Chapter 38: Beastly Charge

  Two people looked around and didn't find anything, the soil around the tomb had been turned over, but at least they could confirm that the corpse inside was gone, and it's also very likely that this is the moving corpse seen by the couple.

  After a careful search, Qin Feng found that under a huge stone beside the tomb, there were several small pieces of red skin, and at first glance, their first reaction was that it was the shed skin of the big snake.

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  "It seems that this big snake is likely to be related to this corpse." Qin Feng picked up a piece of skin and examined it carefully, confirming that it was indeed the snake's skin.

  The two of them carefully searched around again, but the willow forest was really big, and the complex terrain inside made it easy for them to get lost. As they walked, they unexpectedly reached the top of the mountain.

  Looking down from the top of the mountain, Qin Feng finally recognized the route. It turned out that the mountain road he had taken with Zhou Qin and Old Man Zhang at first was on the sunny side of Zhenyao Mountain, while the willow forest was on the other side of the mountain. And this piece of land was right above the mountain top, very conspicuous and easy to see.

  "This is the legendary demon-suppressing stone in their village!" Zhou Qin looked at the huge stone in front of him, and the craftsmanship that seemed to be carved by ghosts and gods was truly breathtaking.

  "The legend may not be true, but the weathering of this rock is really rare." Qin Feng touched the stone with his hand, and the cool feeling instantly stimulated his brain nerves. This huge stone was in a rounded square shape, surrounded by many offerings and paper ashes, which seemed to have been left behind by villagers after worship. On the stone, someone had carved the three traditional characters "镇妖石" (Demon-Subduing Stone), which looked like they had been there for a long time. Logically speaking, this was nothing out of the ordinary, just an ordinary stone at most, but curiously, around this stone, Zhou Qin's compass showed anomalies.

  Watching the compass needle swing, Zhou Qin suddenly called out to Qin Feng: "Hey, take a look, something's going on here!"

  Zhou Qin's words made Qin Feng feel curious, and after taking a look at the compass, he indeed found that there was something unusual. The needle was floating and unstable, shaking abnormally, and it was clear that this place had spiritual energy.

  "Old Zhang didn't say that this stone has spiritual energy, it's possible that this stone is the main vein of this mountain." Qin Feng thought this situation was also reasonable.

  But anyway, the main vein stone is a gathering point for the Feng Shui energy field of a mountain, and it's the key to a mountain's Feng Shui. Because of the hidden spiritual energy, Qin Feng suddenly thought that the giant snake might use this point to cultivate its power.

  Thinking of this, Qin Feng started to worry, after all, during this period, a yin corpse suddenly popped out, and it's not impossible that the snake and the yin corpse would join forces. After descending the mountain, the two people decided to continue searching deeper into the mountains. Although the Town Demon Mountain is not big, but inside, there are layers of valleys and peaks, which really have a deep mountain and old forest flavor, the further they went in, the more they felt waves of desolation and eeriness.

  It's already noon now, and the strong sunlight seems weak and insignificant here, even the faint light is easily broken.

  Walking cautiously, Qin Feng also borrowed his grandfather's rusty bronze sword (the Kuigang sword was too long and too eye-catching, not easy to carry, while this bronze sword was very short and could be put in a bag), listening carefully to the movements around him.

  After searching for a while, nothing was found. Looking ahead, it was a mess of rocks and weeds squeezing each other, with a more than 5-meter-deep ditch on the side. After searching again, no snakes or dead bodies were discovered. "You say they will escape to where? Can't this mountain be hidden?" Zhou Qin, who is almost over 50 years old, still has to follow this young man in his early 20s up and down the mountain, already exhausted to the point of collapse, squatting there leaning against the rock, panting heavily.

  "Damn it, these ghosts and snakes are usually in places with heavy yin energy. This place is so gloomy, maybe they're really here."

  "Don't scare me, kiddo. I'm an old man now and I'm exhausted to the point where I can barely walk. Let's take a break here."

  This was also the case, after searching for half a day without even seeing a shadow, let alone a ghost. So the two of them sat down against the mountain rocks to rest. To say that this trouble didn't come would be best, but it really did surprise Qin Feng greatly. As soon as he sat down, he heard a sudden "whooshing" sound coming from the grass thicket.

