Xiuxian, I have a high martial arts world

Chapter 123: The Demonic Array Kills Millions of People

Lin Chen hid thousands of feet underground, watching this scene quietly.

Sure enough, just as he expected, there was still a group of monks in the city who had not been deceived.

"I just don't know how strong these monks are?"

Lin Chen thought silently in his heart, and then gave orders to Long Ba and Feng Jiu.

A moment later, under the guidance of two monks, Long Ba and Feng Jiu entered a remote courtyard.

There are more than ten people in the yard, all of whom are in the Foundation Establishment Stage!
After seeing the unfamiliar Long Ba and Feng Jiu, the monks in the courtyard all showed vigilant eyes.

"Old Zhang, who are these two..." a monk asked.

Just as Long Ba was about to answer, a voice came from his ear.

"Is it Fellow Daoists Long Ba and Feng Jiu?"

Chairman Zheng poked his head out from behind the crowd, and when he saw Long Ba and Feng Jiu, he was immediately delighted.

Then he smiled bitterly and said:

“I didn’t expect that the two Taoist friends also met with Dao… and were trapped in this Jade Belt City and couldn’t get out!”

Deep underground, Lin Chen was also stunned when he saw President Zheng's appearance.

He didn't expect to meet an old acquaintance in this Jade Belt City.

He gave orders to Long Ba.

Long Ba showed a puzzled look on his face and asked:
"It's Brother Zheng? Brother Zheng is not in Guangyuan Market... Why did you come to Yudai City?"

Chairman Zheng showed a bitter look on his face and sighed:

"Oh, don't mention it! Some time ago, the Chamber of Commerce wanted to expand its sales channels, so it sent me to Yudai City to contact local shops..."

"Who would have thought that after only two or three days here... such a strange thing would happen in this city? If I had known, I would not have come here!"

Chairman Zheng looked quite resentful. He knew that everyone’s situation was not good.

With this old acquaintance around, there weren't many doubts about Long Ba and Feng Jiu's origins.

So he asked, "My fellow Taoists, do you have any idea about the closure of the city?"

Several monks in the yard looked at each other, then nodded and said:
"We have been searching the city for more than ten days and have some clues, but... the situation is not good!"

"Well, let Senior Li tell the two fellow Taoists!"

After saying that, several monks made way, and a thin old man walked out from the back of the crowd.

"My name is Li Yu, and I'm a cultivator in the early stage of Jindan..." Li Yu introduced himself.

Long Ba Feng Jiu immediately showed respect and said with a cupped hand:

"Greetings, Senior Jindan..."

Li Yu seemed very easygoing and waved his hand:
"What senior? We are all in the same boat now..."

“Could it be that even with the Jindan level of cultivation, the senior couldn’t break out of this city-sealing formation?” Long Ba asked doubtfully.

After hearing this, Li Yu sighed and said:

"Alas, I have lived in seclusion in this Jade Belt City for decades... and have been affected by this formation for more than a year. By the time I realized it, it was already too late!"

"The longer you stay in this formation, the harder it will be to escape!"

"Look at the millions of mortals and thousands of monks in the city... I'm afraid they're all going to die in the city!"

Lin Chen raised his eyebrows after looking at the images and sounds coming from the light screen.

Obviously, this group of monks has a deeper understanding of the formation.

Following Lin Chen's order, Long Ba showed a puzzled look and asked:
"Senior Li... who set up this formation? Do you have any idea now?"

Li Yu nodded and said:
"If I'm not mistaken, this is the Ghost Exorcist's Ten Thousand Ghosts Bewitching Formation!"

"A Thousand Ghosts Bewitching Array?" Long Ba held his forehead and thought.

Li Yu didn't notice Long Ba's stiff expression, he just nodded and said:

"Yes, I also saw this formation by chance..."

"It is said that this Ten Thousand Ghosts Bewitching Formation is the secret of the Ghost Exorcist Sect. It can confuse people's minds with ghost energy, but it usually only covers a small area... This is the first time I have heard of such a large area covering the entire city!"

"The longer you stay in the Ten Thousand Ghosts Bewitching Formation, the more dangerous it becomes. People like me with slightly stronger souls can still resist a little..."

"But, the millions of mortals in this city...are actually already dead!"

Lin Chen's heart skipped a beat when he heard this, and he controlled Long Ba to ask:

"Millions of mortals died... How can you say that?"

Li Yu sighed and said:

"After the Ten Thousand Ghosts Bewitching Formation is set up, it will gradually exert psychological influence on the creatures within the formation... and from the moment the city is sealed, all the mortals in the city have lost the desire to survive and leave the city!"

