Miao Qi Miao
Chapter 736 Chain Stratagem
I know that there is a saying in the world of sorcery: "One coffin镇(zhen, suppress)八荒(bahuang, all directions), half a life 弈(yi, play chess)阴阳(yinyang, yin and yang). White lantern照(zhao, illuminate)山海(shanhai, mountains and seas), evil soul 叩(kou, kowtow)天关(tianguan, heavenly gate)."
These four sentences respectively represent the top four of the术道(shu dao, sorcery world)'s eight major sects: Coffin Gate, Half-Life Dao, White Lantern Gate, and Soul Gate.
Wang Xiao Huan is the leading figure of the younger generation of the White Lantern Gate, and also Wang Butcher's close cousin.
When I met Wang Butcher in Tu Men Village, the lanterns floating out of her house were made by Wang Xiao Huan. If Wang Xiao Huan hadn't left the Wang family when she was a child and entered the White Lantern Gate, the competition between the Tu Men masters would have had nothing to do with me.
Before that, I had been wondering why Wang Butcher didn't use white lanterns after entering the Two Worlds Hall. Later, I learned that Wang Butcher simply didn't know how to make lanterns. The white lanterns were all magical artifacts given to her by Wang Xiao Huan.
Moreover, Wang Xiao Huan and Jiang Jun Ci, the senior brother of the Coffin Gate, had fought three times, each time ending in a draw. The two of them were also famous in the world of术道(shu dao, sorcery world) because of this.
Wang Butcher originally wanted to ask Wang Xiao Huan to help deal with Mu Wen Min, but unexpectedly, she ran into the senior brother of the Coffin Gate at a critical moment. Naturally, she would not give up this opportunity and chased after him directly.
As soon as Wang Xiao Huan left, I also rushed out of the cemetery. The bronze bell I placed outside the cemetery was still there, and Zhao Yue Zhu and Yun Chang, who were guarding the bronze bell, were running around in a panic.
When Zhao Yue Zhu saw me, she almost cried: "Li Po, you scared me to death! This bell you sent, I can't ring it no matter what! I heard you shouting in the cemetery again and again, but I just can't ring this bell."
"Can't ring it?" I rushed to the front of the bronze bell in a few steps and struck it with a palm. The bronze bell only made a muffled sound. It sounded like I had hit a piece of iron with my palm. Although there was sound, it was not the sound of a bell.
I circled around the bronze bell. I had specifically tested it before I came, and the bell could ring. Otherwise, I wouldn't have buried the killing move on the bell. How could it be that the bell didn't ring when I got here?
Cold sweat immediately flowed down my head.
This bell was not only to help me suppress the ghosts in the cemetery, but also to reinforce Nie Xiao Chun and Qin Xin who had sneaked into the ground. If the bell didn't ring, the two of them would be in danger.
"Damn it, I missed a step!"
I suddenly realized that Mu Wen Min led water to灌注(guanzhu, inject) the bottom of the cemetery, not to help the ghosts fight, but to prevent us from chasing into the tomb.
The methods used by ancient craftsmen who built large tombs to defend against tomb robbers were roughly mercury, quicksand, rammed earth, and undercurrents.
Mu Wen Min used the methods of defending large tombs on the public cemetery. He filled the space under the tomb with water. We would not be able to enter the tomb without any diving equipment.
The only one who could go in to save Black Night Owl was the spiritual body that didn't need to breathe.
If Mu Wen Min placed another ambush force under the tomb, Nie Xiao Chun and Qin Xin would not be his opponents.
It was useless for me to worry now. Qin Xin and the others had sneaked into the tomb for more than half an hour. Since I couldn't chase after them, I could only find out what was wrong with the bronze bell.
While I was still circling around the bronze bell, Qin Xin and Nie Xiao Chun had searched most of the tomb and finally found Black Night Owl nailed to a wooden frame at the edge of the public cemetery.
As soon as Black Night Owl saw the two of them coming, he immediately shouted, "Don't come over, get out of here! This is a trap!"
Seeing that the two girls didn't move, Black Night Owl said anxiously: "You can't let me go now. If you let me down, the mechanism here will open, and the water will灌(guan, flood) the Celebrity Mansion. The dead people over there will immediately switch, and Ye Yang will be in danger."
Mu Wen Min's Feng Shui array lies in the exchange of Yin and Yang, and the reversal of life and death.
Now, the people in the Celebrity Mansion have not come back to life because the ghosts in the Dragon Bay Public Cemetery have not yet returned.
Once the wronged souls return, the situation will immediately reverse.
Black Night Owl said anxiously: "Listen to me, there is not only Feng Shui术(shu, techniques) here, but also巫术(wu shu, witchcraft). These are ghosts, and those who return must be gods!"
"This is not the main array of the Feng Shui array at all. This is a flaw that Mu Wen Min deliberately sold to you. He himself knows that relying on the ghosts above can only trap Li Po, but can't kill him. As long as Li Po wants to break through, those ghosts can't stop him."
"He deliberately sent those ghosts to Li Po to kill, just to let those ghosts be killed over and over again. Once their resentment reaches a certain level, they can引动(yindong, trigger) the earth's energy and return to the Burial Dragon Temple."
"After the corpses over there are resurrected, their戾气(liqi, baleful aura) will surge, and they will kill whoever they see. Mu Wen Min will definitely die in the hands of those鬼神(guishen, ghosts and gods) if he activates the formation himself. Therefore, he wants Ye Yang to be a scapegoat."
"Once Ye Yang fights with the ghosts and gods, Mu Wen Min can release the旱魃(hanba, drought demon)! Then he can use the eighteen ghosts and gods to消耗(xiaohao, weaken) the旱魃(hanba, drought demon), and he can forcibly suppress the旱魃(hanba, drought demon) to acknowledge him as its master. Don't be fooled."
Nie Xiao Chun and Qin Xin suddenly dared not move.
The two of them had been hiding by my side all the time. They knew everything I had said and done.
There were eighteen empty shrines in the Burial Dragon Temple, just to接引(jieyin, receive) the return of the gods. They could judge that once Yin and Yang were reversed, those who ascended to the shrines must be gods. Even if they were pseudo-gods, they were existences that蜕凡(tui fan, mortal)术士(shushi, sorcerers) could not contend with.