When Hu Jiu arrived at the Yan family, he found that not only Yan Jiuge had returned to the Yunyin Realm, but Chu Qi, whom he had been looking for for a long time, was also there.
It seems as if all the cause and effect in the universe have converged here.
The monster clan had to compensate for the damaged items according to the ratio of spirit stones. Hu Jiu looked at the shrunken treasury, and while he felt pained, he was thankful that most of the items in the Yan family's main residence were protected by a barrier, so the actual damage was not as much as he had imagined.
After the payment was made, the demons lowered their heads and returned to their demon king.
After settling the open accounts, there are still the secret accounts.
Talking about Hu Jin being possessed by an evil spirit, Yan Jiuge accused, "Mr. Hu Jiu, as the demon king, you don't know anything about this happening within the demon clan?"
"I'm ashamed for not recognizing it." Hu Jiu bowed his head and admitted his mistake. If he had noticed Hu Jin's abnormality earlier, the disaster today would not have happened.
"Where have you been these days?"
"I went to Yunhua Realm."
After Fox Jiu explained his whereabouts, he also told him about the scroll.
After learning that Hu Jin was possessed by an evil spirit, Hu Jiu realized that his allies were the Yan family. Previously, because of the evil spirit's deception, he had become wary of the Yan family, but now they have disappeared together.
After listening to Fox Wine's experience, Chu Qi's expression changed slightly, "The power left behind by Tianxuan Sect's founder Wen Sui?"
"Yes." Fox Jiu nodded.
As far as Chu Qi knew, that great master was the host of the previous Tracing World Scroll.
From Yan Mingchao's memories, Chu Qi's origin is very likely to be the reincarnation of a god from the upper realm. If so, Wen Sui also thought so.
In the sword tomb, Wen Sui's remaining consciousness once told Chu Qi not to trust the Tracing World Scroll too much, otherwise he might lose important people or things.
Wen Sui did not ascend to the upper realm in the end, which should be due to the influence of the Tracing World Scroll.
Chu Qi spread out his palms, wanting to grab something, but after closing them, his hands were still empty.
The Scroll of the Past Worlds was not something he could control. It would not appear until he died in this life.
What is his destiny
Apart from the evil spirit, is there anything else preventing him from surviving
There was no answer to the doubts in his mind for the time being. While Chu Qi was deep in thought, he heard Hu Jiu's suggestion.
"I think we should revive the sacred tree as soon as possible, eliminate the evil spirit, and prevent the Yunyin Realm from entering the Dharma Ending Age."
As the evil spirit spreads over every inch of the earth, all living things are corroded and polluted, their spiritual energy fades, and they gradually rot.
This will hasten the arrival of the Dharma Ending Age, when cultivators will lose their spiritual roots, and demons will lose their spiritual intelligence, and will no longer be able to practice.
"We don't know where the treasure of our demon clan was taken by Hu Jin. As a pure body, you have hope of reviving the sacred tree."
Hu Jiu cast a hopeful look towards Chu Qi.
"Xuan Yi told me that in order to revive the sacred tree, besides me, we also need to find the Heart of Glazed Glass. This might be the treasure that Daozu Wen Sui left behind in the demon clan."
"… "
Hu Jiu, who couldn't find a second solution, fell into deep thought. "The demon king who was acquainted with Taoist Master Wen Sui passed away and passed the throne to Hu Jin, and then to me. I couldn't find the treasure in the treasury, so I guessed that Hu Jin took it away."
"Hou Jin is dead. Her body has been decaying for many years."
Fox Jin has been possessed by evil spirits for a long time, so his body is naturally in a state of decay.
After Guiya parasitized him, Fox Jin's body turned into a pile of charred bones.
"Could it have been taken away by Guiya?" Fox Jiu guessed.
"The Heart of Glaze belongs to the sacred tree and is extremely deadly to evil spirits. Guiya will not take this thing and will destroy it on his own initiative." Chu Qi shook his head.
"I did remember one thing."
At this time, Yan Mingchao, who had been listening to their discussion, suddenly spoke.
As the head of the Yan family, he knew more secrets than ordinary people, such as the matter about the former demon king Hu Jin.
"Hu Jin once formed a Taoist couple with the human race."
Hu Jiu was not surprised, "We in the demon clan all know about this." It was for this reason that Hu Jin abdicated at the peak of his power.
"That human is a member of your family."
"What?! If she had mentioned the marriage with the Ling family, there wouldn't be so much opposition from our demon clan." She Yin, an elder of the demon clan who also knew about this, muttered softly.
The demon race relies on the purity of blood inheritance. If they marry with humans, the power of their offspring will be weakened. For the sake of the strength of their people, such things are not advocated in the demon race. It would be fine for ordinary demons, but Hu Jin is of the bloodline of the nine-tailed fox. It is difficult for the demon race to accept such a thing.
But if you marry into a powerful human race, the power of your offspring won't necessarily be weakened, and you can also win over a major force at the same time. Why not do it
"Yeah, why didn't she say it earlier?" Fox Jiu was also surprised.
If he could get the support of his clan members, Hu Jin would not have to abdicate.
Under many curious gazes, Yan Mingchao continued to narrate the past, "Because that Ling's family member died a long time ago, killed by a monster controlled by an evil spirit. When I led my tribe to deal with this matter, I saw Hu Jin disguised as a human."
"She was pregnant at the time, and her strength declined significantly. She was unable to save the Ling family member in time."
"After that, the next news we heard from Hu Jin was that she abdicated the throne of the demon king."
Just a few sentences contain so many clues.
