Chapter 120 The jade ghost steals the soul, the dog-skin puppet!
Lin Chen walked to the jade stones piled up in the corner of the yard.
Several huge rough rocks as tall as a person are piled together, with a lot of weeds growing in the gaps.
"Well, the rough stone is huge and difficult to carry...but why not sell it before leaving Jade Belt City?"
Lin Chen was a little confused.
In the ordinary world, the price of jade is quite high.
Even uncut raw jade is worth thousands of gold.
No matter how hurried the Zheng family leaves, these rough stones should be sold or cut out and used as jade before leaving...
"Something's wrong..."
Lin Chen frowned slightly, released his body-protecting essence with a wave of his hand, and slowly approached the huge jade stones.
With his spiritual sense reaching out, he could see the details of the jade stone at a glance, and he was ready to take a closer look.
But from the outside, these pieces are just ordinary jade, nothing unusual.
So, Lin Chen probed his spiritual consciousness into the jade stone...
The spiritual consciousness can enhance the five senses of the monks, and can also allow the monks to see things that cannot be seen outside the five senses.
For example, his spiritual consciousness can directly pass through the ordinary stones outside the original stone and see the beautiful jade in the original stone.
"Huh? The Zheng family has really good taste... There are beautiful jade in these rough stones..."
Lin Chen nodded silently. If measured by ordinary money, these beautiful jade are not worth tens of thousands of gold. Too much.
Even among monks, this jade is valuable.
Lin Chen’s consciousness scanned several rough stones and quickly detected the innermost one.
After his spiritual consciousness penetrated, Lin Chen was stunned by the beautiful jade wrapped in the original stone.
"Hiss... this jade is too big?"
Lin Chen was stunned. Most of the stone in this rough stone, which was as tall as a man, was actually made of beautiful jade.
And the jade is completely natural, green and transparent...it is a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
“The jade in this raw stone... can be called the king of jade!”
Lin Chen sighed.
But then he thought of something, and his expression changed...
"Wait, this kind of beautiful jade has already given birth to chalcedony...could it be able to give birth to jade ghosts?"
Lin Chen's eyes were filled with surprise and uncertainty. .
There are tens of thousands of ancient books in the Changchunmen Scripture Collection Pavilion.
Lin Chen spent two years recording these one by one and moved them back to Blue Star.
During the recording process, Lin Chen would naturally read carefully when he encountered something he was interested in.
Among them is the theory of jade ghost!
In mortal knowledge, jade can nourish people, but it can also hurt people...
If worn correctly, jade can prolong life, cultivate sentiments, and has many wonderful benefits...
< br>But if worn incorrectly, it may even be harmful to the body.
For monks, jade is also an extremely valuable thing.
Whether it is setting up formations or refining elixirs, jade may be used...
Among them, there is one thing called chalcedony!
The so-called chalcedony is a companion of jade that has been cultivated for thousands of years.
It is as crystal clear as jade, but it is also liquid.
It is not only beneficial to monks' practice, but also can be used as medicine and formation, and has many wonderful uses.
Even the alchemy monks covet chalcedony.
But if a large amount of chalcedony gathers, it is easy to create another existence...
Jade Ghost!
Jade can gather and nourish the soul, but it can also hurt people!
If there is too much chalcedony and it attracts the remnants of wronged souls, it can gather into the legendary jade ghost!
According to rumors and records, the temperament of jade ghosts is unpredictable, some are good ghosts, and some are evil ghosts...
But jade ghosts are very rare, and they are one of the only practicing wizards in the ghost cultivator...< br>
If the powerful jade ghost cultivates to a certain level, it can even condense the physical body with chalcedony.
All kinds of rumors quickly flashed through Lin Chen's mind.
Just when he was confused, the jade in front of him suddenly moved.
A strange green light flashed from the original stone, and then the sky above the entire Zheng Mansion seemed to be shrouded in dark clouds, and the sky suddenly darkened.
After a strong wind blew up the fallen leaves...
A strange sound came.
"Jiejie, the little guy was discovered by you..."
After hearing this, Lin Chen's expression changed.
However, a terrifying wave of energy struck Lin Chen.
This fluctuation completely ignores the body-protecting essence...
It is - a divine soul attack!
Lin Chen immediately felt shaken and dizzy...
"Sure enough, there is a jade ghost..."
Caught off guard, Lin Chen immediately sat cross-legged and hugged Yuan Shou Shen.
Use the power of your own soul to resist this soul attack.
Lin Chen's expression kept changing, and he seemed to see a black ghost mist surrounding him.
And continue to devour his own soul.
