☆, Chapter 37 Prisoner Rhino Cult
"Where are you running to?" Sheng Chun's voice was filled with tears. He was just an ordinary boy with a bit of courage, and the events of the past two days were enough to scare him to death.
"Turn right and go to the basement," Yu Jiuyin turned around and shouted at them. At the same time, Yu Jiuyin poured the porcelain bottle in his hand onto the ground.
This was incense ash used for offering sacrifices to the gods, and it had the power to ward off evil spirits. The evil spirits surrounding them were immediately struck and had to retreat.
Yu Jiuyin and Rongqing exchanged a glance, then blocked Qi Ming and Cheng Dong's path, motioning for Sheng Chun and Mu Xiaoxiao to go first.
"Then, what are you going to do?" Mu Xiaoxiao's legs were already weak, unable to move. Yu Jiuyin's actions touched her, but in the current situation, Mu Xiaoxiao felt that even if they escaped, they would still die later.
Sheng Chun was better than Mu Xiaoxiao. He gritted his teeth, stared at Yu Jiuyin for a while, and suddenly turned around and carried Rong Qing on his back. "Brother, I'm sorry." He whispered to Rong Qing, then took Mu Xiaoxiao by the hand and said, "Let's go."
By now, Sheng Chun had largely grasped the situation. Yu Jiuyin was likely a celestial master, possessing methods for dealing with ghosts and demons. Therefore, he, Rong Qing, and Mu Xiaoxiao were merely a burden. Three old, weak, and infirm. Although he didn't understand why Yu Jiuyin had suggested running to the basement, there had to be a reason, so he was willing to take a gamble.
Thinking this, Sheng Chun kept walking. The entrance to the basement was right at the top of the stairs. He took a few quick steps, bent down, and went inside. He quickly closed the door behind him.
The narrow stairs were slippery and difficult to walk on, and the basement was as cold as an ice cellar. But the good thing was that there were no scapegoats who wanted to catch them as substitutes.
After walking a little further, they finally reached flat ground. Sheng Chun placed Rong Qing on the ground against the wall and said to Mu Xiaoxiao, "You guys, wait here for me. I'll go back and take a look."
"What are you going to see? There is a group of evil spirits in that room." Mu Xiaoxiao grabbed Sheng Chun's sleeve.
Sheng Chun gritted her teeth and said, "We can't just leave Yi Duojin alone there. I know that nothing happened on the first night because he sprinkled a handful of incense ash on me. He saved me. I can't be ungrateful."
After saying that, Sheng Chun turned around and ran away.
"Shengchun Shengchun" Mu Xiaoxiao's eyes were red and she almost cried. But she looked down at Rongqing and finally sniffed.
"I, I will protect you." She wiped away her tears fiercely. "Your brother also saved me, I will protect you."
She fumbled around nervously, finally finding a stick from nowhere and clutching it tightly in her hand. In Mu Xiaoxiao's mind, Rongqing was just a weak, powerless boy. Even a slightly stronger woman, let alone a ghost, could easily take his life.
Now, Sheng Chun didn't know what would happen if she went back to find Yu Jiuyin. Only she and Rongqing were left here. She had to be brave.
Mu Xiaoxiao's face was all red from tears, but that inexplicable courage still supported her to keep going.
People are so complicated. They can be weak and mean, but when they are brave, they are stronger than anything else. Looking at Mu Xiaoxiao's back, Rongqing sighed softly.
"Come behind me."
"Ah" Mu Xiaoxiao didn't understand and turned to look at Rongqing in a daze.
Rong Qing didn't explain. He reached out and grabbed Mu Xiaoxiao's arm, pulling her behind him. Then, he no longer concealed his presence and released his aura. A cold, ghostly aura instantly enveloped the entire basement.
Rong Qing stroked the green stone bricks beside him with his slender fingers and said slowly, "Do you want to come out by yourselves, or do you want me to catch you one by one?"
"Your Excellency, spare my life!" a timid voice called from nearby. Then, the vengeful spirits who had attempted to ambush them in the main hall all knelt obediently before Rongqing. Their trembling expressions clearly indicated their extreme fear.
When Yu Jiuyin's incense ash was spilled, they realized he was a tough nut to crack. That's why they followed him, hoping to get a bargain. But they never expected the man below to be even more terrifying than Yu Jiuyin himself.
Even if the Heavenly Master wanted to disperse the spirits of evil spirits, he still had to follow the laws of reincarnation. But if Rongqing wanted them dead, it would just be a snap of his fingers. After all, Rongqing wasn't considered a living person.
