Ye Zan used spirit stones as bait and Ruyi Baibian as a trap, and successfully captured the fog claws formed by several strange shadows, as if holding a metal basketball a few sizes too big in his hand. Moreover, due to the close connection with Ruyi Baibian, Ye Zan can see everything inside without opening the metal ball.
In the metal ball, the trapped fog claws seemed not to care at all that they were trapped, but instead pounced on the spiritual stones crazily. However, what puzzled Ye Zan was that after those fog claws pounced on the spirit stone, they actually did not do anything to the spirit stone, and did not even consume a trace of spiritual energy.
"Hey, that's interesting!" Ye Zan couldn't help but say in surprise when he saw this situation.
"Fellow Taoist, did you find something strange?" Upon seeing this, Supreme Dao Yuan asked curiously. Of course, even when he asked Gui Wen, he did not relax his vigilance about the surroundings, and his eyes were still constantly looking around. However, perhaps because the spirit stone was wrapped up, the strange shadow never appeared again.
Hearing the inquiry from Supreme Dao Yuan, Ye Zan manipulated Ruyi Baibian to study several mist claws, while guessing and saying: "Although these strange shadows show a high desire for spirit stones, they have really obtained the spirit stones." Stone, but it does not have any impact on the spirit stone. In other words, this spirit stone seems to be of no use to them. "
After hearing this, Supreme Daoyuan blurted out: "So... it seems a bit like obsession!"
"Is it obsession? It does seem a bit like..." Ye Zan nodded and said.
At this time, Ruyi Baibian has transformed into an extremely compact laboratory, equipped with all kinds of micro experimental equipment. These experimental equipment are all made due to the changes of Ruyi. They may be worse in function than real large-scale equipment, but they also have certain detection functions.
These miniature experimental equipment, surrounding the fog claws clinging to the spirit stones, continuously extract some particles for testing. But those mist claws didn't care about what was going on around them, nor did they care about their "bodies" being extracted. They just refused to leave the spirit stone anyway.
After hearing Daoyuan Supreme talk about obsession, Ye Zan was more inclined to this guess based on his research in Ruyi Baibian.
The so-called obsession is actually a kind of thinking. Many ghosts become evil ghosts because of obsession. For example, some people are extremely unwilling to be killed by others and want to take revenge. Therefore, this kind of mentality becomes an obsession, making it impossible for the ghost after the person's death to be freed, forcing him to stay in the world and becoming what is often called a vicious ghost.
Now, these strange shadows in the fog clearly have no way of using the spirit stones and cannot get the slightest benefit from the spirit stones, but they still show their extreme desire. In order to get the spirit stone, they don't care about traps or the particles being extracted, as long as they can get close to the spirit stone.
This situation can be explained by obsession, but it seems that it can only be explained by obsession.
Moreover, in the research of Ruyi Baibian, Ye Zan was able to use some technological detection methods and found that the strange shadow that transformed into the Mist Claw contained some kind of special spiritual energy.
Fundamentally speaking, obsession is a kind of spiritual energy, the same as emotions such as joy, anger, sorrow, and joy. And if this kind of spiritual energy has no support, it will be difficult to interfere with matter. Now it seems that the basis of this spiritual energy is the thick fog that fills this space.
"It seems like this obsession doesn't pose much of a threat to us, as long as there are no spiritual stones to attract them. I just don't know where these obsessions come from. Is it a collection of countless obsessions or a separate whole?" "After studying it, Ye Zan temporarily gave the strange shadow a name.
"Also, what kind of obsession can lead to such a strong desire for spiritual stones." Daoyuan Supreme also added with a strange expression.
You know, just as mortals like gold and silver, there are no cultivators who don't like spiritual stones. However, mortals like gold and silver a lot, but few have this obsession. Otherwise, the most common ghosts in the world would be money-greedy ghosts. As for the ascetics who like spiritual stones, they are unlikely to become obsessed with them, and they will not say that they will risk everything for the spiritual stones.
