White Bone Monkey King

The area around the stone tower is full of high sand dunes, and there is no suitable place to stay overnight.

Finally, Jin An found a remote place to stay overnight.

It was a sand pit where most of the buildings were buried by yellow sand, leaving only a narrow space exposed.

Crackling.

The firewood Jin An collected was dancing with red flames.

The climate in Guchi Country is very extreme. Standing under the sun for just a few breaths during the day can cause the skin of an ordinary person to become red and burn, and a person can suffer from heatstroke and dehydration and faint within a short period of time. At night, it becomes cold and windy again. The climate is declining rapidly, which can freeze people to death in the cold wind, and even bonfires cannot keep them warm.

If you can find a cool place during the day, you can still survive.

No matter how you hide at night, you will definitely die.

Jin An took out Qi and blood pills and gave them to a sheep and three camels, so that they could withstand the extreme low temperature at night.

The camels themselves can keep out the cold. In addition, after taking the Dingling Pill, they have made great progress in the past few days. The internal organs are always pregnant with vitality, and then there are Qi and Blood Pills to replenish blood and strengthen Qi, so the three camels can even water freeze. Bear the low temperature in the cold night.

As for Silly Sheep, after following Jin An for so long, he has been greedy for all kinds of tonics. He has even eaten Shouting peach. His life is very tough.

This desert can't do anything about this greedy and silly sheep for the time being.

Although the bonfire couldn't provide warmth, it could provide hot water, hot goat's milk wine, hot naan and dried meat. After having a full meal and wine, Jin An asked Old Sadiq and the others to stop running around and have a good rest, and let him keep watch.

"Since entering Guchi Country, I don't know if you have noticed that all kinds of poisonous snakes, scorpions, and poisonous insects have disappeared here. After walking for a day, I can't even see a scorpion. I suggest you stay here and don't run around. I’m afraid Guchi Country isn’t clean either.”

Jin An's words frightened Old Sadiq and the others, and they all promised that they would not run away anywhere.

Next, Jin An began to practice "Black Mountain Kung Fu" while keeping vigil.

Now that he has a lot of yin and virtue, it's time to raise the level of other skills again.

After completing the seventh level of "Tianmo Sacred Technique", he did not rush to seal the eighth level. Instead, he cycled through it every day to stabilize the new level. The rest of the time was spent practicing the "Secret Sutra of the Five Internal Organs" and "Black Mountain Technique". ", "Blood Knife Sutra".

Since the "Black Mountain Kung" was sealed into the level of secret martial arts secrets, the Yin De required for each "Black Mountain Kung" is sealed is as high as one thousand Yin De.

However, compared to spiritual martial arts, one level of one thousand yin virtues is not bad, so his main focus now is to stabilize the realm of spiritual martial arts while quickly improving the "Black Mountain Kung" and "Blood Knife Sutra" Come up.

Now Jin An's "Black Mountain Kung Fu" has reached the tenth level.

The eighth level of "Black Mountain Kung Fu" came out of the Black Mountain to destroy the city, and added a unique martial skill "Shifting the Universe, Shifting the Stars". The ninth and tenth levels that were sealed after entering the desert did not add any new martial arts. It just strengthened the black mountain to destroy the city again on the original basis. Jin'an temporarily called it the one-pole black mountain to destroy the city, the second-pole black mountain to destroy the city, and the three-pole black mountain to destroy the city.

The tenth-level technique corresponds to the three-pole black mountain destroying the city.

He is now at the tenth level of "Black Mountain Kung".

On top of the martial arts skills are unparalleled magical skills.

Sometimes he couldn't help but wonder, if there is one more secret skill in the martial arts world, will there be another martial arts magical power at the level of unparalleled magical power?

What is the difference between martial arts magical powers and Taoist magical powers?

Even though his cultivation speed has slowed down a lot since entering the desert, in fact, his progress is no longer slow. After all, ever since he arrived at Xizhou Mansion, left Yangguan, and entered the desert, he had been traveling during the day and only had time to practice at night.

While one sheep and three camels huddled together to keep warm and gnawed hay, and Jin An was practicing and keeping vigil near the entrance of the cave, the night outside was getting darker.

