Ye Yang said in a deep voice, "Beishui Town not only has mountains on one side, but also city walls on the mountains. It can't be swept by strong winds."

"Most of the river outside was artificially excavated. The water flow is too stable to provide the power to support the operation of large mechanisms."

"The only way to turn the mechanism is to use living corpses or Yin souls as the core of the mechanism's operation."

"You dumb dog, if you don't get the tourists out of town, none of the people here will survive."

The power source of mechanism arts can also rely on manpower, but most mechanism sects will not use living people.

If living people enter the central hub of the mechanism, they have to find ways to deal with their eating, drinking, and excretion. This will also create hidden dangers for foreign enemies to sneak in, or the possibility of internal rebellion.

No matter which situation occurs, it will cause a fatal blow to the mechanism sect. Therefore, they prefer to use living corpses refined by secret arts, or wronged souls whose consciousness has been erased.

Xiao Ying said, "Are people still using living corpses and wronged souls now? Doesn't Beishui Town have cables?"

Ye Yang shook his head and said, "It's not impossible to use electricity to start the mechanism. However, thunder, fire, and electricity are also powerful tools for warlocks to suppress Yin souls. Before the secret burial is opened, no one knows what's inside."

"Once Yin energy leaks out and conflicts with electricity and fire, it is easy to directly burn the secret burial. It is safer to use Yin souls."

Wang Butcher also walked to my side and said, "Dumb dog, if they don't evacuate the tourists after fifteen minutes, what are you going to do?"

"Abandon the mission and withdraw from here. Then report to the Yin Si (underworld) and throw the matter of Wu Sheng to the civil officials. Let's see how they handle it!"

I took a deep breath and said, "This time, I admit defeat. There are over a thousand tourists and employees in Beishui Town. I can't afford to gamble with so many people."

If Beishui Town were a warlock sect, or only warlocks existed, I would not hesitate to set fire to the town.

Warlocks have the ability to protect themselves. As long as I shout "Liang界堂 (Two Realms Hall) is handling business" in advance and leave them an opening, they can escape. If they don't want to leave themselves, then they are looking for death.

However, if thousands of ordinary people become ghosts under my hands, not to mention whether I can get over this hurdle in my own heart, the Yin Si would not spare me.

Whether for public or private reasons, I can't do it!

Time passed little by little, and Beishui Town was indeed calm. I said with a gloomy face, "Take Hua Lianqing and let's go!"

Wang Xiaohuan grabbed Hua Lianqing's soul and stuffed her into the lamp.

I walked out of Beishui Town in the slowly rising morning sun.

The moment I stepped out of the gate of Beishui Town, Fan Fang's voice also rang in my ears, "Liang界堂 (Two Realms Hall) Wolf King? Just a defeated dog. The boss asked me to tell you that Beishui Town is not a place for you to come."

Fan Fang's voice did not hide anything. Ye Yang's killing intent suddenly erupted, and his hand also gripped the hilt of the Cold Flame sword.

I said lightly, "Don't pay attention to him! Let's go!"

As I stepped forward again, Fan Fang sneered again, "Self-righteous. The consequences of not knowing what's good for you have just begun. You'll have your crying moments sooner or later."

I walked out of Beishui Town without looking back: "Go to Matitou Village!"

Xiao Ying asked in confusion, "Didn't you say...didn't you say you admitted defeat? Why are you still going to Matitou Village?"

I sneered, "I admitted defeat in Beishui Town, but I didn't admit defeat in Matitou Village."

"Am I, Li Po, someone who can be insulted for nothing? I have to get this back."

When I reappeared in Matitou Village, Shi Jianhao was startled: "Master Li, you...you're here again?"

I looked at Shi Jianhao and said, "I'm here, and I'm going to borrow your stone temple."

Before Shi Jianhao could speak, he saw my face darken, and he immediately swallowed the words that came to his lips: "Use it as you please, use it as you please."

I gave Ye Yang a look and said, "Give me a day."

Ye Yang spent a day arranging a Feng Shui (geomancy) formation in Matitou Village, surrounding all the stone temples in the village. At night, Ye Yang hung a white lantern on the tree at the entrance of the village.

Seeing that the moon was in the sky, Ye Yang stood under the moonlight, raised his sword to the sky, and pointed his sword at the moon: "Moon Astral Yin Spirits, start the formation—"

The moonlight in the mountains suddenly became strangely like water, spreading from a corner of Matitou Village to the entrance of the village. In less than a minute, the entire Matitou Village seemed to be covered with a layer of frost, so white that it made people feel uneasy.

As Ye Yang slowly lowered his long sword, the stone temples in the village seemed unable to withstand the Yin cold brought by the moonlight, and trembled at the same frequency.

Suddenly, a stone temple shattered into pieces in the sound of bluestone cracking. The ghost dwelling in the temple stood up, but this time, there was an extra layer of Yin cold evil aura on her body.

Then, the stone temples on the ground began to explode in rows, and the ghosts in the village stood up one after another. For a time, Yin energy surged and evil aura soared into the sky in Matitou Village.

Ye Yang raised his hand and took off the lantern hanging on the tree: "Moon Astral is like water, Yin spirits follow, move the formation—"

Ye Yang took a few steps forward, and hundreds of Yin souls behind him also followed him step by step. The moonlight in the sky also seemed to be following Ye Yang, wherever they went, the moonlight moved there!