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Chapter 568 Locking the target
People have their popularity, immortals have their immortal aura, and monsters have their monster aura.

A blessed person has colorful auspicious light above his head.

A strong person has a thick and strong aura on his head, which makes him look very stable.

Most ordinary people are just grayish air.

The goblin was so charming that the air above her head was like a chimney, with black smoke billowing out.

The more people are harmed, the thicker the black qi becomes. People who are good at observing qi can even smell the fishy odor from a long distance away.

In the past six years, Xiaoyu has been concentrating on practicing "The Great Way" and has become a little slack in the Xiantian Yishu taught by Taoist Dog Meat. But it cannot be entirely blamed on her. The practice of Xiantian Yishu mainly relies on the accumulation of experience and requires a large number of cases to practice.

When she was in Jihe Water Palace, she was surrounded by a group of monsters. Who could she practice with?

If she were asked to directly divine the location of the Black Dragon Demon King now, the result would be probably the same as her divined location of the Black King Kong six years ago, which is a huge difference and a huge mistake.

However, in the process of practicing "Eight Nine Mysterious Arts", her Qi-gazing skills have been undergoing qualitative changes.

Because the Yi Dao of "Bajiu Xuan Gong" mainly studies the changes of "qi".

Tao is born from nothingness, and the innate Qi transforms all things. All living things and matter are essentially a wisp of "Qi".

The transformation technique of "Bajiu Xuan Gong" is to fundamentally transform one kind of Qi into any kind of Qi.

This "qi" is the original qi, not the "external qi" seen by looking at qi.

If you are good at observing the changes in the original energy, it will only be easier to observe the external energy.

This is also the reason why immortals can identify goblins in the crowd even though they don’t have “fire eyes and golden pupils”.

Xiaoyu's level in innate Yishu has not improved, but she has upgraded her "hardware" and is no longer just an ordinary person.

The grayish-white "gas cloud" she saw now was the gas emitted by the people of Yingxiang Prefecture and Tianmen Town, forming a landscape when they gathered together.

Ordinary people have white air, and those with bad luck have white air with gray.

If one does a lot of evil, his qi will be black, just like a demon. In other words, the qi of a demon is not naturally black smoke, but demons often do evil and harm countless people, so their qi is black smoke.

If demons do good deeds and accumulate virtue, they can also show auspicious signs.

At this time, there were of course many wealthy people in the two cities, and their aura had colors, generally mostly green.

It’s just that their numbers are relatively small, and they are overshadowed by the people’s anger.

If she looked carefully, she could still find the noble man's green aura.

The colorful auspicious light is extremely rare.

Xiao Yu knew that Master Xuan Yin lived in Jianshan Tower on Shihui Street. He looked over there and saw that the sky was still a thick gray with no auspicious light shining through.

And the gray and black she saw in the east was just a clump.

It appeared vaguely in the gray air that stretched for dozens of miles, and looked very unreal.

When she flew more than ten miles to the east with the wind and planned to observe from nearby, the gray and black cluster disappeared.

Xiaoyu returned to the Demon Suppression Division with doubts.

She spent a little too much time looking for the air, at least a quarter of an hour. In addition to Sister Cui'er, White Dragon King and others who were still waiting for her in the alley, even Li Xianzhi had finished writing the essay and came over.

"Xiao Fengxian, what do you see?" He had sharp eyes and noticed that her expression was different.

Xiao Yu said, "I saw a gray-black mass in the east, which seemed to be there and not there. I wanted to get closer to see it, but it gradually disappeared into the yellow-brown atmosphere."

Taoist Shuilong was surprised and asked, "Are you sure it is 'earth energy'? You can see 'earth energy' directly in the sky. When you look eastward from Yingxiang Mansion, isn't it the earth energy of Tianmen Town?"

Xiao Yu glanced at him and said, "The ground energy interfered with my vision, so I couldn't see the direction of the ground energy directly."

Among the few people, he had the biggest reaction.

Xiaoyu suspected that he, like herself, had once viewed the earth veins of Tianmen Town in the underworld.

"The fact that you can be disturbed by the earth's energy shows that you have a very 'deep' vision! Otherwise, you wouldn't have touched the earth's energy of the two cities, allowing them to instinctively block your energy-gazing technique."

Taoist Shuilong asked in confusion, "With this level of Qi-gazing skills, wouldn't it be easier for you to just do divination?"

If someone wants to observe the qi, they must do so face to face and stare carefully.

Some people are very knowledgeable and can see the aura of noble people in the house when standing outside the yard.

There are also powerful people who can see the auspicious light above the head of a noble person from dozens or hundreds of miles away.

For example, in Journey to the West, the Silver Horn King could see the auspicious light above Tang Monk’s head even across several mountains.

Xiao Yu's qi-gazing skills at this time were already considered horrifying in the world of human cultivation.

Of course, the listener must be knowledgeable.

If they don’t know much, like Sister Cui’er and Yutong, they won’t react much.

