The stone tablet was several feet high and several inches wide, and was surrounded by ghostly aura.
I thought to myself, that must be the "eye" of the trap hidden underground.
I raised the peach wood sword in my hand, stepped on the Seven Star Steps and rushed towards the stone tablet. The good energy in my body gathered on the peach wood sword, and the peach wood sword shone with golden light.
My original intention was to destroy that spooky stone tablet.
But the gluttonous beast in the red lacquered coffin called me.
"Yang Tianyi, what are you doing? Although that thing is the core of the trap, it is also a ghost weapon. You can make use of it. There is no need to destroy it."
After hearing what the Taotie beast said, the peach wood sword that I was about to drop stopped in mid-air.
"Can I really use this thing?"
I asked in confusion.
The Taotie beast said, "Human boy, you really disappoint me. You don't even know this. I don't know how your master taught you! Just point your opened Heavenly Eye at the ghost stone tablet, and you will know."
The Sky Eye was aimed in the direction of the stone tablet.
Through the eerie ghostly air, I discovered that there were actually quite a few inscriptions engraved on the stone tablet. Although those inscriptions were complicated, they were still legible.
The black inscription depicts the method of setting up the trap array.
Oh my god, I almost ruined such a good thing just now.
Suddenly, I felt happy.
At this time, the trap had completely collapsed and shattered. The stone tablet actually began to shrink rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye. In just a few breaths, it shrank to the size of a palm.
The ghost weapon stele fell to the ground, looking more like a black sign than a stele. Unlike a sign, it still had ghost energy lingering on it.
The red-painted coffin flew into my hands, the lid already closed.
The Taotie beast in the coffin reminded me: "This sign for setting up the trap is very special. You can put it away. Even if there is no ghost energy on it in the future, you can use the power of the trapped ghost to open it. This will not only trap the ghost, but also kill it."
"Fuck, is it so amazing? ... By the way, Taotie Beast, how do you know so much?"
I continued to ask.
But the Taotie beast refused to answer me no matter what I said.
The red-painted coffin fell into silence.
I curled my lips, rushed to the small black stone tablet, and picked it up.
The good karma gathered in my hands can resist the erosion of the ghost energy on the small black stone tablet.
At this time, the ghost energy around the eye of the trapped being had slowly begun to dissipate. In the dark air, even without using the Heavenly Eye, one could already see things vaguely.
After putting away the small black stone tablet, I hurried back to Zhu Xinglong and other ghost officials.
They have not yet emerged from their coma.
I took out the mind-clearing talismans from my cloth bag, burned a few of them, and poured the ashes into a mineral water bottle.
Although water cannot deal with ghosts, it can be used to dissolve the talisman ash. So every time I do something, I will put a bottle of mineral water in my bag.
Of course, the mineral water was brought from the world of the living.
After feeding the talisman ash water to the unconscious ghost officials one by one, they finally woke up from their coma.
When Zhu Xinglong woke up, he looked at me with joy, and then looked at the collapsing ghost energy around him. He asked me, "Young Master Yang, we are still alive, right?"
I curled my lips and said half-jokingly: "I'm still alive, but you're dead!"
When he heard what I said, Zhu Xinglong was stunned for a moment and didn't react much.
But a fair-skinned ghost official next to him cried out "Oh my God!"
The fair-skinned ghost official kept mumbling, "How could I die? I am a ghost official, how could I die?"
How could I possibly die! I don’t want to die, I haven’t confessed my feelings to Xiao Hong yet, I haven’t ended my virginity yet, how can I…”
My goodness, it turns out that the fair-skinned ghost official likes Xiaohong, the female ghost official who cleans my room.
Seeing how heartbroken he was, I couldn't bear to joke with him anymore.
I raised my voice and said, "Alright, alright, I lied to you all. I have already broken the trap, we are alive, and you are all alive!"
The fair-skinned ghost official immediately grabbed my hand.
He asked me with great joy, "Mr. Yang, is everything you said true?"
I said unhappily, "Of course it's true. You saw it. The ghost energy has spread and the trap has been broken. Look over there, the gray sky has been revealed."
But when I gazed into the distance, I saw black spots in the distant sky.
My heart tightened and I thought something was wrong.
Those black spots are clearly ghosts!!
Zhu Xinglong was grinning, but when he saw those black spots, his smile froze on his face.
Then Zhu Xinglong shouted in panic, "Oh no, there are ghosts. Everyone take out the ghost weapons and prepare for defense. We have to leave here quickly."
There's no point in leaving. The ghosts are already rushing up.
The heavy smoker who had just dealt with several ghost officials was in a good mood.
But at this moment, an explosion suddenly came from behind it.
When it looked back, it saw a ball of fire rising into the sky. Although it didn't know what the colorful fire was, it knew that something must have happened in the trap.
Xu Ziqing, the gluttonous ghost, asked shamelessly: "Master Military Advisor, what's going on?"
The smoker's eyes suddenly turned red, and he raised his hand and slapped the dead ghost, cursing, "Get out of the way!"
