Evil Spirit Consultant

Chapter 223 Nine-tailed Fox

The other party's illusory body did not surprise Yang Liu. He had long realized that the woman in front of him was just an illusion composed of ghost power and a little mental power.

Seeing the illusory figure turning around in surprise and trying to see his own figure clearly, Yang Liu did not say anything, but activated his ability to absorb it.

In order to collect information, Yang Liu did not use the saber to "filter" this time, but absorbed the other party's mental power as well as internal memories and emotions.

The moment he absorbed the opponent's spiritual power, sorrow flooded into his bones like a tide: the village in the flames of war, the exhausted spiritual veins, the pain of the chain piercing his scapula...

The woman in white looked at Yang Liu with an indescribable look, then her figure quickly became transparent and finally disappeared.

"Tsk!" Unable to help but take two steps back, Yang Liu shook his head vigorously.

The other party did not store much mental energy in this phantom, and all that was left were the most profound memories, but not much detailed information was obtained.

Fortunately, Yang Liu was not the main force in this matter, and there was someone else who actually carried out the operation.

Yang Liu glanced at the incense stick in her hand that had burned out at some point, then turned to look at Uga Shoji: "How is it?"

"No problem, it has been marked. Fortunately, it is just a spiritual projection, so it is easier to mark." Uga Akiji walked over quickly.

Yang Liu nodded and frowned again. The deep sadness and despair just now were still affecting his mood.

My abilities are good in every way except that my sense of immersion is too strong. Even at this level, I have to be very careful when absorbing other people's memories.

He lowered his head and picked up Miyamoto Yugye again. Uga Shoji on the side had already started to cast a spell on the incense stick in his hand.

Under the influence of the spell, the smoke from the incense stick in Uga Aki's hand that was originally floating straight up seemed to be guided by something and began to turn in a certain direction.

"over there!"

Uga Shoji followed the guidance of the smoke and Yang Liu followed without hesitation.

But soon, the two stopped and looked at each other.

"Your spell... won't be countered by the opponent, right?" Yang Liu looked at the direction indicated by the smoke with a look of doubt.

Standing on the hillside, looking at the final landing point of the smoke, Uga Shoji also looked confused: "It doesn't make sense, I don't feel the spell counterattack..."

A light mist flowed down the hillside and led straight to a corner of the Yongfu Temple.

Yang Liu glanced at the abbot of Yongfu Temple beside him and said, "If there is nothing wrong with this spell...why don't you tell me the truth now? Is there any monster living under this temple? Don't worry, given our relationship, I won't tell anyone. It's better for me to tell you now than for you to kill me later."

"I've never heard of such a thing, okay?!" Uga Shoji's face was dark, and he decided to clear the name of his own temple, "Let's go down and take a look!"

The two followed the trail of smoke and soon arrived at a ground in the villa.

The traces of smoke snaked into the gaps between the floor tiles, lingering there for a long time and unwilling to dissipate.

After looking at each other, Uga Shoji nodded slightly, and Yang Liu took decisive action.

His fingers clamped the stone bricks like a hydraulic press, and he pulled the heavy bricks out of the ground. Soon, a hidden basement entrance was exposed. Uga Shoji carefully opened the stone door of the basement entrance, revealing a deep passage.

The moment the stone door was pried open, the musty smell mixed with the fragrance of peach blossoms hit me in the face. The stone steps leading underground were covered with moss, and each step and the wall were engraved with spells intertwined with Sanskrit and talismans.

"There is actually such a basement in Yongfu Temple..." Uga Shoji's tone was full of disbelief.

He took a look at the smoke drifting towards the basement, and his eyes immediately became firm: "Let's go in and take a look!"

Yang Liu nodded silently, and her eyes turned dark.

With her extraordinary vision and perception, Yang Liu could clearly see that the runes engraved on the walls and stairs were constantly emitting a large amount of electromagnetic radiation, which meant that these runes contained powerful power - even though no one knew how many years had passed, they were still playing a role.

After walking up a short flight of stairs, the two men came to a secret room. In the center of the room was a small altar, on which was placed a stone tablet worn by time.

The stone tablet was covered with vine-like cracks. Uga Shoji brushed away the dust and found that the words on it had become blurred. He could only make out the words "Descendants of Abe Haruaki" and "Nine-tailed Fox Savior".

Yang Liu is not a novice in transcendence now. Although the handwriting is already blurred, this kind of seal generally represents a very high-end suppression seal among Onmyoji.

but……

"This thing doesn't look like a simple demon-suppressing seal." Yang Liu's dark pupils analyzed the electromagnetic information radiating around the stone tablet.

Uga Shoji nodded, and gently touched the surface of the stone tablet with his fingers, groping for the concave part of the inscription, feeling the remaining power inside:
"You're right. This isn't suppression, it's protection! Look at the direction of the spell. This part looks more like a protective barrier, set up to prevent interference from the outside world."

Just as Uga Shoji's fingers touched a certain mark, he suddenly felt a strong sense of dizziness, and his consciousness seemed to be pulled out of his body, falling into a completely unfamiliar world.

Hundreds of years ago, Yongfu Temple was still a thatched hut. In the rainstorm, the nine-tailed fox raised its head and howled, the green flames burning between its tails evaporated the flooded river water, and the gathered power blasted through the endless dark clouds in the sky.

The villagers knelt down and bowed to it in the strong wind, while under the eaves, a frail old man in a monk's robe was tying half of a jade pendant around the fox's neck. The nine-tailed fox also returned the courtesy, and it seemed that some kind of agreement had been reached between the two.

"Little monk!"

The roar of Yang Liu came from the sky, pulling Uga Shoji back to reality from the illusion.

When the illusion was shattered, the secret room shook violently, and a woman's voice came from the void, with a sobbing tone in her voice: "Save me... I can't hold on any longer... They are pulling out my bones again..."

The sound stopped abruptly. Uga Shoji blinked and found himself still standing in the basement with his fingers still on the stone tablet.

"What did you see?" Yang Liu's voice came from the side, with curiosity flashing in her eyes.

At that moment he also sensed a force trying to interfere with him, but as soon as it touched his body surface, his ability automatically absorbed the internal mental fluctuations, destroying the spell structure.

Uga Shoji took a deep breath and told Yang Liu what he saw in the illusion.

"So our conclusion is correct. This seal is not to suppress the monster, but to protect it." Uga Shoji concluded, "The nine-tailed fox was taken in by Yongfu Temple, not suppressed."

(End of this chapter)