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Chapter 205: Interrogating theBlueRobe (Third Update)
Chapter 205: Interrogating theBlueRobe (Third Update)
The voice that fell from the sky was not clear, as if it could only be heard under certain conditions. Yet, the ghost walkers and villagers, who were in the midst of despair, all felt a sudden shock and abruptly raised their heads.
They raised their heads instinctively, wanting to see, but once they did, they instinctively closed their eyes.
With their eyes closed, they should have seen only darkness. However, strangely, they seemed to see something, whether it was a fleeting illusion or a lingering afterimage.
They vaguely saw the sky filled with dark clouds and swirling mist. The sound of clanking chains reached their ears, and they could faintly make out four tall, blurry figures in black robes in the wind.
These figures were dragging a chain, as if pulling something, and flew past in the midst of a fierce wind.
Once these figures were gone, the villagers instinctively opened their eyes. At that moment, they saw a sudden burst of light, as if the dark clouds that had obscured the sun had been pulled away.
Sunlight poured down again, illuminating the world like daylight, revealing everything before their eyes.
The cries and wails of the villagers subsided slightly as the sun appeared, and the sunlight on their bodies dispelled the cold and brought a sense of safety.
The ghostly figures that had been causing chaos also let out sharp screams as the sunlight touched them.
These evil spirits, which had been wreaking havoc under the influence of evil energy, now seemed to be in the wrong place. They looked around in panic, realizing the situation and feeling a growing sense of fear, but it was too late to do anything. Some instantly melted in the sunlight, while others trembled in the shadows, a stark contrast to their previous ferocity.
Those who had been bewitched by the evil spirits suddenly snapped out of their trance, as if waking from a nightmare.
"Kill... kill him..."
The sounds of the ongoing struggle with the Blue Robe children did not cease.
One of the Blue Robe children, who had been pushed by the village men with farm tools and pitchforks, had originally been immune to such attacks. He had been smiling mockingly, enjoying their fear.
But now, his smile vanished...
He looked down dumbly and saw that the farm tools had pierced and torn his insides.
They didn't understand why their magical power had suddenly disappeared.
"Kill them, beat them, don't let a single one escape..."
In the streets, Zhou Datong and his group were like blood-soaked gourds, shouting loudly.
They caught a Blue Robe child who was about to attack a ghost walker and pounced on him. The Blue Robe child felt his magical power being suddenly drained.
Without the Blue Robe Lord's power, their bodies were even weaker than ordinary people, but their ferocity remained. They bared their teeth and tried to bite Zhou Datong and his group, but Zhou Datong kicked him fiercely.
"Smack!"
No one expected the kick to be so powerful, sending the Blue Robe child flying several yards. His body crashed into the mud wall behind him, breaking several bones.
The apprentices around were stunned, staring at Zhou Datong in disbelief. "Brother Datong, how did your kick have so much strength?"
"That's not right, wasn't your leg broken before?"
"..."
Zhou Datong was even more stunned, muttering to himself, "Did this... really work?"
...
...
What had happened? What was that just now?
In this sudden turn of events, everyone was guessing what the scene they had just witnessed meant.
Most people didn't understand, and some even wondered if it was an illusion.
Only a few older, more experienced ghost walkers suddenly realized something. Their chests filled with joy, and their eyes turned red with excitement. "A Ghost Binding Order?"
"Hasn't this thing not appeared in years?"
"..."
"It's been bound..."
When performing this spell, Hu Ma was extremely nervous. If not for the presence of the old tree stump, he would have given up.
This time, his spell was much more cautious than when he summoned the old turtle in Niujia Bay, but he still encountered several dangers and nearly failed.
If described more plainly, casting this spell felt like trying to tie up a mad bull with a thin hemp rope. Even if the binding method was correct, there was always the fear that the bull would break free or even kill you with a headbutt...
But now, it had worked.
Looking at the rice circle in front of him, a surge of yin qi was now wildly colliding within it. The force was so chaotic that the rice grains were being blown away.
The yin bone jade placed at the four corners of the rice circle trembled, as if they might fly out at any moment.
The incense sticks beside him, with the middle one barely burned while the two on the sides were almost gone, indicated an extremely ominous sign!
However, while a thin hemp rope couldn't hold a mad bull, the senior old tree stump could lend him strength.
It sat quietly in front of him, slightly to the right, and its calm gaze seemed to exert immense pressure on the struggling Blue Robe evil spirit, which gradually calmed down.
In front of him, the flames in the fire basin seemed to be blown by a fierce wind, flickering on the verge of going out, but when the old tree stump glanced over, the flames suddenly stabilized and burned even more vigorously.
Steady...
At this point, Hu Ma felt slightly relieved. Indeed, with the old tree stump as a binding object, even if the technique was not working, it had to work.
