Start from a baby to become a Taoist

Chapter 31 Is a sacrificial ceremony being held?
"The third Guhuochan incident..."

Xu Ran stared, the incident of Guhuo's accomplice happened again and again, without getting tired of it!

The first time he ate eight Guhuo Qiang in a row.

The second time he was in the Demigod Kindergarten, under the protection of Yue Realm practitioners, his safety factor was maximized.

Unexpectedly, the third time, he actually felt the process of Guhuo's birth from nothing - suddenly, ghost pollution appeared at the bottom of the lake, and suddenly, the ghost pollution gathered together! It gave birth to a ghost creature, without any reason or rules.

Very disgusting!

Very weird!

"No wonder it's like psoriasis. After one round of destruction, it comes back with a vengeance the next time. Haha."

"But since you were born before me, I will let you become the nourishment of the assassin mantis."

Xu Ran chuckled in his heart, and using the posture of practicing the Phantom Step, he used mysterious body movements to quietly throw the Assassin Mantis into the grass.

The tiny assassin mantis flashed through the greenery at lightning speed, so fast that the guards couldn't detect it!

If you count carefully, Xu Ran hasn't used his trump card - Assassin Mantis - for two and a half years.

For two and a half years, Xu Ran has been nourishing it with blood.

Blood feeding + perfect progress have already allowed the Assassin Mantis's fire resistance and water resistance to reach a very high level. As for speed and stealth, they have been reborn and changed dramatically!
Hunting down the practitioners in Qiujing is easy and simple.

For example, now, it only takes a quarter of a second for the assassin mantis to fly out and cut into the water.

What’s even more exaggerated is that the moment it cut into the water, only a tiny ripple appeared, like a thin needle falling into the water.

Such subtle movements, so elegant, are enough to enable perfect sneak attacks time and time again.

Into the water.

Dive.

"Shift your vision!"

Xu Ran stopped, and with a thought, he controlled the Assassin Mantis with all his heart and soul, following the direction of the ghost's aura fluctuations and shooting like an arrow.

The artificial lake is not big.

The assassin mantis instantly arrived at the bottom of the lake, where the ghost creature was born.

I saw a ball of pitch-black energy, twisting and squirming, like dough being stretched, stretching out a sharp bird beak, two vulture heads, four bulging and fierce eyes, and a hunched body like a monkey.

Its skin quickly turned indigo, its eyes opened, its tongue lolled out, and its expression became grotesque and sinister.

"It's actually the indigo-colored Guhuo's accomplice?"

"I remember the first time I saw Guhuo Qiang, they were just light gray. The second time Guhuo Qiang broke out, the pictures in the news were light blue. I didn't expect that the third time they turned dark blue..."

no doubt.

These things are constantly evolving and upgrading, and their strength is getting stronger and stronger!
Of course, compared with Xu Ran, who was crazy and self-disciplined right after birth, their evolution speed is not worth mentioning and can be killed easily.

"What the hell are they doing?"

"They appear again and again, evolving each time, kidnapping tens of thousands of children each time, and ultimately, even their bodies are never found..."

Xu Ran was confused.

"Judging from their disorderly behavior, there's no organization behind them. But their repeated emergence on such a large scale is too bizarre. I feel like there's some hidden secret going on."

Xu Ran pondered for a moment, his newly advanced comprehension making his brain work even faster.

Suddenly!

A flash of inspiration cut through the darkness, opening up Xu Ran's thinking pattern, and he suddenly realized.

"Isn't this a subconscious sacrifice?"

"hiss--"

"I'm afraid it really is a sacrifice!"

Xu Ran inhaled.

"A group of chaotically born thugs, relying on instinct to kidnap children and sacrifice them to a powerful being lurking in the shadows... The bodies are nowhere to be found, precisely because they were sacrificed!"

"A logically consistent guess!"

Think of this.

Xu Ran felt horrified, he felt that he had grasped the truth.

But it was just this moment.

The gestating Guhuo opened its eyes and looked at the assassin mantis with a fierce look, fear in its eyes.

Xu Ran stared, a chill spreading in his heart.

It looked at me = it wanted to attack = it wanted to kill me = I attacked first.

It was almost the moment when Guhuo Chan opened his eyes.

Assassin Mantis launches an attack!

The blood-red blade parted the lake water and sliced ​​through the growing Guhuo Qiang. The four eyeballs of Guhuo Qiang were sliced ​​and exploded.

The two strange heads were cut off in half at the same time, and the semi-arc-shaped heads rotated and floated towards the surface of the water.

Ghostly energy, stickier than paint, spurts out like an oil wellhead.

"Eat quickly, eat quickly, don't waste good things."

Upon receiving the order, the assassin mantis immediately pounced on Guhuo's corpse and devoured all the ghost energy.

In less than a second, Guhuo's body was completely devoured.

More than a dozen details were automatically drawn on the body of the assassin mantis. At the same time, the blade of the assassin mantis also had a hint of metal wire color.

