I am Jinshan Youxia

Chapter 257 Use one person to their fullest extent!

Erlonggou, Qingfeng Temple.

"It feels like I just left yesterday."

Zhang Chengyi made a casual remark, and Nie Xiaoqian, standing beside him, chimed in, "What you say is true, sir."

"Xiaoqian," he said earnestly, "your ability to play the straight man is too poor. If you can't do it, then don't just respond to everything. I'm just saying whatever comes to mind."

Even though the role of the straight man hadn't been created yet, Nie Xiaoqian's accurate translation skills allowed her to understand the sentence, and she calmly replied, "Yes, sir."

Over the decades, she may not have developed the ability to play the straight man, but she has certainly developed the ability to ignore some of the strange things the master said.

"What kind of demon dares to come to Qingfeng Temple? Oh dear!"

A young man jumped out of the courtyard, sword in hand, and said something with a serious expression. Then he was slapped on the back of the head by the long-bearded old Taoist priest behind him.

The old Taoist priest with the long beard had now turned into a white-bearded old Taoist priest, but he seemed to be in good spirits. Upon seeing Zhang Chengyi, he respectfully said, "Greetings, great hero."

"This is the great hero you spoke of, Master?!" The young man's voice rose eight octaves, then he said, "But it's clearly a zombie—"

"Boom!"

The white-bearded old Taoist slapped his disciple again.

The young man's disbelief turned into frustration and speechlessness, and he reluctantly said, "Yuqing greets the great hero."

"I hope you will forgive my rudeness, great hero." The white-bearded old Taoist bowed.

"It's alright, it's alright." Zhang Chengyi smiled as he looked at Old Yan.

That is, the depressed young man opposite him looks exactly like Old Yan, and even his aura is almost identical. He doesn't even need to find someone to release the reincarnation-finding spell that Old Yan gave him to confirm that the young man in front of him is the reincarnation of Yan Chixia.

That makes things interesting.

He asked, "You only have him as your apprentice?"

"Yes," the white-bearded old Taoist replied after standing up, somewhat puzzled.

If Yan Chixia is indeed the Yuqing senior brother in Painted Skin: The Yin-Yang King, and also the current Yuqing...

"Ha." Zhang Chengyi laughed out loud. He suddenly understood how this world worked.

You Feng doesn't need to look anymore; he's right beside him. Yu Qing from the movie died decades ago and became part of the dragon's soul, which has been sealed away and hasn't been reincarnated yet.

Following this logic, Pudu Cihang was killed in the second part of A Chinese Ghost Story, but in the third part, he was reincarnated as a high monk who saves people. Considering that Pudu Cihang was appointed as the national teacher based on Buddhism when he was a demon, and that he could also use the life-taking chanting and impersonate the Buddha, there seems to be some cause and effect.

He died in the second part of "A Leaf in Autumn," and in the third part he was still in Guobei County, calling himself Yan Chixia. He was paired with a sorcerer from the Old Yan Society who was looking for reincarnated people. Heh.

Reincarnation, reincarnation, the cycle of reincarnation in this world is truly fascinating.

So you're going to exploit one person to the extreme, huh?

If the plot were determined by the actors, then the actors from "A Chinese Ghost Story" have appeared in so many movies that if they were all crammed into this world, it would be quite a spectacle.

What if there were other Hong Kong actors? Like the one who played Ji Gong, the God of Cookery, and Sun Wukong?

Interesting, very interesting, gods and Buddhas...

"Hahahaha!" Zhang Chengyi laughed excitedly.

The white-bearded old Taoist priest felt a little uneasy at his sudden, inexplicable burst of laughter.

After overcoming his instinctive aversion to zombies, the young man Yuqing looked at the zombie who was laughing to himself in a daze and felt a vague sense of familiarity. It was as if something was right on the tip of its tongue, but he couldn't remember what it was going to say.

Just like how he learned to wield a sword as soon as he touched it after he became sensible, I don't know why, but it should be this way.

