Chapter 145

"Monster!"

Luo Faqing's hair stood on end all over his body.

Isn't it a bloodline curse, what is this thing?

Ordinary evil objects are hard for ordinary people to see; this was his first time encountering an evil object that could manifest in front of ordinary people.

Although shocked, his reaction was not slow; his steps changed rapidly, and at the same time, he pinched a seal and chanted: "Heavenly Origin Eastern Lord, Commander of the Army, Guard the World's Soil, Protect and Combine Vital Essence... Swiftly!"

Within a breath, the talisman flew out.

Boom!

A ball of fire exploded, and scorching energy surged.

At the same time, Luo Faqing also drew the peach wood sword from behind him, pinched a seal with his left hand, and removed a token from his waist.

What gratified him was that the strange black shadow seemed to be a real shadow; once illuminated by the talisman's fire, it dissipated rapidly.

"Daoist, here!"

Before he could react, Squire Du's terrified voice came from behind him.

Luo Faqing turned his head hurriedly, only to find that the black shadow on the ground had gathered again, turning into a strange bird, pouncing toward the girl on the bed.

"Old bastard, come find me!"

Squire Du, mixed with terror and rage, swung his sword to hack.

However, the sharp long sword was like hacking into air, sliding directly through the black shadow, unable to cause it the slightest harm.

Fortunately, when the black shadow approached the bed, it was also blocked by the red ropes; the copper coins and copper bells shook in unison, and several talismans burned with a puff.

The black shadow was blocked and instantly pounced toward Squire Du again.

"Move aside!"

Luo Faqing pulled Squire Du behind him, and the peach wood sword stabbed straight out, inserting itself right into the black shadow.

But like Squire Du's, the peach wood sword seemed to be inserted into air, without the slightest obstruction to the strange black shadow.

Luo Faqing was not panicked, the magic seal he was holding with his left hand lightly tapped directly behind the peach wood sword.

Boom!

The black shadow instantly exploded and disappeared.

However, before he could breathe a sigh of relief, the black shadow gathered again in another area of the room.

The commotion here had already alarmed the servants outside, who were holding torches and carrying swords, spears, and sticks, about to rush in.

Although they were afraid, Squire Du treated them very generously on weekdays, so at this time, no one was embarrassed to hide.

Luo Faqing's expression changed drastically, and he roared:

"Don't come in!"

………

In the darkness, Li Yan suddenly woke up with a palpitation.

Afterward, he heard shouting in the distance.

After all, he was in someone else's house, and the situation here was unclear, so he slept in his clothes; hearing the movement, he grabbed his long sword and rushed out of the room.

His family's Guanshan sword had already been damaged; although he had obtained two precious swords from Yao San, he hadn't found a reliable master yet, so he just found one to make do.

Rushing out of the room, Sha Lifei and Wang Daoxuan happened to come out too.

"Let's go, let's take a look!"

Li Yan didn't hesitate and strode outward.

After all, they were in this line of work; if they couldn't handle it, that was one thing, but if they hid when encountering trouble, it would be a laughingstock if it got out.

Although the Du family residence was large, the two courtyards were not far apart, so it didn't take long for them to arrive at the small courtyard where the incident occurred.

Before getting close, Li Yan's expression changed slightly.

When he first arrived at the Du family during the day, he smelled a strange odor, like something had gone rancid, corrupt and unpleasant.

At that time, the smell was very faint, as if it were there and then not.

But now, it was unusually obvious, as if the smell of the entire residence had gathered together, making one feel nauseous just by smelling it.

The courtyard was already in a mess.

Li Yan entered the door and took a deep breath.

He saw a black shadow like a large bird flashing back and forth in the crowd, gathering and dispersing, and everyone it pounced on fell into a coma.

"Mom, what is this thing!"

Sha Lifei happened to see it and retreated in fear.

Li Yan's scalp also went numb; this was his first time seeing such a thing.

Ghostly objects are mostly formless, how could there be such a tangible evil?

There was no time to think; Li Yan immediately focused his spirit, urged the Three Talents Luo Sha-Suppressing Money, and was about to rush in.

"Don't!"

Wang Daoxuan hurriedly stopped him and said urgently: "Ordinary methods can't deal with this thing, go quickly and find a rooster."

Li Yan didn't say a word and turned to leave.

He pinched the Yang seal to open his supernatural powers, ran rapidly through the Du family mansion, kicked open the kitchen door, and grabbed the rooster waiting to be slaughtered inside.

Arriving in front of the courtyard, he saw Sha Lifei protecting Wang Daoxuan, while inside the courtyard, Luo Faqing had already inserted magic flags and summoned a ghost god.

Most of the people in the courtyard were already unconscious, Yin winds were howling, torches were swaying, and the light and shadow on the ground were flickering.

Of course, relying on his supernatural powers, Li Yan could still sense where the evil object was; just as Wang Daoxuan said, ordinary methods were useless.

The ghost god summoned by Luo Faqing had extraordinary power, but every time it scattered the black shadow, the opponent could recover every time, like an immortal body.

Wang Daoxuan took the rooster and plucked its neck twice.

