The Terror of the Heavens Begins with Gu

Chapter 59: The Soul and the Evil Spirit

Li Zhen looked at the half-human-tall statue of an old man with an immortal appearance enshrined on the altar and suddenly asked, "Is this ancestor an immortal?"

"My master told me that our ancestor must have become an immortal." Chen Hua also looked at the statue of the ancestor, "But to be honest, only the ancestor himself knows whether he has become an immortal or not."

"The ancestor invited down by the gods... It's hard to say, it's just that vague feeling... Oh, a bit like the feeling of being drunk."

"The body will lose control and react to stimuli. It's quite mysterious, and spells will become more effective."

“In fact, I didn’t know whether the idea I had at that time was my own or what the master wanted me to do.”

"Just like I invited you here this time to remind you, I don't know if I wanted to do that myself."

Finally, he couldn't help but remind her again, "You don't seem surprised at all. You must have known about your problem a long time ago. But I feel like you underestimate this kind of erosion."

"Is this erosion more serious than I thought?" Li Zhen turned to look at Chen Hua.

Chen Hua said solemnly, "What you saw just now wasn't you, but the evil spirit that corroded your soul. This shows that the evil spirit has had a great influence on you."

"Your consciousness and your emotions may be influenced by it, but you just haven't noticed it yet."

Li Zhen felt a chill in his heart when he recalled the sudden change in his emotions when he first met Naimi.

At that time, the six-armed bat-faced evil demon must have been disgusted and repulsed by the aura of the spider evil demon worshipped by Naimi, which affected his emotions.

Li Zhen originally thought that this impact was controllable because it was quite obvious.

But after hearing Chen Hua's words, he suddenly realized a very serious problem.

Why was he so sure that the bat-faced demon's influence over him was controllable?
And how can he eliminate the subtle influence of evil spirits on himself?
He Mei probably only realized some changes in her personality before her death.

Could it be that this evil demon, who is countless times more terrifying than the little ghost, cannot do this?
Choosing to visualize the demon statue seems too risky...

Looking at the change in Li Zhen's expression, Chen Hua knew that Li Zhen had listened to what he said.

After washing his face with the water in the bowl, he continued, "I don't have any solution for your problem. Honestly, if you beg me, I can only let you go home and wait for death. I wasn't joking when I said you were already dying."

Li Zhen pondered, "Can we solve this problem by addressing the soul?"

"The direction is right, but the evil spirit's erosion of you has reached this level. It's unlikely to be completely resolved." Chen Hua said bluntly, "This erosion is not the erosion of ordinary evil spirits."

"Some of that evil spirit's essence has begun to influence your soul, forcibly elevating it several levels, making you appear to be full of evil. The ultimate goal is to turn you into an evil spirit walking the world."

He couldn't help but shake his head again: "I don't know what you did to be corrupted to this extent. Ordinary people might not be able to do this even if they worship evil spirits every day... Anyway, you will definitely be horrible when you die."

There wasn't much fear on Li Zhen's face.

Although this kind of thing is tricky, compared to the situation of being about to die, it is naturally acceptable.

After pondering for a moment, Li Zhen asked in a probing tone, "As long as my spirit is strong enough to resist the evil spirit's invasion, can the evil spirit's influence on me be minimized?"

If one wishes to rapidly strengthen the spirit, then one must definitely consider the evil techniques known for their rapid progress.

"Right now, the evil spirit hasn't yet merged with you. Strengthening your primordial spirit is like adding more water to poison." Chen Hua said, "Isn't that what all righteous practitioners do? They meditate for years before practicing to strengthen their primordial spirit and resist the invasion of inner demons and various evil spirits."

"As for you, this is a temporary solution, not a permanent one. It can temporarily solve your problem, but if the evil influence is not severed, it will eventually overwhelm your soul and turn you into its puppet." "Besides, how can you quickly strengthen your soul? Look at me, I've been practicing meditation for over thirty years and still nothing."

After sighing, he said bluntly, "Unless I destroy your evil magic and imprison you in a Taoist temple or a Buddhist temple with a master, and ask the master to chant scriptures for you every day to suppress the evil spirit, there may be a chance that this problem can be solved."

Judging from his tone, the "probability" is definitely not high.

Even if the "probability" is very high, Li Zhen will not do that.

Once the "evil spirit" is gone, all his abilities based on the "evil spirit" will also be gone. How long can he live then?
After a moment of silence, Li Zhen didn't say anything more about the solution. Instead, he asked, "Master Chen, do you have any way to let me know if I'm still under the influence of the evil spirit?"

"This isn't difficult." Chen Hua pointed to a pile of yellow talismans in front of the ancestral statue. "Take a few more. If you want to know your status, just do as I did just now. Burn half of them, silently pray for the ancestral master to help you, and then throw the remaining half into the bowl and look inside."

"If it's you who sees it, then you're not affected. If it's an evil spirit... then you're in great danger."

Li Zhen thanked him sincerely, then shamelessly asked, "Master Chen, can you help me temporarily suppress the evil spirit's influence on me?"

Chen Hua stroked his chin and thought for a moment before saying, "I can help you make a barrier with the talisman. Theoretically, this barrier can resist the influence of various evil forces."

"If it weren't for your help, Ah Jiang, who was being hunted by the sorcerer, would have come to me for help. At that time, I would definitely use this thing to help him isolate the sorcerer who was trying to kill him."

"But I don't know if that thing will be of any use to you. After all, the evil within you is terrifying, and even the ancestors can't do anything about it."

Li Zhen thanked him again.

Not to mention the talismans and the talisman formation and barrier that Chen Hua mentioned, just Chen Hua's reminder was very useful to him.

"No need to thank me." Chen Hua said meaningfully, "I can tell from your face that you are not the type to accept your fate. I don't know what you will do, but I just hope that you... Well, it's no use saying it, so I won't say it."

He turned to look at the statue of the Patriarch again: "What a figure like the Patriarch wants to do must have a deep meaning, but I just don't understand it."

Li Zhen also turned to look at the statue of the ancestor enshrined on the altar.

The water in this world seemed to be much deeper than he thought...

After roughly understanding where Chen Hua's lineage came from and who the ancestor was, Li Zhen did not stay long. He took the yellow talisman given by Chen Hua and went directly back to Zheng Nan's house.

When he opened the door, Li Zhen saw that the bamboo basket containing the little ghost had been moved to the edge of the altar. It was still trembling and seemed extremely frightened.

Li Zhen frowned and looked at the covered evil demon statue.

Reach out and pick up the clothes.

As expected, a small part of the Buddha shell on the surface of the evil statue had fallen off.

This thing really doesn't make people worry...

Li Zhen wrapped the evil demon statue with the Buddha shell again.

In order to prevent this thing from causing any more trouble, Li Zhen simply used torn bed sheets to wrap the evil demon statue into a mummy.

(End of this chapter)