Chapter 320 The Ghost Becomes a Demon
Zou Yuanhe perked up and quickly said, "Here they are. These are my senior brother's prized students. Don't underestimate them because of their young age; their talent for cultivation is far superior to mine."
"Yeah, I see."
"..."
Zou Yuanhe felt as if an arrow had pierced his chest. He casually remarked modestly, "Miss Ye really doesn't need to take this so seriously!"
"Ahem, and this one too, Master Liaoran from Faxiang Temple. Mr. Qin learned about your situation and specially sent him to help you."
Ye Wanxi glanced at the master's shiny bald head and his golden robes that could easily turn into a light bulb at midnight to illuminate the world, and politely greeted him: "Hello, Master."
"Greetings, Benefactor Ye."
"The matter is urgent, so I won't beat around the bush. Master, you must have noticed something amiss when you entered this village, right?"
Master Liaoran nodded: "This village is filled with resentment, and this resentment seems to be consciously devouring the negative emotions of everyone who enters the village."
"What consequences do you think this trend will lead to?"
“Resentment transforms into malevolent energy, and malevolent energy forges demons. If it is a living creature, it will surely become an evil being; if it is an inanimate object, it may become a vengeful ghost possessing a demon.”
"The master is indeed extraordinary, revealing the secret of heaven in a single sentence. A formation has been set up directly above this village. The purpose of this formation is to collect the negative emotions of everyone within its range, condense them into resentment, and then transform the resentment into evil spirits, injecting them into the central eye of the formation. This causes the unjustly deceased ghosts to devour and merge with each other, transforming into evil spirits, and ultimately catalyzing the evil spirits to fall into the demonic path."
As Zou Yuanhe and the others listened to the conversation between the two, their faces turned deathly pale. They had only ever heard of demons, but had never seen one.
But as you can imagine, this thing is not easy to deal with.
Not to mention the demons catalyzed by vengeful ghosts. Normally, they would risk their lives to deal with one or two newly born vengeful ghosts. If they were to encounter a vengeful ghost that had become a demon or was about to become a demon, they would probably die here.
Most importantly, their deaths are one thing, but if this thing were released, it would be a terrifying disaster capable of instantly destroying a city.
We must destroy this thing completely before it even takes shape, at all costs!
Prior to this, Master Liaoran had made an exception and accompanied Zou Yuanhe on this trip to repay a favor to Minister Qin.
But when he got to this place, he realized that it wasn't a matter of personal feelings, but rather a matter of whether or not one was willing to make sacrifices, how much sacrifice was needed, and who should be sacrificed.
“Amitabha, now that I’m here, I can’t just sit idly by. Miss Ye seems to know a lot about the formation here. If that’s the case, please don’t hesitate to ask if there’s anything I can do to help you. Even if it costs me my life, I will do my best to prevent this disaster. If my life can save countless innocent people from danger, then I will have died a worthwhile death.”
“The master is noble and virtuous, but it doesn’t have to come to the point of sacrificing himself.” Ye Wanxi said, turning to look at Feng Tianyu.
Feng Tianyu appeared beside her at some point, their fingers intertwined, and he smiled at her when she looked over.
Ye Wanxi made up her mind and said loudly, "I just learned from their conversation that there is a river behind this village, and many people have died in it. I suspect that this river is very likely the key point of this formation. I wonder if you Taoist priests and masters would be willing to come with us to take a look?"
"It's my honor."
Zou Yuanhe brought a lot of people this time, mainly because Xiao Baihui had transferred many people to help.
The two groups of people who were arrested, as well as Lin Junbao's family, have been handed over to the police for processing. Song Zhaoming's family and Gao Min, as victims, have also been temporarily handed over to the police for protection.
Gao Min knew that Ye Wanxi and the others were going to do something big, something very dangerous, and she was very worried.
But she couldn't go and hold Ye Wanxi back, so she could only say as Ye Wanxi left, "Come back safely."
The back mountain that Lin Junbao mentioned to Lin Cuihua in the kitchen was actually just a little bit over the east side of their village, only a ten-minute walk away.
It was late at night, pitch black, and the village roads were all dirt roads, making them difficult to walk on.
It took almost half an hour to walk a distance that should have taken ten minutes.
As soon as they crossed the mountain and saw the river, everyone was stunned.
Under the pitch-black night sky, only the river shimmered with a pale blue phosphorescent light.
From a distance, they look like clumps of marine parasites stuck to the water's surface. They look quite beautiful, but beneath this beauty lie countless deadly dangers.
Normally, phosphine is released when human and animal carcasses decompose, and phosphorus fire is produced only after spontaneous combustion.
In other words, the number of phosphorescent lights floating on this river corresponds to the number of skeletons buried beneath it.
Once you're immersed in the experience, how can you still find these things beautiful?
"What a tragedy!" Before Master Liaoran even reached the riverbank, he was so overwhelmed by the overflowing resentment and malevolent energy that he took a step back, his expression more solemn than ever before.
Ye Wanxi had already guessed the source of the village's misfortune when she heard the older women talking about Lin Xiuzhen's experiences at home and the pungent smell she smelled when she entered the village.
Seeing this place with my own eyes still filled me with anger: "They brought it on themselves."
"Calm down." Feng Tianyu patted her back reassuringly.
"I know."
Humans have seven emotions and six desires. They are currently within the range of the formation, and their negative emotions are easily stirred up.
If we're controlled by the formation's emotions before even finding a solution, and lose the initiative before the game even begins, how can we possibly resolve this predicament?
Zou Yuanhe sensed the strangeness of the river and his face turned very ugly, but he also had a question: "Miss Ye, judging from the intensity of the resentment emanating from this river, there are probably thousands of wronged souls here, but I heard that Linjia Village only has a little over a hundred households in total."
"From small things, we can see bigger problems. The problems of one village often reflect the problems of an entire region. Do you think the wronged souls here are limited to Linjia Village?"
"Isn't that right?"
"Among the wronged souls here are children and adult women, some from Linjia Village and others from other villages. It's just that Linjia Village is a relatively hard-hit area."
Although the young people who came with Zou Yuanhe were highly talented, they were still young and full of vigor. How could they stand this?
"Damn it, these beasts..."
Zou Yuanhe sighed and got back to the main topic: "Miss Ye, what are your plans now?"
The river appears calm now, but judging from the phosphorescent flames filling the pool and the barren expanse of the banks for several meters around, clearly affected by malevolent energy and where not a single blade of grass can grow, there must be a great danger lurking beneath the river. If it is not eliminated as soon as possible, the consequences will be dire!
(End of this chapter)
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