Chapter 91: The Flying Dragon Bone-Eroding Lantern Festival Arrives
In order to clean up the remains of the rat demon, Lingxiang planned to set up a bone-eroding array in the courtyard.
Any monster with some cultivation will become a disaster if no one takes care of its body after death. Moreover, this time the monster is a rat. If it is not properly dealt with, it may turn into a plague.
At this time, Long Qi was struggling to gather the scattered corpses of the rat demon together. He glanced at the inner room and couldn't help complaining in his heart.
Although they were both injured, Lingxiang let Rendong have a good rest and even took care of him personally. Why did she have to do the hard work here?
Xinyi saw this and chuckled softly. Long Qi was still a young boy after all, and he had no idea about matters of love. She didn't want to break the window paper, but he was always jealous. Why bother?
But he himself seemed unaware that there was also a layer of window paper between him and Maidong. Perhaps this is why those involved are often confused, while those who are not involved can see things more clearly.
The demon poison that Jindong was infected with was not overbearing, but the rat demon poison was a bit troublesome. Lingxiang's detoxification pill cleared out 70% of the demon poison, but rats are mostly ominous. If you are not careful, there may be changes in the future.
But she didn't have any suitable pills on her now, and the pills she had made before were not suitable for Rendong's injuries. The only thing she could do now was to calm him down with acupuncture, and then make plans after returning to Xianyunju.
Acupuncture, though seemingly just inserting needles into acupuncture points, is actually extremely laborious. Moreover, in a case like Honeysuckle, Lingxiang is also needed to inject spiritual power into the silver needles and send them into the body to protect the inside from ominous erosion.
After a cup of tea and some lifting, inserting and twisting, Lingxiang's clothes were soaked with sweat. She felt that she had not done this kind of thing for a long time and was no longer accustomed to it.
She thought the yard was almost cleaned up, so she rested for a while before getting up and leaving the house.
The corpses in the courtyard were gathered together. Lingxiang looked up. The sun was still shining brightly. If she waited any longer, she might be too late. She quickly took out a porcelain bottle from her Qiankun bag, poured some medicinal powder into her hands, twisted her fingers, muttered something, and then sprinkled the powder into the air.
Long Qi felt that Lingxiang's behavior was just like those wandering Taoist priests. When he was about to laugh, he saw that the medicinal powder scattered in the air actually emitted colorful light and fell down, floating around the piles of rat demon corpses. In a moment, a magic circle appeared on the ground.
This porcelain bottle is naturally not an ordinary porcelain bottle. It looks like ordinary celadon, but it is actually carved from Qilin bones. The medicinal powder sprinkled on it is made by Lingxiang by finely grinding the stone milk collected from the Supreme Sect and mixing it with dragon bone powder. It can not only drive away evil spirits and avoid disasters, but also cure diseases and save lives.
At the end of the day, golden light sprinkled in the courtyard, and the bone-eroding array immediately emitted a dazzling golden light, but the corpses in the array ignited green flames. Within an incense stick of time, the flesh of the monsters was burned until only bones were left. Then the flames suddenly turned purple and attached to the monster bones.
Xinyi was very surprised when she saw it. When she was a child, she had heard of Samadhi True Fire, which was transformed from the primordial spirit, primordial energy and primordial essence of a cultivator. Could this be that thing?
Thinking of this, he asked, and Lingxiang smiled softly:
"It's pretty much the same, except this isn't Samadhi Fire, it's Dragon Fire. Since ancient times, dragons have mostly dominated earth and water, with fire being rare. The fire wielded by these dragons can even burn the bones of gods, and the powder mixed in this medicine is the bone powder of this dragon. A person's Samadhi originates from the heart and kidneys, but this Dragon Fire is formed from the bones. While it's not as good as Samadhi Fire, it's an excellent way to cleanse such foul things."
As Lingxiang spoke, she pointed at the bone-eroding formation. Xinyi looked over and saw that the purple flames were not burning the monster bones, but seemed to be gnawing at them. The monster bones were being consumed bit by bit by the dragon fire.
No wonder it was a bone-eroding array, it turns out to be like this!
The purple flames in the formation gnawed at the monster bones, and wherever it passed, it left a trail of ashes. Just when the last monster bone was burned away, the flames in the formation suddenly turned golden, the color of the sunset, rising from the ground like a flying dragon, and then dissipated in an instant. Looking again, the bone-eating formation and the ashes of the monster corpses were gone.
And just as the golden dragon's fire dissipated, the red sun in the sky also set.
This scene completely stunned Long Qi and Xin Yi. They had never expected that Taoist magic could be so magnificent. There were also some magical techniques in the world of exorcism. Although they were from the same origin as Taoism, they were not as magnificent as this.
Lingxiang glanced at the two of them and felt very proud. She pretended to pat the medicine powder that didn't exist on her hands, turned around and walked into the house in a cool manner: It's time to give Jindong an acupuncture.
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The sky finally darkened and the colorful lights in front of each house were lit.
The banks of the Guyang River are bustling with activity. The annual lantern festival is held during this period. The government posts lantern riddles here, attracting many people to gather here. If you can guess one or two of them correctly, you may be able to buy a new set of clothes for your family.
Of course, there are also many talented men and beautiful women among them. Lantern Festivals have been spreading stories since ancient times, and most of the boudoir storybooks will write these stories in a vivid and touching way.
There are lines like "Who can sit idle when seeing the moon? Who can avoid looking when hearing the lanterns?" and "The woman on the street is as beautiful as jade, the young man is unparalleled in the world." Or "The east wind blows at night, a thousand flowers bloom, and the road is filled with the fragrance of fine carriages." Which of these doesn't stir the hearts of young ladies? Maidong was deeply influenced by these storybooks, constantly reciting them, and daydreaming about the possibility of realizing the "red leaf letter" drama in his own life.
Although Lingxiang doesn't like such clichés and absurdities, she still has to go to the Lantern Festival. Although many of the riddles are extremely vulgar, she doesn't mind getting more prizes.
Moreover, it is said that the city lord has specially set up a big prize in the last round of the Lantern Festival this year. I heard that it seems to be a large sum of silver. Lingxiang thought, if she can win a hundred or eighty taels of silver in the final prize, wouldn’t it save her a lot of effort in the future?
Even now, she doesn't have any expenses to pay for in Xianyunju, and her senior brothers have taken care of it for her, but who would complain about having too much money, right?
Once you have money, you can purchase many ready-made rare and exotic herbs, and save yourself the trouble of taking care of them at Qingwei Peak like taking care of your ancestors.
Lingxiang originally wanted to bring Rendong out with her. After all, he looked like a well-educated wealthy man, and it should be easy for him to deal with riddles of this level. However, after the incident with the rat demon, she had no choice but to let him stay in Youranju to recuperate for a while.
Then I had to settle for the second best and take Xinyi with me. After all, Xinyi looked relatively stable. I guess she must have read a lot of books when she was young, so her mind must be very quick.
But things went against her wishes, and she ended up bringing Long Qi out. Looking at him with a silly smile on his face, Lingxiang was filled with melancholy - it seemed that this last chance was hopeless...
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