Longevity and Immortal Cultivation: Starting from Controlling Your Own Essence.

Chapter 231 The Mystery of Stinky Qi!

Changle Palace, in the Demon Sealing Palace.

Zhang Yao got up from the futon and came to the left side of the hall.

The entire wall here is full of exquisite Buddhist murals, depicting all kinds of scenes of Purdue sentient beings, bright Buddha world, Bodhisattva and Arhat.

"Buzz!"

Zhang Yao took off the letter of good deeds from his waist, shook it slightly, and a golden text immediately appeared on the mural:
23.

"A mere 23 meritorious deeds is just getting started..."

Zhang Yao let out a long sigh.

He had lived in Changle Mountain for more than seven years, and he had only accumulated [-] meritorious deeds. The main reason was that he didn't have the chance to suppress the Yin Demon.

Although the many foreign Jindan monks in Mani's country have a good relationship with each other, they are still divided into several small circles, because conflicts of interest and clique formation are inevitable.

As for Zhang Yao, he was doomed not to be able to join any small circle because he was too strong.

Several Golden Core cultivators joined together and formed a fixed combination, in order to share the benefits brought about by the birth of Golden Core-level Yin Demons in the magic lairs where each other sits, adhering to a field that does not flow to outsiders.

However, a tyrannical monk like Zhang Yao, who has the ability to independently suppress the golden elixir demons, is not born with the conditions to integrate into a small group, and there is no need to integrate.

"Don't worry, take your time."

Zhang Yao calmed down, took back the letter of good deeds, and returned to sit on the futon.

For two hours in a row, he used mana to refine the many stale qi that had been leaked and accumulated before getting up again and walking towards the demon-suppressing well.

It's time to explore the secrets of this magic den.

"boom!"

Flames of mana rose from Zhang Yao's body, turning into a shining meteor, and falling into the unfathomable well of suppressing demons.

After crossing the short-lived metal well, in just a blink of an eye, you have already come to the underground world, where the endless turbid air flows endlessly and goes round and round.

As before, after the turbid air approached three feet around Zhang Yao's body, it immediately became motionless like a deep pool of stagnant water, as if it was deterred by some invisible force.

"What is the reason for this?"

In Zhang Yao's heart, he began to think seriously.

Not only did other Golden Core monks never encounter such a phenomenon, even the many golden arhats in the Mani Temple did not mention it at all.

The lack of publicity on the surface means that either the special reaction of the turbidity is not clear to the Mani Temple, or the matter is so important that everyone who knows it is tight-lipped.

Which one it is, he can't judge yet, but Zhang Yao doesn't think there is anything special about him, at least there is no essential difference from other orthodox Jindan Patriarchs.

Not to mention him, even demon cultivators who use turbid qi to practice will still be infiltrated by turbid qi and lose their sanity when they reach this level of magic cave.

In the final analysis - a demon cultivator must first be a monk, and the foundation of the practice of a demon monk is still aura, but he can use the turbid energy to a certain extent.

"If it's not because of me, it must be because of something I'm carrying..."

Having deduced this level, Zhang Yao began to sort out the magic weapons, spiritual objects, rare treasures, etc. on his body, and tried to select special items to take out one by one to verify the abnormal reaction of the turbid air.

Fengxi mountain copper, Ziyao real gold, Taiyin dew and other rare treasures of heaven and earth, more than a dozen different third-order spiritual objects, and magic weapons of various functions and affiliations...

After Zhang Yao tried for half an hour, he took out a light yellow irregular crystal from the storage bag:
"Boom!"

With a bang, the surrounding earth turbidity was directly repelled, and a blank area with a radius of one zhang appeared.

At the outermost edge of the blank area, the turbidity of the earth became extremely quiet, forming a sharp contrast with the surrounding turbidity of the earth, and passively acting as a barrier.

"Earth Soul Crystal?"

Zhang Yao was startled.

He never expected that it was the earth soul crystals in his storage bag that caused the abnormality of the turbidity of the earth.

"Earth soul crystallization, earth turbidity... Is there any connection between these two?"

Zhang Yao looked at the earth soul crystal in his hand, and then looked at the turbid air around him, his eyes flashed with thought.

The crystallization of the earth soul comes from the mysterious and unpredictable earth vein nodes.

Thinking back to the past, he was still a young monk in the Qi refining period with limited vision and limited knowledge. He walked around the earth vein nodes and came out with the crystallization of the earth soul. He didn't see much at all.

In a blink of an eye, more than 100 years have passed, and he has become the famous ancestor of Jindan, and his vision and knowledge have doubled countless times.

