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Chapter 52 Perfect Teamwork, the Mastermind Revealed (Please Read On!!!)

Su Ji's esoteric technique, [Deflection Mirror], can counter many spells, but it has one drawback: a small range. This drawback is precisely countered by the area-of-effect divine power of the Day Wandering Spirit General.

As a result, even though the vengeful ghost Zhou Wu possessed the defensive power of the Rain Body, he was only spared from being instantly killed.

Fortunately, although Su Ji could not protect Zhou Wu's entire body, he could use the [Deflection Mirror] to affect an area with a diameter of one foot, which was quite promising.

The black aura on Zhou Wu's body is Yin Sha and water Qi. The Rain Water Body is formed by the soul of a refined spiritual object controlling rain. While the defense is enhanced, the soul will also be injured if the Rain Water Body is injured.

Zhou Wu's Rain Body was blessed by the obsession of wronged spirits, which greatly restrained spells and supernatural powers that were two or three levels weaker, but greatly reduced the effectiveness of spells and supernatural powers that were one or two levels stronger.

Seeing that Zhou Wu's soul was about to be completely destroyed, Su Ji could only preserve a part of Zhou Wu's soul, and decisively chose the location of the clam spirit in the dream.

Just as he had predicted, the clam spirit was communicating with Zhou Wu's main consciousness. There was less resentment and obsession and more normal memories here, which could be considered the core of Zhou Wu's soul.

However, the Yang Fire Divine Power of the Mountain God Temple's Day-Wandering Spirit General was truly troublesome, and it ignited Zhou Wu's Rain Water Body like a leech clinging to a bone.

Su Ji could only try his best to extinguish the Yang Fire. With the help of the Well God's spirit soldiers and the Kitchen God's spirit soldiers, he finally managed to preserve about two-fifths of Zhou Wu's soul.

If it were that easy, the day-wandering spirit of the mountain god temple wouldn't have been so certain that Zhou Wu was finished, and the crow spirit wouldn't have thought that Zhou Wu was at most just a remnant soul.

Secular physicians believe that people have external fire and internal fire. What was just extinguished was only the external yang fire. Some of the toxicity of the yang fire remained in Zhou Wu's soul and was even heading towards polluting the core of his soul.

Left with no other choice, Su Ji had to adopt the suggestion of Yan Tianchou, which was to use a ray of Taiyin Tianguang that had not yet been used.

Yan Tianchou said: "The sunlight combines with the earth's energy to transform into yang energy and sunlight. Yang fire should be related to fire energy... Its essence is still the sunlight."

"If the sunlight and the moonlight meet, it can even cause a clash between yin and yang. Fortunately, Zhou Wu's body only contains yang fire poison, so not only will it not cause much conflict, but it will also be restrained by the moonlight..."

This matter sounds simple, but it is quite difficult to carry out. In addition to the toxicity of Yang Fire, the part of Zhou Wu's soul that was burned by Yang Fire cannot be preserved.

Yan Tianchou's words made a lot of sense: "Just like a burn scar on an ordinary person, it is not only easy to fester but also extremely difficult to heal... If these souls are left to remain after being burned, they will inevitably become impurities in the soul."

"Rather than leaving the soul burned behind, it's better to discard it, which will also serve as an opportunity to rid ourselves of most of the resentment and obsession..."

The essence of resentment and obsession is memory. Memory is a component of the soul and also the fundamental cornerstone of consciousness. The reason why vengeful ghosts become more and more insane is because resentment and obsession erode their memories.

Originally, if Zhou Wu wanted to get rid of his identity as a vengeful ghost, he would have needed to sever some of his corrupted memories, but now it's just a side effect.

Knowing the danger, the clam spirit had no objection and even offered considerable help.

Those burns from the yang fire were impurities rejected by the soul. After Su Ji and the clam spirit worked together, a pool of black water with rising smoke was left on the ground.

Zhou Wu's soul was greatly "lightened," making it easier for Su Ji to swallow him with the magical toad.

In order to maximize the effectiveness of the Taiyin Tianguang, Yan Tianchou suggested that Su Ji put Zhou Wu's soul into the hair tie, and Su Ji readily agreed.

