Chapter 364: Common Origin
Yuan Ming calmed down, took the storage magic tools of the four people, and briefly explored them.
Although Fang Youting, Feng Qi, and Yaxian were guest elders of the Lingfu Sect, they were essentially casual cultivators. They had nothing valuable except a magic weapon, and not many spiritual stones. The three of them only had 60,000 to 70,000 in total.
The collection in Tiangui Sanren's storage bag was much stronger than that of Fang Youting and the other two. There were more than 100,000 spiritual stones alone. As for the magic tools, in addition to the black cane left outside, there were three more, which were a blue ring, a yellow rapier, and a golden short spear.
The blue ring was a confinement magic weapon with considerable power, while the yellow rapier and the golden short spear were both attack magic weapons with good power.
As for the others, there were some precious elixirs, spiritual materials, jade slips, and other things.
Yuan Ming ignored the others, took out the two jade slips, and immersed his consciousness in them.
The two jade slips, one of which records the cultivation method of Tiangui Sanren - "Phantom Yin Gong", which is a Yin-attributed cultivation method with great power. However, the deeper the cultivation of this method, the more the body will be transformed into a phantom body.
The other jade slip records the soul cultivation method of Tiangui Sanren, called "Xuan Yue Jue", which is extremely mysterious at first glance and seems to be not inferior to Ming Yue Jue.
Yuan Ming couldn't help but be very interested. He carefully checked the content of Xuan Yue Jue and found that it was very similar to Ming Yue Jue. The words revealed that the two were from the same source.
"Could it be that this Ming Yue Jue has something to do with Wu Yue Sect?" Yuan Ming secretly guessed.
Tiangui Sanren came from Wu Yue Sect, but he knew very little about this sect. He only knew some very superficial information, which was a bit abnormal.
Tiangui Sanren had cultivated to the Jindan stage in Wu Yue Sect, so it was impossible for him to have no knowledge of his own sect.
Yuan Ming pondered for a moment and summoned Fang Youting, Feng Qi, and Yaxian.
"Master." The three of them bowed to Yuan Ming with a wooden expression.
After being transformed into a ghost slave, the emotions of the cultivator will be mostly eliminated, but the spiritual intelligence will remain, and the previous memories will be retained.
"Do you three know the Wuyue Sect?" Yuan Ming asked.
"Yes, Wuyue Sect is a sect in Mobei that specializes in cultivating soul cultivators. It is the origin of soul cultivation and was once very prosperous." Fang Youting said without any fluctuations in his voice.
"The origin of soul cultivation!" Yuan Ming was surprised.
Wuyue Sect is actually the birthplace of soul cultivation. It is naturally possible that Mingyue Jue is the inherited practice of this sect. No wonder it is so similar to Xuanyue Jue. It should be a relationship of the same origin.
Xiying is proficient in Mingyue Jue. Could it be that she is also related to Wuyue Sect?
"Since Wuyue Sect is the birthplace of soul cultivation, it should be famous. Why have I never heard of it before?" Yuan Ming was puzzled.
"The Wuyue Sect was indeed famous ten thousand years ago, but this sect was a soul cultivation sect that acted evilly. In order to pursue power, it ignored any prohibitions in the world of immortal cultivation. Most of its disciples were unforgivable people. In order to practice evil skills, refine evil treasures, kill people to take souls, massacre cities and exterminate clans, they did everything. Later, they finally aroused public anger. The Changchun Temple of Dajin joined forces with the immortal cultivation sects in the Western Regions, the East China Sea, and the Southern Xinjiang to wipe out the Wuyue Sect and finally eradicated it. Nowadays, not many people in the world remember the Wuyue Sect. I also got a book about the Wuyue Sect by chance, and then I learned a little bit about it." Fang Youting continued.
Yuan Ming smiled bitterly when he heard this. The reputation of soul cultivation was so bad that it almost became a rat crossing the street. It turned out that the reason for tracing back to the source was the Wuyue Sect.
He frowned immediately. According to Fang Youting, the Wuyue Sect had been destroyed ten thousand years ago, but Tiangui Sanren was born in this sect. Could it be that the Wuyue Sect did not disappear, but was secretly passed down?
"Do you still have the book about Wu Yue Sect?" Yuan Ming looked at Fang Youting.
"No, I sold it to someone else a few years ago, but I still remember a lot of the content." Fang Youting shook his head.
"Write down what you remember and give it to me." Yuan Ming took out a blank jade slip and handed it over.
Fang Youting took the jade slip, white light flashed on his hand, and quickly handed it over.
Yuan Ming's face gradually became solemn as his consciousness immersed in it.
According to these contents, Wu Yue Sect was very powerful in those days. It not only dominated the entire Beimo, but also extended its hands to the Central Plains, the East China Sea, the Western Regions, and even the Southern Xinjiang.
Wu Yue Sect is different from Changchun Temple, Wu Lei Sect and other sects. It manages the entire sect in the form of religion, and mortals can join it.
The hierarchy in the sect is strict. From low to high, they are ordinary followers, religious envoys, imperial edicts, Dharma Kings, Venerables, and the supreme Wu Yue God.
The followers of Wu Yue have a strong worship and belief in Wu Yue God. In addition to strength, the biggest proof of the ranking of the status of followers in the sect is the contribution made to Wu Yue God.
"What a strange sect." Yuan Ming said secretly.
Wu Yue Sect is the origin of soul cultivation. The realm division of soul cultivation is also created by Wu Yue Sect. The names of soul cultivation realms are recorded in the jade slip.
