Chapter 88: A strange retreat

In this world, most things have a way out, but not everything. For example, from the moment we decided to flee, we were doomed to have no way back.

Behind us were the Hmong people chasing us, and in front of us was the unknown dog spirit. Unfortunately, there was no turning back for us, so we could only rush forward to face the unknown dog spirit.

I didn’t know what kind of existence the dog spirit was, at least not at that time. In my heart, the dog spirit was the same as the cat spirit, a kind of spirit. This idea was not wrong, but in fact, after I learned the essence of the dog spirit and the cat spirit later, I realized that my idea was somewhat naive.

The essence of the dog spirit is a hungry dog, a hungry dog with a soul full of resentment. To deliberately create this spirit, you must use the most vicious fighting dog, bury it in the ground, only exposing its head, and then not feed it, only giving it a certain amount of water to drink.

The water must also be special, because it is not ordinary water, but rather blood, the blood of a dog full of resentment.

Where does this dog blood come from? It is obtained by deliberately adopting the puppies of dogs, feeding them with extreme care, and when the dogs are full of affection and attachment to their masters, killing them cruelly and then obtaining the blood. It can be imagined what kind of resentment is contained in this blood.

The fighting dog buried in the ground was already hungry and thirsty. The only thing it could eat every day was a small amount of this blood, so it would not refuse to eat this blood.

The dog was kept alive on this blood for 49 days, and on the last three days, it was not given anything to eat, not even this blood full of resentment. Then, at 11 o’clock on the night of the 49th day, the dog’s head was cut off, and the dog’s soul, which had been collected in a special way, was the prototype of the dog spirit.

The whole process of cultivation is full of viciousness, which shows how evil the dog spirit is. At the time, I thought it was a spirit, which of course it is, but I didn’t know it was such an evil spirit.

There was no way to deal with it by ordinary means.

During the process of running, I began to silently recite the mantra and pinch the hand gestures to deal with the spirit body. The hand gestures are undoubtedly the most powerful and the simplest and most direct way to kill. My hand gestures were naturally not as powerful as my master’s, but I felt that they should be enough to deal with the dog spirit.

Unfortunately, during this process, no matter how I urged the hand gestures, the power gathered very slowly, and it was even impossible to gather at all. The hand gestures were just empty gestures, and I had to stop in place and say with a bad look on my face, “Wait a minute, there seems to be a problem on my side.”

Gao Ning frowned and asked, “What’s going on?”

“I can’t move my hand gestures. What should I do about the canine spirit in front of me?” To some extent, Gao Ning is now my comrade-in-arms, and I must explain the situation to him. Moreover, I have a vague feeling that Gao Ning is not as simple as I imagined. He must be hiding something. I really have no way to deal with the canine spirit. I can’t do all the work on this journey, can I?

If I remember correctly, Gao Ning also needs our help to get something, and he also wants to escape.

Faced with my directness, Gao Ning frowned slightly, and he said, “Your tiger soul is also a kind of spirit, and there is no difference between it and the various spirits of the Miao people. Their actions are more costly for the owner’s soul power, so it is normal that you cannot gather your power.”

I felt a wave of anger rise in my heart. I asked him what to do, not to analyze the cause. How could Gao Ning be so insincere?

But it was too late to say anything. I heard a mad dog barking, followed by a gust of wind. It was as if something was rushing towards us. I thought Gao Ning would make a move, but he quickly moved aside.

I didn’t have to use my spiritual eyes to know that the dog spirit was heading straight for Ruoxue. As the most powerful spirit in the Miao tribe, could Ruoxue handle it?

Do I have to use the two most powerful spells in my arsenal? My mind was racing, but it was obviously nonsense. There was no time to use the divine summoning spell or the three magic spells of the upper, middle and lower realms. I only had time to pull Ling Ruxue away, but I heard a young voice shout, “Get out of the way.”

