Unexpected

The brain seemed to be split open, the pain reached all the five sense organs, the sound of the Zhenling drum still lingered in Shi Xun's sea of ​​consciousness, and the rampant consciousness kept rushing forward.

Soon, the pain in his wrist and neck forced him to wake up, and he slowly opened his eyes. The familiar place really gave him great "comfort".

"The Guo family in Pingyang...Guo Mo..."

At this moment, Shi Xun, his hands were hung in mid-air by chains full of thorns, and even a slight twist would cause sharp pains, more wounds around his neck, the waist down was covered in cold muddy water, and his toes could barely reach The ground, buoyancy and height constraints made him have to strain his toes all the time to maintain this situation. If he relaxed a little, the thorns on his wrists would be embedded in his flesh and bones, and the thorns on his neck would sink even more horribly into the thin skin. white neck.

This kind of binding can not only continuously consume the physical strength of the prisoner, but also stimulate his nerves all the time so that he can stay awake and feel it. It is really the most effective method of torture.

The water dungeon was dim, except for a nearly smoldering candle, dripping wax tears, burning like a ghost outside the prison's fence.The height below his waist is full of water, stretching outwards, with some musty smell of corruption, without a trace of fluctuation.

The exact same trifoliate thorns, the exact same imprisonment, but compared to the cage in the previous life, Shi Xun is not so desperate now.

His Gu Yao will come.

Shi Xun tried his best to soothe the painful spiritual consciousness, and separated a faint ray of consciousness to explore the depths. In the depths of the stagnant river, there were still cells one after another, and each cell held a loose spirit like him. , The cramped space can only accommodate one person, all of them are covered in blood, fainted and hang their heads, trembling with fear, mixed in the rotten stagnant water, lifeless.

When the spiritual consciousness came back to his mind, Shi Xun tried his best to keep himself calm, but the scene just now was firmly rooted in his consciousness. Facing the tyranny who can't wait to riot, he uses all his consciousness on investigation.

In the entire winding cave, there are no other living things except for the weak scattered aura, and the aura in these spaces is also so empty that there is almost no aura.

Suddenly, the stagnant water fluctuated, and the sound of boats slapping the stagnant water was faintly heard in the silent underground space, followed by a vague scent of candles, mixed in the corrupted river water, There is an alternative flavor.

But after a cup of tea, the sound of the water became louder and louder. Soon, Shi Xun could vaguely discern a little fire coming from outside her cell. The fire was very dim, but to Shi Xun who had endured the darkness for a long time, it was still dazzling.

A thin and thin man was patrolling the course of the Deadwater River in a narrow boat, and beside him sat another equally thin man, holding a candle.

The boatman spat into the stagnant river, cursing: "This unlucky errand, why is it our brother's turn?"

The other person was also full of resentment: "That's right, the mold is so bad, who the hell wants to come."

"Hey, I heard that the Patriarch caught another one yesterday."

"No matter how much you catch, how much spiritual energy can you give us? Why don't you get wiped out by the disciples of the inner sect?"

The sound of water gradually approached Shi Xun's cage, and he asked, "Hey, little brother over there, I'm going to die anyway, I don't know who caught me, it's hard to understand why I died. "

The person holding the candle seemed to be dissatisfied with the Guo family, and his mouth was slippery, and he couldn't help but tell the truth: "Who else is there, the Guo family in Pingyang! Catch you loose spirits so you can practice."

"What is the relationship between the Guo family in Pingyang and Guo Mo?" Shi Xun heard himself asking tremblingly.

The one holding the candle glanced disdainfully at Shi Xun: "Guo Mo, you don't even know? The highest-ranked cultivator in the immortal world is the highest-ranked person in the Guo family. 300 years ago, he studied under Chen Lv's sect, and his honorary name is Mo Hu." Immortal, now he is already a Dacheng Shangxian's cultivation level. Bah, what is it, I don't even know this."

The narrow boat swayed and left the Dead Water River again. It was quiet for a long time before Shi Xun came to his senses.

Has Guo Mo not betrayed his teacher in this life? 300 years of cultivation?Has his trajectory changed?What about Shang Yun?

