Chapter 41: The Higher the Tao, the Higher the Devil

  I thought I was the only one who had this reaction, but when I saw their two reactions, I knew they were also empathetic. Now in this situation, I don't know what vocabulary to use to describe it, the ground is shaking, and the dust and sand in the sky are gathering together. Fortunately, where we stopped is relatively hidden, otherwise, I really don't know if we would have been blown away.

  "What are they doing? Are they fighting?" said the sunglasses hero.

  "I also chimed in and said: 'It should have started already, judging from the looks of it, even more mystical than the fantasy movies!'"

  Xiao Rou then said to us after a few seconds: "It should not have started yet, the ghost will summon the undead soldiers. I think the Jiuquan Daoist won't fight these guys alone either. As far as I know, he also raised many ghosts and should release them."

  "Raise a ghost?" I wondered again.

  "It's actually a kind of evil art, capturing the ghost's soul and raising it for one's own use." Xiaoyu only said this sentence and didn't continue speaking.

  At that time, I suddenly realized something. When the nine-quartz Taoist went to Yinyi Town, was it just to keep those ghosts under his command? If he really released the ghosts, did that include the old lady from back then too?

  The earth's tremors were getting weaker and weaker, the dust and clouds were slowly dispersing, and the three of us stared wide-eyed at everything in front of us, afraid to miss any key link.

  At this time, the scene slowly appeared in front of us. The ghost was still carrying a long spear, but behind him gathered hundreds of corpse soldiers. Some corpses were already rotten and some wore half armor. Their hands mostly held long spears, it can be seen that they must have been warriors when they were alive.

  On the side of the Nine Springs Taoist, there were also many people standing (should be his raised ghosts!), but there was no weapon in hand, and there should have been over a hundred people.

  At that time, we all held our breath, wanting to see how they would fight. The ghost general was the first to launch an attack, holding his long spear high in mid-air and shouting "Up!" All the corpse soldiers approached Ji Quan Daoist with a rhythmic sense.

  "Ding ding ding......" "Ding ding ding......" "Ding ding ding......" The Taoist of the Nine Springs began to frantically shake the bell in his hand, and the ghosts he had raised immediately gathered together and charged towards the advancing corpse soldiers.

  This scene was a spiritual baptism for me, the corpse soldiers that are rarely seen in my impression, even Baidu can't find them. And the ghosts raised by Ji Quan Daoist actually fought with them.

  When these corpse soldiers and the ghosts raised by the Nine Springs Taoist gathered together, there wasn't much suspense, and it was immediately clear that the ghosts had the upper hand. Those corpse soldiers looked particularly ferocious and terrifying, but they seemed quite clumsy, while the ghosts raised by the Nine Springs Taoist would suddenly disappear and reappear when fighting them, making their weapons useless.

  At this time, the Jiuquan Taoist was no longer standing in his original position, but instead took out a duster from his body. (Generally, in movies, you will often see that practitioners of Taoism and eunuchs have a short wooden stick with a fluffy head.)

  I had thought that the Nine Springs Daoist's temperament was all in line with a Daoist, but it lacked something. It wasn't until I held this thing in my hand that I understood - what was missing was a feather duster.

  Jiuchuan Daoshi held a duster in his hand, and the clothes on his body had somehow changed into a red Taoist robe again. He charged towards the ghost general. The ghost general saw Jiuchuan Daoshi coming and directly grabbed his long spear and swung it at him.

  At that time, the nine-spring Taoist was standing still on the spot, but when the head of the long spear was about to reach his head, he suddenly disappeared.

  "Bang..." With a burst of flames, the spearhead was directly inserted into the ground. At that time, all three of us began to look around, wondering where the Jiuchuan Daoist had gone.

  "Dog Daoist!" The ghost general couldn't see the Nine Springs Daoist anymore and was getting anxious, starting to wail towards the sky again.

  At that time, the three of us couldn't help but cover our ears, because a normal person's ears absolutely can't withstand such a huge impact. The sound he shouted out was so loud it could pierce people's eardrums.

  When we opened our ears again, the nine springs Taoist suddenly appeared behind the ghost general. He slammed down with the dust brush in his hand towards the ghost general's head!

