Chapter 416: Fierce Salt Pool

It's the "Yellow Baby"!

As soon as Li Yan saw it, he knew what had happened.

They only cared about dealing with the "Guest in the Fog," but let this little thing find a gap to sneak into the mansion to harm people.

Looking at Zhang Zhang Sibei again, a small handprint had appeared on his wrist, pitch black, like a child's, and also like a monkey's claw.

And around his head, a fishy stench was emitted, like the smell of medicinal dregs that had been left for a long time and had become moldy and rotten.

This is the Nightmare Technique!

"Qingjia! Heaven saves people, strictly captures the Northern Feng..."

Li Yan pinched the formula and recited the spell again, performing the "Northern Emperor Evil-Removing Technique," and pointed at Zhang Zhang Sibei.

Plop!

Zhang Zhang Sibei fell to the ground in response. That fishy stench set off a cold wind, and small child footprints appeared on the ground, fleeing toward the forest.

Clatter!

Li Yan waved his hand, and the soul-hooking rope roared out, directly binding this smell, and then suddenly twisted it.

"Ah~ ah~"

The screams of children rang in his ears instantly.

Li Yan's eyes were indifferent, without any pity.

The Mystic Sect values life, and with the virtue of heaven having the good of living, some fierce means are not easily displayed.

When traveling for a funeral, paper money must be scattered to ask all lonely ghosts to make way. When encountering possession by spirits, it is often first to persuade with good words.

But taking lives changes the nature of the matter.

Regardless of what dissatisfaction this "Yellow Baby" has, it has harmed several lives. Whether it is the Orthodox Sect or the Dharma lineage, it must be killed.

The cold wind dissipated, and the smell also disappeared.

Zhang Zhang Sibei fell to the ground, trembling all over, his face red and hot, but sweating coldly, unable to even open his eyes.

"Zhang Sibei, Zhang Sibei!"

"Fast Boat Zhang" hurriedly stepped forward to support him, his eyes full of anxiety.

His brother's soul was hooked, and it was likely that he couldn't be saved. And he had no children, although Zhang Zhang Sibei looked useless, he was the last bone of the Zhang family, so how could he not be anxious.

Wang Wang Daoxuan took his pulse slightly, nodded, and said, "It's fine, he was injured by evil energy, just rest for two months and he will be fine. I'll give you a prescription later."

After saying that, he shook his Daoist robe and stood up, looking at the dead silence of the village, his eyes full of killing intent, "Extremely arrogant, no matter what it is, it must be eliminated!"

He took out the straw man containing the insect from his bosom and said in a low voice, "This thing is the Dharma body of the 'Guest in the Fog,' and can directly perform curse magic."

"I just broke through, and after three bows, I can bow one more time. Even if it doesn't curse it to death, it can make it suffer heavy losses."

"When the time comes, that thing will definitely come out to stop it. You all take the opportunity to enter and destroy its roots, and we can re-suppress it!"

"Okay!"

Li Yan agreed without hesitation.

Wang Wang Daoxuan was usually gentle in the team, like an elder to everyone, and usually lived wherever he was.

This time he was clearly truly angry, so Li Yan naturally wouldn't object.

He still had a gang decree, and at worst, he would consume it here.

Without any hesitation, the group immediately set off, led by "Fast Boat Zhang," and headed toward the southeast mountain forest.

The bright moon shone high, and the firelight shuttled through the dense forest.

Perhaps because the evil spirit had just ravaged, there were no birds or insects along the way, and even insects and birds were extremely rare, without any obstruction.

The group traveled overnight and finally arrived at the place before dawn.

"It's right in front!"

"Fast Boat Zhang" pushed aside the grass and pointed forward, lowering his body.

They saw undulating mountains, ravines, dense vegetation, and a lush green view as far as the eye could see.

And on the hillside diagonally opposite, a mountain path could be clearly seen, winding and circling the mountain.

Further away, there were even collapsed ancient plank roads.

And in the valley at the fork of the mountain path, it was shrouded in thick white fog, winding among the layers of mountain forests.

