After following Wu Chenzi through the grass for a short distance, I saw Wen Qingshan and others. At this moment, Wen Qingshan and Guiyan Chen were sitting cross-legged, with their upper bodies bare and their eyes closed, as if they were regulating their breath.
I stepped forward and took a look, and then I discovered that the five acupuncture points on their bodies - Baihui, Fengchi, Tanzhong, Qihai, and Guanyuan - were all inserted with silver needles. Only then did I realize that the old ghost was helping them drain out the blood.
Residue poison in the body.
The old ghost saw Mo Ziyang following me and asked alertly: "Who is this old man?"
I quickly made an introduction, then walked to the stone beasts on the side, turned to Mo Ziyang and said, "Mr. Mo, you said the key to cracking this strange palace formation is these two stone beasts?"
Mo Ziyang stepped forward, looked at the stone beasts in front of him carefully, frowned and said: "As the saying goes, to untie the bell, you must tie the bell. Since this strange palace formation was created because of these two stone beasts,
Yes, then the key clues to cracking this formation must naturally be found from these two stone beasts."
As soon as Mo Ziyang finished speaking, the old ghost said disdainfully: "Aren't you talking nonsense! Who doesn't know that the key to cracking this magic circle is these two stone beasts, but if you can't understand the words engraved on the stone beasts,
The magical incantation, I’m afraid even the gods can’t break this magic circle.”
"Haha, that's not necessarily the case!"
"What do you mean? Do you know how to read magic spells?"
Mo Ziyang smiled and said: "Haha, how can I do this? However, after all, the magic spell is just a kind of writing. Although this kind of writing can activate some mysterious power, it does not contain power in itself.
Therefore, the real power that forms this magic circle is very likely to be within the bodies of these two stone beasts."
I was slightly startled, and immediately reached out and patted one of the stone beasts a few times, and said doubtfully: "Mr. Mo, do you mean to say that the bodies of these two stone beasts are hollow?"
Mo Ziyang nodded and said: "To be honest, I have carefully studied these two stone beasts and found that their weight is not commensurate with their body shapes. They are almost one-third lighter than stone beasts of the same size.
One, the only explanation is that the body of the stone beast is hollow."
"So, you've weighed these two stone beasts?" The old ghost didn't seem to believe what Mo Ziyang said. In fact, I couldn't believe it either. The two stone beasts were at least as big as mine.
They weigh thousands of kilograms, so who would think of weighing them?
Mo Ziyang said: "I have been guarding these two stone beasts for more than thirty years. In order to find out what they are, I have naturally worked hard. I can say that I have a clear understanding of their size and weight.
However, the information I have is still only on the surface. I have also thought about finding someone to break open the stone beasts to see what is in their stomachs, but I am afraid that doing so will cause some trouble.
I still don’t dare to act rashly.”
Mo Ziyang's words made the old ghost also interested. He walked to one of the stone beasts and inspected it carefully, but found nothing.
He raised his head and said: "I said you are kidding us! This stone beast is completely integrated and was hand-carved by ancient craftsmen. There are no gaps in the stone beast. How could the craftsmen remove its belly?"
It’s empty.”
Mo Ziyang pointed at the stone beast's wide-open mouth and said: "Who said there is no gap? Isn't its mouth wide open? How on earth did the craftsmen who carved the stone beast empty out the belly of the stone beast? I have no idea.
I know, but you may not believe it when I tell you. I once poured water into the mouth of a stone beast. I filled four full tanks of water, but the water did not overflow from the mouth of the stone beast. I don’t know where it went.
Already."
"Is there such a thing?" Mo Ziyang's words surprised me a little. I tried to put my clenched fist into the stone beast's mouth, and found that the space in the stone beast's mouth was indeed not small. I could do it with just one fist.
It was very easy to reach in. It seems that there is indeed a secret hidden in the stone beast.
It's a pity that we don't have the corresponding tools at hand to break open the stone beast. It's not easy to figure out what's in the stone beast's belly. After thinking about it, I came up with a way, which is to let Wuchenzi escape from the stone beast.
The open mouth dived into its body.
Wuchenzi is an imageless ghost spirit. He is not bound by space and can enter the small space inside the stone beast. However, I am also a little worried, because after all, I don’t know what is inside the stone beast. If Wuchenzi enters it rashly,
I'm just afraid of danger.
I hesitantly told Wu Chenzi my idea. Unexpectedly, Wu Chenzi also had this intention. He was not worried about what would happen to him inside the stone beast. He said nothing more and immediately turned into a black mist. From the stone beast, he
The open mouth dived into the stone beast's body.
Time passed by minute by second, and I don’t know how long it took, but Wuchenzi still didn’t come out of the stone beast. I couldn’t help but get a little anxious. I walked to the stone beast, raised my hand and knocked on the stone beast, and shouted loudly.
