Chapter 67: The Invitation

  Once I've made up my mind about something, I rarely change it. Besides, I really don't believe that Old Guo and the others would so easily move from the haunted building to the riverside. There must be some secret behind this.

  Zhao Feiyu and Kong Yiren furrowed their brows, looking at me, probably also thinking about what I just said. I walked alone to the front of that big stone, looking up at it and asking: How can we completely eliminate the Chaos?

  "Thoroughly? That word doesn't quite fit. Even if the power that has been eroded for so long is restored, all you can do is re-seal it. As for annihilating it, that's up to Chaos." Yu Yan said with a relaxed expression, hands clasped behind his back.

  I'm too lazy to say that, I looked at the talismans in front of me and thought about how to tear them down. To consume so much evil energy, even if I force myself to tear the talismans, the things inside are likely to appear.

  At this time, Zhao Feiyu and Kong Yiren also walked over. Kong Yiren looked at the talisman paper and sighed: "It should be easier to deal with after tearing off the talisman paper." Its evil energy has weakened a lot, but once released, its lethality is still very strong. Get ready.

  Kong Yī said to make good preparations, and we all understand what it means. Zhao Feiyu looked at the talisman with a complicated expression, furrowed his brow and said: This is really unfair, their deaths were just to control the chaos. And now, they have to die again. This time, death will be the end of their souls.

  Zhao Feiyu's words made us all fall into silence. I touched the talisman paper in front of me and shook my head helplessly.

  Sometimes necessary sacrifices are made to avoid even greater ones.

  The Buddhist, Taoist and Onmyodo have three different methods of incantation. I was naturally assigned to the first one. I drew a long slit on my palm, muttered the incantation, concentrated all my strength in my palm, and then slapped the talisman paper with a loud bang.

  The moment my hand touched the talisman, I felt the evil spirits inside being drawn to my fresh blood! Countless evil spirits tried every means to suck a mouthful of my essence. There was even one that wanted to enter my body through my wound!

  At that time, there was only one thought left in my mind: I must burn this thing!

  After tearing off the talisman paper, I immediately took out a lighter and burned it into ashes.

  "It's up to you now." I let out a sigh of relief, feeling somewhat at ease.

  Taking advantage of Zhao Feiyu and Kong Yiren's argument, I quietly bandaged my wound by myself on the side.

  Not long after, Zhao Feiyu and Kong Yiren also finished their preparations. The moment Kong Yiren tore off the talisman paper, I was already ready for battle. Until Kong Yiren burned the talisman paper, I didn't see any changes around us.

  He doesn't even know what's going on, and he's staring at us with the same bewildered expression. I suddenly feel that Qin Zheng is playing a trick on us! He brought us to this devilish castle for nothing, and there's not even anything here - isn't he just teasing us?!

  Two minutes later, there was still no change in the surroundings. Zhao Feiyu couldn't help but frown and say, "Let's go? There's nothing here, let's head back to Nan Temple."

  As soon as Zhao Feiyu finished speaking, Kong Yiyi and I also packed our bags to follow him. However, after walking two steps, I realized something was wrong.

  The eerie atmosphere around began to gather, and the gathering place was just around that stone.

  I'm all too familiar with this aura, it's the same one from the talisman earlier that suppressed the chaos. The three of us clearly destroyed the talisman, so how can things still exist in here?

  "That... monk. Your Buddhist family shouldn't be reciting scriptures to exorcise evil spirits? Why are you imitating Mu Lin's style and burning spirit papers?" He asked us suddenly, as if he couldn't hold it in anymore.

  The man who was being stared at by everyone looked at me and Zhao Feiyu, his face filled with a bewildered expression as he said: I don't know...... but at that time my mind only had one thought...... it was as if there was a voice constantly telling me to burn the spirit money.

  As soon as Kong Yī's words fell, Zhao Feiyu also cried out in surprise: Ah! Why did I want to kill the paper charm? Isn't this making the evil energy inside even heavier? Normally, we should be helping them attain Buddhahood. Why are we doing this?

  Everyone's eyes were focused on me, because I was the one who started it. I looked at them with a puzzled face and shook my head, saying: I don't know why I did this either. It's as if someone in my brain told me to do so.

  The three of us were completely speechless, and seeing that the ominous energy was gathering over there, the four of us didn't make any move. The gathered ominous energy couldn't be dispersed. Moreover, we three had just used fire to provoke them earlier.

  "Fei Yu, Yin Lei!" I'm now completely at a loss for what to do, the only thought left in my mind is to make them disappear into thin air.

  Zhao Feiyu didn't need me to say more, and he began to chant. I opened my ghost eye and took a closer look at the eerie aura that appeared in front of me.

  "Again, 350 miles west is the Heavenly Mountain, where there are plenty of gold and jade. There are green horned creatures with yellow fur, and the Ying River originates from here, flowing southwest into the Tang Valley. There is a divine bird that resembles a yellow sack, red like cinnabar fire, with six legs and four wings, its body being smooth without any facial features. It knows how to sing and dance, and it is actually the Emperor Jiang."

