I held my forehead and was speechless.
I hope Su Xiaonu didn’t lie to me. If I think the situation is not right later, I can just kick out the main lamp and destroy the formation.
Zhao Xi returned, bringing with her a small bundle of peach branches from somewhere. The branches and leaves looked fresh and tender, likely fresh from the tree, and still sporting tiny pink blossoms. I was a little puzzled. Although it was spring, and peach blossoms were common, there didn't seem to be any peach trees near the villa. How did Zhao Xi get them?
Zhao Xi said that there are several kinds of fruit trees in the backyard of the villa, and the peach tree is one of them.
Well, I don’t think I really paid attention to the backyard of the villa!
Now that everything was settled, we sat in the living room, enjoying a late-night snack while we waited. As midnight neared, Su Xiaoniu asked Zhao Xi to go back to her room and sleep, and she stayed with her. Of course, that room wasn't the master bedroom Zhao Xi had slept in, but a guest bedroom. The bedside in that room was covered in amulets. To be on the safe side, Su Xiaoniu even had Zhao Xi hold my Bagua mirror while she slept.
Zhao Xi nervously followed Su Xiaoniu into the room. I watched them enter and close the door, and breathed a sigh of relief. With Su Xiaoniu by my side, and with all the amulets and my high-level exorcism tool, the Bagua mirror, nothing serious should happen.
Next, I walked to the courtyard downstairs and lit the candles and incense that had been inserted in the hole. I held the Seven Star Sword in my right hand, pinched the yellow paper in my left hand, stepped on the Nine Spirits Flying Steps, chanted the spell, walked around the main lamp, three circles clockwise, three circles counterclockwise, and began to walk on the steps.
After completing the Gang Steps, I expertly bit my finger and used my Yang blood to write the command "敕" next to the main lamp. As I finished, the five candles and two incense sticks suddenly went out, and the Xiaoyangguan Dao ritual began!
Wow!
As the earth's energy ascended, the yin energy previously suppressed beneath the mass grave suddenly surged upward, coming into contact with the yang energy above, creating a yin-yang clash. The entire villa burned intensely, as if a scorching sun had appeared within. The heat was so intense, the temperature was unfathomable. I almost thought I was engulfed in flames, about to burn to death! However, a chill quickly washed over me, dispelling the intense heat.
I was stunned. This cold current was mostly in my abdomen, as if a cold air was circulating, and my fingertips were the coldest. I suddenly realized why Su Xiaoniu had bitten my fingers before!
Not only did she absorb a little bit of my Yang blood to protect herself from being devoured by the Xiaoyangguan Dao, she also sent a stream of cold air from my fingertips into my body, triggering the Candle Dragon Blood in me. This way, when the temperature around me becomes extremely hot, this cold current will suddenly start to work, resisting the intense heat outside!
Su Xiaoniu, how smart is she! She actually did something so stealthily that even I didn't notice it!
I shook my head and looked at Xiaoyangguandao again, feeling quite surprised. When I set up this formation before, the temperature wasn't this high, and the Yang energy wasn't this strong. But now, not only has the temperature increased countless times, but the Yang energy has also become much stronger. Perhaps it's because my cultivation has grown and broken through, and the power of the formation has also increased.
I didn't feel proud when I learned this. I looked at the word "敕" next to the main light. It was emitting a fierce red light, radiating in all directions. I couldn't look directly at the light, it was too dazzling.
From this point of view, it can be seen that the power of Xiaoyangguandao has indeed been strengthened!
I checked the time. It was past midnight. Wasn't it time for Old Liu to take action? I wondered how Su Xiaoniu and Zhao Xi were doing upstairs. I have to look after Xiaoyangguan Road now, so I can't spare the time to check on them. But I figured, as long as Su Xiaoniu is here, everything will be fine.
Just as I was thinking this, I suddenly heard waves of ghostly howls rising from the ground. The wails spread across the mountains and plains, seeming to be both right next to me and yet far away. It gave me a chill. I looked around and saw white, spirit-like things rushing up from the ground, then suddenly being swallowed by the yang energy within Xiaoyangguandao.
At this moment, a man's surprised voice suddenly rang out from outside the villa wall: "Could this be... the long-lost Taoist forbidden formation 'Dayangguandao'? Although the scope involved is a bit small, the person who can set up such a formation must be a powerful figure. - Who is the master inside?"
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