Chapter 181: Escaping from the Predicament in Longyuan's Hometown
The monsters obeyed the order and pounced on the crowd, whimpering non-stop, as if they were roaring or crying...
Listening to all these sounds, I felt an inexplicable sadness that made me feel very uncomfortable...
Seeing this, Long Qi and his companions drew their weapons one after another, holding their breath and concentrating. Just as they were about to attack, they heard Ling Xiang stop them:
"Don't get close. I think those monsters still have demonic energy in their bodies! They are undergoing demonization, but not completely, so they have become so strange. If you kill them now, this place will be occupied by demonic energy!"
Hui Wu smiled when he heard this: "After all, he is an elder of the same sect, so he is quite knowledgeable. However, if you don't kill them, you will become like them."
As soon as he finished speaking, one of the monsters twisted like a maggot, approached the crowd, raised its body and pounced on them.
It happened so quickly that Banxia turned around and gestured quickly with the Ruyi Judge's Pen in her hand. A mark of ink appeared in the air, and as Banxia's pen moved, the mark of ink turned into an imperial decree.
The monster crashed into the talisman, like hitting a wall, unable to move forward. Yet, for some unknown reason, it continued to roar and strike the ink talisman in the air, as if determined to break in from there. But Shao Xunxun's family had all transformed into monsters, and although they stopped this one, they surged forward from other directions.
Seeing this, Lu Ying shouted at Hui Wu, "Even if he was kicked out of the sect, we were still classmates. Are you going to be so cruel to your classmates?!"
Hui Wu's face was gloomy, and he said in a deep voice, "Classmates? Classmates will see others committing evil? Classmates will allow others to be bullied? Classmates can turn a blind eye and protect themselves? Ha! What a classmate! You are all accomplices too! You are all the same kind of people!"
This sentence left Lu Ying speechless. For a moment he didn't know how to dissuade Hui Wu, and at this time the monsters had already rushed in front of him.
Upon seeing this, Lingxiang hurriedly took out two yellow talismans from her bosom and shouted at Banxia: "Their weapons will cut through these monsters. Once they are cut through, the demonic energy will leak out and may even spread throughout Zoucheng! You hold on for me while I set up a magic circle to block it!" As she spoke, she held the talismans and chanted in a low voice.
Banxia nodded when she heard that, and while she dodged and moved, her hands kept moving, drawing ink talismans to stop the monsters that were about to pounce on her. However, her cultivation was limited, and she could not maintain the ink talismans. Once she drew a talisman somewhere else, the original ink talisman would slowly disappear.
Just when Banxia was about to collapse from exhaustion, she heard Lingxiang shout, "Protect my world!", and then she threw one of the talismans into the sky and stuck the other one on the ground.
The yellow talisman, thrown into the air, flew mid-air before suddenly exploding, creating a fiery display like fireworks, visible even in broad daylight. Following the burst of fire, a magic circle unfolded around the courtyard, encircling everyone.
Seeing this, Hui Wu burst into laughter. "I don't know what you mean by that, but if you do that, won't you be trapped here as well? I thought you were so powerful, but you're nothing special."
Everyone was also surprised. Lingxiang's move, locking them up with these monsters, wasn't this tantamount to putting everyone in danger?
At this moment, Lingxiang smiled. She bit her finger and dripped blood onto the yellow talisman on the ground. As the blood touched the yellow talisman, the cinnabar on it began to glow red. Soon, the cinnabar seemed to come alive and flew out of the talisman paper.
Those cinnabar red characters fluttered like a red ribbon, constantly dismantling the original runes. After a while, they turned into a red circle, fell to the ground, and surrounded everyone inside.
At this moment, a monster suddenly pounced towards Zhao Wuyang. Just when Banxia thought it would knock Zhao Wuyang down, she saw that the monster was like lying on an invisible wall and could not move forward.
This was similar to the move that Banxia had used just now, the only difference was that this magic circle could keep all the monsters around outside the cinnabar line, preventing them from getting any closer.
When Hui Wu saw this, he took a deep leap. His feet instantly transformed into eagle claws, which were as sharp as blades and flew straight towards Lingxiang and the others.
However, he was just like those monsters, as if he had hit an invisible wall. The only difference was that as soon as his claws touched the invisible wall, it immediately made a sizzling sound and emitted green smoke.
