The dispersing black fog stunned all the other shadows.
The entire candlelit circle was dead silent.
"Who else wants to talk?" Lu Sheng took care of one and glanced at the rest coldly. "Communication requires skills, and I like the most effective ones."
"You … you can't do this …" The short shadow was scared. "If you do this, no guardian will be willing to come again."
"It's fine. You guys are enough." Lu Sheng smiled. He wanted to experiment with these guardian spirits to see if he could make a permanent contract.
He had already figured out the content of the contract. He also figured out which symbols were in charge of the contract and which ones were in charge of it.
So, all he needed to do was fix it a little …
Lu Sheng squatted down and tore some of the symbols on the carpet.
"Rip."
The wool on the carpet was completely torn off. The entire formation shook violently, almost losing control of the ceremony. But after a while, the ceremony returned to normal under the candlelit light.
"It really works … Looks like I was right. The ceremony itself isn't difficult. It's just a simple verbal agreement. Now, what I need to do is to remove some of the contract's time limit …"
Lu Sheng squatted down and tore left and right. The candlelit light kept flickering, but it wouldn't go out.
After some time, there was the faint crowing of a rooster outside. Lu Sheng stopped and stood up to look at the dozen or so shadows that didn't dare to move.
"What are you trying to do?" A muscular shadow asked in a low voice. "We can't beat you, but once the contract ends, we'll scatter and you won't be able to catch us. Are you crazy?"
Lu Sheng smiled. He had studied the ceremony thoroughly, but he was still worried that something might go wrong. Fortunately, nothing went wrong the first time.
This kind of malicious act of capturing guardian spirits could only be done once. Otherwise, if it was discovered and leaked, the other guardian spirits would never fall for it again. So, he had to succeed on the first try. Since there was only one chance, Lu Sheng might as well go all out and capture more shadows.
Now, he had indeed succeeded.
He glanced at the many black shadows in front of him. His hands suddenly moved and quickly made a strange gesture. It was like the Thousand-Armed Guanyin in the temple, or the Arhat Hand Gesture, or the Taoist Qi Cultivation Gesture.
In less than a second, Lu Sheng changed into 12 different ritual postures. At the same time, he seemed to be screaming as he shouted dozens of syllables in a few seconds.
Before the group of black shadows could react.
Puff!
The candlelight shook violently and turned a deep blue. This deep blue color lasted for three seconds before it was extinguished, plunging the room into complete darkness.
Before the dozen or so Protectors could recover from their shock, they felt an inexplicably strong contract chain attached to their bodies. This was the state after the contract was formed. The length of the chain determined the duration of the contract.
Furthermore, the chains would shorten as time passed. But now, the chain on his body didn't move at all. There were no signs of it shortening, and he couldn't feel the conditions or time to complete the contract …
"No!!"
One by one, the black shadows panicked. A few of them even frantically pounced on Lu Sheng.
"What did you do?!"
"You're crazy!!"
"Kill him! Kill him and we'll be free! "The small shadow shouted.
Bam!
Soon, a black shadow flew back and slammed into the wall of the inner room. Like a painting, it didn't move for a long time.
Then, another black shadow slammed into a wooden chair and lay on the ground, wailing.
Lu Sheng grabbed the head of a black shadow and let its body drag on the ground. He approached the small shadow step by step.
"You know you can't resist, but you still want to test me. Isn't this a waste of energy? If you have the energy to make a fuss, you should think about how to please me so I'll let you go. "Lu Sheng smiled and casually threw the Protector in front of him to the ground.
"And the contract has decided that before the contract is completed, you can't hurt anyone in the Purple Smoke Villa. Don't tell me you've forgotten the content? "
The small shadow lowered his head. He was still in a daze. He was inexplicably contracted without knowing anything, and now he was meat on someone else's chopping board.
"Understood," the shadow beside him replied calmly.
Lu Sheng glanced at the Protector who spoke. It was a slender black shadow with long hair, and the voice seemed to be that of a woman.
"Can you come out during the day?"
"Of course. You people see us as pitch black, but that's because your eyes can't see the other lights and colors on us. That's why you think we're black, "the slender shadow answered seriously.
"Then what's your name?" Lu Sheng admired people who knew how to adapt to the situation. Not everyone could quickly and decisively lower their heads to adapt to the environment.
"San Bu. San as in three, Bu as in cloth. "
"San Bu … I'll remember that …" Lu Sheng nodded. "I still have many questions to ask you, if you're willing."
"You ask, and I'll answer. I won't hide anything," San Bu said lightly.
