Lord of Deception

The devil's penetration into the world is far deeper than people imagine, especially in terms of hiding, which is several steps ahead of the human monks.

According to Lou Huai, there are roughly ten types of demons. In fact, if you break it down a little, there are more than twenty types.

The Demon's status among demons is very high. His full name is the Demon of Self-Transformation. He is one of the few demons who dares to appear in public and even specifically destroys the conduct of the strong.

This is the absolute natural enemy of human cultivators. Even most of the time, when cultivators face demons, they are like demons facing hungry ghosts, with absolute natural restraint.

And the devil actually prefers to destroy ascetics.

In the eyes of the demon, monks below the ninth level are one species, while those at the ninth level and above are another species.

The ascetics are the same species as the ninth level and above, but the ascetics are in their infancy.

Stifling threats in their infancy is a common rule in any world.

The status of the monks is high enough, not only because of their knowledge, but also those terrible studies, and more importantly, there are existing examples.

Nearly half of the existing ninth-level powerhouses were once ascetics who entered the Taoism.

Think again about how many monks there are?

Too many to count.

And how many monks are there?

The number of people who are serious ascetics can now be given to the nearest ten digits, with an error of at most ten or twenty.

The ninth-level powerhouses born between the two are basically evenly divided.

With such exaggerated proportions, any demon with an IQ higher than the mentally retarded stage will know which one is easy to attack.

If Yu Ziqing was a demon, he would definitely catch the ascetic and bite him to death.

Now that he has seen the Yin Demon again, a special demon who indiscriminately plants the seeds of the Yin Demon among mortals, Yu Ziqing can probably understand why those cultivators, who are just mortals, are eager to carry a bottle of nectar in their hands. The body is protected.

They are all the key targets of the devil. If they don't know about the thief, they are naturally unable to guard against it. The probability of problems is high, which is quite normal.

I heard that there are many evil spirits in the abyss, and there are also many demons. When they become stronger in the future, they will have to counterattack into the abyss no matter what.

Now we know that wherever humans live, there are yin demons lurking, and there may be more other demons, and those demons also have demon kings.

Yu Ziqing is not in a hurry at all. There will definitely be a supply of elixirs in the future. It just depends on the difficulty of obtaining them and the benefits to him.

That Yin Demon is at most a home-cooked stir-fry, a dish.

If you really get promoted, you have to rely on Zi Zaitian. One person is a feast of hard food, the kind that he can't even finish.

To be honest, without Lou Huai, these things might have been hidden forever.

Yu Ziqing also wondered why this guy had to turn from the dark side to the bright side. Later, when he learned about Lou Huai's identity, Yu Ziqing probably understood a little bit.

And he felt that he had a misunderstanding. The devil had never had any such thing as national justice.

At most, they are of the same kind, Mu Qiang sticks together to provide himself with a living space.

As for human demons, I am who I am, and other inner demons are other inner demons. If there is a chance to encounter them, everyone might have a fight first and kill one of them first.

Not to mention demons such as the Yin Demon, in Lou Huai's view, the relationship between him and the Yin Demon may be even further than the relationship between him and the human race.

Regardless of how much he disliked Lin Fu, if Lin Fu and him were in danger, this guy would definitely stand back-to-back with Lin Fu.

With the logic straightened out, Yu Ziqing's trust in Lou Huai increased slightly.

Absolute trust like trusting Xian Xian and the others is simply impossible now.

On the surface, he seemed to accept it, but in fact, it was just because Yu Ziqing was not afraid of Lou Huai being any better.

If this guy has a bone in the back of his head, he's just a piece of cake.

His name was given by Yu Ziqing.

And it was just given a name.

According to the tradition of the human race, a name and a surname are considered complete. When foreigners ask for a grant or a demon clan asks for a title, the names they are given are all based on the rules of the human race.

Lou Huai is just a given name, and the surname is still in Yu Ziqing's hands.

Anyway, let’s take a look first. At least for now, Lou Huai’s value is very high, and it doesn’t look like he has a traitor in the back of his head.

Yu Ziqing is slightly better than Lin Fu, who still doesn't understand it at all. That's only slightly better. He doesn't understand it either.

After solving a demon, Yu Ziqing continued to stay in this small town for a month.

He wanted to observe again.

