Chapter 219 Jinjiang
The talismans that Yan Shixun recited turned into golden words, breaking through the rain curtain and forming circles of golden light in the air. When they wrapped around his palms, they turned into swords.
Why do you need a peach wood sword? There is a great way in my heart, and the way I practice is to kill ghosts.
Kill all evil spirits.
Yan Shixun's speed was so fast that it even left an afterimage in the splashing rain.
He looked at his master's hand that was coming towards him with a gloomy and deathly aura, but a determined smile appeared in his eyes, mocking his master's self-righteousness.
Yan Shixun never had any illusions about other beings. It was not his forte to simply hope that his enemies would be soft-hearted towards him. His lone wolf-like style of acting over the years had made him accustomed to planning everything that would follow from the very beginning, including coping methods and retreat routes.
Therefore, when his master wanted to win him over, he had been quietly guiding his master closer to him step by step, making the distance between them a distance that would absolutely suit his attacking habits, turning his original disadvantage into his advantage silently.
When Yan Shixun called out to Ye Li but received no response, he realized that this was a dream that was completely controlled by his master, a place isolated from reality.
Even if you call upon heaven and earth, there may not be a response, as all the power of the talismans has been suppressed to the lowest level.
And when the master revealed his original plan without any defense because of Yan Shixun's fake look of shock, Yan Shixun was even more certain -
I'm afraid the entire Nanming Mountain area has been controlled by my master.
Within this range, the master who has "grasped" the Great Dao possesses power similar to that of the Great Dao.
Although the master's identity as a "god" is false, he has gained power similar to that of a "god" because of the sacrifices he has received over the past few decades and has traveled between life and death, yin and yang, thousands of times.
After wandering between life and death nine times with his evil spirit body, Jing Xiaobao has gained a powerful strength far exceeding that of all evil spirits, and is only one step away from becoming a ghost god.
What’s more, my master has trampled on life and death thousands of times?
Although the master was not possessed by evil spirits, he could not, like Yan Shixun and Jing Xiaobao, have the ability to comprehend the heaven and earth and touch the great Dao.
However, he didn't know what means he used, but he had lived in a corner of Nanming Mountain for decades and actually evaded the supervision of the Great Dao. He relied on the accumulation of numbers to reach the height of heaven and earth.
This made Yan Shixun doubt whether his master, who could manipulate and delete everyone's memories and influence everyone's perception at will, had really obtained what he wanted.
However, because he avoided the Great Dao, the master must not have received the recognition and favor of the Great Dao.
Perhaps, this is also the reason why the master was so excited after knowing that he was possessed by an evil spirit.
——The appearance of evil spirits entering the bones is a miracle under the Great Dao, and is favored by heaven and earth.
This should have been a crisis for Yan Shixun, but he turned the crisis into an opportunity, turned the tables, and used this as bait to let his master approach him step by step.
As long as the other party has something he wants, greed will become his weakness and the key to his victory.
Yan Shixun had no fear of being killed by his master. Instead, he took a crazy gamble in the dangerous situation.
The spell will have little effect under suppression? The world is controlled by the master? Then compress all the power into one attack, so that this attack, which will consume all his power, will become a winning blow!
Without caring about the follow-up strength at all, just want to win at the moment!
After all…if you can’t even win in the present, how can you talk about the follow-up?
However, he will become a tool to realize his master's ambitions. He will be surrounded by rotten corpses, killed by his master, and turned into a cold corpse.
Yan Shixun is not interested in death, he is only interested in... defeating all the ghosts who want to kill him!
He felt the long-lost excitement.
When he mobilized the power in his meridians, his body, which should have been wasted, trembled slightly with excitement, making his body, which had reached the highest level of agility, radiate burning heat in the cold rain.
So, when the master suddenly attacked Yan Shixun, thinking that he could catch Yan Shixun off guard and successfully obtain the corpse with the evil spirit entering the bones, he fell into Yan Shixun's plan instead.
Yan Shixun's handsome face looked calm, but only his bright and sharp eyes revealed his excitement and madness.
His actions were not affected at all by his master's counterattack. He turned his palm into a sword, broke through his master's strength, passed through numerous obstacles, and pointed directly at his master's throat as his master's eyes slowly opened.
The speed and power of the palm wind even cut the master's skin mercilessly, and the rotten corpses around that did not have time to escape were turned into a ball of meat paste under this palm wind.
However, because his master's skin was cut open, at this extremely close distance, Yan Shixun could also see clearly what was wrapped under his master's skin.
Not flesh, blood, and bones, but... one chrysanthemum petal after another.
White and yellow things were blown out from the wounds on the skin and flew in the rain and wind.
