"It's you! You're not dead!"
I frowned and said in surprise.
The "spirit" of the killing array glanced at me, then rushed out of the ancient lamp in panic.
How could I give it a chance to escape? Although I don't know why it was not burned to death, I will not let it go.
With a flick of his finger, a stream of good energy flew out and directly entangled the "formation spirit".
I recited a mantra softly, and the ball of good energy instantly flew back into my hands.
I looked at the formation spirit in the palm of my left hand and shouted, "Tell me! Why didn't you die? How did you hide in this ancient lamp?"
The killing array was destroyed, and the array spirit was weak. However, I still felt the soul power of the array spirit hidden in the water droplets.
As I shouted, the spirit of the formation said in a trembling voice: "Master, don't kill me, don't kill me! ... I said, I said it all..."
"In fact, the reason why I didn't die is all thanks to this 'Ancient Lotus Lamp'. Although I am the spirit of the killing array, I am also a remnant soul of the array setter Sai Yunde. It was Sai Yunde who trapped me in the killing array when he set up the killing array, and I woke up later!"
It turns out that the spirit of the killing formation is a remnant of Sai Yunde's soul. I was wondering why it didn't disappear along with the killing formation.
But what I want to know most is about that "Ancient Lotus Lamp".
I asked, "Zhen Ling, please tell me about the Lotus Ancient Lamp first. I want to know what the Lotus Ancient Lamp is used for?"
“Okay, okay! Master, I’ll tell you! ... But Master, I’m just a remnant of Sai Yunde’s soul, and my memory has faded. I don’t remember many things anymore.”
I nodded and said, "Then tell me what you know. Don't hide anything! Otherwise, I can kill your remaining soul in an instant."
"Okay, okay! I understand, Master. I'll tell you everything."
Then the formation spirit told me everything it knew about the "Ancient Lotus Lamp".
It turns out that the Lotus Ancient Lamp was originally a Taoist tool, but it became a magic tool because the spirit inside it died. The function of the Lotus Ancient Lamp is to trigger a heavenly calamity and use the power of the heavenly calamity to eliminate demons.
When I heard this, I was very excited. But the formation spirit told me that the current Lotus Ancient Lamp could not bring down the heavenly tribulation, because it was difficult to find a soul that could serve as the "spirit" of this Taoist weapon.
I asked the formation spirit what kind of soul could be the spirit of the Lotus Ancient Lamp? But the formation spirit shook its head and said it didn't know.
Damn, it doesn’t know the most crucial point!
But the words of the formation spirit later still made me a little excited. Although the Lotus Ancient Lamp has lost the power of a Taoist weapon, it can be used as a magic weapon to catch ghosts and monsters, and the effect is not bad.
Then, I cast a spell according to the method told to me by the "spirit" of the killing array.
Then, I saw that the wick of the burning "Ancient Lotus Lamp" was attracted by the magic formula and the energy of good deeds, and a beam of fire flew out with a bang.
Three colors appeared in the flame, red, yellow and white.
With a "bang", the flames hit the ground.
In an instant, the ground turned black and a basin-sized pit appeared.
Damn, this power is really impressive.
And I found that I had only consumed a small amount of Yin De Qi. Of course, half of the Yin De Qi was injected into the Lotus Ancient Lamp.
The young monk Yuquan's eyes widened, and he said in surprise: "Brother Yang, the power of this ancient lotus lamp is too strong, it is much more powerful than my Buddhist alms bowl."
As he spoke, Yuquan stretched out his hand and wanted to try to activate the Ancient Lotus Lamp.
I handed the burning lotus ancient lamp to Yuquan. Yuquan used the Buddha's energy to activate the lotus ancient lamp, and in an instant, a three-colored flame spread out.
Suddenly, dust flew up on the ground and another big hole appeared.
"Not bad, not bad! It's really powerful."
Yuquan said excitedly, caressing the ancient lotus lamp lovingly.
I didn't hesitate to take the Lotus Ancient Lamp from Yuquan's hand and said with a smile, "Well, Yuquan, I'll keep this ancient lamp for now. If you want to play with it in the future, you can borrow it from me."
The young monk Yuquan curled his lips in displeasure and said, "Brother Yang, you are too stingy. It's just a magic weapon... Otherwise, give it to me and I will exchange it with you for the Buddhist scriptures."
Buddhist scriptures
I'm a Taoist priest who catches ghosts. What's the use of Buddhist scriptures
I rolled my eyes at Yuquan and said, "I don't want the Buddhist scriptures anymore, but you should keep this ancient lamp with me. You already have the exorcism magic theory and the Buddhist alms bowl, so you can keep this magic tool with me for now."
After hesitating for a long time, Yuquan finally agreed reluctantly.
At this time, the killing array "array spirit" tremblingly said: "Master, what should I do? Otherwise, please let me go!"
I extinguished the ancient lotus lamp and looked at the killing array "array spirit" with a smile, "It's impossible to let you go. You are already a residual soul, and there is no use for you. Otherwise, I will send you to reincarnate?!"
After hearing what I said, the formation spirit hurriedly said, "Master, I don't want to be reincarnated. I am a remnant soul now, and if I were to be reincarnated, I would definitely not be a human being anymore. Master, please let me go. I will change my ways!"
