Chapter 289: The Yin-Yang Demon-rinsing Skill
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“That looks like a Zombie, similar to the ‘Swordsman of Ning Province’,” ng Qi blurted out as he thought of it.
He had previously blurted out the incident concerning Yangxia and Maoling.
“Are you sure?” Jiang Zhiwei asked subconsciously. “Could it be that the Life-changing Sect and Zombies have spawned from so ancient enshrouded procedures?”
Though the Sword Washing Pavilion didn’t belong to Taoism, it had still been imparted from one of the Jietian Seven Skills of the Sword. One of the skills, the “Supre thods of the Sword” had been closely related to Taoism. That was why Jiang Zhiwei didn’t directly ask whether the Life-changing Sect was a part of Zhenwu Great Emperor’s orthodoxy. Besides, the emperor was probably not the only one who understood such ancient enshrouded procedures.
Seeing their confusion, ng Qi nodded and said, “I’m not sure either. The next ti I see it, I’ll use the ‘Supernatural Power of Shaking Heaven and Hitting Earth’ and test it out.”
“We’ll protect you,” Jiang Zhiwei added confidently.
Since ng Qi couldn’t be sure if they were in fact Zombies, his supernatural power might not be effective. If he were alone, he wouldn’t risk using the skill unless there was no other way. However, he had Jiang Zhiwei, Qi Zhengyan, and Ruan Yushu with him. Even if there were any countercharges, he wouldn’t get into too much trouble.
Qi Zhengyan heaved a sigh. “I can’t believe your power can be so marvelous and invoke such a deep level of mory.”
Who would have thought that a mysterious, borderline Exterior ntal skill could be so useful and powerful?
Even if the skill had no other effect, it was worth the Karma points for this purpose alone!
ng Qi smiled with satisfaction at the comnts. “Senior Brother Qi, do you want to give it a try? Who knows if you’ll find out that you’re my actual cousin or sothing after invoking your deep mories. It could also revive your missing mories from the Samsara. Maybe we were cousins in your past life? Are you sure you’re not tempted to give it a go?”
Qi Zhengyan twitched and looked in the other direction, tightening his grip on his Dragon Stripe Golden Sword.
Ruan Yushu observed the surroundings and casually said, “Haven’t you always been worried about Ananda? You should test it out after cultivating it.”
“Since I’ve lost so of my mories about the Samsara, I have to rely on other destined ones. I’ve already bothered many other Samsara compatriots, and tried to stimulate my own mories and enter the Samsara again through invoking their mories,” a grief-stricken ng Qi said. But it was hard to co across such destined people.
Jiang Zhiwei suddenly spoke after falling into deep thought, “Sothing doesn’t add up. The Zombie from before demonstrated the unique outward display of the interior and looked like soone of the exterior level. But its performance wasn’t up to par, not even close to Half-step Exterior. It had neither deterrence nor strength. It could only ignite Yin fire and was vastly different from the Swordsman of Ning Province.”
“That’s right. Don’t forget parts of his body are decomposed,” ng Qi said, suddenly recalling the details. He was doubting his own judgnt too.
At that mont, Jiang Zhiwei found that sothing remained in the hole on the ground. She picked it up with her sword and saw that it was a jade pendant engraved with inscriptions.
It was contaminated by Yin Qi, explaining why there were gray-white patches on it.
“This is an old piece.” The Ruan family was an old family renowned for their zither-playing ability, so naturally, Ruan Yushu was adept in appraising jade and other antiques.
ng Qi was able to read the writing on the pendant as it was similar to their current writing, but he felt a bit dubious about it.
“Sun Village, Huang Gang.”
He couldn’t help thinking that it was quite the na…
The rest exchanged glances. No one knew where Sun Village, Huang Gang was. So they had to put the jade pendant away and check elsewhere.
“There’s writing inside the coffin too,” Qi Zhengyan said after the discovery.
ng Qi and the others surrounded the coffin and found writing on both sides of the coffin. On the right was so small writing, mostly sanded off. Only a few words were discernible to them.
“Day… truth…” Ruan Yushu whisperedread out.
Jiang Zhiwei pondered for a bit before saying, “It should be the instructions for so skill.”
ng Qi turned his attention to the other side of the coffin, engraved with a line of poor handwriting. It wasn’t dissimilar to the writing on the jade pendant.
“This place is full of ghosts! Don’t touch anything!”
Each character was twisted as if the writer’s hand had been so weak that it trembled and he had to use every ounce of strength to carve the words. It was so clear that ng Qi felt a chill run down his spine.
Judging from the writing, it ought to be the Zombie they had encountered earlier who wrote it. What could frighten an expert of the Exterior capable of linking the heavens to the point that he saw ghosts?
“Whatever it was, the thing was lying in the coffin when it carved the words with its fingernails,” said Jiang Zhiwei after a close inspection.
Ruan Yushu explained even further, “Each character is different and the levels of decomposition are different to that of the coffin. This ans that the writing was carved at different tis and stages, spanning over a hundred years.”
“Spanning a hundred years…” These thoughts ford an image in ng Qi’s mind. A Zombie that was locked up in a coffin by evil ghosts temporarily regained its consciousness every 10 years or longer. It then carved writing whether through instinct or persistence.
From the writing, he could tell that the Zombie was only conscious for a short while, perhaps long enough to only carve one character or even a few strokes. Over a hundred years later, it had finally managed to leave a warning for the future generations.
This scenario gave him a chill just by thinking about it.
“Netherworld Reishi Mushroom,” Ruan Yushu said after seeing the Space Ring. Her cold voice sounded deep and mysterious.
ng Qi snorted. “Don’t be afraid. This is going to the Dominator of Samsara in Six Realms in exchange for Karma points anyway. I dare those ‘evil ghosts’ to try and drag the Dominator into the tomb!”
