Please call me Huanxian

Chapter 208 The most unbelievable beast in the world
"Return my soul... come my soul... come my soul..."

A vague voice came from the depths of the stone forest. It was indistinguishable between men, women and children. The voice was like weeping and endless. It resonated deeply in the heart and felt particularly miserable.

Those who are in a fragile state of mind have burst into tears and are sobbing uncontrollably.

Xu Yuanchang's mind fell into a trance, and the green energy flowed rapidly from his body, eliminating the discomfort.

He made a seal with his left hand, struck in the direction of the stone forest in the darkness, and shouted: "The heaven and earth are pure and peaceful, and the evil spirits retreat, imperial decree!"

The last word "Edict" exploded, forming invisible sound waves that spread in all directions, instantly clearing away the negative impact caused by the strange sounds in the area of ​​more than ten feet.

With his current cultivation level, he can achieve such an effect by combining the Purifying Mantra with the Phantom Sound Technique.

The strange sound suddenly stopped.

Meng Yiyi, Mulmo and Nan Wenxiu, who were crying so hard, suddenly stopped feeling sad. The three of them felt ashamed and quickly wiped the tears on their faces with their sleeves to eliminate the traces of shame and evidence.

Zeng Shanlang's eyes were red, but he did not cry.

He had shed all his tears a few years ago and promised his mother that no matter how hard it was, she would not cry.

Because it’s useless no matter how hard you cry, you have to face it with strength at all times.

The impact on the other few people was limited. Song Shuqian made a peace of mind with his hand, and with a serious face, he said through the voice: "The front is not the 'Echo Wall' Stone Forest. We went astray and accidentally ended up in the 'Shouting Soul Forest'."

Due to the limitations of the mental journey of suffering and the rules, they cannot always fly in the air to distinguish the direction.

The autumn rain that lasted for most of the day actually caused them to wander dozens of miles.

The route map given to them by Daoting only roughly drew the approximate location of the route, focusing on places that they must pass through such as "Ganlin Town", "Yidao Gorge", "Zancha Ridge", and "Wuya Lake".

How they walk along the route is their own business, and there are no detailed regulations.

"The sea of ​​suffering is boundless... There is no shore to turn back to. I will return my soul... Once all grudges are cleared, I will let you go."

That weird vague voice came again.

Liu Xianfeng waved her hands, and the red willow branch she just inserted took root in the ground and grew at a very fast speed. The branches and leaves spread out like a canopy, green light flashed, and she shouted: "You four, come and stay under the small tree, don't run around. ”

Zeng Shanlang and the other two hurriedly ducked under a small tree to take shelter.

Liu Xianfeng dodged into the tree, and she only had to protect the four children.

That weird thing made her feel horrified and disgusted.

Meng Caiqin found books on "Soul-Calling Forest" from her storage bag. She had the support of her sect and had spent time preparing the information before. She quickly browsed through it and ignored the people who said "Return my soul". Calling, the message said:

"It is undoubtedly the 'Soul-Calling Forest', but it is recorded in the classics that only by walking into the depths of the stone forest and disturbing the remnant souls of the ancient ferocious beasts that have been suppressed underground can the 'Soul-Calling Forest' be triggered. We haven't broken in yet... "

Nan Baolin scratched his hair in embarrassment. It was his voice that caused trouble.

If it weren't for the four little guys who took the painstaking route, they wouldn't care about the soul-calling at all, they would just go around it. Some brave ones would even go in to fight against the influence of the "soul-calling" and sharpen their mentality, and then return in ten days and a half. come out.

Song Shuqian was flipping through another book in his hand and said: "There is something wrong with the situation. It is recorded in the book that it usually causes ferocious beasts to cry out their souls, and they just say 'return my soul' back and forth. The book explains that it is due to seal suppression." , other sounds can't be heard, so it's not too dangerous to hear it intermittently, but now, the content of the beast's shout is more than one or two sentences, and the noise it makes is far beyond what it used to be. "

Several people looked at each other.

Could it be that they were unlucky that the seal was lifted and the beast's remnant soul escaped?
How else to explain the thick black fog that surrounded them?
Nan Baolin complained in a voice transmission: "Why didn't the powerful monks in the past just cut them off in two and get rid of the remaining souls of the ferocious beasts, leaving the scourge that can live for thousands of years to be suppressed and bequeathed to future generations?"

He didn't understand how the ancients behaved.

The masters of the past generations have allowed the remnant souls of the ferocious beasts to be suppressed and "shouting souls" year after year without completely solving the hidden dangers.

