New and dark light years

Chapter 343 Wine Gourd

The Taoist priest reluctantly left the Wen residence and then returned to the inn to rest.

He said he was resting, but he couldn't actually sleep.

The thought of the 'technology' that head represented made him incredibly eager to learn.

He took a book out of his bundle, flipped through a few pages, and then threw it away.

He was now so upset that everything he looked at reminded him of that living head.

For the past two days, he has been unable to eat or sleep well, and no matter what he does, he subconsciously looks outside the inn, waiting for Wen Bi to come over.

After waiting for two days, he couldn't wait any longer and was about to go to the Wen residence to inquire.

Unexpectedly, several people came to their door.

The leader was an elderly man, who asked very respectfully, "Is this Taoist priest a wandering Taoist?"

"you are?"

"I am the steward of the Wen family. The master asked me to come and tell you that he does not wish to be separated from his wife again." The steward was very polite. After bowing, he called over his attendants and said, "These are gifts of thanks sent by the master. Please accept them."

Three trays, each containing a hundred taels of silver, precious medicinal herbs, and one or two pieces of beautiful jade.

Such a thank-you gift is very generous.

The smile on the Taoist priest's face froze. He frowned and asked, "Magistrate Wen, why are you unwilling... If you just let them have their way for two or three years, the couple could truly be reunited."

"I dare not question your decision, sir."

The Taoist priest glanced at the gifts and said coldly, "Put them on the table."

The butler did as instructed and had the three trays placed aside before leaving.

The hermit sat on the bench, lost in thought. Then, the more he thought about it, the angrier he became, and he slammed the three trays on the table down hard.

Silver coins fell to the ground, medicinal herbs flew far away, and beautiful jade shattered into pieces.

"How dare he!" the wild Taoist said fiercely. "Without me, she would have died long ago. Humph... If you don't want to give it to me, I'll go get it myself."

There were quite a few people at the inn. A few glanced at him and then lowered their heads to eat.

Time soon came to late at night.

Apart from one flower-lined street, the rest of Yulin County is very quiet.

The Taoist priest changed into a black outfit, climbed out of the window, jumped onto the roof, and used his lightness technique to reach the outer wall of the Wen family's backyard.

It was very quiet here, and the Taoist priest sensed a dense, yin energy moving within.

He knew that the yin energy must be that human head.

After all, he had already sensed the weight of that yin energy during the day.

He sensed it more closely and found that the yin energy was very close to him, seemingly not far away on the other side of the wall.

'Heaven is helping me!'

The wild Taoist was overjoyed and immediately jumped in.

Then he saw that the source of that yin energy was not a human head, but a woman.

A beautiful woman.

"True Lord?" The wild Taoist was greatly surprised.

He had investigated Wen Bi's background and knew that he was from a poor family. He was already very lucky to have passed the imperial examination. He had been assigned to a local post for less than a year and could not possibly afford to support the emperor.

Then there is only one possibility.

This is a trap.

He turned and tried to run away.

But suddenly they discovered that a large number of people were approaching from outside the wall.

And they are clearly sword and shield soldiers and spearmen.

Further away, there were even archers.

how can that be!

The wild Taoist's eyes were filled with astonishment and doubt.

If there were so many people around, he would have noticed long ago.

After all, a person's blood and energy are very strong, especially when so many people are gathered together, and they are all soldiers. Their blood and energy can almost soar into the sky, so there is no reason why he could not feel it.

Unless these are not living people.

Wait a minute... the hermit suddenly understood.

He said fiercely, "Paper Prince!"

Sure enough, as the figures drew closer, it became clear that they were all paper figures.

But when he looked around, he saw that there were at least four hundred 'people' surrounding him, or more.

Seeing the army of paper figures closing in, he no longer hesitated and turned to leap away.

Then, he felt the air currents turbulent. He subconsciously turned around and drifted to the side. Then, four bolts of purple lightning grazed his body and struck the ground.

The lightning and fire scattered, followed by a deafening roar.

The wild Taoist felt as if his ears were about to be deafened by the loud noise.

He hurriedly circulated his internal energy to protect the acupoints on both ears.

Because he turned around, he was forced to fall back to the ground.

The moment they landed, a dense rain of arrows rained down from afar.

"Golden Light Incantation!"

The wild Taoist quickly formed hand seals, and a ball of golden light immediately rose up, protecting his entire body.

A rain of arrows enveloped him; many arrows struck him, but were deflected aside by the golden light.

The wild Taoist focused his mind and felt a barrage of arrows raining down on him. Although he was not injured, his internal energy was being rapidly depleted.

At the same time, he saw that the arrows lying on the ground were all made of paper.

Paper Prince!
As expected, there are only wrong names, not wrong nicknames.

As a Taoist master, he knew very well the origin of the paper-making technique. It was first created by the Taoist school, but they felt it was too evil, so the Taoist school abandoned the technique and gave it to the common people.

Over hundreds of years of refinement by folk artists, this paper-making technique has become increasingly unorthodox, but also increasingly powerful.

But he knew that for an ordinary person to perform paper-making, being able to control twenty paper figures at the same time was already a sign of great skill.

