Chapter 782 Nightmare Eater
The nightmare-eating tapir is a relatively rare monster, and the nightmare-eating tapir that can turn into a soul beast after death is even rarer.
Moreover, the nightmare itself lacks talent for cultivation. Among the tens of billions of nightmares, there can only be one holy nightmare that breaks through the holy realm, and the holy nightmare's soul lingers after death, turning into a soul beast. The probability may be only one percent.
All in all, even if you look at the entire Jingzhou of Lingshan, the number of nightmare-eating tapir soul beasts is pitifully small.
Of course, apart from the nightmare-eating tapir, there are several other types of soul beasts that can devour souls.
But everything at present is just guesswork. If you want to know the truth of the matter, you need to continue to investigate.
After leaving the palace, Xue Bin began to assign tasks to everyone.
Wu Cong will lead five soul masters to search for all soul beasts in the surrounding desert.
Su Chen will lead Hua Gan and others to contact every ascetic monk of the Ascetic Sect and ask for all possible clues.
Xue Bin, Mengdie, and Karen, the three great soul masters, will continue to test the bodies of the three ascetic monks who died, and use the technique of evocation to try to call back the remnant soul of the dead. If the remnant soul can be found , then the memory clues before death can be read directly from the remnant soul of the deceased.
In addition, it seemed that shortly after arriving at the oasis, he had already left alone. His home was not here, and he would continue to go deep into the desert.
This is a very risky move. After all, even without the current changes, the desert itself is a place full of dangers.
However, the great soul master Xue Bin didn't say much, and let Fang Ru go away. He seemed to be very confident in Fang Ru's strength, and he was not worried about any danger he would encounter.
"Let's split up and act. Remember, cheer up and don't sleep for a while. If there is a dream-eating tapir nearby, if you fall asleep a little, the nightmare-eating tapir will have an opportunity. In the world of dreams, even if it is A strong man like us at the Heavenly Realm doesn't have any way to resist."
After all, the three of them returned to the palace again.
Wu Cong rode the thorn bull, gave Su Chen a condescending look, and took the other five soul masters out of the oasis in a panic, and searched around.
Hua Gan clenched his fists angrily, as if it wasn't Su Chen who was humiliated but him.
"Wu Cong has become more and more rampant recently. Isn't it just that he subdued a soul beast that ascended to the heavens? What's so great about it?"
Su Chen smiled: "If someone likes to be seduced, let him be seduced. It's nothing to be seduced for a while. If he can be seduced for a lifetime, then I will admire him."
"The Holy Son understands righteousness deeply, and Hua Gan deeply admires it."
Caught off guard ass.
"Stop talking nonsense, let's go visit the ascetic monks nearby." Su Chen said, holding Su Xiaoyao who had just been woken up by him with a hazy expression.
Although it is not certain whether there really is a dream-eating tapir, but just to be on the safe side, Su Xiaoyao cannot continue to sleep.
In the Ascetic Sect, there are more than 80 ascetic monks, not many in number.
Su Chen and his team were the first to find an ascetic monk named Zhou Dingan. He had just returned from the desert, covered in dust, unkempt, bruised, and even had three fingers broken, as if he had just experienced a fierce battle. .
"Could the master have encountered some danger?" Su Chen did not rush to inquire about the information of the three deceased, but first expressed his concern to Zhou Ding'an.
Zhou Dingan shook his head with a smile on the other hand: "I met a lost little beast and saw that it was hungry, so I cut off three fingers and fed it with my flesh and blood."
Su Chen and the others immediately stood in awe.
However, Zhou Dingan seemed to have just done a trivial thing, with a kind smile on his face, and said: "Dear fellows of the Soul Palace, please sit and rest in the Ding'an House, and have a cup of herbal tea. I will tell you what I know. Let me tell you everything, the three brothers Huailong, Boyuan, and Zirong are seniors respected by Ding An, if they can contribute a little bit to find out the cause of death of the three brothers, Ding An will go all out. "
Su Chen and his party followed Zhou Dingan to his house.
It is said to be a house, but it is actually an adobe house with no doors or windows. The house is hot and dry. There is no decent furniture, not even a bed. There is only a woven hay mat on the floor. Su Chen and the others entered the house. After that, there wasn't even a place to sit.
However, Su Chen not only didn't mind at all, but the admiration in his heart grew stronger.
After drinking the herbal tea brought by Zhou Ding'an, Su Chen didn't waste time and started to ask in detail.
Zhou Dingan also did what he said, telling all the things he knew in detail.
A month ago, before the death of the three ascetic monks, there were actually some inconspicuous signs.
On the night before the death of the three ascetic monks, the only water source in the oasis, a small lake in the center of the oasis, a large number of fish died, and the lake surface was full of white bellies overnight. Poisoning, the cause of death is the same as that of the three ascetic monks, they all lost their souls.
In addition, some weird things happened in the oasis.
Someone saw a green will-o'-the-wisp.
Some people heard strange noises in their sleep.
When several ascetic monks were meditating in closed doors, their spirits were stimulated by unknown sources, and they fell into a coma for several days. After waking up, they could not remember what happened.
After visiting Zhou Ding'an, Su Chen and his party visited other ascetic monks separately, and the clues they got were almost the same.
Before sunset, everyone gathered in front of the lake in the center of the oasis.
At this time, the dead in the lake had already been buried, and the lake water was crystal clear, not even a single fish fry could be seen in it, lifeless, and even the aquatic plants were withered and yellow.
Hua Gan said: "I asked, and the ghost fire that appeared was very strange, as if it was close in front of my eyes, but also seemed to be far away in the sky. It seemed that it was not a simple ghost fire, but a projection from a distorted space."
Cai Jing said: "I have investigated the souls of those ascetic monks who had passed out. There are obvious shadows in their souls. The six souls are damaged, and the fetal light is dim. They have indeed been attacked at the soul level."
Liu An said: "I asked the ascetic monk who heard the strange cry, and he said that the cry was like a baby crying, or like a small animal whispering in its dreams, from near to far, from far to near."
Su Chen said: "It is indeed very strange. To be able to make so many movements under the nose of a strong saint without being discovered, and to obliterate the souls of three long-lived ascetic monks without anyone noticing, the murderer is definitely not Wait for the idlers."
"Could it be...is it really a dream-eating tapir?" Hua Gan said nervously.
Su Chen frowned and said: "If it's really a dream-eating tapir, that's okay. No matter how strong the soul beast is, it's just a soul beast after all. What I'm more worried about is that it's man-made. A practitioner who can do such a thing , and its methods are terrifying."