Chapter 246: Leaving Japanese Pirates as Reinforcements
Pan Yun re-set up the incense table for sacrifice, scattered a lot of yellow paper on them, then sat cross-legged and recited the "Tai Shang Jiu Ku Jing".

Miaozhen and Miaohe sat down behind her. Zhang Weiliang and others also came forward and sat on the ground, reciting the "Tai Shang Jiu Ku Jing" silently in unison.

In the spiritual realm of Niwan Palace, the gold bar of merit has shrunk and returned to its first appearance before the advancement. A number appears at the end: -5200.

"Save all sins, overcome all disasters, transcend the immortal source, be free and naturally pure, all rely on the power of the great way to subdue all demons..."

Each word brought a spirit, floating into the forest, as if there was a magical power that brought out the spirit points hidden in the bones...

Spots of light floated out from the graves like fireflies, converging into two intertwined galaxies.

The Milky Way rotates and slowly turns into a circle, like a huge halo hanging above everyone's heads.

As the "Tai Shang Jiu Ku Jing" was recited more and more deeply, the halo formed by the gathering of spiritual points flew higher and higher...

When everyone looked up, they saw a halo in the air, like a corridor with no end in sight. Points of light were dancing around the halo, just like a piece of golden silk slowly spreading out in the air, then the silk crashed into the halo and slowly disappeared from everyone's sight.

But everyone noticed with their sharp eyes that after the halo, the light spots scattered after the light silk hit it, and then disappeared.

What's behind that?
Is it heaven or hell?

Do people really have souls after they die? Do their souls really go to a place called the underworld?

There has never been a moment so shocking, making their hearts so wrenched.

There really are ghosts, spirits, and the underworld...

Everyone felt like a yoke was placed on their heads.

Song Bei, on the other hand, accepted it well. He had believed in the existence of gods and ghosts in this world since he was a child. Because of this belief, he firmly believed that his family god would protect him.

These evil spirits are no match for them at all.

The last point of light disappeared in the halo, and the halo also slowly disappeared. A breeze blew, and everyone felt refreshed, no longer feeling the stuffiness and eeriness of being in a mass grave.

Hu Jing murmured: "They are really gone..."

Everyone looked at both sides of the path. Under the gentle moonlight, both sides of the road were still clear. Obviously, at this moment, they could walk out as long as they wanted to, and there would be no vengeful spirits blocking their way.

Pan Jun still sat there with her eyes closed, not moving. She was feeling the merit returning to her spiritual realm.

Looking at the slowly moving golden merit bar, Pan Jun had already reached a conclusion in his mind.

[1. Merit is only stored in the spiritual realm and has not been digested;]

[Second, my evil deeds will offset my merits, so my merits are actually for my own use;]

[Third, my merits are decreasing, and I will become more unlucky. I feel it;]

[Fourth, the Spirit Realm does not use merit, but as long as the merit stored in the Spirit Realm reaches a certain amount, the seal will be opened. After the seal is opened, even if the merit is deducted and the storage is insufficient, it will not be re-sealed. Once the seal formation is opened, it is opened.]

Seeing that she had stopped talking, Pan Xiaohei asked, "Anything else?"

[Five, you don't know anything. The spirit realm is not using merit, but storing merit. If you don't know such important information, what's the point of you? ]

Pan Xiaohei: "...You are the one who restricted my connection with the Spirit Realm, preventing me from mastering it. Besides, if I knew everything about the Spirit Realm, would I need you to remove the seal? I can do it myself."

[You don’t even understand your own affairs…]

"Ask yourself, do you know where you have hidden diseases? Do you know where your heart, liver, spleen, stomach, and kidneys are damaged? Do you know..."

[I know,] Pan Yun said confidently in his heart: [After the Zhou Tian Yuan force circulates once, I will know where the problem is if there is any stagnation.]

Pan Xiaohei choked and said, "You have Yuanli, but do ordinary people have it? Not to mention ordinary people, even the second- and third-class masters here, even Miao Zhen and Miao He, they can't do it."

Pan Jun seemed to be thinking: [So you are equivalent to their talents in the spiritual world...]

Pan Xiaohei: ...

Pan Yun: [In that case, you are far from being worthy of me, Xiao Hei, you need to work harder. A genius like me deserves better.]

Pan Xiaohei became depressed and stopped shouting.

Hu Jing and the others were also worried and asked quietly, "Master Sanzhu, why doesn't your cat meow?"

They were calling out so happily and loudly just now, and they felt a little uneasy when they suddenly stopped calling out.

Pan Yun said: "Maybe it's because an enemy is approaching and it's afraid of disturbing them?"

Zhang Weiliang turned around immediately, "Enemy?"

"Yes," Pan Yun turned his head and grinned at him, "Why, didn't the Tianshi Mansion ask you to be prepared?"

"Think about it. If you were to sail a boat to pick up a convoy, but the convoy was late, and you waited at the beach for a day, and then another day, would you want to explore that mysterious road to see if you could find the convoy there?" Zhang Weiliang paused and said, "Yes."

"So you don't have any people prepared for an ambush?"

Zhang Ning said: "Master Sanzhu, we don't want to solve this thick fog. We just need to keep people in the thick fog for two days."

