Although he felt strangely dark in his heart, he had no time to care about these heretical things at this time. He placed a pile of things including bottles on the stone table next to him, and Zhang Guozhong began to think about tactics. In fact, after thinking about it carefully, in this cave

, it is not difficult to set up any array, because the cave itself has a negative altitude, and underground, the walls of the cave are equivalent to the ground.

Although all formations are of little use to "evil souls", if the wrong brick is inserted into the door and the three souls sealed in He's Jade are released, and their seven souls merge into one and become evil ghosts, then it should still be

It's useful. Thinking of this, Zhang Guozhong observed the location of the "evil ghost", that is, the "Gui ghost", and decided to place a "soul-fixing stake*" on each of the three cave walls except for the Guanyin statue, just in case Gui Gui happened.

If a ghost becomes a powerful ghost, these three "soul-fixing stakes" should be able to fix him for a few minutes without any problem.

After setting up the soul-fixing stakes, Zhang Guozhong took a deep breath and began to think about the three grooves, "If I were Zhao Mingchuan, where would I place the correct one...?" After all, if you plug the dead jade, you can be arrogant.

It is much safer to go out than to rely on the "soul-fixing pile".

After shining a flashlight for a long time, Zhang Guozhong discovered that two of the three grooves had a strange thing in common, that is, there was also a symbol marked in the center of the groove, which looked like a character in the memorial text, but the other one was not.

No.

"It seems...this is it...?" Zhang Guozhong carefully stuffed the death jade into the groove without a symbol. When the death jade was completely inserted, there was only a snapping sound from the Guanyin statue, and a line split from the chest.

There was water flowing out of the gap. There was a squeaking sound, as if an iron door that had not been closed for many years was forcibly opened and closed. It was extremely harsh. With this sound, the entire secret room seemed to start to shake. This move

As if something had been triggered, the water in the cave immediately began to rise.

"... Wrong stuffing!??" Although there was no movement from the Nagui ghost, the scene in front of him obviously triggered some mechanism. At this moment, Zhang Guozhong no longer cared about observing the effect of the soul-fixing stake. He flew forward and opened the jade box, grabbing it.

The wooden box containing the national seal was stashed in his clothes.

However, the water level in the cave was rising surprisingly fast at this moment. After taking the imperial seal, at least twenty seconds later, the water in the cave had changed from knee-high to chest-high. It was impossible to run across.

Just as Zhang Guozhong was grabbing the climbing rope from his waist and preparing to swim towards the entrance of the cave, he suddenly heard several harsh noises inside the cave. It was like the sky was breaking, but the decibels were much smaller. A few chickens that were originally inserted in the cracks of the rock.

All of them flew to the opposite rock wall and bounced into the water. I don’t know whether it was because the Yin Qi in the cave was too heavy or the thing was too powerful. These three soul-fixing stakes couldn’t hold on for even a minute. It turned out that

The "Kui Ghost", whose head was still exposed in the water, shrank back into the water with a plop as the sounds ended.

"The water floods Jinshan... This guy named Zhao is really more treacherous than Cao Cao..." Zhang Guozhong greeted the ancestors of the old Zhao family and swam desperately to the entrance of the cave. At this moment, he suddenly felt a hand hit his left ankle.

He grabbed hard and said, "Ah..." Before he even had time to change his tone, Zhang Guozhong was dragged into the water.

"Fuck you..." The visibility underwater was not very good. Zhang Guozhong bit the flashlight in his mouth. Using the light of the flashlight, he drew out Zhao Kuncheng's father's dagger and stabbed the black thing opposite.

, I only felt a pounce, as if the thing on the opposite side did not dodge, the root of the dagger pierced the opponent's body, a black mist suddenly filled the bottom of the water, and the hand holding his ankle loosened.

"This sword is quite powerful..." At this time, the water level in the chamber was completely submerged. Zhang Guozhong had no intention of fighting, so he took advantage and continued swimming towards the entrance of the cave.

Just when I swam to the bottom of the cave entrance and was about to take out the rope from my waist and climb up, I suddenly felt a wave of water around me, followed by a "paw" scratching the arm holding the wooden box.

.

Zhang Guozhong only felt a sharp pain that passed away in an instant. One arm suddenly lost all feeling, and the wooden box containing the national seal fell into the water with a plop.

"Hmm!!!" Zhang Guozhong bit the flashlight, groaned, pulled out his dagger, swung it round, and struck the thing pouring out of the water on the opposite side with the sword again. With a pounce, he didn't know where the person opposite was hit.

, and sank again with a splash. Taking this opportunity, Zhang Guozhong stuck his sword in his waist, grabbed the rope with one hand and climbed up. Just when his legs were about to leave the water, he saw the thing jumping out of the water again.

On the surface of the water, he bit Zhang Guozhong's foot. "Ugh!" Zhang Guozhong almost went into shock from the pain. He quickly drew out his dagger and cut off the guy's neck with a click. The remaining half of the thing's body fell to the ground.

After splashing in the water for a few times, he stopped moving, but his head was still biting Zhang Guozhong's foot.

At this moment, there was just a roar, and the bottom of the entire secret room collapsed. It turned out that there was a rapid underground river under the secret room. There was a drop of more than 20 meters from the ground of the original secret room. Although the water flow was very fast, the sound was still loud.

It's not big, this secret room itself is a huge trap.

Climbing to the ground, Zhang Guozhong suddenly felt an indescribable grievance and futility. He sobbed and shaved off the head bitten on his foot with a dagger, and applied some "Eagle Armor*" to the wounds on his arms and feet.

He walked back listlessly.

