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Chapter 392 Tianke
Leather, cinnabar, talisman paper, and fine gold gears flew in front of Cherry's eyes like flowers scattered by a fairy.

Although he escaped the disaster and his left leg was not bitten off by Prajna, he did not feel relieved at all. Instead, his face turned pale.

Because at the critical moment, Yanjia was extremely decisive and resolutely blocked the disaster without Cherry's instructions. His right arm was broken at the elbow, and parts fell off from time to time, but it was not difficult to see that its precision was truly amazing.

But Yanjia felt no pain and his expression did not change at all.

Prajnaman behind him succeeded in his move without stopping, and the ghost head with its limbs swung towards Yanjia's back.

Cherry and Yanjia looked at each other, and the latter's eyes were filled with farewell, helplessness, and love.

At the critical moment, Cherry did not hold back and crushed an object as soft as a sea urchin. Countless fine threads that were difficult to see with the naked eye shot out in all directions like an explosion.

Seeing this, Yanjia's eyes, which had contained countless complex emotions just now, disappeared completely, leaving only a wishful cunning look.

Almost at the same time, through the connection of countless magical "threads", the minds of both parties became one, and scenes of memories quickly emerged before their eyes. Cherry was mentally prepared for this, as he knew how good an actor the Yanjia he created was.

Unfortunately, if he didn't use all his strength to control Yanjia, he might not be able to escape alive with all his arms and legs intact tonight.

Cherry stretched out all ten fingers and then clenched four fingers, swung her right arm up and pulled her left arm back.

The next moment, Yanjia's speed and agility were more than three times faster than before. He kicked the back of the neck of the physical Prajna Man in mid-air with a force comparable to that of a heavy hammer.

"The howling of ghosts and wolves is annoying. A woman should act like a woman. You are not a person either. Why can't you learn from me and be a lady?"

Then the lady gave the real Prajna Man a glare.

According to legend, if Yanjia wants to exert greater power, it must connect with the spirit of Yanshi. To put it in plain words, it is equivalent to the interweaving of two kinds of thinking, which is much more comfortable than the flesh. At least the Yanjia made of Cherry enjoys it very much.

The two Onmyojis on the opposite side were all dumbfounded, thinking that the Yanjia was already difficult enough to deal with, and they finally inflicted heavy damage on it, only to find that it suddenly became several times stronger.

Is it a human or a ghost?

Or some kind of magical puppet show?

The two Yin-Yang masters racked their brains but could not guess the answer.

All that can be done is to try one's best to activate Prajna Man, even if the price is to drain all the water from the caster's body.

In a short period of time, the skin and flesh of the two people gradually shriveled up.

The reason why Prajna Man can become an A-level shikigami in the Onmyoji Bureau is that it can kill a living person with one strike. Whether a virtual body pierces through the spirit platform or a real body causes even the slightest wound, the person will surely die.

But at the moment, Prajna Man's real strength could not be fully utilized, because Yanjia was not a human being, and at most he could cause physical damage, and he did not feel any pain after being injured.

Looking at Yanjia again, after connecting with Cherry, he was like a naughty child on a whim, frantically dismantling the limbs of the physical Prajna Man. Every time a segment was dismantled and thrown away, it would turn into a tumor with distorted facial features when it landed, screaming in pain, and finally turning into nothingness.

Prajna Man did not want to fight back, and she wished she could swallow Yanjia in one gulp. However, Yanjia was no longer the same at this time, because Cherry activated all the Yanqie she carried, which either became part of Yanjia or flew around it.

In a word.

Tianke!

If all the cherries were eaten up that night, Zhao Sanyuan would probably be helpless. Even if he asked the old immortal to come over, he wouldn't be able to eat any of them.

Just when Yanjia was having fun, the virtual Prajna Man suddenly got behind Cherry and rushed straight to his back.

At this distance, Yanjia will definitely not be able to come back!

Finally, they had the chance to turn defeat into victory. The two Onmyojis were so excited that they almost snorted. You know, Grade A Shikigami are very precious in the Onmyoji Ryoku, and now they were beaten up. Those limbs have been cultivated for hundreds of years. If they can't be captured by Cherry, they will end up being used as 'feed' if they return alive.

Then?

Then they saw Yanshi, who was riding on the head of the real Prajna barbarian, raised his head slightly, raised his hands with a smile, quickly made hand gestures, and aimed like a pistol.

"biubiu~~~"

I saw two wooden birds circling around it and then they shot away!

It transformed into two water columns that were stronger than lightning and hit the eyes of the sneak attacking virtual Prajna Man.

There is no sense of impact, nor any special effects of explosion.

But the virtual body of Prajnaman became stiff and stopped immediately.

The two water drops that were hit into the void were like thick ink poured into clear water. Their color became darker and darker, and their size became larger and larger.

Yan Jia's expression was extremely proud. "You really think you are old, don't you? You really think that this girl was bitten for nothing? At the beginning, you created a false one, and then you came up with a real one to make us avoid the false one and go for the real one. Ha, your acting is not very good. The look in your eyes is really easy to guess."