Lingxiang smiled and said, "It's just like that, but you can't break my anti-curve formation, so aren't you still the same?"
Hearing Lingxiang's sarcasm, Huiwu was instantly furious, but it was only for a moment before he began to grin again: "Even if I can't break your damned counter-curve formation, what does it matter? Won't you still be unable to get out? And if you do, won't you die of starvation and thirst in there too?"
Everyone felt the truth in what they said. Were they just going to hide like this? They would die anyway, so they might as well fight their way out.
Upon hearing this, Lingxiang sat cross-legged on the ground, looking nonchalant. She twirled her hands together and said calmly, "This fasting is also a form of cultivation. Besides, even if your cultivation is not strong enough, these half-demons will eventually transform into demons. We can then kill them. Now is a good time to rest so that we can prepare for the future, right?"
Hearing this, not only Hui Wu, but everyone else was speechless with astonishment...
Elder Fu Cang really does what he wants. If he does this, isn't he catching a turtle in a jar?
Zhao Wuyang looked even more disheartened after hearing this. He glanced at Lingxiang who was sitting calmly, then turned to Banxia who knew about formations and asked her if what she said was true.
Banxia knew about this recurved formation. It consisted of two symbols, one large and one small. The small formation was located within the larger formation. While it was connected to the outside world, it was impossible to escape. The larger formation, on the other hand, trapped everything within the formation outside the town, preventing it from escaping.
In other words, it's like a turtle trapped in a jar...
However, Elder Fu Cang's solution is the best at the moment. Otherwise, if Hui Wu goes crazy and kills these half-demons, the demonic energy will spread out and cause harm to the people of Zoucheng.
Hearing Banxia's confirmation, Zhao Wuyang was completely disheartened. He hadn't eaten enough before arriving, and now he didn't know when these half-demons would be able to transform into demons. He might have to fast for a long time. If they were all men, it would be fine, but there were two women, Lingxiang and Banxia, in the formation. What if...
What if I want convenience?
When Zhao Wuyang thought of Lingxiang's fierce appearance before, he suddenly became alert. He felt as if his stomach was uncomfortable. He had a bitter face and didn't know what to say.
Seeing Zhao Wuyang like this, Xinyi couldn't help but smile, patted his shoulder, and then sat down with Lingxiang. Based on his understanding of Lingxiang, she was not someone who would force herself into a desperate situation. If she did this, she must have her own plans.
As Xinyi sat down, Long Qi and Liu Xia followed suit. Zhao Wuyang was puzzled. Why were Brother Xinyi and the others so calm in the face of such a situation? Even Lu Ying, whom he didn't know, joined them and sat down around Lingxiang.
Seeing Zhao Wuyang's surprised expression, Banxia knew that he was confused, so she just smiled and said, "Because they all believe in Lingxiang, that's why they act like this. Lingxiang may be a little frivolous on weekdays, but she is not someone who would joke about other people's lives. She must have her reasons for doing this." After saying that, she also sat down to meditate.
Zhao Wuyang thought about it, and it was just as Banxia said. Although Elder Fu Cang was a bit tough and his actions were incredible, he would always help them at the critical moment, just like the second martial arts performance of the sect. If Lingxiang had not been so skilled and prepared talismans for them early, their souls might have wandered into the void by then, and they would not be standing here like now.
Thinking of this, Zhao Wuyang felt his stomach ache ease, and he joined them in meditation. But if he knew that Lingxiang had made such arrangements during the second martial arts performance because she knew the whole story, would he still think so?
When Hui Wu saw that everyone was sitting in meditation with Ling Xiang, he immediately became furious, shouting and scolding, but everyone in the formation ignored him and just sat in meditation on their own, as if they didn't hear what he said.
But Lingxiang was only pretending to annoy Huiwu, not actually meditating. Seeing everyone following her like that, she suddenly felt a little embarrassed. She had never been able to meditate since she was a child. Whenever her senior brothers took her to meditate, she would pretend, appearing to be meditating, but in reality, she had already been dreaming.
But in this situation, how could she have a good conversation with Zhou Gong?
Hui Wu cursed for a long time, but there was no response from the crowd, so he ordered the monsters to continuously hit the cinnabar magic circle. The rumbling sound was quite deafening, but everyone had already entered into meditation, so how could they be distracted by such a small noise?
