If you were asked to identify an item, would you choose to extract magical powers?

Chapter 94 Fire Poison, Weird

After these words were spoken, the woman holding the baby hugged the child tightly in her arms, with a trace of reluctance on her face.

After seeing this, Village Chief Feng shook his head slightly and said, "You're not the only one making this sacrifice. Every year, one newborn baby in the village is chosen to be offered as a sacrifice to the Kitchen God. What will the other villagers think of you acting like this? This is for the future of our village."

Hearing this, the woman gritted her teeth and nodded in agreement.

Her eyes no longer showed reluctance, but rather cruelty.

The sound of people talking seemed unusually quiet in the pitch-black night.

In the darkness of the sealed village, Shen Bai and the others were hiding in a corner as dark as the night, watching this scene unfold, and they had a general understanding of the situation.

Huang Guang's eyes flashed with anger, and he clenched his fists: "It's so strange to think that such a cruel thing could happen in such a small village."

Kong Fang had the same expression. He had already started to circulate the Qi in his body, wanting to step out of the shadows and give these beast-like guys a hard blow.

Shen Bai touched his chin: "Go out."

The cause of the incident has been found out, and the next step is to solve it.

Without hesitation, he took the first step out of the shadows, the cold moon on his waist flashing with a cold white light.

The people who sealed off the village were originally arranging follow-up matters, but they were all shocked when they saw Shen Bai and others walking out from the shadows.

They were just ordinary people and did not have the sharpness of cultivators, so they did not notice that the three people had already ambushed them.

Village Chief Feng's reaction was the most intense. His face turned ashen and he leaned on his cane: "Surround them."

Now that the matter has been exposed, everyone in the sealed-off village will be implicated.

The group of villagers gritted their teeth and actually listened to what Village Chief Feng said. They surrounded Shen Bai and the other two with various farm tools in their hands.

"The world is like weeds. I've seen your situation once before."

Shen Bai said slowly: "It's just that you have done even worse. Staying alive is a good thing, but there must be some principles. Even a tiger won't eat its own cubs."

Village Chief Feng sneered, "You three are all officials, oblivious to the suffering of the people. Before the village was sealed off, when we were starving and gnawing at tree bark, the little relief the court allocated was a drop in the bucket. If we didn't do this, how could we survive?"

Shen Bai shook his head: "Keep him alive, there are still some things that have not been investigated clearly."

As soon as he finished speaking, Huang Guang and the other man turned into a trail of afterimages and attacked the surrounding villagers.

The villagers were all ordinary people, and were no match for the cultivators. In less than half an incense stick of time, they fell to the ground like cut straw.

Upon seeing this, Village Chief Feng dropped his crutch and ran away.

The leg that should have been lame was now moving briskly.

Shen Bai smiled and said, "So you are a cultivator, no wonder you are so agile."

He just talked and didn't take any action because Huang Guang and the other two could handle it.

Before Village Chief Feng could run two steps, he was caught up by Huang Guang. A silver light flashed from the long knife in Huang Guang's hand, and the shadow of the knife emerged, and Village Chief Feng's legs were broken.

Kong Fang followed behind, grabbed Village Chief Feng by the collar, and said, "Old man, if I didn't want to keep you alive today, I would smash your head in with one punch!"

After saying that, Kong Fang brought Village Chief Feng to Shen Bai.

Village Chief Feng's legs were chopped off and he let out a shrill scream, as unpleasant as a crow in the night.

Shen Bai scratched his ears and said, "It's too noisy. If anyone else knows the inside story, just kill him."

Upon hearing this, Village Chief Feng stopped screaming and began to sweat uncontrollably from the pain.

"Tell me, what's the situation with that Taoist priest?" Shen Bai said calmly.

He knew something about the village closure, but Shen Bai had no idea who the Taoist priest was.

Village Chief Feng said fearfully, "Master, something went wrong with our sacrifice this time. The Taoist priest went to the real sacrificial site, saying he would help us get rid of the problem, but he never returned. We suspect he's dead."

Shen Bai touched his chin and thought to himself, "So that's how it is."

In fact, if you think about it carefully, the course of events is like a thread, and it is easy to figure it out.

First, the village is sealed and babies are used as sacrifices, and one is chosen from the newborn babies every year.