"So remote, why is there a road?"

Sha Sha Li Fei was a bit curious when he saw this.

"Fast Boat Zhang" said in a low voice, "This is a secret path of the Salt Gang. Two years ago, I was entrusted by someone to follow them and send goods from here."

"I heard from the Salt Gang that this was originally an ancient Ba State salt road, later abandoned after the Qin State destroyed Ba and Shu, and became a secret path for private salt peddlers through the ages..."

Li Yan looked at Lu San after hearing this.

Lu San shook his head and said in a low voice, "The things inside are very fierce, and the birds and beasts nearby have all run away. I can't hear any news."

After saying that, he waved his hand.

The falcon "Lidong" on his shoulder soared into the sky and circled up and down in the air.

Lu San looked at it and shook his head again, "The evil energy is too heavy, I can't see clearly, I can only see that the place is not small."

Li Yan heard this and said in a low voice, "It's already dawn, the Yang energy is flourishing, and the Yin energy is falling. The strength of that thing must be reduced, and the common people who were kidnapped should still be able to be saved."

"Daoist, what do you think we should do?"

Wang Wang Daoxuan took out the straw man and said in a low voice, "This thing is the Dharma body of the 'Guest in the Fog,' and can directly perform curse magic."

"I just broke through, and after three bows, I can bow one more time. Even if it doesn't curse it to death, it can make it suffer heavy losses."

"When the time comes, that thing will definitely come out to stop it. You all take the opportunity to enter and destroy its roots, and we can re-suppress it!"

Li Yan pondered for a while and shook his head, "This is the other party's nest. Daoist, I'm afraid you can't hold it alone. San'er and Old Sha also stay. Wu Ba and I will go."

This arrangement had its own deep meaning.

Wang Wang Daoxuan was performing curse magic and couldn't be distracted, but a surprise attack on the evil spirit's nest required speed.

He and Wu Ba were the most suitable for a surprise attack.

Lu San didn't talk nonsense and nodded, "Okay, but don't be in a hurry. I can set up a witchcraft prohibition technique to borrow the spirit of the mountains and rivers to block it."

After saying that, he had Wu Ba unload the luggage, took out several pendants made of polished bones, entered the surrounding mountain forest, hung them on large trees, and surrounded the mountain top.

As for Wang Wang Daoxuan, he took over the Five Directions Luo Feng Flags from Li Yan, then instructed, "This evil spirit should be a black evil belonging to water. You can look for it in streams, wells, etc. Statues, altars, coffins... there must be something for it to attach to."

"Find it and smash it with thunder magic, and the other party will definitely suffer heavy losses..."

As they spoke, Lu San had already started the ritual.

He played a bone flute, danced a joyful dance with his feet, primitive and wild, shaking his head and worshipping in all directions.

The flute sound was faint, drifting with the wind. The mountain wind rose, spreading in the dense forest, and those bone strings also swayed with a clatter.

This is the secret method of the mountain ghost.

The Nine Songs of Qu Yuan were originally adapted from sacrificial music, and some ancient Chu Wu secrets were inadvertently leaked.

"Riding a red leopard and following a civet, a Xinyi carriage and a cassia flag," vaguely hinted at the abilities that mountain ghosts are good at.

One is controlling spiritual beasts, and the other is using spiritual wood magic artifacts.

The "Classic of Mountain and Sea Spiritual Response" obtained by Lu San, besides concluding alliances with mountain gods, mainly involves methods for controlling and cultivating spiritual beasts, and even controlling beast spirits.

These bones are either from the previous Tujia dragon or from the powerful monsters they killed, which can gather the energy of the mountains and rivers, having the shape of a fierce beast.

Unlike controlling soldiers, this is considered giving shape.

Just like some mountain gods and water gods, they were originally nothing, but after being worshipped by many people, they gradually took shape.

And this method is used temporarily, and the price is that after it ends, those strings carved from monster bones will become ordinary objects.

Whoosh~

The mountain wind swept by, and Li Yan could vaguely hear the roar of fierce beasts.