Judging from his current knowledge, the earth vein nodes and the earth soul crystallization are probably related to the barren belt that separates the land and land of the Central Plains and divides the spiritual energy levels.

If this inference is true, then the [-] achievements of the ley line nodes were established by the group of ancient sages who survived the great destruction of the ancient times, and this establishment process is closely related to the Yaozu.

As for the turbidity of the earth, Zhang Yao's understanding is far from deep enough.

All things in the world and the beginning of qi, and qi are clear and turbid. The clear ones float up and form in the sky, and the turbid ones sink and converge on the earth. The clear qi is immortal, and the turbid qi is demons. This is the recognized division of clear and turbid qi.

Apart from some well-known common sense, Zhang Yao basically knew nothing about how turbidity works, its specific zodiac signs and mysteries.

But without knowing enough, it is very difficult to draw effective inferences.

"Could it be that the crystallization of the earth soul is made of the turbidity of the earth?"

Such thoughts subconsciously flashed through Zhang Yao's mind.

But after thinking about it, he doubted this inference again. After all, the material of the earth soul crystal can block and suppress the vitality, and the turbidity does not seem to have such characteristics.

"boom!"

Zhang Yao tried to capture a wisp of turbid air for verification, but as soon as the mana and the turbid air collided, the two reacted violently and finally both annihilated.

He also tried to use a long stick to penetrate into the turbid air, and indirectly use the long stick to enter the vitality, but until the vitality dissipated, the turbid air did not show any special reaction.

In the end, he tried to use the earth soul crystal to contact the turbid air, but after the position of the earth soul crystal changed, the surrounding turbid air immediately receded, and there was no possibility of contact between the two.

"This is a bit difficult to deal with..."

Zhang Yao was quite helpless, but there was nothing he could do.

Earth soul crystals are too precious, and he is reluctant to use some destructive methods, but due to this special situation, it is basically impossible to verify anything.

The only thing that is certain at present is that the earth soul crystal has a fairly stable repelling effect on the turbid air of the earth, and can prevent the infestation of the turbid air, which is equivalent to an amulet.

"Forget it, let it go if you don't understand it."

"At least with the protection of the Earth Soul Crystal, you can explore this magic lair with confidence!"

Thinking of this, Zhang Yao temporarily suppressed his thoughts of exploration, held up the Delusion Breaking Lamp with one hand, and held the Earth Soul Crystal with the other, and began to explore the underground world connected by the Demon Town Well.

The underground world is vast and boundless, but fortunately, you won't lose your way. You only need to look up and see the golden ring to know the position of the mouth of the town's magic well, and then determine your own position.

Looking from bottom to top:
The mouth of Zhenmo Well is obviously only about half a foot long, but like the sun in the underground world, it maintains a nearly fixed size, like a golden disc.

"boom!"

Zhang Yao disliked walking too slowly, so he simply drove the Dunguang directly and began to fly in the air, as if traveling through a sea of ​​mud and rocks.

No matter how fast his speed is, the earth soul crystal can directly expel the turbid air immediately, which provides him with great convenience.

Apart from the Mani Temple, which built the magic lair and knew the characteristics of turbid air like the palm of its hand, Zhang Yao was probably the only one who dared to explore the devil lair so unscrupulously.

"There isn't even a Yin Demon here..."

"Is it the effect of the formation of the Mani Temple, or was it that the other Yin Demons were wiped out before and after the birth of the Jindan level Yin Demons?"

On the way Zhang Yaofei fled, he was still observing the various places in the magic cave, and a little doubt arose in his heart.

The turbid qi transforms into yin demons, some are strong and some are weak, the weakest ones can only harm ordinary people, and there are also powerful yin demons that are equivalent to the qi refining period and the foundation building period.

A small number of foundation-building monks from outside, as well as Buddhist monks from all over the world, are fighting demons in their daily operations. What they kill are the demon cultivators and these yin demons, as well as some monks who are insane.

But here comes the problem:
Under the suppression and restraint of the 24 devil lairs, a small number of leaked devil qi can give birth to various levels of yin devils to harm the world.

But in the endless evil lair where the turbid air is billowing, there is not even a single Yin Demon, only a golden core level Yin Demon will be born occasionally.

"It also seems a bit abnormal, contrary to common sense."

"Could it be possible that the formation created by the patriarch of the Mani Temple can suppress the transformation of this endless demonic energy? It may not be possible for the True Monarch of Huashen to do it..."