Then the big smoker shouted, "Everyone, hurry back to the trap array. The trap array may have been broken. We can't let those ghost officials go!"
When the ghosts heard that the trap had been broken, an expression of disbelief appeared on their faces.
Afterwards, under the leadership of the Big Smoker, a group of ghosts rushed back towards the trap at an extremely fast speed.
At this time, the ghost energy around the trap had slowly dissipated, and the figures of me, Zhu Xinglong and other ghost officials had also emerged.
"What should we do? Master Yang, there are so many ghosts, they are already coming up!"
Zhu Xinglong said tremblingly.
But he didn't leave and still stood beside me. The other ghost officials were all a little flustered. Two of them even had trembling legs.
I calmed down and said in a deep voice, "At this point, we have no choice but to fight. Those ghosts lured us into the trap to kill us, and now they will not let us go. Don't be afraid, we have no choice but to fight to the death!"
"You are all ghost officials, much stronger than those ghosts. Even if those ghosts want to annihilate us, we need to make them pay the price. We can't lose the face of the Gongyang Pavilion!"
My encouragement was very effective, and those timid ghost officials also cheered up.
Soon, the ten of us gathered together and took out our weapons.
However, most of the weapons in the hands of ghost officials are the most basic underworld long swords issued by the Offering Pavilion.
The big smoker appeared in front of us with a group of ghosts.
But it did not immediately command the ghosts to attack.
I stared at the big smoker with a cold gaze and said coldly, "Little devil, you actually tricked us into the trap and wanted to kill us. Your methods are really vicious enough."
The smoker smiled innocently and said, "My dear brother, I didn't expect you to break through the difficulties.
It's really amazing."
"Actually, I didn't mean to harm you. It was the other ghosts who attracted your attention. How about this? I'll give you a chance now. As long as you put down your weapons, I can let you go. How about it?"
Routines, all routines. The smoker had already used them just now.
Of course, we don't know.
The smoker smiled and spoke with a harmless look on his face. It was as if he was not a ghost, but a kind old man. If it weren't for the smoke coming out of his mouth, he would be no different from a living person.
The soul of the big smoker was also very solid, and his strength was not as weak as he had shown when he was leading the way earlier.
"snort!"
I snorted coldly and directly exposed the big smoker's lies.
"Big smoker, you may fool others with your words, but you cannot fool me, Yang Tianyi. Do you think that we will be afraid of you just because there are so many ghosts? That is impossible."
"Do you think we will give up our defense just because you look silly? That's impossible."
"Since you were able to set up a ghost formation to harm us, it means that you have a bad heart. I, Yang Tianyi, can never negotiate a deal with a bad-hearted ghost."
The smoker has started to look me over.
After noticing the golden glow of the peach wood sword in my hand, the big smoker said in surprise: "Good boy, you are hiding well enough. I was wondering how you ghost officials could survive and not be killed by those 'walking flesh' who have lost their humanity. It turns out that you, the boy, are involved!"
"If I'm not mistaken, you're not a ghost official from the underworld at all. You're a Taoist priest from the world of the living!"
That’s right, the energy of Yin De and the peach wood sword have already exposed my identity.
"Yes, Big Smoker, you have a good eye! ... But, don't waste your words, I know you won't let us go. If you want to kill us, come quickly!"
The kind smile on the ghost body of the opium ghost has disappeared, and the face has become hideous.
"Hahaha... little guy, you really impressed me. You are much better than those stupid ghost officials! In this case, I have no choice but to kill you all!"
"All ghosts, listen up and release your ghost energy!!"
After the Big Smoker slowly raised his hand, those ghosts, whether they were slightly stronger or slightly weaker, actually released their ghostly aura and prepared to attack us.
This is beyond my expectation. These ghosts have quite good cohesion.
"Damn it, let's fight. Since they want to kill us all, we can only teach them a lesson!"
Zhu Xinglong had also realized the seriousness of the situation. He gritted his teeth and roared angrily.
The ghost officials behind him also echoed and were filled with righteous indignation.
"Let's fight, fight these damn ghosts!"
"Kill them all. Even if I die, it will be worth it!"
"Yes, kill them all!"
For a moment, the ghost officials became increasingly angry.
Lines of dark energy rose up.
On one side is the underworld energy, and on the other side is the ghost energy. But it can still be seen that the ghost energy on the big smoker's side is obviously much stronger than the underworld energy on our side.
The smoker slowly lowered his raised ghost hand and shouted, "Ghosts, attack! Kill them all, leaving no one behind!"
On our side, Zhu Xinglong also shouted, "To survive, let's fight!"
For a moment, the ghost energy and the dark energy were entangled together, constantly stimulating each other.
Ghosts kept shuttling and flying in the air around us, and the stealthy sounds were very harsh.
In this way, the ghosts and us started fighting.
There were constant howlings and cries of anger... The ghostly aura was overwhelming, and the underworld aura was spreading!
(to be continued)
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