Chapter 378 Bewitched (7k)

The eight trigrams instrument panel in Lu Mingheng's hands can trace back the changing trend of the local aura for a long time in the past.

He had worried before that the aura in the valley was very special, and whether the Bagua instrument could be traced was a problem.

After trying, he found that this is nothing, the Bagua instrument panel can be traced back. After all, no matter how you say it, virtual aura is also a kind of aura, not anything else.

However, at the same time, he also encountered another problem.

It’s true that it can be traced back, but this kind of suspected imaginary energy, that kind of erosion—or annihilation effect—but the patella is only for things like people or living things. At this time, any object that reacts with the Void Spirit Qi will encounter the annihilation effect.

In fact, these virtual auras floating in the air annihilate the surrounding environment all the time. Nothing living grows here because of that. Even the rocks and land that make up the valley have not been 'melted' continuously because they have been soaked in a large amount of imaginary energy for a long time and have been assimilated into similar attributes.

In this valley, even the air is very thin.

In this case, Bagua Yipan needs to go back to the past trend of aura changes, and it is bound to have a lot of contact and reaction with these virtual auras, which makes it easy for the Bagua Yipan to be destroyed by the annihilation effect of the virtual aura before completing its mission. thereby being damaged.

Lu Mingheng prepared several gossip instruments, but if one is damaged, the progress that has been traced will not be inherited by the next one, so it doesn't make much sense.

He can only further input his spiritual power to protect the structure of the gossip instrument panel, so that before the damage to the gossip instrument panel, the virtual spirit energy will annihilate each other with his spiritual power first.

This indeed kept the gossip instrument panel able to work normally, but his spiritual power consumption also increased to a very large level all of a sudden.

He could only grit his teeth and hold on.

However, in his heart, he was still very calm.

He was carefully calculating his own support ability, and if he couldn't do it, he wouldn't be foolish enough to stick to it. Give up one hand, turn around and wait until you are more fully prepared, then come back and it's over. There's no need to be like a stunned young man, carrying it to death here.

But this time, the situation was better than he had imagined. Before his physical condition reached the bottom line set by himself, Bagua Yipan had already completed the retrospection of the changes in aura in the past five years.

Logically speaking,

This gossip instrument panel can be traced back up to fifteen years, but under the current environment, five years has reached his limit.

Without hesitation, he pulled away and left.

After quickly leaving the range of the valley, the spiritual power in his body has been consumed less than 20% of what it was at its peak. Moreover, the pervasive erosion of Void Spirit Qi caused some damage to his body and meridians.

But he was in no hurry to rest.

Swallowed two elixirs, which were used to restore spiritual power and qi and blood respectively, which could help him stabilize his state.

Afterwards, he gradually backed away, leaving the outskirts of the valley.

He didn't run too far, but came to a nearby small town.

This small town should be an ordinary town under the jurisdiction of Huhan County. It has no spiritual veins, so naturally there are no traces of grooming activities.

After Lu Mingheng entered it, he searched for a house everywhere. He didn't disturb the owner, but just stayed in an empty room. After making some arrangements, he took out the spirit stone and began to meditate.

He is going to rest here for a while, and leave when his condition is almost recovered. And the blindfold he arranged in the house can also ensure that ordinary people can't find him, even if they see him, they will just ignore him.

After resting for a while and recovering a bit, he took out the gossip instrument panel, poked his consciousness into it, and began to read the contents on it.

To be honest, he was a little apprehensive. The gossip instrument panel is in the Ghost Face God Valley, and it only traces back the past five years. If an abnormal change is found, it's okay, if not, at best, it can only prove that Chen Man has not made a breakthrough in this valley in the past five years, and nothing else can be proved.

They may have completed the breakthrough earlier, or they may not have held the breakthrough ceremony in Ghost Face God Valley. No judgment can be made because of this.

However, after the information recorded on the Divine Consciousness Analysis Bagua instrument panel, Lu Mingheng finally got a piece of information that made him very excited:

The gossip instrument panel clearly recorded that four years ago, there was a very violent aura fluctuation in the valley. A large amount of spiritual energy gathered somewhere in the center of the valley, and was quickly consumed.