In a month, there was not a single case of night terrors or loss of consciousness among children in the entire city. At most, some babies were frightened by other things and recovered quickly.

The doctors in charge of the pharmacy have discovered that this year there are fewer sick babies than in previous years.

Everyone just thinks that the situation this year may be better than in previous years. This is a good thing due to the booming population.

In this ancient context, the infant mortality rate was not unusually high. Some babies who had been harmed by evil spirits were not very noticeable among them.

Lou Huai said that the Yin Demon would not intentionally kill people, but if a baby lost its soul due to fright, the Yin Demon would be very willing to devour those pure and uncondensed souls.

A month later, Yu Ziqing sighed secretly.

No one noticed what happened a month ago, even if it spread throughout the city.

At midnight that night, most of the people in the city who had fallen asleep were all awakened by nightmares in a short period of time. After waking up, they did not even remember what nightmares they had. During the day, everyone was awakened by nightmares. I don’t remember the content of the nightmare at all, I just remember waking up from the nightmare.

Such an obviously abnormal thing happened, but the local magistrate just sent a few second-level monks to walk around the city, holding a low-level magic weapon, to look for any evil spirits.

After not finding it, nothing was done and no report was even made.

If he reports it, there will definitely be experts from above to investigate within a month.

The small city below had a population of two to three hundred thousand. It was no small matter that two hundred thousand people woke up from nightmares at the same time overnight.

After thinking about it, Yu Ziqing still felt that this matter could not go over like this.

He couldn't fight alone, he had to make the Dali court pay attention to something.

On the one hand, he couldn't clearly know the abnormal situation, but still watch helplessly without saying anything. This time, only 200,000 people woke up from nightmares at the same time. Then next time, it might be 200,000 people who lost their souls at the same time. Lost his life.

On the other hand, he can't always be like this and go find the devil himself.

So, he sent a letter to Fu Bo.

He didn't mention Yin Mo, he just said that Lou Huai had arrived, and he asked Lou Huai to follow him, and asked him to check what happened in the small town below him a month ago.

Lou Huai's identity cannot be mentioned, and it is best not to mention the Yin Demon. He doesn't know how many demons are lurking, and he cannot let them be vigilant.

It can only give them a clue that everyone knows, and as long as an unsolved mystery reaches the ears of the monks in Lihuoyuan, they will not believe that they can all endure it.

Yu Ziqing also believed that as long as those guys wanted to dig deep, they would be able to dig out something.

Lin Fu received the news and when he saw the word Lou Huai, he knew who it was.

Then he said to investigate this matter, and he also went to find someone to ask. Someone from the Gu family was in that small town a month ago.

After hearing about the nightmare and thinking about Lou Huai, Lin Fu thought about it and went to see the prince.

Yu Ziqing didn't explain it clearly, so he had scruples. This kind of puzzle was obviously for the prince.

When he arrived at the East Palace, Lin Fu passed the news on, and the prince asked someone casually. Not long after, information appeared in the prince's hands.

"Over two hundred thousand people were awakened by nightmares almost simultaneously overnight, and they didn't even remember the nightmares after waking up. But is there something evil?"

"Back to Your Highness, the local magistrate has already checked. The city is very popular. There have been no epidemics or major disasters recently. The yang energy is strong, there are no evil spirits, and there are no monsters. No problems can be found at all."

The prince looked at the newly sent information and frowned slightly.

The county magistrate did not report it because there has been no special change so far.

But for a person of the prince's status and strength, there must be something affecting him, and no one can find the slightest clue, which is too abnormal.

"Your Highness, we also found out that Qing Ziyu was in this small town before. After waking up from the nightmare, he stayed for a month before leaving."

The prince did not say that this news was actually sent by Qing Ziyu.

"Go and send this information to my master."

A moment later, in a room in Lihuoyuan, an old man was playing with a broken bronze tripod. He rubbed the runes on it one by one, trying to piece it together and repair it, so that some of the broken runes could be pieced together again. come out.

After receiving the news from the prince, the old man didn't take it seriously, looked at it briefly, and then gave casual instructions.

"It's interesting, Xiaohu. Since the prince said it, you should go and check it out."

"Okay, Mr. Lingyou."

Outside the door, a great monk who was guarding here nodded and disappeared in an instant.

