The ghost monument stood there quietly, and the ghost patterns on it constantly flashed a faint black light.
The aura emanating from the black light was extremely cold and gloomy, even stronger than the evil spirit in the haunted house.
I could feel the horror of that aura even from a distance.
"Master Liu, be careful. If we can't break the ghost patterns on the ghost monument, we can just leave." I reminded him in a deep voice.
After experiencing the events in Yamen Village and the haunted building, I have developed a favorable impression of Liu Deshui. He is an upright Taoist priest who catches ghosts. He is upright, kind-hearted and worthy of respect.
Liu Deshui turned his head and looked at me, nodded slightly, but didn't say anything.
The old ghost next to me, who was tied with a red rope, had his Adam's apple trembling and stared at Liu Deshui nervously.
The good energy on Liu Deshui's body rose rapidly, forming a gray barrier around him.
However, I noticed that when he was about one meter away from the ghost monument, he stopped.
I found that the good energy in his body was disappearing rapidly. His legs were shaking and his face was flushed red. He looked very uncomfortable.
I clenched my fists and became nervous too.
The ghost monument may have sensed Liu Deshui's approach, and terrifying ghost energy actually permeated from it.
The ghost energy was very strong, and it flew out from the ghost monument along with several ghost patterns and flew towards Liu Deshui.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Liu Deshui made a series of magical gestures with his fingers. The good energy in his body was mobilized and gathered in his hands, forming runes.
Those runes fought against the ghost runes that flew past.
At the same time, Liu Deshui took out a few talismans, which burned away the ghost patterns.
Unexpectedly, with a few "puff" sounds, those half-burned talismans were torn into pieces by the ghost energy and turned into fragments, like broken petals, floating on the green ground.
Soon, the runes on Liu Deshui's hands were actually eroded little by little by the ghost patterns in the ghost energy.
From my angle, Liu Deshui's cheeks were bulging, his teeth were clenched tightly together, and beads of sweat rolled down his forehead, flowing along his eyebrows and onto his chin.
His body was shaking violently, and soon bloodshot appeared in his eyes.
Those bloodshot veins were like some kind of blood-colored worms, lurking in his eye sockets.
"Weird, so weird! This ghost pattern is so strong. It will corrode the Yin De Qi and the talisman." Liu Deshui muttered in a deep voice.
Seeing this, I hurriedly said, "Master Liu, if it doesn't work, please step back first. Otherwise you will get hurt."
Liu Deshui did not give up. He said with a determined look: "I want to see what this ghost thing is doing. I will not give up easily. This thing is a ghost after all. Can it rebel against the heaven?"
He uttered a complicated incantation.
Immediately afterwards, a stream of good karma appeared on his body again.
I could sense that the good karma that appeared later was almost all the good karma in Liu Deshui's body.
Because of the increase of Yin De's energy, the ghost pattern that was eroding Liu Deshui actually slowed down a bit.
At this time, Liu Deshui did not retreat but advanced instead.
The good karma in his body transformed into golden runes that wrapped around his body.
Very close, very close!
As long as Liu Deshui can touch the ghost monument, he will have a chance to destroy it.
"ah!"
With a sigh, Liu Deshui took another half step forward.
At this moment, the palm he stretched out was less than a foot away from the ghost monument.
However, what I didn't expect was that at this time
At that moment, the ghost monument suddenly shook.
As the ghost monument vibrated, the ghost patterns on it flew out quickly, carrying the ghost energy and rushing towards Liu Deshui, like a fierce tide, forming a diffusing black halo.
The black halo was simply invincible. When it touched the Yin De Qi and runes released by Liu Deshui, it directly shattered those runes and Yin De Qi, and instantly swept towards Liu Deshui.
With a "bang" sound!
Liu Deshui's body flew backwards under the impact of the black halo.
Seeing this, I stepped on the Seven Star Step, flashed to the side, and directly caught Liu Deshui's body.
Liu Deshui's body went limp, his head rested next to my arm, and he suddenly spat out several mouthfuls of blood onto the ground.
"Tianyi, quickly get out of this space channel."
After Liu Deshui's eyes regained a little spirit, he spoke hurriedly.
I knew that the ghost monument was very dangerous, so I took Liu Deshui and Lao Gui and retreated behind the green light film, wanting to leave from the place we had just entered.
However, the ghost pattern formed by the black halo was too fast.
Before I could bring Liu Deshui and Lao Gui out of the green light film, the black light circle had already appeared behind us.
There was a muffled "bang" sound.
The two of us ghost-catching Taoist priests, along with an old ghost, were all covered in a green film of light.
"Pah! Pah!" With two sounds, Liu Deshui and I flew out of the blue light film and fell to the ground.
The old ghost was also affected. The ghost energy in his body weakened a lot, and he cried out in pain, "Ouch, ouch!"
Seeing us appear on the platform in front of the green light film at the entrance of the stairs, looking embarrassed, Sun Yaowen, Liu Xueqing and Sun Xiaoli all stood up and ran up quickly.
"Brother Tianyi, what's wrong with you?"
Sun Xiaoli looked very flustered and asked anxiously.
I waved my hands, let out a breath, shook my head and said, "It's okay, I'm not seriously injured."