In fact, this still cannot fully explain that Chen Man has made a breakthrough in the Dharma phase, but at least it is a very strong evidence.

After thinking about it, he directly sent a letter to Feijian with this news, and shot it out.

Of course, this letter to Feijian was not sent directly to the country of Yan. Although the flying sword is very fast and the movement is very small, it is still in the process of flying and there is a risk of being intercepted.

His flying sword was sent to the south, there will be a Jinyiwei station there, and it will continue to transfer several hands in the territory of Yan State, and finally send it to Yan State through other channels.

Moreover, the contents of the Messenger Flying Sword are also encrypted. It used a very special spiritual power breath, and it had to match the secret magic breath he left in Yandu to be able to unlock the information in the Messenger Flying Sword.

But despite such double guarantees, it is still impossible to ensure that the Chuanxin Feijian can reach Yandu successfully.

So, he added a few more.

On the contrary, the porcelain vase that collected the spiritual energy in the valley was a real thing, and it was impossible to get it back to the country of Yan by means of sending the flying sword, so we had to find a way to transfer it back to the country through some channels.

After these things are done, he can finally recover his own state properly.

When Akui came from the valley, the spiritual power in his body was still in his early 10s at best, and because of the intrusion of the virtual spirit energy, there were some disorders in the energy channels.

The rest just now was just to adjust the disordered energy channels. The aura of the trumpet before has not had a chance to replenish it.

It's not appropriate to go on the road like this. It seemed safe here, so here, it would be better to restore the consumed spiritual power to a certain level before continuing to act.

It was almost noon when he reached the town. In the afternoon, nothing happened, but after midnight, his spiritual sense suddenly moved, and at the other end of the town, he noticed an aura that made him feel very disgusted.

That's a demonized person.

Bewitching is a proper term. Whether it is a monk, a mortal, or even some beasts, it is possible to be invaded and infected by the magic energy, and become a devil or a monster.

An enchanted person can basically be regarded as dead. It's just an evil thought manipulating the body of the bewitched.

Up to now, the entire practice world still has no public opinion on how this so-called 'demonic energy' or 'evil thoughts' came about and how it came about.

But the matter of becoming a demon is really annoying to the entire practice world. An ordinary mortal possessed by demons can destroy a village or even a town without noticing it for a while, and the speed at which their strength soars after devouring a large amount of flesh and blood is simply incomprehensible.

Of course, this kind of enchanted person who just appeared is relatively easy to deal with.

Under normal circumstances, if Lu Mingheng encounters an enchanted person, he will take care of it. It's the same even in Wei country.

Whether it is a demonic person or a demonic cultivator, everyone can get it and punish it. This is the consensus of the practice community.

Of course, Wei is now an enemy country. If there is a large-scale chaos in the country of Wei, it will be a blow to Wei. As for how heavy it is, it will be the level of chaos. But how to say, as a Yan people, this kind of thing should be happy to hear.

But then again, how can chaos happen so easily?

If it's just an enchanter, it won't even be able to fight a wave against the huge Wei country. Just remove it at will, and there is nothing to do to help the enemy.

However, these are not ordinary times.

In fact, Lu Mingheng didn't want to see tragedies in the world. If he didn't intervene, in this ordinary town of mortals, without the presence of monks, that one enchanted person would be enough to cause a catastrophe. But at the moment, he has important tasks on his own, and he really doesn't want to get involved in these things.

After hesitating for a moment, he decided not to.

It takes a while for an enchanted person to destroy a town. Maybe it was discovered after killing and devouring a few people. If the people in power in the town are more decisive and let the strong men bring their weapons, it is not impossible to kill this threat.

And look at the good fortune of these mortals. He was going to stay another two days before leaving. What happens here is none of my business.

However, the change of things is always so unexpected.

At midnight, he sensed the first enchanted person, and then, in the second half of the night, the enchanted persons appeared one after another. Before dawn, the number of enchanted persons had reached thirteen.

Even, in the family he was in, there was a bewitched person.

The male owner of this family was invaded by demon energy half an hour before dawn.

In Ming Heng's perception, this man suddenly sat up from the bed, staring straight ahead for a while with his dark red eyes, then turned to his wife who was sleeping beside him, with a look of It looks like it is devouring it alive.