A few days later, while Wen Lingyou was still studying those ancient runes, Wang Xiaohu appeared outside the door.

"Mr. Lingyou, I'm back."

"Oh, so fast. Did you find anything?"

"No, there is not a trace of evil, a trace of devil, a trace of demon, or even a trace of evil. The city is very popular and prosperous. I have also inspected hundreds of thousands of people, and there is nothing strange about it.

But more than a month ago, starting at 3:00 pm, in less than a quarter of an hour, at least 200,000 people were awakened by nightmares, and it was indeed true. "

Wen Lingyou put down the fragment of the bronze tripod in his hand, turned around, looked at the first-hand exploration information Wang Xiaohu had obtained, and frowned slowly.

"Xiaohu, you are also a cultivator, right?"

"Yes, the Qi Refining Incarnation Realm, the God Refining Realm can barely reach the seventh level of the Yangshen Realm."

"If you can't find any abnormality at all, then there is something really abnormal."

After Wen Lingyou thought for a moment, he asked again.

“Has this incident been recorded in the county annals?”

"I checked and it's been credited."

"Okay, I remember that each county's county annals will be sent to the imperial capital every three years. You will bring all the county annals for nearly a hundred years, no, a thousand years.

Then go find some people. It just so happens that the people in Lingzhiyuan don't do any serious work every day. Let them exercise their bodies and go check the county records together.

Find all similar situations for me. "

After hearing Lingyou's instructions, he ignored it for the time being.

A few days ago, the head of Lingzhi Academy had complained to him several times. The students in the academy were becoming more and more useless. They couldn't even poop like pigs.

Later, out of anger, I got a seven-day heartbroken plant that was basically the same as Jade Rice and threw it in the Jade Rice Field.

It was just a moment of anger, but later it became a test for students. Look at the students of Lingzhi Academy, can anyone recognize it?

Unexpectedly, when the jade rice was ready to be harvested, no one noticed it, which made the head of the hospital very angry.

He personally mixed the seven-day heartbroken grass with jade rice and cooked it into more than ten large pots of porridge. In one day, he poisoned thousands of people.

For seven consecutive days, all the students in Lingzhi Academy were either in the toilet or on the way to the toilet.

But after the matter was brought out, those students could only hold their noses and endure it, because the difference between seven-day heartbreak grass and jade rice was explained as a case, and the seven-day heartbreak grass they planted was also Planted on the edge of the rice field, it should be as obvious as possible.

No one noticed this, which only shows that they are useless and think they are not good at academics because they are poisoned.

If they were outside, they might not have the chance to survive despite being taught a lesson.

Wen Lingyou also rescued the poor students and let them relax.

Originally, it was just that the head of the college was a little angry, so he randomly set up a small test that was considered a prank at best, and found that the students were not even knowledgeable, so it was not that he was angry, but that he was angry, very angry.

At night, a large group of students were reading books in class. After finishing one book, they continued to read.

Thousands of people can be exploited, and it’s very fast to search.

In just a few days, more than twenty county annals were placed on Wen Lingyou's desk.

"In the 23rd year of Wen Ji, on the third day of August, in Kaiyuan County, at the second moment of the ugly hour, three thousand people in the county woke up from a nightmare at the same time."

"In the 280th year of Wen Ji, on the third day of the first lunar month, in Linlin County, at the quarter of Yin hour, five hundred people woke up from a nightmare at the same time."

"In the 663rd year of Wen Ji, on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, in Jitun County, at midnight, 3,300 people woke up from nightmares at the same time, many of them dripping with cold sweat."

…

There are a total of thirty-three records in the county annals, all of which are similar to what happened this time.

However, the largest one only has more than 3,000 people. If you put it in a large county with a population of one million, and there are hundreds of thousands of people in the city, there will be no bad consequences. At most, it will be recorded in the county annals as an anecdote.

Unlike this time, in a small town of only 300,000 people, a full 200,000 people woke up from a nightmare together.

According to the records in those county records, in five of the counties, this kind of thing happened twice, but in the end nothing was found and nothing was done.

One time it was still diagnosed as poisoning, because that season happened to be the season for eating fungi in the local area, and there were many people who were poisoned.

Wen Lingyou sorted out all the information, came to the map, and took a rough look. It was widely distributed, almost all over Dali, and there were more in the east.

It happened twice, both in the east.

