Ruins of the past

The fox ghost burst out screaming, greedily absorbing the power of blood.

The ghost's body continued to expand as if it had been inflated, completely wrapping Chu Qiguang's body in the blink of an eye.

The Taoist priest watching this scene was shocked and said: "Which god of war is this? Feeding the fox ghost blood like this? What a mess!"

The Taoist priest knew that the fox ghost came after the death of the fox demon and had a more terrifying ability to absorb essence and blood than the fox demon.

But the next moment, the Taoist priest said in surprise: "Has the fox ghost been fed?"

At this moment, the fox ghost was like a mosquito that had sucked a large bag of blood. It fell to the ground with its huge belly dangling, and retreated like a strong wind.

The Taoist priest looked at Chu Qiguang again, only to find that the flames on his body had not diminished at all. He looked full of energy, and his energy and blood were as strong as peak state.

‘Is this okay? How strong is this person's energy and blood? ’

Chu Qiguang's qi and blood power is naturally extremely profound, regardless of the advantages brought by the "Sumishan King Sutra" in terms of physical body and qi and blood.

The divine hair of fire, phoenix blood marrow, unicorn horns, and Luofu magic urn contained in his body all make his energy and blood far more profound than those of the same level.

At this moment, in the blazing flames, physical strength, energy and blood are constantly recovering.

Glancing at the place where the fox ghost disappeared, Chu Qiguang said: "After the fox ghost has temporarily filled his stomach, he will stop for a while. We must take advantage of this period to save him."

"Do you have any clues? As long as the fox ghost finds the body, it shouldn't be difficult to be saved."

The Taoist priest swallowed. Although the other party looked young, the strength he displayed was extraordinary, and he had to take it seriously.

"This fox ghost has a lot of resentment. I heard that before I came, it had sucked out the essence of several villagers and almost turned them into mummies."

"Are you complaining?" Chu Qiguang touched his chin, suddenly looked at the villagers coming out of the darkness holding torches, and said calmly: "Then ask them."

The Taoist priest also looked at these villagers and asked about the fox ghost.

The person who answered the Taoist priest was a village chief who was over fifty years old. His old face looked gloomy under the light of the fire.

He said in a hoarse tone: "We don't know where this fox ghost came from. We only know that it started to haunt the village a month ago, and more than ten men have been killed by him."

As he spoke, the village chief and several women knelt on the ground and begged: "Please help us get rid of this monster in Zhangzhuang. We have chickens, ducks and property, and we are willing to donate them."

"Don't kneel, don't kneel, get up quickly." The Taoist priest immediately lifted them up and asked carefully: "Tell me about the fox ghost, who was the first person to be killed, and where was he... …”

Chu Qiguang nodded slightly at the side, asking about the first crime scene would indeed help to understand how the fox ghost appeared.

The villagers spoke in a few words. Most of their expression skills were very weak, and their expression of numbers and time was not clear. Chu Qiguang sorted it out in his mind and outlined the general process of the situation.

The first victim was discovered about a month ago and was a hunter from the village named Zhang Shi.

The other party often hunted foxes from the nearby mountains. The fox's fur was quite valuable, so he took it to the city and sold it. He lived a good life, and his family was relatively wealthy in this village.

However, this man had an ugly face, and he always lived alone, and was not very familiar with other people in the village.

That day, he suddenly caught a fox from the mountains and took it home. At first, the villagers thought he wanted to sell the live fox to the city. After all, the live fox was more valuable.

It turned out that Zhang Shi had been keeping the fox at home, and he looked more and more tired day by day.

Various gossips gradually spread in the village.

He said that the fox was a fox demon who charmed Zhang Shi and sucked Zhang Shi's essence every day.

As a result, Zhang Shi was not seen going out for several days, and the villagers told the village chief. It is said that when the village chief went to find him, he found him lying on the bed with a haggard appearance, and he had already died.

Since then, the fox ghost has attacked the villagers again and again at night...

Chu Qiguang and the Taoist priest immediately found Zhang Shi's residence and found hunting bows, animal traps, several hung fox skins, and various animal bones...

The Taoist priest took Kaimu Pills and Kaibi Pills. After searching around the house, he found a somewhat damaged iron cage and twisted a few fox hairs on it.

