Chronicles of Celestial Origins

In a courtyard eighty miles east of Lanzi County, a ray of light fell, revealing the figure of a man with a broad forehead and broad face.

A beautiful woman in the room quickly came to greet her and saluted: "Uncle Jiang."

Jiang Yunsheng nodded slightly and said, "I received a message from Xuan Ying. Has your intelligence station found any clues about the corpse insect host?"

"Yes, according to your instructions, we are responsible for investigating clues in the west of the Qilian Mountains. According to intelligence, a casual cultivator disappeared last night."

"This person's name is Zheng Tang. He originally made an appointment with several casual cultivators to go to "Huanyue Pavilion" to have fun, but he broke the appointment."

"According to those casual cultivators, Zheng Tang took the initiative to go to "Huanyue Pavilion" this time, and the expenses were borne by him. Moreover, he is usually a very honest person and has a good reputation. In addition, he was not found at his residence. We suspect he is missing or killed."

"Currently, our disciples are still looking for traces of him."

Jiang Yunsheng asked: "Can you confirm the time and approximate location of his disappearance?"

The woman said: "According to the accounts of the casual cultivators and our side investigation, the time of disappearance should be around 1:00 a.m. yesterday, and the location should be within a hundred miles of Yangpo Lake."

"Okay, I understand." Jiang Yunsheng nodded, turned into light and left. After a short while, he returned to the Taoist temple and told Tang Ning and Jiang Yuhuan the news, and they set off immediately.

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The calm lake water sparkled under the sunlight. The breeze blew by, causing ripples on the water surface. Several rays of light flashed past and stopped near Yangpo Lake.

"Fellow Daoist Su, does your red-haired, green-eyed dog have any feedback?" Jiang Yunsheng asked.

Su Ziyuan patted her waist, and a six- to seven-foot-tall red-haired large dog jumped out and leaned on her left rear. It bowed slightly, its hair standing straight, as if it was about to attack at any time, and it bared its teeth and looked at several people warily. .

Su Ziyuan patted its head, comforted it, leaned down and whispered a few words in its ear. The red-haired green-eyed dog gradually stopped grinning, and its straight hair became smoother.

"Fellow Daoist Su, can this red-haired dog really sense the thief's aura?" Tang Ning asked worriedly.

At most, the red-haired dog had only met the corpse insect host once, and might not have had direct contact with it, and might not be able to remember his smell. Several foundation-building monks ran after a dog, in case they were fooled by it, so they missed it. You can’t lose face when you go out.

Su Ziyuan said: "There should be no problem. The red-haired green-eyed dog itself is a spiritual beast used for tracking. Its combat power is not strong. As long as it comes into contact with people or things, its unique scent can be smelled. At most, it is only within the sensing range. It's just big and small. If it's a familiar person, the sensing range can reach more than ten miles. I have just communicated with it, and there is no such thing as a murderer."

Jiang Yuhuan glanced at the high-hanging sun disk: "The sun will set in the west in about two hours. Tonight is a full moon. If the missing cultivator was really kidnapped by him, he disappeared at Youshi yesterday and today. He only has two or three hours to hide, and with the speed of the foundation-building monk, his hiding place cannot be more than five hundred miles away."

Su Ziyuan frowned slightly, not understanding what he meant, but she didn't ask any more questions.

However, Tang Ning and Jiang Yunsheng knew that corpse bug hosts with foundation cultivation would take longer and longer to get sick. They might feel hazy and groggy all day long on the full moon, and they had to fight against the corpse bugs in their bodies to fight for the dominance of their bodies. , so there was no time to run away and had to find a place to hide.

Even so, it is not that easy to find someone within a radius of five hundred miles.

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In the dense jungle, several gray-white mice emerged from the ground, squeaking and screaming as they hurriedly ran forward, as if they were fleeing.

Deep underground, a skinny man was lying on the ground in a strange posture, squirming like an insect. A closer look revealed that except for his head, only a thin layer of skin remained on his body. Covered with white bones, there is no flesh and blood inside.

Insects as thin as gossamers came out bit by bit from the white bones and squirmed inside his body. The man's eyes were red and he let out a suppressed roar, as if he was suffering from some great pain and trying his best to resist.

After an unknown amount of time, the roaring gradually subsided, and the white bones in the man's body were covered with red worms, squirming and rolling, looking so terrifying.

The man's body surged forward little by little, came to the corner, opened his mouth wide and bit the person lying on the ground, and his mouth was filled with blood and flesh.

As his throat rolled, he swallowed the piece of flesh and blood, while countless bugs squirmed in his body, eating it up in the blink of an eye...

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The moon was high, stars were shining brightly, and a few rays of light fell into the jungle, revealing the figures of Tang Ning, Jiang Yuhuan, Su Ziyuan, and Jiang Yunsheng.

"Roar, roar..." The red-haired, green-eyed dog kept roaring, running around and circling around the three of them.

"It should be around here." Su Ziyuan said.

"It might be hidden underground. I'll go check it out." Tangning said, shrinking her body and escaping underground. After walking forty or fifty feet, she found a winding path that extended downwards.

