ebookland Chapter 652: Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio - Fairy 24
Chapter 652: Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio - Fairy 24
As Mrs. Huang finished her words, bursts of explosions were heard in the dilapidated temple, followed by Zhiqiu Yiye's scream: "Senior, the talisman, the talisman is burning!"
Ruyi looked in the direction where Zhiqiu Yiye's finger was pointing, and saw that all the talismans she had hidden on the door, walls, and even the roof of the dilapidated temple were activated and burning. Ruyi looked carefully and found that the dilapidated temple was already filled with transparent gray ghost shadows. These ghost shadows were silent, as if they did not exist at all, and could not be seen at all without careful observation.
"What is this?" It was the first time that Mr. Bai saw Mrs. Huang use the Huang family's unique skills. He looked at Mrs. Huang with admiration and envy, hoping that she would explain it to him.
Old Lady Huang couldn't hide the smugness on her face. She led the way towards the ruined temple and explained slowly, "It's the Five Ghosts Moving Technique."
"Although he is called a ghost, he is also a proper ghost messenger, so he does not have such a heavy yin energy like those ghosts in the human world. This is the orthodox magic passed down by my Huang family ancestor Huang Daxian."
Ruyi was not in a good mood when she saw that the talisman trap she had prepared was broken. You know, in order to draw these powerful talismans, Ruyi had injected a lot of merit power into them. It was a real loss to spend so much merit power only to kill Hu Meiniang.
Seeing Old Lady Huang set off for the ruined temple, Hu Siniang and Old Man Bai naturally followed. The three demons looked at Ruyi's ugly and heartbroken expression and determined that Ruyi's methods had been almost solved by them. As for Zhiqiu Yiye who was holding a flowerpot aside, none of the three demons took him seriously.
When Zhiqiu Yiye saw the three monsters entering, he hurried to the door, holding up a flower pot and signaling Ruyi to start the wood entanglement technique. Ruyi casually sent out a stream of spiritual energy, which gave birth to wooden vines. Sure enough, when the three monsters saw the familiar vines, they easily avoided the vines with just a few movements. Until the spiritual energy was exhausted, the wooden vines spawned by Ruyi failed to successfully bind the three monsters.
Seeing that this trick failed, Ruyi was not surprised. However, Zhiqiu Yiye on the side had an expression of depression as if the sky was falling. Old Master Bai glanced at Zhiqiu Yiye sideways, and when his eyes fell on Zhiqiu Yiye's face, he seemed to have discovered something. His eyes lit up and he showed a provocative smile to Ruyi.
When Ruyi saw that smile, he immediately felt something was wrong and shouted at Zhiqiu Yiye: "Little Taoist priest, get out of the way!"
Zhiqiu Yiye reacted quickly and rolled backwards, but unfortunately he was too slow and was still rolled up by the snake tail that Mr. Bai had conjured up at some point.
"hateful!"
Zhiqiu Yiye kept struggling, trying to break free, but it was obvious that the strength of Mr. Bai's snake tail was not something a little Taoist priest with little magical power like Zhiqiu Yiye could resist.
Ruyi's face was heavy. She didn't expect that the worst situation she had imagined would eventually happen. "Damn it!" Ruyi had many curse words in her heart but couldn't say them. Looking at Zhiqiu Yiye's embarrassed expression as he looked like he was about to ask for help, Ruyi finally didn't say those complaints out loud.
"Hahaha, look, what did I catch in this shabby temple? A tender little Taoist priest!"
Mr. Bai had a smug smile on his face, and Mrs. Huang and Hu Siniang beside him also had smiles in their eyes. Anyone could see that the little Taoist priest and Ruyi were in cahoots. In order to hold Ruyi back these days, they knew that arranging little monsters to follow him would be a way to get killed, but they still insisted on doing it.
Looking at the heavy expression on Ruyi's face, I felt like I finally got some relief.
"Hey! Do you still want this little Taoist priest?" Mr. Bai rolled Zhiqiu Yiye to his side and asked Ruyi, "If you don't want him, I might as well swallow him up right now!"