"Good boy, you have good physical qualifications...I want it!"
The jade ghost smiled ferociously and charged at Lin Chen's soul crazily.
From time to time, he also made words to disturb Lin Chen's mind.
But Lin Chen didn't panic at all. He just kept running Tianyan Jue and used his soul to fight.
After a moment of stalemate, Jade Ghost made a frightened sound.
"No, how is this possible?"
"The strength of your soul...is not what a foundation-building monk should have at all!"
"You...are you a pill-forming monk?"
This jade ghost broke into Lin Chen's body, originally trying to seize it.
But when he failed to attack Lin Chen's soul, he panicked.
He tried to escape from Lin Chen's body, but was suppressed by Lin Chen's consciousness.
"Haha, the offensive and defensive momentum is different!"
"If you hide in that jade, I really can't do anything to you... But now, you are seeking death yourself!"
Lin Chen sneered and continued to run the Tianyan Jue, constantly impacting the soul of Jade Ghost.
This jade ghost has only been born with consciousness for a few years, but it has followed the path of ghost cultivation.
He has cultivated to the late stage of Soul Condensation of Ghost Cultivator, which is equivalent to the late stage of Foundation Establishment of ordinary monks.
And the soul of Ghost Cultivator, its soul strength is no weaker than that of Foundation Establishment Perfection...
Unfortunately, he met Lin Chen!
The strength of the soul at the ninth level of foundation building, coupled with the practice of Tianyan Jue, made Lin Chen's soul far beyond the perfection of foundation building.
It’s not even much worse than the fake elixir realm...
Now that the spirit of the ghost cultivator came to his door, Lin Chen gradually counterattacked after stabilizing his position.
About half an hour passed.
The jade ghost's soul is getting weaker and weaker, and has been beaten to pieces by Lin Chen. It is almost falling from the soul condensation to the soul gathering (qi refining) state.
At this time, the jade ghost began to beg for mercy.
"Spare your life! Fellow Taoist, spare your life!"
"The little ghost made a mistake because he lost his mind for a moment... I hope my Taoist friend will spare his life. The little ghost is willing to offer all the jade marrow..."
Lin Chen remained unmoved and continued to suppress the spirit of the jade ghost. .
It wasn't until his realm completely fell to the Condensation realm that Lin Chen slowly said:
"You jade ghost, what is your background? Why did you attack me... Tell me quickly. !”
This jade ghost knew that life and death depended only on Lin Chen’s thoughts, so he quickly said:
"I am originally a jade ghost nourished by chalcedony... As for appearing in the Zheng Mansion, it is because my current identity is also Zheng Sanyuan..."
Soon, the jade ghost explained his origins clearly. Chu.
Just like what was described in the story Lin Chen once saw.
This jade ghost is condensed from the broken souls wandering in the world, and is naturally nourished by chalcedony.
After the jade was dug out by the Zheng family, it stayed in the Zheng family for several years.
Until one day, he had evil intentions and killed the son of the Zheng family (Zheng Sanyuan) and swallowed his soul.
Since the Jade Ghost has no physical body, after swallowing Mr. Zheng’s soul, it essentially merges into one body and can be regarded as one person.
From then on, he called himself Zheng Sanyuan.
After hearing Jade Ghost’s introduction, Lin Chen already had a rough guess in his mind.
So he asked:
"Humph, the jade ghost is a spirit nourished by heaven and earth, but you did such a thing of stealing souls. You really ruined your own conduct!"
"Let me ask you, Nan Ling in Mufang that day The nightmare technique that Miss Ling was possessed by...was it you?"
Although this jade ghost has some cultivation skills, , but he was still young, so he nodded honestly and said:
"Yes, it was the kid who did it... After I devoured Zheng Sanyuan's soul, I was influenced by it, so I naturally developed a fondness for Nan Lingling and wanted to have a dream with her. The combination..."
Lin Chen sneered when he heard this and was about to ask again.
Unexpectedly, the jade ghost continued:
"Of course, this is just one of the reasons... What's more important is that Nan Lingling is born with a Yin-line ghost body, a supreme physique cultivated by ghosts!"
“In the past three years, I have always After meeting her in my dream, my level of cultivation has continued to improve... If I don't seize this great opportunity to condense the ghost elixir, wouldn't I be a tyrant? "
Said the Jade Ghost! He was confident and confident, but there was also a somewhat aggrieved tone in it.
Lin Chen was also stunned after hearing this. He didn't expect this kid to explain so simply.
"Well, Nan Lingling's matter has been resolved...but what does the strange skinning thing have to do with this kid?"
"The way of ghost cultivation...it seems that there is no need for skinning and blood sacrifice..."
