Chapter 264 Tracking (Asking for Monthly Votes)

Gu Qiulong saw this, his expression changed, and he took out a handful of spirit stones from his storage bag again to replace them.

This situation has happened several times, during which Gu Qiulong spent almost two thousand spirit stones. His originally calm face gradually became frowning, and sweat oozes out of his forehead.

He has replaced the magic array spirit stones for the ninth time. When he almost used up all the spirit stones in his storage bag, something strange happened.

With a thunderous sound coming from above, a series of dazzling lightning flashes suddenly appeared on the purple wooden pillars, and quickly rushed down along the wooden pillars, as if they were attracting the natural lightning outside, and the entire dungeon space shook violently.

The purple magic array on the stone platform also suddenly lit up, and the speed of operation increased several times.

Waves of white spiritual power gushed out from those spirit stones and injected into the winged bird eggs.

The dazzling arcs on the purple wooden pillars were also absorbed by the stone platform magic array, which transformed them into softer lightning power and poured them all into the winged bird eggs.

Purple arcs of electricity appeared on the winged bird egg, and the flickering lines on the surface disappeared, and the blood color also faded a lot.

Gu Qiulong stared at the blood egg motionlessly when he saw this, and his face showed an extremely nervous expression.

Yuan Ming saw this and basically understood the whole story. It turned out that Gu Qiulong coveted the winged bird egg and kidnapped Gu Qiuming here.

When he first arrived in Xiaohu City, he did not immediately go to Zhenling Pavilion to hatch the bird eggs, and he was afraid of this situation. Later, he met Gu Qiuming, an old acquaintance, and then he went to the door with peace of mind. Unexpectedly, things still developed in the direction he worried about.

This winged bird egg is not only extremely precious, but also a gift from Xiying. Naturally, he could not give it up. His thoughts turned quickly in his mind and began to plan countermeasures.

But after thinking about it, he still didn't have too many clues. After all, he had to find the other party's location first, which made him quite headache.

Even if Zhenling Sect is not as good as Changchun Temple, there are also Jindan stage cultivators. It is not an outsider like him who can search and walk around at will.

"Gu Qiulong, if you are willing to return this egg, I can pretend that this has never happened. In addition, in return, I can tell you the trace of another thunder-attributed spirit beast." Gu Qiuming suddenly opened his eyes and said.

"What spirit beast?" Gu Qiulong turned his head and asked in surprise.

"Thunderworm beast!" Gu Qiuming said slowly.

"Is it really a thunderworm beast? Where is it?" Gu Qiulong was overjoyed and temporarily shifted his attention away from the blood egg.

Thunderworm beasts are rare thunder-attributed monster beasts. When they grow up, their strength can reach level three. The value of collecting them as spirit beasts is extremely high, no less than that of winged birds.

"It's in the Yuxu Swamp, less than a hundred miles away. That thunderworm beast is still a young beast, just entering level two. I also accidentally discovered the trace of this beast. As long as you can return the winged bird egg to Fellow Daoist Hagong, I will take you to capture that thunderworm beast." Gu Qiuming said.

When Yuan Ming heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up. The main gate of Zhenling Sect was quite far from Xiaohu City and Yuxu Swamp, about two or three hundred miles away, which meant that Gu Qiuming and the others were not in Zhenling Sect at the moment!

He had always thought that the two were somewhere in Zhenling Sect, which was why he was at a loss. If the two were outside, things would be much easier.

Yuan Ming continued to listen to the conversation between the two while concentrating on the dungeon environment, trying to find some clues from it.

The dungeon was extremely humid, and water drops kept coming out of the walls and flowing down.

Such a humid and watery environment, it seems that the two are indeed near Yuxu Swamp.

But apart from this, there is no other useful information around.

Yuan Ming tried his best to encourage the power of his soul and tried to spread it out, but he couldn't do it at all. There seemed to be an invisible cover around his soul, and his soul power couldn't break through at all.

"It seems that the reason I was able to spread my soul power before was indeed caused by the improvement of the quality of the black incense." Yuan Ming said secretly.

At this moment, he suddenly looked up.

Three long bell sounds came from above, and then rang four times, and then three more bell sounds came, seven, eight, and twelve times respectively.

"Three up, four down, seven fast, eight slow, twelve flat, this is the sound of the Taoist temple's bell, is there a Taoist temple nearby?"

Yuan Ming had been involved in a wide range of things before, and he knew the source of the bell sound as soon as he heard it.

He was about to continue to listen, but his eyes suddenly fell into darkness, but it was the end of the possession time.

Yuan Ming's consciousness returned to his body. After a moment of silence, he stood up and walked out, and soon left Zhenling Sect.

He did not summon Qingyun Crane or sacrifice magic weapons, but performed Fengjie magic and flew to Xiaohu City first.

At the same time, three figures also left Zhenling Sect silently, and following Yuan Ming from a distance were three disciples of Zhenling Sect.

The leader was a bald man, and the other two were a thin and tall young man and a heavily made-up young woman. The bald man's cultivation had reached the foundation-building stage, and the thin and tall young man and the heavily made-up young woman were both at the peak of Qi refining.

The three of them obviously used hidden talismans or magic tools. Not only was their aura vague, but their figures also blended into the surrounding environment and were difficult to detect.

Yuan Ming quickly advanced forty or fifty miles, and a dense black pine forest appeared nearby.

He suddenly deviated from the direction and rushed into the woods.

