Chapter Fourteen: Blood Moon Turmoil

  The original idea of Wang Sigou came from a acrobatic performance he saw in Beijing Tianqiao years ago, called "Two-person Wind and Fire Wheel". It was two people rolling forward like a big wheel, with their bodies wrapped around each other, holding onto each other's ankles.

  Several people looked at the two long gowns that had been urinated on the ground, and they all shook their heads helplessly. Chang Yunshan patted his own forehead, with a face full of black lines, saying: "I say, Wang brothers, what kind of idea is this? This is simply a crazy idea!"

  Wang Sigou also had a black line on his face, awkwardly smiling. Murong Dao's face turned pale as he rolled his eyes: "Less nonsense, let's get to it!" After finishing speaking, he lay down on a long gown, Chang Yunshan let out a sigh and obediently got on top, grabbing onto Murong Dao's ankle. Wang Sigou and Fang Qing hurriedly used another long gown to wrap them up tightly, securing all sides until there was no gap left. Then they sprinkled the remaining Five-Colored Divine Dragon Powder from the jar onto the urine-soaked clothes, only then was it considered done.

  Chang Yunshan let out a sorrowful cry: "Boundless Heavenly Lord, whose urine is this? It's so pungent!" Fang Qinghe chuckled and said: "Less nonsense, let's go!" As soon as he said that, the two old men activated their internal energy, puffing up their outer robes like big balloons. With a slight movement, they slowly rolled forward.

  After the two of them left, Fang Qinghe hurriedly repaired the protective circle, his eyes fixed on guiding their direction. Wang Sigou held a knife at the ready, and any insect that dared to intrude was cut in half with one slash. In this way, this ordinary road that usually only required tens of steps, the old and young duo seemed to have passed through the gates of hell, feeling as though the insects around them were chirping wildly and pouncing on their bodies, but as soon as they touched the outer garment, they all fell to the ground.

  Sweat as big as beans, dripping down, no one dared to relax their vigilance. Until they saw the two of them, Master Mu and his apprentice, not far from the dry well, Fang Qinghe shouted in a tense voice: "Alright!" As soon as they heard Fang Qinghe's voice, the old and young duo quickly stopped in their tracks. They saw Master Mu take out several red strings, tying complex knots. He pinched his fingers, recited incantations, and finally, Master Mu bit his tongue, spitting a mouthful of hot blood onto the red strings. As they looked at the red strings, they seemed to come alive, like small snakes, slowly slithering in Master Mu's hands.

  Chang Yunshan, sweating profusely, whispered: "Master uncle, have you...have you finished yet? I...I can't hold on much longer!" Mu Daozhu turned his head and glared at him, scolding: "Don't embarrass me, even if you die, you must hold on for me!" Chang Yunshan let out a low, mournful cry, and once again used the tip of his tongue to press against the roof of his mouth, using all his strength to prop up the clothes outside his body.

  As he watched, the master's hand pointed a red light, quietly cutting open a small slit in front of his clothes. He stole a glance outside and saw that the turtle king two meters in front was curiously sizing them up, probably also studying what this round fellow in front of him was.

  Mantou Master seized the opportunity, flicking his wrist, and the few red ropes in his hand seemed to dance like red snakes, shooting straight at the turtle king! At this moment, the turtle king also realized something was wrong, let out a strange cry, and suddenly shot up. Unfortunately, Mantou Master wouldn't let him escape, and with a change of his fingers, he manipulated the red ropes, his body moving like a swimming dragon, flying up and down in mid-air, and in the blink of an eye, he caught the golden-armored turtle king!

  "Done!" Daoye burst out laughing. He looked at the turtle king again, which was wrapped up like a ball of yarn and flew back upside down!

  This way, the golden-armored turtle corpses on the ground are not done yet. The king was caught, this is still owed! At that time, it was like a camp explosion, screaming and looking for the old and young to fight to the death! Chang Yunshan let out a loud roar, shattering the long shirt beside him. A wave of air shook the surrounding insects upside down, and Mu Dao Ye picked up the turtle king in his hand and shouted: "Retreat!"

  This move was indeed effective. Looking at the dense golden-armored turtle corpses beside him, his eyes were bewildered and he didn't know what to do. The old and young duo carefully carried the Turtle King back to Wang Si's side step by step.

