Chapter 371 Soul and Flesh
Mu Xingqiu suddenly recognized those eyes. They had been so well concealed before. Even if Mu Xingqiu had doubts, it would be quickly eliminated because he believed in the higher Taoist priests. He did not understand how a priest swallowing smoke could hide from the master and the head of the Eight Daotongs.
Wangshan was closed, and only Ding Wei was left outside. In the eyes of ordinary Taoists, the high Taoist priests who were eager to find out the truth would definitely conduct a comprehensive and in-depth investigation on him, and even use the mind control technique. Since Ding Wei was still free, it means that he had no problem.
But it was him who had the problem.
The two of them took action at the same time, Mu Xingqiu raised his whip, and Ding Wei in the crowd raised a paper talisman.
The dark red lightning from the tip of the whip passed by, and the whole hall fell into darkness. This was boundless darkness, thick as a pool of mud, making it difficult for those who were deeply trapped in it to move forward, and even the eyes could not penetrate it. The spell was like a flying bird with wings. It fell head-on to the ground as soon as it left the magic weapon.
Taoist priests were much more calm than ordinary people, but many people still asked loudly and took out magic weapons to protect themselves.
"Who casts the spell? Mu Xingqiu, is this your thought-heart illusion?"
Few people saw Ding Wei's paper talisman, but many people saw the lightning, so they suspected that the darkness was caused by Mu Xingqiu.
"It's not him, this is not a illusion of mind. Everyone should not move around and not speak."
"Who is speaking?"
"Pang Shanyang Qingyin."
The hall became quiet, some people were at a loss, and some people found that darkness was a spell, so they cast spells and resisted secretly. Gradually, they could see the blurred figure and the faint lightning bolt.
Mu Xingqiu was still casting spells. In fact, he was casting two spells at the same time, one was the soul-suming technique, firmly grasping the soul in Yang Qingyuan's body, and the other was the illusion of mind. The lightning released wrapped Ding Wei's whole body, so that he could not escape even with his soul.
"Mu Xingqiu, can you speak?" Yang Qingyin asked loudly.
Mu Xingqiu can speak, but he should be as brief as possible, "It was Shen Geng and Liang Shiji."
Few people understood the meaning of this sentence. Shen Geng has never appeared since he fled from Luanjing Mountain. Most insiders are unwilling to mention him. Therefore, there are very few Taoist priests who know this name. Even some new disciples of Pangshan have never heard of this rebel from the Shen family.
As for Liang Shiji, the great talisman master of Longbinhui, there are even fewer Taoist priests who heard that he is named.
"Liang Shiji? Isn't that the talisman master of Longbin? Where is it?" Shen Hao was very annoyed to find out that he knew nothing about many things.
He was not the only one who became more confused, and the hall became noisy again. Yang Qingyin used spells in his voice and explained to everyone: "The souls of two Taoist priests were replaced. Ding Wei's body was Shen Geng of Pang Shan, and Yang Qingyuan's body was Liang Shiji of Longbinhui."
The confusion did not decrease, but it was more. Ding Wei had many supporters. Yang Qingyuan even had the support of Qishan Taoist priests as their backing. These people were the first to shout, and they didn’t believe Yang Qingyin’s words. “Stop it first, and listen to what fellow Daoist Ding Wei and Yang Qingyuan said.”
Mu Xingqiu just couldn't let go. During the years he was in seclusion in Luanjingshan, he had read some books on the Lanzhuji. He had a little understanding of the soul and knew that as long as he relaxed his magic power, the souls of Shen Geng and Liang Juji would take the opportunity to escape. The two bodies were likely to die because of this, and he and Yang Qingyin would also lose the most powerful evidence.
What made him embarrassed was that he could not reclaim his magic or significantly increase his magic power, which would also kill two innocent Taoist priests.
"Shut up!" Yang Qingyin was not used to being questioned. She shouted loudly, shocked all the Taoist priests in the hall, and then said: "Shen Jiyi? Shen Jiyi from Yashan, can he prove my words."
There is no sound of Shen Jiyi.
"Fellow Daoist Shen never came back after he went out." said a Taoist priest Yashan.
Ding Wei's voice came from the lightning. He didn't care about this body and could withstand Mu Xingqiu's illusion. "Don't be fooled. This is Pang Shan's conspiracy. They need to kill demons to replenish their strength, so they use any means to frame Yang Qingyuan and me..."
"Shen Geng." Mu Xingqiu spoke again, "Stop fooling everyone anymore. You can hold on, Liang Shiji can't."
Yang Qingyuan's body was like a puppet manipulated by a novice. His hands were hanging in front of him weakly, and his legs were shaking like a fractured bone. The darkness in the hall was gradually dissipating. Dozens of chess Taoist priests ran into the venue, but no one dared to rescue him immediately.
Mu Xingqiu maintained the stability of the illusion of mind, but strengthened the soul-suming technique for Yang Qingyuan.
"Stop, stop." Yang Qingyuan spoke, but his own voice was still his own voice, but his tone changed drastically, full of begging, without any Taoist character, which surprised those who knew him, "I can't stand it anymore, let me go back."
"Idiot, Qi Shan's face..." Shen Geng wanted to save the defeat, but Mu Xingqiu suddenly strengthened his illusion to stop him from continuing to speak.
This is the body and inner alchemy of the Taoist priest Ding Wei. As a sojourner, Shen Geng could not exceed Ding Wei's strength.
"Let me tell you who you are first?" Yang Qingyin and many Taoist priests of Pangshan also rushed into the venue and confronted the Taoist priests of Qishan.
"I...I..." Yang Qingyuan's voice was weak.
