Chapter 94: A surprise encounter with an acquaintance

Yes, the spirit summoning ritual was basically over. This judgment was not wrong, because the final finishing move of the spirit summoning ritual was the same in every school.

In Xiao Chengqian’s eyes full of regret, he completed the final finishing hand technique, and then a wave of energy appeared behind him. In this place where the yin energy was everywhere, even without using the heavenly eye, we could see clearly.

The shadow was very large and full of momentum, but it was not yet at a level that would make us feel pressure in our hearts. What could it be?

The answer appeared the next moment, and it was a “heavenly soldier”…

Is the heavenly soldier powerful? Of course, compared to the small gods such as the land and mountain gods, it is powerful, but it is not so powerful that Xiao Chengqian is so sweaty that he uses such complicated and unfamiliar hand gestures to invite it.

Strictly speaking, the heavenly soldier is a god that Taoist practitioners often invite. Some Taoist practitioners with some skill can successfully invite gods. What is this?

I glanced at Xiao Chengqian, but he shook his head and sighed. Is it a failure of the magic? I just wanted to comfort Xiao Chengqian, but I didn’t expect the energy behind him to fluctuate again, and a shadow of a heavenly soldier appeared again…

Inviting two gods requires some skill. I was a little relieved. It turns out that this kid wasn’t just playing with me…

But in less than two seconds, the third and fourth celestial soldiers appeared one after the other behind Xiao Chengqian, which shocked me. Because of our lineage of spirit summoning, my master is considered the most powerful one. His talent even impressed my master, but my master once told me that his upper limit is to summon three gods. Perhaps the level of the gods he can summon is higher than Xiao Chengqian, but…

Before I could finish being shocked, there was another wave of energy behind Xiao Chengqian. I almost swore, wanting to yell, “Is there any more of this shit?” Stop playing around…

Indeed, there is more, and this time it is not a heavenly soldier, but a heavenly general! I slapped my forehead and almost couldn’t stand up. Lushan held me up and whispered to me, “Chengyi, what you saw is absolutely real, although I also want to faint.”

Although the spirit summoning technique only brings in a part of the power and spiritual will of the gods, the amount received is related to the bearer’s ability to withstand it, as well as the depth of their power, but this is so shocking, it’s the first time I’ve seen it. The heavenly soldiers are fine, but there is also a more advanced heavenly general. With this kind of combat power, it’s probably a match for normal Zhongmao techniques, and if it’s a little more ruthless, it can even fight against the legendary Shangmao techniques.

At this time, Xiao Chengqian closed his eyes again and began to mutter. Inviting them is one thing, but to drive them naturally requires a portion of the mantra and spiritual power.

The mantra is not complicated. After Xiao Chengqian finished reciting it, he stamped his feet on the ground three times, then opened his eyes and looked at me with a bit of a smug look, then shouted, “Heavenly soldiers and generals, listen to my orders, destroy these ghosts, go!”

This sentence is definitely nonsense and does not belong to any mantra. Xiao Daxia was just saying it to impress people, but it did have the desired effect. At his command, the heavenly soldiers and generals really went forward like a swarm of bees from behind him, rushing towards the ghosts.

“I’m sorry, I actually wanted to invite five heavenly generals.” Xiao Chengqian took out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat on his forehead, looking at me with a heartbroken expression.

Seeing his smug look, I was speechless. I endured…

“Chengyi, so, what do you mean when you say you’re taking on things that aren’t yours? I’ve been very powerful for a long time, but I just couldn’t bear to hurt you, right?” Xiao Chengqian’s eyebrows and eyes were full of a look of smugness.

I looked at Xiao Chengqian, and I endured!

The first difficulty we encountered has now been resolved. According to the speed at which these heavenly soldiers and generals have been eliminating the evil spirits, soon this will no longer be an obstacle for us, not to mention that these evil spirits are still suppressed spirits?

But just when we thought we were in the clear, a distant voice of a Buddhist chant came from afar.

“Amitabha, can you be merciful and allow me to liberate these poor souls?” The voice was full of energy, and although it clearly came from a very far away, it sounded so clear in everyone’s ear.

And the voice was so familiar, I would never forget the owner of the voice, he was my friend, Jueyuan!

But is it possible? I find it hard to believe. Although Jueyuan is unpredictable and often in the mountains, helping and saving people in poor mountainous areas, I would never have dreamed of meeting him here.

But is it impossible? I haven’t heard from him in two years!

But no matter what, in this environment, I can’t believe that the owner of this voice is Jueyuan, and I don’t believe that I will meet him here. After all, this place is full of ghosts and ghosts, and it is not impossible to have such an illusion.

“Who is it?” Xiao Chengqian was rarely so proud, but when he was asked to be merciful, he could not help but feel resentful. What’s more, here, it’s not people who appear, but mostly ghosts.

But before I could say anything, Hui Gen’er spoke up next to me. He said to me, “Brother, it sounds like my teacher, my teacher Jueyuan.”

Yes, Hui Gen always called Jueyuan his teacher. When Master Hui entrusted Hui Gen, he had already designated Jueyuan. However, because there could only be one master, Hui Gen had always called Jueyuan his teacher.

I glanced at Chengyuan, who was still holding up, then looked at Xiao Chengqian, and then said to Xiao Chengqian in a low voice, “Let’s stop for now. Or is the person really Hui Gen’er’s teacher?”

Xiao Chengqian looked at me with an incredulous look and said, “Is it really that coincidental?”

I smiled wryly and said, “Maybe, I don’t really understand what happened. But I’m not reckless. You know that Huigen is a quiet boy. Maybe he’ll get caught up in the environment because he’s young, but it’s also unlikely that he would mistake someone for someone else with his mind. He already called him teacher.”

“That’s fine.” Xiao Chengqian nodded and began to use his magic to temporarily stop the activities of the heavenly soldiers and generals.

While we were talking, we saw a boat coming from the mountainside towards us at a fast speed. Compared to our fully protected boat, that boat looked much more simple, like an ordinary fishing boat.

From a distance, we could see that there were only two people on the boat: one standing at the bow and one rowing hard, not at all slow!

We waited quietly. In less than five minutes, the boat was already close to us. I used my heavenly eyes to take a closer look and found that the people were really Jueyuan and a strange monk.

“Lao Xiao, Cheng Yuan, please take the spirit,” I said softly. Since Jueyuan said he would help, I had no reason not to believe him, because his power to help the dead was the most powerful I had ever seen.

Xiao Chengqian saw that it was really an acquaintance of mine, and he had no complaints. He really performed the exorcism, and over there, Chengyuan’s speed was a little slower, but when Jueyuan’s boat approached us, he also successfully performed the soul-unification technique.

The boat swayed gently as Jueyuan’s boat approached us. After Chengyuan had used the technique to bind the souls, the evil spirits began to flee in all directions at a rapid pace. Jueyuan did not have time to say anything to us.

He just looked at me apologetically, took out a wooden fish and a rosary, sat down immediately at the bow of the boat, and began chanting sutras to liberate the souls…

In this eerie, ghostly place, it is naturally a very magical thing to hear the sound of salvation, just like the feeling of wearing a down jacket in the middle of summer.

But we didn’t find it funny at all, because Jueyuan’s chanting had suddenly taken on a sacred meaning!

My third eye was not closed, and I saw with my own eyes that as Jueyuan chanted, a golden energy with a warm, gentle, and slightly sacred quality spread out with the sound of his chanting.

But why here? I glanced at Jueyuan and noticed that he seemed to have changed a little since I last saw him two years ago. He had a benevolent and compassionate look about him, like a Bodhisattva. Was this another realm?

The important thing is, why is he here?