Dongxuan Spiritual Realm

Chapter 85 The Greedy Black Bear Spirit

The demon was beaten to death by the people of Huailing Temple. The Empty Young Master, who was busy in the brothel, sensed the passing of the demon's life, but did not even glance in his direction.

All he wanted to do now was vent, imagining Senior Sister Lingyu in his mind, letting out all the suppressed, depressed, irritable, painful, and empty flames, and nothing could disturb him!

It's just a pity that the tree wants to be still, but the wind won't stop.

After killing the demon, the three young men wielding copper hammers prepared to return to the temple to report back.

Suddenly, the black bear in the sky sensed something and focused its attention on the room of the Empty Prince.

What attracted him was not the Empty Prince, but a paper sedan chair model placed on the table in their outer room.

That was the ghost palanquin that the Empty Prince rode in. When it was folded up, it was only about a foot in size, with a frame of dark wood, a cover of dark talisman paper, and eight human-shaped wooden puppets standing in front and behind.

The Empty Prince, not wanting to cause trouble, cast a spell to conceal his aura, forgetting to also cover the sedan chair.

Strictly speaking, the ghost sedan chair can also be considered a magical artifact, with many mysterious aspects, and it contains a large amount of yin energy and ghost fire.

The black bear is a demon god. Although its physical body still exists in the mountains, it has attached its primordial spirit to the statue for many years, absorbing the power of incense and prayers, and is no different from a ghost god.

Upon seeing the sedan chair crafted using the methods of the Yin Ghost Path, he was overcome with greed.

The black bear cast a spell in the sky, creating a strange gust of wind.

A fierce wind howled, rattling the roof tiles. Wisps of the wind seeped in through the window cracks, then suddenly swelled from the inside out.

"Crackling..."

The doors and windows of the room where the Empty Prince was located were all blown open in an instant!

The wind swept through the room, turning the cups and plates on the table, the decorations on the shelves, the gauze curtains and cages into a complete mess.

A single whirlwind enveloped the palanquin, threatening to force it out the window.

Those sixteen wooden figures were all made by cultivators at the Refining Qi stage. When their master was on business, they waited motionless beside the sedan chair. When the sedan chair was about to be swept away, they quickly grabbed it with their hands.

The Empty Prince was busy and sweating profusely when suddenly all the doors and windows were opened, a cold wind howled, and he felt a refreshing coolness all over his body. The sedan chair on the table was about to be taken away.

He was so angry his insides felt like they were going to explode!

With a flick of his wrist, he released all nine Void Swords, and nine black and white sword lights flew out of the window side by side, shooting straight into the dark clouds.

The black bear pressed the dark clouds low, intending to extend its paws to catch the palanquin, when suddenly nine swords flew in, charging towards it and immediately piercing its massive body with nine holes.

The Nine Swords of Emptiness are imbued with both pure Yang and Taiyin sword auras, both of which can injure the primordial spirit.

The black bear let out a roar that shook the heavens like a bull's howl, and then its body vanished without a trace.

Ghosts and spirits often use this method to protect themselves, dispersing their bodies into malevolent energy so that the opponent cannot lock onto them, thus minimizing the damage.

The Empty Prince hated him to the bone. He stood naked by the window, his long hair swaying in the wind, making hand seals and chanting incantations, performing the Six Yin Ghost Fire Soul Refining Technique.

Green flames appeared in the sky, bursting forth in all directions and intertwining to form a net.

The black bear dispersed its spirit, trying to escape, but no matter which direction it flew in, it would crash into the will-o'-the-wisps.

After being rebuffed three times, the Void Prince continued chanting and casting spells. The vast net of ghost fire contracted inward, shrinking to a height of more than three zhang, forcibly forcing the black bear to reveal itself. It was then burned into a bright green "fire bear." Then, the Nine Void Swords flew over, their sword light stabbing and twisting wildly. Accompanied by the black bear's loud screams, its primordial spirit was cut into countless pieces.

With a furious roar, the Empty Prince spewed forth his vital energy, fueling the fire.

Each fragment of the black bear's broken soul was burned into a fireball, exploding in the air like a giant firecracker, turning the entire Guteng County a vibrant green.

Enraged, the Empty Prince annihilated the Black Bear in one fell swoop, utterly destroying its soul!
Even after killing the black bear, the Empty Prince was still not satisfied, knowing that the black bear belonged to the Huailing Temple.

He also knew that the Black-Hearted Young Master wanted to open a temple here and develop believers. He came from out of town this time at the Black-Hearted Young Master's invitation to help deal with the Huailing Temple.

However, he was also being chased by Xiao Lingyu, so he joined forces with the Black-Hearted Young Master and the Heartbroken Young Master, who also came to help, to set up an ambush and attack Xiao Lingyu.

Now that both junior brothers are dead, the Broken Heart Prince is somewhat better off, but the Black Heart Prince was Master Cui Wushe's personal disciple, whom he raised from childhood, and he's dead just like that. He will surely be blamed afterward.

All of this piled up in his heart, causing him to often feel a surge of anger amidst his emptiness.

He stepped onto the windowsill, then leaped up. The nine swords flew back and merged into a single sword light, enveloping him as he headed straight for Huai Ling Temple. Before moving, he casually pointed, and a sword aura slashed down through the air.

After the black bear died, the three followers were shocked and terrified. Just as they were in shock, the sword energy fell and directly cut the three of them into six pieces diagonally!

Yang Qisheng witnessed all of this from underground and thought to himself that the Divine Skill Sect was no good either. He didn't need to step forward and take the hits for others at this time, so he decided to let them fight.

The Empty Prince flew to Huailing Temple on his sword, this time without taking a sedan chair.

The master flew away on his own, and the sixteen wooden sedan chair carriers panicked and hurriedly lifted the sedan chair to chase after him.

