Corpse Retriever.

Chapter 206

"are you serious?"

"Do you think now is the time to joke?"

"This is my ancestor's face."

"You're not a filial son either."

"It is because I have the blood of my ancestors that I can barely retain my self when using the face of my ancestors. If you, an outsider, use it, you will be lost."

"Don't worry about this, just bring the things over."

"Because this is the layout and construction of the ancestors, his face has a special meaning and effect here. It will cause the rules to vibrate, and thus a lot of troubles will enter together..."

"give or not."

"Give!"

Li Zhuiyuan knew that as long as he asked, the other party would definitely give it to him.

To put it bluntly, the so-called manipulation of people's hearts means first finding out what the other person really wants in his heart, and then following this line of thought, weave a dream for him that can be fulfilled.

In this case, even if you are lazy, tired and don't want to cheat anymore, they can still take the initiative to help you cheat themselves.

The faceless man began to tear off the upper half of his face.

Soon, half of the face floated in front of Li Zhuiyuan.

The boy reached out and grabbed it.

It feels cool to the touch, not greasy at all, and exudes a refreshing sandalwood scent.

Those who know it understand that it is human skin, while those who don’t know might think it is a piece of art.

Since the Faceless Man's ancestor was able to build this place, the tomb he built for himself must not be simple either.

The scent of sandalwood was infused into the tomb over a long period of time, which means that the environment inside the tomb remained fixed during this period.

Li Zhuiyuan: "Where is your ancestral grave?"

Faceless Man: "Isn't it a bit presumptuous of you to ask this?"

Li Zhuiyuan: "Anyway, my family has been robbed before, and you killed all your family members and buried them here.

After you become an immortal, you live in the Heavenly Palace. It is not easy for you to come down to the mortal world. Why don’t I go and sweep your grave for you?”

Faceless Man: "Qingtan, March Forest."

Li Zhuiyuan had never heard of this place name, but he could look it up.

Li Zhuiyuan spread out half of the face skin in his hand and raised it again.

Without hesitation or any mental preparation, he simply closed his eyes and pressed the half of the face against his own.

When Li Zhuiyuan tried to open his eyes, that half of his face seemed to come alive, and a huge number of distracting thoughts began to rush into him frantically.

The faceless man carefully observed the boy in front of him, hoping to see an expression of struggle and pain on the boy's face.

Unfortunately, he was disappointed, as the boy's expression did not change at all.

Not only that, when the boy opened his eyes, there was no other color in the depths of his eyes.

This means that not only did the boy not lose himself, but he also suppressed all other distracting thoughts.

Faceless Man: "Are you a human or a ghost?"

Li Zhuiyuan: "Don't you think it's funny? You, a floating creature, ask me, a flesh-and-blood person, whether I am a human or a ghost."

Faceless Man: "This is impossible!"

The Faceless Man has his own experience and knowledge. He believes that there are people with extremely strong willpower in this world, but he does not believe that there are people in this world who are not affected at all.

Li Zhuiyuan reached out and gently poked the skin next to his eye socket: "Impossible?"

Every time the Black Book secret technique is used, it is equivalent to quickly experiencing someone else's life. Memories, emotions, perceptions, etc. will leave a mark on the user.

The one under the peach forest got lost because he used this secret technique too much.

But the young man and Wei Zhengdao were not affected by this.

Absolutely cold rationality requires the elimination of all impurities and burdens.

Therefore, as patients, every attack of theirs is actually an attempt to erase their "self-consciousness".

The lack of emotion is the result of this cause, but it is the easiest to express and perceive.

Those distracting thoughts, those factors that could shake their identity perception, entering their bodies would have no chance of affecting them, because they are so cruel...that they would even kill themselves.

Li Zhuiyuan turned around and looked at the scholar lying on the couch.

Now, he can see the "threads" emerging from the scholars.

They are connected to the surrounding furniture, floors and walls and interact with each other.

However, there are many thread ends on the scholar's body, which indicates that the original silk thread was denser and almost completely entangled the scholar, but now many of them have been broken.

Just like the rules that have been continuously destroyed and almost become riddled with holes.

