At the gate of Xuanji Villa, five people stood there in a state of embarrassment, staring at the empty bluestone floor. There was originally a teleportation array that led them in, but at this moment, not even a trace of the formation's lingering halo was left.
Four pairs of eyes turned to Li Tian.
There was a crack in the gentle look on Li Tian's face, he coughed dryly, and said awkwardly, "The formation must have been forcibly closed by someone, it doesn't matter, I will draw another one, please wait a moment."
After speaking, Li Tian pulled out the dagger he carried with him and skillfully drew a complicated formation on the ground. He then cut his fingertips with the dagger, and bright red blood dripped on the center of the formation. He silently recited the obscure magic formula. The formation usually requires spiritual power to be activated, but now that spiritual power is no longer available, blood can only be used as a medium to activate it.
I saw blood lines spreading rapidly along the invisible formation lines, and soon intertwined into a complicated red formation. A faint spiritual light flickered, but the light only struggled for two times before an unusual "chi" sound was heard.
The entire blood array was like a fire with a basin of cold water poured on it, and a puff of green smoke instantly erupted. The originally bright red array patterns turned into a few scorched black marks on the ground as if they had been burned by the fire.
The air was stagnant for a moment.
The fat on Su Jingui's face shook, and he became completely anxious. "What... what's going on?! Pavilion Master Li, isn't this the ancestral magic weapon of your Tianxuan Pavilion? Why can't even you, the Pavilion Master, open it? How reliable is it?!"
"Stop arguing, you fat man!" An impatient shout suddenly sounded, and Li Tian's face was gloomy, full of irritation.
Su Jingui was stunned for a moment after being scolded, then his eyes widened and he said in disbelief, "You... what did you call me?!"
Jian Hong also frowned, and his already ugly face became darker. He put on the air of an elder and said, "Pavilion Master Li, you need to be quiet when things are going on. It's too unbecoming of you to speak obscene words like this!"
Li Tian suddenly turned his head, and his face stained with blood and ashes could no longer find any trace of the modest and gentlemanly demeanor of the past. His eyes were filled with irrepressible anger, and he said unceremoniously, "Shut up, old man!"
Jian Hong suddenly took in a breath of cold air, and was so choked that his beard trembled. He looked at Li Tian in shock, and couldn't believe that Li Tian, who had always been gentle and polite, would curse like a street scoundrel. But because Cang Mo was nearby, in order to prevent the demon clan from seeing the joke of the Immortal Alliance, he could only swallow the words that came to his lips, and his face was ashen.
Lin Qingyang almost laughed out loud at the side. He had already seen Li Tian like this before. Normally, he only relied on Li Yan to scold people for him, so he could pretend to be a handsome young man. Now that Li Yan is not around and he is facing a dead end, he can no longer keep this skin.
"So, why is it locked?" Lin Qingyang stopped her thoughts about watching the show and said seriously, "As the master of the magic weapon, you should know the reason."
Li Tian irritably loosened his collar and stopped pretending. He said with an irritated expression, "This is the biggest problem. This broken walnut doesn't recognize my blood at all now. It has changed its owner!"
"Can your Tianxuan Pavilion's ancestral magic weapon change its owner at will?" Lin Qingyang frowned.
Li Tian rolled his eyes and explained through gritted teeth, "This hellish place prohibits all spiritual and demonic powers. In order to absolutely control this space, the ancestors of Tianxuan Pavilion set up a central formation eye in the villa. And the only evidence that the walnut can identify its owner is the drop of blood in the center of the formation eye. Whoever's blood is in the formation eye is the owner of Xuanji Villa!"
"In other words, the sixth person hiding here sneaked into the underground formation and replaced your blood with his own blood." Lin Qingyang continued, his eyes scanning the scorch marks on the ground, "No wonder when you tried to open the exit just now, Walnut judged you as an intruder and burned your formation directly."
"There aren't even any protective measures, so just someone can change it? You humans really do whatever you want." Cang Mo, who was next to him, crossed his arms over his chest and let out a cold snort with disdain.
"Of course it's not a casual change!" Li Tian frowned and choked, "To change the owner, the previous owner must first inject blood to unlock the seal, and then the new owner must drip blood to identify the owner. But I have never done anything to remove the seal!"
At this point, everyone frowned.
"You didn't do it, then you must have seen a ghost!" Su Jingui muttered.
Lin Qingyang thought for a moment and asked, "Tianxuan Pavilion has spare blood?"
Li Tian nodded gloomily. "In order to prevent the Pavilion Master from having an accident and not having time to unlock the lock and hand it over to the next one, each Tianxuan Pavilion Pavilion Master will leave a few drops of blood essence and seal them in the secret vault of Tianxuan Pavilion. Except for a few core personnel, outsiders don't even know which way the secret vault door opens."
After the words fell, everyone fell silent.
Jian Hong clenched the hilt of his sword and looked at Li Tian sharply. "So, there is a spy in your Tianxuan Pavilion!"
Li Tian did not retort, he lowered his eyes and stared at the charred magic circle on the ground with a gloomy look.
"Then... those deadly wooden puppets are also controlled by the inner ghost?" Su Jingui said nervously.
Li Tian raised his head and frowned and said, "To be precise, he activated those puppets. The ancestors of Tianxuan Pavilion have a lesson in creating things - 'Seven orifices are complete, and there is spiritual wisdom'. The ancestors deliberately did not carve mouths on those wood, because they were afraid that they would develop self-awareness and backfire on their masters."
"But that man not only opened his mouth for them and forcibly opened his seven orifices, he also did something even more sinister..." Li Tian paused and spat out three words one by one, "He fed them blood."
"What do you mean?" Jian Hong asked in a deep voice.
Li Tian explained with a gloomy look, "The sacred tree is a dead thing, with no blood in the body. Once the orifice is opened, the nascent spiritual intelligence is like a piece of white paper. If blood is forcibly poured in at this time, the nascent spiritual intelligence will be instantly contaminated by blood and become a blood puppet that only knows killing and cruelty!"
Li Tian said as he raised his eyes and glanced at a few people, "And you group of intruders have naturally become the most conspicuous targets of attack. Of course, I am afraid that I will also become an intruder now."
Everyone was silent for a moment, and Su Jingui asked worriedly, "How many wooden puppets are there in this villa?"
"According to records, our ancestors carved a total of ninety-nine and eighty-one in that year." Li Tian frowned and said.
"So many!" Su Jingui exclaimed.
Everyone also looked serious. The dozen or so people just now almost died, but there are still so many ghost places.
"But these wooden people are not the most terrifying thing," Li Tian suddenly said again, looking up at the depressed looking people, and said in a quiet tone as if he was just watching the excitement, "Once you become the owner of walnuts, there will be a lot that you can control in this space!"