If there was a Fengshui Master at You Qi's level in Zhao An Prefecture right now, he would only need to open his spiritual eye to see a strange heart at the intersection of the earth veins, releasing the power of dead souls. This invisible Earth Vein Qi was connected to the mountains and rivers. Although it was only a branch, its veins were like the roots of an old tree. It was unknown how many Earth Vein Qi flowed through the entire Zhao An Prefecture, and it was unknown how many insects were hiding in them.
The insects infected the domestic animals, the domestic animals attacked the owners, and the owners attacked the families around them. One household infected one household. After losing their target, the puppets gathered in the direction of the city gate.
In just an hour, Mo Yuqing was besieged by countless puppets. These puppets didn't have any cultivation, so once the power of dead souls entered their bodies, it would immediately attack their heart veins, turning them into mindless ghosts. If the sacred power of the stars was released, they would instantly turn into ashes.
Yan Li was overjoyed to see Mo Yuqing flustered and exasperated. He sat on the roof of a mansion, polishing his sword while watching the show. His hand suddenly touched a crack on the scabbard. Picking it up, he saw that it was indeed recently damaged. Thinking of the sword just now, it was indeed far stronger than before. He knew that Li Ya, a spirit grade sword, had reached its limit.
He sighed inwardly and pulled out the sword. Under the starlight, there were already more than a dozen cracks on the sword. Although it could be restored to its original state with the Moon Demon Stone's memory, it wasn't a good idea to continue like this. Just now, they had only exchanged blows for a short time. If he had used his full strength, it would have been destroyed.
Li Ya's advancement was different from ordinary swords. On the path of refining, he had only learned the basics from Gu Haiyuan. If Li Ya wanted to advance, he would have to continue deducing, just like creating new techniques. There was a saying that every skill had its own specialization, and this path required a Master Craftsman.
Thinking of Master Craftsman, he thought of Gu Haiyuan. Thinking of Gu Haiyuan, he couldn't help but think of the final farewell he had with Shen Liuyun in Haiyun Divine Palace.
"Your aunt is my vessel. She asked me to tell you that before Gu Haiyuan left, he told me that if Yan Li was rescued, he should come to Laozhuang to find me. That thing has been completed."
The Divine Palace was a majestic image of a sea of clouds. The Sea Cloud Divine Mother looked down from the divine throne. Just a cold and playful look was enough to make him unable to move. He finally lost all hope. He knew that it was the will of the Mother Goddess that had swallowed his aunt's consciousness.
After that, he was caught in a storm. When he woke up, he was back on dry land with a lamp in his arms.
Yan Li took out the Green Lotus Lamp and gently stroked it. This could be considered a relic of Shen Liuyun. Holding the lampstand, the lampstand immediately turned into a sword. Under the starlight, it glowed eerily and looked extremely sharp. However, when he injected the Sword Soul, he clearly felt a resistance. After all, he wasn't the one who had personally refined it, and it had the mark of the previous generation on it. The mark that belonged to the Azure Lotus Sword Immortal was too deep, and he couldn't bear to touch it. In addition, the Sword Soul and the "Green Lotus Sword Song" were poles apart. Their ideas of swordsmanship were also poles apart. There was no possibility of them harmonizing.
However, he found a wonderful use. When he injected the meaning of the sword song, the Green Lotus Lamp would light up, and it had a strong lethality against evil beings. For example, at this moment, a black cat that was contaminated by the power of dead souls rushed over and tried to attack him. The Green Lotus Lamp flashed, and the black cat turned into a wisp of green smoke and dissipated.
"Help, help … ah …"
Suddenly, a high-pitched scream pierced through the sky. Although the same phenomenon was happening everywhere in the city.
None of them were as bold as this scream.
Yan Li woke up from his thoughts and looked at the city gate from afar. Mo Yuqing was using Taoist magic to entangle those puppets with branches. Only then did he turn his head and look in the direction of the scream. He saw that in the alley on the right, a puppet was biting the shoulder of a beautiful woman. The beautiful woman's body was rapidly changing. She was screaming in great pain, but her eyes were looking at a little girl a few steps away, trying to convey the message of "run."
The little girl stared blankly at her beautiful mother turning into a monster covered with gray moss. She didn't know to run, or maybe she was so scared that her legs were weak and she couldn't take another step.
Yan Li watched indifferently, and his heart didn't move at all. There were too many sufferings in this world, and he couldn't save them all. Even if he could save them, how could she survive this disaster at such a young age?
"Why waste your energy?" he thought in his heart.
"Wan Er …" Before the mother lost her mind, two drops of tears fell from her pitch-black eyes. When he saw this scene, his heart shook, and Shen Liuyun's face appeared in his mind.
"Little Fan, aunt knows that you carry a blood feud … but I still hope that you can be a kind and upright person."
Shen Liuyun's voice sounded like it was beside his ears. The two drops of tears were like clear crystals, full of sincere and sincere wishes. When he was about to think, the Green Lotus Lamp in his hand had already been thrown out. It hit the body of the mother who had turned into a puppet and was about to pounce on her daughter. With a flash of fire, the puppet that had bitten the mother turned into smoke and disappeared.