  Out of instinct, Qin Feng immediately got up to check, but unexpectedly, at this moment, Zhou Qin took advantage of his inattention and kicked him from behind, sending Qin Feng flying five meters away.

  "Zhou Qin big brother, what are you doing?"

  Qin Feng was both angry and shocked, and didn't know what to say.

  However, Zhou Qin's appearance seemed to have changed into a different person. He didn't seem angry, but looked like a walking corpse who could only move his hands. His ferocious face slowly emerged, and he moved towards Qin Feng with heavy and dull footsteps.

  Looking at Zhou Qin like this, Qin Feng was stunned on the spot and couldn't believe his eyes. How could a big living person suddenly become like this? Could it be that he had been possessed by an evil spirit?

  "Yes, it's highly likely that he was possessed by the demonic energy of the ancient beast!" Qin Feng thought to himself, not having time to think about anything else, and directly swung his bronze sword towards Zhou Qin.

  According to the method of Zhong Ke, Chong Shen is a kind of animal immortality that borrows a body. However, in daily life, the "Hu Huang Bai Liu" four immortals generally do not borrow human bodies, and only when the animal's "Zhuan Qiao" (the yin and yang within the body are unstable and can only be adjusted by borrowing a human body) occurs will it happen.

  In folk remedies, there are many methods passed down to treat them. The general principle is to grasp the principle of "inviting without driving, and driving without killing". This is also why Master Qin didn't let Qin Feng kill it, as killing them may lead to retribution.

  For Qin Feng, as long as he uses the spiritual energy of this bronze sword to shock and intimidate the python's primordial spirit, then use incense or sandalwood to lure it out of its body. But the python seemed to know Qin Feng's plan, deliberately avoiding the bronze sword, not allowing him to succeed.

  "Damn it, I'll kill you!" Seeing that he had swung seven or eight times without hitting Zhou Qin, Qin Feng was so angry that he stomped his foot and directly pulled out a handful of millet from his pocket, which he had brought from Master Qin, and sprinkled it onto Zhou Qin's body.

  The millet itself has no effect on the snake spirit, but the key is that Qin Feng's millet had been soaked in wine earlier, which was a fierce yang. The millet can absorb the yang energy when it is soaked in it. This move really worked, and after sprinkling it on Zhou Qin's body, Zhou Qin suddenly felt like his skin was being scorched by fire and rolled around on the ground in pain. In a short while, his body became red and swollen, and it seemed that the snake spirit had been injured by Qin Feng's previous attack.

  Just as Qin Feng was about to drive it away, the dark wind suddenly rose, and the yellow mugwort was blown by the wind, making it restless. The dark wind mixed with sand and gravel on the ground hit his face, which was very uncomfortable. Qin Feng noticed something and temporarily put down Zhou Qin, looking around in all directions.

  "A dark wind suddenly rises, could it be that the snake spirit's injuries have healed?" Qin Feng also didn't understand why the dark wind had suddenly risen, but he at least thought it wasn't that simple.

  But whatever it is, saving Zhou Qin is the priority now. Taking advantage of the snake spirit's immobility, Qin Feng decided to use mugwort to burn it, which would not only save Zhou Qin and dispel the yin energy on his body but also trap the snake spirit and capture it at the same time. With a two-for-one effect, Qin Feng immediately pulled out a large bunch of mugwort from around him and placed it in a circle around Zhou Qin, about two meters away, then quickly lit it on fire, and thick green smoke began to rise.

  In the Tian Shi Dao Fa, there are three things that are commonly used to drive out unclean things from a person's body: mugwort, Kai Guang Fa Yin, and black dog blood. However, due to the complexity of Kai Guang Fa Yin and the inappropriateness of using black dog blood in modern society, they are not often used. As a result, only mugwort and iris (which is toxic) are commonly used as medicines to ward off evil spirits.

  It really worked. The strong wormwood flavor combined with its inherent evil-repelling effect made Zhou Qin suddenly go crazy, screaming and rolling on the ground in pain. But Qin Feng was not worried about Zhou Qin's comfort, because Zhou Qin did not feel anything, only the snake spirit would feel the pain brought by this sudden surge of yang energy to his body.

  Victory is in sight! Qin Feng shouted loudly at Zhou Qin: "You demon, why haven't you let go yet!"