Li Zhuiyuan looked around, observing the thread ends everywhere. There were a lot of them on the ground, and quite a few were floating in the air around them. They had heads and tails, and were broken off.

The boy raised his hands and tried to touch them, but as soon as his fingertips touched them, the threads dissipated like mirages in the water.

Earlier, when Li Zhuiyuan was still outside the tower, he felt the sound of bells coming from inside the tower. At that time, he thought that he would study the formation method carefully after returning after this wave was over.

He didn't expect that after entering the tower again, he would be able to face these "threads" directly.

This is simply an observation class, which will be of great help to my subsequent research.

Unfortunately, time does not allow it, otherwise he really wants to sit here for ten days or half a month to study it carefully.

The young man once again focused his attention on the scholar, and at the same time reached out and grabbed the bell in front of the scholar.

The moment the bell was in his hand, the silk threads on the scholar's body began to move wildly.

He got out of bed, stood up, and stood in front of the boy with his eyes closed.

Li Zhuiyuan felt it carefully and found that although it was very similar, the other party was not controlled by his puppet state.

The scholars at this time have a certain ability to act independently, but this autonomous behavior does not come from themselves.

Instead, it is driven by the entanglement of these silk threads and the operation of rule deduction.

Li Zhuiyuan thought of the three stone doors at the entrance to this secret realm: puppet, beast taming, and formation.

These three constitute the foundation of the rules here.

The ancestor of the Faceless Man was indeed an extremely remarkable being. The fact that he was able to set up this place meant that he had at least mastered all three and combined them into one.

This also reminded Li Zhuiyuan that if he wanted to continue his research on this path, he couldn't skip the "beast taming" part.

However, is it possible for Wei Zhengdao's Black Book Secret Technique to replace the "Beast Taming" column?
Yu Zangsheng was able to become a teacher here thanks to the Yu family's knowledge. Li Zhuiyuan did not think that Wei Zhengdao's strongest signature secret technique would be inferior to the Yu family's beast taming technique.

Is it possible that the beast taming section was originally adopted as a second-best option due to the difficulty and lack of techniques such as taming people and spirits?

Li Zhuiyuan closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

The faceless man straightened up when he saw this. As expected, you still feel uncomfortable and confused.

He misunderstood. The boy was not lost, but was forcing himself to interrupt his learning and thinking process.

This tower is truly filled with treasures.

Every detail contains the amazing ideas and innovations of our ancestors.

The scholar turned around and prepared to go downstairs.

Li Zhuiyuan can use the bell to complement him to a certain extent.

Just like the role played by the faceless man on the top of the tower when the old Taoist priest and Yu Zangsheng were fighting before.

The dead are dead after all. Even if they stand up and fight again, their limitations are still great.

Yu Zangsheng had already seen this point a long time ago. He was far from being a match for the old Taoist priest. But if it hadn't been for the blessing of the Faceless Man at that time, Yu Zangsheng actually had a chance to defeat the old Taoist priest on his own.

Because the tower's deductive logic is really too rigid.

As rigid as the woman in black dress who appeared at the beginning and "killed" Yu Miaomiao, she only used that one trick from beginning to end.

Probably according to the logic of the tower, as long as it works well, just keep using it.

Just like that teaching game back then, the tower in front of me is myself at that time, and I am now Zhao Yi at that time.

Holding the bell in your hand is like temporarily lending your brain to the tower to work together on the deduction.

This is not the model that Li Zhuiyuan wanted.

At this time, Xu Zhenrong and Zhen Shaoan under the tower had a classroom environment, and their strength soared, which had formed an extremely unfair situation.

Li Zhuiyuan: "Is that old Taoist priest the most powerful being in this tower when he was alive?"

Faceless Man: "Yes, he should have been sitting alone on the first floor."

After a pause, the faceless man continued: "It's not that he is not strong enough, it's that he is already dead, and I can only..."

Li Zhuiyuan raised his hand and interrupted the faceless man.

The old Taoist priest was already the strongest, but he still couldn't save the situation.

Therefore, even if this scholar goes down now, he can increase his own combat power, but it is not enough to restore the balance of the situation.

Since you have chosen to take action, you must aim to win, not just to survive a little longer.

