Chapter 291

Lei Yu, Jin Zhong, and the others stepped into the White Bone Temple holding the two remaining incense sticks. They saw hundreds of white bone monks inside the mountain gate worshipping the bronze Buddha, chanting scriptures in unison.

Such a bizarre scene forced them to slow down their pace, being extremely cautious.

Until they saw the Tao family disciples in the great hall poking their heads out to look.

They breathed a sigh of relief.

Being able to see living people could probably be considered safe.

The group was cautious, not daring to approach those white bone monks, and followed into the great hall. Walking all the way here, the disciples of the Jin, Lei, and Xin families had decreased by nearly half again. Only two elders remained beside Lei Yu.

Jin Zhong was slightly better, but only had four Core Formation True Persons.

Adding the other disciples of the family at the Penetrating Law realm, each family had no more than a dozen people. Compared to the aggressive momentum when they arrived, they all looked like stray dogs.

This trip to the demon aperture.

Lei Yu and Jin Zhong's intestines were almost green with regret!

The Xin family only had four or five young disciples left. The green-eyed old fox had survived with six, which was the family that had preserved its strength relatively well among the three.

Lin Zhanglao of the Shenxiao Sect also had bloodstains on his lapel. Of the several disciples who had originally followed him, only three remained, and one male disciple had even had both arms torn off at the elbow and was in a coma.

The young disciples of the Tao family looked at this miserable state and were all secretly shocked, not knowing what kind of terror the three families had encountered in this White Bone Corpse Land to end up like frightened birds.

Behind these three families, the chaotic loose cultivators also stepped into the White Bone Temple, guarding the last remaining incense stick with vigilance.

They looked at the three great noble families with extreme vigilance.

Someone among the loose cultivators saw Brother Qian Chen and the others, hurriedly stepped forward and bowed, thanking them: "Thank you for leaving these three sticks of residual incense on the road. If it weren't for this, we wouldn't have been able to hold on until here, and would have long since been killed by the poisonous corpses of this ghost place..."

Someone said with a sad voice: "The zombies here are indeed fierce, but they are not as poisonous as the human heart! Those noble families snatched the precious spirit herbs growing here, provoked the corpse group to attack, and not only did they kill many of their own people, but they also implicated us!"

"After the Buddhist sound dispersed the corpse group, we struggled to kill our way out of the demon objects' encirclement. At night, the corpse qi surged, and those who entered the body all turned into fierce corpses. Fortunately, everyone finally discovered the residual incense left by you, and were able to disperse the corpse qi and temporarily take shelter..."

"Originally, that place was vast, and everyone could take shelter. But when those noble families came, they wanted to snatch those three sticks of residual incense. If we hadn't worked together to intercept one..."

Although Brother Qian Chen had long known the situation at that time, hearing this, he still couldn't help but shake his head secretly—the three sticks of incense he left behind were enough to protect everyone who was still alive at that time.

At worst, everyone could just squeeze in!

The three sticks of incense had the life fire of the bronze divine statue remaining on them, and the incense smoke hadn't dissipated, just like a bronze figurine sitting there.

The zombies without consciousness feared this aura and didn't dare to offend. As for the six Earth Immortals with consciousness, who wouldn't give Brother Qian Chen some face and wouldn't touch the people he was protecting.

But Brother Qian Chen had left a way of life, yet the contradiction between the noble families and the loose cultivators could still mess things up!

Both sides fought for the incense, and the overall aura covered by the incense smoke was broken. The aura of the divine statue weakened by at least seventy percent, so it was no wonder it attracted the corpse group.

Moreover, the range for dispelling corpse qi also shrank by seventy percent.

It could only be said that there was no trust left between the two sides...

The boy who had said he would reprimand Xin Xin Shisan Niang as a lowly concubine, the one who was prepared to establish a Foundation Establishment First Rank in the spirit aperture, did not know if he was protected by Lei Yu or if his status was noble, but he was protected in the very center of the Lei family crowd.

The Lei family had lost sixty or seventy percent of their manpower, but his cultivation was the most meager, yet he was still alive.

At this time, his face was full of malevolence, and it was hard to hide a trace of madness between his brows.

