Chapter 182 Huang Shanjun
From Li Qi's witch's perspective, he could clearly see that a line connected the butterfly, constantly extracting her essence.
Li Qi also knew this technique, which was a method of arranging a mountain and water formation.
Most witches knew almost nothing about the formation of Yin-Yang magic, because it was too difficult, but they were very good at another type of mountain and water formation.
The so-called mountain and water formation is actually to use the power of mountains and water, with mountains, waters and land as nodes, and mountain air and water as veins, to build it into a whole.
This kind of mountain and water formation is not as magical and mysterious as the Taoist Yin-Yang magic formation. After all, that kind of thing can turn the world upside down, reverse Yin and Yang, and can do incredible things at a very small cost.
But the advantage of the mountain and water formation is incomparably grand.
The formation formed by the cooperation of one mountain and water god after another is commanded by the witches. Although this kind of power is not exquisite, it is grand and can mobilize huge power. After forming a whole, it is almost indestructible. Unless a great man takes action and directly destroys the mountain and water veins in this area, it can be directly removed.
Of course, the connection between each node can also be dismantled, but that requires slow work and fine work.
But all this has a prerequisite, that is, the witches mediate and persuade these mountain and water gods, various spirits and even forces to voluntarily contribute their strength.
"Someone made a deal with you? Your previous energy deficit was clearly forcibly extracted by this person. What's going on!" Li Qi was a little excited and his tone was a little stern.
Hearing the words of the benefactor in front of him, the little girl was scared enough.
Butterflies are easily frightened. At this moment, they are yelled at by the benefactor, and they are even more trembling, shaking like they are not wearing clothes.
Oh, they were not wearing clothes in the first place, just wearing a robe of Li Qi.
Old Ma glanced at the side.
Then he continued to eat.
Li Qi was always nosy, he was used to it, just don't delay him from eating and resting.
And Li Qi, when he saw the butterfly girl, took a deep breath, suppressed his mood, found a big rock to sit down, and patted the empty seat beside him: "Come, sit here, tell me, what's new recently."
"Well... benefactor, you, are you angry?" The butterfly asked cautiously: "I dare not sit with you, I'll just kneel here."
Hearing this, Li Qi couldn't help rolling his eyes, then stood up directly, picked her up, and put her next to him.
Without waiting for the butterfly to respond, he continued, "Don't talk about those useless things. Didn't you notice it? This thing on you is draining your essence. I didn't notice it before, but you just transformed into a pupa and your body was reshaped. It should be round and flawless, but there is an extra thread, which made me notice it."
"Thread?" The little girl was a little confused. Her original nervousness was also dispersed by Li Qi's question, and she recalled the past.
After all, according to her age, although she was considered long-lived in the butterfly, she actually only lived for four or five years, and her spiritual awakening time was only about four years. Her mind is not mature yet and is still single-threaded for the time being.
Thinking and nervousness, two things that she can hardly do at the same time.
Li Qi asked a series of questions, and she started thinking, so she forgot that she was actually very scared.
"Well, benefactor... Previously, the mountain king here summoned all the spiritual awakening monsters and asked us to do him a favor. He asked us all to give a trace of essence and forge a magic weapon for him, and he gave us some spiritual fruits as a reward."
"Everyone is afraid that he will turn against him, so they all did it. Is it this matter?" Butterfly asked.
"Mountain King? The mountain god of your mountain?" Li Qi asked again.
"Well... he calls himself Huangshan Jun, benefactor, is he the one who stole my essence?" Butterfly asked timidly.
"Maybe, I'll pinch it off for you first, and you can lead the way for me." Li Qi stretched out his hand, reached in through the seam of the neck, and touched the back.
This butterfly was just wearing a robe of Li Qi, so it was easy to touch the thread from the gap of the back of the neck, and there was no other obstruction.
Li Qi was focused, groping all the way down from the shoulder blade, along the spine, and all the way to the third vertebra.
The third vertebra, that is, the location of the cervical vertebra, just corresponds to the place where the throat flows.
The back of the brain is the Fengmen point, and the third section of the spine is the Feishu point, both of which have holes and are easily affected by wind.
"Take a deep breath, relax, and don't be dizzy. Keep your mind in your home." Li Qi reminded.
Then, he suddenly exerted force and hit it with the internal energy of martial arts.
The internal energy of martial arts is pure in nature. It will absorb and assimilate all the different sources of energy and refine them into the same thing. Therefore, most martial artists do not have too many magical powers, but the internal energy can break most of the magic.
