Chapter Eleven: The Sword Slays the Evil Spirit

  "Although you started learning martial arts a bit late, don't worry, with your talent, in ten years you will definitely enter the realm of Innate. I have helped you open up all the meridians in your body and used external medicine to refine your body, making up for the shortcomings of starting too late. You also work hard yourself, following this progress, you will definitely be able to enter the door of cultivating Taoism. It's just that no matter what, as long as your parents are around, it's best not to travel far and stay at home to take care of them. After you cultivate Taoism, there is plenty of time, I'm just afraid that when the time comes, you won't be willing to enter the world to practice. Even if you can't enter the realm of Innate, I will definitely use True Yuan to lay a foundation for you again. So don't worry about this anymore, now focus on practicing your internal skills." Yu Feng saw him showing some worried expressions and knew what he was worried about, so he explicitly told him to bring him along to cultivate Taoism, lest he lose heart.

  "Thank you, Master. I won't let you down." Li Xiang's heart was delighted when he heard the words. Although he didn't know what "true yuan" and "building foundation" meant, he could guess that it would definitely damage his master's cultivation, and it would be much more severe than today's consumption. But he made up his mind to rely on his own efforts to enter the door of cultivation, without letting his master spend more effort and worry.

  After saying these things, Yu Feng began to instruct Li Xiang's cultivation. Although Li Xiang already had some experience, thinking about it and actually doing it were still somewhat different. He estimated that he wouldn't be able to stay here for much longer, and might have to spend a long time outside. This was because he had made up his mind to search for some alchemy equipment and elixir ingredients. Although he didn't hope to find any heavenly treasures or earthly gems, it was still better than not searching at all.

  These things will take years to accomplish, and refining the elixir and artifacts requires both energy and time. Now that we are in a chaotic world, who knows if we can meet again in the future? Yu Feng decided to fulfill his responsibilities as a master during these days.

  After having dinner with the Li family, Yu Feng returned to the courtyard alone. The people in the Li residence also knew that he liked quietness, so no one kept him company. He set up a Ling Gathering Array using the Array Cloth refined in the mountains of Fuzhou, and sat inside it. After a slight breath control, he felt his whole body relax, and with the help of the array, his speed of absorbing spiritual energy was several times faster than usual. The hazy moonlight above also formed a visible thin line that was continuously absorbed into the Baihui Acupoint on his head. It was already deep in the night, and no one noticed this strange phenomenon, so he didn't mind it either, continuing to accelerate his absorption of spiritual energy to temper his body.

  "What's with this surge of violent yin energy?" Yu Feng, who was originally cultivating, suddenly jumped up quickly, put away the jade arrays, hesitated for a moment, and then flipped out of the wall because during the cultivation process, he suddenly felt a wave of yin energy bursting out not far to the south.

  The memory he obtained from the jade slip told him that this might be an evil spirit coming out to harm people, otherwise there wouldn't be such a dense and fierce outbreak of yin energy. Within this yin energy, there was also a stubborn and unyielding aura that filled the air, which was most likely to harm people. So he decided to withdraw his powers and go take a look.

  "Ghosts, ghosts..." In a large courtyard, several women's voices could be heard shouting loudly. In front of them, a wooden stick was floating in the air and hitting the ancestral hall at the back of the yard. Dozens of servants were surrounding a couple, an old man, and several children who were shouting loudly.

  "Haha, I've finally come out, I'm out, and today I'll make sure the entire Sun Manor dies a clean death... Haha..." The evil spirit suddenly appeared in front of the group, its face green and teeth sharp, striking fear into those who saw it. Instantly, an even louder cry erupted from the crowd.

  "What... do you know... Upper Immortal has come... come.... What noble business does your Sun Manor have? My Sun Manor's door... door... has what enmity with the Upper Immortal, why... why... want to harm my whole family to death?" The group of people who heard the evil spirit's words were even more frightened, among them a person who seemed to be the master of the house asked with a quivering voice.

  "Hmph... Today, you will die a clear and obvious death! Do you see this spirit tablet? Sun Jingzhi, you're dead! You actually died so early! This Sun Jingzhi only had me absorb the yang energy of a few people, and then that damned Taoist priest sealed me underground for over 40 years, making me suffer the pain of being suppressed for over 40 years. The people I harmed weren't even from your Sun Manor. Tell me, haven't I avenged myself?"

  It turned out that this evil spirit had killed several men in Nanping, all of whom died after being drained of their yang energy. The homes of the deceased were not far from Sun Fu's residence, and it just so happened that he knew a strange Daoist priest. Although the Daoist priest was not very skilled in his cultivation, he relied on his magical tools to fight the evil spirit and eventually subdued it.

  He had seen him harm many people and wanted to destroy him, but Sun Jing heard that the evil spirit could be driven away by using a wicked ghost to guard the house, so he asked the Taoist priest to seal the evil spirit with an evil seal and bury it under the foundation of the house. He also didn't tell his family about the evil spirit, fearing they would panic. However, in recent days, the Sun Mansion ignored the warnings passed down by their ancestors and renovated the temple, disturbing the seal, so the evil spirit broke through the seal on this full moon night.

  A group of people were even more terrified by the evil spirit's words, especially the one who had just asked the question, because Sun Jingzhi was the former master of the house, his own father.

  That evil spirit used a wooden stick and shattered Sun Jingzhi's spirit tablet with one strike, just as it was about to fly towards the crowd.

  "So you've killed quite a few people over forty years ago too?" A calm and collected voice rang out, and a young man in green clothes appeared before everyone's eyes. It was Yu Feng, who had just arrived from the Li Manor.

