Chapter Ten: Sealing Spirit Awakening

  Zhao Feiyu quickly took out the things needed for the summoning, while Mu Rongxing released all the ghosts he had brought with him, scattering them across the empty ground. The yin energy here was indeed very heavy, and I could feel the excitement of those ghosts. In comparison, Bai Ji was much quieter.

  "Do you want to go out?" I subconsciously asked Baiji.

  "I can feel a gloomy atmosphere here, I don't want to be with them." Bai Ji refused in one sentence.

  I nodded indifferently and stood in front of Qingzi. Kong Yiren was meditating and reciting Buddhist scriptures, which could also be considered a kind of salvation. Mu Zhong and I were able to fully protect the three of them, but this seemed to be somewhat difficult.

  Zhao Feiyu drew the talisman and then stuck it on Dong Qizong's body. Just as they were about to start, he looked at me with concern and said: Xiao Lin, don't try to resist when the time comes.

  I murmured a faint "uh-huh", already mentally prepared for some things.

  Zhao Feiyu took out a small bell and walked three circles around Dong Qizhen. At the end of the third circle, he gently shook the bell and muttered: "Dong Qizhen, come back. Dong Qizhen, come back. Dong Qizhen, come back."

  I can feel that in this group of all yin energy, there is something out of harmony. That is the soul of Dong Qinger. When Zhao Feiyu finished shouting these three times, Dong Qinger's soul slowly approached her own body.

  Everything is ready, and Kong Yizi also starts to recite Buddhist scriptures. Dong Qingzi's body trembles more and more violently, looking like a play. But Kong Yizi's forehead full of sweat also makes me worried, can they really succeed?

  "Kobayashi!" Mugen shouted suddenly, I turned my head around and saw countless dark spirits standing in front of us, staring at us with his hollow eyes.

  I furrowed my brow, it seems that Zhao Feiyu's soul-calling technique has had an unexpected side effect. Although Dong Qinger's spirit can hear that she is being summoned, other vengeful spirits can naturally also hear it. To have a physical body, this is what all vengeful spirits yearn for.

  "How much longer can we hold on?" Zhao Feiyu was also getting anxious seeing the scene in front of him. Now, Dong Qizhen's soul couldn't get in and that yin spirit couldn't come out either. If Mu Zhan and I couldn't hold on any longer, it could be said that all of us would die here today.

  Kong Yi didn't respond to Zhao Feiyu and continued reciting his scriptures. I glanced at Mu Rong Xing and asked softly, "How long can you hold on?"

  Mu Rong said with a confident smile: I can hold on longer than you.

  I'm too lazy to bicker with Mu Rong, I took a step forward, and the meteorite iron was already in my hand. As for these dark spirits, I don't want to use spells. Firstly, I'm afraid of disturbing Kong Yi and Zhao Fei Yu's progress, secondly, I'm afraid of hurting Dong Qing Zi. Now, the only option left for me is close combat.

  Kong Yizi's chanting voice continued, and those vengeful spirits were eager to try. As long as the vengeful spirit in Dong Qingzi's body left his body, there would be a battle of contention here.

  As time passed, the dark spirits in front of me grew more numerous, and the chanting voice of Kong also began to speed up. The ghosts behind Mu Rong Xing seemed to have seen something delicious, and if Mu Rong Xing hadn't controlled them, they would have probably started killing each other with the dark spirits.

  Yin soul is also the best feed for ghost breeders.

  As soon as the sound of chanting stopped, the dark spirits in front of me suddenly went mad and rushed towards Dong Qinger's body. I didn't say a word, holding the meteorite iron sword in my hand. As long as one of them came forward, I would behead them without hesitation. Mu Zhongxing was also doing the same on his side, his ghostly minions engaging in an intense battle with the dark spirits. However, it seemed that Ziming and the others had forgotten something - their opponents were ancient warriors who had existed for thousands of years before them, how could they possibly die so easily?

  I don't know what happened to Zhao Feiyu's Soul Lock, all I can do now is focus on killing the Dark Souls. The Dark Souls also have weapons in their hands, when they charge at me with spears or big knives, I won't dodge either, and those ethereal things will still pass through my body.

  I escaped unscathed, but they lost their heads.

  Their weapons don't pose too much of a threat to me. At most, I'll just be affected by the yin energy and need to rest for a while. Fortunately, they're only ordinary yin spirits and aren't strong enough yet. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to deal with them either.

  Gradually, my sword-wielding movements started to feel numb, and my arm began to ache. There were still so many vengeful spirits in front of me, hadn't Zhao Feiyu settled things yet?!

