Chapter 181 Tai Sui teaches the bait

Chapter 181 Tai Sui teaches the bait

Chapter 181 Tai Sui teaches the bait
Chen Huangpi originally came to look for a fishing rod.

Now I've been sucked into this strange world.

Although he thought it was a bit weird, he never expected it to be this weird.

That little girl is even more weird than him.

Even the villagers in this village are all wrong.

Even Chen Huangpi opened his evil eye and used it to observe this strange village.

But the evil eye didn't see anything wrong.

The villagers are all human beings, and they are all monks.

This village is also a village.

Everything seemed so normal...

Arriving at the village chief's house, Chen Huangpi took a deep look at the ancestral hall in the deepest part of the village.

At the door of the ancestral hall.

The little girl who brought the two villagers into the village was now walking towards the ancestral hall.

Just like what happened when Chen Huangpi followed her to this village.

“Perhaps all the villagers in this village came here in this way.”

Chen Huangpi thought to himself, "But those people are different from me. They don't have hidden magical powers, nor do they have the ability to kill the little girl's father."

From beginning to end, Chen Huangpi never came out of the hiding power of the brass oil lamp.

Although he felt that the little girl was so weird.

It is certainly impossible to be completely ignorant of one's own existence.

But he still refused to show up, just as a kind of consolation.

Thinking of this, Chen Huangpi no longer hesitated and walked directly into the village chief's house.

Wait until he goes in.

A gust of cold wind blew, and the door slowly closed, making a creaking sound that made one's teeth ache.

In the house.

Chen Huangpi saw the dark-skinned village chief again.

The village chief was sitting cross-legged on the ground in the middle of the room. With him as the center, the wooden floor, stone walls, and wooden planks were all covered with distorted symbols.

There was a faint smell of blood in the air.

Chen Huangpi was full of doubts and was about to ask a question.

The village chief suddenly stretched out a finger and made a hushing sound to his lips.

Afterwards, there was no other movement.

So Chen Huangpi had no choice but to stand there and wait.

Time passed little by little.

When Chen Huangpi was getting a little impatient, the village chief finally stood up.

Then, the first thing he said was: "She was watching outside just now, and I didn't dare to communicate with you. Now she has left. Wait for me for a moment, and I will complete the formation on the door."

As he said that, the village chief walked quickly to the door, then put his right hand together with a sword finger, and scratched the tip of the sword finger with the nail of his thumb, and bright red blood oozed out from the wound.

It was at this time that Chen Huangpi noticed that the fingertips of the village chief's hands were covered with wounds.

On the side of the door through which he came in, some symbols became damaged as the door opened and closed.

The village chief wrote symbols on the door with his own blood.

Chen Huangpi's eyes flickered.

He understood the meaning of those symbols, which had the effect of isolating and warding off evil spirits.

The entire interior of the room was painted with such symbols, which formed a formation with each other. It did not require spiritual energy to activate, but only needed blood to maintain.

"Spiritual energy is poisonous. You must not touch it."

An indescribable bitterness emerged on the dark and old face of the village chief: "Otherwise, you will be like those villagers, trapped in this evil village forever and become a part of that ghost thing."

Chen Huangpi frowned and said, "Those villagers are part of that little girl? What about you?"

"I'm not yet."

The village chief smiled bitterly and said, "That damn thing is a bait, and this world is a fish pond. There are powerful people who use that bait to fish, but they are not fishing for ants like you and me who are not even small fish."

"For us, the spiritual energy here is the bait."

"The more spiritual energy you absorb, the more time you will be taken away from."

In this world reflected in the water.

Any cultivator who comes here will regard this place as a paradise.

Because there is spiritual energy here.

As long as you have spiritual energy, you can continue to practice.

You can survive.

But the more you practice with the spiritual energy of this place, the more you will be trapped in it.

The more you absorb, the smaller your scope of activities in this place will be.

This is the reason why some villagers can only move within a few dozen steps, while others can walk out of the village to the river.

It's like they're stuck in a time loop.

The length of this cycle is determined by the amount of spiritual energy absorbed.

However, after listening to the words of the village chief, Chen Huangpi felt relieved.

Because his skills have always been practiced automatically, he doesn't have to worry about it at all, and he doesn't need any spiritual energy or popularity. He only needs to refine his five internal organs to produce essence.

So he didn't absorb any spiritual energy.

"Huang Er, Ah Gui, and Jin Jiao, you guys didn't absorb the spiritual energy, did you?"

Hear this.

The brass oil lamp said in a trembling voice: "Ah ghost, did you inhale?"

The latter nodded with difficulty.

"Then I feel relieved. I smoked it too."

The brass oil lamp looked at Jinjiao again. Jinjiao had just opened his mouth wide, his face flushed, as he tried to spit out the spiritual energy.

Now, the brass oil lamp felt more at ease.

Seeing this, Chen Huangpi was shocked and angry and said, "You guys disappoint me so much. This place is so weird, but you act rashly. You are clearly holding me back!!"

The brass oil lamp complained, "God knows, who knew the spiritual energy in this place was wrong? Besides, I am not you. I am a magic weapon. What else can I absorb if not spiritual energy? Lamp oil? There is none here!" The soul-seeking ghost laughed miserably, "Master, if it were you, you would also be unable to resist taking a sip."

If there is no spiritual energy, that would be fine.

At worst, I won’t absorb it, but if I see spiritual energy.

Beings like the brass oil lamp and the soul-seeking ghost will instinctively begin to absorb spiritual energy and transform it into their own power.

"Jinjiao, what's wrong with you?"

Chen Huangpi said angrily: "You have eaten so many evil things, and you are still an alien, why do you want to absorb spiritual energy?"

