After Indaluo, a portrait of Luo Jiuzhao himself was transmitted to him through the Coiled Dragon Jade Pendant. It was a ball of light and shadow, and it turned out to be a tall and strong man with very lifelike features.
This was naturally Luo Jiuzhao's appearance, which Indaluo had ordered him to spread throughout his bandits... However, this man was also a master at blurring the lines between the martial arts world and the cultivation world for many years, and he was also skilled in disguise techniques such as human skin masks.
While disguise and alteration are techniques common in the mundane world of martial arts, it is not easy for those who are not experts to understand or see through sophisticated disguise techniques.
He Ping had used disguise techniques before, and had fooled many people.
Ordinary cultivators who haven't entered the Dao realm, whose spiritual power isn't strong enough, and whose five senses haven't transcended form, are still just ordinary mortals. Or perhaps, like Granny Miaohua, they possess a highly refined "Dharma Eye," which allows them to see through some clues.
Alternatively, one could use Secret Method of observing qi to investigate, such as the " Heavenly Gaze " technique that He Ping used in the past, which could see things at the level of the soul. Moreover, this behavior is equivalent to prying into someone's privacy in person, which would inevitably arouse hostility from others.
No one would probe into another's background in such an exaggerated way unless absolutely necessary.
After Luo Jiuzhao was injured, he certainly wouldn't use his original appearance. For safety reasons, he would naturally disguise himself, and ordinary people might not be able to find his whereabouts.
"Fortunately, I had some knowledge of that orthodox method of entering the Dao, the Seven Baleful Sword. The libraries of Wen Yuan and Chui Xiang are extremely rich in books. I went through them and learned some secrets of the Seven Fiends Sword of the Curse Sword Sect Seven Baleful Sword Sect from a previous dynasty's notes..."
Indaluo continued, explaining that when a practitioner of the Seven Baleful Sword is injured, the true fiendish power within their body dissipates, causing their skin to become icy cold and their cough to become incessant. In order to stop the injury, they would often use " Sea Rain Incense " to suppress the pain.
"Regardless of whether Luo Jiuzhao used disguise techniques, if he was injured, he would definitely use ' Sea Rain Incense ' to suppress his injuries. Other things can be faked, but that fragrance probably can't be faked."
The call ended, and He Ping's brows furrowed slightly.
" Luo Jiuzhao... Wuyinzi... Eastern Esoteric School, Five-Colored Wealth Gods..."
He muttered a few words to himself, feeling that the turn of events was somewhat unexpected.
"I took on Moxiuluo's identity for two reasons. First, to avoid being detected by the ' Eastern Esoteric School ' and attracting unnecessary trouble. Second, to use Moxiuluo's identity to obtain intelligence controlled by the ' Eastern Esoteric School.' I never expected to get involved in something like this..."
However, this might not be such a bad thing. He thought about it carefully and realized that if he could really use the power of " Eastern Esoteric School " to seize the remains of the Daoist master in Luo Jiuzhao's hands, it would be a good thing for him.
" Indaluo has certainly planned this well. The Eastern Esoteric School Buddhist movement has grown rapidly in recent years, recruiting and winning over many powerful experts. I wonder where the Five-Colored Wealth Gods Eastern Esoteric School from; he's a skilled cultivator, and his strength is not weak either. However, even with Indaluo's status in the Eastern Esoteric School community, it won't be easy for him to mobilize these people. This is quite a move."
Just as Indaluo himself had previously told Moxiuluo, the Eastern Esoteric School had limited resources and manpower in the Northern Pass Circuit, and was stretched thin in every aspect.
The only people Indaluo could command were Moxiuluo and Gongpilu; otherwise, he wouldn't have sent Moxiuluo to find Yuan Chaolong and even planned to subdue a group of bandits from the Thirteen Hengyun Strongholds and make them his subordinates.
However, each time he mobilized the " Five-Colored Wealth Gods " from the upper echelons of Eastern Esoteric School. These five were all experts. Although they had not entered the Dao, they were skilled in joint attacks. It is said that if the five of them joined forces to set up a formation, they would be able to fight even against experts who had entered the Dao.
Luo Jiuzhao obtained a broken sword from the Flame-Severing Cave in the Hanging Coffin Mountain. He used this broken sword to injure the Daoist Wuyinzi, but it was only by chance.
