Chapter 488: Leaving the Town! The Red Mark! A Fine Treasure Left by the Ancestors!

Li Yanchu nodded and said, “Then what are we waiting for? Let’s just open the passage and leave.”

The two spirits could continue fighting in this mysterious town all they wanted. After all, from his Qi Sight, there were no other living humans here. Everything in this damn town was a ghost! He’d just let them fight among themselves.

Another reason was that killing these spirits here wouldn’t generate any merit points. With no living people to save and no merit points to gain, why bother killing them?

Just then, Zhiqing quickly formed hand seals and recited a spell. A white mark appeared, as if wiping away part of the town’s essence, leaving a patch of pure emptiness.

“Let’s go,” Li Yanchu said in a low voice.

Under Li Yanchu’s cover, Zhiqing controlled his divine technique, and the group quickly retreated, disappearing from the mysterious town.

At this moment, the power of the blood moon was suppressed. Otherwise, even someone like Zhiqing, with abilities comparable to Li Yanchu’s, would not have been able to reopen the passage in the town.

Although the town still held many secrets, Li Yanchu had no intention of exploring further for now. First, he needed to get everyone out. Later, if there was a chance, he could bring Zhiqing back to explore. If Zhiqing even dared to come again...

The red-dress woman and the black-armored general, both in one location, saw Li Yanchu and the others leaving, and had a conflicted look. In an instant, they transformed into a streak of red light and followed!

When Zhiqing closed the passage, he saw a flash of red before him, while Li Yanchu also noticed a red streak whizz past. However, neither of them sensed any special aura. Noticing this, they exchanged a glance.

“Didn’t that red-dress woman escape with them just now?” Zhiqing asked.

If that were true, it would be terrifying.

“Probably not. Otherwise, why wouldn’t we have sensed her at all?” Li Yanchu pondered.

Then, the group reappeared in the abandoned Liu ancestral hall. Everyone felt the familiar aura and couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief. Finally, they relaxed.

The oppressive atmosphere of the town had been overwhelming, and they had constantly felt on the verge of death. With its strange rules and inability to leave, the town had been utterly despair-inducing.

Liu Jun felt a bit like waking from a dream. It seemed unreal. She had only wanted to investigate her grandfather’s death, but unexpectedly got caught up in such a bizarre affair!

Looking at the dilapidated ancestral hall, Li Yanchu had originally planned to burn it completely to the ground. Yet instinctively, he felt that even if he burned it, the place would continue to exist, and next time it might appear somewhere else. In that case, it was better to preserve the ruins of the Liu ancestral hall for now.

I’ll have the government declare the surrounding area a forbidden territory and prevent ordinary people from entering

, Li Yanchu thought.

This place was far too strange. He was curious, why would an ordinary small town generate such bizarre phenomena? What exactly happened in the Liu family that caused things to spiral into the uncontrollable situation they now faced?

And he was clearly very interested in that Daoist from back then, who built the Liu ancestral hall to suppress malevolent spirits. What exactly did he see? Did the current state of the Liu ancestral hall have anything to do with him?

All of this seemed shrouded in a thick fog.

The group, having survived the ordeal, let out a sigh of relief and prepared to leave.

“Wait a moment,” Li Yanchu called out to them.

He then took out the Eight Trigrams Mirror. By now, the Eight Trigrams Mirror had been enhanced by him and had become a ten-thousand-merit-points magical artifact, with its own consciousness. It could even suppress evil and dispel illusions!

At this time, Li Yanchu raised the Eight Trigrams Mirror. A soft divine light radiated from it, and it floated up, shining on each person.

Suddenly, the mirror’s light enveloped Liu Jun. The young girl with twin ponytails looked bewildered, unsure of what was happening.

The information transmitted from the Eight Trigrams Mirror instantly made Li Yanchu understand something, and a chill ran down his spine. If it weren’t for such a high-level treasure like the Eight Trigrams Mirror, and his own cautious nature, he might have completely missed this piece of information. It would have been impossible to detect otherwise.

“Daoist Master Li, what’s happening?” Liu Jun asked in panic.

Everyone else also turned to Li Yanchu, confused.

“That red-dress woman didn’t manage to escape, but she left a mark on one of us,” Li Yanchu explained slowly. “This mark may carry a fragment of her soul, or it could be used later to escape through it. Either way, it’s not something good.”

Gasp!

Everyone involuntarily drew in a sharp breath.

At the same time, all eyes instinctively turned to the young, beautiful Liu Jun.

At this time, Liu Jun’s face drained of color as she stammered, “Daoist Master Li... you’re not saying it’s me, are you?”

She swallowed hard, completely shocked.

The red-dress woman had been terrifying enough before. Now, the thought that such a mark could affect her made her feel utterly fragile; she was just an ordinary girl, unable to withstand such things.

Unexpectedly, Li Yanchu shook his head. “It’s not you.”

He then approached Master Xuming.

Seeing this, Xuming went pale and was utterly incredulous. “It’s me?”

When Li Yanchu confirmed it, Xuming felt as if struck by lightning and froze in place.

Why me?

He didn’t understand. The white light was clearly enveloping Liu Jun, wasn’t it?

“This is just a mark. It’s not a serious problem,” Li Yanchu said calmly.

Poor one... You’re a disciple of Shakyamuni, and yet you panic so easily.

“Daoist Master Li, save me!” Master Xuming shouted.

These kinds of demons or malevolent spirits capable of planting such a harmful mark were extremely troublesome. They had all seen the power of that red-dress woman before...

𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

She had defeated everyone with one strike, and shattered Zhang Wei’s Taiji Diagram magical artifact. She was truly terrifying! Even now, his wounds continued to bleed relentlessly.

Sigh...

he sighed inwardly, feeling utterly desperate. Such a demon leaving a mark on him would be extremely difficult to dispel.

Just then, Li Yanchu reached out and patted his shoulder. Instantly, Master Xuming felt a surge of immense vital energy flow into his body, protecting his internal organs.

“The Supreme Tai Star, responding without ceasing. Expel evil and bind demons, preserve life and protect the body. May wisdom shine clear, the spirit be at peace; three souls eternal, seven spirits unbroken. Swiftly, in accordance with the command!”

Li Yanchu recited one of the eight great Daoist incantations, the Pure Heart Mantra. Thankfully, the ancestral masters had passed down this powerful method long ago. A thread of pure magical power gathered at his fingertips, lightly pressing against Master Xuming’s chest.

To everyone else, it sounded as if a soft

ding

rang in their ears, and a golden light, like rippling waves, surged outward, centering on Master Xuming. Then, something like a small red snake crawled out from Master Xuming’s eye socket.

At first, Master Xuming only felt a slight itch. The process was brief and not particularly vivid to him. But to the onlookers, it was utterly horrifying: a fully living human had a red snake crawling out of his eye! The sight sent shivers down their spines and a jolt of electricity up their tailbones.

The most terrifying part was that Master Xuming himself had no idea what had just happened.