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The mountain is not steep, and there are sparse trees. The light of the stars and the moon shines through, shining on the winding path. Chen Jianchen and the others will not go up the mountain on two legs, but on Ying Ning. He cast a spell and led Chen Jianchen up quickly. As for Xiao Xie, she had already run back to the painting, but she was afraid of being discovered by the soul-enchanting crow.
——The soul-enchanting crow has an unusually keen sense of the existence of ghosts.
After a while, I reached the top of the mountain and hid quietly behind a huge rock. I looked out and saw a cliff more than ten feet away. Countless crows were circling and croaking. Fortunately, Chen Jianchen and Ying Ning had arrived early. If you are prepared, you plug your ears with soft cloth, which can effectively isolate and filter out the huge and incomparable noise.
In order to prevent being discovered, Ying Ning also set up a small formation on the spot to cover up his own aura fluctuations - Kunlun spells. His best skill was formation spells.
At this time, the flying speed of the crows all over the sky suddenly accelerated, and they formed a large circle very regularly, layer upon layer. It looked like a vortex formed by waves, wide at the top and pointed at the bottom, spreading down from the cliff. As for the bottom The situation cannot be understood for a while.
What on earth are these seducing crows doing here?
Chen Jianchen was very depressed. Fortunately, it was located in a barren mountain and there was no one around a hundred miles away. Otherwise, if such a commotion was made, many people would be frightened and run away.
Suddenly, the formation of the crows changed again, the vortex divided into two halves, and then slowly rose upwards.
As the height increased, the situation of the crows below was finally clearly visible, which made people stunned.
A coffin!
A huge black coffin appeared in the center of the crows - and saw a large number of crows, like moving ants. They actually used their mouths, claws, and tried every method they could to get it from the cliff. Such a huge coffin was excavated underground!
This scene is extremely visually impactful. The temple
Even though Chen Jianchen had already made many psychological guesses and preparations in his mind, he still couldn't help but feel a little dazed at this time, and his thinking fell into a stagnant state for a short period of time.
Nothing else, just because the situation that was happening right before my eyes was so unexpected.
Hundreds of soul-catching crows flew in groups to such an unknown barren mountain just to move a coffin from the cliff. What kind of trouble was this?
The coffin was unusually huge, roughly estimated at no less than three to four hundred kilograms. It was lifted up by countless crows, flew in the air, and then slowly flew towards the south.
The crow carries the coffin!
During this period, Chen Jianchen and Ying Ning did nothing to avoid disturbing the situation. After waiting for about half an hour, the crows slowly receded, and then they walked out from behind the rock.
Chen Jianchen looked thoughtful and murmured: "I didn't expect that it would be such a result."
Yingning also felt strange: "Master, it seems very strange."
"It's very weird. Well, where's Xiao Xie? Ask her if she knows anything?"
Soon, Xiao Xie appeared from the painting again, but she knew nothing about the mystery of the coffins carrying the coffin; it seemed that she needed to wait for news from Wang Chenghuang.
After this incident, Chen Jianchen lost sleep, returned to the dilapidated Tutu Temple, lit the bonfire again, and stared at the fire in a daze.
No more incidents happened overnight.
The next day, Chen Jianchen and Ying Ning continued their journey, all the way north. Along the way, they saw that the villages were in dilapidated condition, people's livelihood was in decline, and ten houses were empty. It had reached a very serious situation.
When the people are in dire straits, it is often a precursor to the failure of the country. The entire Tiantong Dynasty is now like a powder keg in a dangerous state. As long as there is a fuse, it will explode.
On this day, we came to the northern junction of Jiangzhou and Zhezhou, which belongs to the Black Mountain Mountains.
The Black Mountain Mountains stretch for hundreds of miles, and are a notoriously poor place. There are not many people living nearby, and the production is quite poor. ""
When Wang Chenghuang replaced Hou Qing and came here to become the mountain god, it was actually a disguised form of derogation. Without a sufficient base of common people, it was impossible to obtain enough incense and telepathy. However, when he came here, he actually managed to become a huge force and transformed into a new person.
, turned into an old monster from Montenegro.
Normally, when Chen Jianchen went north to the capital, he didn't need to go this way. There was another way. However, they naturally had an ulterior motive in taking a detour.
The terrain is barren, there are no people around, the roads are rugged, and as far as you can see, there are knee-high weeds. The night wind blows, and it is desolate and desolate. Coupled with the occasional appearance of white bones, it is simply a ghostly place.
Chen Jianchen had already checked the information. Although this area was remote and desolate in the past, it was by no means like this. Now it is such a miserable situation with no roosters crowing for thousands of miles, it is silent, and even the thieves can't be seen - even the thieves have to make ends meet.
Yeah, who would choose such a place where birds don’t poop to be the king of the mountain?
Chen Jianchen also discovered that even traces of birds and animals were very rare in this area, and it was completely silent, resembling the ruins caused by war.
This world, unknowingly, has undergone some terrible changes...
Chen Jianchen sighed and felt bright in his heart: The various phenomena before the fall of the country were like lice on a gorgeous brocade robe, jumping out one after another.
There was no place to stay, so I had to find a covered place to spend the night. While searching, I finally saw a collapsed building, which turned out to be an inn.