Liu Xueqing also hurried to Liu Deshui and slowly helped Liu Deshui up from the ground.
"Oh! Dad, why are you covered in blood?"
The corners of Liu Deshui's mouth were covered in blood. He looked a little depressed and raised his hand to wipe the blood from the corners of his mouth with his sleeve.
"Dad, are you okay? What happened to you? Woo woo..."
While asking with concern, Liu Xueqing started crying anxiously.
Liu Deshui forced a smile at the corner of his mouth, reached out to wipe the tears from the corner of Liu Xueqing's eyes, squinted his eyes, and said with a smile: "Silly child, you always cry, I'm fine. I just got a little hurt, I'll be fine after a rest."
"But Dad, you're covered in blood. No, no, I have to take you to the hospital."
As Liu Xueqing spoke, she put one of Liu Deshui's arms on her shoulders, trying to help Liu Deshui up.
When Sun Yaowen saw that I was fine, he went to Liu Deshui and wanted to help Liu Deshui up with Liu Xueqing and send him to the hospital.
But they were stopped by Liu Deshui.
Liu Deshui said loudly: "It's okay, it's okay, I'm really fine, it's just an internal injury, I just need to rest."
As he spoke, he asked Liu Xueqing to take out a few healing pills from his cloth bag. He ate one himself and handed one to me.
I took the pill without hesitation and swallowed it.
Sun Xiaoli next to me kindly handed me half a bottle of water.
After taking the pills, I felt much better and the minor injury I had just suffered seemed to have healed a lot as well.
I slowly stood up from the ground.
I'm not seriously injured, but my body still hurts a little.
The old ghost with a gloomy look was floating on the side, muttering: "It's over, it's over! Even a ghost-catching Taoist priest like Master Liu can't break the ghost monument. It seems that we are
These ghosts are trapped here forever.”
I curled my lips, glared at the old ghost, and shouted, "Okay, stop mumbling, are you annoying?"
The old ghost was originally a soul, and it would take him a while to recover from the injury.
It glanced at me timidly, lowered its head and said nothing more.
The ghosts that were blocked by the Bagua magic circle stood on the stairs, chattering non-stop. They said all kinds of things, some said that the ghost monument was powerful, and some said that Liu Deshui and I were capable.
Some ghosts have cold and malicious eyes.
This makes me upset.
"Shut up! Can you guys be quiet? If you keep talking nonsense, I will kill you."
The shout worked very well, and the ghosts immediately shut up.
But their ghost eyes were always watching our movements.
I went to Liu Deshui and asked with concern: "Master Liu, how are you?"
Liu Deshui pointed to his chest and said, "It's an internal injury. But it's not serious. I'll be fine after a few days of rest. Since we can't break the ghost monument in this space channel, let's leave first."
Hearing Liu Deshui say that he was fine, I felt relieved for the time being.
Then, I raised my eyebrows slightly and said to Liu Deshui: "Master Liu, I want to go in and try."
Who knew, as soon as I said this, Xiao Li came over before Liu Deshui could say anything.
She looked resentful, stretched out her hand and grabbed my arm, and said angrily: "No, I won't let you go in. It must be very strange in there, and very dangerous. What if you get into trouble? Look, Master Liu was injured just now, and it looks like he was seriously injured."
I know Sun Xiaoli cares about me.
I smiled at her and said, "Xiao Li, it's really okay. Even if I can't break the ghost monument and get blasted out, it's not much different from Master Liu's current situation, so my life can still be saved."
But Sun Xiaoli refused to let go, and said with a look of resentment: "That won't work either. You're my boyfriend, I don't want anything to happen to you."
Damn, this girl really... cares about me!
I smiled bitterly and said nothing.
Liu Deshui looked at me, then at the green light film, and after a moment's silence, he said, "Okay, if you want to try it, it's fine. But the destructive power of the ghost pattern is too strong. It may not work to resist it with Yin De Qi and Taoist runes. You have to use other means. Otherwise, it will be difficult to get close to the ghost monument."
I understood what Liu Deshui meant, nodded and said, "Don't worry, Master Liu, I have already thought of a way, but I don't know if it can be used. I can only try it first. If it doesn't work, I will come out. Then, we will leave together."
At this time, Sun Xiaoli begged me in a mumbling voice: "Brother Tianyi, please don't go in, it's too dangerous in there. Just listen to me, okay?"
I was just thinking about what to say to Xiaoli, but unexpectedly, Sun Yaowen came over and scolded Sun Xiaoli, "Xiaoli, let go of your brother Tianyi's hand. Why are you holding him? He is a man, and a Taoist ghost catcher. He always has his own things to do."
"You are trying to stop him like this, which will inevitably make him hesitate. This is not good. Besides, he made the decision on his own, so he must have a sense of propriety in his heart."
When Sun Xiaoli heard what Sun Yaowen said, her eyes turned red and she let go of my hand.
She lowered her head and whispered to me, "Then, Brother Tianyi, you must protect yourself."
I reached out my hand, rubbed Sun Xiaoli's face, and comforted her, "It's really okay, I'll go and give it a try. We'll know if it works or not. Don't worry, everyone."
Having said that, without any further hesitation, I let go of Xiaoli's hand and walked towards the green light film, ready to enter the space channel again.
(to be continued)
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