  Just as I was spacing out, I felt like something had pushed me. When I came to, I saw Mu Zhongying paste a talisman on the body of a yin soul.

  What's wrong with Mu Rong, why did he push me? Could it be that the yin soul from just now wants to attack me? I thought to myself, furrowing my brow. Just now, it seemed like someone patted me on the back?

  "You really have a lot of free time, you're even distracted during a fight." Mu Rong Xing said with some blame.

  When I saw the contents of that talisman paper, I was even more surprised.

  "In this enclosed space you're using landmines?! Are you trying to get us all buried together?!" Mu Rong said in great surprise.

  "Zhao Feiyu, Kong Yi, protect that little girl well." Mu Rongxing didn't answer my question, but instead began to prepare his spell!

  I don't want to care about so much, I just ran to Zhao Feiyu and Kong Yiren. Zhao Feiyu's last step was settled, he opened his throat and shouted loudly at Mu Zhongxing: It's done!

  At that moment, a bright light suddenly appeared, illuminating the entire open space. Then countless rocks fell down, and we immediately fell to the ground, covering our heads with both hands, but still being hit on other parts of our bodies.

  After all this subsided, my consciousness was a bit fuzzy. When I came to, I shook off the gravel on me and struggled to stand up. I looked around and those ghosts were indeed gone. What we were standing on were just scattered stones, with small rocks falling from above every now and then. I patted the dust off me, thinking that not being dead was already quite lucky.

  Lightning naturally comes from the sky, but landmines are a bit different. It can be said that landmines are miniaturized versions of lightning spells, but their power cannot be underestimated.

  In such a small space, he laid out the landmine curse. Mu Rong's approach left me perplexed. However, when I glanced at the watch on my wrist, I understood why Mu Rong did it that way.

  We've already wasted half an hour here, and if Mu Rong Xing can't make it out alive in the end, then Zhao Fei Yu and his two companions will become the sacrificial offerings in Mu Rong Xing's mouth.

  Just as I was thinking about this issue, I heard a sound of stones falling. I shone the flashlight in that direction and it was empty.

  His face was also covered with dust, and his monk's robe had several holes in it. When he saw me, he smiled awkwardly and said: Your dad's methods... are indeed a bit ruthless.

  "Or do you think ordinary people can dig out their own son's heart?" I retorted.

  Kong Yat smiled awkwardly again, as if to shift the attention, and shouted towards all directions: Fei Yu, Qing Zi, where are you guys?

  A loud shout from Kong Yi echoed around, but when the sound came again, the response to Kong Yi was a dead silence.

  I furrowed my brow, having a bad premonition. Could it be that both of them were knocked unconscious by the rocks? This can't be happening. Just as I was thinking this, I heard the sound of gravel shifting, and I hastily shone my flashlight over there, only to find Mu Zong Xing.

  "Isn't he dead yet?" Mu Rong was suddenly illuminated by the flashlight and seemed a bit unaccustomed to it. However, his tone still gave me the feeling that he was joking.

  "Thanks to you, I didn't die." I glared at Mu Rong Xing, saying somewhat irritably.

  Mu Rong didn't say much to me, he just started searching for his backpack in the pile of stones. Kong Yi had already walked up to my side, he gently pulled on my clothes and whispered in my ear: Your dad saved you.

  I was baffled by Kong Yat's words and furrowed my brow as I looked at him, unable to comprehend the significance of what he had just said.

  "You probably didn't notice that at the time." Kong Yat looked at my bewildered eyes and explained. "At that time, you were distracted, just when I finished reciting the sutra. You were holding flashlights in one hand and fighting with the other, it was already not easy. But I can tell you, at that time, I saw a black shadow. That wasn't a ghost, it was a human shadow."

  "Why are you so sure?" I heard Kong Yee's words and found them quite strange.

  "When the flashlight beam undoubtedly shone on that black shadow, I saw something reflecting. I can be sure that the black shadow was holding a dagger in his hand, and his target was you. If your dad hadn't pushed you away, maybe now..."

  "Don't worry, I won't die." I said seriously after glancing at Kong Yiren.

  "It's not going to die, but I feel like your dad knows that person." Kong Yihao smiled and said with a good temper. "Anyway, in this place, we'd better be more careful."

  I nodded and understood what Kong Yat meant.

  Here, it's not just the five of us who exist. There are others hiding in the shadows.

  I continued to look for Zhao Feiyu and Dong Qinger, but I sat on the side thinking quietly. Bai Ji seemed to have sensed my doubts and revealed her true form, sitting beside me and saying: Do you know why I didn't want to come out and absorb yin energy?

  "Aren't you unwilling?" I asked with a half smile.