It's like a doll stuffed with cotton. Under the seemingly intact appearance, it's actually all fake fillings.
Yan Shixun thought of those rotten corpses that would explode at the slightest touch. They were nothing more than a piece of human skin wrapped in a pool of flesh and blood.
Now it seems that my master is no different from them.
And these chrysanthemums...
Yan Shixun's eyes darkened slightly, and in a flash, he figured out how his master controlled Nanming Mountain.
——Chrysanthemums blooming everywhere.
They are both the eyes of the master to monitor Nanming Mountain and the way for the master to absorb vitality.
The image of yellow chrysanthemums swaying on Nan Tian’s coffin still lingers in Yan Shixun’s mind.
And he recovered his memory after touching the chrysanthemum petals in the old woman's garden. Perhaps it was because his master was the source of everything and did not suffer from the pain of forgetting his memory, so his memory also returned to normal.
Although Yan Shixun still didn't understand why his master wanted to turn himself into a large chrysanthemum buried under human skin, this did not prevent him from attacking his master at this time.
No matter what it is, let’s return to reality from the dream first.
If there is no communication between heaven and earth, there will be no way to completely eliminate the master.
Yan Shixun's mind was as firm as a rock. Under his master's incredulous and horrified gaze, he thrust his hand, as sharp as a knife, into his master's throat.
“Puff!”
The skin was broken, and thousands of chrysanthemum petals fluttered up, then got wet and fell in the rain.
Yan Shixun's vision was blocked by the chrysanthemums, but he remained calm and changed his gestures. He accurately found the bones between the skin and petals just by feeling, and grabbed his master's neck vertebrae and pulled him outward.
"Crack!" The joint was dislocated.
There was still fear on the master's face, but his head was drooping limply at a strange angle.
He never expected that the evil ghost who he thought was a sure thing could actually make a comeback from a disadvantageous situation and achieve such a level.
But even when he saw his master's body slowly falling down, Yan Shixun still did not let down his guard.
The unexpected appearance of chrysanthemum petals made him realize that there might be many secrets behind his master that he had not yet discovered.
This also means... Master, it is very likely that he has a backup plan.
Sure enough, the moment the master fell to the muddy ground, his entire body suddenly disintegrated into countless petals, blocking Yan Shixun's vision.
When Yan Shixun quickly brushed away the petals in front of him and looked again, he found that only white and yellow petals were left, and his master's skin was gone.
Yan Shixun's pupils shrank, knowing that his master was in the dark while he was in the light, and the situation became more urgent and critical.
Before Yan Shixun could adjust his body and look around, he suddenly felt a pair of cold hands on his shoulders.
A chilly air spread upward from his shoulders along the skin of his neck, and his soul instinctively warned him madly that there was something behind him that wanted to kill him.
...Master.
Yan Shixun lowered his eyes, his brows gloomy and dangerous.
The attack he just made destroyed his master's skin and made him alert. He didn't even bother to recover his body and wanted to force him to stay here before he completely escaped from the dream.
Yan Shixun was not sure what the real world outside was like, so he had no way of judging what would happen to his original body if he was really trapped or even died in a dream.
Judging from what Master said before, the possibility of death is very high.
And once he dies, I'm afraid Nan Tian will be in danger.
Yan Shixun was not worried about the people from the program crew who stayed in the longevity village downstream.
With Ye Li around, he believed that Ye Li would ensure everyone's safety.
Moreover, once the official person in charge sees any signs of trouble in the live broadcast, he will definitely bring a rescue team to rescue the members of the program crew.
The safety of the program crew will be guaranteed.
However, at present, he is the only one who has gone deep into the hinterland of Nanming Mountain and discovered most of the truth. He is the person closest to the source of all danger.
If he fails here, then others who want to get closer will not only have to face a more dangerous master who is on high alert, but the time consumed will also increase the weight of the crisis.
If the master really succeeds in replacing the heaven and earth, there will be no possibility of saving Nanming Mountain.
Moreover, the master's ambition is far more than that - he also wants to gain control of the entire human world and make all lives become "happy" in his eyes.
Yan Shixun clenched his teeth, and all the muscles in his body tensed instantly. The wet black shirt and trousers stuck tightly to his body, outlining the lines of every muscle, which were solid and smooth, with a beauty of absolute strength.
The meridians that had been exhausted of power in the previous attack were forcibly pulled up again, frantically squeezing out every bit of power that could be used.
Yan Shixun turned around as swiftly as flowing wind and returning snow. Based on his intuition, he pointed his arm in the direction where the cold and chilly aura behind him came from, wanting to severely injure his master once again.
