Chapter 629 Fair Market
Under the gloomy sky, countless gray-black mist rose, and the desolate land was covered with dark brown soaked in blood. The power of ominousness, darkness, terror, withering and so on once again became concrete.
The Jingjing Taoist who was walking in front and leading the way kept warning his companions who were following him: "The negative and negative energy concentration in the environment around us is obviously abnormal. This means that there are certain beings around us that are affecting the surrounding environment, causing It's more orderly, but don't think it's safe. In this environment, some dangerous things will use order to disguise themselves, so don't touch things you don't understand, don't understand, don't go... Damn it! ”
Halfway through the conversation, a young man became curious because he saw an unusually strong and twisted flower nearby for the first time and wanted to get in touch with it.
He hurried forward and raised his hand to cut off the young man's hand that was in contact with the flower. In an instant, the arm that fell to the ground began to turn lignified, and then a smaller, unusually strong and twisted flower grew from it.
But the young man seemed to have no feeling at all and still wanted to continue to make contact.
Seeing this scene, Taoist Zhijing made an immediate decision and cut off the young man's head, cutting off half of the flesh and blood, revealing the brain with twisted roots growing inside.
"No, this guy has been contaminated. Let's quickly use the power of the Holy Spirit."
Taoist Lao Zhijing was horrified when he saw this scene. He hurriedly began to recite the imperial edict belonging to Chu Tai. As the words echoed, an illusory feather emerged from the brain of the young man who had half his head cut off. It rose up, suppressing the growth of the root system, and then the young man's flesh and blood began to expand abnormally.
The crazily growing flesh and blood and the roots devoured each other. The twisted roots gradually appeared like lines on a twisted and desperate face, but soon, blood seeped out of them, apparently unable to digest the growing flesh and blood.
When the flesh and blood took over, these roots became the nourishment for the youth's rebirth. As the twisted flesh and blood expanded, contracted, and reorganized, he shook his head and took two steps back: "This thing is very weird, everyone who sees it will Everyone has been pollinated. Once you come into close contact with it, the pollination will turn into seeds and start to reproduce in the body. You'd better check the changes in your body."
After hearing this, the people around them started to clean up the subtle changes in their bodies. Taoist Jingjing, who was doing the same thing, couldn't help but admire Chu Tai's ability even more after noticing the problems in his body.
What he and these people practiced was a quick method tailored by Chu Tai for them, which allowed them to mix their own flesh and blood essence with the two energies of life and death to refine the alien true energy. This method is very suitable for them. With the feather protection granted by Chu Tai, it can also change the physical tissue at will, such as giving birth to wings, growing wrist whips, rebirth of severed limbs and other wonderful effects. It can also be released when necessary. Flesh and blood, let it grow crazily, swallow all the abnormal things born in the body, and then change back bit by bit.
Just these abilities allow people to deal with many dangers, not to mention that the truly exquisite thing among the feathers is actually an ability called [Corpse Decomposition and Feathering], which allows them to abandon their physical bodies when necessary, and remove the pollution and influence on themselves. All remain in the physical body, allowing the essence to disintegrate under the protection of feathers and be reborn in the blood womb of Tutai.
It is precisely because of this ability guarantee that Master Zhijing and his disciples have the courage to lead these people to continue exploring in depth.
Of course, this kind of protection also comes at a price. The quick method is very weak in improving the character. If it were not for the protection of feathers, the young man would have been swallowed up by the twisted essence of the flowers the moment he came into contact with them, and would inevitably decline and die. .
The protection of feathers relies on Chu Tai's power. Taking the young man as an example, the feathers he was awarded have consumed most of the stored power after previous use. If he wants to continue to use them normally, he will have to pay attention to Chu Tai regularly. Prayer, in addition to converting the corresponding energy by worshiping the human soul and spiritual energy, can only be obtained by fulfilling the vows previously made in front of Chu Tai.
Therefore, after everyone was sure that there was nothing wrong with them, they stood together and held a small ceremony to pray for blessings from Chu Tai.
"Okay, now we have to move forward. During this period, we need to be more careful and not waste too much energy like before."
After saying that, Taoist Lao Zhijing planned to lead everyone to get up and move forward, but suddenly dark clouds rolled in the sky in front of them, like angry waves. It seemed that there was a pair of invisible big hands, gathering the surrounding dark clouds together, so that they could only follow Rushing away in one direction.