"Old Yan, wait for me." Zhang Chengyi casually said, and then was about to leave with the female ghosts.

"Okay," Yuqing replied, somewhat bewildered.

Zhang Chengyi stood in mid-air, turned around to look at the bearded version of the young Yan Chixia, and his smile became even more relaxed.

This Meng Po soup isn't as effective as I thought, and Old Yan can even reply to him.

Without further delay, he leaped away with the female ghosts, heading straight for the place where the dragon soul was sealed.

Go to the underworld, seek reincarnation, and find a way to break the curse of Meng Po's soup.

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One day later, at the foot of Haoli Mountain, in a ravine.

"That's it, hero." The City God of Tai'an pointed.

The power of the Yin spirit broke the illusion on the outer layer of the seal, allowing the locked dragon soul to reappear and be exposed.

It is translucent, crystal clear like jade, and emits a faint red glow. Its scales are stained with dark red blood spots, and its four claws and back are pierced and bound by several chains.

"Yan!"

The dragon soul tugged at the chains emanating a hazy gray light, which looked terrifying and caused the ground around it to tremble, but the chains did not react at all.

Since ancient times, there has been a saying that the soul returns to Haoli. Haoli Mountain, which precedes Mount Tai, is used to refer to the underworld. The status of Mount Tai in both the Yin and Yang realms is self-evident. Although Haoli Mountain is not the actual location of the underworld, it is closely related to it and even retains a lot of the power of the Lord of Mount Tai.

Dragons are inherently sacred, and even the soul of a dead dragon cannot be captured by mortals.

Zhang Tianshi, that fat old man, and the Yin spirits had no way to deal with the dragon soul, so they used Haoli Mountain to lock and seal the dragon soul.

Even if Zhang Chengyi doesn't come, the seal here can hold for a very long time.

The gap between the Dragon Soul and the Lord of Mount Tai is far greater than the gap between the Dragon Soul and a mortal; even a little bit of power is not enough to resist it.

"Xiaoqian".

Zhang Chengyi rubbed his hands together, and even summoned the female ghosts. In an instant, the world changed color, and the dark clouds in the sky, which were doubly blessed by lightning, suddenly grew larger, and the terrifying yin energy was so dense that it touched Mount Tai in the distance.

Even the City God of Tai'an could vaguely sense the turbid air rising from the ground, as if Mount Tai, the meeting point of Yin and Yang, was about to open the gates of hell under the stimulation.

His eyelids twitched as he watched Zhang Chengyi unleash a large number of translucent, ferocious female ghosts.

Don't let the fact that you've dealt with a dragon soul lead to an even more terrifying monster right away.

"Open the seal!" Zhang Chengyi shouted after he was ready.

There was nothing they could do. The wind was howling, and the thunder in the sky was crackling and popping, making the entire Haoli Mountain extremely noisy. You couldn't hear anything unless you made a very loud noise.

The female ghosts have grown to this point and have mastered too much yin energy. When fully released, it has already affected the balance of the yang world. They deserve to be struck by heavenly lightning. If it weren't for the heavenly lightning within him, countless bolts of lightning would have struck down long ago.

I wonder if His Majesty's heart can still withstand this kind of strain...

The City God of Tai'an pondered silently, forming a hand seal and shouting, "Disperse!" As the holder of the Yin God position, the City God of Tai'an naturally possessed a certain influence over Haoli Mountain, making him the key to sealing the dragon soul.

"Crack! Snap!"

The chains binding the dragon's soul shattered instantly, turning into specks of gray light that dissipated into the air.

"Roar!" The dragon soul roared, looking at Zhang Chengyi with a hateful expression. Then, the dark clouds in the sky, which were already expanding, suddenly increased by several miles as if they had taken drugs, becoming so dark that they seemed to be about to fall to the ground.

The next second, the wind stopped.

Chapter 258 Hidden Dangers

Dragons can fly, are adept at transformation, and can summon wind and rain.

These are all remarkable abilities.

