ninety thousand miles

Chapter 334 Travel Notes
Gong Wuguang quickly explained everything clearly.

After hearing this, Li Chuan felt that the matter would be completely resolved in about a month or so, and he felt relieved. Then he asked about the spirit-eating thing, "Jianzheng, this spirit-eating person, how did people deal with it before? Is it written in the records?"

"I wrote it. I saw it in a travelogue written by a casual cultivator named Cao'an Taoist. After he fought with demons and was seriously injured, he hid in Tibet and accidentally discovered a Qiufeng Village. , the people there are very simple, men farm and women weave." Gong Wuguang said about the records he saw.

He said: "After they met Taoist Cao'an, they entertained him warmly, so he stayed there. After living there for about ten years, he gradually discovered the anomalies in Qiufeng Village. The numbers have stayed the same.”

"Is there no newborn?" Li Chuan asked.

Gong Wuguang said: "Yes, some people died and new lives were born, but the number of people in the entire village remained unchanged."

"Is this also caused by soul-eating?" Chang Xiao asked.

Gong Wuguang said: "Don't worry, just listen to me and you will know."

He continued to narrate: "Taoist Cao'an began to investigate the matter. On the night of the first day of autumn in Qiufeng Village every year, everyone in the village would quietly walk out of their houses and go deep into the mountains and forests. Taoist Cao'an before He also noticed their actions and followed them once, but he didn't notice anything unusual, so he only regarded what they were doing as some kind of mountain spirit worship. Now that he realized something was wrong, he thought of the villagers again This strange behavior of ours. It happens that there are still two months before autumn, and the Taoist priest of Cao'an is waiting for that day to arrive."

"Soon, the day of autumn arrived. At night, Taoist Cao'an discovered that after nightfall, all the villagers came out of their homes. They did not light lamps or speak, and walked silently deep into the forest. They walked into a forest of maple leaves. Then they stood in a circle and danced a strange dance. They danced in silence until the sky turned white, and then they stopped."

"Did he find it?" Li Chuan asked with concern.

Gong Wuguang said: "Taoist Cao'an also realized that he has been possessed by the Devouring Spirit, and his memory is gradually decreasing. It's just because he is a casual cultivator, his soul is solid, and he lives longer than ordinary people. Therefore, the memory was devoured slower than the villagers. After that, he continued to talk to the villagers, trying to find some clues, and also began to explore the surroundings, trying to find a way to get rid of the Devouring Spirits."

"No," Gong Wuguang sighed slightly, "He discovered that the soul-eating spirit in Qiufeng Village may have come from the encounter with a strange bird in the village. The strange bird took away the babies in the village and the men in the village. So they went up the mountain together, found the strange bird's nest, killed its chicks, burned its nest, and shot out one of its eyes with a bow and arrow. After that, many strange things began to happen in the village. "

"What about Taoist Cao'an?" Li Chuan asked.

"This time, Taoist Cao'an watched the entire ceremony. When the sky lit up, he discovered that these villagers were just shadows. The brighter the sky, the more solid their bodies became. When they returned home, they were no different from ordinary people. A few days later, a villager died in an accident, and a month later, a baby was born."

"Taoist Cao'an understood at this time that the entire Qiufeng Village was just an illusion. So he went to the maple leaf forest alone. After several investigations, he discovered that the maple leaf forest was the real location of Qiufeng Village, and now The Qiu Maple Village is just an illusion formed by the large swaths of Devouring Souls that devoured the memories of everyone in their village."

"In the end, he chose to split his soul in two, with one half staying in Qiufeng Village, and the other half returning to the world without any memory, only the travel notes he had written over the years."

"Taoist Cao'an summarized many characteristics of the Devouring Spirit. For example, it can only possess people and monsters with spiritual intelligence, but cannot be attached to animals. He also wrote down the method of catching it. But He still can't get it out of his body, and the memory loss is getting faster and faster."

"Where's the physical body?" Li Chuan asked.

"Of course it was given to the half without memory." Gong Wuguang replied.

"Where is your cultivation?" Li Chuan asked. "He didn't write it, but it is estimated that he is not much better than ordinary people," Gong Wuguang said: "The Taoist Cao'an did this just because he wanted to bet on a possibility in a desperate situation. Unfortunately, his bet failed. In the travel notes At the end, another unknown monk wrote what happened next.”

"What happened?" Chang Xiao asked.

Gong Wuguang said: "A sect called Xiaguang Sect discovered that aphansia was constantly occurring among its disciples. After investigation, they found that it originated from a blacksmith. The blacksmith's family, his wife, and two children have all died. He has lost all his memories and is like a walking zombie. There is only him, holding those volumes of travel notes, sitting on the threshold, muttering words that others cannot understand."

"Xuanmen at that time studied the records in the travel notes and discovered the connection between the soul-eating body parts, and found that the juice of the blue frost grass can eliminate the soul-eating body. So, they found all the possessed people in one fell swoop , gathering them together in one place for salvation.”

"Transcendence? Didn't you discover the Green Frost Grass?" Chang Xiao asked.

Gong Wuguang replied: "At that time, Green Frost Grass was very rare. I guess only a few monks used it."

After pausing for a moment, he continued, "After some time, they found Qiufeng Village, found the maple leaf forest, and dealt with everything. Finally, they also found the one-eye blind man. The body of a strange bird, it is speculated that it has been dead for decades."

Gong Wuguang said: "The records in the travel notes end here. After I read it, I went to Xuanyuemen and asked to search for some information in their library. I did find a few simple records pointing to this incident. thing."

"Furthermore, the idea of ​​capturing stray soul-devouring spells written by Cao'an Taoist in the travel notes is very similar to some spells of later generations. The spells of later generations obviously originated from this and made many improvements."

"So when the Devouring Soul appears at this time, even if you don't know its origin, you will only be panicked for a while. As long as you confirm its existence and try a few more methods, you will definitely be able to solve it." Gong Wuguang continued with a smile. : "Of course, becoming a monk or a nun won't solve the problem."

After hearing this, Li Chuan and others laughed.

After laughing, Li Chuan felt that there were still many things he didn't understand. He asked: "But if the Devouring Souls are unconscious, what's going on with those phantoms? What's the ritual like... Where did they learn it from?" Coming?"

Gong Wuguang said: "According to my speculation, individual soul-devouring souls do not have consciousness. But when their number develops to a certain level, they will have a unified consciousness, and they will follow the devouring process. Memories form an illusion. As for rituals, maybe... they are some way to stabilize the illusion."

"Where are the strange birds?" Li Chuan asked.

Gong Wuguang said: "I don't know."

Li Chuan had other ideas. He asked: "I always feel that the form of the Devourer is a bit similar to the White Walkers? Could it be... that this was a failed attempt by the White Walkers in the past?"

As he spoke, his thoughts began to spread, and he said: "Could the demonic ruins discovered in Heyuan Town be related to this? By the way, there is also the previous incident of demons causing trouble. Could it be that the seal was broken somewhere? Yes, so all the monsters and monsters are out?"

(End of this chapter)