Chapter 25: The Golden Wind Sect Attacks

Gu Zhao, who was cultivating next door, glanced back in this direction, feeling that the demonic power emanating from the main bedroom seemed different from how the white fox usually cultivated; it was somewhat like someone casting a spell.

Moreover, the feeling from the embroiderer was also off; her aura seemed to have merged with the white fox's demonic power and was slowly strengthening.

"What a miraculous power, directly enhancing one's own energy," Gu Zhao suppressed his aura and frowned, thinking, "Could it be that the white fox is leaving too, and this is a final blessing she is bestowing upon the embroiderer before departing?"

Thinking of this, Gu Zhao nodded as well. "Before I leave, I will also leave them some Great Star Talismans. This world seems quite dangerous, but in fact, it is not safe at all; two Great Star Talismans are still too few."

Just then, Gu Zhao's eyes shifted, and he turned his head to look toward the village entrance.

From the direction of the official road at the village entrance, three wads of black smoke merged into the night, rolling in, interspersed with faint seductive whispers, ghostly wails, and cackling laughter.

"Searched for so long, turns out you are here!"

"You actually killed Old Ghost Qi! Today I will definitely extract your soul and refine your spirit, making you unable to seek life and unable to seek death!"

"Fu Xixi, sister is kind-hearted; as long as you hand over the divine statue, I will grant you a quick death!"

Gu Zhao suddenly rose. "Are they here for me?"

The black smoke the opponent displayed, along with the faintly permeating eerie ghostly qi, was very similar to the ghost creature he had killed with the Palm Thunder a few days ago.

At the same time, as the opponent recklessly released their aura, the Five Thunder Talisman in Gu Zhao's sea of consciousness kept shaking, warning that the opponent carried evil qi and was no good person.

"Three came at once, and none of them are good people."

Gu Zhao's eyes flickered; his figure suddenly vanished and then suddenly reappeared, and a belt hanging with many small pouches appeared at his waist. Paired with his ancient-style clothing, the style could not be said to be completely mismatched, but it was certainly unconventional.

"Just right, let's test the effects of these new spells and new talismans!"

Just as Gu Zhao finished thinking, he saw the three wads of black smoke rush straight toward the courtyard where he was located. From the leading wad of black smoke came a ferocious voice: "Dead fox, come out!"

Gu Zhao:???

"Yi—"

A sharp scream rang out; the sound waves spread, and the heads of everyone sleeping soundly in the mountain village instantly went blank, immediately falling into a deep sleep from which they absolutely would not wake before dawn the next morning.

The next moment, a crisp female voice suddenly sounded beside Gu Zhao's ear. "Gu Zhao, quickly block them! I am in the process of forming a contract with the embroiderer and cannot tolerate external interference."

"What is 'forming a contract'?" Gu Zhao looked completely confused, then reacted. "Are you Little White? You can speak now?"

Although Gu Zhao now had a head full of question marks, it did not affect his actions; besides, he originally knew the white fox was bestowing a blessing upon the embroiderer, he just didn't know this casting process was called 'forming a contract'.

Dealing with these three people, he had already prepared just now.

So, just as those three wads of black smoke entered the village, separated, and approached the small courtyard from three directions, a figure flashed in the side room of the courtyard, then leaped up onto the roof of the main bedroom.

"Hmm?"

"Someone else?"

"A little mage?"

Seeing Gu Zhao appear, the three wads of black smoke stopped after entering the courtyard, then slowly dispersed, revealing the figures within.

The person on the east stood on the wall; he was an old man wearing brocade clothes, but he was hunched over, tilting his head and squinting, holding a cane in his hand, looking Gu Zhao up and down.

The black smoke from the northwest settled on the old tree in the courtyard, revealing a child less than a meter tall, with a topknot braid, wearing a white belly-band, with red-painted cheeks, and adorned with gold and silver bracelets.

The person from the southwest was the closest; Gu Zhao saw a flash of bright red, and then a seductive woman wearing a golden dangling hairpin and red-gold gauze, with a glimpse of snow-white long legs visible from the side, slowly walked out of the black smoke.