Lin Chen frowned and thought , and then asked:
"Then let me ask you again, the strange skinning thing in the city...but you did it!" The jade ghost nodded and admitted:
"It's a kid Did it..."
Lin Chen frowned slightly.
But the jade ghost continued:
“But it’s not all done by one kid or one ghost...”
“...” Lin Chen raised his eyebrows. After using his soul to hit the jade ghost and teach him a lesson, he scolded:
"Are you still lying? Say what you have to say in one breath!"
The jade ghost was frightened by the pain and quickly begged for mercy:
"The kid has already confessed... Fellow Taoist, spare your life!"
“In fact, for the kid, peeling off human skin is of no use at all...”
“But a few years ago, the kid met a man, and he told me to peel off human skin. What do they use? ”
"Who?" Lin Chen frowned.
"I don't know, either... but from what he said, it seems to come from a force called Puppet Hall..." Jade Ghost explained honestly.
Puppet Hall! ?
One of the four major demonic forces!
Lin Chen's heart skipped a beat and he guessed that he might have found the rightful owner.
So he asked again: "Why is the Puppet Hall skinning people?"
The Jade Ghost did not hide it, and explained:
"Of course it is to refine the puppets..."
"The man told me that they have a secret method to destroy the souls of mortals, leaving only The physical body...then peel off the mortal skin, leaving only the flesh and blood skeleton."
"Then peel off the black dog's skin and wear it on the dead person. The refined dog skin puppet is very strong, invulnerable to water and fire. Swords are hard to hurt, and ordinary monks in the Qi refining stage are no match..."
When Lin Chen heard this, he already roughly guessed the whole story.
The people from the Puppet Hall came to Jade Belt City a few years ago to refine this dog-skin puppet, and happened to meet the Jade Ghost.
So the jade ghost killed people and stole their souls...
Then they put black dog skin on the dead body, and finally made a dog skin puppet.
So, the second strange thing happened in the city.
Someone in the south of the city saw a dog-headed monster walking around in the city and it was clear...
Maybe it was not a dog-headed monster, but a person wearing dog skin.
But the sky is getting dark, and it is reasonable for passers-by to misunderstand...
"Let me ask you again, since black dogs are used to skin and refine puppets...what about the black dogs in the south of the city? Dog gang? "
" The Black Dog Gang is a stronghold of the Puppet Hall... They raise black dogs just for skinning! Tsk, fellow Taoist, you don't know how bloody the skinning scene is... It takes just a few dog skins to make a puppet. ! ”
Before Lin Chen finished asking, the jade ghost explained everything in one breath.
After hearing this, Lin Chen frowned slightly again.
According to what the blind fortune teller said before, the people from the Black Dog Gang also helped Yudai City drive away the resentful ghosts.
Why is the cemetery outside the city haunted and causing harm to people?
Thinking of this, Lin Chen asked again:
"Then let me ask you again...the cemetery outside the city is haunted?"
Hearing this, Jade Ghost hurriedly said:
"Fellow Taoist, I know this! But I After everything has been explained, can you let me go?"
Lin Chen nodded: "It depends on your performance."
Yu Gui then said:
"The cemetery outside the city, oh no...it was originally a mass grave!"
"Lonely souls and wild ghosts gather there all year round...until two years ago, several people came there, claiming to be People from the Ghost Exorcist Sect.”
“They raise ghosts and fight ghosts in that mass grave, saying they want to raise them. The first-rate ghosts came out..."
"Actually, I don't know about this, but I, the Jade Ghost, have a unique background, and the person from the Ghost Exorcist Sect came to the door and wanted to recruit me! "
Lin Chen raised his eyebrows after hearing this. There was actually a certain amount of pride in this jade ghost's words.
"The Ghost Exorcist Sect, the Puppet Hall...two of the four major demonic forces came directly!"
"It seems that the demonic forces really have a big plan..."
Lin Chen thought silently in his heart. road.
“Let me ask you again, what is the approximate cultivation level of the people in the Ghost Exorcist Sect and the Puppet Hall?”
After hearing this, Jade Ghost said flatteringly:
"They are similar to little ghosts. They are both monks who have perfected foundation building or soul condensation... they are far inferior to Taoist friends with their advanced cultivation level!"
Jade ghost should have regarded Lin Chen as a pill-forming monk.
But this made Lin Chen even more confused.
“How can a mere foundation-building monk seal the city?”
“There are dozens of miles of formations inside and outside the Jade Belt City of Nuo Da... Several Dan-forming monks must join forces to seal the city. It’s a good idea to have a chance to arrange it!”