Because in the final analysis, all magic and magical powers are the use of the infinite "energy" between heaven and earth.
The internal energy broke the thread.
The area originally filled by the thread now revealed a small hole, revealing a flaw in the butterfly's human body.
The external energy invaded it, making her dizzy.
The external energy entered the brain, and the eyes were disoriented and the head was heavy, which was also due to the hyperactivity of yang.
Li Qi blocked the flaw with his fingers, and then stimulated the vitality to heal the flaw.
"Okay, now this thing will not extract your essence, so where is Huang Shanjun?" Li Qi asked.
The thread on the little butterfly was pulled out by Li Qi. After she was drowsy for a moment, she suddenly felt refreshed and relaxed.
She immediately understood that the man in front of her had helped her three times in just a quarter of an hour.
Thinking of this, the butterfly quickly stood up and knelt down: "I will lead the way for my benefactor!"
Li Qi was also a little anxious. Although he knew about the existence of the landscape formation from Wang Baiyan, he had seen it with his own eyes now, so he was anxious to confirm it.
"Old Ma, you eat, I will come to you later. If I haven't arrived in an hour, you can continue to rest." Li Qi greeted Old Ma.
The old horse neighed to show that he heard it.
Upon seeing this, Li Qi followed the little butterfly and walked towards the mountain.
The little butterfly was barefoot and wearing Li Qi's robe, leading Li Qi in the mountains.
However, she always looked a little hesitant on the way, turning her head to look at Li Qi from time to time.
"Are you worried? Don't worry, I won't let them implicate you." Li Qi saw her hesitant look and thought she was worried about revenge, so he comforted her.
But the little butterfly shook his head and thought about it: "That's not the case, it's just... I don't have a name yet, and I want to ask my benefactor to give me a name."
"Name, that's it." Li Qi then remembered that this butterfly had said before that he hoped he would give it a name.
"I can't afford the word "give", but I can still give you a name." Li Qi walked on the mountain road and began to think.
After walking for a while, he looked around, got inspiration, and said with a smile: "Butterflies like fragrant grass. It can be seen that dancing butterflies are compatible with flying flowers. Bees and butterflies are happy because of their fragrance. Therefore, a gentleman does not do dirty deeds and is good with people who are fragrant." When they intersect, their vitality is intact, and their horns are not exposed, they are in a comfortable place in the world, where things go smoothly and nothing happens, just like the full moon and the water in the basin are in the same circle."
"I will name you Zhufang with this meaning. I hope you can avoid filth and pursue fragrant orchids in the future. You will not become the gnat in the bush, but continue to be the dancing flower and butterfly."
"Thank you so much, my benefactor. May I ask my benefactor's name?" The butterfly was overjoyed and bowed again and again.
Li Qi quickly helped her up: "My name is Li Qi, and please don't kneel down!"
"Zhufang understands, from now on, my name will be Li Zhufang!" Li Zhufang said happily.
"Ah? Do you want to take my last name?" After Li Qi helped him up, he frowned when he heard this.
Taking another person's last name is not an ordinary thing. It will affect your future life. Names will be with you for a lifetime.
"Zhufang is just a wild butterfly. It is naturally nameless and has no family name. It is possible to survive this time thanks to the help of the benefactor. It can be transformed into a new shape. It also depends on the benefactor's words and enlightenment. It even relies on the help of the benefactor to remove external diseases. , I can’t repay this great kindness, I can only keep it in my heart! I hope I can repay it if I have the opportunity in the future!” Li Zhufang said immediately.
The little girl's face was full of determination, which gave Li Qi a headache.
Mainly because he was too young when he transformed into a butterfly. He was only twelve or thirteen years old, the age when his body had just grown.
Li Qi is not good at dealing with children.
So, he simply said with a straight face: "Don't think so much, I'm just helping you with a little effort. I don't need you to repay me. Just lead the way and help me find Mr. Huangshan."
"Yes!" Li Zhufang happily agreed, and then continued to lead Li Qi.
Along the way, the mountain road was narrow and hundreds of people were turned away. However, Li Qi had long been accustomed to walking on mountain roads, and Li Zhufang, as a butterfly spirit, could fly, so he did not encounter any special obstacles.
Along the way, like most places in Baiyue, the scenery is beautiful and the trees are lush, but some places are starting to wither and turn yellow, which does not look like normal conditions.
"Did the great landscape formation begin to extract these mountain energy, causing the trees to wither?" Li Qi thought to himself when he saw this shape.
After turning another corner, a deep abyss fell into a pool. The water spring was deep and clear, and there was a giant fish in it, one foot or two long, swimming listlessly in the water, seeming very tired.
