Secular world: My destiny has no taboos

Chapter 367: Hungry Ghost (I)

Outside the temple of Venerable Tiangang, Xuanhuang Echen and Lin Beixuan stood quietly, both with their eyes closed, as if they had fallen into a deep sleep.

After a while, Lin Beixuan's eyes slowly opened.

"The effect of Xuanhuang Realm is in no way inferior to Xuanhuang Dao Seed."

At first he was worried that his choice of the Xuanhuang Realm ability would not bring him any practical help, but after truly understanding it, he realized that he was overthinking.

The Xuanhuang Realm can not only store things, but also be used to suppress disobedient gods and evil spirits.

That’s right, the Xuanhuang Realm can actually be used to suppress secular gods!

All the secular gods and evil spirits that were taken into the Xuanhuang Realm by Lin Beixuan would no longer be able to use any of their own magic and abilities.

It's like a completely magic-forbidden space inside. No matter how powerful you were, once you are suppressed and locked up in there, you will become the same as an ordinary person.

Lin Beixuan stared at the Xuanhuang Tower floating in his palm, then turned his gaze towards the Xuanhuang hungry minions.

"I can put this body directly into the Xuanhuang Realm, but before that, I need to cut off its connection with the Xuanhuang Hungry Ghost and make it a puppet that I can control."

Lin Beixuan held the sword in his hand and swept it across the illusory Xuanhuang Tower floating in the palm of his right hand. In an instant, he took a wisp of golden Xuanhuang energy and it lingered on his fingertips.

Immediately, a finger pointed out.

"call out!"

The sword finger made a sharp sound of breaking through the wind and accurately hit the center of Xuanhuang's hungry man's forehead.

Along with this finger, a trace of Lin Beixuan's own spiritual consciousness, carrying the mysterious yellow energy, flowed into the body in front of him.

And the moment his spiritual consciousness entered the body, he discovered that there was another consciousness hidden inside the body.

This consciousness gave people the feeling of a dark abyss, carrying with it an ominous and weird feeling, and emitting extremely strong malice.

"This should be the consciousness of the Xuanhuang hungry ghost!"

Lin Beixuan frowned instantly and his whole body tensed up.

After the Xuanhuang hungry ghost discovered that another consciousness had broken into this body, it immediately attacked Lin Beixuan.

The consciousness hidden in the other party's body also carries the mysterious yellow aura, but it is sharper than Lin Beixuan's and has turned black.

“So fierce!”

Lin Beixuan did not withdraw his spiritual thoughts, but went straight forward to meet them.

Even though the Xuanhuang Hungry Ghost is terrifyingly powerful, the consciousness stored in the Xuanhuang Hungry Ghost's body is just rootless water. If the two sides really confront each other, Lin Beixuan will not necessarily suffer a loss.

Moreover, Lin Beixuan also wanted to test the current strength of Xuanhuang Hungry Ghost from this consciousness.

"boom……"

The two consciousnesses collided with each other like waves, and then Lin Beixuan heard the prompt on the panel in his mind.

[You are being watched by the original hungry ghost Xuan Huang. ]

[You fought against the original hungry ghost Xuan Huang through consciousness and successfully obtained the fate fragment from him - Six Paths of Beings (Gold) (Fragment). ]

[The special Six Paths Atlas is unlocked, and the hungry ghost information is partially unlocked. ]

【Six Paths of Beings (Gold) (Fragment): Three good things in the six paths: gods, humans, and Asuras, and three evil things in the six paths: hell, hungry ghosts, and animals. Reincarnation continues in the six paths, abandoning this aggregate and returning to another aggregate, good and evil will be rewarded, and obsession with cause and effect.】

[Note: You have successfully unlocked some of the information about the six paths of human corpses and the six paths of hungry ghosts. After collecting all the information about the six paths of humans, gods, ghosts, corpses, spirits, and demons, you can open the 'Six Paths of Beings' illustrations. ]

[Note: The six paths of sentient beings is a special six path atlas. After collecting all the information and opening the atlas, you will receive a lot of rewards. ]

[Note: Fate - Six Paths of Beings is a special fate and cannot be installed in the fate column. ]

[Note: Fate - Six Paths of Beings can be used as the fate material you need to upgrade to gold quality. ]

……

"Six realms of sentient beings!"

"The fate of Xuan Huang Hungry Ghost is the same as Xi Xuan's fate."

Lin Beixuan didn't expect to meet the six life characters again, and his eyes became very complicated.

In fact, he had previously guessed that the Xuanhuang Hungry Ghost might be the hungry ghost in the life pattern of the six paths, but he did not expect that it turned out to be true.

"There was a human corpse in front, and now there are hungry ghosts. Will there be gods and Asuras in the future?"

Lin Beixuan felt as if he was about to touch the truth that had caused Luozhou to fall into such a tragic situation.

Previously, he simply thought that all these things happened in Luozhou because a geomancer sent by emperors of past dynasties broke the geomantic veins of Luozhou.

