Knife splashing

Chapter 416: Evil Salt Pond
It’s “yellow kid”!
Li Yan knew what had happened as soon as he saw it.

They were so busy dealing with the "guest in the fog" that this little creature found an opportunity to sneak into the house and harm people.

Looking at Zhang Sibei again, a small handprint had appeared on his wrist. It was pitch black and looked like a child's or a monkey's paw.

There was a fishy smell emanating from around its head, like the smell of medicinal residue that had gone moldy and rotten after being left for a long time.

This is a nightmare!

"Qingjia! May the heavens save us and strictly control Beifeng..."

Li Yan once again made hand gestures and chanted a spell, performing the "Northern Emperor's Disaster-Removing Technique" and pointed a finger at Zhang Sibei.

Pfft!
Zhang Sibei fell to the ground. The stench brought up a chilly wind, and shallow footprints of a child appeared on the ground, fleeing towards the woods.

Wow!
Li Yan stretched out his hand and waved it. The soul-catching rope whizzed out and directly bound the smell, and then twisted it suddenly.

"Ah~ah~"

The screams of children suddenly rang in my ears.

Li Yan's eyes were cold and merciless.

The Xuanmen sect values ​​life, and God is merciful, so some cruel methods will not be used casually.

When going out for funerals, one has to scatter paper money to ask all the lonely souls to make way. If one encounters a spirit possessed by a ghost, one usually starts by trying to persuade them with kind words.

But when someone dies, the nature of the incident changes.

No matter what dissatisfaction this "yellow kid" has, since he has killed several people, he will definitely be killed regardless of whether he is from the orthodox or legal sects.

When the cold wind died down, the smell disappeared with it.

Zhang Sibei fell to the ground, trembling all over, his face flushed with cold sweat, and he couldn't open his eyes.

"Sibei, Sibei!"

"Clipper Zhang" hurried forward to support him, his eyes full of anxiety.

His brother's soul was trapped, and most of them could not be saved. He had no children, and although Zhang Sibei looked like a loser, he was the last blood of the Zhang family, so how could he not be anxious?

Wang Daoxuan felt the patient's pulse and nodded, "It's okay. You have been hit by an evil spirit and your Yang Qi has been damaged. You just need to rest for two months. I will give you a prescription later."

After saying that, he shook off his robe and stood up, looking at the deadly silent village, his eyes already showing murderous intent, "This is extremely rampant, no matter what it is, it must be eliminated!"

He took out the straw man with the bug in it from his arms and said in a deep voice, "Let's go to the enemy's nest first. I will use the 'Seven Arrows Secret Spell' to kill the thing and lure the enemy out. Brother Yan, you guys take the opportunity to rescue them!"

"Row!"

Li Yan agreed without hesitation.

Wang Daoxuan has always been a calm person in the team, and he is almost like an elder to everyone else. He cares about them very much and is easy-going in his daily life.

This time he was obviously really angry, so Li Yan naturally would not object.

He still has one more command, at worst he can just use it up here.

Without any hesitation, everyone set off immediately, led by "Fast Boat Zhang", heading towards the southeast mountains.

The moon was shining brightly, and flames flashed through the dense forest.

Perhaps it was because an evil spirit had just wreaked havoc, and along the way, not to mention the spirits of wild beasts, even insects and birds were extremely rare, and there was no obstruction at all.

The group traveled at night and finally arrived at the place when it was almost dawn.

"just in front!"

"Clipper Zhang" pushed aside the grass, lowered his body and pointed forward.

On the opposite side, I saw undulating mountains, numerous gullies, dense vegetation, and a vast expanse of green as far as the eye could see.

However, on the hillside diagonally opposite, one can clearly see a mountain path that winds around the mountain.

Further away, there are even collapsed ancient plank roads.

The valley at the fork in the mountain road was shrouded in a large area of ​​white fog, entangled among the layers of mountains and forests.

"It's so remote, how come there is a road?"

When Sharifei saw this, he was obviously curious.

