Dongxuan Spiritual Realm

Chapter 76 Judge Sixth Young Master

Yang Qisheng keenly noticed that there was a thin black line in the lower white of each of the carpenters' eyes.

When Jing Lei returned after packing his things, Yang Qisheng waved for him to come closer. He then carefully examined Jing Lei's lower eyelid and found that there was indeed a black line thinner than a hair, extending from the pupil down into the depths of the eyelid.

In addition, there was a faint black aura surrounding the pupil.

You wouldn't notice it unless you looked closely. Even if you have good eyesight, you'd just think it's an eyelash lying in there.

Yang Qisheng was surprised to see everyone acting this way. After a moment's thought, he remembered a name.

The Soul-Searching Technique: Three Appearances of a Fierce Ghost!

It is described in the Lingbao Duren Jing as belonging to the category of ghostly and evil arts.

The most typical characteristics of this spell are the black lines in the whites of the eyes and the black mist hidden in the pupils.

They have been targeted by evil spirits raised by wicked cultivators, who curse them remotely every day and drain their life essence. Before long, they will experience various symptoms such as insomnia, nightmares, night sweats, and seminal emission.

This is the mildest of the problems; later on, the person will dream of fierce ghosts coming to claim their life every day. When three black lines appear in the whites of their eyes, it will be the end of their life.

At that time, all their vital energy will be drained, their bodies will rot, they will die with tears streaming down their faces, and their souls will be taken away by fierce ghosts and brought before the sorcerer's altar to be disposed of at will.

Yang Qisheng said nothing, released five-colored sword light, and took Jing Lei and his son into the sky.

They returned to Wanliu Village first, let Jing Lei handle his belongings, and gave him a silver ingot: "Don't leave today, I have some things to take care of. You can stay at home for another night, and I will come to pick you up tomorrow."

Jing Lei was originally worried that the immortal would leave in a hurry and he wouldn't be able to take many things with him. After all, he had been rooted here since childhood and couldn't bear to part with many things. He was very happy to hear this.

"Master Yang, please go ahead and do whatever you need. We'll be waiting for you here."

Yang Qisheng picked a leaf, drew a talisman on it with his wood elemental energy, asked Jing Lei for three strands of hair and a drop of blood, and then pointed his finger at it. The talisman turned into a beam of light and flew away.

He then left the Jing family, soaring into the air on his sword, sensing the direction of the talisman, and chased after it.

The opponent used evil magic to lock onto Jing Lei, but Yang Qisheng used a spiritual treasure sensing talisman to find the location where the spell was cast.

Soon, he arrived in the mountains south of Guteng County.

In the woods halfway up the mountain, there was an altar made of stones, covered with a white cloth. In the bronze incense burner, there were five sticks of incense, three long and two short. On the left and right sides, there were white candles as thick as an arm burning. Behind it stood three white banners for summoning souls.

In the very center of the altar was a red lacquered gourd, its exterior enveloped in black malevolent energy.

In front of the gourd were five offerings in a porcelain plate: heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys. They were very fresh and still bleeding, clearly indicating that they were human.

There was no one casting spells around the altar, so Yang Qisheng used the Five Elements Sword Escape technique to disappear into the forest, concealing his figure, and wanted to get closer to take a look.

The altar was still two or three miles away when the guardian deities of the altar were alerted.

Three evil spirits dwell on the summoning banner. Sensing the approach of living beings, they immediately stir up a cold wind, and black evil spirits roll in.

The evil spirit appeared in the black wind, baring its fangs and claws, and pounced down to attack Yang Qisheng.

"Where did this evil spirit come from, daring to bare its teeth and act so insolently in front of my master!"

Just as Yang Qisheng was about to slay the ghosts with his sword, the inner demon Black Mountain appeared out of thin air, revealing its nine-headed demonic body and rushing towards the three evil ghosts.

The three evil spirits were startled. They were all vengeful ghosts who had been around for centuries and had harmed countless people. They were vicious and wicked, but when they saw Black Mountain's terrifying appearance, they realized that he was a hundred times more wicked than they were!
They looked at Yang Qisheng, then at Heishan, feeling as if they were dreaming: how could such a righteous young sword immortal have such a vicious ghost servant?
Before they could figure it out, Black Mountain had already pounced!

In order to gain more freedom from Yang Qisheng, the demon tried his best to show his loyalty by opening his arms. His arms quickly extended, and the front two hands grew into two demonic claws the size of cartwheels, which hugged the three evil spirits at the same time.

Then, the area above the chest transformed into nine insect-like creatures, resembling a nine-headed serpent, all of them extremely long, which coiled around and bit the three evil spirits.

Those three vengeful ghosts had never encountered this kind of fighting style before. They had encountered flying sword thunder magic used by sword immortals, evil magic that specifically collected souls and controlled ghosts, and demon gods that swallowed clouds and spit out mist.

The nine-headed worm burrowed into their bodies like a loach burrowing into tofu, and in the blink of an eye, it had devoured the ghosts' bodies, leaving them riddled with holes!
They roared as they shrank into a ball of malevolent energy, then unfolded again, restoring the parts that had been devoured. They then opened their ghostly claws to tear at the Black Fiend's body and their fang-filled mouths to bite Black Mountain's head.

The two sides fought like raccoons, rolling around in the air, their killing intent surging, rolling from east to west, and then from west to east.

Black Mountain quickly found itself at a disadvantage, and the demon cried out for help: "Master! Master! Help me! These three ugly devils are going to tear me to pieces!"

Yang Qisheng said calmly, "Who told you to go out and fight them?" Black Mountain, its nine insect bodies about to be bitten off, cried out urgently, "I thought it wouldn't be right to trouble you, Master, with just three wandering spirits. I wanted to help you deal with them, but I was powerless... Ahhhhh... Master, my head has been ripped off! Ahhhh... Master, my legs have been torn off too..."

