CHAPTER 419: CHAPTER 419 SUBDUING SPIRITS WITH A SEAL

The mighty Black Wheel King, who could rival Daoist Mingzhang, just died like that.

However...

"Is he really dead?" Lu Zheng frowned because his Mind Jade Seal only harvested less than twenty points of the Light of Fortune, which was even less than what he just got from those two Hundred-Year Ghosts.

"Not dead." Daoist Mingzhang shook his head, also somewhat helpless, "This Ghost King cultivated a Refining Yang and Returning to Yin technique, prematurely extracting his Yin Soul Origin.

The original intent was only to prevent his Yin Soul from being contaminated by newly acquired Yin Qi, needing refinement before merging back into the Yin Soul, but indeed it gave him an extra lifeline for survival.

However, that Yin Soul Origin holds only a shred of True Spirit Cultivation, lacking the ability to protect itself, and to re-cultivate would take at least a dozen years."

"I see." Lu Zheng nodded, "So when he talked about creating chaos in Yizhou Prefecture, he meant returning for revenge after his re-cultivation?"

Daoist Mingzhang replied, "Today was just by chance, if he dared to cause chaos in Yizhou, does he really think the Anomaly Suppression Bureau is just for decoration? Besides, now that his Ghost Body has perished, it’s uncertain if that Yin Soul Origin can even last through this year."

Lu Zheng nodded, yet he knew in his heart that the Black Wheel King would definitely make it through, at least in the short term, because his fortune barely diminished.

Since that’s the case, it’s another hidden threat.

Fortunately, this threat is too far off; by the time he returns in ten years, maybe a single spell from me can suppress him.

Lu Zheng sighed, "Sigh... The real pity is over two hundred strands of Light of Fortune!"

...

Daoist Mingzhang descended, dispersing the white clouds beneath his feet, and Liu Qingyan also landed steadily, arriving at Lu Zheng and Shen Ying’s side.

Lu Zheng and Yuan Jing stepped forward to greet, and Shen Ying also bowed slightly, "Greetings to Daoist Mingzhang!"

"No need for formalities." Daoist Mingzhang smiled, "The Peach Blossom Fairy is quite famous, even I have heard of her often at White Cloud Temple!"

The common people would offer incense at both Taohua Temple and White Cloud Temple, which are less than a hundred miles apart, so naturally, Daoist Mingzhang had heard Shen Ying’s name.

Shen Ying blushed slightly, "It’s Lu Lang’s love for me, who didn’t mean to snatch White Cloud Temple’s incense."

Taohua Temple specializes in prayers for love, offspring, and family prosperity, naturally drawing some Incense and Candle Qi from other temples.

"Not at all, don’t mind it." Daoist Mingzhang waved his hand, "A little Incense and Candle Qi is just an embellishment, White Cloud Temple doesn’t rely on it to survive."

The Daoists at White Cloud Temple mainly refine Qi; Incense and Candle Qi are just a pastime for Nourishing the Divine Soul, merely a side dish, a little is enough.

Lu Zheng learned this later, but he didn’t say to replenish the Incense and Candle Qi to White Cloud Temple, simply because White Cloud Temple didn’t lose much and didn’t use much either.

On ordinary days, fresh fruits and wine would suffice.

...

After a few words, Daoist Mingzhang took Yuan Jing and drifted away on a cloud.

Liu Qingyan had to visit patients at Renxin Hall the next day, and since she had been running all night, Lu Zheng couldn’t let her go back alone, so he reassured Shen Ying and went back to the county town with Liu Qingyan.

Of course, after Liu Qingyan went to her clinic early in the morning, Lu Zheng returned to Taohua Village.

...

"Lu Lang, apply the seal, I’ll help." Shen Ying said softly.

"Alright." Lu Zheng nodded.

He tapped the gourd and took out an Ink Jade Token.

This Jade Token was a gift from Xin Yuniang, the fox spirit from the Southern Border.

