PS: Tomorrow at midnight.
Zhang Yan stepped into the cave and looked around. He saw that the length and width of the cave was no more than two feet. It was cramped and a little stuffy. A bright pearl was placed on top of a bronze candlestick. There was a shrine platform on the wall with a Cleansing Earth Tablet Talisman placed on it. Under the circulation of spiritual energy, there was not the slightest bit of dirt in the cave.
There was a jade couch in the corner, and it was covered with a thick brocade. The table had rotted long ago, and one of its legs had collapsed on the ground. Other than that, there was nothing else.
The back of the cave wall was slightly sunken, and there was a secret door in it. He could faintly see a deep ravine, and he didn't know where it led to. It should be the place of restriction that Daoist Xu mentioned.
Zhang Yan wasn't in a hurry to go over. Even if there was no killing formation in the cave that such a senior lived in, there might be some hidden traps. If he wasn't careful, he might fall into a trap. He didn't want to be covered in dirt here, so he carefully examined it. After confirming that there were no problems, he felt at ease and went to the entrance of the ravine.
He didn't act carelessly and released the protective light before taking a step forward. However, when his body leaned forward slightly, he felt a gust of strong wind whistling. At the same time, a strong force attacked his body, as if it wanted to push him out.
He sensed the might of the astral wind for a moment, and he already had an understanding of it. This restriction should have sensed the arrival of someone and would automatically be activated.
However, this kind of setup, if it couldn't expel the person in one go, then it would continue to operate until the spiritual energy was exhausted.
He pondered for a moment and couldn't help but smile. He didn't use any method to break the restriction, he just stood there and didn't retreat for about half an hour. The strong wind became weaker and weaker. In the end, there was a crisp sound as if something had cracked, and then there was no more movement.
Zhang Yan looked towards the direction of the cracking sound. It turned out that there was a very inconspicuous dragon shaped jade pendant on the ceiling. There were a few cracks on it, and it seemed to be used as a mechanism for the restriction.
This item had experienced many years, and the spiritual energy contained in it had already dissipated by more than half. It might be useful to stop a Core Formation cultivator like Daoist Xu, but to Zhang Yan. With just a little bit of force, he broke it open.
He glanced around a few more times, then waved his sleeve and walked inside. After walking for about twenty, thirty feet, he saw light again.
Another cave appeared in front of him, and it was much more spacious than the one he saw from the outside. There was a golden pearl that was swallowing and spitting out dazzling light at the top of the cave, illuminating this place like it was daytime.
On his left. There was another door, so he walked over. As soon as he entered, he unconsciously stopped. He saw a Daoist priest with a white face and black beard sitting on a meditation cushion in the middle of the cave. The priest held a Ruyi scepter in his hand, and he had a peaceful face and a sage-like bearing. His body emitted waves of gentle light. It seemed to be protected by a strange treasure.
However, at this time, the Daoist's eyelids suddenly moved, and he actually opened his eyes. He shouted, "Who is your master? How dare you trespass into my forbidden area? Why aren't you leaving yet?"
With this shout, the grotto was suddenly filled with a huge pressure. It was like a stormy sea, as if this person had already been enraged. It seemed that this kind of power, Zhang Yan had only felt from a few Taoist Paradise Masters in the sect.
At this moment. He also couldn't help but want to leave.
However, Just Now, his feet moved half a step, and he suddenly realized that something was wrong, but he stopped and looked up. He saw that the Daoist was only staring at him with wide eyes, but he didn't do anything extreme. Moreover, there seemed to be a trace of undetectable panic in the depths of his eyes.
Zhang Yan had already calmed down at this moment. After a moment of recognition, he suddenly sneered and said, "Where did this demon come from? You're playing tricks, and you even occupy the body of my master's disciple. Get out here!"
As he spoke, a sword light rushed out of the top of the door, emitting a sharp brilliance. It kept flowing, and there was immediately a dense chill in the cave.
The Daoist's face suddenly showed a look of horror. He hurriedly rolled away from the futon and hid in the corner, not daring to look at the sword light. He waved his hands and shouted, "Don't do it, don't do it!"
Zhang Yan shouted coldly, "Why don't you show your original body?"
The Daoist didn't dare to disobey. Suddenly, his body softened and fell to the ground. Then, a thin white line climbed out of his ear and fell to the ground.
This monster was as thick as an ordinary person's finger, three feet long, with a monkey's face and a snake's body. Its whole body was white, it had no feet, two tails, and there was a line of blood on its back. Its shape was very strange. When it rolled on the ground, it turned into a big-headed boy. However, being forced by the sword light, it just shrank under the feet of the Daoist and didn't dare to come over.
At first, Zhang Yan didn't recognize what it was. After thinking for a while, he suddenly remembered and asked, "Bizarre Language Insect?"
When the monster heard that Zhang Yan was able to see through its origin with just one sentence, its body couldn't help but tremble. It kept bowing and said, "Master Daoist has good eyesight. This little demon also has a surname. My name is Jing You."
Zhang Yan didn't think it was strange. He didn't think that there was such a thing in the world.
Before he went up the mountain to cultivate, he had seen this demon figure in a strange book. Just Now, thinking about it carefully, he felt that it should be this thing.
This monster had a special ability. If it entered a human corpse, it only needed to eat the internal organs of the person and then it could borrow the corpse to move. It could imitate the appearance of the person when they were alive. Whether it was sitting, lying down, walking, or speaking habits, it could learn everything.
