The Great Wei Music Bureau

Chapter 144 Battle of Fuling Lake (Part )

Last time, we talked about how Li Yi took a short break after defeating the three guards of the Hu family, and then he and Yi Ling and Yu Jiu set off for Danshan. So what kind of opponents will they encounter next? Let's take a look together.

Because Li Yi had just experienced a battle, he did not rush with Yu Jiu on his back. The three of them walked to Danshan. After walking for more than an hour, they arrived at the shore of Fuling Lake. The night wind blew from the lake, bringing bursts of chill. Li Yi asked, "I remember you said that Yu Jiu should have died at the hands of the water ghost in Fuling Lake. Does your Earth Sect not care about this water ghost?"

Yi Ling shook his head and said, "There are many ghosts wandering in this world. Some of them are troubled by karma and cannot enter reincarnation. Water ghosts are one of them. Most water ghosts can enter reincarnation again after resolving their own karma. This is also the Tao, so we will not care."

Yu Jiu asked, "Sister Yiling, what do you mean by resolving cause and effect?" Yiling touched Yu Jiu's head and explained common sense about ghosts.

First of all, evil ghosts and fierce ghosts are not ordinary wandering ghosts. They are ghosts that have been disturbed by obsessions and karma and have mutated. Ordinary wandering ghosts can be divided into four categories, which are often called "魑魅魍魉". Among them, "魑" is a soul that has left the body and is a pure spirit body, which is the basic form of wandering ghosts. If this kind of spirit body attaches to spiritual flowers, trees, and stone objects, it will become a "魅". This is the spirit of the tree spirit, pipa spirit, flower spirit, stone spirit, etc.

It should be explained here that Chi cannot attach itself to other things at will. First of all, the object to be attached must have spiritual energy, and secondly, it must be compatible with Chi. Only when these two conditions are met can it possess the object, and once it is possessed, it cannot be separated.

In addition, animals that have cultivated to the point of enlightenment are called demons, while those that have been possessed by a demon and then cultivated to the point of enlightenment are called spirits. Therefore, spirits are all in human form, while demons retain most of their original form. Of course, whether it is a demon or a spirit, they can change as they wish after cultivating to the point of enlightenment. The appearance here refers to the state without change.

Now that we have talked about Chimei, let's talk about Wuliang. Wuliang refers to ghosts that have strong resentment, obsession or karma. Unlike Chi, Wuliang can possess a body according to its own will, whether it is a person, an animal, or an object. However, after possession, it will consume a lot of spiritual power and will not be able to practice. If there is not enough spiritual power to possess again, then Wuliang will die when the spiritual power is exhausted.

After possessing a body, a 魉 will undergo some changes and acquire certain abilities, usually manifested as changes in appearance and strengthening of spiritual power, and a few manifested as an increase in telekinesis or mental power. Liang is a very special existence among 魉. What does it mean? Liang can split its own soul and attach it to different creatures or objects respectively, and then reassemble it. For example, a 魉 divides itself into four parts and attaches itself to four creatures: fish, shrimp, crab, and turtle. After reassembly, it may become a monster with a fish body, a turtle shell on its back, and a crab claw and crayfish head.

Once a Liang is split, possessed, and then reassembled, it can no longer possess or change again. Although it also cannot practice cultivation, the reassembled Liang is definitely a monster-level existence. Whether it is strength, spiritual power, or obsession, it is the most powerful among ghosts. Of course, this excludes those who have practiced Taoism.

To be more specific, the lower limit of Liang's ability is the highest among all ghosts, and his lower limit is even higher than that of many cultivated spirits. The spirit has the lowest lower limit among all ghosts, but the highest upper limit. At worst, it may not be as good as an ordinary Chi, and at best, it can even cultivate into an immortal. This immortal is not a god, but another name for those who have reached the extraordinary realm through cultivation.

The above are the four major categories of ghosts, so let’s talk specifically about water ghosts. Water ghosts only account for two categories, namely water ghosts and water spirits, and water ghosts can be divided into two categories. Among them, those who died in the water or were thrown into the water and their bodies were eaten by fish, insects and water beasts. During this period, their souls attached themselves to some creature that swallowed their bodies, and eventually caused mutations. These are bait ghosts, which are also what people often call water ghosts.

