Ye Zan actually didn't have a complete plan in mind on how to transform Taoist Gui Xiao. Unlike Xie Wenxuan and Lin Huofeng, Taoist Gui Xiao is a dignified ancestor of Yuanying. Simply modifying his brain cannot really affect his character.
After reaching the realm of Nascent Soul, even if the physical body is destroyed, the Nascent Soul can still survive without the body, and everything such as temperament and memory will not be affected. It can be said that the person is still the same person. It can be seen that starting from the Nascent Soul realm, the key to determining a person's temperament is no longer entirely the physical brain.
In this world and monastic civilization, the explanation for this phenomenon is to attribute it to the soul. There is a metaphor for Taoism, which is that life is a sea of suffering, the body is a boat, and the soul is the person sitting in the boat. The purpose of cultivating the Tao is to get through the sea of suffering, that is to say, to jump out of the three realms and not be in the five elements.
Of course, this does not mean that the physical body is unimportant. Without the physical body, it is like a ship sinking. Even if the people in the ship do not drown on the spot, they will never be able to cross the boundless sea of suffering.
From the foundation-building realm to the golden elixir realm, the Tao seed is formed from the Tao foundation, which condenses the meaning of the Tao. From the golden elixir realm to the Yuanying realm, the soul merges into the golden elixir and uses the golden elixir Tao seed to give birth to the Nascent Soul. This Nascent Soul is also called the Tao body, or the Tao fruit. When you become the Nascent Soul in the Dao body, enter the Purple Mansion of the Divine Courtyard, and become a true Yuan Shen, this is the so-called Yuan Shen realm.
Therefore, at the Nascent Soul stage, what really determines a person's temperament and thoughts is the spirit hidden in the Nascent Soul. Although this spirit is said to be three souls and seven spirits, in Ye Zan's view, it is a kind of integrated will of a person.
In other words, after a person is born, his brain is constantly active, acquiring various memories and generating various ideas. All these thinking things shape people's temperament and thoughts, which is the integration of will. Therefore, when the golden elixir realm has not yet been perfected, the brain still has an impact on the soul, so Xie Lin and the two can be transformed into the Holy Mother.
Now, if we want to transform Taoist Gui Xiao, we can only start with Yuanying, or in other words, start with the soul in Yuanying.
In fact, in this world, there are some secret methods that can change people's souls, but those are often so-called demonic methods. There is another method, which is not considered a demonic method, and that is the Buddhist method of transformation, but it is actually more terrifying than the demonic method.
It's a pity that Ye Zan has no research on whether it is demonic means or Buddhist transformation methods. Even in the large amount of information obtained from the old Taoist Xuan Yuan, there is no such secret method for transforming the soul, but there is a method to directly obliterate the soul.
However, even if it is a method of directly erasing the soul, it cannot be used until at least the realm of the soul. In other words, your own soul is still very weak, how can you possibly kill other people's souls.
Standing in front of Taoist Ghost Xiao, Ye Zan touched his chin and thought about it for a long time, and finally had a rough idea of a plan in his head.
Ye Zan's original idea was to transform Taoist Gui Xiao into someone like Xie Lin. However, on the one hand, his abilities are limited, and on the other hand, this ghost owl seems to be a bit cheap.
Although Xie Lin and the two were enemies of the Yuqing Sect at the beginning, they were still righteous people after all, and their actions were not heinous. Therefore, if they modify their brains and change their temperaments drastically, and serve the Yu Qingzong, they might have a chance to become enlightened in the future.
But this ghost owl is different. Not to mention anything else, just seeing him twice, the black water Yin evil spirit he used, the evil spirit ghost in it, must have cost many lives to make it.
Although Ye Zan is not the kind of saint who is compassionate and merciful, he will not say what he will do for the sake of the common people in the world. However, there is a big cause and effect here. If you only transform Taoist Gui Xiao, it is equivalent to taking over the cause and effect of Taoist Gui Xiao's past.
For example, Taoist Gui Xiao has harmed so many people. If any of them have relatives who become successful in cultivating Taoism and come to seek revenge from Taoist Gui Xiao. So, should Ye Zan let the other party kill Taoist Gui Xiao directly, or should he try his best to resolve this hatred? Will the hatred of the other party be transferred from Taoist Gui Xiao to Ye Zan
This is cause and effect, or a manifestation of cause and effect. There are also some causes and effects that may not be so obvious, but the consequences may be even more serious.
Therefore, Ye Zan thought about it and decided to kill Taoist Gui Xiao's soul, leaving only Taoist Gui Xiao's body and cultivation, which was equivalent to creating a puppet in the Nascent Soul realm.
Ye Zan read through a lot of information, actually asking the mastermind to conduct a keyword search, and finally found a way to solve the problem. This method is not to directly obliterate the soul, but to use the power of a formation to directly extract the soul from the Nascent Soul.
