When Qi Yuan entered the exclusive hall of Team B 61, the team of monks in the hall had almost assembled, with only Wu Yunzhong missing.
Guo Wangbei and others were also wearing Qingming armor, waiting to set off with a serious look on their faces.
"Fellow Daoist Qi, you are here."
Guo Wangbei moved, and the armor on his body made a dull metallic sound.
Qi Yuan smiled and said, "Fortunately, we are not late. When will we set off?"
"Once the captain comes out, we will immediately use the teleportation array to leave the city and head to the Ghost Buddha Temple." Guo Wangbei responded naturally.
Hear the words.
Qi Yuan said "hmm", then nodded to Zhao Changying and Xu Ke. Since he had no conflict with them now, his attitude on the surface should not be too stiff.
His gaze turned and fell on Li Zhuer. This woman was already quite beautiful, and after putting on the Qingming Armor, she looked even more heroic.
Li Zhu'er noticed a gaze coming towards her and instantly met it with her charming eyes, her gaze seeming to be in a trance. It must be said that the man's appearance was indeed very pleasing to the eye and his cultivation was also acceptable.
In addition, as he is an ascended monk, his potential is naturally good enough.
If she had not been married, she would have taken the initiative to try to trap Qi Yuan.
Li Zhuer said in a charming voice, "Fellow Daoist Qi, my husband offended you before. I apologize to you here."
"I understand." Qi Yuan responded indifferently, thinking that Wu Yunzhong had such a seductive Taoist partner and was inhumane himself, so he would definitely become more paranoid over time.
Li Zhu'er didn't know what she was thinking about. Her beautiful eyes beneath her brows revealed a hint of resentment, as if she was blaming Qi Yuan, but she quickly retracted it so that no one else would notice.
Suddenly, footsteps were heard and Wu Yunzhong walked out from the back of the hall. His face was dignified and his sharp eyes quickly swept over everyone.
Seeing that everyone had arrived, he waved his hand and shouted:
"Set off…"
Qi Yuan followed behind them, chatting with Guo Wangbei, and headed straight for the nearby teleportation hall.
Because there is no city gate in the entire city, the cultivators in the city can only use the teleportation array to enter and exit Tianyuan City. This is a special plan to prevent alien races from invading the city.
The teleportation stone hall is guarded by other Qingming guards. After showing the Qingming Pendant to confirm their identity, they can use the Qingming Pendant to activate the formation and leave without having to inlay spirit stones at their own expense.
After a dizzy spell, everyone arrived at a teleportation stone chamber outside the city. There were many prohibitions engraved on the surrounding walls, which were specifically designed to prevent the teleportation array from being destroyed.
Wu Yunzhong shook the Qingming Pendant in his hand with ease, and suddenly a green light shot out on the restricted wall. A stone door slowly opened, revealing a road leading to the outside.
His figure flashed and he was the first to leave the stone chamber.
The crowd followed closely behind.
It was the first time Qi Yuan came to the wild world. Before he could take a closer look at the environment, he smelled a faint smell of blood in the air, as if there was a knife at his neck at any time.
The world outside is indeed extremely dangerous, and you can be ambushed and killed by aliens at any time.
"Brother Xu, you are responsible for clearing the way in front and be alert to the movements around you." Wu Yunzhong said.
Xu Ke clasped his fists in response, and his ears suddenly flashed green, strangely elongated and pointed, and then his figure flew forward.
The power of hearing?
Qi Yuan looked at it with curiosity, wanting to observe more details. After all, not every human cultivator has a strong spiritual sense, so they can effectively use it to detect the approaching danger.
On the contrary, some special cultivators are born with weak spirits, which prevents them from strengthening their spiritual awareness normally. They can only turn to their sense of smell and hearing to detect any movement nearby.
Once this kind of supernatural power is cultivated, its sensitivity is no less than that of spiritual consciousness. In some unique environments, it is even more important than spiritual consciousness.
The spiritual world is full of talented people!
After leaving Tianyuan City, Qi Yuan and others fled to the east, passing through hills, swamps, barren mountains and other scenery along the way. The ground was almost covered with messy white bones, making it difficult to tell what race the remains belonged to.
He also saw various strange and exotic animals, which broadened his horizons.
Flying at full speed, it took a total of eight hours to finally arrive at the destination of this mission.
The sky was covered with dark clouds, and there was a ghostly aura. The dark clouds kept rolling in the sky, as if they had condensed into gloomy skulls, looking down at Qi Yuan and the others.
Amidst a heavy aura of ghosts, a temple was built between two valleys. The temple door was closed, and the walls were covered with dark golden Sanskrit. Occasionally, a faint Buddha light flashed, fighting against the terrifying ghost aura.
"We've arrived at the Ghost Buddha Temple." Guo Wangbei said solemnly.
Wu Yunzhong stared at the temple for a while before saying, "The ghost energy outside may seem turbulent, but it is actually vulnerable. However, there is indeed something strange in the ghost energy, which can make people quite frightened. I think the ghost energy that has been deposited for who knows how many years has leaked out from underground and merged with the outside."
