The Terror of the Heavens Begins with Gu

Chapter 157 The Longevity Method of the White Lotus Sect's Five Ghost Path (Part 1)
The vampire's right arm suddenly shot out, blocking Qinghai's magic sword.

The gleaming magic sword did not sever the vampire's right arm, but half of it was embedded in the vampire's arm.

The vampire turned to Qinghai, bared its fangs, roared at Qinghai, and slapped at Qinghai with its other hand.

The magic sword was embedded in the vampire's arm, and Qinghai used great force to pull it out.

But at that moment, the vampire's hand slammed down.

Qinghai had no choice but to use his magic sword to block in front of him, but the vampire swatted him and his sword away.

Staggering backward a great distance, Qinghai coughed up a mouthful of blood.

"What terrifying zombies..."

Qinghai's hand, gripping the sword, trembled uncontrollably, and he was filled with horror.

Once you engage in combat, you realize that these zombies are even more terrifying than they appear.

No wonder it was able to suppress evil spirits...

After pausing for a moment, Qinghai took out several talismans from his pocket, flicked his right hand, and threw them at the little fish.

Li Zhen stood between the talisman and the vampire.

The talismans exploded one after another before they could even be attached to Li Zhen's body.

The red-eyed bat crashed down from the sky and struck Qinghai's raised magic sword. It seemed like only a light touch, but Qinghai was thrown backward and slammed into the wall, spitting out a mouthful of blood.

Qinghai slumped to the ground, blood continuously flowing from the corner of his mouth.

"Master...Master, are you alright?"

Huang Bin ran to the wall and hurriedly helped Qinghai up.

Although Chu Liu saw that Qinghai wanted to kill Xiaoyu, who had turned into a demon, he still helped Qinghai up.

"I'm fine...cough cough, don't worry."

"Master, you've vomited a lot of blood! Are you really alright?"

"They won't die." Putting down his magic sword, Qinghai looked at Li Zhen with a wry smile. "Friend, now is the best opportunity to kill the demonic infants. If we give them time, it could lead to terrible consequences. You don't want to see that happen."

Li Zhen said, "I won't give them that chance."

Qinghai sighed: "I admire your profound magical abilities, but I hope you will not be careless."

After testing the waters, he realized he couldn't kill the demonic infant, so he resigned himself to his fate.

The little fish let out a scream.

"Little fish!"

On the sixth day of the lunar month, he hurriedly looked over and found that Xiaoyu had been captured by the vampire zombie again. He panicked and got up to run towards Xiaoyu.

"Don't go! Don't go!" Huang Bin grabbed Chu Liu's arm. "You can't save Xiaoyu!"

After calming down a bit on the sixth day, Huang Bin stood up and gave Li Zhen a stiff smile: "Master, is Xiaoyu really not going to die?"

Li Zhen nodded: "Her situation is a bit special. She still retains some consciousness. I will remove the demonic infant and try to preserve that part of her consciousness."

"Then... then Little Fish can only be a ghost from now on?"

"This was her tribulation, and this is already the best outcome."

How much longer can the little fish live?

How much are you willing to pay?

Chu Liu hurriedly said, "Any price! Master, I'm willing to pay any price! Please, save Xiaoyu!"

Upon hearing this, Qinghai helplessly uttered, "What a tragedy."

Li Zhen glanced at Chu Liu, then turned and walked towards Xiao Yu, who was being held by the vampire and the mahjong ghost.

Xiao Yu's situation is indeed different from that of Marshal Xu's wives.

Li Zhen could clearly see a hint of struggle in her eyes.

The imp who brought the special ink and needle and thread that Li Zhen needed appeared beside Li Zhen.

It's not difficult to preserve the little fish's soul; it's simply a matter of preventing the soul from dissipating the moment the demonic infant is removed.

However, Xiaoyu is actually dead. Even if her soul is preserved temporarily, she can only become a living dead. If she wants to live in the world afterward, she can only increase her activity time in the mortal realm by raising ghosts.

This will definitely have a strong negative impact on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year.

The small fish might not choose to live that way.

However, this has nothing to do with Detective Li.

He arrived too late; there wasn't much he could do.

Using his right hand, covered in snake-scale patterns, as a brush, Li Zhen began drawing eerie talismans on the little fish's face and body.

Huang Bin and Chu Liu cautiously walked to a spot not far from the little fish, looking at it with concern.

