Yi Shijun would rather fall into the hands of an unfamiliar Taoist priest than be controlled by Mu Xingqiu anymore. It has its own reasons. Mu Xingqiu had no way to guess, so he could only tell Shen Shang the cause and consequences, and how to contact Yi Shijun.

"The famous Yishijun is locked here?" Shen Shang was really surprised. "The most remote place in the country of Sacrifice, there are demon clans who believe in the ancient gods, and they all regard Yishijun as the leader."

Yi Shijun has many faces, and Mu Xingqiu has never seen the "Chief Leader" side so far.

"Is it easy to think about Yi Shijun's name? It's easy." Shen Shang closed his eyes and thought according to the method described by Mu Xingqiu. After a while, he opened his eyes and smiled embarrassedly, "I haven't practiced for too long, and I have forgotten the simplest technique. Are you sure Yi Shijun is looking for me? Why don't you take the crystal eyes?"

"No, it must be you. Yi Shijun chose you, and he will not speak in my hands." Mu Xingqiu knew that all Yi Shijun's actions had a purpose. Unless he had the ability to be in the realm of Zuo Liuying's divine realm, it would be impossible to force the old demon to change his mind.

Shen Shang tried to keep his thoughts again, and this time he succeeded, but he didn't hold on for too long. He laughed dryly, as if he thought this was both ridiculous and magical. "If it were in the past, I would throw my eyes away immediately. The Taoist priest would never let anything enter his head easily."

This is the case with ordinary Taoist priests, but Mu Xingqiu always had no power to protect himself. He just joined Pang Shanlian's most basic practice before he even started, all his memories were taken away by the higher Taoist priests. Since then, he has been invaded one after another, and even fought a life-and-death battle in his mind.

"What did he say?" Mu Xingqiu asked.

"He wants to talk to me in private, haha, a voice that only talks in his mind actually has to talk to me in private. It's really... I'll go into the cave and come out later."

Mu Xingqiu nodded, there was nothing to do. Just as the talisman guests lit a bonfire, he walked over and sat with everyone.

A total of twenty-four talisman guests, from ten to forties, all with weather-beaten faces—blush and chapped skin that will never fade, suggesting they are from a windy area.

As night fell, the decayed aura shrouded over the Ice City and Wolf Plain weakened a little, and fires were ignited everywhere. After eating the little leftover little pitiful food, the children of the demon race stopped crying and happily chased each other and laughed. The sound came from afar, showing a little sign of life.

Curse has a smaller impact on children.

"I don't know everyone's names yet." Mu Xingqiu spoke first.

The talisman guests reported their names one by one. Fortunately, there were no three demon clan surnames such as Qi, Fei and Hao, all of which were ordinary surnames and ordinary names of Li Er and Zhang San. But Mu Xingqiu felt very friendly and suddenly remembered the residents of Yelin Town.

The talisman guests were still depressed, but they were very polite and answered questions, but they knew too little. They were the first time they went out far away and saw the majestic and rough beast monsters, and they were as shocked and afraid as humans. They could not explain the reason for the depression entangled in their hearts.

"What's the point? I'm walking around and there are ice and snow everywhere, so why not stay here." The talisman guests even lost their longing for their hometown.

Since Mu Xingqiu knew that this was the result of the curse, he did not ask questions or comfort him.

After a full hour, before Jincuo came back, Shen Shang walked out of the cave and sat tiredly beside Mu Xingqiu, "I shouldn't have left Sanshuiling. Why not wait there and let people from Pangshan kill me."

Shin Shang was a little cheerful than before. But he still hadn't survived the collapse. His first reaction to major events was to complain. He sat silently for a while and said, "Yi Shijun doesn't want to fall into your hands, because you may not be patient to hear the words, and may throw crystal eyes everywhere."

Mu Xingqiu did throw it once, so he laughed, "But he still has something to say to me."

"Well." Shen Shang became as depressed as the talisman guest. His speech seemed more like a polite person than really trying to express anything. He did not invite Mu Xingqiu into the cave because it was the same everywhere. The nearby talisman guest and the demon clan in the distance had no interest in eavesdropping and talking. Even if the sound reached his ears, it would fly out from the other ear.

"This is called the Dou Zhuang Star Movement Array. Bingkui started to arrange it five years ago and has only accelerated it in recent months. Yi Shijun has known it for a long time, but he did not stop it. Instead, he prepared an ambush in advance at several key locations. The Fire of the Hidden Dragon is one of them."

Mu Xingqiu suddenly understood, no wonder Yi Shijun could let Qi Yemeng light the fire of the hidden dragon easily. It turned out that he had already prepared, but the target was not the Taoist priest, but Bingkui.

"The Yishijun asked the flea to take you to observe the Dou Zhuang Xingshi array in order to prove that what he said is true."

"I believe him, and then what? Is my trust that important?"

"Yi Shijun hopes that you can replace Qi Wushang's position." Shen Shang looked at Mu Xingqiu sympathetically. He felt terrible and heavy just by knowing these things. He could not imagine what kind of state the person he was going to bear would be.

