Above the Great Dao
Chapter 219 - 118: No Survivors_2

Chapter 219: Chapter 118: No Survivors_2

He was about to take the stage when he stopped in his tracks, hesitating to move forward.

This village was filled with the fragrance of incense; under the threat of death, the villagers must have been incredibly devout, making the Incense Fire Qi even stronger!

The Green-robed Scholar urged, "Talisman Master Chen, hurry and kill that Evil Spirit! The little girl on the stage can’t hold on much longer!"

From beneath the stage came a chorus of sighs, and a crowd of people began to jeer like hawkers at a market: "Get down! Get down!"

"Take off her head, so she can watch the show with us!"

At that moment, from under the wooden cart came creaking noises. Chen Shi’s heart stirred, and he shouted, "Black Pot, check under the cart!"

With a swish, Black Pot dashed under the cart, and the creature beneath didn’t manage to escape and was bitten by the dog.

Chen Shi quickly approached and saw Black Pot walking out from under the cart with a head in his mouth.

The head bore the face of an old man with many wrinkles, but atop sat an incongruous black top hat.

Underneath the neck of the old man’s head were appendages resembling palms, two of them, with ten leg-like fingers that wriggled and tried to poke Black Pot’s eyes and nose.

This creature must have crawled at great speeds!

When they had entered the village before, the creaking they had heard must have been this thing burrowing under the wooden cart and gnawing at the axle!

"An Evil Spirit!"

Chen Shi was surprised and grabbed this peculiar Evil Spirit to take a closer look.

When the old man’s head was held, it opened its mouth to tear at his palm, but Chen Shi flooded his hand with Qi-Blood, shattering the old head’s teeth.

"Grandfather never mentioned this kind of Evil Spirit to me. Could it be a new type of Evil Spirit? No, that’s not right! These heads... heads plucked from a date tree..."

A thought flashed through Chen Shi’s mind; could the date tree really be killing people?

Was this Dry Nurse killing people, or was she exterminating evil?

"Talisman Master Chen, the little girl and the Dry Nurse are fighting on the stage!"

The Green-robed Scholar reached the staircase, peering out with urgency and said, "Aren’t you going up?"

On the stage, Dingding held the pipa in her arms and moved her feet in odd patterns; the pipa’s music was urgent and shrill, filled with killing intent, and the date stems coiling toward her from the sky were severed one by one!

The frenetic pipa music was extraordinarily powerful. As soon as the notes played, invisible Sword Qi shot out, cutting through the numerous attacking branches in one fell swoop.

Heads from the date tree flew up one after another, emitting black miasma that sprayed towards the stage. Dingding, her mind invaded by the evil qi, almost fell over but stabilized herself in time. A divine light shimmered behind her head, and the Divine Embryo appeared, its mouth opening to emit a Golden Core. The radiance scattered in all directions, repelling the black miasma. freewēbnoveℓ.com

As if sentient, the black miasma surged wildly but was repelled time and again by the brilliance of the Golden Core.

Gradually, the Golden Core’s light dimmed, its power fading, tainted by the evil qi, its potency much reduced from before.

Dingding became groggy, showing signs of being corrupted by the evil.

"The little girl is going to turn into an Evil Spirit!" the Green-robed Scholar said with alarm.

Chen Shi did not rush to Dingding’s aid but pushed open the door of the theater and, carrying the head, walked out, saying, "I’ve finally understood. There are so many people in this village, so why would the Dry Nurse become an Evil Spirit?"

The talismans in his hand took flight, dispersing in all directions.

On the stage, Dingding played "Ambush from Ten Sides" falteringly; however, the pipa’s sound faded, and its killing intent weakened.

"It’s because the people in this village are no longer human."

Chen Shi removed the hat of the old man’s head; when the hat was lifted, the inside of the head turned out to be hollow. The skull had been opened up, and inside the head lived a many-segmented little worm, having eaten all of the old man’s brain, sitting there and looking up at him.

Upon closer inspection, this worm closely resembled a Traction Worm; the markings under its belly resembled the structure of a talisman.

The Green-robed Scholar came out from the theater, astonished, and said, "Why is there a worm living inside this person’s head?"

Chen Shi looked towards the other villagers and said, "Not just inside this old man’s head, but likely inside the heads of the others, there are also worms. It seems that everyone in the Three Harmony Village has been contaminated. This place is so filled with the fragrance of incense, yet the Dry Nurse couldn’t resist the evilness of the moonlight and turned into an Evil Spirit. It’s because she can’t absorb these Incense Fire Qi. These people are no longer her children, but Evil Spirits. How could she absorb the incense of Evil Spirits?"

