Chapter 20 Bai Yutang

Qi Xuansu jumped from a height of ten feet and landed with a bang. Although he had slowed down his falling speed with his true qi, he still had to unload the force when he landed. Qi Xuansu bent his knees and sank his body, causing the ground under his feet to stir up a circle of smoke and dust that spread around, and even a tiny crack appeared where he landed.

Qi Xuansu could clearly feel that his knees, calves, and feet had all been damaged to a certain extent, but because of the blood and flesh, they were able to recover quickly and would not affect his combat power.

At such a height, the zombies could not jump down. Qi Xuansu, who had temporarily gotten rid of the zombies, finally faced the weirdo.

"Who are you?" Qi Xuansu asked, his voice echoing in the empty pit.

The man did not answer and took a few steps back. Under the light of the alchemy furnace, it can be seen that his face was pale, and the eyeballs in his eye sockets had disappeared, with only a little red light flashing, which was very similar to many zombies, but his expression was not dull, and even revealed a bit of hideousness.

This is a Taoist priest, and a Taoist priest who is good at controlling zombies.

It just so happens that Qi Xuansu's martial arts are best at restraining Taoist priests.

The two of them attacked almost at the same time.

Qi Xuansu held a short sword and used the sword moves of "Dayan Lingdao".

One sword seemed to shrink the earth into an inch.

I saw a bright white light flashing, and the sword tip of "Qingyuan" had already arrived in front of the Taoist priest. If it was replaced by a person with a weaker realm, I am afraid that until the head fell, I would not know how I died.

The Taoist priest used his fingers as a pen, four horizontal and four vertical, and drew a nine-square grid in front of him.

"Qingyuan" stopped abruptly when it was only three inches away from the Taoist priest's forehead.

A cage appeared out of thin air, trapping Qi Xuansu in it, and Qi Xuansu could not pass the sword in his hand.

As the saying goes, when the false is true, the true is also false. Magic is between the true and the false, and it works if you believe it.

Magic can be roughly divided into three realms.

The first level is to make a false thing come true, which is not much different from a trick. It is suitable for deceiving people but not for killing people. It is not difficult to make ordinary people see the false scene of immortals descending to the earth, but it must not be used in the battlefield, because the blood of the warriors and the evil spirit of the swords and weapons on the battlefield are the most interfering with magic.

Ghosts harm people, mostly in this realm, making the victim appear in front of all kinds of illusions, the mind is taken away, or die of fear, or commit suicide.

If they encounter people with strong blood or people with strong murderous aura, they will interfere with or even break through the illusion. People who can do evil are mostly strong or have blood debts on their hands, so the saying that evil ghosts are afraid of evil people comes from this.

Magic that can really be used on the battlefield belongs to the second level, such as calling the wind and rain, thunder and fire, which belong to this category. It is half true and half false, and it can only be barely touched when it reaches the stage of returning to the truth.

As for the third level, it is possible to change the weather with human power, turn yin into yang, turn illusion into reality, and turn virtual into reality, which is even more real than the real thing. The magical power of the immortals is no more than this.

The three levels of realms, progressive, finally turn the false into the real, which is one of the origins of the word "cultivation".

The magic can be said to support the lineage of the alchemists, and the reason why the warriors can suppress the alchemists in combat power is because the magic is restrained by the extremely yang and strong blood.

However, everything is relative. Although water can overcome fire, if water is weak and fire is strong, fire can also overcome water. The same is true between the blood of the warriors and the magic of the alchemists. If the magic is stronger than the blood, it can also suppress the blood.

At this time, the "cage" drawn by the alchemist is a fraud, but Qi Xuansu really feels that he is trapped in it and can't get out. This is the false over the real, so that Qi Xuansu's blood can't break it.

Just like evil ghosts harming people, some evil ghosts will melt when they meet the Taoist priests who catch ghosts, but some evil ghosts can harm the Taoist priests who catch ghosts. This is the difference between the depth of Taoism.

Qi Xuansu tried his best to stimulate his blood and true energy, so that the cage that trapped him twisted and deformed slightly with his movements, and the "Qingyuan" in his hand was able to move forward slowly.

The Taoist priest did not sit still and wait for death. He drew a circle with his hands on his chest, and a round and harmonious atmosphere was generated, which stirred up layers of ripples outward, like the ebb and flow of the tide, layer by layer.

The two of them were wearing each other out and wrestling with each other, and it depended on who would lose momentum first.

The Taoist priest was calm and relaxed, and beads of sweat rolled down Qi Xuansu's face.

In this fight between the two, Qi Xuansu had already fallen into a disadvantage.

At this moment, Qi Xuansu first sank his qi into his dantian, and then showed an angry look on his face, like the guardian Vajra in the temple, and then he shouted like a thunder.

The rolling blood and qi rushed out of Qi Xuansu's body with a whistling sound, turning into white mist visible to the naked eye, like boiling steam, comparable to the blood and qi of a warrior in the return to the true stage.

Drinking through the cage, ascending Kunlun in one breath.

The Taoist was shocked, and felt that there was only a white expanse in his "transparent eyes".

