Chapter 39 Your apprentice said I was handsome

Biting the tongue again? I almost cried. On TV, those Taoist priests and monks bite their tongues very coolly, but in fact, biting the tongue hurts a lot, and if you don’t bite it decisively, the tongue will hurt, but there will be no blood on the tip of the tongue!

I had a long face, thinking that the technique my master taught me was really not that difficult. It was a bit similar to the technique of temporarily separating the soul from the body, but it was based on the technique of separating the tiger spirit from the body, which was even simpler. The entire process of teaching the technique took no more than two minutes…

But I didn’t expect that after the spell was cast, I would have to use the blood from my tongue…

“Bite it quickly. Can’t you see that the puppet is already coming over?” Master shouted.

A puppet? What a novel idea! Isn’t it a vengeful mother or a spirit of an infant? I’m absolutely sure of what I saw with my third eye! Although I was puzzled, I dared not neglect my master’s order. I looked up and saw that the puppet had recovered and was again twisting its body strangely, slowly walking towards us, with a tendency to move faster and faster!

I couldn’t delay any longer. I gritted my teeth and bit my tongue hard, and with the pain that felt like it was piercing my heart, a bloody taste came over my mouth. I quickly swallowed the blood and spit half of it at the majestic tiger standing in front of me, and then another half at its claws.

The majestic tiger was visible only to me. The others could not see it unless they had the same state of clairvoyance. In their eyes, I might have looked like an idiot, biting my own face, then grimacing in pain, then spraying a mouthful of blood into the air in a strange manner, and then nervously spraying a mouthful of blood onto my own necklace.

Damn, there are girls in the team, my image is probably hopeless…

After spitting out blood from my tongue, I felt as if I had established a strange connection with the tiger, which stood guard in the courtyard, occasionally flicking its tail. The master said, “Now you can use your mind to control the tiger spirit to attack the evil spirit. However, the tiger spirit is not very strong at the moment. You can do as you wish. Let it first fight with the puppet, and then lead it to the designated location.”

After that, the master took me a few steps back, where the designated location was, which was part of our plan. But now the monster was not what we expected, and we didn’t know if the plan would change.

I tried to use my mind to control Tiger Spirit, and it worked perfectly. At this point, the monster had already pounced on us without hesitation. Although its movements were strange, it was incredibly light, as if it had no weight.

It had completely recovered, so its movements were lightning fast again. I dared not be negligent, and quickly commanded Tiger Soul to meet it.

Master had already reminded me when he was pulling me to run just now that with my current level of skill and the state of the tiger spirit, the time and distance between us could not be too far, otherwise I would not be able to successfully recall the tiger spirit after casting the spell, and if the tiger spirit stayed outside for too long, it would dissipate. After all, it is not a complete soul, but only a remnant soul that was forcibly sealed by the great power of the master.

Therefore, I was forced to stay in the clearing and could only stand at the designated location to control the tiger spirit. Master glanced at the monster that had already been entangled by the tiger spirit, then nodded and said to me, “Let the tiger spirit hold on for a minute, slowly lead it over. This guy’s appearance has made the plan a little easier. I’ll go out and set up first.”

After saying that, the master walked out without hesitation with his hands behind his back. I wanted to cry but had no tears, and I had to face this terrifying monster called a puppet alone…

Under my command, the tiger spirit continued to fight the monster. It was itself the remnant spirit of a tiger demon, and its aura was many times stronger than that of an ordinary tiger.

I couldn’t help but feel a little sad. Yes, a monster with only a full body of resentment and anger is indeed not something that a tiger spirit that is not complete can handle, unless it can grow into a complete tiger spirit and, in a symbiotic state with me, regenerate a complete set of three spirits and seven essences.

But that’s impossible. It would take a hundred years to grow a soul and two spirits. I’d be lucky to grow one soul and two spirits.

In this way, I was slightly distracted, but it was less than half a minute. When I looked up again, the tiger spirit had dimmed a lot, looking very weak. I was very distressed to see this. You see, I didn’t deliberately command the tiger spirit to attack or anything, but to retreat while fighting, slowly leading the monster to this place. How did it become like this?

