Killing Dao Fruit
Chapter 460 - 457: A Great Secret, Zi Buxu

Chapter 460: Chapter 457: A Great Secret, Zi Buxu

As it turned out, this group of soldiers was indeed the lowest-ranked auxiliary forces of the Crow Army.

That "Deceit Object·Head of the Bull," which didn’t even reach the Red Seal level and could only be used to harm ordinary people, was their most valuable possession.

The rest was just a sprinkling of copper coins and silver taels.

To Shen Xiaoyu, whose tastes had become increasingly higher, it was just a small fortune.

"Hmph, poorer than me, yet they dare to rob others!"

It wasn’t until she employed the "Five Ghosts Stealing Hearts Technique" to routinely perform Spirit Communication Searching that she found something new.

All the other soldiers holding swords were just following orders, ordinary folks just a month or two ago, nothing of value to them.

Only the leader dressed as a woodcutter knew some inside information.

In his memory, none of his group had the strength to confront Daoist Soldiers face-to-face in battle, they could only be assigned by the army leader in charge of supplies to ambush travelers on the road.

Using the "Head of the Bull" to turn living people into cattle, providing food for the regular soldiers.

In addition to a large number of similar "Deceit Objects" like the "Head of the Bull."

There were also various kinds of "Beast Creation Techniques" circulating in the supply camp, which could more conveniently turn people into cattle, horses, pigs, sheep.

Just deceive people into eating the Medicine Bait, imitate the animals’ movements, modify their cognition... and they could mass-produce livestock.

"In this man’s memory, the core of the Crow Army is a group of formidable Daoist Soldiers who can command Fierce Flames—the Fire Crow Soldiers.

It seems to have some origins associated with the military skills passed down by Dragon Elephant Tao’s Heavenly Bird Sect.

However, it wouldn’t be strange if the influence of the Dragon Elephant Tao’s military skills was profound in Liangzhou, as Great Yan’s Hundred Birds Battle Formation also seems to have originated from here."

"After the collapse of the Dragon Qi Prohibition on the 15th day of the eighth month, the Crow Army began to expand significantly, and since the ’woodcutter’ joined early, he naturally became the backbone.

Later, he performed excellently, harming many people and supplying numerous good cattle, so he was added to the observation list. As long as he passed the assessment, he would be taught spells.

Therefore, during this period, the ’woodcutter’s’ performance was especially vigorous, even leading his men out of Liangzhou territory.

Moreover, he once eavesdropped outside the tents of those minor magicians in the camp, secretly learning a secret.

The leader of the Crow Army, ’Sky-Reaching General’ Yellow King, personally promised them.

If they could achieve a great feat, they would get the chance to be accepted by a current major sect in the Liangzhou territory and learn the Immortality Technique!"

Shen Xiaoyu couldn’t help frowning deeply, murmuring to herself,

"In the eyes of the unaffiliated loose cultivators, the longevity-granting ’Department Taoism’ that could yield a lifespan of five hundred years through the Green Seal is considered an Immortality Technique.

While they didn’t openly mention which major Liangzhou sect it was.

But when they talked about the current major sects, could the sect that actually stands behind the Crow Army as a supporter truly be... Dragon Elephant Tao?!"

While slowly voicing her conjecture, the girl couldn’t help but take a sharp intake of breath.

Her months of highs and lows in Jianghu had already led her far beyond the threshold of the Cultivation World.

Through the "Five Ghosts Stealing Hearts Technique" and her naturally thick nerves, she effortlessly stole the ability to read and write from her targets.

In a hub of intelligence like the Cloud Tower Ghost Market, it was naturally straightforward to gain an overall understanding of the Cultivation World.

Now her knowledge base had far surpassed Wang Yuan, who had recently stepped into Jianghu, and those unaffiliated loose cultivators.

It was certainly no comparison to the ’woodcutter,’ who merely admired Immortal Law and had yet to truly enter its gateway.

She knew that the Crow Army’s main activities took place in Liangzhou.

And this place bordered the highland Yellow God’s Xiangxiong Kingdom to the west, and Langqiong’s Green God to the southwest amidst the Hundred Thousand Mountains.

There was also a mountain road going south, leading directly to the ambitious Sixteen Strong Kingdoms beyond the high mountains.

Among this encirclement by powerful entities, only one Tao Lineage could single-handedly halt these major forces from invading the Central Plains—Dragon Elephant Tao!

Even as a newcomer, Shen Xiaoyu was very aware of the status of "Dragon Elephant Tao" within the entire Cultivation World, calling them the leader of the Righteous Path was not an exaggeration.

Could such a righteous sect nurture the Crow Army, a group of bandits who relied on cannibalism?

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!

How could the Crow Army, an army of beasts that relies on eating humans, possibly be connected to a leader of the Righteous Path like Dragon Elephant Tao?

And could the Yellow King really recommend these vile beasts to be accepted into the sect and enjoy longevity?

On the other hand,

If ’Dragon Elephant Tao’ is really a bunch of hypocrites with double standards, wouldn’t the entire Great Yan’s southwest be filled with blood and carnage, leaving those Deceit Countries to slaughter them?

No! Whether it’s true or not, I must report it to the Ghost Market immediately, so the upper echelons can spread the message."

