Acai's Sky

Chapter 959: Descendants of Tushan: Ghost 2

Ah Cai condensed the spiritual fire on her fingertips and imprinted the last underworld spiritual pattern on the coffin of the flower of the other shore.

The moment the flames rose, the blood-red Lycoris radiata on the coffin suddenly blossomed, with dark green runes flowing between the petals, and the faint sound of breaking chains could be heard.

The old woman looked at the modified coffin, and a look of relief appeared in her cloudy eyes: "My young friend has amazing talent. I have found a successor to my craft."

"Thank you for your guidance."

Ah Cai turned her wrist, and the coffin turned into a stream of light that sank into the soul. Then she took out a crooked linen bag - this was her "masterpiece" when she was just starting to learn sewing. The stitches were crooked, and there was a half-cut thread hanging from the bag mouth.

The old woman stared at the bag and chuckled. She poked it lightly with her dry branch-like fingers. "Nowadays, the underworld uses holographic storage boxes. Your thing is older than me."

Ah Cai smiled and shook the cloth bag, and a hundred thousand Yin notes fell like snowflakes. The dark golden "Yin Silver Ingots" piled up into a small mountain, shining with a cold metallic luster under the dim light of the bronze lamp: "This little bit of thought is my gift to you as my disciple.

However, to suppress the evil spirit, we must first sign a contract." Her fingertips traced a golden rune, which solidified into an ancient contract scroll in the void. "After this is accomplished, you will teach me the complete map of the Yinsi Spiritual Patterns and give me a magical instrument for my own life."

The old woman's eyes flashed with admiration, and she placed her withered fingers on the contract. "You are quite astute, young man. I have lived for a hundred years, and I hate ungrateful people the most."

Before he finished speaking, the ground suddenly shook violently, the dry grass on the grave withered instantly, and countless black tentacles broke out of the ground, wrapped around the stone table and exploded.

Ah Cai embraced 00541 who was blown away by the air wave, and You Yan turned into a shield to block in front of her, but she saw that the old woman's body suddenly increased three times, and her bony body was revealed under her blue cloth shirt. She swung her peach wood crutch and emitted thousands of golden lights, shattering all the tentacles.

"Be careful! It's about to break the seal!" The old woman's voice became sharp and piercing, and the stone tablet in the center of the cemetery collapsed, revealing a bottomless black hole.

A strong stench hit her in the face. Ah Cai squinted her eyes and saw a rotten sedan chair slowly rising from the black hole. The curtains of the sedan moved without wind, revealing a female ghost in red clothes wrapped in iron chains inside.

Her long hair covered her face, her nails were as sharp as scimitars, and the deep marks on her neck were still oozing black blood.

"Thousand-year-old hanged ghost!" The old woman formed seals with her bony hands, and golden incantations lit up around her body. "Young friend, take the lead, and I will be responsible for reinforcing the seal!"

Ah Cai nodded, and with a thought, the coffin of the red spider lily floated in the air. The coffin lid opened with a bang, releasing blood-red petals all over the sky.

At the same time, she threw out the chain condensed by the dark flame and wrapped it around the ghost girl's wrist, but with a "swish" sound, the chain was easily broken.

"Be careful of her crying!" Before the old woman finished her words, the female ghost suddenly raised her head and burst into tears. Her shrill voice turned into a sound wave impact, which hurt Acai's eardrums.

00541 was so anxious that he kept jumping on her shoulder: "Use spiritual patterns! Engrave them on the sound waves!" Ah Cai immediately activated the "Soul-Calming Pattern" he had just learned. Wherever his fingertips passed, dark green runes lit up on the sound waves, abruptly cutting off the crying.

The female ghost let out an unwilling roar, and the sedan chair suddenly disintegrated, turning into countless blood-red butterflies that swooped down.

Ah Cai pulled out the hatchet from his waist - this was a magic weapon he got from the village guard. The blade glowed with golden light, and every time he chopped it, green vines grew out from the blade and entangled the butterfly.

The old woman took the opportunity to insert her peach wood crutch into the ground. Thousands of golden lights gushed out from the ground and condensed into a sealing formation again.

"It's not over yet!" Ah Cai's pupils suddenly shrank. The ghost's limbs reassembled, and this time, six arms sprouted, each holding a different weapon.

The most troublesome thing is the black vortex that appears on her chest, which constantly devours the surrounding Yin energy to strengthen itself.

A Cai took a deep breath, bit her fingertip and dripped blood on the coffin of the red spider lily: "Open!" A beam of light shot out from the coffin, enveloping the female ghost.

In the beam of light, the female ghost struggled frantically, her nails scratching the coffin wall, making a harsh sound.

Ah Cai took the opportunity to carve spiritual patterns on the surface of the light column, and each rune absorbed the power of the female ghost.