For a man who has gone through many difficulties and dangers, but watched the fruits he was about to harvest slipping from his hands, the severe pain of the wound is far less severe than the pain in his heart. As he walked, this man in his thirties

, actually started to cry.

At the same time, outside Longtan.

Li Ruixue and Ren Zhou had been having a little fight for several rounds, and no one noticed that Old Liu Tou was busy circling next to him. At this time, they saw Old Liu Tou with a ferocious face, holding up a chicken throat and nailing a

The Zhang Yin Talisman thrust into the ground hard, causing Li Ruixue and the man to tremble at the same time, as if they had been shocked by electricity. They ran in two directions separately, but they didn't take more than two steps, as if they had bumped into thick glass.

, was bounced back.

"Five stars suppress the color, illuminating the mysterious world. Thousands of gods and saints protect my true spirit. Giant beasts from the sky subdue five soldiers. Five demons from the sky destroy the body. Wherever they are, all gods welcome them. Urgency is like a law!!

"Old Liu Tou held the dragon scale in his hand, closed his eyes tightly, and muttered something in his mouth. At this moment, he saw a whirlwind blowing inexplicably around Li Ruixue and Ren Zhou. The two were like headless flies, bumping around and wailing from time to time.

and howling incessantly.

At this time, Zhang Guozhong came out of the Longtan groaning like a deserter carrying a broken bag. The wailing not far away made Zhang Guozhong immediately feel an ominous premonition in his heart.

"Senior brother, could it be that..." Zhang Guozhong was filled with random thoughts, and he limped and trotted along with the wailing. After a few steps, he saw Old Liu Tou holding up a dagger and gesticulating something.

"The human formation unites into one!" Zhang Guozhong's eyes widened. This can be regarded as a death-defying move in Maoshan Shu. This formation is spread on the ground and also on the body of the caster. At this moment, the two evildoers are like being trapped in the body of old Liu Tou.

Speaking of this, when talking about the "unification of human formations", Ma Zhen once told him during his lifetime that this is the most profound technique of Maoshan. It is absolutely certain and must not be used unless it is absolutely necessary. If it fails, it will attract ghosts and seriously damage the vitality.

His tendons and veins were severed and he died on the spot.

Zhang Guozhong did not dare to call Old Liu Tou for fear that he would lose his energy in a moment of distraction. Instead, he secretly went around to the bottom of the grass slope and used copper coins to set up a "Fake Yang Formation" next to him. "Yang" refers to the sun.

Or Yang Qi. As the name suggests, the "Fake Yang Formation" is a formation that disguises the sun or Yang Qi gathering points. It was originally used to scare people, but General Zhang Guozhong once innovated this formation, and the "Yang Fury Formation" instantly broke out.

Different, under Zhang Guozhong's innovation, this "Deception Yang Formation" has become something that "draws the Yang of the Dharma to deceive, and moves the Qi of the Dharma to attack". In other words, this formation now has a strong

Aggression.

Old Liu Tou on the grass slope didn't know that Zhang Guozhong had come out and was on the opposite side. At this moment, his eyes had opened, and he could only feel that the two groups of black energy in the formation were getting darker and darker, while there were two groups of black energy in his chest.

It was getting thicker and thicker, "Open!" Old Liu Tou sensed that the time had come, swung the dagger and struck his chest with a slash. At the same time, the people in the formation howled, followed by a harsh sound of the sky breaking.

With a loud sound, the head of the weasel and half of the bloody beast's body spurted out from the cavity below with a thud. Two black masses, one large and one small, struggled on the ground for a few times and then stopped moving.

Although the man's armor was removed, Li Ruixue still seemed to be full of energy in the formation. At this moment, he seemed to be in a desperate posture. After the man's armor fell to the ground, Li Ruixue reversed his behavior of rushing around and suddenly became quiet.

The two cat-like bright eyes were staring at Old Liu Tou, and a small wind blew around him from time to time. In front of Old Liu Tou, the Yin Catching Talisman nailed to the ground by the chicken's throat suddenly broke into pieces with a snap.

Scraps of paper, in his wise eyes, Lao Liutou suddenly felt that another black air in his chest began to expand rapidly, and he could no longer suppress it.

Li Ruixue in the formation seemed to have consciously begun to compete with Old Liu Tou. After the Yin Catching Talisman flew away, he was not in a hurry to attack. Instead, he raised his hands high and smashed the ground. With each hit, the copper coins surrounding the formation flew away.

A few of them hit him for the fourth time, and even the chicken throat inserted in front of Lao Liutou was knocked up by Lao Gao with a whoosh.

The chicken's throat, in the formation of "human formation as one", represents the pulse eye, which is the core point of the formation. If the chicken's throat collapses and flies away, it means that the formation has been broken. Old Liu Tou secretly said that it was over, and he only felt that his throat

As soon as Tian, ​​a mouthful of blood spurted on his chest, and in his eyes, the black air in front of him became thicker and thicker, slowly approaching towards him...

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annotation*:

Soul-fixing pile: A method to prevent corpse transformation during folk tombs. Generally, chicken throat or equivalent materials are used, supplemented by the Five Heavenly Stem and Five Harmonies Diagrams. If there are signs of corpse transformation before the deceased is buried, then there will definitely be a corpse not far away from the tomb.

There is a soul-fixing stake. If the deceased had a great complaint against him, there may be two or more soul-fixing stakes around his tomb. Legend has it that when the famous Taiping Heavenly Kingdom general Shi Dakai was executed by the Qing army, nine soul-fixing stakes were placed beside his tomb.

Eagle beak: fish bone powder mixed with chicken beak powder, the effect of extracting poison is much better than millet.

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