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"As expected of a great master of Confucianism, he can cultivate techniques from other systems, and with such great power!"
The Buddhist Heart Bell Secret Technique is indeed the nemesis of this Hundred Ghosts Formation!
Within the illusory image of the golden bell, countless dense golden Sanskrit characters began to bombard Zi Lian and her disciples.
The Earth Sect originally cultivated merit, but now their cultivation method has mutated, and both of them are burdened with sins, completely restrained by the secret methods of the Buddhist sect!
Purple Lotus emerged from her black golden core, forming a powerful protective aura around her body that blocked all the Buddhist inscriptions.
However, his disciple did not have this level of cultivation. He was already injured, and this time he failed to collect the primordial yin, so his qi was weak. He was smashed to ashes in the Heart Bell, leaving no trace of his body.
"You two get ready, the three of us will chop off this old thief's golden core together!"
The old Taoist priest Zilian was quite powerful. He could use the Prajna Heart Bell to trap him for a short while, but he couldn't kill him.
"What can a mere Buddhist bell do to me!" The golden core in front of Zi Lian erupted with energy, and powerful black energy began to spread within the heart bell!
Just then, Li Chang'an softly said "Stop," and the Prajna Heart Bell vanished without a trace.
Immediately afterwards, a silver spear light, a golden blade light, and a green flying sword light pierced the old Taoist's black golden core from three directions.
"No!"
The old Taoist priest Zilian watched in horror as three powerful auras shattered the golden core. The golden core, painstakingly cultivated, was completely reduced to dust. The three powerful auras collided violently, flattening the hill beneath their feet.
Under the combined force of the powerful attack, Zi Lian's physical body was completely shattered, turning into a wisp of black smoke that drifted away.
"Phew! Finally, those two scoundrels are gone." Yang Yan breathed a sigh of relief, watching the black smoke slowly dissipate and drift into the distance.
Looking at the black smoke, Nangong Qianrou said, "This can be considered as the smoke dissipating and the smoke turning to ashes."
Li Chang'an said, "This old thief has become a demon. This black smoke is his primordial spirit, and we can't attack him now."
"However, he can possess a physical body, then devour its essence and blood again, and then be resurrected."
Upon hearing Li Chang'an's words, Yang Yan and Nangong Qianrou frowned deeply. "It's true that the devil is always one step ahead. The Earth Sect doesn't have such methods. Once you're possessed by a demon, you have no taboos, and your methods become even more troublesome."
Li Chang'an said, "You all go back to the yamen first and take care of the two injured Jinluo. As for this old Taoist Zilian, I'll go after him and think of a way to deal with him."
A mere fourth-rank martial artist has no means to deal with a primordial spirit, but Li Chang'an, who is also a practitioner of Confucianism and Taoism, might have a way.
"Brother Li, be careful. If you can't catch up, then forget it."
Li Chang'an said with a smile, "We must catch up and eradicate evil completely."
Yang Yan was deeply moved and solemnly clasped his hands, saying, "Li Jinluo truly deserves to be a role model for us all!"
Li Chang'an waved his hand awkwardly, thinking to himself that he was only interested in the Purple Lotus Daoist's wealth and collection. This guy was an elder of the Earth Sect and was incredibly rich.
Dozens of miles away.
A cloud of black smoke descended upon a village, and within the smoke, a distorted and pained old face was faintly visible.
"Li Chang'an, I, the Daoist, will kill you!"
"First, seize any physical body, then devour the souls and essence of the villagers... As long as you eat enough, the Daoist will recover quickly."
"This feeling of being possessed by a demon is wonderful!"
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When the old Taoist priest Zilian saw the village, wisps of black smoke began to spread out.
"Hahaha, what can a few night watchmen and martial arts practitioners do to me, Master Dao?"
However, before his laughter could even reach the outside world, he discovered a formation of five-colored spiritual light rising around the village.
The houses in the village, which were arranged in a neat and orderly manner, gradually became distorted and then disappeared completely. This was not a village at all; it was clearly a trap that had been set up!
As expected, the black energy emanating from the Purple Lotus Yin Spirit was completely blocked by the formation, and it could not spread even a little bit. Let alone absorbing essence to revive, this old life would probably be lost here.
Upon seeing the formation, Zi Lian immediately realized who was waiting for her to come to her.
"Jinlian! You cowardly rat! You dared to ambush me while I was seriously injured!"
Behind the billowing black smoke, in the center of the five-colored array, Daoist Jinlian sat cross-legged, his expression serene.
“My cultivation has been damaged, and I am indeed not confident in fighting you directly. However, you are a member of my Earth Sect, and I cannot let you go out to commit such a heinous crime.”
The Yin spirit of the Purple Lotus wanted to escape, but the Golden Lotus's formation was already slowly closing.
"Golden Lotus, if you were at your peak, I might be somewhat afraid of you, but with your current cultivation level, don't even think about stopping me!"
The thick black smoke contracted rapidly, and powerful bursts of spiritual energy erupted out. The old Taoist Jinlian's expression changed drastically; he hadn't expected that Zilian would become so much stronger after falling into demonic possession.
With his physical body destroyed, he could still use magic and fight against the Earth Sect's Demon-Suppressing Formation even in his Yin Spirit state.
