Chapter 18 Torch Mouth Ghost

After killing a small Fire Sprite, Ji Xiang immediately said to the remaining one: "Do you believe me now!"

"Take us there, and I'll guarantee your life! Don't take us, and I'll kill you right now!"

The little Fire Sprite was terrified and immediately made begging sounds. Ji Xiang smiled, becoming very amiable, holding the sword against the little Fire Sprite's head, and said with a smile, "That's a good child."

Then, he activated the might of the country and shouted, "Lead the way!"

The Embroidered Uniform Guards were not familiar with the inner palace paths; in fact, being too familiar would be a death sentence. The inner palace was the emperor's private courtyard. The Embroidered Uniform Guards, the Vanguard Military Guards, the Standard Bearer Guards, and the Mighty Generals all guarded the outer palace. Previously, after Emperor Wanli summoned Luo Sigong into the inner palace, he returned the same way, coming from the outer palace to the Longde Hall.

So, the little Fire Sprite was released, bouncing up from the ground with the bloody crossbow bolt still pressed against its body.

The two Embroidered Uniform Guards were very surprised.

It turned out that these gods and monsters were also afraid. In fact, as long as you mastered the method of killing them, they would be just like mortals.

This scene of threatening a spirit with the body of a mortal greatly stimulated the excitement of the human body.

It was just like a three-year-old child arbitrarily handling the life of a wicked ghost!

Among the two Embroidered Uniform Guards, especially Zhuo Deyuan, he felt his blood boiling at this time, extremely excited.

Slaying gods and killing ghosts, flying into the sky and escaping into the earth, this was what the Embroidered Uniform Guards should be doing, not just loafing around and accepting the dispatch of that useless commander!

And Ji Xiang's series of operations just now also made the two Embroidered Uniform Guards look at him with new eyes!

"Daozhang, if you joined the Embroidered Uniform Guards, you would definitely be a ruthless person."

"Daozhang, looking at your delicate features, why are you so skilled at threatening others?"

The words of the two Embroidered Uniform Guards seemed like teasing, but they were also genuine praise. Ji Xiang was very experienced in this operation of killing people and then threatening the survivors, changing his face as easily as flipping a book.

Of course, they would not have any pity for these seemingly pitiful little Fire Sprites.

Among killing, killing as a game is the most terrifying. A naughty child is not scary, what is scary is when a naughty child treats random killing as a game.

How can life and death be taken as a joke? These little Fire Sprites treat human lives as toys that can be played with, which is chilling in itself. No matter how frightened they pretend to be, they can only inspire fear.

Ji Xiang and the two Embroidered Uniform Guards followed the little Fire Sprite, leaving through the avenue outside the Tai'an Gate and starting to walk from a corner of a long corridor. The locked doors here had already been opened, and as they approached the first corridor, they could faintly hear some shouts from outside.

Light was coming in; the great fire in the first three halls could no longer be contained, and the flames and thick smoke had already soared into the sky.

"The outer palace is also on fire!"

"These damned Fire Sprites!"

The little Fire Sprite, leading the way, didn't dare to say a word, with the bloody crossbow pressed against its forehead, trotting all the way.

The surrounding temperature also rose. The great fire had burned half of the Forbidden City's sky red and bright, and the starlight spread out by Doumu could no longer be seen.

The wide corridor that Ji Xiang and the others were walking on was right next to the West Six Palaces. This corridor was very long, and at the end, burning flames began to appear.

"It's ahead. After leaving the front door, turn right and go forward a hundred steps. That's the West Zimen Gate. After entering, it's the West Second Long Street of the West Six Palaces. The emperor is trapped inside by my Chizhi brothers and the others."

The little Fire Sprite spoke at this time, slowing down and pointing to the front, but the passage ahead was already covered in flames.

"Daozhang, look at what that is!"

Embroidered Uniform Guard Xiaoqi Shi Xiang exclaimed. Ji Xiang also turned his head to look, and the little Fire Sprite wanted to take this opportunity to escape. It was just about to run away, but Zhuo Deyuan shouted sharply, "Where do you think you're going? Stop right there!"