Li Zhuiyuan conveyed his orders through the bell.

The scholar paused for a moment and then continued walking towards the stairs.

When his orders conflict with the rules within the tower, the scholar will follow the behavioral logic given by the latter.

This doesn't work.

Li Zhuiyuan chased after him and followed the scholar.

The faceless man reminded: "Let's go to the top of the tower. It's more convenient to have a panoramic view there."

Li Zhuiyuan: "There is no need to look at the overall situation when you are bound to lose."

The Faceless Man thought this made sense, but what was the point?
Seeing the young man following the scholar down the stairs, he immediately floated over and followed.

Li Zhuiyuan knew that he didn't have much time. If he couldn't intervene in the scholar's situation before he left the tower, he would have no chance to do anything else to him.

The young man began to make hand seals and put his newly learned Nuo opera puppetry into practice.

Wisps of black air rose from the scholar's body, and a faint shadow of a mask appeared on his face.

But the next moment, the tower, which was already shaking, shook a little more slightly.

The black mist on the scholar dissipated, and the mask on his face collapsed.

This road is blocked.

If he wanted to control this scholar through Nuo opera puppetry, he would have to suppress him first or simply break the rules of the tower, which was obviously impossible.

As for the perspective of the formation... apart from digging a rat hole like he did when he stole the book before, there was no way for him to really shake the formation here.

Of the three methods, two were removed.

He doesn't know how to tame animals.

In this situation, Li Zhuiyuan had to use the substitute that was supposed to be used for the experiment in advance. The young man's eyes narrowed and he began to walk in the dark, and the black book secret technique was also running at the same time.

In an instant, the environment inside the tower disappeared, replaced by a cliff.

A scholar and a woman were sitting there, seemingly enjoying the scenery.

In the sunset, everything is dyed with orange frost, and the scenery is picturesque.

As they admire the scenery, they seem to have entered the painting as talented men and beautiful women.

After dark, there is the starry sky again.

The two of them just sat there, not moving.

It was late at night when the scholar finally moved and picked up the woman.

The woman had several jade pendants made of special materials hanging on her body, emitting a cold aura.

She is already dead, and these jade pendants are used to preserve her body.

The scholar carried the woman into a cave. The cave was not very deep, but there was a formation set up outside.

There is a stone platform in the cave, and a stream flows underneath the platform. This is the formation master's favorite formation guide.

The scholar placed the woman's body on top and said:

"They all say that birth, aging, sickness and death are beyond human control. I believe that, so I don't plan to continue being a human being.

You can have a good sleep here. When I become an immortal, I will come back to resurrect you and take you to heaven.

You haven’t seen the scenery there, but I think you will like it.”

Is this to resurrect the lover and embark on the path of pursuing immortality?

Li Zhuiyuan felt that this was quite consistent with the personality of this scholar.

The boy also noticed that the wordless book was tied around the reader's waist and he was reading this book at that time.

Next, the memory scene quickly advances.

When you fast-forward a movie in a VCR, it doesn't jump to that time period all at once, but reads it quickly. The same is true for Li Zhuiyuan.

This is also the reason why this secret technique can cause serious side effects. If you immerse yourself in experiencing other people's lives, your positioning of yourself will definitely be shaken.

In the next scene, the scholar uses various means to enter here when the stone gate opens again, and there are many people coming in with him.

The scene skipped again, and the scholar came to the eleventh floor and chose a big man with a full beard.

The following scene seemed familiar, because Li Zhuiyuan himself had just experienced it.

The group of people who came in here with the scholars, brought their selected people to the underground level, and started competing and fighting.

The scholar killed the bearded man.

The bearded man's corpse began to rot rapidly, turning into rising mist that penetrated into the scholar's eyes, ears, mouth and nose.

The scholar did not resist and accepted it all calmly. His vitality was slowly cut off during this period, and he accepted his own death in a very calm way.

From the moment of his death, he became part of the tower.

With his eyes closed, he walked back to the tower like a zombie, came to the eleventh floor, sat on the seat where the bearded man had sat before, took out the book, lay down on his side, and did not move.

There are rarely changes among the people at the eleventh level, because there are very few people who can challenge this level.