The black smoke in the center of the formation rapidly condensed, then emitted a violent explosion, before transforming into a thin black thread that shot towards the weakest point in the formation.
"laugh!"
With a soft sound of spiritual energy shattering, the black thread shot out from the top of the array, bursting into excited laughter.
"Hahaha! Golden Lotus! The Taoist Master is gone!"
When Jinlian Laodao saw that her mission had failed, she almost fainted. Now she could only put away the formation and take off to chase after it.
But at that moment, the black silk was suddenly enveloped by a burst of sword light!
Dense green sword energy poured down from the sky like a waterfall, shattering the black thread into pieces and almost completely disintegrating it.
"Ah! Li Chang'an, you despicable warrior, you ambushed me!"
Li Chang'an saw Zi Lian enter the Golden Lotus Formation from afar and thought that Zi Lian was doomed. Unexpectedly, the demonic old Taoist had a backup plan and managed to escape at the last moment.
“Zilian, you shouldn’t forget that I, Li, am more than just a martial artist.”
The sword formation radiating powerful spiritual pressure was clearly a powerful Taoist technique, and of course it could deal with Yin spirits.
Immediately afterwards, the green sword energy transformed into green spiritual threads, weaving into a shimmering net that tightly trapped the Purple Lotus Yin Spirit within.
"Ah! It hurts me so much!"
The old Taoist priest Jinlian approached Li Chang'an with a warm smile. "Fortunately, Brother Li is here, otherwise this fellow would have escaped again today. It seems that I need to further refine my formation techniques."
Li Chang'an thought to himself, "Now that I've completely captured Zi Lian, it will save him from stealing the fragments of the Earth Book from you, Jin Lian, in the future."
"Looks like I've cleaned up the house for your Earth Sect again."
Jinlian nodded and smiled, "This shows that I did not choose the wrong person. Brother Li's method of turning swords into silk is truly ingenious. It is indeed a secret technique of the Human Sect. I suppose your Taoist cultivation is about to advance to the fourth rank."
Li Chang'an circulated his spiritual power, and the green sword threads rapidly contracted, causing the trapped Purple Lotus Yin Spirit to let out a series of heart-wrenching howls.
"Fellow Daoist Li, Senior Brother Jinlian, spare my life!"
Jinlian's face darkened as she said, "You good-for-nothing, now you know to acknowledge your senior brother? Too late."
"Where is your cave dwelling?" Li Chang'an asked directly, without any beating around the bush.
"If you don't make things quick, I can make your spirit wish it were dead. You can't commit suicide now."
The torment inflicted on the spirits is unlike that in the physical body, where one can only silently endure it without any resistance. Moreover, this torment can continue day and night without end.
Zi Lian then honestly revealed the location of her cave, and Li Chang'an successfully searched for Zi Lian's secrets within.
Three Grade A pills and several bottles of Grade B pills can all accelerate the cultivation speed of Taoist practitioners.
In the capital of Dafeng, only Lingbao Temple and Sitianjian are capable of refining elixirs; no other forces have this ability.
Alchemy is not only a technical skill, but also extremely resource-intensive; even the powerful figure Zi Lian of the Earth Sect only has this much wealth.
In addition, several local sect cultivation techniques, a large amount of silver, and magical artifacts were destroyed in the battle just now.
In this world, cultivators do not have a unique currency; they also use silver. There are actually 30,000 taels of silver in the cave of the old Taoist priest Zilian.
These assets were considerable, considering that Xu Pingzhi would later only be escorting 150,000 taels of tax silver.
"Brother Li, please do not pass these techniques on to outsiders..."
Although the old Taoist priest Jinlian came along, she couldn't take anything from here, since Li Chang'an was the one who killed the person.
Moreover, Li Chang'an is a key person to win over, so there's no need to worry too much about these things.
Li Chang'an was naturally ruthless; this was the first time he had killed a third-grade cultivator, and those pills just happened to come in handy recently.
"Take the cultivation technique; I don't need it."
Li Chang'an would never practice the Earth Sect's techniques haphazardly; who knows when he might suddenly fall into demonic possession, or even be controlled by the Daoist leader?
Jinlian gratefully withdrew her cultivation technique, and the two parted ways.
Master Jinlian is constantly on the move, and now his main task is to clean up his own mess and take care of his own problems.
The next evening, as the city lights came on, the nightlife began.
The music and dance hall is very lively tonight; tonight is the night of the new courtesan, Fu Xiang, who is adorning herself with perfume.
The Ministry of Rites suppressed the news of the death of the courtesan in the Jiaofangsi (Imperial Music Bureau). Moreover, now that the flower thieves were all dead, the Jiaofangsi's business was running smoothly. The so-called "shulong" meant that the new courtesan was clearing land and digging a well.
Fu Xiang is about to start receiving guests; tonight is the first time, and there are a lot of people coming.
Just two days ago, the Jiaofangsi (a government-run entertainment institution) had already held two pre-event promotions as usual, and many people had already seen Fuxiang's appearance.
There are thresholds for spending at the Jiaofangsi (Imperial Music Bureau), and ordinary people cannot patronize it. There are no strict rules, but the minimum spending requirement of five taels of silver is not something that ordinary people can afford.
And this isn't even an overnight fee, it's just a table opening fee.