Chapter Twenty: Capturing the Demon, Painting Skin

  This is a ritual instrument made entirely of skulls, and at first glance, it's hard to tell how many there are. Chen Jiulong's only comment was that there were a lot, and they looked very intimidating.

  The sky was filled with skulls, and even the scorching golden crow couldn't suppress this chilling evil power.

  Looking at Chen's shocked gaze, the demonic woman smiled lightly, her voice was indeed extremely unpleasant: "Do you know how this treasure of mine was refined?"

  Chen Ji shook his head: "I'd like to hear more about it."

  Every time they delayed, a little bit of the evil spirit's power would be dissipated by the sun. Chen Jiu didn't mind delaying, but that demon didn't mind losing a little bit of its evil power either.

  "This ritual tool of mine is composed of countless **, each time I find a man and ** with him, then drain his vital energy and seal his soul in this skull. The stronger the resentment of these men, the greater the power of my magic." After finishing speaking, the woman smiled triumphantly.

  Chen Jiu's face revealed a sorrowful and sympathetic expression: "Just by looking at these skulls, I can tell that you have harmed countless people. Today, taking you in is also the will of heaven."

  The girl giggled: "Brother wants to take me in, I'm more than happy, but brother's method is too rough, I can't bear it."

  The voice suddenly returned to its previous seductive tone.

  Chen Jiufurrowed his brow: "Dragging it out like this may be able to wear her down, but once the sun sets, that would be a case of the Dao being exhausted and the demon growing stronger."

  The peach wood sword in his hand instantly stabbed out: "You'd better offer your own soul as a sacrifice, in the hope of getting the tolerance of heaven and earth."

  Yin evil reaches the air and encounters that extremely yang purple gas, instantly turning into thin air, just like snow encountering water, instantly dissolving.

  Chen Jiu's hand seals were a series of mysterious symbols that he didn't want to reveal, and one by one, the skulls were sealed by Chen Jiu.

  The evil woman didn't dare to mess with Chen Jiu like this, and in an instant, her long sleeves flew out, entwining her with Chen Jiu.

  Flying sand and pebbles, the howling wind makes it impossible to open one's eyes, and there is even a feeling of being swept away by the wind.

  Seeing both sides had brought out their true strength, the three onlookers who were watching from the sidelines all ran back into the house, trembling with fear.

  Having fought for a while, Chen Jiu saw that he couldn't defeat the demon, and his heart grew anxious. With the sun about to set in the west, if things turned around, he would be in a terrible situation - not only would he fail to save anyone, but he would also put himself in danger.

  Chen Jiu's face turned solemn as he drew a talisman in mid-air. This was the Void Talisman: "Talisman of Summoning Thunder, summoning ten thousand thunders".

  After finishing speaking, countless thunderbolts descended from the sky, temporarily suppressing that demon.

  After letting out a sigh of relief, Chen Jiu drew another lightning symbol and then loudly shouted towards the house: "Gourd".

  The fat boy heard this and quickly reacted, instantly throwing out the gourd.

  Chen Jiu took over the gourd and looked at you with a sky full of skulls: "This time, I'll see that you don't die, old man will follow your surname".

  After finishing, he recited an incantation in his mouth and threw the gourd into the air. In an instant, the gourd's mouth was facing downwards, and a thick suction force was generated, instantly devouring all the evil spirits and countless skulls in the sky, leaving nothing behind.

  Looking at the dazed and confused monster, Chen Jiu threw the treasure sword in his hand forward. Under the cover of dense thunder, the sword pierced through the monster's abdomen and then returned to Chen Jiu's hand.

  The monster was severely injured and suffered a million lightning strikes, its resistance reached an all-time low. The gourd took advantage of the situation and sucked the monster in with one breath.

  Chen Jiu fought with the monster for a while and knew that it was formidable, so he didn't dare to be careless. With a burst of various symbols, the gourd was instantly wrapped up.

  Looking at the calm sky, Fatso and his family finally came out: "Ninth brother, has that monster been subdued?"

  Chen nodded: "You follow me to my home, tonight we must keep a close eye on this demon, tomorrow I will use the Great Sun Purple Qi to refine and completely eliminate it."

  After finishing speaking, Chen Jiu turned around and left. Looking at his brother-in-law and sister-in-law staring at him, the fat man explained helplessly, but unexpectedly, this explanation revealed the truth. The fat man's brother-in-law looked unnatural, while his wife was pale: "You, you beast, not even sparing your own brother-in-law...". She fainted after speaking.

