Chapter 146: Chengxin’s Soul

It was just the phrase “take off your clothes” that made both Chengxin and Chengyuan, who were standing next to me, look at me at the same time.

Chengyuan’s eyes were full of surprise, as if he couldn’t believe it.

As for Brother Chengxin, he had an innocent, sad, defensive, slightly angry expression on his face!

I gulped down a mouthful of blood and shouted at Cheng Xin Ge with a fierce look on my face: “Are you going to merge your soul with a young fox? Do you still want to defeat that Yucui Zi? If so, then take off your clothes right now!”

Brother Chengxin looked at my face, which was about to twitch, and innocently said, “Oh!” He obediently took off his robe and exposed his upper body.

Behind me came a loud laugh. I turned around and saw Xiao, the young master, who had just come down from the battlefield. He still laughed rudely when he saw me glaring at him, and said to me and Chengxin, “Two idiots.”

This time, the omnipotent master didn’t understand what we were angry about or laughing about. He looked at us with curiosity and inquisitiveness, just like the master back then!

Back then, whenever there was any excitement on the street, he would always want to go and watch, saying that it was fate to have met them! This kind of ‘naughty’ personality actually comes from the master.

These situations make me think, can we be trusted? It doesn’t seem like we can be trusted.

Chengxin had already taken off his clothes as he had said. At that moment, before I could concentrate, I clearly saw the master asking Xiao Chengqian… Never mind, I will endure it. I immediately calmed down and got back to my work.

“The highest-level runes do not necessarily need to be supported by a carrier, such as cinnabar, but can be drawn by condensing one’s own soul power into a thread. This is the highest level of calculation, and it also requires extremely powerful soul power. Under the limitations of the physical body, it is generally difficult to succeed. Moreover, ordinary carriers cannot condense this kind of rune. Even if the drawing is successful, it will dissipate quickly. This kind of rune requires extremely harsh carriers, and there are only a few types. I will explain them in detail later, but one of them is the best carrier that I can tell you now, and that is the soul.

When the master passed on the teachings, the words he explained were still ringing in my ears. At this time, I had successfully controlled a soul force and made it into the shape of a thin thread, which I began to draw on Brother Chengxin’s body.

“Confusion is a profound skill. In fact, you shouldn’t look at this skill with a secular perspective, thinking that it is bad because it involves the word “confusion.” To put it simply, there are many Taoist methods that involve confusion. For example, to dispel the hostility of a fierce ghost, you have to solve its knot of heart, and you will also create an illusion to appease it. Is confusion a bad thing? For a long time, people have thought that the art of confusion is something that ghosts and demons are best at. Wrong! If you use the unique methods of Taoism, Taoism is no worse. For example…

Like what I’m doing now? Actually, Grandmaster, I understand without you having to explain it.

I was completely absorbed in drawing the runes on the specific parts of Xiangxin’s body, but my thoughts kept drifting back to that night more than twenty years ago.

I don’t remember if there was a moon that night, but I remember that in the courtyard with the oil lamp lit, an old man was intently making a paper doll, while a child squatted nearby, watching intently and curiously.

I still remember the old man’s amazing paper doll-making skills. He could depict the spirit of a woman in a photograph with just a few strokes.

I also remember the old man drawing runes on the bamboo that would become the paper doll’s bones, and then patiently telling me that only in this way would the paper doll have a spirit and be able to work.

I still can’t forget how many years ago, my master made that paper doll for Li Fengxian, which opened up my curiosity about Taoism and opened another door in my life.

Now, I am doing the same thing, but with a more advanced method passed down by my master. Instead of making paper dolls, I use the unique Taoist method to make the most powerful illusion, directly using the soul of Brother Chengxin as the carrier.

This is the flow of inheritance, from generation to generation, endless.

There was no sadness, but rather, I put aside these thoughts and threw myself into it wholeheartedly. I became more and more skilled at gathering the power of the soul into silk, and as the brush kept moving up and down, the runes appeared faster and faster.

I forgot about the time, and before I knew it, I had drawn runes all over Chengxin’s limbs, spine, ribs, etc. Finally, I finished drawing the runes on his head, and then used a special hand gesture to collect them.

