Taoist priests in the supernatural world

Chapter 50 The Ghost Messenger's Talisman, This Matter Concluded

Within the Five Elements Barrier, a fierce, eerie wind raged.

The zombie that Chung Kau had transformed into was trapped inside the "water trap," with mud churning beneath his feet, and his movements finally slowed down.

But it was only a moment too late.

"roar!"

The zombie suddenly raised its head and roared, its arms flailing, and grayish-brown corpse energy exploded from its body, causing mud and water to splash everywhere.

boom!

Zhong Jiu raised his hand and swept it, sending the three-headed cobra flying. The snakes crashed into the wall and exploded into a cloud of blood mist.

If the technique of transforming the belt into a snake hadn't been non-living, he would probably have been completely crippled by this.

"That's some real strength."

Qian Hao's eyelids twitched as he watched, but his fingers remained firmly gripped on the array plate, not daring to relax for a moment.

Ayou stood on the other side of the array plate and shouted sternly, "Hold on! Don't let it break out of the water formation!"

"Know!"

Qian Hao gritted his teeth, blood spreading along the patterns on the array plate from his palm.

The Five Elements Plate slowly rotates; the water level in the plate has just passed, and the wood element is about to rise.

"The log-turning station!"

hum!

The array plate emitted a low hum.

The next instant, the originally muddy and slippery ground began to throb wildly, and streaks of bluish-black vines sprouted from the cracks in the bricks, the soil, the base of the walls, and under the eaves.

Timber Bureau, begin!

Those vines were not ordinary plants, but wood-elemental power that had been nurtured within the barrier.

brush!

A vine wrapped around the zombie's left leg.

Brush brush!

Then came dozens more.

In the blink of an eye, half of Zhong Jiu's body was tightly bound by dark green vines, which were covered with fine barbs that pierced deep into the flesh.

"Now is the time!"

Huang Bai was faster than him.

The golden light pierced the air first, striking the zombie squarely between the eyebrows, causing Zhong Jiu's head to tilt back.

Huang Bai then lunged forward, his magic sword glowing with golden light as he slashed at the zombie's shoulder.

clang!

Metal clashed, sparks flew.

Zhong Jiu's body had been refined by evil magic to be harder than steel. Huang Bai's sword broke through the outer layer of yin energy and the corpse skin, but failed to remove the entire arm.

"Such a tough corpse." Huang Bai's eyebrows twitched. On the other side, the others were also repelled by the zombies.

"Transitioning to a new phase!!"

"Ah! Die Lei Lou Mou!" Qian Hao screamed wildly, his arm twisted into a pretzel.

The Five Elements Plate spun wildly; once the Wood position passed, the Fire position suddenly shone brightly.

In an instant, the world was bright.

The heavy dark clouds seemed to be suddenly torn apart by an invisible hand, and crimson flames rose from all sides of the barrier.

The fires didn't start from the ground; they floated directly in mid-air, like clusters of crimson-gold lamps.

Immediately afterwards, the flames intertwined, growing stronger and stronger, and finally condensed into an incomparably blazing sun above the barrier.

Fire formation, the sun hangs high in the sky!

"ah!!!"

Zhong Jiu let out a scream, his eyes instantly turning bloodshot.

He fears Yang Fire and Thunder Magic the most.

Now that the fire is complete, it's practically the same as throwing his entire zombie body into the corpse-refining furnace.

Ah-you's spirits lifted at the sight, and he couldn't help but shout, "Good! Burn him to death like that!"

"You want to kill me? Then we'll die together!!"

Zhong Jiu's face contorted as he opened his mouth and inhaled, drawing in the gunman's corpse, the shadows on the street, the dark corners of the stairwell, and even the resentment from the public housing unit in the distance.

He was forcibly using the surrounding death energy and yin energy to break the fire!

"That's about it."

Huang Bai then stepped forward, his arm displaying a white crane and boy pattern.

Whoosh!

The immobilization charm freezes the zombie.

The next instant, Huang Bai's eyes turned cold, and the lightning in his palm crashed down.

"punish!"

boom!!!

The thunderclap echoed throughout the entire public housing estate.

A beam of azure lightning shot out from Huang Bai's palm, piercing straight into Zhong Jiu's chest, and then exploded completely inside his body.

"Impossible!" Chung Kau exclaimed.

Corpse energy, resentment, yin energy, thunder, the sun, and golden light were all detonated at the same moment.

Zhong Jiu's entire zombie body suddenly jerked backward, and then began to crack inch by inch from his chest.