Clipper Zhang whispered, "This is the secret passage of the Salt Gang. Two years ago, I was entrusted by someone to deliver something with them through here."

"I heard from the salt gang that this place was originally the ancient salt road of the ancient Ba State. Later, when the Qin Dynasty conquered Bashu, it was abandoned and became a secret passage for private salt dealers of successive generations..."

Upon hearing this, Li Yan looked at Lu San.

Lu San shook his head and whispered, "The creatures inside are very fierce. All the birds and animals nearby have fled. I can't hear any news."

After saying that, he waved his hand again.

The falcon standing on his shoulder suddenly soared into the sky.

After several months of rest, the falcon "Lidong" has recovered and is more alert. After flying up, it circled up and down in the air.

After looking at it, Lu San shook his head again, "The evil spirit is too strong, I can't see clearly, I can only see that the place is not small."

After hearing this, Li Yan said in a deep voice: "It is now daybreak, the Yang energy is strong and the Yin energy is weak, the power of that thing must have weakened, and the people who were abducted should still be rescued."

"Master, what do you think we should do?"

Wang Daoxuan took out the straw man and said in a deep voice: "This thing is the Dharma body of the 'Guest in the Mist'. It can cast spells directly."

"I just broke through. After three bows, I can still bow once. Even if I can't kill him with the curse, I can still seriously injure his vitality."

"When the time comes, that thing will definitely come out to stop us. You can take the opportunity to enter it and destroy its root, and then we can seal the town again!"

Li Yan pondered for a moment, shook his head and said, "This is the enemy's lair. Taoist priest, I'm afraid you can't handle it alone. San'er and Lao Sha should stay. Wu Ba and I will go."

This arrangement has its own profound meaning.

If Wang Daoxuan wants to cast spells, he cannot do without the people guarding the altar, but if he wants to raid the evil spirit's lair, he has to be quick.

It would be most appropriate for him and Wu Ba to launch a surprise attack.

Lu San didn't waste any words and nodded, "Okay, but don't worry, I can use the witch forbidden technique and borrow the spirits of the mountains and rivers to stop it."

After that, he asked Wu Ba to unload the luggage, take out a few strings of bone pendants, go into the surrounding mountains and forests, hang them on the big trees, and surround the mountaintop.

As for Wang Daoxuan, he also took over Li Yan's five-sided Luofeng flag, and then reminded: "This evil omen should be a black omen belonging to water. You can look for it in streams, wells, statues, altars, coffins... There must be something for it to attach to."

"Once you find it, use thunder to smash it, and the opponent will be seriously injured..."

While he was talking, Lu San on the side had already started to perform a ritual.

He played the bone flute and danced happily, primitively and wildly, shaking his head and worshiping the four directions.

The sound of the flute was faint and drifting in the wind. The mountain wind suddenly rose and spread through the dense woods, and the bone strings also jingled and swayed.

This is the secret method of the mountain ghost.

The Nine Songs of Qu Yuan were originally adapted from music for worshiping gods, and they unknowingly revealed some secrets of ancient Chu witches.

"Riding a red leopard and following a catfish, riding a magnolia chariot and hanging a laurel flag" vaguely hints at the mountain ghost's abilities.

One is to control spiritual beasts, and the other is to use spiritual wooden instruments.

The "Mountain and Sea Spiritual Response Sutra" that Lu San obtained, in addition to concluding a covenant with the mountain god, is mainly a means of controlling and cultivating spirit beasts, and even controlling the spirits of beasts.

These bones either came from the previous earth dragon or from the powerful monsters they killed. They can gather the scattered Qi of mountains and rivers and take the shape of ferocious beasts.

Different from controlling soldiers and horses, this is considered as giving shape.

Just like some mountain gods and water gods, they were originally non-existent, but as more people worshiped them, they gradually took shape.

This method is for temporary use only, and the price is that after it is over, the strings carved from demon bones will become ordinary objects.

Call ~
As the mountain breeze blew past, Li Yan could faintly hear the roars of wild beasts.

"Wuba, let's go!"

