From a Zhengyi Taoist Child to a Master of All Laws

Chapter 59: Moon Wheel Demon Refining
Li Yang and Chi Yanhong tracked all the way to the location of Yunchan Rock on Mayi Mountain. The footprints were put together in pairs and disappeared in front of Yunchan Rock.

This place is at the bottom of a hillside, half green and half yellow, and has a faint sense of decay compared to other places. The rock in the middle looks like a giant lying toad, with weeds growing around it and moss all over the surface.

Li Yang looked more serious, and wandered around the rock for a few times. Finally, he found a raised earth slope in the shade of Yunchan Rock.

The soil on the surface of the slope is still very new, and there are traces of excavation around it, which means it must have been dug not long ago.

Feeling the strange breath inside the slope, Li Yang's eyes lit up, a moon pattern flashed between his eyebrows, and a moon-like weapon appeared in his hand.

I don’t care if you are a black zombie or a jumping zombie, just take my Moon Spirit Wheel first!

Just as Li Yang was about to strike down with the Moon Essence Wheel, Chi Yanhong suddenly stopped him.

"Don't be in a hurry, this place is a bit particular."

Li Yang turned around and saw Chi Yanhong squatting beside the rock, digging a few centimeters down and observing the texture of the roots:

She knocked on the root of the rock and said to Li Yang: "Look at the part of the rock that is buried in the soil. It clearly has a bit of rust. It's not ordinary soil."

Li Yang moved closer upon hearing this, and sure enough, the root of the rock was slightly stained with rust red. He grabbed a handful of soil from the ground and wiped it on his fingertips. Upon careful observation, he found that there was a hint of blood in the soil.

Li Yang suddenly remembered a particularly mysterious concept in Taoism: evil spirit.

Chi Yanhong stood up and observed the surrounding mountains.

The surrounding mountains are stacked up one after another. Although they are green, quiet and beautiful, they are lifeless and as desolate as a dead ruin.

"I think I know where this zombie came from. It's really a coincidence..."

"What do you mean by following? Hiss, why are you like those old Taoist priests who only know how to play tricks in the fog?" Li Yang curled his lips and wiped the dirt off his fingers.

Chi Yanhong smiled and continued, "There is an old saying: 'The world is not in chaos before Sichuan is in chaos; the world is settled but Sichuan is not settled'. I have some impression of this Ma Yi Mountain. In the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, when Zhang Xianzhong entered Sichuan and massacred Sichuan, this place was one of the war-torn areas at that time."

Historical records show that after the massacre of Sichuan, "the people of Sichuan suffered miserably, with almost all casualties and only one or two left out of a thousand." In the early Qing Dynasty, they even had to use "people from Huguang to fill Sichuan" to solve the population gap in Sichuan, which shows how fierce the war was.

Li Yang was a little surprised. Why was Zhang Xianzhong entering Sichuan again? The loss of the Blood Ruyi in Yuqing Temple was also closely related to this historical event.

"If I'm not mistaken, below where we are now, there should be an ancient battlefield site, where a large number of corpses and weapons are buried. This place has a special terrain, with a toad-shaped boulder suppressing it, and the grass and trees are dim. It is a typical yin-gathering terrain, and it is suffocating with a lot of evil spirits."

"This zombie should have been an ordinary corpse. It absorbed too much evil energy in this place. It happened to be a time when spiritual energy was revived and flash floods broke out. It also came into contact with human vitality, which led to its transformation."

Speaking of this, Chi Yanhong couldn't help but feel his hair stand on end. If this zombie had been buried in this place before it transformed, there's no telling how much evil energy it had absorbed. It would have been in a state of zombie-like state as soon as it came out. No wonder it had been a headache for the authorities for so long and they still hadn't solved the problem.

Li Yang was a little confused. His grasp of the historical knowledge was indeed not very solid. He had only heard vaguely about Zhang Xianzhong entering Sichuan. How could he know about so many twists and turns?