Besides being lucky, Shen Xiaoyu’s strengths were her courage, attention to detail, and resilience.

She even dared to try and tear apart Yellow Seal Strange Immortal’s ’Parasitic Shell’ in a rash attempt to save her father.

Of course, her recklessness was also a downside.

Over the past two months, guided by the omens foretold by the Five Ghosts and chasing directions favorable for her success, she initially traveled north and then headed south.

Luckily, most of the world’s "Abnormalities" were just inferior objects that could only bully mortals.

It let her achieve success repeatedly, making things smooth sailing.

Yet it inevitably left her with less and less reverence for this "Abnormal" world.

A brief reflection would also tell you.

If this news is purely imaginary and groundless, then it’s no big deal.

But if such a massive secret that could potentially overturn the entire Cultivation World were real, how could it be so easily exposed by someone?

As the saying goes: If a lord is not discreet, he loses his minister; if a minister is not discreet, he loses his life; if many things are not discreet, disaster is inevitable.

When handling great affairs, lack of carefulness will certainly bring about calamity!

The schemers must have been old foxes who have lived for hundreds of years; how could they leave such gaping holes?

So when Shen Xiaoyu began to entertain the thought of betraying their secrets and took out the "Cloud Tower Ghost Market" incense from her small bag...

She was about to speak to the incense after lighting it when...

"Huh? Mmm mmm..."

To her horror, she discovered that her mouth had suddenly... vanished!

In panic, she reached out to touch where her mouth should have been, only to find that the area was smooth.

It was as if her mouth had never existed.

But it didn’t end there.

In the blink of an eye, her ears rang with a sudden silence, and when she touched them, she found that her ears, too, had disappeared!

Then, her hands and feet, which could be used for writing, also successively vanished into thin air.

Without support,

the girl fell to the ground with a "plop".

The moment the incense dropped into the snow, it was immediately extinguished, plunging her into complete despair.

From the depths of her heart came a silent scream:

"No—!"

The Five Ghosts she had raised with great difficulty through the "Five Ghosts Heart-Stealing Technique" also exploded in succession because they were interconnected with her mind and could replace her senses.

Even that "Dharma Guide" within her body had disappeared without a trace,

proving that this spell had also been thoroughly broken by that inexplicable and irresistible force!

Before the girl could lament, her eyelids rapidly grew shut, and her vision and eyeballs disappeared along with them.

Lastly, she could no longer feel the special "buzzing" vibration from the "Demon Suppression Sword" at her waist, which detected the presence of "Weird."

Finally, her last sense of touch was stripped away.

At this moment,

Shen Xiaoyu’s entire body was left with only two nostrils for breathing, and she became a pitiful and terrifying human creature that could only wriggle slightly on the ground!

As soon as they saw her kill, the two traders that were rescued had run off like mad, disappearing without a trace.

There was no doubt.

If Shen Xiaoyu were left lying in the snow in this state for too long, she would be frozen to death.

Even if by some miracle, she did not freeze, she would die of thirst or starvation before long, having lost her seven orifices and nine holes.

When Yecun had completely reverted to silence,

a terrifying figure slowly emerged from Shen Xiaoyu’s body.

It was somewhere between tangible and intangible.

Overall, it was like a black shadow that refused to divulge any information to the outside world.

Yet it had Shen Xiaoyu’s mouth, eyes, ears, hands, feet...

It cocked its head for a glance at its "masterpiece" on the ground, about to leave via the channel of that "secret."

Whirr—!

The sky in front of it suddenly cleared of stars and clouds.

It became a strange sky centered around "Gold Star Taibai."

The shadow, like an insect encased in amber, suddenly froze in place.

Right beside it, within an arm’s reach, Wang Yuan and Huang Wu emerged hand in hand from the stars.

Seeing Shen Xiaoyu on the ground, covered with goods from their own Ghost Market, and the extinguished incense beside her, they were immediately shaken.

Who knows what kind of obsession she harbored in her heart; even as a human creature, she had not given up the will to live and was inching towards the houses in the village based on memory.

Huang Wu immediately stepped forward with compassion and hurriedly picked her up.

Shen Xiaoyu, having lost her tactile sense, did not realize she had been rescued and continued to wriggle instinctively.

This only fueled the burning anger in Wang Yuan and Huang Wu.

"Such evil and cruelty must be punished; it deserves death!"

At the same time, the voice of the "Heart Communication Conch" echoed in their ears.

"Weird · Zi Buxu · Avatar"

Taboo: Zi Buxu, strange power, tumultuous gods!

One must never speak of: abnormalities, courage, rebellion, matters of ghosts and gods.

Through a higher Strange Immortal, by using "Zi Buxu," any secret corresponding to these four matters can be bound to it, creating an absolute effect of confidentiality.

As long as the one who knows the secret harbors the thought of betrayal,

An avatar of "Zi Buxu" will appear along the chain through which the secret would be disseminated.

It will take away every organ from the informant that could lead to the leakage of information, including but not limited to the mouth, hands, ears, eyes... and so on, all seven orifices and nine holes.

It can be effective up to the realm of a Yellow Seal Dharma Body.

Do not divulge the secret! Do not divulge the secret!...

ps: Taking the evening off for that one Chapter, to arrange the subsequent plot orz

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