Seeing Brother Qian Chen and the others clean and tidy, without losing a single person, and even without any traces of battle, his malevolence became heavier. He leaned toward his father and whispered: "Dad! This place is extremely dangerous. To avoid the corpse qi, the incense method mastered by those loose cultivators is indispensable. If we can't catch that white deer that can lead the way, we should force the method of making and using this incense out of this person!"

Lei Yu looked at him with an inscrutable expression and said calmly: "You can see this point, you are worthy of being my son..."

"But the means are still too rough! Prayer Incense, it is indeed worthy of being Prayer Incense, it has infinite uses in such a place. Previously, dispelling corpse qi and avoiding groups of corpses, although it had the power of the bronze divine person's life fire, the ability of this incense to drive away demons and avoid evil can also be seen, and it has great use in this place..."

"But, do you know why the Tao family would rather spend a lot of money to exchange for incense than take action?"

The boy shrank his head, clearly extremely afraid of this father of his, and whispered: "Child doesn't know!"

"Except for the fact that the Tao family is a noble family of the commandery and needs to set up a few memorial arches to avoid damaging their family's reputation..." Lei Yu looked in the direction of Brother Qian Chen and sneered: "That person dared to scheme against our Lei family like this. Earlier on the lamp road, he framed our families into breaking our own limbs with a few words. How could he have no reliance?"

"Don't underestimate loose cultivators... even a rabbit will bite when it's in a hurry!"

Lei Yu said indifferently: "If you force him, if he destroys those Prayer Incenses..."

The boy hurriedly lowered his head and said: "It was the child who thought wrong!"

Lei Yu showed an approving smile. The heavy losses of the Lei family after entering this place had already made his smile somewhat strained!

"Your idea is not bad, but you have to change the method. We just want the Prayer Incense in his hands. If we force him to hand it over, not only might the Tao family come forward to support him, but if we force him into a corner, we won't get anything."

"It would be better to control this person directly!"

"Now, this place is no longer the ancient lamp underworld road where magic power cannot be used!"

"Dad, then we..." The boy said viciously. "Don't be in a hurry... our families have long had a tacit understanding!" Lei Yu closed his eyes and said noncommittally. A trace of joy appeared in the boy's eyes, and he went down to find someone to discuss it!

From beginning to end, neither of them thought of Brother Qian Chen leaving three sticks of residual incense to leave a line of life for those who came later. After knowing that Prayer Incense could dispel corpse qi and had amazing uses in this place, the first thing that arose was the heart of snatching.

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After the boy returned to the Lei family crowd, he whispered a few words to a young family disciple, who was somewhat stunned, but still nodded slightly.

"I really didn't expect that a mere three sticks of residual incense would have such spiritual effects. Alas! It's a pity for those fellow Daoists who were devoured by groups of corpses on the road. If they had this incense to protect them, how could they have died in the mouths of those poisonous corpses and been buried in this place?"

That Lei family disciple sighed meaningfully, his eyes wandering, and he didn't look in the direction of Brother Qian Chen.

As soon as these words came out, whether it was the three great noble families who had suffered heavy losses, or the two disciples under Lin Zhanglao, or even some loose cultivators, they all secretly turned their heads to look at Brother Qian Chen. The remaining Core Formation old monsters of the noble families, as well as the young people of the noble families and loose cultivators, all had strange expressions.

If it weren't for the fact that this place looked quite bizarre, and Brother Qian Chen had always appeared somewhat mysterious, and there were several loose cultivators with quite a bit of ability beside him, someone would have taken action long ago!

Ma Laohei sneered: "Isn't it because you insisted on snatching that so many people died? Why didn't I see you show this kindness when you took action to snatch the incense earlier?"

"You..." That young man from the Lei family was suddenly speechless.

A Core Formation elder remaining from the Jin family stood up and smoothed things over: "Don't hurt the harmony. This place is too dangerous and bizarre. If we want to find a way out, we have to work together."

"Work together?" Ma Laohei chuckled: "Is it that we provide the heart and you provide the strength, we go to die, and you take the benefits?"

