Dongxuan Spiritual Realm

Chapter 48: Demon Slaying and Ghost Refining
Yang Qisheng did not attack Master Duhun and the horse demon directly. Although they were both seriously injured and their strength was greatly reduced, they were still one level higher than him. If they found out that he was making trouble nearby, they would probably unite against him and kill him first.

He first flew back to the top of the hill, chanted his fingers to cast a spell, operated the formation, and used the five elements' essence to create an illusion.

His power was limited now, and the things he conjured up could be easily seen through, so he only conjured up a few graves: grandfather, grandmother, father, mother, and son.

The five graves are not very high, and look like they have been weathered by wind and rain. They are much shorter than normal new graves, and are covered with wormwood, which cannot be seen unless you look carefully.

There was no tombstone in front of the grave, only a few crooked wooden boards.

Then, Yang Qisheng selected a group of ghost-type evil spirits from the evil spirits he had just obtained, and then opened a gap in the "injury gate" in the east of the formation, slowly sending out a few strands of evil spirits...

Young Master Duhun is trying his best to fight for his life with the horse monster.

On ordinary days, he would have fled long before the fight reached this stage. He could temporarily keep the grudge in his memory and return to fight again later, after refining his magic weapon and regrouping.

Unfortunately, he had a very high opinion of himself in the past. Although he had previously noticed that someone was playing tricks in the dark, he thought that since the other party did not dare to show up and was hiding, he must not be a master. He could kill the horse monster first and then look for that person.

At this point he wanted to leave but couldn't because the horse demon's flying hook was hanging on his shoulder blade.

The original owner of the hook was also a very powerful swordsman. He practiced diligently for decades and put most of his efforts into this flying hook. It was almost rooted in his flesh, not only hooking his bones, but also his three souls and seven spirits. Not to mention that his physical body could not escape now, even if he gave up his physical body and his soul left his body, it would be taken away by the flying hook out of thin air!
He could only grit his teeth and hold on, fighting hard and reaching a stalemate with the horse demon. Now it depended on whether the horse demon would draw out his spirit first, or he would draw out the horse demon's soul first.

At this difficult moment, he felt a sinister aura floating in the wind.

The evil spirit is so faint that ordinary cultivators cannot detect it at all.

He distracted himself to look and sensed that the evil spirit was drifting from a low mountain in the distance. The mountain was sparsely forested and overgrown with weeds. It was obvious that it was a barren mountain that no one had been to for a long time.

Just beneath the trees and weeds, there are five ownerless graves.

"Although this evil spirit is faint, it is very pure. It must be that a cultivator of the evil spirit level was buried here after his death. Over the years, his own evil spirit combined with the earth's Yin evil energy, causing a corpse transformation!"

He has mastered the Taiyin Ghost Dao, and no matter whether there are fierce ghosts or zombies in such ancient tombs, he can turn them into his helpers.

The evil spirit in the horse demon's belly has been sucked away by him, and even the corpse fire it spewed out has become much weaker. If he can get five zombies or evil spirits, perhaps he can kill it in one fell swoop!

The illusion that Yang Qisheng arranged was very clever. Although it was not very realistic due to his limited Taoist skills, it was hidden in the jungle and integrated with the surrounding scenery. Nine of it were fake and one was real. In addition, the evil spirit was real, so Young Master Duhun could not see the fakeness. He fought and retreated all the way to the top of the low hill.

Yang Qisheng turned the formation around and let it in from the injury gate.

Young Master Duhun fell straight in front of the "Five Abandoned Tombs" and suddenly the surrounding scenery changed drastically. He was always alert and immediately realized that he was ambushed by the man who was lurking on the side. He hurriedly used the Five Ghosts Escape Technique and was about to split into five figures, when suddenly ten dazzling white sword lights burst out from the mud under his feet, spinning and twisting like a white lotus blooming, twisting his legs into pieces!
Young Master Duhun screamed, but still soared into the air, trying to rise above the six-tailed soul-calling banner. A large ball of emerald green ghost fire burst out and burned downwards, at the same time withdrawing the six evil spirits that trapped the horse demon on the banner...

His reaction was quick. Since he was in the Demon Refining Stage, the ghost fire carried the evil energy of Taiyin, and the five elements sword energy would be melted if it shot into it.

Yang Qisheng knew this very well, so he caught his opponent off guard and used the speed of his sword energy to the extreme!

Just as the ghost fire of Master Duhun exploded into a ball as big as a washbasin, Yang Qisheng's sharp sword energy had already swept across the green fire. Ten sword energies suddenly merged, entangled the flagpole of the soul-calling flag, and suddenly exerted force.

"Crack!" A bright light flashed, and the flagpole of the soul-calling flag broke into several pieces. The sword energy did not stop, and went up and pierced the flag again!
It only took a blink of an eye for the sword energy to burst out from the ground, crushing Master Duhun's legs, breaking the flagpole, and piercing the flag.

Wang Huyue, who was standing not far away, saw a flash of lightning, and the six-tailed soul-summoning banner shattered and disintegrated, and a large amount of Taiyin evil energy scattered everywhere. Young Master Duhun let out another scream and fell from the sky.

The white sword energy flashed again, slicing across Young Master Duanhun's neck. This ruthless ghost cultivator, who had even Wang Huyue feared and fled at the sight of him, was beheaded by Yang Qisheng's flying sword! His head and body fell to the ground simultaneously, and the bloody head rolled a long way away, still alive. It spoke, "Who are you? What grudge do I have against you? Why did you do such a cruel thing to me?"

Yang Qisheng had no time to answer him because the horse demon rushed in with a roar. He waved his hand, wrapped the head of Master Duhun with sword energy and sent it in front of Wang Huyue, asking Wang Huyue to look at him first. At the same time, he used his right hand to make a gesture and cast a spell to turn the formation gate.

