The Terror of the Heavens Begins with Gu

Chapter 187 First Encounter with the Spirit Medium and the Invocation of the White Crane Boy
Li Zhen watched expressionlessly as the woman continued to approach.

Just as the woman lunged at the vampire, the vampire suddenly reached out and shoved her backward.

The panicked woman fell to the ground, rolled backward several times, and crashed into a clump of bushes.

With a "whoosh" sound, the woman, her face covered in blood, crawled up from the bushes and looked at Li Zhen in fear.

The man behind him holding the kitchen knife was also startled by the scene. He stopped in place for a moment and then slowly backed away.

"Who are you? You're not... not from around here, I don't know you!" the man said warily.

Li Zhen said coldly, "Come closer to me, and I will kill you."

The man swallowed hard and kept backing away.

The woman wiped the blood from her face and stepped aside.

Everything here seemed strange. Li Zhen was already showing mercy by not killing the person who was trying to get close to him.

Ignoring the two, Li Zhen followed the stream to the foot of the mountain behind the village.

This mountain was extremely steep, somewhat similar to the mountains he had seen in "The King's Armor Removal". It was shaped like a bamboo shoot and covered with various wild grasses and shrubs, exactly the same scene that Li Zhen saw when he was reading the second volume of the law scroll.

It's here...

Li Zhen walked to the side of the mountain and looked at the other peaks.

These mountains may look similar, but their orientation determines their five-element attributes.

After identifying the five elements of the mountain peaks, Li Zhen took out another piece of white paper from behind the female demon.

The feng shui master with slicked-back hair and glasses was ranked second by Li Zhen.

Li Zhen still doesn't know the man's name, but since those feng shui masters have chosen him as their leader, his abilities must be top-notch.

After reviewing the feng shui master's plan, Li Zhen determined that it was the most suitable plan to be combined with Xu Xiaoming's plan.

This feng shui master's plan differs from Xu Xiaoming's.

Xu Xiaoming focused on the potential problems with the Zhenshan Xuanyin seal and suggested that Li Zhen first improve the flow of Feng Shui energy. However, the Feng Shui master gave Li Zhen a more radical approach.

In this plan, the person provided a special feng shui secret technique, suggesting that Li Zhen use this technique to reverse the five elements attributes of these five mountain peaks.

At the instant the mountain's attributes change, the opposing elements of the Five Elements will interact and, theoretically, unleash the strongest suppressive power of the magic array.

After that, the magic circle will be destroyed.

This method is indeed more radical than Xu Xiaoming's method.

However, after trying Xu Xiaoming's method, although the fog here was broken, the Zhenshan Xuan Seal did not change much.

Li Zhen had no other options but to use more radical methods.

Even if the Mountain-Suppressing Mystic Art is broken, it might not necessarily be a bad thing for Li Zhen.

After suppressing that so-called "demon of fate" for so long, the Mountain-Suppressing Seal has undergone some unusual changes for some reason, making this place extremely strange.

If the Mountain-Suppressing Seal is broken, perhaps everything can return to its original state.

When Li Zhen arrived at the foot of the first mountain peak, he saw that a large rock on the mountain had been hollowed out, and a shrine had been set up inside.

There was burnt black ash in front of the shrine.

A babbling stream flowed from a crevice in the rocks not far from the shrine and merged into the creek.

Upon approaching, Li Zhen saw a unique faceless statue enshrined in the shrine.

Like the mist, the statue exuded an eerie aura.

All the statues of gods enshrined in shrines, even those that are low-class evil gods, usually have clear appearances and names, but the statues in this shrine are different.

After frowning and examining the statue for a moment, Li Zhen looked up at the wet rock wall and saw that the plants hanging down from the rock were also wet, with water droplets constantly dripping from the leaves. The whole rock exuded a cold and damp aura.

This mountain is located in the north and belongs to the water element in the Five Elements theory; the characteristics here also conform to this attribute.

Water corresponds to Fire...

Li Zhen took out a piece of yellow paper, quickly drew the corresponding talisman on it, and then lit a fire under the rock.

As thick smoke billowed out and flames roared up, the talismans that Li Zhen had pasted on the wall were scraped upwards and flew around.

