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Chapter 602 The mastermind behind the scenes!

"Roar……"

The three-headed lion souls roared and merged into one, facing a group of hungry ghosts with green eyes. The hungry ghosts had no rules in their fights, they pounced on them with lightning speed and bit them wildly. The three-headed lion soul bit a hungry ghost, but before it could tear it into its stomach, hungry ghosts were already crawling all over its body. The hungry ghosts opened their big mouths that were cracked to the roots of their ears, revealing a mouthful of sharp teeth, and they could tear off a large piece of food with one bite.

"Roar...roar..."

The lion soul roared angrily, and the three black-robed men snorted coldly.
"Humph……"

They all pointed at the black flag in their hands.
"call……"

Six green flames flashed from the lion's eyes on the black flag, and a layer of green flames immediately ignited on the bodies of the three lion souls.
"Ow..."

The ghosts crawling on the lion soul were howling from the burning. The three black-robed men looked at each other with pride. However, they underestimated these hungry ghosts that even the underworld could not control. Although they were howling from the burning, they refused to let go and clung to the lion soul tightly, biting it from time to time, and then they were burned and howling again. Although the green flame was very powerful, it was a pity that it had no other power except burning the hungry ghosts. The three black-robed men changed their faces when they saw this, and pointed their fingers at the black flag again. The flame became more vigorous, but the hungry ghosts still bit them. The three black-robed men could not help but get angry again and again...

However, the giant ghost and the three-headed ghost king were wrestling with each other. Speaking of fighting, apart from the monks competing from a distance, pointing and slapping each other, using spiritual power to compete, which looks more beautiful, the fighting postures of these big guys as big as mountains are not as good as those of the masters in the world. They are on the same level as village girls. They use all kinds of tricks such as twisting arms, slapping, kicking hips, grabbing hair and even digging eyes, picking noses, and pulling ears. Finally, the giant ghost and the three-headed ghost king rolled to each other and began to roll on the ground!
These two creatures were huge monsters like mountains. When they rolled on the battlefield, the rest of the ghosts were scared and hid away. Only the beast souls were not afraid and kept rushing forward while howling. In this way, they unintentionally helped Yaoguang City. In a short while, countless beast souls were suppressed and turned into gray mist and disappeared in the formation!

Pu Yanlan, on the other hand, kept talking, leading countless beast souls to pour into the blood cave. As time passed, the tide of beast souls attacking Yaoguang City was reduced by half, and the battlefield seemed a lot emptier for a moment!

The three black-robed men over there saw that the situation was not good, looked at each other, and immediately roared, but waved the black flags in their hands, and actually summoned back the three-headed ghost king. The three-headed ghost king returned to his master and immediately turned into three ghost kings. Then he also wanted to summon back the three-headed lion soul that was bitten and had pieces missing from its body, but he didn't expect those hungry ghosts to bite like leeches and then let go, and the three-headed lion soul was actually summoned back as well.
"Ow..."

The hungry ghosts were overjoyed when they saw the three black-robed men. Ghosts were not as delicious as living people with flesh and blood, so some of them pounced on the three black-robed men. The three black-robed men were frightened and retreated in a panic, waving their black flags...

Just when they were being harassed by the hungry ghosts and had no time to care about anything else, Hongyi and his men came back with the little ghosts.

"Master, Tong Ling has been found!"

The figures of Hong Yi and Zi Yuan flashed, and Tong Ling, who was safe and sound, appeared behind them. Tong Ling stepped forward and saluted,

"Master, I am sorry for causing you trouble by mistake!"

Pu Yanlan nodded,
"Just come back!"

Tong Ling stepped forward and said,

"Master, after I was sucked into this formation, I discovered the real mastermind of those invaders hiding in the formation..."

Pu Yanlan raised her eyebrows when she heard this.
"Is it?"

Tong Lingdao,
"After I entered, I didn't know how powerful this formation was. I wanted to escape, so I thought I could find the exit behind the beast tide. As a result, I saw..." Tong Ling didn't know that this Nine Returns Formation had no so-called origin and exit. This formation was based on the number of nine times one. No matter where you are, you will eventually rush to Yaoguang City, the center of the formation. Tong Ling didn't know how lucky she was. She went against the direction of the beast tide and didn't see the exit. Instead, she saw a young man surrounded by black air. The young man was dressed as a scholar, wearing a black scarf and a black shirt. The young man sat cross-legged on the ground, stretched out a pale hand, and was playing chess with himself.
"Master, although I only took a glance and was discovered by him, I quickly ran away, but I saw clearly that the chessboard in front of the young man looked like this formation, and the chess pieces were several men in black robes..."

As she spoke, Tong Ling turned to look at the three black-robed men who were fighting with the hungry ghosts.

"It seems there are more than just these three..."

