Chapter 669 Modern Ghost World 3
Following this command, a dazzling red light flashed the moment the talisman paper touched the blue brick.
The talisman on the talisman paper instantly enveloped the entire room.
The lightning patterns in the talisman seemed to come alive, transforming into countless tiny arcs of electricity, and immediately began to attack as soon as the wandering soul was discovered.
Lightning flashed, and no matter where the wandering soul hid, it was instantly surrounded by lightning.
Like a mosquito being hit by an electric fly swatter, a "sizzling" sound was made instantly.
A puff of black smoke came out of it.
After the black smoke floated out, several distorted human faces burst out, and each face uttered curses in a different tone. The voices intertwined together, making people shudder.
But these curses were soon ruthlessly torn apart by the lightning, and in the end, only a wisp of gray mist remained of the wandering soul, slowly dissipating in the air.
Looking at the door sill again, the house-warding talisman had been completely burned.
The gloomy wind gradually subsided, and a ray of bright moonlight suddenly leaked through the clouds, shining on the talisman.
The results of this experiment were quite good, and I now have another way to deal with ghosts in the future.
However, the power of this house-guarding talisman was still slightly insufficient. It lost its effect after only destroying one wandering soul.
Chu Hongyou pondered in his mind, wondering if it could be improved by combining it with the talismans of cultivation.
As she was thinking, she placed the objects used to protect the house in the temple in their original positions.
After finishing all this, Chu Hongyue returned to her room to rest again, hoping that those ignorant ghosts would come again so that she could leave the Taoist temple to practice Taoism.
That night, I don’t know if the ghosts had communicated with each other, but the only ones who came to cause trouble were the wandering soul and a wolf demon at the beginning.
The wandering soul was easily eliminated, and the wolf demon finally fled in a panic.
Chu Hongyou did not chase after him. After all, it was late at night, and with her current level of skills, if she chased him into the deep mountains and forests, she would definitely be in trouble.
I'd better wait until my cultivation level improves a bit before considering this matter.
Early in the morning, as soon as it was light, Chu Hongyou got up early, burned incense to his master, and then started his morning lessons.
At this moment, a tit fluttered its wings and fell into the pavilion. There were dew on the tips of its wings, and a piece of dry old pine needle in its mouth.
Amber resin oozes out from the root of the pine needles, condensing into a drop, like a crystal tear.
The titmouse placed pine needles on the doorstep and made a short chirp, its voice full of panic.
Chu Hongyou squatted down and gently picked up the pine needles with two fingers.
The needle trembled slightly at her fingertips, and the drop of resin fell down, leaving a very thin scorch mark on the blue brick.
The scorch marks were winding and extended straight toward the southwest outside the temple, like a road that had been burned by fire.
"It's an old pine tree." Chu Hongyu murmured softly.
Ever since the spiritual energy flowed back, the world has undergone tremendous changes.
Not only did ghosts and monsters revive, but many spirits in the mountains and wilds also cultivated and became spirits, each gaining opportunities.
These spirits have different personalities. Some do evil like ghosts, while others devote themselves to cultivation.
This old pine tree and the tit are spirits who are devoted to cultivation and have a deep connection with the master and disciple of Songyun Temple.
Now that the old pine tree is obviously in danger, Chu Hongyou naturally has to go to rescue it.
Chu Hongyou gave the tit a name, Aruan.
Aruan flew around her head and then landed back on the threshold, pecking at the burnt mark with the tip of its beak, urging her eagerly.
Chu Hongyu asked A Ruan to wait for a moment, turned around and went back to the room, took out all the magical tools that might be used from the space, and put them away.
He pinned the burnt pine needle behind his ear, picked up the bag containing the magic tools, and walked out the door.
Seeing this, A Ruan immediately flew to the front, as if leading the way for her, or as if constantly urging her on.
When we were almost there, we could see the thousand-year-old pine tree standing in the windward place from afar.
Most of its crown is already bare, and blood-like resin is flowing from the cracks in the trunk, tightly wrapped by a wisp of gray mist.
The mist was extremely fine, yet it seemed to have life, moving in and out along the cracks in the bark. Every time it moved, a piece of pine needle would fall.
Although Lao Song couldn't move, he sensed Chu Hongyue's aura and immediately sent a message to her: "Root...bind...save..."
Chu Hongyou stopped and thought about the message from the old pine tree.
"Roots, bound", combined with the current situation, it seems that the roots of the old pine tree are bound.
She immediately squatted down and reached out to push away the wet soil.
This old pine tree has been growing here for a long time, and its roots have spread far away. Its roots must also be at the place where it is now.
After digging for a while, a piece of pine root was indeed revealed.
However, the bad news was that when Chu Hongyue dug to the tree roots, a black line was tightly attached to the roots, which was constantly sucking the essence of the old pine tree.
Chu Hongyou knew that this was a Yin silk thread.
She raised her hand and held the Xiaoqian Sword tightly in her hand.
The blood symbol "Dou Mu Hui" engraved on the sword's spine emitted a bright golden light under the stimulation of magic power, and the sword body made of copper coins also trembled slightly.
Chu Hongyou quickly made a hand gesture with his left hand and shook his right wrist. Under the stimulation of the hand gesture, the copper coin in front flew out instantly and was accurately nailed on the Yin silk.
Copper overcomes Yin iron, and the Yin wire breaks into two pieces in an instant.
The piece of silk that bound the old pine tree was burned so badly that a wisp of green smoke came out and disappeared without a trace.
She used her spiritual sense to explore along the dark thread, and saw that at the end of the dark thread, the mist condensed into a gray-white lantern.
This is the soul of the Painted Skin Master extracting Lao Song's intelligence.
The gray-white lantern was hanging in the air. The side of the lantern facing the red glaze should have been blank, but now words were being written on it slowly, stroke by stroke.
It was like invisible nails scratching on paper, making a creepy sound.
At this point, only the last two strokes are left, and the character "松" will be fully formed.
With each stroke, the main root of the old pine tree would make a cracking sound, and thick resin would gushed out like blood, flowing down along the rough bark.
Seeing this, Aruan let out an urgent "chirp" and flapped his wings to rush forward and peck at the lantern.
Before it flew up, Chu Hongyue quickly gathered it back into her sleeve and whispered, "Don't touch it, you'll be swallowed up immediately if you touch it."
The light in the lantern suddenly dimmed.
The branches of the old pine tree trembled, like a person who was tied up in a tight rope and suddenly felt a sense of relief.
At this moment, Lao Song's intermittent voice came into Chu Hongyou's mind again, clearer than before.
"Bone...lamp...at the bottom of the well..."
Hongyue's eyebrows jumped suddenly, and she asked hurriedly, "Bone lamp at the bottom of the well? Could it be that your roots have been dragged into the well of Songyun Temple?"
The pine needles swayed gently, giving a positive answer.
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