The road is vague

Chapter 69: Copper Pole Inscription

"Could this person be the Taoist Wen?"

Li Mo hid in the shadows outside the mausoleum and peeked.

He had heard the Jade Fox Wang Ying describe the image of Wen Dao Ren, which was very consistent with the dwarf who was scratching his head, but at that time his cultivation level was only the fourth level of Qi training, and he had no magic weapon to protect himself, so it was naturally impossible for him to take the initiative to provoke him.

Li Mo really didn't expect this.

So much time has passed, and this person is still in this mausoleum and has not left.

"Could it be that that strange altar really has some secret?"

Although according to speculation, this Taoist Wen was a helper invited by Jiujiang Leilong Taishou, and his strength must not be too strong, but when the time came, Li Mo was asked to fight a life-and-death battle with a cultivator whose background he did not know and had never met before, he naturally did not want to take the risk easily.

Although the probability of the other party being a high-level cultivator is low, this is only theoretical.

You only have one life.

Besides, there really doesn't seem to be anything here worth fighting for.

However, Li Mo had traveled through mountains and rivers for so many days, so he was naturally unwilling to go back like this. Fortunately, the other party had not discovered him yet, so Li Mo decided to continue observing secretly and act according to the circumstances.

Taoist Wen shook his head and muttered to himself for a long time before he stood up with the tattered ancient book in his hand.

He walked towards the sloping altar that resembled a sundial.

After he walked to the side of the altar, Wen Dao Ren held a book in one hand and a perpetual lamp in the other. He put his eyes on the edge of the altar and began to observe carefully, illuminating the various silver runes on it with a faint metallic gleam, exuding a mysterious atmosphere.

After a long time.

He sighed deeply, stepped back a little, touched his chin with a thoughtful look, and stared at the altar carefully.

"Could it be that the quality of the spirit stones is not high enough? The spirit stones needed to activate this altar must be medium-grade spirit stones, or even high-grade spirit stones?"

Li Mo, hiding in the dark, looked at the four-foot-tall dwarf man.

He turned his back to her, slowly put down the eternal lamp, put the tattered book into the storage bag on his waist, then turned around and came to the other end of the altar.

With a loud shout, he actually used all his strength to mobilize his magic power and input it into the altar.

Li Mo was surprised by the peculiar appearance of this Taoist, with his square forehead, small eyes, high nose and thick lips, and he observed this Taoist carefully with his spiritual eyes.

As Wen Daoren's magic power was fully activated, his tense spirit suddenly relaxed.

"Fifth level of Qi training?"

This is the level of a few outstanding second-year disciples of Lingmu Sect, or the level of most third-year disciples.

All the strength of a cultivator must be based on his cultivation level. With this person's cultivation level of only the fifth level of Qi training, even if he has mastered some secret techniques or magic tools, they are like fireflies and the bright moon in front of the absolute gap with his cultivation level of the eleventh level of Qi training.

Li Mo breathed a sigh of relief.

So he smiled softly and slowly walked out of the darkness.

"Senior Wen."

Taoist Wen, who was concentrating on studying the altar, did not notice Li Mo walking out of the darkness.

It was not until Li Mo's voice rang out in the silent underground palace that Taoist Wen finally reacted.

He shuddered with fear, looked up at Li Mo who was slowly walking towards him, and was suddenly shocked.

"who!"

Then he realized something and remembered that Li Mo had just called him Wen Dao Ren, and his face suddenly changed slightly.

"Are you the helper that little girl hired?"

Li Mo did not speak, but just stood quietly in front of the gate of the underground palace, looking at the mausoleum here unscrupulously. He was amazed at the various strange-shaped statues on the walls around the underground palace, all of which had the head of a demon and the body of a human, and there were also some secret compartments on the walls.

It seems that there should have been quite a few burial objects here, but they have all been moved away.

This was most likely done by Jiujiang Leilong.

When Taoist Wen saw Li Mo's attitude, he immediately became furious.

"That little girl actually told others the secret of this place. She, she...it really makes me angry!"

Taoist Wen was extremely angry, puffing his beard and glaring. He looked like he wanted to cut the Jade Fox Wang Ying into pieces to relieve the hatred in his heart. The look he gave Li Mo was full of hostility.

Then he went crazy and lost his mind. He slapped the storage bag on his waist and took out a bowl-shaped magic weapon.

"The runes on this sundial, the Hun Tian Terrace, were originally incomplete, but I spared no expense to repair them. Apart from this, there are no other treasures here. Are you planning to rob it?"

"Sundial Hun Tiantai?"

Li Mo had never heard of such a thing.