With a pale face, Qinghai wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, walked in front of the two, and frowned as he looked at the talisman drawn by Li Zhen.

The Mahjong Ghost and the red-eyed bat perched on the vampire's shoulder watched Qinghai warily.

After quickly drawing the talisman, Li Zhen had the red-eyed bat distract the little fish for a moment, then sewed her eyes shut with needle and thread, and found something to seal her other orifices.

At this moment, Qinghai suddenly said, "Your method can forcibly retain her soul, but this method is too crude. If her soul is stronger, then naturally there will be no problem."

"But she's just an ordinary person. If you do that, it will definitely affect her mental state in the end."

Li Zhen stopped what he was doing and turned to look at Qinghai.

Qinghai continued, "When you take out the demonic infant, I can help you stabilize her soul and try to maintain her sanity."

Li Zhen didn't say anything.

"Don't worry, I didn't even bring my magic sword." Qinghai held out his hand, indicating that he was not holding anything. "Killing a demon infant won't affect what happens afterward. I'm not foolish enough to risk my life for such a thing."

Li Zhen turned around and continued doing his own thing.

The demonic infant inside the little fish's belly was still struggling.

After nearly being killed by Li Zhen, it fell into silence.

The little fish slowly closed its open abdomen.

Li Zhen drew talismans on both sides of the little fish's split abdomen, and finally sewed up half of the split with thread.

The vampire zombie that had been holding the little fish slowly released its grip and backed away.

The little fish, its eyes lifeless, lay down on the ground.

Li Zhen approached the little fish's abdomen and recited a few incantations.

Unafraid of the terrifying evil creatures like vampires and red-eyed bats, Qinghai came to Xiaoyu's head, sat down on the ground, formed a complex hand seal, pressed it on Xiaoyu's forehead, and chanted profound scriptures.

Li Zhen's right hand suddenly slashed downwards, piercing the small fish's belly along the unstitched area.

When he pulled it back, he was holding the last demonic infant in his hand.

The awakened demonic infant let out a piercing scream and struggled desperately in Li Zhen's hands.

Li Zhen casually stuffed the demonic infant into the mouth of the ghost fetus.

The demon fetus's serrated teeth bit down and pierced through the demon infant's body.

Black blood flowed from the demonic infant's body and was swallowed by the ghost fetus.

The little fish's body began to convulse.

Li Zhen, his right hand stained with blood, pressed down on the unstitched opening in Xiao Yu's abdomen. With his left hand, he took the sewing needle handed to him by the little devil and inserted it into the opening, stitching it up little by little.

Qinghai, who was sitting cross-legged next to the little fish's head, began chanting more urgently.

A thick layer of sweat had appeared on his forehead.

Huang Bin and Chu Liu waited anxiously to the side.

A few minutes later, Li Zhen stood up after completely sewing up the tear in the little fish's abdomen.

At his signal, the little devil went to the little fish's head, untied the thread that was sewn to the little fish's eyes, and removed the things that were sealing the little fish's other five orifices.

“Master…” Chu Liu looked at Li Zhen with concern.

Li Zhen raised his hand, interrupting him.

A few minutes later, Qinghai withdrew his hands and stopped chanting. As he stood up, he swayed and almost fell, but Huang Bin caught him with quick reflexes.

The little fish's eyelids twitched a few times, then slowly opened.

"The sixth day..."

"Little Fish, you're awake! You're finally awake! I thought..."

Overjoyed, Chu Liu carefully helped the little fish up and hugged it tightly in his arms.

Remembering something, he released the little fish, faced Li Zhen, and kowtowed to Li Zhen several times.

"Thank you so much, Master, for your help on the sixth day of the lunar month! Thank you so much, Master, for helping Xiaoyu!"

After kowtowing to Li Zhen, he turned around and kowtowed to Qinghai.

Qinghai quickly pulled him back: "I didn't do anything, you don't need to bow so deeply to me."

Li Zhen didn't get involved in the aftermath.

He led the vampires and others towards a house.

The little ghost and the mahjong ghost flickered and appeared in front of a corpse, each pulling a corpse towards the room where Li Zhen had gone.

Having noticed this, Qinghai hurriedly gave Chu Liu a few instructions before chasing after Li Zhen.

"I don't know what you're planning, but the Demon Infant's origins are certainly not simple. You must not be careless."

As Li Zhen reached the door, he turned to look at Qinghai.

