Xu Ke immediately laughed and said, "So, the captain is confident that he can enter the crack and take out the ghost mother Buddha's hand?"

"If that's true, we can also drink some soup behind the captain and gain extra wealth." Guo Wangbei said expectantly.

They have been serving as the Qingming Guards for a long time, and when they go out to the wild world to perform missions, they will also collect some wild food.

No matter how good the remuneration of the Qingming Guards is, it cannot help their cultivation level to rise sharply. As long as they complete the task beautifully, the elders will naturally not say anything.

"Hehe, this is one of my most valuable spiritual treasures, the Thousand Spiritual Silk. It is made by fusing a thousand different spiritual silk materials. It is good at moving silently, and it is fast and can conceal its presence from others."

Wu Yunzhong looked proud. He flipped his palm and a faint glow appeared. A magical treasure that looked like a strand of hair appeared and coiled into a circle. The magical treasure glowed red and had a very good spiritual charm.

Qi Yuan thought, no matter how powerful your spiritual treasure is, it has not reached the level of Tongtian spiritual treasure, because it has no foundation for growth.

The Tongtian Lingbao can be sealed in the body, gradually increasing its spiritual power, and its usability is very great.

However, he always felt that there was something strange about the ghost mother Buddha's hand in the crack, as if it was fishing and waiting for the fish to take the bait.

Qi Yuan had done this kind of thing many times in the Blood Forbidden Land back then, and he knew it very well. Later, his cultivation level improved by leaps and bounds, so he rarely used the trick of stinging for law enforcement.

However, the ghost energy underground is like an abyss, which can breed powerful ghosts at a glance. For the sake of safety, he needs to remind him:
"Captain Wu, the crack appeared suddenly, and not far from the crack, there are traces of peerless elixirs. It is hard not to suspect that this is a trap set by underground ghosts."

Zhao Changying looked carefully through the tiny cracks on the gold brick and said:

"We are just ten steps away from the Ghost Mother Buddha's Hand. With the heavy ghost fog blocking us, we are neither far nor close."

"Does the captain need your guidance? You just need to wait for me to take off the Ghost Mother Buddha's hand and then repair the formation. Shut up about other things." Wu Yunzhong said in a deep voice with an unhappy expression.

At this time, Guo Wangbei smiled and said, "Fellow Daoist Qi has quite good experience in formations. Captain, why don't we ask him to open the crack a little more?"

After all, the cracks on the gold bricks are so fine that they are almost invisible to the naked eye, and one can only observe them with spiritual sense. If the entrance is too narrow, it will also affect the speed of picking the elixir.

"Idiot, what if the crack gets bigger and the ghosts inside have a chance to escape?" Although Wu Yunzhong's mind was occupied by greed, he still knew the importance of the matter.

He has to get the elixir and complete the mission.

Guo Wangbei looked a little unnatural after being taught a lesson.

Since they refused to listen, Qi Yuan ignored them and turned around to walk around the hall, observing the Sanskrit, taking up space to escape, and being ready to deal with any emergency at any time.

In addition to Sanskrit and relics, there is a statue of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva placed in the center of the Ksitigarbha Hall. The statue is about 20 to 30 feet tall and sits on a thousand-petal green lotus platform. He holds a jewel in his left hand and a staff in his right hand.

The surface of the Buddha statue has been severely detached and it is almost abandoned.

There is an altar in front of the Buddha statue, with three golden tea cups with peeling paint placed in a straight line, one of which contains half a cup of tea.

Qi Yuan stepped forward and took a closer look, his face thoughtful. It must be extraordinary that half a cup of Buddha's tea could have survived until today. However, he scanned it several times with his spiritual sense and did not find anything unusual. It seemed like just ordinary tea.

Suddenly, a shrill scream sounded in the hall. It was Zhao Changying's voice.

"Oh no! A ghost came out along the Thousand Spirit Silk and possessed Fellow Daoist Zhao." Xu Ke shouted loudly.

Qi Yuan immediately turned around and stared at Zhao Changying, only to see that Zhao Changying had turned into a creature that was neither human nor ghost. His face was cold and strange, and his hair had transformed into long dark green nematodes that kept wriggling in the air.