He turned the fire-attributed Jingmen around, and the horse demon rushed in. He raised his hand and ignited it, and nine flames gushed out from the ground, wrapping the horse demon inward.

"Death, monster!" Yang Qisheng made a hand seal with his hands, and first shot out a thumb-sized Samadhi True Fire, which merged into the flames, just like adding fuel to the fire, causing the orange-yellow flame to turn bluish-white.

If it was the horse demon in its prime, with six kinds of evil spirits in its belly and the corpse fire protecting its body, Yang Qisheng would not be able to hurt him at all.

But now the six kinds of evil spirits in his body have been absorbed into the Soul Crossing Fan, and the power of his corpse fire has also been greatly reduced. It barely forms a thin layer on the surface of his body, repelling Yang Qisheng's yang fire. At the same time, he summoned flying knives and flying hooks to chop at Yang Qisheng. Just as he launched the attack, seven flying swords shot out, all of which were of the evil-refining level, piercing through the corpse fire he used to protect himself, and then pierced into his body from multiple directions from front, back, left and right!
“Roar——” The horse demon roared in pain.

The seven swords not only pierced his body, but also pierced his soul. The flying swords in the Demon Refining Period were filled with evil energy that could cut off the soul.

The horse demon was in great pain, but still wanted to resist. Yang Qisheng urged the seven swords to exert force at the same time, chopping its body into pieces. Then he pinched his fingers and released ten fire sword energies, which wrapped the broken body together with flames and burned violently.

The horse demon's soul twisted and roared in the flames, but his spirit was chopped into pieces by the seven swords, and the Samadhi True Fire burned with all its might. He could not escape and could only struggle in vain.

It took a full cup of tea to refine the demon to the point where its body and soul were completely destroyed and it turned completely into nothingness.

Yang Qisheng put away his magic and came to Wang Huyue and his disciple, who were still in shock.

The old Taoist priest was truly amazed to see that immortals could fight like this. If it were him, seeing that he could not defeat either the horse demon or the Soul-crossing Master, he would have turned around and left long ago. Not only would he not dream of defeating the strong with the weak, he would even be worried about being targeted by the two strong men.

Although only a head remained of the Soul-Transferring Young Master, he could still speak: "Although I don't know what I did wrong to offend you, but killing is not enough. Now that I only have a head left, any hatred you may have for me should have faded. Please give me one last glimmer of hope..."

In fact, he had already noticed that the Five Elements Sword Qi used by Yang Qisheng was quite similar to what his master had said, that of the disciples of Taiyi Palace, their sect's mortal enemy.

But he didn't dare to point out this relationship, so he could only pretend ignorance in an attempt to bribe Yang Qisheng: "To be honest, I've heard Xu Changsheng talk about the appearance of a demonic sword in this place a long time ago, but I didn't come because I discovered a cave left by the senior sword immortal, the Qingyu Patriarch of the Tianqin Sect. My magic power is restrained by the immortal formation protecting the cave, and I can't open it. I see that you are righteous and will definitely be able to open it..."

Yang Qisheng didn't care what he said and sent him into Jingmen, pierced his head with seven swords, and then burned him with fire.

He concentrated all the Taiyin Fierce Ghost Evil that he had cultivated throughout his life into his head, trying to protect himself. At the same time, he continued to loudly expound on the benefits of the immortal residence, trying to impress Yang Qisheng: "Legend has it that the Qingyu Patriarch had already achieved the Nascent Soul stage, and the magic mirror he used was feared throughout the world... After this is accomplished, you can give all the contents inside to me, fellow Daoist. I only want the Qingyu Sword Pills. The remaining pills, magic weapons, etc., will all belong to you!"

His Taiyin evil spirit was so condensed that he burned in the flames for a while but remained unharmed. Although his eyes, ears, mouth and nose were pierced by seven swords, his core Niwan Palace could not be hurt.

Finally, even Wang Huyue came to persuade him, saying that the Seven Ancestors of Tianqin were once feared by the world and each of them had a famous magic weapon. They couldn't destroy him anyway, so it would be better to agree to his request in exchange for the location of the cave.

He was attracted by the fairy palace!
Yang Qisheng had already confirmed with Mingyi Zhenren in his mind that Qingyu Zhenren was indeed very powerful and was of the same generation as Mingyi Zhenren's master... But regardless of whether Young Master Duhun was lying or not, such an immortal palace was not something that a small cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Stage like him could dream of.

Besides, he didn't want to let Young Master Du Hun go, nor did he bother to make a promise and then break it, so he simply turned a deaf ear and continued to calcine him with a fierce fire.

Just as they were in a stalemate, two sword lights suddenly flew in from the west, one white and one purple, both of which were the styles of the Taiyi Palace. The purple sword light was very familiar, it was Huo Yaoguang's. The white sword light was very long, and outside the core sword energy there was a layer of slightly darker sword evil, and outside the sword evil there was another layer of brighter sword energy, which was from a master in the Refining Energy Stage!
Although the Five Elements Formation set up by Yang Qisheng had an invisibility function, it could not be hidden from the expert in the Refining Gang Period. He flew straight here, and when he reached the outside of the formation, a sword light fell, revealing a man and a woman.

The woman was Huo Yaoguang, and the man was a young man in white, who looked to be around thirty years old. He was tall and graceful, and had a gentle demeanor. He looked directly at Yang Qisheng through the formation gate and said, "Is this Junior Brother Yang? I am Liu Hanzhang, a disciple of Master Wuwang of Taiyi Palace. Nice to meet you, Junior Brother."

(End of this chapter)