A re insignificant person made the hidden figure reveal himself. He wore a purple and white long robe, with hair and beard streaked with white. If not for those eyebrows resembling the Chinese character for "eight" and his excessively sinister gaze, he might at first glance have so semblance of being immortal. But now, clothed in white, shadowed by a lingering yin energy, he appeared rather ghostly.
"So, you are that malicious and insidious disciple who was expelled from Baohua Temple, Qing Guzi?" Qin Liuxi scrutinized him, saying, "Judging by your aura, the expulsion is likely just an outward pretense, isn’t it?"
Yu Clan Leader’s maneuver to prevent Yu Changkong from ddling in the matter involved using half-truths. Had it been anyone else, perhaps they’d believe it, except she was present.
Indeed, Qing Guzi was from Baohua Temple, but being expelled was likely a falsehood.
"Young brat boasting with words, are you the one who disrupted my plans?" Qing Guzi eyed Qin Liuxi as if looking at a dead person, yet his eyes held a hint of apprehension, not arrogance due to her age.
The incident with the Yu family, detectable and disrupted by soone, caught him off guard. Not only had the formation been broken, but also the stolen Qi Fortune; he experienced severe backlash, indicating this was no ordinary person.
Indeed, she was young, but to interfere so effectively invoked his caution and vigilance.
Murderous intent flashed in Qing Guzi’s eyes.
Qin Liuxi sized him up, asking, "The Yu family possessed much rit and Qi Fortune, yet only a fraction ended up with you. Who was the real benefactor of the Qi Fortune theft?"
Qing Guzi remained icy, avoiding an answer, and instead summoned an Array Plate: "Since you’re here, don’t leave."
Both Qinglan Temple and Baohua Temple were noted for their specialties—Alchemy and Arrays respectively. Qing Guzi’s summoned Array Plate manifested swiftly, in just an instant, Qin Liuxi and Yu Changkong found themselves standing in its midst.
The surroundings felt all too familiar; it was a ghostly land. The pair seed to be standing inside a furnace, amidst roaring flas, their skin scorched and wounded, accompanied by harrowing screams echoing in their ears.
"Father, Mother?" Yu Changkong was utterly bewildered upon hearing the cries.
Qin Liuxi’s eyes turned sharp; her hands rapidly ford a mantra, casting a spell. Within the array, flas burned beneath a massive boiler, and inside were Yu Changkong’s parents—who else could it be?
Their skin was flayed; the blood within the boiler turned a glaring red. They scread; their souls trembled.
Qin Liuxi and Yu Changkong felt their souls being pounded, the pain unbearable.
By the boiler, soone continuously draw talismans and cast spells at the altar, their face cruel and unrestrained.
Qin Liuxi watched the person bind their souls post-departure from their bodies, wait for the skeletons to form, and use magic to seal the souls within the bones, while drawing several sections of bone mixed with flesh to refine the Array Plate.
Array within array, soul within bone.
The Skeleton Array, overlayed with the Yin Gathering Formation, utilized the nested arrays to nurture the true Array Plate.
Yes, Qing Guzi refined the Skeleton Array into an Array Plate, replicating the scene of Yu Qingbai and his wife’s death repeatedly. Each repetition intensified the resentful energy within the souls, transforming them into Evil Ghosts.
Qin Liuxi looked at the male and female Evil Ghosts, filled with black evil spirit energy, nacingly lunging at them, her fists clenched.
What enmity exists for stealing Qi Fortune—using such vicious thods to refine an array—is truly unbearable.
Yu Changkong’s mind went blank seeing his parents’ distorted faces, until they reached before him, extending their hands ferociously. His anger soared to its peak.
"Ah!"
A swirl of rage erupted like a blaze, surrounded him like vortex layers, thick black as ink.
Not good.
He’s about to succumb to darkness; the Heart Demon intrudes, rendering his world hellish.
Just like Master Chi Yuan’s prophecy: A thought sets Heaven apart from Hell.
Qin Liuxi rushed forward, intending to pull him from the black vortex, but an unexpected scene halted her.
The Heart Demon needs heart dicine to heal.
Yu Qingbai and Yun Zhuying’s hands paused near Yu Changkong’s nose. The fury shattered their hands, contorting their faces as if struggling against sothing.
"Changkong, don’t." Yun Zhuying’s eyes shed tears of blood.
Yu Qingbai, eyes bloodshot, charged into the vortex, enveloped by dense black rage, rcilessly twisting around him.
Yun Zhuying followed without hesitation.
Qin Liuxi pressed her lips together.
True flas of anger could indeed purge evil spirits, especially for soone like Yu Changkong, carrying a seed of Heavenly Dao’s favor, empowering him.
Even if it’s parents, would be ruthlessly annihilated.
Qin Liuxi watched but didn’t interfere; for being trapped in the Array Plate as ferocious ghost slaves, it might be better to have their souls scattered in their real son’s grasp, rather than serve evil unwillingly.
Yu Changkong seed touched, opening his eyes, watching his parent’s soul bodies grow weaker, almost losing himself in madness.
"Changkong, you’ve done well." Yu Qingbai smiled.
Yun Zhuying reached to touch his face: "My son’s grown, don’t fear, Father and Mother don’t bla you, nor fear soul scattering."
Just like before, never fearing death, but dreading his unprotected condition with unford wings.
Yu Changkong shed tears, attempting to retract the surrounding flas, but his parents smiled, shaking their heads.
"We’re leaving now, may our son find joy without worry."
Yu Qingbai and Yun Zhuying’s soul bodies burst, scattering into sparkling fragnts.
Yu Changkong’s hands grasped empty air, stagnated in place.
The Skeleton Array, refined from their remains and souls, cracked upon their souls scattering, everything vanished. The ghostly cries ceased, leaving an eerie stillness.
"Such deep mother-son affection." Qing Guzi’s hands cast a spell, striking towards Yu Changkong.
The Array Plate nurtured for ten years finally produced Evil Ghosts. A few more years, they might beco Ghost Kings, turning the Skeleton Array Plate into a treasure.
These people forced him to prematurely use the Array Plate. Originally, he thought the ghosts had lost reason but unexpectedly facing the boy they montarily awakened.
"I shouldn’t have left you as food seed back then." Qing Guzi’s eyes held hate mixed with desire. Indeed, the offspring of one with great Qi Fortune, shared his parents’ powerful destiny. Keeping him was just for future harvest. Now, he realized his foresight was too indulgent.
As the spell neared Yu Changkong, Qin Liuxi cast a mantra and pushed him aside, placing herself against Qing Guzi.
"I’ve long despised you, vile thief. Fight !" Her hands moved fast, casting a spell towards the mountain, hurling stones at Qing Guzi.
"Trivial shenanigans." Qing Guzi sneered, using the Five Thunders Skill to break through.
Qin Liuxi grinned, point-tapping forward, closing in on him, kicking several stones with her foot, and throwing out several yellow talismans, hands flipping: "Since you love arrays, break mine. Heaven has four dogs, guarding four borders. I have four dogs, guarding four corners. This marks the boundary; a sea of flas as hell; you shall not escape; Array Activation!"
What?
Qing Guzi froze as the scenery changed abruptly. Looking down, what kind of array is this, Karma Fire Hell?
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