Chapter 266
When Yuan Jing and Funeng left the inn, they finally couldn't hold back their laughter. Some people were saying that the concubine was pregnant, and they were arguing about whether the child was the father's or the son's. It was as if they were hiding under the bed in the county magistrate's house and saw it all.
"Hehe, that bastard must be furious right now. How can such a person become an official? I don't know how he got this position and still wants to be promoted."
Yuan Jing laughed enough, rubbed his belly, and said, "Let's go find the whereabouts of the ghost servant now."
"Okay, I'll listen to you."
The ghost that I saw in the shopkeeper's room last night was obviously driven by someone, a ghost servant of the master, so capturing it at that time would not have much effect. It would be better to use this ghost servant to lure the dark hand behind the scenes.
The two bought a bunch of snacks and ate while leaving the county again, following the direction Yuan Jing sensed, which was a place outside the city.
Such ghost servants usually come out at night, which makes it very inconvenient for them to move around during the day, but it makes it convenient for Yuan Jing and Funeng to catch the ghost.
Because of the mark of Yuan Jing's soul power, Yuan Jing could clearly feel the direction of the mark. At first, they walked slowly, and then quickly. After more than an hour, they stood in front of a mountain. Yuan Jing pointed to the mountain in front and said, "It's inside the mountain."
"Are you using a sleight of hand? Or is there another secret passage?"
"Let's search carefully. If there are people coming in and out here, there must be a way to get in." Yuan Jing said.
"you're right."
The two of them searched separately. Yuan Jing carefully used his soul power to check again and again. As expected, he found an abnormal place. He immediately called Funeng over and said, "There is a formation. There should be a magic spell outside the formation. Brother Funeng, can you sense it?"
Funeng used Buddhist methods to test it, nodded in agreement and said, "It is indeed a formation, which means that there are cultivators involved."
"This is not something we expected. The ghost servant has the skills of a cultivator. Things are much more complicated than we expected. The alliance of cultivators, ghosts, and demons always seems to be a big conspiracy."
Now that they had discovered the formation, the two of them carefully tried to break it. If they were not worried about alerting those inside, they could have used brute force to destroy the formation outside. After struggling for a while, they finally opened a gap. The two of them hid their bodies again and sneaked in through the gap.
Yuan Jing took out another small paper man, blew into it, and the small paper man fell to the ground and swung its legs to walk forward, taking on the task of exploring the way for Yuan Jing and Funeng, because they didn't know if there were any hidden mechanisms or ambushes in the passage.
When a gap was broken in the formation, they realized that this was a cave, and inside the cave there was a passage leading downwards that had been dug artificially. The little paper man was not attacked at all. Yuan Jing and Funeng followed the little paper man and were moving further and further downwards. Yuan Jing could also sense that he was getting closer and closer to his soul mark, so this path was the correct one.
After walking for a while, Yuan Jing paused and said, "My soul mark started to move. Could it be that it sensed someone coming in?"
"Then be careful from now on and be ready to take action at any time." Funeng said cautiously, holding a string of Buddhist beads in his hand, one of which was clearly a relic.
After walking a little further, they found a fork in the road. Yuan Jing made a gesture, and the two of them hid themselves and called back the little paper man.
Yuan Jing felt that the soul mark was getting closer and closer. It seemed that the ghost servant or the ghost servant's master really discovered that someone had come in.
Yuan Jing and Funeng hid themselves very well. When the ghost servant floated to the fork in the road, it stopped for a moment, looked left and right, obviously unable to find any strange breath, and then continued to float forward. The two waited more patiently, waiting for the ghost servant to return.
While they were waiting, three more ghost servants appeared. Yuan Jing secretly thought that it was fortunate that they had excellent hiding skills, otherwise the four ghost servants in front and behind would have exposed them.
Among these four ghost servants, the one where Yuan Jing left his soul mark is the strongest, having reached the level of a ghost general. The other three are at the stage of evil ghosts. Yuan Jing has heard from his master that there are actually several sects that can control ghost servants. Even those who have no sect or school might be able to learn from them. However, Yuan Jing's master does not like to control ghost servants, so such a scene cannot be seen in the Liuzhuang Taoist Temple.
The four ghost servants gathered together to exchange information.
"I didn't detect any signs of life. Could it be that I sensed it wrongly? Ah Da, have you checked the formation at the entrance of the cave? Is there any sign of damage?"
Ah Da was the ghost general and ghost servant. He shook his head and said, "There is no sign of damage. Maybe some insect or beast in the mountain happened to pass by. Let's check again. If we find nothing, we can go back and guard it."
"good."
Yuan Jing and Funeng both hid themselves tightly, not daring to breathe, for fear of being discovered by the four ghost servants. Finally, when they all left, they breathed a sigh of relief and gestured to each other, indicating that they were safe now.