However, the master, who had experienced it before, clearly had a clear understanding of the danger and madness of the evil spirit entering the bones.
Only a shell of the master remained suspended in the air, looking strange and terrifying.
However, precisely because the master has no physical body, he is even more difficult to deal with.
He easily managed to avoid Yan Shixun's attack with his skin, and with the mask of mercy torn off his face, he grinned grimly and tried to touch Yan Shixun's crown with his palm.
Yan Shixun watched as his master got closer and closer to him...
I'm afraid he'll be badly injured again this time.
Yan Shixun sighed helplessly in his heart, but he was not panicked.
However, just as Yan Shixun was about to use his injury to exchange for his position and escape from his master's hands, he suddenly heard a cold shout from not far away.
"roll!"
The voice was deep and filled with anger, as solemn and murderous as the end of all death.
But Yan Shixun was so familiar with the voice that he could instantly identify the owner of the voice.
It’s...Ye Li.
A slender hand with distinct joints reached out from behind, ruthlessly grabbed the master's head and pulled him backwards.
The force was so great that it almost crushed the master, who was only a shell, into a ball.
The master couldn't help but let out a loud cry of fear. He didn't know why someone could suppress him to such an extent in the world he controlled.
However, the voice that came from behind him made the master wish he had never been here in the first place.
"Since you have the courage to appear before me, you must also be prepared to be judged for your sins by Fengdu."
"Twenty years ago, you fled between life and death to avoid the judgment of Fengdu. Now, it is time for you to return."
The tall figure of Ye Li slowly appeared behind the master, with long eyebrows slanting to his temples, narrow eyes as sharp as a sword drawn from its sheath, and a majestic and heavy aura pressing down like a mountain, frightening the master so much that his entire skin trembled violently and he almost collapsed to the ground.
Ye Li looked down at his master with an angry gaze, and clearly spoke his master's name from his pale and bloodless lips.
"Nanhe Ye, you must be punished for your crime!"
Even the master had forgotten his real name over the long years, but he did not expect it to be called out at this moment.
The master opened his eyes wide in fear. A similar fear made him involuntarily recall the scene twenty years ago.
Fengdu tours the human world, judging the sins of Nancun. The guilty souls are brought from the world of the living to Fengdu to be tortured, while the innocent souls return to the world of the living.
And the things he had planned for a long time based on Nancun were exposed to the Lord of Fengdu because the sins of the villagers were laid out in front of Fengdu.
The Lord of Fengdu was furious, and the master had to flee in a panic, even giving up almost everything before he barely survived with his last breath, relying on a special method to hide his body.
It was precisely because of this that the master's plan that should have succeeded twenty years ago ended in failure. He lost all his power and could only rely on absorbing the vitality of others to accumulate strength again. He was in a miserable state.
Moreover, the master had been trapped in Nanming Mountain for many years and dared not step out of the mountain, for fear that he would run into the Lord of Fengdu again while he was touring the human world and be killed on the spot.
It can be said that the scene of Fengdu touring the human world twenty years ago made the master particularly wary of the great way of heaven and earth, and it became the master's deepest fear.
At this moment, the fear from that year came back again, and the master didn't even dare to look back to confirm. Just hearing the sound made him tremble and run away in a hurry.
Under Ye Li's palm, the master let out a heart-wrenching scream. All his previous "godly" demeanor was gone. Instead, he looked more like a dying animal, miserable and ugly.
The next second, the master's entire body exploded with a "bang", and the huge sound was like thunder.
Just like the strangeness of those rotten corpses that did not conform to ordinary corpses, after the master exploded, there was no flesh and blood or skin left, and he turned into a whole bunch of chrysanthemum petals and scattered in all directions.
Yan Shixun was shocked by the sudden change in the situation before him and his eyes widened slightly.
Through the falling petals and rain, Yan Shixun could clearly see Ye Li standing opposite him. His tall body was as straight as a mountain, and his straight shoulders seemed to be able to carry the whole world on his shoulders.
At that moment, Yan Shixun even breathed very lightly.
He didn't know how he should feel at this moment, but the heat from his violently beating heart was a feeling he had never experienced before.
Yan Shixun never expected anyone to help him.
He was like a lone wolf, so he was naturally prepared to deal with all the consequences of the crisis in a cold and rational manner. Even if he was seriously injured, he would just keep going with a cold face to protect other lives.
But this time, Ye Li appeared behind him and killed his master who was about to attack him.
The ghost exorcist who has always protected others without caring about the cost of getting hurt is now protected by ghosts.
At this moment, a sense of impulse suddenly emerged in Yan Shixun's heart.
