Zhongli Tingzhou put away his life-saving magic weapon, and his footsteps left footprints in the black and gray powder on the ground.
A sharp and wild scream sounded again, and appeared at the door in the blink of an eye.
Dozens of wandering souls swarmed in, waving their sharp claws and rushing over.
The aura emanating from these wandering souls is quite strong, and their scarlet pupils occasionally flash red light, which is a characteristic that only appears after they have devoured other wandering souls.
The wandering souls soon noticed the green beads on the ground, which exuded an alluring scent, and several of them pounced on them without hesitation.
"How dare you steal my things." Zhongli Tingzhou's figure instantly rushed into the group of wandering souls, and wherever he passed, the ground was scattered with black and gray powder.
A stream of sword energy rushed towards the wandering soul that had swallowed half of the green bead.
The wandering soul stretched out its hand to block it, and immediately a dinging sound was heard.
The sword energy was actually blocked.
"Hey, it's actually a hidden green wandering soul."
Green Wandering Soul is the name given to them by Zhongli Tingzhou himself, which means that the other party has green beads on his body, while red beads represent red wandering souls.
Zhongli Tingzhou immediately became interested and stopped attacking actively. He watched the other party absorb all the energy of the green bead.
The aura of the wandering soul's body suddenly became stronger at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"Is it higher than the level of the Blue Wandering Soul?" Zhongli Tingzhou walked over with a sword in hand.
The red light in the eyes of this green wandering soul became increasingly intense, which was a symbol of both killing and power.
The wandering soul that ate the green bead seemed to have been promoted to another level of strength that Zhongli Tingzhou did not know about. He could feel the powerful energy hidden in the other party.
I couldn't help but lick my lips. The beads on this wandering soul must be more delicious than the red beads and green beads.
The wandering soul that had become stronger slowly arched its limbs, its facial features grimacing, filled with a strong murderous aura, and it slowly walked around Zhongli Tingzhou.
"Both the power and wisdom have been enhanced. Does this mean that there are truly intelligent and powerful wandering souls in this fairy palace, standing on the top of the pyramid and looking down on everyone?"
Zhongli Tingzhou assumed an attacking posture, and the wandering soul behind him suddenly leaped up, and its sharp claws instantly grew nearly one meter long nails, which were purple in color, and scratched him from behind.
With this claw, not only flesh and blood will be torn out, but even bones will probably not be spared.
The claw light passed through Zhongli Tingzhou's body, but it didn't feel like it landed on a real object.
The wandering soul felt something was wrong and dodged to the left without thinking. A beam of white sword light struck its face, avoiding its vital parts at the cost of its arm.
Zhongli Tingzhou looked up and saw Youhun's body curled up with his back pressed against the corner of the wall, his red eyes staring at him angrily.
The arm that he cut off grew back the next second.
Half of the wandering soul's body should be a creature that gathers energy. As long as the beads in its head are not dug out, it can use the beads to grow a new body, but it will consume energy.
This is the conclusion Zhongli Tingzhou came to after dealing with wandering souls during this period of time.
"Fast, intelligent, and able to regenerate infinitely? Really suitable as a whetstone."
Zhongli Tingzhou walked towards it with a smile, and suddenly stopped.
He remembered one thing. These beads could quickly repair the Yin-Yang beads in his body. Could they repair Gao Han's life space?
What if it works? No matter what, it’s always a good idea to collect more.
The wandering soul noticed that Zhongli Tingzhou's figure suddenly disappeared, and his face seemed to change. The next moment, he left the corner, and a sword energy brushed past his body again.
This time, it won't be fooled again.
With a puff.
The wandering soul's red pupils widened to the extreme, and it seemed that it saw with its peripheral vision that its arm was cut off again, even though it had clearly dodged it.
"Idiot, who said I can only strike once with my sword? After all, with this level of intelligence, isn't it still an intelligent creature?"
The illusory figure of Zhongli Tingzhou appeared beside it.
"Ten Thousand Swords Formation."
In an instant, countless white sword auras appeared around him, avoiding Zhongli Tingzhou and falling on the wandering souls one after another, like positive and negative poles attracting each other.
The wandering soul, filled with countless sword energy, expanded to the extreme and then exploded.
A purple bead, different from the green bead, flew out and was caught by Zhongli Tingzhou.
"Purple beads?"
The strength is equivalent to that of the human cultivators in the out-of-body stage. Above that, are there wandering souls in the spirit transformation stage and the fusion stage? Will there be wandering souls in the Mahayana stage?