Feeling the changes in Assassin Mantis.

Xu Ran nodded in satisfaction. "The energy contained in the third batch of Guhuo's minions far surpasses the first batch! It's equivalent to a month of continuous blood feeding at perfect progress."

"Good boy, do you want to sneak out of the Demigod Kindergarten and devour it?"

To be honest, the third batch of Guhuochen has an improvement effect.

This made Xu Ran feel a little excited.

Lurking out of the kindergarten, one can kill Guhuo's accomplices and cultivate [Origami], and the other is to find out the truth about Guhuo's accomplices.

"never mind."

"Let's just wait and see..."

"There are so many powerful practitioners in Xia Country. It's not my turn as a five-year-old to investigate."

Xu Ran shook his head and put the Assassin Mantis back into his pocket in an instant.

Origami recycling.

Nothing happened!

Who could have realized that in just six seconds, the Guhuo monster bred at the bottom of the lake was killed and swallowed up completely, leaving no trace of the ghost?

The terrifying efficiency and the means of leaving no trace are truly scary.

"Gu Huo's accomplice...Gu Huo's accomplice..."

"They really look like they're offering sacrifices! They've stolen children three times in a row, with over 40,000 missing. They've even reached the required number of sacrifices..."

Xu Ran frowned.

"Could it be possible that a powerful ghost creature could really appear?"

"This shouldn't have anything to do with me... There's no way it could have abducted me, right? There's absolutely no way!
I'm in the safest place in Jing Province right now—the Demigod Kindergarten! I'm protected by the headmaster and three instructors, all of whom are at the Yue realm. How could anything happen to me?"

Xu Ran exhaled and casually set a flag...

Just as the flag was being raised, the figure of the headmaster appeared.

He flashed from a distance to the front of the artificial lake and glanced at all the people present.

"Everyone, step back twenty meters, but don't leave my sight!"

After giving a serious warning, the headmaster floated on the surface of the lake and plunged his palm into the water.

"Crash..."

Half of the water in the artificial lake was swept high into the sky and condensed into a Water Cube the size of a hill, while the other half of the water remained motionless, as if blocked by an invisible barrier and dared not flow towards this side at all.

The director held up the pale blue Water Cube, his gaze fixed on the exposed lakebed below—that was exactly where the Guhuo Qiang had been bred, without a single mistake. It was there that the "Assassin Mantis" had slain the Guhuo Qiang, before it had even fully formed...

Seeing the director's precise positioning, Xu Ran was filled with awe. "He can pinpoint it from such a distance. You're worthy of being the director! Fortunately, I retrieved the Assassin Mantis early, otherwise I wouldn't be able to explain it."

Paper-folding spirit communication is really weird.

It didn't seem like a human cultivation method, so it was hard to explain to a five-year-old. What if he was suspected of being a vengeful spirit? Xu Ran didn't want to waste words and time proving his innocence, so he kept it a secret.

Besides, this is his most lethal trump card. The fewer people who know about it, the greater the chances of a successful sneak attack. Why expose it?

Thinking of this, Xu Ran watched the headmaster demonstrate his skills as if he was watching a show.

At this moment.

The director held up the Water Cube with one hand and lowered his head to explore the lake bottom, his brow gradually furrowed. "How could it be gone?! I clearly sensed the fluctuations of Guhuo's birth, why is it gone? Where is it hiding? It shouldn't be able to hide under my nose!"

The director muttered to himself, and more and more powerful energy surged out of him. This time, it was not just half of the lake, but the water of the entire artificial lake. He formed it into a water cube and held it above his head with one hand.

Although the artificial lake is only the size of two basketball courts, the visual impact of this scene is still extremely shocking.

"Is this the principal's strength? So... so strong!"

"Will our children be able to achieve this in the future?"

"Should be possible? After all, this is a demigod kindergarten!"

"But what is the headmaster doing?"

"No children fell into the lake, did they?"

Everyone was amazed, but Hu Niu's painting style was unique. She clapped excitedly, "Director, raise it higher."

The head teacher: "..." If it were usual, he would lift her up a little and coax her, but now, he was worried.

The ghostly creature that was being born disappeared right under his nose! !
It's very scary.

Very weird.

The director's hair stood on end, his heart pounding with fear. For the first time, he felt an unprecedented sense of crisis and panic: "Could this ghost creature be a member of a higher-level race?"

"It can hide right under my nose and hurt the children in the kindergarten when I let my guard down!"

"If I let it succeed, all my life's work will be ruined!"

The headmaster swallowed.

Panic!

He was really panicked!

His heartbeat quickened, and the arm holding the water trembled slightly. In the past, he could hold a small amount of water for half an hour without shaking at all. But now, the water in his palm swayed from side to side, as if it was very difficult.

Even on his forehead, beads of sweat appeared.

