Chapter 28 Morning, 7:12

The 200-man advance unit, a fully armed special forces unit of 200 men, was completely blocked here. What was going on? I couldn’t imagine it! I didn’t think that any terrain could hold these extraordinary special forces soldiers.

Master obviously had the same doubts, and soon got out of the car and walked straight ahead. I hurried to catch up.

The military searchlight shone in front, illuminating the area. When my master and I walked forward, we immediately saw the situation clearly. As soon as I saw it, I clenched my fists in anger. A bunch of animals.

Although there are many uninhabited areas in China, the place where the Black Rock Miao Village is located is not a place where it is difficult for humans to survive. Where there are resources, there are always traces of humans. In addition to the several villages controlled by the Black Rock Miao Village, there are still one or two remote villages in this area, separated by more than ten miles.

Although the people in these villages live almost isolated from the world, they are all simple and kind. I still remember the scene when Ru Xue and I borrowed horses from them to travel. They were all very enthusiastic, and some people said that they would not charge us and would be our guides.

But at this moment, all the villagers were gathered together, kneeling in front of the wooden fences, with some strangers behind them, some from the Black Rock Miao village, pointing guns at the innocent villagers.

I never thought that in my China, after entering a civilized society for so long, there would still be such a cruel scene, where these people’s lives are treated like grass and these innocent and kind villagers must not have thought that such a thing could happen in a civilized society.

“These people must be international mercenaries who have somehow managed to get here. It must be that organization behind the scenes! They said they could get through here, but they would kill these villagers.” The commander of the special forces reported to my master.

After all, this is a civilized society, not a real brutal war. It is impossible to ignore more than 200 lives and force your way through. The terrain here is also a bit special. Outside of this valley, there are high mountains on both sides. We can’t go around the mountains. In that case, it would be impossible to complete this operation in one day. They are using human lives to block us.

Because the Black Rock Miao Village would not care about human lives, otherwise, there would not be a few villages like Piglet Village.

“Commander Jiang, I don’t know the specific situation of this operation. After all, this is not a core secret that our troops can access. But the order I received said that this operation is related to the country’s great interests. If it really doesn’t work, the only thing to do is to sacrifice the car to save the general. Without these obstacles, with the quality of my special forces, it will take less than half an hour to end this battle with very few casualties.” The commander hesitated for a moment, his eyes full of pity, but fighting is definitely not a game. It is a real cruelty. The true intentions of war are often not really written out, and that is unacceptable to ordinary people.

Therefore, it is possible to abandon these two hundred people, because behind them are the lives of many more people and the greater national interest. All commanders are excellent choice masters, and their necessary cold-bloodedness will ensure that they make the right choice.

After all, this commander had not experienced war for many years, so he would not be able to bear it, but he also knew what the right choice was.

“As long as we pass this fence, and then less than 30 miles, we can reach the nearest village in the Black Rock Miao village, right?” The master did not answer the commander’s question, but instead asked that one.

I glanced over the fence and saw many people crying. I happened to meet the vacant gaze of a man, a gaze that was almost desperate. I remembered that man, the one who lent us his horse and enthusiastically led us on a section of the mountain road.

I am not a commander, and I have never been good at making choices. Before Master had a chance to speak, I said loudly, “Master, no, we can’t let these 200 people die.”

The master looked at me and said, “Have we learned everything in vain? How can we give up the lives of more than 200 people? That is not where my Taoist righteousness lies. Chengyi, go and call a few Taoist priests. Let’s set up a formation.”

I was pleased. Yes, the formation, some things that modern technology cannot solve, does not mean that Taoist people cannot solve it! Why didn’t I think of this?

At this time, the master asked the troops to provide cover and retreat quickly with me to the rear. The commander there began a new round of so-called “negotiations.” I heard the content intermittently. The request of the Miao village was that we retreat, and it would only take one day.

I sneered. Is everyone fighting for this day?

Here, ten Taoists, including me and my master, began to get busy. Time was pressing, and we prepared to use all our strength to set up a formation.