He said with some suspicion: "Did this hunter catch the fox demon?"

The Taoist priest opened the hunter's cabinet and found some Mongolian sweat medicine.

Then he found the rotten meatballs from the kitchen. After a slight sniff, he put the meatballs down and judged: "It's been drugged."

In addition, he found fox fur and smelled fox odor in many places in the room.

The Taoist priest analyzed: "It seems that Zhang Shi used medicine to stun the fox demon, captured it and raised it in his own home. I'm afraid he killed the fox demon in the end, giving the fox demon a chance to become a fox ghost."

"But these skins are not those of the fox ghost, they are just ordinary foxes."

He glanced around again, shook his head and said, "But if that's the case, where are the fox demon's bones? Where was Zhang Shi buried?"

The salvation of most ghosts is closely related to their corpses. Finding the corpses of ghosts is a very important part of their salvation.

Chu Qiguang's eyes scanned the edge of a brick with signs of wear.

A line of writing jumped out of the seeker's eyes: 'Bricks that are often turned over. ’

Chu Qiguang clapped his palm, and the Gang Qi turned over the bricks. He saw a strange book that was neither gold nor iron hidden in it, and it said "Animal Feng Shui" written on it.

Another line of writing jumped out of the seeker's eyes.

""Animal Feng Shui"."

"The architectural book passed down from Gu Long."

"It records the method of using bones to change Feng Shui."

"Dragons were the first race to build houses."

“Legend has it that the first houses were built from the bones of giant beasts.”

"Long understood part of Kanyu's secrets from it, and it became one of the foundations for ruling the world in the future."

"But since ancient times, those who change their fate will inevitably be punished by God. This is true for the dragon clan, this is true for the human race, and this is true for us..."

Chu Qiguang's heart moved slightly when he saw this: 'Could it be another inheritance left in the Central Plains when he followed the Dragon Clan to sweep the world? ’

When he opened the Feng Shui book, he saw various fortune-telling bureaus, longevity bureaus, and golden bureaus...and these Feng Shui bureaus all required the use of the bones of animals, preferably monsters. Finish.

The Taoist priest also raised his eyes and said, "This is troublesome. Zhang Shi picked up this Feng Shui book from somewhere. I'm afraid he used the bones of the prey to set up the Feng Shui bureau after hunting."

Chu Qiguang browsed through it and found that there were no less than ten kinds of Feng Shui tactics involving foxes and fox demons. Almost all of them required dividing the fox into pieces and loading them in different directions, and they also had to coordinate with the five elements, solar terms, and terrain.

At this moment, there was another ear-piercing scream in the night sky.

The Taoist priest's expression suddenly changed: "So soon? Is the fox ghost coming again?"

Chu Qiguang's fingertips lit up with flames: "Back off."

The Taoist priest asked in surprise: "What are you going to do?"

Chu Qiguang said lightly: "I don't have much time to find out where he hid the bones, so I might as well burn them all in one go."

The next moment, streaks of fire exploded from Chu Qiguang's body.

The Taoist priest led his disciples out and watched the whole room being engulfed in flames, with a wry smile on his face: "This..."

The other villagers who were watching looked at this scene with shock, fear, and fear on their faces. It was obvious that Chu Qiguang was no longer a human being in their eyes.

The entire house was reduced to ashes in the raging flames.

Even the strong wind blew three feet below the ground, and even the entire earth was burned into a piece of scorched earth.

After a moment, the flames dissipated, and Chu Qiguang slowly walked out. The ground behind him was covered with complex formations. It was obvious that he had just completed the ritual of salvation in the sea of ​​fire.

But above the village, the fox demon's scream sounded again.

The Taoist priest was surprised: "It didn't succeed?"

Chu Qiguang frowned: "There can be no mistake in my ritual, it can only be that the body was not burned cleanly."

The Taoist priest wondered: "But his whole house has been burned down. Where can the body of the fox demon be returned?"

Chu Qiguang touched his chin, opened "Animal Feng Shui" and read it again, and finally stared at the map above and said: "I'm afraid Zhang Shi's target is not just his own house, but the entire Zhangzhuang."

