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  Different regions at the same time, two arrogant battles, master and apprentice!

  Cha Wenbin sacrificed Ma Suifengs life symbol, and the power of the five elements gathered together - metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. The Five Elements Heavenly Thunder Flag was first created by Tianzheng Dao, using ones own five-element powers as a guide to summon heavenly thunder and strike, much stronger than ordinary heavenly thunder. This formation has immense power, exchanging ones own vital energy for heavenly authority, truly a move that kills a thousand enemies but loses eight hundred of ones own. Such an array is rarely seen in the Taoist school, and even Ling Zhengyang didnt know how many secrets he had stolen back then, passing down to this generation only this single gate.

  Ye Huan, Ma Suifengs senior fellow disciple. Years ago, the two of them fought over the Tianxia Gu Xing, resulting in Ye Huan losing an eye. Now, he has become even more ruthless and his Dao heart has not only not declined but has instead advanced to a higher level.

  "Where is he? He must be using your phone, how generous of him."

  That day, Cha Wenbin used the Thunder Talisman which was refined from Ma Suifengs pure blood, but he didnt know that Ye Huans attack was originally fierce. The black Soul Summoning Flag waved with one wave higher than the other, and now even the Seven Star Sword had been given to his disciple. He himself was in a predicament of being empty-handed and unable to defend.

  "I dont know what youre talking about, Im here to clean up the mess."

  "You thing that doesnt know life or death!" The soul-summoning banner slapped over, and Ma Suifengs peach wood sword blocked it with a "pa" sound.

  At that moment when the thunderbolt struck, the dark troops on the other side were probably frightened out of their wits. Little did they know that there was still someone in this world who could summon such a powerful heavenly thunderclap, and even the three Yama Kings were startled by it.

  That Japanese is fifteen, the ghost gate opens wide, and the heavenly thunder is summoned. I dont know how many wronged souls will be struck to scatter their spirits. The call to assemble, retreat, from ancient times its said that a high Dao is countered by a high demon, this mortals innate talent is actually the highest in the three realms. The leader of the vanguard of Yin soldiers mourning staff has already been broken into two pieces, the front half being pitch black explains that just now he was only a few inches away from "death".

  That damned Taoist actually repeated that sentence again: "Let her go!" Doesnt he really know who this woman is?!

  The second red flag reappeared in Zhang Wenbins hand, and suddenly I heard a burst of "Wu Wu" horn sounds. The horse carriage turned around, the little ghosts carrying the sedan chair threw down the woman, and then they all vanished into thin air.

  Zha Wenbin shook the bell at that woman for a few times, and in the blink of an eye, she disappeared. Now he beckoned to us again, and my friend and I dared to run out and meet him.

  "Theres someone here." He pointed to his bell, and I saw that it was stuffed with a mass of cotton-like material. He went on: "We have to set out tonight, for the nights are long and dreams are many; if we cant reach Shanghai within seven days, everything will be over."

  We didnt have time to bid farewell to Old Miao, and we set off overnight. In the few years since our departure, the connection between the Wild Mans Village and the outside world was still that primitive mountain road. By the time we arrived in Shanghai, it was already the fourth day.

  When we saw Yuan Xiaobai, she was already on a ventilator. The Yuan family had even started preparing for her funeral. Several experts came and went, each shaking their heads as they left. The day after we visited, she fell into this deep coma.

  The room on the west side of the second floor of the mansion, all the curtains have been pulled up, and two young men are standing outside the door, one is me and the other is Fatso. Not far away, a middle-aged man is pacing back and forth, he is Yuan Xiaobais father.

  Yuan Xiaobai lay quietly on the bed, her eyes tightly closed. Through her drooping eyelids, Zha Wenbin saw that her eyeballs were moving rapidly back and forth. Her eyebrows were furrowed, and her expression looked extremely painful. She was having a nightmare...

  The bed was surrounded by red candles, not to create romance but to light the way for her return. Three incense sticks rose gently, filling the air with a fragrant scent. Zhang Wenbin sat cross-legged on the floor, in front of him a copper bell placed on a cushion, around which a circle of copper coins were strung together with red thread.

  Zha Wenbin took a lit incense stick, crossed his hands and used his middle fingers to hold the incense over the copper bell, making a circle that left behind a ring. The center of the ring hovered above and below the bell, appearing as if it would break apart at any moment.

  With a fragrant and respectful bow, he slowly lowered his head and recited: "One pillar of incense returns the soul, directly connecting the three realms; my body is an incense burner, my heart is like incense; all five offerings are complete, presented before the multitude of true ones!"

  Put that long incense stick in a empty bowl in front of you, there is no water in the bowl, but the incense can still stand upright in the bowl.

  He took out the second incense stick, lit it with a candle flame, and recited in his mouth: "The second pillar of returning soul incense, directly piercing the mansion of the underworld; reaching the clouds and fog, distinguishing between true and false; metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, lonely souls will awaken." When this incense stick was inserted, Yuan Xiaobais fingers moved slightly, but Zha Wenbin didnt see it, his mind completely focused on the bell.

