Chapter 88: The Ghost Bride

  Lin Fan said, "According to the records, only the realm of Hinayana can be subdued." Subduing is a Taoist term. If Yu Fengxia reached the level of Hinayana, there's no need to fight, just surrender your arms.

  Xie Fengzi looked around and said, "It's completely different. The enemy is trapped and has nowhere to go. This should be a treasure that combines both the law of arrays and the method of array breaking. If it's an array, then there must be an array eye, and if we can find it, we can break the array. Yu Feng looks like he's extremely angry, afraid that we'll escape, so he set up this array to trap us inside. A 2,000-year-old demon beast, isn't he overestimating himself?"

  As soon as the words fell, Xie Fengzi suddenly rose into the air, his entire body wrapped in fierce flames. With a wave of his arm, the fierce flames covered the entire Lei Yin Temple. Xie Fengzi activated his magic gate, and a whirlwind began to stir within the flames, making the fire even more turbulent.

  Lin Fan said: "You're so good at setting fires, the big fire in the Purple Bamboo Pavilion's library was probably set by someone from your Lihuo Sect."

  Just as he was thinking of this, a faint woman's singing voice came over, and black air rose from the sea of fire in Leiyin Temple. Jue Se saw: "This Leiyin Temple actually has countless vengeful spirits who died unjustly." A wisp of black air floated over, Jue Se placed one hand in front of his mouth, lightly reciting Buddhist scriptures, while the other hand made contact with the black air. The black air struggled, and a young woman's appearance emerged, first filled with violent anger, then slowly calming down, finally transforming into a golden light that flew away.

  A wisp of black air flew to Xiāo Fēng Zǐ's side, and Xiāo Fēng Zǐ coldly snorted: "Looking for death!" The palm thunder directly chopped down on the black air, which let out a mournful tremble before dispersing into nothingness.

  Jue Se saw this and became extremely angry: "Xie Feng Zi, be careful or Buddha will deliver you."

  "Leave me be and you'll live, provoke me and you'll die."

  "The vengeful spirit was driven by external forces and has been trapped here for many years. You scattered his soul, turning him into a lonely ghost, unknown how many more years he will have to endure before returning to the underworld. Because the deceased lost their heavenly soul, only leaving behind their human soul, they are called a lonely ghost. Generally speaking, lonely ghosts would head to the underworld, but if their soul is scattered, they become wild ghosts. If no one guides them or provides salvation, it's possible for them to be unable to transcend forever."

  "It's none of my business!" Xie Fengzi replied. Seeing a black aura approaching, Xie Fengzi activated the Palm Thunder, and the True Words of the Absolute Color Buddha Gate were released to counter it. Xie Fengzi was furious. A fire dragon swept away the Absolute Color, but the latter didn't hesitate, his body radiating a Buddhist light as he chanted the Great Brightness Mantra, causing the flames to reverse direction and head towards Xie Fengzi.

  Lin Fan said with a smile: "Others just released a few lonely ghosts and wild devils, which can't hurt us at all. As a result, you guys started infighting first."

  Xie Fengzi and Jue Se were stunned, each withdrawing their hands. Lin Fan was right, this was just a vengeful spirit, with a soul but no vital energy, not an evil ghost. If there is a soul and vital energy, due to the accumulation of resentment that does not disperse, it will become a ghost. Ghosts are also divided into evil ghosts and harmless ghosts, evil ghosts being violent and harming people at sight. As for whether or not one can become an evil ghost, it depends on the person's soul, that is, their original personality, resentment, etc.

  "Hmph!" Xie Fengzi waved his hand and blew a vengeful spirit towards Jue Se.

  Jue Se muttered Buddha scriptures, trying to deliver them. However, the resentful spirits and black air were much more than expected, mostly women. Jue Se said: "It seems that the array eye has been found."

  Lin Fan nodded: "This Lei Yin Temple is probably a place that has harmed countless good women, and Yu Feng has borrowed the land to set up a formation. But how can we break it?" As he spoke, Lin Fan pointed his finger at the air and drew an eight trigrams, sealing a black aura within. He then slowly refined the aura, finally releasing it, and the black aura gradually took on human form before disappearing into nothingness. The two sides' techniques were different, and it was clear that the Buddhist method was more efficient in terms of salvation. Lin Fan had to first resolve the vengeful spirit's energy before he could save her, whereas Zui Yan was able to directly save her.

  Xie Fengzi didn't know these things, the vengeful spirits drew near, and he took advantage of the situation to push them towards the two: "Could it be that this array is meant to transcend all vengeful spirits?"

  Lin Fan said: "It's not that simple. I'd rather know what Yu Feng is up to, whether he's just teasing or has other intentions."

