Chapter 8: Stinking Corpse

  "Let go, let go." No way, today it's almost time to settle the score here. After all, I'm a young man, still with strength, while he was choking my neck, I picked up the stone beside me and smashed it onto his skull like 90% of my brain was going to burst out, didn't expect that blood would gush out from his skull, 90%'s grip didn't loosen one bit, wildly I took out "Luan Shan Secret Method" from my chest and smashed it onto his skull twice.

  Jiucheng suddenly was struck by lightning and directly popped out.

  I took a deep breath of the fresh air in this forest, narrowly escaping death, and suddenly realized how precious life was. What kind of monster is this? It's so powerful that it's not even afraid of the talismans of my Mount Hua Sect.

  Take a deep breath, take a deep breath. My head is much clearer now. Jiucheng was badly hurt, with fresh blood flowing from his skull, and I quickly tore off a piece of cloth to bandage him.

  "90%, 90%, wake up, wake up."

  "Cow, cow path long, how did I end up like this? Why is my head hurting so much? Oh no, my mom, why am I bleeding?"

  "What's wrong with you, I wanted to ask what's wrong with you, which ancestor did you provoke, our Lianshan Sect's symbols aren't even afraid, almost got strangled to death by you."

  "Ah, Niu Daozhang, are you alright?" Hearing that he was about to be strangled to death, I hastily got up and looked at me to see if I was okay.

  "It's none of your business." I pushed him open. "Alas, my poor brain."

  "Are you okay?" I asked with concern.

  "No, let me take a look, is there any medicine left."

  At this moment, I am even more flustered. No, no, I must calm down. This scene came too suddenly. Although it's said that young people have a quick temper, doing things like this will surely drive me crazy.

  "Jiucheng, tell me honestly, what exactly happened to you, your leg?"

  As soon as this question was asked, I got scared again. It was just this question that was asked earlier and it worked, but now I'm not too afraid. I didn't expect my Lingshan secret method to actually protect me.

  "Right, Mount Lu's Secret Method."

  I carefully examined this secret method, and there's nothing special about it. It's just a piece of worn-out yellow paper with durable ink.

  "Niu Daochang, what are you looking at? Let me tell you, I really didn't dare to continue back then."

  "Wait, I interrupted 90% of your answer."

  "What's going on? What happened?" It turned out that the secret book was made of cowhide, with a golden thread embroidered with our Mount Luan's Great Seal inside.

  "Taishan's Great Seal." At this time I was so excited that I jumped up quickly.

  The great seal of Mount Lu has been passed down for over 130 generations and now it appears in my hands, it's as if heaven is helping me.

  "Ah, Niu Daozhang has found a treasure!" Jiucheng grinned from ear to ear.

  "That's right, with this big seal, we'll be much more convenient. By the way, what did you just say? Is there something you don't dare to say?"

  That day, we dug up the stinky corpse. The stinky corpse came back to life! The head in my hand actually smiled at me. Xiaoman was grabbed by it and pulled down hard, its fingernails digging deep into Xiaoman's leg. Xiaoman screamed in pain.

  I rushed up and tried to stomp on the hand with my foot, but as a result, the skull was lifted by the hand that held it and bit me on the leg.

  Liu Jin was originally timid and was scared to the point of urinating in his pants, muttering words that no one could understand.

  "Is it done?"

  "It's all over. That stinking corpse was really disgusting, with its rotting body and foul smell that reached the sky. Its eyeballs were about to pop out. Ever since then, I haven't even wanted to eat."

  It's dusk now. I took out some food and water from my backpack, filled my stomach a bit, and it seems like I have a plan, but whether it's reliable or not, that can only be known after trying.

  This mountain peak is a great seal, a universal talisman. After being refined by the ancestors of generations, it has already had spiritual energy.

  "Have you eaten?"

  "Alright."

  "Hmph, what kind of evil is this? This must be something from the Five Huai Formation that wants to take our lives. Come on, follow me and let's break it." As soon as he said this, Jiucheng was shocked.

  "Niu Dao Chang, can I just watch from here? You go ahead."

  "I'm going to your grandma's, I'm going to get treated for my illness. Fine, I'll leave." "Niu Daozhang, Niu Dage, don't, don't go, that place is really... fine, go then."

  As expected, the smokeless stove they had dug up at first was still there. The tent had been destroyed by wild animals and didn't look like its original shape, but there were no signs of digging up stinky corpses.

  It seems that it can't be solved today, and we have to wait until tomorrow.

  For safety, I didn't dare to sleep on the ground, I don't want to come out like what Jiucheng said, and tie myself to a tree with a rope, and fell asleep in a daze.

  Jiucheng also learned from me, set up a hammock on the tree and fell asleep.

  That night, I also had a strange dream.

  "Mountain clouds, mountain clouds, wake up."

  "Huh? Second Uncle, didn't you die?"

  "This kid can't say anything nice, and he's still causing trouble. I've ascended to heaven and become a celestial child under the care of Taishang Laojun. Today is my day off, and I specifically came down to see my son. Who would have thought that you, this little scamp, would get into such big trouble? If it weren't for the great seal of Mount Lu today, I reckon I'd still be on my way to the underworld to plead your case."

  "Grandfather."

