Chapter 29: Flying Fire Talisman

At this moment, my master gave me a completely unfamiliar feeling, especially those eyes. I simply couldn’t bear to look into them. Whenever I did, I felt a tremendous pressure.

Huijue stopped chanting, carefully put away his wooden fish, and stood up easily, walking towards the crowd and saying, “Let’s watch the show.”

Everyone followed suit and let out a sigh of relief, each of them withdrawing their spiritual powers and standing around laughing.

I was very surprised. My master was so powerful that he could make everyone who had just been so stressed relax like that?

Once everyone had finished their practice, especially when the old man Huizhuo stopped chanting, the pressure on the hungry ghost in the formation was reduced. It roared viciously and charged straight towards the crowd.

But when it got to the edge of the talisman, it would always take a few steps back.

My master stood in front of the altar, holding a peach-wood sword behind his back. He had an imposing air of calmness, and I knew he was building up his strength. Taoist practitioners always build up their strength before they strike. This is just basic knowledge. I was a little impatient, wondering how my master could be so leisurely building up his strength at this time.

Because I didn’t have the heavenly eye, but with my powerful spiritual awareness, I could feel that the hungry ghost was about to rush into the formation, and I could even feel that the entire formation was crumbling.

“Don’t worry, your master has used the technique of the lower world, and he has summoned the spirit. At this time, building up strength is secondary. He must adapt to this power and also keep his mind clear and not be confused.” Hui Jue came up to me and whispered in my ear.

“The art of the lower earth?” I wasn’t asking a question, I was shocked. I knew how difficult this spell was.

“It’s the art of the lower path. Originally, I only intended to possess the spirit and use a little divine power, but unfortunately, we were wrong. There is something strange about this hungry ghost worm.” Hui Jue sighed.

If I had known that this bug was like this, what I would have been waiting for it would not have been a simple anode lock-yin formation, nor would it have been the potion that was brewed in a hurry.

As I was talking to Huijue, a cry of surprise came from the crowd. I turned around and saw that the hungry ghost had already broken out of the formation and rushed to the boy. It opened its mouth wide and was about to viciously bite the boy!

It’s him again? It’s like he’s possessed by the god of bad luck. I sighed in exasperation.

Hui Jue was just laughing at me.

At this moment, it was as if a gust of wind had blown across my face, and I heard the words, “Get in there.” I saw my master, as if floating in the air, suddenly kick the hungry ghost into the magic circle with one kick.

This is just ordinary light bodywork, also known as light work. People always think it is very magical, flying over the eaves and walls. In fact, its greatest effect is just to make people more agile when moving.

“When did Master become so good at light body kung fu?” I marveled to myself, but I didn’t ask because I didn’t have time. In the magic circle, Master and the hungry ghost were already fighting, and I was busy watching.

The hungry ghost was extremely strong and quick, and I knew that it had a strange spiritual aura that could attack people. I had just been attacked by it, but I saw that Master and the hungry ghost were very relaxed as they fought back and forth.

The peach wood sword fell one after another, cutting open the hungry ghost’s grayish skin, and the hungry ghost was the one who looked more flustered.

I could see that the hungry ghost was afraid and wanted to escape, but it was deliberately controlled around Master’s body and couldn’t get out of the circle!

What I was more curious about was the peachwood sword. I often played with it, but I never felt that it was very sharp. How could it break the skin of the hungry ghost? When it was a worm, the edges of Guo Er and the others’ shovels couldn’t even cut it.

“Don’t be obsessed with all kinds of spiritual arts and magic spells all day long. Martial arts are the foundation of survival in some cases. Do you understand?” Watching the battle between Master and the hungry ghost in the magic circle, I suddenly remembered this sentence, only because Master’s martial arts were really outstanding.

I am not very interested in these kung fu skills, but I am very interested in things related to magic, such as drawing talismans and Taoist shock power.

But at this time, I discovered that even when fighting strange things, kung fu is very useful.

The hungry ghost was finally driven out of its ferocity by my master, and it stopped trembling and stopped, staring at my master with a pair of spiteful eyes.

“Want to fight power? Fight the aura?” Huijue didn’t know where he got a handful of beans, stood there, chewing them ‘crunchy crunchy’, and his face was written all over that I was watching a show.

Not only me, but everyone around me was completely speechless.

But my master didn’t pay any attention to this at all. He just smiled lightly, as if he was waiting for this moment. He rested his sword on his back with his right hand, and with his left hand he made a sword finger. Suddenly he began to chant loudly, and with the rhythm of the chant, his hand began to draw imaginary characters in the air.

I saw this set of movements and was stunned! Drawing talismans in midair, my master actually used this move!

This move is not a secret, and even the unique incantations are not a secret. Even many real Taoist priests know at least three or four incantations and patterns for talismans.

But many Taoist priests don’t use this trick.

It’s just that talismans and cinnabar are very special things. Real talismans are not just yellow paper that you can buy on the market. There are special requirements. I also know that besides yellow talismans, my master can’t make any other talismans.

As for cinnabar, it is extremely masculine and has the original function of warding off evil spirits and dispersing them. More importantly, cinnabar can condense power, and once power is condensed on it, cinnabar can affect the aura.

These two things are important props for making talismans. If you want to draw a talisman out of thin air, you must have an incredible amount of power, and you must also use mental energy to condense it. Therefore, I was stunned when I saw my master’s movements.

The incantations for drawing talismans in midair are short, and the talisman patterns are not complicated. They are often used in duels, and it is impossible to delay them for too long.

It’s like you’re still drawing the talisman, and someone else is so angry that they pick up a brick and throw it at you.

So, from the beginning of the master’s movements to the end when he shouted the word “Ji,” it took no more than 10 seconds!

With the sword pointing down, and with the sound of “Ji,” the hungry ghost’s whole body shook, and he stood there dumbfounded, as if he had gone crazy.

Hu Xueman was about to cheer and shout, “What a powerful character!”

Old Jiang didn’t even change his expression, turned around and walked out of the magic circle, took a piece of paper, lit it with a candle, and pasted it on the hungry ghost. Then he stood next to the hungry ghost and drew a magic symbol in midair again.

“Haha, this old Jiang is deflated. It turns out that the fire talisman he drew was not enough, so he had to use his power to re-condense a ’empty’ talisman before he could do it.” Hui Jue was very happy. After all, my master was deflated, so he was happy.

I glared at Huijue, and then, with a second shout of “Quick!” from my master, something magical happened. The fire on the talisman, which had been small, suddenly grew bigger and bigger, and in a short time, it had burned the hungry ghost.

You see, the hungry ghost had just been splashed with too much potion, and was completely wet. I don’t even know how the fire started.

“Little guy, surprised, right? In fact, these things have fallen very much by now. In ancient times, some powerful people’s fire and thunder talismans could create fire and thunder out of thin air. Now, alas…” Hui Jue explained attentively.

I said, “Master Hui, I didn’t think you knew so much about Taoism.”

“Go, go, go. Taoism and Buddhism have a lot in common. Do you think only Taoism has hand signs? Do you think only Taoism has medical pulses? Heavenly eyes? Health preservation skills? If you don’t practice properly, of course you won’t understand anything.” At the end, Hui Jue even spoke in Shaanxi dialect.

At this moment, the hungry ghost, who had been burned to a fireman in the center of the formation, suddenly let out a terrible cry and moved his whole body, rushing towards my master!

“Oh no!” The fire on the hungry ghost’s body was fueled by the power of the fire-borrowing talisman. If my master was caught in the flames, even if he was the one casting the spell, he would inevitably be burned.

My heart was once again lifted to the back of my throat.