These resentful ghosts were shaking more violently than each other. They were no longer as arrogant as before in the main hall. They wanted to cry to death here.
Mu Xiaoxiao stared at Rongqing in a daze, unable to believe that the cold and imposing Rongqing in front of her was the same sickly and weak boy who would throw himself into Yu Jiuyin's arms and tremble at any time.
However, this one-sided slaughter was not only happening downstairs, but also upstairs.
When Sheng Chun was going upstairs, she saw Yu Jiuyin sitting on a chair and stepping on Cheng Dong and Qi Ming for fun.
He seemed to have not expected Sheng Chun to come back. He was stunned for a moment, then jumped up and shouted to Sheng Chun, "Oh, they are so scary."
Sheng Chun was very indifferent, "I've seen it all."
"Oh, alright then." Yu Jiuyin was too lazy to pretend anymore, so she simply stepped down from the chair, stepped on Qi Ming's head, and walked to Sheng Chun, "Come and help me."
"do what"
"Arrangement," Yu Jiuyin explained simply. Qi Ming and Cheng Dong had completely transformed into vengeful spirits, unable to be liberated. Therefore, Yu Jiuyin had to find a way to deal with them, so that they would not harm innocent lives in the future.
The Ghost Locking Formation, commonly known as the "Thunder Pond," is a method specifically designed to imprison evil spirits. According to the I Ching, day is yang and night is yin, meaning that evil spirits can only move at night. Ancient stargazers divided the night sky into 28 constellations, known as the "Twenty-Eight Mansions," each containing a number of stars. The "Thunder Pond" formation is constructed by placing 28 copper coins around the evil spirit, creating a yang zone.
Once an evil spirit enters the Yang Realm, it's like entering daylight, with excruciating pain all over their body. As for their ghostly energy, it will be constantly dissipated by the changing stars until their souls are completely shattered.
Qi Ming and Cheng Dong were despicable villains when they were alive. Now dead, they wouldn't be any dignified ghosts. The moment the formation was formed, scorching flames ignited around them, the pain of their souls being seared was simply unbearable.
"Please, let me go."
"Ah, I don't dare anymore. I will never hurt anyone again. Let me go, let me go quickly." The burnt smell continued to come from the corpse, and Cheng Dong and Qi Ming's pleas for mercy became more and more shrill.
But Yu Jiuyin remained unmoved. He had given these two countless chances along the way, yet in the end, they still hadn't found their way back. Such people deserved no mercy. Even the eighteen levels of purgatory wouldn't need such a filthy soul.
As time went by, thunder rumbled in the Ghost Locking Formation, and flames engulfed everything.
Qi Ming knew that Yu Jiuyin would never let him go. He was filled with resentment, staring at Yu Jiuyin fiercely and cursing fiercely, "You think you can do anything with just a few Taoist magics? It's useless. He already knows who you are. Heavenly Master, haha, the most common person to die in this game is the Heavenly Master. Even if he kills me, it won't do anything."
"You can't escape, none of you can escape"
"You'll never get past that last level."
But Yu Jiuyin acted as if he hadn't heard anything. He took one last look and turned back to the basement. He still had one last mission to complete regarding Juehu Village. And just behind him, Qi Ming and Cheng Dong also completely vanished into the thunder pool, their souls shattered.
When Yu Jiuyin and Sheng Chun went down to the basement, Rongqing was interrogating the evil spirits there.
"Do you have any clues?" Seeing Rongqing sitting on the ground, Yu Jiuyin hurried over and wanted to pick him up.
Rong Qing shook his head, avoiding Yu Jiuyin's hand, and then answered his question, "I found out, it's the Prison Rhino Cult."
What the hell is this Prisoner Rhino Cult? Yu Jiuyin was truly speechless. Based on the game's settings, Yu Jiuyin was certain that the mastermind behind this must be someone who understands metaphysics. But if they do, they shouldn't have chosen these two characters as the name of their cult.
Isn't this just waiting to be taken away by the dog?
Because the word "prisoner" looks good at first glance, when the country depends on one person, without this person, the country will be empty, but the ending is not good, one person is hanging in the middle, and will definitely be hanged in the future, with no place to go, and the family property will be wiped out. As for the word "rhino", it is even more ominous. The corpse is on the buffalo, which does not mean water burial.
Rong Qing was silent for a while, then suddenly shook his head, "What if he is a half-baked one?"
"How to say"
"The tank has been found."
Yu Jiuyin looked in the direction Rongqing pointed, then gasped.
