As soon as the crack appeared, I instantly sensed the presence of the True Dragon Qi. When I got closer, I was even more certain that the True Dragon Qi was drifting out from the crack. Moreover, it was incomparably pure. It seemed that there was a True Dragon Vein hidden in the tomb.
I couldn't help but turn to look at the evil sacrificial spirit.
I had been observing old man Yuan's tomb for a long time, but I could only sense a little bit of Yin energy. However, the evil sacrificial spirit had directly created a crack. It was obvious that he had sensed the existence of the True Dragon Qi inside.
My cultivation base wasn't as high as the evil sacrificial spirit's. Moreover, living people in the secular world would inevitably have vulgar air and negative karma.
The evil sacrificial spirit was a Yin soul that had been refined by the Nine Serenities' blood. It had long gotten rid of its negative karma, so it was normal that its perception wasn't as good as the evil sacrificial spirit's.
Since its perception was strong, I directly asked it if there was a True Dragon Vein under this tomb.
After hearing my question, the evil sacrificial spirit didn't hesitate and directly shook his head.
I frowned and pondered for a while. I agreed with his answer.
True Dragon Veins were rare in this world, and the geomancy of a place where a True Dragon Vein could be found must be marvelous. I had checked the geomancy of this tomb, and it was very ordinary. It didn't have the conditions to produce a True Dragon Vein.
Moreover, the True Dragon Qi in this crack had an ethereal feeling, which was completely different from the True Dragon Qi I had seen before. From this point, I could rule out the possibility of a True Dragon Vein below.
If it were someone else, they wouldn't dare to judge a True Dragon Vein based on their feelings. However, I was different. I had seen more True Dragon Veins than ordinary Yang God Celestial Masters. Especially when I was in the Blessed Enclave, the four True Dragon Veins of the Wangwu Wonderland were available for me to cultivate at any time. When the True Dragon Veins of the Blessed Enclave were redistributed, I had plucked several hundred True Dragon Veins and kept a lot of them.
Thus, I was very familiar with the True Dragon Veins.
After confirming that there was no True Dragon Vein below, I began to have doubts.
If there was no True Dragon Vein, where did such pure True Dragon Qi come from?
I recalled that when I was in the Langya Platform, there was also the True Dragon Qi under the underground palace.
At that time, I mistakenly thought that there was a True Dragon Vein below, but after I got there, I found that the Imperial Seal only had a large amount of True Dragon Qi.
The current situation was quite similar to that of the Langya Platform. It was very likely that some kind of artifact that contained a large amount of True Dragon Qi was also buried below.
But if that was the case, I couldn't understand it.
This place was different from the Lang Ya Stage. It was not a place of immortals, but merely the tomb of Old Man Yuan. According to Fang Min's description, Old Man Yuan's soul had lingered after his death, and he had unintentionally used the Buddhist burial technique. There were no rare treasures involved at all.
Excluding the fact that it was naturally formed and rare treasures, there was only one explanation for the True Dragon Qi here. It must have been deliberately created by someone.
In other words, someone must have intentionally injected the True Dragon Qi into the tomb.
Old Man Yuan's change must have something to do with it.
According to this conjecture, everything was much easier to explain. They were just being manipulated by someone.
But even so, I still had a question in my mind.
Previously, in Fang Min's dream, Old Man Yuan's body clearly emitted the dual aura of Dao Qi and Sorcerer Qi. At this time, there was only the True Dragon Qi here, but no Sorcerer Qi.
Why was it so?
I thought about it. Old Man Yuan was a Yin soul, and he cultivated some techniques similar to the Divine Connecting Technique that I had taught Tong Tong. I could understand that, but the Sorcerer Qi was different. It couldn't be improved through cultivation. It could only be obtained from the rare Tai Sui's corpse. Old Man Yuan's cultivation base was definitely related to this tomb. However, there was no Sorcerer Qi in this tomb, and it was impossible for the Tai Sui to exist. So, where did the Sorcerer Qi on his body come from?
Could it be that the True Dragon Qi from this crack could be transformed into Sorcerer Qi?
Speaking of this, I suddenly remembered the great formation in Wangwu Cave that could transform True Dragon Qi into Sorcerer Qi … But soon, I shook my head.
There was indeed such a formation in the Wangwu Grotto-Heaven. However, that formation was set up by the Wang Family's ancestor with the power of an Immortal. When it was converted, it even used the power of four True Dragon Veins. Compared to four True Dragon Veins, this bit of True Dragon Qi could not even be mentioned in the same breath.
Moreover, I couldn't explain the nine ring scars on Old Man Yuan's head. No matter if it was the True Dragon Veins or the Sorcerer Qi, they had nothing to do with Buddhism. So, where did he get those ring scars?
After pondering for a long time, I couldn't figure it out.
Right at this moment, the sound of chanting came from a distance.
Since Old Man Yuan looked like a monk, I was very sensitive to the sound of chanting. I stopped thinking and turned to look at the source of the sound.
The source of the sound was the Yuan Family Village where Old Man Yuan lived.
After listening carefully for a while, I recognized that it was the Original Vows Scripture of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva that I had chanted in the Spirit Lock Tower to help the Twin Rakshasas.
It was obvious that someone had passed away in the Yuan Family Village.
Old Man Yuan's soul was stirring up trouble, and someone had passed away in the Yuan Family Village. It was hard not to connect the two events.
After thinking for a while, I decided to go there to check to see if the two events were related.