"The wandering souls in the Mahayana stage cannot be provoked for the time being."
The self-aware Zhongli Tingzhou forgot that he could not afford to offend any wandering souls above the Spirit Transformation Stage.
After absorbing the purple bead, he saw that the second crack on the Yin-Yang Bead was finally repaired.
The energy of the beads of these wandering souls was more useful than he expected.
"If we kill a few more purple wandering souls, we might be able to repair the last crack. We have to leave some for Gao Han, but where can we find more wandering souls?"
Zhongli Tingzhou's eyes turned and instantly caught sight of a sneaky figure.
The dark wandering soul was holding a red bead that he had dropped in its arms. It was obviously terribly afraid of him and would tremble non-stop when he approached, yet it wanted to follow him all the time.
Perhaps it noticed his gaze, the wandering soul trembled for a moment, and the red beads in its arms fell to the ground. It quickly ran behind the wall, and the next second, it secretly stretched its head out to look at him.
The figure that was originally standing in the middle of the hall suddenly disappeared.
The wandering soul was suddenly panicked. Where is the person? Why did he disappear?
"Why are you following me all the time, you guy?" A sinister voice sounded from behind Youhun.
The wandering soul fell limply to the ground with a thud. It was so frightened that it couldn't get up.
Zhongli Tingzhou kicked it with his toes, "You are so weak. Killing you would be a waste of spiritual energy."
The wandering soul was kicked by him and rolled twice on the ground, and its body kept shaking like a sieve.
Zhongli Tingzhou squatted down and poked its body with the tip of his sword. "I'll give you a chance. Take me to find other wandering souls, and I won't kill you."
The wandering soul was poked by him and thought he was going to die, and his body continued to tremble.
"Stop shaking." Zhongli Tingzhou's murderous voice suddenly sounded.
The wandering soul immediately stopped shaking.
"If you understand what I say, lead the way. If you don't, get out." Zhongli Tingzhou stood up again.
He was too lazy to even muster the energy to kill it. Its eyes were nowhere to be found and there was no red light, indicating that it had not eaten other wandering souls. Its breath was so weak that it could almost be ignored, and it had no aggressiveness at all.
He ignored the wandering soul and walked away without picking up the red bead on the ground.
Having tasted the green and purple beads, he no longer looked down upon the tiny red beads.
The wandering soul picked up the red bead and chased after it while absorbing energy.
Zhongli Tingzhou knew that it was following him, but he didn't say anything. He killed any wandering soul he saw on the way. He occasionally encountered one or two green wandering souls, but he never saw any purple wandering souls.
"When you've had enough, come work for me."
Zhongli Tingzhou glanced fiercely at the wandering soul that took a quarter of an hour to absorb the energy of a red bead, and he became more and more disgusted.
Perhaps realizing that this human would not harm him, the wandering soul became a little bolder. It would still tremble when approaching him, but it would no longer be so weak.
It slowly floated in front of Zhongli Tingzhou and was about to lead the way, but was kicked away.
"If you're slow again, I'll kill you." A murderous voice sounded behind him.
The wandering soul jumped up nimbly and ran to the front to lead the way as fast as he thought possible.
However, its speed was still very slow in Zhongli Tingzhou's eyes. He thought, if it still couldn't lead him to find the purple wandering soul, there was no need to keep it.
A chill rose on the wandering soul's back. It did not dare to look back and just kept its head down to lead the way.
Before Zhongli Tingzhou's anger was about to erupt, this wandering soul finally played its role and found a purple wandering soul.
Sensing a powerful wandering spirit ahead, he rushed out without saying a word.
The little wandering soul leading the way was stunned for a moment. In addition to the purple wandering souls in front, there were also many green wandering souls. If they were all added together, they could kill a purple wandering soul.
