While concentrating on treating Yan Jiuge, Chu Qi keenly discovered a problem. When his spiritual power flowed from his left hand through the vine ring, it would merge with the spiritual energy emitted by the vine ring and then be transmitted to Yan Jiuge's body.
The spiritual power that has been integrated with the vine ring's spiritual energy is more refined, and can even help him "see clearly" the turmoil of spiritual power in Yan Jiuge's body.
The spiritual power in Yan Jiuge's body is very complex. Originally there were three strands, and now with Chu Qi's spiritual power, there are four strands.
There are two streams of fire spiritual power, the larger one should be Yan Jiuge's own, and the other one was probably given by his family elders.
In a family of cultivators, the elders will transfer spiritual power to the younger generations to promote their cultivation.
This is Chu Qi’s understanding for now.
The remaining black spiritual power is particularly strange, or it is not an exaggeration to say that it is evil spirit.
This kind of evil spirit is usually caused by the heavy murderous aura of weapons, which has not dissipated for many years and finally gathered inside the weapons, becoming evil spirit that will backfire on the cultivators.
But Yan Jiuge is a cultivator, not a weapon, so why is there such a dangerous evil spirit in his body
Chu Qi couldn't figure it out, but the most urgent thing was to get rid of these evil spirits so that they would not continue to wreak havoc in Yan Jiuge's meridians.
After integrating the spiritual energy of the vine ring, Chu Qi's spiritual power changed, and it was actually able to scare those evil spirits.
After realizing this, Chu Qi gave up his temptation and eliminated all the evil spirits that were wandering in Yan Jiuge's meridians in one go.
"… "
Time passed slowly and I didn't know how much time had passed.
Yan Jiuge woke up from the chaos.
First, vision returned, then perception, and then breathing.
But when Yan Jiuge saw the scene clearly, his pupils moved slightly and he subconsciously held his breath.
He was very close to Chu Qi.
Foreheads touching, bodies hugging each other, intimate and close.
The person in front of him was breathing lightly, and was closing his eyes to transmit spiritual energy to him. His eyelashes were long and thick, and his expression was calm, as if he didn't resist his approach at all.
Yan Jiuge's thoughts, which were just about to return to normal, became confused again.
He and Chu Qi grew up together and had many physical contacts, but it was the first time they touched their foreheads.
I don't know what he did when the evil spirit in his body got out of control...
Just as Yan Jiuge was struggling, the person who was originally transmitting spiritual power to him opened his eyes.
The emerald green color faded in Chu Qi's eyes. He looked at the face so close to him and subconsciously took a step back. However, due to the depletion of spiritual power in his body and the unstable center of gravity, he was about to fall to the side.
Yan Jiuge reached out and pulled Chu Qi.
Following the force, Chu Qi buried his head in Yan Jiuge's chest, causing his nose to feel slightly sore and mist to rise in his eyes.
"Aqi." Yan Jiuge's voice was worried.
"I'm fine. I just felt a little weak just now." After Chu Qi said this, he raised his head from Yan Jiuge's chest and stood firmly.
In order to get rid of the evil spirit, in the end the spiritual power in Chu Qi's body was replenished by the vine ring.
The two of them took a step back from their embrace.
Yan Jiuge's gaze fell on Chu Qi's slightly red nose and he remained silent.
Chu Qi took out the Huiling Pill from his Qiankun bag and ate it, thinking about the evil spirit in Yan Jiuge's body, "Ah Yan, what's going on with the evil spirit in your body? And I don't know if you have noticed that since you went out to train, the last time you were possessed by a demon was only a month ago."
"… "
Hearing Chu Qi mention the evil spirit, Yan Jiuge's thoughts were in turmoil.
It was indeed unusual that he had fallen into a state of madness just now. Last time, it was because he was restless, which allowed the inner demon to take advantage of the opportunity, and the evil spirit broke free from the seal.
But this time, before he killed the fourth-level spirit beast with one sword, there was nothing abnormal in his body.
Just as the sword fell, the seal seemed to be pried open by something, causing the evil spirit to surge out.
Facing Chu Qi's puzzled look, Yan Jiuge slowly explained, "The onset is a little unusual. The evil spirit is related to the family's mental method. Every member of the Yan family has some of it."
It's just that he has the most.
"Besides me, does anyone else know about your mental breakdown?" Chu Qi asked again.
Chu Qi was very concerned about the words of the Fuyao Palace doctor just now. If someone knew Yan Jiuge's condition and framed him when he was possessed, wouldn't it be possible to attract everyone to attack him just by talking
"And the Yan family."
Apart from Chu Qi, only the Yan family knew about it.
Yan Jiuge would not expose his weaknesses to others at will.
"And that fourth-level spirit beast, it had a mortal feud with that casual cultivator. It shouldn't have suddenly attacked us before the casual cultivator died."
There are too many suspicious points in today's events, as if someone is deliberately controlling all of this.
