This was the first time I had ever seen someone else set up an array after becoming an array master.
Although I had seen Master Jin set up the setup a few times before, I didn't understand anything back then and couldn't comprehend the intricacies of it.
Looking at it now, Old Han's arrangement really makes sense:
He first mixed cinnabar with rooster blood to draw a complex array about three meters long.
The center of the array faces the door of the cold storage.
Seven peach wood stakes were driven into the ground around the array diagram according to the orientation of the Big Dipper, with only half of the stake heads exposed.
After watching with great interest for a while, I also got busy.
I found a quiet corner and, using the special cinnabar given to me by Master Han, mixed it with the blood from my tongue, carefully sketched the design on the Thunderstrike Sword.
Lei Jijian kept rambling on, saying that his divine weapon didn't need to be specially crafted with the Thunderfire Talisman; the lightning power he generated himself was enough to annihilate some evil spirits.
Then he asked me to draw the Thunderfire Talisman for him to look cooler.
It's like someone with a mental illness.
He only has a sword, and he doesn't need a mate, so why does he need to be so handsome?
After Li Huai donated his hair and blood, he hid far away, nervously watching us work, and occasionally cheering himself on. This kid was really a little scared.
As we busied ourselves, darkness gradually fell, and the area where the cold storage was located was cleared out.
All the staff on duty were temporarily dismissed. Only a few of us and Old Han remained in this area.
The array diagram was completed, and in the dim light, it exuded a chilling aura!
On the seven peach wood stakes, Old Han had also drawn countless talismans with black dog blood.
Finally, Han Lao evenly sprinkled quicklime around the outer edge of the array, forming a large circle. He then used a mud mixture of hearth soil and cinnabar to draw a horizontal line at the entrance of the cold storage.
As Li Huai watched, he gradually gained more confidence.
The main reason is that Elder Han seems reliable, and the formation he set up is also very beautiful.
To be honest, even I couldn't improve his formation much further.
It's almost midnight.
I looked up at the sky and listened to the sounds coming from inside the cold storage.
The strange sound I heard before now seems even more pronounced.
And at some point, a putrid, foul odor began to waft out.
With the time fast approaching, we were all on edge.
Old Han distributed the yellow cloth covered with talismans to the three of us and had us stand in the three yang positions of the array diagram, namely Zhen, Li, and Dui!
We held the yellow cloth and silently recited the simple incantation he had taught us.
Li Huai was assigned to stand outside the quicklime circle on the outer edge of the array diagram, holding a bronze mirror given to him by Elder Han, and was responsible for observing the changes in the atmosphere above the cold storage.
I stood still, holding the slightly warm lightning sword, its tip pointing diagonally at the ground.
Luo Tianhe and Zhang Qiang each gripped their money sword and police stun baton tightly.
It's not that we don't have money swords, peach wood swords, or the like.
However, the police baton itself carries a murderous aura, and combined with Zhang Qiang's identity, it also has a certain deterrent effect.
It's much better than him wearing a police uniform and awkwardly carrying a peach wood sword.
Old Han stood directly in front of the formation diagram, taking the lead!
He was facing the cold storage door, holding an old-looking copper bell and a dark ceramic jar in his hands.
Time passed by, and the temperature gradually dropped. It was unclear whether this was due to the weather or the increasing yin energy.
The cold storage room was filled with an increasingly distinct chill, and there were even some teeth-grinding scraping sounds.
And as the hands of the clock were about to coincide with the twelve o'clock position...
"Crunch, crunch..."
Inside the cold storage, a clear, twisting, and deforming sound suddenly came from the freezer that had been welded shut with metal!
It was as if the thing inside was violently impacting the cabinet wall, and the cabinet wall had already undergone huge deformation.
"Now!" Old Han shouted, a glint of light flashing in his eyes.
He shook the copper bell with his left hand. The bell rang crisply, yet it carried a strange penetrating power!
He hurled the earthenware jar at the cold storage door, and with a loud bang, the jar shattered, spilling its contents out.
"The mysteries of heaven and earth, the root of all qi, the yang fire refines the yin, evil spirits vanish! Open!"
With a low shout, the seal on the cold storage door spontaneously combusted without any wind, turning into a wisp of ashes.
The horizontal line he had drawn earlier dried up and crumbled in an instant.
"Bang!"
A dull thud suddenly came from inside the cold storage, followed by a piercing sound of metal tearing apart. We couldn't help but widen our eyes and look into the cold storage.
Several metal strips welded to the freezer door were snapped off from the inside, and the yellow cloth runes covering the freezer suddenly burst into flames.
The drawer seemed to be slowly pulled out by a tremendous force.
The formation was activated instantly!
The cinnabar lines glowed red, and the seven peach wood stakes trembled with a buzzing sound, emitting a faint yang energy that clashed fiercely with the black yin energy, producing a sizzling burning sound and puffs of white smoke.
For a moment, we felt as if we were floating on clouds in the sky, surrounded by clouds.
"Stay in place, and don't stand in the wrong spot! Recite the incantation!" Old Han shouted, his voice tinged with worry, afraid that we would be frightened by the scene and stand in the wrong place, which would be disastrous.
He underestimated us. Lu Tianhe and I are both seasoned veterans; we've seen this kind of situation at least eight or nine times, if not ten.
Zhang Qiang, however, possessed astonishing willpower. He forcefully suppressed his urge to escape and began chanting runes as instructed.
Through the churning airflow, we can see what's happening inside the cold storage.
The huge freezer drawer had already slid out completely under the immense force of the pull!
A pale blue male corpse was lying inside, its horribly swollen abdomen heaving and writhing violently!
This scene made me feel nauseous, and my stomach churned.
Luo Tianhe's expression wasn't much better; he was deathly pale.
It's not that we reacted this way, but the corpse really is quite disgusting right now.
The skin covering his abdomen had been stretched almost transparent, but countless dark red things, like blood vessels or tentacles, were clearly visible underneath, swimming wildly!
At the top of the bulge, the skin had cracked, and a thick, dark yellow liquid was constantly seeping out and dripping onto the ground.
This stuff is probably corpse oil; the rotten, foul smell we smelled earlier came from it.
At the small tear, a bluish-black hand, only the size of an infant's fist, with sharp, dark nails, was struggling to reach out from inside.
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