Chapter 15 Soul Stealing

The person who came was Zhuo Bufan, the disciple who was preaching at the top of the mountain before!

At this time, Zhuo Bufan looked at Yuan Shan with a smile on his face and said: "Junior brother is confused. The sect's laws are strict and internal fighting is strictly prohibited. If there is a dispute, you can go to the Law Pavilion to litigate, or go to the Wufeng worship duel. If you fight in private, If someone is seriously injured or killed, I don’t need to say much about how the law enforcement disciples of the Law Pavilion will deal with it, right?"

Yuan Shan broke out in a cold sweat and said hurriedly: "Thank you, Senior Brother Zhuo, for your advice. Junior Brother was impulsive, really impulsive! Junior Brother, I'm leaving now!" After saying that, he left in a hurry with the two Danmai handyman disciples beside him.

Seeing Yuan Shan and others leaving in embarrassment, Zhuo Bufan turned to look at Liang Yan and others, with a smile on his face that made people feel like spring breeze. Just listen to him ask: "You haven't asked your teacher's name yet?"

Seeing that he had no airs at all, Liang Yan couldn't help but feel good about him. He chuckled and said, "Senior Brother Zhuo is so polite. My name is Liang Yan."

Zhuo Bufan nodded and said: "It turns out to be Junior Brother Liang. Just now I saw that Junior Brother Liang was fighting three people alone with his second level of Qi training, but he was not at all inferior. It seems that he used a formation?"

Liang Yan's heart skipped a beat, and he secretly thought that this person's eyesight must be very vicious. His face was still calm as he said: "Senior Brother Zhuo is indeed very discerning, I admire you!"

Zhuo Bufan smiled and said: "Junior brother, don't worry too much. Although I am not a formation person, I quite like the Tao. Just now, I saw that junior brother's methods seemed to regard the three of Yuan Shan as part of the big formation, and the three people's qi was drawn. Form a big formation with each other?"

Liang Yan knew that there was nothing to hide, so he simply said: "Yes, I used these three people as the formation flag to form a three-cai thick earth formation. Although it is called a formation, it actually does not have the magical effect of the formation. It only slightly draws these three people together." Human attacks only make them contradict themselves. Moreover, if these three people had a higher level of cultivation or knew a little bit about formations, my method would not work."

Zhuo Bufan heard what he said and confirmed his guess. He seemed quite shocked and murmured to himself: "The formation can not only set up one's own formation, but can also defend against the enemy's formation. That's it, that's it."

Liang Yan saw his sudden realization and didn't know what he was thinking, so he couldn't interrupt him. After a while, Zhuo Bufan came back to his senses. He hugged Liang Yan apologetically and said, "Thank you, junior brother, for sharing your information. I live in Cuizhu Peak. We may have a chance to communicate in the future." After that, After giving Liang Yan a meaningful look, he said goodbye and left.

Suddenly, only three people from Zhenmai were left in the bamboo forest.

Liang Yan glanced at Sun Qianli and said, "Take Brother Li back first."

Li Dali had been seriously injured before, and due to his emotional frustration, he had already passed out. Sun Qianli nodded silently, and he and Liang Yan, one on the left and the other on the right, drove the unconscious Li Dali to the dormitory of the formation disciples.

After settling Li Dali in the room, it was already evening. The two of them carefully investigated and found that although Li Dali was seriously injured, it did not cause serious damage to his roots. It was just that his state of mind was greatly shaken and he fell unconscious. So both of them felt relieved. Sun Qianli glanced at Liang Yan and said, "Brother Liang is hiding his secrets. It turns out that he is already at the peak of the second level of Qi training. It's ridiculous that we called ourselves senior brothers before and forgot about Liang." Brother, don’t be offended.”

Liang Yan only smiled faintly: "Brother Sun, you are so polite. How many people in this world have no secrets? They all understand each other tacitly, that's all."

A trace of invisible surprise flashed in Sun Qianli's eyes, and then he pretended to be confused: "Oh? I wonder what Brother Liang is referring to?"

Liang Yan waved his hands and said, "You are just making nonsense. Brother Sun, don't take it seriously. Since Li Dali is fine, I will go back to my room to rest." After speaking, Liang Yan turned around and went out, heading towards his room.

Sun Qianli stared at Liang Yan's back, his eyes narrowed slightly, wondering what he was thinking.