At the same time, two more hands grew out of one arm's wrist. I wonder what they were used for? The lower body and legs turned into clouds, completely off the ground.

The aura that was originally in the middle stage of the Spirit Transformation suddenly turned into the late stage of the Spirit Transformation.

"Monster, if you know what's good for you, get out of her body right away, or I'll beat you to ashes today." Wu Yunzhong was holding a flawless white Buddha's hand.

He used the Thousand Spirit Silk to pick the Ghost Mother Buddha's Hand, but the ghost in front of him mysteriously concealed his consciousness and attached itself to the spiritual treasure, and attacked Zhao Changying as soon as it came out.

In an instant, it took over the body of a person in the middle stage of the Spirit Transformation Realm, which shows that the ghost's magical powers are extremely powerful.

There was a hint of mockery in the ghost's pale eyes. It ignored Wu Yunzhong's harsh words. The next second, a strange ghost energy escaped from the body it had taken over. Zhao Changying's body shriveled up in an instant, and his blood, soul, and primordial infant were all eaten up.

If it could absorb two more Nascent Souls of the middle stage of the Spirit Transformation Realm, it would probably be able to recover to the level of the Void Refinement Realm. At that time, it would be able to calmly devour everyone present and leave this sealed place.

Hehe, it spent thousands of years, not sparing the consumption of ghost energy, continuously attacking the sealing formation, and finally chiseled out a ray of light. Then, it used a peerless elixir as bait and set an irresistible trap.

Then Wu Yunzhong and others took the bait obediently.

The strange ghostly aura floats in the air, making it difficult to capture its trace with spiritual sense.

"Be careful." A dazzling spiritual light emanated from Wu Yunzhong's body, as if he had raised his defense to the highest level. He opened his mouth and a sharp spot of light flew out, transforming into a silver blade about an inch long. The spiritual power burst out violently and locked onto the strange ghost energy.

Just as the white blade was about to cut, the ghost energy in the air spun and magically disappeared.

At this moment, everyone has already sacrificed their defensive magic treasures, and the entire Ksitigarbha Hall is ablaze with rosy clouds, which is dazzling.

Suddenly.

Guo Wangbei's face was hideous and he screamed in pain. Ghostly auras swirled around his body. His normal body became the same as Zhao Changying's before, like a product of multiple species spliced ​​together.

"Friend Guo?"

With a whoosh, the silver blade chopped down decisively, without any regard for Guo Wangbei's life.

Wu Yunzhong knew that ghosts were extremely difficult to deal with, and since Guo Wangbei was possessed silently, he would most likely repeat Zhao Changying's mistake, so he naturally became ruthless.

"Captain, you are so cruel..."

Guo Wangbei's ruthless eyes miraculously returned to normal, and he shouted in despair.

A silver light flashed across his neck, and a head rolled to the ground. The flesh and blood quickly turned into a ball of black gas and rose into the air, and then turned into a bloody skull.

The strange black gas was suspended in the air again, and its aura soared to the peak of the late stage of the Spirit Transformation.

"Strange, why didn't Sanskrit attack it?" Li Zhuer said with an unpleasant look.

How could Wu Yunzhong know the situation? He just had a gloomy face and his eyes kept flickering.

Xu Ke couldn't even give a reason, his thoughts had long been shrouded by fear.

"That's because the ghost has been sealed underground for a long time. Relying on the long years, it has gained some understanding of the essence of the Mingwang Zhuxie Formation and temporarily deceived the strangulation of the seal formation." Qi Yuan said slowly in a calm tone.

Suddenly, a voice that was neither male nor female sounded in the hall:
"You do have some knowledge, but your cultivation is not enough, and you are being dragged down by these greedy fools."

When Wu Yunzhong heard this, his face was filled with anger. He clenched his fists, and with a flash of his figure, he launched an attack towards the strange ghost energy.

However, the ghost energy did not fight with him. Instead, it floated more flexibly, making it impossible for Wu Yunzhong to get close to it.

Although it seems invincible after absorbing two mid-stage Spiritualization cultivators, it actually used sneak attacks and fear, as well as its supernatural powers to surpass Wu Yunzhong and others, to be able to take the initiative. Once it fights with Wu Yunzhong, who is in the late stage of Spiritualization, even if it kills him in the end, it will lose a lot of ghost energy. Its current goal is to try to gain more benefits at the lowest cost.

