Chapter 332 Volume C Demonic Corpse, Mysterious Traces

Starting from Wolongling to Huluji is equivalent to crossing the entire Fuyang Road, one in the north and one in the south, more than 400 miles.

When Wu Tianen, Chen Huaisheng and his party arrived at Huluji, it was already the fifth day of February.

The person who came to pick them up was a manager of Huluji, surnamed Lai, in his forties, and in the second level of Qi training.

Huluji is composed of seven or eight villages, similar to a large earthen wall, with a population of no more than 60,000 to 70,000.

To the south is Zhaigu Road, and to the west is another market town under the jurisdiction of Bajiaozhai, Shuanggoupu, which is also composed of five or six villages, with about 40,000 to 50,000 people.

To the east is Dashanping, which is within the influence of Baita City. It is also a town with 30,000 to 40,000 people and four or five villages.

The situation here is similar. Whether it is Baita City or Bajiaozhai, they are all loose combinations.

For example, in addition to the 70,000 or 80,000 people in Bajiaozhai, Bajiaozhai also controls five or six large towns of varying sizes, and each large town is also composed of seven or eight or even ten villages that are united by region.

This loose union is like a pyramid, with the top being the sect, the aristocratic family or the scattered cultivator family.

Generally speaking, the sect is the strongest, the aristocratic family is second, and the scattered cultivator family is the weakest and has the worst control, basically relying entirely on the strength of the scattered cultivators to maintain it.

Huluji is a market town attached to Bajiaozhai, but it is at the farthest end of the control of the Du family in Bajiaozhai and is somewhat marginalized.

If something happens normally, such as monsters appearing and attacking, or encountering harassment from other scattered cultivators, then Bajiaozhai will also send people to deal with it.

But now the Du family can hardly protect itself, of course, it can't take care of this remote village more than 200 miles away from the main Bajiaozhai.

The seven villages in Huluji are all mixed surnames, and there is no big surname with a special advantage.

Because there is a Hulu Mountain and a Hulu River in the territory, these villages are basically formed along the foothills and the river bank, so they are collectively called Huluji.

"Masters, please come this way. Our Huluji is actually seven villages. The largest one is Huludian, which is here. Along the mountain and river bank, there are more than ten miles, including the mountain, with about 30,000 people. The other six villages are on the other side of the river, and the farthest one is on the other side of Hulu Mountain, 20 miles away from here,..."

The man surnamed Lai began to introduce the situation of Huluji in a rambling manner. He was very enthusiastic, but a little talkative.

But for Wu Tianen and Chen Huaisheng, this is a good thing, because they can find out more things from him.

"What do you mainly do for a living here?" Chen Huaisheng asked casually while looking at the terrain along the mountain and river bank.

"Country people naturally farm. The riverside area is all good farmland. In addition, there are many people who make a living by fishing and raising fish around the river branches. People in the mountains hunt and collect herbs, and also mine..."

The man surnamed Lai had nothing to hide, "It's like this everywhere. They do whatever they can to make a living. Huludian is considered a town. There are four streets. Most of the prominent people live here..."

"The Lai family is also a prominent family, right?" Chen Huaisheng asked with a smile.

Lai Shuichang, that is, the man surnamed Lai, didn't care and nodded: "Forget it. My great-grandfather was in the eighth level of Qi training, but he passed away a long time ago. My uncle was in the fifth level of Qi training. There are two other people in the clan who are in a similar situation as me, but that's it."

"Who is the highest in your Hulu Ji Ling realm now? How many are there?" Wu Tianen asked directly.

"Xiao Lunyao of the Xiao family is in the fifth level of Qi training. In fact, Hu Mengshan of the Hu family is in the sixth level of Qi training, but he is too old. He is already 120 years old and can't move. He doesn't count..." Lai Shuichang shook his head.

"Does the demon corpse attack both mortals and Dao Seed cultivators, or only a certain type?" Wu Tianen asked again.

"It's hard to say..." Seeing that the question was about the main topic, Lai Shuichang also became serious, "Since the end of last year, more than 30 people have died one after another, including more than 20 mortals, and seven or eight Dao Seed cultivators and cultivators, but the circumstances of death are different..."

"It's been two or three months?" Wu Tianen was surprised, "Then why now..."

Lai Shuichang smiled bitterly, "We asked for help from Bajiao Village before, but there was no reply. At that time, we only killed a few mortals and a Dao Seed, and we didn't think it was a big deal. Later, more and more people died. It was not until we knew that a third-level Qi Refining cultivator had died that we paid attention to it. But at that time, the Canglang was causing trouble in Bajiao Village..., and we asked the Ding family in Baita City, but the Ding family refused to help..."

"Has anyone from Fengyi Sect come?" Chen Huaisheng pursed his lips.

This is not their fault.

Bajiaozhai doesn't care, and the Ding family doesn't care. Fengchi, where the Fengyi Sect's mountain gate is located, is only 300 miles away from here, more than 100 miles closer than Wolongling.

In a life-and-death situation, who cares about the regional differences? Saving lives is important, and it is normal to ask for help from Fengyi Sect.

"Here they are. They arrived the day before yesterday. By the way, the Ding family in Baita City also sent people yesterday." Lai Shuichang's face was a little strange, "They had been unwilling to come before, but I don't know why they came again now."

