Chapter 18: The Devil
Xujiazhuang, the lobby of the largest house in the center of the southern district.
The lobby is spacious and has a solemn atmosphere.
Xu Yunbiao's body was laid flat on the ground. In a short period of time, corpse spots appeared on the body, and a foul smell was emitted from the rotting areas on his temples and chest.
A Taoist priest in a white robe was covering his mouth and nose with a handkerchief, bending down slightly to check Xu Yunbiao's wound.
This Taoist priest was none other than the Taoist priest that Qin Ziling had seen in the alchemy room in the small building before.
"Master, have you found anything?" The tall man whom Qin Ziling had seen in the alchemy room before asked in a deep voice. His face was extremely gloomy and his eyes were spitting fire, like a ferocious beast ready to devour its prey.
“Master Xu Qi was infected with corpse poison, and it was at least a high-level bronze corpse or even silver corpse level poison. Otherwise, with Master Xu Qi’s level of skin membrane training, he would be strong and healthy, with abundant energy and blood. Even if he was pierced in the temple and heart with a fine needle contaminated with corpse poison, he would not be dead by the time my servants arrived.” The Taoist priest in white robe replied with a gloomy look.
"A high-level bronze corpse or even a silver corpse? How is that possible?" The tall man and several people around him all changed their expressions when they heard this.
"High-level copper corpses and even silver corpses are naturally very rare. Even in the Corpse Demon Sect, one must be at least at the helmsman level to possess zombies of this level. However, this level of corpse poison is not too difficult to obtain. Of course, this is for the inner disciples of the Corpse Demon Sect." said the Taoist priest in white robe.
"I've already made some inquiries. Before Yuan Biao screamed, no one had entered or left his room. Moreover, all the people living in the South District are from my Xujiabao clan. We know the servants and maids well, so it's impossible for a spy to sneak in. What's more, my Xujiabao has never had any feud with the Corpse Demon Sect, and Yuan Biao is just my illegitimate son. He doesn't hold an important position in the family. Why do they want to kill him?" the tall man frowned.
"In this world today, heroes are fighting for supremacy. If they really want to fight, why would they need to have any grudges?" The Taoist priest in white robe sneered disdainfully, and then said, "Fort Master Xu can secretly join forces with our Holy Church, so won't those people in the city secretly join forces with the Corpse Demon Sect? Does Fort Master Xu really think that they will honestly abide by the court's regulations? Will they watch your Xu Family Fort grow bigger step by step?"
"As for whether there are spies sneaking in, Lord Xu has to investigate thoroughly. No matter how solid the wall is, there will always be gaps for air to flow through. But I really don't understand why they want to kill the Seventh Young Master! Is it a warning? That's too stupid and naive!" At this point, the Taoist priest in white robe shook his head.
"No matter they are stupid or childish, as long as I can verify that they have secretly joined forces with the Corpse Demon Sect, they will definitely not be able to escape the responsibility!" Castle Lord Xu clenched his fists and said fiercely.
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In the dark night, Qin Ziling's soul floated above the endless fields. As the instigator of what happened later in Xujiabao, he had no idea.
Soon, the soul arrived at the small hill where the main body was hiding.
Before he actually reached the hiding place of the main body, a gust of night wind blew and Qin Ziling smelled the scent of a rotting corpse.
Qin Ziling was startled and thought, "Fortunately, it's late at night and no one is here, otherwise our hiding place would be exposed."
As his thoughts turned, Qin Ziling's soul returned to his body.
This time his soul was away from home for a long time. When Qin Ziling's soul returned to his body, he obviously felt weak, as if he had been ill and his qi and blood were not flowing smoothly.
"It seems that before I reach the realm of distraction, my soul cannot leave the body for a long time. Otherwise, not only will my main body be in danger, but my main body will also become weak, which will slow down my progress in martial arts training." The discoveries before and after returning to the body made Qin Ziling alert and he warned himself secretly.
In the state of distraction, the soul can be divided into two, one part wandering outside, and the other part remaining in the body to be controlled in the center. Before this, when the soul leaves the body, the body becomes a soulless and unconscious shell. Once someone finds and destroys the body, the soul will lose its home, and will continue to weaken until it eventually dies.
Thinking in his mind, Qin Ziling put away the bronze corpse of the Tongbi Lingyuan, dragged his tired body and quietly sneaked back to Anhe Village under the moonlight.
