Chapter 22: Making Wedding Clothes for a Ghost

  At this time, the old ghost was still talking and laughing, after all, a thousand years of Taoism, there were few opponents in the world, Mao 19's small Taoism was clearly not enough to look at. The Qiankun bag was directly taken away by the old ghost.

  "With this small bag of yours, you still think it's a universe bag? I think it can only hold two eggs at most." The old ghost sneered at Mao Shi Jiu.

  Cao Jingyu saw that things were not going in his favor, everything seemed to be under the other party's control, this time he had kicked an iron plate.

  "There must be a weakness in every ghost, and there must be a vital point on the ghost's body. As long as I hit the ghost's vital point, that will be my best chance to subdue him." thought Mao Shi Jiu.

  Cao Jing Yu lit an incense stick, then took out a willow branch and dipped it in the incense ash. It is well known that willow branches can be used to ward off ghosts, but what magical effect the willow branch has when dipped in incense ash is unknown.

  Cao Jing Yu picked up the willow branch smeared with incense ash and charged at Lao Gui. With a loud crack, the willow branch landed squarely on Lao Gui's body. To everyone's surprise, it was effective, leaving a mark of incense ash on Lao Gui's body. Lao Gui was stunned by the sudden sneak attack and had no time to react before the incense ash mark ignited, with a trail of fire quickly spreading across his body. Lao Gui let out a loud cry of pain, for ghosts were most afraid of yang fire, and this old ghost was even more fearful of fire because he had been burned to death by the Heavenly Fire Pillar in his past life, leaving an indelible shadow on him.

  The flames didn't spread quickly and were extinguished by the old ghost's breath, but a burn scar was left on his body, still aching slightly. Mao 19 saw its usefulness and followed up with a second whip, but this time the old ghost didn't let him get away easily. As soon as the willow branch touched his body, he disappeared, and Mao 19's whip struck empty air. In an instant, the old ghost appeared behind Mao 19, his palm on his shoulder, making Mao 19 feel like he was carrying a thousand pounds, unable to move.

  "You Daoist, still resorting to sneak attacks. I haven't been injured in thousands of years, and you've actually burned my soul. You must be taught a lesson." The old ghost said with some anger.

  Cao looked back at the old devil with a hint of disdain in his eyes, and tried to move, but his body was already paralyzed.

  "Symbol emerged, town. Mao nineteen mouths muttered, a symbol flew out from behind and stuck to the old ghost's arm, the old ghost's arm was blown open by the symbol, Mao nineteen took advantage of the gap to break free from his restraints, ran far away and sat down."

  The old ghost was blasted open by the talisman, but he didn't get hurt. In his heart, he thought that this Taoist priest was really not easy to deal with, and all sorts of small tricks had made him helpless. As a result, our friend was in a dilemma, unable to advance or retreat.

  Mao nineteen placed eight ignited long wax candles at a distance, forming a huge circle around himself, with one on each of the four sides. The old ghost saw the flames on the candles and was somewhat apprehensive, not daring to approach him.

  The ghost's weakness lies in fire, and Mao Shi Jiu finally confirmed the old ghost's weak point. With a joyful heart, he sat cross-legged and began to set up an array, taking out black and white grains of rice and red cinnabar, scattering a yin-yang pattern within a large circle, with only one character: "Fire". The pattern showed black and white yin-yang as black and white rice, the fire character victorious over fire in red cinnabar.

  "The yin-yang burning ghost fire formation, the formation is complete." Immediately followed by a whispered incantation, the formation was completed. At this time, Mao Shi Jiu was already drenched in sweat and his face had turned pale, as the formation consumed an enormous amount of energy.

  It's now or never. This old ghost is so clever, he knows the fire circle is dangerous and will definitely not fall for it. That's what I'm thinking in my heart.

  Unexpectedly, the old ghost walked directly towards the fire array with his head held high. This situation also made Mao Shi Jiu very surprised, as he hadn't even lured him into the array yet, and now he was delivering himself to the doorstep. What did this mean? For a moment, it left Mao Shi Jiu at a loss for what to do.

  "For three thousand years, I seem to have forgotten my own identity. I was once a fearless general who feared neither heaven nor earth. As the saying goes, 'once bitten by a snake, ten years afraid of the rope'. I died in fire, but I shouldn't be afraid of fire - this is my unyielding will. So I'll give you one chance: if I die at your hands, this labyrinthine city will naturally be broken, and this is also the only way for you to leave here. But I won't die, I want you to stay here with me for a hundred years." The old ghost's voice was overbearing.

  This time, he really touched his dignity. A gentleman can be killed but not humiliated. He regarded being burned by Mao 19 as a humiliation, and a true hero is one who dares to face the pain of the past. Apart from his wife, this was his second wound, which has now been exposed by Mao 19.

  The old ghost walked step by step towards the fire array, just like a majestic general who had once again set foot on the path of killing enemies. I saw his past in the old ghost's body - in the twilight years, Wen Zhong wore iron helmet and armor, trampled horse hooves, killed thousands of miles away, and only rested when he died. A killing intent flashed in his eyes.

  "This is what a true hero looks like." I sighed.

  The old ghost stepped into the fire array, and in an instant, the black and white rice grains ignited. The central fire character became more and more transparent, peeling off and imprinting itself on the old ghost's body. The flames suddenly grew larger, engulfing the old ghost's entire body, but he burst out laughing instead.

