Warding Of Evil Spirit

Chapter 18 Danxia Old Mother Relieves the Storm

"This...this..."

At that moment, seeing the smile on the Old Mother of Danxia's face grow increasingly benevolent, Jin Guan and Xie Jiang felt more and more uneasy.

All the rumors they had heard about this Old Mother of Tingchang Mountain flashed through their minds, and they felt a chill creep down from the sky, reaching their very core. The fact

that they could suppress their shivers was already a testament to their composure.

However, faced with the Old Mother of Danxia's question, Jin Guan stammered for a long time, unable to utter a single word.

Actually, it was nothing, Jin Guan understood this perfectly well. It was simply that a demonic slave had escaped from the Demon Suppression Cave, and this fiend had learned the "Springtime Sword." Neither of these things was a big deal for the Old Mother who resided on Tingchang Mountain.

But for some reason, in that instant, Jin Guan's mind was enveloped by an unprecedented coldness, rendering him speechless, as if a thousand words were stuck in his throat.

When he came to his senses again, the kind smile on Old Madam Danxia's face was slowly fading.

The old woman's face gradually turned cold as she looked at Jin Guan.

"What? You look down on your grandmother?"

Just one sentence almost made Jin Guan burst into tears and sweat at the same time.

"I...I..."

This time, there was no coldness to calm his mind; clearly, Jin Guan was completely flustered on his own.

Seeing that his junior brother was useless, Xie Jiang forced a smile.

"Grandma Danxia, ​​you have personally appeared; is there something you want to instruct us juniors on? Please don't blame my junior brother; he's just a child who has just left the mountain, and there are no elders with him right now, so it's inevitable that he's taught us juniors to be impolite. Please forgive him."

After saying this, Old Madam Danxia turned her head to look at Xie Jiang, and a meaningful smile gradually appeared on her face.

“My dear girl, you are quite perceptive! Good! With your words, Grandma will spare this foolish child today. However, both of you must come with Grandma to Tingchang Mountain.”

Upon hearing this, both Jin Guan and Xie Jiang were horrified.

The Danxia Old Mother's Daoist temple on Tingchang Mountain, though located north of the Jade Marrow River, was renowned for its formidable reputation among the righteous cultivators. The Danxia Old Mother's ability to carve out a path to survival from humble beginnings amidst mountains of corpses and seas of blood was not based on compassion.

Even today, in the mountains of the Northern Frontier, the legend of Tingchang Mountain is said to have the power to stop children from crying at night.

Being taken to the Old Mother's Daoist temple would likely lead to a bad end.

Recalling their earlier predicament, the two felt even more troubled.

Xie Jiang was the first to react.

She quickly curtsied and then spoke slowly.

"Please forgive us, Grandma Danxia. We were sent by our sect, and the matter is urgent. We simply don't have the time to go to Danxia Mountain. Besides, Grandma, earlier, due to a small misunderstanding, our two families had some friction. You see, the ruins of the Demon-Suppressing Cave are still right there to the north. Now that you've taken us away from the mountain, we're at a loss for what to do with our sect elders. Such a conflict is unnecessary. It would only make us a laughingstock."

Hearing Xie Jiang's words, Grandma Danxia smiled even more kindly.

"My dear child, you speak so well. This is the most reasonable explanation. But children, when did Grandma say she wanted to reason with you? If I, with my talismanic body, couldn't take away two children who have just come down from the mountain, what would become of my reputation?"

"So there's no point in saying more. Grandma's mind is clear!"

Hearing Grandma Danxia mention her reputation...

Even Xie Jiang's face turned deathly pale, and she couldn't utter a single word.

Despite being called her senior sister, she was no different from Jin Guan; both were still just children.

But it was at this moment that Jin Guan spoke, his voice already trembling with tears.

"Old Mother Danxia, ​​instigating Elder Ding to come here and causing further discord between our two families is all my doing! I will take responsibility for my actions! I will go to Tingchang Mountain with you! But you must spare my senior sister!"

By the end, perhaps overwhelmed with grief, Jin Guan almost roared.

But the more he spoke like this, the less angry Old Mother Danxia became.

"Good, good, you're both good children. No wonder the Sword Sect has been so prosperous for so many years. If all the children in my Tingchang Mountain were like you, I could close my eyes in peace."

"Stop arguing. You two have to come with me."

"Don't think of it as a matter of life and death."

"I've told you straight, I'm asking you to stay in Tingchang Mountain for a while. It won't harm your lives."

"The matter of your Jieyun lineage undergoing tribulation to replenish the scriptures has been passed down for so many years. It's probably going to fall on you two, isn't it?"

"If I mess this up, all the old folks in your entire lineage will go crazy!"

"But unfortunately, the timing is bad. My grandson Chunyu has already been dragged into this karma. Your grandmaster uncle was a greedy person who loved to eat, drink, take, and beg when he was young. He'd even scrape three layers of dirt off the ground if he could. With Chunyu grandson's karma involved, your grandmaster uncle will inevitably stir up trouble and make me pay even more before I'm satisfied."

"Heaven have mercy! My place is a desolate wilderness, neither a sect nor a clan, just a small, insignificant household. How can we withstand Qinghai Daoist's ruthless exploitation!"

"I have no choice but to resort to this last resort: please come to Tingchang Mountain."

"I will not seek your wealth, nor will I harm you."

"We are simply waiting for Qinghai Daoist to personally come to our door!"

"Without this, without these oaths and vows, I truly wouldn't trust Qinghai Daoist's humanity!"

"As for causing you unnecessary fear, you will certainly receive some precious materials and benefits. As for the demonic cultivator who escaped from the Demon-Suppressing Cave… I have sent men from Tingchang Mountain to search for him in the wilderness south of the Jade Marrow River."

"Don't you think that such a ghostly place is not easily trodden by righteous disciples like yourselves?"

"I am saving your lives!"

"When the time comes and we bring back that demonic cultivator's head, you will have eaten and drunk well, and you will have completed a task assigned by your sect. Wouldn't that be wonderful?"

"Alright! Grandma has said everything she could, good or bad, no more arguing allowed."

"Let's go!"

...

Suddenly, a gust of wind swept through the sea of ​​trees like a surging wave.

In the jungle, Chu Weiyang held the "Qingwei Thunder Cloud Seal Scroll" in one hand, silently memorizing the thunder seals and cloud talismans using his unique method.

Just then, Chu Weiyang's steps abruptly stopped.

With a flip of his hand, he tucked the Taoist book into his belt, and with a lift of his other hand, he gripped the hilt of his sword, a hint of cold light already gleaming. An

invisible sword aura cleaved through the swirling wind.

The whistling sound was like a mournful howl.

Just as the aura of the Awakening Insect Sword Intent emanating from Chu Weiyang gradually rose, a young man of similar age emerged from behind a tree not far away.

Meeting on the road, the man smiled and clasped his hands in greeting.

"Fellow Daoist, Yan Jianming, a disciple of the Old Mother Danxia at Tingchang Mountain, has been waiting for you for a long time. I have a business matter I wish to discuss with you in detail."