  This is the appearance of Hundun recorded in Shan Hai Jing, and the appearance formed by the aura in front of me is almost the same as that recorded in Shan Hai Jing. I have seen Hundun's aura before, when I was competing with Yin Zhou, I saw Hundun's aura emanating from his body. And the aura in front of me now is much heavier than ordinary aura.

  I saw a few flashes of lightning slowly approaching us from the distant sky, it seems that Zhao Feiyu is already prepared. Ou Ye also revealed his fox claws, and Kong Yi's Buddhist beads were tightly grasped in his hand, ready to strike at any moment.

  As soon as the thunder arrived at our location, Zhao Feiyu immediately struck it down without hesitation! When the thunder struck that mass of evil energy, it surprisingly didn't react at all!

  Not only that, but when I saw Zhao Feiyu's face turn white, he realized something was wrong.

  "What's going on?" Zhao Feiyu asked anxiously.

  "This thing... seems to have absorbed the power of lightning..." Zhao Feiyu raised his head and said intermittently.

  He didn't believe what Zhao Feiyu said, so he walked up to the front of Hun Dun with a big stride and quickly cast a spell. He also summoned a bolt of lightning. When the lightning struck the evil energy without any deviation, his face turned very unsightly.

  Needless to say, the result should be the same as Zhao Feiyu just now.

  As I watched, the swirling air was about to take on a chaotic shape. I was frowning and worried, not knowing what to do, when suddenly the mass of swirling air in front of me turned into countless small dots that began to disperse in all directions!

  They dispersed quickly, and we could only watch as they dispersed. Until all the evil spirits dissipated, suddenly asked us a sentence: Why did we tear off those symbols?

  As soon as this question was asked, all of us had the same problem.

  I suddenly felt like something in my head had left, and I subconsciously turned around to look at the surroundings! What's wrong?

  I was thinking about that strange feeling just now, it's as if all four of us were being controlled. Controlled? The Nine-Character Mantra?

  "These four weeks, apart from us, there are other people! And they can even recite the nine-character mantra." I think I understand why we've been doing so many strange things.

  Now that there's only one person left who knows the Nine-Character Mantra, I'm naturally very familiar with this feeling. The Nine-Character Mantra is a technique that can control people's thoughts.

  That person can control our minds in such a short time, a master of the nine-character mantra. However, who would know the nine-character mantra now? I also can't say it out loud, but what I can be sure of is that that person's ability is even stronger than mine.

  "Let's go first." I think if we stay here any longer, there will be even more problems, so let's just leave.

  They nodded in agreement and we four left the devil's city at our fastest speed.

  When we got on the car, the driver was dozing off. Seeing us coming back so quickly, he said in shock: You've settled it so soon?

  He gave the driver a disdainful glance and said impatiently: Drive your car!

  The driver smiled and started the car.

  The four of us casually found a hotel to stay in and in order to ensure that nothing would happen to the four of us, we booked a suite.

  As soon as he entered the room, Zhao Feiyu took out the Demon-suppressing Brush and began to draw talismans. Those were all very simple talismans for warding off evil spirits, but drawn with the Demon-suppressing Brush, their power was much stronger.

  We pasted talismans all over the house and had people take turns keeping watch at night. None of us mentioned what happened in Devil's City today, perhaps we were all a little scared.

  He was the first night watch. Just as I was dozing off, I felt like someone had covered my mouth and nose with their hand. Subconsciously, I opened my eyes, reached under the pillow to grab the meteorite iron, and just as I was about to make a move, I found out that person was He Zhan!

  Zhaofei Yu and Kong Yi were both awake, and we entered a state of preparedness at the fastest speed.

  A very strong aura appeared in the building, and the four of us subconsciously held our breath. This person is also likely to be the one who used the Nine-Character True Words in Devil's City!

  That aura is getting closer and closer to us, Tianya can't stand this stimulation at all, and the ten tails that are about to appear in sight. I pulled Tianya back and let him endure for a while!

  That breath of air lingered at our door for about a minute, just when we were all about to burst! But then it suddenly dispersed!

  The four of us didn't react at all and couldn't figure out what had happened. Another minute passed before a knock on the door suddenly rang out!

  Who's knocking at the door so late at night?

  I walked up front, one hand grasping the meteorite hidden behind me, and the other hand opened the lock.

  When I opened a crack in the door and saw who was outside clearly, my heart finally put down.

  It is Qin Shi Huang.

  I pulled Ying Zheng into our room and locked the door. The four of us hadn't spoken yet, when Ying Zheng suddenly spoke up: "What have you guys gotten yourselves into? The atmosphere is quite strong. I reckon that if it weren't for me coming here, the four of you would've had a pretty miserable death tonight."

  I wanted to cry at that time! Your Majesty! You came just in time!