Mu Xingqiu sneered, "Don't he know he's late?"

"Listen to me... no, listen to him slowly." Shen Shang sighed, "That's right, Yi Shijun doesn't like Taoist throne, but he doesn't like the demon clan even more. He knows the history 130,000 years ago and knows how the demon clan will treat him. Therefore, he hopes to create a new force, be between Taoist demons, not under the control of both sides, nor participate in the war between both sides, and be safe."

"It sounds good. He spread the ancient gods' religion for this, right?"

"Yes, everything is ready now, and there is only one excellent leader. He has searched for both the demon clan and humans, and even went to Huangjing and supported some people, but none of them persisted until the end, so he wanted you to try it."

"Why didn't he come forward?"

"He said that as a force, if there is open, there must be hidden things. This is to be considered complete and make the enemy feared. He is a hidden power, and what he lacks is a leader who can be disclosed. He said that he would rest assured that you are not a puppet, you can do whatever you want."

Mu Xingqiu remembered Qi Wushang. He didn't do whatever he wanted for too long and was killed in a few years.

"I refuse, no matter what conditions he offers, I refuse." Mu Xingqiu replied simply.

In the past, Mu Xingqiu would consider it even if he didn't accept it. Now he doesn't want to accept it at all. He knows very well what the so-called "doing whatever he wants". Qi Wushang could wave his hand and let tens of thousands of demon soldiers go to the battlefield to die, but he still couldn't escape his own destruction. There is no real way to do whatever he wants in this world. The two most powerful forces are deprived of their bodies and locked in the void for more than 100,000 years. The Taoist throne has had a good life for a while, but he is scared all day long. The powerful enemy chose to retreat before it showed up.

It might be difficult for someone else to understand Mu Xingqiu's choice. Shen Shang, who was in a shattered state, smiled, "You have really changed drastically."

After a while, Shen Shang continued: "Yi Shijun did not force it. He just made a suggestion. Since you refuse, then forget it. But he still has a few things to tell you."

"I'm listening."

"Your reaction to transforming demons will not end, and will torture you until death, because you voluntarily took it, and transforming demons has penetrated into the bone marrow. Of course, Yi Shijun has a way to solve it, but you may not be willing."

"What conditions do he have to put forward?"

"There is no conditions, but you have to learn a few magic tricks, and you are a Taoist priest..."

"I have no objection." Mu Xingqiu didn't think he was still a Taoist priest, and he had used magic once, so he didn't care about learning a few more items.

"That's good, 'The 124th Soul 261st', Yi Shijun said that the magic is there. Do you understand what this means?" Shen Shang was confused.

Mu Xingqiu understood that Yi Shijun was the demon of all souls. His words were telling Mu Xingqiu where he remembered and avoiding his pain of searching.

"Thank him for me."

"Haha, he can hear your voice. This reminds me of Zuo Liuying. Is he still asking others to pass on the message for him? By the way, he has already spit out the inner alchemy and has become an inhaled Taoist priest. It's really unimaginable, but when I think about it carefully, only Zuo Liuying dares to do such a thing. I was a little afraid of him in the past, but now I'm even more afraid..."

Shen Shang sighed for a while and was about to continue to say that Jincuo was back, and his spirit was much weaker than when he left. He was also affected by the curse, but he had not completely surrendered.

"Tomorrow morning, more than a hundred demon leaders will gather together to discuss matters. I think I can convince them to leave here." Jincu stared at Mu Xingqiu, as if he had just won a battle.

"Very good, I would like to see you succeed." Mu Xingqiu said.

Jincuo sat next to the fire, the proud expression on her face slowly disappeared, she stared at the flames blankly, her body trembling slightly, obviously not at all confident about the party tomorrow morning.

"It's great to be young, and your resistance to curse is much stronger." Shen Shang smiled and shook his head, turning to Mu Xingqiu, "For this matter, Yi Shijun will put forward conditions."

"Um."

"Yelin Town." Shen Shang stopped to observe Mu Xingqiu's reaction, and after a while, he continued: "Yi Shijun knows very little about Yelin Town, because that's not a big deal, but he does have a very useful clue in his hand."

"What clue?"

"Yelin Town is not the first human village to be invaded by demon species, nor is it the first place where residents disappear inexplicably."

"I know this." The Taoist books have recorded these things, and Mu Xingqiu had long heard of them from Fangfang.

"Yi Shijun has a precious memory that can tell you what happened to the villagers after a village was invaded by a demon seed."

The whereabouts of the residents of Yelin Town are likely to be the same as those villagers. This is indeed a major clue. Mu Xingqiu was silent for a while before asking: "What about his conditions?"

"The condition is that you have to protect this land and defeat Bingkui's attack, and you cannot let the Dou Zhuang Xingshi formation take shape." Shen Shang patted his forehead and just retweeted it, and he felt heavy pressure.

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