Just as they reached the window, Yang Qisheng suddenly flew up and asked, "Where are you going?"

He reached out and shot out five sword beams, which, after splitting into energy, transformed into forty-five colorful sword beams that enveloped the wooden figure and the sedan chair.

The wooden figures panicked; some tried to draw their wooden swords, while others spewed out emerald fire from their mouths.

Only one wooden figure shouted loudly to his companions to stop: "Stop! Stop right now! This is a True Person from Taiyi Palace!"

When Yang Qisheng heard him reveal his origins in one fell swoop, his sword energy stopped immediately: "You can actually see my origins through my sword light?"

The wooden figure knelt down, his voice filled with the vicissitudes of life: "My name is Shen Jin. I have known your sect's Great Master Dayou, Great Master Mingyi, and the Seven Swords of Zhaoye. A hundred years ago, I was fortunate enough to witness your sect's Great Master Dayou and Great Master Mingyi 'Refining the Ghost King with the Divine Fire of Heaven and Earth,' a scene I still remember vividly..."

Unexpectedly, this person is a senior who participated in the Great War of Ten Thousand Immortals a hundred years ago!
Yang Qisheng hurriedly said, "Master Mingyi is indeed my master, and the Seven Swords of Zhaoye are my senior brothers whom I have never met before. Since they are such senior masters, how could they have fallen to such a state?"

Shen Jin said sadly, "Back then, I had already established my cauldron and refined the Cold Moon Divine Qi... But alas, I couldn't escape that calamity and died in the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation. Fortunately, I obtained a spiritual pill at Fanghu Mountain in the East Sea, which preserved my primordial spirit. It attached itself to my Burial Flower Sword and barely managed to fly out of the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation. Unfortunately, my soul was about to dissipate, and I fell to the foot of Immortal Capital Mountain, where I have been sleeping ever since. A few years ago, Li Xunkong was instructed by Cui Wushe to search for my soul and sword at the foot of Immortal Capital Mountain. He found me and refined me into a wooden puppet sedan chair carrier, enslaving and driving me to carry his sedan chair... Among his Nine Void Swords, one of them was refined using my Cold Moon Sword."

Since he was a senior immortal and knew his elders, even if he was from an unorthodox sect, Yang Qisheng had to show him respect.

"Senior Shen, there's no need to be upset. I'll destroy the puppet to free you."

As Yang Qisheng spoke, he tightened his sword light to shred the wooden figure and sedan chair to pieces.

Shen Jin urgently stopped him again: "No! No!"

Yang Qisheng thought he was worried that if the puppet was destroyed, he would also be destroyed: "Senior, there is no need to worry. My master passed on the Lingbao Duren Jing to me. I can break the evil spell that restricts your primordial spirit and guarantee that it will not harm your soul."

"No, that's not the reason, child. Hold your fire and listen to me." Shen Jin retorted, "Back then, your sect killed the Taiyin Ghost King and slaughtered a large number of Ghost Dao disciples. Many of your disciples also died at their hands. The two sides have become mortal enemies. Haven't you ever thought about sweeping away the Eight Ghost Immortals, killing your way to Taiyin Cave, and completely eradicating this evil cult?"

"I..." Yang Qisheng had indeed thought about it, but he thought that Taiyi Palace should mobilize all its forces to sweep through the area, and that would be led by the elders, not by him personally going to fight.

Shen Jin pointed at the sedan chair: "Keep this sedan chair. It was given to Li Xunkong by Cui Wushe. It has many wonderful uses, which I can't explain all at once. I'll explain them to you one by one when I have time later. In addition, the nine of us brothers have been racking our brains for years to find a way to break the deadlock. We've figured out a method to cultivate internal energy using this puppet's body. Once we succeed, we can break free from the puppet's body. If you destroy the puppet now, all our hard work over the years will be wasted!"

Yang Qisheng hadn't expected there to be so many hidden secrets, so he couldn't act rashly.

Shen Jin said, "Li Xunkong left in a fit of rage, and we don't know what he's doing. He'll probably be back soon. You should quickly use your sect's five spiritual talismans to seal us and temporarily put us in your Qiankun bag. Then get away as soon as possible. Once you're in a safe place, you can release us. We can discuss many things in detail then!"

Yang Qisheng knew that the Empty Prince had gone to Huailing Temple, but Shen Jin and the others did not.

This ghost sedan chair is still the magic weapon of the Empty Void Prince, and the primordial spirits of the sixteen wooden figures have also been restricted by him, and may be forcibly taken back at any time.

Yang Qisheng then released the Five Spiritual Talismans to seal the sedan chair and the wooden figure, storing them in his Qiankun Bag.

Then, he left Guteng County and used his magic to fly to Huailing to watch the excitement.

Actually, he didn't even need to fly all the way to Huailing Temple. He could see that the whole area was already in chaos as soon as he took off from the county town.

A large number of dark clouds gathered above Huailing Temple. There was a human with a fox's head and a pair of golden rings in his hands; a snake with human hands and two arms that he wielded a scepter; and a huge pig demon holding two axes.

Three demon gods, along with three battle spirits, wielded six different weapons and rode the dark clouds and gloomy winds, swirling and churning, surrounding the Void Prince and engaging in a fierce battle.

With his right hand, the Void Prince wielded the Nine Void Swords, traversing and cutting across the battlefield. He was able to fight six opponents at once with no energy left. With his left hand, he made hand seals and unleashed various ghostly spells, with emerald flames scattering and ghostly howls echoing.

Below, on the ground in the temple, believers were casting spells.

In normal times, when fighting, the believers are blessed by the incense gods and then attack the enemy.

This time, the incense deity personally intervened, and believers below offered their blessings and prayers.

(End of this chapter)