"Can't you put away the magic first and then speak? No matter what Yang Qingyuan does, he is still a Taoist priest in Qishan. He said it was a fair fight, how could it become like this?" A Qishan disciple said angrily.
"You can't accept the method." The Taoist priests of Luanjingshan came over. They learned more about Soul-Recruiting Souls. "If the Souls run away and the soul does not turn back in time, Yang Qingyuan will die."
"I am Liang Shiji, a great talisman master of Longbinhui, stop! I am a soul, and I cannot restrain my soul." Liang Shiji's voice was filled with a crying voice, and he was completely frightened.
Liang Shiji is the youngest among the thirteen great talisman masters of the Longbin Society. He secretly wielded half of the magic in Duanliu City and Mu Xingqiu. A few days ago, he quietly sneaked back to the imperial capital. His deeds did not mean much to the Taoists, but what he said shocked everyone.
"How did you get into Yang Qingyuan's body?" Yang Qingyin knew that Mu Xingqiu was concentrating on casting spells and was inconvenient to speak, so she took advantage of the victory to pursue him and spoke for him.
"He was voluntarily. His talisman sacrifice technique was too slow, so I asked me to help. That's all. Stop it quickly and don't restrain my soul..."
The hostility of the disciples of Qishan Mountain weakened, and they were all stunned. There were millions of Taoist techniques, but there was no magic spell to exchange souls. This move sounded like an evil magic. Even the Taoist priests of the Lanzhu Department who were good at soul-retaining and soul-studying were unbelievable.
Yang Qingyin was not satisfied and said sternly: "You are still hiding it and telling you your true plan."
Yang Qingyuan's body is in the realm of Gu Xia, but Liang Shiji was too scared and could not even exert half of his strength. He only felt that his soul was unstable and would leave his residence and float towards the great sword in Mu Xingqiu's hand at any time. "It was all Ding Wei's idea. He asked me to use the false talisman. Don't resist when Mu Xingqiu fights back, let this body die... Hurry, bring my body over..."
Liang Shiji once liked the Taoist body, which was light and powerful, and controlled spells as they pleased. Unlike talismans, he had to go through long-term hard training to be able to be able to be easily done, but now he just wants to return to his own body.
The Taoist priest of Qishan was in an uproar, angry and puzzled, and did not understand why Yang Qingyuan offended Ding Wei and would be revenge such despicable and evil.
"Where is your body? Where is Yang Qingyuan's soul?" Yang Qingyin asked. No matter what, Yang Qingyuan shouldn't die here.
"Everything...is all there to Ding Wei..." Liang Shiji's voice became weaker and weaker. Although his soul had not left his body, he was almost unable to control Yang Qingyuan's body.
Mu Xingqiu weakens his mind's illusion and gives Ding Wei the ability to speak in the lightning.
Ding Wei let out a long sigh, then laughed happily, "Mu Xingqiu, Mu Xingqiu. You are still the same as before, always trying to save useless waste. Unfortunately, you couldn't save that kid at the beginning, and you couldn't save anyone today."
This was Ding Wei's voice, but it was definitely Shen Geng's tone. Hearing his words, the last bit of doubt in the hearts of the Taoist priests also disappeared. The Taoist priests who were originally standing near Ding Wei and even intending to save people all retreated, fearing that they would have something to do with him again.
"Shen Geng, don't you dare to admit your name?" Yang Qingyin asked.
"My name is Shen Geng. My father is Shen Zhun, a law enforcement officer of Pangshan University of Precepts Science and Technology, and my mother is Yang Baozhen, a demon-slaying master of Pangshan Five Elements Science. She has practiced for many years and has her bloodline that is purer than everyone here, and is hundreds of times stronger than the dirty body I occupy."
Shen Geng had no intention of hiding his arrogance and coldness all returned. The Taoist priests in the hall were extremely frightened. He could not have imagined that Ding Wei, who was the most motivated person, was actually another person, and he could not have thought that a Taoist sect would say such words in public.
After Mu Xingqiu weakened his illusion, he had the strength to speak, "Shen Geng, hand over the souls of Ding Wei and Yang Qingyuan and return to your own body. We can fight with one battle in a dignified way and settle all the grudges."
"Good and upright? Your Taoist root is obtained by using the demon species to sneakily. The origin of the mind illusion is unknown. Do you actually want to fight with me? No, you have your evil magic, I have mine. I want to see if you will 'inadvertently' another Taoist priest."
Shen Hao couldn't help but shout: "You deliberately killed Erliang, it was not a man-kill at all."
"But you gave me a charge of 'mand killing', which made me stay in the Siguo Cave for five years. Today, I want to return it as it is. Mu Xingqiu, do it, you have a ready-made reason to kill, right? The souls of the two Taoist priests were replaced, and I will never tell the whereabouts of the soul. Everyone will forgive you afterwards. Your only charge is that you know that something is different, but you did not report it to the higher Taoist priests, but chose to solve it yourself." Shen Geng paused, "Just like me back then, I destroyed the hidden demon seeds by myself."
The darkness in the hall had been almost dispersed, but the Taoists did not feel the brightness in front of them. They had almost no understanding of Pang Shan's old story, but Shen Geng's resentful voices and words still terrified everyone.
Shen Geng also reminded some people, and several Taoist priests ran to the door, ready to ask for help from the higher Taoist priests.
The door was closed at some point, and several spells could not be opened.
"Fourth of an hour." Shinkang was trapped in lightning, but his tone was as excited as a winner. "At most, for a quarter of an hour, no matter what you do, these two bodies will die. Don't think of opening the door easily. This fighting hall was created by me, and it is more than enough to trap you incompetent people. Mu Xingqiu, do it!"
Chapter completed!