The night of the full moon is the day
with the heaviest Yin energy in a month. All the rituals of worshiping ghosts
and immortals among the people will be held on this day.
After the Hungry Ghost Festival, the fierce ghosts and evil spirits released by Jiang Qu Lian frequently harassed the living. Plus the immortal cultivation world is in turmoil, unable to manage two or more things at once. The people cannot get help from anywhere, so the incense of the City God Temples around the city suddenly flourished. On this day of the full moon, there are even more people going to worship the City God after the sun went down.
For safety reasons, Song Chun Gui sent the Wuliang Sect’s disciples to surround the City God Temple, not allowing anyone to enter. The people did not know the reason and thought that the Wuliang Sect was going to do some great magic to deal with the increasing number of evil spirits. Thus more and more people came to watch and simply could not be driven away.
Song Chun Gui was not at ease and came
to guard personally.
Opening the Ghost Gate is a crucial matter. Even though Sun Xia Zhen, a small City God, is far less powerful than the red ghost king, tearing a gap may still have a huge impact on earth, and since Sun Xia Zhen is not a ghost king, he’s not very confident in controlling the Ghost Gate. It doesn't seem to be difficult to open. The difficult thing is how big it can be opened, where it will be opened, and whether it can be closed after they have been sent in.
Sun Xia Zhen sincerely told Xie Bi An about these risks one by one. He would certainly not have done such a forbidden thing if it wasn’t for this special method at this special time.
"Elder Sun, I understood what you said. We will assist you with our soul weapons and try to control the Ghost Gate. The most important thing is to ensure the safety of the people. As for where we will appear in Jiuyou and how we will return to earth afterwards, you don't have to worry about it."
"Little White Master, I've never
done this before, I'll do my best."
"Many thanks."
After the sun went down, Sun Xia Zhen
drew a talisman formation in the courtyard. There were ghost streamers inserted
in the eye of the formation, and a pool of blood was splashed on the ground.
When everything was ready, he pinched his fingers and frowned again.
"Elder Sun, what's wrong?"
"At this time, why is the Yang energy still so concentrated?"
Fan Wu She said, "There are many
people outside the City God Temple."
Sun Xia Zhen was surprised and said,
"How could that be?"
At this time, Song Chun Gui happened
to push open the courtyard door and walked in: "The sky is already dark,
how are you guys preparing?" He couldn't see Sun Xia Zhen, but seeing
everything that was set up in the courtyard, his expression had a hint of
worry.
"It's ready, it’s just that the City God said the Yang energy around here is too concentrated." Xie Bi An said, "Can the people be dispersed?"
"Yes, but it will take some
time." Song Chun Gui called his disciples and instructed them to go.
Soon, they heard some loud noises outside
the City God Temple. The Wuliang Sect’s disciples were advising the people to
go home, and the crowd was gradually dispersed.
Sun Xia Zhen said, "It's almost time. Little White Master, please send him out."
Xie Bi An glanced at Song Chun Gui,
who immediately comprehended, "White Immortal, is this where you guys enter
the Underworld? Will you be coming back from here?"
"We probably won’t come back from here. After going into Jiuyou, everything has to be improvised, and after that, there is no need to guard the City God Temple." Xie Bi An said, "Thank you, Song Zhen Ren."
"Okay, take care, White Immortal."
Xie Bi An said with a stern face, "Zhen Ren, if I come back alive, I hope to see that you have settled the 'internal affairs' and have gone to do more important things. Because whether we can succeed or not, the earth has to go through a long war. The Immortal Alliance must be set up again. This is up to you now.”
Song Chun Gui paused, and seemed to
have made up his mind at this moment, "Definitely."
Song Chun Gui retreated and gently
closed the courtyard door behind him.
Sun Xia Zhen began to recite
incantations, while releasing Yin energy attached to the ghost streamers. Those
ghost streamers were as if blown by a strong wind and stood up one after
another, but the courtyard was silent and windless.
In fact, any ghost has the possibility of opening the boundary between human and ghost, as long as their cultivation is deep enough. Even if it's just tearing a small gap in the border, it also needs a lot of skill, and once it's discovered by Yin servants, they will be punished. Even Jiang Qu Lian had to escape because he had spent too much energy after he forced open the Ghost Gate.
Therefore, to Sun Xia Zhen, this
matter almost has no advantages, but he still did it without reluctance.
Sun Xia Zhen mouthed the words, and the ghost streamers began to move and flutter without the wind. The black and red soil splashed with cow's blood suddenly began to churn, as if something was about to break out from the ground. But what was unearthed was not seeds and branches, but blood, like a chiseled blood hole, streaming outwards. Also, as if it was boiling with rising heat and bubbles, with mumbling sounds, it emitted a strong stench at the same time, which made people nauseous.
The land seemed to be rotting in front of their eyes. The demonic red aura on the spell formation was flickering, and the blood-soaked land was sinking inward a little.
The Ghost Gate was about to open!
The spirit weapons in Xie Bi An’s and Fan Wu She’s hands were on standby in case the worst case scenario occurred, such as releasing a fierce ghost.
