When Chen Xing knew Xu Yan's possible true identity, he was no longer as upset about losing to the other party as he was at the beginning.
That was a genius many years ago. He made the treasure recognize the owner and attracted the whole Lingzhou forces to hunt him down. If he didn't have some skills, he wouldn't believe that he would make such a big fuss. To this day, some people still refer to him as "that person".
He went to Fengzhou because of this matter, so before going, he certainly checked a lot of information and inquired about a lot of situations. So he knew that in that competition, Xu Yan's alchemy skills were still restrained, because this was an alchemist who could use soul refining skills, so his loss was not unfair at all. If Xu Yan let go, he would only lose more miserably, and might even leave a psychological shadow.
Thinking of this, he turned his attention to Gu Yao. This person should have inherited Xu Yan's soul refining technique. It can be seen that the alchemy technique is also hidden. Seeing that his alchemy strength exceeds his spiritual power, it can be seen that the soul strength exceeds that of other alchemists. Such a person is the most suitable for practicing soul refining.
He has some understanding of soul refining. Some alchemists, who practice soul refining reluctantly, will only cause backlash, which is not suitable for everyone.
Gu Yao and his party followed Ji Bai Ze to the place where monsters were imprisoned and corpses were placed. On the way, they talked a few words. Ji Bai Ze and others have always been sought after wherever they go. Gu Yao and others don't like to deal with them, so even if Elder Zhao and others want a few young people to try it out, it is impossible to achieve.
The underground space was guarded by monks and surrounded by formations and restrictions. With Ji Baize and others leading the way, Gu Yao and his party followed smoothly.
After passing through a long passage, they came to a relatively empty but gloomy place, where iron cages were placed one by one. In one of the iron cages, a living monster was imprisoned. The monster rammed the cage madly, but the restrictions on the cage rebounded, and it fell to the ground screaming.
The monks here respected Ji Baize and his party very much. When they saw them coming over, they saluted respectfully, and looked at Gu Yao and his party with vigilance, as if they suspected that they were here to do bad things and cause trouble.
There were several stone platforms with dissected corpses placed on them. It was obvious that the alchemists in the Alchemy Alliance had indeed thought of many methods and were not conservative people, Gu Yao thought after seeing them.
Ji Bai Ze pointed to one of the corpses and introduced: "These corpses were brought back from the Demon Light Sect. You must be surprised when you see them for the first time. These corpses look intact, just like they are asleep, but their sea of consciousness is destroyed and their brains are empty. What did Master Gu Dan think of this situation?"
Gu Yao's expression was calm, without the slightest change. He said: "Is there something parasitic in their brains, and then gnawing their brains away?"
Whether it is the parasite or the insect race that he had seen in his previous life, they all have a similar existence. They can control the human action by parasitizing the human brain, and can even absorb the memory in the brain and perfectly play the role of themselves, but when the insect leaves, the body will die. Ji Bai Ze asked in surprise: "Could it be that Master Gu Dan has seen this kind of thing?"
Seeing the other people looking over, Gu Yao raised his eyebrows: "I deduced this based on the facts above. Master Ji Dan told me that the brains of these corpses were empty. Plus, I heard about the abnormal condition of the Young Sect Master of the Demon Light Sect, so I made a bold guess that the Young Sect Master's brain or sea of consciousness had been occupied by this kind of thing, or the Young Sect Master was no longer the Young Sect Master himself at that time."
Ji Bai Ze laughed and said, "So that's the case. We thought Master Gu Dan had seen that thing, which would have been of great help to us. What a pity."
Gu Yao didn't care whether they believed it or not, and asked himself: "Are there no remnants left in their brains?" We should be able to find some clues based on this."
Ji Baize looked hesitant. His brains had been chewed up. What else was left? What could he infer?
Xiang Yidan, who had been silent all this time, spoke up: "Master Gu Dan is right. I did find something on the corpse. I guess it was left by that thing."
Ji Baize, Chen Xing and others also looked at him, especially Ji Baize, who was a little unhappy: "You didn't mention it to us before." Xiang Yidan's expression was indifferent. "When I came in to dissect the corpse, you said there was nothing to check. Nothing can escape the consciousness. Besides, I couldn't find any results. I wanted to collect more clues."
Gu Yao and Xu Chen looked at each other. It turned out that these corpses were only dissected by Xiang Yidan? Others didn't agree?
Gu Yao asked tentatively: "Can I take a look?"
Xiang Yidan nodded, then took out a transparent crystal bottle and handed it to Gu Yao. Through the bottle, the situation inside could be seen clearly. There was some unknown liquid inside, soaking several black silk threads. Gu Yao's eyes flashed with strange colors. Could it be that this situation was really similar to the situation of the insects he encountered in the interstellar world before?
Ji Bai Ze frowned as he looked at this thing, and his expression seemed a little disapproving. What could this thing explain?