"So, in the end, the millions of mortals in this city...will all die!"

"Not only that, even the monks! Even we are now, we are always in this kind of psychological suggestion and confusion..."

"If I stay in the city for a few more months, even I... won't want to leave Jade Belt City in this lifetime!"

As he spoke, Li Yu nodded to Long Ba and pushed open the door of a house next to him.

In that house, two monks were lying on the bed and sleeping soundly.

"The longer you stay awake in the Myriad Ghosts Bewitching Formation... the more severe the psychological suggestion will be!"

"These two fellow Taoists are only in the early stages of foundation building. A few days ago, they agreed to find a way to leave the city... but now they have gradually lost the desire to survive."

"As a last resort, we can only make them fall asleep and reduce their awake time... If they can escape from Yudai City, they can still be saved!"

Hearing this, Lin Chen, who was far away underground outside the city, took a deep breath.

The longer you are in the formation, the more dangerous it becomes?

Doesn't that mean that if he doesn't escape, he will become like these monks and mortals and lose the will to survive?

"So, Senior Li... have you found a way to break the formation?" Long Ba asked.

Li Yu nodded and said:
"According to my speculation, the purpose of setting up the Ten Thousand Ghosts Bewitching Formation is to raise a Yuanming Stage evil ghost..."

"When all the mortals in this city die, this Yuanming period evil ghost will appear in the world and become the life ghost of a certain existence in the Ghost Exorcist Sect!"

"And in the entire Exorcist Sect, there is only one person with such courage and potential... the Ghost Eyed Boy!"

"And the way to break the formation is to kill the person who set up the formation..."

Lin Chen heard all the information clearly through the images shared by Long Ba.

He knew the Yuanming period, which was the realm of ghosts and monsters. It was a terrifying existence that surpassed the Ghost Pill and was comparable to the Golden Infant cultivator!
But he had never heard of the boy with ghost eyes.

So Lin Chen controlled Long Ba and asked, "Senior Li... who is the ghost-eyed boy you are talking about?"

Li Yu sighed and said:

"It's normal that you don't know the name of this Ghost Eyed Boy, because he lived more than 300 years ago... Perhaps it would be more appropriate to call him Ghost Eyed Ancestor!"

"Three hundred years ago, when I was still a foundation-building cultivator, I participated in the battle between the righteous and the evil. At that time, I only looked at him from a distance and was not qualified to fight him at all..."

"It is said that he has the talent of earth spirit root, and when he condensed the golden elixir, he even reached the eighth level of golden elixir. His current cultivation should be in the late stage of condensing the golden elixir, or even the eighth level."

"What's more, he comes from the Ghost Exorcist Sect. This old monster must have at least a few Ghost Pill Stage ghost drivers under his command... If he comes here in person this time, I'm afraid we will be dead!"

At this point, Li Yu's face was filled with deep sorrow again.

(Note: The quality of the golden elixir ranges from one to nine grades, and the first to ninth transformations are the golden elixir realm, similar to the first to ninth levels of the Qi Refining Stage~)

After hearing Li Yu's words, Lin Chen also fell silent.

According to what the skinning monk he had questioned before, a big shot from the Ghost Exorcist Sect had come to Yudai City...

I'm afraid this is the ghost-eyed boy that Li Yu mentioned.

"An eighth-turn Jindan cultivator, his true essence and mana are probably close to Jindan perfection... plus he may have several ghosts in the ghost dan stage..."

"It seems like this time, it's really going to be dangerous..."

Lin Chen frowned.

After thinking about it, he resumed digging.

As long as he digs deep enough, even a real Nascent Soul ancestor can't do anything to him.

By then, this array of ten thousand ghosts will collapse on its own...

"Besides killing this ghost-eyed boy... perhaps there is only one way to break the Ten Thousand Ghosts Bewitching Formation!"

When Li Yu said this, his face was full of worry.

He looked around at the monks around him and whispered:

"Since the Ten Thousand Ghosts Bewitching Formation is a city sacrifice formation, it must use the entire Jade Belt City as nourishment..."

"Then there is only one way, to kill all the living beings in the city before the formation is activated..."

As Li Yu spoke, the monks around him responded one after another.

"No, absolutely no!"

“Senior Li, there are millions of mortals in this city! If we kill them all… what a sin it would be!”

"..."

As expected, the dozen or so monks objected.

Indeed, even there are cultivators who look down on mortals as grass, except for some extremely paranoid demon cultivators.