"Husband, does this mean that the loosening of the formation has not continued to expand?" Li Zhuer said with her almond-shaped lips slightly opened.
Wu Yunzhong did not speak immediately. Instead, he closed his eyes, as if he was performing some magical power in secret. After a moment, he opened his slightly tired eyes and said in a hoarse voice:
"It is certain that there was just a small accident in the Mingwang Demon-Slaying Formation in the Ghost Buddha Temple, which caused a trace of ten thousand year old ghost energy to escape."
"We have already witnessed the power of the captain's invisible wandering soul, so we naturally believe in the captain's judgment. In this way, once we repair the formation, we can complete the task without any effort." Zhao Changying said with shining eyes after hearing this.
Now that everyone is approaching their destination in person, their words will be more persuasive.
Qi Yuan's pupils turned black and white in an instant, his gaze fixed on the Ghost Buddha Temple, then his expression changed, and he silently withdrew his Yin-Yang Sky Eyes.
I didn't expect that Wu Yunzhong was so capable that he could accurately understand the general situation before entering the temple.
If nothing goes wrong, once he has repaired every corner of the formation, everyone can return to collect their rewards.
"Let's go into the temple." Wu Yunzhong's figure flashed, and in the blink of an eye he had distanced himself from the crowd by forty or fifty feet, and quickly landed in front of the temple.
Since the issue at the Ghost Buddha Temple was quite easy, everyone stopped looking overly serious and smiled a little, joking with the people around them.
It was impossible for Guo Wangbei to chat with him all the time, and Qi Yuan was a new member of the team and was not familiar with the others, so he flew alone in silence.
The temple gate is about 20 to 30 feet high. The animal rings on the two huge doors are tied together with a thick black chain. It looks unremarkable, but when people get close, the chain will automatically shake out a powerful roar.
Wu Yunzhong muttered the formula in a low voice, and suddenly a dazzling ray of light shot out from his hands, pouring into the black chain. Then there was a click, and the chain on the temple door fell off as flexibly as a snake and flew into his palm. He said:
"I have collected the Prajna Spirit Chain. Now you can enter the temple freely." As soon as he finished speaking, Guo Wangbei ran over, shouted loudly, spiritual light flying around his body, and put his arms on the temple door, pushing it open with all his strength.
A heavy thumping sound was heard from the temple gate, and it was evident that some powerful spiritual materials were used in the refining process.
Soon after, the temple gate opened wide, exposing the environment inside to everyone.
Ancient trees, fallen leaves, incense burners, and the faint scent of sandalwood make people feel like they are an ordinary thousand-year-old temple, quiet and peaceful.
"Be careful." Wu Yunzhong pasted a few magic talismans on his body, and a defensive magic treasure floated above his head, emitting a faint spiritual light. He turned to Qi Yuan and said expressionlessly, "Follow us into the temple, and you are not allowed to leave more than ten feet away."
"With Captain Wu protecting my safety, why would I run around?" Qi Yuan took the initiative to take a few steps closer to them, and then he smelled a pleasant scent of rouge. It was Li Zhuer on the side.
The man suddenly approached. Li Zhuer looked uncomfortable, a faint blush appeared on her cheeks, and she couldn't help but look at Qi Yuan a few more times with her seductive eyes.
Why does this person look more and more pleasing to the eye?
Qi Yuan felt someone was looking at him, and immediately followed the gaze. He caught sight of Li Zhuer's strange expression and nodded at her with a calm expression.
"Humph!"
Wu Yunzhong noticed his Taoist partner's expression, hummed in dissatisfaction, and said, "Come with me to the Ksitigarbha Temple. The ghost energy from the ground is coming out from there."
"Oh, please lead the way, Captain Wu." Qi Yuan said with a smile.
Wu Yunzhong looked at Qi Yuan deeply, and his body turned into a stream of light and fled towards the Ksitigarbha Temple. Once the matter was settled, he would leave Qi Yuan's life in the wilderness forever on his way back.
He had walked through the wild world countless times, and he had figured out where he could not go and where he could be safe by going through danger time and time again. When the time came, he would deliberately lead the way and let Qi Yuan die deliberately at the hands of the strange beast to distance himself from the matter.
When he killed that ascended monk, it aroused the protective nature of other ascended monks, and they were very unhappy for a long time, so they naturally learned their lesson.
There is a Buddhist temple that is 14 meters high. There is a plaque hanging high on it with the words "Ksitigarbha Temple" written in ancient Chinese in large dark gold characters.
There were densely packed demon-suppressing talismans pasted in front of the temple door, with green and red colors intertwined, which looked very wrong.
Qi Yuan walked with his hands behind his back. Suddenly, the palm hidden in his sleeve flashed with five-colored light, and he prepared the Eight Spirit Ruler.
Before entering the temple, he did not sense any danger, but when he approached the Ksitigarbha Hall, he felt a chill in his heart.