Suddenly, in the freezing desert night, there was some movement.

The sound was not clear at first, just vaguely audible, but as time passed, the movement gradually became closer.

"Mr. Cen, your surname is quite rare. I heard that you were a mountain guard before following the prince?"

"Speaking of mountain guards, it reminds me of the famous mountain guards of the imperial tombs of the previous dynasty. I heard that there were only a few mountain guards of the imperial tombs of the previous dynasty, but their ability to eliminate demons was comparable to that of their great family. The entire Ma family in the North was on par with the previous dynasty, and they were quite prestigious in the previous dynasty. However, as Emperor Taizu of the Kangding Kingdom conquered the country, established the Kangding Kingdom, and quelled rebellions in various places, the guardians of the imperial mausoleums who were survivors of the previous dynasty also disappeared. "

"They are all mountain guardians, so they are in the same circle. I wonder if Mr. Cen's mountain guardians have any connection with the mountain guardians of the previous imperial tombs?"

In the cold wind, a man's voice gradually came clearly.

At this time, another man's voice sounded in the cold wind: "I have heard about this, but the guardians of the imperial tombs in the previous dynasty were much nobler than us in status. I just followed the prince and served him. They are just ordinary people who look after the prince, and they are not as famous among the people as you monks."

At this time, a third person's voice came. This voice was full of unquestionable majesty. He said in a loud voice: "Okay, whether you are a mountain guard or a monk, since you are following the prince, you will all work for the prince. As long as we If you can really find the Kingdom of the Immortal God and get the water of immortality or the elixir of immortality and bring it back to the prince in the capital, that will be a great achievement and you will enjoy endless glory and wealth."

The voices of these people came closer and closer, and they kept walking towards the place where Jin'an rested. Finally, they stopped near the entrance of Jin'an's cave and stopped talking. The only sound outside was the sound of the cold wind blowing in the sand at night.

Suddenly, there was a loud shout outside the cave!

"Who is eavesdropping!"

"Who are you!"

After shouting, calm returned to the outside of the cave again. It was so quiet that Jin An, who was practicing with his legs crossed and eyes closed, closed his eyes.

He looked up at the dark night sky outside the cave.

It was so dark outside the cave that you couldn't even see the stars or the moon, only the fire crackling inside the cave.

"There is someone outside Taoist Cave of Jin'an!"

Old Sadiq and the others, who had woken up a long time ago, saw Jin An wake up. They suddenly found the backbone and said in a low voice with nervous expressions.

Jin An waved his hand, indicating that he already knew, and silenced several people.

Old Sadiq and the others shut up immediately.

Just when Jin An put down his hand, suddenly, a stranger's face thrust out of the dark hole. The face was pressed very low, like a person lying on the ground and reaching out. The face was under the firelight. Glowing with a ferocious evil light, he took a quick look at the person, one sheep and three camels in the cave, and then immediately retreated out of the cave. This unprepared scene frightened Old Sadiq and the others so much that their hearts almost stopped.

Jin An grabbed the Kunwu knife without hesitation and chased him out.

As a result, as soon as he chased him out, there was no one outside the cave. It was only dark, and no one was seen running. Even the sand on the ground had no human footprints. Everything was as normal as possible.

"Did you see a ghost at night?"

Jin An was not joking when he said this, but was thinking about it very seriously.

"Could the faces just now be those of the people who were with the mountain guards?"

"Logically speaking, those people were standing outside the cave talking just now, and they also found me eavesdropping inside the cave. Now they should be crouching outside the cave with their swords at war, waiting for me to go out. How come I rushed out and there was no one there? See?"

Just as Jin An glanced around with sharp eyes, he, who was carrying the Five Thunder Evil-Slaying Talisman, sensed a pair of malicious and voyeuristic eyes beside him.

He immediately turned around and looked.

There are the ruins of badly weathered earthen houses.

That's where the peeking eyes just came from.

But when Jin An looked over, there was nothing there.

"Stay in the cave and don't come out!"

