The Demonic Taoist Priest Emerges from the Mountain

Ning Jinrou and I froze on the spot.

These spirits don't have much consciousness.

They had already been laid to rest.

There was no resentment.

They were forcibly dragged back to the mortal realm by this Yin formation.

But I don't understand what the purpose of the monk Shanjie's actions was.

Ning Jinrou, standing to the side, was already prepared to take action at any moment.

But I held her hand down.

These are not evil spirits.

I said.

Having followed Master Qin for so many years, the sentence I heard him say most often was that as sorcerers, our job is to punish evil and uphold justice.

We can target evil practitioners and demons, but we cannot target ordinary living people or innocent spirits.

This will damage our virtue, which will inevitably lead to endless negative consequences, not only harming our cultivation but also shortening our lifespan.

So, I stopped Ning Jinrou.

Ning Jinrou hesitated for a moment, then finally put her hand down.

I watched as these mindless spirits drew ever closer to the main hall.

Suddenly, a small gust of cold wind rose up behind me.

I turned around abruptly.

A barely perceptible black aura began to emanate from the monk Shanjie's body.

I've seen this kind of aura in the [Ghost-Slaying Dao Book].

It is the purest form of malevolence!

The monk Shanjie had only been dead for a short time, yet he was able to manifest his malevolent energy to the point that it was visible to the naked eye.

This is definitely related to the Yin formation he set up!

Many people may not know that when a person has just died, their three souls and seven spirits do not immediately leave the body.

Generally, after a person dies, the seven spirits, which belong to Yin, will leave the body first. However, the time it takes for them to leave the body is not particularly fast. It takes at least seven days for the seven spirits to dissipate completely, while at the slowest it takes forty-nine days for them to completely dissipate.

Only after the seven souls disperse can the three spirits, which belong to the Yang and govern the essence, leave the physical body, and only after the three spirits leave the body will they form ghosts.

Those with extremely deep resentment or obsession, such as ghosts or corpse guardians, will linger near the places of the dead or graveyards, constantly absorbing resentment and thus transforming into evil spirits.

Therefore, it is commonly said that on the seventh day after death, the deceased's soul returns to see their loved ones one last time.

Before the seventh day after death, unless something happens intentionally or unexpectedly, the three souls remain locked within the body and cannot appear, let alone generate any resentment.

That is why I am certain that the malevolent aura emanating from Monk Shanjie was not formed naturally.

As I watched the spirits continue to approach the main hall, a vague sense of foreboding crept into my heart.

"Jinrou, is there any way to stop these undead?"

I spoke up and asked Ning Jinrou.

Ning Jinrou frowned. There was a solution, but the current conditions were limited, and she wasn't sure if she could do it.

I will try my best.

After saying this, Ning Jinrou turned and walked towards the main entrance of the hall.

When she came to Liuweng Village this time, she only brought some lethal talismans and did not prepare any talismans that could stop the spirits of the dead.

So even she was having a headache right now.

However, in the end, she still focused her attention on the small Soul-Binding Plate in her hand.

She thought for a moment, then flicked a lever on the Soul-Forbidden Disc.

As the pick is turned.

A faint golden light suddenly appeared on that small Soul-Binding Plate.

Immediately afterwards, the golden light spread out.

In an instant, a huge Bagua formation was formed.

The Soul-Binding Disc slowly floated into the air, and the entire gate was instantly enveloped by that golden light, as if a thin curtain had been added.

And those undead were actually blocked after coming into contact with this golden light.

It's like they've hit a wall.

Continuously moving forward one step and backward one step.

This scene is also unusually eerie.

Ning Jinrou never expected that her sudden inspiration would actually be able to stop the advance of these undead.

That's actually normal, as the Soul-Sealing Disc can seal away the soul.

These spirits are, in essence, a type of soul.

It's not hard to explain why they were blocked at the gate.

As I watched the spirits of the dead being kept outside the door, a weight gradually lifted from my heart.

At least for now, these undead shouldn't be able to get in.

Then I might be the one to stop what Monk Shanjie was about to do.

After I felt relieved, I began to carefully examine the body of the monk Shanjie.

A faint layer of black mist still floated on his body.

After Ning Jinrou finished setting up the Soul-Binding Array, she turned around and returned to my side.

"That bald monk, even in death he won't rest!"

Ning Jinrou stared at the corpse of the monk Shanjie and gritted her teeth.

Then she looked at me.

"What do we do now?"

Ning Jinrou was at a loss.

The strange occurrences involving Monk Shanjie certainly cannot be ignored.

But right now, neither she nor I have any experience dealing with similar situations.

Perhaps Yan Jingxia, who is currently setting up the Rebirth Array, has a solution.

But he can't possibly be here now.

I stared intently at the black aura swirling around the monk Shanjie, and a headache struck me.

What kind of weird stuff is this monk Shanjie trying to do?

What's the deal with all this hostility?

I'm totally speechless, I don't know what to do.

But seeing Ning Jinrou staring at me expectantly, I felt too embarrassed to admit that I didn't know either.

After watching for a while, a bold idea suddenly popped into my head.

"Do you think it's possible that Monk Shanjie wanted to use this malevolent energy to influence the spirits of the dead outside, turning them into evil spirits?"

I looked at Ning Jinrou and voiced my guess.

Ning Jinrou thought about it for a moment and felt that it was possible.

"If that's really all there is to it, what good will it do for this bald monk?"

"I don't really believe this bald monk would do such pointless things. He must have his reasons for turning these dead into evil spirits, right?"

Ning Jinrou looked at me and said.

I touched my chin.

Ning Jinrou is right.

The monk Shanjie would never do such meaningless things.

But what exactly is his purpose?

Suddenly, Ning Jinrou and I both thought of a possibility.

We exchanged a glance and almost simultaneously exclaimed, "Devouring Ghosts!"

Devouring ghosts is an extremely evil technique.

It could even be said that it is not a technique that a living person can perform.

Why do I say that? Because the prerequisite for casting this spell is that the caster himself is a dead person!

Through unique means, they transform themselves into a giant container, attracting evil spirits to come.

Then kill all these evil spirits, concentrate the malevolent energy to the extreme, thereby enhancing the power of your own soul, and perhaps you will be able to resurrect yourself.

This evil technique actually originates from possession, but it is many times more vicious than possession.

According to ancient records, sorcerers who used forbidden techniques to revive souls eventually lost their personal consciousness and became something neither human nor ghost.

Whether it's true or not, no one has verified it.

Ning Jinrou and I had only heard of the forbidden technique of devouring ghosts; we had previously regarded it merely as a legend.

However, what the monk Shanjie is doing now is very similar to this legend!