Lu Mingheng opened his eyes and left the state of superficial cultivation.

He sighed slightly, now, no matter how optimistic he was, he knew something big was going to happen.

Of course, this has nothing to do with your own safety. Everyone in this town has become a demon, and there is nothing they can do about him.

But looking at it like this, there are signs that chaos is about to erupt here.

A single enchanted person is fine; a group of enchanted persons is terrifying. Not to mention whether the number of bewitched people will continue to increase, just the thirteen that appear in the town right now, this is not a problem that mortals can solve. And when they slaughtered the entire town within a day or two, there would probably be thirteen devils who were at the peak of Qi training, or even at the level of foundation building.

Of course, this is still nothing, but if there are more numbers and spread like a plague, the situation will become very dire.

I don't know whether I should be happy or not.

But at least for now, he casually killed the possessed male owner of this room.

"Lend your house for a day, and save five lives of your wife, children, and parents...Of course, only this time."

After killing the bewitched male master, he didn't intend to stay here any longer.

To put it bluntly, the chaos that happened in Wei State has nothing to do with him, and he doesn't intend to intervene too much.

After a day's rest, his condition has recovered a lot, which has a lot to do with the effect of the elixir. I figured in my heart that I should be far away from Ghost Face God Valley, so there is no need to be so careful.

After flying up, he quickly left this small town, and soon passed over another small town.

Here, he slowed down a bit. He was surprised to find that there was also chaos here. Moreover, the situation in this small town is even more serious than the previous one. Here, there are at least two to three hundred enchanted people, and the whole town can basically be regarded as being destroyed. Some of the remnants gathered in the two high-rise courtyards in the town, guarding against the wall, practicing martial arts individually. He was young and strong, holding a weapon, fighting against the enchanted outside, but from time to time someone was thrown down and killed.

In the air, Lu Mingheng shook his head, this town is considered over. These mortals can't fight against so many enchanters, let alone he has seen more than a dozen people who have reached the level of Qi training, and even one of them has already entered the basic level.

An enchanted person kills and devours creatures, and his strength will increase extremely quickly, but right now, this is still approaching the point where Lu Mingheng feels a little surprised.

If a lot of monks were devoured, it would be fine with this speed; but those who devoured were ordinary people in the town, and two or three hundred demons shared the food, and there were less than ten thousand people in the town. Eat it out and build the foundation level...

Is this the chaos?

From the looks of it, it's not just a matter of one or two small towns.

And if it is a relatively large-scale chaos, then it is really necessary to collect corresponding information.

He wandered around two nearby towns again, and found that there were traces of demon chaos, and the current degree was different. Some towns had been destroyed, and only demons were reveling in them; some were just like the one he stayed in before. Like the small town, the traces of the enchanted have just appeared.

But so far, Lu Mingheng has been able to confirm that a chaos is about to erupt in the southern part of the Wei Kingdom, and it has now entered the initial stage, and it seems that there is no tendency to be contained. He also saw that in a small town, there was a team that seemed to be from a family of comprehension. It seemed that they had received some news to deal with the problem. As a result, there was a demon at the foundation level in that town, so the whole team had no suspense. It was destroyed, but it became an excellent nourishment for others, and gave birth to a new Foundation Establishment Demon.

The outbreak of the chaos is a foregone conclusion, it just depends on the degree and scale of the chaos.

Lu Mingheng had a vague feeling that this might not be too small.

He thought for a while, and moved towards Huhan County.

If even the county town is occupied, then this incident may turn into an incident that affects the three kingdoms of Qi, Wei, and Yan.

When he arrived near Huhan County, he felt that the city was lifeless.

For this kind of county-level administrative unit, the county seat should have at least a second-level or even a third-level artificial or natural spiritual vein. Moreover, in most counties, there are protective formations.

However, the protective formation in Huhan County seems to have been destroyed.

After thinking for a while, Lu Mingheng flew up.

Since the protective formation is in a state of being broken, there is no way to ban it from flying. Then he can investigate the situation in the county from a distance in the sky, and after getting a general understanding of the current situation, he can just leave.

