I gazed through the open wooden door of the ancestral hall.
I saw that on the altar of the ancestral hall, the clay statue of the "God of All Things" had collapsed, and the mud skin was scattered on the ground.
The clay statue of the Ninth Lady stood there intact. A layer of ghostly aura covered the clay statue, and a pair of dark eyes emerged from the ghostly aura, looking so cold and silent.
"As long as I wait for another year, my 'Golden Body of Faith' will be fully cultivated! I didn't expect that a stinky Taoist like you would mess it up. So, I will not let you go, I will kill you."
That voice was definitely that of Ninth Lady, and it gave me a chill.
The next moment, what I didn’t expect was that the ghost energy actually penetrated into the clay body of the Ninth Lady, and then her clay body began to slowly shatter.
Then, a bronze statue made of red copper appeared above the altar. The height and size of the statue were exactly the same as the Ninth Lady I had seen before, but her face looked so stiff.
Then, the bronze statue, glowing with golden light, actually moved, and it slowly walked down from the altar.
In every gesture and movement, it looked very similar to the Ninth Lady whom I had seen before.
"I might as well tell you, stinky Taoist priest, that I actually died three years ago. It's just that I used a secret technique to seal my last breath inside my body. And what I'm waiting for is the day when I can cultivate the golden body of faith."
"Although you have disrupted my rhythm today, my 'golden body of faith' made of red copper is almost complete, so it won't be a problem to use it to deal with you."
After saying this, a ghostly aura surged over Ninth Lady's body.
The ghostly auras were so violent that it seemed as if the air around them had become much colder. The golden glow formed by the aura of faith on the red copper slowly disappeared into the red copper.
It was as if the Ninth Lady was not dead, but was resurrected again.
The spirit of faith, the bronze statue, the spirit of the ghost... ...create the "Golden Body of Faith".
I have actually seen this in the Yin Yang Soul Crossing Notes. However, the notes say that the "faith golden body" is also divided into levels, the highest level of golden body is purple-red in color, and the lowest level of golden body is red copper in color.
And I noticed that the red-copper golden body of faith of the Ninth Girl had not yet been completely condensed. One of her arms was still a little dull and had no golden color. In other words, as she said just now, I had influenced her, and she had not yet cultivated a perfect "golden body of faith."
However, although the Yin-Yang Soul-Ferrying Notes mentioned the golden body of faith and its levels, it did not describe how to break it. It only mentioned that although this golden body was condensed by the power of faith, it would have defects when used on ghosts.
Since she has defects, I am not afraid that I can't deal with this stinky old woman.
I glanced at Ninth Lady coldly and shouted, "Ninth Lady, you are really shameless to a certain extent. I thought you raised poisonous insects to make medicine and sold it to the rich to make some money, and then to help the villagers in Baisha Village and nearby. You still have a little conscience."
"But now I think I was wrong. You are not helping them at all, but taking advantage of them."
"If I'm not mistaken, your ultimate goal in helping your granddaughter Zhu Huiwen raise the Gu with a living person is actually to obtain the power of faith, and then condense the golden body of faith, so that your own ghost will have a powerful shell. I think this is what you are thinking."
Ninth Lady sneered and admitted, "That's right, stinky Taoist priest, you are right."
"I do think so. But I hate you because you disturbed me and affected my progress. Now my faith gold is gone.
You have to pay the price for not being able to fully cultivate your body. "
As she spoke, the Ninth Lady rushed towards me, and I quickly took out the Seven-Star Dragon Abyss Sword.
Because the sword is still stained with the energy of previous faith, it cannot be activated by the energy of Yin De, but it can still be used for blocking.
I swung my sword at Ninth Lady's body.
The Ninth Lady raised her arm to block the attack. There was a "click" sound. Her arm was very hard. Sparks flew when my Seven-Star Dragon Abyss Sword hit it, but it did not cause any damage to her.
Her arms then reached down and grabbed my shoulders.
There was a ghostly aura on her fingers, and her claws had sharp nails like red copper.
The nails were golden, but they glowed with black light.
Seeing her claws coming towards me, I quickly dodged again and finally managed to escape with disappointment.
But the Ninth Lady was already extremely angry, and it was obvious that she wanted to kill me.
She chased me relentlessly and quickly, and soon she swung her claws and scratched my back.
Immediately, I felt pain on the upper back. I knew a large piece of skin had been torn off.
I stumbled and almost fell to the ground. At this time, the Taotie beast next to me also rushed over.
The claws of the Taotie beast were very sharp, and when they collided with the Nine Girls' Golden Body of Faith, sparks flew out. During this time, the Taotie beast also spit out its red tongue, trying to entangle the Nine Girls' Golden Body of Faith.
But the body of the Ninth Lady became extremely soft. After the red tongue tied her up, the Ninth Lady's body shrank and she broke away from the red tongue again.
After several attempts, the Taotie beast did not gain any advantage.
The somewhat angry Taotie beast released a red flame, which hit the golden body of faith of the Ninth Girl, but did not leave any trace.
The spirit of faith formed by the power of faith is truly terrifying!
On my side, I took a breath and pondered the words in the Yin-Yang Soul Crossing Notes.
