Please call me Huanxian

Chapter 254: The Immortal Thousand Soul Flower

"You have always been fearless and courageous, but you are not easily frightened."

The rabbit in the ring space saw that there was no response from outside for a long time, and he let out a loud and unscrupulous laugh.

He cherishes every opportunity to squeeze Xu Xiaozi.

The boy was very arrogant in front of him, too cocky and disrespectful to his elders.

Xu Yuanchang slowly transmitted his voice: "I originally planned to go to the capital after the Lantern Festival to buy more third- and fourth-level junk materials for refining, but plans cannot keep up with changes. I have to stay here for a few more months and slowly look for clues to solve the case."

Rabbit immediately straightened his attitude, moved to the bottom of the stairs, and said, "Let me think about it. On the night of the full moon... a large-scale loss of soul disorder is related to the gods. There is an old saying in Shintoism, which is "make up for what you lack". From this, we can infer that the guy who is hiding in the dark is lacking a soul and is performing a Shinto sacrificial ceremony.

"So the one causing trouble here is not a complete god, but a suppressed remnant god, or there is a body of a god buried nearby. Its strength is not a concern, otherwise the god would not have gone to so much trouble to get such a business delivered to his doorstep... No, it's time for us to uphold justice and punish evil and promote good. Xu Xiaoyou, I support you!"

When speaking of the latter part, Rabbit's voice became high-pitched and alluring.

He wished he could crawl out of the ring space, smash the body of the evil god, and eat it alive.

Xu Yuanzhang basically believed Rabbit's serious analysis and reasoning, and said, "Before casting the spell, how should we place these villagers with lost souls? If the remaining gods become desperate and sacrifice all the villagers to perish together, it would be a loss."

He knew that when the rabbit was "upholding justice", it never considered the lives and feelings of the ants.

He had to remind Rabbit of that.

"Resettlement... is also simple. Ask the little girl to set up two connected tree forests, making the area larger. Ask your nephew to help separate and lead all the villagers into the tree forests. Keep them trapped until dawn. This will not hinder you from finding and destroying the lair of the remnant gods."

The rabbit has become accustomed to the little Taoist's nice-hearted behavior.

Xu Yuanchang continued to ask: "How far away from the village should it be to avoid being affected by the sacrifice?"

Rabbit hates these details the most. In his opinion, when upholding justice, he can use the villagers as bait to harm the remaining gods, saving time and effort and ensuring that nothing goes wrong.

He is doing good things for his own benefit.

It's not like I have to be a good person who works hard but gets no thanks.

He has never been a human being.

"At least they should be outside the village, but not too far away, otherwise the remnant god will notice them. You can let them decide the specific distance by themselves. At the critical moment, they must be able to rely on the tree formation to resist the remnant god's sacrificial spell."

"Got it. I told them to hold on tight."

Xu Yuanchang didn't waste any more words and told his two companions about his discovery and plan.

Although Bian Qiuyan didn't know how Junior Master found out that it was the Remnant God who was causing trouble, but Junior Master's analysis was so clear and convincing that she basically believed it. However, she was a little doubtful and said in a voice transmission: "Junior Master, it's too dangerous for you to stay in the village alone to fight the Remnant God. I will go with you and share the hardship."

The rabbit sighed, "'It's easy to find priceless treasures, but it's hard to find true lovers.'"

Then he changed the subject: "There's no need for her to go deep into the evil god's lair and cause trouble. Let her guard the outside. If she finds that the evil god wants to forcefully break through the tree formation, use thunder magic to blast it hard. Don't be polite. She will be more useful outside."

He didn't want his nephew to enter the lair and divide up the treasures.

It’s enough to leave some leftovers for the master’s nephew.

After a few words, Xu Yuanchang persuaded Bian Qiuyan to stay outside, and the three of them split into two groups.

Liu Xianfeng and Bian Qiuyan had a brief discussion and quickly selected a forest two miles outside the village as the venue for the layout. The two of them were busy using magic to lure the sleepwalking villagers from the two villages into the tree formation.

Xu Yuanchang followed the rabbit's advice and flew into the ancestral halls of the two villages to search carefully.

Sure enough, on the top level of the altar in the ancestral hall, there was a dark statue whose face could not be seen clearly.

The unique six-arm shape is only a few feet high, and incense is burned in the incense burner all year round.

Through his enhanced eyes, Xu Yuanchang could sense at close range the invisible aura emanating from the statue. Once he left the range of the altar, the aura disappeared.

After asking about the position of the six hands of the statue and the shape of the runes on its back, Rabbit had already come to a conclusion, saying, "The body of a god is buried here, and it is related to the 'God of Flowers'. These two villages are 'tomb-guarding villages'. According to the location pattern, there should be several more tomb-guarding villages around the mountains. They are so old that they may have been destroyed in wars."

Xu Yuanchang transmitted his voice: "The divine body absorbed the incense, causing the remaining divine obsession to condense into a 'yin god', and is about to come out to do evil?"

"Yes, it should be the work of an old guy back then. It looks a little familiar... Don't worry, the Yin God has fallen into a deep sleep and will not be easily awakened, unless you set fire to the two 'graveyard villages' or find the entrance."

