Chapter 44 She took a bite of the statue.
The yellow fox was so frightened that his hair stood on end and he ran away. He did not dare to return home for the next three days until he heard in the fox cave that the owner of Xili Mountain had changed and he saw the picture of Jingzhen eating ghosts.
Only a great immortal like Sect Master Xue who has boundless magical powers can subdue the evil god.
Not paying attention to Huangpizi's deliberate propaganda, Li Zhou said after listening: "The little girl you met called herself Ji Rui, right?"
The yellow-skinned man nodded: "Yes."
Li Zhou said: "This name seems to be my good disciple."
The clever Li Zhou immediately understood why Ji Rui, who was almost injured by the dog-barbarians in the restaurant, looked dazed.
It turned out that one of his souls was lost.
Her good disciple is still in Longgou Village, so she can't just ignore this matter.
Huangpizi was surprised and delighted when he heard this: "So that's the case. No wonder Miss Yuan said the time has not come yet. I didn't expect that she stayed in Longgou Village just to wait for you to resolve this disaster. The people of Longgou Village are so lucky!"
Li Zhouxin said, of course, you just watch, if I don’t show you my skills, you won’t know what a hermit master is.
No matter how delicious the Mahakala is, she won't eat it.
I won't eat a single bite.
Unless no one sees.
…
As they were talking, the man and the yellow had already arrived at the entrance of the village.
A dark red gully winds forward, running through the entire village, which is the origin of the name of Longgou Village.
Just by stepping on this land, Li Zhou felt something unusual.
It was noon and the sky was bright. Li Zhou could feel the warm sunshine on his body as he rode his horse.
But when we entered Longgou Village, we suddenly lost this feeling. Although the sun was still bright above our heads without a single cloud, a chill suddenly swept over our bodies, making our hands and feet numb and our heads dizzy.
The chestnut horse under his crotch raised its front hooves. The BMW, which had shown no fear in front of the bear and cow monsters, now showed fear.
The yellow-skinned man also hunched over and looked blankly at the village in front of him: "What... is going on?"
It had only been away for a few days, so how had the house been turned upside down and become so eerie?
It looked up at Li Zhou, really afraid that Sect Master Xue had also been tricked.
Li Zhou got off his horse, thought for a moment, and said softly, "Don't worry..."
This passage often appeared in her mind. She had tried to recite it once in Fugui Village. But she only managed to recite two words when she got a splitting headache and could not continue.
Now, Li Zhou can already recite the first four words of the sentence, which is obviously due to his hard practice during this period.
However, it can only reach the fourth word.
Feeling the familiar pain in his temples and his brain seemed to explode, Li Zhou closed his mouth in time.
Before, two words were enough to deal with the snake demon, but now, four words are enough to deal with the unknown sneakiness.
As she chanted, an invisible force, a mysterious Taoist rhyme, and an awe-inspiring divine light emanated from her, dispelling the coldness within ten meters around her and allowing the heat of the sun to shine on the land again.
The chestnut horse and the yellow-skinned man both breathed a sigh of relief and calmed down. The latter thought to himself that he was worthy of being the leader who could occupy the mountain and be the king. His magical powers were indeed extraordinary.
Li Zhou led the horse and the yellow jacket and walked towards the village.
A lot of people have died in the village recently, and burnt paper money can be seen at intersections, in houses, and under trees.
The paper ashes floated around like willow catkins, occasionally drifting towards Li Zhou and others, but they could not get close to her. Just when they were ten meters away from her, they seemed to have hit a barrier and fell to the ground weakly.
A few families left their doors open, hung up elegiac couplets, changed into mourning clothes, and cried bitterly, not even looking at the people entering the village.
The yellow-skinned man opened his eyes wide, looked around, but couldn't see a single ghost. How could the underworld be so diligent on normal days? In just a few days, all the newly dead ghosts were taken away?
No, it’s not the underworld… The three-headed and eight-armed statue of Mahakala, the dog-barbarians with leather drums on their waists, and the bloody torture instruments appeared in Huangpizi’s mind.
It opened its mouth and was about to say something when a strange voice came from not far away.
“…Om Sattva Vasudha Hum…”
"... Om Ta A Li Mo Po Xi..."
"... Om Pokémon Adhuang, Om Surota Nona..."
There was a magic in this voice that made people look up involuntarily.
I saw a group of dog-barbarian people with high noses, deep eyes and clear facial features, wearing round-necked shirts and pleated wide-sleeved clothes, sitting cross-legged, and constantly muttering spells.
Beside them, a sutra pillar was erected with eight characters inscribed on it:
[Earth, water, wind, and fire, always happy and pure]
Opposite them, a group of villagers from Longgou Village in mourning clothes cried and laughed at the same time. Someone wiped his tears and said, "After all the hardships, happiness has finally come..."
The yellow-skinned man shuddered and kept saying in his heart, it’s all over, it’s all over, the whole village has fallen.
He suddenly wanted to leave and no longer cared about his years of business. He quietly retreated towards the outside of the village.
However, after walking a few steps, it felt a biting chill that seemed to scrape its skin and flesh, cover it with frost, and freeze it into pieces.
It looked up at the sun that was high in the sky but powerless, then looked at the figure of the sect master that was ten meters in front of it and within its reach. It shuddered and jumped back to the side of Sect Master Xue. Only then did it feel its heart beating again and its body gradually warmed up.
This place has been affected by Mahakala to this extent. This degree of blocking the sun is no longer just some invisible barrier, but more like directly taking away the sun's authority.
Just like in the real underworld, there is no sunlight.
