The night was getting darker. After eating dry food, all the soldiers, except for a few night watchmen, began to rest around the bonfire with their eyes closed.

In the deserted land here, the temperature is very high during the day, but at night it is still slightly colder. Fortunately, this environment is better than the desert, and the temperature between day and night is not extremely high.

Zou Heng sat cross-legged next to the fire, closing his eyes tightly, his chin sagging slightly, but his chest and abdomen did not see any ups and downs, as if he was not breathing.

At this time, Zou Heng was, of course, practicing at this time of night. The fundamental method he practiced was called "Quiet Method". When practicing, the whole person would enter an extremely quiet state and improve himself.

At the same time as he uses his magic power, his body functions will become very slow and he will become very sensitive to the surrounding things. Zou Heng can feel any slightest movement within a range of about twenty meters.

He studied with his previous master for more than two years. Even though Zou Heng had a very good talent, he was diligent and studious and learned a lot. However, after all, the training time was still a bit short, and many masters accepted apprentices.

, unless they are true heirs to the mantle, they are used to holding back and will not teach powerful skills right away.

Zou Heng, who is currently in the realm of practicing magic, has performed very well since his appearance until now. However, in fact, the number of magic skills he has mastered is not very many. Most of them are minor skills. In addition to the basic skills of cultivation,

There are only two real spells.

That is to say, Zou Heng knew the importance of the basics. During the more than two years of studying before following him, in addition to the opportunity to learn spells, he spent the rest of his time laying a solid foundation as much as possible and mastering what a warlock wants to do.

I have a very solid grasp of some basic knowledge.

There is a very obvious difference between the warlocks in this world and the cultivators in the myths and legends of the previous life. The cultivators in the myths and legends of the previous life focused on cultivating immortals and pursuing the Tao in the underworld.

When Zou Heng was studying with his previous master, he never heard his master say a word about how to seek the Tao. The ideas he was taught were all pragmatism. He was either pursuing the Tao in the dark, or pursuing more powerful techniques.

Law, master more powerful power.

Under this concept, the spells mastered by warlocks are all very practical and have various magical and strange effects. According to conditions such as power and practicality, the levels of spells are also very clearly divided.

The lowest level is the minor technique. For example, the water diversion technique performed by Zou Heng before is just a minor technique.

The power of spells at the level of minor arts is usually very limited. When performing them, you may need to use some equipment, which has certain restrictions.

However, the functions of small techniques are various and can cover almost all aspects. When used in real life, the actual effects are very great.

Above minor arts, that is the level of spells. Spells of this level are more powerful. Of course, the difficulty of practicing them is also more difficult than minor arts.

Above the magic, there is Taoism, which is more powerful and of course more difficult to practice. Some Taoisms also have some conditions for practice, and not every warlock can practice them.

The thing that is more powerful than Taoist magic is called magical power. This is a level that Zou Heng cannot reach for the time being. Even his previous master cannot touch the level of magical power. For the time being, he has nothing to do with this level of magic.

understood.

In addition to the levels of spells, there are actually certain realms for mastering a spell, which are generally divided into four realms.

The first is to get started. If you can release a technique, it can be regarded as getting started.

Then there is the realm of mastery. Mastering this technique very proficiently and being able to use it skillfully is called mastery.

Going up is to understand its true meaning, to master this technique to a very deep level, to understand the rules of the operation of the technique, to truly understand its true meaning, and to use it more freely, and even to be able to

It is slightly modified.

After the true meaning, there is traceability, which transcends the limitations of the technique itself and can be traced back to the deeper source of the technique, making it possible to master higher-level techniques.

For example, after practicing a small skill to the point where it can be traced back to its origin, it is very possible to trace back to its origin and understand a spell with similar effects.

Because there is a level of magic that can be traced back to the source, some warlocks believe that all the low-level magic in the world are actually split or simplified from higher-level magic, so they have mastered it.

To a certain extent, the original higher-level spell can be restored.

The total number of spells that Zou Heng has mastered so far is not large. The most profound ones he has mastered have only reached the level of mastery. None of the spells can obtain its true meaning, so for him, the following realms are difficult.

Still too far.

What he has to do now is to continue to improve his cultivation, first complete the task of repaying the favor order for his master, and then pursue other things.