Taoist Wen saw that Li Mo ignored him and just blocked the gate and refused to leave. He became more and more angry in his heart. It seemed that he cherished this so-called sundial and Hun Tiantai very much. He actually let out a loud shout and urged the Yinhun Bowl in his hand, and billowing black smoke came out of it.

Three ghosts with disheveled hair appeared.

Their upper bodies were distorted human shapes, and their lower bodies were black, sinister winds. They emitted extremely shrill howls and screams, circling around him.

Taoist Wen looked at Li Mo and snorted coldly.

Although this ghost bowl is a low-grade magic weapon, after he continuously refined the souls, he has already refined three ghosts. In theory, it is comparable to a mid-level magic weapon.

These ghosts are invisible and intangible, can fly in the sky and hide in the ground, and can move freely. They are difficult to be hurt by ordinary attacks and can only be dealt with by magic. This is why he is willing to come all the way to Qian Kingdom even though he knows that cooperating with Jiujiang Leilong Taishou is dangerous.

In his opinion.

A mere mortal warrior naturally has no way to deal with his three ghosts. Even if there is a conflict between the two, the other party can only be slaughtered by him.

It's just a pity.

More than a year ago, that beautiful woman was so charming that he couldn't bear to waste her. As a result, he was not careful and let her run away, which led to a big mistake.

the other side.

This was the first time that Li Mo saw the legendary ghost with his own eyes.

This is also a ghost in folklore.

But for monks, ghosts and spirits are different. One is born through the artificial intervention of monks, and the other is born naturally in a place with strong yin energy.

However, as a cultivator of the Lingmu Sect, Li Mo is not unfamiliar with ghosts through the teachings in various classics.

"This is the Great Qian Kingdom, and you are actually refining ghosts!"

"Why, can the laws of your Daqian Kingdom still govern matters outside of Daqian Kingdom?"

When Taoist Wen saw Li Mo's performance, he was immediately delighted. He guessed that this person's cultivation was not very high. If he could kill him here, not only would he be able to silence him, but he could also make his Ghost Bowl more powerful!
Thinking of this, he immediately drove the ghost to pounce on Li Mo.

Seeing this, Li Mo smiled coldly.

He summoned the Thunder Sword.

This sword has the effect of expelling evil spirits, so it is naturally enough to deal with these ghosts, but his real killer weapon is the inconspicuous bell in his hand.

Now that he knew the other party's strengths and weaknesses, Li Mo no longer pretended to be submissive.

He input his magic power into the evil-repelling bell in his hand and shook it gently.

Accompanied by bursts of crisp bell sounds, the three ghosts with bared fangs and claws suddenly let out painful howls. After stopping two meters away from Li Mo, they fled towards the ghost bowl.

But two of the ghosts were only halfway there when the sound of the evil-repelling bells shook them to the point of being limp and powerless, losing their ability to move and turning to ashes on the spot. Only one ghost managed to escape back into the ghost bowl.

"this!"

All these changes happened too fast.

Taoist Wen watched all this in amazement. He first felt sorry for the two disappeared ghosts and stamped his feet in pain. Then he realized the horror of the Thunder Sword and his face turned pale.

Seeing that Li Mo had already driven the Thunder Sword to attack him, Wen Dao Ren suddenly screamed.

He actually tore his shirt open as he retreated.

There was a flash of lightning and sword energy. After cutting off one of Master Wen's arms, the Thunder Sword actually left a seven-foot scratch on the wall of the underground palace, staining the ground with blood.

This is not the fighting arena of Lingmu Sect.

There is no barrier protection or rune restriction here, and the aftermath of the battle will cause certain damage to this place.

"what!"

Taoist Wen let out a shrill scream and distanced himself from Li Mo.

As Taoist Wen tore open his shirt with one hand, Li Mo saw two ghost faces suddenly appear on his left and right chests, and was immediately stunned.

"What kind of evil method is this?"

Taoist Wen shouted regardless, and the ghost faces on his chest seemed to come alive.

He cried out in pain again, as if the two ghost faces were sucking his blood, flesh and essence. His already very thin body was now showing signs of shrinking further. At the same time, the magic power in his body began to increase rapidly, actually rising from the fifth level of Qi training to about the seventh level in one breath.

Li Mo was shocked, then suddenly realized.

The other party's body was so hunched and short because he relied too much on evil magic, and his flesh and blood were devoured by the two ghost faces.

However, the other party seemed to have relied too much on this evil method during his practice, which was like drinking poison to quench thirst.

However, the other party's attempt to use this to compete with him was a fantasy.

Li Mo did not make any other moves. After putting away the evil-repelling bell, he concentrated on controlling the Thunder Sword. Under the powerful attack of the Thunder Sword, Wen Dao Ren kept moving around, becoming more and more desperate, and let out a heart-wrenching roar.