Upon seeing this, the old woman also injected the last of her cultivation into the sealing formation, and the golden spells and beams of light on the ground complemented each other.

With an earth-shaking roar, the ghost girl's body exploded and turned into black mist that was absorbed by the red spider lily coffin.

When the last wisp of black fog dissipated, the cemetery returned to peace.

Ah Cai slumped on the ground, his forehead covered in cold sweat.

The old woman also returned to her hunched form and tremblingly took out an ancient jade token. "This is the order of the judge of the underworld, which can mobilize all ghosts to obey my orders. Young friend, keep your words, and I will never break my promise."

She raised her hand and drew a line in the air, and countless spiritual patterns of the underworld turned into streams of light and sank into Acai's sea of ​​consciousness.

00541 suddenly pointed in the distance and screamed, "Host, look! A sack!"

Everyone turned to look and saw that the twisted sack had been thrown into the air at some point, with banknotes and gold ingots scattered all over the ground, glowing strangely in the moonlight.

The old woman laughed so hard that she couldn't straighten her back. "I'm afraid the evil spirits will dislike this item. Next time you come, remember to change it to a decent storage bag!"

Ah Cai sat slumped in the grass pile at the grave, playing with a dog's tail she had pulled out. She watched the old woman smooth out and fold up the scattered Yin notes one by one, and couldn't help but laugh: "The way you pick up money is like the old lady at the village entrance grabbing discounted eggs."

The old woman didn't even raise her head, her skinny fingers fluttering like butterflies: "Yin money is just waste paper in the world of the living, but it is very valuable in the underworld!"

She suddenly stuffed the bag into Ah Cai's arms and said, "Here, I've left you two 'Yinsi VIP Cards'. You can get a 20% discount on your purchases next time you come."

00541 crawled out from Ah Cai's collar and pried into the bag with his claws. "Can I overdraw this card? I want to buy a new skin!"

Before she could finish her words, the ground suddenly shook with a small vibration. Ah Cai instantly leaped up, her dark flame condensing into a sharp sword in her palm. Then, a furry little ball emerged from the mound of dirt—its gray fur stained with mud, its eyes wet, and a dried Lycoris radiata petal pinned to its drooping ear.

"This is..." Before Ah Cai could finish her words, the little dumpling jumped into her arms with a "woof", and its claws tightly grasped the corner of her clothes.

The old woman took a closer look and tapped the ground with her peach wood cane. "It's a tomb-guarding pet that's been suppressed by a fierce ghost. Poor little thing, I'm afraid it's been trapped for hundreds of years."

The little dumpling suddenly raised his head and spit out a crystal clear bead from his mouth, emitting a soft blue light.

The old woman's eyes lit up: "This is the Soul-Suppressing Pearl! With it, the power of the Higanbana Coffin to suppress souls can be increased threefold!"

Before Ah Cai could react, the little girl had already stuffed the beads into her hand, curled up into a ball of fur, yawned, and turned upside down, revealing her tender pink belly.

"Okay, you'll just follow me from now on."

Ah Cai scratched the little guy's chin, and turned around to see the old woman staring at the hatchet at her waist and rubbing her hands.

"My friend..." The old woman laughed dryly. "Your hatchet looks familiar. Could it be the village guard's 'Evil-Suppressing Blade'? I dealt with village guards when I was young. If this knife is tempered with the underworld, it can cut through yin and yang..."

Before he could finish his words, a loud snapping sound of chains suddenly emanated from underground. Ah Cai's expression suddenly changed, and the little kid in his arms jumped up like a mad dog, barking wildly in the northwest direction.

The old woman's figure instantly became transparent, her peach wood cane pointing towards the sky. "Not good! The loosening of the seal has startled the nearby 'One Hundred Demons Night Parade'! My friend, you take the Soul-Calming Orb and go first. I'll cover your retreat!"

Ah Cai stuck the hatchet into the ground and rolled up her sleeves: "Since we're here, it's a good time to practice!"

Her fingertips quickly carved spiritual patterns in the air, and the coffin of the red spider lily floated up, the coffin lid opened wide, and the blood-red petals turned into red rain all over the sky.

In the distant fog, the sounds of chains, horse hooves, and even the faint sound of opera singing could be heard - under the moonlight, countless blue-gray figures came from all directions, led by the ghost of death, holding up a mourning stick and grinning to reveal his sharp white fangs.

"Let me show you what a real disco on a grave is!" Ah Cai shouted, and You Yan, wrapped in the blue light of the soul-soothing bead, soared into the sky, drawing a brilliant arc of light in the night sky.

The little dumpling jumped excitedly on her shoulder, and the mist from its mouth condensed into ice blades, which intertwined with the old woman's peach wood golden light and Acai's flame spirit pattern, killing the ghosts that were rushing towards it into pieces.