The Terror of the Heavens Begins with Gu

Chapter 193 Using Evil to Fight Evil
“Yes, just mentioning it will enrage it.” Li Zhen looked at the ceiling. “The Eight Directions Heaven Hand Seal is for accumulating merit. Do you know what that hand seal that resembles the Reverse Eight Directions Heaven Hand Seal means? It represents sharing the curse.”

"The phrase 'Fire Buddha Xiu Yi, Heart Sa Mu Mou' means offering one's true name and sharing the curse. As long as this curse is recited, the evil spirit will notice it."

"That evil spirit was sealed in Chenjia Village, and the curse it could spread was limited. The people of Chenjia Village survived by sharing the curse."

Xie Qiming said, "If enough people share the curse, can the person afflicted by the curse survive?"

Li Zhen said calmly, "Li Ruonan and the others must have damaged the seal, making the evil spirit's curse stronger than before. The people of Chenjia Village may have already died."

"If you want to survive by sharing the curse, you definitely need to share the curse with more people and spread it to more people."

Xie Qiming frowned and said, "Then..."

A chill suddenly rose from the bottom of his heart, making him tense up, as if something was staring at him from behind.

Xie Qiming suddenly turned his head to look behind him and saw a dark shadow flash across the ceiling, which startled him so much that his heart pounded.

"Did you see that?" Xie Qiming, sweating profusely, looked at Li Zhen and said with a look of fear on his face.

After saying that, he took out a piece of paper and wiped away the blood flowing from his nose.

Looking at Xie Qiming's back, Li Zhen nodded: "The curse is already affecting your body, attracting some unclean things to your side."

Xie Qiming's face turned even paler.

After a moment of silence, he said in despair, "Am I going to die? Does Duoduo know what you said? If she knew, maybe she could save Duoduo's life."

“She doesn’t know that you are the first person I’ve contacted,” Li Zhen said calmly. “You won’t die either.”

Xie Qiming took a deep breath: "You have a way to save me?"

Li Zhen nodded: "That's exactly why I came."

Seemingly understanding something, Li Qiming said, "You're a mage? No, aren't you from Duoduo's side?"

Li Zhen casually made up a story: "The reason why Chenjia Village was able to seal that evil spirit back then was because of the help of my sect."

“My sect made arrangements, and we thought that seal would be able to keep the evil spirits sealed for at least several decades. But we didn’t expect that the seal would break down after only a few years.”

"After realizing that the seal was broken, I originally wanted to go directly to Chenjia Village to take a look, but I inadvertently sensed that the evil spirit's curse had begun to spread, so I followed the curse to take a look at Li Ruonan, and then found you."

Logically speaking, there's not much of a problem with these statements.

If it weren't for the help of professionals, the ordinary people in Chenjia Village wouldn't have known how to seal that evil spirit.

If it weren't for the connection to the seal on Chenjia Village, Li Zhen wouldn't have known so much inside information.

For Xie Qiming, who is now in this identity, Li Zhen is nothing short of a lifeline.

But his first thought wasn't his own safety, but Chen Letong's safety.

"Can Mr. Li save Duoduo?" he asked excitedly.

Li Zhen shook his head speechlessly: "You're about to die, worry about yourself first."

Xie Qiming leaned back in his chair, a genuine smile appearing on his otherwise unattractive face: "Duoduo is only five or six years old, she has a long life ahead of her... To be honest, if her mother hadn't appeared, I would definitely have adopted her and made her my daughter. Duoduo is really sensible..."

A large amount of blood flowed from his nasal cavity, and he quickly found some paper to plug his nostrils.

When he first felt his eyes itch, he felt unwell all over, like he had a fever.

Now, this feeling is becoming increasingly strong.

The discomfort had spread to the point where his whole body felt itchy, as if his clothes were covered with thorns that pierced his skin, making him restless.

Not only his skin, but his mind was also becoming increasingly foggy, and even his vision was affected. Even things that were very close to him appeared as double images in his eyes.

From his eyes to his nosebleed, Xie Qiming... feels like now it's his teeth's turn.

He rubbed his chin and asked Li Zhen, "I feel like something's wrong with my body, like I'm sick. What should I do now?"

Li Zhen withdrew his gaze: "I need to prepare a ritual to temporarily suppress the curse on you. Do you have any food at home?"

The two statements were so contradictory that Xie Qiming was stunned for a moment before he realized what was going on.

