Chapter 5: Secret Chapter 60: Please Enter the Urn
How could she hide her troubles from Guan Zheng's eyes? Maybe he didn't notice it because of his moment of shame and anger, but then he knew the truth. However, he still did not let anyone related to the wedding golf. In his paranoid heart, those who talked to him about this marriage, held this marriage with him, and did not guard his bride were all part of the humiliation he suffered, so everyone had to pay his debt!
At that time, he had not yet refined the ghost Gu, but only paid attention to it when studying ancient witchcraft. The death of the bride stimulated him to decide to refine this terrible witchcraft. He first replaced the bride's corpse, allowing her to maintain a new death state and keep her soul inseparable. Then, he even let his many "enemy" jump off the cliff in his sleep, using their corpses as a way to refine the guru. After refining the ghost Gu, he fell on the bride's body, so that she could not get rid of him even if she became a ghost!
Awu had already hidden herself before, but although others could not find her, Guan Zheng found her. He did not kill her. He wanted her to suffer the same pain and reluctance as him in his lifetime. He gave her a strange Gu, which prevented her from getting any heat or being shined by the sun. As long as she was alive, she would stay in the dark corner like a bug, spending day after day alone, eating raw meat and drinking blood. Even if she died, she would be a lonely ghost!
He also said: Never let Awu see him, otherwise he will make her a "gu man" and become a tool for him to hurt others, and be enslaved by him forever!
So Awu stayed in the deep forest like a savage for decades, unable to go home, unable to talk to others, and unable to enjoy everything about normal people. Until today, she decided to get rid of this endless punishment and face her sins back then.
She confessed everything to Ruan Zhan and asked Ruan Zhan to save her. Although death was terrible, living under despair and strong self-condemnation was even more painful. So Ruan Zhan asked her to guard the north of the four-sided array and formulated a method to round him up through the situation she provided by Guan Zheng.
But when she faced Guan Zheng, she was still frightened by her power and hesitated. Thanks to Wanli's words, she once again strengthened her determination to seek liberation, let go of all her fears, and her heart was no longer shaken.
Death! Guan Zheng is dead. Except for the ghost Gu, all those who have been slapped by him will be relieved! Even if it doesn’t work, at least she atones for her sins!
Another unstable factor in this four-meter array is the female ghost guarding the exit from the west.
Wanli came up with the idea that he could invite her. The reason why Wanli was blessed to his heart was that he thought of such a powerful helper was because the story he told Xiaoxia that year, and the past events inspired him.
If Awu did something wrong because of jealousy, this female ghost went astray because of spoiling. It was just that she was lucky enough to have a chance to correct her mistakes - she was taken to the mountains by the Bao family and his son to practice, doing good deeds and accumulating virtues for those who died in vain to bless their next life!
She is the mother of the strange baby, Duan Jin who practices Yin and Yang eyes!
Originally, Ruan Zhan was unwilling to do this. Because his father and Bao Datong's father had an agreement that they would each help each other's children. However, Uncle Bao had already fulfilled his promise ten years ago, but his father had passed away and could no longer help Bao Datong. Now, it is difficult to make additional requests with his proud personality.
But Wanli believed that they were just asking Duan Jin for help, not asking Bao’s father and son to take action. In addition, Guan Zheng harmed countless people. If he did his best to get rid of him, it would be considered a great merit for Duan Jin and would be a great good thing for her.
So, Ruan Zhan secretly invited Duan Jin to guard the West. Although Duan Jin agreed with Uncle Bao's affirmation, she still hated Ruan Zhan and Wanli. Although she had been practicing for ten years, she was a mother and she lost her child. No matter how bad the child was, she was her only one after all.
Therefore, she would only do what she promised - not let Guan Zheng escape, cooperate with the other three parties guarding the formation, and she would never care about other things. Assuming that Ruan Zhan could not withstand Guan Zheng's pressure and let the formation be broken from other directions, she would not care about the life and death of these two men, and it would be a blessing not to step on it!
The trouble is that the landform characteristics of this small valley are exactly the same as the valley where they suffered disaster back then, and even the small waterfall and the pool are the same. If Duan Jin touches the scene and strikes back, Ruan Zhan and the others will undoubtedly die!
After ten years of cultivation, her yin and yang eyes have become even more powerful. Although this is beneficial to the capture of Guan Zheng, if she stands on their opposite side, it will be a disaster!
