Chapter 252: Seeking Peace of Mind for the Remaining Souls
The next morning, the weather was light and windy.
Green mountains, green lakes, a wooden house beside the forest, and a Taoist priest paying homage to a mountain spirit.
"thanks for treatment."
Lin Jue paused and looked at the wooden stick in the mountain elf's hand: "May I borrow this stick for you? If nothing unexpected happens, I will return it to you in two days."
The mountain spirit looked down at the wooden staff and without hesitation, raised his hand and handed it to him.
"Thank you."
Lin Jue took the wooden stick, glanced at it, and seeing that it also had a faint spiritual charm, he mounted his horse.
His eyes swept across the mountain elves, the scenery, the wolves and mountain goats in the distance, the giant bears and falcons. He said "goodbye" and rode away.
Two men, two riders, two donkeys, and a fox riding the wind also followed.
After climbing over the green hillside with gentle curves in front of them, the scenery disappeared from their eyes. Even the hospitality they received last night seemed like a dream. Only a circling falcon above their heads seemed to remind them that they had made a friend who they had only known for half a day in this place thousands of miles away from the capital and Huizhou.
Lin Jue took out another Chen Niu Talisman and held it in his hand:
"Chen Niu, Chen Niu, go find Qinshan Zuzu."
With a loud bang, the little ghost appeared out of thin air and the talisman paper burned to ashes.
He looked like a typical farm kid, floating in the air, with a confused look on his face. He was a little surprised to see these people again, then raised his hand and pointed forward, saying in surprise:
“My name is Chen Niu.
"Go this way!"
"Thank you!"
"Go this way!"
Lin Jue rode slowly forward, passed by him, turned his head and asked him: "This place is so far from the Central Plains, how did you get here?"
Luo Seng passed by him from the other side and also turned his head to look at him: "This is now a small country outside the Great Wall, but it was incorporated into the territory of the Central Plains Dynasty hundreds of years ago. Maybe he came here at that time."
Chen Niu stared at them strangely, not understanding what was going on. He just pointed ahead:
"Go this way!"
The fox stood on the ground, stood up, stretched out its claws and gently poked the little devil in the air.
The little ghost looked down, feeling somewhat helpless, and tried to float a little higher, while still pointing forward, and said to the fox:
"Go this way..."
Lin Jue was thinking in his mind, but he didn't stop walking.
Another day's journey.
The group gradually walked into another mountain.
It is the same beautiful scenery, but without the snow-capped mountains, and the climate is closer to that on the road. The grasslands and forests turn yellow earlier than where the mountain elves live. The plains are already visibly dry and yellow, and patches of yellow and red can be seen in the forests in the distance. There is a magnificent palace in the mountains, which is quite imposing.
A grassless road led there.
This place is so remote, but there are still many people wearing local costumes walking here. Those who walk towards the palace in front have their heads down and are extremely pious. If they walk back, most of them walk in groups of three or two, chatting and laughing freely.
"The incense of this Qinshan Patriarch is very popular." Luo Seng said while sitting on the horse.
"It is our custom to use incense to carry the power of wishes. The gods here are not organized into a system, and we don't use incense to carry the power of wishes." Lin Jue said, "But she does have a lot of believers."
"Some skills."
"It's natural."
"No wonder...no wonder..."
Luo Seng said "no wonder" twice, but did not say it clearly.
However, both Lin Jue and his junior sister could hear that one of them must be the same as Lin Jue's doubts this morning: the Qinshan ancestor claimed in the dream that she did not have the ability to get rid of the mountain spirit, and the mountain spirit also told Lin Jue that she was not good at fighting, and the mountain spirit was very powerful, but she was able to drive the mountain spirit so far away.
The other "no wonder" should be the doubt that Luo Seng had on the way here today - this monster that was making trouble on the roadside was only heard to have killed passing merchants, but never heard of it killing local people.
At this moment, there was a sound of horse hooves ahead.
Two knights in yellow clothes rode over on horseback, their horses' hooves splashing up a long trail of mud. The wind blew up their clothes, and the leather armor underneath could be vaguely seen.
"Go this way!"
The imp pointed to the palace ahead.
The knight had also stopped in front of the group.
"guest!"
One of the knights shouted in a strange accent.
"We followed Chen Niu's guidance, found the monster, and brought back the token." Lin Jue showed the wooden stick in his hand.
Luo Seng looked at the two knights.
The knight guessed that he had dealt with the mountain elf before. He knew it just by looking at the wooden staff. His eyes narrowed slightly, and he became more respectful and wary of them, and also a little puzzled:
"How did you three manage to defeat him?"
