Chapter 2057: Strange Death

Li Yan walked at the end of the crowd. He quietly let go of his consciousness and felt the surroundings. After a moment, he withdrew his consciousness with an expressionless expression. When he came over just now, he had already felt something different around him. His consciousness After scanning, they found the fluctuations of the formation restriction here, which had already surrounded them.

Li Yan’s spiritual consciousness has far surpassed that of the monks in the late stage of Foundation Establishment, reaching about 700 miles. However, before Li Yan came, he knew that there was an ancestor in the middle stage of Jindan in Xuanqing Temple. He did not dare to act arbitrarily. With the utmost caution in mind, I have never let go of my spiritual consciousness to scan the entire Xuanqing Temple in a large area. Now that I am worried, I have to use my spiritual consciousness to inspect it at close range.

Li Yan finally stepped into the courtyard. He glanced around the courtyard and found that this courtyard was more than half the size of the first courtyard they stayed in, with only three rooms. , this was already seen by Li Yan when he passed by the entrances of the four courtyards in the middle just now through the distance between the courtyard doors.

At this moment, there are four people in Taoist priest costumes standing in the courtyard. One of them is about forty years old, of medium build, with thick eyebrows and a square face, and his face is like a jujube. He looks extremely majestic. He is looking at Li Yanyi at this moment. The person walking in said calmly, "I'm in the palace, Qi Luo. Outsiders also call me the Taoist of the palace, the head of Xuanqing Temple. I don't want to cause any trouble in the Taoist temple today. I'd like to thank you fellow Taoists. Fortunately, I'm an acquaintance among you." It saves a lot of trouble when talking." After saying this, he glanced at the monk named Lin with the Flying Scythe, the head of the Qinggu Sect, and the fat man in red robe. When these people saw the Taoist Gong's eyes, they also nodded. .

Finally, the Taoist priest's eyes rested on the two black-robed men and the hunchbacked old man. "There are a few fellow Taoists here, but I'm not familiar with them. I can't help but offend you, so please forgive me." He said. After saying this, the two men in black robes remained silent, but the cloaks on their heads rose and fell slightly, as if they were nodding.

The hunchbacked old man seemed not to have heard anything, and his expression was a little dull. The palace Taoist was not impressed when he saw this. After a while, he wanted to find out the identity of everyone present. As for Li Yan and others, in his eyes The monks in the Qi Condensation Stage just glanced at them one by one without asking any questions.

The three people behind Gong Daoren were also staring at Li Yan and his party. Li Yan did not recognize these three people, but they were none other than Luo Sanpang, Song Bo and the others who came back from Fangshi early this morning. Qin Chengyi.

Li Yan counted silently in his mind. Among the four people in this courtyard, there were three foundation-building monks and one Qi-Condensing monk. However, the Qi-Condensing monk had also reached the tenth level of Qi-Condensing Perfection. There is only a slight chance to build the foundation. With the four Taoist priests and nuns who followed, there are actually seven foundation builders in this Taoist temple. This is extremely strong for a second-rate sect. Especially this palace Taoist, his aura is extremely calm, giving people a sense of mellowness and satisfaction. This feeling was something Li Yan had only seen in senior brother Li Wuyi and a few people from Bailiyuan. Although this feeling The person's aura is restrained, and it is impossible to tell his cultivation level without careful detection with his spiritual sense, but Li Yan has already guessed that this person is not far away from condensing golden elixir - the realm of fake elixir.

When the Taoist priest saw that everyone had entered the courtyard, he raised his hand and pointed to a side room with an open door behind him and said, "Junior brother Liu, I see that something happened there, but I still want to tell you fellow Taoists what happened first." Go ahead and explain the reason."

Then he turned to the fat man standing behind him and said, "Junior Brother Luo, please tell me what happened here." < /p>

Luo Sanpang had been standing behind, feeling uneasy. After listening to the middle-aged Taoist priest’s words, the fat on his body shook. He took a deep breath, and then took a step forward. “This morning, Third Master, ...Oh, no, it was me, Senior Brother Liu, Junior Brother Song, and Junior Brother Qin who went to visit the Head Senior Brother after we returned from Fang City. Later, because of what happened yesterday, we broke the sect rules. Finally, the Head Senior Brother ordered the four of us to be on duty. Half a month later, the Lingshi salary will be halved next month. Since the Taoist temple occupies a very large area, even if one person leads a team to patrol for a day, it is still in a hurry. Therefore, the four of me secretly divided into groups afterwards, so that one person can take half a day, and three... oh , I was assigned to a group with Senior Brother Liu, because we have been in charge of the back hall, the Dao Jing Hall, for many years, and we had some tacit understanding with each other, so we formed a team with Junior Brother Song and Junior Brother Qin. . According to the order of the head brother, Senior Brother Liu and I will be on duty continuously after noon today. At about noon, I will come with Senior Brother Liu to gather the disciples in the front hall, and then take over the patrol from Senior Brother Kong.