  "Ah, it's been years since I've felt this good, hahaha!" The old devil's face was distorted from the burning, but his hearty laughter could still be heard.

  "Madam, I have come to see you. I heard that Zhong was most unfilial to you in his lifetime."

  In just a few seconds, the old ghost's clothes were burned to ashes. Suddenly, a bloody big mouth appeared from the fire, and the old ghost was howling. The old ghost in the fire was falling sand, and the layer of sand on his body was slowly falling off, extinguishing all the surrounding flames.

  The old ghost turned into a pile of sand and dust, his soul completely burned to nothingness.

  I let out a deep sigh, lowered my head, and couldn't help but feel a lot of despair in my heart. Such heroes are worthy of our respect and tears. Meanwhile, Lin Mo beside me had already shed tears, after all, we had known each other for a while, and he hadn't made things difficult for us.

  Mao Shi Jiu finally saw through the situation, this ghost was jumping into the net himself, with a heart that was determined to die. Mao Shi Jiu waved his hand and extinguished the fire of the great array, shattering it.

  A golden light flashed and a bead appeared from the sand pile where the old fire circle ghost had fallen. Just as Mao 19 was about to go forward to retrieve it, a black shadow suddenly darted out at an extremely fast speed, and Mao 19 couldn't react in time, the bead was snatched away.

  "Which direction is the ghost?" Mao Shi Jiu felt a strong aura of ghosts and shouted loudly.

  "Stinky Taoist, don't you recognize me? I've been waiting for this moment for a long time. This Dragon Soul Pearl is mine now. You've completed your task and can leave. Thanks a lot to you guys, if it weren't for you, I wouldn't have gotten it so easily, hahaahaha." After finishing speaking, the ghostly creature disappeared again.

  "Despicable!" Mao shouted, but he didn't have time to pursue, as the surroundings began to change.

  The labyrinth has come to life, the entire city wall begins to sandify, all buildings are sinking down, slowly disappearing.

  "Quickly escape." My first reaction was to leave this place, otherwise we would be buried in the sand. I pulled Lin Mo's hand and ran out, Zhang Xinyu also followed with a pout.

  "Quietly, where is your brother?" I asked loudly in the midst of the huge sound of falling sand.

  "Huh? You knew he was my brother?" Lin Mo's face turned red with anger, as if I had wrongly accused her.

  "Sorry, Mo Mo." I smiled awkwardly.

  Lin Mo looked at me and seemed to have decided to forgive me, saying: "Brother wasn't with me, I came in alone, he was caught by someone while trying to save me." Lin Mo replied with some worry.

  At this critical moment, I didn't ask any further questions and immediately rushed to Mao Shi's side with the two of them.

  "You guys were really here." Mao Shi Jiu said from a distance.

  "Hurry up, it's not safe to stay here for long." I reminded hastily.

  "What about the other person?" Mao Nineteen felt like someone was missing.

  "Things are going badly, Li Jian Tian is still trapped in the maze and hasn't come out yet." I cried out in alarm.

  Fortunately, Li Jian Tian was not far from us. He had been wandering aimlessly in the maze, searching for a way out, but ended up being trapped and didn't think at all. When we found him, he asked us with a confused face: "This maze game is so hard! How did you guys get out?" He actually thought we were playing a game. The four of us looked at each other in dismay, but the priority was to leave this haunted place first.

  "We must hurry, this place is going to collapse." I shouted loudly.

  The sand is sinking faster and faster, the entire labyrinth has sunk more than half, it's about to engulf where we are.

  "We ran into that darkness." I remember when I came from that darkness.

  Five people in a row, rushed towards the darkness at the fastest speed. The Labyrinth City behind had all turned into sand and dust. The once prosperous scene was gone. I sighed, things have changed, and people are no longer the same. In the end, it became a funeral dress for ghosts, destroying an entire city and a late general, and burying a segment of love.

  Along the darkness, we went out and returned to the primeval forest, the sky was already bright, it turned out that only one night had passed, but it was a memorable and unforgettable night for a lifetime.

  After coming out, Mao Shijiu and Li Jiantian saw me holding hands with Lin Mo, and finally Mao Shijiu couldn't help but ask: "What exactly happened between you two inside?"

  "It can't be said, it can't be said." Lin Mo and I exchanged a knowing smile, because only we understood the feeling of being bound together by life and death. Later, I asked her what the rules of the game with Lao Gui were, but Lin Mo just smiled at me, leaned on my shoulder and said: "Those things don't matter anymore, what matters is that you're by my side." I didn't ask anything more.

  Outside, Mao Shi Jiu roughly introduced Wen Zhong to the group. After learning about him, Mao Shi Jiu was also filled with emotion. He had personally killed a heroic ghost, which made him feel uneasy for a while. However, when we mentioned that the ghost would use us again, Mao Shi Jiu gritted his teeth.

  "Why did the old ghost appear with a dragon soul pearl after being cremated? What use does that ghost have for this dragon soul pearl?" Mu Shiying asked two questions in a row, calming down.

  "According to the old ghost, this place was originally called Absolute Dragon Ridge. He said that he became a ghost by absorbing the dragon's dead energy, and I think that dragon bead should be the transformed dragon energy. As for why the ghost wants that dragon soul bead, it's unknown." I told Mao 19 everything I knew.

  "Dragon's dead energy? Is that ghost thing going to refine that stuff?" Mao Shi Jiu exclaimed in great surprise.