"Mr. Qinghe?"
Lu Liangsheng stopped and turned to look at the other person. The latter quickly came to his senses, smiled and continued to walk, following him to the small fenced yard over there.
"I didn't expect that Fellow Daoist Lu actually accepted three disciples. This really surprised me."
"They are all homeless children. Taking them in and educating them is also a kind of practice." Lu Liangsheng spread his hands and let him into the yard first with courtesy as a guest. He encouraged Li Sui'an and the other two who passed by, and then walked into the thatched cottage with Yang Su.
He picked up a few books on the table and put them aside, then took the Toad Taoist who was sitting under the window lattice basking in the sun and put him on the bookshelf.
"This thatched cottage was built with my great efforts. Lord Qinghe, please don't think it's shabby."
Yang Su withdrew his gaze from the figure of the young man buried in the yard, sat down on a wooden stool casually, and waved his hand: "It's okay. People who practice Taoism are free and easy-going, so it's normal for the house to be a little messy."
He put his hands on his knees and glanced around the room. The toad that had been put down on the bookshelf lifted up its webbed feet and slowly crawled out. It fell to the ground with a thud, and got up awkwardly, as if cursing. It opened a small door and walked in. When it closed it, the toad's eyes seemed to be glaring at him.
"Friend Lu, your toad is interesting, but now that you have reached the spiritual stage? Are you willing to give it up?"
Lu Liangsheng was stunned for a moment, poured a cup of tea, handed it to the other party, and said with a smile: "I have kept this thing for a long time, I am afraid I can't give it to others."
"That's a bit regrettable."
The sound of reading aloud outside came in through the window. The two of them sat there and drank and chatted for a while. Lu Liangsheng then continued with the sentence he had just said when he came in.
"Just now, I asked Lord Qinghe if he knew the technique of removing evil spirits. Could you tell me?"
"Stripping the evil spirit?" Yang Su thought for a moment while holding the tea. "I haven't come into contact with this technique much, but I do know the technique of human puppetry. I wonder if it can help."
"Human puppet?" Lu Liangsheng frowned slightly.
"Haha... this is a sinister trick."
Yang Su did not hide it. He put down the teacup, stood up, stroked his beard, walked past the window, and looked outside: "Without yin and yang, a person becomes a beast. Without a spiritual platform, he becomes a plant. He is not a very kind person. This method is very useful for marching and arranging battle formations. I have studied it for a period of time."
When the words Yin Yang and Lingtai were mentioned, Lu Liangsheng immediately understood the underlying principle. If the Yin and Yang of a person were removed, he would be constantly involved in disputes and would be no different from a madman. If the Lingtai was eliminated, then a person's sanity would be wiped out, reducing him to a puppet like grass or wood. It would naturally be beneficial to refine a human puppet and use it in warfare.
It was indeed as Yang Su said, too insidious.
However, that was the way others acted, and had nothing to do with Lu Liangsheng. He was silent for a moment and asked, "I wonder if this method can touch the soul?"
"This is the way to reverse yin and yang."
"Don't hurt innocent people?"
"It's not a human puppet, so naturally I don't need anyone else."
Lu Liangsheng breathed a sigh of relief, as long as he didn't use human sacrifice like his master, then this method could be tried, he immediately called Hong Lian to stand in the room. Yang Su's cultivation was not shallow, he had fought many ghosts before, he was not surprised by a female Rakshasa ghost, but when he looked at Lu Liangsheng again, his eyes showed an expression of "I understand".
"It is a good idea for Fellow Daoist Lu to use his Yuanshen to leave his body and fight with the ghosts. However, he should be careful not to let the spiritual wind of heaven and earth blow away his Yangshen."
Hong Lian rolled her eyes and pouted quietly.
This made Lu Liangsheng laugh and cry, and he immediately went to find Sun Yingxian who was flipping through a book in a cave in Qixia Mountain. He was a demon-exorcist and had unique methods for dealing with ghosts. After taking on this task, he spent the past two days in the cave flipping through the Taoist book left to him by his master, to see if he could find a spell to remove the evil spirit.