Wu Yunzhong performed the magic spell in the same way, and waved his hand to sweep down all the demon-suppressing talismans. The door of the palace suddenly loosened and a small crack appeared automatically.
Xu Ke and Guo Wangbei, one on the left and one on the right, carefully pushed open the palace door, and then their faces were stunned and their eyes were a little dazed.
The hall was very bright, with many oil lamps burning on the left and right. There were Sanskrit carvings all over the ground, which emitted dazzling Buddhist light and converged towards a relic suspended in the center. Then, the sound of low-pitched chanting of Buddhist scriptures poured out from it, as if the great monk was still alive in the world.
“As expected of a great monk in the fusion stage, even though he has passed away tens of thousands of years ago, he is still able to display his profound Buddhist teachings and suppress the ghosts underground.” Li Zhuer said with a stunned look on her face.
Wu Yunzhong said: "The power of the fusion stage is not something we can guess. In the lower left corner of the hall, the Buddha's light is dim, and ghostly energy lingers from time to time. It should be the loose end of the Mingwang Zhuxie formation."
"Fellow Daoist Qi, it's up to you now. Go and repair the formation quickly so that we can return as soon as possible." Guo Wangbei urged.
Qi Yuan ignored the other party and instead walked around the hall, looking east and west, observing the profound Sanskrit to help him comprehend the Dharma of Vairocana Tathagata.
Strangely enough, after he stepped into the Ksitigarbha Hall, the chill in his heart disappeared completely and he could not find the source of it at all.
The center of the formation in the hall only covers one part of the Mingwang Zhuxie Formation, but it is also extremely profound and beyond Qi Yuan's current level of formation skills to see through. The dazzling Buddha's light blocking the way will affect his search.
When Wu Yunzhong and the others became a little impatient, Qi Yuan walked towards the place where the ghost energy was leaking. After taking a closer look, he saw a very faint crack on the gold bricks on the ground, as if the floor tiles had been slightly damaged.
Qi Yuan could naturally repair this small flaw in the formation.
However, Wu Yunzhong also came over at this time. He wanted to watch Qi Yuan repair the formation with his own eyes to prevent any negligence.
"Wait, there seems to be something inside." Wu Yunzhong noticed a flash of precious light under the crack and immediately stopped Qi Yuan from taking action.
Naturally, these words alarmed Li Zhu'er and the others, who all gathered here and even neglected to be on guard.
"Captain, what happened?" Guo Wangbei asked puzzledly.
Wu Yunzhong stared at the crack in the gold brick with full concentration, then his face flushed and he said excitedly:
"Ghost Mother Buddha's Hand is an extremely rare Ghost Mother Buddha's Hand elixir."
With the nourishment of the Great Evolution Art and the white mist emitted by the Nascent Soul, it is no exaggeration to say that Qi Yuan's consciousness is comparable to that of the Refining Void Stage. As soon as he approached the crack, he found something strange inside, but thinking that there was a strong ghost aura inside and it was too dangerous, he did not take the initiative to tell them.
Who knew that Wu Yunzhong would supervise the work personally, and with his keen spiritual sense, he was able to capture the precious light.
As for the Ghost Mother Buddha's Hand, Qi Yuan had just arrived in the spiritual world not long ago, so of course he had never heard of it.
"What? Is it true or false? The Ghost Mother Buddha's Hand is a peerless elixir that was born from the combination of Buddhism and the ghost land. I heard that after it is made into a pill, it can help cultivators break through the Void Refining Stage." Zhao Changying spoke with a hint of excitement on his face.
Wu Yunzhong said absentmindedly, "I am definitely not mistaken. It looks like a Buddha's hand, and its color is as crystal clear as jade. The palm is covered with hideous black ghost patterns. From a distance, it looks like a ghost mother."
"Captain, the elixir is a good one, but it is in the crack. How can we get it?" Xu Ke instantly poured a basin of cold water on him.
Guo Wangbei said unwillingly: "Damn it, such a good elixir cannot be collected."
Looking at that group of greedy guys, Qi Yuan suddenly felt something was wrong and quietly stepped back a few steps.
The Buddha's light from the Mingwang Zhuxie Formation hindered his spiritual awareness to a certain extent. The ghosts sealed underground had been there for at least tens of thousands of years, and their power had accumulated to a very high level, making it impossible for him to see through the details inside.
After all, the difference in realm is too great, and the Yin-Yang Heavenly Eye does not have the power to see through it.
"Don't lose heart, there is still a chance. I estimate that the precious light is not far from the crack, and it is entirely possible to get the elixir." Wu Yunzhong's eyes were filled with infinite heat, and an extremely greedy expression was already flowing across his face.
He had been stuck in the late stage of the Spirit Transformation for a long time, and he dreamed of making further progress in his practice. However, with such a big bottleneck, it would be difficult to break through smoothly without some important opportunities.
If he had bad luck, he would have stopped here forever, so it was no wonder that he was blinded by the ghost mother Buddha's hand. (End of this chapter)