Qin Chengyi saw Luo Sanpang glance over and knew what he meant, so he nodded quickly, "What Senior Brother Luo said is true. After we met on the road, we talked to each other and came outside the courtyard here. , Senior Brother Luo sent the message several times, but Senior Brother Liu did not respond."

After hearing Qin Chengyi's words, Luo Sanpang couldn't help but feel relieved, and then continued, "Just when Junior Brother Qin and I were about to leave. At this time, I didn’t expect that Senior Brother Liu’s extremely weak voice came out at this time: "Master...Sister...Junior Brother, save...save me." I was shocked when I heard this. I don’t know what happened, but at this moment At that time, the formation restriction covering Senior Brother Liu's courtyard fluctuated. I saw that I wanted to remove the formation, but it only fluctuated for a few times and then became silent again. It only weakened the protective formation by a few points. I and I When Junior Brother Qin saw this, he couldn't help but send another message one after another, but there was another message inside.No sound came.

Junior Brother Qin and I felt uneasy. After some discussion, we decided that there was something wrong with Senior Brother Liu’s cultivation. Otherwise, he would have lost the power to remove the formation protection just now, and there would be no time to notify him of this matter. The leader was the senior brother, so the two of us gritted our teeth and used our magic powers at the same time to directly blast away. Fortunately, the previous restriction of the protective formation had been weakened a lot. After the two of us jointly attacked several times, we actually directly blasted away the protective formation. Law.

As soon as the formation was opened, the two of us rushed in directly. However, when we rushed into the courtyard, we saw the door of Senior Brother Liu’s training room open, and we suddenly felt that something was strange. After cautiously entering, I saw Senior Brother Liu with a ferocious expression, lying on his back on the ground, already dead. I hurriedly cast a spell to summon the soul, but Senior Brother Liu's soul had dispersed and could not be gathered together at all.

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Seeing this, I shouted loudly and went out, because the sound of bombarding Senior Brother Liu’s courtyard protective formation had already alerted others. Senior Brother, you guys, the leader, arrived here very quickly. "Having said this, Luo Sanpang looked at Taoist Gong.

The soul-calling technique he mentioned is a method commonly used by immortal cultivators, and can be used by monks above Foundation Establishment. After a person dies, his soul will leave the body, enter reincarnation, and be reincarnated again. However, if it is the unjust soul of death, due to the existence of resentment, it will still stay near the deceased for a long time and refuse to leave, but mortals cannot see it. The soul of a monk It is more powerful and solid. After practicing to Foundation Establishment, if the physical body is seriously damaged, the Foundation Establishment monk can let his soul take another person's body for rebirth. However, the conditions for taking the body are harsh and require physical body, soul fluctuations, etc. Once they are in harmony, a monk can only seize the body once in his life. Otherwise, wouldn't it be possible for a monk to seize the body as long as his body is old and decayed?

"Well, what Junior Brother Luo said. , I also asked Junior Brother Qin alone before, and there was not much difference in the process described by the two. However, I would like to invite fellow Taoists to come into the house and have a look before I say that Junior Brother Liu was just killed, and you should not be allowed to wait to watch, but It's a matter of human life. I used the technique of summoning souls before, but Junior Brother Liu's soul had already been dispersed and could not be condensed at all. I think it was taken away by the murderer, or it was scattered directly, but I don't know what really happened. Later It is inevitable that I may need to ask you for advice, lest fellow Taoists go out and say that my Taoist temple is only a one-sided statement without knowing it, so I ask fellow Taoists to seek truth from facts. "

Speaking of this, a monstrous aura suddenly surged out from the body of the Taoist Palace, and the pressure of the fake elixir realm came overwhelming. Just when everyone felt that it was difficult to breathe, even the bloody hand flying sickle The expression of the monk surnamed Lin also changed continuously. Although he was not afraid of Taoist Gong, he was outside. With several secret techniques in his body, although he could not defeat Taoist Gong, he could escape. But now he was on his territory, and the mysterious Qingguan's formation is so difficult, but it is extremely difficult to escape.

