With his gesture, the talisman array began to slowly rotate, releasing powerful heavenly lightning law energy to gradually suppress the ghost general's resentment.
"Roar—" The ghost general let out a desperate roar. Its body began to struggle violently under the suppression of the talisman array, but to no avail. Its resentment was gradually dissipated.
Its eyes were filled with resentment and anger, but it could no longer resist this powerful force and could only let out bursts of unwilling roars.
Qing Xuanzi showed no mercy, coldly snorting as he swiftly formed hand seals and shouted, "Heavenly thunder descends, destroying evil spirits and shattering the illusion!"
As his words fell, deafening thunder roared in the sky once more, and bolts of lightning poured out from the talisman array, striking the ghost general's body directly.
Each bolt of lightning carried immense power, riddling the ghost general's body with countless holes.
"Sizzle—" The ghost general's body burned continuously under the attack of heavenly lightning. Its resentment was purified little by little, and its cultivation was destroyed little by little.
Qing Xuanzi knew that this was his last chance, and he had to seize the opportunity to completely eliminate this ghost general.
He swiftly retrieved a purification talisman from his sleeve and shouted, "Purification talisman, purify its spirit and extinguish its resentment!"
The Spirit Extinguishing Talisman emitted a blinding white light, shooting straight towards the ghost general.
In an instant, the ghost general's body was enveloped in light, and the resentment in its soul was gradually dispelled until it completely regained its original appearance.
Having lost his cultivation, the ghost general reverted to his ghostly state immediately after death, clad in armor and dressed as an ancient soldier, his body covered in wounds.
It could no longer maintain the illusion; its domain, without the support of cultivation, returned to the original appearance of the valley.
The ghost had lost its ferocious appearance. Perhaps because it died deep in the mountains, it had no blood debts on its hands.
The ghost looked bewildered, clearly having been dominated by resentment for too long. Now that the resentment was gone, it was lost and confused.
Even if Qing Xuanzi were to destroy the ghost's soul, he would not be affected by karma. Just as he was thinking about how to deal with the ghost, it seemed to have come to its senses.
He bowed deeply to Qing Xuanzi: "Thank you, Master, for not destroying my soul."
Qing Xuanzi was speechless for a while before asking, "This is a deep mountain forest. How did you die here, and how did you become a bound ghost?"
"This humble general doesn't remember. I only know that someone betrayed the general, and this humble general was about to deliver intelligence when he was chased and killed. He wandered into the mountains and died here. Then, because of his obsession, he was unable to reincarnate and missed his chance, so he became a bound ghost."
"Over time, resentment will grow, and eventually it will become what you just saw."
Qing Xuanzi had no interest in listening to other people's stories, so he asked, "Alright, so what do you want now? Staying here any longer is definitely not an option."
"I wonder if the master can help me break free from this bondage?"
Seeing that it still had a lot of merit protecting it, Qing Xuanzi resignedly nodded: "What's your name?"
The ghost was lost in memories and remained silent for a long time before saying, "This humble general's name is Yan Langxing."
Having learned its name, Qing Xuanzi released it from its restraints and sent it into the cycle of reincarnation.
He then burned a bunch of gold ingots for Yan Langxing on the spot, which could be considered as doing a good deed to the end.
After doing all this, he had time to observe the valley. A fresh atmosphere permeated the valley, and the place that was originally shrouded in the resentment of the ghost generals had now become full of life.
Sunlight filtered through the treetops, casting patches of light on the ground, as if all the gloom had been dispelled.
Qing Xuanzi looked around and discovered that many old medicinal herbs were growing in the valley.
These medicinal herbs, nourished by the resentment of the ghost general, have become even more precious.
A thought struck him: these were all opportunities bestowed by heaven, a blessing in disguise.
Thinking this, he approached a herb that emitted a faint medicinal fragrance, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes: "This is Ganoderma lucidum, a very precious medicinal herb that can greatly replenish vital energy and is very helpful for cultivation."
He carefully picked the Ganoderma lucidum root and stored it away, then continued searching for other medicinal herbs in the valley.
He thought he could take advantage of his young apprentice's sleep to look for any rare or precious medicinal herbs or elixirs of advanced age.
Not long after he left, he discovered Ganoderma lucidum and Polygonatum sibiricum in his consciousness... Each plant emitted a faint medicinal fragrance, indicating that they were quite old.
Just when he thought Rong Jiaojiao was asleep and couldn't compete with him for the precious medicinal herbs, he discovered a ginseng seedling a few meters away. Before he could even get close enough to observe its age, the ginseng disappeared, leaving only a pit on the ground.
Qing Xuanzi patted Rong Jiaojiao's bottom in an annoyed tone and said, "So you didn't like those earlier? Couldn't you leave me some good medicinal herbs?"
It's unclear whether he was speaking to Rong Jiaojiao or to Baoqi, who had taken away the medicinal herbs.
Rong Jiaojiao didn't respond. Qing Xuanzi thought for a moment, then removed the sleeping talisman. Rong Jiaojiao rubbed her eyes, looking at Qing Xuanzi with a dazed expression: "Father Xi?"
After shouting, look around. Where is that scary thing?
"Father Xi, are you scared?"
Qing Xuanzi smiled and said in a doting tone, "That scary thing is gone now, we are safe."
Wei Rong Jiao Jiao couldn't fully understand Qing Xuan Zi's words, but she didn't sense anything that frightened her. She stopped making a fuss and looked around as if searching for something.
Qing Xuanzi gently patted her back and said softly, "Let's go, let's continue looking for medicinal herbs."
Not far along, Rong Jiaojiao sensed some precious medicinal herbs. Qing Xuanzi then left her behind to dig them up before continuing on.
They stayed in the valley for two days, digging up all the medicinal herbs in the valley. Thanks to Rong Jiaojiao as their guide, Qing Xuanzi managed to dig up quite a few precious medicinal herbs in two days.
Among them, the most precious is an 800-year-old ginseng, but he plans to let Rong Jiaojiao absorb it herself after returning to the courtyard.
After searching the entire valley, Qing Xuanzi stopped lingering and took Rong Jiaojiao back to the small courtyard.
After several days in the mountains, Qing Xuanzi had a very fruitful harvest, not only gathering a large amount of good medicinal herbs but also hunting quite a few animals.
When he got home, he put away the 800-year-old ginseng for Rong Jiaojiao. That night, the little girl started to have a fever again after she went to sleep, but he was not surprised.
The little girl slept for three days in a row. During that time, Qing Xuanzi stayed by her side all the time except when he was making her formula and changing her diapers.
On the evening of the third day, after the little girl woke up, she was unusually energetic, running around in the yard with her short legs. She refused to go inside even when it got dark, until raindrops started to fall, at which point Qing Xuanzi forcibly carried her back inside.
The little girl looked at the sky and said, "Father, water."
Qing Xuanzi explained, "That's rain, baby. It's raining, we need to go inside, otherwise we'll get wet." He gently patted Rong Jiaojiao's back and said with a stern face.
Rong Jiaojiao tilted her little face up, looking at the raindrops falling from the sky, her eyes full of curiosity: "Rain?"
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