Chapter 159 Soul Devouring Ghost Gu

Within the jurisdiction of Chihuanghou State, there is only one city, Yannan City, south of Qinghe County.

Obviously, the city in front of them is everyone's destination.

This Yannan City is only one mile square. To the north of the city is a small lake with a radius of more than ten miles, which is Gray Wild Goose Lake.

Liu Yuanchen had never been here before, that is, he lived for a while in Jin'ao Lake, which is more than a hundred miles away.

Gray Goose Lake is also formed by the convergence of several streams, the largest of which is called Hongyan River.

And Yannan City is really built at the mouth of the Hongyan River flowing into Gray Yan Lake.

Soon, the warship landed in front of the west gate of Yannan City. There were only two soldiers guarding the gate.

Apart from that, there was no one else.

Liu Yuanchen thought to himself: "It seems that the mysterious death of the monk has a great impact on Yannan City."

The three of them got off the warship. After Xia Lingkai showed his academy disciple token, he easily entered the city.

The city was also extremely deserted, with only a few shops still open for business.

There were also very few casual cultivators on the street, and not a single living person was seen for a long time.

Xia Lingkai took the lead and headed straight towards a courtyard in the center of the city.

The plaque in front of the small courtyard reads "Zhennancheng Inspection Department".

Nancheng of this town has not yet officially established a county. It can only set up an inspection department according to the specifications of the township.

As soon as the three of them entered the courtyard, a middle-aged man with messy hair came up to them.

Seeing Liu Yuanchen and the others, the big man felt as if he was seeing his relatives.

"We have been waiting for the students from Qingdan Academy to come. There have been mysterious deaths of monks these days, and people in the city are panicking.

Originally, Yannan City was quite lively, but now there are not even a few ghosts. "

"If the problem cannot be solved, I am afraid that Yannan City will become a ghost town."

Xia Lingkai raised his hand and said, "Senior, are you the inspector of Yannan City?"

Hearing this, the big man smiled awkwardly: "The official is Han Shouyang, the eighth-level inspection officer of Yannan City."

Normal inspections start from the ninth level or the positive ninth level, but this inspection in Yannan City starts from the eighth level.

Moreover, this Han Shouyang looks harmless to humans and animals, but in fact he is very powerful, at least in the middle stage of Yuan Condensation.

Not only that, there was a strong evil aura about him, and there were obviously many lives under his hands.

Xia Lingkai raised his hand and said, "Xia Lingkai, I accepted a mission from the Academy and came to investigate."

Liu Yuanchen and Xia Longting also made introductions, and Han Shouyang was stunned at that time.

After reacting, he hurriedly handed over his hand: "This official is incompetent and cannot protect one side.

It is really a sin to cause the Young Master and Young Master Liu to come here in person. "

Xia Longting couldn't say anything serious, so Liu Yuanchen comforted him: "Inspector Han doesn't have to be like this.

Yannan City is the first line of defense against the demon clan, and it will inevitably be plotted by the demon clan.

It is also natural to ask for help from the academy and the government when encountering difficulties.

Hearing this, Han Shouyang breathed a long sigh of relief.

"The lower official has prepared a small amount of wine to help the three young masters wash away their dust."

Liu Yuanchen waved his hand: "Let's not be busy with the banquet now. Let's take a look at the corpses of the monks who died mysteriously."

Han Shouyang did not dare to disobey his wishes and said quickly: "You three gentlemen, please follow me."

After that, he led the three people to a small courtyard next to the inspection department.

At this time, there were more than forty beds in the small courtyard, all covered with white cloth.

There were also bursts of snoring coming from some of the beds.

Obviously, someone was infected, but not dead yet.

Most of the beds were filled with corpses.

Han Shouyang introduced: "These are all monks who have been recruited in the past three days.

As for the earlier ones, I was worried that the bodies would rot and had already sent people to move them to the ice cellar. "

Xia Lingkai quickly walked to a bed where snoring could be heard, and wanted to lift the white cloth.

Han Shouyang quickly organized: "Mr. Xia, it's hard to say how these people were recruited.

The young master's body is worth thousands of dollars, so he cannot take risks. "

Liu Yuanchen stepped forward: "I'll do it. Ordinary means can't hurt me."

Before he finished speaking, an earthy yellow barrier covered his entire body.

He walked to the bed and lifted up the white cloth.

I saw a young man lying on the bed. He looked to be in his thirties and had a rosy complexion.

Liu Yuanchen completely pulled away the white cloth and checked the person's systemic symptoms, but found no signs of poisoning.

He also used his spiritual sense to explore his internal organs, but found no traces of injury or disease.

Human body, qi, blood, magic power, etc., all have a certain blocking effect on spiritual consciousness.

Generally, a person's cultivation level can only be judged from the mana fluctuations on their body surface.

