Chang'an Catching Demons

Chapter 4

Lin Yu picked up the girl's shadow on the ground, condensed a faint golden light with his fingertips, and gently tapped the shadow's eyebrows. The shadow trembled violently a few times, and the originally strange smile gradually faded into a calm child's face, and then shattered like dead leaves and scattered all over the ground.

"A Man's resentment has dissipated." Lin Yu whispered. He could feel that the young soul trapped in the donkey's skin was finally freed, turned into a wisp of light smoke, and dissipated in the morning light.

Carpenter Li sat on the ground, looking at the broken shadow, and suddenly howled loudly, full of remorse and unwillingness. Chen Feng changed him forward and shook his head: "After all, you will harm yourself."

When they walked out of the studio, the merchants in the West City had already surrounded them. They were relieved to see that the matter had been resolved. Someone brought hot tea and said gratefully, "Thank you, three heroes. Now we can finally sleep peacefully."

Su Yao took the tea, took a sip and smiled, "It's still Taoist priest Lin. This shadow is scary to look at. It was subdued by you in a few times."

Lin Yu didn't answer. He looked at the depths of the West City and frowned slightly. When he just broke the shadow demon, he clearly felt a more gloomy breath flashing from the corner of the street, which was stronger than the water and shadow demon, with an unspeakable evil.

"What's the matter?" Chen Feng noticed his expression.

"There's something wrong." Lin Yu held the bronze bell tightly, and the bronze bell was slightly hot at the moment. "This evil art of the shadow evil, although it is insinister, is not profound, but the breath I just felt... is absolutely extraordinary."

He turned his head to look at Carpenter Li, who was escorted away: "Where did you learn this evil skill?"

Carpenter Li was stunned for a moment and said hesitantly, "Yes... It's an old book I picked up in a dilapidated temple outside the city, which was written..."

"What dilapidated temple?" Lin Yu asked.

"It seems to be... the land temple in the south of the city has long been abandoned, and there is only a broken god statue left..."

The three of them looked at each other and felt that something was wrong. How can an old book in a broken temple record such a vicious evil art? What does the flashing cold smell have to do with this old book?

"Go and have a look." Chen Feng made a decision on the stime.

The land temple in the south of the city was indeed dilapidated. Most of the courtyard walls had collapsed, and the statues in the temple were tightly wrapped in spider webs. Lin Yu walked into the temple gate, and the tremor of the bronze bell became more and more obvious. He followed the breath to the back of the statue and saw an inconspicuous dark grid on the wall, with a black cloth bag hidden in it.

Open the cloth bag. In addition to a yellowed magic book, there is also a sheepskin scroll with strange symbols and several needles stained with black blood.

"This symbol..." Su Yao pointed to the sheepskin scroll, "I have seen something similar in my father's study, which seems to be a kind of totem in the western region."

Lin Yu picked up the evil magic book and flipped through it. The handwriting on the page was distorted and strange, which was completely different from ordinary Chinese characters, like some kind of charm. His fingertips crossed the page and suddenly felt a tingling sensation. Looking down, his fingertips were pierced by the thin needle hidden on the page. A drop of blood fell on the paper and was absorbed in an instant, and the symbol on the page actually lit up red.

"That's not good!" Lin Yu suddenly closed the book, "There is something wrong with this book. It's an introduction!"

As soon as the words fell, a gust of wind suddenly blew outside the temple, flying sand and stones, and the sky darkened in an instant. The wall behind the statue cracked with a "rumble", revealing a dark hole, and bursts of creepy hiss came from it.

"It's a demon's hole!" Chen Feng pulled out his sword and said, "There is a demon hole hidden under this land temple!"

Lin Yu put away the sheepskin scroll and the evil magic book: "It seems that someone deliberately put evil magic here to lead the demon to be born...Lin Yu sacrificed the peach wood sword, and the red light of the sword suddenly appeared, and he stood back to back in front of the cave with Chen Feng. Although Su Yao's heart was tight, she also clenched the dagger she carried with her, and her fingertips turned white because of the force.

"Hove the hole and don't let them out!" Lin Yu shouted in a low voice, stacked the three charms together, and recited words in his mouth. The charm soared into the air and turned into a golden wall of light at the entrance of the cave. As soon as it was formed, it was hit hard by the things inside. The wall of light shook violently and rippled.

"What a strong demon!" Chen Fenghu's mouth was numb, "What is hidden here is not an ordinary little demon!"

