Chapter 95: Tianyuan Dharma Assembly (XII)
Zong Yi and Qi Yu were running for their lives, and they were running towards the back mountain with all their might.
The back mountain was covered with lush vegetation, like a natural maze. The two of them were familiar with the terrain of the back mountain as they had often visited the main family since they were young. They could take advantage of their familiarity with the terrain and escape the pursuit of the spirits.
But the Zong family’s house was not small, and the two men, with flesh and blood bodies, still felt a little tired after running for a long time, and even their speed began to gradually decrease.
Behind them was the spirit who was chasing them relentlessly. She had transformed into a huge butterfly wing and was flying forward. Although the butterfly's flying speed was not very fast, compared to the panting Zong Yi and Qi Yu in front, the spirit seemed to be doing it effortlessly.
The distance between the two people and the butterfly can be said to be steadily shortening.
While running, Zong looked back to confirm the movement of the spirit and found that the woman was moving forward relying on butterfly wings that were created by some evil magic behind her. Her feet did not touch the ground at all and she followed behind the two men like a ghost.
Zong Yi was very puzzled. In his opinion, a small BOSS of this level who dared to break into the Discussion Association alone should not take a minion like him seriously. Who knew that she would actually leave behind a large group of people in the Discussion Association and chase after Zong Yi.
Zong Yixin said that they were just two servants, how could this woman be so excited? There were many unscrupulous people in the Zong family who used servants as dead soldiers.
"Damn it, he's obviously a villain, but he unexpectedly has a conscience." Soichi couldn't help but complain in his heart.
Zong Yi certainly didn't know that for spirits, Peng Ju and Bai Gu were both blood relatives. Unlike humans, monsters attached great importance to blood ties. The affairs of close relatives were the most important things in the world.
Behind Ling Jing, Zong Chen and Zong Nian were also chasing, they were trying to rescue Zong Yi and Qi Yu.
When they ran to the open space in front of the back door, the distance between Zong Chen and the other two and the spirit had shortened to the range of the spell. So Zong Chen decisively took out a stack of talismans from his pocket and threw them at the spirit.
At the same time, Zong Chen made a gesture and muttered, "Go!"
At a command, numerous talismans automatically connected in the air, like a living rope, and rushed towards the spirit with their own consciousness.
As soon as the rope touched the spirit, it tightly wrapped around her waist.
Seeing this, Zong Chen quickly grabbed one end of the rope, while Zong Nian quickly grabbed the other end of the rope. The two of them worked together from behind the spirit and successfully grabbed the spirit that was moving forward.
In front, Zong Yi, who looked back from time to time to observe the movements of the spirit, saw that she was successfully caught, and decisively asked Qi Yu, who was running so hard that he was about to throw up, to stop and catch his breath.
The two stood there, panting. But the spirit who was so close found that she couldn't move forward. She felt a force pulling her back, so she frowned slightly, looked down, and found that it was a rope that bound her.
Ling Jing then reached out to pull the rope. Zong Nian saw this and quickly threw out a stack of talismans, imitating Zong Chen's example. The talismans instantly transformed into another bundle of ropes, successfully binding Ling Jing's two arms.
Zong Nian shouted to Zong Yi and Qi Yu on the other side: "Help!"
Seeing this, Zong Yi and Qi Yu hurriedly took the two ends of the second rope respectively. Then, the four of them stood in four directions, tightly grasping the ropes in their hands to restrain the spirit in place.
Zong Chen saw that he had successfully bound the spirit, so he decided to seal her while the iron was hot. So he gave the other three people an order: "Use the Four Square Formation! Seal her now."
The Four-square Formation is the most basic of the many sealing spells of the Xuanmen Sect.
When performing the spell, four people need to stand in four directions and chant the spell at the same time to seal the seal. Although it has many conditions and takes a little time, it is a relatively safe method. The seal formula of the four-square array is the first classical Chinese text that every Xuanmen person recites in childhood. Everyone was beaten countless times for this short formula of a few hundred words when they were young, and they should know it by heart.
The four of them began to chant at the same time.
But the bad news is that, as the oldest person in the room and the one who had almost no involvement in Xuanmen affairs after growing up, Zongyi had not recited the seal formula of the Four Square Formation for more than ten years. Sure enough, as expected, when he was halfway through reciting the formula, Zongyi made a mistake in reciting a word.
When that syllable came out of his mouth, Zongyi was not sure whether it was right or wrong. However, when he looked up, he saw the spirit, who had originally had a ferocious expression, suddenly relaxed his expression, and a cruel smile hung on the corner of his mouth.
It was this smile that made Soichi realize that he had recited it wrong.
"It's over." At that moment, Soichi's mind was blank and he only had this one thought, "I should have studied hard earlier."
If the sealed monster was an ordinary one, this mistake could still be remedied. But unfortunately, they were facing the Three Corpse Gods, which, as the name implies, were also a kind of god.
In fact, after a person dies, the Three Corpse Gods have to wade through the Yellow Springs alone to reach Fengdu, which is a difficult and dangerous journey, and it is certainly not possible for ordinary people to do so. And if the person who accepted the test from Peng Ju and Bai Gu at that time was not a mountain ghost or a unicorn cub, but an ordinary human, ten lives would not be enough to kill him.
