
This means that Luoshui Village has probably been infiltrated by evil spirits long ago!
Hua Lang was frightened by such evil behavior and broke out in a cold sweat. She must find Wang Shuiyi and his group immediately!
The magic clams pounced on Hua Lang one by one. Hua Lang pulled out her hand and tried to mobilize her spiritual energy, but as soon as she moved, her whole body froze.
The spiritual energy in his body suddenly became empty without him knowing when. What was even stranger was that his cultivation level was also slowly declining!
What's going on? Can this level of cultivation expire?
Hua Lang dodged the attack of the magic clam in a panic. She was about to settle the score with 001, but after calling for a long time without any response, she remembered that 001 had not returned since he said he was going to the main headquarters to borrow points that day!
If there was still time to write a suicide note, Hua Lang would definitely write:
Unscrupulous system, it's costing me my life!
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After using the most primitive method to get rid of these magic clams, Hua Lang raised her head to wipe the sweat from her forehead. While putting away her mace and meteor hammer, she suppressed her nausea and thought, "Ugh, just think of it as having a bullfrog hotpot."
Stepping on the soft and limp limbs scattered on the ground, Hua Lang hurried to the west of the village.
To the west of the village, the unfinished barrier was emitting a faint light. There were clearly no signs of fighting around, but no one was in sight.
Hua Lang became more alert and started to identify the locust trees around him. He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw some dead leaves washed out by the rain under the trees.
It seems that they have not yet become the host of the demonic energy, but the barrier has not been repaired. During this period, there must have been some unexpected events that Hua Lang did not know about.
Hua Lang continued to search the surrounding locust trees until a dazzling light flashed across his eyes. He then subconsciously raised his head.
Under the dense locust leaves, the white fox stood quietly on a branch, its three fluffy tails swaying gently behind it, and its brown eyes were looking at Hua Lang without any sadness or joy.
"Is it you?"
Hua Lang looked at it, and suddenly, the sky fox moved. It jumped several feet away and ran in one direction.
Hua Lang immediately chased after him.
The white fox kept a distance from her, neither too close nor too far, and soon, the man and the fox entered the village.
The route in the village was winding and Hua Lang originally thought that the white fox was in a panic and had lost its way, but gradually, she realized that something was wrong.
These seemingly random routes seemed to form an extremely mysterious maze. Last night it was dark and rainy, and she just thought she had taken a detour. Now that she followed the white fox in a circle, the traces of the maze became particularly obvious.
There is actually an illusion formation set up in Luoshui Manor?
Although the white fox was fast, it was always within Hua Lang's sight, as if guiding Hua Lang out of the maze.
After going around in circles for who knows how many times, I finally reached the end of the maze. Unlike the crowded earthen houses before, this place was extremely spacious, with only an extremely spacious temple standing in front.
The white fox did not stop. It easily slipped into the temple through the gap in the temple door.
Hua Lang immediately stepped forward, cautiously stuck his head out and looked inside the temple.
Countless tall wooden coffins were placed in the spacious temple, and these huge coffins surrounded a deep blue pool.
That’s right, in the center of the temple is neither a statue nor a stone wall, but a huge pool.
In front of the pond, the person who was fighting with a pair of teenagers was none other than Xie Hanjing, whom Hua Lang had been looking for for a long time!
The three men fought extremely fiercely, and the temple was so spacious that no one noticed Hua Lang's existence for a while.
There were several porcelain bowls placed on the altar in front of the deep pool. During the fight, Xie Hanjing seemed to intend to get closer to these porcelain bowls, and soon, he found an opportunity!
The table legs were cut off by his spiritual energy, and the porcelain bowl slid down the slope, shattering with a loud noise, and the ground was covered with blood red. Hua Lang then discovered that the bowl was actually filled with blood!
The two young men were no match for Xie Hanjing, and were about to be defeated when the huge pool behind them began to surge, and the water tangled to form a huge whirlpool.
The two injured men looked at each other, then decisively jumped into the whirlpool and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Hua Lang hurriedly pushed the door open and went in, but before one wave of trouble came, another wave arose. Xie Hanjing, upon hearing Hua Lang's movement, was about to turn around, but the water dragon formed by the waves in the pool actually sucked him directly into the whirlpool!
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Hua Lang immediately flew to the edge of the pond, but the water dragon that had just sucked Xie Hanjing away ignored Hua Lang's presence.
The water in the pond soon calmed down, and no matter how Hua Lang stirred it, there was not a single ripple.
It’s over, the male protagonist is gone!
Hua Lang tried his best but failed to awaken the pond.
She sat dejectedly in front of the pond, wishing she could jump in as well, but the vortex teleportation array had disappeared, and even if she jumped in, she would probably just drown.