Therefore, in ancient times, there were often people who missed their deceased relatives and caught this insect to comfort their grief.
However, according to ancient records, this Bizarre Language Insect was usually only the size of a grain of sand. It could enter a human body with water, but it was rare to see it grow to such a size.
Zhang Yan knew that it didn't have any ability to hurt people, so he slightly retracted his sword light. He glanced at the Daoist and knew that it was just a corpse. He asked, "How long have you occupied this senior's body?"
Jing You didn't even think and answered very quickly, "Answering master's question, it's been more than one thousand and five hundred years."
Zhang Yan asked curiously, "More than one thousand years, you've been hiding here, and no one actually found out?"
Jing You drooped his head and said dejectedly, "In the past, there were cultivators who came here, but they were sent away by this little demon with a few words. I even told them not to disturb people's peace. This trick works every time, but it doesn't work on Master Daoist."
Zhang Yan shook his head. Who would have thought that it was the Bizarre Language Insect hiding here to play tricks? Even he was almost fooled.
Fortunately, his observation was meticulous, and he found something wrong in time.
This demon didn't have any flaws in other places, but there was one thing, and that was that its mouth and nose were not breathing, and its seven orifices were malfunctioning. Its vitality had long been cut off.
Any cultivator would be able to find it if they paid a little attention. However, the cultivators who came here earlier knew that this was the place where the Daoist of the Heavenly Abode cultivated. When they entered and saw someone here, they thought that the Daoist of the Heavenly Abode had not left yet. After being scared, how would they have the guts to stay here? They must have escaped as far as they could.
When Zhang Yan heard Daoist Xu talking about this, he felt it was strange. It was possible that no one came to disturb a Daoist of the Heavenly Abode for hundreds of years, but no one came to disturb him for more than a thousand years. This was very unreasonable. It turned out that this demon was causing trouble.
However, this Bizarre Language Insect was so patient that it hid here for more than a thousand years. He didn't believe that there was no reason for it, so he raised his eyebrows and asked, "Jing You, let me ask you, why are you hiding here?"
Jing You's eyes rolled around, and he stuttered as if he didn't want to answer.
Zhang Yan smiled and said leisurely, "Actually, if I kill you, I will spend some effort to search this cave. I think I will be able to find something." As he said this, he spread out his sword, and the brilliance increased as if he was going to rush out to kill Jing You.
Jing You was shocked, and he quickly knelt down and begged for mercy, "Master Daoist, don't do it, don't do it. This little demon is actually here for a rare treasure. Bring it to Master Daoist."
He turned around and picked up one of the Daoist's hands, and then he opened the five fingers. In the palm of the Daoist, there was a warm and greasy pill jade the size of a pigeon's egg. Just Now, it was revealed, and it was emitting a warm brilliance.
Even if Zhang Yan was standing ten feet away, he could still feel the warm and genial air from it. Jing You was about to take it down, but he stepped forward and stretched out his hand to stop him, "Don't touch it."
He looked at it seriously and sighed, "So that's how it is. It's actually a warm and good pill jade. With this, it's no wonder that this senior's body hasn't rotted after thousands of years."
This pill jade could prevent things from rotting. Just Now, if he rashly took it down, the Daoist's body would immediately be destroyed.
Jing You said with admiration, "Master Daoist has good eyesight. This is it. When we cultivate, we don't absorb spiritual energy, and only eat ancient jade. This little demon doesn't have any supernatural power, and only knows how to play tricks. There are no external enemies in this Qincang School, and there's this pill jade to eat, so I don't want to go out. In these thousands of years, I've been eating and sleeping here, and it's been peaceful."
Speaking of this, he secretly glanced at Zhang Yan and added, "This is permitted by my master. Otherwise, this little demon wouldn't dare to touch the master's remains."
Zhang Yan smiled faintly. If this demon didn't recognize this Daoist as its master, it definitely wouldn't be able to come here. This was the truth.
Moreover, this demon answered fluently and had a submissive look. It was completely unlike ordinary demons who were stupid and didn't know etiquette. It was obvious that it was used to serving people.
But to say that this Daoist allowed it to touch his body, that might not be true. However, he didn't have the mood to investigate, and only asked, "Since that's the case, do you know this Perfected One's name?"
Jing You suddenly became spirited and said, "This little demon naturally knows my master's name. His surname is He Ji, Jingchen."
"He Jingchen?"
Zhang Yan looked surprised. He walked in front of the Daoist and released a gentle wind to straighten the corpse. After looking at it for a while, he made a Dao salute to it.
Qincang School had been established for tens of thousands of years. He didn't know much about those Grotto-heaven Daoists who had long passed away, but he had heard of this person.
It was because this person was of the same generation as the previous Sect Leader, Qin Qinggang. He was one of the 12 Grotto-heaven Daoists who followed him into the North Underworld Continent. He was originally famous, but he didn't expect that he would actually ascend to heaven here.
Zhang Yan took a few steps back, but there was a trace of doubt in his heart. He said, "This Perfected One's supernatural power is also shocking. The leader of the Deer Tribe, one of the eight demon tribes, died in the hands of this Perfected One. In the mountain gate, there is also a Grotto-heaven. Why would he quietly die in this Heavenly Furnace of Earth Fire?"
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