dognovel Chapter 422: Spirit Prisoner
Chapter 422: Spirit Prisoner
In the forest behind Xuanyuan Temple, Jiang Yuanfeng was halfway there, and before he reached the armored soldiers holding torches, he could no longer move.
In the woods, a large spiritual net above his head, which only he could see, was flashing with golden light and pressing down towards him. With the entire Xuanyuan Temple as the center, it formed a huge Bagua formation.
Soul Prisoner Network!
He had sensed something before, back at the Purple Star Terrace, but he was seriously injured at the time, so he didn't pay much attention. Furthermore, setting up the Soul Prison Net required either a birth date or personal belongings from the soul-catcher, something he had never given anyone, so he wasn't worried.
But now, he suddenly realized that Lu Xuan had underestimated her!
If it wasn't for his personal belongings, there was only one possibility, that she was like the old sect master before, and in order to punish the disciple who abandoned his master, she used the sect master's skills to cast the soul-chasing curse!
But how is that possible? That requires extremely profound cultivation!
Just as he was thinking about it, his head started to hurt more and more. The golden light from the Soul Prison Net that kept pressing down was accompanied by bursts of muffled thunder-like sounds. However, when he listened carefully, it transformed into bursts of heart-wrenching and harsh sounds, like tiles scraping on stone slabs, which was both unpleasant and irritating.
Jiang Yuanfeng wanted to cover his ears quickly. If he heard it, the soul-prisoning net would lock onto him faster and trap him!
However, he couldn't control himself.
I had just heard a part of it inadvertently, and it kept echoing in my mind, making me dizzy again and again.
The sensitivity of the Divine Machine Gate on his body seemed to be more exposed than before due to the aging of his body. The electric current-like feeling had gone from being only at the fingertips at the beginning to spreading to every nerve now.
He knew that the sect leader and the soul-imprisoning formation had sensed his location!
The huge Bagua golden light array in the air above the mountainside kept shrinking at this moment, and finally gathered into a point, like a meteor from the sky, falling towards somewhere in the back mountain.
Jiang Yuanfeng was still running when suddenly his foot hit a big rock and a golden light suddenly poured down from above his head.
He couldn't help but raise his hands to cover his eyes, and at that moment, the golden light suddenly fell on him.
A flickering luster glided across his body, and his entire body froze, a faint tingling sensation running through his internal organs. Then, with him as the center, a white spiritual energy cage suddenly appeared.
He paused and stopped running forward.
I can’t leave…
Jiang Yuanfeng looked up at the spirit prisoner and curled the corners of his mouth in self-mockery.
Learning and applying, is this sect leader still holding a grudge against him for using the Soul Prison Formation to help Ji Bozhou deal with her?
Anyone bound by the Soul Prison Net must never think of escaping, otherwise the stronger their desire, the more difficult it will be to stay in the formation.
So he smiled awkwardly and shook his head, then found a wooden stake and sat down with a hunched back.
He looked around.
The cage was three people high, and the barrier was only enough for him to walk five steps. He was like a bird trapped in a cage, bound in the dark forest at midnight.
Occasionally, a cuckoo would sing in the forest. In the dense fog, snakes and insects would pass by from time to time, making rustling sounds on the ground covered with pine needles.
But he was not afraid. He lowered his eyes and sighed, then closed his eyes and gathered his strength, waiting for Lu Xuan to come.
After a while, the crisp sound of footsteps on broken leaves was heard not far away.
Jiang Yuanfeng opened his eyes.
Lu Xuan led Jiang Xing and Sang Luo, following the golden light of the Soul Prison Net along the back forest. Although others could not see the golden light, it was dazzling to her eyes.
After groping his way through the forest for half an hour, Sang Luo walked around a big tree. When he looked up, he saw Jiang Yuanfeng sitting on a wooden stool.
Pointing in his direction, she couldn't help but shout in surprise, "There! There really is someone!"
She had been following Lu Xuan, but now that she saw him, she quickened her pace and rushed to the front of the team.
The princess had previously said that she was not worried about Jiang Yuanfeng running away and that she would definitely catch him.
In fact, she still didn't believe it at that time. She just thought that the princess was comforting her because she was afraid that she would blame herself for the previous incident.
It was only at this moment that I realized that what the princess said about being able to catch him was actually true!
In the afternoon, Lu Xuan took her for a walk in the front and back mountains, and walked around the middle of the Xuanyuan Temple. She thought that the princess wanted to see the terrain, so she gave her some small things and asked her to put them on the mountainside as a mark.
Only now did I realize that they were actually setting up a formation!
Sang Luo was eager to try, and his only wish was to avenge the murder he suffered at the hands of Jiang Yuanfeng.
But at this moment, Lu Xuan grabbed the corner of her clothes as she was about to rush forward.
"To prevent something like that from happening again, you guys stay here and hide. I'll go meet him outside the Soul Prison Formation."
"No!" Jiang Xing was the first to object. "If you go alone, what if he tries to harm you again?"
