Chapter 68: Ghost Tide (Part 1)
The talisman fell off without wind, which could only mean one thing: there were ghosts trying to possess my body. The talisman helped me resist for a while, but when it lost its effectiveness, it fell off without wind.
In the ghostly mist, the movements of these evil spirits are not restricted, and I didn’t expect the speed to be so fast that I didn’t even notice it!
This discovery made my inner tension rise to a limit. This time, I only lost a talisman, which on the surface seems to be nothing, but in fact, it is because of my many years of cultivation that my soul is stronger than ordinary people, and my soul will is also much stronger. Even without a talisman, it is impossible for ordinary vengeful ghosts to possess my body, not to mention that there is a powerful symbiotic soul lurking in the depths of my soul—Shatu! But in the situation just now, if it were an ordinary person, even if they were covered in talismans like me, they would not be possessed.
After all, the effect of these yellow talismans is really limited. For me, it is just a warning!
Thinking of this, I still didn’t slow down, maintaining a speed of 100 meters per second, but I waved the whisk in my hand. This whisk has many magical properties. At least it can actually hit the ghosts and spirits. I don’t know if it can hit the target, but at least it is a protective measure!
At the limit of my speed, a 100-meter sprint is only a matter of a dozen seconds. Because I had opened my heavenly eye, the confusion of these ghosts and spirits was reduced to a minimum. Or maybe it was because I was chewing on the incense beads, the faint fragrance of which kept my mind constantly at a sober limit. With the heavenly eye and the extremely fast speed, I was not confused by the ghosts!
After running 100 meters, in the thick fog that was almost impenetrable, in that dark energy, I was able to see with my heavenly eye two pale golden energy balls representing human life, one of which was already very weak, and the other, although not very ‘spirited’, was still above a certain threshold!
“There!” I shouted back in surprise, but the moment I turned around, the light emitted by the aura representing Tao Bai in the state of the heavenly eye almost blinded me!
It was too dazzling and too strong. Tao Bai’s vitality was so strong that it had reached such a point? That means the yang energy gathered on Tao Bai’s body is like a “little sun”? What is the secret of Tao Bai’s body? Not to mention ordinary people, even Taoists with a hundred years of accumulation are unlikely to have such an eye body. After all, Taoism emphasizes the harmony of yin and yang, pays attention to health preservation, and also pays attention to the strength of the soul. Such a yang body is somewhat too incredible in every way!
Unfortunately, now is not the time to explore Tao Bai’s secrets. After a brief moment of being distracted, I was able to see some vague Tao Bai figures in the qi group. What surprised me was that Tao Bai followed me around stupidly, and none of the evil-repelling talismans on his body had fallen off. Fuck, compared to his extremely strong yang energy, I have become a soft persimmon, and all the ghosts are coming to trouble me!
This kind of thing is really hurt my self-esteem! I really want to yell at these ghosts, see clearly, I am a Taoist, or the mountain word vein! Why is my body full of evil-repelling talismans almost gone?
Although my thoughts were in a complete mess, our frantic pace did not stop. The ten-meter distance passed in an instant, and we finally saw two figures in the ghostly fog. One was lying on the ground, a strange middle-aged man who looked familiar. This should be the person Zheng Daxia was talking about who went out to contact the outside world.
The other one was Lu Shan. When I saw Lu Shan at that moment, my breathing almost stopped, because I was so surprised!
In the ghostly fog, Lu Shan sat on the ground, clasping a strange hand gesture in his hands, and his hands were raised in a strange gesture. The whole person had almost fallen into a kind of meditation that was isolated from the outside world, and even his breathing had become extremely long.
Behind him stood a vague shadow, which could vaguely be seen as a Buddha with angry eyes, but it was not the one I was familiar with. I have limited knowledge of Buddhism, but where did I see the hand gestures that Lu Shan was making?
I frowned and thought carefully. Thanks to my good memory, I really remembered that detail. It was one day in the Beijing compound when my master suddenly threw a booklet at me and asked me to study it carefully.
When I opened it, I saw some strange hand gestures drawn on it. Unlike Taoism, these hand gestures were accompanied by various body postures. I was completely at a loss! Moreover, the drawings were very rough, and the human hands looked like five radishes stuck on a pig’s trotter. I could tell at a glance that they were the handiwork of my master, so I couldn’t bear to read them.