He immediately put on a cold face and, across the fire basin, looked at the blue-robed evil spirit within the rice-character circle and shouted, "Who is it below the altar? Report your name!"
Whether it was summoning a spirit, commanding a spirit, or binding a spirit, the first step was always to ask about the origin.
If the summoned entity was willing to reveal its origin, it meant it had submitted. If it refused to reveal its origin, the technique could not proceed.
The blue-robed evil spirit, upon hearing the question, immediately became restless, eager to escape. But the figure on the old tree stump let out a faint, cold snort, and it shuddered, becoming obedient.
Vaguely, it transformed into a ghostly figure wearing blue robes, with a fierce face, kneeling on the ground and trembling as it said, "To inform the great sir, I was originally a merchant who traded horses and mules. Due to a black inn, I was drugged, my flesh and bones were cut up to make buns, and my intestines were fed to pigs and dogs. Only my skin remained, buried in the wilderness."
"Fortunately, there was a remnant of Taishui there, and I absorbed its aura, gaining Daoist power. I avenged my murder, then deceived several people to form the Blue Robe Gang, solely to earn Blood Food to sustain myself. Later, I received an imperial command from the Meng family, and it has been over thirty years now..."
"..."
"A human skin, and it became a spirit?"
Hu Ma listened coldly, his heart slightly startled.
Even if some people died with their bodies intact and full of grievances, they could only turn into yin filth and cause little commotion.
This blue-robed evil spirit, originally just a human skin, could actually cultivate into a great evil spirit that wreaked havoc across a region?
But then he thought about it; it had relied on the flesh and blood of Taishui to gain Daoist power, so it wasn't surprising. Anything related to Lord Taishui could result in all sorts of bizarre occurrences.
Wasn't he himself originally a dead man who was forcibly brought back to life by the flesh and blood of Taishui?
Hearing it mention an imperial command and a blood food mine, he vaguely realized that behind these great evil spirits, there might be a strict system that distributed benefits and divided territories. If he wanted to ask, he could probably get detailed answers.
But with anger in his heart, he ignored it and shouted, "A mere evil spirit dares to wreak havoc and harm lives, disregarding the boundary between yin and yang. I ask you, who gave you such audacity?"
"Spare my life, sir of the altar..."
The blue-robed evil spirit, once bound, had already lost its courage. With the old tree stump nearby, it felt as if it were being suppressed by a great mountain. The person behind the fire basin was full of rage and inscrutable, so it immediately begged bitterly, "I had no choice. I received an imperial command and couldn't disobey. Moreover..."
"Moreover, I was set up and driven by others, not intentionally causing chaos..."
"If I hadn't experienced it myself, I might have believed you..."
Hearing its plea, Hu Ma became even angrier. He knew that the blue-robed evil spirit was under the control of the Meng family.
He also knew that the power causing chaos in the region came from this evil spirit. Furthermore, he had summoned it to kill it, and asking those questions was just a formality. With the sudden rise of his killing intent, he subconsciously glanced at the old tree stump.
The old tree stump understood Hu Ma's meaning and nodded slightly. Hu Ma felt greatly reassured: "The facts are clear, how dare you still lie?"
"You are a great blue-robed lord. If you hadn't submitted, who could have set up an altar to drive you?"
"Kill it!"
As he spoke, he suddenly recited a spell.
In the Book of Year-Taming, after summoning a spirit, various spells were used depending on the situation.
Among them were punishment spells, killing spells, binding spells, and dispelling spells.
Hu Ma did not need to consume Daoist power to set up the altar, but when reciting these spells, his Daoist power would rapidly deplete, and the more dominant the spell, the faster the depletion.
The last time Hu Ma summoned the old turtle, seeing its defiance, he used a punishment spell to teach it a lesson.
But this time, he directly used a killing spell.
Of course, killing spells were inherently dangerous and most likely to provoke the evil spirit's resistance.
If the old tree stump weren't there to suppress it, Hu Ma wouldn't dare use such a dangerous spell.
Not only would his Daoist power be insufficient, but the evil spirit, sensing the lethal spell, would fight to the death, potentially harming him.
But at his command, the spell resounded, and the flames in the fire basin suddenly rose, surrounded by a gust of yin wind, darkening the sky.
Vaguely, the small figures he had woven from vines transformed into tall, black-robed figures, walking from the four directions to the center and pressing down on the blue-robed evil spirit. The evil spirit was greatly alarmed and struggled fiercely.
But the figure on the old tree stump lightly raised its hand and pointed, and the blue-robed evil spirit began to shrink, its resistance weakening. It was forcefully held down by the surrounding black-robed figures.
Someone raised a knife, aiming it at its neck, lifting it high.
"World Brother, show mercy."
But at that moment, Hu Ma heard a voice with a smile in it.
(End of Chapter)
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