"Yes, I'll go get it for Mr. Li."

He pushed back his chair, got up and ran to the refrigerator. As soon as he opened the refrigerator, he suddenly let out a scream.

After he turned to the side, Li Zhen saw that the refrigerator, which Xie Qiming had opened, was in complete disarray.

The milk bottle tipped over, and white milk spilled everywhere.

The fresh vegetables inside had already developed mold.

Eggs were broken inside, and the shells were filled with a dark green, viscous liquid that emitted a pungent odor. You could clearly see insects wriggling inside.

Even from a distance, Li Zhen could smell the strange odor emanating from the refrigerator.

Without a doubt, nothing inside is edible.

"It's okay, I have some cookies in my room, I'll go get them." Xie Qiming closed the refrigerator and ran into the room.

The refrigerator door he had closed opened by itself, letting the stench inside escape again.

The sound of flushing water suddenly came from the empty bathroom.

If it were anyone else, they would have been terrified by these strange occurrences, but it was Li Zhen sitting here.

These unusual things were nothing to him.

Is this a warning?

Li Zhen smiled coldly and took out a small glass bottle containing cinnabar and a bottle containing ink from behind the succubus.

Xie Qiming ran out of the room with several boxes of cookies: "I've checked, these are still edible, but there's only so much. These two..."

He looked at the banshee and the vampire who had been standing quietly behind Li Zhen.

In his eyes, these two very strange people might also be sorcerers or something similar, so it was normal for them to be a little odd.

Li Zhen didn't introduce the two people, so he didn't ask.

“They won’t eat,” Li Zhen said without turning his head. “Go find a clean bowl.”

Xie Qiming hurriedly ran into the kitchen and found a white porcelain bowl.

Li Zhen opened the cookie box, picked up a few cookies, and stuffed them into his mouth.

Before and after burying himself, Li Zhen had no appetite, and this was the first time he had eaten anything.

Although his sense of taste was affected by the coffin nails nailed to his body, which made him feel much less sensitive than when he was healthy, he could still taste the sweetness of the biscuits.

Having not tasted this flavor for a long time, Li Zhen felt even hungrier under the stimulation of the sweetness. After pouring the ink into the bowl, Li Zhen took out some cinnabar and added it to the ink. Then he asked Xie Qiming to find a knife and added some blood from his right middle finger into the bowl.

"Sit down and take off your shirt."

Xie Qiming sat down in the chair as Li Zhen instructed and took off his shirt.

At this point, his face looked even worse, and his mental state was very poor, as if he might collapse at any moment.

After circling Xie Qiming once, Li Zhen used a knife to cut open Xie Qiming's chest and took a drop of blood from his chest.

Li Zhen placed the drop of blood on the tip of his index finger, muttered incantations, and then moved his index finger to his eyes. With his left hand, he took the fleshy demon statue from behind the banshee and placed it on the table.

The fleshy demon statue seemed to sense something, and the chunks of flesh on it began to wriggle.

The drop of blood on Li Zhen's fingertip began to wriggle, and tiny maggots appeared from nothing in that drop of blood.

The drop of blood quickly turned blackish-red.

Looking at the maggots on his fingertips, Li Zhen frowned slightly with his eyes closed.

The curse of the Great Black Mother is different from her witchcraft and black magic.

Both black magic and witchcraft are based on the evil intentions of demons, and both require Li Zhen to specify the target of the attack through specific means when they are activated.

While the curse of the Great Black Mother also contains the evil intentions unique to evil spirits, it also contains other things, and it does not require a specific ritual to guide its direction when it is activated.

Or rather, the ritual that triggered the curse of the Great Black Buddha Mother was different from the black magic and witchcraft that Li Zhen had learned before, and was much simpler than those rituals.

Besides, the effects of the Great Black Mother's curse are relatively simple, the most significant being the special ability to cause matter to decay.

This gave Li Zhen the feeling that... the Great Black Buddha Mother was like a wild evil god who had not yet been tamed, so she was more unrestrained.

Suddenly, Li Zhen's consciousness became hazy, and he turned his head to look to his left.

A white shadow flashed past the window.

A chilling aura enveloped Li Zhen, but he easily expelled it with his powerful primordial spirit.

However, Li Zhen still keenly sensed that some changes had occurred in his body.