小游魂急急忙忙追过去，拐过那面堵住视线的墙壁后，瞬间一个急刹，又缩回墙壁后面，只露出一角偷看。
那只强大的游魂感受到空气中震荡的剑气，意识到有人闯进自己的地盘，瞬间命令所有手下围攻对方。
那个人族被所有青色游魂吞没了，只能看到暴烈的剑气在空气中不断闪过。
每次剑气飞过，总能收割至少一只游魂，地面上的黑灰里很快就积累了越来越多的青色珠子。
小游魂羡慕地看着地上的青色珠子，这个人族好强大，它也想吸收这些青色珠子，但是不敢。
这些珠子对游魂都具有很大的诱惑力，可它出生到现在，因为太弱，一直打不过其他游魂，好多次还差点被其他游魂吃了。
第一次，它尝到珠子的美味，是这个人族给它的。
吃过珠子后，它就更加念念不忘了。
围攻的青色游魂越来越少，一些游魂也意识到自己并不是这个人族的对手，开始后退。
钟离庭洲没有理会地上的珠子，一路杀到那只紫色游魂面前。
小游魂犹豫了一下，飘过来将这些珠子收了起来。
它不敢偷吃，但是帮忙的话，万一那个人族一时善心大发，送它一颗尝尝呢。
抱着这个天真到不行的想法，小游魂慢吞吞地收集着珠子，附近的游魂都被人族杀了，它不用担心会有游魂来吃它。
珠子特别多，不过小游魂有特殊的储存方式。
做完这一切，小游魂才赶过去找那个人族，外面全是游魂，它就爬到宫殿的顶，从一个破洞看下去。
那个人族走到坐在宝座的紫色游魂面前，丝毫不理会身后虎视眈眈，却不敢行动的青色游魂。
紫色游魂发出愤怒的吼声。
该死的人族，闯进它的地盘，还杀了它那么多手下。
要在仙宫称霸并不容易，需要拉拢手下，抢占有利的地盘，这些手下不仅能成为打手，冲在最前头，还能上供许多它需要的能量珠子。
不提升实力的话，它早晚也会被其他强大的游魂吞噬而毁灭。
钟离庭洲不知道这只紫色游魂在说什么，也没兴趣知道。
他只知道，那只小游魂还挺有用的，真的带他找到一只紫色游魂的地盘。
兴奋的他，二话不说就朝正在愤怒的紫色游魂冲过去。
找死！
紫色游魂怒急，一阵黑雾将它托起，同时释放黑雾，整个大殿瞬间笼罩在黑雾里。
穹顶上的小游魂也看不到战斗的情况了。
“黑色的能量吗，我最喜欢了。”钟离庭洲挥出剑气，向四面八方射去，进入黑雾中，剧烈地翻滚起来。
与此同时，原本盘踞在阴阳珠里的黑气，立刻迫不及待地冲出来，钻入黑雾中消失了。
片刻后，黑雾中传来紫色游魂惊惧交加的吼声。
这是什么东西，为什么会吸收它能量，哪怕它阻止也没用，能量还是在大量的流失中。
感受到恐惧的紫色游魂已经打起退堂鼓。
战斗已开始，岂是它想脱身就能脱身的。
那缕黑气答应，钟离庭洲都不答应。
黑气在他的示意下，又加快了吞噬的速度，大厅中弥漫的黑雾，迅速地消失许多，又恢复明亮。
小游魂瞪大眼睛，它感应到那只紫色游魂的气息微弱了许多，再次看向钟离庭洲的眼神，又多了许多忌惮。
这个人族从一开始就给它一种很恐怖的感觉，因为他身上有一股特殊的气息，那是能够克制它们的东西。
都给本尊上，杀了他，杀了他！
紫色游魂比小游魂更晚发现这一点，这一刻它再也掩饰不住心中的恐惧，开始命令附近的手下攻击对方。
除了部分傻傻的青色游魂，听话地冲上去攻击钟离庭洲，其他精明的游魂早就逃跑了。
连老大都被打成这样，它们冲上去岂不是找死。
要知道，想将老大取而代之的人，并不是没有。
生为游魂，天生就知道只有吞噬同类，还有人族修士的血肉就能变得更强大，所以以下犯上的游魂，在巨大的仙宫里亦是一种常态。
这些游魂很快都成为钟离庭洲剑下的亡魂，而且是彻底死绝的那种。
紫色游魂恐惧得想要逃跑，它也立刻行动了，趁着手下缠住这个人族的时候，疯狂地逃窜。
“去。”钟离庭洲瞥见它逃窜的身影，轻轻一笑。
徘徊在他指尖的黑气以更快的速度飞出去，在紫色游魂即将逃出穹顶的时候，钻入它的体内。
紫色游魂惊惧交加，接连发出骇人的尖叫声，从穹顶摔了下来，躺在地上扭曲着身体，直至被吸干。