Before the words were finished, a furry claw broke through the light wall, and the tip of the claw was black and smelled rotten. Lin Yu swung his sword and slashed it. The peach wood sword cut on the claws, and a string of Mars splashed. The claw retracted in pain, and a grumpy roar came from the hole. Then, more claws and shadows hit the light wall. The golden light was great, but it gradually thinned.

"I can't stand it like this!" Su Yao said urgently, "I'm going to help the soldiers?"

"It's too late." Lin Yu took out the copper bell from the cloth bag and said, "Chen Feng, help me fight for a moment!"

Chen Feng was away and swung the knife to the shadows of the claws. The light of the knife collided with the demon gas, making a dull sound. Lin Yu pinched the copper bell, bit the tip of his tongue, and sprayed all his blood on the bell. Take my blood as a guide, summon the power of the final southern ancestor, Zhen!"

The bronze bell suddenly burst out with a dazzling white light, and the sound of the bell was no longer clear, but like a flood of bells, shaking the dust on the beams of the temple. The white light poured in along the entrance of the cave, and the roar in the hole became sad in an instant, and the shadows of the claws that hit the light wall also retracted one after another.

The light wall gradually stabilized. Lin Yu took the opportunity to insert the peach wood sword into the edge of the hole. The charm on the sword spread along the soil, forming a huge eight-figure array on the ground. This formation can trap them temporarily, but it won't last long. He gasped and his face was as pale as paper. "This demon hole is connected to the underground veins. I'm afraid that the things inside have become climate."

Chen Feng looked at the constantly squirming hole and locked his eyebrows: "Western totems, yin vein demon caves... There must be a big conspiracy behind this." He remembered the secret message of Jin Wuwei's barracks a few days ago, "Could it have anything to do with the people who manipulated Jin Wuwei?"

Lin Yu picked up the sheepskin scroll, and the symbols on the scroll gradually revealed the veins in the light, which faintly coincided with the outline of the demon cave. This is not a totem, but an array map. His fingertips crossed the symbol, "Someone is using the yin qi of the demon hole to urge some kind of forbidden art."

Su Yao suddenly pointed to the wall of the cave: "Look!"

On the wall that had just been cracked, a dark red liquid seeped out, flowing down the bricks and stones, converging into distorted words on the ground - "Blood Sacrifice Chongyang".

"Chongyang?" Chen Feng was stunned, "In three days, it will be the Chongyang Festival."

Lin Yu's heart sank: "The yang qi is the most prosperous, but it is also the node of yin and yang alternation. If the blood sacrifice is carried out with the yin qi of the demon cave at this time, I'm afraid it will cause an imbalance of yin and yang, and the demons in Chang'an City will lose control at that time.

He put away the sheepskin scroll and the magic book: "This array should be given to those who know how to do it. I know an old man who lives in seclusion in Dongming Temple, and maybe he can see the way in it.

As soon as the three of them walked out of the land temple, they saw a group of people rushing from the official road in the distance, led by the governor of Jingzhao. It turned out that Chen Feng had already been prepared and asked people to report to the government when he came.

"Taoist Lin," the governor turned over and got off his horse with a solemn expression. "This matter is not a small matter. It needs to be reported to the imperial court immediately. It's just this demon hole..."

"I have set up the formation, and there will be no problem within three days." Lin Yu said, "But after three days, we must find a way to break the formation."

The governor nodded in response, immediately ordered someone to block the land temple, and sent a hundred soldiers to guard around.

On the way back to the city, the twilight is getting darker. Su Yao looked at Lin Yu's pale face and took out a piece of osmanthus cake from her arms: "Let's cushion it first. You're tired."

Lin Yu took the pastry and was about to say thank you, when the copper bell suddenly rang again. This time, the bell was urgent and sharp, as if warning. He looked up in the direction of the imperial city and saw that there was a faint black cloud above the Ziwei Palace, and there was a faint thunder flashing in the cloud.

"That's not good!" Lin Yu whispered, "The matter of the demon cave has not been solved yet, and something has happened in the palace again!"

Chen Feng strangled the reins of the horse and said solemnly: "I just received the news that Your Majesty invited the ministers to the imperial garden today. Suddenly, he fell into a coma during the banquet. The eunuch doctor was helpless and said that he had been evil."

The three of them looked at each other and saw the solemnity in each other's eyes. Demon hole, forbidden art, evil in the palace... These strange things, like an invisible net, are tightening towards the heart of Chang'an City.

Lin Yu held the copper bell in his hand, and the temperature of the bell was getting higher and higher. He knew that the next three days would be the key to the fate of Chang'an. And the black hand hidden in the dark will finally show its fangs on a sunny day.