In order to avoid fighting with Wu Yunzhong, he focused on absorbing other people's Nascent Soul, Qi, blood, and soul, so that he could kill him without any effort in the end.

Of the three mid-stage Jinhua cultivators currently on the field, it has already absorbed two, and the remaining Li Zhuer is the next target.

As for the two cultivators in the early stage of the Spiritual Transformation Realm, they can only be eaten as side dishes and cannot be taken as the main course first.

However, Qi Yuan was able to see some of its true colors, which surprised the ghost.

"Madam, be careful." Wu Yunzhong immediately reminded when he saw the flashing route of the ghost energy.

Li Zhuer's face froze for a moment, her beautiful crystal eyes flashed, and her delicate body suddenly turned into a faint fragrant breeze and flashed away from the spot.

She had seen what happened to her two teammates, so she didn't dare to fight against the ghosts to avoid following in their footsteps.

The sinister laughter of the ghost was heard again in the hall, which seemed to contain disdain.

The ghost spirit disappeared in an instant.

The power of supernatural powers is indeed tricky.

Li Zhuer's spiritual sense had been locked on the ghost aura. After it disappeared, she naturally could not capture any trace of it. Her pretty face could not help but darken, her brows were deeply furrowed, and then she decisively bit the tip of her tongue, and a drop of blood from the tip of her tongue fell in front of her.

A pair of jade hands formed seals in an instant, and suddenly sent out more than a dozen magical powers, which flowed into the blood on the tip of the tongue. The drop of blood suddenly bloomed with pink rays of light, and transformed into a white demon fox, which then raised its head and let out a sharp fox cry...

Ripples suddenly appeared in the void to the left of Li Zhuer, and a wisp of ghostly energy was forced to appear.

The two were almost close to each other, only three steps apart. If the woman was slow in casting the spell or her magical powers were insufficient, death would be waiting for her.

Li Zhu'er had a solemn look on her face, and she wore an elegant necklace on her snow-white neck. In the center of the necklace, there was a sapphire inlaid. It immediately lit up with a hazy blue light of water attribute, and six shields about ten feet in size were condensed out of thin air, with azure water lines flowing on the surface, intending to overcome hardness with softness.

The ghost energy suddenly accelerated. In order to escape from the sealed place, it did not bother to hold back. The pure ghost energy, accompanied by gusts of cold wind, pressed towards Li Zhuer.

boom!
A loud noise echoed in the Ksitigarbha Hall, and the black light and the blue light intertwined together, but the black light eroded the other, and the momentum suddenly sank.

Li Zhu'er was no match for the ghost. A huge cold force fell on her delicate body, her face turned pale, and a small mouthful of blood spurted out of her red lips. She felt dizzy and her shield was directly broken by the ghost, and her body flew backwards.

"Huh? Why are you flying this way?"

Qi Yuan was watching with great interest when he noticed a delicate and tender body coming towards him. It was Li Zhuer herself.

Now that the person had flown so close, it was not a good idea to just stand by and watch. He leaped up and hugged Li Zhuer's delicate body in mid-air. His palms felt full and soft.

Saving lives is an emergency, so accidents are naturally unavoidable.

Holding Li Zhu'er on the ground, Qi Yuan lowered his eyes slightly, looking at her pale and shy face, with an evasive look in his eyes filled with surprise, but he would not take the initiative to mention anything.

Saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda. What's wrong with that?

Li Zhu'er was rescued, but the ghost spirit chased after her and also enveloped Qi Yuan. Who let him ruin the good deed and save the people?

Otherwise, it could consider keeping Qi Yuan's life as the last benefit.

"If you were in the Void Refinement Stage, I would have to retreat, but how dare a mere Spiritualization Stage peak late stage person act so presumptuously in front of me?"

Qi Yuan withdrew his hand which had been placed on Li Zhuer's delicate body without moving. As he passed his hand over her body, he could feel the trembling hidden deep inside. She was a beautiful and charming woman.

He turned and came to the altar of the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva statue, pinched the teacup in front of the Buddha with two fingers, and pure golden Buddha light suddenly burst out from his body. In an instant, the surface of the tea in front of the Buddha shook, splashing out faint water droplets.