But Lingxiang was different. She was pretending. The sounds were very real to her and she was really upset. But since everyone was meditating like her, she was too embarrassed to speak out.
In the final analysis, it was actually because of my identity as the Fu Cang Elder that I felt a bit...
It really feels like a dumb person eating bitter herbs, unable to express his pain!
At this moment, whether it was because of Lingxiang's mind or something else, the invisible wall of the cinnabar formation was cracked by the monster, like the ice on the lake breaking, making a cracking sound, and those cracks continued to spread and crisscross.
Seeing this, Hui Wu laughed crazily again. It seemed that the cultivation level of this young elder was really just so-so. He hurriedly urged those half-demons to strike faster.
Everyone opened their eyes at the same time when they heard the sound, and looked at the cracks around them, and suddenly became anxious.
As those half-demons hammered, the cracks continued to spread, and the surroundings were already in a state of disintegration. Everyone became nervous when they saw it, and Zhao Wuyang's heart was in his throat.
Isn't this familiar scene exactly the same as the second martial arts performance?!
However, at that time, the master and Zhenren Qianyuan went to rescue them. Now that everyone is training outside, who can save them?
Unlike Zhao Wuyang's nervousness, Lingxiang seemed relieved when she saw everyone standing up. She finally didn't have to pretend anymore.
She took out another yellow talisman from her bosom and stuck it on the ground with a "pa!". Everyone looked and saw that the yellow talisman was different from the ones they had seen before. The runes on the talisman paper were not painted with red cinnabar, but a green color, like grass leaves.
The one who was most curious was Banxia, not only because of the runes on the talisman, but also because of the head of the talisman. It was neither an imperial decree talisman, nor a Tiangang talisman, nor a magic array talisman. It looked like a strange kind of rune, like a ghost painting.
Just when everyone was surprised, Lingxiang shouted, "Gather around quickly and put your hands on the talisman. Make sure everyone touches the talisman paper!" Then she stretched out her left hand and pressed a finger on the "ghostly talisman" on the ground.
Although everyone was confused, they did not suspect anything and quickly followed Lingxiang's example, pressing a finger on the talisman.
Lingxiang made sure that everyone had touched the talisman, then she twisted her right fingers and chanted the incantation.
The spell sounded so strange that even Banxia, who practiced talismans, had never heard of it before.
Lingxiang closed her eyes and muttered to herself, when there was a crisp sound of shattering. The magic circle had been shattered by the monster, and the surrounding fragments fell like snowflakes, disappearing before they landed.
Hui Wu's face was filled with madness. He jumped up and stretched out his hand to grab Lingxiang. Seeing that he was about to catch her, Long Qi was extremely anxious. He was about to raise his hand, but was held down by Xinyi beside him.
Just when Hui Wu was about to catch Lingxiang, Lingxiang opened her eyes and everyone suddenly disappeared without a trace. Hui Wu only caught nothing and was unable to pull his hand back in time, stumbling several steps.
He saw that his hands were empty and Lingxiang Longqi and the others were nowhere to be seen around him. His expression became even more insane, as if he had gone mad, and he howled towards the sky.
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Everyone felt dizzy, as if they were falling off a cliff. However, this feeling only lasted for a moment, and they all suddenly appeared in front of a cave. However, their feet were weak and they could hardly stand steadily. Zhao Wuyang even sat down on the ground all of a sudden.
Liu Xia hurriedly reached out to help him up, but when he stood up, he saw that there were two red nail doors at the entrance of the cave. There were dragon patterns engraved on the doors, which looked lifelike, as if they were wandering between the golden nails, which made people marvel.
"What is this place..." Lu Ying walked to the door and asked while touching the door knocker.
Lingxiang didn't know where this place was. It was the first time she had used the talismanic Lingxiang. She only knew that it could take people away from a place, but she didn't know where it would take them.
Banxia seemed extremely interested in the talisman. As soon as she stood firm, she pulled Lingxiang aside to ask about it. Lingxiang patiently explained it to her.
It turned out to be a six-branch talisman. The "six branches" were actually a Sanskrit pictographic method. She had also stumbled upon this talisman in the Wuji Palace's storage room. The annotation said it was a divine travel talisman, capable of transporting a person a thousand miles, but it didn't specify where it would take them.
Banxia was greatly surprised when she heard this. She didn't expect that there was such a magical talisman. It was really interesting.
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