He did not rush into the unknown underground along the path, but returned to the surface. Since a secret road was found here, it means that the corpse insect host is most likely hiding inside.

"Fellow Taoist Tang, how are you?" Jiang Yunsheng asked when he saw him emerging from the ground.

"There is indeed a road inside. It's unknown where it extends. I didn't rush in recklessly. I think the thief should be underground."

The three of them discussed the arrest plan, and Tang Ning escaped underground.

In the empty room, the man was lying on the ground, hunched over and squirming slightly. Blood was flowing on the ground, and pieces of flesh were everywhere.

For a long time, the crimson worms attached to the white bones in his body slowly crawled back into his bones, like a tired bird returning to the forest, and his red eyes slowly faded away.

This process lasted for half an hour. The man raised his arms, looked around with confused eyes, sighed slightly, and sat cross-legged on the ground. The negative influence on his body had not completely dissipated. He needed to calm himself through breathing meditation to fight against it. That crazy idea that's ready to move.

Just as he closed his eyes, his consciousness suddenly noticed an abnormality. The man suddenly opened his eyes, turned his left hand, and swung out a long blue sword, turning into a ray of green light and stabbing into the earth wall in front of him on the left.

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Tang Ning escaped into the earth wall and quietly approached the man sitting cross-legged in the corner. Suddenly, he saw the man open his eyes. Knowing that he had been noticed, he hurriedly appeared. The sword light was already in front of him. He turned out the rhinoceros seal and faced him. Blue sword.

Under the collision between the two, the long sword's green light shrank and teetered.

When the man saw this, he flashed and turned into light, passing through the underground exit and fleeing away.

Although he didn't know the identity and purpose of the visitor, a monk from the other side who was in the middle stage of foundation building was able to find this place and sneak into the ground quietly. It was obvious that he was specifically coming for him and had bad intentions.

And the other party used the best spiritual weapon as soon as he took action. There must be an organization behind it. It was not as simple as a simple cultivator who accidentally ran into this place.

As a senior casual cultivator, he knew that with the resources and financial resources of a casual cultivator, it would be difficult to afford an item at the price of a top-quality spiritual weapon.

Regardless of whether the other party is a chamber of commerce, an aristocratic family, or a monk from a sect, his fate will be the same once he falls into their hands. Over the years, he has been hiding in Tibet in order not to reveal his secrets. For this reason, he has prepared multiple hiding places. There are still three cunning rabbits. Cave, let alone people.

Although this state once made him very distressed and painful, he still wanted to live. He firmly believed that as long as his cultivation level could be improved, he would be able to get rid of his strange situation. If he was caught before, the outcome could be imagined. Know.

There has never been benevolence and morality in the spiritual world. Those who arrested him would not sympathize with his plight and would only become the prey of others.

The man escaped from the underground exit, his thoughts racing in his mind.

Tang Ning saw him escaping from the underground and did not rush to catch up. The spiritual power in her body continued to be input into the rhinoceros seal. The black light swallowed up the light of the blue sword. With a soft "pang" sound, the blue sword fell from mid-air to the ground. , the brilliance around him dissipated, cracks spread at the tip of the sword, and the sword shattered to the ground.

This blue sword was only a middle-grade spiritual weapon, so how could it withstand the power of the rhinoceros seal? In addition, the man decisively abandoned his car to protect the commander, intending to use the long sword to drag him and help him escape.

Although this bought him some time, the long sword without the support of spiritual power was instantly shattered by the rhinoceros seal.

Tangning moved her hand, retracted the rhinoceros seal, and chased after his figure.

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The man turned into a ray of light and escaped from the underground. A figure flashed silently behind him. A golden giant ape stood behind him, with eyes like copper bells, golden hair fluttering in the wind, and a huge fist struck down.

Before the punch came, the powerful spiritual pressure caused a roaring sound in the wind. The man shouted loudly, his whole body glowed with golden light, and his bony arms were crossed in front of him.

With a "bang" sound, the man's body shot out like a cannonball, making a huge dent in the ground.

If an ordinary monk received such a blow, he would not die but would be seriously injured, and would definitely lose his combat effectiveness. However, the man was unscathed, and it was unknown what kind of skills he practiced. His body was very tough, and he jumped out of the pit with only a slight pause.

Before he could take off into the air, a huge golden staff fell from the sky. The man roared and blocked the golden staff with both hands. Half of his body was instantly smashed into the ground, and sweat dropped from his forehead.

The golden giant ape flashed, and then came to his side silently. His fist smashed down, and the man flew sideways, breaking dozens of thick giant trees, and fell to the ground, with his sternum broken.

Since there was no flesh below his head, only thin skin covering the white bones, the broken bones were visible to the naked eye. All of this happened between lightning and flint, and it only took a few breaths from the time he escaped from the ground to the time he was seriously injured.

The man's body fell limply. When he raised his head, he saw that the three middle-stage foundation-building monks who had never met before were already beside him, looking down at him like they were looking at fish on a board.