Records of the Halls of Ten Thousand Affairs: Chapter 35: Mountain Spirit (Part 8)

Records of the Halls of Ten Thousand Affairs: Chapter 35: Mountain Spirit (Part 8)

Rubble and dirt surged into the air. A dull roar came from underground. Yin malice once again gushed from the cracks, carrying a rotten fishy smell. They rapidly spread, expanded, and split in the air, transforming into countless twisted faces and countless hands reaching toward the sky. Stars and moon dimmed. The sky was left with only silent ink black. The lights of thousands of homes seemed to be covered by something, hazy and dark. For several li in all directions, one couldn’t see their own outstretched hand. Only the faint green light emitted by the yin malice remained. When Chen Ge found Chen Jiu, she had already fought until her nerves were somewhat numb. Her body was stained with quite a bit of chilling energy. Her expression was clearly satisfied. These were all her battle trophies. “Little Jiu, go rest.” Chen Ge didn’t allow discussion, blocking her path horizontally with his blade. Chen Jiu hadn’t seen this taciturn senior brother for two years. She was somewhat stunned for a moment, tilting her head slightly in confusion. “Senior brothers and sisters have all arrived. Don’t harm yourself.” Chen Ge said, swinging his blade to disperse a yin malice that was charging recklessly. As the malice qi scattered, red light flickered again in Chen Jiu’s eyes, so fast that Chen Ge thought he had seen wrong. “I’m not tired.” Chen Jiu spread her right hand. A ball of thundercloud condensed in her palm. She laughed. “Senior brother, all these yin malice must be recorded on my merit ledger. Don’t compete with me!” After saying this, she sidestepped Chen Ge by one body position. With a reverse hand, she pushed out a thunderclap talisman. The clustered yin malice not far away was suddenly blown into pieces, completely unable to resist. The low grade yin malice they could see right now were all unconscious bodies born from chaos. Apart from instinctive indiscriminate killing desire, they had no other moves. It’s just that this time the quantity was extremely vast, completely exceeding Yunshan and Chen Jiu’s estimates. That’s why they had caught them off guard when breaking through the earth. A war of attrition was always a battle that consumed physical and mental energy. After opening with big moves for a long time, Chen Jiu could still explode with astonishing endurance. Very likely she was borrowing some kind of power to overdraw her own physical energy. That’s why Chen Ge was exceptionally worried. But Chen Jiu had clearly already killed her way into a groove, completely unable to hear what they were saying. Only one obsession remained in her heart: to clear away all the yin malice within sight, to kill all before peace could be achieved. Just as she was about to continue executing her next big killing move, a phoenix cry came from far to near. A flame like blade of qi unexpectedly crashed into Chen Jiu’s peach wood sword that was almost dyed black, interrupting her power buildup. The buzzing sound continued at her ear. Chen Jiu’s hair was disheveled. She suddenly opened her eyes, looking at the newcomer with ill intent. “Senior sister?” She frowned, somewhat displeased as she put away her sword. The newcomer was precisely the peak of martial power in the sect, the eldest senior sister Chen Wang. Chen Wang understood in her heart. Her junior sister still had reason remaining. She still knew that swords have no eyes and couldn’t be used on her own people. She said coldly. “Little Jiu, stop going crazy. If you keep fighting, your heart meridians will be damaged. What do you plan to use to protect the sect in the future?” Unfortunately, Chen Jiu was naturally mischievous. If there was a ranking for naughtiness, she was also the most mischievous one in the sect. Every day she was defiant of this and dissatisfied with that. Unless Yunshan exhausted all his good words, she wouldn’t listen to anyone’s preaching. “Senior sister, what time is it now? Are we still going to have internal conflict? That’s not appropriate right?” Chen Jiu said, flicking her peach wood sword, about to fly away again. Chen Wang naturally couldn’t watch her act recklessly. She flew out a body binding talisman, briefly trapping her in place. Chen Jiu. “…” With Chen Jiu’s ability, breaking through this invisible barrier was only a matter of time. She knew Chen Wang was thinking of her safety, just like what she had done to Su Xiaoyu earlier. But what was this called? “You calm down here.” Chen Wang was like a discipline director punishing a student to stand. After saying coldly, she flew away with her hands behind her back. Where the phoenix fire passed, the yin malice didn’t even have time to scream before evaporating like dust in an instant! Chen Jiu had to admit that although Master always said she was the one with the highest talent in the sect, Chen Wang’s cultivation had already far surpassed hers. Chen Wang didn’t take shortcuts, didn’t cultivate evil paths. She was entirely a ruthless killing machine. Three hundred sixty five days a year without rest. Her life only had cultivation, exorcism, and basic eating, drinking, defecating, urinating, and sleeping. Simply the king of involution among kings of involution. Thus her realm finally achieved qualitative change through quantitative accumulation, her cultivation far leading in the entire feng shui field. In silence, Chen Jiu watched several senior brothers and sisters swoosh past, swoosh past again, yet not one of them actively extended a helping hand. She could only hover in mid air, forcing herself to concentrate and enter meditation. After successfully entering the mental realm, all the noisy clamor around her ears gradually returned to silence. The red light in her pupils finally slightly faded. She reviewed the entire Qinghua Mountain yin malice sealing incident. Not knowing how much time passed, Chen Jiu felt the bindings around her gradually loosening. So she slowly opened her eyes. Not far away, Chen Ge didn’t know what kind of attack he had suffered. He actually spat out a mouthful of blood in mid air and plummeted down, falling straight toward the ground. Chen Jiu shouted senior brother, not yet having time to help. The Crimson Phoenix