  "Sister, sister, how are you?"

  Seeing his own sister faint, Xiao Si hurriedly went to support her. Pangzi wanted to go and help, but was blocked by Xiao Si: "Disgusting person, don't even think about it."

  After finishing speaking, he took his own sister and walked out of the gate.

  The fatty smiled wryly behind: "Alas, might as well enter the palace".

  Chen Jiu gazed at the calabaza, quietly cultivating his spirit while continuously refining it. The demon, unwilling to be refined, resisted constantly. The calabaza's surface was like rubber, repeatedly bulging and retracting, bulging again and retracting once more, repeating this process ceaselessly.

  Looking at the three people standing outside the door, their faces were different, only the fat man was smiling wryly and explaining something.

  Chen Jiu didn't help the fatty out of his predicament, instead he took up sheet after sheet of yellow paper and continuously wrote talismans.

  One night passed, Chen Jiu drew non-stop, the courtyard was filled with all kinds of different talismans, and then superimposed these talismans in a continuous direction to form an array.

  Finally putting down his pen and finishing work, Chen let out a sigh of relief: "This night was finally endured, when the sun rises high in a little while, it will be the time of this monster's demise".

  After finishing speaking, he sat down directly and started recovering his energy.

  A few people who did not speak a word quietly waited for the arrival of dawn.

  Dawn represents the beginning of all things and the initial vitality.

  When the purple energy penetrated the eastern land, the monster in the gourd seemed to have sensed a mortal crisis and resisted even more fiercely, and the gourd even changed shape.

  "It's useless, a waste of effort, your fate is already sealed."

  After finishing, Chen Jiu opened his mouth wide, and the purple gas came from the east. The endless purple gas arrived in front of Chen Jiu instantly, but this time Chen Jiu did not swallow it in. Instead, he turned his spell and directly poured the purple gas into that deformed gourd.

  The gourd's entire body was shrouded in a layer of purple mist, looking like an invaluable treasure from the heavens.

  Under this purple energy of heaven and earth, even a thousand-year-old demon would be burned to ashes and refined into dust, let alone this little demon.

  After thirty breaths, the gourd returned to calmness, and the purple gas that had been brewing around it also vanished instantly. Everything seemed like a ridiculous dream, and now it was time to wake up from the dream.

  "Brother Jiu, have you gotten rid of the monster?"

  Chen nodded nine times, then opened the gourd lid, gently tilted the gourd mouth downwards, and patted the gourd's belly.

  Two loud "pops" sounded, and two objects appeared underground.

  "What's this?" Little Fourth exclaimed.

  One looked like a garment made of human skin, and the other was only the size of a palm, a toad.

  Chen Jiulü looked at the two with a slightly playful and sarcastic gaze: "Not bad, it's this toad. This toad is well-versed in the art of painting skin, disguising itself as a beauty to absorb your vital energy."

  Upon hearing this, the fatty and Xiao Si let out a burst of dry coughs, but it didn't end there. Chen Jiu then said: "Hmph, the most crucial thing is that this guy is actually a male toad, I have no idea how you three managed to do it".

  After finishing speaking, the fatty and Xiao Si vomited even more violently, to the point where they almost threw up their gallbladders. Even the lady, who had been keeping a straight face all along, couldn't help but burst out laughing.

  "It serves you right, you two guys really deserve it, you reap what you sow."

  Chen Ji shook his head: "Alas, now that the monster has been eliminated, Fatty, you can rest assured and live a peaceful life from now on, don't keep flirting with girls every day."

  The fatty looked at his wife and nodded.

  The little four on that side was sitting on one side: "Ninth brother, look at me and my sister-in-law's physical loss now, what can be done about it?"

  Chen Jiu touched his own gourd and after circulating his magic power to check it, he said: "It's nothing serious, as long as I abstain for a while, I can recover naturally."

  After finishing speaking, he took out that sword again and checked if it was damaged or not.

  The fat guy on one side looked displeased: "Are these broken things more important than my brother's health? You don't care about me, but instead go check your treasure."

  Chen Jiuyi raised his head and looked at the fat man for a few moments, then said very seriously: "It seems that these things of mine are indeed more important than you."

  Then came bursts of loud laughter from inside the courtyard.