Is he deliberately torturing the remnant soul, or does he have some unknown scruples?

Xu Yuanchang remained silent and did not make a sound. He scanned the books the two were flipping through with his spiritual consciousness.

The Divine Consciousness Space invites the altar to start again, vibrating slowly as a warning.

What shocked him was the space of the ring. The six-foot-sized colorful crystal stone that had been stored without any movement and was like a dead object. The colorful light expanded and contracted, like the beating of a heart. It was very rhythmic and seemed to be transmitting information. It's like something inside is impacting the seal.

He put the egg-sized piece of colorful crystal stone into a separate bag before setting off.

I heard Senior Zeng say once that the ruins of the Tingyun Mountain Ancient Formation have a history of more than 8,000 years, and what is suppressed below is the evil spirit of a blackmail beast.

He suspected in the bottom of his heart that the remnants of the ferocious beasts suppressed in the Soul-Calling Forest were part of the Black Beast?

Otherwise it would be too much of a coincidence.

As soon as he arrived here, all kinds of weird things happened one after another, and the sound of soul shouting could trigger a strong resonance in the core of the Yingcai Crystal.

Meng Caiqin had already started to arrange the protective formation, and several people were discussing it.

"How to do it? We can't easily summon him and go back to ask for help."

"I'm afraid I won't be able to summon you. There's something strange about the black mist."

"The seal that suppresses the ferocious beast's remnant soul should not have been broken. Otherwise, the remnant soul should have appeared earlier and launched a direct attack, without threatening us with nonsense?"

"It's hard to say. Maybe the remnant soul is hiding in the black mist, waiting for us to break through and then attack?"

"Hey, Brother Xu, what are you thinking about? If you have any ideas, please bring them up and we can discuss them together."

Song Shuqian turned to ask Xu Yuanchang, who was thoughtful. This brother knew a lot of things, and he had broken through the interference of residual souls as soon as he opened his mouth.

Xu Yuanchang shook his head. He actually wanted to suggest that everyone protect the children and retreat immediately. However, the black mist was dangerous and unpredictable. He was worried that he would not be able to protect the children. He said: "Try sending a message and asking the sect to check the Soul Forest." The suppressed remnant soul?"

Song Shuqian took out the Wanli Communication Talisman, recited a few words silently, and threw it into the air.

There was a soft "bang" sound, and the talisman's light exploded into the black mist.

"The remnant soul of the ferocious beast has been freed from the seal. Everyone, please be careful and stay calm at all times. Don't let the ferocious beasts who are good at 'soul-capturing' take advantage of you."

Xu Yuanchang reminded in a deep voice.

Suddenly feeling creepy, he saw another Song Shuqian appearing inside the formation protection.

The same brocade-white Taoist robe stared at Song Shuqian who was with them in surprise, and was the first to shout:

"He is fake, be careful!"

"You are the one who is lying."

Song Shuqian waved his hand and shot out a white brilliance, and the opposite side also shot out a white brilliance, which was blocked by a Bagua mirror thrown by Song Shuqian.

There were two explosions of "bang bang", and Song Shuqian on the opposite side was torn into pieces, leaving behind a sentence before disappearing.

"You won't be able to escape until you return your 'soul'."

The voice and breath are exactly the same as the real Song Shuqian, and the fake ones can be confused with the real ones.

Nan Baolin waved his sleeves to disperse the gray-white mist that exploded on the Bagua mirror. He carefully checked that no strange things were left, and shouted: "Fellow Taoist Meng, please strengthen the formation protection quickly, don't let that monster get in again."

Song Shuqian frowned and said, "What is that? Not only can he change into my appearance, imitate my voice, and his breath has no flaws, he can even learn my attack methods."

This is the scary part, when the fake becomes the real, the real is also fake.

No one could answer his question.

Meng Caiqin took out a few formation beads and placed them within the protection, reducing the range of the formation to five feet.

Xu Yuanchang thought for a long time and said: "I guess it is the remnant soul of a blackmail beast. It is good at imitation, illusion and confusion. We can't get separated easily, otherwise it will be difficult to distinguish the true from the false and it will easily cause accidental injuries."

"I once heard the elders of the sect say that thousands of years ago, the Shinto predecessors of the Wushan Mountains caught a blackmail beast that had done many evil things, separated it and suppressed it. The specific location is unknown. Could it be that what we encountered was really the remnant of the blackmail beast that escaped from trouble? soul?"