Over time, resentment gradually condensed and strange things happened.

It appeared strangely, but did not fully revive, resulting in the loss of various offerings.

The people in the sealed village were frightened, and a Taoist priest happened to pass by. Seeing something strange, the Taoist priest came to their rescue.

But I don’t know if something went wrong, he hasn’t returned yet.

Meanwhile, the bizarre situation of the village closure continues.

Village chief Feng had no choice but to seek help from the government, thinking that the villagers were united and the matter of the sacrifice could be covered up.

But what I didn't expect was that it is now completely exposed.

After Shen Bai sorted out all his thoughts, he asked, "You were originally an ordinary person, how did you suddenly become a cultivator? Also, where did you get the sacrificial method from?"

In this world, not everyone is as good as Shen Bai.

It is extremely difficult for ordinary people to become practitioners.

After all, every person who practices cultivation becomes different through years of refinement and continuous efforts.

The first thing that needs to be solved is the problem of the exercises.

Village Chief Feng fell silent.

Shen Bai said: "Cut off one of his arms."

Kong Fang was already furious. After hearing Shen Bai's words, he punched Village Chief Feng on the left arm.

The roar of a tiger and the screams of Village Chief Feng continued to rise and fall in the inky black night.

"Master, please don't torture me anymore."

Village Chief Feng pleaded, "It's the upper evil sect. They gave me the cultivation method, saying it was a sacrificial method, a priest's technique, which can bless the village land to be fertile."

"I don't have any bad intentions. I just want to make the village better."

"Those babies are newborns. They can't even speak, and their intelligence is undeveloped. In fact, they are no different from animals."

"I do all this for the village!"

Shen Bai narrowed his eyes and said, "One last question. If you tell me, I won't kill you."

Village Chief Feng quickly said, "Master, I will tell you everything I know."

Shen Bai asked: "Where is the real sacrificial site?"

Village Chief Feng pointed to the dead tree and said, "The dead tree has long been dead, and it's hollow inside. From the hollow in the middle of the dead tree, you can go down to the ground. We specially dug out a large sacrificial site, and it was also built according to the book."

Shen Bai nodded and said, "Kill him."

Village Chief Feng was stunned for a moment, then realized: "You said you wouldn't kill."

"Talking about credibility with someone like you?" Shen Bai sneered.

The fear in Village Chief Feng's eyes rose sharply: "I am the village chief after all. I have to follow the formal procedures. You can't..."

Before he could finish his words, Kong Fang, who was standing next to him, punched Village Chief Feng's head, and it shattered into pieces, with all kinds of yellow and white liquid flowing all over the ground.

"The Jiantiansi is in charge of doing things by executing first and reporting later. This is a special permission granted by the emperor." Kong Fang showed a grim smile.

Shen Bai covered his nose and said, "Brother Kong, it's a bit disgusting that you kill people with your fists."

Kong Fang's expression froze, and he said, "Brother Shen, you're still talking about me. Your methods aren't very kind either."

Huang Guang's mouth twitched slightly: "Brothers, stop teasing me. How do we deal with these people?"

On the ground, the villagers were wailing everywhere, all of them were injured.

Shen Bai said: "Send a carrier pigeon to notify the government office and have them handle it. This place is not far from the nearest county government office. It will take two incense sticks to get there. When they arrive, we will go check on the dead tree."

Just leave these trivial matters to the government.

As for these villagers, according to the laws of the Great Zhou, none of them can gain any benefit.

What Shen Bai didn't expect was that the group of dogs who came to the evil gate could actually cause trouble everywhere.

"If I get the chance, I'll kill them all." Shen Bai thought.

Kong Fang took out a carrier pigeon from his arms and released it.

After everyone waited for about two incense sticks of time, a large group of constables arrived to seal off the village.

"Greetings, three adults!"

The leader was the nearest county police chief, who was very respectful to Shen Bai and the other two.

Although the Sizhou official is the lowest in the Jiantian Division, if he were assigned to other departments, he would be avoided like a tiger.

After Shen Bai recounted what had happened, the captain, with anger in his eyes, ordered the detectives to escort all the villagers.

"Sir Shen, I'm taking my leave." The captain bowed.

