Chapter 201 Drawing to Lock the Soul
Chapter 201 Drawing to Lock the Soul
Tong Shisan's expression changed for a while. No one knew what he was thinking about, but he finally put away his sword and sat back.
The black-clad girl next to him saw him sit back, so she put away her sword and sat next to him.
Tian Lin looked at the girl in black, then glanced at Fairy Mei out of the corner of his eye. For a moment, he couldn't figure out what was going on with these three people.
But this was obviously not the time to think about these things. In order to prevent Tong Shisan from losing control of his temper, Tian Lin took the initiative to change the subject:
"I met Young Hero Jian Jue when I came back from rafting a few days ago. He is also from the Immortal Sect, but he doesn't seem to be interested in exorcising evil spirits."
Mei Xiangu thought Tian Lin's words were ridiculous and couldn't help but sneer:
"Who would be interested in exorcising evil spirits? Just like Zhou Jiu said, if the people of Pingyang City died, so what? What does it have to do with our sect?
We came to Chenxiantang because all the sects wanted to see the Nine-Life Immortal. "
"Nine Lives Immortal?"
Tian Lin frowned. He wanted Mei Xiangu to reveal more, but Mei Xiangu obviously didn't want to say more.
Mr. Tan over there closed his eyes and had no interest in talking to Tian Lin.
Tong Shisan said to Tian Lin: "Before the fog came over Chenxiantang, my ancestor had already gone out to sea once."
Tian Lin nodded. It was his first time to enter Chenxiantang to catch sea monsters.
Due to lack of experience and fear of dropping the storage bag, he simply took off all his clothes and went into the water. After he bumped into Tong Yao, he was scolded by the black-clothed girl next to Tong Shisan.
"My ancestor went out to sea to follow the footprints of the Nine-Life Immortal. Unfortunately, there were only traces of the Nine-Life Immortal summoning monsters and killing evil spirits on the sea, but no one had the chance to see the Nine-Life Immortal."
Tian Lin recalled the scene when he crossed the sea from Yulong Continent to Cangzhou, the sound of conch shells and the countless injured or even dead fish monsters.
At that time, he thought that it was the Nine-Mings Immortal who was killing the sea monster, and even the ordinary cultivators along the shore of Chenxiantang thought that it was the Nine-Mings Immortal who was killing the sea monster.
But from what Tong Shisan said at this moment, those sirens were actually helping Master Jiu Ming to exorcise evil spirits.
"Where do these evil spirits come from?"
Tong Shisan thought about it, and since Fairy Jianmei and Master Tan didn't try to stop him, he simply said to Tian Lin, "That is the Nine Netherworld in the extreme south, where the dead live. That's where the evil spirits came from.
I heard from my ancestors that the Nine-Life Immortal and many powerful beings are guarding that place to prevent evil spirits from invading the north from the Nine Netherworlds.
But this time, for some reason, something went wrong with the place guarded by Jiu Ming Zhenren, so a large number of evil spirits attacked Chen Xian Tang. Fortunately, those evil spirits were finally beaten back by Jiu Ming Zhenren. "
Tian Lin was speechless for a moment. He finally understood why the evil spirit in Chenxiantang had a destiny.
The so-called destiny refers to the evil spirits that were put into Chenxiantang by Jiuming Zhenren and not killed in time.
He also seriously suspected that the so-called problem with True Person Jiu Ming was actually because she left her garrison place in order to find him, which gave those evil spirits an opportunity to take advantage.
"So, the evil spirit in Shenxiantang was a mustard disease from the beginning. No wonder the immortal sects didn't send anyone here--"
After hearing what Tian Lin said, Tong Shisan said:
"For those big shots, it's a minor disease, but for the common people, it's a catastrophic disaster. If it weren't for the efforts of Daoist Fellow Tian and other worshippers and monk Hua Hualang over the past half a month, this minor disease would inevitably sweep across Tianbei County in the future.
At that time, even if the immortal sect dispatched strong men to extinguish the evil spirit, how could they save the many people who died in vain?"
Tian Lin stood in awe and said, "Young Master Thirteen is truly a gentleman. I am ashamed."
Tian Lin's words were just for show, but he could see that Tong Shisan was not a hypocritical person, so he still had some genuine respect for him.
Only Mei Xiangu said in a cold and disdainful voice: "For people like you and me who practice Taoism, a thousand years is just a fleeting moment. These mortals are to you and me just like cats and dogs are to mortals. They are just passers-by in our lives.
If you can't see through the difference between immortals and mortals, how can you go from immortal to mortal?"
Before Tong Shisan could say anything, the black-clad girl beside him sneered, "You make it sound as if Mei Xiangu has become a deity."
However, Mei Xiangu did not bother with the girl in black, but raised her head and looked outside the cabin.
Tian Lin also frowned at this time, because he heard the faint singing again:
"I am washing clothes by the river. The water is flowing eastward to meet my lover—"
The song, accompanied by the sound of the piano, is quite beautiful.
But Mei Xiangu only heard one sentence and said coldly:
"Such clichés do not make people feel pity, but only hateful and pathetic.
Knowing that she had gone to seek immortality and had not returned for a long time, she refused to be independent and became a resentful woman in the boudoir. Who would pity her and give her a handful of earth after she turned into bones?
Just as she finished speaking, a voice rang out on the pleasure boat, saying, "Miss, you are right. Why don't we go aboard and have a chat?"
This is the woman who sang the song.
But this woman's voice was different from the one when she sang before, and it contained a hint of murderous intent.