With the Buddha’s Lamp and Heaven Inflicted Pain on him, it was difficult for anything Yin to imbue his body anyway.
Everyone present had many life experiences and had even entered the Holy Mountain. So they weren’t easily terrified, not even by evil ghosts.
Suddenly, ng Qi slapped the back of his right hand. “I’ve figured out why that Zombie couldn’t even exert the strength of a Half-step Exterior Scenery despite already reaching the Exterior level!”
Before the rest could ask, he continued, “He’s a Zombie but not a dead one, where he’ll beco stronger the longer he’s dead. He’s still in the process of dying and his body is still decomposing.”
“He still has such formidable strength after a few hundred years. I can only imagine what his strength is like when he’s at the height of his powers.”
“That’s right. The Swordsman of Ning Province has only ‘passed’ for a dozen years or so,” Jiang Zhiwei replied in agreent.
After a few rounds of discussions, the four of them continued to move forward while sticking to their formation.
They ca across a course way after passing through the tomb. The walls were bare and stripped of paintings.
It beca darker as they walked, the light from before had totally disappeared. Darkness clouded ng Qi’s eyes and he was forced to rely only on his Eye Acupores, barely making out the way.
Qi Zhengyan reached for a match and lit it up, but a gust of the Yin wind blew it out.
After several attempts, ng Qi and the others tried many ways to block the wind but the fla continued to be snuffed out no matter what thods they tried. In the end, they couldn’t even ignite the match!
“Be careful,” ng Qi warned. The electric light from the “Heaven Inflicted Pain” surrounded him and lit up the path at the sa ti.
The thunder snake slithered up and down, making the path in front bright one mont and dark the next.
Recalling the map in his head, ng Qi said, “There’s an even larger tomb ahead.”
They saw the end of the course way as he spoke. There was a closed stone door with ancient writing on it.
“The dwelling of the dead,” Jiang Zhiwei read. Her grip on the Sword of the Sun-Penetrating Rainbow was as steady as ever.
Ruan Yushu pursed her lips. It was clear that she was sowhat afraid, being a young girl and all.
With the “Heaven Inflicted Pain” across his chest, ng Qi pushed open the stone door with his hand.
A heaving grinding sound pierced their ears and a silvery white light shone from within the tomb.
ng Qi spotted a grand tomb after they entered the stone door. It resembled more like a palace, but above their heads was a water screen that flowed rapidly from an unknown source rather than a ceiling.
In the middle stood a peculiar jade stone, glistening like the moon. It made the water screen look even more dazzling as if it had co out of so storybook.
There was a tiny writing engraved on the jade stone, but only a few of the characters were large enough to be read.
“The Yin-Yang Demon-rinsing Skill,” read out Jiang Zhiwei, who was alongside ng Qi, also seeing the jade tablet.
“This seems to be one of the skills that Zhenwu Great Emperor left behind.” Considering the emperor’s nickna of the “Devil-Rinsing Grandmaster”, this was the explanation that ng Qi ca up with.
It might not be the best skill but it was left behind by Zhenwu Great Emperor! Even his average kung fu should be at least of the Exterior level!
Ruan Yushu calmly said, “I’ve not seen it in the records.”
“Maybe it was so ancient that it was lost throughout the centuries,” Qi Zhengyan said, speculating.
Though it was a re speculation, ng Qi thought that Qi Zhengyan’s words made sense.
The four of them headed straight for the carved jade stone.
The stone glistened, making the whole tomb seem like it was a palace standing on the moon.
Behind them, a ray of “moonlight” suddenly twisted. The light transford into a human figure with ssy hair and claws that aid straight at Qi Zhengyan.
The attacker’s hands were pale with long fingernails with all the moonlight concentrated on them, bringing a sense of chill.
Frigid Crystals ford before the claws. The cold wind blew and snowflakes drifted in the air. Not only did it affect their vision, it also seed to freeze their spirits and cut open their bodies.
The mont the “moonlight shadow” attacked, ng Qi’s Buddha Lamp flickered. That allowed him to automatically slice the shadow with his blade.
He wielded his blade as quickly as thunder, reaching the claws as soon as he noticed its presence.
Clang!
Thunderclap erupted and shattered the Frigid Crystal. Qi Zhengyan’s dragon-like sword struck the attacker at its mid-brows.
Jiang Zhiwei took a step forward to guard Ruan Yushu. Her sword yielded a warm breeze to counter the cold.
Ruan Yushu played the “rebirth exoneration incantation” tune on her zither. It sounded like a mixture of Zen and Taoist chanting.
The “moonlight shadow” was half human and half Zombie. The skin on its neck was still under decomposition, so his strength was at about the Half-step Exterior Scenery level.
After hearing the sound of the zither, he stopped short of making another sudden attack.
ng Qi’s aura changed as he seized this opportunity. He seed to have integrated with heaven and earth, giving off a sense of peculiar appeal and the feeling of looking down upon the Samsara from a vantage point.
The scene of a vast but calm sea appeared on his mind just as the dark mist perated the surroundings, shrouding the golden light and everything around them.
ng Qi tried his best to revive his fragnted mories.
The golden light was like turbulent waves in the sea, bouncing up and down to shake off the dark mist.
Suddenly, the dark mist turned into a human figure that wore black robes and a crown. His face was sullen with deep eyes to match as he stared at ng Qi sideways.
That one look was enough to make ng Qi feel as if his head was exploding. He scread in pain as blood spilled from his nose and ears. He was no longer able to sense his soul with his mind!
“Zhenwu Great Emperor?”
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