The mosquito that had been dragged back by his telepathic thoughts hovered above his head for a long time and gradually flew to the corner of his mouth. He opened his bloody mouth and swallowed the mosquito. Cracking noises echoed from his mouth, and his cheeks bulged for a long time. Then, he spat out a mouthful of green saliva and chuckled coldly.
"Black Nose is an idiot. He hasn't made any progress after decades. He is still as stupid and greedy as a dog. He is bold enough to confront the army of the Appeasing Ambassador head-on after being instigated by the other villages!"
The green-spotted freak shook his head in disdain.
As his facial muscles twisted, the wings of the bird-shaped birthmark seemed to be dancing up and down, making him look even more hideous.
The three thousand Sectors all originated from the Pangu and Nuwa. The mysterious world that was beyond the three Sectors and the five elements was also a product of the Pangu or Nuwa.
The language, characters, and social system adopted by the civilizations of mankind in the 'Three Thousand and One Sectors' more or less inherited the essence of the Pangu civilization.
Therefore, their languages were basically the same, like variants of different dialects.
Li Yao had absorbed a lot of Ou Yezi's memory pieces. He was already adept at several dialects of the medieval era.
During the five years of the great development of Kunlun, the Federation had excavated a lot of fragments that contained the spells and runes of the Pangu civilization. Therefore, he had a better understanding of the language system of the Pangu civilization.
The language adopted in this Sector was similar to the 'Lotus Seal Script' in the early part of the medieval era, except that some strokes were added. Therefore, 'Appeasing Ambassador of the Fifth Prefecture of the Southland of Sorcerers' was recognized by Li Yao after a quick glance.
The green-spotted freak's accent, on the other hand, was so creepy that it sounded like a zigzagging viper that was slithering inside one's ears. It was quite creepy.
Li Yao identified it for a long time and compared it with dozens of dialects of the ancient Cultivators. It was not until then that he managed to understand what the guy was saying.
The green-spotted freak continued sniffing. "Black Nose should've thought about what time it is right now. How could the Appeasing Ambassador who was bold enough to take the job be easy to deal with? It's just a pity that his body of fine flesh and blood and that 'Nine Saints Yin Fire Blood Transformation Blade'! "
Although he said it was a pity, the green-spotted freak did not show the slightest hint of pity on his face.
It was like saying that the Appeasing Ambassador was not easy to deal with but did not take it seriously at all.
It was as if the chaotic battle in the forest did not concern him at all. Both the victory of the Appeasing Ambassador and the failure of the barbarian soldiers were not worth mentioning.
Li Yao thought to himself. The so-called "Black Ceasi" must be the fat bald man riding the rhinoceros demon beast.
Judging from the tone of the green-spotted freak, he was an old acquaintance of Black Nose from decades ago, but their relationship was not good.
Since he had observed the techniques of Black Ceasi and the Orchid Sword Cultivator, yet he still mocked and disdained them, it was obvious that he was far superior to both parties.
The green-spotted freak sneered a few more times and put this matter behind him. He continued to study some sword embryos and rune fragments on the altar.
As it turned out, the altar was used by him as a 'workbench' again.
Li Yao was a knowledgeable master of refining. After a brief observation, he had seen through the green-spotted freak's intention.
It appeared that the green-spotted freak had discovered such a mysterious residence that stored the armor and the dead bodies of the Pangu clan by chance.
However, perhaps because of the corrosion of time, or maybe he was not the first lucky guy to discover the place, there were not many valuable items left.
All in all, there were not many treasures left in the place that were still of value. The only thing left was half a vambrace.
The Pangu clan was enormous in size. Even half a vambrace could be refined into a lot of secret swords and magical equipment that could cut through iron as if it were mud if it were used as raw materials.
Therefore, the green-spotted freak had been living in the place in seclusion, dismantling the vambrace bit by bit and refining it into magical equipment that he could use.
Judging from the way he talked to himself, he had not seen the 'Black Nose' for decades. Judging from the layout and management of the place, it was very likely that he had lived in the place for more than twenty years.
Li Yao vaguely saw that dozens of square holes had been dug out on the wall of the cave that was as smooth as a mirror. Inside the holes, almost twenty half-finished magical equipment had been placed. It seemed that they had all been dug out from the vambrace of the giants and could not have been completed in a year or two.
In the age of the ancient Cultivators, the professions of the Cultivators were not clear yet. The high-level Cultivators often dabbled in a wide range of subjects. They knew a thing or two about medicine, poison, refining, and arrays.
The green-spotted freak was probably an expert of the Yuanying level. After discovering a 'treasure', he had hidden himself in seclusion for decades, training himself and building powerful secret treasures at the same time. It was quite a common scene in the age of the ancient Cultivators.