I asked the evil sacrificial spirit to go there with me. As for Fang Min, it wasn't convenient for her to follow us. I asked her to wait in the car.
Fang Min was smart. She didn't ask what we were going to do. She turned around and left.
I took the evil sacrificial spirit along the small path to the village.
It was late at night, and the people in the village didn't have many activities to entertain themselves. All the houses had closed their doors. The gate of the courtyard where the Buddhist chants came from was also closed. An exorcism talisman was hung on the gate.
If an exorcism talisman was hung on the gate, it was highly possible that something evil had happened.
The evil sacrificial spirit and I exchanged looks. Then, we soared into the air and landed on the roof.
In the dark of the night, no one would notice us.
After standing still, I lowered my head to look at the courtyard.
There was a coffin in the middle of the courtyard. The custom here was similar to that in my hometown. Before the funeral, the coffin wasn't sealed. That was why we could see the deceased's face from above.
The deceased was a man in his prime. However, it was strange that his face was covered in wrinkles, as if his spirit energy had been sucked away.
The first thing I thought of was Old Yuan. However, I wasn't sure.
The evil sacrificial spirit told me that Old Yuan was at the peak of the Yang God Realm. With his cultivation base, sucking the spirit energy of ordinary people was just a drop in the bucket. It was better for him to meditate and cultivate.
It was strange.
With that thought in mind, I turned to look at the memorial tablet in front of the coffin.
Usually, before a funeral, the memorial tablet of the deceased was made of yellow paper with the date of birth and the time of death written on it.
After the coffin fell to the ground, the memorial tablet would be burned. It would accompany the deceased to the Netherworld. It was a kind of identification.
Looking at the deceased's birth date and time of death, I subconsciously calculated. Soon, I got a strange answer.
The deceased's five elements were all fire, and he died around noon. His element was also fire!
As such, I seem to have found some clues. Could it be that Old Man Yuan sucked this person here for the fire attribute?
After this discovery, I checked around. However, I didn't find anything valuable. I decided to leave with the evil sacrificial spirit.
When we returned to the car, Fang Min was sleeping in the back seat. However, she was whimpering and screaming. Apparently, she had a nightmare.
The evil sacrificial spirit and I exchanged looks. Immediately, we placed our hands on Fang Min's forehead.
Old Yuan came at the right time. We had a lot of questions that we wanted to ask him.
As we had entered this place once, the evil sacrificial spirit and I were familiar with the place. Soon, we reached Fang Min's dream.
As soon as we stood still, we saw Old Yuan not far from us. This time, he wasn't shrouded in mist like the last time.
However, before I could ask him anything, I was surprised.
When she saw him yesterday, there were only nine ring scars on his head. But today, there was one more, and it became a total of ten.
At the same time, Old Yuan's aura seemed to be stronger than the day before.
Looking at the ten scars, I had a flash of inspiration. I remembered the 'Bodhisattva Precepts' I had read in the ancient Buddhist scriptures.
As far as I knew, the Bodhisattva Precepts were one of the seven precepts: Upasai, Upa Yi, Sami, Samini, Shikachamuni, Bhikkhu, and Bhikkhuni. The Bodhisattva's identity could be within the seven precepts, but it could also be outside of the seven. The reason why the Bodhisattva Precepts was that it covered and surpassed all the other precepts.
According to the Buddhist scriptures, the Bodhisattva Precepts were the origin of all Buddhas, the foundation of Bodhisattva, and the foundation of all Buddhas.
The nature of the Bodhisattva Precepts was similar to the eight precepts. The eight precepts were also a kind of liberation precepts outside of the seven precepts.
However, the Bodhisattva Precepts were similar to the eight precepts.
Simply speaking, the Bodhisattva Precepts were the highest symbol of Buddhism. The most obvious feature was the twelve scars on the forehead.
Once a Buddhist had twelve scars on the forehead, it meant that he wasn't far from becoming a Buddha.
Did Old Yuan cultivate the Bodhisattva Precepts?
In just one day, he had one scar. It was hard to say what would happen next.
When he had twelve scars, I was afraid that even the evil priest spirit wouldn't be his match.
With that thought in mind, I immediately asked the evil priest spirit to capture him.
I didn't expect that old man Yuan would be so vigilant. He disappeared before I could finish my sentence.
Even with the evil priest spirit's power, he couldn't capture him in a hurry.
Feeling helpless, the two of us had to leave Fang Min's dream. We sat in the car and began to think about this matter.
Although old man Yuan is a ghost, his cultivation process is no different from that of ordinary people. With his cultivation at the peak of the Yang Spirit Realm, it is extremely difficult for him to make further progress. The reason why his cultivation improved overnight is likely to have something to do with the person with the fire attribute we saw before.
I told the evil priest spirit about my speculation, but the evil priest spirit shook his head. I was bewildered and thought that I was wrong.
However, the evil priest spirit told me that he had the same idea as me. However, I had overlooked one thing. Old Yuan's aura had indeed increased, but it was only his shaman energy that had increased. His Dao energy, on the other hand, had weakened a lot.
His shaman energy had increased, but his Dao energy had weakened?
If the evil priest spirit hadn't reminded me, I wouldn't have noticed this.
Now that I thought about it, it was indeed the case.
However, my train of thought, which had just been smoothed out, became muddled again.
How could it be?
Even the man corpse with the fire element didn't have anything to do with shaman energy. How could Old Yuan increase his cultivation base?
Or, could it be that Old Yuan's increase in power had nothing to do with the man corpse?