[Vol. 6] Chapter 12: A Thousand Years of Extre Yin, the Night of the Seven Stars
“Boom! Boom! Boom!!!”
It was clearly the intertwining of flas, yet within the obscured situation, a loud, explosive rumbling echoed across the area.
It seed that Bai’er didn’t actually intend to use her sword to strike the fire. After delivering that clever blow, she imdiately withdrew, leaping around like a nimble cat, rescuing a few frail won and children who had fallen to the ground amidst the chaos and were about to be trampled.
When she reappeared, her heroic figure had already returned to the side of the noble young woman, who had been standing beside the village head, Zeng Xianzhi, earlier, and was now preparing to assist in evacuating the crowd.
“You… you are…?”
“You are the village head here?”
“Uh.”
Although the noble young woman’s tone didn’t co across as arrogant or superior, there was still a subtle authority in her deanor, likely developed from her long-standing position of power. Zeng Xianzhi instinctively bowed, performing an awkward but respectful gesture that he hadn’t shown to Violet earlier, and spoke quickly.
“I am Zeng Xianzhi, the village head of Zengjia Village. May I ask who you two ladies are…?”
After confirming the identity of the young woman, she nodded.
“The midnight hour is approaching. There is no ti for pleasantries. You must imdiately guide the villagers to safety and distribute these talismans, one for each person. If any villagers behave strangely or attempt to harm others, place the talisman directly on their forehead. Do you understand?”
Seeing the noble young woman seemingly perform a magic trick, pulling a large stack of white talismans from her sleeve and handing them over with precision, Zeng Xianzhi glanced once more at the central square, still reverberating with intense explosions. He hesitated for a mont.
“Who exactly are you…?”
“Go now. This is the critical mont.”
The noble young woman signaled with a glance, and Bai’er imdiately understood, stepping forward to wave sothing in front of Zeng Xianzhi’s face. The latter was visibly startled, then imdiately beca respectful.
“Yes, sir! I will go imdiately!”
Seeing the village head turn and rush toward the still chaotic crowd, the noble young woman and Bai’er finally focused their attention on the ghostly fla wrapped in golden-red solar fire.
“The midnight hour is approaching, and the once-in-a-thousand-years celestial phenonon of the [Seven Stars Alignnt] is about to occur. I never expected this remote mountain village to beco the extre point of Yin energy, giving birth to an [Evil Fla Spirit King]. If it weren’t for the [Yin-Yang Division]’s prior divination, predicting that sothing would happen here, the consequences would have been unimaginable.”
Seven Stars Alignnt?
Violet, who had been enjoying the spectacle, was montarily stunned upon hearing this and instinctively looked up at the sky.
At that mont, she realized that in the starry night sky, which should have been moonless, seven extraordinarily bright stars had appeared. These seven stars were roughly a quarter the size of the full moon that could be seen during the third month in another continent, and they were scattered across the sky, slowly rotating in a specific pattern.
What was even more astonishing, and perhaps even eerie, was that the colors of these seven stars were each different.
They displayed the colors of the rainbow: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. Though their light was not as bright as the full moon, it was still enough to cast a strange, shimring veil across the land beneath.
And it was under this light…
That the ghostly green fla, trapped inside by the solar fire, suddenly erupted!
“Whhhoooaa!!!”
A sharp, childlike wail rose violently from the ghost fla as it twisted and spiraled upward after dispelling the sunfire.
While to Violet, it rely seed to be a noisy disturbance, and the two mysterious won only furrowed their brows without reacting too strongly, the villagers, who were scrambling to escape under Zeng Xianzhi’s orders, imdiately began covering their ears, as if hearing so kind of otherworldly wailing. The white talismans, which had been handed to them by the village head, glowed faintly, seemingly offering so form of protection.
But there were still a dozen or so villagers, too far away for Zeng Xianzhi to reach in ti with the talismans, who suddenly cried out in pain and collapsed. Their bodies were soon engulfed in the eerie, green ghostly flas, threatening to consu them completely.
“Go!”
At the critical mont, the noblewoman let out a sharp command. Her sleeve fluttered, and over ten white talismans flew out, precisely sticking to the heads of each villager who was being enveloped by the ghost flas, villagers Zeng Xianzhi had no ti to save.
It was as if a bucket of cold water had been poured over the raging ghost flas. They imdiately shrank and extinguished. The surrounding villagers quickly carried away their unconscious companions, who had been burned but had no external wounds, and fled from the center of the battleground.
“Bai’er!”
“Yes!”
The noblewoman raised her hand again, and three more talismans flew out with a swoosh. Two of them stuck to the sword held by Bai’er, imbuing it with light and flas, while the last one landed on the back of Bai’er’s hand.
It seed that so kind of power was released, assisting Bai’er in once again facing the ghostly green fire, engaging in a fierce battle alone.
‘Hmm… It seems like there’s no need to worry about this side. They’re quite reliable, after all.’
Violet shifted her gaze away from the ghost fire and turned her attention elsewhere.
Though the sudden fire and the two won’s combat techniques were interesting, they weren’t enough to truly surprise the priestess.
Honestly, she was more intrigued by the so-called [Seven Stars Alignnt] in the sky and the mysterious “person” who chose this mont to cultivate the ghost fire, attempting to conduct a living sacrifice.
Leaving this to the two won should be enough. Now, it’s ti to et him.
Walking down the village path, lit by the eerie glow of the Seven Stars, the white-robed girl approached the group of villagers who had just found a place to take refuge, now gathered together and looking sowhat uneasy.
Soon, she found the target she was looking for.
The girl approached him from behind, lifting her cloak as she stood on tiptoe and tapped his broad shoulder, making a sound.
“Hey.”
“Ah! A ghost!!”
Zeng Zhuang scread, startling the other villagers who quickly turned to look at him. Even Zeng Xianzhi, who was standing nearby and deep in thought, jumped in alarm and hurriedly grabbed a few talismans, rushing over. This caused the priestess, who was also startled, to show a look of helplessness.
“First you’re a fairy, then you’re a ghost… you’re really going too far, aren’t you?”
“Huh… huh?”
Realizing who the voice belonged to, Zeng Zhuang quickly turned around, his eyes landing on the petite figure of the black-haired girl. He showed an expression of genuine, unforced surprise and joy.
“Fairy? Didn’t Village Chief say you left our village for sothing? Why are you here now…?”
Suddenly, as if realizing sothing, he exclaid loudly!
“Oh! I get it! You’re like those two adults, here to exorcise demons and subdue evil spirits, right!?”
Violet facepald, looking helpless.
“You really are dense, no wonder you were targeted… but in a sense, you’re not wrong.”
Violet turned her gaze to the Village Chief, who had just rushed over, his expression equally surprised but with a hint of caution.
“V-Vi… uh, Miss Vilet, what are you…”
“Who is Miss Vilet…? Never mind, don’t bla for showing up uninvited. But your village is indeed special, and I think Village Chief has finally noticed that, right?”
“Alright, let’s skip the pleasantries. It’s ti for the real troublemaker to make their entrance and et everyone.”
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