Beiyin Great Sage

"Danglanglang..."

In the dark passage, the sound of iron chains clashing kept rising and falling.

As the sound got closer, a figure slowly appeared under the light of the torch.

The person who came was in ragged clothes, his hands and feet were bound with heavy shackles, his long hair was messy on his back, and his eyes shone with a faint cold light.

"Newcomer?"

A slightly sharp voice sounded, with a strange charm:

"follow me."

Zhou Yi turned around and continued walking with the white shadow in front of him. Soon he came to a dark and damp cave and stopped.

"Senior." Bai Ying held his hands toward the cave:

"There's a new guy here."

"Um."

Inside the cave, there was a lazy sound.

With a flash of cold light and a chaotic sound of "clatter", the heavy shackles on Zhou Yi's hands and feet broke and fell to the ground.

This shocked him.

He has been wearing shackles for nearly a month, and he knows exactly how good they are. Even if he holds the sword with all his strength, he can still cut it.

The man in the cave was easily chopped into pieces without even showing his face, and his skin and flesh were not hurt at all. The strength and accuracy were astonishing.

Qigator!

There is actually a Qi Refiner here?

But it makes sense when you think about it. The Criminal Court houses all kinds of traitors and monsters captured by Batu Caves in the past three hundred years. It is difficult for ordinary people to suppress them.

"Huh?"

The gentle breeze blew up a jade leaf hanging around Zhou Yi's waist, which also made the man in the cave wonder in his voice:

"Zizhen, that girl's heart-protecting thing, it seems that you are very respected."

Um?

Zhou Yi raised his eyebrows slightly.

Before coming, he had indeed met Zizhen, one of the three true legends of Batu Caves. At that time, he could not see her figure through the thick gauze curtain.

After asking about the process of killing Shuode as usual, the opponent threw out a jade leaf and was kicked out.

I haven't even seen him face to face, so how can I take him seriously?

"what is it call?"

"Return to senior." Zhou Yi came back to his senses, cupped his fists and raised his hands:

"Junior Zhou Yi."

"Outsiders." The man in the cave smiled lightly, as if because of Zizhen, his voice was much gentler than before:

"Interesting, apart from Bai Xiu, I haven't seen anyone outside the mountain for thirty years. I and Zhong are the junior brothers of your cave master."

Junior brother of the cave master?

Zhou Yi's heart was beating wildly.

The master of Batu Caves is the sole overlord of an area tens of thousands of miles away. It is rumored that he is an immortal figure with the ability to fly into the sky and escape from the earth. The divine dragon never ends.

This person inside is actually the cave master’s junior brother?

Then he spoke again with a stern expression:

"Junior Zhou Yi, I have met my senior."

"Inspecting the Third Academy is not an easy job. Even Tianman rarely survives for more than one year, let alone ten years." He Zhong said in a leisurely voice:

"Even if there is something to protect the mind, it may not be able to persist."

"but……"

"It's not without its benefits here."

"Please give me some advice, senior." It was a matter of life and death, so Zhou Yi listened attentively.

"The Xuanxin Treasure Mirror is inherited from the inner sect of Black Wind Cave. In addition to becoming inner sect disciples, only those who guard the execution court can learn it." An object flew out of the cave and landed at Zhou Yi's feet, but it was a scroll. Booklet:

"Whether you can live for ten years depends on whether you can complete it."

Heart-hanging mirror?

Zhou Yi picked up the book and flipped through it. Many complex talismans came into view. This was a spell to protect the mind.

"You have seven days to get familiar with the environment here." He Zhong continued:

"After seven days, you will be responsible for feeding the animals imprisoned in the Criminal Court. Go to the Veterinary Hospital and the Poison Court to get food. Remember not to get close to the animals imprisoned."

"If there's anything else you don't understand, ask Bai Xiu."

"get out!"

Zhou Yi frowned slightly.

There seems to be something wrong with He Zhong's mental state. Just now he was gentle and spoke in an orderly manner, but suddenly he became irritable.

Even the sound became urgent and impulsive, and the breath in the cave was like a ferocious beast about to go crazy, causing the Cicada Shocking Technique to beat frequently.