As for the separated soul, it actually has a use, that is, it can be refined into a magic weapon and become the weapon spirit of the magic weapon or be used by the magic weapon. For example, some of the Ghost King Banners of the Hundred Ghost Sect are made by refining the ghosts into the flags, and some are actually directly refining the enemy's soul.
Compared to wiping out the soul, this seems better. Even the soul is not wasted. After all, it is a quite powerful force.
It just so happened that Ye Zan had originally obtained three sacred beast star banners from Feng Xiandao, but had never repaired the destroyed fourth one. You must know that this sacred beast star flag can exert its greatest power only when it is gathered from all sides.
Although Ye Zan did not have the orthodox refining method of the Holy Beast Star Flag, he still figured out some refining tips based on the three-sided flag in his hand. You know, when it comes to cracking and copycat technology, in the world of science and technology, who can compare with the Guhua Kingdom, and Ye Zan is a person with the blood of the Guhua Kingdom.
Therefore, Ye Zan immediately prepared the materials, and in the acceleration of time in the jade ball space, he refined the blank of the fourth flag.
After making all the preparations, Ye Zan directly set up the soul extraction formation in the jade ball space and threw the Ghost Owl Taoist in. The Ghost Owl Taoist seemed to have sensed something and kept struggling, but he couldn't get rid of the restraints on his body at all, and he couldn't even shout.
Ye Zan started to cast a spell according to the information, activating the eighteen formation eyes of the formation. A stream of light connected the formation eyes, forming a mysterious figure on the ground.
"Get up!" Ye Zan shouted softly, pinched the magic formula in his hand, and the formation began to move, condensing a huge force. This power shrouded Taoist Gui Xiao, and an illusory human form was gradually pulled out.
This illusory human form is the soul of Taoist Gui Xiao. Although Taoist Gui Xiao's cultivation was imprisoned by the power of the nine-story pagoda, this soul was not imprisoned, otherwise it would not be able to be pulled out. Therefore, after Taoist Ghost Xiao's soul left his body, he immediately wanted to escape. He didn't care about his body or his cultivation. Even if he escaped and was instantly destroyed, it would be better than being refined into a flag.
However, since this formation is designed to do this kind of thing, how could it not have preventive measures against this situation? The entire formation shook slightly, and a force enveloped Taoist Gui Xiao's soul inside. Taoist Gui Xiao's soul was shaking in all directions, but it was like a fly trapped under a glass, unable to break out of the formation at all.
At this time, Ye Zan raised his hand and threw the blank of the Holy Beast Star Flag into the sky above the formation. The stars embroidered on it shone brightly, forming the illusion of a Xuanwu Holy Beast.
Immediately afterwards, Ye Zan pinched the magic formula again, and the magic power was shot out along with the magic formula, falling into the formation, causing the formation to shine brightly. I saw the soul of Taoist Ghost Xiao being pulled by an invisible force and flying towards the sky above the formation. Taoist Ghost Xiao was still struggling, but after a period of stalemate, he was still integrated into the Xuanwu Sacred Beast Flag.
It seemed that because there was no restraint from the power of the formation, Taoist Ghost Xiao's soul struggled even more fiercely after entering the flag. From time to time, half of his body could be seen breaking out of the flag, as if he could jump out in the next moment.
However, flames rose from the formation, constantly burning the sacred beast star flags in mid-air. With such refining, the Holy Beast Star Flag was gradually coated with a layer of precious light, and the struggling Taoist Ghost Owl finally could no longer get out of the flag, and was completely integrated with the Xuanwu illusion.
Time accelerated, and seven or forty-nine days passed in the jade ball space. This Xuanwu Sacred Beast Star Flag was finally completed. Compared with the three star flags, the Xuanwu Holy Beast Star Flag, the image of the holy beast on it is obviously much more vivid, but there is a hint of resentment.
However, Ye Zan didn't care at all about this. Anyway, with the flag in his hand, Taoist Gui Xiao would not be able to cause any trouble.
Taoist Gui Xiao's soul has been refined into the flag, and what's left is how to deal with it. There is also a physical body with Yuanying realm cultivation.
Of course, the simplest way is to install an intelligent control chip in the physical body to make the physical body move.
However, the brain of the physical body still contains the memories of Taoist Gui Xiao. Whether these memories will be condensed into a soul again is a question that must be considered.
This is not unfounded; there are many similar examples in the world. For a strong man who has achieved physical immortality, after losing his soul, a new soul will be born in his body after a period of time. Although he is no longer the same person, due to the influence of memory, he still has many similarities with his original self in many aspects.
Therefore, before installing the intelligent control chip, all the memories of Taoist Gui Xiao need to be cleared.
Fortunately, the technology in the technological world is already quite mature in the study of the human brain. It can be said that the memory area of the brain, the storage of various information, etc. have been studied quite thoroughly.
Therefore, Taoist Ghost Xiao's body was put into the so-called "brainwashing machine". After a period of time, all his memories were erased and overwritten multiple times with a large amount of false information. In this way, it is almost impossible to recover the memory. (To be continued.)