When Li Qi saw this, he knew that the giant fish must have had its essence extracted, just like Li Zhufang.
But Li Zhufang is a butterfly, inherently fragile, and extracting some of it almost killed her.
Although the giant fish's cultivation level is similar to that of Li Zhufang before, he has already awakened his spirit and gained consciousness, and is almost at the stage of transformation, but his body has strong energy and blood, and after being pumped so much, he is just tired and has not been injured at all.
When Li Qi saw this, he didn't care much, but continued to move forward to find Mr. Huangshan.
After walking for three miles, we reached a peak in the west and saw a dangerous cliff stretching out alone, forming a gorge inside. We crossed the ridge a little lower and walked along the dangerous cliff. The mountain opened up again, so we climbed up the hillside and entered.
Entering this mountain, a wind tunnel seems to be formed here, with the wind roaring continuously and the clouds opening and closing indefinitely.
When they got here, Li Zhufang stood still: "My dear friend, Lord Huangshan is at the bottom of Tiger Roar Cliff... but I don't dare to go down."
"Tiger Roar Cliff, this name is quite appropriate." Li Qi looked down and heard the whistling of the wind.
The sound of the wind roars and rumbles, like the roar of a tiger in the forest, which is breathtaking.
But occasionally, Li Qi could hear a real tiger's roar, full of violence and impatience, which echoed with the sound of the wind.
The roar of the tiger and the roar of the wind are mixed together, and the power shakes the mountains and forests, and seems to soar into the sea.
"This mountain god...a ninth-grade tiger demon? He has followed the divine way." Li Qi observed a few things and came to a conclusion.
Then he said to Li Zhufang: "Just wait here. I'll go down for a while and come back soon."
After saying this, Li Qi grabbed the cliff and climbed down carefully.
He also wanted to jump down handsomely, but unfortunately, he couldn't fly.
This Tiger Roaring Cliff is a hundred feet high. If you jump down directly, you may not die after all, but you will probably break your legs.
It's better to climb down honestly.
Stepping on the bulges on the rock wall along the way, Li Qi quickly came to the bottom of the cliff.
But before he got there, he felt the murderous aura of the shadow below.
A scarlet gaze came from the nest below, through the mountain wind.
But a giant tiger ran out from below, shaking its tail and shaking its head, stretching its waist and arms, with a bloody mouth, broad arms, steel waist, golden claws, and iron tail. It stared at Li Qi, roared loudly, and spoke in human language: "Who are you! How dare you disturb your peace?!"
After listening, Li Qi estimated the distance and looked down. There were still about twenty feet below, and it should not be possible to break his legs, so he simply jumped down, hit the ground violently, and stood three feet away from the tiger.
"Huang Shanjun? Really?" Li Qi asked, and looked around at the same time.
This whole place was filled with murderous and dead air, with many corpses placed around, some human and some other animals, probably all of which were piled up outside after the Huangshan Jun finished eating.
Li Qi didn't have any bad feelings towards him for eating people, after all, he was a tiger, he not only ate people, but also other animals, he couldn't forbid tigers from eating meat.
However, the placement of these bones...
Li Qi frowned: "Who taught you? The placement of these bones... You don't have any ghosts around you, so you broke them and mixed them into the bones? Using the spirit of the hundreds of demons in this mountain as a guide, plus the ghosts you have accumulated in the past, and nurturing with the power of this mountain and water formation, do you want to give birth to a bone demon? And the intelligence of this bone demon is nurtured by your ghosts, so it will naturally listen to your orders. This cruel method... is not an ordinary Shinto association, this is clearly a witchcraft technique."
Yes, a cruel method, this formation, you have to sacrifice the spirit of the mountain and water, and at the same time, you don't know how many little demons like Li Zhufang will be killed, and all this is to breed a ninth-grade bone demon as his entourage.
The most important thing is that this method is a method of witchcraft.
Unlike the orthodox witches, the Wu Gu lineage is good at refining poisonous insects and cultivating evil demons to use as entourages for protection. They can also specialize in casting curses. Like the ghost witches, they are a branch of the witch path, and their methods are quite insidious.
This bone demon is one of the entourages that the Wu Gu lineage can refine.
Li Qi sighed in his heart.
Sure enough, is it the work of Guangyang City?
There is just one problem.
The mountain and water formation actually does not require blood sacrifice.
So, what are they doing with the blood sacrifice? Or is the blood sacrifice a lie that Wang Baiyan is trying to make him angry?