  "The three pillars of incense, wafting through the ten temples; the three souls and seven spirits, separated by yin and yang; a wisp of blue smoke sends the Three Pure Ones, and the five directions children guide the soul back!" After the third pillar of incense was inserted, Cha Wenbin quickly used his knife to separate his fingers and drip blood onto the bronze bell, until the entire bell was stained red. At this point, he picked up the three burning incense sticks again and suddenly pressed them against the bell...

  With a "whoosh" sound, the burning incense met the warm fresh blood, and a huge green smoke continuously burst out. The smoke rose to about a persons height before stopping, and at that height, it continued to churn up and down. Slowly, slowly, a human-shaped mist began to form, and finally, a semi-transparent figure "floated" in front of Cha Wenbin.

  He stood up, drew his sword and held a talisman towards the floating figure, shouting: "Go back!"

  The sword slowly pointed towards the bed where Yuan Xiaobai was lying, and the shadow also floated in that direction. When it reached directly above Yuan Xiaobai, Zha Wenbin swung his sword downwards, and the talisman paper stuck to Yuan Xiaobais face from head to toe, and the shadow slowly merged into the person on the bed!

  Zha Wenbin swiftly pinched a hand seal, his middle finger turned upside down and pressed between Yuan Xiaobais eyebrows, a crimson light burst forth, as he shouted: "Taiji Lianhua Lion Roar, Mahavairocana fixes the three souls!"

  After about a minute, Yuan Xiaobais eyelids moved slightly, then slowly opened, with a clear tear rolling down from the corner of his eye...

  Three days later, in the Yuan family mansion, Yuan Xiaobai sat down to eat in the living room with the help of her nanny, which was the first time she had eaten on her own initiative in two years.

  On the fourth day, we bid farewell to the Yuan family and returned to northwest Zhejiang first. The reason was a telegram saying that Ma Cunfengs real person was about to pass away.

  Before his death, Cha Wenbin was there, and I was also there. It was the second day after we came back. Ma Suifengs five ribs were broken, one of which pierced into his lungs and caused internal bleeding. He said he accidentally fell from the mountain head, several people who went up the mountain to cut firewood found him when he was dying, strangely, a soul-calling banner was found on his body...

  On the sixth day, Ma Sus wind was slightly better, and he got up to sunbathe. He called Zha Wenbin to his side and formally handed over the palm door seal with "Tianshi Dao Bao" printed on it. At that time, I saw Zha Wenbin cry, crying very sadly.

  Perhaps he will never believe that the master is dead, but what does it matter? Because Ma Suifeng will never tell him, its because he broke his own five-element life symbol and was knocked down by Ye Huan.

  For the first time in twenty years, Ma Su feng gently stroked Cha Wenbins hair as if he were his own child and said: "The matter of that girl has not ended yet. After Im gone, youll have to go again. Your second half of life is crucial, Master is old and cant take care of you anymore. Take care of yourself more, dont be impulsive when things happen, dont rush. Killing someone is just a matter of a nod, our Tianzheng sect originated from Maoshan but prioritizes ferrying, if we cant ferry others then lets ferry ourselves."

  "Disciple obeys the teachings!" Zhang Wenbin heavily knocked his head three times.

  On the seventh day, Hongcun Village, the Zhang familys compound was bustling with people coming and going, busy with activity. From time to time, someone would bring over wreaths and red silk fabrics. Ma Su had passed away.

  Fourteen days later, a big car came to the door of my house, from Shanghai, Yuans father and daughter came together to mourn Ma Suifengs soul-returning night. The next day, our group left Zhebei again for the Northeast.

  Ma Sus prediction was like a god, but Yuan Xiaobai had not fully recovered. In the words of Cha Wenbin, she had only recovered more than half, because every night after waking up, she would have nightmares.

  In the dream, there was a little girl still in her swaddling clothes who kept crying and crying. Yuan Xiaobai couldnt shake off the infant no matter what she did in the dream. One time, seeing that the infant was crying so hard, she went to pick her up, but as soon as she held her in her arms, the infant suddenly opened her mouth revealing a row of sharp teeth and bit towards her chest.

  Yuan Xiaobai screamed in pain and was about to throw away the child, but she found that no matter how hard she tried, she couldnt shake off the child. It turned out that the childs teeth were hooked into her flesh...

  After a great deal of fuss and fighting, the child finally fell to the ground, with a mouthful of bright red blood, laughing loudly at her and saying that Yuan Xiaobai had stolen her heart and she wanted it back.

  The next day, Yuan Xiaobai woke up and remembered the dream. She lifted her clothes and took a look. On her chest, there was indeed a row of bite marks. The tooth marks were small and dense, with signs of bleeding under the skin.

  Ma Suifeng said that Cha Wenbin had forgotten two things: First, the baby who was supposed to be born that night died in the womb, which is a grievance; Second, Yuan Xiaobai still has one soul that has not been found back, and we need to find it ourselves, otherwise she will not live for more than three years.

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