If this person is good, even if he is just a Qi-nourishing monk.

It would take a lot of effort for Liu Yuanchen to explore his internal organs.

However, this person fell into a comatose state, and all his magic power was concentrated in the middle Dantian and did not wander outside.

Therefore, Liu Yuanchen's spiritual consciousness can easily penetrate.

As for the sea of ​​consciousness, he did not dare to forcefully explore it with his spiritual consciousness.

If one were to forcefully penetrate into his sea of ​​consciousness, even if he could be rescued, his intelligence would be severely damaged.

He sighed softly: "Except for the sea of ​​consciousness, I have explored his whole body.

It was not poisoning, and there were no internal or external injuries. "

Zhang Lingxu is both the Dan King and the Poison King.

He regarded Liu Yuanchen as the heir to the mantle, and naturally he also passed on some of his poison-playing methods.

Liu Yuanchen himself had tried to refine poisons. For example, he collected a lot of poisonous spiritual plants in the Ten Thousand Monsters Blessed Land, and he used those poisons to refine the Soul-breaking Incense.

Liu Yuanchen could still tell whether this person was poisoned or not.

Seeing that he had finished the examination, Han Shouyang also sighed.

"When the strange death first occurred, I sent someone to check the body.

That person was a coroner and had rich experience in autopsies.

He checked for a long time, but couldn't find anything abnormal.

Finally, he split the head of the deceased and carefully examined the brain, but couldn't find any injuries."

Xia Lingkai pondered for a moment: "In this case, it should be a problem with the soul.

It's a pity that An Changsheng is not here, otherwise he should be able to find some clues."

An Changsheng is good at attacking souls and has a lot of experience in monitoring souls.

But he is the crown prince of a country, how could he run to a remote place like the Red Wasteland.

At this moment, a burst of fragrance came.

Han Shouyang was shocked and quickly covered his nose.

"Three gentlemen, be careful, this fragrance may be poisonous."

In a pile of corpses, there was a sudden fragrance, which scared anyone.

Liu Yuanchen sniffed: "This is the smell of women's powder, not poisonous."

Moreover, he had smelled this fragrance before, which was the smell of powder used by Liang Qingyue and her group.

After releasing his spiritual sense to investigate, he found that Liang Qingyue and others had indeed arrived at the gate of the Inspection Office.

Xia Longting hurriedly ran out: "Junior Sister Liang, I'm here, and Han Xunjian is also here."

Seeing him here, Liang Qingyue frowned slightly, with a look of contempt in her eyes.

However, when she heard that Han Xunjian was also in the yard next to her, she had to go over.

The four of them walked into the yard and saw the corpses all over the yard. Three of them were startled and quickly retreated.

Fortunately, as cultivators, they did not shout and scream like ordinary women when they encountered danger.

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Otherwise, it is estimated that everyone in Yannan City would be scared.

Only Liang Qingyue didn't care and walked straight into the courtyard.

Seeing this, Liu Yuanchen couldn't help but look up to Liang Qingyue.

As expected of a cultivator who has lived in the border area for many years, he is still quite courageous.

Liang Qingyue looked at the cultivator Liu Yuanchen had just examined: "May I ask Brother Liu, how is this person?"

Sure enough, he was wearing a mask and lowered his cultivation level, but it still didn't work.

Liu Yuanchen answered truthfully: "It's not poisoning. I checked the whole body except the sea of ​​consciousness and didn't find any injuries."

Hearing this, Liang Qingyue's cold voice sounded: "Since Brother Liu said so, the problem should be in the soul."

Xia Longting hurriedly praised: "Sister Liang is really smart, and my uncle also speculated so just now."

Liang Qingyue didn't even look at him, just looked around the whole yard.

Xia Lingkai asked: "I remember the Lingyue Secret Book of Lingyue Sect, which focuses on cultivating the soul.

May I ask if Junior Sister Liang has any means to check the injury of the soul without hurting its consciousness?"

Liang Qingyue just nodded slightly: "I do have similar means, but it is not easy to use now. Let's wait until nightfall to check."

Hearing this, Liu Yuanchen immediately understood.

Liang Qingyue has the Qingyue spirit body, and the practice method is the Lingyue Secret Book, so it is natural that it can only play the greatest role at night.

Han Shouyang also hurriedly said: "Since it is impossible to find out the truth now, let's deal with this matter at night.

I have set up a banquet to welcome all the disciples of the academy."

Liang Qingyue waved her hand: "No need, just find us a quiet place to rest."

The situation in Yannan City is unclear, and everyone dares not eat here easily.

Han Shouyang naturally did not dare to say anything, and hurriedly arranged for everyone to stay in the empty house in the backyard of the Inspection Office.

In the evening, a full moon rose in the sky, and the silver light spread all over the earth.

Liu Yuanchen and others walked out of the room and came to the yard next to the inspection office where the corpses were kept.