Jin An shouted to Old Sadiq and the others, then he jumped up and arrived at the ruins.

It's cloudy tonight, with dark clouds covering the moon, and not even a single star can be seen above. The desert night is especially dark, and it feels even darker than if I couldn't see my fingers.

Thanks to Jin An's strong eyesight, he followed the direction of the prying eyes in his memory, searched in the darkness, and finally found a small trace on a pile of sand.

"Um?"

This trace was somewhat beyond Jin An's expectations, and even he couldn't help but let out a cry of surprise.

The sand piles were not human shoe prints, but the footprints of a three-toed bird.

The footprints were a bit strange. They were filled with black energy. Jin An touched them lightly with his fingertips and felt the Yin energy coming from them.

Yin bird?

Phoenix?

Jin An's eyes were thinking. Although he still couldn't figure out why he heard the voices of several people and saw a stranger's face, he found no human figures outside the cave and only found the footprints of the Yin Bird... But this time he had a rough target. , he no longer only focused on the ground, but began to focus on the sky or higher places.

The night is silent.

There was dead silence, quiet.

Jin'an was like a statue in the night, standing motionless, silently searching for the lurkers in the darkness. Finally, he felt that prying gaze again.

But this time he no longer turned around with a large movement, but quietly glanced sideways, squinting slightly, and saw a bird on a stone pillar.

The bird's body was as black as ink, and the night was its best camouflage. The yin energy all over its body made it easier for it to hibernate in the darkness. No wonder it had escaped his search several times.

The bird was tilting its head to look at him, a living person who had broken into Guchi Country.

Because of the distance between the two and the poor vision at night, Jin An could not fully see the appearance of the crooked-headed bird.

After Jin An thought for a while, he came up with a countermeasure.

He pretended not to notice the strange bird with a crooked head, turned around and left the place, walking towards the entrance of the cave where the light was shining.

Hearing Jin An's footsteps coming back, Old Sadiq and the others who were hiding behind the bonfire shouted nervously: "Yes, is Taoist Priest Jin An back?"

"Well, I'm back." Jin An responded standing at the entrance of the cave.

Hearing Jin An's voice, Old Sadiq and the others breathed a sigh of relief, and then asked curiously: "Taoist Master Jin An, have you caught anyone?"

"No."

"ah?"

"It must have wandered far away. We don't need to worry about it. We will leave the Guchi Kingdom ruins after we find traces of the ancient river channel tomorrow."

Although Jin An was speaking with his back to the desert behind him and his face to the cave, his keen five senses were always paying attention to what was going on behind him.

The little beast behind him really believed his lie. A soft sound sounded in the dark night, like the sound of flapping wings. The sound was very light, and with the help of the whistling of the winter night wind, it was very concealable.

That bird is very vicious.

He attacked Jin An as soon as he arrived.

Just when Jin An showed his "relaxation of guard", the bird hit Jin An directly on the back of the head. The speed was very fast. In the blink of an eye, it was already within ten feet of Jin An. It was about to smash through the back of Jin An's skull. , Jin An turned around fiercely, his shooting speed was faster than the speed of the little beast behind him, his fingers spread out, and the tiger claws wrapped around the strange bird.

Then the figure flashed.

The person has already ducked into the cave.

Using the firelight in the cave, he looked carefully at the bird in his hand.

"Ah! What kind of bird is this!"

Before Jin An could take a closer look, the three camels in the cave were already screaming in fear.

This bird is not an ordinary bird, it is actually a bird with a human face. Its facial features are as vivid as a human being, with a nose and eyes. This human face is the evil human face that suddenly stuck its head into the hole just now.

No wonder it scared old Sadiq and the others.

The human-faced bird fluttered and struggled in Jin An's hand, speaking human words.

"Anyone."

"Help."

"Help me, I'm freezing to death."

…

Then the conversation changed and it turned into another person's majestic shouting!

"Who is eavesdropping!"

"Who are you!"

When they heard this sound, Old Sadiq and the other three were stunned again, and then chills surged in their hearts, and they exclaimed in horror: "This, this sound... It was this strange bird that was imitating people outside the cave just now... It can learn It’s too human-like!”

