Chapter 308

"Retreat!"

Li Yan gave a low shout and retreated rapidly.

On the way, he even dragged two people away.

The other party's move caught him off guard.

During the divine sense probe just now, he only discovered the secret passage, and there was an aura leaving rapidly, which should be that Concubine Liu.

The secret passage was not deep from the ground, so he directly used the thunder method to break it open to prevent the other party from escaping.

He didn't expect this demoness to be so alert.

And he didn't expect that there would be so many cat-ghosts!

His father very likely died from this kind of evil method, so Li Yan naturally inquired about it in detail.

The cat-ghost technique is usually practiced at the Zi hour, because "Zi" belongs to the rat, implying sacrifice, and this kind of sacrifice cannot be interrupted, otherwise it will be backlashed.

This method was prevalent in the Sui and Tang Dynasties.

The most famous one was in the 18th year of the Kaihuang period of the Sui Dynasty, when Dugu Tuo, the half-brother of Empress Dugu, was accused of using the cat-ghost curse to harm the Empress and the wife of Yang Su.

Both the "Book of Sui" and "Zizhi Zizhi Tongjian" have records of it, and the maid Xu Ani of Dugu Tuo's family confessed and demonstrated the cat-ghost summoning technique.

Subsequently, there was the grudge between Wu Zetian and Consort Xiao. Before Consort Xiao died, she cursed: "I wish Wu to be a rat, and I to be a cat, strangling her throat life after life."

Since then, demon cats have appeared in the Great Ming Palace.

Even in the "Tang Code," there are laws and punishments specifically aimed at those who raise cat-ghosts.

The cat-ghost curse makes the victim feel like ten thousand needles are piercing their heart, dying in extreme pain, and because it is similar to illness, it is very secretive, so it has been repeatedly banned but not stopped.

This method is very easy to be backlashed, and the sacrifice is continuous every day, so most people raise two or three, which is the limit.

Who would have thought that the demoness had raised so many, simply no different from summoning an army.

Even if he reminded them quickly, some people were still hit.

Two martial monks of the Law Enforcement Hall and several Beggar Sect disciples didn't react in time before they were surrounded by cat footprints on the ground, their faces immediately pale, their lips blue and purple, clutching their hearts and falling to the ground, struggling and screaming.

And that piece of white frost and cat footprints were still spreading.

"Great Wheel Bright King Formation!"

Seeing this, Master Chengjue gave an angry shout, and at the same time took off the prayer beads hanging around his neck and shook them gently, wrapping them around his arm.

Subsequently, he picked up his convenience shovel and slammed it into the ground.

At the same time, the other monks also jumped up, arriving from all directions, with the same movements, holding the sticks in their hands, and slammed them into the ground.

Thump!

The ground and the surrounding air shook.

Subsequently, all the monks stared fixedly at the center, chanting scriptures continuously, without a single person retreating in fear.

They happened to form a huge circle. The whistling yin wind, white frost, and cat footprints were all trapped within it.

Zen practice emphasizes "not establishing words, pointing directly to the human heart, seeing one's nature and becoming a Buddha," focusing on cultivating the heart and not relying too much on external forces.

But after all, they have to suppress one side, drive away evil and subdue demons, so they never mind learning other means.

Like the Shaolin ancestral temple, there are various martial arts and hand seals, and Baotong Zen Temple here also has mixed means, and even Feng Shui techniques are learned.

In the Buddha Gate, the Bright King is the wrathful body of all Buddhas and Bodhisattvas.

The Great Wheel Bright King Dharma Formation is one of the eight great Bright Kings of the Esoteric Sect, so it has the power to drive away inner demons and external evils, just like the Daoist altar.

Many martial monks practiced it together, and its power could not be underestimated.

The rampant cat-ghost group was also trapped within it, finding it difficult to break through.

But there were too many of these evil things, so even if the martial monks chanted Buddhist scriptures loudly, they were pale, and white frost gradually covered their bodies.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Li Yan immediately took out the Gou Die.

Now the sky is overcast and it is drizzling, the other party can release cat-ghosts, and he can also summon the Underworld army.

Although it is a pity, the Underworld army is the sharpest for dealing with these things.

But just then, Lu San moved.

The small cat in his arms had already died.

The crowd could not see the cat-ghosts, only hearing sharp cat cries echoing in the air.

To them, it sounded somewhat harsh.

But to Lu San's ears, it was the wailing and screaming of countless cats.

His face was gloomy, and he suddenly pinched the tongue of the dead small cat, stained it with some blood, and drew an "s" symbol on his forehead.

This is the most ancient divine curse.

The pottery jars of ancient tribes from the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period often show dense "s" patterns.

This symbol represents the gods.

And its further evolution is Taiji!

After doing these things, Lu San shook his head, pinched a magic formula, his eyes suddenly became empty, he raised the cat's corpse with both hands, suddenly jumped a Nuo dance, and made various long and short sounds and tongue-popping sounds from his mouth.

His Nuo dance steps were actually somewhat like the Yu steps.

Seeing this, Li Yan hurriedly put away the Gou Die, pulled out the Duanchen Dao with a clang, and guarded Lu San to protect him.

