Spirit Hunters of Maoshan Sect

Rui Lengyu took out the staff, along with another pistol even bigger than the cinnabar gun . She put them both on the table and introduced, “This is a soul eradicating gun . It also shoots out cinnabar bullets, but only a sorcerer can use it . The stronger the sorcerer, the more powerful its shots are . And this is a soul rendering staff . It is crafted from gold dust and dark steel, my personal weapon . ”

Ye Shaoyang immediately understood its mechanisms . Gold dust and dark steel were both spiritual materials that naturally repelled evil . Though the soul rendering staff looked technologically advanced, it followed the same concept as the peach wood sword and the date wood sword . All of these weapons depended on the nature of the material, which when combined with the power of cultivation could suppress evil .

“Did you make these weapons all by yourself?”

“No . When I was in Hong Kong, I met a sorcerer from Longhua Sect . I consider him half a master of mine . He was also a military weapons researcher . He was especially gifted in inventing sorcery weapons by integrating military elements into them . His weapons are all easy to use but powerful at the same time . ”

She gave Ye Shaoyang a look and continued, “Maoshan Sect disciples like you are not the same as us . The universe grants you power in accordance to your rank . You don’t need weapons like this; you only need to focus on cultivating . We are normal sorcerers . We need to keep learning and improvising so that we can get stronger . ”

Ye Shaoyang scratched his head and smiled shyly, “I’m not as powerful as you imagine . ”

“I’m talking about Maoshan Sect disciples in general, not you . I don’t think you are powerful,” Rui Lengyu replied bluntly .

Xiao Ma interrupted, ”Hey, Little Ye is really powerful . He killed the Kappa alone . ”

Rui Lengyu replied, unimpressed, “If he can’t even fight a Kappa, would he be a Maoshan Sect disciple?”

Her words left Ye Shaoyang speechless . But he thought to himself, There’s a chance to prove my power to her later today . I’m going to impress her .

“Are you satisfied now? Are there any other questions?” Rui Lengyu asked Ye Shaoyang .

“Where’s Qin Feng?”

“He’s already waiting for us at the shelter . ”

Ye Shaoyang nodded, “Let’s go then . ”

Today, they would unseal the spirit nest, and all the spirits would break free . Additionally, Feng Xinyu’s spirit would reunite with her body . Ye Shaoyang already knew that a tough battle laid ahead . Stepping out of the doorway, he took a deep breath . He was undeniably a little anxious, but he also felt a slight anticipation for the fight too . Like the Chinese saying goes, ‘it’s time for a ride, regardless of whether it’s a slow donkey or a fast stallion .

Ye Shaoyang requested for everyone to go ahead and wait for him there . He took a ride on Old Guo’s car and went back to the apartment . He carried Feng Xinyu’s body into the car and rode to the front of the School of Foreign Languages Faculty to meet with the rest of the team . He passed the body to Xiao Ma and asked the latter to carry it instead . The reason Ye Shaoyang gave was that he needed to conserve his energy to fight Feng Xinyu . Naturally, this was a ridiculous excuse, but Xiao Ma had no choice but to keep quiet . When they were about to set off, Old Guo suggested, “Little junior brother, let’s call Liu Ming and ask him to come over . Let him witness the consecration so that he can’t play tricks when we request for payment after the job is done . ”

Ye Shaoyang gave it some thought and agreed . He called Liu Ming, and the latter was at the school . Liu Ming arrived in a few minutes . After Old Guo briefly explained the plan to Liu Ming, he was more than happy about it . He told them they had his support .

Soon, the team arrived at the water tower . They moved a few bricks to make an entrance for themselves . Just as Ye Shaoyang entered, his phone rang . It was Zhou Jingru . He answered the call, and it was indeed her voice, “Brother Shaoyang, where are you now?”

“I’m in the middle of something here . ” Ye Shaoyang did not want to worry her .

“I see, are you busy?”

“Yes, I am . ” Ye Shaoyang took a look around at the rest of the team . He thought to himself, I guess if I tell them I need to leave now, they will probably throw me down the tower .

“I see . Then I’d better not disturb you,” said Zhou Jingru gently, “When you finish your matters, please call me . There’s something important I need to talk to you about . ”

Ye Shaoyang frowned in concern, “What’s the matter?”

