Grudge Breaker

Chapter 301 Ancient Evil Formation
"'Not Entering the Five Elements' is an ancient evil formation from the outer realm. It has been lost for many years. I didn't expect it to appear here."

Mo Tingfeng drew out his sword and swung it in the air, cutting off the red silk on the beam and dropping it onto the round table below.

"Lao Zhuang, you know all the strange things in the world, but can you recognize this thing?"

Song Weichen happened to be standing near the round table. Upon hearing what happened, she curiously moved closer without waiting for Zhuang Yuheng to get closer. Before she could even stretch out her hand, Mo Tingfeng had disappeared from where he was standing and appeared beside her, holding her hand tightly.

"Danger, don't touch."

Song Weichen didn't respond, but glanced at him, silently withdrew his hand, and carefully observed the red silk in front of him.

But when she looked left and right, it was just an ordinary piece of fabric and she couldn't see anything unusual - instead, Zhuang Yuheng's expression became more and more solemn.

"The weave of this fabric is unusual. Could it be... related to the strings of the Heart-Teasing Harp?"

"Yes, we came from the Ousi Wilds together."

Mo Tingfeng nodded, "But there are big differences."

He bit his middle finger and dripped a drop of blood on the red silk. The blood-stained area suddenly started to burn as if it encountered a spark, and the flame was a strange purple-green color. As it burned, the temperature in the room dropped suddenly as if falling into an ice cave. It was really strange.

An inch of red silk was burned up, the fire was quickly extinguished, and everything returned to normal.

"If it was a ghostly creature, it would not be able to withstand my blood. The fire would have already spread to the beams and burned all the remaining red silk. But if it was a yang creature, it would not be afraid of my blood, and there would be no purple and green flames. It is neither yin nor yang, neither ghost nor light, neither life nor death, so this red silk must be made of 'things that do not belong to the five elements'."

"Coincidentally, before I left, a little boy brought me a letter, saying that someone had promised a box of candies as a bargaining chip, asking him to deliver the letter. I don't know who did it, but this letter really woke me up."

As he spoke, Mo Tingfeng took out an envelope from his arms. Inside was a piece of letter paper. When he opened it, there were only two words on it:
"Evil Doll"

Seeing Song Weichen and Zhuang Yuheng's confused faces, Mo Tingfeng was not surprised at all and gave a detailed explanation.

"The Evil Doll Technique originated from the Outer Realm, and is as famous as the Death Curse Technique, and is known as the two major evil techniques of the Outer Realm. This technique has a great connection with the Incompatibility with the Five Elements Formation, but like the latter, it has disappeared for many years."

"The method is to seal the ashes of the deceased with pure yin in a pottery jar together with a special horse-headed silkworm from the Ousi Wilds, and suspend it in mid-air with an iron chain to prevent it from being affected by the earth's energy. The silkworm feeds on the ashes all day long, and the silk it spits out has extremely deep curse power."

"Every 49 days, the horse-headed silkworm mother turns into a butterfly and lays eggs. At this time, ashes must be added again. This is a cycle. After 99 cycles, the silkworm Gu is grown."

"The cultivated silkworms will no longer cocoon, nor will they need to eat ashes. From now on, the silk they produce will become one of the most evil spells in the world."

"If you tie it to your hands, feet, or limbs, it will instantly disappear into the skin, but the person being bound will become a puppet of the person who casts the Gu without realizing it. Even if they die, they will not be able to escape. Their souls will be bound and locked, and they will become evil spirits for the Gu to control. Unless the mother body of the silkworm Gu is destroyed, it will never disperse."

……

The more Mo Tingfeng talked, the more uneasy Zhuang Yuheng became.
"Lao Mo, you mean that this red silk is made of silk spit out by silkworms? Then Mian Mian is, isn't she..."

"No, Du Juan or the people behind him have no intention of turning Mian Mian into an evil doll."

Mo Tingfeng did not look relaxed when he said this. On the contrary, he looked as if the other party had a plan that was more difficult than turning Ruan Mianmian into an evil doll.

"The silk of the silkworm Gu was made into red silk and hung on the beam with a blood-stained scarf tied around it. This was not just for demonstration, but also to set up a formation."

Mo Tingfeng pointed to the square roof where the red silk was hung, and then pointed to the round table that was placed right in the center of the room.

"Usually, the formation emphasizes that the sky is round and the earth is square, but this formation is exactly the opposite - the square top is the earth, and the round table is the sky. This is going against the grain, reversing the yin and yang."

He flew up and took four things from the four corners of the roof - the black gold from the west Dui was placed in the east Zhen position, and vice versa the mulberry wood from the east Zhen was placed in the west Dui position; the mercury from the north Kan was placed in the south Li position, and vice versa the red cinnabar from the south Li was placed in the north Kan position.