Bait monsters need to find a scapegoat to re-enter the cycle of reincarnation, so water ghosts are usually caused by these bait monsters harming people. Usually, bait monsters will not harm people for no reason, because they are trapped by karma. If they want to re-enter the cycle of reincarnation, they must find a scapegoat with whom they have karma. If the person they harm has no karma with them, it will only increase their karma and eventually turn them into evil spirits.

Another type of water ghost is one that dies in water, but its soul is trapped in the water for some reason and cannot enter reincarnation, but it cannot attach to other creatures or objects. This type is called a trapped ghost. Trapped ghosts often appear in wells, water tanks, deep springs, artificial pools or other small places with water, and the trapped ghost cannot leave the place where it died by itself.

After talking about water ghosts, let's talk about water ghosts. This is more powerful. People who drown in water or throw their bodies into water turn into ghosts, and then they split and attach themselves to the water and then reassemble to become water monsters, that is, water ghosts. There is a very special existence among these water ghosts, that is, water ghosts that split themselves and attach themselves to water. This kind of water ghost can be said to have both entity and no entity because it is attached to water. No matter how the water changes, it is still water, but if you touch this kind of water, it will be a big trouble. This kind of water attached by water ghosts is called Yin water.

Yi Ling stopped talking about Yin Shui just after she finished, turned around and stared at the silent lake. Li Yi asked, "What's wrong?"

Before he finished speaking, two jets of water suddenly spurted out from the lake. Yi Ling formed seals with his hands and shouted, "Liu Yan Fa·Ning Han!" The two jets of water suddenly slowed down and then condensed into ice pillars, which eventually shattered and fell into the lake.

A cold voice came: "You killed Cheng Jinshi!"

Yi Ling replied: "So what? Are you here to avenge him?"

The cold voice laughed and said, "I don't care whether he lives or dies. I just want to ask about his knife. If you give me his knife, I won't embarrass you."

Yi Ling sneered and said, "I'll give it to you. Don't dream! You wild Maoshan people use evil spirits to refine swords and practice evil methods to harm people. Heaven cannot tolerate this. Today, I will eliminate you for the sake of justice!"

"Hehe, since you can't get the knife, then use your soul to make up for it."

As soon as he finished speaking, thick fog suddenly rose from the lake and drifted towards the three people with the wind. Yi Ling naturally understood that this was the opponent's divide and conquer strategy, and immediately said: "You protect Yu Jiu, and leave the rest to me!"

Li Yi immediately pulled Yu Jiu behind him, and Yi Ling once again formed a seal and shouted: "He Xi Fa·Zhao Yan!"

Yiling raised her palm and a column of fire spurted out from her palm. As her palm moved horizontally, the column of fire also began to move sideways. She intended to use fire magic to disperse the thick fog, but the result went against her wishes. Not only did the thick fog show no signs of dissipating, it also swallowed up the three people.

In the thick fog, the righteous energy in Li Yi's body was restless, indicating that there was something wrong with the fog. He tightly grasped Yu Jiu's hand and shouted, "There is evil energy in this fog! That's why your fire spell can't break it. Come up with another way!"

However, he did not receive a response from Yi Ling. Li Yi thought: Can this thick fog block the sound? I don't have a warrior's danger warning. If that person attacks Yu Jiu, I won't be able to defend myself. No, it's very dangerous to continue like this. I can't wait any longer. Let's try the Red Lotus Karma Fire!

So Li Yi let go of Yu Jiu and said, "Stand behind me and don't move. I want to see if I can disperse this thick fog." After that, he concentrated the Buddhist Dharma on the palm of his left hand. The Red Lotus Karma Fire Seal lit up and a big fireball was ejected. The thick fog dissipated wherever the fireball passed, but was quickly replaced.

Li Yi thought: No, the range of the spell is very large, this won't work, let's take Yu Jiu away from here first! Li Yi reached out to pull Yu Jiu but caught nothing, he said nervously: "Fuck, where is he! Yu Jiu! Yu Jiu! Damn, am I stupid! I just said that this fog can block sound, what the hell! Wait, block sound, I used my talent to block sound, it uses the principle of resonance, try using my talent? Yes, even if it consumes a lot, I have to try it!"

Li Yi released all his energy and used his mental power to control the resonance of all his energy. As the fog condensed into water droplets and fell, the thick fog dissipated. Yi Ling was seen protecting Yu Jiu and fighting with a thin man who was manipulating eight strange short blades. The short blades had hooks on the tip and guard, and this shape obviously could not be used to stab people. But because of the unique shape, the thin man's attack method was also very special. Coupled with Yu Jiu's drag, Yi Ling had multiple scratches on his body.

