Chapter 161: Evil Marks Hidden in the Stone Wall, Blood Pattern Locks the Dragon Soul
"impossible……"
"You went to so much trouble to sneak in, it's impossible that you did it just to clean up."
Yun Shen slowly walked to the deepest part of the stone chamber, to the stone wall where the "Gate of the True Self in the Netherworld" was once inlaid.
That door had already been smashed into pieces by Xiao Yu and Ajiu.
The stone wall today looks ordinary.
"Mr. Yunshen, have you found anything?" Xuan Yi hurried over.
Yun Shen didn't answer.
He reached out his hand and gently stroked the cold stone wall.
He closed his eyes.
In his perceptual world, the scene before him changed drastically in an instant!
The seemingly clean stone wall was now covered with countless dark red marks that were completely invisible to the naked eye and twisted like blood vessels!
That is... the indelible evil mark left by the sacrificed lives and the overwhelming resentment!
Not only that, between the gaps of these evil imprints, he also "saw" many traces of runes that had been deliberately erased, but still retained faint energy fluctuations!
"They are... offering sacrifices..."
Yun Shen's voice was a little dry.
"What?" Xuan Yi was stunned.
"They're clearing this place not to destroy evidence, but to perform some even more sinister ritual!" Yun Shen's eyes snapped open, horror filling his gaze. "These erased runes aren't defensive or offensive, but a kind of... a kind of runes similar to those used on altars, for guidance and communication!"
As he spoke, he quickly ran his fingers across the stone wall.
"Look here, here, and here! The flow of these evil energy marks has finally converged at... this point!"
His finger stopped at an inconspicuous brick in the middle of the stone wall.
From the surface, that brick looked no different from the surrounding bricks.
But in Yun Shen's perception, all the evil spirits and all the rune traces were like invisible streams, and finally, they flowed into this stone brick!
Xuanyi's pupils suddenly shrank!
He pulled out a dagger as thin as a cicada's wing from his waist and carefully inserted it into the gap of the stone brick.
Pry gently.
“Click.”
There was a barely audible sound.
The stone brick actually rose up in response!
Under the stone bricks was a dark secret compartment only the size of a fist!
In the secret compartment, there lay quietly a small iron box wrapped tightly in oilcloth.
Xuanyi's heart started beating wildly!
He exchanged a glance with his men and carefully took out the iron box.
Open the tin.
There was no gold, silver, jewelry, or any magical weapons inside.
There was only one volume, a yellowed list made of special animal skin.
And a very crude, even sloppy map.
Xuan Yi took a deep breath and slowly unfolded the list.
Just one look and his breathing stopped instantly!
On the list, familiar names are prominently displayed!
Minister of Works, Zhang Qinian.
Liu Jing, Deputy Director of the Ministry of War.
Deputy commander of the city defense camp, Zhou Wu.
…
There was even a name he could never have imagined in his dreams—the president of the Hanlin Academy, the great scholar, Li Zongzheng!
All of these people are important officials in the court, and some are even leaders of the Qingliu movement. They are usually the most hypocritical, loyal to the emperor and patriotic!
But their names are clearly linked to Prince Yu and the Wugut tribe!
“Asshole!!!”
Xuan Yi was so angry that his whole body was shaking and his teeth were chattering!
If this list is true... then the entire court of Dayan is simply a huge joke!
"Mr. Yunshen, look at this!"
He suppressed his anger and handed the list to Yun Shen, then picked up the map.
Yun Shen took the list and glanced at it. A hint of solemnity appeared on his usually calm face.
Xuan Yi looked at the map in his hand and his brows were tightly furrowed.
The map showed the topography of the capital and its surrounding areas, with seven or eight strange points marked on it with red cinnabar.
There is a mass grave outside the city, an ancient well in the city, and an abandoned mine in the West Mountain... These places seem to have nothing to do with each other.
"Is there anything special about these points?" Xuan Yi asked puzzledly.
Yun Shen put down the list and came over.
He only took one look, and his pupils suddenly and violently contracted!
"No... This is not an ordinary map..." He stretched out his hand and began to draw in the air on the map.
He used invisible lines to connect the red marked points one by one.
When the last dot was connected, a strange and evil pattern consisting of seven or eight dots appeared on the picture!
"This is... a reversed Seven Star Soul Locking Formation!" Yun Shen cried out, "They are... setting up a massive evil formation that will cover the entire capital!"
He suddenly raised his head and looked at the most conspicuous mark on the map, which was located in the abandoned mine in Xishan.
That point was marked by a big blood-red cross.
There is the core of the entire evil formation!
"West Mountain..."
The study in the Prince Regent's Palace.
Xuanyi and Yunshen stood in front of the desk, not daring to even breathe.
Xiao Yu sat behind the desk with a gloomy face, and two things were spread out in front of him.
A roll of animal skins.
A scribbled map.
He has been maintaining this posture, motionless, for almost an incense stick of time.
"hehe……"
After a long time, Xiao Yu suddenly chuckled.
"good."
He only said one word.
"OK."
He said again.
Xuanyi's head drooped even lower.
The calmer the prince is, the more angry he is.
This list was like a loud slap in the face of the entire Great Yan Dynasty.
Minister of Works, Deputy Minister of War, Deputy Commander of the City Defense Battalion...
There is even the highly respected President of the Hanlin Academy, Li Zongzheng, who is regarded as a role model for scholars!
These people are usually kind and moral, and they talk about loyalty to the emperor and patriotism.
Secretly, he had already become Prince Yu's running dog and an insider of the Wugut tribe!
No wonder…
No wonder the news leaked so quickly when Prince Yu’s Mansion was under siege!
No wonder the hunt for the remnants is always blocked at every turn, and the clues are inexplicably cut off at the critical moment!
It turns out that it wasn't that the enemy was too cunning, but...
A nest of huge, treacherous rats had already sneaked into my own rice warehouse!
"Your Majesty, should we start now and take down the people on the list..."
"No rush."
Xiao Yu slowly raised his eyes.
"Moving them now will only alert the enemy. I don't want to kill a few rats."
His finger moved away from the list and gently landed on the simple map.
"What this king wants is to uproot the entire network behind them."
His eyes were fixed on the blood-red cross on the map, located in the abandoned mine in the West Mountain.
Yun Shen immediately stepped forward and explained solemnly, "Your Highness, based on the locations of these markings and my students' deductions, this is indeed a reversed Seven-Star Soul-Locking Formation. The forward-facing formation is used to lock souls and suppress evil. The reversed formation... is used to gather yin and evil, using the earth's veins as a guide to forcibly give birth to something extremely yin and evil!"
He took a deep breath and said the worst possible scenario.
"They are probably... 'feeding' something!"
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