Having done all this, Li Zhen headed clockwise towards the next mountain peak.

After successfully completing the arrangement of the remaining three mountain peaks, Li Zhen arrived at the middle mountain peak.

The layout here is the most troublesome.

Li Zhen took out various materials from behind the female demon.

He put down the vermilion ink and dipped his right index finger into it.

Suddenly, a series of light footsteps sounded from behind Li Zhen.

"...I smelled it, it's right here...You didn't lie to Grandma, that's good, that's good..."

"...Grandma can't bear to kill you all..."

Li Zhen frowned and turned to look.

Several torches appeared on the mountain road and were rapidly approaching.

As the other party approached, he realized that the three people walking in front were the same three he had seen before.

However, at this point, only the woman and the old man remained; the middle-aged strong man had vanished without a trace.

Li Zhen smelled blood on them and guessed that the man's fate might not be good.

The woman and the old man who appeared in front of him were both stiff, looking like puppets being manipulated.

The person who killed the middle-aged man was probably the one who manipulated the two of them.

Li Zhen shifted his gaze to the darkness behind the two people.

Behind the two appeared an old woman with a pouty mouth, holding a swaddled baby.

This old woman has an evil aura about her; she's definitely not a good person.

The old woman, who wasn't a good person in Li Zhen's eyes, naturally wouldn't think Li Zhen was a good person either.

Upon seeing Li Zhen, the old woman's expression turned serious.

"I thought they were just trying to scare this old woman, but I didn't expect that someone really could come here." The old woman laughed again, revealing a mouthful of yellow teeth. "Child, what benefits have you gained here? Your mother seems to know a lot about this place."

The woman standing in front of the old woman frantically winked at Li Zhen, seemingly pleading for help.

Li Zhen, who wanted to resolve the issue as quickly as possible, had grown weary of the situation here.

He didn't want to waste any more time here.

"I'll give you ten seconds." Li Zhen took a deep breath, barely suppressing his anger. "If you still appear before me in ten seconds, you're dead." Hearing Li Zhen's words, the old woman's expression faltered slightly.

"What a confident young man. I haven't seen such an arrogant young man in a long time." The old woman patted the swaddled baby in her arms. "The last time I met him was... about five years ago? A guy who claimed to be a disciple of Changshan. In the end, I extracted his soul and fed it to my little baby."

Li Zhen closed his eyes, his primordial spirit already stirring restlessly.

But then he suddenly opened his eyes and looked in another direction.

A crisp bell sound was carried to everyone's ears by the gentle breeze.

The old woman also squinted and looked in that direction.

Soon, a group of seven or eight people appeared in Li Zhen and the old woman's sight, led by a young man of eighteen or nineteen.

This young man was clearly a difficult person to get along with; as soon as he appeared, he brazenly sized up Li Zhen and the old woman.

Neither Li Zhen nor the old woman were looking at the young man; rather, they were looking at an old man standing next to him.

The old man had thinning, completely white hair, but he stood straight and had bright eyes. He was more energetic than the young man who didn't stand properly.

The man had one hand behind his back and the other hand holding a cane, with several bells hanging from the tiger head at the top of the cane.

The sound that Li Zhen heard was the sound of these bells.

Standing behind these two were men and women, who were likely the young man's subordinates.

The old woman clearly knew the old man.

Looking at the old man, a hint of apprehension flickered in her eyes: "From this distance, I could smell the stench emanating from you, you old codger... It's a real disappointment that you're still alive. What's this? Become a bodyguard for some young man today? Or have you been subdued by someone else?"

The old man snorted coldly and said nothing.

The young man standing in front of him chuckled and said, "It's my honor that you're willing to come out of retirement to be my bodyguard, old man. At least you're protecting a living person. But that one in your hands, Granny Ghost... is it still breathing?"

These words seemed to strike a nerve with the old woman, causing her face to turn cold: "Sharp-tongued little rascals usually don't live long. Back in the day..."

The young man interrupted, "Don't dwell on the past. An old man like you should have been buried long ago. You're so old, how dare you come and try to steal from us young people?"

He glanced at the towering mountain in the center with great interest and shouted to Li Zhen, "Kid, were you the first one here? If you tell me the secret of this place, maybe I'll be in a better mood and help you out."