As he spoke, the A-class shikigami that had been worshipped by the Onmyoji for hundreds of years was on its last legs due to the natural antagonism. Its virtual body became larger and larger, while its real body was in pieces. The joints connecting the two ghost heads peeled off without Yanjia's intervention. The more the Prajna Man disintegrated, the more painful it was for the two Onmyoji to be squeezed. Almost in the blink of an eye, they became skin and bones.

Similar to Prajna, they also have other special skills, otherwise they would not have been chosen by Tsuchimikado Toaki to be part of the group that surrounded and killed Zhao Sanyuan and his party. However, they wanted to use their special skills to be safe, but they did not expect that fate was unpredictable and they encountered a Yanshi who was rarer than an aircraft carrier.

Just as the two Onmyoji were preparing to fight to the death, a head popped out from the gate in the distance and looked inside carefully.

Zhang Linyi gasped when he saw the still-warm corpses scattered all over the dry landscape sand.

"Amitabha. Amitabha. I am only here to look for someone. Please don't wrongly target a good person, my wronged souls."

When he caught a glimpse of his nephew on the roof of the main hall, his materialistic expression disappeared. He climbed up the wall like a nimble monkey, and with a touch of his toes he was a dozen feet away.

When he arrived next to Cherry, he saw Yanjia chatting heart-to-heart with two skinny Yin-Yang masters.

With just one glance, Zhang Linyi's expression changed rapidly. Without waiting for Cherry to speak, he pulled him aside, his tone more solemn than ever before.

"You studied abroad for several years, and this is what you came up with?"

"Hey, I thought you had finished drinking, Master Qi, but now you're drinking."

"Stop talking nonsense and just tell me what you are asking. What the hell is going on with this thing?"

Cherry was a little afraid to meet Zhang Linyi's gaze, and her voice became much softer.

"What else could Yanjiabei be?"

"Yanjia?" Zhang Linyi laughed in anger. "Although my Yanshi lineage is declining, I still think I have some skills. Your grandfather and I have spent our entire lives trying to make a Yanjia, and you, a twenty-year-old brat, have made one?"

"That's because you have corrupt ideas. I studied abroad for many years, not just to eat and do nothing."

"Okay, okay! I'm corrupt! No matter how corrupt I am, I will never use evil magic to pretend to be the craftsmanship of my ancestors, let alone -"

Before he finished speaking, Yan Jia came to the two of them at some point, carefully cleaned the blood stains on his body, and greeted them timidly as if he was meeting his parents-in-law for the first time.

"Hello, Grandpa Qi."

This shout choked back all the curses that Zhang Linyi was about to throw out. He stared at Yanjia in a daze. It was not difficult to tell that her facial features were very similar to those of the cute girl in the village who died young.

Seeing Zhang Linyi standing there in silence, Yanjia felt so wronged that she almost cried. She gently pulled the corner of Cherry's clothes and whispered, "Grandpa Qi, have you forgotten me or do you hate me?"

If it was really the little girl from that year, Zhang Linyi would not be able to hide his face no matter what, but he knew that this was not the legendary skill.

He took a deep breath and pulled Cherry away. His tone was not as tough as before, and all his words turned into bitter smiles.

Cherry put on a forced and stubborn smile that anyone could see. "Seventh Master, what's wrong with you? I have passed down the craftsmanship of our ancestors. You should be happy for me."

"Soul thread locks the soul."

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"I originally thought you chose to study abroad because you wanted to see the world, but it turns out that you found the method of soul thread lock at some point, so you wanted to stay away from your grandfather and me to fulfill your obsession."

"Seventh Master, please stop joking. I have never heard of Soul Thread Soul Locking. Besides, how can she not be Yan Jia? She has her own will and emotions, and can be controlled and connected by Linlang Silk. She is Yan Jia! Obviously, she is Yan Jia!"

As she spoke towards the end, Cherry's tone became heavier and more urgent.

Seeing his most beloved nephew in such a state, Zhang Linyi felt that it was understandable and only regretted that he had not discovered it earlier.

"Child, this is not Yanjia. Everything it presents is just its response after it knows your innermost thoughts. What it does and says are what you desire deep in your heart."

"No!"

"To put it simply, it has only a beautiful shell, but inside it is the ghost of the girl. You know what I mean."

"Do not!!!"

"Child, listen to Master Qi's advice. If you really like her, you should let her go free, instead of imprisoning her for the rest of her life, where she won't be free until she dies."

"Do not--"

Cherry's eyes were bloodshot, as if he was crazy. He raised his hand to hit Zhang Linyi, but was stopped by Yanjia in the process. He looked at the two of them at a loss.

Zhang Linyi reached out to wipe away the blood and tears shed by Cherry, and said the final and heart-piercing words.

"Yanjia can be connected and controlled with Linlang silk without any restrictions. What will be consumed should be chalk, cinnabar and other materials. However, the external method of using soul silk to lock the soul will cause damage to the soul inside after the connection and control. Do you dare to connect it for more than an incense stick of time? Are you willing to do it?"

Soul thread locks the soul.
So many crazy magic tricks
Before my hair and beard turned grey, I wanted to create one to fill the void in my heart thousands of times. But I slapped myself thousands of times, telling myself that this was not the right way and that it would hurt both me and him.
(End of this chapter)