“I don’t know how to tell you this . But, umm . . . My dad might be in some sort of paranormal trouble . He didn’t believe it at first either, but things are getting worse . I was wondering if you could come and have a look . ”

This news surprised Ye Shaoyang a little . The odd part was that paranormal beings had troubled the father and the daughter pair in turn . But on second thought, her father was a billionaire . It was possible that he had offended some people in business, so they were trying to harm him .

“Is it very serious?”

“His life is not in danger yet, but he is a little disarrayed . He is also frequently having nightmares . ”

“I see . I really have something urgent to do right now, but I promise that I will find you once I’m done with this . Ask your father to stay strong . ”

Zhou Jingru agreed and hung up the phone . Ye Shaoyang signaled to the team, “Let’s go down . ” Then, he crawled through the hole in the tower, and the rest of the team followed suit . In no time at all, they reached the tunnel underneath, the same place they encountered Feng Xinyu yesterday . There, the majority of them saw the Dharma staff for the first time . They were all in awe when they saw the staff’s majestic appearance, as it shone with lights .

“There might be specters here . I’ll guard this place . You go ahead,” said Rui Lengyu . Then, she stood right beside the Dharma staff with her soul rendering staff .

Ye Shaoyang said to Old Guo, “We brought everything necessary, right? Let’s start setting up the Path of Spirits . ”

Old Guo agreed and opened his bag . He took out a bunch of reed grasses and passed them to Ye Shaoyang . They arranged the reed grasses on the ground according to the Bagua and formed a perfect octagon . Then, they filled the middle of the octagon with Mugwort Leaves . After they finished this step, Ye Shaoyang instructed Xiao Ma to place Feng Xinyu’s body in the octagon, or Bagua, with her face up .

Next, Ye Shaoyang took out a small ceramic bowl . He cut his middle finger and dropped some blood into the bowl and mixed it with cinnabar . He took out a writing brush and drew five soul binding talisman papers . Then, he pressed the talisman papers onto her ears, her shoulders, and her head . These five spots were the five main points of a soulbound undead . Once these points were all sealed, the soul would not be able to enter or exit the body freely . But of course, this all also depended on whether the sorcerer or the soulbound undead was more powerful . As for the rest of the mixture, Ye Shaoyang soaked a long thread of string in it . Then, he tied the string around Feng Xinyu’s neck exactly three inches below the head before he attached a shiny ancient Chinese coin to it .

When he saw this coin, Old Guo exclaimed in excitement, “This is the Great Coin of Carving!”

There were three types of ancient Chinese coins, namely the Great Coin of Carving, the Great Coin of Molding, and the Coin of Trading . In ancient times, the Great Coin of Carving was used as the exclusive prototype to make other coins . It was a rare coin and made of pure gold . A Great Coin of Molding was half gold half silver and was a prototype created based on the Great Coin of Carving . This coin was distributed to every province in the nation as prototypes for each province . Thus, there would only be one such coin in each province, making it a rare coin as well . The Coin of Trading, on the other hand, was made up in the ratio of three parts copper and seven parts lead . It would be produced in large quantities in ancient times to be used for daily trading activities .

As the mother of all coins, the Great Coin of Carving possessed the strongest spiritual power, which made it an effective weapon for sorcerers . However, it was also extremely rare to find such a coin . Throughout a hundred years, even Maoshan Sect had only managed to collect three Great Coins of Carving and seven Great Coins of Molding .

As a disciple from Maoshan Sect, Old Guo could immediately recognize the coin . He asked in excitement, “Junior brother, did master even pass on the Great Coin of Carving to you?”

“Of course,” Ye Shaoyang answered with a straight face, but he was laughing in his heart . In fact, he had stolen this coin from Qing Yunzi . Being a stingy master, Qing Yunzi had actually only given Ye Shaoyang three Great Coins of Molding .

Then, he tied up Feng Xinyu’s hands with cinnabar string and attached two Great Coins of Molding to the knot . Next, he burned and melted a piece of hard coal . For the following step, he applied the melted hard coal to Feng Xinyu’s forehead . After he did all of this, he stood up and said, “All done . ”

Old Guo said, “Three coins to stabilize the lot; thread on the neck to lock the Hun . And with the lamp lighted up with sacred oil, even an undead king couldn’t escape . ”

Ye Shaoyang shook his head, as he stared at Feng Xinyu’s beautiful face, “If her spirit really reunites with her body, she will become an undead prime . That is just a step away from becoming a spirit mother Rakshasa . She is extraordinarily powerful . I don’t know if these preparations are enough to capture her . We’ll have to see what happens next . ”