Countless doubts made Shi Xun's brain throbbing even more, and he almost passed out amidst the stinging pain and tension.

Less than half an hour later, there was another sound of breaking water. This time four people came, the head of the Guo family, Guo Mian, the second head of the family, Guo Huai, Guo Ranran and Guo Zhun.

The narrow boat in the shallow water had no boatman, and it soon docked outside Shi Xun's cell. An immortal technique opened the cell door, and Guo Ranran's whip came oncoming.

For a full 20 days of rage, the whip was whipped non-stop on Shi Xun's body. The only bit of spiritual energy he used was used by him to protect his soul and vital organs. His lower limbs, which were soaked in water, barely stood on tiptoe, and all the nerves in his body were hurt. tortured with whipping.

Guo Ranran didn't say anything, just vented his anger with whip after whip, his eyes were bloodshot red, and his ferocious face didn't have the same alluring look as before.

"Okay, Ran Ran, stop." It was Guo Mian who spoke, and Guo Ranran took a few whips before stopping. After venting her hatred, she was so stimulated that she couldn't even stand still, and she fell onto the narrow boat.

Guo Huai ordered Guo Zhun to take Guo Ranran back after venting his hatred, then turned to Guo Mian and said, "Second brother, what should we do next?"

Guo Mian replied to him: "Using the usual method, force him to lead the spirit, and see if he is useful."

Guo Huai formed a tactic in his hands. Shi Xun, who was in the burning pain, immediately felt a burst of compulsive force from the thorns on the neck and wrists. The barbs buried the flesh and blood, oppressing the instinct in her body, forcing her Pull the aura.

The pain forced Shi Xun's bound hands to uncontrollably grasp the chains that hung him, and the protruding thorns severely pierced his hands. Shi Xun resisted the traction with the last bit of consciousness and stayed at the end of the stagnant river.

"You... are... this... forcing...them?"

Like the previous life, forcing us to draw spiritual power for your Guo family to practice, forcing us to live tremblingly, forcing us to lose our instincts, and never getting out again?

Guo Mian was very surprised that Shi Xun's traction force could not even extend out of the underground dungeon. A pair of daggers appeared in his hands and stabbed straight at Shi Xun's 36 acupoints.

The last bit of spiritual energy dissipated, and the life acupoint was stabbed, which really burned Shi Xun's last bit of lamp oil, but he still resisted the oppression from the chain, and finally couldn't bear it anymore and passed out.

"Second brother, how are you?" Guo Huai asked impatiently after Guo Mian stopped.

"Useless people, just throw them to the back mountain, and tell Luo Zixu, I believe he is also satisfied with this way of handling." For his Guo family, the purpose of capturing Sanling is to draw spiritual energy for his Guo family. It's better to waste it and throw it into the mountains. It's better to feed those ghouls in Ci Cemetery, maybe one day they will be able to fight for his Guo family.

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Outside the Immortal Barrier of Ci Tomb Mountain, the steward of the Guo family stood obsequiously where Guo Mian started, bowing his knees, without any appearance of a normal person.

"Patriarch, are you going to throw this man into the mountains?"

Guo Mian glanced contemptuously at Shi Xun, who was randomly thrown on the ground, and said, "Find a few people who can be controlled, and I will go in with you, throw him in the most ghostly place in the mountain, and use the soul devouring awl to kill him." His limbs are nailed into dry ground, and he must die in it!"

"Yes! Patriarch." The steward was so terrified that he even used the Soul Devourer Awl. This was clearly to deprive the three souls, so that people could never be reincarnated. He recruited a few strong men to set up Shi Xun, and followed Guo Mian who was the leader. into the mountains.

Ci Grave Mountain Immortal Barrier can only be opened by the tokens of the Four Great Immortals, and the tokens are always controlled by Guo Mian. The matter of imprisoning scattered spirits can be said to be the biggest handle of the Guo family. It's cheap to die overnight and ruin your reputation.Therefore, the Guo family has always had a secret team, and the head of the family personally handles such matters.