Cracks spread wildly like a spider web, covering his entire body in the blink of an eye, and finally, with a bang, he exploded into a shower of gray-black corpse fragments.

Upon the zombie's death, Qian Hao immediately let go, collapsing to the ground, his right arm twisted into a bizarre shape.

Ah You leaned on his peach wood sword, staring blankly at the scattered ashes of the corpse, unable to utter a single word for a long time.

A layer of black mist swirled around the ashes, suggesting something was there.

Just as Huang Bai was about to step forward to check, a thought suddenly struck him, and he looked into the depths of the public housing estate.

From the depths of the public housing estate, black mist surged, and a group of tall, strange figures wearing straw hats and holding paper umbrellas slowly emerged from the mist.

Wherever they went, the air was filled with a faint scent of incense.

"These are ghost messengers. Let's move aside so we don't get arrested along with them," Ah-you said in a low voice. "They're probably here to capture Chung-kau's soul."

Zhong Jiu's lifespan should have ended, but he lingered in the mortal realm. This time, the ghost messengers came to capture Zhong Jiu's soul.

Even if there's only a sliver left, we must apprehend and bring them to justice.

"Ghost..."

Just as Huang Bai was about to make way, the leading ghost messenger suddenly stopped, as if he had sensed something, and bowed to Huang Bai.

"Is it sensing the aura of ghosts and spirits on me?" Huang Bai thought to himself.

Is it the aura of the White Crane Boy? Or the aura of the Corpse-Dissolving Immortal? So you're treating me like a powerful being?

It's highly likely that it's both.

On the one hand, he had cultivated the Corpse Dissolution Immortal Technique, and his soul was already different from that of ordinary cultivators; on the other hand, the token bestowed by the White Crane Boy carried a trace of the aura of the righteous divine lineage.

Ghost messengers are the best at distinguishing between superiors and inferiors. If you see one, you'll probably mistake him for a big shot in the Yin and Yang worlds.

Ah-you was secretly surprised, never expecting that even ghosts and gods respected Huang-Bai.

It truly has the air of an ancient Taoist priest who summoned gods and exorcised ghosts.

Seeing this, Huang Bai laughed and said, "You guys really know how to pick your timing. You didn't come when we were fighting, but now you have time to come."

The leader of the ghost guards had a hoarse voice, as unpleasant as the friction of withered wood.

"The underworld officials only deal with matters of the netherworld and cannot arrest people whose lifespan has not yet ended. This person is using evil magic to prolong his life. Before his body is destroyed, we can only wait outside and cannot rashly enter the area."

After listening, Huang Bai understood a bit more.

It seems that even the underworld can't just arrest whoever it wants; it has to follow the rules.

After saying this, the ghost messenger came to the ashes and raised his hand to draw away the black energy.

He then opened his palm, and a golden magic talisman condensed in his palm.

A Taoist talisman is different from a magic talisman; a Taoist talisman is equivalent to a Taoist's identity card.

The ghost messenger extracted Zhong Jiu's magic talisman.

"A small gift, nothing more."

"So that's where it is..." Huang Bai was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized.

Finally, the Heavenly Decree mission for this realm has been completed.

Thank you.

Huang Bai accepted the yellow talisman.

The ghost messenger bowed and disappeared into the night.

Huang Bai let out a long breath.

Thus, the killing of zombies and the acquisition of the magic talisman in this realm are complete.

In the void unseen by others, the Heavenly Decree slowly condensed, and all the characters in the center lit up.

[Go to the zombie spawn area, kill the zombies, and obtain the Maoshan magic talisman]

The gains from this world are not bad: Maoshan magic talismans and Maoshan knowledge, as well as the Five Elements Array Plate, a magical barrier, and twin female ghosts.

The Heavenly Decree will not reward you, nor will it punish you; you must obtain everything yourself.

Perhaps this is the essence of how the universe operates: it has certain rules, but it doesn't interfere too much.

"Ah Hao, bring the array plate over here."

"Okay." Qian Hao endured the pain and handed over the array plate.

"I'm entrusting the Heavenly Temple to you. You must practice your talisman skills diligently. Xiaobai has good talent; could you help look after him?"

The Tiandao Temple itself is blessed with incense offerings, so if Qian Hao really calms down, he might be able to draw a few truly useful talismans.

Ah-you, standing to the side, had already sensed something was wrong.

"Ah Bai, what do you mean by that?"

He was about to ask further when he saw the yellow and white figure begin to fade, turning into a sky full of golden light and disappearing.

"Ah Bai!"

The sound echoed through the darkness until dawn.

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