This overwhelming pressure comes and goes quickly, and Taoist Gong's breath is just a breath.After letting it go, it was as smooth as it wanted, without any stagnation. However, just this moment had already weighed heavily on Li Yan and others. The few foundation-building monks were relatively good, but the remaining Qi-condensing monks were already His face was pale, his whole body was shaking, and he had a look of fear on his face. Li Yan was also pale. Of course, he did this deliberately. But those Taoist priests, including Qin Chengyi, all had normal expressions. It was obvious that Taoist Gong's magic control was so wonderful just now that it only enveloped a dozen or so people in Li Yan and did not affect the people around him at all.

The room where the incident occurred was the training room on the right side of the three rooms. The doors and windows of the other two rooms were closed. Then, when Li Yan and a dozen people entered the room, they saw that the furnishings in the room were extremely simple, with only A futon is placed on the ground, and a wooden frame is placed against the wall. There are some books and a dozen porcelain bottles of elixirs on it. A man wearing a Xuanqing Taoist robe is lying on his back on the ground. The Taoist priest is twenty-seven or eight years old, with an eagle hook. Long Nose, with a pained and ferocious look on his face, holding a token in one hand, and holding the other hand to the ground. His nails had sunk deeply into the bluestone ground. He stretched out his legs, and he was suddenly outside the mountain gate in the early morning. Senior Brother Liu among the four returned.

Several people next to Li Yan already had serious expressions on their faces, and their spiritual consciousness shot towards the ground. Li Yan did not check immediately, but looked around the house. This house has two windows facing the courtyard, one in each. On both sides of the door, the two windows were now closed, and on the wall facing the door, there was a large double-railed window that was almost as big as the two windows opposite it combined. It was also closed. Li Yan judged the location, and there was no doubt that there should be a lotus pond outside this large window.

When Li Yan finally laid his eyes on the door, there were several cracks on the door, which had obviously been opened by someone using magic power.

Li Yan's eyes flickered for a few times before he turned his attention to the Taoist priest on the ground. The Taoist priest's robes were relatively neat and there were no signs of fighting.

Li Yan's spiritual consciousness directly probed the Taoist priest. After scanning it once, he became even more suspicious. There was really no trace left after the fight on the dead Taoist priest. Judging from his painful appearance, he seemed to be poisoned. He died, but there was no sign of poisoning on his body. Li Yan could not help but scan the Taoist priest's body carefully with his consciousness. He was suddenly shocked. There were actually several very small cracks in the Taoist priest's heart. Without careful inspection, , I thought it was the tendons covering it, but after careful observation with my spiritual consciousness, I found that there were still small cracks. The inside of the heart had been shattered, leaving only an empty shell of the heart, and there were still traces of wounds on those small cracks. Faint spiritual energy fluctuations.

"This was someone using magic power to directly shatter his heart. According to Naluo Sanpang, he issued a cry for help and tried to release the protective formation. This should have killed him with one blow. , It seems that this Taoist priest also has some skills, protecting his heart and making a final call for help." Li Yan looked at the token in the Taoist priest's hand on the ground, which should be used by the Taoist priest to open the courtyard protective formation before he died. .

Li Yan then quietly moved to the back of the crowd. He did not want to attract attention. The foundation-building monks had already looked at the Taoist priest, and they had also finished observing.After that, the remaining Qi Ning monks had surprises on their faces, but they did not dare to speak. Especially the middle-aged Qi Ning couple who were traveling alone had a submissive expression on their faces.

"Fellow Daoist Palace, this junior brother of yours obviously had his heart shattered and died. Are there any clues to find out?" The bloody sickle dressed as a scholar was the first to speak. As soon as he spoke, the fat man in red robe and Sect Master Yue nodded slightly, which was exactly what they saw.

The two men in black robes also raised their heads and looked at the Taoist priest at this moment. After entering the room, they stood motionless at the corner of the door, just scanning with their spiritual consciousness. At this time, he looked up and saw two pale faces under the shadow of the cloak. They were actually twin brothers.

Li Yan stood behind the crowd, always acting a little timidly, and was closer to the middle-aged couple, and like them, the old and the young master and servant , didn't seem to want to get involved, and quietly watched the conversation between the several foundation-building monks and the palace Taoist in front.

Although Li Yan seemed a little scared, he had quietly dispersed his spiritual consciousness. He was confident that even the Taoist priest would not be able to discover his spiritual consciousness. This kind of tranquility at the previous moment, The next moment, there would be violent murders, and there were many among the cultivators. He had to be on full alert. Just when the words of the bloody sickle fell, the purple-shirted young man among the masters and servants on the side of Li Yan's consciousness, the corner of his mouth It was a glance, but he immediately regained his composure.