As he knew before, it is divided into "soul witch", "illusion witch", "emotion witch" and several realms, corresponding to the levels of Qi refining, foundation building, and Dan formation of Dharma cultivation.
The jade slip introduces the meaning of the names of these soul cultivation realms. The so-called "soul witch" is a soul cultivator who has initially trained his soul and completed the transformation of his soul.
When the soul power of soul cultivators is further improved and can be dispersed outside and perform illusions, they are "illusion witches".
The illusion witch goes a step further and can sense the changes in emotions and even control emotions, which is "emotion witches".
When Yuan Ming saw this, he suddenly realized that, combined with his own understanding of practicing the Dark Moon Art, he had a deeper understanding of soul cultivation.
The jade slip also mentioned a realm above the love witch, called "sleeping witch".
The jade slip did not introduce this realm in detail, but only roughly mentioned that the sleeping witch could control the dreams and memories of others, which was far more terrifying than the love witch.
"Control memory... Could it be that Tiangui Sanren's memory was tampered with? Deleted the content related to the Wuyue Sect?" Yuan Ming's heart trembled, and he became more afraid of this sect.
He put away the jade slip, put Tiangui Sanren, Fang Youting and others back into the Hundred Ghosts Night Parade Picture, put away the magic circle restrictions and the three-eyed black dove in the stone room, and flew out with Huazhi and King Kong.
The ghost slaves imprisoned in the Hundred Ghosts Night Parade Picture all ran away at this moment, and there was no one in the underground cave. Tiangui Sanren's black crutch was still here, and it had returned to the form of a crutch.
He took this thing, used his spiritual sense to explore, and his face was slightly happy.
Yuan Ming learned from the memory of Tiangui Sanren that this cane was made from a fourth-level dragon spine, and a lot of high-quality Yin-attribute spiritual materials were added. There were already seven runes engraved inside the cane, which was powerful and especially good at defilement of magic weapons. No wonder the white bone knife, Jinyang ruler and other magic weapons were no match at all.
Yuan Ming put away the black cane and did not sacrifice it.
The most important thing at the moment was to catch the escaped ghost slaves. They were a group of powerful forces and could not be lost.
He took out the Night Parade of Hundred Ghosts and sensed the whereabouts of the ghost slaves, with a hint of surprise in his eyes.
He thought the ghost slaves would flee in all directions, but at this moment, the ghosts were almost all gathered somewhere underground not far from the cave, as if attracted by something.
Yuan Ming urged the underground escape talisman to chase after it, and soon his eyes lit up, and a larger underground pit appeared in front of him.
The yin energy here is even more dense, and the restriction on spiritual consciousness is greater than that in the cave where Tiangui Sanren lives. A crack several feet wide appeared on the ground of the underground pit, and thick black air overflowed from it, mixed with a faint blood light.
All the ghost slaves in the Hundred Ghosts Night Parade Map surrounded the crack, greedily absorbing the black air and blood light.
"This is..." Yuan Ming's face showed surprise again.
He did not see this crack in the ground in Tiangui Sanren's memory. This place is not far from the cave where Tiangui Sanren lives. If it has existed for a long time, Tiangui Sanren would not be unaware of it. Could it have just appeared recently?
The ghost slaves near the crack sensed Yuan Ming coming, and then saw the Hundred Ghosts Night Parade Map, showing fear and fleeing away.
Yuan Ming smiled slightly, activated the Hundred Ghosts Night Parade Map, and a white light bloomed from the screen.
But at this moment, the ground under Yuan Ming's feet suddenly trembled violently, and stalactites on the top of the cave fell one after another. The roar like the roar of evil ghosts sounded from all directions, and the thick evil spirit rolled in, even swallowing the white light emitted from the picture of the night parade of a hundred ghosts.
Yuan Ming's heart trembled, and he didn't care about catching the fleeing ghost slaves. He hurriedly drove the escape light and flew out.
But suddenly, a thick blood-red glow shot out from the crack, and in an instant it penetrated the evil mist and rolled up all the ghost slaves.
The ghost slaves wrapped in the glow suddenly let out a piercing wail, and their bodies melted rapidly in the blood light, and soon they completely dissipated.
After the blood-red glow swallowed the fleeing ghost slaves, it seemed that it was still not satisfied and continued to sweep towards Yuan Ming.
Yuan Ming looked back and saw this horrifying scene, and hurriedly wanted to speed up to escape, but the next moment, the blood-red glow wrapped around his body and wrapped him up.
After he was wrapped in the glow, his magic power was instantly suppressed. Not only could he not perform any magic, but even his consciousness could not reach out of the glow.
However, perhaps because he was not a ghost, he did not melt away as quickly as the ghost slaves in the glow, but was firmly bound and unable to move.
After taking Yuan Ming in, the glow swept around several times, and after finding no other living creatures or dead souls, it quickly retreated and disappeared into the gap.
At the same time, outside the cave.
The thick black gas spiraled up and connected with the dark clouds in the sky, like a pillar supporting the sky, and was surrounded by the dark wind and thunder, stirring the spiritual energy in the Soul Burial Abyss, causing all the monsters to fall into frenzy.
For a while, the Soul Burial Abyss was filled with the roar of beasts and ghosts, and those Jindan monks who came here to hunt beasts and explore treasures were also affected. Some who were fighting with tricky monsters even lost their hands and were torn to pieces by the monsters in an instant.
The remaining ones who were still safe also hurriedly got rid of their opponents and flew high into the sky. They saw the black gas rising into the sky and were all shocked and wondered what kind of changes had taken place in the Soul Burial Abyss.