Chapter 32: Pomegranates Cover Fate

"Heaven protects me, earth protects me... I obey the command of the Lord of Heaven who protects the Dao with all my heart!"

Banqiu chanted the incantation, and the light in the Taiyi Changming Lamp in his hand flickered. The bean-sized flame suddenly became much brighter, and the light shone on the red line, emitting little red lights.

The red light started from Banqiu's palm and spread to both sides, passing through the copper coins and sparking a little golden light, which also spread rapidly, layer by layer, like a huge golden armor protecting the people inside.

When Mr. Ban saw this scene, a look of surprise appeared in his eyes, and his originally sad expression became much better.

Chu Tai noticed his psychological changes, but didn't care. He continued to instruct Ban Qiu.

"When I draw out the Yin Sha, there will inevitably be some noise. You stay inside and don't move. Don't let the red rope fall to the ground. If anything unexpected happens, hold the lamp tightly in your hand and keep reciting the spell I taught you."

Chu Tai asked him to recite the spell twice again. After making sure it was correct, he left a thought that transformed into the shadow of Wang Lingguan standing above the five people. He turned back to the well, holding the Seven Yin Huasha Banner and suddenly lifted it up.

The moment the Seven Yin Devil-Removing Banner was raised, a wisp of Yin energy was also pulled up by Chu Tai from the well, and many distorted patterns gradually emerged on the surface of boiling water. Among them, there were several human faces that were so distorted that their original appearance could not be seen, and their mouths were opened in an extremely terrifying way.

"Has this water vein caused the death of a person? Has the evil spirit imprisoned souls as water ghosts?"

When Chu Tai saw this, his eyes fixed, and then an extremely miserable scream came from the water. The wind blew hard all around, making the pomegranate tree rustle. The bright red flowers kept falling and many branches and leaves were broken.

At the same time, the rising evil spirits followed the connection and rushed into the house. Banqiu, who was holding the red rope, felt cold all over, as if a chill penetrated into his internal organs through his pores and went straight to his bone marrow.

The moment he shivered, the Taiyi Changming Lamp lit up, and the red line also emitted a light visible to the naked eye. The warm air flowed from his palm to his whole body, and his originally bloodless face regained its rosy color.

The two elderly people who were watching very nervously on the side also breathed a sigh of relief.

Chu Tai, who had been secretly watching this place, also withdrew his gaze and chanted a spell: "There are nine stars in the sky, nine good things on the earth. There are three evil spirits... It is forbidden in the earth palace, stay away from other places... Hurry up and obey the order!"

The curse stopped, and the Seven Yin Evil-Transforming Banner in his hand was suddenly raised up, completely pulling out the evil Yin energy from the underground water veins. Six Yin Qi fell on the banner, dissolving the evil energy bit by bit, and liberating the several residual souls trapped in it, and finally bringing them into the banner.

With this last wisp of evil spirit, the Seven Yin Evil-Transforming Banner can be considered a small success. Chu Tai mobilized his magic power to flush it back and forth, and the seven strands of evil spirit entangled and blended with each other.

However, perhaps because this Yin Evil was too pure, or because of the remaining aura of the dead souls, the fusion of the seven Yins was not smooth.

However, the pattern of Seven Yins to Transform Evil has already taken shape, and with more effort in the future, it will surely become a seamless whole.

After putting away the long banner, Chu Tai walked into the room, and the five people of the Ban family finally felt relieved.

In their eyes, the moment the evil spirit was pulled up, Chu Tai was completely shrouded in black air. The rolling black air continued to spread outward. There seemed to be countless evil insects wriggling inside, and there seemed to be twisted limbs grabbing something outside, and even the twisted and hideous face of a baby was faintly visible.

But when I looked at it carefully, it was vague and it seemed to be just black air without any scary scene.

But as time went on, something in the black air seemed to crawl out.

This happened over and over again, and the two old people were almost frightened to faint.

"Great Immortal, are they all resolved?"

Banqiu wanted to step forward to ask, but was stopped by Chutai.

"Stand still for now. The evil spirit in the yard has just dissipated, but there is still some remnant. It is better for your wife, children, and parents not to come into contact with them if possible."

