At this moment, there weren't many ghosts left. I didn't need to look for them. I just needed to lift my head to see their appearances.
However, except for Chief Liu, I couldn't find anyone else who had traveled with us.
Did I get the wrong person?
I turned around and saw that the ghost that looked exactly like Chief Liu was still in front of me. It didn't want to leave me alone.
I studied him for a while to confirm that he was Chief Liu's ghost. Then, I used a talisman to destroy him.
After I had destroyed Chief Liu's ghost, the others had also destroyed all the other ghosts.
The four of us regrouped and continued on our way.
Along the way, we encountered a few scattered ghosts. Yang Shilong and the others didn't even need to take action. They killed them easily.
While walking, they discussed the reason why there were so many ghosts here. I anxiously watched the ghosts that we encountered. However, I didn't see anyone else until we got out of the canyon.
I heaved a sigh of relief when I didn't see the fat man's ghost. However, the appearance of Chief Liu's ghost meant that they were in danger. I was more worried about the fat man.
After we got out of the canyon, the terrain of the Embryonic Breath Dragon Vein appeared. Yang Shilong and the others gave up on guessing the reason why there were so many ghosts. Instead, they focused on observing the Embryonic Breath Dragon Vein.
It was the same as the last time we came here. It was much safer along the way. Although it was harder to walk, we didn't encounter any other dangers. Moreover, the further we went, the more obvious the signs of the True Dragon Vein became. Yang Shilong and the others became excited.
When we got close to the Fire God Temple, the terrain of the Ancestral Dragon Vein also appeared. Yang Shilong and the other two were excited. Fang Xing even said that he had sensed the aura of the True Dragon Vein. There must be a True Dragon Vein in front of us.
Yang Shilong wasn't so sure. However, he smiled and urged us to move faster.
Eventually, after following the Ancestral Dragon Vein for another day, the forest in front of us suddenly widened. We saw a lush green grassland with a murmuring stream. We had finally arrived at the stream where the Fire God Temple had appeared that day.
Without waiting for my reminder, Yang Shilong stopped walking and said, "The aura of the True Dragon Vein is here!"
Fang Xing and Lu Zheng had obviously noticed this as well. They nodded at the same time, but their expressions were a little solemn. Fang Xing asked, "Old Lu, do you feel anything strange?"
Lu Zheng was a man of few words. However, at that moment, he said, "The aura of the true dragon vein is right before us. According to my senses, the aura of the true dragon vein is so thick that it feels like it is right before us. However, I cannot see it with my eyes."
Fang Xing also nodded and speculated with some hesitation, "Could it be that some mighty figure discovered the True Dragon Vein before us and used some sort of concealment technique to hide the True Dragon Vein from us?"
Lu Zheng did not speak again. Yang Shilong continued, "That is also a possibility. However, sometimes the supernatural workmanship of nature is more mysterious than the Dao techniques of the Heavenly Master. We should first search for it before coming to a conclusion."
With that said, a very small sword-shaped object suddenly appeared in Yang Shilong's hand. It was only the length of a finger, and it looked like it was made of a few small copper coins welded together. It was very exquisite.
However, from its appearance, I could not sense any Dao Qi fluctuations. However, for Yang Shilong to take it out at this time, it was definitely not an ordinary item. At the very least, it was an artifact.
Just as I was secretly guessing, Yang Shilong suddenly chanted a long and complicated incantation. After he finished chanting, the pocket-sized copper coin sword seemed to be filled with air. It grew with the wind, and in an instant, it actually became a long sword that was about a meter long!
Furthermore, the nine copper coins on the body of the sword emitted strong Dao Qi fluctuations.
I have seen many artifacts, and I even have one and a half with me. One is the compass that the snake spirit was in, and the other is the Double Champion seal that the Metaphysics Association had rewarded me with after the Dragon Seizing War.
Logically speaking, the compass had the snake spirit that had almost turned into a flood dragon when it was alive, and the Double Champion seal could release an attack that was almost equivalent to the power of a Heavenly Master. However, the Dao Qi fluctuations on these two items added together were not even a tenth of the Dao Qi fluctuations on the copper coin sword in Yang Shilong's hand.
Not only was I shocked, but Lu Zheng and Fang Xing's eyes were also filled with surprise. Fang Xing even asked, "Senior Yang, you can already nurture your sword to the finest detail?"
Yang Shilong shook his head and said, "It can't be considered as the finest detail. I can barely be considered as a dabbler."
Although he said that, I could see from the intense envy in Fang Xing's eyes that Yang Shilong's move was not ordinary.
After taking out the copper coin sword, Yang Shilong held the long sword in his hand and waved it horizontally and vertically in the air in front of him.