  "Kobayashi, your spiritual awareness has always been exceptional. I don't have to deceive you, did you not feel that there is something else present here?" Hakuga said with a tone of discontent upon hearing my response.

  "That thing is probably only effective on you ghosts. To be honest, I didn't feel anything." I said, fiddling with the fallen iron in my hand.

  I don't know why, but I always feel like it's very difficult to talk to Hakujou just now. Her voice is very faint, and even I can barely see her face.

  After I finished speaking, I couldn't hear Bai Ji's voice anymore. Not long after, I saw Mu Rong Xing and Kong Yi hastily running towards me. Mu Rong Xing pulled me to his side and reached out to touch the third vertebra of my spine.

  "What are you doing?" I looked at Mujin and Kong Yi with some confusion.

  Kong Yizi pointed to his side and asked me: Can you see Baiji?

  I shone my flashlight up and down and around me several times, I was certain that there was nothing there.

  "You little stinker! The Ling Jue was sealed and you still haven't reacted yet!" Mu Rong Xing said, exasperated.

  My spiritual awakening has been sealed?

  I tried to communicate with Baiji, but no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't see Baiji's shadow, nor could I hear her words.

  Although I was anxious, I pretended to be calm and looked around the empty space, asking: Have Zhao Feiyu and Qianzi been found?

  Kong Yiyi shook his head, indicating that he had no news. But Kong Yiyi seemed to be talking to the people around him, and it was a question-and-answer session. To be honest, without any spiritual awareness now, Kong Yiyi can be considered a mentally ill person.

  "Are you saying that you saw someone take Zhao Feiyu and the others away?" Kong Yiren said, his face looking very unsightly.

  Mu Rong Xing didn't seem to care about Zhao Fei Yu and Dong Qi Zi's whereabouts at all. He pulled me aside, making me take off my clothes. Mu Rong Xing's fingers pressed against my spine, I felt a stinging sensation as if there was something in one place. I followed the pain to feel it, but there was nothing at all.

  "Don't touch it randomly! This is a fine cow hair needle! If you keep touching, the needle will go in deeper and it's uncertain whether it can be pulled out later!" Mu Rong said impatiently as he quickly opened my hand.

  "If I couldn't get it done, then forget it. I'm not a useless person just because I don't have any inspiration." I also said impatiently.

  Now Zhao Feiyu and Dong Qingzi are gone, I was inexplicably sealed with Ling Jue again, and Kong Yi also said that someone wants my life. This clearly shows that someone is intentionally causing trouble. Now I don't have the mood to study this cow hair needle, I try to open the ghost eye, wasted a lot of effort, I can only vaguely see some things in front of me.

  Mu Rong saw that the color of my eyes had turned blood red, and he originally wanted to advise me to retract my ghostly eyes, but he sighed and didn't say anything else. This can also be considered as tacit approval of my approach.

  "I'll tell you about the Cow Hair Needle. It can seal your spiritual sense, and its biggest feature is that it's very hard to detect. That's why you fell for it this time. It can't completely seal your spiritual sense, but it still has a great impact on you. Our Mu family's Ghost Eye can see the direction of souls and spirits, but we can't communicate with them. From now on, you'd better behave yourself. If I don't let you take action, you're not allowed to take action! Do you understand?" Mu Zong Xing was now like a father educating his son.

  I glanced at Mu Rong Xing with some disdain and left without a word.

  "This stinky temper..." I heard Mu Rong Xing complaining behind me, but I didn't care.

  I walked up to Kong Yat and asked him about Zhao Feiyu and Dong Qizhen's situation. Kong Yat furrowed his brow, telling me all the news he knew. However, this could also be said to have been told by Bai Ji.

  After the landmine exploded, several of us temporarily lost consciousness, but Baigui didn't. Baigui seemed to have seen Zhao Feiyu carrying Dong Qingzi in one direction, and there was someone leading the way in front of Zhao Feiyu.

  I heard this and my eyebrows also furrowed into a knot. I asked Kong Yizi: Did Baigi tell you where she went?

  Kong Yizi pointed to a path on the right in front of me, I nodded understandingly, originally planning to head in that direction. Mu Zhongxing suddenly stopped me.

  "Kobayashi, Kuuichi, let's go this way." Mukou said, pointing to my left.

  It wasn't until then that I discovered there was also a road to my left. Looking at the two roads, I could guess that Mu Rong must be hiding something from us.

  "What about Zhao Feiyu and Qīnzi?" I was actually probing Mùróng Xíng's attitude, so I asked directly.

  Mu Rong shook his head and said with a worried tone: I don't know where they are either.