The Taoist priest was shocked again when he heard this. He looked down and found that the map scribbled on the book seemed to be the topography of Zhangzhuang.

"This...the village is so big, how can we find the bones of the fox demon?"

The Taoist priest frowned and thought hard: "If Zhang Shi is so aggressive, the other villagers will not know about it. They must ask them one by one and brainstorm ideas..."

"There is also the "Animal Feng Shui Technique". If you can figure out what Feng Shui tactic Zhang Shibu has set, it will be much easier to find it."

Chu Qiguang closed the "Animal Feng Shui" in his hand and said casually: "There is no time to play detective games."

He looked at the village chief beside him and said, "I want your village."

The village chief panicked when he heard this: "This... this... sir, do you want our village?"

Other people also became panicked, thinking that Chu Qiguang was going to squeeze them like the government officials.

But he saw Chu Qiguang clasping his palms together, and a golden door had opened behind him.

"then."

He casually threw the "Animal Feng Shui" in, and then said: "Bring five thousand taels here."

A white and slender hand stretched out, with a five thousand tael silver note on it. That was the hand of the eagle demon Qiao Zina.

Chu Qiguang casually threw the banknote to the head of the village: "I bought your village. This is the settlement fee for you. I will send people to help you relocate in the future. From now on, you can go to Lingzhou to farm."

"Ah?" The manager looked at this scene in shock and looked at the banknote in his hand in disbelief. Five thousand taels was enough to buy two Zhangzhuangs.

The other villagers were also stunned for a while, not expecting such a thing to happen.

The head of the village asked again: "You... what are you going to do when you buy our village?"

Chu Qiguang's body burned with flames: "Of course it will be burned."

A moment later, the Taoist priest, the village chief and all the villagers stood on the hillside outside the village with their families, looking at Zhangzhuang with complicated expressions as the fire burst into the sky. Their faces were full of fear and uneasiness about the future.

The next moment, piercing screams resounded throughout the world, and the weird, weird, heart-wrenching screams continued to come from the flames.

Amidst the loud rumbling sound, the wind helped the fire, and the fire helped the wind.

The burning of the entire village greatly intensified the power of Chu Qiguang's flame energy.

I saw the flames turning into a huge spiral, reaching straight into the sky like a tornado.

A twisted fox face can be vaguely seen emerging from it.

When the sky dawned, the flames had completely dissipated, and the fox ghost's voice never sounded again.

When the Taoist priest stood in front of the scorched earth, he could see that the original Zhangzhuang had completely disappeared from the earth.

As far as the eye can see, the scorched earth is covered with densely packed formations arranged in rows, which seem to extend to the end of human eyesight.

The Taoist priest gasped: 'He carved the salvation formation diagram all over the village? ’

…

On the other side, Chu Qiguang stood in the center of the scorched earth, absorbing a surge of ghost power.

At the same time, the fox demon's memories were tumbling in his mind, but the other person's memories were fragmented and messy, as if they had not been sorted out rationally.

There are scenes of children struggling to survive in the mountains and wilderness.

There are scenes of hunters feeding her food and stroking her head.

There is a picture of a hunter taking her home and teaching her human knowledge.

"Child, I am your father, and we are the innate species of fox demons."

"We can live in the human world without having to eat hair and drink blood like your brothers and sisters."

"Don't move your claws, and don't bite. This is the first thing you have to learn."

Chu Qiguang originally didn't care much about the memory of this fox demon, but after reading it casually, he was slightly startled: "This fox demon is Zhang Shi's daughter? Is Zhang Shi a congenital fox demon?"

It is precisely because of his identity as a fox demon that Zhang Shi can often capture foxes and other animals and live a good life.

He continued to read and found that the fox demon did not understand Zhang Shi's control, let alone the human father-daughter relationship.

On the contrary, in the eyes of the little fox demon, every time Zhang Shi hunted animals, and even the scenes of disemboweling, disemboweling, and skinning various animals including foxes, brought great fear to the little fox demon, for fear that Zhang Shi would also Kill her like this.

So the little fox demon found an opportunity to sneak attack Zhang Shi, and the pitchfork pierced Zhang Shi's vest deeply.

