Chapter 343: Deep in the Void, Ghost in the Middle of the Night

Shi Xuan appeared calm on the surface, but his heart was in turmoil. It was not because of the cruelty and terror that he could not calm down. The Blood Demon Sect was much more cruel and terrifying than these.

Rather, he thought that the empire was under the supervision of the great formation. It was not difficult to do some bad things such as stealing, buying and smuggling, but it was impossible for such major and important cases to happen. Even if they did happen, the sheriffs would be tracked down through the empire formation at the first time, so no one would take the risk. But now it seems that it is not the case? !

"I wonder if those women have been found?" Shi Xuan asked casually.

The black-robed driver shook his head, looking reluctant: "They may have been killed, it's been so long. Alas, I used to think that it was very dangerous in the weak places of the imperial formation such as the ravine, underground, overseas, and outside the sky. I didn't expect that such a thing would happen in a place like the imperial capital now, and there is no trace. Humph, in my opinion, there is an 80% to 90% chance that there is a traitor from the Yuantai Sect among those who presided over the imperial capital formation, otherwise how could this happen!"

Shi Xuan nodded. Without the great power of the celestial immortal, this formation still needs many people to control it, and there are all kinds of loopholes that can be exploited by people. However, Shi Xuan did not ask more questions to avoid exposing his lack of common sense. He should be able to understand it by going to the library and shops to check the information later.

Seeing that Shi Xuan didn't say anything, the black-robed man apologized with a panicked look on his face: "I'm sorry, I didn't know that you didn't like to hear this, Mr. Shi."

Shi Xuan said gently: "It's not your fault, it's just that I'm a little emotional about this."

The black-robed man then let go of his fear, but he didn't dare to say anything more, and quietly carried Shi Xuan back to the building.

After that day, Shi Xuan didn't look for other jobs. You know, the one-hour preaching in the general's mansion every day gives Yuan coins several times more than other jobs except the repair soldiers. In addition, Shi Xuan has no need for Yuan coins, so Shi Xuan spent this time to make up for his common sense.

It turned out that Xu Qing Tianzun was preparing to survive the third decline of the gods in his own small world. Out of caution, he closed and hid the small world. Unexpectedly, he couldn't survive this decline of the gods, and died. With his death, no one could find the hidden and closed small world anymore.

As a result, the core of the Empire's Great Array has always been a temporary authority. In addition, various Taoist methods, Taoist arts, immortal arts, magic weapons, spiritual treasures, and secret treasures for overcoming tribulations have disappeared in the Small Thousand Worlds. As time goes by, the highest level of cultivation of the Empire's cultivators is getting lower and lower.

Therefore, the power of the Empire's Great Array is getting smaller and smaller, and the control range is gradually shrinking. Now the formations in remote mountains, underground abysses, overseas deserted islands, and stars are becoming weaker and weaker, almost to the point of being ineffective. At the same time, there are some loopholes in the formations in the city.

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While waiting to climb the cloud ladder, Shi Xuan and Li Wei and Huang Xiao happened to meet each other, and they smiled at each other and greeted each other.

Seeing Huang Xiao's bulging belly, Shi Xuan remembered the black-robed driver's talk about Yuan Tai Jiao, and reminded them carefully: "When Shi came back just now, the driver told me that the Yuan Tai Jiao in the capital has revived, and 36 women who are about to give birth have disappeared in the past month. You two must be very careful."

"What, Yuan Tai Jiao?!" Li Wei shouted in panic, and Huang Xiao's face turned pale, as if the ghost story he heard when he was a child really appeared in front of him.

Shi Xuan nodded carefully.

Li Wei was at a loss and said, "It's not that I don't believe Brother Shi, but this is too unbelievable. The catastrophe a hundred years ago was a nightmare in the hearts of previous generations. Moreover, I have many classmates and friends in the imperial capital, and none of them mentioned this case. Please tell me in detail, Brother Shi."

Shi Xuan understood their feelings, so he replied, "I heard about this case from the driver of the General's Mansion, and I think it's correct. Well, I am currently a teacher in the General's Mansion." The latter sentence was added after seeing the shocked expressions of the two.

Huang Xiao murmured to himself, "Since it is news from the General's Mansion, it must be correct. I just hope that Yuantaijiao will not focus on our small town."

The scene was silent for a while. Although Li Wei and Huang Xiao knew the news, they were too weak to do anything. They could only follow Shi Xuan into the cloud ladder.

It was not until the 18th floor that Li Wei forced a smile and said, "I haven't congratulated Brother Shi for entering the general's mansion as a teacher. He is worthy of being a graduate of Xuqing Taoist Academy." He wanted to congratulate him, but the news weighed on his mind, and his smile was uglier than crying.

Shi Xuan comforted the couple for a few words. For the time being, this kind of thing can only be prevented first. Who knows where the Yuantai teaching is.

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After giving Xiao Yingyu eight days of Taoist lessons, Shi Xuan met Linyuan General Xiao Huarong for the first time.

Xiao Huarong had a white face without beard and clear eyes. He was just like Xiao Yingyu when he grew up. He walked into the open door under the greeting of two rows of guards, servants, errand boys, and maids. It was considered a triumphant return.

"Congratulations to the general for destroying the golden elixir ghost." The people on both sides of the road congratulated in unison.