Yi Ling shouted, "Didn't I ask you to protect Yu Jiu? How come you can't even do this?"

Now was not the time to explain. Li Yi immediately summoned the Acala Dharmakaya to rush over to help, while recovering his talent. Unexpectedly, the consumption reached 50%. Fortunately, against this kind of wild Maoshan, the advantage of the Acala Dharmakaya was reflected. Whether it was the six arms that were both offensive and defensive, or the super strong defense that made the opponent's attack completely ineffective, in short, Li Yi quickly took the initiative.

Yi Ling naturally knew that there were principles of mutual promotion and restraint in martial arts. Facing this strange man, Li Yi was obviously more suitable than herself, so she stepped aside to guard Yu Jiu and observe the fight between the two.

On the other hand, the weirdo saw that he was at a disadvantage and shouted loudly: "What are you waiting for? Come on! Kill them first. I only want the child!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a masked figure suddenly appeared. It was the puppet that performed magic tricks at the market before. Another man holding two swords was Cheng Jinshi's brother. He stood in front of Yi Ling and asked, "Do you think you can kill my brother?"

Yi Ling put Yu Jiuhu behind him and said, "Yes, I will send you to see him soon!"

Shuang Dao Cheng shouted loudly: "This female Taoist priest belongs to me!"

The masked puppet smiled and said, "So good? I've gotten a great bargain. Then let's make a deal. You can't deny it after it's done!" After the agreement was reached, the masked puppet and the weirdo immediately attacked Li Yi, while the man with two swords on the other side also attacked Yi Ling.

Let's look at Yi Ling first. As the saying goes, a single sword depends on the hand, and a double sword depends on the movement. If you want to use the double swords well, you have to work hard on your lower body. For women, the disadvantage in strength must be compensated by agility. But facing this double sword Cheng, Yi Ling's advantage in body movement is not obvious. In addition, she was slightly injured in the previous fight with the thin man, and she also had to protect Yu Jiu, so she was completely at a disadvantage and could only use magic to delay.

Looking at Li Yi again, the pressure on the monster who was originally suppressed by him was naturally reduced with helpers. The key lies in the magic and unpredictable attack methods of the masked puppet. It has knives in its hands, blades on the tips of its shoes, and it can spit fire and water. Occasionally, it will scatter caltrops on the ground, which is really a headache! If Li Yi hadn't had the Dharma image of Acala to protect him, he would have been finished long ago.

The thin man who used the strange blades played a trick, tied eight strange blades with fishing lines, manipulated the strange blades and coordinated the attacks of the mask puppet to continuously reduce Li Yi's range of movement, and soon trapped Li Yi in an area less than ten feet in radius. The eight strange blades suddenly pierced the ground, and the thin man formed a seal and cast a spell, shouting: "Water Evil Formation·Yinshui Soul Devouring!"

Eight strange blades with fishing lines formed an octagon, with black evil spirit emerging from the middle to form a special symbol. This symbol represented the underwater dead souls and looked like the oracle character for water plus a ghost.

The masked puppet angrily said, "Water monkey, do you want to steal my prey?"

The strange man replied, "Cai Xiliu, are you stupid? This guy is using the Vajra Divine Art, how can he be dealt with so easily! If you don't erode his soul, you can only wait until his Buddhist power is exhausted. Can you afford to wait? Watch the opportunity, once his power is broken, you come to collect his soul! I won't steal your food!"

The masked puppet looked at Li Yi in the formation, who was using the image of Acalanatha to resist the continuously surging Yin water. He smiled and said, "Okay, I trust you! I'll help you again!" The masked puppet inserted the blade in his hand into his sleeve, then pulled out a piece of red cloth, covered his right hand, and lifted his left hand, and a wooden box appeared on his right hand.

The water monkey cursed: "It's already this damn time and you're still performing magic tricks. Hurry up!"

Cai Xi Liu laughed and said: "You know shit. I'm just casting a spell! Ghost Play: Thousand Hands Dance!" As he spoke, the wooden box opened by itself, and a ball of black gas drilled into the ground. Then a circle of black curtain rose around Li Yi, and countless black hands stretched out from the black curtain, scratching, scratching, beating and knocking Li Yi.