The rabbit waved its paw and drew a map of Cangpuling, Shichang Village, and Pucao Village in the air. It also marked the other three tomb-guarding villages that had disappeared, drew several intersecting lines, pointed to the western area where Cangpuling intersected, and said, "This is where the body of the god is buried."

After giving detailed instructions, he urged Xu to act quickly. They had to enter the God's Tomb before four o'clock in the morning.

Xu Yuanchang didn't want to wait until the next full moon night, as he was worried about alerting the enemy and increasing the difficulty.

He quickly shuttled through the yards of every household in the village, inserted two incense sticks in the courtyard, lit them, and silently recited the "Heaven and Earth God-Resting Spell". When he finally lit the god-repelling incense in the ancestral hall, the two villages were already shrouded in a layer of light fragrant mist.

Liu Xianfeng and Bian Qiuyan are still working intensively, casting spells to relocate the sleepwalking villagers.

They must complete the task before the fragrance disappears.

Xu Yuanchang circled around the west side of Cangpuling and found several small natural cave entrances on the cliff.

"One or two of them are dead holes. It's OK to go in and out normally, but during the third or fourth watch of a full moon night, if you go in there, you may die or survive."

Rabbit casually explained the whereabouts of several missing monster hunters.

Xu Yuanchang observed carefully and found a nearby rock crevice that emitted a faint fragrant mist. After confirming with Rabbit again, he used the "wall-penetrating technique" to crash into the stone wall, passed through the sticky barrier, and drilled into a dark passage.

There was a faint fragrance in the air.

Float two glowing stones in the air to illuminate the square passage.

Xu Yuanchang transmitted his voice: "The spiritual awareness is limited here, I will send out a few bean soldiers to explore the way."

"The inside of the God's Tomb is a small world of its own. The tomb we are entering is called 'Five Falls of the Star Platform'. Walk forward for thirty feet and there will be a fork in the road leading downwards. Turn right. After five times, choose the straight road in the middle. After a hundred feet, you will reach the underground palace at the bottom of the God's Tomb."

The rabbit confidently pointed out the next route to take, saying, "Then you will see a huge body of a flower god. You have the Fantasy Fairy Ring to protect you, so you don't have to worry about being contaminated by the 'Silent God's Corrosion Qi'. If you encounter the 'Dark God' condensed by the remnant god's obsession, you can strike first and wrap it with the God of Creation and drag it into the Fantasy Fairy Ring. You can destroy it however you want, and I won't teach you."

Xu Yuanchang was surprised and asked, "So simple?"

"It's not easy. It's easy for those who know how to do it, but difficult for those who don't. Let's try it with a kid from the fifth floor. Even if he is lucky enough to pass through the Five Fallen Star Platform, the Silence God Corrosion Qi formed in the underground palace of the God's Tomb for thousands of years is invisible and intangible. If he gets touched, he won't know how he died."

The rabbit urged, "Don't dawdle. Before the Yin Spirit reacts, go straight to its lair and end the battle quickly."

He was eager to know what kind of rare treasures were found in this divine tomb.
Every fallen seventh- and eighth-level god will return to the world after thousands of years and will leave behind a lot of good things.

Xu Yuanchang used calm energy to control the ring, first covering his body with a layer of invisible light waves.

He then arranged three first-order bean soldiers in a certain shape and explored the passage ahead. After months of trial and error, he was already able to cast spells to cast second-order bean soldiers. However, since they were very expensive, he was reluctant to waste them.

After thirty feet, five forks appeared, leading to different directions.

Xu Yuan pressed the rabbit's finger all the way to the right, gradually going down, and after five times he walked onto the straight road in the middle.

Arriving at the edge of the underground palace, the bean soldiers in front fell silently and turned into powder.

There were gusts of cold wind blowing, and the glowing stones floating in the air crashed.

A faint light mysteriously lit up from the depths of darkness. Xu Yuanchang stared at the huge body of the flower god that gradually revealed its appearance, took a breath of cold air, and was shocked. In front of him, the petals overlapped and unfolded like a mountain. The unparalleled pressure rushed towards him, making his back cold.

The dead thing that could be easily dispersed by a sneeze in the rabbit's mouth is actually alive.

Countless soul mists twisting like skeletons were wrapped around the dark red petals, swaying in the wind like water plants, and making eerie, noisy and strange noises.

"The divine light of creation, haha, it's worth my thousands of years of torment and waiting."

"Boy, what generation of descendant are you from Old Ghost Yanshan?"

"Little Taoist priest, come closer and let me take a good look at you. Don't be afraid. I don't eat people."

"You must be kidding me, weren't those little things you swallowed a few days ago human?"

"I didn't get a bite, so of course I didn't eat anyone!"

"We eat, and you eat."

"Yes, we are inseparable."

The skeleton soul mists twisting on the countless petals were arguing with each other in a fierce quarrel.

The buzzing sound echoed in the underground palace.