In one place, it is a coincidence, but when looking at Dali as a whole, it is no longer a coincidence.

It was just a casual check at first, but the more Wen Lingyou checked, the more he understood that this matter was not simple, and there must be something wrong.

"Xiaohu, come with me to Kaiyuan County. It happens to be not very far. Let's go there and have a look."

…

"Brother, that's about all I know. It may be because I am too weak and have received less inheritance. There may be more in the future."

In the abyss of despair, Lou Huai told Yu Ziqing everything he knew about the devil.

"The way you look now, are you considered a demon or an incarnation? Can't you practice on your own?"

"Yes, I can. I am a cut-out incarnation and can condense the physical body. However, I am also a human and demon. I can also practice on my own, but I don't really want to practice the devil's way."

"You are a human demon. If you don't practice the devil's way, why should you practice it?" Yu Zi was very happy.

"Ahem, actually, I want to be like my elder brother. I'm a human demon, so I don't have a choice, but in the revised way, I can choose." Lou Huai hinted wildly there.

"You want to cultivate your body? You don't even have a physical body. How can you cultivate your body?"

"no……"

"The Way of the Hungry Ghost?" Yu Ziqing looked Lou Huai up and down and shook his head: "Don't think about it. It's not that I don't teach you, but that you can't cultivate it at all."

He doesn't have a method at his disposal, so where can he find a method suitable for humans and demons?

Are you crazy, a demon, practicing the hungry ghost method that feeds on demons? Eat yourself first?

This is just like a creature who was born in magma, and whose flesh and blood are made of magma, and then turns to practice Ice Escape, it will definitely kill itself first.

Or maybe it's an ordinary human monk. To become a demon is to practice, which is also seeking death.

This is decided innately, there is no choice at all.

After thinking about it, Yu Ziqing thought of the Baiyang Sacred Code. The revised Baiyang Sacred Code was a righteous method, vast, bright, and impartial.

Moreover, he had personally seen the birth of the revised Bai Yang Sacred Code, and he understood its true meaning and charm very well. If Yu Ziqing wanted to refine Qi in the future, he would choose this method if there was no suitable method.

Now pass it to Lou Huai and let him try it first.

Anyway, doesn’t he want to follow the right path? The Hungry Ghost Path is the right path, and the White Sun Sacred Scripture is also the right path, which contains the methods of refining qi and refining the spirit.

If Lou Huai had made a contribution to the human race, it would not be considered as a disservice to the ancestor. I believe that the ancestor was definitely not a person who only judged by birth.

He placed a hand on Lou Huai's forehead and taught Lou Huai the first three levels of Qi refining and Shen refining, letting him try it out first.

If that doesn't work, let him practice the devil's path.

Normal practice of the demonic path can be regarded as the righteous path.

Lou Huai didn't have much regret. He was full of joy and thanked him profusely. As long as it was from Yu Ziqing, he was happy.

Although he already had many methods in his head, all of which were copied from Lin Fu. There were very few things that Lin Fu knew that he didn't know.

Only when Lin Fu entered a place like the Imperial City, he didn't dare to peep, and could only wrap himself up tightly and hide.

Of course, he also knew all the methods that Lin Fu knew.

But he still wanted it from Yu Ziqing.

Not to mention that what Yu Ziqing gave was obviously better, the meaning contained in it was completely different.

It always felt weird for Yu Ziqing to practice an extremely righteous method as a demon, but Lou Huai insisted, so let him try.

Anyway, that method is impartial. Lou Huai is the incarnation of a human being, so he should be able to practice it.

…

Wen Lingyou came to Kaiyuan County. This large county town has more than 800,000 people in the city alone and covers an extremely large area. Because it is not very far from the imperial capital, it is an important transportation road and has extremely developed merchants.

Wen Lingyou took Wang Xiaohu and found a random inn to stay at.

One of them proclaimed himself a cultivator and hid his aura, while the other had not yet truly entered the Tao. Within a few days of living here, they took over a shop next to a small street and opened a small medical clinic.

He is like an ordinary old doctor, waiting for patients to come to his door every day, even if there is no customer except the next door neighbor for the time being.

More than half a month passed, and Wen Lingyou waited quietly without being arrogant or impatient.

He slept like a mortal every day, and never took Bigu Pills or anything like that. Everything was like an ordinary mortal.

