The sky is dark, the stars are twinkling, and a crescent moon hangs obliquely in the sky at dawn. Looking into the distance, you can see the jagged rocks in the distance, which are blurry and difficult to distinguish. There is always a dark wind passing by, and the thick weeds rise and fall with the wind, swaying endlessly.
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When the black fog cleared, what suddenly appeared in front of Xie Heng and Monk Kongchan was a large formation glowing with a faint blue light.
In the four directions of the southeast, northwest, and southeast of the formation, there are jingguans made of countless human heads. They are about seven feet high. At the top of each jingguan, there is an everlasting bronze lamp more than one foot high. The light is swaying.
In between, there was a faint blue light flashing.
Staring at the lamp oil of these ever-burning lamps, it seems that the material of the lamps should be made of the flesh and blood of some strange thing.
The four bronze lamps emitted a faint white light, like a giant bowl glowing with light blue light, covering an area of several thousand feet.
This formation gives people an extremely cold feeling, and the surrounding rocks are covered with a thin layer of frost.
"Is this the formation set up by fellow Taoist Xuanyuan?"
Xie Heng looked wary and asked with some confusion.
"Monk, do you know this formation?"
"Amitabha, the young monk is really a bit shallow in the battle method. My Taoist friends are laughing at it."
Monk Kongchan on the side raised his eyebrows after hearing this, clasped his hands together and said.
"Fellow Taoist, it's useless to talk more now. The current plan requires you and me to join the battle and find out once we find out."
When Xie Heng heard this, he nodded slightly and agreed.
The two came to the big formation and observed it carefully, but they were a little hesitant.
Xie Heng's heart moved, and he shook the Ruyi Bracelet in his left hand, and a half-inch magic sword suddenly appeared.
When Monk Kongchan saw Xie Heng's behavior, he immediately understood and quietly moved his position towards the back.
"Hey, even an honest monk can be dishonest sometimes."
Out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of Kongchan's actions. Xie Heng chuckled, and the honest monk Kongchan couldn't help but stagnate.
Xie Heng ignored Kong Chan, and instead waved his hand and struck the pale white barrier in front of him with a magic sword.
As soon as the magic sword came out, Xie Heng and Kong Chan instantly moved away from the formation and retreated ten feet away. They stared straight ahead.
"Ding~~"
A slight sound resounded in the ruins of Shushan. It was like a small stone thrown into the lake, causing ripples to spread in all directions.
At the same time, the magical sword also turned into a piece of blue ice at this moment and scattered all over the ground.
Seeing this scene, Kong Chan's eyebrows seemed to tighten a bit. Xie Heng on the other side couldn't help but praise:
"Fellow Daoist Xuanyuan is really good at it. He can actually arrange such a powerful formation."
"Fellow Taoist, what should we do now? We can't break the formation by force."
Kongchan's words made Xie Heng choke and speechless.
Just when the two of them frowned and were about to take action, a figure walked out of the light blue barrier.
"Xuanyuan Ling?"
"Spiritual Mark?"
Monk Kongchan and Xie Heng said in unison. The two of them looked at each other in confusion.
"Let's go over and have a look."
After the words fell, Xie Heng took the lead and flew towards "Xuanyuan Order".
"As expected, it's you, Mr. Xuanyuan."
Xie Heng looked at the spiritual mark in front of him and said with some surprise.
"Mr. Xie Heng, you are finally here."
"Xuanyuan Ling" looked at Xie Heng and Kong Chan in front of him and smiled slightly.
"This must be Master Kongchan from Mount Emei."
"Amitabha, the young monk Kongchan, has met the Xuanyuan almsgiver."
Looking at the "Xuanyuan Order" in front of him and the formation behind him, Xie Heng couldn't help but feel a little anxious. He asked coldly:
"Mr. Xuanyuan, specifically left a spiritual mark in this formation, waiting here to thank someone. I think it's not just as simple as reminiscing with me."
Seeing that Xie Heng looked a little impatient, "Xuanyuan Ling" laughed, stroked his beard and said:
"Mr. Xie is still so cheerful."
"Xuanyuan Ling" glanced at the formation behind him and continued.
"To be honest, this great formation behind you is actually our Xuanyuan royal family, specially used to suppress those evil sealing formations. However, I am not strong enough, and the power of this sealing formation is far less than that of our ancestors.
The power of."
"Xuanyuan Ling" paused, pointed at the formation behind him, and said.
"What is banned here is the remains of that monster Shu Cang."
"The wreckage? So, that monster Shu Cang is dead in the end?"
Hearing this, Xie Heng immediately stared at the spiritual mark in front of him and asked in a deep voice.
"Xuanyuan Ling" heard this and remained silent. After a while, he shook his head slightly and said:
"To be honest, I'm not sure whether Shu Cang has truly fallen."
"Um?"
As soon as the words "Xuanyuan Order" came out, Xie Heng and Monk Kongchan's hearts suddenly tightened.
"What do you mean by Mr. Xuanyuan's words?"
Monk Kongchan asked in confusion.
"Xuanyuan Ling" seemed to be lost in memories, and said slowly:
"When I arrived at Jinguan City, the Lord of Shangguan City reported to me that Shu Cang was not dead. Moreover, he was still absorbing the essence, blood and energy of living people to repair his true body."