He shouted: "Senior Wuchenzi, what's going on inside?"
After waiting for a while, there was no response.
An ominous premonition suddenly arose in my heart, and I said worriedly: "Senior Wuchenzi has been in there for so long, could something unexpected happen to him?"
The old ghost comforted me and said, "Don't worry, the ghost Taoist priest is not that powerful. He will definitely be safe and sound."
"But if he was fine, why did he go in for so long? And he didn't respond when I called him."
The old ghost pondered for a moment, then raised his head and said, "Since you are so worried about the safety of the ghost Taoist priest, I will help you go in and investigate."
When I heard this, I couldn't help but be slightly startled and said in surprise: "Senior Old Ghost, do you know the art of mist formation?"
The old ghost glared at me: "What are you talking about! I'm not a ghost!"
"Then how do you plan to get in?"
"I didn't say go in personally!" The old ghost said this, and took out a black wooden box from his body, not much bigger than a matchbox.
The black wooden box looked small and exquisite, but for such a small wooden box, I had no idea what was inside. I couldn't help but curiously asked: "Senior Old Ghost, what are you doing?"
The old ghost didn't say much, but opened the wooden box. When I looked inside, I couldn't help being surprised. I saw curled up inside the wooden box was a millipeded insect with a black body and a red head.
The millipede looks a bit like a centipede. It is curled up in the wooden box and motionless. It is not clear whether it is dead or just asleep.
The old ghost carefully placed the wooden box into the stone beast's wide-open mouth, then took out a piccolo about half a foot long from his waist, placed it next to his mouth and started blowing.
I do recognize that piccolo. It is an insect flute that can drive snakes, insects, rats, and ants. As soon as the beautiful flute sound sounded, the millipede long insect curled up in the wooden box immediately woke up from its slumber, quickly climbed out of the wooden box, and headed towards
Crawling deep into the stone beast's big mouth.
Seeing this, Mo Ziyang on the side was stunned. He didn't know that the old ghost was proficient in the long-lost art of insect language, which I was already used to.
The millipede quickly disappeared from our sight. The old ghost continued to play the insect flute for a while, then slowly closed his eyes, as if he was feeling something seriously.
I know that the old ghost is actually using the senses of the thousand-legged insect to detect the situation inside the stone beast. Only those who have reached the ultimate level of insect language can have this ability.
However, the old ghost once told me before that using the insect's sensory ability is actually a more dangerous thing, because he must integrate his soul consciousness with the thousand-legged insect, and in this way, Once something unexpected happened to that millipede, it might involve him.
In order not to affect him, I stood aside and just looked at him quietly, not daring to speak or even breathe too heavily. Mo Ziyang felt a little puzzled, so he opened his mouth and whispered to me: "He What is this doing?"
I quickly put my index finger next to my mouth to signal him not to speak.
Mo Ziyang couldn't ask any more questions, so he could only stare at the old ghost.
After a while, Wen Qingshan and Guiyan Chen, who were sitting aside to exorcise the remaining poison from their bodies, opened their eyes one after another, because they had been performing acupuncture just now, and in order to ensure the effect of acupuncture, they entered trance. state, so he didn't know that the old ghost was using the millipede to explore the stone beast's body, and he didn't even know that I was back. Seeing that I was safe and sound, Wen Qingshan asked in surprise: "Shi Yu, where did you go just now?"
I was about to answer when the old ghost suddenly shouted "Wow". As soon as I turned my head, I saw him spraying a mouthful of blood on the stone beast.
His body staggered, and I quickly stepped forward to hold him up.
Wen Qingshan, Guiyan Chen and Mo Ziyang were all shocked when they saw this. They quickly gathered together. Guiyan Chen asked eagerly: "Second brother, what's going on?"
I said seriously: "Senior Laogui, something might have happened to that millipede!"
"Millipede? What millipede?" Wen Qingshan was confused when he heard this.
I didn't bother to explain to him any more, so I quickly took out a rejuvenating pill with the effect of reviving the dead from my bag and stuffed it into the old ghost's mouth.
The old ghost frowned and chewed a few times, then swallowed the pill directly into his stomach. After a while, he gradually recovered. He looked up at me and said in a slightly labored tone: " You...you gave me something to eat...what did you eat? Why is it so bad..."
"It's the Rejuvenation Pill! This thing has the miraculous effect of bringing the dead back to life. I think you seem to have been severely injured, so I quickly feed you one. The taste is a bit unpleasant, but good medicine is bitter! Don't mind it!" At this point, I asked: "How are you feeling now?"
The old ghost sat up, wiped the remaining blood at the corner of his mouth, took a deep breath, and said: "I won't die for a while! Don't feed me these messy things next time!"