  Until now, the four of them let out a sigh of relief, it was really close to feeding these insects all over the ground! At this time, it had been a considerable amount of time since Ge Kun left. The old and young four people did not dare to delay, carefully walked to the wall edge, suddenly heard a piercing insect cry, only to see that from this pile of golden armored turtle shells, actually flew out a blood-red insect!

  "This is the end! Master Mu shouted: "Run!" and casually threw away a ball of thread. The four people flew over the short wall, fleeing in disarray. It wasn't until they no longer heard the buzzing sound behind them that the four of them stopped running. This was truly a desperate sprint, their backsides almost hitting their heels. Looking around to make sure it was safe, the four of them collapsed to the ground on their butts, not wanting to move anymore."

  The four of them panted heavily, and Chang Yunshan lay on the ground like a dead dog, roaring: "Damn it! Master Dao has lived for so many years, but he never thought that one day he would be finished off by a bug!"

  Fang Qinghe panted heavily and laughed: "Hmph, that's you being a frog at the bottom of a well, looking up at the sky. I'm telling you, the most formidable things in this world are insects, there are many kinds, and we can't mess with them!"

  As soon as the two of them stopped, they were about to quarrel. Murong Daoye waved his hand impatiently: "Stop talking nonsense, now that Ge Kun is nowhere to be found, let's be careful."

  Wang Sigou looked back at his body, thought about the situation just now, and was really reborn! He hurriedly looked towards Mo Dao Ye: "Senior, if we meet Ge Kun again this time, will this old thing make another worm come out?" Fang Qinghe and Chang Yunshan heard this and were also frightened, they quickly widened their eyes and looked at Mo Linchi.

  Look at the three of them, no wonder they're so scared. Even Lao Dao himself was frightened for a moment. He waved his hand to comfort them: "You think that Golden Armor Turtle is easy to deal with? The ones in the Stove King Temple should be this old guy's stockpile from decades ago. Now that I think about it, we were really lucky back then. If we hadn't broken through the skull wall at the bottom of the well earlier, I reckon... humph, we would have turned into bug fertilizer by now!"

  Several people heard this and finally put down the thumping heart, and at that time they collapsed to the ground. Murong took out a few grains of medicine and asked them to take it. Wang Sigou held the medicine in his mouth, lying on the ground, but suddenly he opened his eyes wide and pointed at the sky, exclaiming: "Senior, what's going on?"

  Three people heard his exclamation and hastily raised their heads to look up at the sky. As soon as they looked, all four of them, young and old, inhaled a breath of cool air! At this moment, in the sky above, a huge blood-red moon was hanging, with red clouds flashing before their eyes, and bloody light reflecting off the heavens!

  "This is the Blood Moon!" Daoist master shouted loudly: "Not good!" He hastily stood up, and with a tense expression, he said: "This phenomenon only occurs when a great evil or ominous being is about to appear in the world. Could it be... could that old scoundrel Ge Kun have really succeeded?"

  As they spoke, several people felt that the evil and gloomy atmosphere in the air was rapidly spreading, and even the breath from their mouths and noses carried a faint bloody smell. The ground was calm and windless, yet clothes fluttered as if blown by an invisible force, and the grass and trees around them made rustling sounds, as if the surrounding air was trembling slightly!

  At this time, the four old and young were really anxious! Chang Yunshan jumped up high: "Damn it, this is unbearable! Let's hurry up and find her, maybe we can still make it!"

  You can say it's looking for, but where to look? Such a big place, this old man wants to hide like a cat, who can find him! Just as the four people were anxious and helpless, they suddenly heard a strange laugh from the nearby woods: "Hehe, no need to look, Grandpa is coming himself!"

  As soon as the words fell, a blue-shirted old man came slowly, and the four of them looked at this person carefully in the blood-red moonlight. If it wasn't Ge Kun, who else could it be?

  Ge Kun let out a cold laugh: "You were able to withstand the Golden Armor and Corpse Tortoise, you really have good luck. I don't know if you'll be so lucky next time!"

  As soon as the words fell, a bloody light rushed over from behind Ge Kun. The four of them looked and were frightened to retreat in disarray. Only then did they see that within this bloody light, a monster emerged that was almost impossible to describe! Its entire body emitted a blood-red glow, with ghostly faces tattooed all over its body, although it had the body of a donkey, but its neck upwards was actually a ferocious and eerie mane. What's more, its entire body was covered in small snake heads, and on its chest were a pair of terrifying ghostly hands!

