Vice Minister Feng quickly ordered his servants to prepare the carriage and head to Yuehua Mountain.
Yuan Qi sat quietly next to Madam Feng. Her fair and serene face was very endearing. Madam Feng thought to herself, "If only I had such a beautiful daughter."
She couldn't help but touch Yuan Qi's head: "So beautiful." But why did she have to become a nun? Such a good girl, if she were to marry someone rich and noble in the future, she would definitely be able to marry someone rich and noble. She also wished that her daughter-in-law was this beautiful.
Yuan Qi felt the intense gaze of the other party. Her fair and delicate hands formed hand seals under her sleeves, and she silently chanted incantations, secretly using the Shrinking Earth Technique.
Before long, the coachman looked as if he had seen a ghost. He shouted at the top of his lungs, "Have we arrived at Yuehua Mountain?"
Vice Minister Feng was the first to rebuke: "Nonsense, with this little bit of time, you can't even get to Zhuque Avenue..."
He casually rolled down the car window and saw the green wheat fields on both sides and the yellowing leaves on the roadside trees, his mouth agape in surprise.
Madam Feng stammered, "This, how is this possible?"
Yuan Qi nimbly jumped off the carriage, a sweet smile curving his lips: "You've never seen anything like this before, have you? A little bit of magic, shrinking the distance to an inch, nothing to be surprised about."
"Oh! Oh! Oh!" Vice Minister Feng suddenly realized that this little girl was no ordinary person! His exaggerated expression made Yuan Qi think that his naivety was quite adorable.
After the initial surprise came praise. The Feng family and Bai Youhui all said it was the first time they had ever witnessed such magical magic, and Yuan Qi was so flattered that she almost got carried away.
Bai Youhui tied his horse to a tree by the roadside and walked up the mountain side by side with Yuan Qi.
He glanced back at the Feng family and asked Yuan Qi in a low voice, "Do you take on apprentices? What do you think of me?"
Yuan Qi curled his lip in disdain: "How can you cultivate Taoism when you're indulging in pleasure and lust? Isn't it better to be a rich young master?"
"When I get back, I'll dismiss all my maids. I promise I won't touch any more women, okay?" Bai Youhui really admired Yuan Qilu's skill and seriously wanted to learn it.
He learned to go out and show off, letting them know that Bai Youhui wasn't just good at drinking, fighting, and womanizing.
Yuan Qi knew he didn't genuinely want to learn Taoism, and shook his head like a rattle-drum.
A weasel stood upright next to a large tree not far away, looking this way. Yuan Qi glanced at it and saw that it was a weasel immortal who had completed his cultivation and was about to transform into human form. It was probably looking for an opportunity.
She took a closer look and saw that the yellow fairy was holding two bright red fruits in its front paws, looking very tempting.
After walking a few steps, when I looked again, Huang Xian was gone.
Yuan Qi didn't care. He and the others went to the mountainside and found a long-abandoned temple called the Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady.
A chilling wind was blowing in the air; even before entering, I felt a coldness creeping through my body.
The whistling wind swept past my ears, and fallen leaves were swirled up into the air and then fell back down.
The statue of the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden at the entrance is holding a flute to its lips. The original color of the stone has long been removed from the statue.
Despite the desolate and dilapidated state of the temple, there were some offerings placed at the foot of the stone statues, which appeared to have been put there only in the last three to five days.
Moreover, the temple was very clean, unlike the desolate outside, which looked like it was frequently visited.
Yuan Qi didn't seem to think anything of it, but Bai Youhui, who was standing next to her, crossed his arms and said, "Little girl, don't you think it's a bit creepy here?"
He glanced over casually and noticed that Yuan Qi's cloth bag was moving, bulging as if something was about to come out.
"Little girl, your bag!"
Yuan Qi also noticed that it was the Soul-Suppressing Bottle that was shaking.
She took out the Soul-Suppressing Bottle, which shook violently, and the stopper became loose.
"Let me out first, then I'll let Fu Lingxi out."
At this moment, the stone statue of the Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady in the temple also reacted; the mouth of the Mysterious Lady seemed to move slightly.
An eerie flute melody began, and the crowd, their eyes glazed over, uncontrollably moved toward the stone statue.
"Not good!" Yuan Qi noticed that the stone statue was beginning to surge with black evil energy, and countless black mists shot out from the statue's body, sweeping towards everyone.
With a loud "bang," the stopper of the Soul-Suppressing Bottle was knocked open, and Miao Xiuniang's soul escaped from it. It was much more solid than when it was in the Feng Mansion, and its dark red color was constantly absorbing the black mist surging out of the stone statue.
In just a short while, Miao Xiuniang grew several times larger than before, exuding an extremely oppressive aura.
Bai Youhui and Feng Zhaolin both had Yuan Qi's protective charms, which allowed them to remain conscious. The others, however, had lost consciousness, their eyes were vacant and covered by a thick layer of black mist, and they walked towards Yuan Qi like walking corpses, even reaching out their hands to scratch him.
Miao Xiuniang laughed maniacally, "Little brat, you've fallen for my trick! You just made me suffer enough to have my soul scattered, now it's your turn. Kill her first!"
The Feng family members sped up and rushed towards Yuan Qi, their clawing and scratching movements becoming even more ferocious.
Yuan Qi produced several talismans to ward off evil spirits, placing one on each person's forehead.
The Feng family members immediately stopped moving and gradually regained their senses.
Yuan Qi also opened their Yin Eyes to prevent them from suffering unnecessary harm because they couldn't see the black evil energy.
She raised an eyebrow slightly, put her hands on her hips, and mocked her in a childish voice: "You know, villains die from talking too much, right?"
As she spoke, she presented a lightning-summoning talisman to Miao Xiuniang.
Miao Xiuniang was very surprised: "Where did you get this lightning-attracting talisman... ah..."
The lightning-summoning talisman worked instantly, attracting a bolt of blue lightning as thick as an arm, which struck Miao Xiuniang's soul directly, leaving her no time to dodge.
A bolt of lightning struck, and the black mist around her thinned considerably.
Yuan Qi laughed: "I've already reminded you that villains die from talking too much, why do you still talk so much? If you say less, you might be able to avoid it."
However, before Yuan Qi could even enjoy his joy for a few seconds, something bad happened again. Miao Xiuniang started absorbing the evil energy from the stone statue again, and the evil energy emanating from the statue was even stronger than before.
Yuan Qi felt that there must be something wrong with that stone statue; perhaps some evil magic artifact was hidden underneath.
Yuan Qi unleashed several lightning-summoning talismans in succession, and heavenly lightning rained down upon them without restraint.
Although Miao Xiuniang tried to avoid it, she ran around the house but couldn't get out and was still struck by lightning several times.
The black mist inside the stone statue continued to overflow.
Miao Xiuniang was furious: "If you hit me again, Fu Lingxi will be annihilated."
Upon hearing this, Vice Minister Feng and his wife exclaimed, "Young Taoist priest, stop smashing! Stop smashing! Lingxi can't be harmed!"
Yuan Qi indeed stopped. Yes, after all this time, he still hadn't seen Fu Lingxi's soul.
As soon as she stopped, Miao Xiuniang was able to catch her breath, and her soul gradually returned to its previous solid state.
The surrounding evil aura grew increasingly thick. Miao Xiuniang's soul flickered, and countless heads made of black evil energy surged up around her, rushing towards Yuan Qi at an extremely fast speed.
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