The little girl was so scared that she sat on the ground. Only now did she know how to cry, "Mother, mother …"
Yan Li looked down at his own hands and laughed at himself. "Sometimes the heart is thinking, but the body is more honest. Can the current me still hope for redemption? "He suddenly raised his head and met the eyes of the little girl who turned back.
The little girl turned around and knelt down. She cried and shouted, "Hero, please save my father and brother. They are still in the mansion. Hero, please save my father and brother. They are still in the mansion …" She begged and kowtowed at the same time.
In the face of a ruthless disaster, how did her little mind change to be able to care about the safety of others when she could not even protect herself?
When Yan Li was thinking about this, he had already flashed in front of the little girl. "You are called Wan Er?"
"Yes, hero. My name is Wan Er." Wan Er said while wiping her tears.
"Same age as Qingming," Yan Li said in his heart. He pulled Wan Er up and said, "Where are your father and brother? Take me there." He put away the Green Lotus Lamp and followed behind the little girl. In the beginning, he would transform the Green Lotus Lamp into a sword to kill those puppets. But after a long time, he got tired of it. So he injected a large amount of Spirit into the lamp and made the light spread out for dozens of feet. In this way, as long as a puppet came near, it would immediately turn into smoke.
When Wan Er saw this, she finally knew that her mother was already dead like these monsters. But she only dared to cry in secret and did not dare to blame Yan Li.
In the time it took to drink a cup of tea, they ran to the entrance of a grand mansion. They saw a large number of puppets attacking the mansion. There was also the sound of fierce fighting inside. Sometimes there were screams, and sometimes there were brave roars, "Protect the general!"
"Hero, hero, please save my father and brother …" Wan Er saw the scene in front of her house. She did not know if Yan Li would change his mind, so she begged softly.
"Go in." Yan Li walked forward. Wherever he passed, none of the puppets could survive. Soon, they arrived at the courtyard. They saw a dozen soldiers fighting with the army of puppets. They were protecting a general, who was carrying a three-year-old child in his arms.
"Father, brother!" Wan Er shouted.
Only then did the soldiers realize that there were fewer and fewer puppets. Then, they saw the general's eldest daughter leading a young man over. The young man held a lamp in his hand. The lamp emitted a bright light. When it shone on the monsters, they turned into wisps of green smoke and dissipated. It was a terrifying sight.
The crisis was quickly resolved. Li An, who had thought that he would not be able to survive, ran to his daughter excitedly and hugged her. "Wan Er, father's baby, you are fine. This is great!" Suddenly, he thought of something. "Why are you alone? Where is your mother?"
Li Wan Er hugged Li An and cried. Hearing the question, she could not help but look at Yan Li.
Li An was stunned. He saw the lamp in Yan Li's hand. He had seen the power of the lamp. He knew that his wife had become a monster and was killed by the light of the lamp. He could not help but feel sad.
"How dare you! How dare you murder the general's wife!" The assistant rolled his eyes and pulled out his knife towards Yan Li. "Since you saved Miss Wan Er, hand over the lamp and I will spare you the death penalty!"
"Shut up!" Li An was furious. He let his daughter take care of his younger brother and waved his hand to slap the assistant's face. "How dare you confuse right and wrong in front of me and steal my treasure? I will first give you fifty strokes and then behead you after the disaster! "
The deputy was stunned and cried out, "General, I'm doing this for your safety. Who knows what this brat is planning. Those disciples of the Dao Court agreed to escort the commoners with us, but when they encountered those even more terrifying monsters, they all ran away. They brought disaster to us, and this brat definitely has something to do with them …" The more he spoke, the more agitated he became.
Yan Li had long expected that Lu Changji and the others would not be able to deal with the Dead Soul Puppets, but he did not expect them to be defeated so quickly.
"What are you all still standing there for?" Li An shouted sternly.
The mansion soldiers came back to their senses and hurriedly pressed the assistant to the ground and beat him.
Li An then cupped his hands towards Yan Li. "Hero, please do not be offended. The more the situation is like this, the harder it is to control people's hearts. This brat dared to steal hero's treasure. He deserves to die ten thousand times. That's right, hero, you saved my daughter, Wan 'er. I cannot repay your kindness. This is a treasure passed down from my ancestors. Consider it my thanks. "As he spoke, he took out a box and handed it to Yan Li.
Yan Li possessed great power. He had experienced the insignificance and lowliness of mortals. His heart naturally did not waver. He did not resent or sympathize with this assistant's actions and experience. He wanted to reject it and leave, but his Divine Sense suddenly sensed an unusual Qi dynamic in the box.
"Oh?" He observed Li An's expression and took the box. He found there was a seal on it that sealed the presence. With a little force, the seal shattered, and the presence inside could no longer be concealed. Without opening the box, he could already feel a familiar vibration.
"Elemental Illumination Stone," he said coolly.
Li An's expression changed. He was not surprised that Yan Li could recognize the Elemental Illumination Stone. But judging from the presence, he was probably not an ordinary cultivator. "May I ask for hero's name?"
At this time, one of the mansion soldiers suddenly recognized the person in front of him as the evil demon that the Dao Court had been chasing. He could not help but shout, "He, he is Yan Li!"
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