Why did you mess up the copy again?

"Mom!"

Wusun couldn't help crying out when he saw the righteous master.

It's not that he is not calm, the other two young people are not much better than him, they are all pale and trembling.

"It seems that all my puppets have died in your hands."

The scholar approached step by step, his expression and movements were very relaxed, as if he was taking a walk.

Li Rui didn't ask him how he knew, nor did he ask how he found this place.

A top expert with super strength, no means are too much.

"Who are you?" he asked.

"My surname is Zuo."

The scholar said with a smile, "My things are in your hands, return them to me, and then you can leave."

The remaining three looked at each other, undecided.

Li Rui reached out his hand to He Chengli, and the latter understood, took out a stack of palm-sized soul boxes from his arms, and put them in his hands.

A few people can't move their minds very well now, because the sense of oppression on the scholar is too strong.

"Yes, those things, give them to me, and spare you from dying."

Everyone looked at Li Rui, but they didn't have any hope.

Everyone knows that this scholar who made a puppet out of human skin is not a kind person. He will kill people no matter what. It is basically impossible to let people go.

According to their current thinking, they can only think of the worst way, which is to run away, so maybe they won't all die, but the hope is still slim.

Even, the despair in my heart is still telling a reality: if I do what the other party says, maybe I can die a little easier.

However, Li Rui didn't think so. He glanced at the soul box in his hand, and then put his palm on the seal of the box.

"Mr. Zuo, you don't want me to open this box, do you?"

The other three suspected that they had heard it wrong. Someone dared to threaten a world NPC. They had great worries in their hearts, but they also had some hope.

"puff."

The scholar didn't hold back, and laughed, "You don't think that if I open the box, I won't be able to get those souls back?"

Sizzle.

Several golden arcs jumped on Li Rui's body: "What if this is the case?"

The divine thunder is fast, and it specializes in subduing ghosts and spirits.

The scholar's smile disappeared suddenly, and he said coldly: "Shenxiao Benlei Heart Sutra. Who are you?"

In fact, his smile didn't disappear, it just moved to Li Rui's face: "Me? I'm your father. Just kidding, I'm someone from beyond the sky."

He continued on his own: "We people are different from the locals, right? You seem to care about the soul in the box, and I want to talk to you about a deal."

"you say."

The scholar quickly regained his composure. A person like him would not be irritated by what I am your father. Instead, he seriously thought about the current situation.

He knew that the problem was with himself, he underestimated these people too much, and asked for the soul box when he first came, which revealed his intentions, and he had to pay the price.

Of course, this price must be paid back after getting the soul box.

"You let the three of them go. I'll go with you to the depths of the woods. What kind of pets should you have kept there? I'm not wrong, am I right? Be bolder, that thing needs a soul, especially the soul of a person from beyond the sky, yes ?"

Li Rui shook the things in his hand, "There are at least a dozen souls of people from beyond the sky here. You only need to let go of three, and you can get back a dozen or so. It's a good deal."

"If you have to try to see if you can beat the Shenxiao Benlei Heart Sutra, it's not impossible, but the result may be that you get four new souls, but lose a dozen."

The three of Wusun were speechless. They were surprised that Li Rui had noticed what the scholar cared about. They didn't expect that the few words revealed by the puppet and Huo Yun's catchy news were all connected by him.

The point is, judging from the scholar's reaction, he guessed right.

But they didn't know, Li Rui could guess because he had received information in advance from Yaofeng Temple and Guxuan Town.

In Guxuan Town, a strange scholar entrusted the elders with the task of catching the living.

In Yaofeng Temple, Sun Gan failed to fight for the throne of Fengdu, and his soul was injured, so he also sacrificed living people to recuperate.

He can only boldly guess that this scholar is at least related to that scholar, and it is even possible that they are the same person. After all, evil ways are not tolerated by righteous sects such as Shenxiao Palace, and few people practice them.

Well, now that he collects the souls of living people, it is very likely that he also wants to perform some kind of sorcery. Combined with the huge and dangerous aura in the depths of the silent forest, he guesses like a gamble, maybe it is similar to Sun Qian's side.

The scholar pondered for a while, then said two words in a calm tone.

