Qingyunxian

Chapter 983 Living the Second Life

Yue Lao's gaze moved from the heads of the Liao people to the graves.

Is this the cenotaph of Lord Luo Zhi?

But what is the meaning of placing a Liao people's head in front of the cenotaph?

It seems that the head of the Liao people has a high level of cultivation, otherwise it would not have been preserved until now. There is no immortal formation protection around it.

At this moment, a ray of light suddenly appeared from the tightly closed cenotaph, aiming at the head of the Liao people.

The head of the Yao people, with light flashing in their eyes, was chopped off by the punishment light, making a clear sound of metal ringing.

Yue Lao saw that the head of the Yao people opened its mouth, as if roaring silently, but was hit by the punishment light again.

Immediately afterwards, the third burst of punishment light was shattered by the bronze-jade head of the Liao people and slashed towards the outside of this space.

No wonder he met Xing Guang outside. It turned out that his head was blown off by this beast.

It seems that even though the Liao people are dead, there is still something special about their head!

But with this comes another question: if there were such foreign objects, why didn’t Taoist Hulu come and take them away?
Liu Xun carefully collected rumors in the Second Outer Dao, and in the end he indeed found no signs that the old Taoist had ever been here.

This is strange.

Yue Lao and the seventh from the outer path looked at the head of the Liao people.

However, something unexpected happened. He did not see any negative impact. Instead, the heads of the Liao people seemed to sense something, and the light in their eyes gathered towards Yue Lao.

Since Wen Liu did not warn him, Yue Lao did not escape in a hurry.

The Yue Lao's eyes blurred when he was enveloped by the light. When he could see clearly again, the scene in front of him had changed.

The cenotaph is gone, the rift space is gone, and replaced by a wilderness.

A huge stone platform is being built in front, but its specific shape cannot be seen yet.

Yue Lao found that the armor on his body was still there, but his body had returned to normal size.

Turning around, I saw that the surroundings were full of Liao people, all with smiles on their faces, carrying stones and piling them onto the stone platform.

Yue Lao suspected that it was an illusion, but he heard the voice of the deity in his mind: "This is not an illusion, it is probably a wonder, but it is fixed on the head of the beastman. It should be that seeing the light in its eyes will attract people to come in."

Just like the ability of the wooden man, there is a strange sight integrated into the head of the Liao people.

"Zhuan Qing, where did you get that set of armor?" The Liao people nearby noticed Yue Lao and gathered around curiously.

Yue Lao realized that he had become a Liao minority, so he spoke as a Liao minority: "I picked this up not far away."

Some curious Liao people came up and touched the shaking feathers, and a circle of people immediately gathered around Yue Lao.

"If not setting up the execution platform, what else are you doing?" A burly Yao people shouted loudly outside the crowd.

As if they were afraid of the opponent's power, the Liao people immediately dispersed.

The burly beastman looked at Yue Lao and said, "Zhuan Qing, stop playing tricks. Go and set up the execution platform. If you're late, I'll pull out your teeth!"

This Liao people should be a supervisor or something like that, but he also moved the stones, and he was not as harsh as an ordinary supervisor. The scolding just now was just to remind Yue Lao.

A Liaomin nearby murmured to Yue Lao, "Zhuanji is not unkind, but if the execution platform is not well arranged tomorrow, it will be bad if Luo Zhi Shangxian is angered."

"So we have to hurry up."

When Yue Lao heard the word "Luo Zhi", he nodded, took off his armor, shrunk it and put it around his waist, actually putting it in the fairy palace.

This way it won't be too noticeable.

After a busy day, the execution platform was finally built.

There are three facilities on the complete execution platform: a hanging knife, a table large enough for a person to lie down, and a lamp with jumping green flames.

The first two were fine, but when he saw the lantern, Yue Lao's expression froze.

Isn’t that the glazed palace lantern we saw before?

The style is slightly different from the one on top of the sarcophagus, and is more similar to the one in the mermaid's soul courtyard.

The flame color is different.