"yes."

After regaining his composure, he bowed and retreated.

The man in white had been waiting behind him. When he saw him coming, he nodded and motioned to follow.

"Brother."

Zhou Yi spoke:

"Didn't ask for advice?"

"My name is Qing Xiao." The man in white clothes was not the Bai Xiu in He Zhong's mouth. Hearing this, the speed of his feet did not change and he spoke in a muffled voice:

"Like Bai Xiu, responsible for cleaning the prison."

Then he pointed forward:

"You can just choose any of the empty caves here. Go to the entrance of the Criminal Court to get food and drink. Remember not to miss the feeding time."

"in addition……"

He curled his lips and said numbly:

"I hope you live long enough, otherwise you will have to clean up the corpses and bring in new people."

Zhou Yi raised his head.

The people here seem to be a little unkind.

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The cave was full of dust. No one had lived here for an unknown period of time. The futons inside were rotten and covered with mold.

By the time Zhou Yi cleaned up, it was unknown what time it would be.

After receiving food, eating and drinking, he sat cross-legged on the bluestone bed, opened the book in his hand, and tried to practice the Xuanxin Mirror.

He was punished to guard the Third Court, which actually mainly refers to the Criminal Court.

I went to the Veterinary Court and the Poison Court just because there was food for the prisoners in the Criminal Court, and I did not stay in the Veterinary and Poison Courts for too long.

The entrance to the Criminal Court is located at the back of Black Wind Mountain.

There are more than a hundred prisons inside, dug deep into the mountain. The environment is dark and humid, and the air of death is strong. An ordinary person will suffer from aches and pains after entering it for an hour.

Even Tianman has to use his magic power all the time to resist the gloomy death atmosphere that permeates this place.

If it were just like this, it would be quite difficult for Tianman, and it would not be impossible for him to survive. The real danger should be something else.

The jade leaf given by Immortal Master Zizhen and the Xuanxin Mirror that He Zhong took out can only be cultivated by inner disciples. They are all treasures to protect the mind.

It seems that

The danger should be related to the mind.

Seven days passed by in a flash, and by the time Zhou Yixing came out of the stone room, he had already started practicing the Xuanxin Mirror.

Heart-hanging Mirror: Getting Started (1/100)

This method is extremely unique. It can use magic power to transform into a 'mirror' of nothingness, hide the soul in it, and resist all kinds of attacks on the mind.

The higher the cultivation level and the more proficient the technique, the greater the defensive power of the 'mirror'.

Not only that.

The Xuanxin Mirror can also increase the power of one's own soul. The amount of increase also depends on how far one has practiced this spell.

Weakening the offensive, making oneself stronger, and targeting the illusory soul is worthy of the inheritance of the inner gate of Batu Caves.

"Are you Zhou Yi?"

"My name is Bai Xiu!"

Bai Xiu had plain features, a slender figure, and a complexion as white as paper. He looked as light as a ghost. He nodded and said:

"Push in the car and follow me."

"yes."

Zhou Yi responded and honestly pushed the wheelbarrow beside him.

There were wooden barrels placed on the car, and the barrels were filled with all kinds of meat. The meat was fresh flesh and blood, and it also had a strong fishy smell.

He pushed the car and looked at Bai Xiu in front of him, his eyebrows suddenly moved.

Qigator!

This Bai Xiu is clearly a Qi Refiner.

If you think about it carefully, Qing Xiao, who took him to the Criminal Court seven days ago, seems to be a Qi practitioner, but what they practice is not the five poisons and eight evils that are most common in Batu Cave, and their external appearance is not that obvious. , so Zhou Yi subconsciously ignored it.

"Be centered and focused."

Bai Xiu paused and said in a muffled voice:

"When feeding food, the most important thing is to avoid distracting thoughts. Otherwise, I doubt whether you can survive more than a year."

These words,

The lingua franca of the outside world is used.

"Yes." Zhou Yi calmed down and tried to ask:

"Bai...Brother is also a disciple of Batu Cave?"

Bai Xiu looked young, so it was inappropriate to call him senior, and it was not good to be too close, so he could only speak tentatively.