With a ‘pop’, I dropped the rune pen. At this point, I felt dizzy spells in my head. This was not because I had used up too much spiritual power, but because I had fallen into a wonderful state, which was caused by consuming too much spiritual power.

“Very good!” I heard my master’s voice of praise, and I immediately felt a great sense of satisfaction.

Still like this, in my thirties, I still crave the praise and recognition of my elders.

As time passes, when we think we are mature, we often hide the truth in our bones. But in fact, we can’t forget it, can we? We still long for it, don’t we? An affirmation, a compliment, from our elders, from people! How can such satisfaction and happiness be replaced by worldly material?

But is it because I am afraid that others will see this innocence and think it is weak that I have to hide it?

I froze for a moment, but was interrupted by my brother Chengxin, who said, “Finally, I’m going to merge my soul with that little fox.”

Looking up, I saw Chengxin’s expression of solemnity, which I had never seen before, and he began to pinch the hand gestures of the soul again.

And Chengzhen? I couldn’t help but glance at him, but I found that by the time I looked, the battle was already over. Chengzhen’s formation had already been set up, and although the ghost generals were still in the open hall, they were like trapped in the most complicated maze, and were split apart one by one, and one by one, they were broken by Chengzhen!

Now, there are only two ghost generals left!

Seeing this, I couldn’t help but think the same thing as my master. Apart from one of his subordinates, Yucuizi, they were all about to be killed. Didn’t the city lord want to intervene? What was he doing?

Thinking about this, I looked at my master, who was also looking at the throne hidden at the far end. He looked rather grave, his fingers moving constantly, but then he sighed and interrupted his movements. It seems that he can’t attack, and that also includes not being able to count!

Because I don’t know the cause and effect, these things are definitely not something I can worry about!

What about the young fox? After receiving the master’s supplement, can it still hold on? Thinking about this, I couldn’t help but glance over to the young fox.

I found that the situation was extremely bad. The young fox looked even more disheveled than before. I didn’t know why the originally white and supple white fur had become disheveled, looking extremely messy. Was it about to collapse?

I looked at Brother Chengxin with concern, but found that this time his hand movements to merge the souls were incredibly smooth. In the blink of an eye, he was almost done. This was even faster than my speed!

This made me a little confused. How did the master eliminate Brother Chengxin’s resistance? Or did my runes work?

But before I could figure it out, I suddenly saw a flash of white light. Before I could see clearly, I heard Yucuizi’s sneer. I looked in Yucuizi’s direction in surprise, and there was only Yucuizi’s solitary figure. Where was the shadow of the tender fox?

And Yucuizi didn’t waste any time. After seeing the young fox disappear, she walked directly towards Chengzhen. She was extremely fast, and in the blink of an eye, she was almost close to Chengzhen.

Before I could figure out what was going on, I took a step forward and was about to attack. Chengzhen might be able to fight four ghost generals in this state, but with the addition of Yucuizi, he would definitely lose!

Even if he fights against Yucui alone, he can’t win! After all, he is a ghost rascal, and with the addition of the charm, these two points alone are enough to crush many Taoist priests.

“I’ll do it.” A strange voice appeared in my ear, and a hand grabbed my sleeve…

Who is it? I was startled, and when I looked back, I saw a completely unfamiliar, yet familiar face!

It was unfamiliar because this face had never appeared in my life, but it was familiar because I had seen this face before—Chen Nuo. This was Chen Nuo’s face!

I was stunned for a moment, and then I realized that this was the effect of the runes, and this was the form of the combined soul of Brother Chengxin. There was no fixed pattern, but it was based on the greatest weakness of each person’s innermost being, and it took on different forms!

Unknowingly, Brother Chengxin had already succeeded in merging his soul!

This is a powerful fusion of souls. Just thinking about it makes me feel scared. Where would there be any opponents for this kind of fusion of souls? It is aimed directly at the heart, a weapon that strikes directly at the heart!

I retreated, and at that moment, a strange male voice, in a gentle tone, looked at Yucizi and shouted, “Cui Zi.”

Yucuizi suddenly turned around.