Song Shuqian was troubled. At the critical moment when he was taking care of the children, he was stalked and entangled by the remnant soul of a blackmail beast that could change. He was so unlucky.

He, Meng Caiqin, and Nan Baolin had never heard of the evil spirits suppressed at the ruins of the ancient formation at Tingyun Mountain.

His Highness Si Tian issued a hush-hush order, and the news would not be able to spread for at least a few decades, and even if it spread, it would only be within a limited circle.

Nan Baolin said: "That thing is pestering us. What kind of 'soul' is it asking for? Why don't we talk to it?"

"It's not much to talk about. It has been calling for souls for thousands of years. It wants the souls of passers-by. We can't give it souls. We don't know when it broke away from the seal and ran out. It seems that it only changes and imitates, confuses and seduces souls, and fights head-on. It's not very capable, so we have to find a way to trap it. If we take the opportunity to leave, it shouldn't be able to leave this area, otherwise it would have been discovered and reported to Sitian Palace. "

Meng Caiqin re-strengthened the formation and transmitted her analysis to several people.

Only Xu Yuanchang understood that what the thing asked for was the sealed object that caused trouble in his ring space. However, the remnant souls here did not seem to know which of them the thing was. It was impossible for him to take out the core of the Yingcai Crystal to lose money and avoid disaster.

The blackmail beast is so called because of its ability to speak and often deceive others. It is the most untrustworthy beast in the world.

Don't expect the remnant soul to be grateful for receiving the core of the Yingcai Crystal Stone. Instead, it may increase in strength and harm everyone.

"We can talk to it, lure it to come and meet it, learn as much as possible, know yourself and the enemy, and maybe we can find a way to trap it."

Xu Yuanchang slowly conveyed his thoughts, saying that wasting time was not the way to go.

Everyone discussed and added some opinions, and soon reached an agreement to appoint Song Shuqian, who had just been impersonated, to negotiate with the thing.

Song Shuqian held back his anger, walked out of the formation, and shouted: "What kind of 'soul' do you want, please make it clear, otherwise I insist on rushing out to rescue, and you can't even think of stopping me."

A voice that was identical to Song Shuqian's came from the black mist: "You rush out and try?"

Then another Song Shuqian appeared ten feet away from the formation on the hillside.

"Some of you have taken my 'soul'. If you return it, I will not bother you anymore, and I will give you a generous reward."

"What do you call my friend?"

Song Shuqian carefully looked at his other self in the mist, feeling very strange.

"The title is not important. Bring my soul back and I will leave immediately."

"Fellow Taoist, you don't even have this bit of sincerity, so how can we believe what you say?"

"Many years ago, I had a name called 'Li Dan'."

"Friend Daoist Li, we are new here and have never met each other before. How come your 'soul' is in us?"

Song Shuqian couldn't tell the cultivation level of the thing opposite, it was like a mist, elusive and elusive.

He tried his best to delay with words, giving everyone time to observe and think of ideas.

The few people listening in the formation quickly analyzed and discussed through sound transmission. Xu Yuanchang was already sure that the other party was definitely the remnant soul of the blackmail beast. It is recorded in the classics that the blackmail beast was also called "Tan", which means absurd.

Liu Xiufeng's voice was heard in his ears, and he asked through the voice: "How sure are you?"

"About seventy percent."

"I say hello to fellow Taoist Meng, please do it boldly."

Xu Yuanchang heard that Liu Xianfeng was actually 70% sure that he could trap the remnant soul named Li Dan for a moment.

Then there is no need to hesitate, the opportunity is too good to be missed and it will never come again.

The red willow tree in the formation that quietly grew taller than a human being flickered with green brilliance. The formation was slightly released, and the 30-foot area on the hillside was suddenly covered with red willow groves. The wood gas was like clouds, and the black mist was suddenly trapped. in it.

Liu Xianfeng fully exerted her talent of "a single tree can grow into a forest" that she awakened after advancing to the third level. This is a large-scale magical power that consumes the essence of her own wood energy.

She instinctively hated the appearance of that thing.

Song Shuqian outside the formation was startled. He immediately noticed that there was a mass of invisible black energy trapped twenty feet away from the side. He struggled violently and rushed left and right. The face of Song Shuqian opposite him showed shock and collapsed into mist. He was immediately overjoyed. , finally caught the cunning guy, and a handy Bagua Mirror appeared in his hand.

"let me."

Meng Caiqin, who had received the greeting in advance, told Song Shuqian not to help indiscriminately, and threw away a few array beads.

The beads turned into earthy yellow light and formed a network, surrounding the group of violently conflicting things and pressing them down to the ground.

