Shi Xuan carefully checked around and found that there was no problem before he walked to the table and checked the books again. After making sure that there were no curses or poisons on them, he picked up one of the books and began to read.
The cover of the book was pure black, and it was dotted with specks of white skulls that formed four large words: "Great Ghost Enslaving Technique". It looked demonic and evil.
Shi Xuan carefully looked through it. This was a fairly good evil cultivation method. Although it could not be continued after reaching the Soul Stage, it could be seen that the person who created this method should not have reached the Gold Core Stage. However, in this world where true methods were hard to find, it could be regarded as a good method. It was true that Shi Xuan's own cultivation was not high, but he had a supreme method and a method that led directly to the Gold Core Stage. He had the vision and insight to judge the quality of a cultivation method.
Most of the contents of the "Ghost Enslaving Method" were of no use to Shi Xuan, who had already determined the cultivation method. For example, the blood sacrifice of forty-nine living people born at a specific time in exchange for an increase in the probability of breaking through to the out-of-body state, and other methods that used living people to practice spells and magical powers. These were all things that were quick to take effect but had huge side effects.
However, the content about ghosts in the "Ghost Enslaving Method" benefited Shi Xuan a lot. After all, this was a cultivation method named ghost enslaving. The various descriptions and uses of ghosts in it made Shi Xuan feel refreshed. Shi Xuan did not like these methods of ghost enslaving, but he saw some knowledge about the soul from the contents of these ghosts. After all, ghosts were transformed from human souls. This happened to be what Shi Xuan needed to understand the most at this stage.
It was not that there was no such content in the "Treasure Record". There was, but it was too difficult to understand. Even if there was "Returning to Nature Scripture" as a reference, Shi Xuan, who did not have a master to guide him, was still extremely painful to understand. If these contents were wrong, then it would be a big problem. Dying from Qi Deviation was definitely not an extravagant hope.
Now, there was such a cultivation technique that understood the soul from another angle. Even if it was still considered superficial, it was this superficial that made Shi Xuan suddenly see the light. Many of the contents that he didn't understand in the "Treasure Record" were answered one by one. This made Shi Xuan's heart itch unbearably. If it wasn't for the fact that the time and place weren't right, he would have immediately sat down and practiced to verify it.
Resisting the impulse in his heart, Shi Xuan continued to read the contents of "The Art of Ghost Enslaving" that were related to ghosts. It was not until he heard the sound of footsteps that Shi Xuan woke up.
Yan Jujian and Ding Mingde carefully looked left and right as they walked into the depths of the cave. Their foreheads were covered in cold sweat. When they saw Shi Xuan, they let out a long sigh of relief and looked relaxed.
Seeing the two like this, Shi Xuan was a little curious. "Brother Yan and Brother Mingde, why are you here?"
Ding Mingde raised his sleeve to wipe his cold sweat. "Brother Zi 'ang, you haven't come out after almost two hours. We were worried that something had happened inside, so we came over to take a look." Actually, the two of them did not dare to come in at first and even thought of running away. However, when they thought that if Shi Xuan was finished, they would not be able to run far even if they wanted to, so they might as well come in and take a risk.
"Ha, I was so excited that I forgot the time when I held this book." Only then did Shi Xuan realize that he was so engrossed in reading that he did not notice the passage of time at all.
Yan Jujian and Ding Mingde looked at the book on the rock and opened their mouths at the same time. However, no words came out of their mouths. Shi Xuan understood their curiosity and yearning for Dao techniques. However, this cultivation method was not suitable to be imparted. It was best for the two of them to ask for a cultivation method that was suitable to be imparted. Only then would they understand that Dao techniques were precious and should not be imparted easily. Therefore, he changed the topic. "Brother Yan, have you found your friend?
Yan Jujian took out a belt. "This is the belt of a friend of mine. His skills in hidden weapons are not bad, so he asked someone to find Tang Tianqing from the Tang Sect to make this belt. Because he provided the materials himself, there are some rare items inside, so this belt should be unique. Sigh, Brother Liu has always been arrogant. When we last met, he said that he would challenge the Five Great Grandmasters one by one after he completed his training. Who would have thought that he would become food in the stomach of a monster. How sad. "
After pausing for a while, Yan Jujian continued, "The corpses are mixed together and can no longer be distinguished. I and Brother Mingde have already buried them together and erected a large grave. I will bring this belt back to Brother Liu's former residence and erect a cenotaph."
"Brother Zi 'ang, Brother Yan and I found a place that was similar to a kitchen and a prison just now. Unfortunately, there were no living people inside. There were many herbs and ingredients in the kitchen." Ding Mingde suddenly thought of the last discovery.
Shi Xuan thought of the herbs outside the manor. He could not take them away, so he might as well cultivate here for a period of time. Coincidentally, he had a deeper understanding of the contents of the "Treasure Record" and needed to cultivate quietly to verify it. Thus, he said to the two of them, "After this battle, I gained some new insights into cultivation. I would like to focus on cultivating in this manor for a period of time. If the two of you have important matters to attend to, feel free to leave."
Yan Jujian and Ding Mingde looked at each other. Yan Jujian spoke first, "I am a wanderer in the Jianghu. Apart from searching for old friends, I have nothing else to do. Why don't I stay in this manor for a period of time and help Brother Shi handle some miscellaneous matters so that Brother Shi can focus on cultivating? This is also to repay you for saving my life. Brother Shi, please don't stop me from repaying my debt."