The three people following behind were shocked and hurriedly quickened their pace and entered the black pine forest, but there was no trace of Yuan Ming here.

"Could it be that the man discovered us? He wanted to escape!" The tall and thin young man looked grim.

"Did your green bird find us?" The bald man looked at the heavily made-up young woman.

The young woman put her finger to her lips and whistled.

A green bird fell from a nearby tree, landed on the shoulder of the heavily made-up young woman, and chirped a few times.

"The Green Bird said that the man walked under this big tree and suddenly disappeared." The young woman said.

"Suddenly disappeared? Did he use the concealment spell..." The bald man frowned and muttered to himself.

Before he finished speaking, his legs suddenly became weak and his body began to shake.

"No, someone used poison..." The bald man suddenly changed color.

The thin young man and the heavily made-up young woman were in the same situation. The two were in a worse situation. They fell to the ground one after another and fell into a coma. The green bird was the same.

The bald man suddenly felt a sense of heaviness and lightness. He reached out to the storage bag at his waist with difficulty, as if he wanted to take something out.

However, his hand was only half extended, and his consciousness became completely blurred, and he fell to the ground.

Yuan Ming, wearing the gray cloak, walked out from behind the big tree, holding the Stealing Heaven Cauldron in his hand, with an extinguished incense stick inserted in it.

This is a seven-step incense. He mixed the poisonous flowers he got from Huazhi into it, which greatly increased the toxicity of the incense. The effect was really good. The bald man, a cultivator in the foundation-building period, was easily intoxicated.

Yuan Ming put away the Heaven-stealing Cauldron, came to the bald man, pressed his head with one hand, and performed the soul-searching magic, and soon found something.

The bald man was called Zheng Da. He was originally a casual cultivator near Xiaohu City. Later, he flattered Gu Qiulong and joined the Zhenling Sect. He usually did some dirty things for Gu Qiulong.

This time, he and the other two followed Gu Qiulong's order to monitor Yuan Ming, and then waited for Gu Qiulong's order to kill Yuan Ming to silence him.

Yuan Ming was not angry, but showed a happy look on his face.

Zheng Da received Gu Qiulong's order three days ago. The two met in a forest outside the Zhenling Sect. After Gu Qiulong gave the order, he flew to the southwest, which was the direction of the Yuxu Swamp.

Gu Qiulong may not have really gone to the southwest, but this is an important clue for reference.

Afterwards, Yuan Ming searched the souls of the other two people, and the information he got was far less detailed than that of the bald man, but the meaning was similar.

He then took away the three people's storage magic tools, flicked his fingers and shot out three water arrows, piercing through the eyebrows of the three people.

Since these three people wanted to kill him, Yuan Ming would naturally not let them go.

He then sent out three more fireballs, turning the three bodies into ashes and crushing their bones.

He carefully wiped out all traces in the woods before stopping.

After doing this, Yuan Ming immediately took out a map of the surrounding area of ​​Xiaohu City and searched from Zhenling Sect to the southwest.

Yuan Ming paused and found a Taoist temple in the southwest of Zhenling Sect, near the Yuxu Swamp, called "Shuiyun Temple".

"It should be here!" He did not delay and rushed there immediately.

Shuiyun Taoist Temple is a secular Taoist temple built between two hills. The mountain gate is tall, the temple is majestic, and it covers an area of ​​20 to 30 acres. It is very popular.

At this moment, the sky has completely darkened, and many rooms in the Taoist temple are still lit.

Yuan Ming did not rush in. He stopped outside Shuiyun Temple and released three soul crows to explore the temple. At the same time, he summoned Huazhi and asked them to search underground.

Time passed little by little, and neither the soul crow nor the flower branch had been harvested.

Just when Yuan Ming was secretly anxious, the dark clouds in the sky lowered and heavy rain began to fall. A thick lightning bolt jumped out of the clouds and tore the dark night sky.

The tail of the lightning swept behind Shuiyun Temple and suddenly turned, as if it was led by something.

Yuan Ming recalled the scene he saw when he was possessed, and his eyes suddenly lit up. He immediately sacrificed the white jade shuttle and flew there, while spreading his spiritual consciousness and soon found something.

"It's here!" He stopped and looked at a high ground not far away.

A purple-black wooden pillar protruded from the ground there. It was the purple-black wooden pillar he saw when he was possessed, and the top was already charred.

Yuan Ming took out a yellow talisman. This was the escaping talisman he bought at a high price in the talisman shop in Xiaohu City. It had a similar effect to the earth-traveling talisman, and both could travel underground.

He collected two soul crows, leaving only one outside to be on guard, and activated the escaping talisman to sneak underground.

Huazhi also came to the back mountain at this moment and lurked from the other side.

Yuan Ming followed the purple wood that attracted lightning and easily found the basement. He hid in a corner and secretly looked at the dungeon.

In the dungeon, Gu Qiulong was still trying his best to activate the magic circle to hatch the winged bird eggs, and did not notice the movement outside.

Gu Qiuming was still locked in the dungeon, his clothes were messy, his nose and face were swollen, it seemed that the negotiation between the two ended in failure, and Gu Qiuming was beaten.

The winged bird egg placed in the center of the magic circle had changed its appearance at this moment. The blood color on the eggshell had completely disappeared, and it was replaced by a bright silver color flashing all over the body, and there were even strands of lightning flashing on it.

Not only that, there are two thin cracks on the eggshell, and it looks like it is about to break.

(Dear Taoist friends, please help me vote for the monthly ticket at the beginning of the month)