  I exchanged a glance with Kong Yi, without saying much. I picked up my backpack and followed Mu Rong on the road. To be honest, I didn't know if Mu Rong could be trusted, but for now, following him was the best option.

  Kong Yat seemed to have understood my idea and followed me silently from behind. Mu Rong Xing appeared to be very familiar with this road, walking all the way without any hesitation.

  The Mu family is a yin-yang family, and all the children are trained in something from a young age. That's the Ghost Eye I'm opening now. The Ghost Eye can see some things too. For the Mu family, it's a way to maintain their status in the spiritual world.

  The road ahead was very smooth. It's as if we had entered a tomb, with walls on both sides and a passageway in the middle. However, there were some rough carvings on the walls on both sides, I shone my flashlight on them and looked carefully, but I couldn't understand what they meant.

  Above is a drawing of an ordinary-looking green plant, the next picture shows an old man lying in bed, estimated to be already dead, importantly there is a young person beside him holding this plant. Next, the young person puts the medicine into the old man's mouth, finally, the old man surprisingly comes back to life.

  Although the picture is very rough, I can still understand what it means. Is this telling me that there really is a medicine for resurrection in this world?

  I was thinking, but Mu Rong Xing urged me again from the front. At this time, Mu Rong Xing had already walked to a very far place, and I could only see a small light spot. After following him for a few steps, I asked Kong Yiyi: Do you see those carvings?

  Strangely enough, no one answered me.

  "Is anyone there?" I stopped in my tracks without turning around and called out tentatively again.

  Still no one answers me...

  I realized something was wrong, so I pulled out the meteorite and shone my flashlight quickly behind me. I didn't see any sign of Kong at all. Subconsciously, I looked forward and saw that Mu Jian's beam of light had also disappeared.

  The darkness around me seemed to be going to swallow me up, and now I can rely on nothing except the meteorite in my hand.

  I pretended to be calm and continued walking forward, but I felt like I was just circling around the same spot. I suddenly felt a bit annoyed, stopped in my tracks and looked around carefully, still there was nothing.

  "If you dare to use this thing, why don't you come out and meet me?" I asked tentatively, although I didn't know if there was anyone around here either, but maybe this was the only way I could find that person's trail.

  After I finished speaking, there was a moment of complete silence around me. I furrowed my brow and thought to myself, could it be that I'm just overthinking? Suddenly, the silence around me was broken by the sound of footsteps.

  The footsteps were slow and heavy. It was as if they were intentionally provoking me, the enemy was right in front of me, but I couldn't do anything.

  I simply turned off the flashlight, held the meteorite in one hand, and then closed my eyes to listen carefully to the footsteps.

  Getting closer and closer...

  When I determined that the footsteps were right next to me, I subconsciously swung out with the fallen iron in my hand.

  "Clang!" A clear and crisp sound echoed out as the meteorite and metal collided! It seems my judgment was correct! With one successful move, I swung the meteorite once again.

  Another crash later, I figured out where the other party was. Since that's the case, there wasn't anything for me to worry about either.

  I launched a fierce attack, without caring about any consequences. In the narrow passageway, all that could be heard was the sound of metal clashing repeatedly. It can be said that both my opponent and I were fighting blindly, yet neither of us deviated from our moves. It was as if... somehow, I knew exactly how he would make his next move...

  No! This pair!

  I launched a few more common attacks, and that person was still able to easily take them. Moreover, I also seemed to know his attack sequence, and each time my defense was effective.

  At that moment, I felt like I was fighting with myself.

  Just as I was thinking this, I felt a sharp pain in the back of my neck. My consciousness is slowly fading away...

  When I regained consciousness in a daze, I heard two voices conversing.

  "The gift you gave to Little Lin is also pretty good." I heard this voice, it seemed like Mu Zhong Xing's.

  "It's just an elder teasing a younger one, don't take it so seriously. After all, we're colleagues too." The voice was very familiar, I seemed to have heard it somewhere before, but for the time being, I couldn't think of who the owner of this voice was.

  "Colleague? If you really considered me a colleague, why would you do such a thing to my son?" Mu Rong's tone was like an interrogation.

  "I just want to confirm, do you still have feelings for him? At that time, you put your son's life on the line and said you had no second thoughts about Ghost Building. But this time, when you saw your son, it seems like you softened."

  "I just have a guilty conscience towards him. Huang Shi Bo, you don't need to doubt my loyalty to Jiang He."

  When Mu Rong said this sentence, I suddenly remembered the owner of this voice!

  Huang Shi-bo! That person who said he wanted to buy out the ancestral tomb of Huai Shu Village!