Black Mountain Old Ghost
Chapter 637 A Thousand Arrows Pierce the Heart
Hu Ma looked at Longjing, his predecessor. Beneath his grizzled hair, his eyes seemed to hold a volcano. His emotions surged like a stormy sea.
For a moment, words failed to express the complexity of his feelings.
Logically, he should be on high alert, wary of a possible trap, cautious of whether this person had truly betrayed them or was simply deceiving him with sweet words.
However, looking into his eyes, seeing the faint, burning evil within them, his doubts gradually dissipated. Who would completely trust a stranger they had never met, based on a few words?
A transmigrator, perhaps.
Besides, Hu Ma believed that everything could be faked, except for the faint smile on Longjing's face when he spoke of the past, the complex emotions in his eyes, and the hatred that had been suppressed for twenty years, waiting to erupt like a volcano. These could not be faked.
Everything he said was true.
This was not a traitor who had betrayed the transmigrators and had to be killed.
This was a vengeful spirit who should have died, but refused to die because of hatred, waiting for revenge…
Therefore, meeting Longjing's gaze, a smile slowly spread across his face, and he nodded, saying, "Old Brother, all of us want to witness the brilliance of a transmigrator predecessor!"
"Easy to say!"
Longjing understood Hu Ma's situation. If he raised any more questions, he would explain.
Seeing Hu Ma pondering slightly and then speaking these words, the smile on his face changed from a look of despair to one of genuine sincerity.
"Then watch carefully!"
He waved his wide sleeves, turned, and walked towards the door, laughing as he said, "I've lost my cultivation. I can't really see how great your skills are."
"But since you were sent by all the transmigrators to kill me, besides the courage, your skills must be among the most outstanding of this generation of transmigrators, right? How many bridges have you crossed?"
"This…"
Hu Ma, who was full of anticipation and ready to follow Longjing out, was stunned by his words. He paused and whispered, "I… I've pushed open three gates of the manor."
"Hmm?"
Longjing gave Hu Ma a clearly surprised look, then smiled and said, "That's enough, I suppose."
"But since you were entrusted with such an important task, why do you only have the skill to enter the manor?"
"I can tell that you're a Shousui Ren (Night Watcher). Shousui Ren are powerful up close, but this is the Yin realm. Shousui's martial arts skills aren't advantageous here. And if you rely on methods to nourish your soul, how can you compare to the evil ghosts in the Yin realm?"
"Moreover, if I'm not mistaken, there should be people from the Zhou family in this Wangsi City (City of Wrongful Deaths)."
"…"
"Just a stroke of luck."
Hu Ma could only smile wryly and say, "Besides, even if others haven't arrived, many eyes are watching!"
"Senior, what do you need us to do?"
"…"
"I just need someone trustworthy by my side to lend a hand."
Longjing didn't ask any more questions, just smiled and said, "I've lost my cultivation, and my life-bound spirit temple has been destroyed. If you say I'm a useless person, then I truly am. I always need someone to protect me."
"That's why I waited here for a transmigrator to come. And the transmigrator who is sure to appear before me must be someone with good character and sufficient skills."
"From talking to you just now, I can see that you've always been confident that you can kill me or take me away."
"Since you have that confidence, then helping me won't be a problem."
"Of course…"
"…"
He couldn't help but pause here, saying, "The fact that you haven't crossed the bridge is something I didn't expect…"
"?"
Hu Ma was truly speechless. What's wrong with not crossing the bridge? It's not a crime…
"Let's go!"
Longjing didn't say anything more. He just walked into the courtyard, looked up, and said, "First, take down that lantern!"
"Lantern?"
Hu Ma also looked up and saw a lantern floating in the air above the small courtyard. A thin hemp rope was tied to a pillar in the middle of the courtyard, holding the lantern, which seemed ready to fly away.
The lantern emitted a pale white light, looking ordinary, used only for illumination, but in this eerie Wangsi City, it had a strange, unsettling feel.
"If this lantern is broken or released, the ambushers around will immediately attack."
Longjing said calmly, "They've already sealed off Wangsi City. All that's left is how to capture you. I helped them come up with the idea of adjusting this Hai Shou (Harmful Head) Courtyard into a Four Pillars Soul-Locking Formation using feng shui enchantment."
"The lantern is the switch, or rather, the suppressing object. Once you take it down, this place will immediately become an extremely evil place, standing in a hail of arrows."
"Such an evil place is hard to find in the Yang realm, but with the Zhang family's ten qi meridians as a base, and the Hai Shou Courtyard built with the Zi Taisui (Purple Grand Duke) as a foundation, it can easily be realized…"
"Of course, it's not just my small courtyard. Throughout this city, there are such rare evil formations that can easily kill people without a trace."
"You can understand that here, you will easily see the most powerful skills of the Zhang family."