However, Yan Rong and other Qinglai disciples should still be in Luoshui Manor. Hua Lang patted his head and stood up.
When she turned around, she was met with a fox face that seemed to be smiling!
"Don't look, you can't get in."
The white fox had no idea that she was scaring anyone. She spoke to herself, and a very hoarse female voice sounded.
It looked at the blood on the ground and sighed, "What a waste of my blood.
Hua Lang patted her chest to catch her breath, and looked at the white fox in shock. She asked cautiously, "Who are you, and what's going on with this pond?"
The white fox jumped onto the coffin and said, "I am just a wild fox. Mortals cannot enter this pond. If you want to enter, come here."
Like a human, the white fox raised one of its front limbs and lightly scratched it with the claw of its other forelimb, and blood began to drip out.
"Drink my blood and you can go in."
Hua Lang didn't move forward. She looked at the dripping blood and immediately thought of the locust tree that had grown overnight outside the village. She said warily, "First, tell me what's going on. And this blood. I'm afraid you're not just an ordinary fox. Are you helping those villagers hide the demonic aura?"
The white fox did not force Hua Lang to come over. It lay on the coffin lid and let the blood continue to flow out of the wound.
An extremely hoarse and unpleasant voice echoed in the temple, "Humans all like the truth, but even if they know it, what can they do?"
Luoshui Village was densely populated with snakes and insects, but one day, a white fox sneaked into the village. With its powerful magic power, it easily drove away the snakes and insects that had plagued the village for several years.
Every day the fox would pick locust flowers under the locust tree outside the village. The villagers thought she was transformed from locust flowers. After being blessed by her, the village began to worship her as a god.
Luoshui Village is located in the northernmost part of the north. The barren permafrost has caused the village to have no harvest all year round. But since the arrival of God, the rain has increased, and the crops planted have finally had a good harvest.
After living in harmony like this for several years, the existence of the fox was discovered by a group of cultivators.
In their eyes, it was just a demon that deceived mortals.
The monks summoned a formation, determined to slay the evil spirit. They stayed outside the formation for three days and three nights until the fox's aura completely dissipated...
"As for me, I'm just a wild fox that accidentally strayed into Luoshui Village,"
The white fox said coldly, "When the villagers were slashing my throat and skinning me, she saved me. From that day on, I became her demon pet. Before she died, she secretly gave me her spiritual energy and demon pills. I was transformed from an ordinary fox into a nondescript spirit fox. She wanted me to stay in the village from now on and use her power to continue to protect the village."
"She knew I harbored resentment towards the villagers, so she made me swear an oath not to harm them. Unexpectedly, the villagers thought she was trapped in the demonic realm, so they drank my blood. This gave them the spiritual energy to divert the demonic energy and complete their plan."
Hua Lang frowned, "What about the other Qinglai disciples? They clearly didn't accept food from the villagers, so why were they chosen as vessels for the demonic energy?"
The white fox extended its claws and patted the wooden coffins beneath it. "Your disciples are in these coffins. Although they haven't received food, last night's rain and this morning's fog are just another form of demonic energy."
Hua Lang finally understood that the mirror leading to the demon world had been broken. As long as they were here, they would sooner or later be contaminated because of the spiritual energy in their bodies.
Hua Lang recalled a most pressing matter and quickly pointed at the pond behind him, "What's going on with this pond? I clearly saw it suck people in, so why didn't it react to me?"
The white fox was also a little puzzled. "This pool was built by a true god. I have restrictions on it, so I don't know where it leads to. Logically, only those who have drunk spiritual blood can enter. Only those who have the same aura as the true god will be drawn into it."
"But if you also want to go in, then come and drink my blood." The fox invited again.
Hua Lang calmed down. She looked at the blood on the ground and instantly figured out the reason.
Only the breath of "spiritual" can enter this formation!
Xie Hanjing is a celestial fox, so he was brought into the formation. By drinking the spiritual blood of the white fox, he can confuse his aura and enter the formation!
The white fox, holding its bloody forelimbs, jumped in front of Hua Lang. In the quiet room filled with coffins, only its hoarse and low voice could be heard, "Come, drink..."
Hua Lang interrupted Bai Hu, "I don't want to drink."
The white fox was stunned when he heard this, and even forgot to retract his front legs. "Don't you want to enter the pool?"
Hua Lang took out a tightly wrapped wooden box, which contained the ashes and horns of the spirit dragon. She carried it with her, intending to return the spirit dragon to Heshui.
If it is the breath of a spirit, can the spirit dragon also summon the formation?
Hua Lang was unsure if this would work. She was just about to give it a try when the water behind her suddenly twisted and surged. The color of the water distorted the scene before her eyes, and in the blink of an eye, she disappeared in the temple.
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