As expected, as Zhou Wu's soul entered the hair tie, the flowing Yin light instantly eliminated most of the Yang fire toxicity. Zhou Wu managed to preserve some of his soul memories, preventing him from becoming an unconscious remnant soul.

When a person dies, they become a ghost; when a ghost dies, it becomes a 聻; when a 聻 dies, it becomes a 希; when a 希 dies, it becomes a 夷; when a 夷 dies, it becomes a 微; when a 微 dies, it becomes formless… The unconscious remnant soul is precisely the “聻”.

"聻" only acts according to the fragmented memories of its previous life. It may occasionally be moved by the scenery, but it still does not have independent consciousness.

As for the later "Xi" and "Yi," they are "Xi" (meaning "hearing") and "Yi" (meaning "color"). "Xi" can still produce a sound, while "Yi" is only left with form and color...

Having temporarily resolved Zhou Wu's matter, Su Ji was finally able to focus his attention on the overall situation.

He had no idea that Zhongliu Shenlingbing possessed such strong scholarly integrity, not only daring to confront the Day-roaming Spirit General of the Mountain God Temple, but also listing the other party as a suspect in the case, making him arguably the strongest mouth mule among them.

The result was indeed quite good; the daytime spirit general of the mountain god temple dared not utter a word, for fear of giving others cause for criticism.

After all, this is a local temple, and besides the various spirit soldiers, the "Lord of the Land" is also watching over the place from a distance.

Having achieved his goal, the day-tripping spirit of the mountain god temple was about to retire when, unexpectedly, the brave earth god temple spirit called out to him.

"Day Wanderer, a snake demon and a pig demon from the mountains have caused a great disturbance here, injuring not only the villagers but also nearly knocking down the local earth god temple. Shouldn't this matter be investigated and evidence collected?"

Su Ji and the Mountain God Temple's Day-Roaming Spirit General both belong to the Day-Roaming God System of the Inspectorate. If the Mountain God Temple's Day-Roaming Spirit General does not act according to the rules, Su Ji really has a better way to impeach it.

The mountain god temple's day-traveling spirit general tried to find an excuse, saying, "It is already daytime, and I still need to tour the White Rock Mountain Range..."

Su Ji showed no intention of compromising and directly confronted him: "If the Day Wandering Spirit General leaves now, we will inevitably think that he has ulterior motives. Why not ask us for evidence so that we can clear our names?"

Having said all that, the Mountain God Temple's Day-Wandering Spirit General could only nod and say, "Since it involves mountain spirits and monsters, then I will accompany you to investigate..."

Of all the things that happened this morning, only killing the snake demon actually took up some time.

So much so that it was only a quarter of an hour past dawn, and the rain was not as heavy as before, but it seemed like it could continue for a while. Su Ji did not go to the Earth God Temple, but instead said, "There may still be monsters in the mountains taking advantage of the rain to attack, so I need to take precautions. Please ask the Zhongliu Divine Soldiers to accompany the Day-Roaming Spirit General of the Mountain God Temple to collect evidence!"

As the saying goes, "He who walks by the river will eventually get his shoes wet." If the spirits of the mountain god temple take the initiative to participate, they need to follow the rules.

The saying goes, "A dragon can only coil up, and a tiger must lie down." The true form of the Mountain God Temple's Day-Wandering Spirit General is like a firebird, so even a bird must fold its wings.

At this time, most of the snake demons had been killed, and a few snake souls were imprisoned in the underworld dungeon of the Earth God Temple, but some crazy snake monsters were still running around in the river.

Even so, the mountain demons and ghosts would certainly not leave any evidence.

To the group of spirit soldiers, Su Ji was only doing this to annoy the daytime spirits of the mountain god temple, and incidentally use them to kill those crazed snake monsters, so that no one would be injured by the mad snakes.

In fact, Su Ji had more than just these plans.

It should be noted that the Earth God has not shown his face since he went into seclusion!
If the arrival of the snake demon couldn't alarm the Earth God, and the arrival of the vengeful ghost Zhou Wu wasn't enough to make the Earth God leave his seclusion, then the arrival of the pig demon should have awakened the Earth God, right?
After all, Su Ji only secretly had the crow spirit persuade the pig demon... The local earth god should have come out of seclusion when the pig demon entered the village.