"We have our own abilities."
"What ability?"
the knight asked, following closely.
But one interesting thing about his accent is that it makes you unable to tell whether he is pursuing you relentlessly or simply is unfamiliar with the language and customs of the Central Plains dynasty and is actually just curious.
Lin Jue didn't understand either, and after thinking for a while he said, "We are sitting on the horse, so it is not convenient to show our skills. However, my Fuyao also has some skills that I can let it show you."
"Woo?"
The fox turned his head and looked at Lin Jue.
When the knight was wondering, he saw the fox beside him grow bigger in the wind. Silently, it had grown to be larger than an ordinary mountain tiger, and three more tails grew behind it, waving in the wind.
"Sorry..."
The two horses were suddenly startled and raised their front hooves.
What a majestic and huge white fox!
Even because of its fluffy tail waving in the wind, it gives people the illusion that it is not much smaller than a horse!
The people not far away were also shocked.
The knight finally managed to control his horse, and then he saw the four-tailed white fox open its mouth and spit out something.
"boom……"
A canopy of golden flames roared out, and its color was like sunlight, hitting the ground and spreading along the ground. The half-dried grass around it was caught by the fire and burned clean immediately.
The knight was startled again.
Then he couldn't help thinking, if this fox is so powerful, what abilities must those three people have?
While thinking, the fox became smaller again, almost the size of a cat, and sat in the same place, licking its paws while secretly glancing at the colorful civet cat in the arms of the little junior sister, and secretly looking into the shocked eyes of the colorful civet cat.
"Is this a monster?"
"It's both a monster and a god." Lin Jue replied.
"Dear guest! Follow me!"
The knight no longer had any doubts and just rode forward.
The fox jumped lightly and started walking with him.
The knight glanced at it with the corner of his eye, with only a tiny bit of doubt in his mind, that is, what the man had said before, was it Fuyao or a fox demon? Did he hear it wrong, or did he not learn it well.
"Can you speak?"
The knight asked tentatively.
"Several!"
The fox actually answered him, its voice clear and pleasant, like the elves in local legends.
"You can really talk!" The knight was surprised and asked, "Did you kill Wuermu? Where did you kill him?"
"From Yishan!"
"Hmm? I said Wuermu!" "We need to go back to the capital!"
"..."
The knight turned his head and saw the fox jumping past him. It also turned its head to look at him, and even as it jumped, its head was still turning so that it could keep its eyes on the knight. The fox looked very serious, so serious that the knight couldn't help but doubt himself.
"...How long have you been fighting Wuermu? Have you seen his wolves and bears?"
“I haven’t eaten yet!”
"I...was I wrong?"
"A little thirsty!"
"Why...why don't you answer my question?"
"Hmm?" The fox jumped up to catch up with him again, also confused, "Why don't you ask me what I want to answer?"
"I asked first. There were questions first, and then there were answers."
"No, no!" The fox shook his head firmly without hesitation, "I thought of the answer first!"
"..."
The knight was confused and could only remain silent.
The customs in the Central Plains are so strange.
It seems that I still have a lot to learn.
They soon reached the palace in the woods on the mountainside. The knight led them around the place where the people prayed below and went straight up the mountain to the highest palace on the back mountain.
Before he could say anything, a little ghost appeared beside him, looking happy, and pointed ahead:
“Found it!”
After saying this, he disappeared completely.
"It's right here. Grandmother Qinshan is inside. I'll take you in." The knight was used to it and said to Lin Jue and the others, and also reminded them, "Grandmother Qinshan is our deity and elder. You must respect her when you get in!"
"it is good……"
"The horses stop here, go in! Oh! You are not allowed to bring weapons in!"
"..."
The three of them looked at each other; they had expected this.
Luo Seng was the most free and easy. He first hung his long sword on the horse's back, without taking off his spear, and even took off the small knife he carried with him, hung it on the horse's back, and then dismounted alone.
The junior sister also put down her sword.
But she was very smart. She picked up the whisk and imitated the altars and statues in Taoist temples. She held it in her right hand and held it at the wrist of her left hand. She adjusted her posture, acting as if this was how she should be and that this was the ceremonial object that a Taoist should carry. She did not look away.
Seeing this, the knight didn't want to make things difficult for her.
Lin Jue had no weapon except the mountain spirit's wooden staff.
The three persons, the fox and the cat walked in quickly.