"Although both qi-reading and divination belong to the art of divination, there are some differences between the two. I am a little biased and am only good at qi-reading. I can predict my own fortune, but I am not very good at predicting other people's fortunes." Xiao Yu said.

Li Xianzhi seemed to be thinking about something, and said: "Six years ago, Xiao Fengxian created the "Village Girl Sword" and often wandered around the market. She is very good at observing and changing qi.

It is normal to be able to see the geomagnetic energy of Tianmen Town nowadays.

If it's just the earth's energy that's blocking your vision, maybe I can help you."

Taoist Shuilong was moved and asked, "Could it be that the dragon energy is used to suppress the earth energy?"

Xiaoyu was stunned for a moment, and a look of realization gradually appeared on her face.

Dragon energy can actually be considered as earth energy.

The qi of all living beings combined with the qi of the earth veins on which they live is earth qi.

The earth's energy accumulates and gives birth to dragon veins. The earth's energy in the dragon veins is the legendary "dragon energy".

The dragon energy of Western Shu belongs to the Li family.

The earth energy that blocked her vision was in the east of Shu, which was part of the west of Shu, and was therefore under the "jurisdiction" of the Li family's dragon energy.

Li Xianzhi pondered and said, "The earth's energy blocking Xiao Fengxian's vision is an instinctive reaction of self-protection.

When Xiao Fengxian looks at the atmosphere of a city, it is equivalent to seeing through the reality and fate of the city. The land veins of eastern Shu instinctively resist.

It was also thanks to Xiao Fengxian's great reputation in Western Shu, especially in Yingxiang Prefecture and Tianmen Town in eastern Shu.

Otherwise, not only will your vision be blocked, but you will also be attacked back."

Taoist Shuilong nodded repeatedly, "A few years ago, I observed the geomantic energy of Tianmen Town and Yingxiang Mansion with the order of the prince. If it were normal days, I would not dare to look around."

Li Xianzhi said: "The earth energy is actually the thin and unformed dragon energy.

If someone wants to look at the dragon energy of Xishu, it will be difficult to see clearly and it is easy to be backlashed.

If the 'Heavenly Master' of the Imperial Astronomical Observatory of Western Shu, under the order of the monarch, built an altar to offer sacrifices to the heavens and observe the national destiny and dragon energy of Western Shu, it would be very easy and clear.

Now if Xiao Fengxian wants to see the spirit of Shudong, she only needs to go to the prefectural government office with me."

When Qingsong the Taoist Boy determined the destiny of "Xisha to destroy Shu", he got the full cooperation of the King of Shu and saw it at the Temple of Heaven in Luodu.

Now is not the time to look for the dragon energy of Xishu, so there is no need to go through so much trouble. Xiaoyu looked at him in surprise and said, "It seems that you have really put a lot of effort into the art of heavenly secrets in the past few years!"

Li Xianzhi smiled and said, “To master the Village Sword, I must work hard on the Qi-gazing technique.

Otherwise you won’t be able to even get started, let alone achieve great success.

You know what, the effect is really good after practicing it.

When clearing out demon infestations, I often use the Qi-gazing technique to find the demons, just like you do.

Those wild goblins are easy to catch.

Even if there are some 'demon immortals' with some skills, they will definitely leave obvious traces."

The others continued to go to Guanyun Pavilion, and Xiaoyu took Li Xianzhi to the government office.

The current prefect Liu did not need to do anything. He just had to present his prefectural seal and provide paper and pen, and let Li Xianzhi write two "handwritten orders", one to be burned to heaven and earth, and one to be held in Xiaoyu's hand.

The content of the "handwritten order" was very simple, which was to appoint Xiaoyu as the "Great Heavenly Master of Demon Slayer in East Shu".

With the "Wang Family Handwritten Edict" in his left hand and the prefect's seal in his right hand, Xiao Yu now looked a bit like the dog-meat Taoist priest who fought against ghosts in Guaizi Mountain.

At that time, the dog meat Taoist priest was equivalent to holding the position of national teacher, representing the Western Shu court in offering sacrifices to heaven and earth.

Now Xiaoyu is merely the "Heavenly Master" of Western Shu, and has only the "power of the Heavenly Master".

When she flew to a height of a hundred feet again and observed the surroundings with the art of observing qi, what she saw was indeed different from before.

Previously, only gray and white air like clouds and mist could be seen.

Now she could clearly see that there were threads underneath the grayish-white air, connecting each person.

The grayish-white air was mixed with some obvious different-colored auras, mostly green and black, with very little auspicious light.

It’s as if the blurry 360p picture has suddenly been changed to 4K high definition, allowing you to zoom in on the tiniest details.

This time, Xiaoyu easily captured the gray-black air in the east.

It was as if there was a bonfire burning in a distant wasteland, and there was a huge pot lid covering the bonfire, with smoke coming out from the gaps in the lid.