Zhang Chengyi clenched his fists; the corpse energy was firmly binding the dragon soul, but he couldn't break through its defenses in a short time. The wind had stopped, but the lightning in the sky...

He looked up at the dark clouds that were pressing closer and closer, and the thunder within them growing ever more turbulent.

He could withstand the onslaught of the five thunderbolts, but the female ghosts might not survive.

Escape is impossible; the dark clouds are falling too fast. The dragon soul may not be able to directly control the heavenly lightning, but it would be easy for it to use the lightning tribulation to do evil.

"This is a bit troublesome."

"Xiaoqian".

Zhang Chengyi shouted, decisively released the corpse energy, and then soared into the sky, heading straight for the dark clouds.

Nie Xiaoqian immediately understood the master's meaning. Her expression became solemn and dignified. She gently pointed her finger at the dragon soul, and the forty-seven female ghosts who had followed her for many years exerted their power together.

"Certainly!"

The wind, which had been restrained, began to howl again, blowing Nie Xiaoqian's long hair wildly. The overwhelming yin energy made her soul appear extremely solid, and her face had changed from pale to a jade-like color, as if she were still alive.

The dragon soul had just shaken off the corpse energy when it was bound by shackles formed from yin energy around its neck and crashed to the ground.

"Boom!"

Zhang Chengyi had already taken off and plunged into the clouds. Thunder roared, and everything in the world paled in comparison. Only a blinding bolt of lightning could be seen, followed by a towering pillar of lightning that rose from Zhang Chengyi's body.

The lightning pillar in the sky expanded and exploded from its center, then the entire pillar expanded and exploded into countless sparks of lightning. In an instant, the entire area of ​​Mount Tai, spanning hundreds of miles, was as bright as day.

"Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock"

Raindrops fell, then poured down in torrents. The sky was quiet. Nie Xiaoqian maintained the yin energy binding the dragon soul while looking up with some worry.

The dragon soul, bound and imprisoned in the mud by its shackles, let out a joyful roar.

Nie Xiaoqian looked down, a cold glint in her eyes, and said, "Sisters, skin them alive, tear them apart, drink their blood and eat their flesh!"

They're all souls, so who's afraid of whom? They've followed the master, so they're not afraid of any consequences that killing the dragon soul might bring.

The forty-seven veteran female ghosts floating in the sky pounced on the dragon soul without hesitation, opening their mouths and extending their claws. The dragon soul, which had been quite pleased with Zhang Chengyi's death, let out a series of miserable screams.

The other female ghosts hesitated for a moment, looking at Nie Xiaoqian's cold face, and had no choice but to follow.

This head butler was gentle and charming in front of the master, but in front of the female ghosts, she was stern and impartial, and her word was law.

Do you really think someone without a bit of character and skill can be called a Ghost King?

"Whoosh!" The faint sound of an object falling caught Nie Xiaoqian's attention. She turned her eyes and saw the charred Zhang Chengyi falling rapidly and plunging headfirst into the ground.

"Boom!"

Nie Xiaoqian wanted to come over and catch the falling old man, but the dragon soul still needed her to suppress it, so she could only watch anxiously.

Within seconds, Zhang Chengyi's lower body shuddered in the air behind him, and with his hands on the ground, he pulled his upper body, which had been slammed into the mud, out with a "pop".

His clothes were ruined again, and the hair he had painstakingly preserved was also gone, leaving him with a bald, dark head. Black smoke billowed out of his mouth as he walked this way, his steps uneven.

There was no other reason than that the corpse energy had collapsed too quickly in the previous confrontation, and the heavenly lightning within its body had become a traitor, gleefully exclaiming, "Sir, you've finally arrived!" and began to rush out to join the tribulation. The tribulation lightning it had originally prepared was not enough to explode like this, but it forgot to lock the amount of heavenly lightning within its body, causing the overflow and escape of the heavenly lightning within its body to become inexhaustible, expanding to an extremely terrifying degree in an instant.