As he spoke, Chu Tai took back the Taiyi Changming Lantern, asked Ban Qiu to continue holding the red string, and walked back to the yard, chanting, "The sun is shining, the evil spirits are dying. The divine light is brilliant... Burn the devils, and destroy the evil spirits. General Huo Luo... Hurry up and obey the order!"

His fingers changed, and he pinched a seal and pointed at the Taiyi Changming Lamp. The shadow of Wang Lingguan flashed in the lamp, and the solemn and vast awe-inspiring divine power emerged from the lamp and quickly spread out. As the light flashed, the remaining coldness in the surroundings was cleared away.

He let go of his hand, and the eternal lamp floated in the air and spun around. As Chu Tai guided it, it stopped at the mouth of the well. Sparks kept falling into the water, nourishing the changes that occurred after the evil spirits in the water veins were lost.

Chu Tai and his four classmates explained, "Although the evil spirit is harmful to your family, it is ultimately formed by the earth veins and born by spiritual energy. It has a nourishing effect on the local water and soil. After I extracted it, it was inevitable that it would have an impact, so I set up a spell here to draw the pure air from the nine heavens into the well to repair it a little."

"Great Immortal, have mercy!"

The four members of the Ban family praised in unison, and Mr. Ban even asked Ban Qiu to kill two old hens to thank Chu Tai properly.

"No need to do that. I have been practicing for many years and have been eating only wind and dew for a long time. I am not used to eating meat."

After Chu Tai refused, the woman holding the swaddling baby suddenly knelt on the ground, about to touch the ground with her forehead. Chu Tai flicked his long sleeves, and the clear air rolled her up.

The woman struggled for a few times, tears streaming down her face, and she bowed to Chu Tai again and again: "Great Immortal, I don't ask for the restoration of the earth veins, I just want to ask if my poor child still has a chance to make amends."

Seeing this, Mrs. Ban couldn't help but say, "Jiniang!"

Chu Tai did not respond, but looked at Ban Qiu next to him. The young man also knelt down directly. This time Chu Tai did not stop him. Seeing this, Ji Niang next to him also knelt down. Ban Qiu originally wanted to stop him, but was stopped by Ji Niang.

After pulling twice, Banqiu and Jiniang knelt in the water together and looked at Chutai.

"Please, Great Immortal, save this child."

"I have already told you all about his problems. Don't you regret it?"

The two old men next to them seemed to want to say something, but were shouted back by Banqiu.

"Mom and Dad, Jinniang has already given birth to four children. It's a blessing that this one survived. Why force others to do that?"

After saying that, he looked at Chu Tai again and kowtowed, "Please have mercy, Great Immortal!"

Seeing this scene, Chu Tai stretched out his hand, rolled up the swaddling clothes in his arms, asked the Banqiu couple to stretch out their hands, and took a little blood from their fingertips.

At the same time, Chu Tai took a drop of blood from each of the child's fingers and toes and mixed it with the blood of his parents.

He stretched out his hand and summoned again, and eight copper coins in the house flew back, entangled with the red thread in mid-air. As Chu Tai's hand gestures changed, they merged with the blood and entangled on the pomegranate tree.

A streak of blood light rose from the pomegranate tree. Chu Tai attracted a streak of blood light and said to the baby in the cradle: "Nine palaces of the heavenly spirit, Taiyi guards the room. Hundreds of gods are gathering, may the soul be at peace..."

The Fu Xiyao True Qi of Nanyan Cave fell down wrapped in blood, nourishing the child's vitality and further correcting his acquired yin and yang.

He returned the swaddling clothes to Ji Niang and instructed: "I will use secret techniques to combine his fate with that of the pomegranate tree and construct a false pomegranate wood fate. From now on, his birth date must be announced to the public as the year of Gengshen or Xinyou. And before he turns eighteen, he cannot change his fate at will..."

After Chu Tai informed him of the taboos, he continued, "Next, I will stay here for a few more days to gradually restore his acquired yin and yang. But you must remember that although I have made up for some of his innate deficiencies and used the pomegranate tree to cover up his original destiny, his innate destiny is damaged. You cannot force anything. You only hope for peace and stability. Once you ask for too much, you will suffer disaster."

The spells Chu Tai recited were, in order, the Earthly Evil Spell, the Fire Hell Lamp Spell, and the Qi-Closing and Mind-Calming Spell, and the effects of the spells were modified somewhat.

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(End of this chapter)

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