Zhang Shi fell in the room, but was not completely dead.

Seeing the little fox demon sucking up his essence instinctively, perhaps because it was unable to resist, perhaps because it knew that it was going to die anyway...

In short, through the memory from the little fox demon's perspective, Chu Qiguang could only see that the other party did not resist and allowed the fox demon to swallow up all his energy.

"The fox demon has already killed Zhang Shi, so why was she dismembered throughout the village and became part of the Feng Shui Bureau?"

Just after this question arose in Chu Qiguang's heart, the turbulent memory filled with blood.

A figure jumped out from behind the fox demon who had swallowed Zhang Shi's energy, grabbed the fox demon, and locked her in a cage.

That figure was rummaging around in the house, seemingly looking for something. Where did it go? "

"What should the Feng Shui Bureau do next?"

"There is no other way... I can only continue to do what Zhang Shi said last time."

The figure turned around and looked at the fox demon in the cage.

Then severe pain, resentment, and anger continued to pour into Chu Qiguang's mind.

He immediately suppressed this turbulent memory: "I see, no wonder Zhang Shi wants to spread the Feng Shui bureau throughout the village. He is working together with others."

…

On the hillside, looking at the village reduced to ashes, the head of the village showed mixed emotions on his face.

Zhangzhuang's geographical location is very poor. It is neither a transportation hub nor fertile land. It has been a struggle just to feed his family.

But not long ago, the court imposed additional taxes.

The life of the villagers became more and more difficult, and more and more villagers began to escape.

After the village chief accidentally discovered Zhang Shi's secret, he planned to use Feng Shui to change the fate of the entire Zhangzhuang on the advice of the other party.

After that, the two discussed again and again. Zhang Shi looked for opportunities to arrange the Feng Shui bureau every night, while the head of the village covered him.

After Zhang Shi died, he continued to work according to the plan negotiated by both parties.

But now looking at the village that has been reduced to nothing, and the five thousand taels of silver in his hand, the village chief doesn't know whether it is a blessing or a curse, a success or a failure.

A wave of restlessness surged back and forth in his body, making him feel as if his flesh was twisting violently.

The Feng Shui knowledge that Zhang Shi had dictated to him was like a demonic sound filling his ears, and it was raging in his mind again.

"You are possessed."

The head suddenly raised his head and saw Chu Qiguang with fluttering hair standing in front of him, his eyes shining like the sun, looking at him intently.

"Possessed?"

The chief looked down at his hands and found that they were covered with dirty, smelly mucus. He looked up and found that the surrounding villagers were retreating and looking at him in horror.

He recalled that he colluded with demons, learned evil knowledge, and performed dark rituals...everything was so deviant and violated his faith. In the end, just like the stories told by the Taoist priests of the Tianshi Sect, he Also obsessed.

The next moment, fire came from Chu Qiguang's hands, directly extinguishing Li Chang's life and burning the banknotes in his hands to ashes.

After casually throwing it into the gate of the Buddha Realm, Chu Qiguang took another five thousand taels of silver notes from it and threw it to the villagers.

"The settlement fees should be divided well. Someone from the Chamber of Commerce should come to settle you tomorrow..."

As the fire light dissipated, Chu Qiguang turned around and stepped into the gate of the Buddhist world, leaving behind the villagers who were kowtowing all over the ground.

…

After returning to Yaoyin Village, Chu Qiguang once again picked up the Wan Gui Lu and began to comprehend it.

‘Including the ghost power I have collected recently, I should be able to reach the fourth chapter of “The Record of Ten Thousand Ghosts” this time. ’

Through the various rituals unique to "The Record of Ten Thousand Ghosts", ghosts can be transcended, and ghost power can be gained during the salvation.

This process requires facing the power of demons and enduring the impact of ghost memories. Most practitioners will become madmen during this process.

And with each salvation, after the ghost power is improved, you can learn the next chapter.

With each additional chapter you learn, you can transcend more powerful ghosts and refine more ghost powers.

After finishing five chapters, you have fully understood the power of "The Record of Ten Thousand Ghosts" and gained the ability to control ghosts.