Yang Qisheng found it amusing: "I have my own orthodox methods to deal with them, I don't need you, come back!"

In the blink of an eye, Black Mountain vanished into thin air.

The three evil spirits couldn't figure out what Black Mountain was. They thought it was some kind of evil spirit or vengeful ghost. Each of them grabbed a part of its body and was swallowing it. But Black Mountain disappeared instantly. Whether they were holding it or swallowing it, it was as if everything just now was an illusion and nothing had ever happened.

However, they were only surprised for a moment before they bared their fangs and claws again, rushing towards Yang Qisheng with murderous intent.

Yang Qisheng condensed three Azure Yang Sword Qi. The essence of the Eastern Wood element belongs to Lesser Yang, which is the most vital and can specifically suppress the Yin Qi and death Qi of evil spirits.

The sword demon condensed into three cyan immortal swords, which flew over like lightning and severed the heads of the three evil spirits in one fell swoop!

His sword strike was extraordinary; the demon's head separated from its body and could not be reassembled.

The evil spirit was so frightened that its soul almost flew away on the spot. It dared not fight against Yang Qisheng anymore. It even abandoned its body, leaving only its three heads, which flew rapidly back to the soul-summoning banner behind the altar.

Yang Qisheng flicked out three points of true fire, destroying the evil spirit's body, and chased it to the altar with his sword.

The three demons were terrified and cried out for mercy on the banner: "Immortal, spare our lives! Immortal, spare our lives!"

Yang Qisheng showed mercy, transforming his sword aura into three beams of azure light that encircled them: "It's not impossible for me to forgive you, but I have some questions for you. You must answer truthfully. If you dare to utter even a single falsehood, I will make sure your souls are scattered!"

"Yes, yes, yes! Whatever questions the immortal may have, we will certainly answer them to the best of our knowledge!"

Yang Qisheng then asked who their master was and what they were doing by setting up an altar here.

The master of the three evil spirits was naturally that wicked young master.

The Ghost Judge Cui Wushe had a total of six disciples, all of whom were named "Young Master," and were collectively known as the Six Young Masters of the Judge.

Previously, when the Soul-Crossing Prince was killed, only Wang Huyue and his disciple witnessed it firsthand. The two were greatly shocked at the time, and afterwards, they returned to Tiger Leap Gorge and devoted themselves to cultivation, so they would not talk about it to outsiders.

Cui Wushe was in seclusion refining a magical artifact and hadn't noticed that one of his disciple's soul lamps had gone out. Instead, the Black-Hearted Young Master discovered it and rushed over to check.

After searching all the way, we found ourselves near General Mountain.

He could only confirm that his junior brother, the Soul-Crossing Prince, had died here, but he didn't know how he died or who had done it.

However, he quickly found a suspect: Huai Ling Temple, the only cultivation sect in the area!

"Master gave instructions that the Grand Ritual of Universal Salvation has failed, and the Taiyin Ghost Path must return to the mortal realm!" The evil ghost's head was forced to its feet by the vibrant green sword circle, bobbing up and down in fear. "I heard from the young master that our Taiyin Ghost Path has a mortal enemy called the Taiyi Palace. If we encounter any disciples of the Taiyi Palace in the future, we must show no mercy and exterminate them all!"

"Does your young master know what the disciples of Taiyi Palace are like?"

"Young Master should know, right?" The evil spirits weren't quite sure either, but in any case, they didn't know. The two sides hadn't been in contact for over a hundred years, and the younger disciples only knew about it from the descriptions of their elders.

Aside from Yang Qisheng and Liu Hanzhang, most of the disciples of Taiyi Palace had only heard of a great battle with the Taiyin Ghost King during the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation.

For disciples of the Taiyin Ghost Path, the Taiyi Palace exists only in legends.

"The master said that the two families are sworn enemies, irreconcilable! To deal with Taiyi Palace, we need to forge even more powerful ghost-path magic weapons. To forge these weapons in a short time, we need a large number of human souls. Now, disciples from all branches of the sect have appeared in the mortal world, and they must find a way to collect as many souls as possible. Our young master intends to destroy Huailing Temple and establish a Daoist temple here."
Seeing that the Huai Ling Temple was guarded by incense and deities, making it no easy opponent, he devised a plan to contact two other young masters to come and assist in the battle. Before they arrived, he ordered two disciples to set up an altar here, first to collect the souls of some able-bodied men, and then to transform the newly built Taoist temple into a place of great misfortune. After the enemy was defeated, they could continue building the Yin Luo Temple there.

"So, this gourd is filled with the souls of living people? How many people have you harmed already?"

The evil spirit hurriedly said, "Not many, not many. The gourd contains souls collected from elsewhere, only a little over two hundred. When we arrived in Guteng County, the altar had just been erected. In order to turn that place into a haunted place, we need to wait at least seven days before we go to take the lives of the first batch of people."

After hearing the details of the incident, Yang Qisheng thought to himself that the Taiyin Ghost Path actually wanted to kill a large number of people to obtain souls in order to refine magic weapons to deal with the Taiyi Palace. Such an evil cult should be eradicated as soon as possible.

However, Taiyi Palace has just split up. Master Dayou has taken his disciples to the Jiangbei Imperial City, which is tens of thousands of miles away from here. Master Wuwang, who stayed behind on Qingning Mountain, advocates closing himself off to cultivate in seclusion and not caring about external matters.

If only the two generations of Taiyi Palace could mobilize together and march on Taiyin Mountain to wipe out the entire area!
He was alone and weak, with little power and limited ability, so he could only act according to his strength and kill one by one as he saw them.

These guys we've encountered right now are not to be let go.

(End of this chapter)