Those who were learning body movements nearby…were Jiang Liuli, Zhu Yuheng, Bie Jingqiu, Bian Yue, Feng Yan, and Zhuge Huangjin! And there was also the “little mentor” Xu Ran!

These are the seven strongest children since the establishment of the Demigod Kindergarten in Jing Province!

If any of them makes the slightest mistake, he will regret it for the rest of his life!
The headmaster was sweating profusely: "Calm down. I must be overthinking it..."

"It takes forty seconds for a ghost creature to be born. It's impossible for it to escape to another place in less than ten seconds!"

"I'll look for it again. It might have hidden in the mud, so I didn't find it... Yes, yes, it must be in the mud!"

The director took a deep breath, held up the Water Cube with one hand, and jumped heavily into the bottom of the lake.

At the same time, his other hand turned over the entire lake bottom mud three or four times, and anything that looked suspicious was smashed to pieces.

But even after digging ten feet into the ground, he found no trace of the ghostly creature!
Worried, he continued searching several times, even grinding all the fish at the bottom of the lake into pulp, but still could not sense the breath of the ghostly creature.

"It's over. Could this ghost creature be lurking in the children's bodies?"

"If that's the case, we're in big trouble."

The director's heart sank to the bottom, and he casually threw the Water Cube back into the artificial lake.

"Crash."

The surface of the artificial lake shook violently, splashing water all over the sky.

The picture is very cool.

The director, however, had a frown on his face and was sweating profusely. He moved back and forth nearby, checking the situation within a radius of two kilometers.

Seeing the headmaster's flustered back...

Xu Ran: “…” He took a deep breath and thought about the saddest things in his life to avoid being exposed.

Not long after.

The director returned empty-handed. Landing in front of the female guard, he asked, "Have you guys detected any signs of a ghostly creature emerging?"

The female guards looked bewildered. "Ghost creatures? Director, we are all mountain cultivators. We can't sense ghost creatures during their birth. Only when they are fully formed can we discover them and fight them."

"Did you see anything suspicious?"

Female guard: "Suspicious phenomenon? Director, we have seven guards on duty here. We have no blind spots and have not seen anything suspicious."

Director: "..."

A group of female guards reported back, making him even more uneasy!

I definitely encountered an extremely strange high-level ghost creature!!

Seeing the headmaster's unusual behavior, my mother couldn't help but be curious: "Headmaster, what happened?"

Aunt Chen: "Yes, we are here, and it seems like nothing has happened. It has been very peaceful."

The headmaster's face was gloomy. "I won't explain now. Just stand still. We're entering Level 1 Alert. Let me handle this!"

The words fell.

The principal made many phone calls, and the entire Demigod Kindergarten was on high alert.

"How are you doing over there, kid?"

Li Qinghong spoke in a cold voice, "I've already dealt with the four on my side. These Guhuo minions haven't formed yet, so they're very easy to kill. I also used a purification talisman to cleanse all the ghost energy. How about you, Director?"

The headmaster's face fell, too embarrassed to speak: "..."

So I'm the only one who ran away, right?
There were sixteen in total. He, Li Qinghong, and the other two mentors sensed sixteen nascent ghost auras at the same time.

Four per person.

It only takes thirty seconds. It's completely possible to nip them in the bud before they even take shape.

But...but...he's the only one who has a problem!

How could this happen? I, Cheng Qi, have been wise all my life!
Li Qinghong was puzzled: "Director?"

The headmaster was sweating profusely. "I... one of my ghostly creatures has disappeared! It seems to have formed very quickly and possesses an extremely terrifying ability to hide. I dug a foot deep at the bottom of the lake and found no trace of it."

Li Qinghong was shocked. "What? Impossible? How could these Guhuo minions have the ability to hide their tracks?"

The headmaster's expression was tense. "But I really didn't find any traces. It's so weird."

Li Qinghong: "Let me take a look!"

"No, don't come. You're looking after the children there. If this is a ploy to lure the tiger away from the mountain, it will be troublesome."

"The children's safety is paramount. I'll ask a friend with Light-based roots to come to the park and conduct a thorough inspection."

The head teacher frowned and called someone.

"Sister Lu Ya, this is urgent, come here quickly. A ghostly creature disappeared right under my nose."

Lu Ya was horrified: "Ah? How is it possible? Could it be..."

The headmaster said, "It's true. I clearly sensed its birth, and the other three instructors also noticed signs of its birth. But within ten seconds, it disappeared. I dug ten feet into the ground and couldn't find it."

Lu Ya took a deep breath and said, "Wait a moment, I'll be there soon."

Xu Ran: “…”

Seeing the headmaster's extremely anxious and concerned look, Xu Ran felt uncomfortable.

The family members are sweating profusely...

Because I killed too quickly and too cleanly, the principal of the Demigod Kindergarten started to fight wits and courage with the air?

　PS: The foreshadowing of the dream in the previous chapter has been deleted. I will talk about it after 200,000 words~~

　　
　
(End of this chapter)