Chapter 193
Chapter 193
Hu Qingshan rose with a smile.
“Xiao Jiu, you should stay home with your granny as well. The three of us old brothers can go take a look.”
Chang Huaiyuan spoke up in agreement.
“Brother Hu is right! A gentleman does not stand beneath a dangerous wall. The young master physician’s status is too noble for him to casually set foot in perilous ground!”
Wherever excitement was brewing, Chen Daji could never be far away.
“Elder Chang, I’m not a gentleman. Can you take me?”
Old Sixth Hui loved teasing Chen Daji.
“You brat, if you aren’t a gentleman, then what are you?”
Chen Daji gave an embarrassed grin.
“Sixth Brother Hui, you’re awful. Why ask when you already know? You and Grandmother both call me a little bastard…”
Old Sixth Hui laughed at his cringing expression.
Chen Daji saw nothing wrong with being called a “little bastard” and continued pleading.
“Come on, Sixth Brother, just take me with you. I promise I won’t cause trouble. We can ride Eighth Master and watch from far away. If the fighting gets desperate, I can even help by shooting filthy things right in the balls with my slingshot!”
When Eighth Master Chang heard that Chen Daji meant to drag him into something so dangerous, he exploded in fury.
He sprayed the instant noodles in his mouth all over Chen Daji’s face.
“Damn it! Do I have some blood feud with you, you little bastard? Did I steal your family’s eggs or jump down a well hugging your wife? Can you stop including me in every ‘good opportunity’ that comes along? If you want to die, go by yourself. I haven’t lived nearly long enough!”
Chen Daji wiped bits of instant noodle from his face and muttered resentfully, “You’re such a coward, Eighth Master!”
Eighth Master Chang immediately reared into a cobra’s posture and shot back, “I call it knowing my own limitations! If you don’t like it, fight me one-on-one!”
As man and snake laughed and bickered, the three great Immortal Spirits transformed into wind and departed.
Chang Huaiyuan wore a grave expression.
“Baleful blood qi is surging into the sky. This filthy thing will not be easy to handle. It came from the direction of Huimu Mountain. Could that evil goddess have escaped again?”
Hu Qingshan slowly shook his head.
“I do not think so. The hells of the Netherworld are not somewhere one may leave at will.”
Old Sixth Hui gave a cold laugh.
“Whatever it is, we cannot let it stir up chaos right beneath our noses!”
The three Immortal Spirits traveled with extraordinary speed. Before long, they happened upon Bai Wuwei, who was pursuing Ghost Buddha alone.
The four Immortal Spirits had known one another for a thousand years and understood each other well. After exchanging nods, they continued the chase together.
As they raced onward, a bald mummified corpse suddenly sprang from the snow and barred their way, baring its teeth and brandishing its claws.
Eager to earn merit, the Bai Family patriarch gave a disdainful snort and charged straight into it.
“Beast! Do you have a death wish?”
To the four great spirit-medium patriarchs, filthy things on the level of a mummified corpse were no different from flies or ants.
The other three Immortal Spirits therefore made no move to stop Bai Wuwei. They all wanted him to dispose of it quickly so they could resume their pursuit of the great evil ahead.
But the instant the two “figures” collided, an unexpected change occurred.
The mummified corpse exploded of its own accord, spewing a dense cloud of black fog that swallowed everything within several meters. Fragments of flesh caught by the wind flew toward Bai Wuwei’s eyes.
The Bai Family patriarch instinctively raised a hand to shield his face.
In that instant, a one-armed stone statue four or five meters tall strode out of the black fog.
It was the Ghost Mother Evil Goddess.
“A spirit medium? Gigigigi… I have been waiting for all of you!”
The statue swung its one arm and drove a fist into Bai Wuwei’s chest. At the same time, its fingers spread and tore away a handful of flesh.
Caught completely unprepared, Bai Wuwei screamed and flew backward like a plank.
The Ghost Mother Evil Goddess stuffed the bloody flesh into her mouth. Chewing, she began to chant.
“I command the Five Ghosts: use his essence and blood to stand in for my true body.
“I call upon the yakshas: throw open the Ghost Gate and grant me passage.
“Demons and monsters, heed my command. City of Wrongful Death-open!”
As the incantation ended, the injured Bai Wuwei slowly began to disappear.
At the same time, the Ghost Mother Evil Goddess’s statue seemed to come alive. Masses of twitching flesh grew across it-raw red meat without a single inch of skin.
It looked hideous and revolting.