Chapter 144: Trusted Confidant
The snake demon glanced at the slowly emerging formation, a hint of panic flashing in its eyes.
This is a Blood Transformation Array. Once activated, I will surely be annihilated. Just who is this person in front of me? How can someone so young know how to set up a Blood Transformation Array!
She took a step back and looked at the person in front of her, asking, "What do you want me to do? You should know that I'm currently inside her. If you activate the formation, she won't survive either!"
"I'm telling you to get off her."
"Impossible! If I come down, you'll definitely make my soul disappear!" The snake spirit's mind worked quickly, and she immediately spoke up.
The person on his body was his only bargaining chip. He might have just gotten off the plane a second ago, and the next second, that little girl would beat him to a pulp.
Upon hearing this, Jingwu glanced at the person in front of him and, seeing that he was not burdened by karmic obstacles, said, "Don't worry, you have no karmic obstacles, I won't beat you to the point of your soul being scattered."
The snake demon stared at the person in front of her with some doubt for a long time before finally speaking in a low voice, "Really?"
"real."
The snake demon was still uneasy, so she said, "I'm still not at ease unless you give me a guarantee."
"What guarantee?" Jingwu's brows furrowed with impatience, and he planned to forcibly separate her soul, at worst feeding the woman a few more pills to stabilize her primordial spirit.
"No, no, no, I'll come down myself, okay?" The snake demon felt a little aggrieved. If the person in front of her could already form such a powerful array, there must be some unknown techniques involved. She should quickly give in to avoid being beaten to a pulp.
She immediately dismounted from the woman, reverted to her original appearance, and stood aside.
Jingwu immediately stepped forward, placed the unconscious woman on a chair, and seeing that she had a soul inside her body, but it was very weak, he took out a pill and fed it into her mouth.
After doing all this, she looked at the snake demon again.
What's your name?
"My name is Qingliu."
Jingwu walked to the other side, sat down, and asked, "Is there an evil god enshrined in Nanming Temple?"
Aoyuki's pupils contracted, her face filled with shock, as if asking how she knew.
Her eyes darted around, and she hesitated, wondering whether she should tell her the truth.
If he said that the person in front of him didn't have the ability to fight against the evil god, wouldn't the old man crush what he had in his hands?
If I don't speak up, what if this person in front of me activates the formation and my soul is scattered?
Aoyagi was very conflicted, keeping her head down and remaining silent.
Jingwu also saw through her thoughts and said slowly, "The things that the evil god has done are all against the way of heaven, and one day he will definitely suffer divine punishment. If you don't want to be punished by the way of heaven, then you should leave now before you are burdened with karma."
"I want to too, but that old man still has something on me." Qingliu gritted her teeth with hatred whenever she talked about this.
That day, she was seriously injured and collapsed in the forest. The old man saw her and forcibly took out her demon core, holding it in his hand as leverage.
If it weren't for the demon core being in his hands, why would I obey him, possess a mortal's body, and lure others into the temple?
Jingwu cast a divination and immediately understood.
She twitched the corner of her mouth and looked at the person in front of her, saying, "Is the old man you're talking about a white-bearded Taoist priest?"
“Yes, how do you know?” Qingliu immediately perked up and said, “That old man is a general under the evil god. It is said that he has lived for hundreds of years. Although he has not yet cultivated into an immortal, his physical body is favored by the evil god and has never died.”
Jingwu immediately guessed that the old man was the one he had seen in the palace.
She twitched the corners of her mouth, a hint of disdain flashing in her eyes.
"Don't worry, I will get your demon core back. Tell me everything you know."
Qingliu was taken aback. Looking at the golden light and merit on her body, she did not hesitate any longer and immediately said, "I don't know much either. I only know that the statues of gods enshrined in Nanming Temple are tightly wrapped in red silk, so you can't see what they look like inside."
"At first, the old man from Yiyang had a very mysterious person instruct his subordinates to disguise themselves as peddlers and spread the word that the temple was very effective in granting children. Not long after, the first female benefactor came. After she offered incense, her soul was trapped in the locust tree, and her body has been unable to leave the formation ever since."
Aoyagi said he was thirsty, reached out and poured himself a cup of tea, took a sip, and then continued.
"Yi Yang then had his demons possess the woman, allowing her to return home, become pregnant for ten months, and give birth. Afterward, he would lure others to come."
"A child? Is it really a child?" Jingwu asked doubtfully.
"Of course not. It's a kind of magic from an evil god. I don't know what it is, but it makes everyone think that a child has been safely born. However, that child will die in various accidents before the age of five."
Jingwu nodded, signaling her to continue.
“Yi Yang has more than a dozen demons working on this. I joined the sect relatively late, and this woman is the second one I’ve taken over,” Qing Liu couldn’t help but explain herself as she looked at the person in front of her.
Jingwu's eyes flickered, and after a moment he asked, "Do you know where Yiyang is?"
Qingliu shook her head: "I don't know. Who would care about an old Taoist priest for no reason? Besides, that old Taoist priest is also wary of me. There are many things he doesn't let me know. But he has a rabbit spirit named Yiyun under his command. It is said that he raised her by himself and she is his confidante."
Jingwu's lips twitched, and he made a note of it.
Then, she looked at the snake in front of her, thought for a moment, and said, "You can stay in this courtyard for the time being. There is an array outside the courtyard, so no one else can get in. As for your demon core, I will get it back for you as soon as possible."
"Thank you, Master," Qingliu replied sweetly.
Jingwu didn't say anything more, turned around and walked with Yue Huai to another room.
Upon entering, the two of them sat down without being told to.
"Yue Huai, we need to hurry to Nanming Temple and rescue those souls as soon as possible."
Yue Huai agreed without hesitation: "Okay."
Seeing that he agreed, Jingwu didn't say anything more, and the two immediately set off for Nanming Temple.
When we arrived at Nanming Temple, it was still deserted and quiet, with a hamster guarding the entrance as always.
The two skillfully knocked the hamster unconscious, threw it aside, and then went into the temple.
In front of the main hall, crowds of people were numbly worshipping the statues of gods in the courtyard, while on the other side, there was still the locust tree that trapped souls.
Without any hesitation, Jingwu deactivated the locust tree formation, released his soul, and then quickly stepped forward to smash the statues in the main hall, dispersing all the accumulated merits.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com