Chapter 270
Mu Yinghai felt extremely fortunate after hearing this. If he hadn't been following Yuan Jing and Funeng, he probably wouldn't have been able to even reach here.
He thought he had the demonic power passed down to him by his mother, and that he was much stronger than people of his age or demons. But after seeing Yuan Jing and Funeng, he knew that he was still far behind.
It was indeed not peaceful down there, with poisonous creatures jumping out from time to time, but the three men were very skilled and powerful, and were killed one after another. Once they were exhausted, Yuan Jing immediately gave them pills and even gave them an extra bottle to keep on hand in case they encountered an accident along the way and dispersed so that they would not be without pills to replenish their spiritual energy.
Mu Yinghai was numb, thinking that maybe Taoist Yuan Jing came from a big Taoist force and was very popular in Taoism, otherwise how could he have so many pills to take out?
Even the air below is poisonous. Without detoxification pills, they would not be able to go far.
As they walked, the three of them felt something was wrong.
"We should have walked through this place several times, right? Are we encountering a ghost wall or a formation?" Mu Yinghai intuitively knew based on the blood that belonged to the demon clan.
Funeng said, "It's a formation. Although this place feels eerie, there are no ghosts. How could it be a ghost wall? You can figure it out if you use your brain."
Mu Yinghai took a breath and told himself not to argue with this monk, otherwise he would be so angry.
After Fu Neng scolded Mu Yinghai, he felt very happy. He smiled and said to Yuan Jing, "Junior Brother Jing is better than me at formations. I will cooperate with Junior Brother Jing to break this formation."
Yuan Jing also laughed secretly, but what could he do? This was the lover who had accompanied him for several lifetimes, so of course he could only tolerate it, so he could only secretly apologize to the male protagonist Mu Yinghai. He said, "Okay, I'll take a look."
After they walked around again and returned to the starting point, Yuan Jing had an idea in mind.
Compared with Funeng and Mu Yinghai, he is indeed much better at formations. Not only has he learned in this life, but he also studied and researched the formation techniques in the immortal cultivation space in previous lives. In addition, he has a pair of heavenly eyes in this life. With these eyes, he can see the changes and weaknesses of the formation here through the flow and stagnation of qi.
Therefore, the flaws of this maze were revealed in his eyes. He commanded Funeng and Mu Yinghai to attack the weak points of the formation at the same time. After a few loud bangs, the scene in front of them really changed. There were originally several strange-shaped trees, but now there was only a pitch-black mass, which was scary to look at, as if a ferocious beast would jump out of the darkness and swallow them up at any time.
"Look at this mountain wall." Mu Yinghai suddenly spoke.
Yuan Jing and Funeng looked in the direction of Mu Yinghai's finger, and indeed saw marks on the mountain wall. The two walked over, and Yuan Jing felt for these marks with his hands, and quickly determined: "This is a man-made array pattern. Perhaps this is the way to arrange this entire mountain stream into a huge sealing array."
Mu Yinghai asked: "Are we trapped in the seal now? Can we still get out?"
Yuan Jing thought for a moment and said, "We should be able to get out. We should not be in the center of the seal. That's where the Demon King is sealed. Following this array pattern, we may be able to find the center of the seal. Senior Brother Fu, are we going to see the Demon King?"
Funeng said happily: "Brother Jing, if you are willing, let's go and see it together."
"Okay, let's go take a look. I wonder how long the demon king has been sealed and how much strength he still has."
Mu Yinghai felt that he was the superfluous one, so what could he do? He had no choice but to continue following.
Next they discovered more and more array patterns and runes. Yuan Jing asked Funeng and Mu Yinghai to help. They should spread out and copy all the array patterns and runes they could find onto paper, and then gather them together with him. Perhaps this would help him better master the sealing array here.
More and more array patterns and runes gathered in Yuan Jing's hands. It was a tedious task to sort out these array patterns and runes. Mu Yinghai got a headache just looking at them. He admired Yuan Jing, who was younger than him, for having such a high level of array skills at such a young age.
Gradually, Yuan Jing figured out the clues of this sealing formation, so they didn't have to walk around blindly. These formation patterns and runes all pointed in one direction. As long as they followed this direction, they would reach the center of the sealing formation.
"There is an illusion array ahead. Senior Brother Fu and Young Master Mu, please be careful. As long as you stick to your original intentions, this illusion array will not cause any harm." Yuan Jing reminded.
"Junior Brother Jing, you should be careful too." Fu Neng reminded him and stepped into the magic array. The scenery in front of him immediately changed. He returned to the Buddhist temple. The master walked up to him and began to test his conscience.
Yuan Jing also stepped into the illusion array. He watched the changing scenery in front of him clearly, like a bystander.