Just then, there was a commotion outside the door. Someone was arguing in a low voice, which wasn’t clear when listening, but the meaning of conflict was obvious, and the gradually thinning Yang energy gathered again.
Sun Xia Zhen broke into a cold sweat: "Quickly get rid of those people outside. The Ghost Gate has already been opened. The Yang energy will attract fierce ghosts."
Fan Wu She was about to go and manage them, but was stopped by Xie Bi An: "I’ll go. You stay here and guard the Ghost Gate." He was afraid that Fan Wu She would have no sense of priority and hurt someone.
When walking out of the City God
Temple, Xie Bi An met someone unexpected --- Li Zhi Qing.
He thought that Li Zhi Qing didn't dare to meet them at all, fearing that he would be "the son who repays the father’s debts", but seeing that Li Zhi Qing had brought so many people here to confront Song Chun Gui, could it be that he didn't know they were here?
"What's going on?" Xie Bi
An looked at Li Zhi Qing coldly.
"Cut the crap." Xie Bi An interrupted him bluntly and said to Song Chun Gui, "Go home and close the door to solve your Wuliang Sect’s matters. The Ghost Gate is opening. This much Yang energy cannot be gathered here."
Song Chun Gui's face was ashen. He
held back his anger and said, "Senior brother, you heard it, it's not that
I want to practice at the City God Temple. Let's not delay White Immortal’s major
event. Let's go back to Yunding first."
"So it is White Immortal who is practicing." Li Zhi Qing turned his eyes, "White Immortal, please don’t blame me. Really it's because during this period of time, several of my sect’s brothers have been involved in accidents due to removing the evil spirits, yet junior brother Song keeps sending people out." He looked coldly at Song Chun Gui, "You have deployed so many disciples at once, I naturally thought that you had come across something powerful."
"It is a cultivator’s duty to eliminate evil spirits for the people. The Red Ghost King has released so many fierce ghosts and evil spirits. My Wuliang Sect is the number one sect in the world, how can I turn a blind eye to it?"
Li Zhi Qing said with a deliberate ambiguity: "We naturally cannot ignore the people. When facing the evil spirits, sacrifice is occasional. Although it is sad, it cannot be helped. But I would like to ask junior brother Song, why are my nephews and sons of the Li family consecutively getting into accidents in these last few days? How is it that they always encounter powerful evil spirits in the places that they are sent to?"
Song Chun Gui said with a stern face, "Senior brother, these words seem to mean something. Why don't you say it more bluntly?"
"To put it bluntly, it is ..."
"That's enough!" Xie Bi An shouted lowly, "Don't make me repeat what I just said."
Li Zhi Qing embarrassedly arched his hand, "White Immortal please don’t blame me." He looked askance at Song Chun Gui and led his men away.
Song Chun Gui sighed and said in a low voice, "White Immortal, within the Wuliang Sect, the relatives and friends of the Li family occupy half of the mountain, so ... I have had some difficulties."
"There is no one to help you now." Xie Bi An said in a deep voice, "I believe you know clearly in your heart about the father and son of the Li family. I only advise you to put aside your foolish loyalty and filial piety and take the big picture as the priority." After saying that, he did not wait for Song Chun Gui’s reaction, turned around and went back into the City God Temple.
The Ghost Gate has been completely opened. There is a rough crack glowing with red light on the ground, surrounded by black blood gushing out, like an angry beast’s mouth, waiting for its prey to fall into its trap.
Fan Wu She glanced at Xie Bi An.
Although he didn't say anything, his eyes were calm and certain without any
hesitation.
Xie Bi An felt tense in his heart. The pain and numbness hit him. He remembered those few years when he and Fan Wu She were junior and senior brothers. Whenever they were in danger, Fan Wu She always looked at him with such eyes. He told him "don't be afraid, I'm here", and did what he said, taking him out of danger again and again. As a result, the young man, who was still childish at that time, became his tranquilizer. It seemed that no matter what disaster they met, as long as they worked hand in hand, they would be able to break through.
Xie Bi An averted his gaze. He took a deep breath and walked to the Ghost Gate. Fan Wu She walked by his side and held his hand. The kind of strength would not allow him to let go.
Sun Xia Zhen said, "Little White
Master, take care of yourself ah."
"Thank you, Elder Sun. After we
go down, close the Ghost Gate as soon as possible."
"Don't worry."
Xie Bi An took a step and then
paused, "Elder Sun, if I don't make it back, I hope you will assist Song Chun
Gui. He may be the only one who can support the immortal cultivation
world."
Sun Xia Zhen sighed with a deep
feeling, "Yes."
Without hesitation, the two of them
jumped into the crevice of the earth. From the earth, they fell into the endless
darkness and bloody underworld.
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PS: uploading chapter 243 in a few hours' time...
Edited on 13 June 21 (Emzie)
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a bit rich coming from you xie bian about filial piety and foolish loyalty to song chun gui when you did the same thing that caused that whole mess
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