Li Dali woke up the next day looking depressed, but he still came to thank Liang Yan in person. Liang Yan comforted him for a while. Although Li Dali nodded in agreement, Liang Yan could still see deep loneliness in his eyes.

When Li Dali said goodbye and left, Liang Yan looked at the helpless back of this strong man and couldn't help but think: It is said that mortals are happier because of ignorance, but in the world, the strong are respected and the road is merciless. If you are weak and powerless, you will eventually die. One day, I was bullied to the point of being bullied by others, and I couldn't even hold on to my humble little happiness. My own personal experience is the best example.

Liang Yan secretly sighed: "All living beings suffer. Only by going upstream and possessing great supernatural powers can we gain great freedom." Thinking of this, his determination to follow the Tao became even more determined.

Life seemed to have not changed. The three of them reported to the bamboo loft in the early morning as usual, received their tasks for the day, and then went to work. As for Liang Yan, he would still complete the task around noon and come to the loft to learn the formation. , a few more days passed so uneventfully.

That night, Liang Yan meditated cross-legged in his room. Suddenly he opened his eyes and whispered to himself: "Finally I couldn't bear it anymore."

At this time, there was a person outside the hospital, wearing black night clothes. He was looking behind him furtively. After confirming that there was no problem, he quickly left in one direction. Not long after he left, Liang Yan's figure appeared at the entrance of the courtyard. He narrowed his eyes and followed quietly.

I saw the man in black turning left and right, in an uncertain direction, sometimes going east, sometimes going west. Liang Yan followed patiently. He has been practicing Hun Gong for a long time, and his skills and senses are different from ordinary people. He can hang far behind without losing track, and the man in black will not be discovered.

The man in black walked for about half an hour, and suddenly stopped in an open forest. He clasped his hands behind his back and sighed leisurely, saying: "We are brothers, there is no need to hide, come out."

Liang Yan hid behind the tree, slightly startled, and wondered in his heart: How did he find me? Thought like this but did not take any action, but continued to watch the changes behind the tree.

The man in black waited for a while, but no one answered. He couldn't help but turn around, stare at one place, and said slightly angrily: "What? Do you want me to invite you?"

Liang Yan saw that the direction he was looking at was completely different from his own, and he realized clearly in his heart that he thought to himself: What a fox.

Sure enough, the man in black waited for a while and saw that there was still no answer. Then he felt relieved and turned around and ran towards a certain place. This time he did not go around like before, east and west. Instead, they accelerated in one direction. After about a stick of incense, they came to a gray mountain wall.

The man in black groped eastward along the mountain wall, walked about a few feet, reached out and wiped away the vines and vegetation on the mountain wall, revealing an inconspicuous small cave, and then ducked in.

Although the cave looks small from the outside, it is surprisingly large inside. Moreover, it is not completely dark inside, but there is a faint light shining deep in the cave. The man in black walked among them, appearing to be familiar with the road, and soon he came to the source of the light.

The faint yellow light shone on the face of the man in black, revealing a long and narrow pockmarked face. Judging from his face, it turned out to be Sun Qianli, a disciple of Zhenmai's handyman!

At this moment, he looked slightly excited. In front of him was a spring that was constantly gushing out a trickle. If you looked carefully, the spring water actually emitted a strong wave of spiritual energy, and the pale yellow light emanated from the mouth of the spring.

Sun Qianli took a deep breath and was about to reach into the mouth of the spring when he suddenly heard a voice in the darkness: "Huh? It's actually a natural spiritual spring."

Sun Qianli's pupils shrank, he hurriedly turned around and backed away, following the sound. There was a tall and thin boy in a gray shirt standing there, it was Liang Yan.

"I didn't expect Brother Liang to have this habit of following others?"

Liang Yan glanced at him, but sighed leisurely: "Senior Brother Sun has such a level of cultivation, why did he stand by and watch when Li Dali was killed before?"

Just now, the spiritual power in Sun Qianli's body was stimulated by the vigorous spiritual energy of the spiritual spring. At this moment, his true cultivation level was clearly revealed, and he was actually at the third level of Qi training.

Sun Qianli's face turned red and he did not answer. Instead, he asked Liang Yan, "When and how did you see the clues?"

Liang Yan said with a smile: "Although Brother Sun looks thin, he has strong energy and blood in his body. This cannot be hidden from Liang. People like Brother Sun, even if they do hard work, how can they be sleepy every day? I need to go back to my room to rest before it gets dark, obviously because I stayed up all night."