That Core Formation elder's face sank and said: "Working together naturally means everyone contributes their strength. Don't tell me you think that just because you have a way to avoid corpse qi and drive away zombies, you can sit back and watch so many fellow Daoists die?"

"Yes!" Great Elder Xin of the Xin family looked kind and benevolent at this time, like a kind old man, upright and selfless, and suggested: "At this time, don't distinguish between who is who. We should overcome the difficulties together. If we can't find the way out of the demon aperture, no one will survive!"

Ma Laohei muttered: "So upright and benevolent, could it be that the one who forced his own clansmen to death earlier was this person's own brother?"

Old Man Guo knocked his pipe and smiled: "Ma Laohei, you don't understand this! Earlier, Great Elder Xin's conscience was lost, and now he has picked it up again! Naturally, he is like two different people before and after."

That loose cultivator from overseas sneered: "Even their own relatives and clansmen cannot overcome the difficulties together, and they are extremely ruthless when they take action, yet they want to live and die with us strangers. Who believes it?"

As soon as these words came out, the disciples of the three families were all speechless, and even the loose cultivators who had had some strange movements began to watch coldly from the sidelines!

At this time, the backbone of the Jin family, Jin Zhong, finally opened his eyes and said: "The corpse qi at night in this White Bone Forest is something even Core Formation cultivators cannot resist. Without Prayer Incense, no one can walk out of here. If you don't offer this incense, do you want to force everyone here to die?"

Ma Laohei suppressed his anger and said: "If we hadn't left those three sticks of residual incense, you would have died long ago! Don't return kindness with ingratitude!"

"Not good!" Old Man Guo was shocked. Raw rice is a favor, cooked rice is an enemy; human nature is the most ungrateful. Once these words came out, not only would it not make these people feel guilty, it would only stimulate the greed and fear in their hearts.

He hurriedly said: "Who said that without Prayer Incense, one cannot walk out of here? Just now, three little brothers also walked to this place using the most ordinary incense!"

Jin Zhong said: "Trying to monopolize the Prayer Incense that can let everyone walk out of here, don't you think you are too greedy? Now everyone is on the same rope, and we should take the overall situation as the priority. Only caring about your own selfish heart, so many people here, will not agree!"

Among the loose cultivators, someone finally spoke: "Although what Family Master Jin said is extreme, the truth is correct. Little Daoist friend, since you were willing to take action to save us, you definitely won't watch us be trapped to death here, right!"

"Give us a stick of incense that can let us walk out of here, and everyone will not forget your kindness!"

Brother Qian Chen said in surprise: "Don't wait for later, haven't you already forgotten it now?"

"Boy, this is not that ghost road, there is no taboo that magic power cannot be used!" Some Core Formation old monster threatened in the dark.

Brother Qian Chen looked around, looked at the hundreds of white bone monks outside the hall, the surrounding murals were simple and unadorned, all depicting jade-boned Bodhisattvas without a trace of flesh, bronze-boned Arhats, and even Buddhas whose golden bodies were only skeletons. In his ears were sounds of Zen chanting, and the shadows of everyone were reflected by the lamp light in the hall.

In terms of bizarreness, this place was no less than the bronze lamp road.

"Is that so?" Brother Qian Chen said calmly: "Why don't you try!"

He said this, and everyone felt even less confident in their hearts. If it were earlier, the Core Formation old monsters could still order the family disciples to take action to test, but now the obedient family disciples were all dead, and the remaining ones were one more cautious than the other.

They all pretended not to see the elder standing in Brother Qian Chen's gaze, looking very embarrassed.

Lei Yu raised his head, not looking at Brother Qian Chen, but staring at Tao Kan and said: "I heard that Family Master Tao, in his early years, also found a piece of Ox-Sleeping Land. You must be more proficient in the art of feng shui. I wonder if you have seen any mysteries?"

Tao Kan's expression was complex, and he sighed: "It really is Ox-Sleeping Land!"

Tao Kan shook his head repeatedly and said: "In terms of the art of feng shui, I am far inferior to that old Daoist. I passed by the treasure mountain without knowing it. What face do I have to call myself proficient in feng shui?"

"Is it really Ox-Sleeping Land?" Lei Yu turned his head to look at that green ox. He knew the story of Tao Kan in his youth, where the ox lay down to sleep, and with the guidance of an expert, revealed such a strange feng shui place.