Xiang Yidan noticed Gu Yao's expression, and determined that this was someone who thought the same as him, so he became interested: "Master Gu Dan, what do you think this thing is?"
Gu Yao guessed: "When that kind of thing follows the brain and even replaces the sea of consciousness, the cultivator's own consciousness no longer exists. This thing wants to control the cultivator so that people can't see anything unusual. Maybe it will secrete a lot of such black threads to control the words and deeds of this body so that outsiders can't see anything unusual, and even the breath can be simulated."
Xu Chen got goosebumps all over his body when he heard this. He didn't know how Gu Yao could say such words so calmly. Didn't he feel his scalp tingling just imagining it?
"But if the young master of the Demon Light Sect was really in the situation that Master Gu Dan said, then he should have died at that time. The Demon Light Sect could not have failed to discover it through the soul tablet he left behind." Ji Baize seized on a point and refuted.
Gu Yao glanced at him, but found that Xiang Yidan's eyes were slightly shining, and he seemed very interested. He speculated: "Maybe his sea of consciousness was not completely devoured at that time, but it was no longer dominant. This thing can easily steal the monk's brain. It should be that the secreted thing has the function of confusing the monk. Maybe the young master himself didn't realize that he was in that situation at that time."
This sounded even more perceptible.
He thought he was still alive, but he was actually dead? Well, it might be half-dead, so the soul tablet didn't react.
Xiang Yidan clapped his hands and said, "Although Master Gu's speculation is bold, in my opinion it is in line with the actual situation. Apart from this, I can't imagine anything that can quietly destroy the entire sect without alarming the monks of the sect.
Ji Baize and the two alchemists of Tianluo Sect looked at Xiang Yidan and gritted their teeth secretly. Which side is this bastard on?
Xiang Yidan said again, "Give this one to Master Gu. I have more here. Maybe Master Gu can make new discoveries."
Gu Yao smiled and said, "Okay, thank you very much." Shen
Xing glanced at the two people. Although Xiang Yidan had a good talent for alchemy in the Alchemy Pavilion, he always acted strangely and didn't get along with others. Unexpectedly, he seemed to have a lot in common with Gu Yao.
Gu Yao could not find anything else on the corpse, so he went to look at the monsters. There were corpses and those locked in cages. Chi Chang Ye had always been firmly by Gu Yao's side, and could invade the monk's body without anyone noticing. Even if there were only corpses here, he would not dare to be careless, but he could not prevent Gu Yao from touching them.
The demonized corpses were also dissected thoroughly. This time Xiang Yidan did not stand behind, and after discovering that Gu Yao did not reject this approach, he took the initiative to introduce to him that these corpses were completely corroded by demonic energy, and that demonic energy also had the effect of strengthening the body, but there was no other discovery.
Xiang Yidan said: "I'm thinking whether we should do a live dissection to see how they are different from dead bodies, maybe we can find something."
Gu Yao looked at Xiang Yidan with admiration. Perhaps, except for the corpse refining sect, this practice would be regarded as evil by the monks. Even the corpse refining sect has a bad reputation because some of them refining living people into corpses.
Gu Yao circled around the restless and roaring monster and carefully observed its various conditions. Ji Baize and the others retreated to the back. Perhaps they didn't think Gu Yao could find anything.
The monster also had some consciousness, its eyeballs followed Gu Yao's movement, and from time to time it waved its claws and roared at Gu Yao in a threatening manner, but because it had suffered from the restrictions of the cage, it no longer insisted on bumping into it to suffer. Of course, the movement of his eyeballs was still not comparable to that of a human, and it still looked dull and lifeless.
After turning around a few times, Gu Yao and Chi Changye returned to Xu Chen, shook his head at him, apologized to Ji Bai Ze, and said that they had to go back to their residence first.
Ji Bai Ze and the others looked at each other, not knowing whether Gu Yao had discovered anything on the monster, but what else could they force if he didn't speak? Besides, he had been observing the monster through the cage, and they didn't believe that he could see anything.
After leaving the underground space, Xiang Yidan, who had been silent since the beginning, asked: "Master Gu Dan, can I visit you often?
Gu Yao glanced at him, nodded and said: "Of course, I am very welcome."
Xiang Yidan smiled and said: "That's great .
Ji Baize and others still sent Gu Yao and his friends to the place where they met before, and then they went back, perhaps to report the situation to Elder Zhao and others. Gu Yao and his friends also returned to their residence.
Without other people, Xu Chen asked Gu Yao with interest: "What did you find?"
Gu Yao told Xu Chen about the two situations of the worm and the worm tribe, and speculated: "If this is really the case, then the young master is carrying a mother worm. Only the mother worm will reproduce thousands of daughter worms. Now this mother worm may be difficult to deal with."
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