Chapter 21: Lightning Flash Ancient God Appears
The young man brought Long Qi to a small courtyard and asked someone to give him a brown Taoist robe.
"I am the eldest disciple of the master. The master gave me the name Han Yang. From now on, you can call me Big Brother. This is the residence of the outer disciples. There are four people in a room. The new disciples should go to the Hufeng Hall now. This is the learning uniform for outer disciples. You should change into it quickly and follow me there." After saying that, he turned and left.
The Hufeng Hall is where the outer disciples of the Yuanqing Sect hold their morning classes. Every day at 3:15 a.m., the direct disciples of the elders take turns to lead them in meditation and regulating their breathing. Then at 7:00 p.m., the elders will lecture and preach to them here.
Today is the day for new disciples to join the sect, and the elder in charge of punishment, Master Fuyin, would like to explain the sect’s rules and taboos.
When Long Qi arrived, there were already quite a few people in the hall. He saw Liu Xia at a glance, and Liu Xia also saw him. Both of them were extremely surprised and hurried forward to greet him.
Before the two of them finished their pleasantries, a disciple in blue clothes sang that Master Fuyin had arrived, and the two of them hurriedly followed the crowd and stood up.
The rules and taboos were extremely complicated, and Long Qi just listened to them in one ear and out the other. The speaker's words were serious and meaningful, but the listener was absent-minded.
Just when he was feeling bored, a person next to him caught his eye.
The man was no more than six feet tall, with delicate features and a thin figure, but he stood upright. It was obvious that he wasn't interested: sweat was beading on his forehead and nose, and although his eyes were fixed on the front, they were actually vacant. Even when he answered, he was slower than others.
After about an incense stick's time, the blue-robed disciple in front announced that they would start practicing tomorrow and asked everyone to go back and rest. This man hurriedly caught up with Master Fuyin who was about to leave.
Seeing this, Long Qi hurriedly pulled Liu Xia beside him and followed quietly.
"Elder in charge of punishment!" The man called out to Fu Yin at the door of the hall, "My disciple Zhao Wuyang, the son of the late Lord of Yangcheng, Zhao Shen." As he said this, he bowed down.
Although Fu Yin didn't know why the new disciple was like this, he hurried to help him up.
Zhao Wuyang stood up and bowed again: "Please save my mother." His voice was like a revolving axis, and his crying voice could be heard.
Then he told Master Fuyin about what happened to his mother. Fuyin frowned and started counting on his fingers.
In the end, it turned out to be a lucky omen, but he looked worried, which frightened Zhao Wuyang.
Could it be that my mother is beyond help?
He quickly knelt down, kowtowed and begged for the seal.
Upon seeing this, Fu Yin hurriedly asked his disciple to help him up, told him the hexagram, assured him, and promised him to treat his mother.
Then he turned to the disciple beside him and asked, "Is your junior sister in the mountains?"
"Master, my junior sister went down the mountain to Youran Residence a few days ago and hasn't come back yet." The disciple took a step back and bowed in reply.
"You'ran Ju?" Master Fuyin narrowed his eyes.
"You'ran Ju?" Long Qi also looked at Liu Xia in confusion: Could it be that the person he saw that day was the disciple of the Elder in Charge of Punishment?
That spiritual fragrance...
Liu Xia looked puzzled.
What happened to Youranju?
At this time, Lingxiang was trying to summon the soul of the city lord's wife with a soul-summoning talisman, but the talisman paper did not react at all. As she expected, it was a spell of bewitching.
The method of bewitching the soul is to trap the soul of a person in a dream and make it impossible to escape.
Seeing this, Maidong was about to use the dream-detecting technique on the city lord's wife, but was stopped by Lingxiang.
Most spells of bewitching are short-lived, but the city lord's wife was in a coma for such a long time. I guess it must be that old yellow-skinned guy who sneaks in every night while people are asleep and casts a spell on them.
Since it has awakened its intelligence, it must have known about the Yuanqing Sect. It has been hiding in the City Lord's Mansion for a long time and must have many spies. Now that Lingxiang and Maidong have intervened in this matter, it should know about it.
Therefore, before rescuing Mrs. Qiao, some arrangements must be made to prevent the old man from getting angry and doing something harmful.
However, most spells of bewitching require close proximity to be cast, so the three of them discussed for a moment and decided to set up a formation in the inner room first, one to bind the demon and the other to lock the soul.
The so-called monster binding is like a hunting trap. If a monster encounters it, it will be trapped in an invisible cage and unable to escape.
Although this yellow-skinned creature has some divine qualities, it is still a monster after all, and the demon-binding formation can restrain it.
The Soul Locking Formation will slow down the flow of spiritual power in the body, making it difficult for the person to move and cast spells.
