Chu Ruyan, Lu Qianyan and monk Huitong were rushing back to the post station with the envoys who had entered the palace. On the way, Lu Qianyan rode a horse with the guards to protect the carriage, while Chu Ruyan could not help asking Huitong in the carriage.
"Master Huitong, what exactly happened in the palace just now?"
Monk Huitong frowned and shook his head.
"That fox demon is really amazing. He is wearing the Bodhi beads without changing his expression. He is even more powerful than I imagined."
"Then the beads are useless against monsters?"
Chu Ruyan also became nervous. At the moment they didn't know where Ji Yuan was. Although the possibility was very small, what if Mr. Ji didn't catch up
Monk Huitong's expression remained calm.
"Good be to the Great Ming King Buddha. I blessed the Bodhi rosary with the true sutras created by the statues of the Dharma in Daliang Temple over the years. It's not so easy to bear. Just because it looks fine doesn't mean it's really fine."
As he spoke, Hui Tong looked at Chu Ruyan.
"This evildoer will surely attack us soon, but Mr. Ji must already be in the city. I did not expose her true identity today. Firstly, I am afraid of her and I am afraid she will break the jar and make a desperate move. Secondly, she will probably not attack us personally because of her status. It is best to lure the other evildoers here. Your Highness, you must not fall asleep tonight."
"Well! Why don't I meditate with the master in the quiet room tonight?"
Monk Huitong frowned, but nodded in agreement, which made Chu Ruyan smile. Outside the car, Lu Qianyan's eyes kept wandering among the crowd on the street. She was much more nervous than the people in the car. She had fought many martial arts masters, but this was her first time fighting a monster.
As time gradually turned dark, all the pedestrians in the streets had already gone home. Due to the curfew in the imperial city, the streets outside the post station were deserted and very quiet. At this moment, there were streaks of dark light streaking across the night sky. The light was extremely tiny, and seemed to blend into the sky and earth and even into the darkness of the night.
On some streets, corners, some places on the ground, and some places in the air, these tiny black lights were centered on the clock tower, and their moving paths drew a scattered flower, covering half of the capital city, including the imperial palace.
In the largest post station in the capital city, which is close to the imperial palace, Chu Ruyan and Hui Tong sat in a quiet room and chanted in low voices. Buddhist instruments have been placed in some key locations inside and outside the room. Although he believes in Ji Yuan, Hui Tong cannot help but make his own preparations. After all, they are not facing small monsters, but possibly even demons.
Both of them chanted the scriptures with great piety. Hui Tong could even hear the faint sound of Buddha echoing in the scriptures spoken by Chu Ruyan, which was extremely rare.
After the entire scripture was read, the two of them stopped talking temporarily.
"The eldest princess, a beautiful and noble lady, can also chant the subtle Buddhist sounds. She is truly predestined with Buddha."
Chu Ruyan smiled.
"Master, are you trying to persuade me to become a monk?"
Hui Tong shook his head.
"Becoming a monk is a personal decision. Even if one's heart is devoted to the Buddha, one does not necessarily need to become a monk."
Chu Ruyan's eyes flickered and she said playfully.
"That's good, Ru Yan has lust in her heart and is not suitable for becoming a nun!"
These words made Hui Tong pause for a moment and he was at a loss for words. At this moment, several black streaks slid into the room. Hui Tong did not notice them until they were within three meters. He was immediately startled.
"who?"
While shouting, he put his palms together and clapped them together.
With a "bang", a wave of Buddha's light was brought up, but the black light was like a small fish swimming in the Buddha's light, which was not carried away after a few ripples.
"That monk, don't do it!" "We are one of you!"
"On our side!"
All of a sudden, there were some childish or crisp sounds coming from several directions at the same time, and the ink light also showed its true form, which turned out to be several faintly glowing words floating in the air.
"Monk, the master ordered us to set up the formation!" "Yes, the master is Mr. Ji."
"We are all ready for a large area around here. The master said that a demon will come tonight. Besides us, there will be others to help you. But this is just foreplay. The real show is in the second half!"
Hui Tong was greatly encouraged. These words had a strong spiritual charm and he could also feel Mr. Ji's Taoist aura. From the content of their words and his own condition, he could prove that what they said was true. He temporarily suppressed his amazement at these words and asked about what happened tonight.
"What do you mean by the second half, sir?"
Several words flashed with ink.
"Then how do we know?" "Well, the master is unfathomable, we will know in a moment."
"He's still a monk, he doesn't have this much patience!" "No more talking, let's set up the formation."
"Yes!" "Okay!" "Let's go."
A few streaks of dark light flashed, and disappeared in an instant, leaving a faint trail, and quickly faded away. After a few breaths, even Huitong's Bodhi Wisdom Eye could hardly distinguish any traces.
Chu Ruyan watched from the side and found it extremely magical.
"Master, why can these words speak? Have they become spirits?"
"Well, it must be a monster. There are all kinds of monsters in the world, but it is unheard of that words can become monsters. But I feel more at ease knowing that Mr. Ji has a backup plan."
On the roof of the clock tower, Ji Yuan and Gan Qingle stood at the empty and quiet streets in the distance. The latter's beard, which was already as thin as steel needles, became even more exaggerated due to the intense tension and excitement, and his hair and beard were faintly red.