"Don't think I take this old woman seriously. I have to admit she has some abilities, otherwise she wouldn't be alive now."

"Do you see the baby in his arms? That's her grandson, whom she accidentally killed. She wants to defy fate and resurrect her grandson."

"As a result, she used a lot of evil magic and killed a lot of people, but accomplished nothing. Yet she's still alive today. Now you know how terrifying she is, right?"

The old woman, her face dark with anger, laughed furiously: "You little bastard, you're so arrogant! You're like a newborn calf that doesn't fear a tiger, daring to say anything. I love your mouth..."

Before the young man could speak, the old man standing behind him tensed up and suddenly stepped forward to block the young man's path.

The bell hanging from the tiger head on his cane jingled wildly, emitting a piercing ringing sound.

Upon seeing this, the young man naturally knew that something must have happened that posed a threat to his life.

But he wasn't afraid; instead, he became even more excited, his eyes wide as he looked ahead.

Without any warning, the old woman's body suddenly flew backward.

As if attacked, the swaddling clothes she was holding were smashed to pieces and flew in all directions.

The mummified remains of the infant in swaddling clothes were also scattered into several pieces.

After landing, the old woman coughed up a mouthful of blood.

But instead of paying attention to her own injuries, she frantically examined the mummified infant corpse in her hands.

Seeing that the head of the mummified corpse she was holding tightly in her arms had only cracked open slightly, and that its eyes, which were like black gemstones, were dim but still had some luster, she breathed a sigh of relief.

A terrifying aura descended.

The old woman's hair stood on end.

By then, it was too late to react.

Although she couldn't see the thing that was already in front of her with the naked eye, she could feel something about to grab her neck.

Just then, the head she was holding in her arms suddenly flew upwards and blocked the old woman's neck.

With a "bang," the head suddenly exploded, sending the old woman flying backward.

She landed heavily a few meters away, and the old woman, coughing up blood, got up from the ground.

She didn't know why the young man in front of her was so terrifying, but she knew that she was now on the verge of death, and that if she was not careful, she would die here today.

Without wasting any time, before she even got up from the ground, she began chanting a spell.

At the same time, she wiped her mouth with her left hand, getting her own blood on it, and then patted her body with her own blood a few times.

Countless translucent filaments flew out of the old woman's body and shot out in all directions, while the old woman herself disappeared from the spot.

"You...you're dead! I will kill you! I will kill your friends, your family, everyone you know...blood for blood, I will make you wish you were dead!"

The old woman's voice, filled with gritted teeth, echoed through the air.

The voice carried a chilling resentment and seemed to be everywhere; no one could pinpoint the old woman's location by its sound.

Li Zhen, who was standing still, suddenly opened his eyes.

A few strands of long hair and a few drops of blood appeared on his hand.

A voice suddenly rang out: "That old woman is ruthless and loves to kill. If you can't keep her around, you'll be in trouble later."

Li Zhen glanced at the old man with a cane who was speaking, then reached behind the banshee and took out the fleshy demon statue.

With a single rub of his hand, he twisted the hair in his hand into a ball, which was also stained with the old woman's blood.

Immediately, Li Zhen stuffed the clump of hair into the mouth of the demon statue and chanted an evil incantation.

The demonic statue that had sensed the old woman's presence began to absorb the yin energy emanating from her from the air.

After setting down the fleshy demon statue, Li Zhen casually drew a simple human portrait under it with the blood on his hands.

After the demonic statue exhaled the yin energy it had absorbed onto the human statue, Li Zhen took out coffin nails and hammered them into the statue.

A scream rang out, and the old woman appeared, landing on a pile of rubble, her fate unknown.

The pile of rubble suddenly split open, swallowing the old woman underground.

Will flesh and blood be devoured here as well?
Li Zhen put away the demon statue and walked towards the pile of rocks.

"What an evil aura!" The young man suddenly jumped excitedly in front of Li Zhen, examining him as if he were a precious treasure. "After wandering around for so long, I've finally found it..."

"Hey, if I can beat you, you'll become my subordinate and work for me, how about it?"

He reached back with his right hand, then smeared it across his face, covering it with a layer of multicolored paint...

(End of this chapter)