However, the ancient Cultivators, who did not know much about the fundamental subjects, obviously would not analyze the fundamental principles of the Pangu civilization after they got their hands on the secret treasures of the Pangu civilization as the modern Cultivators would.
The green-spotted freak was only interested in the super strengthened alloys of the vambrace of the giants and regarded them as raw materials for refining.
But he turned a blind eye to the mysteries of aerodynamics, the circulation of spiritual energy, ergonomics, and many other fields that were hidden inside the vambrace, which made Li Yao feel that it was a waste of God's gifts.
That being said, the green-spotted freak had his own refining arts, too.
He picked up an embryo of a sword made of the scraps of the Pangu armor and touched it in fascination for a moment. Then, he spat out a stream of green saliva, which turned into a cluster of green flames the moment it touched the embryo of the sword. When the flames died down, a few zigzagging stripes were left on the embryo of the sword.
The green-spotted freak narrowed his eyes and observed the stripes against the light for a while. Then, he untied a colorful silk bag on his waist and took out a black badge from it.
This token was about the size of a palm, and its surface was engraved with over a hundred big-headed dolls. Each of the dolls was beaming with joy, but there was an indescribable gloominess in the depths of their smiles.
Such a picture of 'A Hundred Children Playing' was even more chilling than the picture of 'A Hundred Ghosts Marching in the Night'.
The green-spotted freak cast a spell in silence. Two streams of bright green smoke spurted out of his nostrils and circled around the badge nine times before they split into even thinner green threads and crawled into the nostrils of the big-headed dolls in the picture of 'A Hundred Children Playing'!
Something weird happened!
After absorbing his telepathic thoughts, the 'faces' of the big dolls that were frozen on the metal badges were all twisted. Their 'smiles' were mixed with grimace and pain, as if they would rather be dead!
Suddenly, the green-spotted freak extended his long, narrow finger that had green fingernails and snapped the badge three times. After a sniff, a few telepathic thoughts were 'fished' out of the badge like fishing lines!
The few souls, however, looked like a few tiny children or even infants, except that their bones were protruding, and their bodies were twisted. They could not have looked more weird.
The green-spotted freak kept snorting from his nostrils. Streams of powerful spiritual energy crashed into the child's soul. Like a few invisible hands, the spiritual energy flattened the child's soul and tormented it wantonly as if they were kneading mud balls.
Under his torment, the souls of the children could neither live nor die. Finally, their ignorant brutality was triggered, and their faces were even more hideous as they counterattacked!
However, the children who were brutally killed soon after they were born, and their souls were extracted while they were still alive. How could they be a match for a great expert in the Yuanying Stage?
The green-spotted freak, on the other hand, seemed to be playing a game of cat and mouse. He dealt with the souls of the children unhurriedly, polishing their brutality and raising their brutality.
This — this is not just an evil art to refine living people but also a secret art similar to 'raising ghosts'!
Li Yao was shocked by what he saw.
It was obvious that the bodies of the children he saw at the edge of the cave were all the green-spotted freak's doing.
He had killed the children, extracted their souls, and sealed them inside the weird badge.
The badge was like the 'artificial body' in the modern Cultivation civilization, where the remaining souls could be hidden and maintained.
It was obvious that the guy was up to no good. He was trying to purge and refine the ignorant souls of the children into 'imps' so that they could be melted into the secret swords and magical equipment to enhance the power of the magical equipment!
To explain what 'ghosts' were, it was necessary to talk about the 'spirits' first.
According to the legends of the ancient Cultivators, flying swords and magical equipment could communicate with human beings. As long as they were old enough and absorbed enough natural essence, and if they were connected to their master, it was possible that a 'spirit' would be born. From then on, the magical equipment would be able to attack and defend automatically without the control of its master.
The magical equipment that had spirits were called 'spiritual treasures'. They were existences of a higher level and the ultimate treasures that countless ancient Cultivators dreamed of.
From the perspective of the modern Cultivation civilization, the so-called 'spirits' could be described as artificial intelligence that had been embedded with tremendous tactical plans and could search, cruise, judge, attack, and defend on their own.
Even with the development level of the Xing Yao Federation, it was still rather difficult to breed a highly-developed 'artificial intelligence' that completely simulated the thinking of human beings inside a crystal processor.
It was needless to mention the medieval era, which was still groping in the darkness.
Right now, there was even a popular opinion in the Federation that the reason why 'spirits' were so common in the ancient Cultivators was actually the 'military artificial intelligence of the Pangu civilization' and their many variants left after the primeval war.
The spirits of the primeval era were hard to come by. Therefore, a lot of ill-intentioned people had set their eyes on human beings.
By killing people, extracting their souls, and attaching them to magical equipment, the effect of 'artificial intelligence' could also be achieved, if not even better.
The evil arts that transformed the souls of human beings into 'spirits' were best performed on the souls of children.
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