"no."

The other party obviously didn't want to talk any more, so he continued to move forward, walked along the dark passage for a while, and stopped in front of an iron railing:

"Feed the spider mother first. The three hundred kilograms of animal meat in the car belong to her."

Zhou Yi tilted his head and looked inside through the iron railings. His eyes subconsciously shrank, and the flesh all over his body tightened instantly.

Behind the railing, a fat spider the size of a single-family house squatted on the ground, its white fat flesh rising and falling slightly with its breathing.

The terrifying essence makes people's scalp numb.

Zhou Yi doubted whether the iron railings could trap it. If the thing went crazy, a simple burst of energy would be able to crush everything within a few feet without anything else.

Even Tianman is vulnerable!

What is this?

"don’t worry."

Bai Xiu's voice was calm:

"The Spider Mother has a peaceful temperament. As long as you don't anger her, she will never attack you. She is a relatively safe category in the Criminal Court."

"Your most important task is to feed it!"

"It can produce more than a thousand small spiders every day. These beads are necessary for refining various precious medicines in Batu Cave. Qingxiao and I are responsible for collecting them every day."

"Brother Bai." Zhou Yi swallowed:

"How can we ensure that we don't anger it?"

"The spider mother doesn't like sunlight." Bai Xiu said:

"So don't approach it with a torch. Once, a guard who was curious about the true appearance of the spider mother approached her with a torch and was swallowed."

"in addition……"

"Don't feed it bad things."

Zhou Yi had a wry smile on his face. It was not difficult to stimulate him without a torch, but he was really not sure whether the food he was eating was good or not.

"Don't worry too much." Bai Xiu said:

"The spider mother is not picky about her food. As long as the food is not rotten, she can eat it."

"That's good." Zhou Yi nodded, relieved, and tried to use his strength to pick up the pieces of meat on the car and send them to the spider mother through the air.

"Gulu..."

The spider mother's body squirmed, and a shadow flashed across her body. Before Zhou Yi could react, he felt his strength loosen, and the piece of flesh disappeared.

That piece of meat weighed at least twenty kilograms, and it was just gone?

After calming down, he continued to send the piece of meat over, and it was devoured in a moment.

"Let's go!"

Bai Xiu nodded and continued moving forward.

Except for the Spider Mother, who is very important to Batu Caves, the prisoners in the Criminal Court are all felons who have committed various serious crimes.

or some shady existence.

"He is the younger brother of the Cave Master of Feiyun Cave. He offended the Cave Master eight years ago and was captured here. His lute bone was chained and tortured day and night."

Pointing to a skinny old man in the cave, Bai Xiu said calmly:

"Every seven days, just feed him one meal. As long as he doesn't starve to death, he can do his job. But you must be careful. This man is cunning and insidious. At least five guards were tempted to make mistakes and died by his words."

"Hehe..." The old man, covered in chains, chuckled when he heard the words, and shouted strangely:

"Are there new people here again?"

"Boy, my Feiyun Cave has a thousand-year heritage, which is not comparable to that of Batu Cave. Why did the old monster Bafeng trap me for eight years and not kill me?"

"You just want to get the inheritance of Feiyun Cave from me. How can I give it to him? But if you can bring me something, I won't mind teaching you a few tricks."

"Although I am not as good as Old Monster Black Wind, I don't have to be weak as his junior brother. A few words of advice will be enough for you to benefit from for several years."

"Brother Bai." Zhou Yi ignored him and looked at Bai Xiu in surprise:

"Are you sure he only eats one meal every seven days?"

a meal,

Are you in such good spirits?

"It's just fasting." Bai Xiu said calmly:

"Monks in the later stage of Qi refining can also develop similar magical powers."

"Supernatural power?" The old man laughed strangely:

"Boy surnamed Bai, what do you know about magical powers? Even the old monster Black Wind is afraid that he is not qualified to develop real magical powers."

"Don't pay attention to him." Bai Xiu continued to move forward:

"let's go."

"yes."

Zhou Yi nodded, looked back at the old man, and was about to follow him, when his expression suddenly changed.