There was indeed a palace inside, the same magnificent palace in Lin Jue's dream. There were many maids and guards standing on both sides. The maids were all in their twenties, wearing cool clothes mainly in yellow and white. The guards were dressed like the knights, but they were not riding horses. They held spears in their hands and wore scimitars on their waists.
In the front was a middle-aged woman, plump and beautiful, also dressed rather lightly, standing and looking at them.
"Master, you are here?"
The middle-aged woman said with a smile.
"I have come as promised and brought back that person's cane token." Lin Jue said to her.
"Haha, thank you Taoist priest for getting rid of a scourge for us! I and the local people will thank you!" The middle-aged woman was very happy and said to Lin Jue, "Please show it to me!"
"Okay!"
Lin Jue did not hesitate and walked forward with the wooden stick.
Unfortunately, he had only taken two steps when two guards came over, stretched out their hands and took the wooden stick from him.
The middle-aged woman said, "It's not good to let the Taoist priest go so far, just give it to them."
"it is good."
This guy is quite alert.
However, she herself is not good at fighting, so it is reasonable for her to be cautious.
However, in this way, the original agreement between Lin Jue and his junior sister Luo Gong on the road, that if Lin Jue could get close to her, his junior sister would open the bottle and release the residual souls of many heroes as a final confirmation. Once it was confirmed that there was a murderer who killed these residual souls in the hall, Lin Jue would have a chance to help her by surprise. But this would not work now.
"It is indeed a staff of ulmer, which he broke from the tree at the top of the hill! It is very warm to the touch!"
The middle-aged woman said, holding the wooden stick and looking at Lin Jue:
"The Taoist priest is indeed very capable! I will give you another 'Chen Niu Talisman' right away! What else does the Taoist priest want? Food, water, meat, gold, silver, jade, and stones, just tell me."
Lin Jue thought for a while before saying:
"Just want one more thing."
"what?"
"We met some fellow villagers who were killed by the monster on the road. They are fellow villagers of Mr. Luo next to me. However, since we have passed the customs here, they can also be considered my fellow villagers. They died tragically on the roadside, and naturally they have reluctance to resign. They have turned into residual souls and are not at peace. They show their fangs and claws to everyone they see, and are very ferocious. We want to find a way to make them feel at ease."
As Lin Jue was speaking, the junior sister behind him had already taken out the bottle, as if she wanted to show these residual souls to the god.
When the cork is pulled out, all the remaining souls will come out.
But unlike before, after these residual souls came out, when they saw the guards around them, they immediately glared at them and pounced on them madly.
The guards panicked and tried to block with spears.
The middle-aged woman above was also a little flustered.
The three of them had already made the decision, so after seeing this scene, how could they still hesitate at all?
What we want is to attack them when they are unprepared and take them by surprise!
Fuyao has the fastest speed.
Before the middle-aged woman above could come to her senses and say something like "I don't know how to comfort my soul", a four-tailed white fox that was larger than an ordinary mountain tiger appeared in front of her, its eyes were bright and staring at her.
Then a bloody mouth bit towards her.
As the middle-aged woman dodged backwards, she saw a dazzling light like a summer noon shining out of the bloody mouth.
"boom!"
A cloud of golden flames surged out.
The Yin-Yang theory from the Central Plains, the Sun Spirit Fire, contained the most yang and strong spiritual power, which immediately brought her great pain.
A handful of beans sprinkled into the sky, like flowers scattered by a fairy.
By the time they landed, they had transformed into twelve armored soldiers. They stomped on the ground with a loud bang and without hesitation, each of them went to meet the enemy.
At the same time, Lin Jue chanted silently.
“Swoosh…”
A long knife and a long sword flew in from outside.
The junior sister had already practiced with Lin Jue for a long time, so she raised her hand to take it, then rushed towards the guards around her holding the whisk in one hand and the sword in the other.
Luo Seng was an expert in martial arts, and he caught his precious sword. The long sword hummed in his hand and instantly came out of the sheath. At the same time, he kicked the scabbard towards the middle-aged woman in front of him with a lightning-fast kick.
"what!!"
A violent scream was heard.
Qinshan Zuzu's entire body was on fire, and it turned into a gust of wind, flying backwards, then hitting the scabbard and bouncing back somewhere else, flying around the palace.
The fox was also chasing her like the wind.
There were shouting, the sound of weapons and armor colliding, the sound of bowstrings snapping, the sound of blades cutting through leather and flesh, and screams. Weapons were mixed together in a disorderly manner, and strong winds and sword energy were flying everywhere. For a moment, the hall was in great chaos.
……
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(End of this chapter)