Even if I leave everything to Yeli in the future...it's not a bad idea.
Yan Shixun thought so.
Perhaps, he could truly regard Yeli as a fellow traveler.
However, on Ye Li's stern face was an expression of shock and anger that Yan Shixun had never seen before.
Even the black lines on Ye Li's temples were rippling, and his inky long hair was blown up by the strong wind, fluttering behind Ye Li, with an aura so powerful that it was terrifying.
When ghosts and gods get angry, heaven and earth change color.
A strong wind swept away from Ye Li and engulfed the entire Nan Village.
The rotten corpses that crawled out of the mud wanted to escape, but they could only make terrified "ho ho" sounds, and were torn into pieces by the sharp wind blades and scattered everywhere.
Almost in an instant, Nancun was flattened by a strong wind, and the rotten corpses disappeared without a trace.
The heavy rain caused by the appearance of the master quickly stopped.
Ye Li raised his eyes, and his originally cold expression softened instantly when he saw Yan Shixun.
He took a few steps forward with his long legs, and embraced the soaked Yan Shixun in his arms with his slender and powerful arms. His original shock and anger turned into fear and cherishment.
Ye Li lowered his eyes slightly and gave Yan Shixun a light kiss on his hair.
"Shi Xun... I'm sorry. Nan He also drew Nanming Mountain out of the scope of heaven and earth, used special methods to hide his body, and pulled you into a false dream. Under several layers of cover, I was unable to get to you in time."
The ghosts and gods who have never responded to the world are full of guilt and fear towards their beloved exorcist.
Only by holding Yan Shixun tightly in his arms did Ye Li truly know that his treasure was still with him and had not been taken away by the evil spirit full of sin.
Yan Shixun was still feeling a little uncomfortable because of the new and strange feeling that suddenly appeared in his mind, and for a moment he didn't know how to talk to Ye Li.
However, he didn't expect Ye Li to stride directly towards him, and before his eyes blurred, he fell into a strong embrace.
This body is slightly cold, but it has the power to support the chaotic yin and yang universe. Although it is a ghost, it is powerful enough to protect life.
Yan Shixun couldn't help but relax his muscles slightly.
He quickly adjusted his mood, chuckled, hugged Ye Li back, and patted Ye Li's back, which was tight and without a trace of fat.
This time, it was Ye Li who was tense all over.
Ye Li didn't expect that his beloved ghost exorcist would respond to him.
From an angle that Yan Shixun couldn't see, Ye Li's narrow and sharp eyes regained their warmth and were filled with a smile.
However, before Ye Li moved his thin lips to say something, he heard Yan Shixun's questioning voice coming from his arms.
"What do you mean by Fengdu?"
"Do you have a long history with that master?"
"What happened twenty years ago? Is it related to the Nancun massacre? Are you clear about what happened in Nanming Mountain?"
Yan Shixun looked at Ye Li suspiciously, and finally asked, "Also, didn't I ask you to stay in Changshou Village to protect the program team? Why are you here? How can you guarantee Xiaobing's safety?"
Ye Li's body tensed up again. Every question from Yan Shixun pierced through the warmth and emotion that had just risen in his heart.
He let go of Yan Shixun slightly, lowered his eyes to look at the exorcist who didn't care about him or his own safety or whether he was injured or not when they met. He gritted his teeth with love and hate, but in the end it just turned into a helpless sigh.
"Shi Xun, you..."
Ye Li smiled helplessly and said, "Don't worry, I will lend my power to your nephew temporarily. He will be responsible for protecting those people. I will be responsible for protecting you."
"If he can't even do this."
When Lu Xingxing was mentioned, Ye Li snorted coldly: "There will be a place for him in Fengdu."
Lu Xingxing, who was far downstream, shuddered violently: "A-choo!"
Ye Li looked at Yan Shixun again and asked softly, "But Shixun, you were almost injured by that evil creature just now, but you don't care about yourself at all?"
Facing Yan Shixun's gaze that seemed to want to say something, Ye Li raised his hands, pressed his shoulders, and chuckled, "Don't worry, you have so many questions, I have to answer them one by one."
"I promised you before that I would tell you whatever you asked me."
"I'm right here with you, just let me explore."
Ye Li gently stood up, his thin lips brushed past Yan Shixun's ear, and his breath fell behind Yan Shixun's ear, causing him to subconsciously shake his slender body.
Looking at Yan Shixun's reaction and the slight blush on his ears, a smile appeared in Ye Li's eyes.
However, when Ye Li looked at Nancun next to him again, his eyes turned cold and his stern face showed disgust.
"Nancun 20 years ago was far worse than hell."
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