Start as a Temple Spirit

The big dog led the team away, and Xiaocao stepped forward, his fingertips flashing green, and he stretched out a green root, which pierced into the big bull's wrist to explore.

After a moment, he retracted the green rhizome, clasped his fists towards Shang Liangshan and said, "Master, Daniu shows no signs of being poisoned. What he lost is his energy and spirit, at least half of which has been sucked away. Would you like Xiaocao to give him some plant energy to strengthen his body?"

"No need for now. Wait until Taoist Liu takes a look, and then we can strengthen our foundation and replenish our energy." Shang Liangshan shook his head and said.

It wasn't just half of Daniu's energy that was drained away, it was a full 70%. The 20% that was recovered was the spiritual power he just replenished.

"Whoosh" the wind blew, and Heizi, who was patrolling the Forgotten Township at the first time, came back with a roar, and shook his head at Shang Liangshan. He did not find anything unusual.

"Master, is there a possibility that the one who attacked Da Niu was not a ghost, but a monster?" Xiaocao expressed his guess.

There are reasons for this speculation. First, if it was a ghost attacking, they would not have failed to notice it.

Second, ghosts attack fanatics, and Shang Liangshan, as a spirit of faith, cannot fail to sense it.

Third, what remains in the bull's body is evil energy, not ghost energy or resentment.

Fourth, when he was investigating just now, he sensed a familiar energy.

"Demon beast? Evil spirit? Dark attribute." Shang Liangshan whispered this, as if he had grasped a clue, and immediately stepped forward to conduct a detailed inspection of Daniu.

The old patriarch rushed all the way at lightning speed, climbed over the village wall, and headed straight for the Xuanyuan at the corner of the mountain.

A silver shadow flashed, and Xiaoli followed closely behind.

When the remaining leopards and the militiamen who were guarding the village wall saw this scene, they couldn't help but think that something had happened.

"Everyone listen up, form a team to patrol, and open the gate of the village." Yibao gave the order loudly.

"Yes!" The militiamen received the order, lit torches, and inspected the village walls and rock cliffs.

It is said that there are huge loopholes in the defense of such a large stronghold.

For example, there is no one guarding the rock wall, the militia is too weak to detect the ghosts sneaking in, etc.

The militiamen began to form teams for patrols, and the sound of conversations could be heard at the foot of the mountain, drifting in the night wind.

"Brother Liu, I hope you can forgive me for disturbing you so late at night."

"What happened to the surviving patriarch?"

"The situation is unclear, so I'm here to ask Brother Liu to go and investigate."

"Please wait for a moment, my brother will come as soon as he gets dressed."

Not long after, three figures jumped up from the foot of the mountain, entered through the village gate, and rushed towards the Forgotten Temple at lightning speed.

They are really one faster than the other.

In the temple courtyard, Shang Liangshan slowly retracted his fingers, and a wisp of illusory black thread was lingering on his fingertips.

"Illusionary energy? No, it's more like dream energy?" Shang Liangshan looked at the illusory black filaments between his fingers, unable to determine for a moment.

This was what he extracted from Daniu's mental power.

"Master, it is dream energy." Xiaocao gave his own answer, because he could also pull people into dreams, and the energy extracted by Shang Liangshan, although different from his own energy, had the same effect.

"Using dreams to make the opponent consume their energy without knowing it, and then gathering it together and stealing it without leaving a trace, this ability is quite scary." Shang Liangshan suddenly felt it was tricky, very tricky.

It was so difficult that it made him feel powerless. This ability was even more terrifying than stealing dreams.

Just as Shang Liangshan was looking at the illusory black filaments and thinking hard about a solution.

Liu Weizi flew into the temple courtyard on the wind and looked at the energy at Shang Liangshan's fingertips.

"It's dark attribute dream energy." After Liu Weizi identified it, he checked on Da Niu who was sleeping on the chair.

At this moment, this guy looked like a person who had indulged in excessive sexual activities, with a pale face and weak breath.

The old patriarch and Xiaoli, along with Yifeng who had come after hearing the news, followed Liu Weizi into the courtyard and all looked at the energy at Shang Liangshan's fingertips.

Then the two men and the fox shook their heads together. They couldn't figure out anything.

After a while, Liu Weizi, who knew what was going on, finished his inspection and said to everyone, "It was an evil dream demon that was causing trouble."

Everyone looked confused and shook their heads to indicate they had never heard of it.

Liu Weizi was not surprised at all. He organized his words and said, "It is an evil dream demon, shaped like a black cat, with dream horns on its head. It wanders in the dark night, its eyes can capture souls, its dream horns can build dreams, and it can steal the spirit of living beings, just like a dream nunnery."

"If I'm not mistaken, Daniel disturbed the sleep of the sixth-level evil dream demon and was retaliated."

"Being retaliated?" the old patriarch asked.

"The evil dream demon will never steal more than 30% of the dream master's energy. If it exceeds 30%, it will definitely provoke it and bring revenge." Liu Weizi explained.

"Heizi, go call the temple guards who are patrolling with Da Niu." Shang Liangshan ordered Heizi, who was standing on the back of a chair and combing his wing feathers.

"Ga" Heizi tapped the bird's head and flew away.

"Master Liu, do you have any way to find the evil dream monster?" Shang Liangshan looked at Master Liu and asked.

"It's difficult, very difficult. The evil dream monster is good at hiding itself. In addition, it has dark attributes and can hide in darkness and shadows. So it is too difficult to find it." Liu Weizi shook his head.

"Difficult doesn't mean there is no way, right?" Shang Liangshan looked directly into Liu Weizi's eyes.

"Liangshan, even if we can find the evil dream monster, we won't be able to kill it. Instead, it will anger it, and then Forgotten Township will be turned upside down by it."

"Then let it wreak havoc in the village?" The old patriarch frowned.

"It shouldn't dare to cause trouble again." Liu Weizi said and looked towards Shang Liangshan.

"What do you mean?" Yifeng asked.

"Liangshan can restrain the evil dream monster." After Liu Weizi gave the answer, he explained: "Liangshan is stronger than the evil dream monster in terms of soul capture and illusion."

"The monster is very intelligent. After it was alerted to Liangshan, it must be worried that it might be captured or caught in its dream. What awaits it then is an illusion and soul control, so it will hide, or may even have escaped."

"Brother Liu, do you mean to leave it alone and let the evil spirit Meng Yao retreat?" Yifeng understood what Liu Weizi meant.

"This is the only way for now." Liu Weizi nodded and continued, "I also want to catch the evil spirit Dream Demon, but my strength does not allow it. If I am not sure, I can only endure it and avoid angering it."

Everyone fell silent after hearing this and began to think about Liu Weizi's words.

With the sound of "da da da" footsteps, the big dog led the temple guards into the temple courtyard.

Yifeng stepped forward to inquire about what happened before and after Da Niu fell asleep, and the result was as expected, there was nothing abnormal.

"Ah" Daniu woke up slowly with the help of Xiaocao.

The old patriarch stepped forward quickly and asked about what happened before the incident.

Daniu racked his brains to recall, and the clue he came up with was that he had kicked a stone away before he fell asleep.

When everyone heard this, they looked at Da Niu with complicated eyes, "Your feet are so cheap."

Shang Liangshan discussed with the old clan leader, Yifeng, and decided to follow Liu Weizi's advice and wait and see whether the evil spirit Meng Yao would retreat.

Of course, an investigation must be carried out, and this matter will be done by Heizi, because he can fly and has a pair of big eyes.