Chapter 67: Purging the Evil Altar

Except for Mount Tai, which has been successively enfeoffed by dynasties since the Ancestral Dragon Huangdi performed the Fengshan sacrifices, rising to the status of an emperor, the highest rank for all other mountains under heaven is merely that of a "King," or perhaps titles like Duke, Marquis, or Count.

Although Yushan is listed as an orthodox sacrifice and has official rites established in Yushan County, Dexing County, and even Xinzhou, the Jiangnan Xi Dao Xing Sheng has too many mountain ranges and hills; every one that can be named has its own sacrifices.

Throughout the dynasties, there have been too many people and gods with historical allusions and deeds; some were discarded and some were established. Yushan only gained the status of an official sacrifice over two hundred years ago, so its foundation is considered shallow, incomparable to those great gods who developed alongside civilization.

Given its status, being promoted to "Emperor" by the Chang Sheng Xie Jiao is naturally a case of virtue not matching the position, a backlash of "committing a crime against Heaven."

This evil Mountain God, raised within the spirit tablet of the Dharma Altar, is tyrannical, terrifying, and sinister...

The so-called "Chang Sheng Sect Yushan Centipede Dragon Manifestation Emperor" is clearly just the Yushan Mountain God with a portion of its spirituality severed, infected by filthy sacrifices.

Xu Jia knew this Centipede Dragon could not be released, otherwise the sacrifice of the old man just now would have been in vain.

He immediately raised his hand-blade again and struck the evil spirit with another blow!

The Evil Master felt a chill again, sensing a crisis ahead but unable to see the enemy's location, and was already extremely terrified. In his heart, he wondered when he had provoked such a powerful enemy? Those Yin Demons raised in the altar, circling and protecting the surroundings based on the Yin Demon Flag, were different from lonely souls and wild ghosts; they were refined from the terrifying thoughts and evil intentions within bloody sacrifices, entrusting the Evil Master's own original thoughts. They were formless and shadowless, only visible in the Dharma Realm as layers upon layers, like heavy black gauze curtains.

The Mountain of Knives Hell Military Officials surrounded the Daoist, pressing in step by step. Twelve of them in total blocked the eight flag gates, the paths of life and death, and the six directions of heaven and earth, never giving him a chance to escape.

Then, they tightened the encirclement together, the Military Officials holding sharp blades to cut the Yin Demons.

These Yin Demons broke upon contact with the blades, but the next moment they pieced themselves back together, simultaneously converging and transforming into even more terrifying Demon Kings and Demon Heads.

Then another invisible blade descended. The Daoist, born a savage, had keen perception and rolled on the ground again.

But Xu Jia's blade was not aimed at him. One blade struck the Centipede Dragon, which was still raging in vain; its head fell to the blade, and the headless centipede body twitched incessantly, as streams of black-green poisonous blood spread through the Dharma Realm, withering the surrounding vegetation.

The dragon head still moved, the old man's face upon it emitting painful groans, but it was seized by the Mountain of Knives Hell Military Officials. They chopped the dragon head vertically, splitting it in two, and extracted a pill from the dragon's brain. This was the "Centipede Pearl," also known as the "Wind Calming Pill." Two Knife Mountain evil ghosts then cut off the dragon horns to offer to the Altar Master later.

Having dealt with this Dharma Altar Shen, it was much easier for Xu Jia to finish off the Evil Master this time.

Xu Jia chanted a spell; this was not any other spell, but the "Tianpeng Curse" after the Lushan Method absorbed the Northern Emperor Method.

It was perfectly suited for this Knife Mountain Hell Method. Xu Jia visualized the Divine Transformation, red energy entering from the crown of the head, inhaling divine clouds, swallowing saliva three times, and forming three gods: one god crouching like the Great General Tianpeng, and two gods standing in attendance on the left and right.

The next moment, an inexplicable divine might was revealed. Xu Jia stood up from the chair on the altar, held his hand-blade, and commanded: "Tianpeng, Tianpeng, Tong Sha Yuan Jiu, collapse all ghosts, descend, Divine Blade!"