  "What if I killed someone? It's not like anyone was hurt. Who are you? What business do you have with the Sun Manor's grudges? Don't you dare to leave quickly and mind your own business?" The evil spirit saw that a young man suddenly appeared, and even he didn't notice how the young man appeared, and knew that this young man might not be simple. He was somewhat fierce but didn't dare to be too arrogant, hoping that the young man wouldn't interfere with his affairs.

  "You've killed many people, but you've also been locked up for decades, so let's just say that makes up for your past wrongdoings. But from now on, don't touch anyone in the Sun Manor, and don't harm anyone carelessly. I won't bother with this matter today." Yu Feng said in a calm and unhurried tone.

  "Hmph, you're just a young whippersnapper with an attitude! You think I'm afraid of you? Fine! This is what you get for asking for it! Today, I'll have you buried alongside the Sun family!" The evil spirit's face turned red with rage upon hearing this. He thought that the youth had some reservations and didn't dare to take action, but that was a mistake. Most cultivators would cut down an evil spirit with their sword as soon as they saw it, so why would they let you go after being locked up for decades? Unfortunately, this mistake led to his own demise.

  As soon as the words were spoken, the evil spirit brought up a gust of dark wind and rolled towards the crowd. He had made up his mind that the young man would not dare to take action for the time being, so he would first report the revenge that had been locked up for over 40 years and then extinguish the garlic-like kid in front of him. Even if this young man was very powerful, he could still avenge himself and escape, and it would also save the Sun family from inviting more masters in the future. At that time, he might not be able to report his revenge forever.

  "Abomination! Seeking death!" Seeing the evil spirit suddenly charging towards the crowd, wanting to drag everyone into the dark wind, Yu Feng was enraged, and without thinking, a palm thunderbolt struck out.

  A flash of lightning!

  "Ahh!" The evil spirit let out a mournful cry, not only was the dark wind blown away, but his own dark body was also blasted open by the palm thunder, revealing one-third of it. It wasn't until then that he realized the young man in front of him was a true Taoist master, far surpassing the one from last time.

  It was also a ruthless and decisive ghost, knowing that revenge was hopeless at this time, it escaped first and waited for another opportunity to take revenge, if it didn't leave now, it might not be able to leave later.

  Unfortunately, it was too late when it left, and it had not flown three feet before being cut off by a clear light, and then it was intercepted by the pursuing wind. He saw that he quickly pinched a soul-sealing technique on his hand, and then put this evil ghost into the jade stone in the palm of his other hand.

  Then Yu Feng stretched out his hand and beckoned, the clear light entered his body, it was the evil-breaking sword he had refined a few months ago, at that time when he drove the sword to behead the ghost, he didn't activate the demon-slaying formation, otherwise this ghost would have been destroyed long ago, how could it still exist now.

  The people in the Sun Mansion originally thought that today would be a disaster, but after hearing what the young man said, they knew there was still hope. Seeing the young man subdue such an evil spirit with just a wave of his hand, everyone was filled with admiration. The middle-aged man who was the leader was about to step forward to thank him.

  "Don't thank me, those who do evil will ultimately perish, I just passed by, it was a simple effort, the evil spirit has been eliminated, I hope you all will do more good deeds and take care of yourselves."

  A group of people saw the young man wave his hand and then suddenly disappear into the night.

  "This is a real high-ranking person! You guys did okay today, didn't abandon your master and run away with your tails between your legs, but don't go spreading the word about what happened today either, provoking that high-ranking person from earlier isn't something to be taken lightly." The leader of the group saw how the young man acted, felt a wave of emotions in his heart, and then instructed those under him.

  Yu Feng captured this evil spirit just to test some spells, these spells are a bit inclined towards the demonic path, he himself is not willing to easily implement them on others, this ghost is simply annihilated and it's not excessive, testing those spells in his heart is the best. However, for the time being, he has not made up his mind yet, because if the moral integrity is not enough when casting these spells, it's easy to suffer from backlash, Yu Feng dares not easily use this evil spirit to test them.

  "Sigh, let's talk about it later, when I reach the middle stage of absorbing air into my body, I should have a better grasp."

  The next morning, Yu Feng took out two pieces of his own refined hundred-year-old peach wood charms and handed them to Li Xiang. He saw that such evil spirits could appear in this city, who knows when they would appear again at the Li Mansion? At this time, Li Xiang and Gui Xiu were no different from ordinary people, but if he left and such things happened again, he feared he would regret it until he spat blood.

  "Axiong, take good care of these two peach wood charms, one to be hung in the ancestral hall and the other on top of the central hall." Yufeng instructed.

  "Oh, I see, Master. What are these wooden symbols for? Are they for driving out evil spirits?" Li Xiang asked as he took the symbols.

  "It's almost the same as driving out evil spirits. With these two wooden tokens here, those ordinary evil creatures won't dare to get too close. If a big problem really occurs, you can also buy some time by staying close to these tokens. Don't be skeptical, the Sun family's house was haunted last night, and it was me who took care of it. You'll find out if you ask around later, but I happened to discover that yin energy, and if not, probably only a few people in the whole courtyard would have survived. Don't spread this around, they don't even know who I am."

  "I believe it, I believe it, don't worry, I'll go hang this wooden charm first." Li Xiang heard that such a ghostly incident really happened, and immediately carefully held the wooden charm, afraid of breaking it. He didn't think of going to verify it, because he always thought that his master's words were true, even if they were false, it was for his own good.