Cry Sword had already flown beneath Chen Ge, spreading its wings to catch his body. But Chen Jiu didn’t come for nothing either. When she reached out, she caught Chen Ge’s big blade. This blade was too heavy, shaking her until she bared her teeth, both hands going numb. The three briefly gathered in one place. Chen Ge covered his heart, panting violently several times before recovering. “Something’s wrong. It seems one yin malice has developed its own consciousness. I was sneak attacked.” Her senior brother was injured right under her eyelids. Chen Jiu instinctively became irritable, cursing. “You all go rest. I said don’t stop me!” These words caused Chen Ge and Chen Wang to simultaneously look at her, saying in unison. “No.” Chen Jiu. “…” Before they could discuss anything, lightning and thunder suddenly came from the horizon. Dark clouds covered the moon. Some liquid fell on their heads. From the distance came sixth senior brother’s shout. “What the hell! It’s actually raining!” “Why can’t these things be killed off!” Second senior sister roared. “I’m almost at my limit!” Chen Jiu raised her face. In her pupils reflected a rolling thunder. She lightly pinched her fingertip on her face and couldn’t help laughing loudly. “It’s raining!” Chen Ge thought she had gone crazy. He said to Chen Wang. “Senior sister, quickly take her back!” “I don’t think that’s necessary.” Chen Wang slightly shook her head, helpless. “You go stay by Master’s side first. I’ll watch her. Don’t worry.” Chen Ge nodded and flew toward the center of the barrier beneath Yunshan. Heavenly thunder was precisely Chen Jiu’s home field. Chen Wang gripped the Crimson Phoenix Cry Sword, her back against her junior sister. She said in a deep voice. “Go. Senior sister will cover for you.” A heavy roar sounded from the ground again. No one had expected it could still spit out a second batch of black mist. Chen Ge’s feeling was correct. This batch of yin malice had already broken away from the low grade, possessing a bit of consciousness. They would purposefully gather, surround, disperse, and kill. This was no longer something that could be handled by a war of attrition! Within the circular barrier, Su Xiaoyu nervously hugged Chen Xiaoxuan’s body, continuously praying. “Little Xuan, Little Xuan, Master and Senior Sister must be safe.” Chen Xiaoxuan’s ears twitched twice, as if understanding. It made a warning like purring sound. A yin malice that had somehow slipped through came out alone, looking greedily at the two small ones with drool flowing all over the ground. Su Xiaoyu was so scared she fell onto her bottom. She tightly closed her eyes and screamed. “Help!” Grandma, Mom, Dad, Master, Teacher Xu, Senior Sister, and other little friends, we may only meet again in the next life! She kept her eyes tightly shut, whimpering a few times, holding Chen Xiaoxuan’s body in a protective posture, sitting motionless in the barrier. Who would have thought that this cry would cause golden light to ignite in Chen Xiaoxuan’s pupils. It was as if it had suddenly awakened some bloodline. It forcefully broke free from Su Xiaoyu’s embrace. Then like a fierce tiger, it pounced at that yin malice. A ball of white energy suddenly expanded around its body. It opened its mouth to reveal sharp fangs, biting into that yin malice’s vital point, and in a few bites swallowed it into its belly! Su Xiaoyu didn’t know what happened. When she opened her eyes again, she only saw Chen Xiaoxuan sitting outside the barrier, leisurely licking its mouth. Its tail stood high, seeming extremely happy. … At the central battlefield, Chen Jiu flew upward. Her expression was respectful. One sword pointed at the heavens, invoking heavenly thunder into the sword. Several golden talisman papers burst through the air, revolving at high speed around her. “Talisman opens heaven and earth, sword guides thunder!” “Nine heavens thunder moves, break!” In an instant, lightning flashed and thunder rolled. Fierce winds rose. Electric light tore through the night sky, pressing straight toward the thunder shaking sword. The mountain vegetation was all blown loudly by this fierce wind! The enormous human face formed by the yin malice was full of ferocity. It opened its huge mouth, carrying a rotten fishy stench as it lunged to bite Chen Jiu! Under the wind and rain, everyone else was suddenly swept several chi away by the air waves brought out by the yin malice. They all chanted incantations and offered up their lifebound ritual instruments. One after another, golden light protective talismans hummed open, firmly protecting themselves in place. Their robes and hair all danced wildly in the air. Sixth senior brother cried out in the rain. “How is there still a second phase!” Chen Wang saw the timing was right. She joined her fingers and drew across the sword blade, offering up a drop of fingertip blood. The Crimson Phoenix Cry Sword pointed toward the sky. Crimson gold flames sprayed upward, sweeping toward the firmament! The great momentum was already formed. Chen Jiu shouted explosively, slashing to break open the yin malice’s face. The second sword condensed all thunder power. Electric light like swimming dragons followed the sword qi, rapidly crashing into that mass of yin malice. Instantly it drew out a flame like arc. Crimson gold flames detached from the sword body, transforming into a phoenix that had slumbered for a thousand years. Spreading its wings and crying, it fiercely crashed toward the yin malice! The yin malice didn’t have time to emit its final roar. The electric light together with the flames transformed into countless fine blades, shredding it to pieces in an instant! The black mist completely scattered clean. The fierce wind suddenly stopped. The heavy rain was still beating the mountain vegetation. That eye piercingly bright black object at the edge of the crack was beating like a heart, twitching from time to time. The source was not yet eliminated. They still needed to finish it off! Chen Jiu pushed back a handful of wet hair from her forehead, looking down. “Got it!” At the center of the barrier, Yunshan let out a long sigh. He could no longer support himself. The edges of the enormous golden light hummed and dissipated. Chen Ge supported his master’s swaying body, slowly descending toward the ground.