Looking at the courtyard and the servants walking in the illusion, Yuan Jing quickly recognized where the illusion was. It was the residence of Minister Jiang in the capital, which was also the Jiang family that later came to find the original body and wanted to take the original body back.
Yuan Jing didn't expect that the illusion would be related to his original body. He thought it had something to do with himself, so he could see it from beginning to end as a bystander.
He saw another self, no, it should be his original self, walking on the corridor, a little older than his current self. This should be the scene when his original self was brought back to the Jiang family. When the servants in the Jiang Mansion saw his original self, they either gave a perfunctory greeting and got up and left without waiting for his reaction, or they completely ignored the original self and walked straight past him.
Although Yuan Jing had all the memories of his original body, those memories were from the original body's perspective of looking at the outside world. The current Yuan Jing completely took in the original body and others as a bystander. The original body just felt that he could not experience much family love from the Jiang family, which was far less than the love his master gave him, so he was not willing to stay in the Jiang family. Now Yuan Jing can see more clearly from this picture how perfunctory the Jiang family was to the original body.
Therefore, from the very beginning when the original body was taken back, there was not much blood relationship between them, and he was just used as a tool. Therefore, even the servants in the mansion could see what the master's attitude was towards this Taoist priest from the countryside, and how could he treat him as his master.
The original body walked out of the corridor and sat down in a corner of the rockery in the garden. He looked up at the sky. Yuan Jing saw that the original body's eyes were full of nostalgia. He knew that the original body was missing his master.
To the original body, only the master was his relative. He returned to the Jiang Mansion, perhaps just to end this blood relationship, and then returned to the Taoist temple to continue being a Taoist priest, carrying forward the Taoist skills passed down to him by his master, and at the same time protecting the people in the area below the mountain.
Perhaps when he is older, he will go out like his master and bring back a child with the aptitude to practice Taoism. He will then accept the child as a disciple and pass on all his Taoist skills to him, so that the Liuzhuang Taoist Temple can be passed down from generation to generation.
The original body's wish was so simple, but when he was still thinking, two maids walked to the other side of the rockery, whispering all the way. The hearing of people who practice Taoism is much better than that of ordinary people, so those whispers were clearly transmitted to the original body's ears, and Yuan Jing could also hear them clearly.
"Why did Madam take that man back? The young master has been fuming these past few days, and we servants are unhappy too. How could the young master have such a brother? Telling others about it will only bring shame to the young master."
"What are you thinking about? Now, apart from the mansion, who outside knows that our Jiang family has a new young master? Just that country bumpkin who grew up in the mountains, how many days do you think he can stay in the mansion? It's because..."
"Why? You follow the Madam, do you know something? Dear sister, please tell me quickly, so that I can go back and comfort the young master. The young master is so angry that he can't even eat. Is he in poor health or are we all going to suffer?"
"You, do you really think Madam will tell us servants about this? I'm afraid only Madam's trusted maid knows about this. It was Madam Yang who went to the mountain to bring that country bumpkin back. I'm telling you, don't tell anyone else about this, okay?"
"Don't worry, sister. I will definitely not tell anyone. Please tell me quickly."
"Why are you so anxious? Listen to me. I was a step slower when I went out that day, and I heard those few words. I heard Madam anxiously say to Madam Yang, "If we bring that child back, my son will be able to..." I heard these words. I couldn't hear the rest of the words because we were too far away, but from these words I can already tell that bringing that country bumpkin back was actually for the young master, so the young master just needs to be patient for a few days, and maybe the problem can be solved."
"Then I'm relieved. That's great. I was wondering why the Madam would be interested in a country bumpkin like that compared to the young master. He would be laughed at by everyone if he was taken out. He has no manners at all after entering the mansion."
The two maids whispered to each other beside the rockery and left after they finished talking. They had no idea that the country bumpkin they were talking about was standing on the other side of the rockery and heard their conversation clearly. Yuan Jing could see clearly that there was a little hope in his eyes, but now the last bit of hope was extinguished, and he no longer had any expectations for these so-called relatives.
"Eh? That's not right." Yuan Jing stared at the original body's face. "The original body's face is not right. His face shows that his fate has been tampered with."
As soon as he saw it clearly, Yuan Jing came out of the illusion. He was still immersed in his discovery until Funeng came over and waved his hand in front of his eyes, and then he came back to his senses.
Seeing him come back to his senses, Funeng breathed a sigh of relief: "I thought you were still trapped in the illusion and hadn't come out yet."
"I'm out, but after looking at the broken memories, I found that some things are not what I thought." Yuan Jing rubbed his face. He couldn't tell by looking at his own face, because his face was affected by his soul and was no longer the same as his original body.
"Kill!" A murderous voice came from the other side, making Yuan Jing and Funeng look over. They saw Mu Yinghai holding a knife and waving it at the air. They were trapped in an illusion.
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