The yard was full of corpses, which looked particularly strange under the moonlight.

Liu Yuanchen felt a little uncomfortable, took out the wind and thunder stick from the storage bag, and held it tightly in his hand.

A female student who was traveling with Liang Qingyue saw the wind and thunder stick and asked hurriedly: "Brother Liu, is this the wind and thunder stick that killed the remaining soul of the demon king in the legend?"

Liu Yuanchen said coldly: "The smell of powder on you scared us before.

We are on a mission, don't mention irrelevant things."

The female student was scolded twice, not only did she not feel unhappy, but her face was full of admiration.

Liu Yuanchen sighed in his heart: What kind of weird things are these?

He was about to step forward to check the situation of the sleeping person before.

Han Shouyang said quickly: "Young Master Liu, be careful. We can determine the time when several cultivators were attacked.

Without exception, they were all at night."

Liu Yuanchen nodded slightly, and a layer of earth-yellow barrier appeared on his body instantly.

He then walked forward. The man was still sleeping, but his breathing was obviously much weaker.

The fluctuations of blood and mana were lower than during the day.

After some investigation, no problems were found.

"No problems were found."

Liang Qingyue walked to the moonlight and slowly practiced the skills.

Soon, her whole body was wrapped in a layer of milky white light.

Immediately afterwards, the light from the full moon condensed into silk threads and continued to be injected into her body.

She seemed to be covered with a layer of silver gauze. Under the moonlight, she was like a holy fairy in the moon.

Then, all the light gathered in her hand and turned into a milky white mirror.

She held the mirror and looked at Liu Yuanchen: "Brother Liu, please protect me."

Liu Yuanchen nodded slightly, and continued to inject magic power into the wind and thunder stick.

Once something came out, he was ready to hit it with a stick.

Liang Qingyue was ready at this time, and the mirror in her hand was shining on the sleeping monk.

Then, she closed her eyes, frowned, and even her long eyelashes were trembling slightly.

It seemed that this method seemed to be quite costly.

The forty or so corpses in the yard suddenly rose up and killed Liang Qingyue.

Liu Yuanchen had already prepared, and the wind and thunder stick in his hand was already covered with dazzling lightning.

Then, his whole body turned into a residual image, constantly shuttling among the corpses.

Everyone could only see a blue-white lightning flashing through the corpses, and a dull sound of hitting continued to come.

After a while, more than 40 corpses were lying straight on the ground, and even their messy hair was stretched straight.

The three female students who were watching the game were all full of admiration at this time, but they didn't dare to speak.

Xia Lingkai said softly: "In just a few years, Junior Brother Liu's strength has improved so much."

Liu Yuanchen used the Wind and Thunder Induction, but now he can send and receive it freely.

Not only can he use the power of thunder to destroy everything, but he can also control the power of thunder.

Let these corpses lose their ability to move, but without leaving any substantial damage.

At this moment, Liang Qingyue suddenly opened his eyes: "Something is eating this person's soul."

Hearing this, everyone was a little scared.

Xia Lingkai hurriedly asked: "What is it?"

Liang Qingyue shook her head slightly: "I can't recognize it, please take a look together."

After that, she faced the mirror to everyone.

At this moment, a picture appeared in the mirror.

In the mirror, the body of the sleeping monk was almost transparent.

Between his eyebrows, there were many black fleshworms the size of ants, constantly gnawing at a thick white mist.

Xia Longting looked curious: "Uncle, what are those bugs chewing?"

Xia Yuling replied: "That is the soul of a person. Before a cultivator reaches the Soul Condensation Stage, the soul is not formed.

The seven souls are scattered throughout the body, controlling the various functions and actions of the body.

Among the three souls, the two souls of heaven and earth are often outside, and only the soul of life is always stationed in the sea of ​​consciousness to command the seven souls to do things."

"The soul of life is controlled by these bugs, and the seven souls lose their command, and the human body will naturally fall into a deep sleep.

When the soul of life is gone, the seven souls are without a master, and the body will die."

"But this bug is quite strange, I have never heard of it."

Liang Qingyue continued: "My Moon Soul Treasure Mirror can reflect the soul.

All real objects will be virtualized in the mirror, but the soul will become particularly solid.

In fact, those bugs have no entity, they are all souls."

Hearing this, Xia Lingkai seemed to understand.

After pondering for a long time, he suddenly realized, "I remember, this is the Soul Devouring Ghost Gu.

This thing feeds on the souls of living beings. When it is looking for food, the soul will leave the body.

In the form of a soul, it will drill into the sea of ​​consciousness of other living beings and constantly eat their souls."

"Humans are born with strong souls, making them the best targets for the Soul Devouring Ghost Gu."

"In the history of the human race, this kind of thing has only appeared a few times, and each time it has caused huge casualties."