After touring the top of Tiandao Peak and taking a look at the venue of this year's Xianyou Conference, Ji Yuan and the others smiled freely and could be considered to have participated in this Xianyou Conference. It was said that this year's Xianyou Conference went smoothly from the beginning to the end, at least nothing happened that was difficult to resolve. When some immortal gates left, they said goodbye to their fellow Taoists in a calm and peaceful manner, which was considered to be quite harmonious.
The five people were not in a hurry to leave, but sat down on the discussion platform, and further expanded on what they had learned from the previous discussion on refining treasures, so as to help Ji Yuan make the heavenly book he would create in the future more perfect and comprehensive.
It can be said that what is gained from this discussion will be written into a real "heavenly book", which is far beyond the reach of ordinary written records. This is because the experience gained from refining the treasure is like the creation of the world. To be honest, it would be stressful for anyone to write it. Of course, others would be happy to see Ji Yuan take on this burden.
Several days had passed after the matter of refining the treasure book was finalized before the five of them left the discussion platform together, said goodbye to the people from Jiufeng Mountain, and flew south together.
Two days later, a white cloud floated in the sky from the north of Pozi Mountain, and standing on the cloud were Ji Yuan, the old beggar and four others.
Looking at Pozi Mountain from afar, especially the mountain where the fox demon was originally sealed, the towering and majestic Fox-Suppressing Mountain still stands deep in the mountains, but in the eyes of the old beggar, the spellcaster, his seal has been broken.
Even though six years have passed, the traces of fighting in the mountains cannot be ignored. After all, several peaks have collapsed. The mountain torrents caused by the magic have permanently changed the topography of this area of the mountain and washed out several river valleys that run across Pozi Mountain.
The white clouds landed on a ridge opposite the original Zhenhu Mountain. The old beggar looked around and sighed.
"Alas, in the end, that evil creature finally escaped!"
Obviously, there is now a rift valley about ten feet wide in the central position below the Zhenhu Mountain. An underground river has been formed inside it. Together with the new underground waterway of Pozi Mountain, in this case, Tu Siyan can escape even if he is an ordinary fox.
Ji Yuan looked around. Before he came, he thought that the golden-armored warrior he left behind might have been destroyed, and he felt a little distressed. After all, it was the only warrior talisman that had been baptized by the heavenly thunder. At this moment, he felt that the warrior was still there.
So Ji Yuan said lightly.
"Where is the Rex?"
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a "crackling" sound coming from the side of Zhenhu Mountain. Mud and sand fell on one side of the mountain, and some wild grass and flowers also fell to the ground along with the mud and sand.
A figure walked out step by step, then shook all over, and all the mud and sand on its body were shaken off, revealing golden armor and a red face.
Just now, the golden-armored warrior had almost no breath left, and was motionlessly blending into the mountain. Only now is his spiritual light reappearing on his body.
The golden-armored warrior walked step by step to the bottom of the ridge where Ji Yuan and others were, raised his head and saluted Ji Yuan.
"Your Majesty! I..."
After saying this seemingly unfinished sentence, the warrior in golden armor lowered his head and remained motionless in the posture of saluting.
When Ji Yuan heard this, his heart moved. He originally thought that he would only hear the two words "Your Majesty", but he heard an extra "I". With his sensitivity to sounds, he could clearly hear a hint of emotion contained in it.
Ji Yuan was very happy that the golden armored force was not destroyed, and it seemed that some special changes had occurred. However, he now also needed to clarify the details of Tu Siyan's escape, to see if it was the Nine-tailed Heavenly Fox who came to rescue her personally. Of course, judging from the traces of fighting, it was unlikely that the Nine-tailed Heavenly Fox came in person, or it might have brought its younger brothers with it, and he just watched from the sidelines without taking any action.
"I already know that the evildoer escaped. Let me ask you, who was it that rescued the evildoer six years ago?"
The warrior in golden armor then stopped saluting, stood still with his arms hanging, and after a few breaths of silence, he answered.
"There were ten demons and four monsters coming, including snakes, pangolins, foxes, monkeys, and human monsters... We fought with them in the mountains for a day and a night, killing two of them and injuring three of them. The mountain collapsed, and the monsters escaped. Later, all the demons and monsters withdrew..."
The golden-armored warrior spoke very concisely, without any emotional ups and downs at the moment, but at least he explained clearly what had happened one by one, and Ji Yuan's eyes lit up after hearing it.
Yes, this strong man is even more powerful than imagined. He can actually fight against so many demons, and killed two of them and injured three. In the end, he did not suffer any irreversible damage. In Ji Yuan's opinion, it is already a remarkable record.
Not to mention Ji Yuan, even Ju Yuanzi and Zhu Tingtao re-examined the golden-armored warrior. They didn't expect that this man was so fierce and must have quite some skills.
You have to know that from the scene he described, these monsters are not simple. Not only can they transform into human forms, they can also call the wind and rain, and they have their own division of labor and are quite intelligent. They can even control water and permanently change the landscape.
One person fought against more than a dozen such monsters and was able to escape unscathed. Although he was derelict in his duty, it was not his fault.
The old dragon and the old beggar looked at the golden-armored warrior with obviously different eyes, one with astonishment, and the other with a straight look.
"Mr. Ji, when did you have such a guardian under your seat? I have never seen one before. A red-faced man who doesn't look like a demon but has no human presence either. Could he be a god?"