Not only that, in the successive battles, Ruan Zhan mainly competed with Guan Zheng, who was far stronger than himself, and was struggling to support him along the way. He could only break through Guan Zheng's magic weapons in the weak with his wisdom and courage. Although he greatly weakened the opponent's strength and gained an advantage, Ruan Zhan was also injured and his physical strength was almost at its limit.
On the surface, it seems that they were pushing Guan Zheng into the real four-sided formation, leaving him inescapable and gaining the upper hand. In fact, this also forces them to a situation of life and death with Guan Zheng. They cannot take a step back, because retreat means death!
"Start the formation!" Ruan Zhan's voice broke the dangerous silence in the valley.
At this time, the moon quietly walked out of the thick clouds, hanging high above the small valley, and the cold light poured down, witnessing the upcoming battle.
Xiao Xia looked at Ruan Zhan with concern, and saw that he had stood up again from his brief breathing, holding the Blood Wood Sword and pointing directly at Guan Zheng. Although his face was pale, he was calm and firm.
He looked like a knife again!
She thought to herself that she didn't feel nervous at such a critical moment, and her heart was tied to Ji Zhan's body. Although she was in a square array with a side length of fifty or sixty meters, because Ruan Zhan had tapped her eyes with talisman water in advance, she could see the subtle expression on his face.
I saw his lips pursed tightly, and a blood stain was slanted on his straight nose. His eyes were shining, and he stared at Guan Zheng without any moment. A look of victory made Xiao Xia understand the words at once - the brave ones win when they meet on a narrow road!
He has unparalleled courage, so he can definitely defeat the other party. Not to mention just a small Guan Zheng, it will be the same if anyone comes!
Echoing Ruan Zhan, Wan Li answered, took out a piece of talisman paper pressed on the bluestone, and immediately threw it into the incense burner in front of him. This is used to activate the formation. Although it is different from the spells drawn on the four walls when in the Octagonal Tower, the effect is the same. Ruan Zhan once said: Formation and casting spells must be adapted to local conditions.
As soon as the talisman was thrown into the incense burner without any fire, it immediately burned. The people present only felt an abnormal flow of air around them, knowing that the real four-sided array had been opened. From this moment on, unless the array was broken or the person who set up the array retreated, no one could get out!
Seeing that the formation had started, Wanli immediately threw two talismans into the incense burner as agreed in advance. Then he held the rough wooden sword in his left hand and the wooden stick in his right hand, and stood by the incense burner with a serious expression, observing the movements of Guan Zheng who was in the center of the four square formations.
I saw Guan Zheng not daring to be careless, and stood intently for a few seconds, as if he wanted to distinguish the direction of the wind. Then he sneered and suddenly threw the black wooden stick that had been tightly held into the air, and at the same time, a series of spells were recited from his mouth.
He was speaking the local language of ethnic minorities, and no one understood it, so he focused his eyes on Awu. But seeing her with a puzzled look, he obviously didn't know what magic weapon the black wooden stick that Guan Zheng practiced was.
The black wooden stick was thrown into the air and did not fall down. It just hung high in the air, which was extremely strange. What's even more strange is that this solid wooden stick, which was only two feet long, actually sprayed black smoke outwards, and I don't know where the smoke came from!
"Poisonous smoke, be careful!" Ruan Zhan shouted again.
Although this formation is guarded by all directions, everything has to be followed by his command.
As soon as he said that, he drew a talisman on his eyebrows, sealing all his breath. Xiao Xia and Wanli each took out a talisman from their pockets and put it on their chests, and found a gas mask from the bamboo basket and put it on.
Ruan Zhan knew that there were many ways to spread the poison. For the wizard who had superb skills, it was not only a way to take it, but also a person who could get caught in the gu. Guan Zheng was a genius of gu art and had divine powers from heaven, so he had carefully prepared the whole ground.
Seeing this, Awu immediately pulled off a bunch of weeds beside him, recited a few spells and stuffed them into his mouth. Duan Jin just waved his hand in front of his face. Her face was no longer a beautiful face, and it looked like a stiff mask, just like back then, a Japanese Kabuki-style fake face. She is a ghost, she doesn't need to breathe and has no skin, but Guan Zheng can put a ghost Gu. Who knows if there are any other ways to deal with ghosts, of course, you have to be careful!
Guan Zheng ignored the actions of Ruan Zhan and others and continued to chant the mantra without stopping. It was just a moment before this small valley, which was shining brightly by the moonlight, fell into extreme darkness.