Chu Qi frowned. He hadn't found any definite evidence yet, but based on his intuition, he could roughly guess that someone wanted to attack Yan Jiuge.
But he grew up with A'Yan, and this is his first time going out to gain experience. How could he have any grudges with other people
While thinking, Chu Qi remembered that in his previous life, Yan Jiuge went into seclusion after returning from the Yunxi Secret Realm.
If Yan Jiuge was really recuperating from his injuries in seclusion, it meant that he had encountered extremely dangerous things in the Yunxi Secret Realm.
But after the secret realm ended, no news of such a dangerous encounter spread. Doesn't that mean that only Yan Jiuge was in danger, or that Yun Jiangmiao and his nine-tailed fox might have been among them
"It was probably that casual cultivator, or someone from Fuyao Palace who did something to the fourth-level spirit beast." Yan Jiuge answered Chu Qi's guess.
He couldn't tell Chu Qi in detail about the evil spirit in his body, otherwise the Yan family's rules would affect Chu Qi.
Furthermore, there are three reasons why the seal in his body could be broken. The first is that the power of Yan Mingchao's seal has weakened, the second is that he is restless, and the third is the influence of external forces.
The first two options are ruled out for now. The only external force that can affect the seal is when new evil spirit enters his body.
In any case, just killing a fourth-level spirit beast... shouldn't cause the seal to loosen.
It’s a pity that he is in the Yunxi Secret Realm and cannot communicate with the Yunyin Realm, otherwise Yan Jiuge would go to Yan Mingchao to find out the truth.
"Well, I also suspect it was those people from Fuyao Palace." Chu Qi nodded in agreement with Yan Jiuge's words, "Be careful next time you meet them. How could one of the five great immortal sects have such thoughts?"
*
As one of the five great immortal sects, the purpose of the Fuyao Palace is to teach everyone without distinction. All disciples who want to seek immortality and ask for the way of Taoism, regardless of their talent, as long as they are diligent, will be accepted as disciples. Therefore, the Fuyao Palace has a large number of disciples and is famous for its friendliness.
But in the past hundred years, as the number of disciples increased, the resources within the sect became fewer and fewer, and competition became fierce, which in turn led to discord among the three sects.
Su Qiuzhi returned along the same route with the seriously injured cultivator. On the way, she met many injured disciples of Fuyao Palace. Her joy at finding the herb garden was completely replaced by guilt. As the eldest sister, she failed to take good care of her junior brothers and sisters. What good was it now that she found the herb garden
“Sister, it was this casual cultivator who lured the spirit beast here! He left the barrier while you were away and provoked a fourth-level spirit beast, which led to our current fate.”
A medical disciple had just finished treating the injuries of his fellow disciple. After seeing who Su Qiuzhi brought back, he immediately told the whole story loudly.
"W-what did you say—"
When Su Qiuzhi heard her words, she felt a buzzing in her head, as if something had exploded.
With a "bang", Su Qiuzi let go of her hand and threw the person to the ground.
For the sake of benefits, she was the one who accepted the alliance with the independent cultivators.
It was she who did not distinguish between right and wrong and rushed to save others but ended up saving her enemy.
Now, the disciples she led had not obtained any rare treasures, but were all badly injured because of the betrayal of their allies.
"How could this happen... At the beginning..."
Su Qiuzhi's mind was in a mess, and she began to constantly recall every decision she had made.
But the more she thought about it, the more her head hurt.
First, he formed an alliance with the Tianxuan Sect.
Then go explore the road and find the herb patch.
Ling Zhihuai glanced at Su Qiuzhi from the corner of his eye and found that her consciousness was trying to break free from the control of puppetry, so he used pupil technique to add another layer of illusion.
Then, he continued to guide them, "Master Sister and fellow disciples, you have worked hard today. Now that things have come to this, let's take a good rest."
The Yunxi Secret Realm is not over yet, he needs to borrow Su Qiuzhi's hand to do more things.
Puppetry will deepen a cultivator's inner desire. When he is completely subverted by desire, he can be transformed into a real puppet, and can be driven by others with strings attached.
Su Qiuzhi was eager to lead her disciples to obtain more natural treasures, and she was eager to do so. But when the puppet technique came into play, she could no longer wait.
Ling Zhihuai only needs to hold the thread that controls her thoughts to influence her every move.
As for the casual cultivator whose spiritual platform was destroyed by the fourth-level spiritual beast, Ling Zhihuai planned to make full use of him. After all, he was a Jindan-stage cultivator, and a dying person could still refine some puppet silk.
"Senior Sister, I will take this man far away and let him fend for himself." Ling Zhihuai said to Su Qiuzhi.
"..." After hearing the news from her fellow junior sister, Su Qiuzhi no longer wanted to care about the life and death of the casual cultivator. She just waved her hand and let him take him away.
Not killing him with their own hands is the greatest mercy they can show us in Fuyao Palace.
Moreover, given the injuries of the casual cultivator, he would not survive more than three or two days without careful treatment.
