What Master meant was that after these people died, their souls were sealed in their bodies, unable to escape, and their bodies were refined into puppets. The person who manipulated them used the power of their own souls to cast spells that they had learned when they were alive. The more he used it, the more his soul would be consumed.
When Zhu Yao heard this, she was startled. What kind of Mystic Art was this vicious? This was clearly the rhythm of making people's souls scatter. No wonder the soul she saw was as thin as a wisp of smoke.
"Then what did Lil Pea do just now?"
"It is Bai Yuan's inner core." Yu Yan replied solemnly. "The source of the River of Forgetfulness is the purest water of the River of Forgetfulness. That's why it can separate the souls of the deceased."
With that, Lil Pea burped seven times in a row. With each burp, a human-shaped white smoke came out of her mouth. Each smoke was so thin that it was unimaginably thin. It was several times weaker than the ghosts she saw in the Underworld, as if it could be blown away by the wind.
Zhu Yao cast the Art of Rebirth, sending those few souls into the Underworld. The appearance of these evil cultivators was extremely frightening. What kind of person could refine such a humanoid puppet?
Last time, it was Cheng Qingdiao. No matter how much of a bastard he was, he was only using demonic beasts for experiments, and his goal was to ascend. Now that the experiment level had been upgraded to primates, they could directly conduct human experiments. Things were progressing too quickly. He couldn't hold on! What kind of world had she come to? Why was everyone a technological god!
Zhu Yao had Dou Dou turn back to the size of a pearl and kept it. With a heart full of questions, she flew back to Tranquil Valley. Earlier, when Skybond Peak appeared, a hole had already been opened up in the barrier of Tranquil Valley. Miraculously, the barrier seemed to possess a self-healing ability, as it had already begun to slowly close up.
It was rare to see this kind of self-repairing enchantment! At least in her knowledge, there was no such thing. Who was the one who set it up?
Wait a minute!
Earlier, the reason why those Nascent Soul experts pulled Skybond Peak over here, was because they wanted to make use of this barrier to hide the thing inside. In other words, they knew from the start that this barrier could repair itself?
"Master. Have you seen a barrier like this before? "Zhu Yao asked a little anxiously.
"Never."
Even Master didn't know, but those puppets did. Could it be that the person controlling those puppets was related to Tranquil Valley's barrier? Zhu Yao's heart instantly turned cold. Who was that person? What did he want to do to Tranquil Valley? The people living there were all stupid natives whose IQs didn't even reach the passing level!
"Master, can you find out who set up this barrier?"
Yu Yan was silent for a moment, before replying. "There should be three thousand small formations within this formation. Moreover, they all had different attributes. It had been running on its own for a long time without the guidance of human spiritual energy. If he wanted to find the person who set up the formation, it would be too late. But ordinary formations. There must be a Formation Eye and an incantation to operate it. "
Zhu Yao's eyes shone. "You're saying that we can find the formation core in this valley?"
"Yes."
If he could find the eye of the formation, he would at least be able to obtain some useful information.
Little tyrant and Ye Qingcang just happened to arrive, so Zhu Yao immediately grabbed hold of them. He brought them along to search for the eye of the formation. While the barrier was still being repaired, there would definitely be spiritual power fluctuations at the eye of the formation.
She immediately expanded her divine sense to the maximum. In an instant, the entire Tranquil Valley appeared before his eyes. He had thought that it would be easy, but because the barrier was broken, the spiritual energy from the outside had entered, and there were spiritual energy fluctuations in several places. She forgot the location one by one and searched for them one by one.
In the end, he found something strange in front of a stone wall. It looked like an ordinary stone wall. It was no different from the stone walls surrounding Tranquil Valley. Spiritual energy was faintly seeping out from it, but it was not very obvious. Strangely, when she scanned it with her divine sense, she could not sense any obstructions at all. However, he didn't feel any obstruction at all. There was only an empty land that extended endlessly.
"Grandma. What's that? "Little tyrant suddenly pointed at a small piece of broken rock at the bottom of the stone wall.
There did not seem to be anything special about the rock at first glance, but after a closer look, she realized that a hint of golden light would occasionally flash past it, as though it was the reflection of sunlight accidentally hitting its surface. However, the frequency of the refraction was a little higher.
It seemed like this was the formation core.
Zhu Yao immediately landed on the ground with her sword. She took a few quick steps and squatted down to take a closer look at the rock. In the end, it was as though the rock's electricity had been cut off, as it suddenly stopped shining. Could it be her imagination?
"Little tyrant, we saw this rock earlier, right?"
"Mn." He nodded. "It's this one."
"Then why isn't it shining anymore?" The barrier in the sky was not completely repaired either. "It can't be out of electricity, right?"
Zhu Yao repeatedly inspected this rock, and even used her divine sense to inspect it. There was not the slightest bit of abnormality, let alone the flow of spiritual energy.
Could she be mistaken? Zhu Yao inspected her surroundings for a moment. She then stood up and looked at the wide stone wall in front of her. She tried to knock on it. It was a stone wall, and it was rather hard. It did not look like a smokescreen either. Why was there nothing when she used her divine sense to inspect it!?
"Granny!" Ye Qingcang suddenly exclaimed, pointing at her feet with a shocked expression.