Immediately afterwards, a very terrifying wailing sound sounded. This sound was very weird, as if countless sharp and weird sounds overlapped together. It was obviously an extremely chaotic interweaving, but it also gave people a sense of rhythm with high and low turns, disorder and order. The change in sequence caused those who just heard its voice to have their flesh and blood distorted to a certain extent, and the flesh sprouts began to grow and squirm.
Master Zhijing and his disciples immediately knew something was wrong. They sat down cross-legged, and their arms turned into flesh and blood and pierced into the bodies of the people around them. They controlled them to make secrets and recite Baogao together, and prayed to Chu Tai for help.
Chu Tai, who had just received a little help from the air through the connection of the incense and wish power, felt the power of falling again, showed a strange expression, turned his head to look at the location of Master Zhijing and his disciples, and through their positioning, felt A force emerged.
"What is this?"
Chu Tai stood up and looked down through the void. The shadows of feathers appeared on the master and apprentice of Jingjing, and then flesh and blood began to grow. An eyeball fell from the cracked flesh and blood, suspended in mid-air, so that Chu Tai could use this eyeball. Look around and around.
In Chu Tai's eyes, the rolling dark clouds were filled with sad, chaotic and negative power. In the gaps between the seemingly disordered dark clouds, there were painfully twisted faces made of mist.
And these faces are constantly changing, trying to look like Chu Tai, thereby seizing Chu Tai's image and concept, and turning them into the power to survive in the shadow of the unjust.
Chu Tai's power fell, and the eyeballs suspended in the air continued to change. Wriggling flesh sprouts appeared around them, and small eyeballs also grew on them, staring in that direction.
Through the dark clouds and fog, Chu Tai saw a strange creature, which was somewhat similar to an overweight fleshy ball-shaped humanoid monster. It opened its mouth wide and waved its seven arms, tearing and swallowing the fog. Its dark skin seemed to be full of The wrinkles on the old tree bark are stacked layer by layer. As the body sways, the dirty liquid is shaken off.
And when the human face on the mist tears its skin, sharp and dirty teeth will appear in the folds, like a mouth opening wide to swallow the gathering mist.
"Wow wow wow..."
The sound heard by the masters and disciples of Jingjing before was the monster shaking the "fat" of its body, and the skin colliding with the skin. Its influence and impact were enough to kill most sixth-grade monks, not the current Jingjing master. Since his disciples could resist, he made a prompt decision and asked Jingjing, master and disciples, to leave.
When this order was given, the eyeball was instantly blinded, and wisps of mist flowed from the punctured wound, quickly covering everyone's bodies, obscuring their aura and image, making it easier for them to leave the area. .
At the same time, Chu Tai was also judging the distance between the monster and his position, telling Master Zhijing and his disciples not to come back directly to prevent them from bringing the monster's breath directly back.
"Go to the other land on the right."
This is a place where Chu Tai saw little peace and unaffected when he was observing the battle. It is also the place that seems to be the most orderly. It is worth exploring.
Naturally, Master Zhijing and his disciples would not refuse Chu Tai's request. Under the protection of the mist, they quickly headed in that direction. However, they were surprised to find that this was a market. Master Zhijing and his disciples, who had not entered directly, led everyone again. Pray to Chutai. Taoist Zhijing's flesh and blood regenerated again, and a new eyeball appeared, but it was a lot smaller than before. After it took shape, it swallowed up the remaining mist around it. He looked at the lively market with a slightly surprised expression.
Above the market, Chu Tai felt the familiar scents of several people, but upon closer inspection, it seemed that these scents were not the ones in his memory. After thinking about it, he asked Master Zhijing and his disciples to go in and take a look first.
Just when a few people walked to the gate, two huge heads emerged from the wall and laughed at everyone: "Welcome to the fair market, all transactions are fair here, and anyone who wants anything needs it." Adhering to the concept of fairness, if you just want to get in, you need to pay.”
"You can only enter the fair market after paying. All transactions here are fair. Anyone who wants anything needs to adhere to the concept of fairness."
Similar words came from the mouths of the two wall figures. The voices overlapped with each other, carrying some kind of coercive power. Master Zhijing and his disciples wanted to speak, but were blocked by Chu Tai's power.