Zhang Yao pondered for a while, but didn't come up with any clues, so he could only continue to fly forward and explore.

"what……"

After flying for thousands of miles, Zhang Yao faintly caught a faint cry in his ears.

"Ok?"

Zhang Yao suddenly regained his spirits, turned his escape light, and galloped towards the direction of the sound.

As the distance approached rapidly, the screams Zhang Yao heard increased significantly, and he could hear them clearly—the screams turned out to be howls!

And this is not a single wail, but thousands of wailing voices gathered together, the sternness, fury, resentment, and resentment contained in it... Just hearing it from a distance is enough to make anyone shudder and shudder.

"What's the situation?"

Zhang Yao's expression changed, and he subconsciously increased the mana penetration of the Delusion Breaking Lamp, while being ready to retreat at any time.

Exploring this Changle Mountain Devil's Lair itself has a certain risk of offending Mani Temple, because Zhang Yao doesn't know whether Mani Temple's monitoring methods can monitor the movement of the Devil's Lair at all times.

But without knowing his own special reaction to turbidity and the secrets behind it, he really couldn't sleep and eat, and that's why he took this action.

Now that the problem has been clarified, if there is any danger lurking in this devil's lair, then he would rather go back home and give up exploring, and never be in a dangerous situation.

"Look first, if the situation changes, retreat immediately!"

"If the consequences are really serious, it would be a big deal to run out of the Mani Kingdom and give up the treasured glazed liquid on the list of meritorious deeds."

After making a decision in Zhang Yao's mind, he no longer hesitated, and carefully flew towards the source of the sound.

The closer he got, the more piercing the wailing would be. If Zhang Yao hadn't been as determined as iron, he would have been tortured unbearably.

"Well……"

Zhang Yao frowned, resisting the stimulation of howling, and continued to fly towards the center.

As he continued to fly forward, the wailing sound had already turned into a pervasive torrent, and if a monk with a slightly inferior cultivation base came over, his mind might even collapse on the spot.

After another distance has been flown:
Suddenly, the mighty turbidity disappeared completely, and at the same time as the front of the eyes suddenly became clear, an incomparably shocking picture appeared.

"Ah ah ah..."

Countless ghosts are half-sinked on the black land, men, women, old and young, tall, short, fat and thin... They are densely crowded together, like twisted dead branches and trunks, all black, with painful and crazy expressions, howling like crazy.

Looking around, the endless howling ghosts stretched to the horizon, with no end in sight, and it was impossible to judge the number of ghosts.

What is presented in front of your eyes is a living hell scene of evil spirits.

"This……"

Zhang Yao showed a look of shock.

"Are these yin demons transformed from turbid qi? No... this is the soul! The soul of a living person!"

After Zhang Yao judged the true faces of these ghosts, his heart suddenly shook violently.

All intelligent creatures have souls, but the souls of monsters and monks are particularly powerful, especially after opening up the sea of ​​consciousness, they can exist almost independently.

With a quick glance of his divine sense, he judged that these ghosts are very weak, far from being called "divine souls", but they are definitely not demons born of turbidity, but real souls of living people!

"How can there be so many mortal souls in this devil's lair?"

"Just judging by the naked eye, there are at least tens of millions of ghosts here, maybe even more..."

Thoughts flickered in Zhang Yao's mind, and he immediately realized that he had discovered a huge secret.

He didn't dare to waste time, and he looked around with his divine sense, and soon he made a new discovery:
On this black land, there are incomparably tiny black mantras all over the place, arranged according to the pattern of the spirit veins. It is obviously a tyrannical formation, and it is related to the formation that shaped the entire magic lair. close.

Not only that:

These black spells are like chains, deeply rooted in the body of each ghost, constantly stimulating and torturing these ghosts.

At every moment, there are ghosts who cannot bear the torture and die in pain and wailing, but at the same time, there are a steady stream of black ghosts emerging from the black land.

Zhang Yao estimated that every moment, dozens of ghosts became new sacrifices on this black land.

"These mortal souls probably come from the area near Changle Mountain!"

Zhang Yao immediately realized this.

If the 24 magic lairs are the center, the Mani Kingdom can be divided into 24 pieces, each of which is about the same size.

These mortal souls most likely come from the area represented by Changle Mountain, and there are probably similar things in the rest of the magic lairs.

"What exactly is this place?"

Thoughts surged in Zhang Yao's mind:
"Could it be that the patriarch of the Mani Temple imitated the description of Buddhist allusions and created the 'hell' acquired the day after tomorrow? Hid it in the devil's lair?"

(End of this chapter)