"How many kinds of monsters are there in this Guchi country!"

The three of them felt their scalps explode at this moment. They felt that the scene in front of them was too absurd and terrifying. The more they looked at the human face, the more terrifying they felt.

Looking at the human-faced bird in his hand, even Jin An was surprised: "I have seen many kinds of mockingbirds, but even the sounds can be learned so vividly that they can be mistaken for real mockingbirds. I This is the first time I've seen it, and 'chewing one's tongue' is the perfect word to describe this bird."

This human-faced bird was very vicious. It kept struggling in Jin An's hand, trying to bite Jin An. The bird's saliva contained extremely poisonous yin energy, and green smoke rose from the black shirt surface of Jin An's palm.

After a while of panic, Old Sadiq and the others finally accepted the human-faced bird. They accepted it, but they still didn't dare to look directly at the lifelike human face.

Whenever I stare at that face, I always feel horrified.

"Fourth uncle, could this strange bird be the phoenix, the sacred bird that protects the country of Guchi?" Little Sahafu said in surprise.

Old Sadiq's brow muscles were twitching wildly and he said in horror: "No wonder the temple murals say that the phoenix only appears at night. It belongs to living people during the day and to the phoenix at night. This phoenix looks so scary and ferocious that it attacks people when it sees it. Damn it, who still has the courage to travel at night! Even if the enemy comes to attack the Guchi Kingdom, they will be scared away. How can you still have the courage to attack the Guchi Kingdom!"

Ilham's neck felt cold. He couldn't help shrinking his neck and said in fear: "Master Jin'an, is this really a phoenix? Although the phoenix on the mural does not have a front face, it seems to be similar to the phoenix. Taoist Priest Jin'an, there is a big discrepancy between the immortal phoenix and the suzaku you described..."

Jin An observed the human-faced bird in his hand and pondered: "I somewhat understand why the Guchi Kingdom calls this bird a phoenix. I sensed the breath of the human soul in this human-faced bird. I'm afraid that The Guchi Kingdom is using this method to keep its soul alive, resurrecting itself in disguise and becoming another immortal existence..."

"However, the human soul sealed in the body of the human-faced bird is now incomplete and completely insane. It has turned into a strange bird that eats people in sight. This is just a failed attempt at immortality. The strength of the soul has not been improved through cultivation. Being separated from the body for a long time is like a person falling into the water. After struggling for a long time, he will eventually sink to the bottom of the lake with exhaustion, lose his mind, and become a lonely ghost abandoned by the world and unable to enter reincarnation."

This is not the first time Jin An has encountered the matter of wild beasts seizing their bodies.

Once upon a time, the ferryman from the underworld took away the body of a wild monkey.

Taking possession of one's body is extremely detrimental to one's moral character and will result in divine punishment. According to Buddhist teachings, animals in the animal world belong to the Five Rebellions and Ten Evils and are born with their own evil aura. If used properly, they can deceive the human soul and avoid being burned by divine punishment and karma.

There are also many Buddhist believers in the Western Region. It makes perfect sense for Guchi to have heard some Buddhist practitioners from somewhere, and then changed them into unrecognizable evil magic according to his own wishes.

"Jin...Daoist Master An, what is seizing a body?"

The three asked in surprise.

Just when Jin An was about to open his mouth to answer, suddenly, there was some movement outside the cave. Soon after, the movement became louder and louder.

"Anyone!"

"Help!"

"Help me, I'm freezing to death!"

Jin An's face changed slightly, and he ran out of the cave to take a look. Under the thick black night, pairs of eyes stared numbly at the entrance of the cave with the beating firelight.

Many phoenixes with human faces landed around!

They are surrounded by a group of human-faced phoenixes!

At the same time, more human-faced phoenixes flew out of those stone pillars. It turned out that the riddled holes on the surface of those stone pillars were not caused by the wind and sand, but were deliberately left by the Guchi people to provide food to these people. It is used for the phoenix to rest on.

There are a large number of human-faced phoenixes living under those temples.

Every night, they will fly out along the stone pillars to look for food and hunt.