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Chapter 808: The Reincarnate's Nightmare
Chapter 808: The Reincarnate's Nightmare
Dark shadows emerged from the elixir furnace, approaching the reincarnates in the Imperial Capital.
Accompanied by an indescribable evil and ominous aura, they seemed like dark clouds, an indescribable pressure weighing down on everyone's hearts.
"What the hell is that?"
The reincarnates who first encountered these black shadows were startled. They had been posing as deities, dispelling malevolent spirits, and enjoying the joy of saving others. But they never expected that chilling aura to suddenly appear in their minds.
They looked up in shock and saw pale faces with wooden expressions, and among them, a person they never expected to see.
The first to turn pale was the White Wine Miss, her face as white as paper when she saw several figures at the end of the long street.
They were Daughter Wine, Tonic Wine, and Rice Flower Fragrance...
These reincarnates had clearly been sealed by Sweet Potato Burn using paper money and placed in an iron coffin, awaiting interrogation after the current matter was resolved.
But never did they expect these four to appear before them, looking as if nothing had happened.
Within the iron coffin, there was a spell she had cast. If they broke out, she would have sensed it beforehand, but there was no warning. These four, already sealed, now stood before her, unharmed.
The same was true for the other reincarnates.
Someone was dancing the Yangge, but suddenly realized that the surrounding gongs and drums had vanished, leaving an eerie silence. A clear yet raspy sound of a wooden window opening and closing reached their ears, and inside the window, a pale face slowly emerged, blood flowing from its features.
This sent their souls flying, and even their Yangge steps faltered.
Another reincarnate had arrived at an open space in the city, intending to clear the malevolent spirits across the street, but suddenly, a rolling dark fog descended, enveloping everything in darkness. They couldn't see their hands in front of their faces, and the streets, people, and companions all disappeared.
The only clear sound was the grinding of a large stone mill. Mustering their courage, they looked ahead and witnessed a terrifying sight beyond imagination.
It was a massive stone mill, and beside it was a grotesquely shaped demon, blindfolded and pushing the mill with all its might.
On top of the mill was a little girl, only half of her body visible, her face pieced together, and her disarranged features contorted in pain, yet her expression held a bizarre smile.
Below, between the stones of the mill, were shattered faces, laughing and trying to stick their heads out, only to be quickly pulled back in.
In that instant, the reincarnates, accustomed to acting without restraint, witnessed a nightmarish scene.
Some were tied to pillars, their bodies engulfed in raging flames, while others had nails driven into their eyes, ears, and mouths, emitting hoarse cries. Some covered their mouths, vomiting thick, black liquid.
"What is that?"
Even Hu Ma, standing before the incense burner, was startled, and he looked up in shock.
"They are reincarnates who have already died..."
Second Pot Head's voice echoed behind Hu Ma, his body trembling in disbelief, "The reincarnates have encountered ghosts..."
For twenty years, the reincarnates had kept a low profile, living quietly in the shadows, but many were still discovered and harmed in various ways.
Due to their inability to establish effective communication, it was challenging to keep track of their numbers. Still, each reincarnate knew a few others they could call upon, only to find one day that they no longer responded.
Occasionally, they would hear stories of reincarnates being discovered, some tortured to death by exorcism attempts, some poisoned, and some thrown into stone mills to be ground to death.
Some retained only a mechanical and indifferent expression, while others still bore the horrors of their deaths.
They drifted through the Imperial Capital, approaching every reincarnate assisting in the religious rite, without speaking, but their voices echoed in the minds of the reincarnates:
"Betraying divine grace, deserving eternal punishment!"
"..."
This was the first time the reincarnates truly felt fear.
Accustomed to laughter, anger, and playing with mortals, they were now engulfed by an invisible terror.
Some tried to resist, but their bodies seemed unresponsive, their minds filled with layer upon layer of voices, causing chaos in their thoughts.
The Life Temple, which they had relied on to protect their souls, now shook under the impact of these voices, becoming unstable and even cracking.
For the first time, they realized with horror that the Life Temple seemed to be on the verge of destruction.
The deity statue behind the incense burner in the Life Temple became more real as they encountered more Purple Great Rats, even taking on flesh and blood, though it appeared strange and real due to the shallow cultivation of most reincarnates.
But now, the deity statue within the Life Temple was struggling, as if drawn by some force.
It exuded divine consciousness, attempting to control the reincarnates and make them submit to the subterranean entity.
Amidst this struggle, many reincarnates lost control, their feet leaving the ground without their knowledge, floating in mid-air, experiencing tearing pain from within, as if another self had awakened inside their bodies.
"So, so we are truly the apostles of Tai Sui..."