Now, the obsessions in these monsters are just like money-grubbing ghosts, desperate for the spirit stone. For obsession to take shape, there must be a source. Could it be said that any money-grubbing ascetics died here
"It's better not to guess, maybe we will get the answer later! Since these strange shadows do not pose much threat to us, why not continue to go in and check it out." Ye Zan put away the Ruyi Variety in his hand, and at the same time stirred up Dispelled the mistclaw's obsession inside. Of course, more importantly, he also put the spirit stone into the Qiankun Ring, otherwise it would definitely attract those strange figures.
"Okay, as my Taoist friend said, I will accompany you to check inside." Supreme Dao Yuan nodded and said. For him, although those strange shadows were difficult to eliminate, they really didn't pose much of a threat, so he didn't have much to worry about.
So, Ye Zan and Daoyuan Zhizun, followed by the previous reconnaissance robot, continued to walk deeper into the thick fog. The reconnaissance robot following them captured the two figures on the reconnaissance screen and transmitted them in real time to the people outside for viewing, so that everyone outside could feel at ease.
Previously, through detection by the reconnaissance robot, it was known that this forbidden area was an ancient sect's dojo. Ye Zan and Daoyuan Zhizun walked forward slowly along the road on the ground, and soon arrived in front of the mountain gate of the dojo. Unfortunately, the plaque hanging on the mountain gate has long been eroded and decayed, and the name of the sect cannot be seen at all.
"Although I don't know which sect this is, but judging from the size of this mountain gate, this sect should not be a small sect back then." Ye Zan looked up at the tall mountain gate and said with emotion. The Supreme Dao Yuan beside him said.
"Well, although I have not experienced the time before the world collapsed, I have seen the grand scene of the sect from some classics circulated within the sect. The scale of this mountain gate is still inferior to that of our Creation Sect Tianji Pavilion. It's a level, but it's really not a small sect." Dao Yuan Zhizun compared the size of this mountain gate based on his memory.
"Oh, I wonder if the seniors still know what kind of powerful people will be in charge of a sect of this size?" Ye Zan asked curiously. Although, the previous investigation by the reconnaissance robot has determined that there is no life here anymore. However, wasn’t the strange shadow in the fog detected? Therefore, he had to be more vigilant and learn more information that might be useful.
"Well, simply based on the size of this mountain gate, this sect should have had an Earth Immortal in charge back then." Supreme Dao Yuan immediately gave the answer. Of course, his answer is also based on the records in the classics, and it is not certain whether it is accurate or not.
The Earth Immortal Dao Ancestor only became a supreme being in the "mortal world" after the heaven and earth collapsed and ascended to the Immortal Court with the True Immortal. But before the world collapsed, or even in the early stages of the collapse, it was not really that powerful. Therefore, it is not only the top sects that have powerful people like Earth Immortal Dao Ancestor sitting in charge.
"Earth Immortal? I hope there are no methods left by Earth Immortals in this sect's dojo." Ye Zan glanced at the buildings behind the mountain gate and said as if praying.
The current world no longer tolerates the existence of Earth Immortal-level powers, but who knows whether the original Earth Immortal had any means left behind. With the skills of the Earth Immortal, if there is a restriction, formation or the like left behind, it is really not that easy to break.
"What do fellow Taoists mean?" asked the Supreme Taoist Yuan.
"It's okay. Let me do something to prevent any accidents from happening. Please ask seniors to help me create a space." Ye Zan decided to add some insurance for his own safety.
After hearing Ye Zan's words, Daoyuan Supreme didn't say much and punched continuously around the two of them. In the blink of an eye, just like he had dealt with the strange shadow just now, he used his fist force to create a "vacuum" in the thick fog.
Without the influence of the thick fog, Ye Zan sacrificed the jade ball, and then released some spider robots and a team of golden elixir-level insect soldiers.
The spider robot has a detection function, and it can also go ahead to detect minefields, and it also has a certain combat effectiveness. As for that team of insect soldiers, although they cannot compare with the spider robots in terms of detection capabilities, they are living entities and are more likely to trigger some targeted restrictions, formations and other traps.
"In addition to the art of mechanism, my fellow Taoist is also good at controlling animals!" Supreme Dao Yuan said in surprise. He still couldn't imagine the relationship between these insect soldiers and Tao soldiers, but it was enough to find Ye Zan's methods incredible.