But this approach, the situation is a bit wrong.

There are many enchanted people in the county, but there are also many living monks, and there is even a foundation establishment. However, there was no fighting between the two sides, and they were even mixed together.

"It's kind of weird..."

He decided to take a closer look.

In a county town, for the time being, he has not felt that there are enchanters or monks who have reached the enlightenment stage or above, so with his strength, even if he is not in the Marriott state, he should not encounter any unsolvable dangers.

Approaching a little distance down, Lu Mingheng finally figured out the situation in Huhan County—on the square in the center of the city, more than 300 monks, including the foundation-building period, stood there blankly. Under their feet, there were many human internal organs and large patches of blood, covering the entire square.

And the large number of enchanted people around them did not attack these monks, but just watched silently.

After a while, an enchanted man stepped forward, disemboweled a human monk, pulled out all the internal organs, and placed them on the floor.

Following this, the demonic power that enveloped the entire square became even stronger.

After a while, another possessor went up, did the same thing, and further strengthened the power of the demon.

At the same time, the strength of all the enchanted people present had a slight increase.

"This is... a living sacrifice?" A word popped out of his mind.

Right now, if so many monks are sacrificed alive, the intensity of the hundreds of demons present will increase to a very high level.

His whole body was cold, and the disgusting scene now made him, who was no longer a baby bird, feel a sense of discomfort both psychologically and physically.

The chaos that had already begun to erupt in the Wei state had raised its influence a few more levels in his heart.

"A tragedy in the world..." Lu Mingheng sighed in his heart.

This kind of thing is actually a good thing for Yan Guo. The larger the scale of the outbreak of chaos, the more it will involve the energy of Wei Guo.

However, as a monk, when he saw such a tragedy in the world, he still felt a little unbearable.

Before, I thought about saving the family in that small town, but now it seems that it is useless. How can you save a lifetime if you can save it for a while? I'm afraid it wasn't for the old and the young, they are all dead now, swallowed by the demons.

Sighing, Lu Mingheng has collected enough information. In the future, he should ask his Jinyiwei spies to focus on the situation in Zhaizhou and closely track the development of the chaos.

Just as he was thinking about his future work arrangements, a warning suddenly appeared in his heart.

Fu Ling was heartbroken, he called out the jade plate from Xinghui Town, and put it behind his back.

In an instant, he felt a heavy blow coming.

His body immediately flew upside down, but fortunately, there was Zhen Yupan blocking him, so he didn't kill him.

In mid-air, he adjusted his posture, turned around, and saw the person who attacked him.

It was a man in a gray robe, he was wearing a grimace mask, and he was surrounded by demonic energy.

With this attire and image, if Lu Mingheng didn't know that it was Chen Man who was here, it would be a waste of his duty as a Jinyiwei.

It is almost 80% confirmed that Chen Man, the 'ghost-faced god' who has advanced to the stage of the law, who is not afraid to see this guy?

Of course, this is absolutely impossible to come from Chen Man's body.

Chen Man's most famous ability is that he can create many clones. No one knows how many clones he can have. These clones are everywhere, working for Chen Man. And his body, hidden in the valley—perhaps the clone in the valley—controls everything.

The one who attacked him just now should be Chen Man's Qiming avatar, otherwise Lu Mingheng would have no way of resisting it.

The avatar at the Qiming level is also the weakest among Chen Man's avatars.

However, what caught Lu Mingheng's attention the most was the strong demonic energy of Yun Rao on Chen Manfen's body.

"Chen Man... have you become possessed?"

"You guessed it, but you have no chance to tell others." Chen Man said, and continued to attack.

Although in terms of strength, this avatar is only like the early stage of Qiming, Lu Mingheng still has to deal with it very hard.

His state had only recovered in less than a day before, and it was not enough to support him in a too intense battle.

What's more, although the power level of Chen Man's avatar is not high, it is the avatar of a master of law after all. The rich combat experience and far-sighted fighting style make Lu Mingheng miserable.

In a very short period of time, he fell into a disadvantage.

This Chen Man avatar seems to be metallic. The sharp white blade, carrying a disgusting demonic energy, was casually summoned by others, and slashed towards Lu Mingheng one after another.