"What's wrong?"
"Rock … Rock. I saw it move a little earlier."
Zhu Yao was startled. She carefully inspected the rock she was looking at earlier. It was still quietly staying at its original spot, and there was no difference from before. "Are you certain?"
"Mn." He nodded heavily.
Zhu Yao once again inspected it carefully.
In so many years, no one had ever discovered this formation, and not even the spiritual monsters knew of it. Could it be because this formation core could move on its own? Wasn't this a little too intelligent?
However, after inspecting it for a long while, she was still unable to see anything? She had no choice but to give up.
In the end, just as she took two steps away, Ye Qingcang once again spoke. "It … It moved again."
She had no choice but to inspect it again, but she still did not discover anything.
Standing up, Ye Qingcang spoke for the third time. "Granny, believe me. Earlier, it moved again."
The hell! Are you kidding me!?
This time, Zhu Yao paid attention and carefully compared it. Indeed, the soil around the rock had loosened by a few millimeters. This rock had really moved.
"This can't be a rock spirit, right?" Zhu Yao pushed the rock and rolled it around. She completely could not tell that it had become a spirit. "Little Cang, your eye disease has to be treated!"
"Granny …" Ye Qingcang felt like crying.
"Alright, alright, alright. I believe you." Zhu Yao was annoyed as well. She immediately flipped her hand, and a ball of flames appeared in her palm. "Can it move? You'll know once you try? "
She purposely rubbed the flames closer to the rock. In the end, before she could even touch it, the rock had already rolled far away.
The entire rock once again emitted out the golden light she saw earlier. Two large, sparkling words appeared on the rock like words — Beast!
Zhu Yao: "…"
Little tyrant: "…"
Ye Qingcang: "…"
Was she scolding him? She definitely was, right!?
Those two words even slowly floated up, as though they were a projection. They floated up a meter away. Not only did they become bigger, they became thicker as well. Then, with a flash of golden light, a new line of words appeared — Even rocks are not spared!
Yo. What a bad temper. It seemed like it really was a formation core, and it was even an intelligent one.
"Be obedient and don't move!" Zhu Yao immediately grabbed it. "Let me take a look."
That rock, however, flew up in an extremely resistant manner, and the words on it changed once again — What do you want to do to my body?
"…" Why did she feel like she was a tyrant who took liberties with innocent women? She simply wanted to check the center of the formation core. She was just trying to deduce the formation's shape.
The rock flew five meters away — Don't come over, I'd rather die!
Everyone: "…"
Just how much did it hate being touched by others? You're a freaking formation core. Do you have to be so chaste!?
The corner of Zhu Yao's lips twitched. She immediately cast an art and erected a net of spiritual energy in the air, blocking the formation core stone that was about to escape. With a pull of her hand, the entire rock flew towards her.
The formation core stone began to forcefully smash against the net of spiritual energy. However, it was to no avail, and it still had no choice but to fly towards her.
The words on the rock began to change as though a screen was being refreshed.
— You beast that covets my body, don't touch me!
— You will regret this!
— No. Don't touch me!
— Please let me go, please?
— Ah! — No!
— Pain ~
Zhu Yao: "…"
Little tyrant: "…"
Ye Qingcang: "…"
The hell, just what version of this rock's intelligence was installed in it? Just what was inside its head, hey? She clearly didn't do anything at all!
Zhu Yao's expression darkened as she caught the rock. She could not help but say. "Don't be afraid, I will be gentle."
The two little ones: "…"
Eh? It seemed to be developing in a strange direction?
Just as Zhu Yao was about to insert a strand of divine sense into it, the rock in her hand suddenly began to heat up. Zhu Yao was caught off guard for a moment, and her hand trembled as she let go. The rock instantly flew out, emitting out a radiance that was ten times more dazzling than before. Zhu Yao could not help but narrow her eyes.
A row of words once again surfaced on the rock. You will have to pay the price for violating me like this.
Oops!
Violating my ass ~ F * ck!
This lady here didn't do anything at all, hey! Also, who would have any interest in violating a rock like you!?
Just as Zhu Yao was about to step forward and retort, she shockingly realized she could not move her entire body. What was going on?
"Grandma!" Little tyrant suddenly exclaimed.
Zhu Yao looked forward, only to see a gigantic golden formation suddenly appearing on the stone wall which did not have the slightest bit of movement earlier. Unfamiliar runes filled the entire stone wall. Before she could even see the appearance of the formation clearly, a huge suction force suddenly assaulted her.
Along with little tyrant and Ye Qingcang, they were all sucked into that formation. A second before entering the formation, she faintly saw a row of new words appearing on the rock.
— Other than master, I will not allow anyone to touch me.
In the next second, light flashed in the surroundings. Golden streaks of light were everywhere, flashing towards the back. It was as though her entire body was rapidly advancing.
In less than a few minutes, she once again fiercely plummeted downwards. Just as her face was about to land on the ground, the pressure on her body was released the moment she landed. She casually cast a wind art, preventing the three from falling into the fate of being crippled. However, she still fell head first into the mound.
Puuu …
It had been a long time since she tasted the feeling of lying on the ground. Just as she was about to ask the two little ones about their situation, a female voice suddenly sounded from behind her.
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