Hu Jiu tried hard to recall the memories of that time, "But, when Hu Jin abdicated, she said that she wanted to marry a human. At that time, all the demons thought that she was in love with a human, so they wanted to stop her. It turned out that..."
It turns out that Hu Jin's partner had died long ago. She was pregnant at that time, and she used the demon clan's treasure, maybe giving it to her own child
Fox Wine expressed his guess.
Chu Qi had long known from the Tracing World Scroll that Hu Jin had stolen the power of the sacred tree in order to change her daughter's talent. At this moment, he agreed with Hu Jiu's words and continued to ask:
"Your Excellency the Demon King's words make sense. How can we find Hu Jin's child? Where did she go after she left the demon tribe?"
Hu Jiu was silent for a moment, he didn't know this either.
"It's unclear where she ended up, but it was fourteen years later when she returned to the demon tribe."
"After returning, Hu Jin's mood changed a lot and she became easily angry and impulsive. The tribesmen all thought that she had broken up with that human being, and at the time they thought it was a good thing..." She Yin added with emotion.
Afterwards, Hu Jin became the great elder of the demon clan and stayed in the clan ever since, never going out again.
Chu Qi sorted out his thoughts and asked, "I have a question. When was Hu Jin possessed by the evil spirit?"
"This... I'm not sure."
Knowing nothing about anything, Hujiu suddenly felt ashamed of himself.
"The evil spirits parasitize in the bodies of monks and need to absorb the negative power of the monks themselves, that is, emotions such as anger, pain, and sadness, which are the nutrients of the evil spirits."
Yan Mingchao seemed to be thinking about something.
"If that's the case, Hu Jin was probably possessed by the evil spirit when he lost his Taoist partner." Chu Qi guessed.
"I think so too. The evil spirit has long been eyeing Fox Jin who is in love with a human. The nine-tailed fox has phantom pupils that can see some of the trajectory of fate. Fox Jin himself also has the gift of foresight."
Yan Jiuge added to Chu Qi's words.
The context of the matter gradually became clear.
What is troubling everyone right now is how to find Hu Jin and the child of the Ling family.
What's more, Guiya and his puppets were stationed in Baiyou Pavilion, the base camp of the Ling family. It would be too difficult to find someone in a place full of evil spirits.
"Moreover, all the people in the Ling family have become puppets, and Hu Jin's child may be no exception. After all, Gui Ya was parasitic on Hu Jin at the time, so it was impossible for him not to harm her child."
"Could it be that, besides Hu Jin, that child is the first puppet controlled by Gui Ya using puppet thread?"
Hearing Yan Jiuge's guess, a scene from his past memory suddenly emerged in Chu Qi's mind.
When they were in Qiucheng, a puppet without facial features stood up and walked towards them, followed by a huge group illusion.
That was a puppet controlled by Gui Ya, who wanted to take the opportunity to kill Yan Jiuge in the illusion.
In both worlds, one must also be able to control illusions and deceive the heavens.
This is absolutely impossible for an ordinary puppet to achieve.
A vague inspiration flashed through Chu Qi's mind, making him vaguely aware of something.
At this time, Hu Jiu muttered to himself, "Since he is Hu Jin's child, he should be quite old. What level of cultivation has he reached?"
"!!"
Chu Qi suddenly had an idea.
He turned his head and asked Yan Mingchao, "Senior, when did the Mahayana cultivator of the Ling family advance to the Mahayana stage?"
"It wasn't long since she was promoted to the Mahayana stage. After that, she prepared to transcend the tribulation and ascend to heaven. It took about three years."
Yan Mingchao was aware of this matter, after all, he was also an eyewitness at the time.
"In this way, the clues match up."
"I think that Hu Jin's child is the Mahayana cultivator who was suddenly promoted to the Ling family."
"She was already controlled by Guiya at that time, so she fell from the Ascension Platform."
"Ghost Fang should have used this puppet for all the evil moves. You also said before that on the day of the Yan family's festival, an unknown Mahayana cultivator suddenly transcended the calamity and ascended to heaven, changing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, causing the Yan family's demon suppression to fail."
"Yes!" Yan Mingchao nodded, his eyes solemn. After listening to Chu Qi's words, he recalled more details.
"Also, when Guiya attacked the Yan family, the barrier of the main house was shattered by a special force."
The power that can interfere with the laws of heaven and earth can only be above the Mahayana stage.
"And when Gui Ya was on the verge of danger and was escaping, he did not use this puppet again." Chu Qi recalled the sword he slashed at Gui Ya. Apart from bluffing and then breaking into thousands of strands of evil spirit to escape, Gui Ya did not have any other means to fight back.
"She has used her ability to defy the laws so many times. Even a puppet has its limits. It is very likely that she was completely damaged in the last action."
Chu Qi continued to infer:
"So, Guiya abandoned her. Like Hu Jin's rotten corpse, she became a useless thing in Guiya's eyes."
"I think she is not in the Ling family, but is sleeping somewhere in the world."
"As long as a living being in this world who practices Taoism has a name, it has a connection with the laws of the world. We can start from this aspect."
After Chu Qi finished speaking, Hu Jiu spoke subconsciously, "But the Mahayana cultivator of the Ling family has never revealed his name to the public."
"some."
It is written in the Su Shi volume.
But Chu Qi planned to tell them this directly. It was not something to be happy about knowing that one's fate was arranged by a book.
Moreover, he found the answer to the Tracing World Scroll on Hu Jin's corpse.
It was a longevity lock, and after it lost its spiritual energy, its rusty shell was revealed.
The handwriting on it was vigorous and powerful, and the three words "Ling Congwu" were written neatly.
(End of this chapter)