The Green-robed Scholar approached him, looking puzzled at the old man’s head in Chen Shi’s hand and said, "Are you suggesting that this is why the Dry Nurse turned into an Evil Spirit? Those people in our village wearing hats have all become Evil Spirits, taken over by this kind of worm?"

Chen Shi nodded, "Godmother has become an Evil Spirit, but she still retains a part of her former consciousness, thinking about protecting the village. That’s why she killed those parasitized villagers. Actually, it can’t really be called killing, because those villagers were already dead."

He stood there silently, the whole village had actually no living people left.

The only survivor was the mad Date Tree Godmother.

Date Tree Godmother, although she possessed Divine Power, still failed to detect this new type of Evil Spirit, which prevented her from protecting her own people.

In the sky, Evil Exorcism Talismans and Five Mountains House Charms arrived from all directions of Sanhe Village, glinting with golden light, the talisman papers burning in midair.

When the papers burned out, only the golden patterns of the talismans remained, seemingly imprinted in the air!

In the middle of Sanhe Village, countless villagers let out sharp screams, rushing out of their houses, yelling as they charged towards Chen Shi.

Leading the charge was the troupe that had just climbed onto the stage.

They yelled, their black hats skewed, obviously corrupted by the Evil Spirit!

"Snap!"

A hat exploded atop someone’s head, and the body fell.

"Snap! Snap! Snap!"

One after another, people fell, and in a flash, the streets of Sanhe Village were littered with corpses every which way.

Simultaneously, the luminous figures of the Five Mountains True Form shone brightly, pressing down towards the Date Tree, the thundering roar deafening. In the blink of an eye, the bewitched Date Tree was crushed, and the black aura was refined into nothingness!

On the stage, Dingding, having exhausted her strength, awaited death with her eyes closed. After a brief outburst of light, she opened her eyes to see corpses everywhere, and the bewitched Date Tree flattened to the ground!

Was this the power of a Talisman Master?

Dingding’s legs trembled as she jumped down from the stage, nearly toppling over.

Chen Shi raised his hand, and from his sleeve, a Wind Talisman glided into the air, leading to a gentle breeze, which started to disperse the greenish smoke hanging over Sanhe Village. The wind flickered the red ribbon tied to the young boy’s hair.

Sunlight poured down from above, dissipating the malevolent atmosphere of the village.

The Green-robed Scholar’s face bore a look of sorrow, and in a voice filled with grief, he said, "I didn’t expect them all to be dead. The entire village, only I have survived..."

Chen Shi turned around, his gaze landing on him.

The Green-robed Scholar hurriedly said, "I’m not wearing a hat on my head! I’m not parasitized! I’m still alive!"

Chen Shi smiled, "Of course, you’re alive. The Traction Worms from my Qianyang Mountain were released by you, weren’t they?"

The Green-robed Scholar blinked in confusion, "Traction Worm? What’s that?"

Chen Shi clapped his hands, and Black Pot approached with paper and pen. Chen Shi took the pen, drew the structural patterns of the Traction Worm on paper, and said, "Do these patterns look familiar to you?"

The Green-robed Scholar looked at the patterns on the paper and shook his head.

Chen Shi then sketched the patterns of the worm that had burrowed into people’s heads on the paper, his gaze intense, "How about this structure? Does it look familiar?"

The Green-robed Scholar shook his head again, "Talisman Master Chen, I’m just a down-on-his-luck scholar, I haven’t even passed the Scholar exam. How could I be drawing talismans?"

Chen Shi broke into a smile, "It was my misunderstanding, I wronged you. If these strange talismans aren’t yours, then they must be mine. With such creatures, I too can commit heinous acts and reign supreme in Jianghu."

He turned, his back to the Green-robed Scholar, and walked towards Dingding.

Behind him, the Green-robed Scholar let out a snicker, shaking his head while he laughed, "Chen Shi, you plan to leave with my talisman drawings?"

Chen Shi stopped in his tracks.

The Green-robed Scholar laughed, "You truly are the disciple taught by the West Capital Butcher, the Child Scholar. It’s a pity that the West Capital Butcher is dead, he can no longer protect you."

Chen Shi turned around, with a smile that wasn’t quite a smile, "Do you know? My biggest wish in this life is to protect my frail and elderly grandfather."

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