The next moment, wisps of Buddha light rose from the tea in front of the Buddha. It was more ancient and restrained than the Buddha light on Qi Yuan's body, like an old monk who had been studying Buddhism for a long time and seemed to see through everything in the world.

The tea offered before Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva has been bathed in the Buddha's light day and night for tens of thousands of years. It is said that a cup of tea offered before the Buddha can have the great power to destroy demons and monsters.

Qi Yuan flicked his fingers to shoot the teacup out, and the tea immediately spilled out. He raised his hand, and pure golden Buddha light gushed out from his palm, rapidly penetrating the tea, and endless Buddha light burst out immediately.

"Who are you?" The ghost roared ferociously. The strength of the Qingming Guard team was within its expectations, except Qi Yuan was not among them. How could it not be frightened?

The Buddha's light, which had experienced the years, had a heavy feeling, pressing heavily on the ghost spirit, forcing it to reveal its true form. Its appearance was almost the same as before, except that its face was rather strange, half pig face and half horse face, looking like a fusion of many different races.

The ghost that had frightened people before was directly exposed to its true form by Qi Yuan with a cup of Buddha tea.

The survivor Xu Ke was so shocked that he looked at the man with an expression of complete disbelief.

They are both in the early stage of transformation, but the gap between them is too big.

Wu Yunzhong's eyes were filled with resentment. His hostility towards Qi Yuan did not decrease because of his display of supernatural powers. Instead, he felt that the other party was deliberately hiding his abilities just to see him make a fool of himself.

None of the ascended monks are good people. They should not be qualified to ascend to the spiritual world and occupy the resources that originally belonged to them.

Perhaps in Wu Yunzhong's eyes, if there were no ascended monks to divide up the resources of the human race in the spiritual world, he might have more redundant resources to practice.

Of course, it is also possible that he became stupid due to his practice.

Li Zhuer thought about how she had to use her best magical skills to barely survive. The man in front of her made the ghosts nowhere to hide with just a cup of Buddha tea, which showed that his magical power was beyond imagination.

Then the scene of Qi Yuan taking advantage of him flashed through his mind again. He pretended not to know for a long time. His face turned slightly red and his legs seemed to feel cool under his clothes.

Come to think of it, she hadn't experienced the joy of love for hundreds of years. Among the several magical powers she practiced, one was a secret method of the Sky Fox Clan, which she obtained by accident in the wild world. Seeing that it was quite powerful, she continued to practice it.

Unexpectedly, the magical power of this Sky Fox Clan, as one's practice becomes more advanced, will secretly transform one's physique, and then more urgently harmonize yin and yang.

Li Zhuer kept this secret deep in her heart and never told anyone, because the Sky Fox Clan's reputation was not very respectable.

The ghost realized that its escape method had been broken, and the relics in the Ksitigarbha Hall would soon suppress it. While the sealing formation was still unable to react, it instantly rushed towards Wu Yunzhong with all its strength.

It plans to snatch back the Ghost Mother Buddha's Hand Elixir first. According to its plan, this elixir is only used as a hook of temptation, and it will eventually be taken back to help it return to the Void Refining Stage and consolidate its realm.

The ghost was extremely fast and ruthless in its attack. Relying on the peak of the late stage of the Spirit Transformation and its powerful magical powers, it flashed and exploded several times and did not hesitate to consume its ghost energy to seriously injure Wu Yunzhong and snatch the Ghost Mother Buddha's Hand elixir.

He turned around in an instant and headed out of the hall, sneaking out using a strange escape method.

Qi Yuan looked at the trapped ghost, and his spirit beast bracelet flashed, releasing a black-haired little monkey that had just woken up.

The crying soul suddenly smelled the breath of a ghost, and its monkey eyes burst into excitement. With a flash of black light, it expanded into a giant ape more than ten feet tall. It took a step forward, grabbed the ghost with one hand, and a rosy light spurted out of its nose, and it sucked the ghost into its stomach to refine it.

He was so happy that he beat his chest and stamped his feet, howling non-stop.

The Ghost Mother Buddha's Hand Elixir also fell into Qi Yuan's hand in the blink of an eye. (End of this chapter)