They had come here to clean up the mess, and now that they had done so, they didn't want to stay any longer.

After the captain and the constable left, Shen Bai and the other two looked towards the location of the dead tree.

"Let's go, things need to be settled."

Shen Bai gripped the long sword at his waist and said, "Let's go see what this strange thing is."

He wanted to complete the task as soon as possible and then improve his proficiency.

Huang Guang and Kong Fang nodded, followed Shen Bai, and the three of them formed a V-shape and walked towards the location of the dead tree.

The two of them have now unconsciously centered themselves around Shen Bai, and even now, when they walk, they are walking behind Shen Bai.

Soon, the three disappeared from the spot.

Dead tree.

The dark sky, like a curtain covering the sky and the sun, enveloped the village.

The dead tree under the curtain is like a skinny old man, blooming the last moment of his life.

The cold air still lingered on the dead tree.

"Hey, that's not right. Why isn't the dead tree a strange creature anymore?" Kong Fang was stunned when he saw the dead tree again.

Huang Guang was also surprised. After all, in just one night, the dead tree seemed to have performed a magic trick and was no longer a strange creature. It was simply magical.

Shen Bai said: "There are so many magical things in the world, don't pay attention to them, our purpose is to be weird."

He made up an excuse and changed the subject.

He has already identified this dead tree as having become an ordinary dead tree. Shen Bai certainly doesn't want to mention it anymore.

Coming to the dead tree, Shen Bai reached out and knocked on the trunk of the dead tree.

"Dong dong dong..."

A hollow sound came from the dry tree trunk, with a hint of dull echo.

"It's really hollow. It must have taken a lot of effort to dig out so much." Shen Bai thought to himself.

Kong Fang quickly climbed up the tree and peered inside. "These villagers are so meticulous! The sacrifice outside is fake. Only the sacrifice inside is real."

Shen Bai and Huang Guang didn't answer, they just jumped up.

Looking down from above, the middle of the dead tree had already been hollowed out.

The hollow tree trunk was filled with the sound of the whistling wind, which brought a creepy feeling.

Huang Guang took out a fire starter from his arms, blew it up and threw it down.

The fire started all the way down, illuminating the situation inside.

Below is a passage that connects to an unknown place.

Shen Bai said, "Let's go down and take a look."

Without hesitation, everyone walked down cautiously.

The dead tree is very tall, but for those who practice cultivation, it is not difficult at all.

The light of Hao Yuxie's body rose from Shen Bai's body, and he went down all the way. Soon, he reached the bottom floor.

"Hiss...Brother Shen, don't tell me that this is also a kind of swordsmanship." Huang Guang took a breath when he saw this.

He could feel that the white light on Shen Bai's body was as pure as jade. Just one glance was enough to feel the extraordinary quality of this white light.

Shen Bai said: "The sword energy turns into light and covers the body for defense. It's just a routine operation."

Kong Fang, who was standing nearby, heard this and twitched his lips as he said, "Brother Shen, although I haven't read much, I can still distinguish colors. Your sword energy is clearly red."

Shen Bai said expressionlessly, "Color is prone to deviations, and this is normal."

Huang Guang and the other man listened to Shen Bai's nonsense and didn't want to continue to dwell on this matter.

After all, the stronger your teammates are, the safer the trip will be.

The three of them looked along the passage ahead.

The passage was very long, but the darkness was as normal to them as daylight.

Soon, Shen Bai followed this passage and came to another huge space.

In front of us is a space the size of a football field. Every part of the space is extremely simple, as if it was dug out by ordinary people.

But in the very center, there stands an exquisite statue.

The statue is three meters tall, with ferocious facial features and three eyes on its forehead.

In each hand, he held a long sword.

A cold aura, like an all-pervasive poisonous snake, continuously emanated from the statue, causing the temperature of the open space to drop significantly.

On the statue's body, there were brown bloodstains that had long since dried up.

Below were the bodies of babies, some of which had dried up and rotted, while others had long since turned into dry bones.

This scene is filled with creepy evil and horror, especially the pain on some of the corpses, which makes people feel the same.

"These beasts!" Kong Fang threw a punch fiercely.

Huang Guang looked towards the distance: "There seems to be someone over there."

