For a moment, I didn't utter a sound.
I do indeed want Gao Tiandao's sword.
I don't want to see him again, Master Heavenly Path.
At first glance, the plan of Lao Gong seems very reasonable. Tian Shou Dao Rensan gave me several "opportunities" three times.
In fact, it's because I've come this far, completely disrupting the layout of Tian Shou Tao Guan on the Four Regulations Mountain, that the words of Liu Zi Yu have made it possible for Tian Shou Dao Ren to become a joke throughout the entire Yin-Yang realm.
Tian Shou Dao Ren, can you let me sneak through the secret pass?
He has a high possibility of killing me!
With the situation in front of me, even with a one percent chance of risk, I cannot take the gamble.
If I lose, it's on me to die.
There are still so many people and things waiting for me.
It was only after Lao Gong stopped laughing that I spoke my own thoughts.
Instead, Lao Gong stunned and muttered in a low voice, "Master, you can't have it both ways. That's Gao Tiandao's sword. If you don't take the risk, how will you get it?"
"Tian Shou Dao Ren is unpredictable. He will think that I am also unpredictable, right? Lao Gong, there is no need to mention this anymore. Otherwise, if this thing gets out, I won't be able to explain it to Master Brother." My tone was extremely decisive.
"This... That little rascal is relying on you to continue the layout of the Four Regulations Mountain, he wouldn't let it out..." Lao Gong still felt unwilling.
I didn't respond, but walked directly towards the depths of the Red Ghost Temple.
Lao Gong was still guarding Jiang Kuang's soul while eating ghosts and didn't follow me.
The talismans on the coffin seemed to grow increasingly profound with the passage of time.
Familiarizing myself with the darkness here, I subconsciously looked deeper again and my pupil contracted slightly.
Women corpses stood densely against the wall. Their limbs were dry, their bones bare, much of their hair had been stripped away, piling up on the ground.
When Zhu Ying investigated the information about the Red Ghosts, it was accompanied by an ancient legend and rule: every year of disaster, the Red Ghost village had to send a woman into the mountains to ensure good weather and no disasters.
Only when Yu Xiu appeared, did the Red Ghost demand that she marry eight people and only on the ninth year could she enter the mountains.
It could be said that Baibei Widow, was essentially orchestrated by the Red Ghosts!
But what the Red Ghosts didn't expect was that they didn't manage to catch the widow, and instead, they themselves were sealed by the Liu family Taoist.
These women are all innocent victims of the rule that has been in place for two hundred years.
As I concentrated my vision on them, faint sobs could be heard as if resonating in my mind.
Yes, it's in my mind; otherwise, Lao Gong would have gone crazy long ago.
Inhaling deeply, I continued to walk forward until I reached a corner and almost had a half-meter distance from the female corpses before stopping.
Only then did I notice that these female corpses were all attached to a thin iron chain at their waist.
Some of the iron chains on the female corpses had been worn down significantly but were still not broken.
It can be imagined that the women who were sent up to the mountain years ago could only live here, surrounded by the corpses of other women who had climbed up earlier, or those women who hadn't died completely, but had been tormented into a grotesque form.
It's true that the Red Ghost lying in the coffin is a bargain for him.
Closing my eyes again, a few seconds later, I opened them again. I bit my index finger and pressed it on the chest of one of the female corpses. With a smile, I pronounced, "Mounted on the Ultimate Sky, forgive your lonely soul! All ghosts and demons, four lives are benefited! Head-bearing ones are forgiven, those without heads are given life... Different weapons and kills, jumping into water or hanging by ropes... Whether alive or dead... Forgiveness and salvation for all kinds of beings, quickly bring them to life!"
The corpse remained motionless, but a faint gray mist gradually emerged, coalescing into the silhouette of a woman.
This is... a soul!
Just that, the soul on the corpse is too weak. Even if it has been condensed, it's on the verge of breaking.
The Superb Meditation Incantation, condensed in the soul's chest, only maintained a fragile balance.
The next second, the woman bowed gracefully towards me, then floated out of the Red Ghost Temple.
I remained silent for a moment, then continued drawing the incantation on the second corpse.
The souls continued to leave the Red Ghost Temple one after another. I didn't know when, but Lao Gong had somehow ended up next to me. He wasn't hopping over, it was the life essence of Jiang Kuang who carried his head over.
Lao Gong's eyes widened as he opened his mouth repeatedly, muttering, "Poor so many young ladies... This is the real misfortune!"
I didn't say anything, and the speed of drawing the incantations became faster and faster.
In a blink of an eye, I drew at least thirty to forty Zhiyudefo, which was impossible in the past.
However, now I feel only slightly tired. It seems that without using some specific incantations, this kind of ordinary talisman cannot consume me at all.
As I finished drawing the incantation on the last corpse, I discovered that there was still a thin iron chain attached to something.
It was a scarecrow, but it was dressed in exquisite floral clothing. A birth year and month sign were pasted on its chest.
There was a faint gray mist swirling around it.
"Oh?" Lao Gong stretched out his tone.
"Little Jiang, come closer."
Jiang Kuang's life essence, like a puppet on strings, moved closer to the scarecrow.
My attention was also focused there.
In the next second, the face of the scarecrow suddenly twisted slightly.
The faint sobs echoed distinctly within the Red Ghost Temple.
"Hiss... Another one here?" Lao Gong inhaled coldly.
My expression changed as well.
The crying sound was just like Yu Xiu!
However, it was even more innocent and childlike than Yu Xiu!
The sobs also contained a faint plea, as if begging for help.
"This ghost, when he sent the widowed maiden down the mountain back then, left a backup. This is a life essence!"
Lao Gong's voice was thin and faint, with a hint of anger.
"He devoured all the widows in the village, and he has his eye on this widow maiden too. He's got a life essence left here. If it wasn't for Old Qin's trickery of taking her away, he would have gotten his hands on it."
"That's why, even after so long, there was no result at the bottom. The life essence wasn't there, that's all."
"Master, feed her with your blood."
Lao Gong twisted his head and stared at my face in a daze.
Without hesitation, I followed Lao Gong's instructions and pushed my finger into the mouth of the scarecrow.
Lao Gong suddenly lunged forward, biting into a dark spot in the void. I heard a crackling sound, and the scarecrow seemed to lean forward slightly. I felt my finger being bitten tightly.
There was a faint flow of energy that continuously surged out, and the scarecrow shuddered slightly.
After a few minutes, I gradually felt a sense of weakness coming over me.
The scarecrow disappeared, and in its place was a little girl with fair skin and very delicate and attractive features. She bit my index finger and sucked on it continuously.
After another ten to fifteen minutes, I felt a faint dizziness. Only when Lao Gong whispered thinly, "Stop! It can stop now!"
I immediately pulled my hand back.
The little girl looked at me with a stunned expression.
But Lao Gong whispered thinly, "What are you looking at? Didn't you get enough yet? If you don't get down the mountain now, that ghost thing will escape from the coffin!"
"Wherever you came from, just go back there right away!"