Qi Xuansu's breath fell rapidly after a very short peak. Forcibly breaking the spell in this way of consuming blood and qi was already his limit at this time.

However, after Qi Xuansu got rid of the cage, he immediately stabbed with a sword.

The Taoist's expression finally became solemn. He waved his two big sleeves, and there was a whistling sound between the sleeves, and a white expanse flew out. Countless white talismans, like paper money, came with the whistling wind. For a time, paper money was like rain, filling the sight, like countless white butterflies, and like the scene of rich people using paper money to open the way when they were buried.

Forming a formation with talismans.

Qi Xuansu stepped into the talisman formation, his body moved with the sword, his body spun like a top, and the sword energy shot in all directions.

The talisman formation was turbulent and shaking.

The sword energy that suddenly burst out intertwined into a killing net in the blink of an eye, cutting the talisman formation from the inside out into pieces.

After the talisman formation was broken, countless broken talismans floated in the air. Qi Xuansu did not retract his moves, and followed the sword.

The Taoist directly clamped a talisman with two fingers, and just shook it lightly. The talisman turned into a dark blue Yin fire, wrapping his entire palm and half of his arm, but without hurting his skin and sleeves.

There was a wind, and the sound of the wind was whimpering, like the hoarse cry of a dying person, and it seemed like a ghost roaring in the dark wind.

Then all the floating broken talismans burned and caught fire by themselves, but it was not a red flame, but a dark blue flame with a piercing chill. When they were connected into pieces, it was a blue sea of ​​fire.

Qi Xuansu knew that these dark blue flames were Yin Fire, and he retreated hastily, not daring to be touched. Seeing that these dark blue flames were sweeping towards him again, Qi Xuansu simply used poison to fight poison, took out a "Phoenix Eye Yi San" and threw it. The red flame spread rapidly, but the flame of the firearm was Yang Fire, which was not inferior to this Yin Fire, and it was on equal terms with it.

But the flame of "Phoenix Eye Yi San" was destined to be difficult to last, and could only resist for a while.

Just when Qi Xuansu was at a loss, a sudden change occurred. The two flames strangled each other, but invisibly activated the huge alchemy furnace at the bottom of the pit. In an instant, the alchemy furnace generated a suction force, like a giant whale sucking water, sucking all the flames into it.

After the Yin Fire was gone, the Taoist was stunned at first, and then showed a look of horror.

This is like a strong man confronting a young man. Both sides have fire guns, and no one dares to act rashly. The size of the strength is irrelevant. But if both of them lost their muskets at the same time, whoever has more strength will have the advantage.

In a close fight, how can a Taoist be a match for a warrior? Even if we look at the six major inheritances including Sanren, Taoists are at the bottom. In this case, there is no doubt that Qi Xuansu has an absolute advantage.

Qi Xuansu held "Qingyuan" in his hand and approached without hesitation.

The Taoist, who had not felt the line of life and death for many years, was in a state of confusion.

One wrong step, all wrong steps.

He never expected that he would be defeated by the alchemy furnace.

"Qingyuan" fell straight down without any fancy.

A head soared into the sky, and after landing, it rolled far away, and the red light in its eye sockets slowly dissipated.

When the Taoist died, the zombies stopped moving, not like they were dead, but seemed to fall into a deep sleep.

Qi Xuansu came to the headless corpse and searched it.

There was no Sumeru object, but Qi Xuansu found two stacks of unused talisman paper in the sleeve pocket of the corpse. They were all made of white paper and had a fairly average power. The advantage was that they were in large quantities and were free to use.

In addition, Qi Xuansu also found a jade plaque on the waist of the corpse.

There were three large characters embossed on the jade plaque: Baiyutang.

It was exactly the place that Qi Niang asked Qi Xuansu to find.

Qi Xuansu immediately realized that something was wrong.

Qi Niang asked him to find Baiyutang. He had always thought that Baiyutang was a place name. Now it seems that Baiyutang is not a place name, but the name of an organization, similar to Tiangangtang, Beichentang, and Huashengtang of Taoism. Although there are government offices and palaces, the key is still the people in it.

No wonder Qi Niang can only provide an approximate range, but not an exact location. After all, people are not dead things, they will move around and will not stay in one place forever.

In this way, the alchemist he killed was a member of Baiyutang. Judging from his method of controlling zombies, he is probably not a good person.

However, Qi Xuansu had never heard of the name of Baiyutang, and there was no Baiyutang in the list of secret societies of Taoism. Could it be that Baiyutang was a subordinate organization of a secret society? Judging from the way it controlled zombies, it was suspected that it was from Zhimingjiao.

Moreover, what role did "Shan Guiyao", who was also a member of Qingping Society, play in Baiyutang? Was he a member of Baiyutang? Or was he the leader of Baiyutang?

Another point is that Qi Niang once said that in addition to collecting debts, she also left some things in Baiyutang for Qi Xuansu to take at will. Because she would not go to Baiyutang again for a while, it would be better to give it to Qi Xuansu, rather than letting "Shan Guiyao" or anyone else get it for free, just as a deposit.

The implication of this sentence is that Qi Niang also has some kind of relationship with Baiyutang. Is it an alliance and cooperation relationship? Or was Qi Niang also a member of it?