Yuan Jing and Funeng waited patiently until the mark finally stopped moving before they sneaked in again. Soon, they smelled a strong smell of blood. They followed the smell and soon found the source of the smell. When they saw the scene clearly, they gasped.
A pool of blood, with hearts soaked in it. Yuan Jing dared to say with certainty that all the hearts found in the corpses at the charity cemetery and those that disappeared from Tian Dazhi's body were here. Judging from the number, it exceeded the one hundred that the ghost servant had mentioned. There were more than a hundred hearts soaking here alone.
In addition to the blood pool, there are complicated array patterns painted around the blood pool, which makes people dizzy. Funeng made a gesture to Yuan Jing, meaning to remember these array patterns first and then go out to find out what this blood pool is used for. It is really that this blood pool and those array patterns give people a very weird feeling.
After imprinting the formation pattern in their minds, the two of them quietly retreated. The four ghost servants each occupied a corner of the blood pool and guarded it, feeling that guarding the blood pool was more important than anything else.
Unfortunately, there is nothing else in this underground space except the ghost servants, and it is impossible to find the main messenger who controls them through these ghost servants.
It was much easier to pass through the formation at the entrance when coming out again. When Yuan Jing broke a hole in the formation before, he had to repair it. Now it was much easier to open it again, and he restored it again after coming out.
The two of them were completely away from the mountain before they found a place to exchange ideas. At the same time, they took out paper and drew the array patterns.
Both of them had extraordinary memories, and they quickly drew the array pattern, which was exactly the same as the one underground. Funeng stroked his chin while looking at the picture and said, "Both the blood pool and the array pattern are extremely weird. Is there any weird array method related to this?"
Yuan Jing said: "This place should be very important, but there are only four ghost servants guarding it. There are no other people or monsters. What does this mean?"
Funeng was shocked and said, "Yuan Jing, you said there are other places like this?"
Yuan Jing said: "I can't be sure, this is just my guess. Let's ask our helpers when they arrive. If they don't know either, then we can only ask masters like you and my master."
Funeng nodded. It was true. Looking at the pool of blood, he felt frightened.
They did not rush to take action after returning to the city, but continued to investigate the situation in the county. As expected, they found that there were problems with two other inns. Moreover, they did not know whether this situation only happened in Shanfengyi County or if people's hearts had been stolen in other places, such as those remote villages. If such a situation really happened, there would be no way to spread it.
On the second night, they sensed that something was wrong with the people who checked out of the inn and left the city, so they quickly rushed over and saw that the four people who had camped on the way were surrounded by a negative energy. Not only were they falling into a coma, but they also had happy expressions on their faces. What kind of dream were they in?
Just as a ghost servant was about to attack, the sound of wooden fish was heard from far away and the ghost servant quickly dodged.
The sound of the wooden fish was getting closer and closer, and each sound seemed to be knocking on people's hearts. The yin energy surrounding the outsiders began to dissipate with the sound. Soon, a monk with a bald head like Funeng appeared, but he was older than Funeng and looked to be in his twenties.
After the monk appeared, he frowned slightly and looked around, muttering, "I clearly sensed the presence of a ghost, how could it run so fast?"
The monk approached the four people who were sleeping on the ground unconscious. Even the sound of the wooden fish could not wake them up. The monk checked and found that there were marks on their bodies. This meant they were being targeted. No wonder ghosts followed the marks to find them. The monk removed the marks from their bodies without saying anything.
Suddenly, I felt something and looked back, and saw a young monk and a young Taoist walking out of the darkness.
The young monk put his hands together and saluted: "Brother, are you nearby? Why are you so fast? Yuan Jing, this is my brother Fusheng."
"Hello, Senior Brother Fusheng." Yuan Jing respectfully performed a Taoist salute.
Monk Fusheng smiled when he saw Yuan Jing. They had all seen how Junior Brother Funeng competed with the master in the temple, so Taoist Priest Yuan Jing had long been famous among his fellow disciples. Now it seemed that he was indeed very talented, and his cultivation was not weaker than that of his junior brother.
"Let's find another place to talk. The ghost here should not come back." Fusheng discovered the ghostly aura here while he was on the road, so he went around to take a look, but the ghost slipped away.
"Okay, I'll listen to you, brother."
They found another open-air place, and the three of them sat together to talk. First, Funeng told Brother Fusheng about the abnormal situations and bodies of abnormal deaths encountered in Fengyi County, as well as the blood pool they found during the day and the copied formation pattern.
"Because this matter is too strange, Yuan Jing and I have sought help from outside. Yuan Jing is looking for the Taoist priest from Qingcheng Taoist Temple. He should be able to arrive tonight or tomorrow."
Fusheng frowned even more tightly: "Brother, you guys are right. This matter is indeed strange and weird. I can't tell what the mastermind behind it is for a while, but when the people from Qingcheng Taoist Temple come, we can work together to destroy the blood pool. No matter what they set up this blood pool for, destroying it means that the other party will fail."
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