Exorcism

After leaving Yelin Town, Shi Hanyuan did not return to the imperial capital immediately. Instead, he searched for scattered Taoists and monks everywhere, hoping to tell them the truth. The result was not very successful. Everyone was frightened and ran away in panic as soon as they heard his name. He was not allowed to speak at all.

Just because they heard that he was going back to the imperial capital, most of the survivors fled in other directions and escaped a disaster.

The Imperial Capital was once again destroyed by fire. This time it was not demonic fire, but fire from the five elements. It emerged from the ground, fell from the sky, sprayed from the walls, and even spit out from the mouths of some humans and animals.

The fire did not break out overnight, but gradually grew stronger. A large number of residents had a chance to escape from this unfortunate city, but they were confused by the inexplicable flames. Only a few people fled outside the city, and most of the residents ran into the streets. Go up and look at the Daotong Tower in the sky.

The Daotong Tower once brought joy and hope to the imperial capital, but at the most dangerous moment, it slowly collapsed.

Shi Hanyuan happened to see this scene, roared, ordered the mortals to flee immediately, and then rushed into the Daotong Tower at great risk. The Taoist priests in the tower are still thinking that they are the most obsessed with spiritual practice. The innocent Taoist friends who were imprisoned in the Demonic Cave, the battle in Yelin Town that has ended, and the decisive battle between humans and demons that are about to begin have all failed. Naturally, the burning imperial capital and the tilting Taoist Tower cannot affect their state of mind.

Shi Hanyuan used magic to break the restrictions of each house in the tower, awaken the Taoist priest in his mind, and then went straight to the eighth floor, just in time to see Zuo Liuying disappear using the teleportation technique.

After experiencing the arrogance and joy of conquering the Rimang realm, the arrogance of commanding a huge Taoist army, the shock and anger of encountering a disastrous defeat, and the shame and self-blame of discovering that he was controlled by the remnant soul, Shi Hanyuan's heart as a Taoist priest has been shattered to pieces. The moment he saw Zuo Liuying disappear, his mood was completely broken.

He found traces of Zuo Liuying's teleportation and followed it, but the position was slightly off. Shi Hanyuan patrolled high in the sky with a furious heart, and finally discovered Zuo Liuying's traces when he was casting a spell.

"Zuo Liuying, you have destroyed the Taoism, are you going to destroy the whole world?" The furious Taoist priest Fu Rimang asked sternly, "The founder trusted you and handed over the Taoism and mankind into your hands. Your reward is to Is everything destroyed?"

Shi Hanyuan should have cast the spell from the beginning, but he was too angry and had to say something. When he was ready for everything, he saw another person on the ground, a person who should never be there.

"Mu Xingqiu! How could it be you? Impossible, you can't come out..." Shi Hanyuan turned to Zuo Liuying, and his anger became more intense, "It was you who broke the Demon Pulling Cave?!"

Zuo Liuying raised his head and looked at the Fu Rimang Taoist priest in the air. His lips moved slightly, as if he wanted to say something, but the next action he made was to wave his hand and emit a small piece of light.

The light was like a shooting star, a small one, dragging a foot-long tail behind it, flying towards the target extremely fast. On the way, it collided with the flying fireball twice. The fireball exploded and dissipated in the air, but the light did not change at all, even the speed Without slowing down a bit, we kept going.

Shi Hanyuan fought back, and finally understood why a Taoist priest's state of mind must be improved simultaneously with his strength. The most advanced spells require complicated techniques and thinking processes, and the slightest mistake can make a huge difference. With a furious heart, his techniques and There is a flaw in Cunsi.

The flaw is only a little, but it can greatly affect the effect of the spell. Shi Hanyuan emits a ball of light, the size of a fist, which is several times larger than the starlight emitted by Zuo Liuying, and it flickers erratically. Even an ordinary monk can see some traces.

Zuo Liuying also lost his heart as a Taoist priest, but made up for it with ruthlessness.

Before the two spells met, Shi Hanyuan already knew the result, so he launched the second and third moves one after another. Each light group was smaller than the other, but they were all larger than Zuo Liuying's starlight.

The starlight passed through three light clusters one after another, only becoming slightly brighter, and the rest remained unchanged.

The ball of light emitted by Shi Hanyuan did not dissipate, but continued to rush towards the ground, but he knew that he had lost. He was completely defeated. He was also in the Rimang realm. More than half a month ago, he was only a little worse than Zuo Liuying, but now he is One is in the sky and the other is on the ground - exactly the opposite of their real positions.

Three light groups collided with the fireball in the air, emitting a dazzling light that could be seen even with the naked eye, and then they disappeared together with the fireball.

The starlight hit Shi Hanyuan, and he fell from the sky. The fireball passed by him, but he did not avoid it.

Zuo Liuying's eyes turned back to Mu Xingqiu, "What are you waiting for?"

Mu Xingqiu had already used all his strength, and the mana that was constantly flowing in his body was just watching the fun and not helping at all.

With a bang, Shi Hanyuan fell to the ground, and the orb in Mu Xingqiu's hand also broke.

Shi Hanyuan lay motionless on the ground, and Mu Xingqiu stood motionless.