Sun Qianli nodded and said: "Now that you have discovered it, I have nothing to hide, hum! It was not because I was unwilling to help Li Dali a few days ago. In fact, the other party has a backer and cannot be easily provoked."

After saying that, he complained a little: "Li Dali is a very arrogant person, but he doesn't know that in the world of immortal cultivation, strength is respected. If you can succeed in cultivation, what kind of girl doesn't? With low strength, anyone can step on your head. If I take action, I will definitely expose my strength, and it will inevitably attract interested people to investigate. Wang Yuan, the deacon of the array, secretly withholds the spirit stone pills from us, and we can find out with just a little inquiry. Let me ask an ordinary first-level Qi training disciple, How do you advance to the third level of Qi training without the help of spiritual stone pills?"

Liang Yan nodded secretly after hearing this. It was not unreasonable for this person to be so cautious. Liang Yan didn't believe that he had no other secrets except this spiritual spring. At least his ability to hide his cultivation is definitely not something that a low-level disciple possesses, and there must be treasures on him. Liang Yan himself also has a lot of treasures, so of course he understands his cautious mentality.

Seeing his silence, Sun Qianli thought he had ulterior motives. Although he was at the third level of Qi training, he had seen Liang Yan take action before, so he was not sure of winning against him, so he tentatively asked: "Brother Liang already knows about this matter, how should we deal with it? Is it necessary?" Are you going to fight over this spiritual spring?"

Liang Yan immediately said after hearing this: "That's not necessary, but this spiritual spring is really useful to me. Why don't we use it together?"

Sun Qianli nodded and said: "As the saying goes, everyone who sees it has a share, so it should be. Let's do this. From now on, this Lingquan will belong to you on the odd days of one, three, and five, and it will belong to me on the even days of two, four, and six. How about that?"

Liang Yan shook his head and said with a smile: "Don't be so troublesome. I know a spirit-guiding formation that can divide the spiritual energy of the spiritual spring into two parts and guide it to other places. This spiritual spring of spiritual energy is so abundant that it is enough for you and me to practice at the same time."

Sun Qianli said in surprise: "Oh? It's great that there is such a formation."

"It's just that some of the materials needed to set up the formation are not easy to obtain." Liang Yan told them one by one the materials needed for the spirit-guiding formation.

After hearing this, Sun Qianli immediately said: "Brother Liang, don't worry, you just need to set up this big formation. As for the materials, leave it to me."

After some discussion, the two decided that Sun Qianli would practice here first tonight. After Liang Yan carefully explored the surroundings, he returned to the dormitory.

The next night, Sun Qianli came to the cave with the formation materials. Liang Yan saw how efficient he was and couldn't help but look at him with admiration. He secretly thought that this person was more than just an ordinary handyman disciple.

Liang Yan took the materials and quickly set up an array in the cave. Soon, the spiritual energy in the spiritual spring was divided into two by the spiritual guidance formation, and was directed to the east and west sides of the cave. In the darkness, Liang Yan and Sun Qianli each sat on one side and began to practice.

Liang Yan closed his eyes and performed the exercises, feeling the vigorous spiritual energy pouring out of the spiritual spring, and the acupoints all over his body felt relaxed. I secretly rejoiced in my heart: "With such a sufficient supply of spiritual energy, it is more efficient than practicing directly with spiritual stones. I believe it won't be long before I can reach the third level of Qi training."

Just when he was secretly rejoicing, a strange purple color suddenly appeared in the stream of spiritual energy trickling from the spiritual spring, and suddenly jumped into Liang Yan's body. As soon as he entered the body, Liang Yan felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar, and the chill penetrated his body. He couldn't help but open his eyes and looked at the spiritual spring with doubt.

After a while, just when Liang Yan secretly wondered whether he had just misunderstood, another flash of purple emerged from the spiritual spring. It shot into Liang Yan's body at an extremely fast speed, and the bone-chilling chill hit him again. Liang Yan was shocked and turned pale. He hurriedly stopped and stood up, subconsciously looking towards Sun Qianli.

Although the cave was dark, Liang Yan had six senses and could still see Sun Qianli with the faint light of the spiritual spring. I saw him closing his eyes and doing his exercises, like an old monk in meditation, but there was no vision at all.

"Weird!" Liang Yan was surprised, "Am I the only one who can feel it?"