After Princess Xuanxue came down from the mountain, the whole capital was in chaos.

There is an obvious crack in the middle of the arm of the wooden dummy. It was split in half and then closed again.

Nothing could be seen from the outside, but from the cross section it was obvious that someone had tampered with it.

Yuan Qi reached for the crack with both hands, stretched out a big hand, and said in a low voice, "I'll do it."

The wooden mannequin in the yard has been made for more than two years. It has always been used by Xiangli Zhuozi to practice his martial arts. On weekdays, servants clean and look after it, but when he didn't expect it, someone tampered with it.

Xiangli Jiuyou gently broke it open, and the cross section was exposed. The cross section was very neat. The originally solid wood inside was hollowed out, and an iron pestle was placed. One end of the iron pestle was very small, about the same as the head of a chopstick, and the top was I made a few pitted spots, which are a bit sharp. During daily practice, the only things that come into contact with these spots are my sleeves or the back of my hands.

"Little Heavenly Master, what is this?" Xiangli Jiuyou asked angrily.

Yuan Qi held the small iron pestle in his hand and looked closely at the tiny top. The color was almost the same as wood. If you didn't look carefully, you couldn't tell.

"This is the soul-locking pestle. There is a very exquisite formation inside. Once it is stained with human blood, the person's soul will be absorbed into it. If no one rescues it for more than seven days, the soul will be absorbed by the soul-locking pestle and strengthened. The power of magic weapons.”

Yuan Qi took the soul-locking pestle and looked left and right. He felt that this magical instrument was very exquisitely made, and it seemed to be newly made recently. Except for the small top part, which was old, the other parts were brand new.

I don’t know who made it, and it was unlucky to meet her.

Xiangli Jiuyou glanced at Xiangli Mu, and the two of them spoke in a low voice: "Father, do you think this and the spell that Jiu Di was hit by were written by the same person?"

Xianglimu snorted with a dark face: "The most talented people in our family are Netherworld and Zhuojian, but they are the only ones being plotted against. This is because someone wants to take over the position of the head of the family."

Yuan Qi was more interested in the soul-locking pestle. She felt that if it could be modified, it could be made into a magic weapon that could temporarily hold souls.

The formation on this soul-locking pestle is very exquisite and has sufficient spiritual power. It is not something that ordinary Taoist priests can do.

She entered the house with the soul-locking pestle, found a place to sit down and studied it carefully.

Since it is a soul-locking magical weapon, not everyone can save the soul inside. If the formation is accidentally destroyed, the soul inside will be wiped out.

Xiangli Mu and Xiangli Jiuyou did not disturb Yuan Qi and let her study alone.

The two called over the boy who was usually responsible for taking care of the wooden dummies and interrogated him in detail.

The wooden dummy is just an object for practicing martial arts. The boy in charge of taking care of it just wipes it and applies a layer of tung oil regularly to maintain it, and doesn't care much about it on weekdays.

There is no way to find out when the wooden dummy was tampered with.

Xiangli Youming was not very interested in this. He sat next to Yuan Qi and watched Yuan Qi's research attentively.

"What's so interesting about this iron lump?" Xiangli Youming couldn't help but ask.

Yuan Qi glanced at him, slowly loosened his hand, and the Soul Locking Pestle was suspended in the air.

She formed a seal with her hands and poured a little spiritual power into the soul-locking pestle, and the exquisite Bagua formation appeared on it. There was also a small human figure in the middle of the formation, which was the outstanding soul in Xiangli.

"Did you see it? The villain inside is the outstanding soul of Xiang Li. This formation is like a trap set for hunting in daily life. If you want to rescue the people in the trap, you must dismantle the trap."

Xiangli Youming was very smart and revealed: "If someone is not careful and the trap is broken, the people inside will die."

Yuan Qi hummed: "That's right, that's why the person who put the soul-locking pestle here didn't rush to take away the soul-locking pestle. He just expected that no one would be able to unlock this formation."

Xiangli Jiuyou took a breath of air and admired this man's cunning and viciousness: "It's true that killing people without blood, the formation cannot be broken by force. If the formation cannot be opened within the specified time limit, the soul inside will be absorbed. My son is dead. This person is so vicious. Taoists eliminate demons and defend the Tao. How can there be such a scum that harms people's lives?" Yuan Qi nodded in agreement: "You are right. There are indeed some scum in our Taoist sect. To practice black magic, as long as you give them money, they can do anything."

Xianglimu on the side heard this and said coldly: "That's too arrogant. If I catch this person, I will kill his whole family!"

She kept fiddling with the formation with her two little hands, trying to find a flaw, but the formation of this little soul-locking pestle was so exquisite that she couldn't find a flaw for a while.

Xiangli Mu and Xiangli Jiuyou naturally knew that there were many capable people in the Xiangli clan. If they wanted to harm Xiangli Zhuoyou, they would naturally resort to extraordinary measures. It might not be that easy to break this formation.

The two of them were really worried that Yuan Qi wouldn't be able to solve this formation.

Xiangli Youming seemed to see the worries of his father and brother, and asked softly: "Can it be solved?"

Yuan Qi replied calmly: "Yes, but it will take some effort. This formation is very interesting, as if it was set up by an expert who is proficient in formations. I want to study it carefully, and you can make some ginseng soup for him. Feed it bit by bit and hang your life."

Xanglimu heard this and immediately ordered his servants to take out the century-old ginseng from the warehouse and slice it into pieces to make soup.

"It's really wonderful. There are nine layers of Bagua formation, like a maze."

Xianglimu and his son were dazzled by what they saw. The three of them only saw the yellow formation spinning back and forth with no rules at all. The red villain was trapped in the center of the formation, motionless.

The most worrying thing is Xiangli Jiuyou.

"Little Master, why is my son motionless inside? Is there something wrong?"

Yuan Qi had an expression on his face that said, "Don't talk nonsense if you don't understand." He looked at him like he was a fool and said nothing.

Xiangli Jiuyou was very worried and asked: "This formation is airtight layer by layer. It is more difficult to break through than the death row in Dali Temple. Little angel..."

Xiangli Youming stood up and glared at him: "Didn't you see Miss Seven breaking the formation? Don't make any noise."

Xiangli Jiuyou helplessly held his forehead: "Father, the little Celestial Master is so young, why don't we ask the National Master to have a look?"

Xanglimu directly denied it: "Is the Imperial Master so easy to hire?"

Xiangli Jiuyou was very anxious.

Yuan Qi said: "It's useless for you to be anxious. The formation is exquisite and it will take time to break it. If you have nothing to do, you might as well go and make ginseng soup for your son, or who moved the hands and feet on the wooden man stake?" .”

Xiangli Jiuyou snorted heavily: "Who else could it be, besides the second uncle?"

Xiangli Mu walked out, and Xiangli Jiuyou followed.

Xiangli Youming stayed with Yuan Qi here, watching quietly without saying a word.

Yuan Qi tapped lightly on the top of the outermost formation.

The outermost formation was shattered.

Xiangli Youming was very happy: "Unlock one layer! I knew you could do it!"