Zou Heng circulated his weak magic power and tried his best to strengthen the magic power in his body. At the same time, his senses spread out and he paid attention to the disturbances around him.

The surroundings seem to be very quiet now, but in Zou Heng's current state of practicing the fundamental method, there are actually a lot of noisy sounds that he can perceive and hear.

The sounds of more than a hundred people breathing, the sound of burning flames, and the sound of wind blowing, all these are quiet and lively.

Zou Heng could even feel that as the night got deeper and deeper, the temperature of the passing cool breeze became lower and lower, and the several bonfires rising in the camp were no longer very bright due to the lack of combustibles.

Suddenly, Zou Heng felt someone moving, and then he opened his eyes, and then he saw several soldiers who were originally on guard, waking up several sleeping soldiers, and taking turns to rest.

Seeing this situation, Zou Heng closed his eyes again and continued to enter the state of cultivation.

About half an hour later, Zou Heng opened his eyes again. This time he stood up directly, and then looked around. He felt that there seemed to be something around him, approaching under the cover of the night.

There was nothing wrong with the area surrounded by the vermilion rope around the camp. The rope did not react at all. The remaining areas where the strange talisman was attached also had no change. However, Zou Heng felt that there must be something.

Something is coming closer.

Using the magic power in his body, Zou Heng stretched out his hands at the same time, and then pointed at the sword at the same time. He raised his hands to his eyes and shouted in a low voice.

"Open your eyes!"

As his hands passed across his eyes, Zou Heng's eyes seemed to be covered with a thin layer of green, just like the eyes of a wild beast that glowed faintly at night.

The pupils were covered with a thin layer of green color. When he looked around again, he could see the scene clearly in the dark night much more clearly than before. This is one of the effects of the eye-opening technique.

Although this technique is a minor technique, like the techniques of gathering water and diverting water, it is also one of the minor techniques that almost every warlock must learn to master, because with the help of this technique, the magician can see

See some things that ordinary people can't see, such as invisible evil spirits.

Zou Heng has already practiced this technique to the point of proficiency. It is considered to be the most advanced among the techniques he has mastered.

After performing the eye-opening technique, Zou Heng looked around again, and soon something abnormal happened.

In his eyes, the surroundings changed from pitch black to black and white. In this black and white, there were also a few faint traces of bloody aura. It was obvious that something was really approaching.

After confirming that something evil might really be approaching, Zou Heng didn't care about waking up the people around him. He directly pulled out a few burning logs from the fire in front of him, and then threw the logs out with all his strength.

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The burning firewood streaked through the darkness, and he threw it about ten meters, and finally fell to the ground. It did not cause any changes, but the wood still carrying the flames allowed Zou Hengjiang to see the surrounding situation more clearly.

Zou Heng vaguely seemed to see a figure. It should have a human shape, but its body seemed a bit broken and it seemed to be stained with blood.

He didn't see that figure very clearly. After the firelight flickered, the figure disappeared. Seeing this figure, Zou Heng was now completely sure that they had definitely encountered something evil.

Following his actions just now, many soldiers in the camp have now been awakened by him, and Li Sheng has come to his side, holding a long knife in his hand, with a trace of murderous intent on his body.

"Have you encountered something evil?" Li Sheng asked softly.

Hearing this, Zou Heng nodded slightly.

"Is it great?" Li Sheng narrowed his eyes and then continued to ask.

"It's not very clear yet, but judging from the fact that it didn't take action directly, it shouldn't be too powerful. It's not just You who can appear in the wilderness here. I estimate that it may be a resentment-level evil, and there are generals here.

, if you are careful, you can handle it!" Zou Heng replied.

"Resentment level, that's okay!" After Li Sheng heard this, the pressure in his heart eased a little, but he didn't take it lightly. After all, when encountering evil, no matter what level it is, you must not be careless, because you don't know at all.

, what method will the evil spirits you encounter use to attack?

Zou Heng glanced around a few more times, but was unable to find any trace of Xie Yi. However, at this time, the several flaming firewood he had just thrown out were suddenly extinguished at the same time, and then the vermilion firewood around the camp was

The rope and the feeling were different, and they burned almost at the same time.
Chapter completed!