He struck another blow, and the Daoist no longer felt the chill; his "Primordial Spirit" had already been restrained.

The Evil Master was still looking left and right; after the Centipede Dragon was killed, he intended to flee deeper into the mountain cave.

Suddenly, his body stiffened. The next moment, a line of blood appeared on his neck, and immediately after, his head slid off. There was no gushing blood, and the Yin Demons the Evil Master had refined all pounced on him.

As for Xu Jia, he had only issued the task of "Purging the Evil Altar" before withdrawing the Tianpeng Divine Transformation.

Purging the Evil Altar was simply a one-sided slaughter. There were no twists and turns here, like the Evil Master running away or a Chang Sheng Sect Saintess suddenly popping out.

Xu Jia had calculated it long ago; after tonight, if the Evil Master had a chance to turn things around, it would be difficult to catch and kill him. Now that Xu Jia had climbed the Knife Mountain and beaten the Nine Altars with such fanfare, if he still let him run away, Xu Jia would not be able to be a Lushan Grand Master and would have lived his life in vain.

Soon, all items of the evil altar were destroyed, and the Knife Mountain evil ghosts returned to the altar in an instant.

Xu Jia withdrew from the altar and dispersed the Mountain of Knives Hell illusion, letting the Mountain of Knives Hell evil ghosts return to their nest. This time it was a freebie; originally, he should have set up sacrifices and burned Jade Emperor Money to pay for their deployment, so he would have to settle it next time.

Xu Jia flipped the table and stepped off the altar. Niu Congcong asked curiously: "Is it over? What about that Evil Master?"

Hu Jinhua pointed to the corner: "He's over there!"

It turned out that Xu Jia had already captured the Evil Master's soul.

The Evil Master's soul had already been refined into a "Yin Demon" through evil methods. After death, the Yin Demon "deformed," completely becoming a mountain demon evil spirit, but after being struck by the blade, its "root of nature" was severed, leaving only an empty shell here without independent thought.

As for the "Wind Calming Pill," it was just a red bead the size of a soybean. The so-called dragon horns, attached from the Dharma Realm to physical materials, were just two withered branches.

However, they were very useful. Xu Jia picked up the Wind Calming Pearl; this object had a miraculous effect on "wind diseases," and because it was nurtured by a portion of the Yushan Mountain God's spirituality, it could be considered to have gathered the spirituality of heaven and earth.

It was suitable for refining Magic Tools and embedding them into something.

As for the two withered dragon horn branches, they were not the horns of a proper Feng Shui Dragon Vein, but they were still good materials for refining Magic Tools, or could be used as Feng Shui suppression objects in the home.

Xu Jia called Hu Jinhua over: "I just destroyed the opponent's evil altar, but these Military Officials have limited ability to carry physical objects. Your movements are light; go quickly for me and fetch the Evil Master's Magic Tools and Dharma manuals. Go and return quickly."

Hu Jinhua nodded and accepted the order! Xu Jia then said to the "Duowen" and "Guangmu" little ghosts who had returned to the altar with the Mountain of Knives Hell evil ghosts: "You two helped the tyrant before, but fortunately you did not commit any major mistakes. Now my altar needs people to drive; are you willing to work for me?"

The two little ghosts babbled, unable to speak clearly.

But they were likely willing; if they weren't, there was nothing they could do. Did they think they could leave after coming here?

As for this Evil Master's Yin Demon Primordial Spirit, how should it be disposed of?

Xu Jia frowned, thought about it, and finally decided to "burn it and be done with it."

Ordinary flames could not burn a Yin Demon; only "Sun True Fire" could.

That is, taking the flame from the sunlight at noon, lighting litchi wood, and burning it.

The easiest way to get the flame was a magnifying glass, but where could he find one here? He could only find nine mirrors, gather the sunlight into one place, raise the Nine Yang Qi, and then ignite some flammable tinder.

(End of chapter)