In the shadows where no one could see, Ling Zhihuai curled the corners of his lips and happily dragged the wandering cultivator towards the darkness.
*
Another place.
Yun Jiangmiao came here following the roar of the spirit beast. He arrived here with his disciples in the evening. Because this was the central area, he did not dare to act rashly. He wanted to gather all the disciples of the Beast Taming Sect in the periphery and then enter the central area for training together.
The roar of the fourth-level spirit beast was so shrill that Yun Jiangmiao felt uneasy, so he brought the nine-tailed fox with him to explore the way.
Relying on the instinct of a beastmaster, Yun Jiangmiao wandered around in the forest and found a third-level clouded leopard that had died not long ago, and a newborn clouded leopard cub that was gasping for air from hunger because it couldn't find any food.
"My eyelids have been twitching. This is the reason for both good and bad luck..." Yun Jiangmiao sighed, walked into the cave, picked up the cub, and then took out a bottle of spiritual liquid from his Qiankun bag and fed it.
The beastmaster has a natural affinity for spiritual beasts. The little cub whimpered twice and then drank the spiritual liquid with peace of mind.
"It's not like someone hunted down a female beast giving birth here. It looks like there are traces of lightning-inducing magic. It could be a magic practitioner."
Yun Jiangmiao tried to guess the whole story.
The cub was not taken away, and then there was the roar of a fourth-level spirit beast, probably a male beast chasing after it.
But the noise in the forest has died down, and the male beast has not returned yet, so he is afraid that something bad may happen.
"Little guy, I will take care of you for a while before you meet your father." When a beastmaster contracts a spirit beast, it depends on fate and mutual consent. A spirit pet that is contracted by force cannot fit in with their mental methods, so it is better not to have it.
However, before Yun Jiangmiao took the little clouded leopard out to continue looking for the way, the nine-tailed fox standing at the entrance of the cave suddenly moved.
Its fluffy tail swept gently towards Yun Jiangmiao, covering Yun Jiangmiao and making him unable to move.
"Mr. Fox, what's wrong with you?"
The nine-tailed fox is of a higher generation than Yun Jiangmiao. It is a spiritual bond passed down from ancestors and must be treated well.
[Don't make any noise, there is something dangerous. ]
The words of the nine-tailed fox were transmitted into Yun Jiangmiao's mind through the spiritual contract.
Something very dangerous
What is it
Yun Jiangmiao was extremely curious, but he obediently followed the nine-tailed fox's advice and shut his mouth.
Seeing Yun Jiangmiao's cooperation, the nine-tailed fox withdrew its gaze from him and continued to cast illusions to completely hide their breath and figures.
Its gaze was deep as it looked at the human figure in the forest ahead, lost in thought.
I didn’t expect to see the Ling family’s puppeteer in the Yunxi Secret Realm.
The nine-tailed fox's real name is Fox Wine. He has lived for nearly a thousand years, and his experience and seniority are indeed very high. He is considered the most talented of the nine-tailed fox clan. In addition to illusion, he can also see things that others cannot see, such as good and evil, reality and illusion.
When he was young, the elders in his clan said that this was his destiny, but it should not be known to others.
After he became an adult, Hu Jiu realized that his eyes could see too many things, such as the puppet silk of the Ling family, the pure body, and the evil spirit in the body of the heir of the Yan family. These were all secrets that could alarm the entire Yunyin world, and they all had to be hidden in the belly.
Now, this small Yunxi Secret Realm not only has the heir of the Yan family, but also the puppeteer of the Ling family.
What exactly do they want to do
Could it be that the Ling family is also looking for the pure body to revive the sacred tree
Hu Jiu concentrated his attention and watched the puppeteer's every move. He found that he was extracting the meridians from a casual cultivator and refining puppet silk.
Although the puppet silk he refined was not as good as that made by the powerful man of the Ling family, such a skill must have been passed down from that powerful man.
After waiting quietly for a quarter of an hour, the famous medical practitioner left the body of the casual practitioner and turned away, without noticing the presence of Fox Wine at all.
Hu Jiu then removed the illusion and gave Yun Jiangmiao instructions.
[Don't investigate any further, this place is extremely dangerous. Go back and be with your fellow disciples.]
Yun Jiangmiao is also a Jindan-stage cultivator. If the puppeteer from the Ling family sets his eyes on him and wants to use him to refine puppet silk, that would be very bad.
Yun Jiangmiao was curious, "Master Fox, what dangerous thing do you say? Can it be more dangerous than a fourth-level spirit beast?"
[yes.]
The strange and unpredictable puppetry of the powerful man of the Ling family is enough to make one's scalp tingle just by watching it once.
Even though she died in the Shengxiantai Incident eighteen years ago, the few puppet threads she left behind are still frightening.
"What on earth is it?" Yun Jiangmiao couldn't help but ask in detail.
[She can take away people's life and death, control their minds, and separate their souls from their appearance. Once they fall into her hands, only a puppet remains.]
(End of this chapter)