"But if you want, I can be flexible. I just don't know..."
Old Master Bai deliberately slowed down his voice, as if he was just waiting for Ruyi to answer. As long as Ruyi said no, he would immediately swallow Zhiqiu Yiye into his stomach.
Ruyi had no choice. With Tiandao's boss' request in front of her and Zhiqiu Yiye's long-term relationship in the back, she couldn't bring herself to say "no".
"Okay, tell me, what do you want us to do to let him go?"
"It's simple. As long as you surrender, I will exchange your life for his. I promise that I will definitely let this little Taoist priest go."
"Senior, don't agree to them!" Zhiqiu Yiye immediately objected. Ruyi was now thinking whether to take advantage of the situation and rescue Zhiqiu Yiye first. She remembered that these three monsters should be the three monsters she met when she first came to this world. Their purpose was to "eat" her in order to gain a higher level of cultivation.
Therefore, even if he agreed, nothing would happen for a while. After all, the scene of the three monsters' unequal division of the spoils was still fresh in his mind. The three monsters would kill him only after they had divided the spoils.
Ruyi was silent for a long time, then nodded and agreed: "Let him go first, then I will believe you."
"Come here first, hand over the person in one hand and the Taoist priest in the other."
Ruyi did not object and actually started to walk towards the three monsters. The whole process was very slow. Both sides were on guard, fearing that the other would attack if they got close.
Seeing Ruyi compromise, the three monsters looked at each other and laughed heartily. Zhiqiu Yiye listened to the monsters' hearty and triumphant laughter and felt extremely regretful. He blamed himself for not listening to the advice and insisting on staying to hold Ruyi back. Zhiqiu Yiye moved his fingers with difficulty and touched the talisman paper hidden in his pocket.
"This is the Shattering Talisman that my master gave me when we were going down the mountain. When activated, it can cause a mountain a hundred feet tall to shatter. Now I can use it to break free from the snake demon's restraints."
"It's just..." Zhiqiu Yiye recalled what his master said when he handed the Shocking Talisman to him: "Zhiqiu Yiye, this Shocking Talisman must not be used unless it is absolutely necessary, understand?"
"The Shock and Destruction Talisman has a very powerful effect. Once activated, the mountains will collapse and the ground will crack. The area within a radius of ten miles will be affected. If you have to use it as a last resort, you must remember to find a place far away to hide first, otherwise you will also be affected."
"If we die together, I will have helped you get rid of a monster, right?" Zhiqiu Yiye made up his mind and was about to activate the Shattering Talisman, but he didn't expect that his little move had already been discovered by Mr. Bai. Mr. Bao sensed the danger and immediately decided to tie Zhiqiu Yiye tighter.
"Ah——" Zhiqiu Yiye felt that all the bones in his body were about to be broken, and there was a sharp pain in his body. He suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, and there were many pieces of internal organs mixed in the blood. "Damn it, my hands can't move anymore, the Shattering Talisman..."
"What are you doing?!" Zhiqiu Yiye suddenly vomited blood. Seeing that he was seriously injured, Ruyi immediately stopped and refused to get any closer. Old Lady Huang and Hu Siniang didn't know what Mr. Bai was doing suddenly, and immediately looked at him.
Seeing that Ruyi was not far from them at this time, Mr. Bai did not explain at all, and directly signaled Mrs. Huang to take action: "Quick! Mrs. Huang, the water of wrongful death!"
Old Lady Huang and Old Man Bai had a tacit understanding. After hearing what Old Man Bai said, they immediately took out the Water of Unjust Death from their arms and poured it towards Ruyi.
The reason why they didn't dare to get close to Ruyi was because they were afraid of the light of merit on her body. Now, the distance is so close. As long as the Water of Unjust Death can touch Ruyi and destroy her light of merit, what kind of deal is that? Of course, the little Taoist priest and the immortal spirit will have to take it all!