Lu Xuan sighed and said helplessly, "I know you're worried about me, but from now until tonight, have you seen me injured? Have I suffered any loss?"
Sang Luo had wanted to stop it before, but was choked when he heard the words.
Indeed, it was they who followed, and the princess had to take care of them.
After thinking about it, Sang Luo was more straightforward than Jiang Xing: "Okay, Princess, please be safe. Remember to contact us if you are in danger!"
Jiang Xing was still hesitating there, and before he could figure out what to say, the person in front of him had already walked seven steps away, leaving only a graceful back and waving at them.
Lu Xuan walked straight towards Jiang Yuanfeng in the soul-imprisoning net.
"Master Jiang, nice to meet you again so soon. Are you waiting for me here?"
She walked towards him with a smile on her face and a cheerful voice, stepping on pine branches.
Jiang Yuanfeng glanced at her, his face expressionless. He simply asked, "How did you set this spirit-imprisoning formation on me? Firstly, you don't have my birth date, and secondly, you don't have any personal belongings. How did you do that?"
With a chuckle, Lu Xuan's eyes were filled with glitter as he laughed, "Guess?"
"Now I am the butcher and you are the meat. Even if you knew how I set up the trap for you, what would it matter? Could it be that you still have a way to escape?"
She smiled brightly, and Jiang Yuanfeng looked at her quietly. That smiling face merged with the face of Lu Lingchuan in his memory, which inexplicably made him feel a bit disgusted.
"What would you do if I told you I had a solution?"
A jackdaw cried twice in the forest, and mist was slowly blown in from afar by the wind, like a layer of white gauze, making it impossible to see the indigo in the distance or the people's hearts in front of them.
He looked provocative and malicious, and that look startled Lu Xuan.
After a moment, she took a look around the cage before she said in a deep voice, "Do you have a backup plan? Otherwise, try it out first and see."
Those who are trapped in the soul-prisoning net have no way out except death.
But this man has always had many burrows, so in order to prevent him from doing anything stupid, she decided to stay away from him.
Lu Xuan was just wondering what Jiang Yuanfeng's next move was when, in a flash, a large, dry hand suddenly reached out through the edge of the cage to grab her, like a demon from hell that devoured human spirits, dragging her towards the underworld.
Jiang Yuanfeng gritted his teeth and grabbed her clothes tightly, forcing her body to move closer to the cage. The fierceness in his pupils showed that he was determined to hit her with one strike.
Lu Xuan was dragged two steps by him, thinking to himself that something was wrong.
I didn't expect that this person would not let go of any opportunity.
Forcing herself to relax, she smiled and said, "So, Lord Jiang's final trick is to drag me down with you to death?"
She paused, "Don't you know, sir, that if I stop this formation now, you will die immediately?"
Jiang Yuanfeng grabbed her hand and paused, then hummed softly, "On the road to the underworld, I have the Sect Master walking with me, so I'm not at a disadvantage..."
He exerted force on his hands, grabbed Lu Xuan's arm, and tried to lock her neck with his elbow, but at this moment, Lu Xuan lowered her head and dodged nimbly, and his fingers only vaguely touched her meridians.
After a moment of hesitation, Jiang Yuanfeng's face soon lit up with a hint of interest and violence. "I didn't expect you to be pregnant now. Then this trip of mine will not be in vain!"
He gripped her arm even tighter, as if trying his best to take her to hell with him.
Lu Xuan knew what he was planning.
He wanted to strangle her to death right then and there, so that she wouldn't have time to remove the soul-imprisoning formation. That way, even if he never solved it, with his power and status, he could still build a palace in the mountains and call the wind and rain.
But she didn't expect that he would find out that she was pregnant!
But his hand was on her shoulder, showing no sign of letting up, so she could only be vigilant and bravely smile, "Even if you let me die first, so what? As soon as I die now, the prince will immediately come to seek revenge on me. With him around, you will definitely die too."
Jiang Yuanfeng sneered, "Jiang Xing? As long as you're dead, what kind of trouble can he cause?"
Everyone looked indifferent.
Lu Xuan suddenly smiled, "It seems that Lord Jiang still doesn't know."
"Know what?"
"As a former member of the Divine Machine Sect, have you never seen the thick, blackish purple aura surrounding the prince?"
Purple air?
Jiang Yuanfeng thought about it, and finally said as if he had heard a joke, "Purple Qi? Apart from the Crown Prince and the Emperor, I have never seen anyone with purple qi."
Lu Xuan relaxed with a smile on his lips, "Then you'll see me soon."
As he finished speaking, there seemed to be a breeze rippling in the air, and a silver light flashed in the distance. In just a blink of an eye, the silver light was already right in front of him, and leaves from pine branches rustled down. Jiang Yuanfeng felt a chill on his arm, and before he could look at the object, he heard a "puff" sound, and his right shoulder suddenly felt a sharp pain, as a long sword pierced into his shoulder blade.