Xu Yuanchang had already put on all the protections, his body was shining, but his ears were still suffering. He calmly transmitted the message to the rabbit in the ring who was listening with his ears pricked up, telling him about the dire situation he was facing, and finally asked for advice:
"Friend Li, what's the next step?"

Rabbit listened to the quarrel outside for a while and said, "You have the Magic Fairy Ring to protect you, so you are not afraid of the omnipresent 'Silent God Corrosion Qi' in the God's Tomb. Be careful, and you still have a chance of winning. The body of the God buried here is a Thousand Souls Flower. Find a way to find the hidden 'Yin God' and drag it into the Magic Fairy Ring, and all the troubles will be solved."

Xu Yuanchang almost trembled with anger.

He actually said “there is still a chance of winning”, can the rabbit be more reliable?
What kind of monsters are those skeleton soul mists that are wrapped around the flower petals like living things?

The divine light of his creation has been known by the Yin God, so he must be on guard.

How could he take advantage of the situation to launch a surprise attack?
There are so many things to think about and it’s a tangled mess, he must find the “one” point to crack the problem.

……

Under the bright moonlight, a strong woody scent permeated the air above the two connected woods.
Countless men, women, young and old, sleepwalking with their eyes closed, slowly walked through the woods. They instinctively avoided each other and did not collide with each other.

Bian Qiuyan, standing on the treetops, looked towards the village and said with some concern:
"The fragrant mist created by Junior Master has completely dissipated. Junior Master has gone into the cliff on the west side of Cangpuling for more than a quarter of an hour. I wonder what's going on?"

"Don't worry, the young master is cautious and never fights a battle without confidence. We just need to protect the villagers."

The sound of willow wind came from the woods.

However, the next moment, Liu Xianfeng sensed something unusual through the trees he controlled, and warned them through voice transmission: "Be careful, something is floating from the village, approaching to your right."

Bian Qiuyan's figure rose and fell among the treetops. He looked around, seemingly unaware of anything.

Suddenly, a red lightning bolt fell from the sky, and with a thunderclap, it hit the air at the edge of the woods and shattered into a lightning net several feet in size.

"Swish", a black shadow was affected by the lightning net, and the entangled lightning was extinguished in an instant.

The black shadow just appeared and disappeared again.

The overwhelming wood energy tide came whistling like a blade attack, and a larger-scale wood energy vortex with wind and clouds was forming.

Bian Qiuyan fell under the tree and dodged an invisible energy attack with a "puff". Some trees were broken and the energy disappeared in the omnipresent wood energy.

A black divine stick suddenly appeared in the air and slammed into the gap above the wood energy tide.

Brilliant golden light bloomed in the night sky, and a black shadow dissipated and disappeared.

After a while, Liu Xianfeng suddenly said, "The monster is gone. It disappeared in the village."

Her magical powers can play a big role in places with lush trees and grass, and she is becoming more and more adept at using the magic stick. The monster seems to be very afraid of her magic stick.

Bian Qiuyan held a thunder talisman in his palm and after fighting with the monster once, he realized how powerful the monster was.

I wonder if Junior Master-Uncle can handle it?

……

God's Tomb Palace.

Xu Yuanchang stood still and did not move, letting the noise go on.

His spiritual sense was not very useful here, so he immersed himself in a state of illusion, sensing the slightest movement around him.

He only has one chance to strike, and he must hit the target.

The wind was blowing coldly, and Xu Yuanchang was as silent as a statue.

A long night passed while we waited.

It's bright outside.

In the woods outside the village, all the villagers were sleeping soundly, leaning against tree trunks.

The Lantern Festival has just passed. It is freezing cold outside, but it is as warm as early summer in the forest.

Liu Xianfeng didn't dare to wake the villagers up, and muttered: "A mortal should not starve to death if he doesn't eat or drink for a day or two. Hey, I wonder when the young master will return?"

She guessed that the young master was in trouble.

But she had confidence in the young master, and just like every time she took risks in the past, she managed to get through it safely.

……

Xiyuan Holy Land, Tianzhen Mountain.

Acting array leader Wen Yijian slowly flipped through the book Xue Chunni brought back overnight, his eyes shining brighter. He went to the back and knocked on the table and exclaimed, "Such a wonderful book, it's beyond words. I'm lucky to have the honor of reading it. I'm lucky!"

He said to the two nephews who were sitting by the window and whispering, "Chun Ni, Cai Qin, you two must think of a way. We must drag Chief Xu Yuan to our Tian Zhen Mountain, even if we have to tie him up. The position of elder is vacant, and it would be a waste if a talent like him is left in the Monster Catching Mountain."

Wen Yijian had already found out that it was Xu Yuanchang who actually wrote the book, and Xue Chunni was able to assist him and annotate the difficult and confusing parts of the book.

It was also Xu Yuanchang's idea to publish and distribute the "Qingping Suanjing" to benefit the majority of array masters.

Xue Chunni looked up and said with a smile.

"Master, he doesn't like being restricted, I'm afraid he won't come."

"Then grant him the position of deputy leader. He deserves it and we won't restrict him."

"You can try it."

……

(End of this chapter)