"get out."

He is broken.

Li Rui winked at the other three: "Go quickly."

He Chengli gritted his teeth, Huo Yun was also uncertain, Wusun grabbed the arms of the two, and ran in the other direction without looking back.

Staying is also a drag, he has to think of other ways, such as going to the border of the secret realm to find world NPCs who may come to hear the news.

Of course Li Rui was not a saint, but he was the only one present who could hold back the scholar named Zuo. Either he died alone, or everyone died.

"They have already left, now, give me something." The scholar said.

Li Rui said: "Go where you want to go, every once in a while, I will give you a soul box."

As he spoke, he threw one of the boxes in his hand over.

This is a kind of game, he can't completely refuse, let alone return the soul box after he is safe, otherwise, the other party may directly flip the table.

He must give hope little by little, but he cannot lose all his cards.

To do this is to dance on the tip of a knife, but there is no choice. When encountering this kind of evil world NPC, it is reasonable to say that the group should have been wiped out long ago.

The scholar's face slumped briefly, and then he recovered his previous calmness. He knew that the young man was delaying time, but he didn't know what he was delaying.

After all, as a person in authority, even if he understands what a person from beyond the sky is, he still cannot understand something called game mechanics.

He forcibly closed the mission point, and the secret system will inevitably mobilize NPCs from other worlds to repair it.

"So, let's go now?" He smiled again, and walked into the depths of the silent forest first.

After a short period of time, the two walked in the same direction, talking and laughing happily. If it weren't for the distance of several meters between them, it would make people think that they were friends for many years.

"So brother Zuo, how do you know about people from beyond the sky?"

The scholar named Zuo Qiutian said with a smile: "There are very few people in this world who can see through the truth, even those celestial masters and underworld emperors in Shenxiao Palace and Fengdu can't break through the confusion. see through."

He flaunted himself secretly, but didn't answer the question directly.

"God, what is that?"

Li Rui thought that since he couldn't escape now anyway, he might as well take the opportunity to ask more inside information, "Is it related to the upper realm?"

Zuo Qiutian didn't answer, but stretched out his hand.

Li Rui threw another soul box over.

"Do you really believe in the upper realm? Maybe it's related, maybe it's not."

".rnm, refund the money."

This answer is too stupid.

The scholar chuckled: "I can't refund, change the question."

"Five Thunders, how much do you know?" Li Rui was not polite to him either.

"You seem to be really interested in the upper realm."

Zuo Qiutian has obviously heard the legend of Feisheng Leibu, "I can tell you that the foundation of Shelei is in Liang Ting, but it has been lost for many years, and it should be related to the Wu family."

Wu is the surname of Liang Ting's royal family.

[Long quest update. ]

[Details 2: Shelei's clue is related to the royal family of the ancient Liang Ting Kingdom. ]

The task prompts have been changed, which shows that he is telling the truth. Although this person is full of evil methods, he is quite honest.

When they were talking, the two had already passed Xiaoyue Lake and approached the depths of the Silent Forest. At this time, Li Rui still had two soul boxes in his hand.

slap.

Zuo Qiutian clapped his hands twice.

"Okay, now, your chips are gone, don't think I don't know, those two boxes are empty."

Li Rui didn't change his face: "Then, you could kill me just now, why didn't you do it?"

"Because I changed my mind, I have a proposal."

Zuo Qiutian said, "Join us, and you won't have to die."

"...Are you interested in me? It's inexplicable, why?" Li Rui felt like laughing because it was so nonsense.

Zuo Qiutian replied like an honest person: "You act differently from ordinary people, and you have the means of Shenxiao Palace, which will help us in our big affairs. Most importantly, I can see that you are a demon. With you, a lot of things will be much easier."

"What's the big deal?" Li Rui asked.

"I can't tell you now."

"Who are you?"

"Just join and you'll know."

"If I join, will I still have to put a voodoo on me to guarantee my loyalty?"

"That's natural."

Li Rui smiled helplessly: "No one would accept such a proposal."

"You are wrong. Someone once accepted it, a person from outside the sky like you."

Zuo Qiutian raised his eyebrows, as if he had won the victory.