Chapter 21: The Ancient God Appears in a Flash The young man brought Long Qi to a small courtyard and asked someone to give him a brown Taoist robe. "I am the eldest disciple of the master. The master gave me the name Hanyang. From now on, you can call me elder brother. This is the residence of the outer disciples. There are four people in a room. Now the new disciples should go to the Hufeng Hall. This is the learning uniform for outer disciples. You should change into it quickly and follow me there." After saying that, he turned and left. The Hufeng Hall is where the outer disciples of the Yuanqing sect have their morning classes. Every day at 3:15 am, the direct disciples of the elders take turns to lead them in meditation and breathing exercises. Then at 7:00 pm, the elders will lecture and preach to them here. Today is the day for new disciples to join the sect. The elder in charge of punishment, Master Fuyin, would like to explain the sect’s rules and taboos. When Long Qi arrived, there were already quite a few people in the hall. He saw Liu Xia at a glance, and Liu Xia also saw him. Both of them were extremely surprised and hurried forward to greet him. Before the two men finished their pleasantries, a blue-robed disciple announced that Master Fuyin had arrived, and the two men hurriedly followed the crowd and stood up. The rules and taboos were extremely complicated, but Long Qi just let them go in one ear and out the other. The speaker's words were profound, but the listener was absent-minded. Just when he was feeling bored, a person next to him caught his eye. The man was only about six feet tall, with delicate features, a thin body, but he stood upright. But it was obvious that he was not interested in this: sweat was dripping from his forehead and nose, and although his eyes were staring straight ahead, they seemed to be in a daze. Even when he answered, he was slower than others.
After about an incense stick of time, the blue-clothed disciple in front of him announced that they would start practicing tomorrow and asked everyone to go back and rest, and this person hurriedly caught up with Master Fu Yin who was about to leave. Seeing this, Long Qi hurriedly pulled Liu Xia beside him and quietly followed him. "Elder in charge of punishment!" The man called Fu Yin at the door of the hall, "My disciple is fine. I am the son of the former Lord of Yang City, Zhao Shen." As he said this, he bowed down. Although Fu Yin didn't know why the new disciple was like this, he hurried to help him up. Zhao Wuyang stood up and bowed again: "Please save my mother." His voice was like a revolving axis, and his crying tone could be heard. Then he narrated his mother's experience to Master Fuyin. After hearing it, Fuyin frowned and started counting with his fingers. In the end, it was a lucky omen, but he looked worried, which frightened Zhao Wuyang. Could it be that my mother’s medicine is of no use? He quickly knelt down, kowtowed and begged for the seal. Upon seeing this, Fu Yin quickly asked his disciple to help him up, told him the hexagram, assured him, and promised to treat his mother. Then he turned to the disciple beside him and asked, "Is your junior sister in the mountain?" "Master, my junior sister went down the mountain to Youran Residence a few days ago and has not come back yet." The disciple took a step back and bowed. "You'ran Ju?" Master Fuyin narrowed his eyes. "You'ran Ju?" Long Qi also looked at Liu Xia in confusion: Could it be that the person he saw that day was the disciple of the Elder in Charge of Punishment? Liu Xia looked confused. What happened to Youranju? …… Lingxiang tried to use the soul-calling talisman to call back the soul of the city lord's wife, but the talisman paper did not react at all. As she expected, it was a spell like bewitching. The method of bewitching the soul is to trap the soul of the person in a dream and make it impossible to escape. Seeing this, Maidong was about to use the dream-detecting technique on the city lord's wife, but was stopped by Lingxiang. Most of the spells of bewitching are not long-lasting, but the city lord's wife was in a coma for such a long time. I guess it must be that old yellow-skinned guy who sneaks in every night when people are asleep and casts spells. Since it has become intelligent, it must be aware of the Yuanqing Sect. It has been hiding in the City Lord's Mansion for a long time and must have many spies. Now that Lingxiang and Maidong have intervened in this matter, it should know about it.