Master Chengjue was also thoughtful and looked at Lu San.

The remaining martial monks were fully focused, trying their best to support.

With Lu San's Nuo dance, a desolate and distant aura rose, carrying a certain wild charm, echoing in everyone's ears.

What was even stranger was that all the cat-ghosts stopped, and the cat footprints on the ground covered in white frost no longer moved.

Soon, those cat footprints began to disappear one by one.

"Amitabha, good, good!"

Master Chengjue put away his crescent convenience shovel and put his hands together to chant the Buddha's name.

Anyone could see that these cat-ghosts were being transcended.

So fast, the monks were also shocked by it.

And in Li Yan's heart, he had a vague guess.

The "Classic of Mountains and Seas Spiritual Response" practiced by Lu San is best at communicating with ghosts and gods, and the cat-ghost technique, to put it bluntly, also evolved from ancient witch curse methods.

One is to harm people, the other is to transcend the dead.

One is an evil method, the other is the righteous method of the Witch Sect.

The superiority is judged immediately, directly restrained.

"Looking for death!"

From the tunnel, a woman's scream came.

The magic technique was broken, this Liu Niang was clearly injured, and what made her heart ache even more was that the cat-ghosts she had worked so hard to catch were wiped out.

In fact, it was fortunate that Lu San had a benevolent heart and couldn't bear to see these pitiful creatures suffer, so he directly transcended them.

If he had used force against force, controlled the cat-ghosts in turn, it would have directly caused the Liu Niang to suffer backlash, being bitten to death by the numerous cat-ghosts.

She clearly knew this, and without hesitation, she turned and fled.

"Where are you running!"

The great monk Master Chengjue gave an angry shout, and his strong body whistled out.

Although he awakened the divine sense of the body, the channel had already been opened by Li Yan, so he could still roughly judge Liu Niang's position with his keen hearing.

He saw this great monk exert force under his feet, two loud thumps, and he directly leaped into the air, suddenly changing hand seals in mid-air, his right palm downward, fingers naturally straight, falling like a Vajra statue.

This is the Buddha Gate's Subduing Demon Seal.

It represents all Buddhas and Bodhisattvas subduing demons and protecting the safety of all living beings. With a loud boom, soil and stones splashed everywhere.

Different from Li Yan's thunder method, with the help of the Buddha Gate's magic seal and a strong body, the ground above the secret passage was directly smashed into collapse by Master Chengjue.

Swoosh!

A figure broke through the soil.

The path ahead was blocked, and this Liu Niang could only escape from the ground.

Li Yan finally saw the appearance of this woman.

She was not tall, her figure was graceful, her face was beautiful, pure and with a hint of enchantment, but her face was pale, and there was blood at the corners of her mouth.

Looking at her age, she was at most seventeen or eighteen.

Although she was injured by the backlash of the magic technique, her aura was still strong, and looking at her skills, she had actually stepped into the Transformation stage!

No!

This woman had not returned to life!

Li Yan frowned, immediately sensing something tricky.

According to the time his father was harmed, this woman reincarnated and returned to life, at most ten years old, unless she didn't reincarnate but possessed someone.

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But if she possessed someone, the soul and body would not match, and she would suffer torment day and night; how could she have the ability to sacrifice and refine so many cat-ghosts?

Although he found it strange in his heart, Li Yan still crossed his Duanchen Dao and charged out in two or three steps, blocking the other party's escape direction.

But the one who moved faster was Master Chengjue.

"Stay!"

This great monk gave an angry roar, his body lowered, his feet stepped forward, and he directly arrived below that Liu Niang, his palm drawing an arc, suddenly leaping into the air.

Sparrow Ground Dragon!

Li Yan recognized this move; many boxing methods had it, including the Red Fist he practiced, specializing in attacking the lower plate.

But this great monk clearly used Vajra Fist.

Liu Niang had just leaped into the air, and Master Chengjue used this move, which was extremely clever, directly grabbing the other party's ankle.

Thump!

Without half a bit of pity for the fragrant and cherishing the jade, Master Chengjue pulled fiercely, and Liu Niang's whole body fell to the ground with a boom.

If an ordinary person suffered such a blow, their muscles and bones would mostly be shattered, but this Liu Niang only suffered internal organ damage and spat out a mouthful of blood.

Her reaction was also extremely fast; her body twisted, and she looked like a python, wrapping around Master Chengjue's arm with her legs, her posture extremely ambiguous.

This Liu Niang had already stepped into the Transformation stage, and this seemingly ambiguous posture had the force of a thousand jun, like a python strangling.

"Demoness!"

Master Chengjue's cultivation was even deeper, having reached the peak of the Transformation stage; how could he be afraid? His arm exerted force suddenly, his muscles knotted like refined steel, no matter how Liu Niang exerted force, she could not strangle his arm.

At the same time, Master Chengjue's other palm slapped out suddenly.

His palm was flushed red, as if it had expanded a section, carrying the whistling wind, which was the Great Vajra Palm.

If this palm hit, it could directly shatter Liu Niang's legs.