In the following years, the scholar only accepted two challenges. After the two challenges, he absorbed the opponent's fate and fortune into his mouth, then returned to his position and assumed the same posture.

The next memory scene is gray, like the slightest gap between open eyes.

In the gray haze, Li Zhuiyuan saw a young man busy setting up an array, and then forcibly pulled the book "from his hand".

Li Zhuiyuan never thought that he could actually enter the other party's deep memory.

Next, according to the traditional process, I should construct false memories for him in order to achieve the purpose of manipulation.

But now, we have gone down to the fourth floor.

Even if this scholar was controlled by the rules and suppressed by the formation, and the half skin on his face had a special effect here... but even with so many favorable conditions as a prefix, it would take a lot of time to complete the secret method of the black skin technique to achieve traditional control. There was no other reason, he was too strong when he was alive.

Li Zhuiyuan could only take a shortcut. Since dogmatic means were not enough, he could only take a conciliatory approach.

The fact that the other party could still remember the scene of me stealing his book meant that he actually had some self-awareness.

Moreover, this scholar is different from others who are fanatically pursuing immortality.

He may not be obsessed with pursuing immortality, but his lover died and he could not stop or save the relationship, so he came to this place on purpose to escape.

Under Li Zhuiyuan's operation, the memory scene began to play back, all the way back to the cave.

Outside the cave, scenes of spring, summer, autumn and winter began to flash quickly.

Li Zhuiyuan was simulating the changes that would occur inside and outside the cave due to the erosion of time.

The boy was already very good at formations, so naturally he was not bad at making antiques.

Soon, as "time continued to pass rapidly", the formation outside the cave entrance became mottled and fell off, gradually losing its power.

The stream in the cave dried up, and the patterns on the table were slowly filled with dust, slowly losing its protective effect.

The lustre of several jade pendants on the woman's body, which were used to preserve the corpse, was gradually dimming.

Small animals began to sneak in, and the corpses, without shelter and preservation, not only faced the risk of being eaten by animals, but also had to bear the cost of rotting.

The scholar's body began to tremble. He obviously couldn't accept this scene.

Li Zhuiyuan's voice also rang in his ears:

“When you left, you expected to be gone for a long time, but you probably didn’t expect it to be this long.

Even if you have taken the erosion of time into consideration in your prior arrangements, no matter how many arrangements and precautions you take, you will not be able to stop the inevitable fact.

I promise you, if you fail to ascend to immortality, I will go to the place where she is buried and help her rearrange the inner and outer formations so that her voice and appearance will be preserved forever."

The scholar in the memory stopped shaking.

In reality, scholars no longer resist the consciousness of young people and completely open up their defenses.

Successful.

At this moment, two people happened to come to the first floor.

The scholar continued to walk towards the tower gate, while Li Zhuiyuan stayed where he was and closed his eyes.

At this moment, the fight outside is very intense and lively.

The "fake Runsheng" did not try to open the valve fully, most likely because Xu Zhenrong was not sure whether this human being molded with a large number of black shadows could support the load of fully opening the valve.

Besides...she already has enough advantages.

Zhao Yi did not naively engage in a "soldier against soldier, general against general" battle. Instead, he chose to gather everyone together, with Runsheng responsible for the frontal confrontation, while the others would follow behind Runsheng to provide various assistance and support.

He had given up the possibility of "winning" early on, and simply chose to focus on the formation he had arranged, with the rest of the people gathering around him to provide cover, intent on being a coward.

Because the physical fitness of "fake Runsheng", "fake Lin Shuyou" and "fake Tan Wenbin" are much stronger than mine, so a one-on-one fight can only accelerate the process of failure.

Zhao Yi just wanted to buy time until the man named Li in the high tower could come back to provide reinforcements.

This decision alone is more important than countless specific combat command instructions.

For example, Yu Miaomiao above, she was already covered in blood, and was being suppressed more and more by Zhen Shaoan, fighting a very tragic battle like a trapped beast.

What she should have done most at the beginning was to give up any idea of ​​actively attacking and keep herself at a safe distance to seek external deterrence.

But her eyes were filled with hatred and unwillingness, and she still wanted to break through the increasingly terrifying pressure of the formation, and then kill him.