  Second Master interrupted me, "Listen to me, the ones buried in this Wu Huai formation are not kings or nobles, nor are they generals or marquises. The one buried here is also a Taoist."

  "What's the point, also a Taoist."

  "I went to my colleague's place and checked, that Taoist lived for 120 years, but he lived against the sky for 270 years. It was because he had killed people for beauty in his early years and couldn't go to heaven. He was afraid of being a lonely soul or a wild ghost, so he sealed himself in Qinling Mountains with the Five Huai Array. This way, he wouldn't be found by Ox-Headed Horse-Faced Guards either. He has been waiting for an opportunity, but you just happened to bump into him."

  "He waited for someone to come, then made the person who came a sacrificial offering. To resolve the sacrifice, one must return to take the oil of the stinky corpse, and also break open this formation. Only a superior person can master this way, so he wanted to use this person's flesh body to continue cultivating."

  "What the hell, are you saying he wants to kill me and then possess my body to continue his cultivation?"

  "It's exactly as I said, that stinky corpse is just a toddler, you little scoundrel. That old Taoist has become a powerful spirit and isn't someone ordinary people can subdue. However, with your legs treading on clouds and your arms holding mountains, whether you can turn danger into safety depends on your own luck. The Taishan Great Seal is the treasure that invites the Ancestor to descend from heaven, if necessary, let's see if you can invite it out."

  "Niu Dao Chang, Niu Dao Chang. Wake up, wake up." Jiucheng whispered beside my ear, "What's wrong with you, sleep a bit more."

  "Look down there."

  "What's wrong?"

  It wasn't until now that I can see clearly, standing on this tree and looking down, a huge "宗" character is right below my eyes. These characters are made by paving stones in the dense lawn, it's hard to notice when you're among them, but from the top of the tree, because of the color difference, it's obvious at a glance.

  "By the way, my second uncle appeared in my dream last night."

  "What dream?"

  "Nine, you almost killed me!" I told Nine the whole story of my dream. Nine was also scared and stuttered, "Master Niu, listen to me, it wasn't on purpose, I didn't know what this thing was, anyway things have come to this point, we're all children of the Party, descendants of Yan and Huang, comrades-in-arms, you can't just ignore me."

  "Alright, alright, it's come to this point, even if you want to slip away, you can't."

  Ninety percent of people listen to me and don't leave, only then can I put my heart at ease.

  "This character is useless, I've never heard of any formation that requires a word. No way, I have to flip through the book." After carefully flipping through the Luan Shan secret method, there was no clue found.

  "Huh, that old Dao was stimulated by my Lushan Great Seal yesterday, but why hasn't there been any movement. I'm still a bit puzzled, how can it be so calm, so calm that I'm not even afraid."

  "That might have scared you."

  "They are an old immortal who has cultivated for over 200 years, what do they have to fear from a little kid like me? No matter what, today I will break their Five Phoenix Formation, and when the time comes, Ox Head and Horse Face will naturally take him away."

  "Good."

  In the book "Ling Shan Mi Shu", it is said that the fundamental principle of Wu Huai Formation is to utilize trees to change the flow of earth's energy, also known as the direction of terrestrial energy. There is a passage in this book which says:

  The earth's vein energy, simplified as the earth's energy, goes to yang in the southeast and yin in the northwest. When yin and yang are overly abundant, they reverse their course. The flow of yin and yang converges into the three returns of the original energy. The earth's vein energy communicates with the earth, is tied to the earth, and can only move when it is so. It is expressed on the surface of the earth, where yin and yang are in opposition.

  This roughly means that the earth's vein energy, also known as earth energy, is called yang energy in the southeast and yin energy in the northwest. Whether it's yin or yang, if either becomes too strong, it will go against its natural course. Only when yin and yang combine can they supplement the original energy. The energy in the earth's veins circulates underground and only flows smoothly when combined underground; if it emerges on the surface, there will be conflicts between yin and yang, leading to trouble.

  Every tree represents a god, and this god must have an origin, which should be under the roots of the tree.

  90%, "Ah."

  "Dig and find out the origin of the five Sophora trees."

  "Ah, digging again? I'm not digging." His head shook like a rattle drum. "You don't dig, I leave."

  "Hey, hey, can't I even dig?"

  "Remember, if you dig up something, don't touch it yourself, call me."

  I was resting under a tree, and nine out of ten were digging up the ground with a thud.

  I trimmed my fingernails and toenails, "Hey, it's been so long, why hasn't Jiu Cheng made a move?" I turned around to look, Jiu Cheng was facing away from me, smiling as he shook.

  "I said ninety percent, what treasure did you dig up, why are you so happy?"

  "Unexpectedly, this young girl is so formidable at such a young age, rivaling my old master's skills back in the day. If she cultivates with her body as a vessel, it would save a lot of trouble, hehehe."

  "Nine out of ten, nine out of ten." Thought to myself, I'm in trouble.

  "Little doll, what school and sect are you from? I didn't expect you to have such a natural talent for Taoist magic. My Five Huai Formation was easily found by you, straight to the vital point."

  "Damn it, you don't even know me. I'm the 169th generation leader of Luan Shan Sect. You old Taoist, won't you rest in peace even after death."

  "Hahaha, you're from the Lushan Sect, but your luck is too bad. Today, I'll take your body."