After the two of them had set up their formation, they hid on the roof beams, forming hand seals to conceal their presence. Meanwhile, Ah Jin transformed into a cat and hid on the roof tiles.
Dawn had already broken in the sky. The three men had waited all night, but no prey came to them.
Just as Mai Dong finished yawning countless times and thought that the old man would not come, the door creaked open. She thought it was the old yellow-skinned man and hurriedly looked towards the door with full attention, but the person who came was the city lord Zhao Shen.
Just when Maidong thought that the city lord and his wife were deeply in love and the city lord was worried about Madam Qiao and was about to jump off the beam to pay his respects, he was interrupted by Lingxiang with a gesture.
Mai Xiang was puzzled. Ling Xiang pointed at the City Lord and then back at her own eyes. Mai Dong then noticed:
There was a faint light in the city lord's eyes!
This old yellow-skinned guy actually possessed the city lord!
The possessed city lord walked to Madam Qiao's bed, took a deep breath and raised his hand to cast a spell, but Lingxiang quickly made hand gestures and activated the demon-binding formation.
A circle of fluorescent light immediately appeared in front of the footstool, preventing the "city lord" from moving his feet and getting close to Mrs. Qiao.
In this way, she exposed herself, and the "city lord" had already seen the two people on the roof beam.
Maidong hurriedly performed the Brahma hand seal before him, and golden light appeared on the ground again.
The "city lord" felt as if the spiritual energy in his body was frozen, and he fell down after a while.
And where he was originally standing there was a weasel!
The weasel was as small as a seven-year-old child, standing in front of the bed with only its hind paws on the ground. It was four feet long and was trapped in the formation, unable to escape. It made sharp "ka ka" sounds from its mouth.
When the two saw that the weasel was trapped, they jumped down from the beam. Only then could Lingxiang see the shape of the weasel clearly.
With such a level of cultivation, his demon pill must be an excellent product for refining medicine.
Just as she was thinking about how to take out its demon pill, she heard a series of rustling sounds outside. Soon, she saw groups of little yellow weasels coming in from outside and rushing towards her and the other two.
Maidong was shocked. The formation was currently being guarded by the two of them and they couldn't escape. If one of them was attacked, the old yellow-skinned man would be left with an opportunity, and all their efforts would be in vain.
Just as the group of little yellow weasels jumped up and were about to pounce on the two, a gust of black wind blew, and Ajin came stepping on the wind. He transformed into a god, as big as a tiger, with eyes like copper bells and teeth as sharp as blades. He stood in front of the two and roared, with the two little yellow weasels under his claws being stepped on and pressed down by him. A golden divine seal on his forehead showed his identity as a god.
He is actually the Eight-Tailed Divine Cat!
But now Lingxiang couldn't help being surprised. The little weasels stared at Lingmai and the others with eager eyes, trying to find a chance to rescue the old yellow fox. From time to time, a few of them pretended to rush forward to distract Ajin, while the other weasels took the opportunity to go around behind them.
But Ajin is a messenger of God and a cat after all, so these tricks can't fool him. He can knock them away with a sweep.
But this led to a stalemate. The original plan was for Lingmai and the other two to trap the old yellow-skinned creature, and for Ajin to capture it, but now he had to protect them and the unconscious City Lord Zhao.
When the old yellow-skinned man saw that his younger generation was injured and could not escape, he immediately howled. Soon, yellow mist rose around him, and the spiritual fragrance was pungent and blinding.
"Oh no! It's that trick again!" Ah Jin was shocked. He transformed into a human form and dodged to the side, shouting, "Be careful!"
Lingxiang felt her mind was in a state of confusion and thought to herself that something was wrong. She quickly took out a calming talisman from her Qiankun bag and attached it to her body. In the blink of an eye, she regained her clarity of mind.
However, Maidong was not good at talismans and had no way to protect himself, so he collapsed to the ground in a moment, exhausted.
The soul-locking formation was broken, and the old yellow-skinned man felt that the spiritual energy meridians in his body had returned to normal, so he cast a spell to attack the spiritual fragrance.
Lingxiang quickly raised her shield to block the attack, but she was not prepared for the weasels to attack her in droves. Just as they were about to pounce on Lingxiang, Ah Jin dodged and blocked Lingxiang's way, gathering energy in both hands and scattering them.
When the old yellow-skinned man saw this, he sprayed something out from behind him and pointed it directly at Ophiopogon japonicus.
Lingxiang was shocked and shouted at Maidong to run away, but Maidong was paralyzed by the mist of the old creature and could not move. He was about to be hit!
In a flash, a white figure broke in through the window and swept the yellow-skinned man's moves aside with a wave of his hand.
Maidong looked at the person coming in a daze——
"Master?"
“Master… Senior Brother!”
The person who came was none other than the Yuanqing sect’s Master of Punishment and Subjugation!
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