Chapter 579: Seizing the Beast

"The storm in this sea of ​​quicksand is strong. We must not go deep into it. To capture the Pixiu, we need to lure it out."

"Fellow Daoist Mei, Fellow Daoist Feng, I will cast a spell to set up the formation later. You two hold the formation flags and stand aside. After I lure it out, I will take it down immediately. However, this beast has a keen sense and is very predictable of dangerous things. You two must be careful when hiding. Don't alarm it, otherwise it will escape and all your efforts will be in vain."

As soon as they approached the sea of ​​quicksand, the old man with bones and teeth said to the old woman surnamed Mei and the dark old man.

At the same time, he shook his wrist, and several formation flags of different colors swam out of his sleeves and fell to the two of them.

Knowing that this person was a master of refining talismans and setting up formations, the old woman and the dark old man had no objection to this proposal. After taking a look at the Pixiu in front of them, they each took the formation flag and hid aside.

Although this Pixiu was only in its infancy, it was not difficult for them to capture it. However, they had been wandering in this vast sea of ​​sand for several months and were almost in despair. Now that they had encountered this Pixiu, it was their only hope, so they naturally had to make sure that nothing could go wrong.

Seeing that the two were ready, the old man with the bone teeth offered up another array plate, and urged it with a spell. A faint light overflowed from it, and then it disappeared into the ground.

After doing this, the old man took out a jade bottle as if he had planned it in advance, and poured out a few emerald green pills from it. A layer of clear and misty light flowed on it, emitting an attractive fragrance.

The old man with the bone teeth looked at these pills with a hint of pain on his face, and finally he gritted his teeth and flicked his fingers with a decisive look. These pills flew into the quicksand like streams of light, and the fragrance of the pills became even stronger under the strong wind.

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In the quicksand sea.

The Pixiu kept jumping in the strong wind, with a joyful look in its eyes. Even though the strong winds were raging all around, it still didn't hurt it at all. It seemed that these fierce storms were not a threat to it, but a kind of fun for it to play.

After an unknown amount of time, the Pixiu suddenly stopped as if it had noticed something. The joy in its eyes was gone, replaced by a strong vigilance.

It shook its body and jumped out of the quicksand sea, scanning the surroundings with sharp eyes.

There was silence within a few miles, except for the howling wind.

The Pixiu's eyes were slightly puzzled, but its vigilance was not reduced at all. It took a few more steps to look around, and the result was the same as usual, with no other abnormalities.

Seeing this scene, the Pixiu was even more suspicious and lowered his head to dig the yellow sand under his feet, as if he was very entangled.

However, after several fruitless searches, it finally relaxed its vigilance and jumped into the quicksand again with great excitement to play.

At this moment, a strange light suddenly came into its sight, and the Pixiu paused. The vigilance that had just disappeared reappeared, and it looked back with its hair standing on end, and its eyes seemed to be extremely sharp as if it could tear through the void.

Two rays of light flew over from a distance without warning, and fell in front of the Pixiu in an instant. The beast trembled, and a cold look appeared in its eyes. It instinctively stepped back a few steps.

But after the light dissipated, two pills appeared, and suddenly there was a burst of strange fragrance, which made people intoxicated.

The Pixiu was startled, looking at the two pills with strange light in his eyes, and greed appeared in his eyes, and even the corners of his mouth could not help but drool, as if these two pills had an irresistible temptation to him.

After staring at the pills for a while, it roared happily, jumped up, and swallowed a pill directly into its mouth.

Not far away, the old man with bone teeth saw this scene, feeling both distressed and excited.

These two pills were a kind of precious elixir that he had researched after searching through ancient places. They had the effect of improving the cultivation of spirit beasts. More importantly, the fragrance of this pill was psychedelic. Not only was it difficult for spirit beasts to resist, but human cultivators who were not determined would also be trapped in the illusion and unable to extricate themselves.

However, this pill was extremely difficult to refine. It was not only time-consuming and labor-intensive, but the required medicinal materials were also very rare. The old man with bone teeth spent a full ten years to refine a few pills. Now he had lost a lot of money in order to capture the Pixiu.

However, judging from the Pixiu's behavior, it was obvious that it had been lured by the pill.

The old man couldn't help but sneer when he saw this. As long as the beast was attracted by the elixir, their plan would have succeeded.

Seeing the Pixiu swallow one pill and then glance at another, the old man grinned and cast a spell at the elixir.

The elixir trembled a few times and then the green light increased, and it flew out of the quicksand quickly.

Just as he was about to swallow the elixir, he saw it fly away on its own initiative. The Pixiu was surprised and hurriedly stepped on the elixir to chase it out.

But suddenly it seemed to be alert, and a hint of anthropomorphic hesitation appeared in its eyes. After a reluctant look, it stopped chasing the elixir and turned back to the quicksand sea.

The old man with bones was shocked. He never thought that the Pixiu was so alert at the young age. He hurriedly controlled the elixir to stop, and then the spell changed. A ray of light passed through the invisible elixir and broke it into two halves, and flew to the Pixiu again.

Although the elixir was split into two, its medicinal properties were not reduced at all, and its strange fragrance was even stronger. The Pixiu, who had just crawled on the sand dune, smelled the fragrance from afar, and couldn't help showing surprise in his eyes, and suddenly stood up.