  What in the world is this thing?! The four of them were shocked to their core, and even the worldly-wise Muramasa was at a loss, having never seen such an evil object before!

  Looking at the shocked expressions of several people, Ge Kun smiled triumphantly: "You've never seen it before, have you? I haven't either! Originally, I just wanted to get a black mantis, but unexpectedly, thanks to the ancestors' blessing, I actually got an extraordinary one!" After finishing speaking, he couldn't help but burst into loud laughter!

  The monster in front of them gave off an overwhelming sense of oppression, not the kind that made you panic visually, but the kind that made your heart tremble uncontrollably. Several people were drenched in cold sweat, unsure of what to do! Just then, Master Murong took advantage of Ge Kun's momentary complacency and suddenly flung out several silver talismans with a loud whooshing sound, shooting out several clusters of three-colored flames into the air! Looking again at Master Murong's hands, which didn't stop moving, several more talismans flew out, followed by a series of booming explosions. When the smoke and dust finally cleared, a thick white fog obscured their vision. Master Murong let out a loud shout: "Go!"

  He said goodbye and saw the old Taoist throw out an object with a flick of his wrist, then turned around without looking back and flew away! The other three people were stunned by the situation in front of them, and suddenly they saw the old Taoist Liao running away. Only then did the three of them react, shouting loudly: "Oh my god!" They also quickly withdrew and chased after the old Taoist.

  When mentioning Ge Kun, the mysterious master suddenly made a move and also stunned him for a moment. Looking at the several clusters of fierce flames flying in the air, Ge Kun sneered: "Three Flavors True Fire, haha, you're overestimating yourself!" As soon as his voice fell, he heard a strange cry beside him. That strange black mantis suddenly opened its big mouth and spat out a red light beam. In an instant, the several clusters of Three Flavors True Fire in the air were blown to pieces!

  Looking at the four old and young people fleeing in disarray, Ge Kun laughed even more triumphantly: "Mu Linchi, you old mixed hair, I didn't expect you to have today!" Just as he was about to chase after them, a small red thread ball flew out of the smoke.

  Just as he was puzzled, the black-robed man beside him let out a disdainful low growl, raised his chest and grabbed the red thread ball with that strange ghost hand, and crushed it without even looking at it!

  A mournful hum, and the black-robed ghost's hand was covered with golden **, emitting a sour and putrid stench. It wasn't until now that Ge Kun finally knew what the red thread ball was - it turned out to be Ao Wang!

  He merely let out a loud roar at the black mantis beside him, which was stained with blood, and scolded: "You fool!" After that, he didn't bother with it anymore and flew away.

  As I gaze at this black mantis, its face proudly raised with its snake-like head, it doesn't care about anything. Just as Ge Kun had just left, a rustling sound suddenly arose from the forest. Looking around, I saw that hundreds of golden-armored corpse tortoises had crawled out around the black mantis!

  A red golden armor mantis flew out of the swarm, and after a moment's hesitation, it let out an angry roar. The next moment, the entire swarm became violent and charged towards this proud black mantis!

  The black mantis stood still on the spot, until the golden armored corpse turtle rushed to its side. It let out a strange cry and shook its body, suddenly shattering into countless blood-red small snakes that charged straight at the dense swarm of golden armored corpse turtles!

  For a moment, the chirping and buzzing sounds shook the air. After a brief moment, only a pile of insect corpses were left on the ground, and that blood-red insect also died on the spot!

  The ground was covered with red snakes dancing and entwining each other, finally merging into a pool of bright red blood. This pool of blood churned and bubbled, and in the blink of an eye transformed into that black mantis. Ge Kun didn't arrive until now, looking at the carpet of insect corpses, then at the black mantis, grinning from ear to ear, a satisfied smile on his face, he waved his hand at it: "Don't be so smug, there are still four big bug sons who haven't died yet, hurry up and chase them for me!"

  The monster let out a long howl, and Ge Kun flew onto its back. The man and the monster chased after the four old and young people, rushing away with the wind!

  Hello everyone, I'm Xiao Er, the author of "Four Small Yin Gates". As per your requests, I've changed the update time to 12:00 PM with two chapters released at once. The story has been growing healthily thanks to your encouragement and support, and I'd like to express my gratitude again. Additionally, as requested, an official group chat has been created where you can interact closely with me and discuss the story with fellow readers. Let's explore Wang Can's life together! I'll be waiting for you all while brewing tea.