This formation is an instant formation, similar to my Hundred Ghosts Gathering Spirit Formation, but much more powerful. Because this formation is similar to the art of summoning spirits, it is called the Summoning the Spirits and Trapping the Gods Formation, which means that the power of the formation is sufficient to trap even the gods.

In other words, this is a formation that invites ghosts. The things that are invited are different from the hundred ghosts that gather in the Hundred Ghost Confinement Formation. They are real powerful guys that I don’t know where they came from, just like the technique of summoning demons.

A real fierce ghost full of evil!

The formation was presided over by my master, and everything was carried out in an orderly manner. Various patterns were quickly drawn, and various yin instruments were also endless. Such a large formation is harmful to heaven and earth, but heaven also emphasizes cause and effect. We are arranging such a vicious formation for the lives of more than 200 people, which is a kind of virtue that uses poison to fight poison and promotes goodness. Therefore, we are not too concerned.

In fact, just as every Taoist priest here can produce a yin instrument, the real Taoist priests will never only carry the most honorable and righteous instruments, because sometimes, it is not the means that is important, but the end.

More than an hour later, at 6:48, the formation was complete. As long as the eye of the formation was set, the formation would activate. This formation was a bit special. The master had made some changes. Originally, the focus of this formation was on the word “confine.” The master had deliberately left a way out for the things being summoned. Relying on the instincts of the things being summoned, they would soon find this way out and rush towards it.

The opening of the gate is towards the entrance of the fence. When these things rush out, they will face the so-called mercenaries and the people of the Black Rock Miao Village. What are these fierce ghosts? They are full of hostility, and the consequences are self-evident when they see these strangers.

The place where the eye of the formation is located is also arranged in the fence, and that is the key to truly trapping these ghosts. In other words, there is a living gate in the formation, but it is a fake living gate. After rushing out, it is the place where the eye of the formation is located, the key to trapping the ghosts.

This is done to prevent the ghosts from harming the innocent and to control their range of movement.

And only in the formation will these ghosts be successfully invited back, without the embarrassment of “inviting the gods is easy, but sending them away is difficult.”

Who is responsible for setting up the eye of the formation? The master has already laid out the required patterns on the formation plate. All that is needed is to insert the plate and then insert an object of yin, and the task will be completed.

However, the person who completes the task must be a Taoist, and only a Taoist can find the true entrance and then withdraw without harm.

More than 200 people’s lives were at stake, and at this time, a Taoist stood up and said, “I’ll go.”

The master looked at him and said, “Xige, how confident are you?” The man who stepped forward was called Xige Guan, and he was also a Taoist. He was quite a bit of a hero, very generous, but also smart and cautious.

“There shouldn’t be any problems,” said Brother Xi.

The task of setting up the magic circle was given to Xige, who quietly went forward and exchanged clothes with a member of the army, pretending to be the person sent by the army to negotiate. Sure enough, a person successfully infiltrated the fence. After all, Xige didn’t bring any weapons with him, and the so-called magic circle was just a palm-sized wooden block. The magic weapon of the magic circle was just a chess piece. Guan Xige humorously waved the flag as a white flag of surrender in negotiations. Who would care that he was holding a flag in his hand?

After all, the great witch of the Black Rock Miao village would not appear here. Not to mention the great witch, even ordinary witches would not appear, because according to their plan, these people should have become abandoned children and things to delay time without knowing it, and they would be abandoned the next day.

It’s just that these people don’t know it themselves! So, these are just ordinary people, and they don’t know Taoist methods.

Xige was negotiating with them in the fence, and it looked like he was quite friendly. My heart was in my throat, and I didn’t know what opportunity Xige was looking for to put down the array and insert the eye of the array.

After about ten minutes of negotiation, Brother Xi probably wanted to go to the bathroom, so he went to a slightly secluded place and pretended to urinate. That’s when I saw Brother Xi bend over and then casually plant the flag in place.

Suddenly, behind me, the big formation started to move, and the wind started to blow.

At this time, it was 7:12 in the morning.