He of course also knew that this legend was somewhat inaccurate. This green ox was a spirit beast kept by the Tao family and was born with the ability to seek qi. Tao Kan grazed the spirit beast, so naturally, he didn't need others to point it out. But why didn't the green ox lie down and sleep when passing by this time?

Tao Kan also turned his head to look at the green ox.

The green ox used its ears as a fan to drive away the aura that made it uncomfortable. Seeing Tao Kan looking at it, it rolled a huge white eye and transmitted: "Tao boy, you are treating me as a sacrifice!"

Tao Kan hurriedly bowed and said: "Why would the Spirit Venerable say so? The Spirit Venerable is an elder, how would I dare to be disrespectful to the Spirit Venerable!"

Over there, the old Daoist also shook his head at Ma Laohei: "If it were before, I would dare to determine the aperture for you, but now that I know the secret of the Dragon-Becoming Tree, I cannot harm you!"

He pointed in a direction and said: "The strange feng shui place is extremely domineering. A dragon aperture, a treasure aperture, will definitely take away all the spiritual energy within the situation, and what remains is just ordinary. Have you ever heard of a pool that can hold two dragons?"

Ma Laohei hesitated for a moment and said: "Is the Daoist saying?"

The old Daoist bowed to Brother Qian Chen and said with a bitter smile: "The teacher is in front, the disciple is showing off! Just now, the teacher's method of burning incense under the tree was a sacrificial method. I originally thought the teacher was sacrificing to this bizarre white bone giant tree, and heard that this place is one of the six strange feng shui apertures. But not far away, there are three strange treasure apertures, which made me puzzled!"

"Later, the teacher gave me a hint, and the identity of the owner of this place is unusual. Connecting the teacher's sacrificial method, I suddenly realized that the teacher was not sacrificing to this tree, but to the ghost king's golden body in the tree."

"This place is a strange aperture—the Land of Becoming a Dragon!"

"The cliff is like a sacrificial platform, the bone tree is the altar, countless ghost skins are buried, groups of corpses worship, and the blood river sends the funeral. It laid out such a great situation of worshipping the dragon with the grand sacrifice, taking all the earth qi of the three strange apertures, and offering it to the ghost king's golden body."

"So the earth qi here is bizarre, because the true earth qi vitality is hidden in the three strange apertures, and through the sacrificial method, it is offered to the ghost king's golden body."

"The expert who laid out this place created a strange feng shui place, noticed the three strange apertures not far away, knew that the earth qi vitality would be far less effective after being divided than when the three apertures were combined, and ordinary earth qi was not suitable for burying ghosts and gods!"

"So, on this canyon, he opened a sacrificial platform, used countless white bones as a coffin, set up a dragon-like bone tree, a platform for sacrificing to the society. Then he used human skin as burial objects, zombies as worship, and laid out a great situation of thousands of corpses and ghosts worshipping. Finally, he used the tree as a dragon, set up a grand sacrifice to the dragon, took all the earth qi of the three strange apertures, and created the great situation of the Dragon-Becoming Tree!"

The old Daoist trembled all over, his eyes revealing admiration for the layout maker, praising: "What kind of means is this, defying heaven and changing fate? No, this is stealing the opportunity of heaven... There are five thieves in heaven, and those who see them prosper. The sage does not die, the great thief does not stop! This is the means of a sage stealing the creation of heaven and earth!"

Speaking of this, Brother Qian Chen's face was half-smiling, and the old Daoist suddenly realized: "Of course, the teacher can see through the mystery of this place, and the attainment of the art of feng shui and Yin-Yang must already be no less than that person!"

The green ox rolled its eyes and said: "Flattery... but that person is too ruthless! At first glance, it really scared the ox to death... If I lay down there, I would be treating myself as a sacrifice!"

Ma Laohei said disappointedly: "So... these three strange treasure apertures are all wasted?"

"Not only wasted, but extremely dangerous." The old Daoist warned: "Being buried there is equivalent to sacrificing yourself as a sacrifice, sacrificed to the ghost king. What the outcome will be depends entirely on how that ghost king acts."