那颗紫色珠子也被黑气一并吸收了，回到阴阳珠后，力量反馈给宿体。
钟离庭洲看到阴阳珠表面最后一道裂缝，也就是连接着阴阳两面的缝隙，迅速地修补了一小丝。
他一直有预感，这条裂缝很可能是最难修补的，而事实证明他的直觉并没有错。
这只游魂的实力明显能感觉得出来比之前那只紫色游魂强一些，但是修补的质量却没有那只好。
这种情况只可能是最后这条裂缝需要的能量比其他都要多。
头儿死后，其他青色游魂霎时作鸟兽散。
逃得慢一点的，很快就成为钟离庭洲收藏的珠子一部分。
整个大殿静悄悄的，都跑光了。
钟离庭洲仰起头，对上正望着这边的小游魂，朝它勾勾手指。
小游魂被吓了一跳，过了一会才慢悠悠地飘下来。
“下次动作再这么慢，就不要跟着我了。”钟离庭洲很不满它像个老爷爷似的，干什么事都慢吞吞的。
小游魂身体晃动了几下，不知是不是在说知道了，接着就把之前吞进去的青色珠子全部吐出来，讨好地望向他。
“倒还有点其他用处。”钟离庭洲挑了下眉，把这些珠子收起来，还有散落在大厅四周的珠子。
小游魂也马上行动起来，帮他把角落里地翻找出来，讨好地送到他面前。
钟离庭洲全部收起来，转身的时候，突然想起来，弹出一颗青色珠子过去。
小游魂有点茫然地看着他。
“再慢吞吞地，我就杀了你。”钟离庭洲头也不回地走了。
小游魂才意识到这颗魂珠是对方给自己的，感动得想哭，可是它没有眼睛，抱着魂珠立刻屁颠屁颠的跟上去。
吸收了魂珠后，小游魂的力量明显上升了，动作也快了许多。
带着钟离庭洲又找到一处紫色游魂的地盘，仗着对游魂有克制，杀得这一片的游魂落荒而逃，不堪重负，终于逃到其他地方避难。
其他不知情的门派弟子发现，他们遇到游魂的频率越来越高，有时候一次就能碰见十几只，甚至几十只。
原本凝聚成一团的弟子，也因为一些意外失散了。
仙宫深处某处宫殿，黑暗中睁开一双充满邪恶的眼睛，眼中盈满阴邪的笑意。
“百年一度的盛宴，又要开始了。”
“是的，又一轮百年过去了，这一次，我一定要抢到更多机会。”
回应的是一个充满暴戾气息的声音。
“也是时候了，仙庭，我志在必得。”空气中回荡起另一个铿锵有力的声音，如多重奏。
“这一次还要用人族的血肉和元神血祭吗？”
“这次的百年盛宴不同以往，据说再现万年辉煌，我等的机会来了。”
“一切小心为上，我们不能引起那个人的注意。”
“待本座修得邪神之身，那人便不足为惧，本座出去要做的第一件事，便是杀了他！”
“笑话，修得邪神之身的人，应当是我。”
“错，是我。”
“是我！”
……
仙宫深处响起的争论声，遍布各个角落的人并不知道，他们的行为，其实早已被某些生物看在眼里。
一道暴戾的声音从争吵中退出来，神魂回到自己的地盘上，漠然睁开阴森的眼睛。
底下跪着几名手下，皆是游魂的样子，但是它们身上传出来的气息，却比外面的更强大，纷纷低着头，真心实意地臣服于宝座上的游魂。
“传本座之令，盛宴已开始，全力追杀人族的弟子，今年的盛宴，本座要得到最多铭牌。”
“是，尊主。”几名强大的游魂垂首应道，随即先后退出大殿。
与此同时，各个强大的首领同时发布了追杀人族，夺取铭牌的命令。
众灵修随后发现，这些游魂越来越疯狂，每次出现都是几十，到后面，它们不仅主动攻击人，还会抢夺人族的储物道具。
“大师兄，这些游魂的实力都好强，而且数量太多了，我们越来越难以应付了。”
周泽昌一脸苦闷，这些游魂其实实力不算超出他们太多，之所以难杀，是因为游魂的奇异性。
“这件事有蹊跷，这些游魂突然增多，要么是领头发现我们的入侵，企图杀光我们，要么就是在进行什么不为人知的目的。”
封新星也很怀疑，游魂怎么突然增多了，要知道他们可是在偏外围的地方。
“前者的可能性较低，没办法渗透到外面，后者的可能性更大一些。”