Not to mention, the daytime spirit general of the mountain god temple has brazenly attacked the vengeful ghost Zhou Wu, and now even ordinary people can see the commotion, let alone the local earth god.

But the reality was quite the opposite; they never saw the local deity from beginning to end.

Su Ji had also analyzed his own mysteries, and these things were simply natural occurrences. He would not become deeply entangled in them, nor would he suffer from demonic possession...

Therefore, Su Ji and Yan Tianchou had the same guess, so they deliberately left the daytime spirit of the mountain god temple behind.

The hole left by the pangolin demon in the ground had long since collapsed, and rainwater had poured into it. This kind of demon may not be strong in attack, but it has a great ability to escape.

Behind the group of pig demons, the local earth god, who had not yet appeared, was following closely behind. His goal was also very simple: to capture the leader first.

Back then, he killed the Black Tiger Demon in order to ward off evil spirits, but he also got himself into trouble, and the current predicament of the Earth God Temple is proof of that.

Clearly, Baiyan Mountain Range has not learned its lesson and is preparing to continue the battle. In order to avenge the Black Tiger Demon, the intensity of the battle will inevitably be even greater.

The snake demon and the pig demon were merely pawns; the local earth god did not want to reveal his identity as a high-level cultivator unless it was at the very last moment.

Fortunately, the spirit soldiers of the Earth God Temple were very united, and the Golden Toad even turned the wicked ghost Zhou Wu, who almost caused trouble, into his own service, which truly relieved the Earth God.

As the pig demon charged in excitedly but then left lightly, the local earth god knew that his opportunity had arrived.

The Earth God's superior spell is "Jade Soul Body Condensation," which has the advantage of great power but the disadvantage of insufficient speed. He was only stopped by the underworld officials, which almost allowed the Black Tiger Demon to escape.

Now, the Earth God has sorted out his own mysteries and has actually gained some insights.

Just like now, the Earth God is not openly following behind the pig demons, but is using the [Earth Escape Technique] to hide in the earth.

An ordinary cultivator might not be able to sustain the use of a low-grade Earth Escape Technique for long, but the Earth God is a highly skilled cultivator with profound cultivation.

Furthermore, Ningyu's soul merged with the earth. While others used earth-遁 (earth-遁 is a method of earth-based escape) to swim in water full of ice shards, the Earth God actually piloted a "submarine," thus finally gaining rapid speed.

Sure enough, not long after the pig demons left the village, a demon came to question them. The demon looked familiar; it was a black-bellied, white-ringed snake demon.

It's obvious without even guessing that this snake spirit at the level of a great ghost general is at most an accomplice; the mastermind behind today's events has yet to reveal themselves.

As the Earth God listened to the snake demon and the pig demon arguing, he kept sighing, "This snake spirit was willing to sacrifice its own kind of snake demon just to curry favor with the mastermind. Its plan failed, and it gained nothing. No wonder it's so furious..."

Just as the local earth god had predicted, the snake demon suffered a huge loss this time. Even though the pig demon had given up the Wu family ancestral hall by destroying it, he was still furious and came here to find fault.

The pig demon was a troublemaker in the White Rock Mountains and couldn't stand the snake demon's treacherous behavior of betraying his people. Seeing the other party's unreasonable provocation, he also became angry.

The snake demon, having suffered such severe damage, couldn't bear to see the pig demons doing well... and a conflict between the two sides soon became inevitable.

Even a mere snake demon at the level of a Great Ghost General is no match for a group of pig demons, and was almost torn in two by the half-human, half-pig pig demon.

However, just as the local deity continued watching the show, a powerful Taoist shout suddenly came from the mountains and forests under the rain curtain.

"enough!"

These words contained a hidden anger, which even affected reality. Not to mention the countless insects in the mountains and forests, even the animals in the vicinity felt a shiver in their hearts.

Then, a huge black shadow, at least twelve feet tall, flew out of the forest, holding a wooden staff that reached his eyebrows, with a red bird demon perched on his shoulder.

...Finally, we met the real mastermind!
The Earth God was not alarmed but delighted, and silently moved closer from the earth.

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