Lu Mingheng could only rely on the Xinghui Town jade plate to resist.

"It's a very special defensive weapon. The material is a bit special. I'll study it after you die." Chen Man's tone was still so indifferent.

Lu Mingheng felt a little hopeless in his heart, but his overall mood was quite calm.

His rationality told him that in his current state, there was little hope of running away alive. But he didn't intend to stand still, and the battle would continue.

His shield was a fine piece specially made for him by the family when he left the family to come to Wei. Although it bears the name of the public like Zhen Yupan, in fact, the defensive effect of this object should be regarded as relatively top-notch among the third-order magic weapons.

If not, he might not be able to sustain a few moves, and would die on the spot under the sharp swordsmanship of Chen Man's avatar.

Although his defense was safe for the time being, his spiritual power was under heavy pressure and was seriously consumed. The state that was incomplete at first has become even worse now.

"You can't just be beaten passively like this..."

With this thought in mind, he tried to fight back at the risk of being injured instead.

Lu Mingheng is a cultivator with dual spiritual roots of fire and wood. In terms of spiritual roots, it is very suitable for the "Boundless Burning Art" practiced by the ancestors of the family back then. His attainments in this technique are indeed quite good.

The most outstanding feature of the Ember Huo Boundless Art is its destructive power.

It's not that I don't have a chance to turn defeat into victory.

Maybe the public doesn't know, but it's not a day or two since Lu Mingheng collected information on Chen Man, and he probably has some understanding of his avatar.

There is no problem with the strength of these avatars, which are equivalent to the corresponding avatar levels. But no matter what level the avatar is, the main body is very fragile at the same level. Moreover, due to his incomplete mind and soul, his avatar is also very difficult to use magic weapons, so the level of equipment will be very poor.

Relying on the consciousness of a master in the Faxiang period, the offensive oppression that his clone can display in the Qiming period is very terrifying. Lu Mingheng was relatively capable of fighting at the same level, and there was also a very high-quality top-tier third-tier defensive magic weapon like the Xinghui Town Yupan, but he was still beaten to the point where he could hardly handle it.

But as long as he can fight back and get one or two hits, with the attack power of the Ember Huo Boundless Art, he might really have a chance to turn defeat into victory.

Taking advantage of the arrival of a series of combos from Chen Man's avatar, Lu Mingheng relied on the Zhenyu plate to block all of them. Then, he pushed the defensive magic weapon outward, and the starlight suddenly shone brightly, and the shield instantly became stronger than before. Many times bigger.

Lu Mingheng wanted this method, so he tried to temporarily block Chen Man's attack angle.

Afterwards, he squeezed out the remaining spiritual power in his body with all his strength, and transformed it into fire and wood attributes.

'The embers are extinguished'!

This is almost the most powerful attack technique that Lu Mingheng has mastered at the moment. He doesn't have the scarlet eyes of the family ancestor Lu Qing, so he can't directly ignite the "ember fire" wherever he can see, he can only condense it into a fireball, and guide it towards Chen Man's avatar go.

When the three fireballs just appeared, the town jade plate he pushed out before was blown away.

Without his full support, it is of course impossible to resist for too long with the magic weapon itself.

But the time gained is enough.

Lu Mingheng's eyes were fixed on the three big fireballs that flew out.

With the power of 'Amber Fire Quenching', Chen Man's avatar might not be able to handle it if he hits the target.

"Hey, it's not bad to dare to fight back." Chen Man's business was passed on, but it was still flat.

It's nothing ordinary, it's nothing more than a clone of Qiming, even if he is really dead, can it still make him feel bad?

What's more, it may not necessarily die.

A few streaks of white magic sword energy swayed out with his hands, and slashed at the big fireballs head-on.

The loud explosion and the fireworks covered Lu Mingheng's vision.

None of the three fireballs could hit directly, but when the fireball was blown up by the sword energy, it was clearly not far from the Ghost Face God.

Can Yu Wei's influence kill this doppelgänger?

As the fireworks dissipated, Lu Mingheng's slightly expectant eyes dimmed when the figure with some scorched black marks inside but not finished was revealed.

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