Otherwise, even a selfish individual cultivator would not be able to slaughter millions of cultivators.

On the one hand, I really can't bear it.

On the other hand, I am afraid that my karma will be deepened...

Of course, there is also the most important reason. Even if he really killed a million mortals and left Yudai City alive, he would definitely be hunted down by the righteous monks.

Maybe even end up being infamous for eternity...

Li Yu looked at the expressions of the monks around him with a calm face. Their reactions did not surprise him.

But he just said calmly:
"Either go find that ghost-eyed old monster and fight him to the death... or kill all the mortals. It's your choice!" As an old monster in the Jindan stage, Li Yu's determination to pursue the Tao is even more resolute.

Compared to these foundation-building monks, he cares even less about the lives of these mortals...

The foundation-building monks around fell silent after hearing this, and they were obviously still a little confused.

At this time, Li Yu said again:
"Of course, I don't want to kill millions of mortals in vain..."

"The one who came from the Ghost Exorcist Sect was the old monster with ghost eyes. This is just my guess... If it was another Jindan cultivator, we might be able to give them a fight with our combined strength!"

"In my opinion, why don't we first go to the Ghost Exorcist's base to investigate? If that is really not possible, how about the second method?"

After Li Yu finished expressing his ideas, the monks around him had no choice but to agree.

"Alas, this is all we can do for now..."

Lin Chen has been paying attention to the movements here.

At this time, he ordered Long Ba to speak:

"Senior Li, do you know where the Ghost Exorcist Sect is located?"

"I just happened to kill two foundation-building monks from the Ghost-Exorcist Sect. Their base should be in the mass grave outside the city..."

Li Yu nodded after hearing this, then looked at Long Ba Feng Jiu and said:
"The two Taoists don't have a strong aura of cultivation... Do you have a magical weapon that can shield your cultivation?"

Before taking action, Li Yu wanted to know the strength of Long Ba and Feng Jiu.

Chairman Zheng knew about Long Ba and Feng Jiu's strength, so he said:

"Fellow Daoists Long Ba and Feng Jiu follow the path of ancient physical cultivation, so their strength is not obvious..."

“But Senior Li, don’t underestimate them… these two fellow Taoists are not weaker than the cultivators in the late stage of foundation building!”

After hearing this, Li Yu was moved and said:

"Great! With two fellow Taoists joining us, this operation will be more certain!"

"Then Senior Li, when are we leaving?" another monk asked.

"It is better to do it now than to wait for a day! Every day we delay, we will be three times more dangerous... Why don't we attack the Ghost Exorcist's headquarters right now!"

Li Yu was a decisive person, and he made a suggestion at this time.

The other monks in the courtyard had no objection, and they all rushed to the mass grave in the south of the city.

……

At the same time, Lin Chen had a panoramic view of everything that happened in the courtyard from underground.

He touched his chin and nodded:
"It would be best if we had this group of monks to investigate the details of the Ghost Exorcist Sect!"

"Long Ba and Feng Jiu can also send back information in time. If we can kill the person who set up the formation, the formation will collapse on its own..."

After a pause, Lin Chen continued:
"However, we still need to make preparations for both scenarios... This 1,500-foot-deep underground is far from enough! We need to dig deeper..."

Thinking of this, Lin Chen quickened his movements.

……

There is a mass grave outside Yudai City.

The setting sun could not penetrate the dense leaves, and the faint light and shadow fell on the mass graves, adding a bit of eerie atmosphere.

Li Yu, along with a dozen foundation-building monks, walked in this mass grave.

More than ten spiritual senses explored around, but no breath was found.

"What's going on... Aren't the monks from the Ghost Exorcist Sect stationed here? Why can't I see a single person..."

Chairman Zheng said with a frown.

According to his spiritual sense, there was no sign of life in this mass grave except for graves, dead leaves and old trees everywhere.

"It is indeed a bit strange... According to the intelligence, the headquarters of the Ghost-Exorcism Sect should be here. This barren mountain is so big that you can see the end at a glance... How come we can't find it?" A cultivator echoed.

Li Yu also frowned slightly, and after sensing it carefully, his eyes finally fell on the grave mound on the mass grave.

Hundreds of graves are densely packed together and can be seen almost every few steps.

"Everyone be careful, there's something wrong with these graves!"

Li Yu waved his hand, and his true energy rushed out, overturning a grave in an instant.

The other monks looked puzzled and looked carefully in the cemetery, but saw no dead bones.

Instead, there lay a humanoid monster that was completely black and covered with black hair, sleeping.