My master glared at me and said, “Take a good look. These are some hand gestures from the esoteric Buddhist sect that I have finally managed to get my hands on. They are of great reference value to my Taoist sect. You should take a look too. Maybe you can be inspired.”
But the esoteric Buddhism is so profound and profound, not to mention that I was only given a booklet with only pictures, even if it was accompanied by detailed explanations, I would not necessarily be able to learn the basics. Moreover, the master thought too highly of me to say that I would be able to study and gain inspiration that would be beneficial to my Taoism.
In the end, I didn’t get any hints from that book, but I did gain some understanding of the secret hand signs.
At this moment, Lushan was using the secret hand signs of the Tantric sect! And they were very advanced, and definitely not to be passed on to others. Could it be that Lushan was a member of the Tantric sect? I suddenly felt that Tao Bai and Lushan had too many secrets hidden within them!
However, seeing this scene, I was relieved. It turned out that Lu Shan could not only withstand the ghost fog for a while, but also protect others. The faint yellow light emitted by the shadow behind Lu Shan formed a shield-like object that isolated the ghost fog and the ghosts, in addition to the man lying on the road and the ground.
At this time, there were no less than a hundred ghosts surrounding Lu Shan and the others, but unfortunately none of them could get close to Lu Shan or the man. However, we couldn’t delay any longer, because the protective barrier was already crumbling, and the shadow of the Buddha behind Lu Shan was also getting fainter and fainter. Lu Shan’s entire body was soaked in sweat, and his clothes were clinging to his body. He also had a painful expression on his face, and it seemed that he was about to give up!
I took a deep breath, picked up the whisk and was about to go forward, but Tao Bai was even more eager than me. In the next moment, he had already rushed out, roaring and raising his fists, looking very anxious and angry.
Before I could even say, “Tao Bai, danger,” I saw a miraculous scene. Tao Bai had actually punched a ghost into the air with one blow!
Can Tao Bai fight ghosts? This is beyond my understanding, but the next moment I understood what was going on. I clearly saw that both of Tao Bai’s fists were covered in blood. That should be his own blood. The vitality of blood and yang energy can cause harm to ghosts, and it is inevitable.
This kind of natural talent is simply not something to be envied. Tao Bai and I are like two extremes, one with a body that is extremely powerful, and the other with an exceptionally powerful soul. If we could complement each other…
However, this is impossible. The next moment, I didn’t think anymore, and I rushed over with my whisk!
This was a difficult battle. In the ghostly mist, these ghosts and spirits were simply impossible to kill, and there was no time to kill them all.
As a Taoist priest, it was extremely frustrating not to be able to prepare spells in such extreme circumstances. I was inexplicably caught in a “hand-to-hand combat” with the ghosts, and I was afraid that if other Taoist priests knew about it, they would laugh at me!
After a minute or so, we finally ‘killed’ our way through the blood, getting closer to Lushan and the middle-aged man. The bad thing was that the ghosts were also piling up. If you could see from above, you would see that there were dense ghosts surrounding the four of us, just like a large crowd gathering in the square!
Lu Shan had not yet woken up from his trance, but his brows had slightly relaxed. He must have sensed what was happening outside, but in the midst of this tide of ghosts, he dared not stop chanting and was still trying to maintain it!
Taking advantage of this gap, I took out two blue talismans from the yellow cloth bag I was carrying and attached them to Lu Shan and the middle-aged man lying on the ground. After looking at the condition of the middle-aged man, I took out a small porcelain bottle from my bag. It contained a positive Yang medicinal liquid made mainly from the blood of a rooster’s comb, which I smeared on the middle-aged man’s forehead!
The next moment, I shouted to Tao Bai, “Take them both with you, and then we’ll rush out!”
As I spoke, I vigorously swept the whisk in my hand, and the sharp edge of the chain instantly cut my palm… Tao Bai’s shy voice sounded behind me: “Brother Chen, use my blood, it is naturally evil-repelling!”
I was really shocked to hear that he was born to ward off evil spirits. I looked back at Tao Bai, who had already caught the middle-aged man under his arm. At that moment, he was calling for Lushan to wake up!
And the ghost tide was already rolling towards us…