Among the countless reincarnates, Erguotou seemed to be affected the least.
Perhaps it was because his Life Temple was too solid.
But even so, he closed his eyes, and beneath his eyelids, his eyes were rolling painfully: "I, I can feel it, we are... we are Tai Sui. Before that voice awakened us, we knew nothing..."
"We were originally Tai Sui, and we should have reclaimed the offerings. We forgot our past lives and failed to repay the divine grace..."
"..."
"Brother, this isn't the time to think about that..."
At this moment, listening to his incoherent muttering, Hu Ma didn't have time to investigate further, his voice carrying the sound of thunder, he reminded him gravely.
Suppressing this thing, they didn't know how many strange things they would encounter, but they were prepared.
Earlier, he had also doubted the State Preceptor's abilities, wondering how he dared claim that he could capture all the reincarnates in one fell swoop with a single religious rite. Now, he realized that it was indeed possible.
Even he hadn't anticipated that the things beneath the city would have such a significant impact on the reincarnates, and he had already invited seven Ghost Altars, which were now suppressing the Imperial Capital.
Even the citizens of the city, though disturbed by malevolent spirits, stood firmly with their feet planted on the ground.
But the reincarnates couldn't be suppressed and continued to float.
It was as if the reincarnates were not originally from this world, and upon encountering those things, they instinctively wanted to return.
If one were to investigate further, who knows how many truths would be uncovered, but for now, it was best to solve the problem first.
"Now..."
With the sound of thunder in his voice, Erguotou was startled awake, gasping heavily. He looked at Hu Ma with an inquiring expression.
Hu Ma shouted, "Now is the time!"
Erguotou gritted his teeth, clenching his jaw tightly. The order flags in his sleeves flew out in strings, these flags were his most cherished treasures, used for altar formation, and their speed far exceeded that of ordinary ghost walkers.
But this time, he didn't use the flags for altar formation. Instead, he used them as a guide, throwing them out and forming a circle before letting them fall to the ground. Then, with his other hand, he lifted something.
An object appeared in his palm, the Ghost Walker's treasure, the Yin Yang Dual Scene Plate.
"Covering the heavens and earth, reversing Yin and Yang, all ghosts and gods shall obey my command!"
With his shout, huge oil lamps lit up around the Imperial Capital. These 'oil lamps' were actually large iron pots filled with blessed lamp oil, with thick wicks immersed in the oil, lit by the head of the Grain Guard Army outside the city.
As the lamps lit up, the altar was formed! Erguotou stood in the center, struggling to perform his spell, while Hu Ma stood before the incense table as the grounding object.
It was like when he had formed an altar before, and the Mountain Lord had personally served as his grounding object.
This was the strange altar described in the Year Protection Scroll, with only Dharmic Techniques mentioned but no subsequent records of its effectiveness.
The person who had formed this altar with him had died immediately after performing the spell, leaving no records behind.
Naturally, outsiders wouldn't know if this altar was effective or how powerful it was.
But Erguotou and Hu Ma still decided to prepare this spell as a supplement for the Age-Pressing Festival, and they also knew that if this spell worked, it would prove their speculation to be true.
The first generation of reincarnates had once borrowed this spell to join forces against strange things like those beneath the Imperial Capital, and from the subsequent twenty years of stability, they had succeeded.
"Boundary Guardian Yin Yang Heaven Summoning Altar!"
"..."
With Erguotou's shout, the flames in the fire basins around the Imperial Capital soared ten zhang high.
The entire Imperial Capital seemed to shine as bright as daylight.
Hu Ma clenched his teeth, standing firmly and shouting loudly. By now, he had carried seven Ghost Altars on his back, and his footsteps were unbearably heavy.
Boom!
The spell's power reverberated, and the entire Imperial Capital became part of the altar.
This naturally included all the citizens of the Imperial Capital.
As Erguotou shouted, he took the peachwood sword passed to him by Hu Ma and slammed it onto the ground.
Slap!
With each strike, the reincarnates who had been floating in the Imperial Capital sank a little.
After three strikes, the reincarnates' feet were firmly on the ground, and the invisible murmurs in their minds seemed to fade away.
Awakening from a dream, they looked around in terror.
"You all continue with what you were doing. We can't lose face during our first official appearance..."
Erguotou's voice, amplified by the altar, reached the ears of the reincarnates. He then glanced at Hu Ma from afar, nodded slightly, and suddenly clenched his teeth tightly, brandishing the peachwood sword forcefully towards the four directions of the Imperial Capital.
Finally, he pointed towards the Wang Family Pharmacy, located in the center of the Imperial Capital, which was also the position of the Flesh Blood Furnace.
(End of Chapter)
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