"Cock-a-doodle-doo~"

Stimulated, the rooster let out a long cry.

Swish!

The bird-shaped black shadow in the courtyard dissipated instantly.

Li Yan looked around with a solemn expression.

He could smell that this corrupt odor had dissipated rapidly and expanded to the entire Du residence, very faint.

But Wang Daoxuan couldn't care about saying more, threw the rooster aside, and said urgently to Luo Faqing: "Quick, fellow Daoist, they have been struck by the disaster, use the Six Geng Talisman to remove the disaster."

Luo Faqing's face stiffened: "Six Geng Talisman?"

Wang Daoxuan said incredulously: "You don't even know how to draw a Six Geng Talisman?"

Luo Faqing gritted his teeth and didn't speak.

Of course he knew the Six Geng Talisman; this kind of basic talisman was commonly used by the lowest-level Yin-Yang masters, specifically to resolve evil energy and disasters.

The problem was that this thing was too simple and had no attack power; usually, their techniques were sharp and ghost gods avoided them, so where would they use this thing?

If he learned it, he was afraid his fellow disciples would laugh at him.

"Hey!"

Wang Daoxuan was furious and didn't care about wasting words: "This talisman is very simple, I will open the altar now, you just follow along!"

"Feng Feng Shixiong Yan, watch who looks wrong, and knock them out!"

"Okay!"

"Feng Feng Shixiong Sha, dig soil in the central palace position of the main hall, pinch five clay figures, a section of mulberry wood, one tael of licorice, and bury them immediately underground in front of the old lady's coffin."

"Alright!"

Sha Lifei turned and ran.

After arranging it, Wang Daoxuan seemed to be racing against time, immediately setting up a magic altar, spraying water to open the altar, pinching seals to enter names, writing the Six Geng Talisman, and explaining the tricks at the same time.

Just as he said, the Six Geng Talisman was very simple.

Luo Faqing had only watched it twice and had already learned it; his face turned blue and red, he gritted his teeth and also began to open the altar and draw talismans.

And Li Yan was even busier. Some of the servants who had fallen were trembling all over, crawling up with dull expressions, rolling their eyes, making strange noises in their mouths, and about to tear at the people beside them.

Li Yan knocked them out one by one, and they crawled up one by one.

Fortunately, Wang Daoxuan soon drew a few Six Geng Talismans, handed them to him to focus his spirit and activate, and stuck them directly on the foreheads of those servants.

After that odor dissipated, the people returned to normal.

On the other side, after Luo Faqing got used to it, his speed of drawing talismans was actually twice that of Wang Daoxuan.

With the combined efforts of the three, all the servants in the courtyard fell into a deep sleep.

Wang Daoxuan breathed a sigh of relief and shook his head: "This thing, the later it is, the more troublesome it is, fortunately it was discovered early."

Afterward, he looked at Luo Faqing beside him and said sincerely: "Fellow Daoist is worthy of being an elite of the Shangshan Shangshan Fa Mai, much stronger than me."

Luo Faqing found these words inexplicably harsh.

He wanted to curse, but seeing Wang Daoxuan's frank and peaceful gaze, he suddenly felt a sense of guilt and gave a muffled hum.

"Daoist Wang, thank you for your help."

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Squire Du walked over with a pale face and bowed respectfully.

Although he had Luo Faqing's protection and was not attacked, looking at the mess in the courtyard and thinking of his grandson whose life or death was unknown, his granddaughter who was unconscious, and his wife lying in the coffin, he couldn't help but shed tears, unable to hold on any longer, he knelt on the ground and said tremblingly:

"Daoist, please save my family."

"Even if I have to pay with my life, it doesn't matter..."

Li Yan also frowned: "Daoist, what exactly was that thing just now?"

"No rush."

Wang Daoxuan hurriedly helped Squire Du up and pondered for a moment: "Squire Du, there are many hidden details in this matter, please tell the truth, do not hide anything."

"My ability might not be enough to solve it, but I can offer some ideas."

Squire Du nodded hurriedly: "I will tell the truth!"

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"This matter happened twenty years ago..."

In the side room, Squire Du's face was pale, and he shook his head: "Originally, it concerned family shame, I didn't want to make it public, but I didn't expect it to cause this disaster."

"My Du family originally originated from the Du clan of Jingzhao, although it had long since declined, locally, it could be called wealthy, better than the bottom but worse than the top."

"My father was spoiled by my grandfather since he was a child, hanging around Chang'an all day, his temperament was stubborn, and he owed a mountain of gambling debts, forcing my grandfather to death."

"After he took power, the whole family went from bad to worse, and he sold off the family property, lingering in gambling dens and brothels in Chang'an, and every time he came back drunk, he would beat and scold my mother and my brother and me."

"Later, once, after he got drunk, he wanted to sell the last ancestral land, and I stopped him, and he actually wanted to kill me with a knife; I escaped a disaster, but my brother died under his knife..."

"I was filled with grief and indignation, killed him, and fortunately my mother helped cover it up, so the matter was suppressed back then..."

"However, the Du family was almost unable to hold on."