But now it seems that he has a vague feeling that things may not be that simple.

Luozhou fell, and people with the destiny of the Six Paths Gods were born. It was as if the entire Luozhou was a huge jar with a huge hand stirring inside.

What is meant is to raise the strongest and most terrifying Gu.

Coupled with the fact that Venerable Tiangang had been very secretive and admitted that he could not take any direct action regarding the affairs of Luozhou, Lin Beixuan could not help but feel a chill down his spine.

"I hope it's not what I think!"

Just as Lin Beixuan's thoughts were drifting away, a sudden pain in his brain brought him back.

As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw the consciousness of the Xuanhuang hungry ghost biting him, trying to devour his consciousness.

"The Xuanhuang Hungry Ghost has noticed me. I must cut it off from the consciousness in this body as soon as possible."

Lin Beixuan was furious, and the spiritual thought that emanated from his arm immediately turned into a giant python, which attempted to devour the consciousness of Xuanhuang Hungry Ghost.

The quickest way to get rid of the other person's consciousness is to eat it like the other person does.

The golden giant python circled and rushed towards the black consciousness of the Xuanhuang Hungry Ghost, and the two sides engaged in a fierce battle inside their bodies.

The consciousness of the Xuanhuang hungry ghost was extremely huge and ferocious, and it almost forced Lin Beixuan's consciousness into a desperate situation several times.

However, at every critical moment, Lin Beixuan would separate a new strand of spiritual consciousness to join the battle.

One side is quantity, the other side is quality.

Gradually, the consciousness without follow-up assistance was devoured bit by bit by Lin Beixuan's spiritual thoughts, and the consciousness of the Xuanhuang hungry ghost slowly disappeared.

However, Xuanhuang Hungry Ghost was very unwilling. Lin Beixuan could even hear the other party's angry roar in his ears.

Moreover, after devouring a wisp of consciousness from the Xuanhuang hungry ghost, some fragmentary images suddenly appeared in his mind.

Lin Beixuan was just about to check, but at this moment, an urgent prompt sounded on the panel.

[Note: The original hungry ghost - Xuan Huang has locked onto you. ]

[Note: The Origin Hungry Ghost senses that you are trying to spy on its consciousness, and temporarily transforms the area you are in into the Xuanhuang Altar.]

[Note: You have entered a special area - Xuanhuang Altar.]

[Xuanhuang Altar: Xuanhuang Hungry Ghost descends and casts spells for itself, forcibly transforming the area into an altar, allowing its clones to descend and cast spells remotely. All lives on the altar have all attributes reduced by 100, are affected by the evil spirit of the God of Disaster, have their luck reduced by 50, and continue to fall into a state of hunger and weakness...]

[Note: Because your behavior has aroused the wrath of the Origin Hungry Ghost - Xuan Huang, the Origin Hungry Ghost - Xuan Huang has broken the limitations of time and space and is preparing to use its great power to forcibly transfer you to its location.]

...Looking at the prompts on the panel, Lin Beixuan felt as if his heart skipped a beat.

Xuanhuang Hungry Ghost is not going to pretend and is going to reveal his cards directly!

In order to prevent Lin Beixuan from spying on its consciousness, it didn't even bother to send down its clone, but instead spent more effort to teleport its entire body to its side.

At this moment, Lin Beixuan found that no matter how he moved, even if he used the technique of shrinking the earth into a needle to quickly escape from this place, he could not do it.

He was like the Monkey King who was betting with the Buddha. He tried his best, thinking that he could escape from the opponent's Five Finger Mountain. But no matter how he tried to escape, he was always in the opponent's palm.

"It's over, this is a big deal!"

Lin Beixuan's face turned bitter, he didn't expect that he just wanted to cut off the other party's connection with Xuanhuang's hungry minions and spy on the other party's memory fragments, but he ended up angering the other party's real body.

Now he is about to be transferred to the Xuanhuang hungry ghost and face the source of the Luozhou hungry ghost disaster alone in advance.

"Bah..."

A shrill sound suddenly rang out, instantly making Lin Beixuan's heart rise.

He instinctively felt that something was wrong, and he kicked the ground hard, rushing forward like an arrow, trying to get away from the sudden abnormal area.

However, when he turned his head and looked around, he was shocked to find that his current situation was more serious than he had imagined.

What was shattered was not only the space behind him, but also the entire Xuanhuang altar, and even further away, the space appeared to have spider-web-like cracks.

The surrounding scenery was shattered, and continuous sharp noises were heard. The cracks were like fragile glass that had suffered a violent impact and was about to collapse completely.

Lin Beixuan was in the middle of it, and he felt that everything he saw was like the wailing before the end of the world.

"Bang~~"

The space shattered, and violent energy fluctuations erupted in an instant, forming whirlpools of varying sizes.

Lin Beixuan's face turned pale. Through these whirlpools, he seemed to see the Xuanhuang hungry ghost at the other end.

The vortex gathered, like a big hand, slowly holding Lin Beixuan tightly.

