To Summon Ghosts and Gods

Chapter 184: Summoning Ghosts and Sending Gods

The black fog is getting thicker and thicker. It is daytime now, but it feels like night. Qin Mu and the others could still barely tell the direction. They looked up at the sky and could still see the sun, but the sun was not dazzling at all. It was like a round, light-colored halo in the darkness, much dimmer than the moon's light.

They looked around and could only see the green mountains turning into hazy black mountains.

There was a noisy sound from behind, and someone shouted: "There are several people who escaped, three men, three women, and a big lion... Don't leave, pick up my head! Come back quickly——"

Qin Mu’s heart moved slightly, and he looked at Shen Wanyun.

Shen Wanyun understood, unsheathed the flying sword from the sword box behind him, quickly dug a long hole in the ground, and lay down to fit. It was the first time he encountered such a strange thing as the resurrection of the dead, so he was a little panicked, but now he has calmed down.

Qin Mu waved his sleeves, rolled up the soil beside him, and buried Shen Wanyun under the soil.

Everyone walked forward, but before they had gone far, they heard several screams from behind.

"Someone is hiding in the dirt and ambushing us!"

"My head was chopped off. Who saw my head?"

"Shut up idiot! How can you talk when your head is missing?"

"I see. No wonder I couldn't find it after searching for so long."

"Which senior brother has seen my legs? Please help me, I will be grateful."

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Qin Mu asked Long Qilin to stop, and Shen Wanyun immediately chased after him, saying, "There should be no pursuers. Let's go quickly."

Suddenly, faint singing was heard in the fog. This singing was even more strange than the singing that came from the river just now. It had no ups and downs and was very stiff.

Qin Mu asked them to stop for a moment, sneaked over quietly, and then saw the singers who were singing.

There were several "corpses" singing, casting spells, and performing soul-pulling tricks in the dark forest. Their bodies were torn and tattered, and they performed magic in the dark, which was very strange.

"A dead person performing ritual?"

Qin Mu was slightly startled, and suddenly thought of the magical powers of the Jiuyou Sect, which seemed to have broken through the boundary between life and death.

If this kind of supernatural power is studied to the extreme, can it break the boundary between life and death and achieve immortality?

The magical powers of Jiuyoumen are still far from immortality. They only draw the souls of the dead from the underworld and let their souls temporarily reside in their bodies.

They must constantly activate the Soul-pulling Spell. If they stop using it, their souls will be pulled back to the underworld, and they will truly die.

"No wonder those corpses are also performing the Soul Pulling Technique."

Qin Mu thought to himself, "We must continue to use Soul Pulling to keep them moving. These dead people have strong cultivation bases, so it's best to avoid them."

He did not disturb the dead, and quietly retreated back, saying, "Let's change direction."

Not long after they walked, they encountered another group of Jiuyoumen disciples who were performing rituals. In addition to these dead Jiuyoumen disciples, he also saw several disciples of the Corpse Immortal Sect, who were also manipulating corpses and hunting down soldiers who had escaped from the city. There were flying zombies flying in the air, stepping on yellow paper.

Qin Mu frowned and changed direction: "Let's go to Lushan. The bodies of the Jiuyoumen are buried there. They resurrected from there and attacked the county town. There must be no one there!"

Everyone was extremely nervous. The black fog was filled with people from the Jiuyou Sect and the Corpse Immortal Sect. The Corpse Immortal Sect was eradicated by Yu Yuan Chuyu, and it was estimated that the bodies of the sect's disciples were also buried nearby. The Jiuyou Sect also resurrected them this time.

Obviously, Jiuyoumen came prepared this time and caught Yu Yuanchuyu off guard. If the situation continues to develop, Lizhou will be in danger.

Qin Mu thought to himself: "There must be a ruthless guy behind the Jiuyou Sect. He will do anything to win, even sacrificing so many disciples of the Jiuyou Sect!"

They arrived at Lushan, and sure enough, there were not many people there, and the black fog was much lighter.

Shen Wanyun, Yun Que and the others gradually felt relieved. As long as they climbed over the mountain and walked out of the area covered by black fog, they would be safe for the time being.

Suddenly, a rhythmic chanting sound was heard from the mountains. Everyone became nervous again and looked at Qin Mu.

Qin Mu frowned slightly and whispered, "This chanting sound is wrong. It's not soul-pulling, but another kind of magic."

Yue Qinghong and others could not hear anything different in the singing. They had no knowledge of Jiuyou Sect's Soul-Guiding Skill, but Qin Mu had studied this magical power and heard something amiss.

"You stay here, I'll go take a look!"

Qin Mu gave an order and approached the chanting sound quietly. When he came near the chanting sound, Qin Mu's footsteps became lighter and lighter. He saw an altar in the valley ahead, with a dozen Taoist men and women performing rituals on the altar.

The altar was built with skeletons, with equal length and width, each measuring thirty-six or seven feet long. The altar was paved with skulls, with a white flag inserted in each of the four corners, with runes written in blood mixed with cinnabar on the flags.

In the center of the altar stands an eight-armed demon statue. The statue has one leg bent and the other leg wrapped around the knee of the bent leg. The eight arms are clasped together in pairs. The statue has four faces, and each face has three eyes.

These Taoist men and women each activated a talisman that floated in the air. The talisman had many interfaces, and each interface had a rune.

As these Taoists chanted, the runes on the talisman interface kept lighting up. The lit runes just shone on the body of the demon statue. Every time a place was illuminated, a rune on the demon statue would light up.