Indaluo seemed to conclude that Luo Jiuzhao's injuries were serious and he might not have the chance to use the broken sword again.
Of course, he also attached great importance to Luo Jiuzhao by sending out the Five-Colored Wealth Gods. Once these five masters joined forces and arrived in Jinhe Prefecture to block Luo Jiuzhao, it would only be a matter of time before he was captured.
"Fortunately, I accomplished what Mo Xiuluo couldn't. Apart from Feiyu Village on Beima Mountain, the largest bandit group, most of the remaining bandit forces surrendered voluntarily. The Hengyun Thirteen Villages, mainly on Fengming Mountain, and more than twenty other bandit groups, large and small, are all under my command..."
He Ping was also able to leverage He Zhongheng's influence with the county government officials and the gangs and local thugs in Longhe County to create an intelligence network that covered both land and water ports, reaching from government offices to the common people, leaving no stone unturned.
"We can't let Eastern Esoteric School know about Luo Jiuzhao's whereabouts. There should be other 'hyenas' chasing after him in Jinhe Prefecture. I need to spread the intelligence to muddy the waters completely, so I can fish in troubled waters..."
He pondered for a moment, and several wicked schemes came to mind, but he also knew that he would need Moxiuluo's identity to accomplish this.
As soon as this thought arose, He Ping took out the " Azure Lion Divine Dharma Body " from the shadow and injected one of the two demonic seeds he had retrieved from the Prime Evil Axe and the Great Resentment Blade into the lion-headed, human-bodied zombie body. These two demonic seeds were the " Resentful Demon " and the " Death Demon," which had grown several times larger due to absorbing a large amount of resentment and death energy.
He recently obtained the complete " Seed Demon Technique " manual, and his skills in refining and controlling demon seeds have become increasingly proficient. In addition to these two demon seeds, he has also recently mastered a " Yin Demon " demon seed.
However, compared to the other two demonic seeds, the " Yin Demon " seed was relatively weak. So, he chose the " Resentful Demon " seed and cast it into the zombie body that had been stitched up multiple times.
Gradually, after several dozen breaths, as the demonic seed moved into the consciousness palace of the " Azure Lion Divine Dharma Body," the deathly, yet not decaying, aura surrounding the zombie gradually became more active.
"Maha Tuo Chi, Tu Di Tu Di, Maha Tu Di..."
After implanting the demonic seed, He Ping also recited the Vidara Great Mantra, a technique used to control zombies, from the Sibi Art.
The Azure Lion Divine Dharma Body, with its lion's head, human body, and six arms, sat cross-legged on the ground. It looked extremely fierce. This Azure Lion God, forcibly sewn together using the Evil Method of the Sibi Art, was originally sitting motionless on the ground, like a statue.
Halfway through his incantation, the two azure beast children on the Azure Lion Divine Dharma Body suddenly lit up. The Azure Lion suddenly opened its mouth wide, and with a difficult "gurgling" sound, it let out a low roar. An extremely violent and ferocious corpse aura suddenly surged from its body.
"What powerful corpse energy! This Sibi Art was able to dominate for a time, causing great headaches for both the Taiyi and Sanyuan families. It certainly has some merit!"
As He Ping chanted the incantation, he raised his head, and the Azure Lion Divine Dharma Body rose from the ground. Its form was extremely robust and powerful, with strong muscles trembling slightly on the zombie's body. The body's skin was covered with a layer of very pale scales, and its entire body was pale blue. Its six arms were also cast in iron. Every move it made gave people the feeling that it was not some evil corpse demon, but rather a bright king or Dharma protector who guards the mountain gate and subdues evil spirits in Buddhism.
"This Azure Lion Divine Dharma Body does possess some imposing power, and its combat strength is not too weak. However, it has a flaw: its movement speed is too slow, and it can only run on the ground... If the ' Empty-Travel Karma Great Freedom Mother God Bead ' were added, it could be considered perfect!"
He quickly took out the bone bead necklace and threw it to the Azure Lion Divine Dharma Body. The zombie monster put the human bone necklace around its neck, and the necklace immediately flashed with a gray-white aura.
In an instant, the necklace of human bones hanging around the green lion's neck suddenly emitted a series of shrill howls, transforming into one skull after another, which surrounded the Azure Lion Divine Dharma Body. A gust of cold wind blew by, exuding an extremely fierce aura.