Chapter 319

"Whoosh..."

Lin Jue blew away the dust in the room.

This place was a post house in Jinping City, originally only for passing officials and those on official business. But at this time, there were no officials in the city, and there were not even a few people on the street. The post house was also unattended, so the group simply stayed here, and those yaoguai corpses were placed at the entrance of the post house.

"Cough, cough..."

Lin Jue cleared his throat; the dust in the room was slightly heavy.

The news that Jinping County had been invaded by yaoguai only reached the capital yesterday, but the yaoguai arrived here before that thunderstorm. It was unknown how long this room had been unoccupied.

Unexpectedly, the fox beside him tilted its head and actually imitated him, making a coughing sound in its mouth.

It was just that Lin Jue was clearing his throat, while it sounded like a cough.

This little thing really didn't know the ways of the world and had no worries. I fear that in its view, today, from the duck herder to the wolf general, and then to that withered yaoguai, the three consecutive battles and fights were just ordinary things. Once they passed, they were completely forgotten, and it went back to playing as usual.

This point was like an ordinary animal.

Lin Jue glanced at it but didn't say anything, just picked up the large spear placed nearby.

This was the silver spear used by the wolf yaoguai.

This silver spear seemed to be slightly longer than Lord Luo's, and its thickness was about the same. It felt cold and heavy in his hand, heavier than Lord Luo's.

There seemed to be some mystery within it.

Lin Jue held the long spear and stabbed it into the ground.

"Thud!"

He didn't use much force, but because the long spear was too heavy and the spearhead was very sharp, it easily pierced the wooden floor and stabbed into the mud below.

However, about a breath later, Lin Jue had just lifted the spearhead—

With a hiss, black smoke suddenly emerged from the ground!

The black smoke dissipated, and the wooden floor was riddled with holes.

"Eh?"

Lin Jue held the long spear and pondered.

In that instant just now, it seemed that a burst of yin-cold energy was injected into the ground from the spearhead. Only a breath later, this yin-cold energy expanded rapidly and penetrated the floor.

Before Lin Jue practiced, he could faintly see the five Qi of heaven and earth. Now his cultivation could barely be called profound. Placed in other mountain gates or Daoist temples, he was at least at the level of an old Daoist with good talent who had practiced hard for decades. Even placed at Fuqiu Peak, he should have already surpassed his second and third senior brothers who were in their thirties or forties. Such obvious yin-cold energy naturally could not escape his eyes.

This could explain it—

Although Lord Luo entered the Dao through martial arts and was immune to yin evil, many yin-yang spells that were not direct attacks were of little use to him, but he had not reached the level of being indestructible.

If the power that could destroy the floor hit him, he would certainly still suffer serious injuries. It was just that this long spear first injected yin-cold energy and then used it to harm the opponent, and Lord Luo's scorching blood energy happened to restrain it. Once this yin-cold energy was gone, it naturally extinguished.

If it were an ordinary person or an ordinary martial artist, it would truly be as the duck herder said: one stab would mean death.

And this yin-cold energy should have come from the wolf yaoguai.

Just now, after stabbing once, Lin Jue clearly felt that the yin-cold energy in the spear had decreased a bit. He didn't know if, if someone else used it, they would turn this yin-cold energy into some other Qi, and whether the mystery in this spear would disappear or turn into some other mystery.

Lin Jue shook his head and put the spear aside.

This spear should belong to Lord Luo.

Then he picked up the lantern magic staff again.

The lantern was still lit.

The firelight in this lantern seemed to require no magical power and burned forever. Its brightness was about the same as an ordinary lantern or stone lantern, and it seemed there was a candle flame inside that never went out.

Lin Jue held the lantern and blew gently.

"Whoosh~~"

Suddenly, a few red sparks were blown out, turning into lantern flowers, floating forward for a distance before landing leisurely on the ground.

The wooden floor suddenly emitted a few puffs of white smoke.

"It's burning!"

The fox opened its mouth and said from the side.

However, after a moment, the white smoke dissipated, leaving a few black spots and small pits on the wooden floor.

"The power is indeed not small."

Lin Jue rolled up his sleeves and looked at his arms.

Even now, he still had burn marks on his body, far more than just this one on his arm.

Plus the hit from this lantern...

I fear it will take some time to recover.

Actually, his "Staff-Sending" had already entered the introductory stage, but firstly, the method of Staff-Sending could not transfer the disaster of thunder and fire, and secondly, he needed to use spiritual wood, and he was reluctant to waste it.

"This thing..."

Lin Jue knew this was a good thing.

It was just that this thing, whether as a magic treasure or a weapon, was not very suitable for him, and for a moment, he didn't know how to arrange it.

After thinking for a while, he just put it aside and turned to open the cloth bag, taking out two things.

A lotus night-watch lamp and an ancient book.

Lin Jue looked at the twilight outside the window and closed it. When he turned back, the fox seemed to know what he was going to do and had already jumped onto the table, walked close to the night-watch lamp, and blew a breath.

Lamp-Lighting Art!

The night-watch lamp lit up immediately.

"Many thanks."

Lin Jue smiled, sat back at the table, and opened the ancient book.

Sure enough, there were two more pages in the book.

Lin Jue turned directly to the end.

"Swish..."