As he shouted, I saw a streak of something flash past, hitting somewhere in the air. Then we all heard a series of dog-like throat sounds. At this point, I saw Huigen holding a rosary and making a hand gesture that I didn’t recognize, standing in the middle of the road.

The thing that just repelled the dog spirits was the Buddha beads in Huigen’s hand. These Buddha beads must be something special. Thinking this, I touched the agarwood beads I was wearing on my wrist. Maybe they are also extraordinary.

I have worn these beads for so many years, but I have never found any use for them, except for the fact that they are very calming.

“If this can’t kill you, the beads my master gave me were made from the relics of high monks.” Hui Gen said with some dissatisfaction, waving the beads in his hand.

But even so, I was already very surprised. I didn’t expect Hui Gen to have this skill.

I didn’t have time to praise Huigen, but Huigen said to me, “Brother, that ugly dog ran away, let’s continue to run.”

This defeated the dog spirit. I couldn’t believe it, but the quiet passage proved that it was indeed gone. Moreover, Hui Gen’er’s heavenly eye was even more powerful than mine. At least when sensing powerful evil spirits, he was more sensitive than me, so there should be no mistake.

I didn’t want to break with Gao Ning, so I just looked at him deeply. Gao Ning avoided my gaze and just said, “Then hurry up, wait until those Miao people catch up. Only by running into the insect room will we be safe. The insect room is a holy place for them. Except for some people, they dare not go in.”

He knows that?

I was used to it. Seeing Ling Ruxue’s face turn pale, I gave her a wink to indicate that she should not act up, and then continued to run quickly with Gao Ning.

The tunnel was already very long, and it was strange that we had not encountered any obstacles along the way, except for the sound of footsteps behind us, the footsteps of the Miao people chasing after us.

But the more I ran, the more I felt that something was wrong. Gao Ning had clearly told me that there were nine dog spirits hiding in the tunnel, so why had only one come out and been easily defeated by Huigen?

This question was nagging at my heart, almost driving me crazy. I had a particularly bad feeling, and I felt it was very necessary to say it. I said, “There are clearly nine dog spirits, why did only one come out and was easily beaten back by Huigen?”

Gao Ning ran forward in silence, but Ling Ruxue’s face changed instantly. She said, “Oh no, Chengyi, dog spirits are different from cat spirits. Dog spirits like to attack in groups and have a certain team intelligence. They will call for reinforcements. Unlike cat spirits, if they are not deliberately commanded by their masters, they will generally act alone. They will not help each other in a group. This is the nature of dogs and cats in their previous lives, and there is no way to change it. I suspect that on the road ahead, the nine dog spirits will gather together and wait for us.

Ling Ruxue’s words made my heart tighten. Although I had been holding back all the way, unwilling to ruin my relationship with Gao Ning, at this moment, I didn’t care about that anymore. I took a step forward and grabbed Gao Ning by the collar, yelling, “Gao Ning, why didn’t you tell me about this? If you were trying to use us, I’m sorry, but I’ll make sure you die with us.”

Perhaps it was the continuous running that made Gao Ning a little weak. He let me grab his collar and panted to me, “What if I tell you? Will it not pass? Ling Ruxue also said that this is the characteristic of the dog spirit, which cannot be avoided. Don’t blame me for not helping. Don’t forget that the most difficult thing to deal with here is the female worm. Only I can deal with it. I want to save my strength to deal with it! If you think you can, then I can help now. Do you want to deal with the worm?”

I looked at him angrily. He was actually using us as a shield, saving his own strength. There was nothing we could do about it. Who would dare say they could deal with that strange bug?

But in the face of my anger, Gao Ning just looked at me calmly, without the slightest fear. He had too much capital to pull us away, and just the fact that I didn’t want to die was enough, not to mention that we had already come this far.

Just as we were arguing, Huigen suddenly said, “Brother, don’t argue with him. I have a way to deal with those ugly dogs. Let’s go again!”