Outside the clearing, the master was busy preparing with the seven people with psychic powers. The master asked them to stand in specific positions and then start to mobilize their spiritual power.

Just as we don’t understand what supernormal capabilities are, or how they are formed, the supernormal capability holders don’t quite understand Taoist magic either. They just follow the master’s orders. The master tells them to stand this way, so they stand this way.

In fact, this is a formation, a simple, genuine combined attack formation that can concentrate the spiritual power of these people who are each working on their own.

But supernormal capabilities are not like candies in your pocket, which you can take out and eat whenever you want. These people concentrate their spiritual power, which forms into mental power, and has a clear effect, but it also requires a certain amount of preparation time.

This is why the master told me to hold off the monster. At this moment, looking at my weak and dim Tiger Spirit, I felt like my heart was being scratched by a cat. This guy is a symbiotic creature with me. Although I don’t feel it on ordinary days, it makes me feel very sad at this moment. Looking at its weak appearance, it’s like looking at a pet that has been with me for more than ten years. I just hope they can hurry up and that the master can say it’s okay.

It was getting more and more difficult for Hu Po to hold up, and the monster was getting closer and closer to me. Just when the monster was less than ten meters away from me, Hu Po was so weak that it was almost impossible to see clearly. I couldn’t bear to let Hu Po take the brunt anymore. After all, it had saved my life twice, once in the deserted village and once in the wormhole. How could I just stand by and watch it dissipate? I couldn’t do it. I quickly cast a spell to make it return. I decided that I would face the monster myself.

Without the resistance of the tiger spirit, the monster suddenly lost its target. The next moment, its eyes, which looked particularly terrifying, stared at me and it flew towards me.

I never knew how to deal with these so-called puppets, but I knew I couldn’t retreat. Once I did, the crowd behind me and all my plans would be ruined.

I clenched my fist and spat a mouthful of blood-tinged saliva onto my fist. After all, I am a Taoist priest, and I still have basic common sense. I know that in the face of this evil monster, saliva and blood on the tongue have a certain restraining effect. A fist with these two things will hurt the monster to some extent.

Rather than sitting around and waiting to die, I might as well take the initiative. At least I can take the initiative. I don’t need to delay it for much longer anyway.

At this point, the monster was less than 3 meters away from me. I roared and rushed forward with my clenched fist. In the face of my active provocation, the monster seemed extremely angry and its claws came at me without hesitation.

To be honest, I thought there must be some secret in the monster’s claws, and I didn’t dare to touch them. I was grateful to my master for teaching me martial arts from a young age. Although it was different from martial arts, I practiced mostly things that strengthened my body and improved my health, and my attacks were not very strong, but this also made my reaction speed far beyond that of ordinary people. I narrowly avoided the monster’s claws.

Before I could even stand up straight, I punched the monster hard, and its body immediately sank in. It felt like I was hitting a real ball of cotton, but it was a little different.

And the touch was cold, but I felt it was human skin.

The strange thing was that the part of the monster that I had hit and dented slowly recovered. I was shocked to see all this, but I didn’t have time to think about it. I rolled on the ground to avoid it.

The reason I didn’t stand firm just now and risked swinging a punch was to avoid being injured by the monster when I fell to the ground. I didn’t have time to think about it.

I rolled away in a panic, and the monster chased after me. It moved too fast, and because I had withdrawn the Tiger Spirit, my vision was limited. I didn’t know if I could dodge its next attack.

The situation was once again in danger. I couldn’t see the others, but this was a group effort. Even if the others wanted to help me, they wouldn’t dare to move without my master’s order. Looking at my master’s situation, it seemed that those with special abilities had not yet succeeded.

At this moment, a thunderous voice came from the distance: “Should the Great Monk still intervene?”

As soon as the voice fell, a muscular man appeared in front of me. Was this the use of light power? I was so excited that I was about to cry. The next moment, he lifted his big foot and swept it over, sweeping the monster aside.

It was Master Hui. He looked different from usual, but I didn’t care. I shouted, “Master Hui, you’re so handsome!” In response, Master Hui laughed in a series of fake modesty, but also with a sense of satisfaction.

He shouted, “Old Jiang, your apprentice says I’m handsome!”