The moment he met the old man's eyes, a strange light flashed, and everything in his sight suddenly became blurry.

The originally dark passage became dark and silent, the path swayed and twisted as if it came alive, and the light flickered on and off.

everything,

They are all as unreal as dreams, and I have lost control of my body. My consciousness is hazy, and I don't know what the east, west, south, and west are.

"Da da……"

Zhou Yi's cheeks twitched and his body stiffened.

"Um?"

Bai Xiu frowned, suddenly looked at the old man in the prison, and said angrily:

"Liu Yunzi, what did you do?"

"It's just a method of ecstasy." Liu Yunzi shrugged and said with a smile:

"I'm here to help you test him. If he can't even pass my test, he won't make any big mistakes in the future, right?"

"You..." Bai Xiu looked serious:

"It seems you are still hungry and you have too little time!"

He doesn't care about Zhou Yi's life or death, but he is leading the newcomers on this trip. If he dies, he will inevitably be punished by He Zhong.

And it’s also troublesome.

"call……"

At this time, Zhou Yi exhaled slightly, and his eyes gradually returned to clarity:

"Is this the enchantment method? It's really amazing."

"Brother Bai, let's go!"

"oh!"

Bai Xiu raised his eyebrows, and a smile appeared on the zombie's face for the first time:

"good."

"It turns out that I have something that protects my mind." Liu Yunzi turned his eyes and landed on Zhou Yi's waist, with a look of disdain on his face:

"What's the point of using foreign objects?"

"Ah……"

Zhou Yi drank lightly and continued pushing the wheelbarrow.

"She was taken into custody a few months ago. Her origin and identity are unknown. She never speaks. But be careful, she is very unusual."

In front of a prison that was obviously more tightly guarded, Bai Xiu spoke in a serious tone:

"Don't anger him, otherwise even a Qi practitioner will have a hard time resisting that... temptation."

Zhou Yi nodded slowly.

Inside the prison was a woman with an astonishing appearance and an extraordinary temperament. Her pure white clothes were incompatible with the surrounding environment.

His slightly bulging belly made him raise his eyebrows slightly:

"She is pregnant?"

"Not bad." Bai Xiu nodded:

"It's just a stillbirth, it won't survive."

Hearing this, the woman's delicate body trembled slightly, and Bai Xiu hurriedly stepped forward, as if he was afraid of irritating the other party.

"The master of Batu Cave has many enemies. Many people detained here are 'missing' in the outside world, so please don't spread the word."

Bai Xiu walked forward and spoke:

"There are still some people whose descendants know that their elders are trapped here, so they will try their best to come to the rescue."

"certainly……"

"Most of the people in the prison are harmless. I will tell you some that require special attention."

"There are currently four people responsible for feeding and eating. The area you are responsible for partially overlaps with them. You will contact them yourself when the time comes."

"yes."

Zhou Yi responded, his feet suddenly stopped, and he looked to the side of the prison:

"What's inside is..."

"His name is Hauge." Bai Xiu said:

"The black wind cave qi master was unwilling to sign a master-slave contract with the inner sect qi master. When signing the contract, he bit the master with his big hand and ran away. After the incident, he was imprisoned."

Haug!

This man, Zhou Yi, had some impression that a man named Ma Yu had some disputes with him back then. Ma Yu's backstage was Qi Refiner Hauge.

Never thought about it.

A few years later, this man turned out to be a prisoner in Batu Caves.

"I became a gold digger at the age of eighteen, worked hard for ten years to become an outer sect disciple, and became a Qi Refiner by luck in eight years. Step by step, I got to where I am today."

In the darkness, Hauge slowly raised his head and said in a low voice:

"The end of the gold digger slave is to become an inner disciple's blood-contracted spirit beast. Life and death cannot be controlled by himself. How can I be willing to do so?"

"Even if I do it again, I won't regret it."

"Better die than be a slave!"

"Hmph!" Bai Xiu snorted coldly:

"From the day you became a gold digger slave, the mark of slavery has been branded on your body. Even if you die, you will still be a slave of Batu Caves."

"No one can change this."