So they didn't prepare any ambush personnel, because their mission was not to kill the enemy.

As long as they stay for two days, they don't care whether the people in the convoy walk out of the fog or the people in the fleet come in and take the people in the convoy away, because the ambush is on the sea and the island, and this place is not planned to be a battlefield at all, okay?
Zhang Ning said: "Past experience tells us that the battlefield must not be held on the mainland. Otherwise, even if we win, if one or two Japanese pirates escape, it will be a disaster for the villagers nearby."

There have been more than one tragic incident of Japanese pirates wiping out entire families along the coast. They would sneak into villagers' homes, hold them hostage, and kill an entire family, or even two or three families, when they left. Villagers who lived far away would not be able to detect it at all.

When Pan Jun heard this, his face darkened. "You're right. We really can't let them get away. Not even one of them."

Zhang Ning was so anxious that he was spinning around. "Now the vengeful spirits have been liberated, and we don't even have the thick fog anymore. How can we defeat them with just a few of us?"

Zhang Ning glanced at Song Bei and lowered his voice and said, "Since you have been pressing his hearing points, he can't hear what we say. Why don't we let him go and let him take the people from the fleet away?"

Pan Yun glanced at him and said nothing.

Zhang Ning continued, "There are ambushed troops at sea, and another group on the islands. Only by placing the battlefield on the sea and islands can we avoid bringing disaster to the people of the Ming Dynasty."

Pan Yun said, "What you said makes sense, but we can't just let them go like this. Let's plan how to let Song Bei go without making a fuss so that they can get on the ship and leave immediately."

Zhang Ning was relieved to see that she listened to his advice and asked, "Master Sanzhu, do you have any ideas?"

"Yes," she had a lot of ideas. "First, we have to reduce the pressure on our allies. We need to consume some of their manpower in this forest, and then suppress their psychology, so that they will panic and go out to sea. How do you think?"

Zhang Ning: "...To put it bluntly, you just want to fight again?"

Pan Yun: "Since people have come, they always have to leave something behind."

Zhang Weiliang was the first to support, "Why should I, Longhu Mountain, be afraid of a group of Japanese pirates? I still have a lot of talismans here, and I can set up a talisman formation. Even if there are no vengeful spirits, I can still trap them to death with the talisman formation."

Pan Yun said: "We have some here too. In addition to talismans, there are also many poisons that have been made but not used."

Zhang Ning lowered his eyes and thought for a moment. Although he felt that it was risky for them to do this and that it would cause trouble, he was not a coward. He nodded and said, "Okay, let the convoy retreat and hide at the corner. We will set up an ambush here."

Zhang Ning asked, "Are they still far away?"

"They are not far away. They have already entered. It's just that it's dark at night and the road is difficult to travel. Plus, the rumors are scary, so they are cautious and moving forward. There's still time."

The Japanese pirates were holding their swords, bending over, and walking in step by step in groups of three, very slowly.

Li Ji immediately took the two unconscious Jianghu Alliance companions with him, untied the ropes of several Qingyi Guards, and backed the car behind the corner with them.

As for the captives sitting on the ground, they were divided into two teams. Axin and his men were hidden in the woods, while Song Bei and his men were left on the road.

Pan Yun and Zhang Weiliang both took out the talismans they had on them and immediately planned on setting up two talisman formations. Pan Yun took Miao Zhenmiao He to set up one, while Zhang Weiliang took Zhang Weiqin and the other three to the front to set up the other formation.

This is a formation within a formation, with a formation in the middle.

Zhang Weiliang muttered in a low voice: "Those people in the martial arts world always don't believe us Taoists and think we are playing tricks. This time, let them learn something new."

Zhang Weiqin said: "After the resentful spirits are liberated, no one should think so."

"But this is not enough. We have just let them see our magic. Now let them see the power of our talismans."

As a result, he had just set up three points when he looked up and met the sight of a Japanese pirate who was cautiously walking around the corner with a knife in hand.

Pan Jun, who had just set up the talisman formation, exclaimed "Huh" and looked over.

Zhang Weiliang had already stuffed all the talismans into Zhang Weiqin's hands, drew out his sword and threw it out, shouting, "You arrange it, and I'll resist."

Zhang Weiqin: ...His Yuan power is not deep enough. Even if he converts all his internal energy into Yuan power, it is still not enough.

But Zhang Weiliang's sword had already flown up with a whoosh. The Japanese pirate chopped with his knife, and the sword and the knife collided. The sword was pressed down two points, broke free from the knife, and flew back to Zhang Weiliang's hand after making a half circle.

Zhang Weiliang was already jogging towards him, he grabbed the flying sword and rushed forward to kill him.

The three Japanese pirates in the first row immediately jumped out from the corner, surrounded Zhang Weiliang from three directions, and attacked in a formation in an instant.

The second row of Japanese pirates was quickly replenished.

In a one-on-one fight, they would definitely not be able to beat Zhang Weiliang, but in a three-on-one or even six-on-one fight, they would form an effective sword formation duel and be able to suppress Zhang Weiliang and prevent him from escaping.

Wasn’t it because Pan Yun was injured before that by those seven Japanese pirates in the formation?

Although it is not very heavy, it can be seen how powerful their sword formation is.

(End of this chapter)