Just look at the jar in the middle, filled to the brim with bones. Judging by their size, they're clearly those of underage children. Surrounding the jar are six skeletons of varying sizes. They appear to be the remains of a family of six that once lived in this house.
Yu Jiuyin remembered the rumors about Juehu Village, saying that the bodies of the six members of the family disappeared into thin air after their deaths. Now it seemed that they were hidden here. And this method of storing corpses was also known in the metaphysical community as a corpse refining kiln.
Yu Jiuyin: "What's this Yin-Yang Reversed Village? It turns out it's a fucking cult."
The Corpse Refining Kiln, as the name suggests, involves a special, unholy method of refining corpses, allowing the deceased to ascend to immortality. It's said to be a method of harming people devised by an unknown cult.
According to Rongqing's understanding, the predecessor of this Juehu Village was the headquarters of this evil cult, the Qiuxi Cult.
The Prison Rhino Cult is a sect that pursues immortality. They even believe that only by becoming a ghost after death can one achieve eternal life.
So, those children in the woods outside didn't die of natural causes. Instead, they were killed by their brainwashed parents. Initially, these events were kept secret, but once the families discovered this little secret, their slaughter of the children became extreme and gruesome.
As soon as a child reached a certain age, they would torture them to death, forcing them to die in agony and ignorance. This practice was passed down from generation to generation, from generation to generation. Initially, only a few families in the village of Jue Hu were members of the Prisoner Rhino Cult. But eventually, the entire village became a gathering place for the Prisoner Rhino Cult.
There are fewer and fewer children, but those parents who kill their own flesh and blood are still complacent and think that they have given their children the most perfect eternal life.
"It hurts, Mom, it hurts."
"Daddy, please don't hit me. I won't run away. Ahhhhhhhhhh."
"No, please, grandpa, grandma, save me, someone please save me."
The past was replayed, and the souls of those dead children repeated the tragic scenes before their death over and over again. Their shrill cries pierced the soul.
Mu Xiaoxiao was a girl, and she couldn't help crying at such a scene. Even Sheng Chun couldn't bear to watch and covered his ears. As for the evil spirits who were the elders, they shed tears of regret.
"So, have you gotten what you wanted? You died of resentment, but that resentment stems from blood relatives. Restricted by the laws of nature, you cannot seek revenge. You are immortal, but you must guard this prison forever, carrying the hatred on your back. Even if you find a scapegoat, you can't leave."
"We were wrong, we were wrong." Several older people came out, knelt in front of Rongqing and Yu Jiuyin and kowtowed, "Please save them, these are children."
"Then why didn't you think they were children when you regarded the cult as the truth and killed them?" Yu Jiuyin seemed to be particularly sensitive to the word "children", and the smile on his face disappeared at this moment.
Even so, Yu Jiuyin understood that these innocent children who became vengeful spirits were not at fault; they were all victims. After so many years of delay, if they continued to delay, there might be no turning back.
After glaring fiercely at the vengeful spirits, Yu Jiuyin took out a small white jade pillar from his body. It looked inconspicuous, but if someone looked closely, they would find that the surface of the white jade pillar was densely engraved with small, unfamiliar characters.
Yu Jiuyin placed the white jade pillar on the ground, then took out a bag of white powder from his bag and sprinkled it finely on both sides of the white jade pillar. From a distance, it looked a bit like a funnel.
Ghost Gate Formation.
The Ghost Taoist Priest used a unique formation to convert resentful spirits. At the same time, Yu Jiuyin cut his right wrist and let his blood drip onto the white jade pillar.
The bright red blood completely infected the white jade pillar, and then the white powder on the ground began to float up and down.
The air became restless, and those evil spirits who had committed heinous crimes and could not leave became restless because of the smell of Yu Jiuyin's blood.
After all, the blood of the Ghost Taoist Priest is a real tonic for any evil ghost.
"Get out!" Rong Qing shouted softly, and the ghost energy that suddenly burst out from his body instantly shocked all the evil ghosts that were ready to move.
At the same time, the ghost gate finally opened, and the icy yet warm light illuminated the entire basement exceptionally brightly.
"Go!" Yu Jiuyin used blood as a guide to help those children who had become evil spirits to go to the paradise they were destined for. As for those ignorant villagers who were not qualified to enter the ghost gate to reincarnate, Yu Jiuyin didn't even bother to give them a glance.
After an unknown amount of time, all the evil spirits were liberated. Yu Jiuyin collected the white jade pillar and dispersed the ghost gate formation.
But this time, he didn't use a bandage to stop the bleeding. Instead, he walked up to Rongqing, put his wrist to his lips, and whispered in his ear, "Baby, lick me."
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