"…"
Hu Ma knew this was an opportunity to learn, listening carefully. After he finished speaking, he walked to the pillar, followed the hemp rope, slowly took down the lantern floating in the air, held it in his hand, and said to Longjing, "What now?"
Longjing thought slowly, saying, "I remember the Shousui Ren have a True Yang Arrow technique. Do you know it?"
Hu Ma was a little speechless, saying, "Senior, I'm at least an Entry-Manor Shousui Ren…"
"Knowing it is enough."
Longjing said, "Blow out the lantern, the harder the better."
Hu Ma nodded, held the lantern, circulated his energy secretly, and suddenly spat out a True Yang Arrow.
Previously, he had sixty years of cultivation. Now, with the Four Pillars cultivation, he had sixty-and-a-half years of cultivation, and he was still a virgin. When this True Yang Arrow was spat out,
in that instant, it was like spitting out a mouthful of raging flames. In this gloomy underworld, within Wangsi City, it was as dazzling and bright as the sun. The lantern was extinguished in an instant, and the surroundings suddenly became dark and gloomy.
In a daze, Hu Ma felt his hair stand on end. All the walls and roofs around him disappeared. What he saw was only this small courtyard and countless passages and alleys in all directions leading to this small courtyard.
And the moment the lantern dimmed, all the roads and alleys turned into arrows.
They were piercing straight into his heart.
Each additional road made it more dangerous, and in an instant, he would be turned into a hedgehog.
A Formation of Ten Thousand Arrows Piercing the Heart.
If one lived in such a house in the human realm, over time, they would be plagued with bad luck, encounter various painful and tragic events, have a difficult life, and everything would go wrong.
But in the Yin realm, these arrows became tangible, directly damaging the soul.
"Okay, stand behind me."
Just as Hu Ma felt a little frightened, Longjing's voice sounded beside him.
Hu Ma immediately abandoned the lantern and flashed behind him, his movements swift and smooth, surprising even Longjing.
But he only smiled slightly, lifted his wide sleeves, lightly bit his fingertip, and then quickly wrote a few words on the stone pillar tied with hemp rope: "When arrows come, the tablet blocks; when the bow is drawn, the string breaks."
Then, he gently raised his hand and slapped the inscription on the tablet.
"Boom!"
Longjing's movements were unhurried, slow, and light.
But with his movements, the surroundings suddenly produced a completely opposite, earth-shattering sound.
All around, the countless passages, like sharp arrows, pierced towards him, the evil aura surging, extremely terrifying, but the reason why the sharp arrows shot out was because there was a bow.
The sharper the arrows, the fuller the bow. These sharp arrows pierced towards the center, relying entirely on the Qi meridians and arrangement within this house, and merely because he wrote these few words, the Formation of Ten Thousand Arrows Piercing the Heart instantly changed its appearance.
Chizz chizz chizz chizz!
Suddenly, dense holes appeared on the stone pillar, making one's scalp tingle.
But Hu Ma and Longjing, who were standing next to the stone pillar, were not affected in any way. In the next moment, with this house as the center, a series of rumbling and collapsing sounds, the sound of houses overturning, and the sound of evil ghosts wailing, rang out all around…
Hu Ma looked around in shock and could even see in the distance of this large house that there were countless tall and erect giant statues staring fixedly in this direction, collapsing at this moment.
Inside, he didn't know how many Fu Ling (Negative Spirit) disciples, Meng family generals, and even some lifelike paper servants and wronged ghosts of Wangsi City, who were caught off guard and staring at them, were ready to attack.
Like the destruction of heaven and earth, wailing sounds were heard, and the towering, majestic, and imposing inner city of Wangsi City instantly turned into ruins.
"Ah yo…"
Hu Ma wasn't someone who hadn't seen the world, but he was still frightened by this scene.
Such a large place, even if the Shousui Ren wanted to tear it down, it would take half a day…
"Okay."
Longjing only seemed to have done a small thing, saying calmly, "This Hai Shou house has been destroyed."
"It will be much easier for us to go over there now."
"…"
Hu Ma's heart was trembling, saying, "Senior, where are we going?"
Longjing laughed, "Of course, to the Jiang Shen Tai (Descension Platform)."
Hu Ma was surprised, "Didn't you say that the Shen Tai was for illuminating demons…"
"Of course."
Longjing laughed, "With the Zhang family's ten qi meridians in the Yang realm as a base, connecting the earth's meridians, the Yellow Springs Yin meridians, and the power of the Meng family's seventy-two Prefecture Lords, they were able to create that treasure in the Yin realm that shines on the Yang realm, enough to affect this entire human world, weren't they?"
"And then…"
He smiled and slowly opened his mouth, "If it weren't for the Zhang family sparing no expense to personally create such a good thing, how could I have borrowed it to cast the enchantment technique that I had prepared for twenty years?"