The crossbow bolt was pointed at it, and the little Fire Sprite pouted its mouth, immediately standing in place, not daring to move again.

"Did you think everyone was just watching the fun?"

Zhuo Deyuan sneered, "It's useless for me to watch, I can't help, so I'll just keep an eye on you! Don't cause trouble for the Daozhang!"

On the other side, Ji Xiang saw a huge monster standing up in the direction of the West Zimen Gate leading to the West Six Palaces!

Roughly observed, it was about three to five stories high, standing up just a head taller than the palaces of the West Six Palaces, with a body like a Bodhi tree, constantly spitting out flames from its mouth, exceptionally mighty!

In the inner vision, the blank divine tablet appeared with text!

【Torch Mouth Ghost: Ghost and God Class! 法苑珠林 (Fa Yuan Zhu Lin), the Torch Mouth Ghost, this ghost constantly spews out fierce flames from its mouth without end. Its shape is like a burning Tala tree. This appearance is due to being too stingy in life.】(Fa Yuan Zhu Lin is a Buddhist text.)

【The Tala tree is a precious tree on Mount Sumeru that can cause five desires to arise in the hearts of all living beings: stealing life, greed, confusion, clinging, and not being weary of leaving.】

【This tree does not exist in the outer world!】

【This tree grows in the inner world!】

【Those whose five aggregates are empty and whose hearts are like withered wood are not affected by this tree; reciting the 《阿毘达磨藏显宗论》(Apidharmakosha-shastra, written by Xuanzang) can eliminate this ghost and god.】

Ji Xiang was stunned.

What the outer and inner worlds were was temporarily unknown and didn't need to be considered.

But to kill a ghost by reciting a Buddhist scripture from beginning to end, he didn't understand Buddhist scriptures!

Fortunately, the text on the blank divine tablet paused slightly, and then gave a strategy.

【This ghost and god impersonates the Fire God, but has not become an orthodox god. It borrows the Tala divine wood to manifest in the Forbidden City. Calling its true name is useless. Say "Let all sentient beings have co-born gods that follow their actions," then shout loudly, "King Yama is here!" Shout three times in a row, and throw jadeite on the fire, and this ghost and god will flee on its own.】

Ji Xiang's spirits were greatly lifted!

It wasn't that he had to rely on strategies, but that his third-realm golden tendons and jade bones had to fight against something three to five stories high... Without using the Great Mighty Divine Mantra, this subject really couldn't win!

There was only one Great Mighty Divine Mantra; how could he throw away his trump card so easily?

Moreover, the opponent also had some "Fire Lord"! This was the real mastermind boss. It would be a great loss not to use the Great Mighty Divine Mantra to fight this person!

"It's okay to drive it away. If this thing runs out of the Forbidden City, there are Heavenly Marshals everywhere outside. How can it survive?"

If something went wrong inside the Forbidden City, the outside wouldn't know. The Heavenly Marshals were all outside and couldn't get in, but if you ran out, it would be different.

Ji Xiang was participating in a giant Boss battle for the first time, and he was a little excited and a little nervous.

But with a lock on his health and a strategy, he should be able to pass.

Shi Xiang on the side was asking:

"Daozhang, look at what this thing is. Is it also selling itself?"

Ji Xiang sighed, ignoring the question of the Embroidered Uniform Guard Xiaoqi, and instead asked him, "Do you have any jade on you?"

Shi Xiang immediately laughed and said, "Daozhang, what are you talking about? Where would us stinky soldiers get jade from?"

"In this Forbidden City, the most likely jade that can be found on someone is a jade belt, but that's only something that princes, dukes, marquises, imperial consorts, and first-rank civil and military officials have."

A jade belt was a jade waistband.

"Oh, His Majesty also has one..."

Shi Xiang's expression was obviously wrong when he said this sentence.

What was the Daozhang going to do with the jade waistband? People who were not high enough in status could not covet this thing.