After giving these lost souls a brief explanation of the journey, I lit the soul-guiding talisman.
The soul-guiding talisman transformed into a beam of light and flew off into the distance.
Seeing this, the lost souls bid me farewell and thanks, flying away one by one.
Watching these lost souls depart, I took a deep breath.
I glanced at the purple bone vine and found that my lifespan had increased again.
After so many twists and turns, my current lifespan reserve was at least six to seven years to start with.
If I could survive this battle, my lifespan should accumulate to ten years.
I thought to myself, and after sending off the last ghost, I also turned and left the place.
Now, all I needed to do was wait for the twelve demon souls to return and report.
I started driving my motorcycle towards home.
I returned to the village at four in the morning.
Exhausted after a night of turmoil.
Back in the house, I glanced at my sleeping grandmother, then waited inside.
Around five in the morning, the twelve demon souls returned one after another.
After a night of pursuit, the evil creatures within a radius of several villages centered around our town were basically cleared.
The five escaped fish-headed monsters were also killed.
Upon hearing this news, I could finally get a good night's sleep.
The next day, before I even woke up, it was already noisy outside.
"Yes, yes, we're here to find Daoist Master Qin!"
"That's right, it's Qin Ze. My father had a dream and told me that he saved him, and that I must come to express my gratitude today."
"Yes, yes, my deceased wife said the same thing. She said they were trapped in the water and almost eaten by monsters, and that Daoist Master Qin saved them last night."
"Oh, my deceased youngest son said the same thing. Daoist Master Qin is truly a master!"
"A master, definitely a master."
"..."
Hearing these voices, I couldn't help but show a wry smile.
It seemed I still had to go out and meet them.
After putting on my clothes, I went out of the room.
As soon as I reached the small courtyard, my grandmother came to greet me.
"Ze Wa, you, look at these people, they all say they've come to thank you."
I nodded and took a step forward.
"Everyone, fellow villagers, I am Qin Ze."
As soon as I finished speaking, everyone was surprised.
"So young?"
"No way, could it be a different person with the same name, a mistake?"
"It's not wrong. When my mother had a dream, she described Daoist Master Qin in detail, saying he looked just like this, very young."
"Daoist Master, thank you for saving my mother. This is the free-range chicken and duck from my family, you must accept it..."
After speaking, a farmer with dark skin, holding chickens and ducks, tried to stuff them into my hands.
Seeing this, the others also kept offering the things they were holding.
There were chicken and duck eggs, cured meat and sausages, and even red cloth envelopes.
Someone even set off firecrackers at my door.
Their gratitude was self-evident.
I felt very happy, after all, I had used my learned skills to save so many people.
And allowed their families to find peace and comfort.
This was the greatest meaning of my studying the Dao.
I dealt with everyone one by one and sent them away.
I symbolically accepted some of the things they offered.
My grandmother, seeing me send everyone away, happily said to me:
"My grandson is capable now, he can save people. Grandma is truly happy for you!"
"Grandma, didn't you always say that saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda?"
"Yes, yes, yes, you've built many pagodas, Grandma will cook you something delicious for lunch!"
"..."
Looking at my grandmother's happy face, my mood also became incredibly relaxed.
Today, I would spend the whole day accompanying my grandmother at home.
As for the matter of my second aunt, I took a look when the coffin was being placed.
There was no major problem, so I didn't pay any more attention.
For the next five to six days, I spent every day with my grandmother.
I didn't know if I could return safely after I left again.
I just wanted to use the limited time to make my grandmother happier.
At the same time, every night I would send out the twelve demon souls to clear out demons and evil spirits in the surroundings, ensuring safety.
The matter of the Evil Buddha could be considered concluded.
And my cultivation had reached the True Light realm.
In these few days, I had also drawn another Fire God Talisman.
Everything was developing in a good direction.
My strength was also growing stronger.
Now, all that remained was to wait for cultivators from all over the world to gather and discuss the Black Demon's stronghold.
The time to depart was drawing closer and closer.
In the blink of an eye, only two days remained.
I had been staying in the village for seven or eight days.
Today, I planned to set off.
My grandmother also knew that I was returning to the city.
She didn't try to keep me, but just tidied up my shirt before I left and prepared twenty to thirty pounds of cured meat and eggs for me.
She said that these things were hard to come by in the city.
I didn't refuse my grandmother's kindness, and after a deep hug, I waved goodbye.
Thus, I left the village again.
During these days, although I hadn't returned.
I hadn't completely cut off contact with the outside world.
The matters of Old Mo and Xiao Yao had been settled in these days.
Old Mo's parents were quite satisfied with Xiao Yao.
After all, Old Mo's parents had hardly managed him, and now that they had a proper profession and a good-looking daughter-in-law to manage their son, they were naturally happy.
It was even heard that they were discussing wedding dates.
I also remotely informed my martial uncle and Old Mo about what had happened in the village.
Old Mo found it exciting and lamented that he couldn't participate.
Only my martial uncle seemed very shocked.
At the same time, he also contacted Grandpa Jiang, the corpse retriever.
Grandpa Jiang's family had been in the Qingshan River for generations, inheriting the tradition.
When he learned that evil Buddha monsters were suppressed in the small river by our town, he was also very shocked.
He also said that according to his calculations and the oral traditions of his master.
The toad demon and water spirit evil demon that I had killed were likely suppressed in our town by their ancestors.
It was just that a long time had passed, hundreds of years.
Apart from some oral traditions and records, they only had rumors that a section of the rivercourse suppressed a demon from Tibet.
The rest had been lost.
He also said that he never expected me to encounter this matter and then resolve it.
He said that when I returned to the city, he would treat me to drinks.
He also said that he would visit our town another day to personally inspect the seal of the stone Buddha and stone horses at the bottom of the river...