"You're not bad." Lu Sheng nodded.
"Thank you. Also, a reminder. After the ceremony, because of the contract, we can only follow you closely. We can't go too far away, "San Bu said quickly.
"Is that so …" Lu Sheng thought for a while. The candlelight flickered, and finally went out. But the dozen Protectors could not leave, because they had already formed a contract.
But just because they couldn't leave didn't mean these Protector Spirits liked being too close to Lu Sheng. In an instant, most of the Protector Spirits flew through the wall and left, arriving at the furthest possible distance from Lu Sheng.
Only San Bu was left.
Because of the contract, Lu Sheng sensed it.
"Is it okay?" he asked.
"It's okay. I don't like them, and they don't like me. Even without the contract, it's the same," San Bu said lightly.
"What do you Protectors rely on to fight against the evil spirits? Can you tell me? "Lu Sheng was interested. He sat cross-legged on the ground and talked to San Bu.
"We rely on spiritual power. The power that flows in our bodies. It's our blood, our blood. It's the pillar of life. The Protectors are called Protectors, not just for show, "San Bu explained simply.
"Spiritual power? Can you show me? " Lu Sheng's interest was immediately piqued. It was another power system that he had never seen before. He was very interested in anything that could make him stronger.
"Of course." San Bu was very cooperative.
She reached out her hand, and it was a straight black tentacle that looked like a tree branch. Not long after, a black shadow that looked like a flame came out of the tentacle.
"This is my spiritual power. The biggest use of this power is to give life to inanimate objects. At the same time, it's extremely effective against evil spirits that are full of death, "San Bu said lightly.
"Oh? Give life to inanimate objects? Can you show me? "Lu Sheng was even more interested.
"Unfortunately, my power is too weak, and I can't reach that level. But with a small amount of spiritual power, it can make the inanimate objects more spiritual. It might produce some rare treasures that you humans see, "San Bu explained.
"Interesting … other than that, what else can it do?" Lu Sheng asked.
"Also … it can make living things more alive and stronger …" San Bu said uncertainly. "I haven't tried it, but it should be possible."
"Then why do you want to form a contract with humans? What do you want from us? "Lu Sheng asked another important question.
San Bu was silent for a while, and then slowly answered.
"Many of the items in your world are extremely precious treasures to us. If we are able to obtain these items and absorb their essence, our strength will be able to rise to new heights."
"Is that so?" Lu Sheng thought for a while, and then asked a few more questions.
San Bu answered all of them very cooperatively, and there was no sign of deception.
Finally, Lu Sheng asked another question. "Why are you so cooperative?"
"Because I don't see any point in resisting you," San Bu answered seriously.
"One last request." Lu Sheng smiled and stood up. "Please inject your spiritual power into my hand, and let me feel …"
San Bu shook his head. "It's useless. People have asked this before, but it's useless. Humans can't touch spiritual power no matter what."
Although he did not think that Lu Sheng could succeed, he still followed orders, and slowly placed his tentacle on Lu Sheng's palm, and injected spiritual power into it.
Lu Sheng looked at his palm calmly. It was gradually becoming more lustrous and agile, like a statue carved out of white jade. A faint layer of white radiance covered it.
He could not feel the existence of spiritual power at all. Even the Divine Lord's spirit did not react.
But he did not give up. He imagined the spiritual power in his hand flowing through the veins in his hand, all the way to his shoulder, and then to his chest. It began to circulate rapidly along the Ren and Du Meridians.
Although he still could not feel the existence of spiritual power, he persisted for dozens of times, and San Bu injected more and more spiritual power.
Finally, Lu Sheng felt his body expand and become more energetic.
"Deep Blue," he called.
Whoosh.
A light blue box appeared in front of his eyes.
There were originally only two boxes for Lu Zhong. One was Upper Forest Sword Technique, and the other was Unknown Essence Qi Technique.
But at this moment, there was another square frame at the very bottom.
"Unknown Spirit Qi Technique: Basic. (Additional effects: Vitality level one, longevity level one.) "
"This spiritual power has the effect of longevity?!" Lu Sheng was shocked. This was no small matter.
"Alright, that's enough. Thank you." His heart was shaken, but he still sent his thoughts to San Bu.
"How is it?" San Bu looked at Lu Sheng expectantly. He felt that this human was different from anyone he had met before.
So he was willing to cooperate.
"I don't feel anything …"
Lu Sheng shook his head. "Can you talk about the stages of spiritual power cultivation?"
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