Following his movements, two horizontal and two vertical marks appeared in the air. In total, there were four marks formed by Dao Qi, forming the character "jing" in the air!
This was simply subverting everything I knew!
Back when I had been stuck in the Earth Master realm, Deng Meng had told me that Qi was illusory and didn't exist. One had to rely on the combination of Dao Qi and Yin and Yang Qi to activate power.
It was because of his words that I had broken through the final barrier and entered the Earth Master realm.
But now, the illusory Dao Qi that Deng Meng had said didn't exist had been drawn out by Yang Shilong using the copper coin sword. Not only that, but he had also made the four marks of Dao Qi visible to the naked eye.
What kind of power was this?
I subconsciously thought that this was the power of a Heavenly Master. However, Yang Shilong had told me that he was still only an Earth Master.
The power of an Earth Master had already subverted my understanding of Dao Qi. What kind of power was a Heavenly Master?
While I was still in shock, the four marks of Dao Qi suddenly spread out from Yang Shilong's body. As it spread, it became bigger and bigger. In the end, it seemed to encompass the entire world.
At this time, I roughly understood the purpose of Yang Shilong's drawing. He must have used pure Dao Qi to detect if there were any fluctuations of power in the void in front of us. From there, he could determine if there was something hiding the True Dragon Vein that they had already sensed.
I had to admit that Yang Shilong's idea was completely correct. At that time, after the fatty had divined the secrets of heaven and Zhao Yongkun had sacrificed his life, the Fire God Temple had slowly appeared in this void. This also proved that the Fire God Temple was in the void in front of us.
However, the strange thing was that Yang Shilong's drawing seemed to have enveloped the entire world. However, he still didn't discover any abnormalities in the void. Apart from a slight pause in the middle, it continued to float far away without any obstruction and finally disappeared in the void.
Yang Shilong withdrew the copper coin sword in his hand and frowned. He said hesitantly, "This void seems to be a little strange, but the Jing Qi couldn't be detected … Could it be that it was really a mysterious formation set up by some almighty person?"
The three of them discussed for a long time, but in the end, they didn't get a definite answer. At this time, it was already late. Yang Shilong told us to set up camp and wait until tomorrow to decide.
At night, it was still Fang Xing and Lu Zheng who were on night duty. Although I was lying in the tent, I couldn't fall asleep. I kept making decisions in my heart.
Should I tell them the secret of the Fire God Temple?
Just as I was hesitating, someone suddenly knocked on the outside of my tent in the middle of the night.
I thought it was Fang Xing or Lu Zheng who was on night duty looking for me, so I opened the zipper of the single-person tent. In the end, the person who appeared in front of me was the mysterious person from a few days ago!
Before I could say anything, he pointed at the forest not far away from me. Then, he quietly retreated and disappeared into the darkness.
I understood what he meant. He wanted me to go to the small forest to talk.
Although I was suspicious of this person's identity and knew that I might encounter danger if I rashly approached him, I couldn't help but be curious. I hesitated for a while before leaving the tent. Using the excuse of going to the toilet, I quietly followed him into the forest.
Just as I walked in, I saw the person standing not far away from me with his back facing me.
I hesitated for a while, then asked, "Uncle Lin?
Is that you? "
After staying silent for a while, the person answered with a muffled voice, "It's me."
His voice was low and stiff, exactly the same as the fatty's dad in my memory!
I was pretty sure that the person in front of me was the fatty's dad!
I asked anxiously. "Uncle Lin, I remember that you already …"
Without waiting for me to finish, the fatty's dad suddenly turned his head, extended his hand and interrupted me, then said to me, "Let's not talk about my matter for now, I came to you today to tell you that I already know about Hu Zi's matter, you don't need to get involved in this matter, I will bring him back.
Also, someone asked me to bring you something. I want to hand it to you personally. "
I was stunned for a while before I reacted. He really did know about the fatty's matter. But how did he know about the Fire God Temple?
And how did he have the confidence to bring the fatty back?
Although I was suspicious, I didn't ask further. Since he was the fatty's dad, he was far more concerned about the fatty's safety than me. Since he said that, then he must have some confidence.
What made me even more suspicious was the last part of his sentence. Someone asked him to bring me something?
Who would have to go through his hands to give me something?
Before I could figure out what was going on, the fatty's father had already thrown a black thing to me. Then, he turned around and left without hesitation.
I didn't care about the fatty's dad for now and lowered my head to look at the thing in my hand.
Under the dim light of the night, I took a closer look at what I thought was a black mass. It wasn't black at all. It was a red, cloth-like object.
When I opened it, I realized that it was a red handkerchief with two lines of small words embroidered on it.
The night was dark, so I couldn't see the words clearly. But looking at the red handkerchief, the figure with the same color appeared in my head …