Upon hearing this, Shen Bai followed his line of sight and saw the left side of the statue.

On the left side, a Taoist priest is holding a talisman paper in his hand and sticking it on the waist of the statue.

The Taoist looks young, but at this moment his hair is disheveled and his eyes have thick dark circles.

If you look closely, you will find that the Taoist seems to be exhausted, as if he could be blown down by a gust of wind.

The arrival of Shen Bai and the other two immediately made the Taoist react.

The Taoist turned around and shouted, "Don't come over here! The weirdness is about to revive, and I can't suppress it anymore. Take the villagers and retreat quickly!"

This scene is consistent with Shen Bai's guess.

But Shen Bai wondered if the Taoist in front of him would still have the same expression if he knew that all this was done by the villagers.

Shen Bai thought for a moment and asked, "Who are you?"

The Taoist was slightly stunned. He obviously didn't expect that these three people were still so calm. He subconsciously looked at them carefully and only then saw what they were wearing. A look of surprise appeared on his face.

"You are from the Heavenly Supervisory Department! Come and help me suppress this weirdness!"

The clothes of the Tianshi Supervisor were naturally eye-catching, especially the badges hanging on the waists of Shen Bai and the others.

Shen Bai frowned and looked behind the Taoist.

Behind the Taoist priest, the ink-like darkness suddenly shook a little.

The next moment, the Taoist's body suddenly flew backwards towards Shen Bai and others.

Huang Guang reacted extremely quickly, quickly caught the Taoist priest and looked into the depths of the shadow.

Flames suddenly appeared in the darkness, like a fire snake, burning the entire statue.

In the firelight, Shen Bai saw a figure looming.

"who?"

The figure gradually became clearer, and the surrounding flames were gradually condensing under the control of the figure.

The human figure made of flames rushed towards the statue as if it had lost its mind.

The statue, which was originally wrapped in flames, immediately turned into a charred black after being hit by the flaming humanoid creature.

The Taoist breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It's that traitor! The traitor from the Three Fires Temple. You all... be careful! He is now Elder Fire, one of the seven elders of the Upper Evil Sect, and has the strength of the third level of the Five Organs Realm."

After saying this, the Taoist's face turned even paler.

"No one." Shen Bai looked around. Only the flames were rising and burning the statue.

The Taoist continued, "That flame is his trick. He must have buried a seed of flame before, and it exploded at this moment."

"Are you also from Sanhuo Temple?" Shen Bai asked.

The Taoist nodded.

Kong Fang stared at the flames and said, "The Three Fires Temple is a Taoist temple that specializes in the art of fire. It is as famous as the Qingyun Temple in Fenglin Province."

Huang Guang said, "Brothers, I think he can't hold on any longer. Also, that blood-stained statue seems to be cracking."

The Taoist's speaking skills have become more about exhaling than inhaling.

The blood-stained statue became even more gloomy.

Kong Fang took out the rejuvenation pill from the Jiantiansi from his arms and gave it to the Taoist.

But after the Taoist took it, there was no improvement at all.

"Fire poison, this is the wild Taoism he practiced. The fire poison attacks the heart and ordinary healing pills cannot cure it." The Taoist said with a wry smile.

Shen Bai suddenly asked, "Fire poison, is it considered a poison?"

The Taoist was slightly stunned, then nodded subconsciously: "He uses poisonous sand to transport fire, so that should be the case."

As soon as he finished speaking, a green light emerged from Shen Bai's hand and covered the Taoist.

The poison-avoiding and rejuvenation technique is not only for you to use.

When the white light covered him, the Taoist found that the injuries on his body were recovering at a speed visible to the naked eye.

In just a blink of an eye, it disappeared completely, and the terrifying fire poison was gone.

"This... Brother Shen, don't tell me that the sword energy is spiritual and then transformed into green light. That doesn't make sense." Huang Guang's mouth twitched slightly.

Shen Bai nodded and said, "This is for healing sword energy."

Kong Fang and Huang Guang were about to complain when they heard what was said, but they saw Shen Bai walking forward.

"Brother Shen, what are you doing?"

Shen Bai turned around and said, "Kill the strange thing and go back to report. This trip has taken long enough."

(End of this chapter)