A box of jade and jewels, Shen Ying picked some, Liu Qingyan picked some, both only choosing a few they liked, leaving more than half untouched, leaving them all to Lu Zheng to help with household expenses.

If Lu Zheng were to sell these jewels and exchange them for houses and lands, he’d immediately become a major landowner in Tonglin County.

So Lu Zheng stashed these jewels at the bottom of the gourd, only taking out a Jade Token after cultivating the Little Earth Emperor’s Ghost-Controlling Divine Communication Technique, engraving a Spell Seal, refining it with True Qi in his body, to use for capturing ghosts, barely considered a Dharma Artifact.

It was originally just a preparation, unexpectedly put to use immediately.

With a pinch of the Seal Technique in his hand, two ghosts were released.

Not even giving them a chance to speak, Lu Zheng’s fingers moved, forming a Ghost-Sealing Seal, and with a gentle tap, the Spell Seal entered one of the ghosts’ foreheads.

Lu Zheng urged the Spell Seal, and Shen Ying, knowing this Cultivation Technique, also lent a hand, striving to fuse the Spell Seal into its Divine Soul without harming the ghost.

This wasn’t simple, because if the ghost resisted, its Divine Soul True Spirit would inevitably be injured, its realm dropped, and recovery wouldn’t be a matter of days or weeks.

Though these two ghosts had over a hundred years of Dao Practice, their strength was not weak, unfortunately, Lu Zheng and Shen Ying were stronger.

In just half a day’s time, the Ghost-Controlling Seal Technique was implanted into the two ghosts’ Divine Souls, erasing the Spell Seal placed by the Black Wheel King, and replaced with the Little Earth Emperor’s Ghost-Sealing Seal.

Thus...

They had a new master...

Ghost One: "..."

Ghost Two: "..."

"Tell me your names, and where the Black Wheel King came from?"

Lu Zheng waved and released the seal on the two ghosts, boldly asking, "Do you want to first experience the feeling of the Ghost-Sealing Seal?"

"No need, no need, greetings, Master, I am Little Ghost Duan Jiang."

"Little Ghost Zhan Yue, greetings, Master."

Lu Zheng raised an eyebrow, "Cutting Rivers, Chopping Mountains? You have quite the ambition!"

"Don’t dare, don’t dare!" The two ghosts waved their hands repeatedly, very humble.

"What did you do before dying?"

"Porter."

"How did you die?"

"Killed by bandits while laboring, my True Spirit lingered, entered the Netherworld, and later served under the Black Wheel King."

"How many years?"

"Over eighty years."

"What’s this Black Wheel King?"

"The Black Wheel King is a Ghost King from the Netherworld, heard he encountered a monk banishing ghosts, and took advantage of the situation, devouring that Ghost King, taking the monk’s Treasure Wheel, greatly advancing his Dao Practice, claiming the title Black Wheel King."

"This time, a quite powerful Ghost King in the Netherworld perished, the Black Wheel King got a hold of a Refining Yang and Returning to Yin Secret Technique amidst the chaos, and he dared not cultivate it in the Netherworld, so he sneaked into the mortal world."

"He thought he wouldn’t encounter powerful Abnormal People by avoiding the state capital, so he has been cultivating deep in the mountains, leaving the task of collecting Yang Qi to us brothers."

"How long have you been out?"

"About over two years, we come out once a month, absorb Yang Qi, then immediately hide."

"Do you know about the Black Wheel King’s Yin Soul Origin?"

Duan Jiang and Zhan Yue exchanged a glance, then shook their heads, "We don’t know."

"Where is his lair?"

"At an abandoned house at the foot of a mountain between Dingshan County and Tonglin County."

"Take me there!"

"Yes!"

Though it’s nearly certain that the Black Wheel King’s Yin Soul Origin isn’t at that abandoned house, since Daoist Mingzhang didn’t mention this, Lu Zheng still intends to check it out, what if there’s a clue?

Not to mention saving people, the key is those are the Light of Fortune, who wouldn’t want more fortune?