It was not a column of smoke, but a very uncondensed and loose black gas.

——Someone is deliberately covering up this ominous aura!

Xiaoyu suddenly had an inspiration and had a very strong feeling: I found my target!

Even if it is not the Black Flood Demon King, it must be some other monster.

She was so excited that she was about to run away, but suddenly stopped.

Xiao Yu remained calm and looked around. She caught a glimpse of a ghost on the roof of a wooden building two miles away, looking towards her. A sun god was patrolling in the sky above the street farther away.

She slowly landed at the government office and returned the prefectural seal to Prefect Liu, while still keeping the "Wang Family Handwritten Order".

"Alas, it turned out to be a group of evil bandits. They killed too many people, and there were too many of them. They gathered together and formed a gray and black cloud."

Facing Li Xianzhi's inquiring gaze, she shook her head regretfully.

"Where are the bandits?" Li Xianzhi asked.

Xiao Yu looked at Prefect Liu, "Is there a death row prisoner who killed people in Tianmen Town's county jail?"

Prefect Liu nodded immediately and said, "During the Lantern Festival last year, the great thief Sha Tongtian from Liusha River led two hundred gangsters to massacre Songzhou Prefecture, killing countless people.

It was not until a month ago that the five great detectives of our Great Shu joined forces and finally brought Sha Tongtian, who had been a scourge to Eastern Shu for many years, to justice.

There were more than 40 of his accomplices imprisoned in the cell at the same time.”

Li Xianzhi said disappointedly: "Xiao Fengxian, are they what you saw?"

"Well, let's go. White Dragon King and the others are still waiting for us."

Xiaoyu pulled Li Xianzhi directly into the ghost path and disappeared in the government office.

After a while, they returned to Guanyun Pavilion in the "Daiwang Palace" in the west of the city.

Taoist Shuilong, White Dragon King, Sister Cui'er, Yutong and other acquaintances of Xiaoyu were all drinking tea in the living room.

The atmosphere was not very warm.

Only Cui'er, Yutong and a few other girls were chatting casually about family matters.

Xiaoyu and Li Xianzhi had just jumped out of the ghost path. They were shocked and immediately stood up and looked over.

"How is it? Have you found anything?" asked Taoist Shuilong.

Li Xianzhi was about to shake his head, but Xiaoyu said first: "It's a great harvest! I found a suspicious place and I plan to go there to investigate it myself."

Then she turned to Li Xianzhi and explained, "In order not to alert the enemy, I lied to Governor Liu just now."

Li Xianzhi was surprised and said, "You suspect Prefect Liu? It's impossible for him to know the Black Dragon Demon King."

"I don't doubt him, nor do I trust him. Just listen to me. Don't tell anyone about this before I come back. Not only the living, but also ghosts and gods."

Xiao Yu glanced outside the living room and said, "If the food and wine are ready, you can start eating immediately and pretend that I am here too.

I should be able to come back before you finish eating. If not, it just means I caught a big fish this time!"

Li Xianzhi asked: "Should we make some preparations?"

Xiao Yu said: "I just had a whim, and I have a feeling that I will definitely gain something.

But I'm not sure what the source of the gray-black energy is.

It could be a group of evil cultivators having a meal together, it could be Sha Tongtian's accomplices planning to rob the execution ground, or it could be a wild goblin waiting for me to come back. We have enough time to prepare."

White Dragon King asked: "In which direction?"

Xiao Yu said, "It's east of Tianmen Town, maybe near the Liusha River, or maybe in the Liusha River. It's too far away to see clearly."

Li Xianzhi and Taoist Shuilong were shocked. "Liusha River is two or three hundred miles away from Yingxiang Prefecture. You can only see so far by looking at the qi?"

"So it's very inaccurate!" Xiaoyu said.

——Whether it is accurate or not, you do have a sense of it!
The two knowledgeable people didn't know what to say.

The White Dragon King said, "If we are in the Flowing Sand River, we may have to deal with the River God's Mansion. It would be best if you take me with you."

Xiao Yu hesitated for a moment, but still shook his head and said, "We don't know where it is yet, so there's no need to look for the River God's Mansion right away."

"Master, you can leave others alone, but you have to take me with you!" Xiao Qiang poked his head out of the dog treasure and shouted, "If there is a message to be delivered, there is no need for you to run back and forth, just give it to me."

Cui Er immediately untied the dog treasure from her waist and handed it over, saying, "Xiao Qiang is right. Whether we encounter an enemy or not, it can be of great help and will not attract attention."

Xiaoyu didn't take the dog treasure, but nodded and said, "You take the dog treasure. It's a bit inconvenient for me to carry it with me now. Xiaoqiang, you come with me."

After saying that, she immediately performed the Xukong Step and disappeared in front of everyone.

Xiaoqiang knew about and witnessed the Xukongbu six years ago. Although he still couldn't see her, he cleverly got into the ghost path and ran to the east.

(End of this chapter)