"It's a dog-skin puppet! The skinning incident in the city and the Black Dog Gang's livelihood are to refine these monsters..." Long Ba said at this time.

"Let me try!" At this time, a foundation-building cultivator in the crowd said.

He snapped his fingers, and the rich true energy turned into a raging fire, burning towards the dog-skin puppet.

The sudden attack caused the dog-skin puppet to wake up instantly.

The fire was burning on his body, but he didn't feel any pain at all. He struggled and rushed towards the crowd.

"This puppet is not afraid of pain and is very resistant to fire... Everyone be careful!"

Li Yu frowned and reminded, then slashed out with a sword, cutting the puppet in half.

"The defense is not very strong, it is only equivalent to the late stage of Qi Refining..."

"Everyone, don't hold back. Before the people from the Ghost Exorcist Sect show up... let's get rid of these puppets first!"

While Li Yu was speaking, he opened another grave and killed a dog-skin puppet.

Seeing this, the other monks followed suit and began to clean up the puppets.

After uncovering dozens of graves, a monk discovered something was wrong.

"Look over there..."

Everyone looked up, and saw hundreds of pairs of black-haired hands reaching out from deep under the grave, fingers crisscrossed, trying to get out.

"Hurry up! These dog-skin puppets are about to be awakened!"

Li Yu's heart skipped a beat and he urged quickly.

After killing dozens of dog-skin puppets, it was too late to stop them from waking up.

Suddenly, a strange wind blew through the forest, mixed with some strange laughter:
"Hehehe, it's just as the ancestor said... there are still little rats like you hiding in the city..."

"Since you are here, just stay! It saves us from looking for them one by one!"

As the strange laughter died down, hundreds of dog-skin puppets in the cemetery surrounded the crowd.

Most of these puppets are only at the middle or late stage of Qi Refining.

But they have thick skin and flesh, are not afraid of pain, and are extremely resistant to fire and blades.

Even for the Foundation Establishment cultivators present, it would be difficult to kill him instantly with just one move.

When more than a dozen foundation-building monks met the dog-skin puppet, they were crushed to pieces.

A moment later, another forty or fifty dog-skin puppets fell to the ground.

"what!"

Just then, a scream was suddenly heard.

I saw a foundation-building cultivator with black blood oozing from his legs and feet, and his body's protective true energy was bitten through by a puppet lying on the ground.

Even though the puppet's legs were chopped off, it still crawled towards his feet without feeling any pain.

Seeing this, Li Yu's expression changed slightly and he shouted:

"Be careful, these puppets have no weaknesses... We need to chop off their heads and remove their limbs!"

As they were talking, another Foundation Establishment cultivator in the distance was seriously injured.

A dog-skin puppet that was obviously much taller than him rushed towards him fiercely and knocked him away, with blood oozing from the corner of his mouth.

Immediately afterwards, dozens of dog-skin puppets surrounded him, and as if they were trying to satisfy his protective true energy, they began to bite him madly.

"help me……"

The monk who was thrown to the ground had no time to call for help, and his voice gradually became weaker.

After a few breaths, the dog-skin puppet dissipated.

All that was left on the ground was a lifeless body of broken limbs and arms...

The internal organs were exposed, the skin and flesh were turned inside out, and the flesh and blood were eaten away to a blur...

A dignified foundation-building cultivator was eaten to death by wild dogs in the mountains!

This scene further stimulated the surrounding foundation-building monks, and they all shouted:

"Quick, everyone, come over here! Protect each other's body essence... don't show any flaws!"

The dozen or so remaining foundation-building monks gathered together for defense under the leadership of Li Yu.

As expected, with mutual cooperation, the consumption of true energy was much less.

But the cultivator's true energy is limited, and the dog-skin puppet is tireless and keeps attacking him.

If this continues, I'm afraid we won't have to rely on the foundation-building monks from the Ghost-Exorcism Sect and the Puppet Hall to take action.

Except for the Jindan cultivators, every single cultivator who could survive...

Li Yu looked at this scene with an unsightly expression.

As a Jindan cultivator, he still had considerable strength left.

But he still has to deal with the next enemy. If he consumes too much true energy at this time, he will be in danger of death in the next battle.

Lin Chen had been watching the battle through the perspectives of Long Ba and Feng Jiu.

Obviously, if this group of foundation-building monks cannot even defeat these dog-skin puppets, then there is no point in testing them.

Thinking of this, he ordered the two puppets:

"Don't hold back, throw out the Five Thunder Seeds..."

(End of this chapter)