Li Yan shouted and immediately rushed out, took a detour along the steep hillside, and crawled towards the secret passage of the Salt Gang from the other side.

Wu Ba followed closely behind, carrying an axe.

It looks huge in size, but in this forest, it is extremely agile, and its speed is only slightly slower than Li Yan.

The two men were like antelopes, jumping down from the steep cliff, and like monkeys, jumping up the tall trees, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

When "Clipper Zhang" saw this, he couldn't help swallowing.

He originally wanted to ask to accompany Li Yan, but seeing how he looked, he was afraid that he would only be a burden. On the other side, Wang Daoxuan had already started to perform a ritual.

He took out four arrows, bit his fingertips and smeared the blood.

The Secret Mantra of Seven Arrows naturally cannot be separated from arrows.

At that time, in a deserted village in Fengyang County, Shanzhou, Wang Daoxuan could only use chopsticks to kill the sorcerer who came to attack him.

Now that I'm wealthy, I naturally use good things.

The arrow shaft is made of demon bones and the arrowhead is made of spiritual copper. This is the method used by the Taoist weapon refiner in Zixiao Palace on Mount Wudang.

Especially at the back, there are a few copper coins hanging.

These copper coins are made of red copper, with a round square hole. The front and back are engraved with "Yijie Meishou" and "Ruyue Zhiheng" respectively.

"以接眉寿" comes from "The Book of Songs·Binfeng·July", "In August, we peel dates, and in October, we harvest rice. For this spring wine, 以接眉寿."

“Like the constancy of the moon” comes from the Book of Songs, Xiaoya, Tianbao, which says, “Like the constancy of the moon, like the rising of the sun. Like the longevity of the southern mountain, it never collapses.”

Both sentences are blessings for longevity.

This kind of money is called birthday money.

The families of high-ranking officials often minted coins to celebrate birthdays, and these coins were called birthday coins. For the royal family, they were called "longevity coins".

These copper coins were meant to be blessing coins, but they were covered with a thick paste that looked like dirty blood, giving off a cold and icy feeling.

Apparently, someone had used this object to curse and kill high-ranking officials.

These copper coins were also obtained from the ancestor of Donghu. Wang Daoxuan didn't know their origin, but they were perfect for strengthening the spell.

Afterwards, the Taoist drew a blood symbol on his forehead, walked with the magic steps, wrapped the cinnabar red rope around the straw man, and performed the "tightening hoop".

The spell altar was completed, and a cold and gloomy aura rose up.

Wang Daoxuan's face immediately turned livid, and he felt as if he was falling into the netherworld. He pinched his fingers and chanted, "The sky is dark, the earth is dark, the sun and moon are without light, there is no form or shadow, there is a black veil... Seven arrows are piercing my heart, hurry up and obey the command!"

After saying that, he flipped the blood arrow in his hand and pierced it directly into the straw man. He shook his Taoist robe, took four steps forward, and bowed deeply to the straw man.

"squeak--!"

Suddenly, a sharp scream was heard in the forest opposite, as if countless people were shouting at the same time, but because it was too sharp, it sounded like the chirping of some insects.

This cry goes straight to the soul.

Sharifei and "Clipper Zhang" were the first to be unable to bear it. They felt a buzzing in their ears and quickly grimaced and covered their ears.

Afterwards, a strong wind blew on the opposite hill, and thick fog rolled in, spreading like a tide towards the hill where Wang Daoxuan was.

Not only that, there was also a dense buzzing sound inside.

It seemed as if countless insects were flapping their wings and flying.

Down in the valley, as thick fog and swarms of insects passed by, Li Yan and Wu Ba also poked their heads out from the grass.

Li Yan's face looked extremely ugly.

Xie Chengzu's disciple once said that the symbols of the Salt Water Goddess are thick fog and insects. I didn't expect that it really exists.

Wang Daoxuan's situation must be even more difficult.

But when the time comes, there is no room for regret.

"Let's go!"

Li Yan let out a low shout and rushed towards the top of the hill.