  I'm not sure how great the power of this move was, but when he withdrew his spear again, the ghost actually knelt down on one knee. The long gun in his hand also fell to the ground!

  The Taoist of the Nine Springs pointed at it with his dust-brushing finger and said sternly, "You beast, don't you hurry up and surrender? If you move even a single step, I'll let your soul fly away and scatter, and from now on, you will be out of the six paths."

  The ghost was about to pick up the spear, but when he saw Ji Quan Daoist say this, he actually withdrew his outstretched hand.

  The Taoist of the Nine Springs flicked his sleeve, dusting it off with one hand, and joined his palms together in a salute to the ghost general. "As the ancients said, 'the higher the Tao, the higher the evil.' But today I will tell you that this saying is incorrect. The Tao is high by one foot, the evil is high by one zhang, but the Taoist techniques are boundless and infinite, and demons, ghosts, and monsters cannot possibly defeat humans."

  Although I didn't have a good impression of the Jiuquan Taoist, when he said these words, I thought he was really cool.

  Looking again at the corpses of the soldiers opposite, they had all been cleared away, and the thick stench of feces had also decreased a lot. But I still have concerns in my heart, that is, will this ghost general be willing to give up?

  As the corpse soldiers dwindled in number, the ghost general suddenly stood up and prepared to escape. Xiao Rou suddenly jumped out from our side and shouted at Jiuquan Daoist: "Uncle Jiuquan, don't let him get away!"

  I'm also clear in my heart that this ghost king's strength is really too powerful, if we let him go today and meet him again someday, it won't be easy for us to survive!

  While speaking, he ran in that direction, and I and the sunglasses knight also got up and followed him to run over. What surprised me was that Jiuchuan Daoist just stared blankly at the route of the ghost general's escape and did not pursue it.

  "Uncle Jiuchuan, don't let him go!" Xiaorou was getting anxious, and I followed the Masked Knight in shouting.

  But the old man still didn't chase after him, until we arrived in front of them. Usually gentle Xiao Rou's tone was a bit urgent now, and she asked Jiuquan Daoist: "Why aren't you chasing after him? If this ghost is let go today, he will become the greatest calamity of all kinds tomorrow, why let him go?"

  The Jiuchuan Taoist let out a sigh and said, "Don't worry, Xiaorou. It's not that I didn't want to chase after him, it's just that my abilities are limited. Otherwise, how could I have let him go? Now it's already not bad, he was scared away, and you two are fine."

  Xiao Rou continued to say to him: "You deliberately let him go, didn't you?"

  What she said was quite fierce, without any intention of retreating, and didn't care that the Ji Quan Daoist was called "Uncle". The Ji Quan Daoist was asked by Xiao Rou like this, and he didn't know what to say. He had a somewhat helpless look, just at this time "Pffft..." A mouthful of fresh blood spurted out.

  At that time, we were all stunned. Little Rong also went forward to support the Jiuquan Taoist and asked with concern: "Uncle Jiuquan, are you okay?"

  Jiuyuan Daoshi wiped the corner of his mouth and said softly: "I'm fine, just as you said, this ghost is really too powerful. I also spent a lot of cultivation to fight with him. I've been seriously injured, but he doesn't know it. If I chase after him, I'll probably reveal my weakness."

  "Ah..." Xiao Rou hesitated for a moment before saying, "I'm sorry, Ninth Uncle, I misunderstood you."

  "It's not your fault that you're unaware, but your ability is still lacking, and you can't see the cause and effect clearly. You don't understand everything outside yet, and the saying 'the higher the virtue, the higher the evil' is actually correct."

  I don't know what's wrong, but when I heard the Nine Springs Taoist say this, I suddenly didn't feel as much disgust towards him. He stroked Xiaorou's hair and continued to speak to us: "The Demon Village is a very dangerous place, and it will be dawn soon. You should hurry up and leave here."

  We all nodded, but when he saw me, he suddenly paused and asked in confusion: "Are you the young man I saw in Xianyitown a few days ago?"

  It wasn't until he said that sentence that I realized why he hadn't asked me all along - it turned out he had been looking at me with a straight face.