"At that time, I knew that even if this rat Cang was still alive, he was just lingering on."
After saying this, "Xuanyuan Ling" looked at Xie Heng, cupped his fists and saluted, and said gratefully:
"On that day, I still have to thank you sir for your help in burning Shu Cang to the point of dying. Otherwise, the next person may not be able to deal with this evil obstacle alone."
"Mr. Xuanyuan, you're welcome. It's our duty to eliminate demons and protect the Tao. What happened next? Where did we find this evil obstacle?"
Xie Heng responded lightly, but he didn't care about the gratitude of "Xuanyuan Order".
Hearing this, "Xuanyuan Ling" also laughed.
"After all, Rat Cang is an ancient beast. Fortunately, I am a member of the royal family. With the help of Western Shu's humane luck, I finally found Rat Cang's hiding place in the ruins of Shu Mountain."
After saying this, "Xuanyuan Ling" also sighed slightly.
"It's a pity that this evildoer used secret techniques to cause the rat infestation to spread in Jinguan City, eventually leading to a great epidemic. In the end, he used his gang of disciples and disciples to absorb a large amount of human essence, blood, and energy for his recovery.
Injury."
"By the time I find this monster, his cultivation has actually returned to the foundation-building stage. If we are a few steps later, the consequences will be disastrous."
"Fortunately, his physical body was severely damaged, and one of his legs was cut off by Mr. Xie's fairy sword."
"Finally, I cut off all the remaining limbs and refined them into the lamp oil for the four bronze Hades lamps in the four-sided sealing formation."
A proud smile appeared on "Xuanyuan Ling's" face, as if he was very satisfied with what he had done.
"It can be regarded as a little interest collected from me."
Xie Heng and Monk Kongchan heard this and couldn't help but look at the four bronze lamps burning with blue flames.
"In the end, I completely shattered Shu Cang's legal body. However, the demon clan's legal body was originally cultivated after going through thirty-nine heavenly tribulations."
"And this Rat Cang is, after all, an ancient beast that became enlightened. Its body is not an ordinary five-element body, but an extremely rare special body that combines water, earth, and metal."
"Xuanyuan Ling" also shook his head and sighed.
"This multi-attribute magic body is very rare, and I am worried that if the demon clan knows that this rat-blue magic body is left in Western Shu, it will be a big trouble."
"So, we set up a large square seal formation in the ruins of Shushan Mountain to seal the rat-blue body. At the same time, we laid down a ghostly mist to prevent mortals from accidentally entering."
"Now, this rat-blue body is in the center of the formation. I'm using a black jade gourd to suppress it with the help of Xi Shu's human destiny. As for the innate soul, its whereabouts are unknown.
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After "Xuanyuan Order" was finished, Xie Heng and the others finally knew the origin of this formation and couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief.
Xie Heng suddenly remembered something and asked:
"I dare to ask Mr. Xuanyuan, why are all the corpses of the people sent into the formation? What does this mean? Could it be that this formation requires the bones of the people to maintain it?"
"I can't make this formation operate on its own with the help of the power of heaven and earth like my ancestors did. Therefore, I can only use the power of human blood to mobilize the destiny of the Xishu people to maintain the operation of the formation.
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Having said this, "Xuanyuan Ling" bowed deeply to Xie Heng and Kong Chan.
"What does this mean?"
Seeing "Xuanyuan Ling" suddenly perform this grand ceremony, Kong Chan asked with some confusion.
"Xuanyuan Ling would like to ask two descendants of the Immortal Sect for help."
"Mr. Xuanyuan, there is no need to be so polite. Please tell me that Mr. Xie and Brother Kongchan will definitely help you."
"Mr. Xie is so refreshing. To be honest, because of the plague of rats, the resentment and hostility in the Western Shu area are also constantly growing, and there are subtle changes."
"Now, I am also using this formation to seal all the ferocious evil spirits in the Xishu area within the formation. However, this is not a long-term solution after all."
"I would like to invite two of you, for the sake of innocent people, to clear away this resentment and violence and return a peaceful and peaceful environment to our people in Xishu. On behalf of the hundreds of millions of people in Xishu, I can't thank you enough."
Having said this, "Xuanyuan Ling" bowed deeply once again.
After Xie Heng and Monk Kongchan looked at each other, they both nodded solemnly.
"We agreed to this matter, please rest assured Mr. Xuanyuan."
"In that case, I would like to thank you two fellow Taoists."
After "Xuanyuan Order" received a satisfactory answer, this ray of spiritual consciousness slowly dissipated, as if it had never appeared before.
The moment the spiritual mark dissipated, Xuanyuan Ling, who was far away in the imperial capital, finally let out a long sigh of relief, and a satisfied smile appeared on his face, but there was something hidden in this smile that made people's hair stand on end.
"Oops, there are people missing in Jinguan City, and you haven't asked yet?"
Monk Kongchan wanted to say something else, but at this moment, the light blue barrier suddenly cracked open.
Xie Heng and Kong Chan looked at each other and stepped into the formation. When they entered, the cracks in the barrier suddenly closed, as if they had never existed.
And outside the barrier, a thick ghostly fog instantly filled the air.