This inn has been abandoned for I don’t know how many years, and only half of the front facade has collapsed. But its existence clearly proves that this place used to be a place for transportation and travel.
After picking up a pile of firewood, lighting a fire, and eating dry food to fill their stomachs - when they arrived at the land under the jurisdiction of Heishan, Xiao Xie did not dare to appear rashly, and it was safer to stay inside the painting.
A lone moon cast a cold light. In the middle of the post station, where weeds grew, several human bones were exposed. When illuminated by the moonlight, they looked white and frightening.
Chen Jianchen sat cross-legged, his mind moved, and he said: "Ying Ning, Wang Chenghuang has faith."
Yingning said: "Okay."
Chen Jianchen closed his eyes, but he did not use the function of the Yin Yang Warm Jade to enter the Yin Division here. Instead, Wang Chenghuang came directly to the door through a dream.
"It doesn't make sense! It doesn't make sense!"
As soon as he appeared, Wang Chenghuang shouted loudly, with a look of anger on his face.
Chen Jianchen frowned: "Old Wang, what happened?"
Wang Chenghuang said quickly: "Sir, I listened to your order and came to the Black Mountain to understand the situation in the name of inspection. The clinker can't even see Hou Qing's face. This guy said he wants to practice in seclusion and not see outsiders."
Chen Jianchen said displeasedly: "You are his boss!"
When a boss comes to see a subordinate, the subordinate actually refuses to see him. This is not as simple as rudeness, but simply wanton behavior and unbridled contempt.
Wang Chenghuang smiled bitterly and said: "I got mad at that time and was about to have an attack. Unexpectedly, a flying yaksha appeared out of nowhere. I saw something was wrong, so I had to endure my anger, say goodbye and walk away."
"Flying Yaksha?"
Chen Jianchen asked curiously.
Wang Chenghuang sighed: "This is an evil ghost. I can't defeat it. I really didn't expect Hou Qing to have such powerful subordinates."
After his explanation, Chen Jianchen finally understood the concept of Feitian Yaksha: The so-called Feitian Yaksha is not a ghost, but a ghost made from the human body using special methods. The whole body is pitch black, the head is like a hump, and the back is like a hump.
It has fleshy wings that can be contracted and expanded, and can fly into the sky and escape from the ground.
Since it is not a ghost, it even dares to appear in the human world in broad daylight. It mainly feeds on the flesh and blood of living people, and has some similarities with zombies. But compared to zombies that are slow in movement and have almost zero intelligence, Feitian Yaksha is many times better.
His power is endless, his instincts are strong, and he can also learn Taoism.
The method of refining Yaksha has always existed only in the Yins. It is a magic that is not spread to other people. Even Wang Chenghuang does not know about it.
Hou Qing has a flying yaksha at his disposal. Could it be that it actually mastered the method of refining yaksha?
Chen Jianchen's heart moved and he immediately told what he saw about the crows carrying the coffin.
After listening, Wang Chenghuang stamped his feet and said in silence: "So, this matter is most likely true."
To refine a yaksha, the first thing is to find raw materials for a human body - this human body cannot be an ordinary person in the first place. An ordinary human body does not meet the conditions to become the material, and the bones and flesh are not suitable. The most suitable one is to be a cultivator.
, the stronger the cultivation level, the better the quality of the material; of course, the stronger the cultivation level, the harder it is to find.
Secondly, the person cannot be dead when refining. Once a person dies and their livelihood is cut off, the body's mechanism will undergo irreversible decline, and at the same time, the conditions for becoming a material will be lost;
Finally, after obtaining the ideal body, it will be sealed in a special coffin, and then transported to a place with great evil and buried...
It can be said that it is not easy to refine a flying Yaksha; and some defective products that are not successful enough may become Yakshas whose strength is one level lower and cannot fly.
From what Chen Jianchen saw, combined with Wang Chenghuang's explanation, we can draw a conclusion: Hou Qing has mastered the method of refining Yasha and is implementing it. More successful works have been produced, and he has become an effective subordinate.
The situation is becoming more and more complicated.
Chen Jianchen asked: "Lao Wang, what will be the result if you report this matter to the City of Fusi?"
Wang Chenghuang shook his head and smiled bitterly: "The officials of the Yin Division enjoy the right to freely develop their strength, so the Ten Palaces of Yama will not care about it. At most, they will punish Hou Qing for disrespecting his superiors, which is very trivial. At that time, those who make people laugh can only
It's me."
Don’t forget, the deadline for the City God Competition is coming soon.
"Sir, you have to make the decision for me!"
The only person Wang Chenghuang can rely on now is Chen Jianchen. At this time, he feels more and more lucky to have boarded a boat like Chen Jianchen. As a ghost cultivator, he has been crawling around in the underworld for countless years and has experienced countless things. He has become a mature man.
Yes, survival is his bottom line and limit.
Chen Jianchen said: "Lao Wang, after you go back, gather all the available troops and horses, and then wait for my order."
This was the time for surgery. Wang Chenghuang was overjoyed. He already had a superstitious respect for Chen Jianchen's righteousness, and he quickly nodded and obeyed.