However, Liu Niang suddenly opened her mouth and spat out a large cloud of red smoke, covering Master Chengjue's body head-on.

At the same time, her body twisted, and she leaped out in a strange posture, dodging Master Chengjue's palm.

Master Chengjue gave a muffled groan and actually sat cross-legged without a word, placing his hands palms up on his lower abdomen, right hand on left hand, with the tips of the two thumbs touching.

This is the Buddha Gate's Zen Meditation Seal, which can guard the heart and spirit.

Li Yan naturally knew why the other party stopped.

That red mist was strange; he was still ten meters away, but just smelling a trace of it made his nasal cavity feel greasy, and his little brother already had a tendency to lift its head.

What a powerful aphrodisiac!

"It's poisonous, don't get close!"

Li Yan shouted loudly and then hurriedly held his breath.

While speaking, he had already exerted force under his feet, as if shrinking the ground into an inch, and arrived beside that Liu Niang in two steps, stabbing out with his knife.

"Hahaha..."

Liu Niang let out a wild laugh, her body as if it had no bones, dodging Li Yan's Duanchen Dao with a posture that completely violated common sense, while kicking at Li Yan's head with her other foot.

At the same time, she kept mocking and satirizing, "Boy, your father was killed by me back then; it's a pity that he didn't know who he had provoked until he died..."

Li Yan had destroyed the Ghost Sect's plans three times, especially after killing the "Red Woman," so his intelligence had already been spread when he left Dangyang County.

He came to Near Wuchang, and Liu Niang naturally knew; the time she sent the three Mei brothers to ambush him was ordered by Liu Niang.

This remark was intended to disturb Li Yan's mind.

However, although Li Yan's expression was gloomy, his eyes remained calm, and the Duanchen Dao in his hand slashed left, swept up, and swept horizontally... one knife faster than the next.

Although this Liu Niang's movement technique was stronger than Li Yan's, under this fast knife, she could not escape at all.

And on the other side, Master Chengjue was in Zen meditation, the wind whistled around him, blowing away the red mist, and the red skin on his body was also gradually returning to normal.

The martial monks of the Law Enforcement Hall around him also gathered around.

And there was Lu San, who was holding the dead small cat, staring fixedly at her, muttering to himself, clearly casting a curse.

Liu Niang could clearly feel a cold murderous intent surging from her heart, and the injury from the cat-ghost technique being broken began to explode with backlash.

"Looking for death!"

Liu Niang was suddenly anxious, flashed, dodged the Duanchen Dao, and like a python, coiled her two legs around Li Yan's body.

The posture was somewhat ambiguous, but the murderous intent was cold, clearly wanting to use her powerful force to directly strangle Li Yan's spine.

This skill of hers was more like the yoga technique from India, but it was also mixed with some small, cunning, and poisonous methods of the martial world.

However, Li Yan was waiting for this.

Clatter!

The Soul-Hooking Rope whistled out.

This Liu Niang's movement technique was strangely amazing, and Li Yan was afraid that the other party would dodge, so he didn't use the Soul-Hooking Rope the first time.

Now that the other party had taken the initiative to coil around him, there was no time to dodge.

Sure enough, the Soul-Hooking Rope rolled, and this Liu Niang's whole body stiffened, her pupils quickly losing focus, and she slid off Li Yan's body limply.

It was just as Li Yan expected; this demoness did indeed carry some kind of protective talisman, and the Soul-Hooking Rope was also obstructed.

However, his Soul-Hooking Rope had already been upgraded.

The method he learned from Liu Gang, absorbing the bone claws left by the ancient night owl, just shook gently, and it broke the other party's magic weapon.

Without the slightest hesitation, Li Yan slashed a few times, directly cutting off the other party's hands and feet, and stabbed through her Dantian with another knife.

No matter what kind of kung fu the other party had, with her Dantian broken, she could not operate her blood and energy to exert force, and her hands and feet were also cut off, completely losing the chance to escape.

The other party knew a lot of intelligence, so naturally, he had to ask everything before killing her.

After doing these things, Li Yan put away the Soul-Hooking Rope and twirled the knife, shaking off the blood stains on it.

"Ah!"

Liu Niang regained consciousness and let out a scream.

In her feeling, she just felt the world go black, and after regaining consciousness, she had already lost her hands and feet, and a burst of sharp pain came from her Dantian.

Seemingly knowing that it was difficult to escape, Liu Niang was full of madness, endured the pain, stared fixedly at Li Yan, and gritted her teeth, "Boy, just wait; when I return, I will definitely make you beg for death..."

Before she could finish speaking, she suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood.

This demoness had actually planted Gu-poison on herself; now her heart had already ruptured, and her aura was getting weaker and weaker.

Li Yan frowned, immediately knowing her plan.

Zhao Zhao Changsheng had already mastered the method of helping people return to life; at worst, she would die, then return to life through secret methods and return to the world.

Li Yan glanced coldly, and the Soul-Hooking Rope whistled out again, directly hooking a cold aura from the other party's body and crushing it without hesitation.

"Thinking quite beautifully..."

The second update will be at twelve o'clock.

(End of chapter)