At night, Wen Lingyou felt sleepy and went to his room to rest, while Wang Xiaohu stayed in his room, always vigilant.

At midnight, from a perspective that ordinary people couldn't see, a thin black mist began to slowly spread from a corner of the county.

Wang Xiaohu didn't notice at all. Only the baby in one of the houses, who had just woken up from his sleep, saw the dense black mist and felt the uncomfortable smell, and was so frightened that he cried loudly.

After the black mist enveloped Wen Lingyou's room, Wen Lingyou, who was sleeping in the demon's domain, appeared there.

On Wen Lingyou's neck, a claw pendant engraved with runes shimmered slightly.

On Wen Lingyou's neck in the Yin Demon Realm, the pointed claw pendant emitted a dim light, and the light changed, and a spiritual beast shaped like a pangolin, with a long nose and a long tail appeared.

The spiritual beast transformed by the light sat on Wen Lingyou's chest, looking around warily.

On the street outside, the demon dragging the cart worked tirelessly to plant seeds one after another.

When it came to where Wen Lingyou was, a long arm passed through the house and came here.

The glorious spirit beast immediately jumped up and bit the Yin Demon's hand, forcing the Yin Demon back.

Yin Mo turned around to look and found the pendant hanging around Wen Lingyou's neck, and immediately retracted his hand with an unlucky look on his face.

Looking at his hand that had been bitten with a gash, the wound could not be recovered for a long time, and the power continued to escape. The Yin Demon immediately stretched out several arms, forcibly tore off his injured hand and threw it on the ground.

In an instant, the arm was seen quickly withering, turning into ashes and dissipating.

"These stinky rats are all dead, but what remains is still so disgusting."

Yin Mo continued to plant seeds, but this time, he began to add private goods.

When some human seeds were gestated, they turned into the shape of a mouse, and the evil spirit quietly changed it. At first glance, it looked vaguely like the spiritual beast it had just seen.

The next day, the sun rose and Wen Lingyou opened his eyes.

He sat up, touched the pendant hanging on his chest, and his expression suddenly became serious.

"Xiaohu, what's going on tonight?"

"Sir, I didn't notice anything strange." After Wang Xiaohu replied, he looked at Wen Lingyou's hand: "Sir, something happened?"

Wen Lingyou handed the pendant to Wang Xiaohu.

"This black tapir talisman has been activated."

"Sir, I think we should go back." Wang Xiaohu looked solemn, stood up and bowed his hands.

Wen Lingyou took the amulet and stroked it gently with a solemn expression.

“There is indeed something, but I don’t know what it is, and it’s definitely not a black tapir.

At that time, the black tapir clan was devoured in their dreams, and was discovered by a member of the Langya Academy, telling the world that all black tapirs would be extinct in just a few hundred years.

Now this talisman will definitely not activate protection if it encounters a black tapir.

Those things recorded in the county annals definitely have nothing to do with black tapirs. "

Black tapirs have been extinct for thousands of years.

For thousands of years, there have been no records, and the only things left are some nightmare talismans made of its sharp claws.

And this talisman has actually been proven very early on that it has no effect on black tapirs and cannot prevent them at all.

Wen Lingyou continued to check the information and information, and when he was almost done, he thought about it for a moment, wrote a letter and sent it.

Not long after, the prince received the letter.

"Your Highness, does Qing Ziyu from Jinlan Mountain know about waking up from a nightmare?"

The prince laughed. She had never mentioned that his great master still dug out Qing Ziyu from the information.

Ever since the last time Yu Ziqing used some method to summon millions of hungry ghosts in the Cave of Sorrow, Yu Ziqing's whereabouts have always been watched.

Wherever he goes, those millions of hungry ghosts may also be there.

These people seem to be indifferent on the surface, but in fact, how could they not care.

But they can't say that you, the people from Jinlan Mountain, can't come to our Dali territory, and Yu Ziqing didn't deliberately hide his whereabouts.

After thinking for a while, she gave up the idea of ​​making the decision for Wen Lingyou, and just gave a definite answer, and even told where Yu Ziqing was now.

A few days later, Wang Xiaohu descended from the sky and handed over the invitation very politely.

"Master Qing, my husband has invited you."