Tian Lin and others on the boat changed their expressions and left the cabin to look at the pleasure boat that was slowly approaching from a distance.
On the boat next to Tian Lin and his companions, Tong Yao and three Jindan cultivators had also come out.
"What do you guys say?"
On the bow of the boat, Tong Yao opened her mouth and looked at Master Zhou and the female elder of the Goddess Sect.
The female elder smiled and said, "I am only responsible for dealing with the night wandering spirits on the boat. As for the others, it depends on the abilities of Junior Sister Tong and Fellow Daoist Zhou."
Master Zhou had a serious expression at the moment. He had just had a great quarrel with Tong Yao, but now he did not take the opportunity to raise any requests.
He took out a half-burned red candle from his storage bag and pretended to light it on the boat.
On the pleasure boat, in addition to the 'Master Xun' at the bow, two maids holding lanterns slowly walked out of the boat.
The lanterns in the hands of the two maids were particularly strange. They were clearly two human heads with mouths wide open and eyes emitting ghost lights. The eyes of the human heads were wide open, and their sight made people extremely uncomfortable.
If everyone present were at least a foundation-building cultivator, otherwise the eyes of these two human head lanterns alone would be enough to make people "lose their souls".
"My lady, my lady invites you to come aboard for a chat."
Two maids, one on the left and one on the right, spoke to Mei Xiangu on the small boat at the bow.
Mei Xiangu smiled disdainfully and turned sideways without even looking at the two night-wandering maids.
"My lady, my lady invites you to come aboard for a chat."
The two maids spoke again, but this time their voices were no longer so clear. Instead, they were mixed with a strange accent, sounding muffled.
“The human head lantern is also talking?”
Tian Lin looked at the two maids who spoke together with the human head lantern in surprise. He had a bad feeling.
"My lady, my lady invites you to come aboard for a chat."
This time, everyone saw clearly that the human head lantern and the two maids spoke at the same time.
Once the sounds of the maid and the human head lantern were synchronized, a strange power was generated in an instant.
Like a spell, or a magic trick to steal souls, Mei Xiangu on the small boat couldn't help but walk towards the human head lantern on the pleasure boat.
Upon seeing this, Tong Shisan stepped forward and stood in front of Mei Xiangu.
At the same time, as Tong Shisan opened his arms, waves dozens of feet high suddenly rose up from the silent Chenxiantang.
High above the waves, another Tong Shisan, formed by sea water, appeared.
Tong Shisan on the boat slapped the pleasure boat, and Tong Shisan in the sky also slapped the pleasure boat.
The waves, tens of feet high, swept towards the pleasure boat.
"Is this the Water God Technique?"
Seeing Tong Shisan take action, Tian Lin also took out his ferry boat and used a bamboo pole to poke the two maids on the bow through the air.
By this time, Mei Xiangu had also come to her senses. She was filled with shame and anger. She took out two plum blossoms from her forehead and threw them towards the pleasure boat.
In an instant, the three men attacked and killed the maid, leaving only the two human head lanterns falling to the ground and closing their eyes peacefully.
The woman who had been singing in the painted boat flew into a rage and said, "What a wicked guest! I invited you to come aboard for a drink, and you actually dared to hurt my maid?"
The door curtain on the pleasure boat was blown up by the strong wind, and everyone could only vaguely see a woman in white sitting at a table full of wine and meat, holding a zither.
The woman in white turned her head and glanced at Tian Lin and the other two.
With just one glance from her, Tian Lin, Mei Xiangu and Tong Shisan were struck by lightning.
Tian Lin thrust the bamboo pole hard into the sea and finally managed to stand firm.
But even so, he felt that his soul had suffered a severe blow. He wanted to circulate his true energy, but he couldn't mobilize his spiritual consciousness for a long time.
Tong Shisan and Mei Xiangu were not much better than Tian Lin. They couldn't even open their storage bags. Fortunately, the black-clothed girl who accompanied Tong Shisan took out the pills and gave one to each of them.
"Zhou Jiu, when are you going to take action now?"
As soon as Tong Yao finished speaking, the woman in white on the pleasure boat looked at Tong Yao on the ship.
What shocked Tian Lin and the others was that even Tong Yao, who had reached the Golden Core stage, began to age rapidly after just one glare from the woman.
If the woman in white had treated Tian Lin and the others in the same way, how could Tian Lin and the others resist such evil magic with their cultivation?
"This is the Xiangxi Sect's big red candle, and also the Xiangxi Sect's human skin paper—
Tong Yao, you should know that I took out all my treasures for you."
After saying this nonsense, Master Zhou on the ship suddenly shouted: "Draw a picture to lock the spirit and trap it!"
In an instant, Tian Lin and others seemed to appear in a red world.
Their vision seemed to be occupied by the big red candles.
When Tian Lin and the others came to their senses after being distracted, the painting was still there, but the woman in white in the pleasure boat was gone.
A strange noise was heard beside the big red candle on the ship. On the table where the big red candle was placed, a piece of paper as white as rice paper was constantly jumping.
Tian Lin saw the figure of the woman in white on the white paper, and he suddenly understood.
The magic weapon in Master Zhou's hand trapped the woman in white in the human skin paper.
"What are you still standing there for? Why don't you row her pleasure boat away?"
On the boat, Tong Yao, whose years were erased by the woman in white, now looked as beautiful as before and spoke a word on the boat.
Tian Lin did not delay any longer and jumped onto the pleasure boat by paddling the ferry.
Sect Leader Xun, who was rowing the pleasure boat, also looked up at Tian Lin at this time.
(End of this chapter)