"Asshole, just wait for me, I won't spare you."

Relying on Li Dan's ability to change, he was accidentally restrained by Shu Mei using his natural wood magical power, and he yelled angrily.

"Let's go, retreat quickly!"

Meng Caiqin quickly made hand seals and shouted.

Being able to suppress this weird thing for a while is considered luck. With their ability, don't expect to kill Li Dan.

The Soul-Calling Forest has existed for seven or eight thousand years, and Li Dan has not been killed by anyone.

Xu Yuanchang and others protected Zeng Shanlang's four little ones and rushed down the mountain. The black mist lost its restraint from Li Dan and could not withstand the rush of Nan Baolin who waved his sleeves to drive him away. Song Shuqian released a few luminous stones to float and illuminate.

"Auntie, come down quickly."

Meng Yi, who rushed down the mountain, turned around and shouted anxiously.

Liu Xianfeng held the little girl's hand and ran as fast as flying on the road heading east, saying: "Don't let your aunt worry, she will be here soon."

If it weren't for the rules of experience, she would have flown extremely fast with a few little guys.

After rushing out of the fog-shrouded area, everyone ran for more than ten miles.

Meng Caiqin flew over and urged: "Run further and don't stop."

There were faint shouts and curses in the distance behind him. For a moment, Li Dan couldn't break away from Meng Caiqin's formation suppression at all costs. As everyone ran for more than thirty miles, there was no sound behind them.

After running for hundreds of miles, everyone stopped to rest.

Xu Yuanchang planted a red willow branch in the camp, and the willow wind made it grow to a height of several feet.

Meng Caiqin arranged formation protection, Nan Baolin used magic to get water, Zeng Shanlang simply cooked a pot of minced meat paste, and the four children filled their bellies to replenish their physical strength, and took an early rest under the tree.

The four adults meditated and guarded, but fortunately the thing didn't bother them again.

The sky was bright and the children got up one after another.

Last night's bizarre experience made them feel the strange dangers on the painstaking road for the first time, and they were not very lively.

Xu Yuanchang stopped Nan Baolin and Song Shuqian who were about to go out to check, gave a look and shouted outside: "Li Dan, stop hiding, we have seen you. When did you break free from the 'Shouting Soul Forest' Seal?"

He had just noticed that he had asked the altar to warn him, and he knew that Li Dan was hiding nearby, spying on him.

In the morning mist, a female figure suddenly appeared on the hilltop opposite. She turned out to be Liu Xianfeng, with a fluttering willow skirt and a slim figure. She ignored this and walked around barefoot.

Liu Xianfeng, who walked out of the red willow tree, curled her lips and laughed: "So ugly!"

She guessed the young master's usual trick, and she hit him regardless of whether he had dates or not, and she really managed to trick Li Dan out of hiding.

Or maybe that thing was not hidden at all?

I feel like I have a headache, and I can't get rid of the entanglement of that thing.

It would be almost impossible for her to trap that thing with her magical power. Every step of the way gained wisdom. As long as Li Dan followed them, it would be enough for them. How would they go about the rest of the way?

Meng Caiqin sent a message to several people: "There is no black fog outside, what should we do next?"

Song Shuqian hesitated for a moment and suggested: "Why don't we summon the sect and ask experts to come and clean up the remaining souls of the blackmail beasts that have broken free from the seal?"

"It's inappropriate, it's inappropriate. All the troubles you encounter on the painstaking journey are just experiences. This is just the beginning."

Nan Baolin objected.

They are a team as a whole, and they both prosper and suffer.

Several people were silent, Xu Yuanchang thought deeply and said: "As a monster hunter, I found that the monster broke free from the seal and was about to harm the world. I can't just sit idly by and do nothing. I should report it to Elder Mei. It does not conflict with our painstaking journey and experience. What do you think? ?”

He said things from another angle and used his righteousness to seek help.

There is no way that the remnant soul of the blackmail beast can be consumed like this forever.

The Black Beast has a bad reputation, and no one will believe anything he says. There is no way to accuse him of having a "soul" hidden in him.

Meng Caiqin and the other two discussed for a while, but couldn't think of a better way, so they nodded in agreement with Xu Yuanchang's proposal.

Xu Yuanchang recited a few words silently and raised his hand to fly the Wanli Communication Talisman into the air.

Watching the talisman flash, escape to the northeast.

Several people were surprised that Li Dan didn't move on the hilltop opposite, and it seemed that they had been defeated.

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(End of this chapter)