Chapter 334 Travel Notes
Gong Wuguang quickly explained everything clearly.
After hearing this, Li Chuan felt that the matter would be completely resolved in about a month, and he felt relieved. Then he asked about the spirit-eating thing, "Jianzheng, how did the previous people deal with this spirit-eating thing? Is it written in the records?"
"Yes. I wrote it in a travel journal. As I saw on the article, the travel notes were written by a casual cultivator named Cao'an Taoist. After he fought with demons and was seriously injured, he hid in Tibet and accidentally discovered Qiufeng Village, where the people were very simple and the men farmed. Nvwei." Gong Wuguang said about the records he saw.
He said: "After they met Taoist Cao'an, they entertained him warmly, so he stayed there. After living there for about ten years, he gradually discovered something unusual about Qiufeng Village. It’s just that the number of people in the village has remained unchanged.”
"Is there no newborn?" Li Chuan asked.
Gong Wuguang said: "Yes, some people died, and new lives were born, but the number of people in the entire village remained unchanged."
"Is this also caused by soul-eating?" Chang Xiao asked .
Gong Wuguang said: "Don't worry, listen to me and you will know."
He continued to narrate: "Taoist Cao'an began to investigate the matter. Qiu On the night of the first day of autumn in Feng Village every year, everyone in the village would quietly walk out of their houses and go deep into the mountains and forests. The Taoist priest from Cao'an had also noticed their actions before and watched them once, but he didn't. He didn't notice anything unusual, so he just regarded what they were doing as some kind of mountain spirit worship. Now that he realized something was wrong, he thought about the strange behavior of the villagers. Autumn was about to begin in two months. ”
"Soon, the day of autumn arrived. At night, Taoist Cao'an discovered that after nightfall, all the villagers came out of their homes. They did not light lamps or speak, and walked silently deep into the forest. They walked into a forest of maple leaves. Then they stood in a circle and danced in a strange posture. They danced in silence until the sky turned white."
"This time, Taoist Cao'an watched the entire ceremony. When the sky lit up, he realized that these villagers were just shadows. The brighter the sky, the more solid their bodies became. When they returned home, they were no different from ordinary people. A few days later, a villager died in an accident, and a month later, a baby was born. "At this time, Taoist Cao'an understood that the entire Qiufeng Village was just an illusion. People went to the maple leaf forest, and after several investigations, they discovered that the maple leaf forest is the real location of Qiu Feng Village, and the current Qiu Feng Village is just a large area of devouring souls devouring the memories of everyone in their village. Later, the illusion formed."
"What about Cao'an Taoist?" Li Chuan asked.
Gong Wuguang said: "Taoist Cao'an also realized that he had been possessed by the Devouring Spirit, and his memory was gradually decreasing. It was just because he was a casual cultivator, his soul was solid, and he was alive. It took longer than ordinary people, so the memory was devoured slower than the villagers. After that, he continued to talk to the villagers, trying to find some clues, and also began to explore the surroundings, hoping to find a way to get rid of the evil spirits. "< br>
"Did he find it?" Li Chuan asked with concern.
“No,” Gong Wuguang sighed slightly, “He discovered that the soul-eating spirit in Qiufeng Village may have come from the encounter with a strange bird in the village, which took away the villagers. After the baby was born, the men in the village went up the mountain together, found the nest of the strange bird, killed its young, burned its nest, and shot out one of its eyes with bows and arrows. After that, the strange bird began to appear in the village. Many strange things have happened.”
“Taoist Cao’an summarized many characteristics of spirit-eating, for example, it can only possess people and monsters with spiritual intelligence, but cannot attach to animals. body. He also wrote down the method of capturing it, but he still could not get rid of it, and the speed of losing memory became faster and faster."
"In the end, he chose to remove it from his body. His soul was split into two, with one half remaining in Qiufeng Village, and the other half returning to the human world with only the travel notes he had written over the years."
"Where is the physical body?" Li Chuan asked.
"Of course it was given to the half without memory." Gong Wuguang replied.
“Where is your cultivation?” Li Chuan asked. "He didn't write it, but it is estimated that he is not much better than ordinary people," Gong Wuguang said: "The Taoist Cao'an did this just because he wanted to bet on a possibility in a desperate situation. Unfortunately, his bet failed. In the travel notes At the end, another unknown monk wrote what happened next. "
"What happened?" Chang Xiao asked.
Gong Wuguang said: "A sect called Xiaguang Sect discovered that apathy was constantly occurring among its disciples. After investigation, they found that it originated from a blacksmith. The blacksmith's family, his wife, Both children have lost all their memories and are like walking zombies. Only he, holding those volumes of travel notes, sat on the threshold and muttered words that others could not understand. "
"Xuanmen at that time studied the records in the travel notes and discovered the connection between the soul-eating body parts, and found that the juice of the blue frost grass can eliminate the soul-eating body. So, they found all the possessed people in one fell swoop , gathered them together to save them.”
“Didn’t you find the green frost grass?” Chang Xiao asked.
Gong Wuguang replied: "At that time, the green frost grass was very rare. I guess only a few monks used it."
After pausing for a moment, he continued. , "After some time, they found Qiu Maple Village and the maple leaf forest, and dealt with everything. Finally, they also found the body of the strange bird with one eye blind. It was speculated that it He has been dead for decades."
Gong Wuguang said: "The records in the travel notes ended here. After reading it, I went to Xuanyuemen and asked to go to their library. After searching some information, I did find a few simple records pointing to this matter.”
"Furthermore, the idea of capturing the stray soul-eating spells written by Cao'an Taoist in the travel notes is very similar to some spells of later generations. The spells of later generations obviously originated from this and made many improvements."
"So when the Devouring Soul appears at this time, even if you don't know its origin, you will only be panicked for a while at first. As long as you confirm its existence and try a few more methods, you will definitely be able to solve it." Gong Wuguang continued to laugh. Said: "Of course, becoming a monk or a nun will not solve the problem."
After hearing this, Li Chuan and others laughed.
After laughing, Li Chuan felt that there were still many puzzles. He asked: "But if the Devouring Souls are unconscious, what are those phantoms? What about the ritual... Where did they learn it? "
Gong Wuguang said: "According to my speculation, individual soul eaters are indeed unconscious, but when their number reaches a certain level. , they will have a unified consciousness, and they will form an illusion based on the devoured memory. As for the ritual, it may be... a way to stabilize the illusion."
"Where are the strange birds?" Li Chuan asked.
Gong Wuguang said: "I don't know."
Li Chuan had other ideas. He asked: "I always feel that the form of the Devourer is a bit similar to the White Walkers. ? Could it be... that this was a failed attempt by the White Walkers in the past?"
As he spoke, his thoughts began to spread, and he said, "Could it be that the demonic remains discovered in Heyuan Town? Could it have something to do with this? By the way, there was also the chaos caused by the monsters before. Could it be that the seal was broken somewhere, so the monsters came out?"
(End of this chapter)