‘Ignore them and just go in! ’
Master Zhijing and his disciples walked forward obediently, and the head next to him suddenly became furious: "If you want to go in, you need to pay! (You can only go in after paying!)"
The overlapping sounds were filled with an absolute sense of oppression. Master Jingjing and his disciples were better off, having sufficient mental state cultivation and the protection of feathers.
But the few people accompanying him could not, especially the young man from before, who was even more confused. Chu Tai sensed something was wrong and asked Taoist Zhijing to separate the flesh and blood, penetrate the young man's body, and pull him forward.
The voices of the two heads became louder and louder, and the surrounding void even became distorted, making it difficult for Zhijing and others to move forward. At the same time, they were also trying to break the flesh-and-blood connection between Zhijing and the young man.
But when Zhijing entered it, the connection between flesh and blood was broken by a strong force, and the two heads spoke at the same time: "If you want to go in, you need to pay! (You can only go in after paying!)"
The powerful sound waves directly penetrated the young man's ears, and he wailed: "I will pay!"
The two heads laughed loudly, each spitting out a tongue full of teeth, rolled down the young man's hands, and tore them away.
At the same time that the flesh and blood disappeared, Chu Tai could see that the concept of the young man's arms was also swallowed up.
He asked Taoist Zhijing to ask: "Do you need money to enter here? Can this be considered a place of fair trade? You took his hands away, and what did you pay for it?"
"He hasn't entered the market yet, so..."
Before the two heads finished speaking, they saw Taoist Zhijing raise his hand, and a slender blood vessel on it was connected to the young man's body.
Then I heard Taoist Zhijing asking again, saying that he and others had already paid and asked for all rights to enter the market.
This time, many people at the gate showed weird smiles and looked at the heads on both sides of the gate.
The next moment, countless mottled chains fell from the void. Amidst the wailing sounds of the two heads, two things similar to flesh and blood seals were torn from their bodies and fell into the hands of Taoist Zhijing. After tearing and exchanging various things, two more things similar to flesh and blood seals appeared and fell into the hands of Jingjing's companions.
"Hey, these two guys have tricked so many people, and today is the day. Boy, are you interested in taking action on the flesh and blood seal on your hand? Oh, and are you interested in taking action on the mutilated companion next to you? His liver , facial features, perception and flesh and blood are all good materials and can be sold for a lot of money.”
A person standing by the gate spoke. In Chu Tai's opinion, this person was difficult to describe as a human being. It did not have a complete human form, but was closer to a human form made of various messy things. He was waving some in his hand. The broken pieces looked at Taoist Zhijing: "For one of his eyes, I am willing to give him three pieces of broken pieces!"
"Tch, if you don't have money, don't top it off with money. I'm willing to give you my three essences for an eyeball!"
"I am willing to add two pieces of big broken essence to the three essences!"
With the price calls one after another, it seemed as if Taoist Zhijing had agreed to betray his companions.
‘Ignore them, let’s go straight inside. ’
When Chu Tai saw this market, he had basically understood the concept of this market. When he got the four flesh and blood seals, he was even more sure of the power and attributes here. He asked Taoist Zhijing to connect the flesh and blood of everyone. , and then walked towards the market holding the flesh and blood seal.
Along the way, when everyone saw this scene, they all showed fearful expressions, but in the end they did not stop them too much, allowing Taoist Zhijing and his party to arrive at the deepest part of the market, where there stood a huge cage with densely packed cages wrapped around it. There are mottled chains, and there is something hanging on each chain, including people, monsters, flesh and blood, organs, and even some things that are close to concepts.
At a glance, Chu Tai saw the arm that had been taken away from the young man before, as well as some things that had been torn and separated from the two heads.
At the moment, these items hang on chains, waiting to be purchased.
Chu Tai asked Taoist Zhijing to come forward and chose the young man's snatched arm. The chains around him moved and the cage twisted to form something similar to a mouth and eyes. He looked at Taoist Zhijing and said, "I was surprised before. I always felt that It seems like something extraordinary has arrived. I didn’t expect that there are actually comrades here..."
"What, are you going to stay with this little thing forever?"
The cage stared at Taoist Jingjing, or in other words, Chu Tai who was attached to him.
(End of chapter)