Pu Yanlan nodded,
"Indeed, there are more than that. Not many people can enter the formation, and many of them are on the ground..."

The Nine Returns Formation is a Yin-gathering Formation. Even if it is a cultivator who practices the ghost way, if his realm is not high, once he enters such a formation, he will probably become a living dead and will never be able to return to the world of the living. Therefore, only high-level cultivators can enter the formation!
Of course, the monk who can command these high-level monks must be the big boss behind the scenes!

Pu Yanlan raised her eyebrows when she heard this and looked at the white-haired old man beside her. The old man was cheered up when he heard this.
"I and my fellow Taoists have already realized that the attacks here and there are being manipulated by someone behind the scenes. The spies we sent out have not been able to find out who the manipulator is and where he is hiding... Unexpectedly... he actually entered the formation and hid behind the beast soul tide..."

The white-haired old man thought for a moment and said,
"Fellow Daoist, please hold on for a moment. I will be back soon!"

Pu Yanlan nodded and said,

"Go ahead, senior. I have soldiers at my disposal now, so I can hold out for a while!"

The white-haired old man nodded, turned around and disappeared. Pu Yanlan went back to instruct the red-clothed people.
"Each of you lead your little ghosts to help those hungry ghosts..."

"Yes!"

The three ghost generals led their little ghosts away, but Pu Yanlan released her own demon corpses at this time and began to drive the beast souls all over the battlefield into the blood cave. These demon corpses were not only filled with yin energy, but they also had the bodies of mixed-blood demons and were born with demonic energy, which was of the same origin as the demonic energy in the beast souls. At the beginning, the demon corpses had to be driven away, but in the end, the beast souls sensed the demonic energy in the demon corpses and followed the demon corpses to the blood cave. There was no need to drive them away at all. Pu Yanlan felt relieved now, so she simply flew aside, folded her arms and watched the fun!
Sometimes they saw the giant ghost chasing the beast souls, and sometimes they saw the hungry ghosts gnawing on the three-headed lion soul. The three men in black robes were attacked by the red-clothed men. They were caught in a dilemma and could not even possess the ghost king, so they could not use their top-secret killing moves. They were so angry that they kept roaring, but they did not know what to do. They saw that these hungry ghosts and ghost soldiers and generals were all instigated by Pu Yanlan. They wanted to rush over to fight Pu Yanlan several times, but they did not expect that these ghost generals and soldiers were well-trained. Although they were not as powerful as the three ghost kings, they were able to cooperate with each other and cover each other, making their three ghost kings confused and unable to gather together to form a fighting force!

Moreover, the ghost soldiers under their command would occasionally launch sneak attacks on the three men in black robes. Although the difference in strength between the two was huge, they could not withstand these little ghosts who would run away like flies. The three men in black robes were so angry that they kept jumping and roaring, but they had no way to deal with Pu Yanlan!
Less than half a quarter of an hour later, the white-haired old man led several other ghosts to come. Pu Yanlan took a look and saw that they were all old and frail, and their clothes were all barbarian clothes. She thought to herself,

"Something must have gone wrong with this Nine Returns Formation. Why are there so many barbarians here? Could it be that this Nine Returns Formation only collects the souls of barbarians? And seeing how many ghosts there are in this formation, could it be that the ghost messengers from the underworld have never collected any of them?"

The two worlds of Yin and Yang have cause and effect. If there are more people in the Yin world, there must be large-scale deaths in the Yang world due to wars or plagues. If there are more people in the Yang world, it must be because the world is at peace and the people live in peace, so there are more long-lived people and naturally fewer people in the Yin world!
But no matter what, it ultimately requires a cycle and a balance. For example, if the world of the living has been peaceful for too long and there are fewer people in the world of the dead, the underworld will petition the heavens to send down a plague or a war to kill more people in the world of the living in order to replenish the population of the underworld. So in the world of the living, there will be a plague or a change of dynasty every few decades or hundreds of years. In fact, the underworld is collecting citizens, and the ghost messengers will come to the world of the living at a regular time and in a fixed amount to collect the souls of the dead.

When there are more people in the underworld, the Heaven will also send down a wise monarch to the world of the living to unify the world and govern the country, so that the people can live and work in peace and have food to eat and clothes to wear. Only in this way can more children be born to make room for the underworld. No matter how the cycle goes on, it is the common people who suffer in reincarnation. That is why cultivators pursue immortality and the great way, in order to break away from this repetitive fate and escape from the rules of this world!

However, there are always only a few people who can escape the rules, so most people still have to follow the rules. But how can this barbaric cycle of life and death not follow the rules?

If so many people do not enter reincarnation after death, where do the living people come from?
Pu Yanlan was confused and wanted to ask, but now was not the right time, so she could only suppress her doubts and bow to the white-haired old man and everyone else...