After hesitating for a moment, Qinghai said, "After the Demon Infant was born, it caused a lot of bloodshed. As a last resort, the local government found my master."

“My master suppressed some people from the Five Ghost Path who created the Five Demon Infants, and fought a battle with the demon infants. In the end, he could only seal the demon infants, but could not kill them.”

"In that battle, my master was seriously injured and died not long after. The jar that sealed the evil spirit was also accidentally lost and its whereabouts are unknown."

“My master was still upset about not eliminating the evil spirit. He told me that the evil spirit would definitely be reborn and that I should find an opportunity to get rid of it.”

"Before he died, he told me that these evil spirits were not just simple ghosts, and that the methods used to deal with ghosts could not be used to deal with evil spirits. After these five evil spirits obtained enough blood, they would become immortal. As long as there was a trace of evil thought left, they could be reborn by borrowing another body."

"Moreover, although they appear to be five independent entities, they are actually interdependent. As long as one evil spirit remains alive, the other four can be resurrected."

"That year, in order to create these five evil spirits, the Five Ghosts Path killed countless people and slaughtered all the villages within a radius of dozens of miles. This shows how terrifying these evil spirits were."

Li Zhen asked, "What kind of sect is the Five Ghosts Path?"

Qinghai rubbed his chest and said to Li Zhen, "You must know about the White Lotus Sect, so I won't go into details."

"Many branches have emerged from the White Lotus Sect, such as the Qingcha Sect, the Hunyuan Sect, and the Hongyang Sect. These sects differ in their doctrines."

"The Five Ghosts Path was a sect that suddenly rose to prominence in the late Qing Dynasty. Like the Qingcha Sect, the Five Ghosts Path also emphasized the creation divinity of the Eternal Mother and stressed returning to the Void Homeland."

"However, unlike the Qingcha Sect, which is characterized by fasting and adheres to the philosophy of purifying the mind and reducing desires, the Five Ghosts Sect has also absorbed some of the Hongfeng Sect's spells, exorcism techniques, and other magic, forming its own unique philosophy."

"They believe that the end times are coming soon, and they must return to their vacuum home before the end times, otherwise they will be reduced to ashes."

"To return to the homeland of the Vacuum, one must guide the five attendants who serve the Mother of Vacuum down to lead everyone into the homeland of the Vacuum. Therefore, their magic involves the five attendants in many places, hence they are called the Five Ghosts Path."

"Naturally, they don't call themselves the Five Ghosts Path, but rather the Five Immortals Path."

"Those five evil spirits were created by them. It's a pity that the evil spirits didn't take them to the Vacuum Homeland. As soon as they appeared, they killed most of the people of the Five Ghost Path."

Li Zhen pondered, "How did they create these five evil spirits?"

“I don’t know the specifics, and neither does my master. It’s a secret of their sect, and I’m afraid only their core members know it,” Qinghai said. “After the evil spirit was suppressed, the remaining followers of the Five Ghosts Path became like rats that everyone wanted to kill, and they disappeared without a trace.”

"So many years have passed, and I have never encountered anyone from the Five Ghosts Path again."

“These five evil spirits are said to be immortal, but they don’t seem that difficult to kill.” Li Zhen looked at the five withered demonic infants. “I know that these five evil spirits have been suppressed by a golden Buddha. If that’s the case, why not use that golden Buddha to kill them directly?”

“My friend even knows about that golden Buddha statue, so it seems you didn’t come here by chance,” Qinghai said slowly. “Perhaps my friend knows the origin of that golden Buddha statue.”

“My master came from the western highlands. That golden Buddha was a treasure of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism that he carried with him. It had been enshrined in the temple for hundreds of years and contained the power of countless Gelug monks’ thoughts. It was no ordinary thing.”

"The reason we were able to suppress those evil spirits that had devoured so much blood was entirely due to this golden Buddha."

"But even the golden Buddha cannot kill the evil spirit; it can only suppress it. The only way to kill the evil spirit is in a special situation like this."

“They have just been reborn and have a physical body, and they haven’t eaten much blood. This is the best time to eliminate them, so I don’t want to miss this opportunity.”

“I have been tracking the evil spirit for many years. A few years ago, I suddenly sensed that the evil spirit’s evil aura was in this direction, so I came here.”

“I came to this town a few months ago, but I wasn’t sure if the evil spirit was here. It took me a long time to investigate before I was sure that the evil spirit was here. But I was too late.”