Lin Chen was very confused and asked the jade ghost again, but he didn't know clearly.
After all, he has never left the Jade Belt City.
"Okay, do you have anything else to say?"
"I've said everything the kid has to say."
"Okay, in that case, then you Just go to hell!”
"Wait...wait! The kid still has something to say!"
The Jade Ghost Sword Lin Chen wanted to make a move, but he was instantly frightened.
He has some resentment. Why are the human monks so distrustful?
But in order to survive, he still said:
"Fellow Taoist, if you don't kill me... I will tell you a place where there are countless chalcedony! It's a villain The place of birth..."
Lin Chen raised his eyebrows when he heard this. He didn't know whether the jade ghost was lying or telling the truth.
But he had no means to control the jade ghost, so he still prepared to kill him.
Seeing this, the jade ghost hurriedly said:
“Fellow Taoist, please spare my life, fellow Taoist! The little ghost can work as a cow or a horse for your fellow Taoist, and be driven by your fellow Taoist!”
"Ha! How can I guarantee your sincerity? It's better to kill him to save worry!" Lin Chen sneered.
"I can hand over my soul to the hands of fellow Taoist... From now on, life and death will depend on fellow Taoist's thoughts! I just ask fellow Taoist to spare the kid's life..." The jade ghost begged for mercy.
The natal soul...
Lin Chen narrowed his eyes. He had heard that ghost cultivators had strange methods.
Thousands of souls can be separated...but there is only one natal soul. As long as the natal soul remains, the ghost cultivator will not die.
At the same time, mastering the soul of a ghost cultivator is equivalent to mastering the life and death of this ghost cultivator!
Thinking of this, Lin Chen said:
"Well, hand over your soul first!"
Jade Ghost nodded, although he was reluctant, he still separated his soul.
I saw a green soul separate from him, and this soul turned into a jade stone in Lin Chen's hands.
This jade is crystal clear, but it seems to have a miniature grimace sealed in it.
"The soul of the jade ghost condenses into jade..."
"It's just that this jade ghost has explained so much, and it's not just pretending to be stupid or really stupid..."
Lin Chen nodded slightly. , I thought silently in my heart.
So he asked again: "Then how can you follow me?"
"The little ghost is born from chalcedony and can live in any jade article!" Jade Ghost He said honestly.
Lin Chen nodded, took out the flying knife, and cut open all the jade stones.
Take out several tons of jade and polish it into a jade pendant, letting the jade ghost live in it.
After that, he took out the chalcedony from the innermost jade stone.
First, take out the purple jade gourd. This gourd is a natural treasure filled with liquid.
After that, he used a knife to make a very deep small opening in the original stone.
Immediately afterwards, the green and crystal chalcedony flowed out like liquid and was put into the purple jade gourd by Lin Chen.
Lin Chen estimated that the chalcedony weighed at least a ton.
"Tsk, tsk, chalcedony is worth tens of thousands of catties... This ton of chalcedony is probably worth hundreds of thousands of spiritual stones, right?" He thought silently.
But there are many wonderful things about chalcedony.
It can heal wounds, refine elixirs, speed up cultivation and even refine weapons and form formations...
Lin Chen naturally wanted to keep such a treasure for himself.
At the same time, he was a little curious.
“Is what the jade ghost said about the place where there is a lot of chalcedony hidden true or false?”
Looking at the mysterious appearance of the jade ghost, Lin Chen can believe it at least 60% .
However, Lin Chen did not need to ask him about the location of this chalcedony.
Just ask where the Zheng Mansion dug out these raw jade stones, wouldn't you know?
After erasing the traces in the Zheng Mansion, Lin Chen turned and left.
After returning to the inn, Lin Chen made silent calculations in his mind.
According to Jade Ghost, he skinned people almost every day.
But now that he has been caught by himself, it means that tomorrow at the latest, he will be known to the monks of the Puppet Hall in the city...
"However, no matter how dark I am now... as long as I am careful, the Puppet Hall may not know that I did it!"
Lin Chen murmured.
In addition, Jade Ghost said that he is not the only one doing skinning in the city.
There are several other foundation-building evil cultivators in the Puppet Hall who are skinning them again.
“If we can capture the monks of the Puppet Hall... we may be able to figure out the strength of the people behind the scenes.”
"There are also mass graves outside the city... maybe we can go and inquire about them."
Lin Chen rubbed his fingers and thought carefully in his heart.
Although Jade Ghost said that those evil cultivators are not strong enough to form pills, it is still best to be careful.
"Tonight, let's let Long Ba and Feng Jiu do some testing first..."
(End of this chapter)