There is nothing ominous about this lamp, which makes it look much "cleaner".

Yue Lao stood among the Yao people, using the second external method to slowly collect rumors around him.

This Liao ethnic group has about 400 to 500 people, and those here are young and strong, about a hundred of them, and the rest are in the nest not far away. The houses of the Liao people are very peculiar, with two floors above ground and underground.

It looks like a hump on the ground, and from a distance it looks like a tomb.

The underground is interconnected like an ant nest.

It's actually similar to the habits of the corpse demon.

In my eyes, these Liao people are indeed top-quality material for making corpse demons.

However, there are still many differences between the Liao people and the Shiba.

One is a dead thing, the other is a living thing, and this is the biggest difference between them.

According to the discussions among the Liao people, the Immortal Luo Zhi will be here soon, and this execution platform was built under Luo Zhi's orders.

Not long after, someone really came.

But what Yue Lao saw was a young man.

Moreover, he did not look like the great master of the executioner's demeanor. Instead, he was timid, with hesitation on his face. When his eyes fell on the three objects on the execution platform, he revealed a look of fear.

Yue Lao frowned, not knowing who this person was.

The Liao people stood under the execution platform and looked up at the young man.

The boy who was the focus of attention was struggling internally.

A rebuke sounded from above his head: "Su Mu, don't do anything yet!"

The young man named Su Mu's hands trembled slightly when he heard the voice. He knew he couldn't delay any longer.

If this is dragged on, the guy above us will not be able to attack us so easily.

Now that we have chosen this path, we have no choice but to keep going.

Su Mu walked to the hanging knife, gritted his teeth, took the knife down, and cut his own flesh.

Yue Lao saw clearly that the other party was not trying to cut off the arm directly, but was slicing the flesh.

With one slash of the knife, some criminal law principles floated out around Su Mu and fell towards the execution platform under his feet.

First it was the left arm. Su Mu's brows, which were tightly furrowed due to the pain, had been distorted to the extreme when the white bones of his arm were exposed.

It gets even more cruel later on.

"It's been a long time since I've seen the punishment of cutting flesh."

"I remember that after Emperor Zhou, few people used cruel punishments."

The old ghost's voice sounded in Yue Lao's ears.

Yue Lao has already opened the fourth group of outsiders' vision to the outside world, and these old ghosts are now commenting on Su Mu's behavior.

But Pei Laogui, who is known for his stubbornness, gave a different explanation: "It is not a punishment of cutting flesh. From my perspective, the legal principle should be [cutting flesh to return to the mother]!"

The old ghost who had just spoken paused and asked in confusion, "Are you talking about the set of methods that are listed as forbidden?"

It was rare for Pei Laogui not to mock others. His voice was subtle: "Cutting flesh to return to the mother, cutting bones to return to the father, the corresponding ones should be the knife and the table, but I am not sure what the last one is."

As a giant in the magic world, he had naturally heard of the famous forbidden techniques in the criminal world.

But even Pei Laogui couldn't tell the origin of the lantern.
Then, an old ghost of the Soul Dao took up Pei Laogui's words: "It should be [Scattering Souls Returning to the Master]!"

"The flesh and bones are given by parents, and the knowledge in the soul is taught by teachers. This set of methods should be intended to recast the flesh and soul, retain the memories, and completely create a second body."

"Someone is researching a way to live a second life!"

Yue Lao's eyes moved slightly, living a second life?
It should be the one who fabricated it.

Did he want Su Mu to test whether the method of cutting flesh, removing bones and scattering soul was feasible?
Only in this way can we explain why the final punishment of [Soul Dispersion and Return to the Master] was added.

In Yue Lao's view, the third step was purely superfluous and seemed out of place with the first two.

This is increasing the foundation of the soul!

Perhaps the first two steps will produce a second body.

For the faceless being in heaven, perhaps it is the third step that is important.

Su Mu on the stage had already completed the step of [cutting flesh to return to the mother], and his entire body had turned into a skeleton.