Qin Ziling climbed over the wall and entered the yard quietly. He let out a long sigh and was about to enter his room when he suddenly stopped, then slowly turned around and looked towards the west wing.
The door of the west wing was half open, and Yin Ranyue's beautiful eyes were staring at him.
"Ahem, I have a stomachache." Qin Ziling explained with some embarrassment.
Yinranyue said "Oh", and her beautiful eyes were particularly bright as she stared at Qin Ziling under the moonlight.
"Hehe, why haven't you slept yet?" Qin Ziling asked again. He felt inexplicably uneasy in his heart, as if Yin Ranyue's eyes could see through his secrets.
"I can't sleep!" Yin Ranyue tiptoed to Qin Ziling and replied in a low voice.
"Don't worry, everything will be over when you wake up. Go to sleep!" Qin Ziling said softly.
"Yeah!" Yin Ranyue nodded obediently, then turned and went back to the house.
After returning to the house, Yin Ranyue always felt that Qin Ziling's behavior tonight was very abnormal.
"It must have been the young master who went out earlier, so I knocked on the door for a long time, but he didn't open it. Besides, why would he need to climb over the wall to go to the toilet? But why did the young master want to hide it?"
Lying on the bed, Yin Ranyue was puzzled, but strangely enough, after this incident, and thinking back to what Qin Ziling had said before, Yin Ranyue felt much more at ease. She was no longer filled with despair and fear about the future as before, and fell asleep unknowingly.
Seeing Yin Ranyue return to the house, Qin Ziling also returned to the house, then sat cross-legged and concentrated his mind, practicing the "Eternal Galaxy Visualization Method".
I don’t know if it was because I had just killed someone, but this time during my practice, I actually had hallucinations.
In the illusion, Qin Ziling seemed to have returned to his previous life. His body gradually froze, and no matter how hard he tried, he could not move a finger. Gradually his skin lost moisture and became dry, and then his skin and muscles began to rot. White maggots crawled in and out, revealing his bones.
However, Qin Ziling did not panic and kept his mind calm.
This phenomenon is recorded in the "Eternal Galaxy Visualization Method".
The way of the spirit and soul calls this illusion a heavenly demon. The stronger the spirit and soul are cultivated, the stronger the heavenly demon that appears during the practice will be.
The devil refers to the devil that occupies the heaven in the mind.
As the soul continues to grow stronger, the negative thoughts in the heart, such as fear, helplessness, anxiety, tension, anger, depression, sadness, pain, irritability, uneasiness, jealousy, anger, hatred, killing, etc. will also grow stronger.
These negative thoughts and ideas are in conflict with the original thoughts and ideas of the soul, and thus give rise to various demons.
When people practice spiritual cultivation, as these demons continue to grow stronger, if they cannot stick to their original intentions, the practitioners will fall into another illusory world and will be unable to escape . If their souls are not destroyed, they will become demons who have completely lost themselves.
Therefore, the way of practicing the soul is not only mysterious and strange, but also very dangerous.
"The galaxy is vast and endless, the universe is immortal and the galaxy is eternal!"
Suddenly, Qin Ziling saw the vast galaxy and the tall man sitting cross-legged in it. An eternal and indestructible power spread through his heart, and all the rotten flesh and bones and corpses disappeared.
Just as the skeletons had just dispersed, Qin Ziling suddenly found himself surrounded by a group of naked young women. The overwhelming feeling made Qin Ziling almost unwilling to wake up and he would rather sink into this state.
However, Qin Ziling finally stuck to his original intention, and kept visualizing the eternal, vast and endless true meaning of the "Visualization Picture of the Immortal Galaxy" in his mind.
All kinds of illusions appeared and disappeared one by one.
No one knew how long it had been, but when Qin Ziling once again used the "Immortal Galaxy Visualization Diagram" to defeat the illusion, a man wearing golden armor, with a sword hanging from his waist, and emitting golden light all over his body appeared in the void. He gave people an extremely majestic feeling, like a god.
Heavenly soldiers!
Qin Ziling couldn't help but feel overjoyed, knowing that because he had suppressed the demons formed by negative spiritual thoughts one by one, these demons were eventually killed and transformed into heavenly soldiers guarding the heaven in his mind.
The heavenly soldiers are not real entities and cannot show up to attack the physical body, but they can be summoned to fight in the battle between the spirit and the soul.