The spirit easily seized Zongyi's weakness and successfully broke free. The rope made of the talisman instantly broke apart, and due to the recoil, the people who were pulling the rope hard all took a few steps back and almost fell to the ground.
Just when the formation was in disarray, the spirit clawed with its five fingers and attacked Zong Yi. Zong Yi wanted to escape, but in order to grab the rope, the distance between him and the spirit was too short. In such a close distance, it was difficult for Zong Yi to dodge effectively. At the same time, Zong Chen, Zong Nian, and Qi Yu were too far so they were unable to rescue him in time.
Seeing that Soichi was about to die on the spot, suddenly, a humanoid object fell from the sky and suddenly landed between Soichi and the spirit, smashing a huge hole on the ground. In an instant, smoke and dust scattered, blurring the figure of the man.
The man didn't give Lingjing time to react. As soon as he landed, he punched Lingjing hard, hitting him directly on the temple.
The spirit was instantly knocked out five meters and fell heavily to the ground. Her wings were also broken and drooped at a strange angle. There were even several cuts on the butterfly wings due to the fine gravel on the ground. The spirit fainted directly after being severely injured.
Zong Chen and Zong Nian inexplicably felt that this situation looked familiar.
Sure enough, when the smoke and dust cleared, a man with a yellow talisman on his forehead stood in front of them.
It was the drought demon on Xuan Mountain.
As soon as the smoke and dust cleared, Hanba immediately ran towards the direction of the spirit that he had knocked unconscious. After seeing the miserable state of the spirit, he seemed to be very regretful.
While trying to bend the broken wings of the elf back to their original shape, he muttered helplessly: "What should I do? This is my first time to go on a mission in place of the combat team. I was too heavy-handed. I hope they won't complain about violent law enforcement. This is bad."
Zong Chen was stunned after hearing this. He fainted after being rescued by Hanba in Xuanshan before, so Zong Chen had no direct contact with Hanba. He didn't expect that this Hanba would have such a simple character.
Zong Chen maintained an attitude of neither supporting nor opposing this Tianyuan Dharma Assembly. He knew Lu Ren and knew that Lu Ren was harmless to humans, but he was not sure whether Lu Ren had the ability to control a vicious Hanba. Once Hanba became violent and Lu Ren could not control him, then there was no doubt that it would cause great suffering to all living beings.
Therefore, although Zong Chen concealed Lu Ren's personal information, he still allowed the Tianyuan Dharma Assembly to be held. Because he felt it was necessary to formulate an emergency plan in case the drought demon went crazy. But now it seems that there is really no need to worry too much.
All misunderstandings come from lack of understanding.
"It doesn't seem to be anything to be afraid of." Zong Chen thought so. He really wanted to let everyone in the meeting room see how this drought demon tried to use saliva to stick the gap on the spirit's wings back together. By then, everyone would understand how useless this Tianyuan Dharma Assembly was.
At the same time, everyone in the conference room was watching Zhong Qi go crazy.
Elder Zong has made a prompt decision and sent out all the people in the meeting room who were still able to move to search for any trace of the Five Yin Mysterious Netherworld Curse throughout the entire mountain.
But Zhong Qi showed no impatience at all. He stiffened his neck and said to Master Zong: "It's useless. Even if someone among you can really break the Five Yin Mysterious Nether Curse, it's useless. I have already offered the best sacrifice. You can't possibly make it in time before the curse is activated."
Outside the window, inky black clouds had begun to solidify in the sky behind the mountain. The clouds looked very low, almost as if they were about to fall to the ground.
Zhong Qi, who was originally in a frenzy, suddenly calmed down. He turned his head to look at the sky outside the window and murmured in a low voice: "The ghost country is coming, no one can hide."
The tone was different from the way he usually spoke, it didn't seem like a sound a normal human could make, it was as if there was another soul hidden in his body.
Wait… another soul?
Elder Zong keenly noticed the strangest thing about the whole thing: whether it was the Five Yin Mysterious Nether Curse or the Three Corpse Gods, were they really something that Zhong Qi, who had extremely poor talent, could figure out on his own?
After figuring this out, Mr. Zong warily asked the "Zhong Qi" in front of him, "Who are you?"
"Zhong Qi" did not answer him, but gave Elder Zong a sinister smile and whispered: "The sacrifice is about to begin, and everything is irreversible."
Outside the window, the disaster clouds have already formed.
Under the inky clouds of disaster, the mountain ghost, the Qilin cub, and Lu Ren were standing shoulder to shoulder, looking at the last altar in front of them which had the Five Yin Mysterious Netherworld Curse painted on it.
This altar was different from the other four that had been destroyed. In the middle of this altar, there was a thick nail nailing a large black snake. The snake was as thick as a bowl and as long as an adult's arm span.
The nail went straight through the snake's tail and into the ground, trapping the snake firmly in place and making it unable to move. The snake was struggling hard to get rid of the nail, but it was still useless.
Seeing this, the unicorn cub couldn't help but shout, "Wow! What a plump loach!"
