chsdbacks Chapter 439 Shikigami
Chapter 439 Shikigami
As we were talking, we arrived at the amusement park stage area. Just like before, as soon as we got close to the stage, the dowsing rod started swinging wildly.
"They're here!"
Fatty Lin chuckled and said, "If we find this place again, we'll have discovered all the key points of the Four Souls Formation!"
"Chirp!"
Xiao Ba then stepped forward and nodded in agreement.
Her shout immediately alerted us to something was wrong.
As we agreed, Xiao Ba won't come out unless there's something wrong.
Previously, in the long corridor and the three gardens, Xiao Ba did not come out to echo.
"Xiao Ba is our lucky charm. With you here, we've been able to succeed so smoothly!" Fatty Lin laughed exaggeratedly, reaching out his chubby hand and tapping Xiao Ba's little head.
"Chirp!"
Little Ba proudly raised its head, stretched out its little paws, and pretended to bump fists with Fatty Lin.
"Come on, let's have a clink!"
Fatty Lin understood immediately. A big fist and a pink little paw touched, and when they touched, Xiao Ba's little paw hooked and pointed towards the stage.
"I'll have your thirteenth brother cook you something delicious later!"
The two fists touched and then immediately withdrew, with Fatty Lin looking completely naive.
"Chirp!"
Little Eight can act too, and he happily exclaimed.
Lin Pangzi and I exchanged a glance, and then I gave Long Nier a wink.
I quietly took out the Demon-Slaying Seal and hung it in my sleeve. Fatty Lin took out two Exorcising Talismans, while Long Nier put her hands into the pocket of her hoodie, where the Tiger Tail Whip was coiled.
After getting ready, we returned to the stage and, as before, followed the guidance of the dowsing rod to a spot on the ground.
Fatty Lin continued to pretend to be naive, shining the yin-yang mirror downwards.
A moment later, looking at the display on the mirror, he said, "There's a Wild Soul Rune buried underneath. This rune looks like it's tangled up with the speaker wiring!"
"Is there any explanation?" I asked, pretending I knew nothing, and chatted with Fatty Lin.
"To put it more scientifically, with the blessing of runes, the sound system emits an invisible infrasound aura, which subtly erodes the spirit of anyone who comes to listen to the music!"
Fatty Lin said, shaking his head.
"What about something a bit more mystical?" I asked cheerfully, though I was on high alert.
"To put it in a more mystical way, the sound system, influenced by the runes, emits a kind of malevolent energy that depletes a person's yang energy!" Fatty Lin said.
The moment the word "qi" was uttered, a dull sound came from beneath our feet, and the floor tiles instantly cracked open, from which a twisted black shadow darted out and rushed towards the two of us.
Fuck you!
Without thinking, I grabbed the Demon-Slaying Seal and, just like when I was a kid fighting in a group and carrying a brick to hit people, I jumped up and slammed it down on the shadowy figure.
At the same time, Fatty Lin also threw out the talisman in his hand.
"Brother!"
Long Nier, standing nearby, screamed and drew her tiger-tail whip, lashing it at the dark figure.
The talisman, the seal, and the whip struck the shadowy figure almost simultaneously, producing a sizzling sound, followed by a piercing shriek that made everyone's eardrums buzz.
The next moment, the dark figure fell to the ground, revealing its true form.
This is a paper doll that looks like its limbs have been torn off. Its head is somewhat like a teru teru bozu (Japanese teru bozu doll), but it is much scarier than a teru teru bozu and looks a bit like Sadako.
"Shikigami?"
Fatty Lin narrowed his eyes, his hands never stopping. He turned the Yin-Yang Mirror around and shone it directly on the thing, freezing it in place. At the same time, he drew the peach wood sword hanging at his waist and stabbed it down.
"what!"
The peach wood sword entered its body, and the thing emitted another shrill whistle, tumbling on the ground like a fluttering moth. But the more it tumbled, the more black energy emanated from its body.
Fuck you!
I cursed again and slammed the Demon-Slaying Seal down on it.
One strike, two strikes, three strikes—as I smashed, I chanted in my mind, "Eighty, eighty, eighty!"
After a few more blows, before Fatty Lin and Long Nier could make another move, the thing turned to ashes with a "poof" sound, having been smashed to pieces by me.
Fatty Lin was stunned. After a long while, he said, "Crazy! You've used up all your energy on this! You didn't even save some for Ni'er!"
"Fatty, what are you saying!" Long Nier said angrily.
"You can't expect anything good to come out of a dog's mouth!" I said.
"hey-hey!"
Fatty Lin didn't care. He looked at the scorch mark on the ground, stomped on it, and said, "The shikigami is destroyed. The person hiding behind it probably won't come out. Let's hurry up and find out what happened, then notify Master Liu immediately!"
"Um!"
I nodded.
"Xiao Ba, thanks a lot this time. Otherwise, if this thing had suddenly jumped out, we two brothers would have really been in trouble. Now I understand how Master Zhu died here!"
Turning his head, Fatty Lin started praising Xiao Ba again.
"Chirp!"
Little Ba proudly shook its little head, waved its little paws, and chirped several times.
"Xiao Ba said she's extremely sensitive to things like spirits; nothing can escape her nose!" Long Nier translated.
"I'll make you something delicious when we get back!" I said with a smile.
Just as Fatty Lin said, if this thing suddenly jumps out, we two brothers will definitely get hurt if we're caught off guard. Master Zhu's death was not unjust.
After leaving the park, we headed towards the central square garden.
After circling around, we found the node here, in the circular pool.
As before, the Yin-Yang Mirror revealed a reverse-current talisman beneath the pool.
"Now I understand!"
Looking at the reverse-flow talisman, Fatty Lin analyzed it and said, "The malevolent energy from the four courtyards of Poetry, Books, Etiquette, and Music converges into the circular pond of the Fangyuan Garden. The reverse-flow formation at the bottom of the pond mixes the malevolent energy with the plundered fortune, and then flows along the underground veins into the luck-drawing channel of the rooftop corridor!"
At this point, he looked around and said, "The entire bookstore is like a giant magic array, continuously channeling the cultural and spiritual energy of Pengcheng outwards."
"Have you figured out how to break this deadlock?" I asked.
"I haven't decided yet!"
Fatty Lin shook his head and said, "The project is too big. If it goes wrong, the evil energy will backfire and surge against Lotus Mountain. That would be terrible. We two brothers can't do this job. We have to inform Second Master!"
After saying that, he seemed to remember something and said, "No, we have to call Second Master now, the sooner the better!"
"What's wrong? Why the rush? Can't it be tomorrow?" I said.
"I just remembered something!"
Fatty Lin said, "Construction here began in 96, which was the year of Bingzi, a year when fire and water clashed!"
"The year 'Opening Up' was 2006, which was the year of Bingxu, a year in which fire and earth elements are mutually reinforcing!"
"Ten years has formed a complete cycle for nurturing the formation. Not a single day can be wasted. We must call Second Master now, otherwise, every day, even every hour, a large amount of national fortune will be drained away!"