The talisman kept spinning, lighting up the runes on the statue one by one.

At this moment, most of the runes on the demon statue have been lit up.

"To summon ghosts and send gods!"

Qin Mu's heart was slightly shocked: "The Taoist magic of Hongshan Sect! They are the disciples of Hongshan Sect who have been exterminated!"

These dozen or so Taoist priests, both men and women, are all masters of supernatural powers. It seems that they have been using their secret methods to summon ghosts and gods here for some time. It is obvious that after the Hongshan Sect was wiped out, they planned to fight back and joined forces with the Jiuyou Sect and the Corpse Immortal Sect!

Qin Mu combined the time when Jiuyoumen launched the attack and found that it was just when the scholars of Taixue Academy had just entered between Lizhou and Lu County. This shows that someone had a clear grasp of the movements of the scholars of Taixue Academy and even the time when they arrived here.

The scholars from the Imperial Academy who came out for training this time were all elites from various realms. In the future, these scholars will become officials of the Yankang State, replacing the current group of officials who came from various sects and families.

Most of today's officials belong to the old era, while the scholars of the Imperial Academy belong to the new era.

If Qin Mu and his group of scholars were caught in one fell swoop, the new era of Yankang Imperial Master would be missing a group of backbone forces.

"This time, the emperor ordered the scholars to come out for training. Apart from Gu Li Nuan, only a few powerful officials of the first rank knew about this in advance."

Qin Mu's eyes flickered. Among these first-rank ministers, someone must have betrayed him.

He really wanted to continue watching how these Hongshan disciples cast spells to summon the devil, but once the devil was summoned by the Hongshan disciples, he was afraid that it would be their death.

Qin Mu quietly retreated and told Shen Wanyun and the others what he had seen, saying: "The thirteen supernatural powers are all very powerful. If they summon the devil, no one can escape. We must get rid of them and destroy the altar before they summon the devil! Who dares to kill them with me?"

"Kill the Avatar?"

Yun Que and Yue Qinghong were both surprised: "And there are thirteen people with supernatural powers?"

Qin Mu glanced at them and said, "You don't dare?"

Yun Que hesitated and said, "I am a little hesitant. They are masters of supernatural powers, and there are thirteen of them."

Qin Mu said in a deep voice: "If we don't kill them, once they summon the devil, not only will we die, but the entire Lizhou will be wiped out!"

Shen Wanyun pondered and asked, "Is Hongshan Sect a magic sect?"

Si Yunxiang tightened the sword case on her back and said, "I've heard from my elders about the Hongshan Sect. This sect specializes in soul-related magic, and is not good at swordsmanship and combat skills. When the national master destroyed the Hongshan Sect, he led a group of magical masters who only practiced swordsmanship to attack Hongshan and destroy the sect! After the Hongshan Sect was destroyed, their scattered disciples may not practice authentic magic, and their attainments in combat skills and swordsmanship are unlikely to be very deep."

Qin Mu said: "The national master used swordsmanship to kill them, but we don't use swordsmanship, we use fighting skills. With swordsmanship, we can't match their magic. But in close combat, the magical masters who practice magic will not have time to cast it, and will be killed by us! Wanyun, Yunque, Qinghong, I have seen your fighting skills, they are all very strong, do you have the courage?"

Shen Wanyun said in a deep voice: "If you dare, I dare!"

Qin Mu looked at Si Yunxiang, who lowered her head and said timidly, "Yunxiang follows the lead of the Doctor of the Imperial Academy."

Qin Mu looked at Yue Qinghong again. Yue Qinghong's eyes sparkled, and she could hardly suppress her excitement: "I have never encountered anything like this before, how can I not participate? Wolf slave, you are ready too!"

Qin Mu's eyes fell on Monk Yun Que. Yun Que hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said, "If I don't go to hell, who will? I'll do it to you!"

Qin Mu said, "I will be the first to rush out and kill my way to the altar. You follow me and kill me at close range. Don't waste time! The altar is only 367 meters long and wide. It's such a small space. Think about the moves you want to perform and go over them in your mind a few times!"

Yue Qinghong's hands were shaking with excitement. She laughed softly and said, "It seems that following you is not a bad idea. The first battle is so exciting. I can't wait any longer!"

Qin Mu walked forward with his back bent, and Shen Wanyun and others followed behind him. When they arrived at the valley, they saw that the runes on the demon statue on the altar had already lit up. The thirteen Taoist men and women were still activating the runes, walking around the altar, chanting in an ancient sacrificial language.

Qin Mu's heart skipped a beat. He suppressed the urge to rush out and interrupt the sacrifice. He whispered, "Observe the terrain. Once you're done, we'll take action. Ling'er, take Long Qilin to the other side and make some noise to attract their attention."

Hu Ling'er hurriedly took Long Qilin and quietly walked around the altar and headed to the right.

After a while, Yue Qinghong whispered: "Observe!"

Qin Mu waved his hand, and Hu Ling'er immediately jumped out from the bushes, while Long Qilin roared behind her and chased after her, as if hunting.

The thirteen Taoists on the altar were startled. When they saw the fox and the dragon unicorn, one of them laughed and said, "It turned out to be a big lion hunting..."

Before he finished speaking, there was a flash of a knife, and Qin Mu had already stepped onto the altar, holding two knives, and with a wave of his hand, he cut off heads!

Fighting skills, a vast sky full of possibilities!