At this moment, Chu Qiguang once again entered the ghost realm of "Ten Thousand Ghosts" and found the ghost who called himself Yu Li.

"Hey, I should be qualified to learn Chapter 4 now, right?"

Yu Li held his chin, looked at Chu Qiguang below, and thought to himself: 'This kid... his training speed is ridiculously fast. ’

‘Is it a reincarnation? Not quite. ’

'In this case, maybe it can be used to deal with that old ghost...'

Yu Li didn't speak, but just stretched out his hand, and the memory of the fourth chapter of "The Record of Ten Thousand Ghosts" surged into Chu Qiguang's mind.

Seeing Chu Qiguang absorbing the knowledge, Yu Li smiled and said, "Isn't it convenient to seek salvation from ghosts?"

While flipping through the turbulent memories in his mind, Chu Qiguang looked up at Yu Li and asked, "It is indeed not easy to save the souls of the dead. Even with my wealth and strength, it took me several months to reach the level I am now."

"I'm afraid it will take half a year to become a Taoist."

Yu Li: "..."

Chu Qiguang then asked: "What I'm more curious about is, how did Zhao Changsheng master "The Record of Ten Thousand Ghosts"? When he practiced "The Record of Ten Thousand Ghosts", he had not yet reached the Taoist realm, right?"

Zhao Changsheng is now one of the demon-suppressing envoys of the Demon-Suppressing Division, the leader of the Psychic School, and the only person in the court who has entered the Taoist realm with the "Record of Ten Thousand Ghosts".

Yu Li said casually: "Xiao Zhao? Hey, he was fed by the emperor of Han Dynasty one bite at a time. At that time, the emperor of Han Dynasty personally took him to catch ghosts."

Chu Qiguang said in surprise: "The previous emperor? Was it Shenzong? Did he personally catch ghosts?"

Yu Li said: "That guy was an interesting emperor. It's a pity that he died too early, otherwise there would be no chance for Yong'an to take over."

He then smiled and said: "It is not easy to find a powerful ghost. If you continue to rely on succorting lonely ghosts to understand the "Ten Thousand Ghosts", it may take ten or twenty years to learn the last chapter. ."

"Do you want me to tell you the location of a powerful ghost?"

Chu Qiguang also laughed: "You want to tell me so proactively, is this ghost your enemy?"

Yu Li seemed to think for a moment and said calmly: "They are not enemies, do you want to know?"

Chu Qiguang returned: "You can say it, but I won't necessarily go."

Yu Li smiled slightly: "Do you know who is the first person in this world to ascend to the upper world?"

…

Yong'an 18 years, early December.

On the snow-capped mountains, snowflakes fell on the ground.

The peaks in the distance are majestic, exquisite and beautiful.

The mountain peaks are surrounded by layers of clouds and mist. Sometimes the clouds are steaming, and sometimes the sky is as blue as water.

Zhang Xinhui was standing on a cliff, his figure was flashing, his palms were filled with aura of energy, and he was performing a boxing technique.

With every punch he punched, there seemed to be a faint dragon roar in the air.

This is the "Dragon Fist" he learned after communicating with the demon monk Yi Siman in recent days.

This method of entering the Tao is the same as his "Book of Humans", which belongs to the inherited method of Huangtian Dao.

After all, dragons have been considered messengers of the emperor and the gods since ancient times.

However, "Dragon Fist" has been lost in Huangtiandao since the Central Plains War two hundred years ago. Now that Zhang Xinhui has once again had the opportunity to comprehend "Dragon Fist", he can be said to be ecstatic.

However, after all, he had already become a Taoist Immortal with the "Book of Humans", so he had no intention of actually practicing "Dragon Fist" to change his physical form and gain dragon blood and power.

At present, he is only taking the spirit and temperament of the dragon in this martial arts method to help him further understand the "Book of Man", and even the "Earth Interpretation" and "Treatise on Heaven" above the "Book of Man".

And from this kind of practice, he felt that he had indeed benefited a lot.

Now, not only has he further understood the "Book of Man", Zhang Xinhui even feels that sometimes... he can communicate with the world of emperor and heaven in his mind and hear the voice of God.

For example, now, God's voice appeared in his ears again.