This time, it couldn't control it anymore, and seeing the elixir flying away again, it hurriedly set out to chase it.

However, the elixir was split into two halves, and now they flew in different directions, making it impossible for it to catch up with all of them at once. It only needed to choose one half and chase it quickly, and soon it ran out of the sand sea.

The three people who had been hiding in the dark were all overjoyed when they saw this scene. The old woman surnamed Mei and the dark-skinned old man immediately tightened their grip on the formation flag and secretly activated their magic power.

After running out of the quicksand sea, without the obstruction of the storm, Pixiu quickly caught up with half of the elixir, and jumped up excitedly and opened his mouth to swallow it.

But at this moment, the situation suddenly changed. Suddenly, the originally quiet surroundings suddenly showed light, and bursts of cold brilliance burst out of the ground. After a few flutters, they formed a restrictive shield that volleyed down in the air.

Pixiu's expression changed drastically. With his intelligence, he still didn't know what the magic shield was, but with his innate magical power, he was keenly aware of the approaching danger, and without hesitation, he turned around and ran towards the road he came from.

Unfortunately, it was too late, and I saw two rainbow lights piercing the night sky, rushing into the magic shield like lightning, blocking Pixiu's path one after the other.

There were actually two formation flags flashing with white light, with thunder arcs dancing on them. As soon as they hit the ground, they shot out spiritual lightning, crackling and exploding on Pi Xiu's body.

How could Pixiu have expected such a turn of events? The sudden attack made him wail and stamp his feet crazily in an attempt to break out of the confinement.

However, this restraining dharma was protected by two formation flags and was like an iron wall. No matter how hard he struggled, he could not escape.

"Haha! I didn't expect to capture this beast so easily. We will definitely be able to get out of this desert this time."

The swarthy old man couldn't hold back his joy and showed up first.

Afterwards, the old woman surnamed Mei and the old man Gu Ya flew in one after another. The latter activated the formation disk and added a layer of restraints on Pi Xiu before snorting angrily: "In order to capture this beast, I spent two days. A magic pill, how easy it is.”

He had spent a lot of money to lure out Pixiu just now. Even though he had captured the beast now, he still couldn't avoid physical pain.

"I have seen the sacrifices of Fellow Daoist Wu. Being able to capture Fellow Daoist Pixiu is the most important one. The two of us will definitely make up for it when we get out of here." The old woman surnamed Mei said in relief.

After hearing what he said, the old man Guya calmed down a little. He immediately withdrew the magic circle without further words, opened the spirit beast bag and covered Pixiu.

Pixiu's eyes showed fear, and he opened his mouth to let out a whining sound, but he was unable to resist the restraint of the old man with bones and teeth, and was directly put into the bag.

"Let's go, now that Pixiu is leading the way, I believe we can leave here soon, but after we get out, we still need to find another way to teleport back to Tianxing Sea."

The old man Bone Ya clapped his hands, showed a satisfied smile, put away the spirit beast bag and turned to leave.

Having had enough fear and despair in the desert, the old woman surnamed Mei and the dark-skinned old man could not wait any longer, and immediately followed the old man with bones and teeth to cast spells and escape.

But at this moment, a sudden change occurred.

There was a sharp sound of breaking wind coming from somewhere, just like the sound made by a huge arrow tearing through the air. After hearing this, the expressions of the three people changed slightly, and they couldn't help but look towards the place where the sound of wind came from.

I saw a tall monk in black clothes, about forty or fifty years old, appearing out of thin air in the quicksand sea.

They couldn't tell whether it was an hallucination or not. When the figure appeared, the three of them saw each other seem to be frozen for a moment without seeing any movement. Then he flashed in front of them, as if two bodies separated out of thin air. The former remained as it had just appeared. The latter stared at them with cold eyes.

The pupils of the three people shrank suddenly, and they became wary when they looked at the sudden appearance of the figure. However, they realized that the other person seemed to have only a middle-level cultivation level, and their wariness suddenly turned into disdain.

"Pixiu is a spiritual pet raised by me. Is it inappropriate for the three of you to take it by yourself without asking?"

The monk in black clothes glanced at the spirit beast bag in the old man's hand and spoke expressionlessly. At the same time, the figure frozen in the quicksand gradually dispersed, leaving only his body.

The three of them were startled again when they saw this, secretly thinking that this person's movement skills were terrifying, and he could reach speeds that were almost as fast as a clone.

Moreover, before capturing Pixiu, they had explored the surroundings and indeed found no one. However, the sudden appearance of this monk in black clothes made them feel secretly suspicious.

The old man with bones and teeth frowned, but he was not afraid of the monk in black clothes. He looked at him and said with a half-smile: "Oh, it turns out that this beast is your spiritual pet. We have never discovered it, but you have to say Jianghu is in an emergency. I and my two Taoist friends need this Pixiu to guide us. What if you give up your love and give this Pixiu to us? And even if we insist on seizing this beast, I'm afraid you may not be able to do anything to us. Bar?"

The old man's tone sounded like a discussion, but there was an air of refusal.

The swarthy old man and the old woman surnamed Mei also raised their eyebrows slightly, obviously not paying attention to this monk in black clothes who was only in the middle stage of magic power.

The monk in black clothes remained silent, and after looking at the three of them for a while, he said calmly: "Really? If that's the case, I'm afraid the three of them will have to stay here."