Yu Ziqing opened the letter and read it. Lihuoyuan heard about Lingyou and asked him to explain it.

Of course he knew who Wen Lingyou was, a head of the Lihuo Academy, the teacher of Prince Dali, and a serious figure.

He even knew who Wang Xiaohu was. He was Wen Lingyou's protector and the eighth-level peak monk. He was only one step away from the ninth level. In addition, he was also a seventh-level cultivator. As long as he advanced to the ninth level, he was destined to be A strong ninth level.

Yu Ziqing didn't expect that the information he gave casually would alarm such a big shot.

The level of attention is very high.

After agreeing to this matter, Yu Ziqing glanced at Lou Huai who was following him honestly with an honest look on his face.

After this guy started practicing the White Sun Canon, he stood in front of Wang Xiaohu, but Wang Xiaohu didn't even notice.

The devil's innate ability to hide is truly a threat to the human race.

Followed Wang Xiaohu all the way to Kaiyuan County.

"Junior Qing Ziyu, I have met Mr. Ling You."

"I'm sorry to have invited Master Qing here in such a hurry. I really have something to do. I am thirsty for knowledge and would like to ask Master Qing for some advice."

"Sir, you're welcome. You are very knowledgeable and know all about the past and present. The younger generation is the last to learn and should not give you any advice."

"Then I don't want to talk in circles anymore. Two days ago, after I fell asleep, the black tapir amulet on my body was triggered, blocking something unknown, and Xiaohu didn't notice it either."

Yu Ziqing instantly understood that there was also a demon here.

"Black tapir?" Yu Ziqing had never heard of it.

"It is recorded in the classics that there was a kind of strange beast that completely disappeared thousands of years ago. It has the ability to swallow people in dreams, which is extremely troublesome."

Yu Ziqing felt sad secretly.

This thing could ward off the evil spirits, but unfortunately it became extinct.

He had been thinking before that if no one could discover the Yin Demon and allowed the Yin Demon to wreak havoc, no matter how low the seeds planted by the Yin Demon were, and the germination rate would be low, there would be enough base and a long enough time. , the number of people who have accumulated and fully grown their seeds is definitely not a small number.

It turns out that in the past, there were still things that could ward off evil spirits.

"I would like to ask first, have you ever given alms to hungry ghosts before to get rid of evil thoughts in your hearts?"

The two nodded together.

As long as there are no evil thoughts hiding.

He couldn't let the demons know that he had found out the information. Although he definitely couldn't hide the fact that he killed a demon in the future, the people from Dali would have to rush to the front.

Later, Da Li must come to ask him for help. He cannot beg Da Li to help others eliminate the devil. This order cannot be messed up.

"Excuse me, Senior Wang, please cover up."

After a while, Yu Zi said clearly.

"The thing I encountered is called a demon..."

Yu Ziqing briefly introduced Yin Mo, and then changed the subject.

"Yin Demon, as long as senior knows about it, it is easy to avoid it. Even if you fall asleep, your life will not be in danger.

What the juniors want to know is how the black tapir became extinct. Do the seniors know? "

Wen Lingyou's face was as dark as water, and he looked very bad.

He just heard Yu Ziqing talk about Yin Demon, and he thought of many things.

"The black tapir was exterminated thousands of years ago.

At that time, a monk from Langya Academy discovered the black tapir. He said that the black tapir devoured his dreams, leaving a vacancy in his spiritual platform. His inspiration plummeted, and his research reached a bottleneck, and he could no longer make any progress.

After that, the hunting of black tapirs began. After more than a hundred years, black tapirs were no longer seen.

To this day, thousands of years have passed, and there is no trace of the black tapir ever appearing.

What they left behind were only some black tapir talismans that were once considered unable to defend against black tapirs. "

"Is the senior who initiated the strangulation of the black tapir still there?" Yu Ziqing asked.

"After the Black Tapir was destroyed, he went crazy and died in flames. His body and soul were destroyed." Wen Lingyou's face became even more ugly.

The moment he knew about Yin Mo, he deduced that what happened back then was a conspiracy.

The monk who initiated the strangulation of the black tapirs may have been controlled by the devil, and then took advantage of the general trend of Langya Academy to add fuel to the flames and use the hands of the human race to destroy the black tapir clan.

From then on, the Yin Demon had no natural enemies and naturally acted without any scruples.