"Did you see it? The five elements are all reversed. This is the reverse five elements formation, which also has the function of reversing yin and yang."

"Putting the non-five elements made of silk from silkworms into the reverse five elements formation can reverse yin and yang at the fastest speed, turning death into life. This is the non-five elements formation. After 49 days, the dead can completely occupy and devour the body and consciousness of the living bound in the formation, turning into a butterfly and being reborn."

"In other words, the already deceased Du Juan did not want Mian Mian to become her evil doll, but wanted to take over the magpie's nest - to completely become Ruan Mian Mian."

"This is her revenge."
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Mo Tingfeng's words made Zhuang Yuheng tremble with fear. If Ruan Mianmian could not be found within forty-nine days, or if she was found but failed to successfully break the Five Elements Formation and kill the female silkworm of the horse-headed silkworm Gu, then Du Juan would be reborn as Ruan Mianmian, and would forever control and bind Ruan Mianmian's soul with the evil puppet technique, making her an evil spirit that she could drive.

At that time, he couldn't bring himself to kill Du Juan, and if he wanted to save Ruan Mianmian, he had to kill Du Juan who had been reborn as "Ruan Mianmian". How contradictory and cruel it was.

……

"There's no time to lose! Let's go find Mian Mian!"

Zhuang Yuheng said this and strode out, but Mo Tingfeng caught up and grabbed him.

"Calm down! There's no point in searching blindly. It won't be too late to take action until the results of tracing the blood handkerchief come out."

"Look at the bright side. We still have forty-nine days. There's no need to rush this moment. The more anxious we are now, the more likely we will fall into the enemy's trap. They may be hoping that this will happen to us."

……

Although the doors and windows were closed and there was no wind, Zhuang Yuheng's hair and clothes were flying, and it was obvious that he was on the verge of a breakdown - he was the head of the Kongmei clan, and the only cousin in the clan might become an evil doll and a vengeful spirit, unable to turn over forever. How could he not be anxious?

He pushed Mo Tingfeng away.
"I understand the truth, but I just can't do nothing but wait!"

……

"Zhuang Yuheng!"

Mo Tingfeng swept forward and blocked the door directly.

"You have important things to do now!"

"This is exactly where the Five Elements Formation was activated, so Du Juan and Ruan Mianmian both disappeared in the house. This also means that the final place to break the formation is also here! Please tell your dear aunt and tell all the family members in the mansion not to touch or move any grass or tree in this house without permission. Before this matter is resolved, everything must remain as it is now."

"Just in case, I will also send a resentment-breaker to keep watch."

"Lao Zhuang, listen carefully. If you want to save your cousin, this is the most effective way. If you can't stay calm, don't go out! Staying here for forty-nine days is better than anything else."

……

"it is good."

Zhuang Yuheng murmured in response, trying to calm himself down, and went out to discuss the arrangements with Ruan's mother.

Seeing that he had regained his sanity, Mo Tingfeng breathed a sigh of relief, but his expression did not relax at all. His mood was very complicated and he almost couldn't take care of himself, but he tried hard to suppress it - Mo Tingfeng felt that a big net was opening up to them, and countless mysteries were waiting for them to solve.

Who on earth could get the silk threads from the Ousi Wilderness, which had been sealed for tens of thousands of years, to make the strings of the Heart-Confusing Harp, and use the same strings to speed up the transformation of Dujuan Blood into a puppet?

Who could have spent so much effort to raise the horse-headed silkworm lady from the Ousi Wilderness into a silkworm poison, only to use it on an insignificant and dead little maid? Could it be that the target was Ruan Mianmian from the beginning, so they intentionally contacted the abused Du Juan? What was their ultimate purpose in reincarnating Du Juan into Ruan Mianmian? Was it to deal with Zhuang Yuheng?
And that strange rune, the curse of death is related to it, the mask of the ghost king is related to it, and even the earlier ghost husband case must be related to it! Now the necromancer, the blood puppet Du Juan, and even Ye Wujiu and Ruan Mianmian are all infected by this rune to varying degrees. What is its purpose? Who is behind it?

Obviously, no matter who they are, the mastermind behind this is extremely patient, and is slowly surrounding them from all directions like a spider weaving a web.

And this letter. The evil puppet technique is so old that if no one had reminded him, he would never have thought that Ruan Mianmian’s disappearance might be related to it.

Who wrote this letter? Whether he is a friend or an enemy, he must know something!
Just as he thought of this, he saw Song Weichen picked up the letter with a suspicious look on his face.

"Weiwei, did you see anything?"

……

"I...seem to recognize the person who wrote this."

"What did you say?!"