"Sir, is the monster coming? If we stand like this, won't the monster notice us?"
Ji Yuan pointed to several places in the city and said lightly.
"They are already here. There are two of them. They are not demons, but monsters. This is the eye of the formation, and they can't see it."
As he spoke, Ji Yuan looked at Gan Qingle.
"Master Gan, the formation will weaken the demons, but demons are different from mortal warriors, so be careful when fighting them."
"Don't worry, sir!"
After saying this, Gan Qingle took a deep breath, jumped down from the roof, and used his Qinggong to run straight to the post station. Ji Yuan also fell like a leaf in the wind, and walked farther and farther in a few steps, but he did not go into the formation, but towards the outside of the city.
In fact, there were not only two monsters coming. The two that entered the formation were the weakest. There was also a monster and a demon outside the capital, who were watching the changes in the city on the official road.
Outside the post station, two women dressed in palace dresses walked out of the post station, but found that there was not even a guard here. Monk Huitong was sitting in the yard watching them, and standing on the left and right behind him were Lu Qianyan and Gan Qingle.
"Good be to the Great Ming King Buddha, the evildoers have come uninvited, so I will let this humble monk save you!"
"Bang~"
Hui Tong clasped his hands together and Buddha's light appeared like waves. The waves even distorted the surrounding houses and streets, as if they were not in the capital city but on the rough sea. The two banshees could not even stand steadily. They subconsciously wanted to fly, but found that they could not float after jumping. They could not use the flying technique.
A silver Zen staff flew from the backyard and was firmly caught by Huitong.
"The evil beast has walked into the jar and is about to die!"
Hui Tong shook the Zen stick in his hand, and then he waved the stick with a "woohoo~" sound. He jumped up first and hit hard towards the outside of the post station.
"Boom..."
Even though the two banshees reacted quickly and jumped away, they were still swept by the Buddha's light and felt a burning pain. At this moment, Lu Qianyan and Gan Qingle attacked from the left and right. The martial arts moves of these martial arts masters were perfect, and at this moment they were blessed with the Mingwang mantra, so the power of their attacks was greater than usual.
Monk Huitong kept chanting, and the sound of Buddhist scriptures made the two female demons extremely irritated, and even caused tingling in their heads. The Zen stick in his hand never stopped, and he would sweep it towards the female demons from time to time.
Gan Qingle's condition was very strange. Every time he fought with the demon, the demonic energy would bring out the evil spirit in his body, and the color of his hair would turn slightly red. His movements were as swift as the wind, and his punches were as powerful as thunder. He felt that the demon was no more than this.
"boom… "
Finally, he punched the woman in front of him right in the heart, but Gan Qingle felt that the woman was boneless and he felt no force from his punch.
"court death!"
Gan Qingle had no time to dodge the fierce sound. At the critical moment, he felt a strong pulling force and his body was dragged backward to avoid it. However, in the process, his chest felt pain. A sharp claw flashed by and cut a gash in his chest. In an instant, blood appeared.
“Sizzle…”
"ah… "
Before Gan Qingle could scream out, the banshee screamed first. The blood splattered on her body was like a normal person being splashed with boiling oil, making her suffer terribly.
"Phew... That was a close call! Thank you..."
Gan Qingle looked back and saw that no one was pulling him. He then looked a little further away and saw Monk Huitong and Lu Qianyan working together to deal with another female demon. Master Huitong had looked as majestic as before, and now he was just as ferocious as he was wielding his Zen staff. The swing of the staff brought about a whistling wind, and the streets were already devastated by his attacks.
"It seems that Mr. Ji is helping me!"
"Hahahaha, this is the first time Gan has fought a monster in his life. The so-called monster is just like this. Come again!"
Although he spoke with contempt, he was more cautious in his heart. Gan Qingle once again rushed towards the woman who kept slapping the blood on her body. Seeing that his blood could burn the woman's body, he suddenly had an idea and smeared some of the blood from his chest on his fist.
The woman who was splashed with blood suppressed her pain, her face became even more ferocious, fangs appeared in her mouth, and sharp claws grew on her hands. But at this moment, she suddenly felt that her already slow demonic power became even more bizarre, and the claws on her hands were actually slowly retracting backwards.
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Outside the capital, a demon and a monster were floating in the air, looking at the imperial palace from afar. In their eyes, the city was completely silent.
"Could it be that Monk Hui Tong was able to injure Tu Yun just by relying on the special magic weapon?" "It's indeed a bit strange. Logically, there should be some movement."
"Oh? What's going on?"
Ji Yuan's voice suddenly sounded below. The demon and the monster looked down instantly and saw an elegant man in a wide-sleeved green shirt and a black jade hairpin standing on the official road looking at them. Even at this moment, the other party still looked like an ordinary person, without any special aura.
"Who are you? Eavesdropping on people's conversations is extremely rude!"
The monster spoke in a cold voice and mocked Ji Yuan. Then he looked up and found that his companion, who had been standing with him, was left with only the residual image of the demon, and the real body was nowhere to be found.
"You won't run away, will you?"
For some reason, this absurd thought arose in the monster's mind.