"Who the hell are you!"

Li Mo had no intention of wasting time talking to him.

With a fierce slash of the Thunder Sword, the Taoist Wen, who had used all his skills, was split into two, and his body fell heavily.

Even with the help of strange secret techniques, this Taoist Wen only has the magic power of the seventh level of Qi training. How could he be a match for Li Mo?

"It's better to be a fool."

Li Mo's move was clean and efficient, without any disturbance.

After doing all this, Li Mo retracted the Thunder Sword and entered the underground palace, but saw that the body of Wen Dao Ren, whom he had killed, was actually wriggling continuously.

This immediately made his eyelids jump.

"Fake corpse?"

After he carefully observed with the Thunder Sword in hand, he discovered that the two ghost faces in Wen Daoren's body were actually two huge worms with ghost faces, which were frantically sucking the remaining essence and vitality of Wen Daoren.

"Gu insect?"

Li Mo breathed a sigh of relief.

After a little thought, he took out two wooden boxes and carefully put away the two ghost-faced poisonous insects.

Although he didn't know the specific origins of the two poisonous insects, he thought that if he brought them back to his master, he should be able to exchange them for some spirit stones.

Then Li Mo picked up the ghost bowl on the ground, and there was a weak ghost wandering inside.

Although this is a low-grade magic weapon, it is also a fine product with excellent functions.

After looking around, Li Mo confirmed that there was nothing else. Then he bent down and took away Wen Dao Ren's storage bag, then casually fired a lightning bomb, which ignited the corpse and turned it into ashes.

"Why are you so poor?"

Li Mo looked at the few spirit stones in the storage bag and couldn't help feeling speechless.

And of course he didn't know that.

In order to collect four taels of silver essence, Taoist Wen had not only cheated and committed all kinds of evil in the territory of Qian Kingdom over the past year, but also almost lost everything he had. He finally repaired the incomplete runes on the sundial's Hun Tiantai.

After Li Mo took away a dozen spirit stones from Wen Dao Ren's storage bag, he ignored the large amount of dry food in the storage bag and took out the book that looked quite old.

"The Copper Pole Script?"

Li Mo was stunned for a long time, with a look of astonishment and shock on his face.

"What the hell is this?"

Although he did not have a deep understanding of rune restrictions, he still knew the basic common sense.

In ancient times, the mountain and sea realms were at their peak.

According to legend, ancient monks comprehended the creation of heaven and earth and created the golden tadpole script that represents the order of heaven and earth. It has the power to span the sky and the earth and can move mountains and fill the sea.

Unfortunately, the world of the Mountain and Sea Realm underwent tremendous changes later on, and these golden tadpole characters lost their power overnight and were soon lost. Only some ancient books still had related records.

Then came the Middle Ages.

The monks also developed the so-called silver tadpole script.

Although the effect of silver tadpole script is far inferior to the golden tadpole script of ancient times, it still has unpredictable power in the hands of some high-level monks.

Silver-tadpole-inscribed prohibitions occasionally appear in some ancient tombs.

However, whenever these silver tadpole characters appeared, they were always incomplete, causing the entire restriction to be unable to form a whole.

Some speculate that this is because the world of the Mountain and Sea Realm changed again after the Middle Ages, but the process was relatively slow, resulting in many silver tadpole characters not only being unable to borrow the power of heaven and earth, but even being rejected and crushed by heaven and earth, making it impossible to write related Taoist texts.

Modern monks have begun to speculate based on this.

The reason why the ancient golden tadpole script was lost was probably due to a similar situation. With the great changes in the world of mountains and seas, even writing these Taoist texts seemed to have become a sin.

The Shanhai Realm is now in the Dharma Ending Age, and there are no more cultivators in the Void Refinement Stage.

The rune prohibition masters of the Dharma-Ending Age created the so-called seal script.

However, compared with the silver tadpole script, seal script can be regarded as a completely new rune system that has been newly developed and has no inheritance relationship.

The restrictions and formations developed based on seal characters are far inferior to the ancient restrictions and formations in scale and power, but they also have their own advantages.

That is, it is more sophisticated and simple, suitable for fighting each other, but not good at changing the world.

At the same time, the restrictions developed based on seal script also have many functions needed by low-level cultivators.

For example, dust removal, lighting, warmth, sound insulation, lightness, warmth, etc. are all the effects of seal script prohibitions and formations.

in this way.

Li Mo had naturally never even heard of the so-called copper tadpole script, which was a freak in the field of rune literature.

These are all basic common sense of rune literature. If you say the three words "copper tadpole script" to someone who knows a little about rune prohibitions, he will definitely be laughed at.

(End of this chapter)