"I didn't find it, but the three of us can work together."
After the Taoist priest greeted Yang Su, he flipped through the book while taking out a square diagram of the Eight Diagrams from his cloth bag and spread it out on the ground outside.
"I set up the formation and am responsible for attracting souls!"
Yang Su took out an awl from his sleeve and said, "Su's human puppet technique can be used to reverse yin and yang, and perhaps to separate the evil spirit. However, we still need an artifact to seal the evil spirit, something that this female ghost often uses."
"How about this?" Lu Liangsheng came out of the house holding an umbrella. In his hand was the painted skin that Hong Lian often used. The soft skin, picturesque features, lifelike face and skin texture made the three young men who were lying on the fence and watching the curiosity feel a chill.
The umbrella was folded, and a wisp of green smoke flew away and transformed into Hong Lian's soul under the shade of a tree not far away. She stared at the Yin-Yang magic circle spread out on the ground with some fear.
"Don't be afraid."
Lu Liangsheng placed the painted skin next to Yang Su, comforted the female ghost, and stood to the right of the Yin-Yang Bagua. "I'll help Hong Lian consolidate her soul. I'll leave the rest to you two."
After saying this, he bowed to Yang Su and Sun Yingxian to express his gratitude.
"When you took my yellow talisman, I didn't see you thank me." The Taoist curled his lips, took out a few pieces of talisman paper, drew talismans on them, and threw them. The talisman paper flew lightly to the octagon.
He shouted softly: "Command!"
Everyone's vision darkened, the wind started to blow around them, and a floating cloud obscured the sunlight on the mountainside. The Taoist took a sudden step forward, tilted his head and shouted:
"Nie Honglian, fly into the formation!"
Not far away, a graceful figure with flying sleeves floated into the yellow silk Bagua formation. Apricot yellow light suddenly rose from the octagon, trapping her inside like a cage. This formation was originally used to catch ghosts, and the yin energy here was triggered. Hong Lian only felt a burning discomfort, and her soul became a little unstable inside.
“Hold on!”
Lu Liangsheng made a finger gesture, stretched his fingertips into the air, and his magic power burst out. There was a rumbling sound of thunder in the mountains, and spiritual energy that ordinary people could not see rolled and flowed from the sea of clouds.
"go!"
He pointed his sword straight at Hong Lian, and the surging spiritual energy rushed into the Bagua Formation, boiling instantly like water poured on oil. Water mist filled the air, spreading in all directions while wrapping up Hong Lian, whose figure had become blurred and shaking, to nourish her with the spiritual energy and stabilize her soul so that it would not be torn apart by the rush of the Bagua Formation.
"Sir... I feel so bad!"
Even though she was nourished and protected by spiritual energy, Hong Lian hugged her arms, her body constantly making hissing sounds, and black yin energy was leaking out of her whole body, and her entire face became as white as paint.
"Mr. Qinghe!"
Lu Liangsheng increased his magic power and poured in spiritual energy, and beads of sweat gradually appeared on his face. He shouted to Yang Su on the other side, but the latter said nothing, staring at Hong Lian's back in the formation, and suddenly pushed his feet to the left and right, and took a horse stance.
He held the iron spike between his fingers and palms and placed it across his chin. His lips moved rapidly as he muttered something, and the hem of his robe, beard and hair fluttered in the wind.
Hearing Lu Liangsheng's shout, he suddenly opened his eyes, and a flash of lightning flashed in his eyes. He turned the iron cone in his hand and wiped it with his fingertips, revealing magic patterns.
"Yin and Yang are reversed!"
The iron spike was suspended in the air, and he pushed with his palm. A black shadow rushed straight to Hong Lian's back. The moment the tip of the spike touched the ghost girl's back, Yang Su suddenly jumped up, held the end of the iron spike with both hands, chanted a spell, and moved down little by little as if it weighed a thousand pounds.
A black magic pattern extended from the back of Hong Lian's head.