He must have been under the curse of the Great Black Mother when he mentioned that incantation...

"I feel a little dizzy, I think I'm going to die," Xie Qiming said weakly.

The nose was bleeding so much that the tissues he stuffed in his nose were stained red.

Li Zhen looked back at Xie Qiming, wiped his right index finger clean with toilet paper, dipped his middle finger in some prepared ink, and quickly drew special runes on the blue paper he had taken out.

These runes are naturally in Javanese, and the one Li Zhen drew is the kind of protective talisman he often draws.

He had given Li Xiangwen the same kind of talisman before.

Li Zhen pasted the talisman on Xie Qiming's forehead.

Xie Qiming suddenly yelled and fell backward to the ground, clutching his head and rolling around on the ground, seemingly in great pain.

Are talismans useless?
With a frown, Li Zhen removed the talisman from Xie Qiming's forehead.

Sweating profusely, Xie Qiming immediately stopped screaming and lay on the ground, panting heavily.

After catching his breath for a while, Xie Qiming, pale-faced, spat out a blood-stained tooth and weakly said, "Am I... am I beyond saving? If I'm beyond saving, Mr. Li... don't waste your energy trying to help... Duoduo..."

Li Zhen shook his head and said, "It's not hopeless. The evil spirit's curse has already had a huge impact on your body. Ordinary methods cannot remove this effect or dispel the curse from your body."

“I’m going to use some drastic measures to solve your problem, which may have some impact on your health. Be prepared.”

Li Zhen dipped his finger in ink and drew his first stroke directly on Xie Qiming's forehead.

Although he had learned many techniques, those techniques were, in essence, evil methods.

To be honest, aside from using a gentler method like a talisman to dispel the curse on Xie Qiming, Li Zhen didn't really know how to remove the curse from Xie Qiming's body.

Xie Qiming had been under the curse for some time, and his body had undergone tremendous changes. It was normal that the talisman could not resolve these physical changes.

If Li Zhen were a righteous person, he could ask for divine help and directly solve Xie Qiming's problems, but unfortunately he is not.

But Detective Li is not without options.

As he said, as long as some drastic measures are taken, there shouldn't be much of a problem in saving Xie Qiming's life.

The so-called drastic measures are naturally to ask evil spirits for help, to fight evil with evil.

The method is actually very simple: cast a non-lethal spell on Xie Qiming that can be dispelled without causing too many aftereffects, so that Xie Qiming will come into the sight of the evil demon Damasulu.

Certain forms of witchcraft can counteract the curse of the Great Black Mother, achieving a temporary balance.

Li Zhen did not expect that witchcraft could completely suppress the curse of the Great Black Buddha Mother.

If Xie Qiming can hold on for a few more days, by the time he completely eliminates the Great Black Buddha Mother, the curse of the Great Black Buddha Mother will naturally be no longer a problem.

To combat a curse, the chosen sorcery must be appropriate.

After a preliminary study of the nature of the Great Black Buddha Mother's curse, Li Zhen chose a type of witchcraft called "Corpse Return Technique".

This kind of witchcraft can revitalize a decaying corpse, turning it into a walking corpse that can be controlled by the witchcraft. It is somewhat similar to the corpse refining method, but also different.

Applying this kind of witchcraft to a living person should be able to put Xie Qiming's body into a special, active state.

Xie Qiming is not a decaying corpse, so many effects of this witchcraft will not appear, such as the continuous regeneration of decaying flesh and blood. However, some effects should still be present, such as Xie Qiming's body obeying Li Zhen's commands after being under the influence of the witchcraft.

This kind of witchcraft was only a minor one among the witchcrafts that Detective Li had learned, but it was just right for the current situation.

If that still doesn't work, then Li Zhen will have to think of an even more drastic approach.

After quickly covering Xie Qiming's face and upper body with strange talismans, Li Zhen picked up a knife and carved a rune that looked like a drawing on Xie Qiming's chest.

"...Blood guides the soul back...The path to the Netherworld is opened, and the living are reborn!"

Li Zhen dripped his blood onto the rune.

The shadow of the fleshy demon statue continued to lengthen.

Xie Qiming's body began to convulse.

Wiping away his sweat, Li Zhen straightened up and took out more things from behind the succubus.

What we've done so far is only the first step.

With a loud bang, all the glass items in Xie Qiming's house, including the windows, shattered simultaneously...

(End of this chapter)