Animal Transformation, Spray-Transformation Method. Since ancient times, there have been methods in the world for humans to turn into animals, but there are high and low levels of animal transformation methods. In the Jianghu, most are skin-and-fur animal-making methods, while yaoguai, spirits, and gods mostly use the spray-transformation method.

Spray-transformation was originally an immortal's ability. In worldly rumors, immortals can change all things by exhaling. In reality, only a few old immortals who are obsessed with the way of spray-transformation can do it. Other Daoists or True Persons often only get a fraction of the way of spray-transformation, so the things they can transform are limited.

This is a yin-yang spell. To practice this method, one needs high talent in the way of yin and yang. Besides carefully comprehending the mystery of the spell, one also needs to fully understand the animal being transformed into.

"Fully understand the animal being transformed into..."

Lin Jue was not unfamiliar with this point—

Actually, the method of carving beans into soldiers and the paper-cutting art are all like this. Lin Jue and his third senior brother both make bean soldiers and armored soldiers because they are humans themselves and understand humans well enough. And Master Hua can make donkeys and horses because he is not a human himself and has lived long enough to understand donkeys and horses well enough, so when he makes donkeys and horses, he neither makes mistakes nor lacks spirituality.

And the reason the duck herder could turn people into ducks, I think, is because he is a duck spirit himself.

"Fully understand the animal being transformed into..."

Lin Jue recited another sentence, holding the ancient book, and suddenly thought of something. He turned his head and looked at Fuyao.

The fox was lying on its side on the table, grabbing its own tail and licking it attentively. Sensing his gaze, it couldn't help but turn its head and look at him strangely.

After pondering for a moment, it let go of its tail and extended it toward Lin Jue.

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"No need."

Lin Jue retracted his gaze and turned another page.

"Swish..."

Gibberish, one of the Four Methods of Beichen.

The so-called Four Methods of Beichen: Advising you to frown, advising you to be happy, gibberish, and reciting poems and singing songs, and abdominal cramps and diarrhea. It was created by True Person Beichen in his spare time, originally used to tease his disciples. He didn't take it seriously, but unexpectedly, after it spread, it became popular for a time and was often used by Daoists to tease people and show off their own magical power.

The first three all have the effect of blocking spell chanting.

This is Gibberish, also known as Reciting Poems and Singing Songs.

"Still missing one."

Lin Jue closed the ancient book.

Added to the increased merit, this was the harvest of eliminating the yaoguai today.

However, the harvest didn't stop there.

Lin Jue turned his head and looked at his own fox, and it was still lying on the table, twisting its head to lick its tail.

"Have you learned how to turn small and turn into a bird?"

"Ying?" The fox saw him talking to it and raised its head from its busy schedule to answer him, "Drank it, but still can't!"

"Is it hard to learn?"

"Turning small is simple! Turning into a bird is hard to learn!" The fox said, "Turning small is something the fox itself can do!"

"Then you learn first, and remember to teach me when you learn it."

"Ying?"

When the fox heard this, it was stunned: "I teach you?"

"Yes."

"I teach you?"

The fox's two amber-like eyes widened.

"Yes, you be my teacher."

"I be your teacher?"

When the fox heard this, its eyes widened again, and its pupils also had a clear dilation movement.

"Why? Not okay?"

"Okay!"

The fox nodded repeatedly, but still couldn't help but look at him: "I teach you? Be your teacher? You follow me to learn?"

Lin Jue couldn't help but laugh when he saw it like this.

What came to his mind was when he had just picked it up on Fuqiu Peak. It had been eating the food cooked by the senior brothers. When it first tasted the noodles he cooked, it was just like this: tasting one bite and its eyes widening, unable to believe it, tasting another bite and its eyes widening again.

Unknowingly, so much time had passed.

Lin Jue stopped sighing, nodded, and said to it: "Yes, I follow you to learn."

"!"

The fox immediately held its breath, eyes widened, head tilted back, making an extremely shocked expression.

In its view, the Daoist is the adult, and it is the little one. From childhood to adulthood, it was always the Daoist teaching it, and it was it following the Daoist to learn. When could it actually teach the Daoist?

And the Daoist wants to follow it to learn things?

Isn't this the other way around?

This is truly rare!

Rare, rare! The fox is shocked!

"Then I will learn to turn small first! Teach you first!" The fox said hurriedly, "Wait until I learn to turn into a bird! Then teach you!"

"And earth escape and water entry."

"And earth escape and water entry!"

The fox's expression was serious, even more nervous than Lin Jue.

Lin Jue smiled and didn't say anything.

And the harvest didn't stop there.

There were others, whether it was the reward money, the food for the food-eating ghosts, or the breath he let out at the Guanxing Palace, all had to wait until he returned to the capital to be paid.

The daylight outside had completely darkened. The post house where they stayed was basically empty, and there was nothing to eat. However, there were people who stopped fleeing the city because of their arrival. At this time, they either sent some of the only food left in their homes to them, or brought more precious chicken, fish, and pork, all cooked half-done, like sacrificial meat, and sent it to the post house.

Lin Jue finished his meal and went to check on Lord Luo, then returned to light the night-watch lamp and study the spells all night.

At this time, Jinping County was quiet.

Originally, their staying here also had the intention of preventing the Leopard King from suffering heavy losses here and perhaps jumping over the wall in desperation, returning here to take revenge. Unexpectedly, for several nights, Jinping County was so quiet.

(End of chapter)