It is precisely because of this stubbornness and extremism that she is gradually heading towards a dead end.

Zhen Shaoan only needs to continue setting up the formation, and perhaps in the next moment, Yu Miaomiao's body will "pop" and turn into a ball of blood mist.

Xu Zhenrong had an absolute advantage, but the three powerful puppets under her command were unable to break through the turtle shell that was set up with great determination.

She was already considering whether to let the "fake Runsheng" enter the full-valve mode. This seemed to be the only way to speed up the process at the moment.

Just then, the scholar walked out of the tower gate.

Xu Zhenrong and Zhen Shaoan were startled at the same time, then they looked up at the top of the tower again, and there was still no one on the top of the tower.

They didn't understand why someone could still walk out of this tall tower after they had already dealt with an old Taoist priest.

Could it be that the person on the top floor has two lives?

Zhen Shaoan: "Don't worry, even if the old Taoist priest appears again, we don't have to be afraid of him anymore as we have the advantage of the terrain."

Xu Zhenrong: "No matter how powerful you were when you were alive, you are still dead after all."

Although the sudden appearance of the scholar surprised them both, this surprise was not enough to affect the situation they were currently controlling.

Inside the high tower, Li Zhuiyuan, who had his eyes closed, opened his mouth. The scholar who had just walked out of the tower and was standing there also opened his mouth.

Li Zhuiyuan was speaking, but the voice came from the scholar:
"Dividing the good fortune of the bell will cause the rules and constraints here to completely collapse. As resentment grows, everything here will turn into evil. When that happens, rushing out of here will be a natural disaster."

The scholar spoke, which shocked Zhen Shaoan and Xu Zhenrong.

Zhen Shaoan: "It's just bluffing. The people inside are using secret methods to transmit messages. It's okay. He's already dead. There's no need to worry about other changes unless he can open his eyes."

Xu Zhenrong said, "He deceived the public and killed lives in the name of becoming an immortal. We are hiding here to kill this evil villain and seek justice for the poor people who have been deceived and lost their lives!"

Inside the tower, Li Zhuiyuan smiled; outside the tower, the scholars also smiled.

It turned out that the two of them, including Yu Zangsheng, had actually always known that taking away the good fortune from the big bell in the tower would cause this place to get out of control, and thousands of evil spirits would rush out of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, causing a disaster.

But they don't care, because they only have their own family in mind.

When Zhao Yi heard this conversation, he couldn't help but think of the stone tablet left by his ancestors in the mountains and the copper coin sword "given" to Mr. Li by his ancestors.

I also remembered the time when I gave Mr. Li medicine and Mr. Li's evaluation of himself during the review of the action:
"Because I was being stupid."

There was obviously a simpler and safer way to get rid of the old witch, but Mr. Li chose the most difficult and dangerous one.

At that moment, Zhao Yi wiped the blood from the cracks of the Gate of Life and Death due to overdrawing the formation, and said sarcastically:

"Tsk, no wonder you couldn't win against my ancestor in the first place. It would be a blasphemy if the position of Dragon King really fell to you."

You have to fight for what you need to fight for, you have to grab what you need to grab, and you have to kill when you need to kill, but there are always some things that have to be put first. If you want people to be completely convinced, fists alone are not enough.

Zhen Shaoan: "We admit that we can't win against Zhao Wuyang, but we must get what we want today!"

Xu Zhenrong: "It's just another dead man who can't open his eyes. Zhao family boy, do you really think you can turn the tables?"

"Hahahahaha!"

Zhao Yi suddenly burst into laughter, and blood spurted out of his forehead and chest quickly.

But he didn't care about that now and shouted:
"It would be fine if you didn't say it. Once you say it, I really think it will come true. The facts will tell you that the two of you have been blessed today!"

Zhao Yi raised his hand and held up three fingers, counting down as he dropped them one by one: "Three, two, one!"

In my heart, I was repeating quickly: Mr. Li, I know you can do it, please give me some face! Mr. Li, please don’t embarrass me!

"……one!"

While saying "one", Zhao Yi also snapped his fingers.

"Snapped!"

Readers, open your eyes!

(End of this chapter)