"Let me use the Small Five Thunders Talisman to force it out first. Your Moon Essence Wheel has just been refined. Zombies are typical filthy and evil creatures. I'm afraid they will pollute your magic weapon."

Li Yang did not dare to be arrogant, so he took back the Moon Essence Wheel and gave his position to Chi Yanhong.

Chi Yanhong took out a black talisman from his arms, pinched his fingers, and threw it directly towards the small slope.

Thunder roared out of nowhere, and the earth slope was flattened instantly. A humanoid creature crawled out of the ground with a dusty face. The crane-embroidered shroud on its body was blown to tatters. It sensed the breath of living people, cried out strangely, and jumped towards them. Seeing this, Chi Yanhong sent down two more thunder talismans.

Boom!

Two thunders flashed by, and the zombie's body stiffened instantly. It fell to the ground and twitched for a while, but recovered after a moment, its eyes turned white and its fangs were bared as it rushed towards the two men.

"It's really powerful. Thunder magic is the best against this kind of evil thing, and it doesn't cause much damage to it!"

Chi Yanhong felt a pang of pain. She and Li Yang came here just out of curiosity, but she didn't expect this guy to be so powerful. He had already taken three of her thunder talismans.

This small Five Thunder Talisman is a special talisman of the Tianpeng Sect. The method of drawing it has long been lost. It can be said that as one is used, one is less. She doesn’t have many in stock anymore.

"The Little Five Thunder Talisman can't break its defense, let me do it!"

Li Yang next to him was slightly angry. He didn't care what kind of evil creature this guy was and summoned out the Moon Spirit Wheel.

There were a lot of human body parts at the bottom of the earth slope, including a child's head. There was still fear on the innocent face, and the bloody and rusty smell still penetrated Li Yang's nose from a distance.

The villagers who didn't have time to go down the mountain were killed.

This tragedy instantly aroused his anger!

"Go." Li Yangqing shouted, and a cold light rushed away. With a "clang" sound, the moon wheel collided with the zombie, and fierce sparks burst out.

After a moment's confrontation, the moon wheel rotated and the two shifted apart, leaving a 30-centimeter-long cut on the zombie's body, and a foul-smelling liquid flowed out of the wound.

The moon wheel retreated back to Li Yang's side, with clear light flowing. Cloud patterns and ancient seal characters were engraved on the wheel, filled with ancient Taoist charm.

The zombie's body, which could not be broken by three thunder talismans and bullets, was finally broken open by Li Yang. The zombie stood there for a moment, turned around and wanted to jump away.

"I want to escape, but it's too late!"

Li Yang sensed the Moon Essence Wheel and found that its clear light was only slightly dim. He felt relieved and commanded the Moon Essence Wheel to chop up again.

The zombie retreated back to the slope, trying to recover with the help of the corpses and the evil energy in the ground. Just as he was about to suck blood, the Moon Essence Wheel pierced through his chest through the wound and nailed him directly to the Yunchan Rock with a loud bang.

The zombie had no intelligence and just tried to pull the Moon Essence Wheel out of its body with its nails again and again. Chi Yanhong, who was standing by, was quick-witted and quickly pasted two evil-suppressing talismans on it. As soon as the talismans were pasted on, the zombie immediately became motionless.

Li Yang stepped forward to check. The zombie had cloudy eyes with green vertical pupils in the middle, and its exposed teeth were shining coldly.

Chi Yanhong turned around and reminded worriedly, "No, your Moon Essence Wheel can only break its body, but it can't dispel its evil spirit. It will recover soon after we leave!"

Li Yang also noticed this, and after a moment of contemplation, he quickly retracted the Moon Essence Wheel. The Moon Essence Wheel spun around, and under Li Yang's command it turned into a ray of clear light, and rushed straight into the gloomy clouds a thousand meters high.

Above the inky sky, the dark clouds were suddenly dispersed, leaving a gap, and a ray of sunlight brighter than usual poured down on the Ma Yi Mountain.

When the zombies were exposed to sunlight, black smoke began to come out of their bodies.

(End of this chapter)