In the nick of time, I first took out a handful of glutinous rice mixed with iron filings and cinnabar from my cloth bag and scattered it like a fairy showering flowers at the surrounding villagers.
When the glutinous rice touched their bodies, it made a crackling sound.
The villagers also seemed to have been electrocuted; their bodies trembled violently, then went limp and collapsed to the ground.
However, the villagers' empty eyes disappeared, their eyes regained their sparkle, and they all looked puzzled.
What just happened? How did you suddenly fall to the ground?!
When they saw the miserable state of Luo Tianhe, Li Huai, and Ge Wang, they were terrified and started crying out for their parents.
"Shut up!"
The noise was giving me a headache. I shouted and then stomped my right foot on the ground, using my powerful strides to rush to Luo Tianhe's side like lightning.
Without hesitation, I slashed the peach wood sword at the bruise on his neck, shouting at the same time:
"Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth, the Five Elements Slay Evil! Cut!"
The peach wood sword slashed fiercely at Luo Tianhe's neck. The villagers watching couldn't help but feel a sense of fear, but they remained silent.
They didn't know that my peach wood sword was unsharpened; they thought I would slice off Luo Tianhe's head with this strike.
Even those who knew that peach wood swords weren't sharpened were surprised by the force I used.
What's the difference between Luo Tianhe and someone hitting him hard on the neck with a stick?!
Your neck could easily break!
But only I know that no matter how much force is used, this peach wood sword will not cause any harm to a living person.
The instant I swung my sword, I clearly heard a snap, the sound of the rope breaking.
Instantly, the bruise on Luo Tianhe's neck disappeared, and he came to his senses, sitting down heavily on the ground, panting heavily.
I could see that his costume was soaked with cold sweat, but I didn't have time to care right now.
Li Huai and old man Ge Wang are already hanging half a meter off the ground. If I don't take care of them, they will become the eighteenth or nineteenth hanged ghosts.
"Li Huai, Uncle Ge, hold on! I'm coming to save you right now."
At that moment, they both placed their only hope on me.
At the same time, I abandoned the peach wood sword because his situation was different from Luo Tianhe's!
The malevolent energy had penetrated deep into his bones and bound his soul. Using the peach wood sword might cause some damage to his soul.
After all, although the peach wood sword does not cut the flesh, it still has a certain killing power on the soul.
I stretched out my right hand, and four ancient Five Emperors Coins appeared between my five fingers!
These are not the ordinary Five Emperors coins I used before, but genuine copper coins from the Qianlong era, which can be considered antiques!
It also prominently displays the four characters "Qianlong Tongbao".
I chanted the incantation: "The Four Emperors guard the four directions, imperial aura dispels evil! Bind!"
The next moment, I used a special technique to throw out four Five Emperors Coins, which instantly transformed into four golden rays and accurately embedded themselves in the necks of Li Huai and Ge Wang.
Instantly, the supreme yang energy and the extreme yin energy collided violently, producing a series of crackling and popping sounds.
The next moment, the rope of resentment snapped as if it had been scalded, and Li Huai and Ge Wang fell from the sky instantly.
I didn't have time to help them up. I grabbed the cloth bag that had fallen to the ground. It was still wriggling, as if trying to escape.
Fortunately, I was prepared. I took out the locust tree branch that I had cut off when the witch hanged herself.
Then, I pressed the locust tree branch firmly onto the cloth bag, while shouting:
"Use this piece of wood as a token, and let the evil energy return to its place! Suppress it!"
My grandfather told me that locust trees are considered yin and easily attract ghosts.
What's more, these are branches of a locust tree from which someone hanged himself!
But at this moment I did the opposite, using it as a suppressive object. It was imbued with the resentment of the sorceress, and when she saw the object that had hanged her, that resentment suddenly erupted!
The two opposing forces of resentment immediately clashed!
The bag's struggles noticeably lessened the next moment.
Seeing that my method worked, I quickly took out a blank talisman paper.
He bit his middle finger, his face pale.
"Damn it, if this keeps up, I'll either be killed by a ghost or bleed to death!"
I cursed inwardly, and then used my pure Yang blood to quickly draw a complex "Six Ding Six Jia Locking Evil Talisman" on it!
After I finished drawing, I breathed a sigh of relief and then slammed the talisman paper onto the mouth of the cloth bag.
"Six Jia Heavenly Gods, Six Ding Earthly Gods. Lock away evil and seal souls, do not disobey! So be it!"
The blood talisman shone brightly, like a red-hot branding iron, completely sealing the opening of the bag, and the heart-stopping struggle finally subsided.
Li Huai and Ge Wang collapsed to the ground, clutching their necks and gasping for breath, with a shocking purplish-black ligature mark left on their necks.
They both looked at me, their eyes filled with lingering fear and gratitude.
"It's truly a case of the old waves pushing the new waves forward."
After a pause, old man Ge Wang spoke in a hoarse voice.
He felt somewhat ashamed at that moment.
When I first arrived, he said something like, "A young man with no experience is unreliable," which is utter nonsense.
Looking back now, I realize I've wasted my entire life!
Faced with this evil rice dumpling, they not only had no power to fight back, but also became a burden!
On the other hand, I can say that I single-handedly pulled them all back from the brink of death.
Thinking of this, old man Ge Wang felt even more ashamed.
I actually saw his lips move slightly, and then a few barely audible words reached my ears:
"Chen Yan, you do have some skill. I underestimated you before!"
Clearly, he was quite emotional after surviving the ordeal.
Seeing this, I quickly shook my head:
"Uncle Ge, don't underestimate yourself. Without the help of you all, I wouldn't have been able to suppress this evil spirit."
Li Huai, who had also recovered by this time, stood up, patted Old Ge's slightly hunched body, and comforted him:
"Ahem, Brother Yan is right. Besides, a hero needs three helpers. Without us, he couldn't have sent this evil spirit away all by himself."
Seeing that Old Man Ge Wang's emotions had gradually stabilized, I wiped the cold sweat from my forehead and then looked at Luo Tianhe beside me.
At this moment, he stared blankly at the sky, clearly still immersed in lingering fear.
I pulled him up.
"What's wrong? Why are you so scared? It's just a ghost."
Luo Tianhe was on the verge of tears, and said in a trembling voice:
"I was attacked by a ghost before, and I didn't have any ability to resist, so there's nothing to say about it."
"But just now, I was wearing Zhong Kui's costume, and I could feel the righteous energy within my body. But when I encountered that evil spirit, she grabbed me by the neck and hung me up."
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