"The Golden Wind Divine Sect is conducting business; if you don't want to die, get lost!" The child's voice, however, sounded hoarse and ferocious.

Gu Zhao raised an eyebrow; it was actually the Golden Wind Sect.

Did that not mean they were actually the same gang as that green-robed female ghost he had first met?

Seeing Gu Zhao say nothing, the old man twisted the cane in his hand, looked Gu Zhao up and down, chuckled, and then laughed in a shrill voice. "Little brat, are you from the Spirit Court?"

"Whether you are or not doesn't matter; I have taken a liking to this little mage." The red-robed woman's voice was the only one that sounded normal, but her words sounded quite off. "After I enjoy myself and suck him dry, I will hand him over to you."

"Stop wasting words; that fox is forming a contract with the person inside the house. Don't let her finish and run away again," the child said with a sinister voice. "I have things to do when I return!"

"It's just the primordial yin of a few female believers; a few days later won't kill anyone," the old man shook his head, then chuckled. "I almost forgot; we are already dead."

"You two go catch that fox; this little mage is mine," the red-robed woman cooed, and then her entire body seemed to transform into a streak of red silk, rolling toward Gu Zhao.

At the same time, the child and the old man also transformed into two black shadows, shooting toward the main bedroom window.

Gu Zhao couldn't help but hiss; without saying much, he acted directly. Truly very decisive!

Fortunately, I am also that kind of person.

Gu Zhao: (。-`ω´-)

"Hua-la—"

A sound of night wind rustling paper suddenly rang out, catching the red-robed woman's attention; she saw that the little mage opposite suddenly held a long strip of yellow paper in his hand.

"Wood Virtue Morning Star, Spirit of the East. Follow my nine qi, expel evil spirits."

As the words fell, a violent wind suddenly rose, thunder exploded, and a gale mixed with lightning, centered on Gu Zhao, rolled wildly in all four directions.

"Ah!"

"Lightning?"

Feeling the wind and thunder rolling toward them, the three felt their ghost bodies become unstable and immediately screamed and retreated.

At the same time, they heard the voice of that little mage opposite: "Eyes like the sun and moon, opening and closing the universe. Once the One is listed, the Four Symbols are completed. Yin and Yang transform, transforming the spirit into Shangqing."

Hearing this incantation, which was longer than the previous one and seemed even more powerful, the three changed color simultaneously.

The child clapped his hands, and the two gold bracelets on his wrists and the two silver bracelets on his ankles transformed into four streaks of flowing light, protecting his entire body.

The old man stamped his cane on the ground, and the cane transformed into a black snake, wrapping itself around him.

The red-robed woman seemed to transform into the wind and directly retreated out of the small courtyard.

But the three did not wait for the attack from this incantation; looking up at Gu Zhao, they saw that Gu Zhao's entire person seemed to suddenly become even more ethereal and unattainable, causing the three to involuntarily feel a sense of insignificance in their hearts.

What is the situation?

Gu Zhao smiled slightly, dispersed the talisman paper in his hand which had turned to ash, and explained lightly, "The Shangqing Spirit-Transforming Talisman is mainly used to empower magic power output; it counts as a damage-enhancing aura."

The three:???

Although they didn't quite understand, they knew Gu Zhao was about to unleash a big move next.

"Great Mage, this was all a misunderstanding!" the old man shrieked.

The child nodded repeatedly. "We merely came to catch that fox. She stole our sect's deity statue and ambushed our sect's Dharma Protector. The mage has nothing to do with it."

"Is that so?" Gu Zhao grinned, asking leisurely, "May I ask, is your Dharma Protector a man dressed in black, with a pale face and eyes entirely black?"

The old man and the child's faces darkened.

The next moment, they saw Gu Zhao nod, say "Then it seems correct," then form a strange gesture with his left hand while his right hand made a seal and chanted, "Heavenly thunder, earthly thunder, resound and shake all directions. Crush mountains, topple peaks, fiercely pierce the Heavenly Granary."