Seeing that Yan Jujian wanted to stay, Ding Mingde immediately expressed his stance. "I, I, I don't even have money to travel back. No, I mean, why don't I stay in this manor for a period of time? At least it won't be a waste to come out."
Once Ding Mingde became anxious, he would speak incoherently and his words would not connect. Shi Xuan held back his laughter and nodded in agreement. It was a good thing to have someone to help him cook while he cultivated. However, this did not mean that he would always bring someone to cook for him. If he encountered someone, he would enjoy it. If he didn't, he would do it himself. He would enjoy it without indulging in it. This was Shi Xuan's cultivation mentality.
Seeing Shi Xuan nod, Yan Jujian thought for a moment and said to Shi Xuan, "Brother Shi, the ingredients I saw in the kitchen just now were mainly live sheep, live cows, and live pigs. I took a look and found that it would be enough for the three of us to eat for a month. However, there were no ingredients for vegetables. It's not very good."
"These monsters and ghosts eat flesh and blood. They don't eat vegetables. When the time comes, I'll have to trouble Brother Yan to go out and buy some vegetables and fruits. Eating only meat is not good for the body. " It's also easy to get sick of it, Shi Xuan added in his heart. Although it was not a problem for his body, which had gone through cultivation, to just eat meat was not a problem.
"By the way, Brother Yan, this is the money for buying." Shi Xuan took out some silver from his bosom.
Yan Jujian refused, "Actually, Brother Shi, you don't know this. When we were looking for the corpses just now, we found some gold, silver, jade, and precious stones. I estimate there to be over ten thousand taels of silver."
"Go, ten thousand taels of silver! Brother Yan, why didn't I see it? "Ding Mingde was shocked.
"Brother Mingde, didn't you feel disgusted when you first saw those corpses and didn't dare to go near them? You only came when we were digging the pit." Yan Jujian glanced at Shi Xuan. Seeing that Shi Xuan was not very interested in money, he continued to say to Ding Mingde, "Don't worry, I'll leave some money for your traveling expenses. Hehe, I'll also leave some money for my wife." From the beginning of their meeting, the other two, who had never seen Yan Jujian make a joke, could not react. However, it was understandable that Yan Jujian was relaxed after getting his revenge.
After saying this, Yan Jujian and Ding Mingde bid farewell and went to prepare the tiger meat for lunch, allowing Shi Xuan to cultivate in peace.
Since Shi Xuan was interrupted, he put down the Great Art of Ghost Enslavement and picked up another book. This book looked very new, but it was very dirty, greasy, and bloodstained. There were no words on the cover, but when he flipped it over, he saw that it was actually the cultivation notes of the Double-headed Tiger!
According to the Double-headed Tiger, I was born with two heads. My mother died, and I don't know where my father went, but I was clever. When I secretly came to the Li Family Village to hunt livestock, I listened to a private school lecture and learned how to read. Later, I obtained two Daoist technique manuals and a long banner from a Lao Dao's corpse deep in the mountains. One was the Great Art of Ghost Enslavement, and the other was the method to refine and refine the magical artifact, the White Bone Soul Enslavement Banner. That long banner was naturally the White Bone Soul Enslavement Banner.
The Double-headed Tiger naturally began cultivating as if it had obtained a treasure. However, it soon discovered that it had a huge problem. Its two heads often quarreled, which even caused problems with its memory. It would sometimes forget the Daoist technique insights. However, it later learned how to take notes from the private school teacher in the Li Family Village, gradually reducing the impact of this problem.
After learning how to take notes, the Double-headed Tiger also fell in love with writing notes. It often wrote down some of its private matters, allowing Shi Xuan to understand certain things through the notes.
Seeing this, Shi Xuan finally didn't feel so ashamed. A monster that could take notes was a special case after all. He continued to flip the notes. Later on were some of the Double-headed Tiger's cultivation insights. Comparing it with the Great Art of Ghost Enslavement, it was still a little helpful to Shi Xuan. Later on was the Double-headed Tiger's initial success in cultivation. It massacred the Li Family Village and occupied this place.
The notes mentioned that the ghost that Shi Xuan had never seen before was made by the Double-headed Tiger by combining its own talent to transform into a poltergeist ghost, the refining method of the Great Art of Ghost Enslavement, and some of the functions of the White Bone Soul Enslavement Banner. Some of the villagers in the Li Family Village were eaten by the Double-headed Tiger. Some of them failed in the refining and were eaten. A small part of them became this kind of flesh puppet.
This kind of flesh puppet ate blood. It was not afraid of weak sunlight. Its body was hard, and it was as strong as an ox. At the same time, it also had the ability of ghosts to absorb Yang Qi. According to the degree of preservation of its intelligence after the successful refining, it was divided into upper grade, middle grade, and lower grade. The ghosts of those farmers and peasant women were lower grade flesh puppet. They had relatively low intelligence, could only accept simple orders, and moved slowly. After the Double-headed Tiger learned to grow herbs to meet the requirements of the prescription, these lower grade flesh puppet became useful.
The middle grade flesh puppet preserved the complete memory of its life. Its intelligence was inferior to when it was alive, but it was not a problem for it to act normally. Because the Double-headed Tiger practiced the Great Art of Evil Path, it often needed living people as blood food or materials. Therefore, these middle grade flesh puppet were sent to various places to be responsible for contacting human traffickers. They bought living people and sent them to the mountain. If they met suitable people, they would often deceive them into the mountain.