Shi Xuan, Xiao Cangtian and Xiao Huarong's wife stood beside the lobby with Xiao Yingyu. Seeing Xiao Huarong coming over, Xiao Yingyu stumbled and ran out happily, throwing himself into Xiao Huarong's arms in black clothes.

"This is Mr. Shi, right? Xiao is busy with his work, but I neglected you." After Xiao Huarong teased Xiao Yingyu for a few words, he turned to look at Shi Xuan with a gentle look. He is a cultivator who has been perfect in his soul for many years. I don't know if he is waiting for the opportunity of the top-grade golden elixir, and has not taken the elixir to advance.

Shi Xuan smiled lightly and said, "General Xiao, you are polite." According to the rules, ordinary teachers have to be humble and flattering, but this is not in line with Shi Xuan's character, so he just skipped it.

Xiao Huarong smiled and glanced at Shi Xuan. In his heart, he regarded Shi Xuan as a young man with some talent and a little bit of aloofness, and didn't care. He walked into the lobby while chatting and laughing with Shi Xuan and Xiao Cangtian.

After chatting casually for a while, the topic naturally turned to the Yuantai Sect that shocked the imperial capital. Xiao Huarong frowned and said, "I didn't expect that the Yuantai Sect would make a comeback in just a hundred years. This is a great disaster for the world."

Some of the subordinates next to him did not see any signs of uneasiness and smiled, "General, you are worrying too much. The Wei-Yun Venerable is still here, and the Yuantai Sect will surely surrender soon."

A hundred years ago, Tian Zha Tongzi founded the Yuantai Sect. The emperor did not care about worldly affairs, and the major families only cared about self-preservation and were unwilling to consume their own strength. Therefore, Wei-Yun Venerable stood out and fought all over the world to establish the Wei-Yun Corps, and finally killed Tian Zha Tongzi overseas.

The Wei-Yun Corps consisted of three Yin Shen Venerables and sixty Jindan Grandmasters. Once they set up their secret battle formation, even the Yin Shen Venerables who held magic weapons or perfected their own spiritual tools were not their enemies. Later, it became the capital for Wei-Yun Venerable to fight against the noble families.

Xiao Cangtian shook his head and said, "Venerable Wei Yu is now competing with our noble families for supremacy, and he will most likely keep the enemy at bay."

Xiao Huarong also meant this, so he nodded and said, "Uncle is right, and since the death of Tian Zha Tongzi, everyone knows that one of their goals is to find the small world of Xu Qing Tian Zun through the secret treasure. Maybe many people will sit back and watch, add fuel to the fire, and wait for it."

"Hehe, Shi heard that the small world is hidden in the depths of the formation void?" Shi Xuan interrupted, thinking of the jade slip he accidentally saw some time ago.

Xiao Huarong smiled and said, "Mr. Shi also knows this rumor? But where the small world is is uncertain, after all, Tian Zha Tongzi is dead."

Shi Xuan didn't say anything else, just listened to their discussion quietly and absorbed information from it.

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One month later, in the middle of the night when the moon was bright.

Shi Xuan was keeping his breath inside when a faint wave of magic came from the window next door. If it weren't for Shi Xuan's sensitive consciousness, any Qi-inducing cultivator's spiritual sense would not be able to detect it.

The green emblem on Shi Xuan's left hand instantly turned into purple jade. He expanded his consciousness and found that outside the window of Li Wei and Huang Xiao's room, there was a green and eerie ghost like a baby, leaving three faint horizontal lines on the windowsill.

Leave a trace? Does it have to be close to birth? Shi Xuan thought as he watched the baby ghost's actions.

The trace was very faint, at least a Jindan Grandmaster could find it. The baby ghost left with satisfaction, and it was very fast, disappearing on the other side of the city in the blink of an eye.

Shi Xuan's consciousness wiped it, and the trace disappeared. Then Shi Xuan turned into a breeze, and the baby ghost that he had locked on to was far away.

This green baby ghost wandered around Linyuan City, looking for pregnant women. Once found, it would leave traces at their residence. For some reason, the array monitoring passed through the baby ghost directly as soon as it reached it, without discovering the strange thing, and Shi Xuan also paid attention not to follow those places where the array monitoring was very strict. After Shi Xuan used the Yin-Yang Magic Mirror, the array monitoring in general places could not be captured.

After several observations, Shi Xuan found that the one with one horizontal line was about to give birth, the one with two horizontal lines was one month away, and so on. Of course, after Shi Xuan finished reading, he directly erased the trace.

So, the scene of scribbling in the front and constantly erasing in the back appeared in Linyuan City, and in the process, Shi Xuan found another four baby ghosts.

When it was about four o'clock, the five baby ghosts seemed to have searched the entire city, and then turned into green smoke and went out of the city.

Shi Xuan hung far away, followed these ghosts, merged into the wind, left Linyuan City, passed through the land where spiritual grains and spiritual herbs were planted in the suburbs, and came to a wilderness.

After passing through half of the wilderness, a large crack leading directly to the ground appeared in front, deep and dark.

The five ghosts rushed into the crack without any hesitation. After Shi Xuan thought about it, he followed them with his spiritual sense and waited for a while before going down.

The underground wind blew in his face, but it was not dangerous to Shi Xuan, just like a breeze blowing in his face.

The evil wind gradually became stronger, and the evil wind ghosts began to appear. The five ghosts were quite difficult to find in it, but at this time they did not continue to go down, but flew to a hidden, horizontal crack next to them.