“这些游魂能有什么目的，不过它们吃了修士后，实力确实会增加，会不会是这个目的？”一名师弟猜测道。
南师弟犹豫了一下，“说起来，我之前看到一个诡异的事情。”
“什么事快说！”大家的目光立刻集中在他身上。
“我之前看到一只游魂在杀死一名灵修后，还把对方的储物袋带走了。”
杀人后搜刮战利品，在外面是很正常的事情，但是放在游魂身上，却有种不和谐感。
“我知道了。”封新星突然说。
“大师兄知道什么了。”大家问道。
“我大概知道这些游魂的目的是什么了，没猜错的话，应该是想要我们身上的门牌。”
与此同时，元然也问了相似的问题。
“游魂要门牌有什么作用？”
“确切地说，游魂把我们说的门牌称之为铭牌，这种门牌似乎是对它们有特别好处的东西，所以每一届，只要有人进入仙宫，这些游魂就会开始抢夺人族身上的铭牌。”裴诤海耸着肩膀回道。
“那铭牌到底对它们有什么作用？”
“这个就不知道了，往届好像也没人弄清楚过，因为仙宫据说有实力强大的游魂坐镇，所以从来没有人敢闯到仙宫的深处。”
元然突然问了一个无关紧要的问题，“你觉得师叔祖敢不敢闯进去？”
“呃，这个难说，我觉得以你这位师叔祖的性格，还真有可能。”裴诤海已经不敢再小看钟离庭洲。
元然无言以对，因为他觉得这种事放在钟离师叔祖身上，真的是再正常不过了。
仙宫一角落，正好位置钟离庭洲下游的某座中等宫殿。
“怎么回事，怎么会有源源不断的游魂涌过来？”
陈彬羽盯着源源不断冲进来的游魂，脸色发青。
“上面应该出了什么事，先把能杀的游魂都杀了，我们再避一避。”闻宏儒毫不犹豫的施展八神刀。
八神刀暴烈的罡气，对这些游魂的作用比较明显。
被他们杀死的游魂，地面掉落了不少魂珠。
陈彬羽看着这些魂珠，眼中闪过一丝贪婪。
这些魂珠对他们的效果真的很好，他消化了十几颗魂珠后，已经能感觉到自己卡了许久的境界在松动。
他相信，自己在消化更多魂珠后，肯定能很快就突破出窍期。
就在这时，异变突起。
一个尖锐到刺耳的声音骤然从另一处传来。
声音越来越近，同时还有一股强烈的危机感。
“不好，好像是更强大的游魂来了。”陈彬羽脸色一变。
“先撤。”闻宏儒当机立断。
“可魂珠怎么办？”陈彬羽很不舍得被他们杀死后爆出来的魂珠。
可太多的青色游魂涌进来，根本没机会去捡。
“命重要，还是魂珠重要？”闻宏儒直接丢给他这句话，自己边打边退出去了。
陈彬羽一咬牙，他没得选择，只能跟着他退出去。
逃出来后，两人便收刀逃离。
没多久，那只紫色游魂赶到这处宫殿，发现两个人族已经逃走了，顿时发出愤怒的吼声。
“这些游魂是怎么了，怎么突然跟发疯了似的？”陈彬羽听到这个声音，尚心有余悸。
“情况有变，接下来会更危险。”闻宏儒沉着脸，冷静地说道。
“什么情况有变？”陈彬羽不明白。
“我听长老和师尊说过，仙宫的游魂想要我们身上的门牌，它们称之为铭牌。”闻宏儒说。
陈彬羽闻言，心里顿时有些不是滋味，为什么这些长老和宗主并没有跟他说过。
“它们为什么想要我们的门牌？”
“好像是仙宫深处有什么东西吸引着它们，得到铭牌，就等于得到了通行证，不要忘了，门牌本身是出自万仙碑，和仙宫有关很正常。”作为首席，闻宏儒知道的肯定是最多的。
……
“取一块黑牌抛出去。”仙宫另一处宫殿，面对上百游魂的攻击，甘慕兰也十分冷静地说一句。
一名女弟子没有一丝犹豫，立刻取出身上的黑牌，不假思索地扔出去。
原本攻击它们的游魂，立刻有二十几只追着黑牌去了。
“真的有用。”女弟子们十分惊喜。
“果然没有错，这些游魂的目的不仅是我们的血肉，现在也包括我们身上的门牌，不给的话，它们会一直追杀我们。”
甘慕兰当机立断。
“先撤离这里，找其他人会合，再从长计议。”
大家都听她的，毫不迟疑地选择退走。
仙宫每一处地方，几乎都发生了类似的事情，害怕游魂奋力攻击的人，不敢再冒进，也有因为一时贪婪，而被游魂围攻，无法逃脱的。