Chapter 296: Suppression

Only after all the wronged souls and evil ghosts had vanished did the Ji Family Elders present heave a sigh of relief and slowly retract their True Qi.

"Young Friend Lingyun, how is our Young Master's condition now?" one of the old men asked softly.

Given the aura Lingyun had just displayed, which was in no way inferior to their own, not a single Ji Family Elder present dared to treat him as a junior; instead, they spoke to him as an equal.

"The current problem is resolved, but this is merely the beginning. After all, the balance within his body has been broken. If this balance cannot be readjusted, this situation will only occur frequently, and each time it will be more severe than the last," Lingyun said, retracting the Purification Light and speaking slowly.

"This... is there really no way to thoroughly resolve this matter?" one of the Elders asked.

"The World-Extinguishing Blood Curse is not something that can be easily resolved. Even those at the Golden Core Stage would not necessarily dare to touch such a thing," Lingyun said, shrugging. "If the balance had not yet been destroyed, I might have had a way to resolve it, but now that the balance is broken, things have become troublesome."

Hearing Lingyun's words, the expressions of the Ji Family Elders present turned grim. These few individuals had been by Ji Haoyue's side since he was small; their feelings for him were no different from those for their own children. Now that their "child" had fallen into danger due to an attack by a Ghost General under the Black Mountain Oni King, how could they not be furious? They all silently marked the Black Mountain Oni King in their hearts, waiting to settle the debt in the future.

"Cough, cough..." Ji Haoyue, lying on the bed, let out a light cough.

The Ji Family Elders felt a surge of joy and quickly gathered around the bed.

"Young Master, how are you feeling now?"

"Young Master, are you feeling better?"

"..."

Ji Haoyue waved his hand slightly and said weakly, "I have worried you Elders; Haoyue is not in any serious trouble."

"Are you sure you're really fine?" Lingyun looked indifferently at Ji Haoyue lying on the bed. "With your current body, if you toss and turn a few more times, then only an immortal descending to the mortal world could save you."

"This..." Lingyun's words made the expressions of everyone present turn ugly.

"Brother Ling, since you know my situation, why must you state it so bluntly?" Ji Haoyue sighed and said.

"If it weren't because you are one of the few friends Chen Jing has, I wouldn't bother touching such troublesome things," Lingyun rolled his eyes.

"Does that mean, Young Friend Lingyun, you have a way to deal with the curse on our Young Master?" a Ji Family Elder said with pleasant surprise.

"Without sufficient preparation, dealing with it is not an easy matter. Moreover, given Ji Haoyue's current physical condition, even if I resolved the World-Extinguishing Blood Curse, he would basically be crippled," Lingyun said. "What I can do now is to temporarily suppress the World-Extinguishing Blood Curse, and wait until his body is recuperated before taking action to deal with the blood curse."

"We ask that you please take action to save our Young Master. Regardless of the outcome, our Ji Family will certainly reward you handsomely," the lead Ji Family Elder said, cupping his hands toward Lingyun.

"Hmm, you all step back," Lingyun said indifferently.

Everyone present retreated a distance. Lingyun gave a light shout and began to mobilize the Source Power within his body with all his might. In an instant, the Heaven and Earth Origin Qi erupted, surging madly toward Lingyun's direction and forming a massive Origin Qi vortex around him. Everyone present watched this scene, dumbfounded; such a display was something even a Golden Core Stage powerhouse might not necessarily be able to produce.

Lingyun extended a finger and began to trace runes in the Void. Countless Heaven and Earth Origin Qi gathered beneath his finger, subsequently condensing into streaks of runes.

"This, this is... Void Rune Condensation?" The Ji Family Elders looked at each other in dismay.

The skill of Void Rune Condensation was not something an ordinary person could achieve; generally speaking, only Golden Core Stage powerhouses could do this. Yet Lingyun was only at the Innate stage, and he was still able to perform Void Rune Condensation. This made all the Ji Family Elders present think of the legendary profession of Rune Master.

However, Void Rune Condensation was only the beginning. As Lingyun's finger moved continuously, one rune after another appeared in the Void, quietly floating around Lingyun. Moreover, regarding these runes, the Ji Family Elders indicated that they could only understand a small number of them; they had never seen the rest. Yet, without exception, these runes radiated an aura that made one feel palpitations.

After drawing exactly forty-nine runes, a sharp glint flashed in Lingyun's eyes. His Dharma Seal changed, and the speed at which his finger slid through the Void suddenly increased. Streaks of lines that appeared extremely simple appeared beneath his finger.

"This fluctuation is... an Array?" A flash of astonishment crossed Su Ye's eyes. In his view, the fact that Lingyun was proficient in runes was already surprising; he never expected Lingyun to also be an Array Master.

Although this Array was not yet complete, everyone present felt that the power within their bodies seemed to be suppressed by some interference. If this Array were completed, it would likely be enough to suppress an Innate powerhouse into an ordinary person. At the same time, everyone present was also puzzled, wondering why Lingyun had started drawing an Array again after finishing the runes.

"Array complete!"

As Lingyun finished the final stroke of the Array, the Heaven and Earth Origin Qi in the Void poured continuously into the Array, forming an Origin Qi vortex in front of Lingyun. Several minutes later, the Origin Qi vortex dissipated, and a three-inch square Array appeared before Lingyun. Though the Array was small, the aura it radiated made everyone present feel a sense of palpitations.

Looking at the Array before him, Lingyun nodded slightly, then lifted his hands in the Void, and the Array in his hands instantly expanded to a size of one zhang. The runes floating in the Void seemed to be attracted by some force, falling onto the Array one by one. The forty-nine runes landed precisely into the forty-nine gaps of the Array.

After all the runes were inlaid, the Array vibrated slightly and then shrank back to the size of a palm. This scene caused everyone present to gasp; the Array was already powerful enough, and now that forty-nine powerful runes had been added, one could only imagine how ferocious this Array would be. Yet this also showed, from another perspective, the power of the World-Extinguishing Blood Curse, that even such a ferocious Array could only temporarily suppress it.

Looking at the Array in his hand, Lingyun gently wiped the sweat from his forehead. Combining runes and an Array to form a brand-new suppression Array was also a highly exhausting task for Lingyun.

"Go!"

Lingyun waved his hand, and the Array in his hand floated lightly toward Ji Haoyue, subsequently sinking into his body in an instant. The moment the Array entered Ji Haoyue's body, everyone present felt that the situation where Ji Haoyue might go berserk at any moment had vanished.

"This Array can completely suppress the power of the World-Extinguishing Blood Curse within your body for half a year. Within this half year, your task is to properly recuperate your body. If your luck is good enough that I can gather the items needed to break the World-Extinguishing Blood Curse within half a year, I can help you resolve this big trouble directly," Lingyun said indifferently. "Of course, that is on the condition that you do not encounter anything else that can trigger the World-Extinguishing Blood Curse within your body again."

"I understand," Ji Haoyue nodded.