"But now it seems..." The old Daoist turned to look at the thousands of flying ghost skins in the air and sighed: "That ghost king, I'm afraid the temperament..." He clicked his tongue secretly, not daring to say more.

"White bones as a coffin, bronze as a coffin!" Brother Qian Chen stepped on the white bone tree under his feet and smiled: "Do you want to see the bronze divine tree under the white bones?"

The old Daoist trembled all over and hurriedly refused: "Don't dare, don't dare!"

Xiao Yu just took a look with his Yin-Yang eyes, and seemed to see something extremely terrifying in a tree hole where the white bone dragon tree was split, showing an extremely shocked expression, and shook his head crazily at Brother Qian Chen.

Brother Qian Chen sneered coldly and walked straight ahead: "Then why don't you hurry up and follow?"

"Follow!" The old Daoist instructed the big guy.

Some loose cultivators begged behind him: "I ask the Daoist friend to point out a strange feng shui place!"

The old Daoist stopped and shook his head: "The Daoist friend is still young, why bother?"

That loose cultivator sighed: "Life, luck, feng shui, accumulating Yin virtue, and reading books. These are the five means of accumulating blessings for descendants. We loose cultivators have shallow fate, and our descendants' luck is just ordinary. Without accumulating Yin virtue, and without family classics to inherit Dao pulse luck, we can only rely on this feng shui to accumulate foundation."

"Although this place is dangerous, there are countless strange feng shui places, which is the greatest benefit."

"I am Foundation Establishment Middle Rank, and the magic power I practice has no foundation, and the road ahead is exhausted. For the sake of my descendants, I can only do this." He took off the Universe Bag at his waist, offered it to the old Daoist, and said: "I also know that this little bit of wealth is far from enough to ask the Daoist friend to determine the aperture, but I am willing to promise to accumulate nine hundred Yin virtues for the Daoist friend in the underworld, and ask the Daoist friend to take action to determine the aperture for me!"

The old Daoist turned to ask Brother Qian Chen for instructions, but saw only Brother Qian Chen's back walking away.

A voice came from afar: "Three hundred is enough!"

The old Daoist bowed slightly, bowed to Brother Qian Chen's back, turned back and said: "Accumulate three hundred Yin virtues for me!" The loose cultivator was overjoyed, took the jade talisman handed by the old Daoist, and then turned around and walked toward the White Bone Corpse Land without looking back!

The group continued to move forward, and had already arrived above the canyon. Ahead was dim yellow, chaotic, and even Brother Qian Chen's back was hard to see. At this place, Brother Qian Chen's message came: "Ahead is the Nine Heavens Yin Wind, mixed with the earth's Yin malevolent qi, which is extremely dangerous. Being blown by the Yin Wind, it is easy to damage true qi, confuse the soul, shake the heart, confuse the soul and poison, etc. If you are contaminated by the malevolent qi, your flesh will instantly melt away."

"There will be a share of your human skin on this tree!"

"I have already sacrificed to the ghost king. Walking on the bronze divine tree, the Yin Wind can hardly hurt your souls, just be careful of the malevolent qi mixed within, and it will not be difficult to pass."

"Take care of yourselves!"

Xiao Yu and the other three read the message and knew that this was a test Brother Qian Chen set for the three of them. Brother Qian Chen didn't take anyone this time, which meant that this test could no longer rely on others to pass.

Xiao Yu walked first...

In the Nine Heavens Yin Wind, there were not only demon apertures, Yin, death, absolute, poison, and other Nine Heavens qi, each of which could damage true qi, cover the consciousness, shake the heart, confuse the soul and poison, etc., and the earth's Yin malevolent qi mixed within was even more dangerous.

Gang malevolent qi is an extremely precious exotic original qi, and only this earth aperture hidden deep underground has so much malevolent qi emitted.

But these malevolent qi mixed in the Yin Wind, the lethality is amazing, like countless malevolent qi brushed out by the Seven Malevolence Banners in the Yin Wind. A slight contamination is equivalent to a full blow from the Seven Malevolence Banners.

In this Yin Wind, the most is a kind of earth malevolent qi called the Interminable Wind Malevolence.