It is said in the Yin-Yang Soul Crossing Notes that although the belief in the golden body is divided into different levels, if it is used by ghosts, it will leave defects. But where is the defect of the Ninth Lady
The defect, is it her arm that did not turn golden? Obviously not, her arm is also a defect, but it should not be a defect left by the "Golden Body of Faith". It is because the Nine Girls' Golden Body of Faith was not completely cast successfully, so it is a defect left.
After observing it over and over again, I still couldn't figure out what was going on.
At this time, the body of the Taotie beast had become much larger and turned into its original form.
However, the golden statue of the Ninth Lady's faith was still the same size, but just like an elephant dealing with a nimble little mouse, the Taotie beast was unable to do anything to the Ninth Lady for a while.
After working for a long time, the Taotie beast was almost out of energy.
It said, "Master, I can't do it. I have no strength left. I must devour flesh and blood or souls to increase my strength. Otherwise, I will die of exhaustion if I continue like this."
Yes, the Taotie beast came from the ancient times, and the ancient times had spiritual energy. Such a huge beast must be able to store a lot of spiritual energy in its body.
But after so much time, there is no spiritual energy in this world, and the spiritual energy in the body of the Taotie beast has long been exhausted. His strength was only replenished by the food I provided to him when I traded with him during that period.
After thinking for a while, I said to the Taotie Beast, "Okay, you should come back first and recuperate in the red lacquer coffin."
"Yes, Master!"
Then the Taotie beast entered the red lacquered coffin, and the red lacquered coffin flew into my hands.
Seeing me standing there holding the red lacquer coffin, Ninth Lady stared at the red lacquer coffin in my hand in surprise and asked:
"Damn Taoist priest, who are you? That thing just now was clearly a living thing, not a ghost or a monster. What on earth was that thing?"
I was too lazy to explain and said in a deep voice, "None of your business is my business. Don't worry, you will definitely die today."
After saying that, I swung the Seven-Star Dragon Abyss Sword and rushed forward again.
But when I rushed forward, I used a little thought and opened the soul-collecting barrel I was carrying, with the purpose of releasing the ghost Gu.
I had tamed the ghost Gu some time ago, and my blood was dripping on its body, so it had become mine.
But maybe because of what happened in the past, it still holds a grudge against me.
The ghost Gu that just appeared communicated with me through thoughts: "Yang Tianyi, you bastard, why did you let me out? Are you planning to harm me again? If you have the guts, kill me. I don't want to be your pet."
Pet? Gui Gu really knows how to use words, but it can only be considered as my plaything at best.
It has bad behavior and is not within the realm of yin and yang. I can't let it go, as it would harm others.
I communicated with the ghost through my thoughts and said to it, "Ghost, I am now connected to your life. If I die, the runes I have placed on your body will burn, and you will inevitably die. So, you have to help me deal with this powerful guy."
"This stinky old woman is too difficult to deal with. I can't handle it alone."
Gui Gu hesitated for a moment and said in a deep voice: "Okay, I can promise you, but you can't harm me again in the future. Last time, you took away my soul and almost took my life. I can follow you, but you have to let me live."
I sent a message to it: "Okay, don't worry, as long as you help me, I will let you live."
Gui Gu replied, "Okay, that's settled then."
After saying that, the ghost insect secretly crawled out of my soul-collecting bucket and drilled into the ground along my legs and feet.
At this time, the Ninth Lady had already formed her hands into claws and was grabbing towards my neck.
Seeing me hastily dodge, Ninth Lady sneered and said, "Damn Taoist priest, don't be distracted when fighting with me, or you will lose your life."
Having said this, she clasped her hands together and pushed a stream of ghost energy outward, hitting me directly in the chest.
This was a serious blow. My blood and energy suddenly churned in my chest, and my internal organs seemed to be upside down and misplaced, causing a sharp pain.
Fortunately, the "Liuyun Body Technique" was activated and I dodged in time.
Seeing the Ninth Lady rushing over again, I grabbed a handful of fire talismans from my cloth bag and threw them out.
The fire talisman was completely ineffective against evil spirits like the Ninth Girl who had cultivated a golden body of faith, but the smoke produced by the talisman still slightly blinded the Ninth Girl's eyes.
This allowed me to dodge and avoid a second attack.
At the same time, my heavenly eye released a green light towards the Ninth Lady.
The green light hit the golden body of the Ninth Lady accurately.
What I didn't expect was that the green light emitted by the Heavenly Eye actually had a great effect. A small hole appeared in a small area on the body of the Ninth Lady where the green light was stained, revealing the soul inside.
This gave me a pleasant surprise.
Damn it, I told you that the Nine Girls’ golden body of faith couldn’t be impeccable. Now it seems that I’ve finally found a way to deal with it.
Being struck by the green light of my Heavenly Eye, Ninth Lady was also surprised.
She took a few steps back, stared at my left hand with a cold gaze, and asked, "What is that thing? How come there is an eye on your left hand?"
I steadied myself, took a breath, and said in a deep voice, "Everything can defeat something else. This thing is called the Sky Eye. It seems that it is very effective against you."
(to be continued)
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