"Just at that time, a Feng Shui master came and pointed out that I should set up this Marrow-Dripping situation, but I had to hide my father in the ancient Zhou tomb, so his soul would not enter the Nine Netherworlds, enduring suffering day and night."

"I hated my father to the bone back then, so I followed the plan, and then concentrated on managing the family, gradually prospering."

Saying this, his eyes were full of complexity, and he gritted his teeth: "I don't regret this matter; if there is retribution, I am willing to bear it alone, just ask to save my family's lives!"

Wang Daoxuan frowned: "Squire Du, didn't that strange person say that the Marrow-Dripping situation didn't need to be so tragic?"

Squire Du was stunned: "Daoist, what do you mean?"

Wang Daoxuan explained the layout of Marrow-Dripping Heaven and shook his head: "Such a good situation only needs peace of mind to manage, cultivate virtue and accumulate blessings; perhaps your generation won't change, but by the time it reaches the descendants, there will gradually be improvement."

"Burying the bones of ancestors to catalyze it is like walking a tightrope; one wrong step, and you're doomed!"

Squire Du's face turned white, and he looked at Luo Faqing beside him.

Luo Faqing sneered: "Feng Feng Shixiong brother naturally saw it long ago, but you have already done the deed, how can it be reversed?"

His expression was gloomy, but he felt a bit guilty inside.

His most powerful senior brother, Yue Fachong, didn't mention this at all, just said it couldn't be solved and told him to deal with it casually and leave.

As for the Du family's ending, there was no need to care.

"Hmm."

Wang Daoxuan pondered for a moment and shook his head: "Squire Du, I'm afraid you were designed!"

Squire Du was astonished: "How do you say that?"

Others also felt curiosity rise in their hearts.

Wang Daoxuan said in a deep voice: "Just now, that thing, I saw it in the Tang Dynasty miscellaneous notes 'Chaoye Qianzai'."

"In the Dazu years, there was a Zheng family village in Taizhou Chishui Shop, someone encountered an evil spirit on the road, entered the house, was harmed by it, only the skull remained, and the rest was eaten. The family broke the door and entered, and in a dark place on the beam, saw a large bird, which flew out of the door, some say it is a Luo Sha charm..."

"Luo Sha charm?" Luo Faqing frowned.

He was also a disciple of the Shangshan Shangshan Fa Mai, but he had never heard this name, but Wang Daoxuan said it had a source and was extremely similar, which left him unable to refute.

Wang Daoxuan nodded: "That's right, some call it a Luo Sha bird; I was curious about this at the time, so I asked many old seniors of the martial world Mystic Sect, and finally learned the roots of this thing from an old man of the Yin Sect..."

"'Xuanshi Zhi' says: When a person dies, for several days, there is a bird that comes out of the coffin, called 'Sha'!"

Luo Faqing was astonished: "This is a kind of evil energy?"

"Hmm."

Wang Daoxuan's expression became solemn: "That old senior said they call it a Sheng god. And the Song Dynasty's Lian Bu's 'Qingzun Lu' says it is the Yinmoluo ghost rumored in Buddhism."

"I love miscellaneous books, originally thinking this thing was just something in rumors, after all, very few people have seen it, I didn't expect it to really exist."

Luo Faqing was silent for a moment: "Daoist's knowledge, the junior admires; if there was any offense before, please forgive me."

Sha Lifei was suddenly elated: "That's right, don't look at who our Daoist master is."

He felt as refreshed as eating an ice watermelon in the dog days of summer, feeling that this Daoist Wang was quiet but very face-saving at critical moments.

Squire Du was restless: "I didn't expect there to be such an evil object, Daoist, could it be that the person back then really had bad intentions?"

Wang Daoxuan nodded: "Sheng, also known as demon Sheng, only born under extreme circumstances."

"Doesn't Squire Du feel that everything is too coincidental?"

"There's one more thing to confirm."

"Daoist, please speak."

"Please open the coffin and examine the corpse of your wife!"

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The paper money burned fiercely, and a group of people gathered around.

"Wife, I'm sorry..."

After lighting three sticks of incense, Squire Du gritted his teeth: "Someone, open the coffin, examine the corpse!"

According to custom, after a person dies, the coffin is not nailed shut immediately, but left three feet off the ground, the lid slightly covered, and a gap must be left.

The process of opening the coffin went very smoothly; Li Yan personally handled it, and after opening the old lady's skull and chest cavity, everyone gasped.

Her brain marrow and lungs had all turned into rotten black water!

"This... Daoist, what should we do?"

Squire Du was furious; he didn't know he had been plotted against, a terrible poison plan lasting twenty years.

Wang Daoxuan sighed: "Squire Du, please accept my condolences, I'm afraid your grandson is also gone."

"This thing is both Sha and a demon; the more people it eats, the harder it is to deal with; it will use your family as blood food, if it breaks out of the shell, the consequences will be unimaginable."

Saying this, he looked to the west: "According to that senior, this thing is born from the accumulation of corpse energy, resentment, and Yin Sha energy, coming out of the coffin."

"To solve it, we can only break the tomb and suppress the evil!"

(End of chapter)