Ju Yuanzi still used honorifics to address Ji Yuan, and asked curiously who the golden-armored warrior was. After all, he had never seen him before, and this man didn't seem to be simple.
The old beggar glanced at Ju Yuanzi and saw that although Ju Yuanzi and Zhu Tingtao looked curious, it was normal. Only Lao Long was as shocked as him. In the old beggar's opinion, given the friendship between Lao Long and Ji Yuan, he should also know about the "Li Shi Fu".
The old dragon did know about the Hercules Talisman, but he did not know it from Ji Yuan. He learned it from his own son. The dragon son Ying Feng knew it from one of his "friends", the Tianshui Lake dragon Gao Tianming. Because of the experience of going into the ghost town together, Gao Tianming had heard Lao Niu and Yan Fei mention the Golden Hercules.
This relationship is a bit far-fetched. In short, it is just hearsay. Compared with the Hercules Talisman, Lao Long used to care more about Ji Yuan's Samadhi True Fire. This time, he finally saw the Samadhi True Fire as he wished. It was indeed unpredictable and even more exaggerated than he had imagined.
But I didn’t expect that the "Hercules Talisman" that had been ignored, which was thought to be just an ordinary puppet talisman, would look like this!
While Lao Long's thoughts were racing as he recalled his previous memories, the old beggar beside him made a "hehe" sound and responded to Ju Yuanzi's words without waiting for Ji Yuan to speak.
"Friend Ju, this guardian is not what you think! At least not entirely. This golden-armored god general is actually a talisman."
"Talisman?"
Zhu Tingtao on the side exclaimed in surprise, and used his magical eyes to carefully look at the golden-armored warrior.
"No, this is not a puppet, nor is it simply a magical power. Although there is a spiritual light blocking it, it should have a physical body. Mr. Ji, is this really a spiritual talisman?"
After asking the last half of the question, Zhu Tingtao turned his gaze back to Ji Yuan.
He nodded slightly and shook his head.
"It's not quite a magic spell, it can be considered another kind of... um, a strange magic!"
Among the magical powers and spells, those that can be called "exotic arts" are extraordinary. Often, one of their rarity or difficulty of practice is extremely high, or more likely, both. Ji Yuan feels that the power of the strong man qualifies.
"We'll talk about this later. Let me confirm one thing first."
While Ji Yuan answered Zhu Tingtao's question, he was more concerned about the golden-armored warrior in front of him. He slowly descended from the ridge and floated in front of the golden-armored warrior like a willow leaf.
Even though the strong man did not use his magical powers, he was still much bigger and stronger than Ji Yuan, so much so that Ji Yuan had to look up slightly to see him.
Ji Yuan was observing the golden-armored warrior carefully. From the outside, the warrior looked the same. Even though he had consumed a lot of strength in the previous fight with the monster, he had already replenished it by absorbing the earth spirit. Even his expression and eyes had not changed. However, Ji Yuan was very concerned about the "I" that the warrior said at the beginning.
The golden-armored warrior stood there quietly, like a statue, but Ji Yuan knew that the warrior was watching him.
"I ordered you to guard this mountain and keep an eye on the evildoer, but the evildoer escaped. How do you feel?"
Ji Yuan would never ask the golden-armored warriors questions like "what do you feel" before, because it would be useless to ask. Apart from the behavioral logic and judgment patterns that were already deeply rooted in the magic, they had no subjective feelings.
But this time when Ji Yuan asked this, the golden-armored warrior was silent for a while and then spoke.
"Your Majesty..."
It seemed like he had been thinking for a long time before finding a suitable word, and then the warrior in golden armor spoke again.
"I failed in my duty... I. Feel. Guilty!"
The warrior in golden armor could have said something like dereliction of duty, but he couldn't have said guilt, as it was an emotional factor.
“Hehehe… Yes, although you failed in your duty and let the evildoer escape, you did discover something else.”
The golden-armored warrior had no expression on his face, but Ji Yuan could sense a change in his gaze, so he looked at him with a smile.
"Want to know what it is?"
The golden-armored warrior remained unchanged, while Ji Yuan continued talking to himself.
"That's your heart!"
"Heart?"
The golden-armored warrior spoke again, looking down at his left chest. He knew that the heart of humans and transformed monsters was located here. It was the residence of part of the soul. It belonged to the element of fire and controlled the vitality of the physical body. To destroy the physical body and the soul, one had to break through the ventricle and then smash the purple palace, and then...
"This heart is not the same as what you understand."
As if knowing what the golden-armored warrior would think, Ji Yuan reminded him again before he went astray.
"This heart, well, let's put it this way, is the spiritual root of all living things. You have only discovered it, and you still need to find it yourself."
Ju Yuanzi and the others had already come down from the ridge and were watching this scene quietly not far away. Their eyes lit up when they heard Ji Yuan's "Theory of Heart". Many immortal cultivation books talked about calming the mind, soothing the spirit, and reducing desires. Ji Yuan's statement was obviously not very mainstream.
"Found... the heart?"
"Well, you should take a rest first!"
Ji Yuan nodded and waved his hand. The burly golden-armored warrior in front of him turned into a thin yellow talisman paper man in the light of gold powder and returned to Ji Yuan's hand.
At this, Ju Yuanzi and Zhu Tingtao's eyes widened. Is this really a talisman? But just now, Ji Yuan was still discussing the heart with this talisman!