"Wu Ba, let's go!"

Li Yan gave a low shout and immediately rushed out, bypassing the steep mountain slope and climbing toward the salt gang secret path from the other side.

Wu Ba carried his board axe and followed closely.

He looked huge, but in this mountain forest, he was extremely agile, his speed only slightly slower than Li Yan's.

The two were like antelopes jumping down from steep cliffs, and like apes scurrying up giant trees, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

"Fast Boat Zhang" saw this and couldn't help but swallow his saliva.

He originally wanted to open his mouth to accompany Li Yan, but looking at this appearance, he was afraid he would only be a burden. And on the other side, Wang Wang Daoxuan had already started the ritual.

He took out four arrows, bit his fingertip, and smeared them with blood.

The "Seven Arrows Secret Curse" naturally cannot be separated from arrows.

At that time in the deserted village of Fengyang County, Shaanxi, when suppressing the sorcerer who came to sneak attack, Wang Wang Daoxuan could only use chopsticks as a substitute.

And now that he was wealthy, he naturally used good things.

Monster bones for the arrow shaft, spiritual copper for the arrow head, this was the technique of the artifact-refining Daoist of Zixiao Palace on Mount Mount Wudang.

Especially at the back, there were a few copper coins hanging.

These copper coins were cast from purple copper, round with a square hole, and carved with "Yi Hong Jie Mei Shou" (May you have long life) and "Ru Master Yue Zhi Heng" (Like the constancy of the moon) on the front and back respectively.

"Yi Hong Jie Mei Shou," comes from the "Book of Songs," "In the eighth month, peel the dates, in the tenth month, harvest the rice. For this spring wine, to increase longevity."

"Ru Master Yue Zhi Heng," comes from the "Book of Songs," "Like the constancy of the moon, like the rising of the sun. Like the longevity of the southern mountain, without collapse or ruin."

Both sentences are blessings for longevity.

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This kind of flower coin is called a longevity coin.

High officials and noble families often cast coins to celebrate birthdays. These coins are called longevity coins. For the royal family, they are called "Ten Thousand Longevity Coins."

It was originally a blessing treasure coin, but these copper coins had thick patina, like dirty blood, emitting a cold and icy intent.

Clearly, someone had used this object to curse high officials and nobles to death.

These copper coins were also obtained from the old ancestor of Donghu. Wang Wang Daoxuan didn't know their origin, but they were most suitable for enhancing the curse magic.

The curse altar was completed, and cold Yin energy rose.

Wang Wang Daoxuan's face immediately turned iron-blue, feeling like falling into the Netherworld. He pinched the formula and recited: "Heaven is dark and earth is dark, the sun and moon have no light, invisible shadow black cover... Seven arrows on the top of the head, drilling the heart at the date, obey the decree!"

After saying that, the blood arrow in his hand turned, and he inserted it directly into the straw man, took two steps back, shook his Daoist robe, took a four-square step forward, and bowed deeply to the straw man.

"Roar!"

In the thick fog, a shrill scream suddenly rang out.

It was no longer the previous shrill scream, more like some kind of wild beast.

Bang!

The originally gathered insect swarm exploded, and those densely packed black mist human shadows also dissipated at the same time.

The "Seven Arrows Secret Curse" is widely circulated, and being able to perform the first three arrows is already the limit of what ordinary people can bear.

Three arrows came out, and most evil spirits would also have their souls scattered.

However, Wang Wang Daoxuan's face was still solemn.

If the other party was cursed to death, the straw man on the magic altar would instantly burn, but now the straw man was still intact.

And on the other side, Sha Sha Li Fei had originally shown a happy smile, but soon, his face became stiff.

They saw that in the thick fog, the scattered insect swarm gathered again, and merged with those black mist strange shadows, turning into a huge figure.

This figure, with insects wriggling on its body and black smoke overflowing, was about seven or eight meters high, striding toward them.

Lu San continued to beat the Cloud Thunder God Drum, gritting his teeth.