Shou Que, who had been kneeling on the ground holding his head and shaking, slowly stood up, his long hair disheveled, covering most of his face, "Who are you? Why are you so cruel and destroying my soul?"

Zuo Liuying took two steps sideways, "The illusion of mind and heart is indeed unique. It can condense many remnant souls to withstand the powerful attack of the Demon Pulling Cave. But these remnant souls are not really fused, they are just glued together. , there is still a little gap between them. The remnant soul that I destroyed is of no benefit to you, and it is not just the remnant soul that you have lost, you have already lost many."

Shou Que pressed her temples hard with both hands, her nails digging deeply into them. After a while, she said, "No wonder I forgot a lot of things, but how did you know?"

"I saw the rest of your memories, plus a little bit of speculation."

"You named yourself Shou Qi?"

"Right." Shou Que remembered the name, but couldn't remember the history.

"Some people must retrieve their memories, and some people are better off forgetting the past. If you are called to be deficient, you should accept the incomplete soul."

"But there will be people who will break it and destroy it..." Shou Que started to tremble again. The pain caused by the destruction of the remaining soul has been deeply imprinted in her mind, deeper than the torture of pulling out the Demon Cave.

Zuo Liuying put down her hands and said she would talk about her affairs later, then turned to look at Shi Hanyuan who was slowly getting up.

Shi Hanyuan seemed to be drunk, his face was reddish and his body was swaying, "You did not destroy the Imperial Capital and Daotong Tower. These flames are different from your spells."

Zuo Liuying shook his head. He could explain to the incomplete Nianxinke successor, but he didn't want to say a single unnecessary word to another Rimang Taoist priest.

"Where's the Devil's Cave? It's not you, but where did the Nianxin Disciple come from? Where did Mu Xingqiu come from?" Shi Hanyuan was silent for a while. He was checking the memories of the two people, but what he saw was a mess. There is no memory to prove that these two people really escaped from the Demonic Cave.

"I don't understand, I don't understand..." Shi Hanyuan looked up at the fireball flying in the sky, then the burning houses around him, and then the flames rising into the sky in the distance and the explosions one after another. It's not that he didn't understand. , I just don’t want to admit it, “Why did the Patriarch do this?”

He finally came to the only conclusion that there was only one person who could create spells in such a vast area, and it was definitely not Zuo Liuying, but Kun Chaos, the founder of Taoism who had always used spells to nourish the world.

It was only then that Zuo Liuying was willing to speak to Shi Hanyuan, "Why guess what the founder is thinking? Since he is not dead, just accept the move."

Shi Hanyuan laughed twice. The Taoist priest's heart was still in a state of rupture, but his reason had recovered. "Everyone in the world will think this is your fault. Can you convince them to see the truth?"

Zuo Liuying shook his head.

"It's a pity that I can't help you. In the eyes of the world, I am already a demonic Taoist priest."

"The truth will not help me defeat my enemies."

"I met a strange female Taoist priest in Yelin Town, who claimed to be Qin Lingshuang. I remember she was Pangshan Taoist priest, and she died after breaking a pill in Duanliu City."

Zuo Liuying lowered his head and said nothing.

"Her method is extremely unique and completely different from Taoism. It may be a hope, but it is not perfect. She needs the Taoism secret book, and I got it." Shi Hanyuan stretched out his hand and revealed a small incense burner. He did not forget his promise, and in While staying in the Daotong Tower, I found the carrier of the secret book.

"Give it to her. At this time, any accident is not a bad thing."

"No, you give it to her. I can't contain Shen Geng's remaining soul." Shi Hanyuan lost his heart as a Taoist priest, and the biggest impact was to give Shen Geng's remaining soul an opportunity to take advantage of.

"Remnant soul?" Shouche interjected.

Zuo Liuying waved his hand at her, saying that the remnant soul here had nothing to do with her, and then said to Shi Hanyuan: "Of course someone gave the secret book to Qin Lingshuang, but there is something that is very suitable for you to do."

"I'm going to remove my memory and die with my remaining soul." Shi Hanyuan thought Zuo Liuying could see through all his thoughts.

"Death is too easy. That is not what a Taoist priest should do."

"Do you have any idea?"

"Let Shouche suck out Shen Geng's remaining soul and let me destroy it. Your level will be reduced as a result."

"I am not worthy to be a Taoist priest serving Rimang."

"But you have achieved it, even if it only lasts for one day, you must shoulder the responsibility of serving the Rimang Taoist priest. In the next few months, a group of strange babies will be born near the Imperial Capital. I don't know what this means, But they’re worth fighting for, they’re worth nurturing, and that’s your job.”

Shi Hanyuan was silent for a while and nodded, "Aren't you worried that the flames will kill these babies? They may not even have a chance to be born."

Before Zuo Liuying could answer, Shi Hanyuan had already woken up, "Opportunities never belong to everyone." He pushed the secret incense burner to Zuo Liuying in the air, then sat on the ground with his eyes closed and thought, preparing to accept the removal of the disability. He has completely trusted Zuo Liuying in the soul's magic.

Zuo Liuying pushed the incense burner towards Mu Xingqiu again, "What did you think of?"

"I remembered - fire."

Zuo Liuying was silent for a while, with a smile on his face, "I understand, you are very smart."