This darkness is so thick and dense that it makes the people in it feel like they have no eyes at all. Not only can they reach out and see their five fingers, but in this darkness, you can at least feel the coordinates. In addition, the air around them seems to surge like waves, exuding a disgusting salty smell, making people feel like they are in a black sea of hell.
"***, this old guy put us in an ink bottle!" Wanli muttered.
His voice stabilized Xiao Xia, who almost fell because he had no sense of coordinates, groped and grabbed the edge of the big bluestone in front of him, and barely stood firm. Just as he wanted to say something, a ball of light flashed in Ruan Zhan's direction.
Xiao Xia knew that it was his light talisman, which he used to fight with the scholar ghost under the water before. However, I don’t know if it was because there was a difference in the skills compared with Guan Zheng, and because of his injury, his light talisman only illuminated a small side, like the spotlight on the stage, and only shone less than two or three square meters beside him. Although Xiao Xia and Wan Li could see him, he could not see them.
Ruan Zhan stretched out his hand and sacrificed another light talisman, pointed to the east, and let the talisman shoot like an arrow. Seeing that a trace of light was about to cut through the darkness, he heard a "bang" sound and fell in the air again.
"Don't panic!" Ruan Zhan said in a deep voice.
The answer to him was a cold smile, which came from the place where the talisman fell, and it was obviously intercepted by Guan Zheng who cast his spell halfway.
"Duan Jin, use your sunny eyes to illuminate." Ruan Zhan ordered.
He knew that it was the most yang thing, and he felt that there was a heavy yin energy in the surrounding black fog, and he might have been refined in some dead people or catacombs. So as soon as the most yang thing came out, he just hit the light talisman on it, and the black fog that enveloped the four square formations would be broken.
However, when he said a word, Duan Jin's direction was not moving. He repeated it loudly, but there was no reaction at all. He felt a stern heart, knowing that this unstable factor still brought trouble - she promised to guard the formation, and promised not to let Guan Zheng escape from her side. She would do this, but she refused to help with other things, and she still hated them for destroying the evil baby!
In the black fog, they couldn't see anything, but Guan Zheng could see it. But he was not worried about it because once this formation was activated, it would be like a barrier, and both the defenders and the attackers seemed to be staying in a box. He was afraid that he would hide in the dark to attack the other two defenders. Awu was just a Taoist sage with a little power, and could only fight with his familiarity with Guan Zheng's witchcraft; while Wanli and Xiaoxia were ordinary people. If Guan Zheng attacked this side with darkness, they would not only not have the power to fight back, but also quite dangerous.
In the four-sided array, in terms of strength, only he and Duan Jin can truly compete with Guan Zheng. Now Duan Jin is unwilling to help, and he cannot leave the position he wants to guard. If you want to subdue Guan Zheng's black fog, you have to think of another way!
As if in response to his judgment, a sound of water came from the pool. He knew that Guan was about to wade through this pool with only a waist, because on the other side was the east guarded by Wanli and Xiaoxia.
Dongfang is the gate of this formation, and next to a waterfall, which means flowing. Guan Zheng will definitely want to go out from this place. Although he would doubt why he sent two most incompetent people to guard such an important position, he is eager to leave now and will definitely think that this is because Ruan Zhan trusts Wanli and Xiaoxia. Just like at this moment, he didn't even have time to bypass this small pool and cross the water directly.
You can't let Guan Zheng attack the East now!
Anxious, he put his heart on his mind, chanted the spell softly, and shouted, "Xiaoxia, let go!" With the sound of breaking through the air, he immediately took back the broken flag that Xiaoxia had been holding.
Feeling the slight coolness of the metal in his hand, he once again pointed it in the direction of the west, "Don't force me to accept you!" He said coldly and strongly, "If you promise to help, you must obey my command. Otherwise, I will not care about how many years you have been doing, or how good you have done, and you will go against me!"
Duan Jin was still silent. What he said seemed to melt into the air and was useless. The sound of wading water in his ears was even louder, indicating that Guan Zheng had reached the center of the pool!
Ruan Zhan faced the west. Although she couldn't see it, she felt that the stormy ghost energy was not dissipating. She knew that Duan Jin had not left, but she was determined not to help.
He made up his mind and concentrated all his spiritual power, mental power and magic power on the remnant banner.
With his loud shout, the residual cracked banner suddenly became larger! This time it was no longer half a person high, but more than one person high. The metallic banner surface was filled with reddish brown light, like water ripples, and a strong whirlwind was rolled up towards the west!
Chapter completed!