He exerted all his strength, his eyes went black, and he spat out white foam. His soul had been shaken, but he still refused to give up.

Dong dong dong, the drum sound was like thunder.

Visible ripples spread, lifting the white fog, and hit the giant black shadow, but only let it drop some insect corpses. "Squeak——squeak!"

The black shadow also let out a shrill and strange scream.

Pfft!

The counter-shock force came, Lu San couldn't hold on anymore, spat out blood, and fell to the ground.

Sha Sha Li Fei hurriedly took out Wang Wang Jingxiu's elixir and stuffed it into Lu San's mouth, then raised the short fire gun with a replaced magazine.

Bang! Bang!

Two loud bangs, and the insect swarm on the upper body of the strange shadow exploded.

Not waiting for it to recover, Sha Sha Li Fei picked up the divine fire gun beside him.

Boom!

The divine fire gun was even more fierce, directly scattering the strange shadow.

This "Guest in the Fog" finally revealed its original form, but using the insect swarm to gather its flesh also gave it a weakness.

But soon, the scattered insect swarm gathered again, turning from a human shadow into a black whirlwind, and the evil energy spread, roaring toward them.

Whoosh~

Around the magic altar, a cold wind roared, and frost spread. The Yin soldiers moved out and entangled with the monster.

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Two strange winds collided up and down, and the surrounding grass and trees flew around.

Sha Sha Li Fei looked on in despair, while quickly replacing the magazine, he turned his head and shouted loudly: "Daoist, are you done yet?"

However, Wang Wang Daoxuan couldn't care about responding to him.

Performing the "Seven Arrows Secret Curse" also requires enduring the erosion of Yin evil energy, and even the backlash of the other party's power.

At this moment, Wang Wang Daoxuan was already covered in white frost, cold air overflowing, pinching the formula and reciting spells, holding the last arrow, but trembling all over, unable to insert it no matter what.

"Ah——!"

Sha Sha Li Fei let out a roar and fired three more shots.

The strange shadow was scattered again, but soon gathered again, constantly moving toward the magic altar.

Plop!

A camp of Yin soldiers was damaged and beaten back into the Five Directions Luo Feng Flags.

One of the flags that had been inserted also suddenly tilted...

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On the other side of the mountain, in the relic valley.

"Roar!"

Wu Ba roared repeatedly, his large board axe dancing up and down, hacking those hard-as-iron zombie corpses into pieces.

If it were other ghosts or spirits, he might not have a way.

But these zombies, hard as iron, were no threat at all to Wu Ba, who had amazing divine power; it was just that there were too many of them.

And Li Yan didn't care, under Wu Ba's protection, he performed divine powers and carefully investigated the valley.

"Found it!"

Finally, Li Yan's eyes lit up, and he suddenly rushed out.

He ran fast and arrived in front of a piece of relic on the north side.

Unlike other places, there was no salt pool here, but a piece of open space, overgrown with weeds, a bit sparse.

Li Yan quickly pushed aside the floating soil, and underneath it was all yellow sandstone.

It looked no different from ordinary stone ground, but Li Yan could smell the source of the strange Yin evil energy inside.

It's a coffin!

Li Yan took a look and understood instantly.

If others saw it, they probably wouldn't recognize it, but he had seen this thing in a museum in the southwest in his previous life.

Some ancient tribes often took local sandstone, carved out stone coffins, and buried important figures of the tribe, such as sacrificial leaders, inside.

Like tree burials, this is also the embryonic form of the oldest coffin burial, completely different from the coffin shape today. It is square, flat, and after the top and bottom are closed, it is bonded with sandstone powder, seamless.

If you don't know, you would really miss it.

"Wu Ba, smash it!"

Li Yan gave a low roar and met the zombies.

He didn't have a blunt weapon, and it was hard to do it just by relying on the strength of his flesh.

Wu Ba didn't hesitate either, turned around and rushed toward the stone coffin.

He didn't understand why Li Yan wanted him to chisel the stone, but he knew clearly that he must listen to Li Yan's orders in the team.

"Roar!"