Records of Mysterious Things in the Southern Dynasties

Chapter 220 Purgatory on Earth
As soon as the two entered the valley, they saw two men with knives walking back in front of them, one of them had a wooden box under his armpit.

We had to capture them quickly, because the clay figures in the box were real clay figures, the kind that would melt once sprinkled with water...

There was no need for the Fifth Dimension to take action for such a small matter. Ren Yuan instantly drew two immobilizing talismans with his index fingers. The moment he immobilized the two people, he summoned his flying sword. With a swish, a beam of light flashed by, and the two heads fell to the ground.

With one final swing of the Evil-Slaying Blade, the two men's souls were strangled and their bodies and spirits were annihilated between heaven and earth.

This smooth little combo made the Fifth Dimension stunned. This method of killing and silencing people is too skillful, isn't it? It seems that he killed many people before entering the Gou Chen Division.

Each of them took a head, looked at it carefully, and then transformed themselves into the appearance of the two men, holding a knife and holding the wooden box, and continued to walk inside.

It is the end of February now, and it is already mid-spring in the south of the Yangtze River. Even though the temperature in the mountains is a little lower, the scenery should be full of red flowers and green grass.

The vegetation in the valley was withered, branches were bare, and the chilly air made the two shudder. It was like they had suddenly arrived in winter in the north.

"Someone has set up a Yin Gathering Formation. I guess they are refining something." The Fifth Dimension whispered, "Looking at the effect of this formation, there must be a great supernatural power in charge."

Ren Yuan nodded and went to the toilet silently. He and Diwu Wei walked along the mountain road and saw a large house located deep in the valley.

The white smoke was rising from the house. The closer we got to the house, the colder it became. There was a layer of frost on the ground, and the grass and trees beside the road were all frozen.

The warrior guarding the gate was wearing a thick fur coat. When he saw the two people coming back, he opened the heavy gate.

When Ren Yuan and the other man turned around the screen wall, they saw at least thirty stoves densely packed in the huge courtyard.

On the stove sat a large black vat filled with clear water, with a thick black lid on top. No one knew what was cooking in the vat, but the lid was shaking and making ghostly howling sounds, which was very creepy.

A hundred or so men in short coats were busy around the thirty stoves. Some were filling the furnace with charcoal, and others were adding herbs to the jars. A thick black aura was condensed on everyone's face. According to Taoists, it was because there were too many evil spirits entangled with them.

Ren Yuan knew that these people would not live long and would die within a few years due to depletion of yang energy.

They are unaware of this and are still complaining:

"Another batch of lambs?"

"We keep firing one furnace after another. Is there any time to rest? We are dying of exhaustion."

The foreman didn't like what he heard and angrily scolded, "Stop talking nonsense. It's almost the end of the month. If you don't complete the task, you will be hung up and beaten!"

"Is it our fault?" The men in short coats said indignantly, "It's because our delivery staff were arrested last month, and we have been out of work for a long time."

"If you fail to complete the task, you will still be beaten." The foreman spat and shouted at Ren Yuan and the other two:
"What are you daydreaming about? Hurry up and send the lambs in so they can empty their stomachs and intestines before entering the tank!"

"Hey, hey." Ren Yuan nodded in agreement, and the two of them took the wooden box into the inner courtyard.

As soon as he entered the inner courtyard, the Fifth Dimension whispered to Ren Yuan: "There is a great supernatural power in the room, find a way to kill him first."

Ren Yuan nodded slightly, and saw several huge iron cages in the inner courtyard. Hundreds of children were locked inside. All of them were naked, huddled together and shivering constantly, and it was unclear whether they were scared or cold.

"What are you daydreaming about? Put the little man on the ground quickly." In the courtyard, a man with a pointed chin and monkey face shouted at Ren Yuan.

"Oh." Ren Yuan hurried over, opened the wooden box, and placed the little clay figures inside on the ground one by one.

The skinny monkey then picked up the water bowl and sprinkled the clean water in it onto the clay figure.

The clay figurine did not instantly turn into a real child like it did in the previous times. Instead, its face became blurry, and there was mud dripping down. "Hey, what's going on?" The skinny monkey looked at Ren Yuan and the others.

Ren Yuan and the Fifth Dimension shouted even louder: "What is going on?!"

The shouting attracted people in the house to come out to check, and a man with a calm demeanor and the demeanor of a master walked out of the main room.

"What's wrong?" the man asked in a deep voice.

"Honorable, the goods this time are not right." The thin monkey hurriedly said respectfully: "Sprinkle water on it, and it will not turn into a human being."

"Let me see." The worshipper came over.

Ren Yuan and Diwu Wei quickly made way for him, bowed and said, "Please take a look at what's going on."

The worshiper bent down, picked up a clay figure and started to knead it. As a result, his hands were full of mud. He couldn't help but curse: "This is made of fucking mud!"

Before he could finish his words, someone slapped him on the back of his head.

He was immediately horrified. He had never expected that his spiritual connection would not respond at all, and the next moment he was trapped in an endless illusion...

This is the fifth dimension’s great magical power—the ability to conceal the truth from everyone and to deceive one’s opponent’s spiritual intuition.

Immediately afterwards, Ren Yuan's flying sword turned into a clear light and flashed, beheading the worshiper on the spot.

It was not until this moment that the powerful worshipper reacted, and the Yin Spirit fled, and even Ren Yuanfei's lightning sword could not stop it.

"The Yin Spirit with great magical powers cannot be stopped!" The Fifth Dimension shouted in a low voice, telling him not to waste his efforts. "Protect me!"

"Yes!" Ren Yuan responded, and flying swords and talismans came out together to resist those warriors who had just reacted.

The Fifth Dimension quickly drew a magic circle with his hands. When the magic circle was glowing with colorful light, the ghost swordsmen of the Chongguang Clan swarmed out of the circle, waving their weapons and joining the battle, and soon gained the upper hand!

In this battle, Chen Baxian was the most powerful. His fire magic power raised his attack power to a higher level. He fought in all directions and was unmatched. His lethality was almost catching up with A Yao's.

The battle was over in a matter of minutes. There was no casualty in Chongguang Chuang. More than a hundred criminals in the mansion were wiped out and dozens of people were captured.

Worried that the royal soldiers in the manor would come to reinforce, the Fifth Dimension asked Nangong to lead a team and take the children away from the teleportation formation first.

He took the rest of the people and quickly searched the scene.

"Who are you?" Zuan asked the captured foreman, "What are these?"

"We are alchemists," the foreman answered truthfully involuntarily, "These are the cauldrons used to refine the Red Spirit Pill."

"What?" Although they were mentally prepared, everyone in the Gou Chen Division couldn't help but exclaim when they heard this.

"The Red Spirit Pill was made from a child?"

"Yes, this is a great advancement in alchemy!" The foreman said enthusiastically, "Ordinary golden elixirs are mainly made of mercury, lead, and tin. After ordinary people take them, not only will they not be able to achieve immortality, but they will easily be poisoned!"

"Since the Wei and Jin Dynasties, more and more people have died or become crazy because of taking golden elixirs. Therefore, those nobles who are afraid of death gradually dare not take golden elixirs anymore, and we alchemists have lost our jobs. Then a genius predecessor invented this kind of red spirit pill, which is equally effective but will not cause poisoning!"

(End of this chapter)