"To make my seniors laugh, I am very interested and want to study everything, so my studies are a bit complicated." Ye Zan said modestly, without mentioning the Taoist soldiers.
In fact, after Ye Zan was promoted to the Yuanshen realm, the role that the Zerg Taoist soldiers could play was no longer significant. However, this is just for now. After all, the Zerg Taoist soldiers also need time to cultivate. It is not impossible to become a Dharma Prime or even a heaven-level helper in the future.
At Ye Zan's order, spider robots and insect soldiers poured into the remaining mountain gate like a flood, and spread towards the sect buildings behind. Spider robots have the same detection methods as reconnaissance robots, and insect soldiers do not rely solely on binocular vision, so they are almost unaffected by the thick fog.
As the spider robots and insect soldiers broke in, Ye Zan and Daoyuan Supreme stood in front of the mountain gate, looking towards the direction of the building complex behind. Sure enough, just a moment later, a ray of light lit up in the building complex. It was obvious that some hidden restriction or formation had been activated.
At the same time, Ye Zan also received feedback and learned about the situation where the trap was triggered.
"Fortunately, let the machine puppets and insect soldiers explore the road first. There are indeed some hidden traps there. However, judging from this situation, the threat level of these traps is limited, at least they are not like earth immortals. I don’t know if it’s been so long that the power of those traps has dissipated, or there are other reasons.” After receiving the feedback, Ye Zan immediately said to the Supreme Daoyuan next to him.
"This kind of exploration method of fellow Taoist has really opened my eyes. It's simply..." Daoyuan Supreme couldn't think of how to describe it for a moment.
Indeed, this method of directly attacking the thunder is simply unreasonable. No matter what restrictions and formations you have, it will not be much of a threat after being activated. No one would be so stupid as to "travel to tiger mountains even though they know there are tigers in the mountains" when they see the trap with its mouth open.
"Senior, you've been rewarded, it's just some little tricks that don't stand up to the public!" Ye Zan said a few words modestly, then looked behind the mountain gate and said: "Senior, the road ahead has been cleared, let's go in and take a look. ”
"Okay, fellow Taoist, please!" Daoyuan Supreme said helplessly, feeling that he followed Ye Zan in, and there seemed to be no chance to make a difference.
Ye Zan, Daoyuan Supreme, and of course the "live broadcast" reconnaissance robot behind them, finally passed through the broken mountain gate and officially entered the sect's dojo. After walking for a while, they first came to the main hall in the dojo and stopped at the steps of the main hall.
The scale of this main hall is also not small, not even inferior to the Yuqing Sect's main hall in Tongtian Peak. It is definitely the configuration of a top sect nowadays. At this time, spider robots and insect soldiers had entered the main hall, and activated a formation inside, and they were trapped in the main hall, rushing left and right.
"This formation looks like it is just for trapping people, and has no killing power." Daoyuan Supreme said while looking at the scene in the hall.
"Well, it seems that there are no special traps set up in this dojo. Some are just daily defensive formations and restrictions." Ye Zan nodded and agreed with Daoyuan Supreme's statement. Moreover, he didn't just see what was in front of him, he also received feedback from other places, which led him to the current guess.
The so-called daily defensive formations are the methods a sect uses to guard against petty thefts or the intrusion of its disciples. Therefore, under normal circumstances, no one would set up that kind of killing formation, lest they accidentally kill the disciples or cause irreparable consequences.
Ye Zan has rebuilt Tongtian Peak and naturally understands this aspect. Although it is impossible to say too absolutely, there should not be much deviation. And this means that if all the people in this sect had evacuated originally, they would not have specially arranged some killing formations to block the caves like the Dragon Clan did.
There was no killing array, either because they didn't care about the cave, or because they evacuated too hastily. Previously, the reconnaissance robot detected that there were many monks' belongings left in various buildings in this dojo, such as classics, elixirs and the like. Therefore, Ye Zan is more inclined to believe that the people of this sect evacuated in a hurry, otherwise they would not be so disgraced.
Of course, there is another possibility that the people of this sect did not evacuate, or that they did not have time to evacuate. However, since there was no evacuation and no corpses were left in the building, where did those people or corpses go? Thinking of this, Ye Zan suddenly thought of those obsessions in the thick fog.