I thought about it and realized that what the formation spirit said was right.
However, it is impossible to let the "array spirit" leave. This array spirit must be hiding something about the ancient lotus lamp. I don't believe that the array spirit doesn't know about the "instrument spirit" of the ancient lotus lamp.
So I decided to imprison it for the time being.
Then, I slapped the soul-collecting bucket on my waist and collected the remaining soul of the formation spirit into it.
The space inside the soul barrel is quite large and is divided into several parts. And ghosts are nothing more than a kind of "air" after all, so the space they occupy will not be very large.
Soon Yuquan and I walked out of the wooden house.
At this time, Aunt Song and Ma Ying's emotions had stabilized a lot.
Seeing Yuquan and I coming out of the wooden house, Aunt Song walked towards me quickly.
Before I could say anything, she grabbed my hand and said earnestly, "Master Yang, you must help me expose the crimes of the ghost who killed my daughter and the female student named Chen Xiaozhi. My daughter's death cannot be in vain, you must help me bring Chen Xiaozhi to justice!"
Aunt Song kept crying.
Ma Ying lowered his head and said nothing.
I nodded to Aunt Song and said, "Auntie, don't worry, I will help you solve this matter."
"Okay, okay, Master Yang, I feel relieved with your words. Alas! How could our Yingzi's life be so miserable? He actually fell in love with someone he shouldn't have loved, and in the end he was killed by that person's daughter. This is really a sin..."
At this moment, my cell phone suddenly vibrated.
"Men are tired, men are tired, everyone on earth knows that I live a miserable life, women are roses with thorns, making me taste the bitterness of love, men are tired, men are tired, the whole world knows that I am exhausted from making money..."
The phone rang and I quickly picked it up.
The call was from Lin Hongyu.
On the other end of the phone, Lin Hongyu's voice was urgent.
He said anxiously: "Master Yang, it's bad, Yao Nana and Chen Xiaozhi are missing!"
"What? Yao Nana and Chen Xiaozhi are missing?"
"How could this happen? ... ... By the way, shouldn't you be at the police station? Why did they disappear?"
Lin Hongyu said: "The four of us left the police station early this morning. Then, we didn't dare to go back to the school dormitory, so we rented two rooms in a nearby hotel. Zhao Ping and I stayed in one room, and Yao Nana and Chen Xiaozhi stayed in another."
"But when I got up this morning and went to look for Yao Nana and Chen Xiaozhi, I discovered that they were gone!"
After hearing this, I thought, damn it, it must be that Chen Xiaozhi who kidnapped Yao Nana. But didn't Chen Xiaozhi want to take revenge on Ma Ying? Since Ma Ying was already dead, why did she later instruct the ghost to kill Zhang Dinglan and kidnap Yao Nana now
This is what I don’t understand.
"Did you notify the police?"
Lin Hongyu answered with tears in her voice: "Yes, yes, yes, I called Officer Ding Yuanding. They have sent the police over, but they haven't arrived at the hotel yet."
I thought about it and told Lin Hongyu, "Lin Hongyu, you and Zhao Ping stay in the room now, don't go out. I'll be there right away! By the way, you must be careful of Chen Xiaozhi. If you meet her, stay as far away as possible."
Lin Hongyu asked me in confusion, "Master Yang, what do you mean by this? Could it be that all these things were caused by Chen Xiaozhi?"
I said, "Yes, it's Chen Xiaozhi! ... Okay, Lin Hongyu, I'll rush over now. You guys stay in the hotel first and don't run around. Send me the location of the hotel later."
“Okay, okay!”
Then I hung up the phone.
Ma Ying's soul floated next to me. She asked with a worried look, "Master, what happened?"
I nodded and said, "Let's go. Let's leave this place first and talk about it on the way. The fog has dissipated now. I estimate that we should be able to get out of Haizi Mountain soon."
Then I collected Ma Ying's soul, took Yuquan and Aunt Song, and hurriedly walked towards the foot of Haizi Mountain.
This time there was no fog, and the path was much smoother.
It took us about two hours to reach the foot of Haizi Mountain and the vicinity of Haizi Lake.
In a corner of Haizi Lake, I washed my black body with lake water, and finally washed away the black dirt that was burned by the fire yesterday.
It was already past ten in the morning.
Today, the weather is nice and the sun is blazing, burning my body like it is going to peel off a layer of skin.
There are many people having fun near Haizi Lake, and some people are even swimming at this time.
Later, I did something very shameful. I stole a young man's clothes, pants and shoes. Although this was very immoral, I had no choice. However, the clothes, pants and shoes were all cheap and not worth much money.
So I took out a thousand yuan from my cloth bag and put it in the young man's travel bag. Then I took Yuquan and Aunt Song and left Haizi Lake.
When we got to the parking lot, I got in the car first and put on my clothes before letting Aunt Song and Yuquan get in.
Soon, the car started moving.
At this time, Lin Hongyu had already sent me the location of the hotel she and Zhao Ping were staying in. I glanced at my phone and memorized the address.
At the same time, I opened the soul collecting barrel and called out Ma Ying's soul again.
"Ma Ying, can you tell that Lin Hongyu why she wants to harm other people?"
(to be continued)
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