Therefore, before rescuing Mrs. Qiao, some arrangements must be made to prevent the old man from getting anxious and doing something hurtful. However, most spells of bewitching require close proximity to be cast, so the three discussed for a moment and decided to set up a formation in the inner room first, one for binding demons and the other for locking spirits. The so-called monster binding is like a hunting trap. If a monster encounters it, it will be trapped in an invisible cage and unable to escape. Although this yellow-skinned creature has some divine qualities, it is ultimately a monster, and the demon-binding formation can restrain it. The Soul Locking Formation will slow down the flow of spiritual energy in the body, making it difficult for the person to move and cast spells. After the two of them set up the formation, they hid on the roof beams and used hand gestures to conceal their breath. Ah Jin transformed into a cat and hid on the roof tiles. Dawn had already broken, and the three of them had waited all night, but no prey had come. Just when Mai Dong had yawned countless times and thought that the old man would not come, the door creaked open. She thought it was the old yellow-skinned man, so she looked at the door with great vigilance, but the person who came was the city lord Zhao Shen. Just when she thought that the city lord and his wife were deeply in love and that the city lord was worried about Madam Qiao and was about to jump off the beam to pay his respects, she was interrupted by Lingxiang with a gesture. Mai Xiang was puzzled. Ling Xiang pointed at the city lord and then pointed back at her own eyes. Mai Dong then noticed: There was a faint light in the city lord's eyes! This old yellow-skinned fellow actually possessed the city lord! The possessed city lord walked to Madam Qiao's bed, took a deep breath and raised his hand to cast a spell, but Lingxiang quickly made hand gestures and activated the demon-binding formation. A circle of fluorescent light immediately appeared in front of the footstool, making the "city lord" unable to move his feet and unable to get close to Madam Qiao. In doing so, she exposed herself, and the "city lord" had already seen the two people on the roof beam. Maidong hurriedly performed the Brahma hand seal before him, and golden light appeared on the ground again. The "city lord" felt as if the spiritual energy in his body was frozen, and he fell down after a while. And there was a weasel where he was originally standing! The weasel stood in front of the bed with only its hind paws on the ground, like a seven-year-old child. It was four feet long and was trapped in the formation, unable to escape. It made sharp "ka ka" sounds from its mouth. When the two saw the weasel was trapped, they jumped down from the beam. Only then did Lingxiang see the yellow weasel's body shape clearly. With such a body and cultivation level, its inner elixir must be a good material for refining medicine. Just as she was thinking about how to take out its inner elixir, she heard a series of rustling sounds outside. Soon, she saw groups of little yellow weasels coming in from outside and rushing towards the two of them. Maidong was shocked. Now the formation was guarded by the two of them and they couldn't escape. If one of them was attacked, the old yellow-skinned man would be left with an opportunity, and all their efforts would be in vain. Just as the group of little yellow weasels jumped up and were about to pounce on the two, a gust of black wind blew, and Ajin came stepping on the wind. He transformed into a divine appearance, as big as a tiger, with eyes like copper bells, and teeth as sharp as blades. He stood in front of the two and roared, with the two little yellow weasels under his claws being stepped on and pressed down by him. A golden divine seal on his forehead showed his identity as a god. He is actually the Eight-Tailed Divine Cat! But now Lingxiang could not help being surprised, because the little weasels stared at Lingmai and the others with eager eyes, trying to find a chance to rescue the old yellow fox. From time to time, a few of them would pretend to rush forward to distract Ajin's attention, while the other weasels would take the opportunity to go around behind them. But Ajin is a messenger of God and a cat after all, so these tricks cannot fool him. He can knock them away with just one sweep. But this led to a stalemate. The original plan was for Lingmai and the other two to trap the old yellow fox, and for Ajin to capture it, but he didn't expect that now he had to protect them and the unconscious City Lord Zhao. When the old yellow-skinned fox saw that his youngster was injured and unable to escape, he immediately howled. Soon, yellow mist rose around him, and the spiritual fragrance was pungent and blinding. "Oh no! It's the same trick again!" Ah Jin was shocked, transformed into a human form and dodged to the side, shouting, "Be careful!" Lingxiang felt her mind was in a state of confusion and thought to herself that something was wrong. She quickly took out a calming talisman from her Qiankun bag and attached it to her body. In the blink of an eye, she regained her clarity of mind.
However, Maidong was not good at talismans and had no way to protect himself, and soon he collapsed to the ground with powerlessness. The soul-locking formation was broken, and the old yellow-skinned man felt that the spiritual energy channels in his body had returned to normal, so he cast a spell to attack the spiritual fragrance. Lingxiang hurriedly put up a calm shield to block the attack, but she was not prepared for the little weasels to attack her in a group. Just as they were about to pounce on her, Ajin dodged and stood in front of Lingxiang, gathered energy in both hands, and dispersed them. When the old yellow-skinned man saw this, he sprayed something out from behind him and pointed it directly at Ophiopogon japonicus. Lingxiang was shocked and shouted at Maidong to run away, but Maidong was paralyzed by the old creature's mist and could not move, and was about to be hit! In a flash, a white figure broke into the room through the window and with a wave of his hand, he swept the yellow-skinned man's moves aside. Maidong looked at the person who came in confusion—— "Master?" "Master...senior brother!" The person who came was none other than the Yuanqing sect’s Master of Punishments! (End of this chapter)