The hidden power burst out from his feet and he leapt up the steep slope. Wu Ba, like a wild beast, climbed up quickly and followed closely behind him.

The two men went up the mountain path and rushed directly into the deep valley.

As the "guest in the fog" left, the thick fog in the valley became noticeably thinner, but there was still a layer of cold, fishy smell spreading.

The two of them ran at full speed and soon encountered something strange.

At the entrance of the valley, under the trees, and in the grass, there were densely packed people lying there. They were the people of Jinyangping.

Motionless, like a dead body.

Swish!
As if sensing something, they all stood up.

Just like Xie Chengzu last night, everyone was bent over with their heads down, emitting a pungent, salty smell, as if they had been soaked in brine.

White salt frost even condensed on the bodies of many people.

"Roar!"

These people had lost their minds. They roared suddenly and then rushed towards them like zombies, staggering here and there.

"Wuba, clear the way!"

Li Yan kept walking and let out a low shout.

"Fuck your mother!"

Wu Ba yelled a catchphrase, his muscles bulged, and he charged forward headfirst with a rumbling sound as he stomped on the ground.

Bang bang bang!
Wherever he passed, all the mad people were knocked away.

Some people even suffered broken bones from the collision.

Li Yan didn't care to pay attention to it. If he took action, people would probably die. If the matter was not resolved, the rest of the people would also die.

The two of them rushed directly into the valley and were immediately surprised.

What I saw before me was a large area of ​​ancient ruins, one layer upon another, with brine pouring down from the top of the mountain.

This is the salt field where salt was boiled in ancient times, and it is quite large in scale.

What surprised Li Yan was that the ruins were obviously much older and looked very strange. Wherever the brine passed, a salt crust half a meter thick had condensed.

This is probably not the remains of the Ba people!
Although the Ba people were called barbarians, they were not savages.

The Huayang Guozhi records: "The Ba State was a branch of the Huang and Yan dynasties in ancient times; it was enfeoffed in Zhou and was a relative of the princesses of the Zhou dynasty."

The ruler of the State of Ba was also a member of the royal family of the Zhou emperor.

But the situation was urgent, and Li Yan had no time to think about it. He immediately pinched the magic formula, exerted his supernatural power to the limit, and took a deep breath.

The pungent, cold, fishy smell, with a dizzying salty taste, made him dizzy and almost fell over.

Wow!
Before he could find his target, the surrounding brine pools exploded and more than a dozen strange corpses jumped out.

They could only vaguely make out human shapes, and were still wearing Sichuan-style clothing, but their entire bodies were covered in thick salt frost, their skin had turned purple and shrunken, and they had turned into zombies.

The local rats in some places call zombies old rice dumplings. These in front of us are simply old bacon.

Their movements were stiff, and as they walked, salt blocks on their bodies fell off, and they pounced towards the two.

Wu Ba roared and swung his axe.

He had amazing power, and the axe in his hand was also a tribal magic weapon that could break evil. He chopped an old man into two pieces with ease.

Li Yan ignored it and, under Wu Ba's protection, he used his magic formula and endured the discomfort while searching the valley for...

…………

On the other side of the hill, the situation was also very critical.

Buzz!
Hearing the sound of the insect swarm in the thick fog, Lu San's expression changed slightly. He slapped the magic gourd, and a swarm of poisonous bees also whizzed out.

His Mountain Ghost Ban is mainly used to ward off evil spirits. Facing such a swarm of insects, he can only fight back with the magic gourd.

The swarm of poisonous bees in the demon gourd have become extremely ferocious after being trained for some time, and they rushed into the thick fog and fought frantically.

But the number is far less than that of the other side.

Just when the swarm of insects was about to rush up, Wang Daoxuan had already picked up the second talisman arrow and thrust it fiercely into the straw man.

boom!
Screams were heard in the thick fog and the swarm of insects instantly dispersed.

But before everyone had time to be happy, they saw the swarm of insects gathering again, and strange figures appeared in the thick fog.

Sharifei gasped.

"Why...why are there so many!"

(End of this chapter)