Guo Huai still hesitated: "Second brother, this person has a special status. If Gu Yao pursues it, what will we do? Besides, you heard what Luo Zixu said. The two mysterious people who came to Hanxu Mountain that day, It is very likely that it is closely related to the ancient mythical beast, if they find it, wouldn’t the great cause of my Guo family be ruined?”

Guo Mian flicked his sleeves in displeasure, his face was full of arrogance: "No matter what his identity and background, he might escape when he arrives at the Immortal Barrier of Ci Tomb Mountain? It's not like you don't know what the lord promised us. Little pawn, if you kill it, you will kill it, and there are four great immortals as shields, what are you afraid of? Isn't it like Guo Qu, who has a heart of benevolence and righteousness?"

Guo Huai wiped the cold sweat off his forehead, fearful and fearful: "Second brother, don't dare, don't dare."

Guo Mian took out the token of the Four Great Immortals, and a thick rune leaped from the token onto the barrier, and immediately the barrier in front of him showed a round mouth with a size of one foot in the fluctuation. The ghoul still couldn't escape from the crack.Guo Mian waved his palm, and the person waiting outside the fairy barrier immediately turned into a phantom, and followed Guo Mian into Ci Tomb Mountain.

The mountain path into the mountain is considered to be the most orderly place on the entire mountain, and the rest are either overgrown in disorder or black bare branches, reborn layer by layer, rolling down to both sides of the mountain path.Probing to both sides of the mountain road, there are all low bushes, so lifeless that there is no green.The mountains are surrounded by a thick fog all the year round, the sun is not visible, and hoarse whispers can be faintly heard.

The mountain of Ci Cemetery is not high, only fifty feet, but it is enough to walk to a dry land on the shady side of the mountain in the time of a cup of tea.This area is more open than the cluttered shrub forest, but there are unnamed graves piled up one after another, and there are layers of dead bones beside the graves, but all of them are scattered and incomplete.

Guo Mian ordered people to throw Shi Xun down, threw out four long awls, and said indifferently: "Use the soul-eating awl to crucify his limbs, tendons and wrists, and I will see if he can live for three days."

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One day later, in Xuanzhou, Gu Yao, who had been traveling for two days, was eating at a restaurant with his pockets filled with aura-rich fairy grass.

For the past two days, he hasn't eaten a single drop of rice, he has been running around non-stop, and finally gathered enough medicinal materials according to Yao Yuanji's request, so he has to eat quickly so that he can ask the easy-going head of Chongwu Mountain to refine medicine.But hurry up, he hasn't seen Shi Xun for two days, I don't know how he is?

The voice of the neighbor table talking privately came to his ears, and Gu Yao, who was preoccupied with cooking, stopped his hands immediately.

"Hey! I heard that the chief culprit of the Hanxu Mountain Sect has been arrested?"

"No, I heard it's a scattered spirit?"

"It's such a waste? Then how can it disturb the Hanxu Mountain faction?"

Among them, a man with slanted eyes showed a mouthful of yellow teeth, full of pride: "Whatever he does, the left and right are caught, hahahaha!"

The people on the side were even more curious when they heard the words: "What's the matter? Tell me quickly!"

The man picked his yellow teeth, his eyes were full of disdain: "That boy was hiding in Ting Xiaoshangxian's other courtyard, and the second head of the Guo family went out to arrest him, but the servants around the boy seemed to have run away. But I heard that kid has been thrown into the Ci graveyard for a day now."

"Ci Grave Mountain! Isn't this too extreme?! It's probably some other means of punishment, why throw it to Ci Grave Mountain? There's no way to get out of that mountain."

The yellow-toothed man spat on the ground, his eyes were venomous: "So what? If he ruined his school, if he didn't throw it into the Ci graveyard, how could he get along with the head of Luo? This is not his own fault. Send him away When I entered the mountain, I was already drenched in blood. It was just a matter of breathing in and out. Do you still remember Guo Ci, the traitor of the Guo family who was thrown in a few years ago? That kid must have been wiped out long ago. Hahahaha! These wastes who insult my immortal way, die as soon as they die, what's so great about it."