Wu Tianen and Chen Huaisheng exchanged glances. It was a bit interesting. The Ding family also came. It seems that there is a lot of content in this drama.

"Alright, Manager Lai, please take us there. We need to check the situation first. The Fengyi Sect and the Ding family are all comrades. After hearing your introduction, it seems that this monster corpse is not easy. Let's work together to get rid of it as soon as possible. If you lose it, you can maintain peace and protect the safety of the people." Wu Tianen waved his hand, "Let's see what kind of evildoer he is."

As soon as they arrived at the Calabash Store, Wu Tianen and Chen Huaisheng went directly to Yizhuang with Sandang Ling and Min Qingyu.

According to Lai Shuichang, except for the corpses of the deceased who had been buried in the early stage, most of the corpses later did not dare to be buried because they had already realized that they were killed by monsters. Instead, they were placed in Yizhuang, and some conventional evil-suppressing restrictions were used around them. suppress.

More than twenty corpses were placed in the hut of Yizhuang, wrapped in linen, and a three-star lampstand was placed in the middle. The dim light flickered and flickered, making it look quite penetrating.

"Here are the seven monks and Taoists, and over there are the mortals..." Lai Shuichang led a few people into the Yizhuang Thatched Cottage and pointed to the body lying on the wooden board wrapped in linen and holding peach charms.

Wu Tianen nodded, "Huaisheng, take a look first."

Chen Huaisheng was not polite and opened a corpse wrapped in linen. It was a Taoist priest.

It was already like a skeleton, covered in skin and bones, but due to the weather and the use of special spells, the body did not decay.

The lower jaw of the corpse was lifted up with a wooden stick. There was an obvious wound on the neck and throat. It seemed that he had been sucked to death by blood, but no obvious blood stains could be seen.

"Have these corpses been examined?" Chen Huaisheng asked while looking at them.

"Everything has been tested. Mortals basically die by having their five internal organs eviscerated, while Taoist cultivators and monks eat their internal organs and suck blood and marrow..." Lai Shuichang introduced while saying: "Yesterday, Ri Feng People from Yizong and the Ding family also came to see it, and they all agreed with the inspection situation. "

Five internal organs? Essence, blood and spiritual marrow?

Chen Huaisheng was thinking and observing.

Sure enough, this corpse had small holes in the kneecaps, elbow bones, and Tianling Cap.

The kneecaps and elbow bones are the strongest parts of the human body's spiritual marrow, while the Tianling Cap is closely related to the brain marrow. Monsters that devour the marrow and essence will usually choose these three places to start, otherwise it will be difficult to obtain the essence.

After Chen Huaisheng realized that Lu Zhaolin might be devoured by demons, he began to read books about demons and ghosts in the Sutra Pavilion. Xiong Zhuang also mentioned that he had seen a ghost cultivator in Yefenggou, which also aroused some of Chen Huaisheng's concerns. Interest, after the resentful spirit (Ou Wan'er) entered his body, he spent more time on it.

Although demons, ghosts and ghosts may sound like they all belong to the same category, there are many types inside and are quite complex.

However, because many spiritual cultivators disdain to mention these kinds of evil objects, what they encounter in the entire cultivation system is not considered mainstream. It is far from being compared with monsters and spiritual cultivators, and it cannot even be compared with strange cultivators. Zhao territory is even more heretical, so there are not many specialized writings in this area, and they are all scattered and unsystematic.

In comparison, there may be more such books in Nanchu and Wuyue.

This has also resulted in the fact that there are not many books on this subject in the Chonghua School's Scripture Collection Pavilion. Chen Huaisheng has basically read them all, and can only say that he has a general understanding.

The five internal organs are the essence of the human body, but they are entities. If the five internal organs are swallowed, it can basically exclude imaginary evils such as ghosts and spirits. It is more likely to be substantial evils such as demons and zombies.

As for sucking the essence, blood and spiritual marrow, this is a bit complicated.

The throat is the place where the essence and blood are the most powerful and powerful, so monsters generally like to attack humans when they attack the throat. This is normal, but the sucking of spiritual marrow is not something ordinary monsters can do.

In particular, the spiritual marrow of this kind of Qi-refining monk must be sucked in while he is alive and loses his ability to resist and resist.

Moreover, one look at this situation shows that the monster has intelligence. In other words, either the monster corpse itself has intelligence, or the ghost cultivator controls the monster corpse.

After seeing the two corpses, Chen Huaisheng went to see a few more mortal corpses and introduced the situation to Wu Tianen.

In fact, Wu Tianen is not very familiar with this situation. It can even be said that the entire Chonghua sect may not know much about the evil corpses. However, as a spiritual practitioner, he has some common sense, but when it comes to specialization, Not really.

Chen Huaisheng's introduction gave Wu Tianen a rough idea.

"That is to say, this may not be caused by one demon ghost, um, demon corpse, but maybe even two or three?" Wu Tianen frowned, "The fifth level of Qi Refining has been sucked by the spiritual marrow and blood essence. Is this monster at a very high level?”

"It won't be low. In addition, there are some details here. The disciples haven't understood it yet, so they may have to ask the people from Huluji." Chen Huaisheng hesitated, "If possible, can I discuss it with Fengyi Sect?" It’s best to talk to the Ding family.”