  Xie Fengzi snorted coldly: "You, Yun Qingmen, are so lacking in ambition. This Yu Fengyi is not necessarily our match." There are many types of demonic beasts; for example, a thousand-year-old dragon cannot be measured by the strength of a thousand-year-old demonic beast, while a thousand-year-old mouse has much lower strength than many thousand-year-old demonic beasts. Last time, Lin Fan faced off against a demonic fox, whose cultivation was not high, but it excelled at seduction and charm techniques. Even if it were a thousand-year-old demonic fox, when facing the Buddhist sect that specializes in breaking charm and illusion techniques, it would be helpless. Therefore, Xie Fengzi's words are not arrogant, they have some reason to them.

  Due to the raging fire, the main hall of Lei Yin Temple collapsed with a loud crash. The fierce flames covered an area of five mu and continued to burn. Xie Fengzi stood in the midst of the flames, reciting: "Vast and fierce flames, burning away injustice. What joy is there in life? What sorrow is there in death?"

  "Be careful!" Lin Fan's eyebrows furrowed, a golden lightning bolt struck towards the black air approaching Xiao Fengzi, and then quickly arrived, his left hand condensed true energy, transformed into a palm thunder, chopping down on the black air.

  A dark energy let out a mournful cry and dispersed, only to gather again ten zhang away, transforming into a human figure - a woman with a red headscarf, wearing a red wedding dress and red embroidered shoes. Lin Fan and Jue Se sucked in cold air: "Ghost Bride."

  Xie Fengzi had never dealt with ghosts before and asked in doubt: "What's going on?"

  "The most ferocious of all evil spirits." Lin Fan was on high alert, his entire body surrounded by a powerful protective aura: "Be careful not to let it get too close, or else once the protective aura is broken, it will be fatal and your soul will be taken."

  "Jue Se's supplement: 'This Lei Yin Temple was probably abandoned for a hundred years, and the ghost bride who cultivated for a hundred years... isn't ordinary cruel.'"

  The ghostly bride's feet left the ground, floating slowly towards Xiao Fengzi. Xiao Fengzi frowned and shouted: "San Mai True Fire!" San Mai True Fire is a fire that exists in wood, stone, and air. It is refined using one's vital energy and spirit, specifically to dispel miasma and epidemics.

  Samadhi true fire turned into a palm-sized package wrapped around the ghost bride, and the ghost bride wailed in the sea of flames. She then transformed into black air and escaped, but ten feet away, she condensed back into the ghost bride. Xie Fengzi was puzzled: "How can this be?"

  "So, it's not easy to deal with a ghost bride." Lin Fan said: "In Taoist rituals to resolve grievances, one must first dispel the vengeful energy. However, ghost brides are different - using brute force to bind them only makes their vengeful energy stronger. Simply trying to resolve the grievance is useless. The vengeful energy won't dissipate, and the soul won't disperse, unless a heavenly thunderbolt is used to shatter its soul and scatter it by force. Monk, does your Buddhist sect have any clever methods for dealing with ghost brides?"

  "I'll try to confine the ghost bride in one place, and then use the Rebirth Mantra to repeatedly cleanse her soul!" The stunning beauty slowly approached the drifting ghost bride, and after the two came into contact, the ghost bride immediately burrowed into the stunning beauty's body, trying to possess it. A Buddhist aura appeared behind the stunning beauty, enveloping the two of them, and the ghost bride let out a pained cry as she tried to escape. The stunning beauty silently recited the Buddha's mantra, and layer upon layer of Buddhist light moved up and down from the ghost bride's head to her feet. At first, the ghost bride still wailed and struggled, but later became more and more tranquil. Lin Fan let out a sigh of relief, basically no problem now.

  Suddenly, a black dot flew out from the depths of the forest at an incredible speed and shot directly at Jue Se's body. Jue Se cursed loudly: "You two bastards, protect the law!"

  It was another dark spot, and the slanting wind whip turned around, catching it and moving it to the front for a closer look. It was a poisonous tail, and Lin Fan also saw it clearly. He turned his head to look at Jue Se, who was still continuing to exorcise. Lin Fan said: "Monk, you'd better stop, you've been poisoned."

  "Buddha knows." Jue Se replied, the clothes on his left shoulder were corroded and torn apart, a black hole appeared on his left chest, and the black color spread out in all directions. Jue Se used Buddhist law to guard his heart, and the black color slowly spread towards his left arm and disappeared. Now stop, Gui Xin Niang may be gone forever. Jue Se is not that kind of person who would sacrifice himself and then others, he believes he can save both. Of course, on the condition that Lin Fan and Xie Feng Zi hold on.