Yu Xingwu was shocked and stared at the darkness in front of her with wide eyes. She really didn't expect that there was a demon in the pagoda!
She had seen Shen Zhuo emitting demonic energy, and was very sure that the black shadow that just flashed by was the demon. The black gas lingering in the air was also demonic energy without a doubt.
But how could there be evil spirits and demons in such a pagoda? This place doesn't look like a pagoda at all, it looks more like an underground abyss that has never seen light.
As she took a step forward, she heard faint sounds like ghosts howling and miserable roars.
"Let me go, I beg you... If you don't let me go, I will kill you even if I become a ghost!"
"Hahaha, I haven't seen anyone come in for a long time. What happened today? Several people came in at once. They all smelled good. I don't know how they tasted!"
"Ahhhhh——! You ungrateful man, you dare to betray me, I will kill you! I will kill your entire family! Let me out, I want revenge!"
"Wow, wow, wow... I am so pitiful. I became a demon for him, but he wanted to kill me. All men in the world are heartless. Kill them! Kill them all! Don't spare any of them!"
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Yu Xingwu felt a chill in her heart and immediately took out a heart-clearing talisman and stuck it on her body.
I just don't know if the mind-clearing talisman that Fourth Senior Brother gave her is effective and whether it can protect her from being affected by these noises.
You have to know that hearing such ghost howling in such an extremely dark environment will inevitably affect your mind and you may even lose your composure.
Based on the sounds she heard, she concluded that there was not only the demonic figure she saw, but also other people. It should be said that they might not be humans, but demons or evil spirits.
Now that her Taoist partner and rabbit had mysteriously disappeared, she could only ask the system: [System, what's going on? How could there be demons and evil spirits in the five-story pagoda? ]
The system was also stunned just now. It didn't expect that entering the fifth floor would be like entering the underworld. But as a very smart person, it is impossible for it to say that it didn't know.
After analyzing it secretly, he came to a conclusion: "Host, after my analysis, the name of this seven-story pagoda should be called - Demon-Suppressing Pagoda."
[Demon-suppressing pagoda? ]
System: "That's right, host. Think about it. That demonic shadow and that sound just now clearly show that these people are suppressed in the pagoda. What else can we call it if not the Demon-Suppressing Pagoda?"
"These demons, monsters, and ghosts are imprisoned in the pagoda. Obviously, they are all demons and monsters who have committed evil deeds. That's why they were imprisoned in the pagoda by the Buddhists because of their mistakes."
"As the saying goes, Buddha can save people, but these people are imprisoned here, which shows that they have not been saved so far. The host must not be influenced by them, especially the demons, who are best at bewitching people. The host must be careful!"
Yu Xingwu listened to the chaotic wailing and felt that Jiang Yan's heart-clearing talisman was still useful. At least she was calm now and was not affected by these noises.
But the system is right, we really can't be careless, the evil energy sweeping here can also disturb people's minds.
[Where's Shen Zhuo? Where's Rabbit? Why are they gone once we enter the fifth floor? Also, what is the test on this floor? Are there no hints?]
The system couldn't give an accurate explanation, so it had to rely on guesswork: "That's hard to guess. It must have been after you entered the fifth floor that some forbidden formation was triggered, separating you."
"As for the test, it must be to find a way to enter the sixth floor. Yes, no problem!"
Yu Xingwu: "..." What's the difference between saying it and not saying it...
At this moment, a voice sounded again in her sea of consciousness, the same voice she heard when she entered the fourth floor, it was the voice of the Buddha's residual soul.
She also learned from his words that this place was indeed filled with demons and monsters, just as the system said.
Buddhists are different from other cultivators. If a righteous cultivator encounters a demon, he will definitely kill the demon. However, when a Buddhist cultivator encounters a demon, he will only think about how to convert the demon.
There is a saying that goes - One thought can make you a Buddha, and one thought can make you a devil. In the eyes of Buddhists, no matter how evil the devil is, he can be converted and become a Buddha. There are indeed people in Buddhism who have become Buddhas by turning from devils.
The test to pass the fifth level is - conversion.
The mission is to convert the demons and monsters imprisoned in the pagoda, no matter who they are. Once you convert one person, your mission is completed and you can ascend to the sixth floor of the pagoda.
Of course, the prerequisite is to save your own life and not be controlled or affected by the monsters and demons here.
If your life is in danger and you are unable to protect yourself, or if your mind is disturbed by evil spirits and you are unable to complete the task, you can choose to give up at any time, and the remaining soul of the Buddha will then teleport you out of the tower.
Yu Xingwu thought this was very good. In such an environment, it was actually quite difficult not to be affected.
Since people have seven emotions and six desires, love, hate, anger, and ignorance, it is inevitable that they will have many emotions. Once their mood is affected, it is easy to bring out the negative emotions that are suppressed in their hearts.
To put it bluntly, in this kind of environment, it is easiest to develop mental demons.
It would be better to give up and leave the tower instead of ending up failing to convert others and instead developing inner demons.
The tower is not without danger. Although the strength of the monsters and demons here is unknown, there are definitely not many weak ones, otherwise they would not be suppressed here.
Yu Xingwu was not worried that she would be affected and develop inner demons. Even if she was really disturbed and had evil thoughts, she would just leave. If she couldn't force it, then don't force it. Once an inner demon was born, it would not be so easy to get rid of it.
On the contrary, I am a little worried about Shen Zhuo. After all, he has shown signs of developing inner demons.
Just as Yu Xingwu was thinking, something flashed by in the darkness. Because she was thinking about something, she did not notice that the thing that just flashed by was the demonic shadow.
Suddenly, there was a deafening scream from the system: "Ahhhhhhhhh! Host, be careful! Look behind you!"
Yu Xingwu was nearly frightened to death by the system. She thought her inner demon had not yet emerged, but her soul was almost frightened away.
But when she turned around, her hair stood on end, her face turned pale, her saliva kept drooling, and she was almost scared to death! It was as if she saw her grandmother in the dark.
Yu Xingwu shuddered, and was very sure that the person who appeared behind her and was facing her at this moment was the evil shadow she had just seen!
The man was wearing a black robe, and his pair of sinister dark red eyes were looking her up and down, making her feel like she was being stared at by a poisonous snake.
It is not difficult to judge from his cold breath that the man in front of him is a living devil.
There is no doubt that this demon's strength must be above hers, otherwise she would not have not even noticed him approaching her.
After a moment of silence, the man actually laughed softly. His laughter was cold and strange, and his voice was deep: "I noticed you from the moment you entered the pagoda. At first sight, I felt that you were very much to my liking."
"Why don't you just follow me? I can do anything for you. I can kill anyone you want to kill! I can also let your Taoist partner go."