Jinjiao lowered his head and gestured, "I think it would be a waste if I don't absorb this spiritual energy..."

"Okay, stop talking."

Chen Huangpi covered his face in despair, then took a deep breath and tried to calm himself down.

I just arrived at this damn place and haven't done anything yet.

Huang Er, A Gui and Jin Jiao have already been hit.

Fortunately, I didn’t absorb that spiritual energy.

Otherwise, this time it’s really over.

And just then.

The village chief seemed to have thought of something and suddenly said, "Daoyou, the person that ghost said ate her father earlier shouldn't be you, right?"

Chen Huangpi said vaguely: "Does it matter whether it is or not?"

"That fish has some cultivation..."

"Hahaha!"

Chen Huangpi laughed and said, "Village Chief, you have extraordinary cultivation and broad knowledge. If you absorb that spiritual energy, do you have any way to resolve it?"

The village chief listened to what Chen Huangpi said.

He suddenly fell silent.

After a long time, he said helplessly: "After absorbing the spiritual energy, it is useless to spit it out. From now on, you can only merge with that ghost thing. If you don't absorb much, the ghost thing will not look for you for the time being."

"But if you don't become an immortal, your life span will be limited."

"If you want to survive, you can only absorb spiritual energy to break through the realm."

“This is a vicious cycle.”

Chen Huangpi glanced at the brass oil lamp, the soul-claiming ghost, and the golden horn.

The brass oil lamp's expression eased slightly.

The soul-claiming ghost breathed a sigh of relief.

Only Jinjiao widened his eyes.

Well, it looks like the little girl will come to see us tonight.

Chen Huangpi said again: "Village chief, that ghost thing is only at the Golden Core stage. Didn't you and other villagers try to kill her?"

"I have killed him, and more than once."

The village chief looked a little dazed, as if recalling what happened in the past: "But she always came back to life, and every time she came back to life, something bad would happen. We could only start offering sacrifices to the river god. The river god eats people, and the people who are eaten will turn into that strange fish."

Chen Huangpi understood.

Those strange fish actually had nothing to do with the little girl.

It’s just that the little girl just treated him as a relative.

"We will offer sacrifices to the river god tomorrow. By then, that ghost thing will have a father, or a pair of parents, or maybe grandparents or other relatives."

The village chief explained: "Daoyou, I won't hide it from you. I killed that ghost thing once in the morning."

"Because a group of evil spirits came in from the outside world. This is the first time."

"If you and I work together, we might have a chance to escape from here."

After killing the evil creature once, sacrifices to the river god will begin the next day.

And if we can obtain the evil spirit and offer sacrifices to the river god, there will be a chance for us to escape from this haunted place.

Chen Huangpi said in confusion: "Village Chief, where exactly is the evil you are talking about? Since I entered the village, I have only seen villagers."

The village chief said: "You will be able to see it after nightfall, but I can't help you then. You have to do it yourself. If you fail this time, you will have to wait until the next time a monk is involved here."

Only the cultivators who have just arrived at this place, have not absorbed much spiritual energy, and have not been turned into a part of it by that ghost thing, can have their own time and go out at night.

Chen Huangpi asked again: "You are at the level of a spirit, why don't you do it yourself? And you said you are not part of that ghost thing yet, could it be that you just came in not long ago?"

"No, I've been in here longer than you can imagine."

The village chief said painfully, "I was originally an elder of the Tai Sui Sect. I was not in the sect when the world changed. When I realized that the spiritual energy had disappeared and wanted to go back, I found that the Daqian Immortal Dynasty was gone. I couldn't go back, so I could only look for a place to live."

"I heard that the man from the Great Qian Immortal Dynasty was in the Shiwan Mountains, so I wanted to ask him to take me in."

“But as soon as I arrived at the Shiwan Mountains, I ran into a Taoist wearing a golden mask throwing countless poison pills into the river. The Taoist was very powerful, and he only glanced at me, and I fell into the world in the river.”

"I used to be an immortal, but you see, I am only at the level of a spirit being now."

"I have killed too many of them to fight against that evil thing. Now there is nothing left to kill."

Chen Huangpi heard the village chief's words.

It was like a bolt from the blue.

Chen Huangpi instinctively wanted to say something.

But when the words came to his lips, they turned into: "I have never heard of the Tai Sui Sect, nor the Daqian Immortal Dynasty, what a crazy name."

The village chief shook his head and said, "The ten thousand immortals coming to pay homage must be the Great Qian Immortal Dynasty, but that is all in the past. Evil spirits will appear at night. I don't know where they will be, but I think they should appear in the houses in the village."

"I can't go out at night or that damn thing will come and find me."

"Don't look for me at night. Once you have caught those evil spirits, bring them to see me tomorrow morning."

Chen Huangpi said: "Words are not enough. If I really bring evil to you, and you don't fulfill your promise, I can't do anything to you."

The village chief said, "But if I tell you how to escape, and you catch the evil and don't come to me, then I won't be able to do anything to you."

"I could have sworn it."

Chen Huangpi blinked and said, "I swear."

The village chief shook his head and said, "There are ways to get around the oath. Let's sign a document and follow what it says."

As he spoke, the village chief took out a yellowed booklet.

"This item is called the Soul-Catching Book. It is essentially the roll call in the hands of the Ten Yama Kings in the underworld. My Tai Sui Sect once had an old relationship with a Yama King, so I copied a batch of them. Although they are not as useful as those, they are sufficient to be used as a constraint for oaths."

Chen Huangpi said, "What a coincidence! I also have one of your Soul Seducing Books. Why don't you sign mine?"

(End of this chapter)