Mahakala wants to replace the Lord of the Mansion.
The yellow fox had a sad face and lamented in his heart, wishing that if he had known that this evil god was so ambitious, he would not have come back.
Li Zhou glanced at the jumping weasel in confusion, took out the Luan knife from his waist, enlarged it, and walked towards the dog-barbarian.
The yellow-skinned man hurriedly followed, wanting to say something but stopping himself several times. He really wanted to grab Sect Leader Xue and turn around and run away.
This is an evil god who has the guts to replace the Lord of the Mansion. He is essentially a living King of Hell. Even if Sect Leader Xue has some skills in Taoism, how can a mortal body fight against a god?
However, before it could find a chance to speak, the villagers who were mourning had already seen them. As if they had lost their memories, the villagers ignored the Wong Tai Sin they had worshipped respectfully before and stood up and shouted at Li Zhou, "Who are you? Don't you know that my family is praying for the souls of the dead? Why don't you leave immediately!"
The yellow-skinned man stretched out his claws and carefully pulled Li Zhou's sleeve: "Master, let's go to Sizhou City to get help."
It's still not too late to give in now.
The weasel was thinking this, and the next moment he saw several dog-barbarians open their eyes and look at him.
"You have an old saying in the Great Zhou, since you are here, you can stay." A dark-skinned, shaggy-footed dog-barbarian glanced at Li Zhou and said in the unskilled Da Zhou official language, "Then stay."
As he spoke, a tall black hat was blown over from somewhere by the wind, with four words on it:
[Catching you]
The weasel's eyes went dark. He recognized it again and again, and said tremblingly: "This, this is..."
This is Black Impermanence’s hat.
The dog-barbarian noticed its gaze and looked down. Just then, a gust of wind blew the black paper hat away, leaving only a pool of deep red blood in its place.
The dog-barbarian shook his head and sighed, "This man in black doesn't understand human language. We have told him that as long as the dead souls wash away their sins, they can go to the kingdom of Mahakala, bathe in the glory of the gods, and live in peace and happiness. But he refused to believe it, saying, 'This is the first time I have seen an evil demon who dares to rob the business of the underworld.' He wanted to torture us all to the underworld he mentioned..."
The dog barbarian looked at Li Zhou, almost waiting for her to refute. The malice in his smile was so deep and strong: "But there is no underworld in the world. We saw him talking nonsense, maybe he was possessed by the soul of the dead, so we took the opportunity to save his soul..."
"...Do you want to see him now?"
As the voice fell, overlapping sounds rang in Li Zhou's ears.
It was one voice after another:
"Do you want to go see him?"
"Do you want to?"
Generally speaking, there are only two reasons why Li Zhou is willing to let the other party finish speaking. Either he is not ready to surround the other party and it would be bad if he missed a few words, or he thinks that this person is quite interesting.
Because these dog-barbarians had a large number of people and mysterious smiles on their faces, they took both advantages.
In addition, there is another important reason. Li Zhou wants to choose the most elegant posture and strike the most fiercely. She wants this strike to be stunning enough and unforgettable, so as to eliminate the influence of the ghost-eating picture.
He glanced at the yellow fox and saw that it was still watching, conscientiously acting as a war correspondent. Li Zhou felt relieved and raised his Luan Dao with confidence, swinging it at the dog-barbarian people.
The cold blade reflected the faces of the dog-barbarians. The blade fell on their heads with a precise and rigorous arc, cutting them in half without any delay.
With just one cut, more than half of the dog-barbarian people in front of him were split in half, with smiles on their faces, and their bodies fell to the sides.
However, strangely, they did not make any sound, and the feedback Li Zhou received was also light, as if he did not cut anything.
Looking at the corpse lying on the ground with blood slowly oozing out of it, the remaining dog-barbarian people not only did not show any fear, but instead stood up, shook their heads and sighed at Li Zhou.
On the ground, the body that had been split in two suddenly opened its lips and began to recite again:
"Since time immemorial, I have committed many sins. All of them are due to my ignorance, which gave rise to greed and attachment. *"
"Burning under the fire of afflictions, I committed the ten evil deeds. Out of anger, wrath, ignorance, and stupidity, I secretly committed evil deeds with my body and speech.*"
"I now confess all such sins. They will not arise again if I confess them physically, and there is no sin in principle."
…
As he chanted, clusters of yellow and white flowers growing on corpses, black clouds emitting negative energy, and a statue of a god with three heads and eight arms appeared before Li Zhou's eyes.
Li Zhou tightened his grip on the Luan Dao and frowned slightly, as if he was enduring something.
The dog-barbarian who was split into two halves looked at her leisurely, thinking that she saw the bound Black Impermanence beside Mahakala and finally felt afraid.
In fact, Li Zhou had no energy to pay attention to Hei Wuchang at all.
She used all her strength to suppress the surging appetite in her heart and prevent the saliva from dripping from her mouth. The hand holding the Luan knife trembled slightly. She tried not to swing the knife. She picked up the statue in front of her that exuded a strong fragrance and stuffed it directly into her mouth.
It smells so good.
Compared with the God of Joy and Sumeru that we had eaten before, this statue is a real feast.
My stomach, which had never eaten good food, thought it was full after eating a few pieces of glutinous rice balls and crystal jelly. It was not until I saw the fragrant roasted lamb leg that I realized that it was just a small dessert before the main meal.
Who can resist a sizzling, cumin-sprinkled roasted leg of lamb?
Thinking of the picture of Jingzhen eating a ghost, Li Zhou thought guiltily that she would just take a bite and then help her friend save her reputation.
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