How many of these is Paper Prince controlling?
At least four hundred. This is no longer magic, but supernatural power.

No wonder the Executioners Association couldn't do anything about such a genius.

As the paper figures approached, the wild Taoist cupped his hands together to form a cylinder, took a deep breath, and blew into it.

A huge fire dragon spewed out from between his hands.

This fire dragon is bigger and longer than the one from two days ago.

The firelight even illuminated the entire backyard of Wenbi.

The flames crashed directly into the pile of paper figures.

At least one hundred paper figures should be set on fire.

The wild Taoist chuckled, somewhat smug, and was about to continue 'blowing on the fire' when he sensed a disturbance in the air above.

This time, he had the experience and dodged continuously, managing to avoid five lightning strikes in one go.

Then he laughed in the direction of the pavilion, "Hahaha, Paper Prince, you've used up all your tricks, haven't you?"

"The paper figure is countered by my Samadhi True Fire, and your lightning strikes cannot hit me. I am most skilled at sensing changes in Qi. If you want to use magic to deal with me, you should give up on that idea."

Li Lin emerged from the darkness of the pavilion, also dressed in black, but this only accentuated his fair complexion.

“Wild Taoist, I told you, as long as you don’t do evil, I won’t interfere with you, but you don’t seem to have that thought.” Li Lin stopped and looked at him quietly.

The wild Taoist snorted and said, "The Wen family brat's woman should have died long ago. I saved her. Now she has something I need, so he should repay the favor and give it to me. I'm not going to kill her; I just want to study her for a while. What's wrong with that?"

"You don't care if people are unwilling?"

"Once I figure out how she survived despite having only one head, I can save even more people in the future. Do you understand?"

Li Lin shook his head: "I don't understand. I only know that you, like other members of the Zhuxian Society, use the name of righteousness to do evil deeds."

The wild Taoist laughed heartily: "Paper Prince, you call yourself a scholar, yet you don't even know the story of killing one person to save ten thousand?"

Li Lin shook his head: "I don't agree."

"Very well!" The wild Taoist snorted. "With you protecting the Wen family this time, I'll retreat first, but you can't protect them forever. There will always be times when you let your guard down, and I'll come back."

Having said that, the wild Taoist used his lightness technique to leave.

But at that moment, four more bolts of lightning struck down.

The Taoist priest dodged again and then returned to the courtyard.

“I didn’t say you could leave.”

After Li Lin finished speaking, more paper figures stood up not far away and slowly walked over, joining the paper figure army and forming a new formation.

"Your Samadhi True Fire is indeed powerful; it can burn a whole bunch of paper figures in one go," Li Lin laughed. "But do you know how many paper figures I prepared for you?"

"How many?"

"Guess!" Li Lin smiled mischievously.

At this moment, the array of paper figures pressed down once more.

At the same time, another barrage of arrows was fired.

The Taoist priest repeated the same trick, using the Golden Light Mantra to block the rain of arrows.

This time, things weren't so easy for him. As he cast the Golden Light Spell, four bolts of lightning struck down.

Li Lin discovered that the wild Taoist seemed unable to move freely when casting the Golden Light Spell.

The lightning from Heaven struck him squarely.

The light of the Golden Light Mantra dimmed instantly.

The wild Taoist instinctively took five steps back.

At this moment, the wild Taoist was already getting a little anxious.

More than two hundred swordsmen and spearmen pressed down in front of him at the same time. Although they had not yet started attacking, the oppressive feeling was already chilling.

The wild Taoist glanced at the paper figure, then at Li Lin.

At this moment, Li Lin was completely unprotected.

He knew that escaping from the encirclement of paper figures was virtually impossible.

So there's only one way now: capture Li Lin.

He charged towards Li Lin, his lightness technique making him extremely fast, but halfway there, he felt a chill run down his spine, and then he dodged with a backward leap.

Then he discovered that a woman had suddenly appeared on the path he was supposed to take.

That's the same Jurchen ruler who exuded an eerie aura before.

He saw the woman extend her smooth right hand, as if she were about to pick something.

"What a pity." Li Yanjing smiled and then disappeared again.

She had been hiding in front of Li Lin, and if the wild Taoist had rushed any faster, he would have entered her 'attack' range.

She could then remove the other person's heart, but unfortunately, she was unsuccessful.

"insidious!"

The wild Taoist was feeling cold all over; he could feel the yin energy had already 'touched' the skin of his left chest.

I was just a hair's breadth away from having my heart ripped out.

At this moment, the wild Taoist felt despair.

Behind him was an army of paper figures closing in. He wanted to escape, but with thunder rolling in, he couldn't get away at all.

They wanted to capture the king, but he was protected by a True Lord.

It seems the other party has foreseen everything.

"If I admit defeat, will you spare my life?" the wild Taoist asked.

"What do you think?" Li Lin's expression was cold.

It seems that this is not possible.

The wild Taoist took a deep breath and took out the wine gourd from his back.

At the same time, Li Lin's expression turned serious, and then he slowly backed away.

The Chu Palace also had one of these wine gourds.

(End of this chapter)