I am the Snake Taoist

“This is... Master's work?”

“Who else in this world besides our Witch lineage can understand spirits so well?”

The black dragon swam around Qin Qiu with some pride, going up and down, making one think he was the one who cast these runes.

Qin Qiu flashed to one of the nearest runes to examine it closely.

The rune's form was strange and twisted, scarlet like blood, as if blood flowed within, stirring up slight ripples.

He flipped through the [Great Spirit Hidden Divine Travel Witch Origin Scripture] several times in his mind, finally finding the corresponding record in a corner of the Spirit Manipulation chapter.

This rune is called the Earth-Binding Spirit Curse, and it has only one function: to cultivate a special kind of spirit.

This kind of spirit is called an Earth-Bound Spirit, a very special type of spirit. The birth of wild Earth-Bound Spirits requires many coincidences.

The spirit of a dead person must linger in one place for some reason until it forms a connection with that place.

The function of this rune is to forcibly seal these spirits, allowing them to form a connection with the place where the rune is drawn, and these spirits can be controlled through the rune.

As long as the territory with which Earth-Bound Spirits are connected does not disappear, they can be reborn continuously, but each time they consume a part of their original body.

Qin Qiu roughly looked around, and there were at least a hundred households in this town, and three people per household meant three hundred Earth-Bound Spirits.

This is simply a fortune left behind by his master!

“Now you've realized it? Why aren't you acting quickly?”

Qin Qiu suppressed the ecstasy in his heart and waved his hand, and the Snake Demon appeared.

The spirit body sleeping in Qin Qiu's inner world also opened its eyes, its snake pupils seeming to penetrate the dark space and directly see the outside world.

Black gas continuously emanated under the blessing of the spirit body until the entire town was enveloped in black mist.

Qin Qiu gasped for breath: “Ha~ ha~”

“Next, let's watch the main event.”

Qin Qiu scanned his surroundings. With the Snake Bone and Snake Demon by his side, he sat down cross-legged with peace of mind.

After Qin Qiu sat down cross-legged, he closed his eyes slightly and chanted: “In the name of the spirit of the Witch Ancestor, I take on the responsibility of controlling spirits on behalf of the Ancestor, patrolling the spirits of the world, controlling the spirits of the world...”

As Qin Qiu recited, the surrounding black gas became denser, and the Earth-Bound Spirits in the houses became more manic.

Finally, after the scarlet runes at the door dimmed to the extreme, Earth-Bound Spirits shot out into the sky one after another.

Each disappearing scarlet rune turned into a wisp of blood-color, gathering in front of Qin Qiu and slowly forming a scaled-down Earth-Binding Spirit Curse.

Although the size was much smaller, the degree of blood-color within it did not diminish at all, and it even faintly emitted a fishy smell.

Qin Qiu controlled the Snake Bone to reach forward, and the fist-sized rune was imprinted on the Snake Bone.

All the blood-color was restrained, and a rune was added to the white and flawless Clear Jade Snake Bone. The position was at the first vertebra, adding a bit of evilness to the Snake Bone.

The Earth-Bound Spirits in the sky still jumped up and down without the constraints of the runes. Having been imprisoned for so long, they naturally wanted to experience the outside world.

Qin Qiu slowly surrounded them with black gas to prevent these Earth-Bound Spirits from escaping.

The desolate town was filled with spirit bodies emitting black gas passing through walls, like a ghostly hell.

Qin Qiu knew that the time was almost up. The appearance of the surrounding black gas changed, and ghostly hands emerged from the originally peaceful black gas.

These ghostly hands aimed at the Earth-Bound Spirits scurrying around in the sky. Each time they caught one, they would ignore its miserable screams and drag it into the black mist.

Qin Qiu was like the king in this ghost realm, severely punishing the ghosts one by one.

As time passed, there were fewer and fewer Earth-Bound Spirits around. Now, only a few remained, hiding here and there in the town.

As the black mist contracted, the surrounding ones were caught one by one.

The black mist contracted to Qin Qiu's body, becoming as black as ink, with countless spirits wailing within. Black palms stretched out, as if wanting to treat others in the way Qin Qiu treated them.

The Clear Jade Snake Bone grew in size against the wind until its snake head was about the same size as Qin Qiu's.

It sucked in the black mist around Qin Qiu.

Fortunately, Qin Qiu had previously integrated the Soul-Swallowing Treasure Bottle's ability into the Clear Jade Snake Bone, otherwise storing these spirits would have been a problem.

Qin Qiu covered the Earth-Binding Spirit Curse on the Snake Bone and stored countless Earth-Bound Spirits within it, so theoretically, these Earth-Bound Spirits would not dissipate as long as the Clear Jade Snake Bone remained.

It could be said that Qin Qiu had found an alternative method to continue the power of the Earth-Bound Spirits.

After solving the Earth-Bound Spirits, the next thing to deal with was these Bloodleaf Orchids.

According to the black dragon's method, they should all be eaten. After thinking for a while, Qin Qiu felt that it made sense.

First, this could destroy the evidence. Even if the Medicine Valley discovered it, there would be no evidence to ask who did it.

Second, even a mosquito is still meat. Although this kind of medicinal material can improve comprehension, the effect is not good. He didn't know why the Medicine Valley planted so much.

Then let's cause a qualitative change through quantitative change and achieve victory through quantity!

He smeared his finger on the Earth-Binding Spirit Curse on the Snake Bone.

Countless Earth-Bound Spirits flew out from the snake's mouth, and black gas filled the sky. Under the background of this blood moon, Qin Qiu, wrapped in black gas, was like a ghost king.

The Earth-Bound Spirits rushed towards the surrounding houses with blood-red eyes.

These Earth-Bound Spirits saved Qin Qiu a lot of effort.

Although these Earth-Bound Spirits were only at the peak of the Second Evil Realm, they could not withstand the large number.

Many ants can kill an elephant.

Looking at the Bloodleaf Orchids in front of him that were as tall as a person, and all with the most leaves, Qin Qiu couldn't help but sigh at the swiftness of these Earth-Bound Spirits.

He arranged for the Snake Bone and Snake Demon to protect him, and Qin Qiu grabbed a large handful of Bloodleaf Orchids and swallowed them.

He chewed them carefully. There was no special taste, just like drinking a mouthful of blood, a faint bloody smell filling his nose.

He swallowed them whole and felt the changes in his body...

Qin Qiu gave the black dragon a look that said, 'You're lying to me'.

“Uncle Long, I don’t feel any change at all...”

“Uh...” The black dragon was also dumbfounded by this, scratching its head with its slender tail.

“It shouldn't be, can the Witch Lineage's Anecdotal Secrets be wrong?”

“Maybe you ate too little, eat more!”

Hearing this, Qin Qiu glanced at the black dragon with a slightly suspicious look, grabbed two dozen Bloodleaf Orchids and threw them into his blood basin mouth.

Qin Qiu ate half of them like this, and he really couldn't eat the remaining half-person-tall Bloodleaf Orchids.

Covering his mouth that was about to vomit: “Is that okay? Why is it still not working?”

Qin Qiu carefully felt around, and there was still no change in his body.

“Is this improvement in comprehension too subtle?” To put it bluntly, improving comprehension is to make people smarter. If they are too smart, wouldn't that be reversing the situation? So it has to be controlled.

Qin Qiu constantly comforted himself in his mind, thinking about various excuses to make the fact that he ate so much grass more acceptable.

“Wait...”

Qin Qiu seemed to suddenly realize its true purpose!