This is pretty much what Li Zhen thought.

He asked the question that concerned him most: "The Five Ghosts Path created these five evil spirits, but failed to achieve their purpose at all? If that's the case, how could they have created these five things?"

These two questions may seem unrelated, but Qinghai, being involved in the situation, immediately understood what Li Zhen meant.

The Five Ghosts Path worships five children of the Eternal Mother, and all their rituals revolve around these five children.

If what they are worshipping is wrong, then where did these five terrifying evil spirits come from?

Things are definitely not that simple.

Qinghai thought for a moment and said to Li Zhen, "Actually, even my master didn't know whether they failed or succeeded."

“When my master arrived at the scene following the smell of blood, he only saw a pile of mutilated corpses. Strangely, there were no signs of resistance, and the dead people whose heads were partially preserved all had smiles on their faces.”

"In other words, they were all automatically devoured by evil spirits, perhaps because they believed they could return to their vacuum homeland in this way."

After a moment of contemplation, Li Zhen said, "If these evil spirits are really related to the Eternal Mother, why are they so weak?"

The weakness he's referring to isn't just the weakness of the current evil spirits; even the so-called immortal and indestructible beings with boundless magic power are far too weak.

The belief in the "Eternal Mother" was absorbed from Taoism by the White Lotus Sect. She is the highest deity in the White Lotus Sect's belief system, as well as the creator and redeemer of the world.

If these five evil spirits were truly related to the Eternal Mother, they certainly wouldn't look like that.

Qinghai laughed and said, "Doesn't this prove that these five evil spirits have no relation to the Eternal Mother? If they had even the slightest relation, they wouldn't have become evil spirits that devour flesh and blood."

"The Five Ghosts Path claims to worship the Eternal Mother, but no one knows who they enshrine on their altar."

Li Zhen nodded, and finally asked, "If I kill all five of them at the same time, will they all die?"

Qinghai nodded, then hesitated and shook his head: "Logically speaking, if you kill all five of them, they will die, but no one has ever killed all five of them, so... I'm not sure if they will die."

"Friends, you can try killing all five of them, but remember, you must not let any of them escape, otherwise the five demons will definitely reappear in the world."

Li Zhen sensed the runes but didn't get any information about the mission being completed. The reason was probably that he hadn't dealt with the five demonic infants.

He didn't say anything more, turned around and went into the room.

Now that the demonic infant is in his hands, and Huang Bin is with Qinghai outside, there is definitely no danger.

Who knows what secrets of the Five Ghost Path might be gleaned through these five demonic infants...

Li Zhen's intuition told him that there were some secrets hidden among these five demonic infants that greatly interested him.

“These talismans of mine can subdue evil spirits, take them.” Qinghai suddenly ran to Li Zhen and handed him all the talismans in his hand.

Li Zhen was a little surprised, but still reached out and caught the talisman.

With a "snap," the talisman that came into contact with Li Zhen suddenly exploded.

As if electrocuted, Li Zhen instinctively withdrew his hand and frowned as he looked at Qinghai.

Qinghai said awkwardly, "I didn't expect this talisman to react to evil energy..."

He placed the talismans on the ground and said to Li Zhen, "I've put all the talismans here. My friend, use them as you see fit."

"My magic sword is also specially prepared for exorcising evil spirits. If you need it, I can lend it to you temporarily."

Li Zhen glanced at Qinghai and smiled: "In your eyes, how different am I from an evil spirit? Why aren't you worried about what kind of bloodshed I might commit?"

"The Yellow Sect places the greatest emphasis on the three words: discipline, concentration, and wisdom. Discipline is the foundation of practice, while wisdom is the highest pursuit of our practice." Qinghai pointed to his eyes. "Although my wisdom has not reached the legendary level, I can still clearly distinguish between evil spirits and humans."

“I’m not worried that my friend will kill innocent people indiscriminately. In dealing with this young girl outside, my friend’s actions proved that my wisdom was useful.”

"I'm worried that my friend's overconfidence caused him to miss the opportunity to exorcise the evil spirit."

Li Zhen's eyes widened in surprise.

“I’m only interested in the secrets contained within evil spirits; I won’t keep them around for long.”

After giving an explanation, Li Zhen went into the room.

The little ghost and the mahjong ghost dragged the corpses from other places into the room.

(End of this chapter)