But at this moment, the panel prompt popped up again.

[The Xuanhuang Altar is affected by an unknown existence, and the effects of the spells cast by the Origin Hungry Ghost - Xuanhuang are weakened. ]

[Affected by an unknown existence, your transferred location has been slightly shifted. ]

Seeing the two prompts, Lin Beixuan's pupils suddenly trembled, and his eyes subconsciously glanced at the dilapidated and decaying incense temple standing in the yellow sand not far away.

……

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Luozhou, Wangfeng City.

Yu Changqing and others have been staying outside the city for some time. They now have an additional mission, which is to observe the movements of the Beiming Army.

Under a huge stone wall with a slightly sloping top, Yu Changqing set up a simple tent, and a group of people formed a circle and were discussing something.

"This is not a solution. I think we should go to the city gate and knock on the door to ask those people to let us in. Otherwise, we won't be able to get any useful information just by looking from afar."

Yu Changqing had a heavy expression on his face as he drew on the sand with a dry branch.

"But will they let us in?" He Sui held her face in her hands and said worriedly, "We have only met the Bei Ming Army once, and we received their help."

"If there is really no other way, you have to beg to get in!" Yu Changqing said straightforwardly.

"You all saw the battle that took place on the city wall a few days ago and the arrival of Luozhou's secular god. When I passed this news back to the Secular Bureau, even the director was alarmed."

Yu Changqing glanced at his companions with a serious expression: "Now the Northern Ming Army in Luozhou has been listed as one of the important events in our secular bureau. Its rise may bring great changes to Luozhou."

"But do we have to terminate the investigation of the Jiutian Xuanhuang Pagoda?" Zhao Anshi, who was sitting cross-legged opposite Yu Changqing, frowned and asked.

He is also one of the leaders of the Luozhou investigation team. Like Yu Changqing, he is a secular son of the same generation.

When Yu Changqing discovered the Beiming Army, he was arranged by the Secular Bureau to meet up with Yu Changqing, and there were several other people traveling with him.

"Investigating the Jiutian Xuanhuang Tower is also our mission. Of course we can't give up. It's just that the first investigation target has shifted to the army in front of us." Yu Changqing said in a deep voice.

Zhao Anshi was somewhat dissatisfied when he heard this: "Why don't you just investigate this army? Why did you have to call us here? Before I came, I had already found some clues about the Xuanhuang Pagoda."

"Oh, tell me more about it." Yu Changqing's face immediately showed a hint of joy: "If you can confirm it, I can assign some people to you."

Zhao Anshi coughed twice, looking a little embarrassed: "I'm not sure whether this clue is reliable."

"You also know that there are not many natives in Luozhou now. Apart from those in the city that you observe every day, I'm afraid only a small number of them are still living underground."

"This clue was given to me by someone hiding underground."

Zhao Anshi paused, a complex look flashing across his face.

"He said that he had seen the geomancer from the imperial court after the outbreak of the starving ghosts. At that time, the geomancer had gone mad and kept muttering something like 'broken, broken'."

Hearing this, Yu Changqing immediately fell into deep thought.

"You mean, the Nine Heavens Mysterious Yellow Pagoda might have been broken?"

Zhao Anshi nodded.

"Because this matter is still uncertain, I have not reported it yet, but if this clue is true, perhaps the way we have been looking for the Nine Heavens Profound Yellow Pagoda has been wrong."

Yu Changqing frowned upon hearing this: "Is that geomancer still alive?"

You know, most of what's happening in Luozhou now was caused by that geomancer. If he were still alive, he would definitely know a lot of information that they don't know.

However, Zhao Anshi shook his head.

"I don't know whether he is dead or alive. Some people say he is dead, while others say he is still alive."

"However, the place where they last saw each other was surprisingly the same."

"Where?" Yu Changqing raised his head.

"Polo Village is also called the ruined village. They all said that when they were fleeing, they wanted to enter the village to collect some useful supplies, and they met the geomancer in this place."

"A ruined village!?"

Hearing these three words, Su Hongying, who was listening silently at the side, suddenly had her eyelashes trembling and dug her five fingers into the ground.

He Sui, who was beside her, noticed the situation and asked, "Hongying, what's wrong with you?"

The movement here also attracted everyone's attention.

Su Hongying slowly raised her head and said word by word, "I remember hearing my brother mention it by chance. Although the ruined village is located in the heart of the Luozhou Plain, it is a very poor place."

"The landlord colluded with the officials and used various methods to buy all the land from the people at extremely low prices. Finally, there was a severe drought in Luozhou, and the people of that village ate up the landlord's family and the officials."

"In just the first month of the drought, the village became a ghost village. When everyone died, there was not a single piece of meat on their bodies."

He Sui was horrified and asked in surprise, "How could your brother know so much?"

"Because he was first born as a son of a secular family in a dilapidated village." Su Hongying said calmly, "He watched as the people in that village went crazy after eating the flesh of the landlords and officials, and finally closed the village. You eat me, I eat you..."

(End of this chapter)