The Great Wei Music Bureau

Chapter 140 Spiritual Power

Last time we talked about Li Yi guarding the boy from the Yu family. He had already realized that there was a problem. So what will he encounter? Let's read on.

Li Yi stared at the Yu family boy with the help of the light. Through the Qi-gazing technique, he could clearly see that the black air emitted by the child was increasing. At this time, a faint blue light was approaching in the distance. Li Yi muttered, "Here it comes. Is this a ghost fire?"

The fairy's voice reached his ears directly: "Those are the remnant souls and spirits. They were attracted by the dark energy emitted by this child. That child is destined to be a boy. Today is the day of his calamity. He should have drowned in the hands of the water ghost in Fuling Lake, but you saved him. People who should die but don't are called suspended dead. The body of a suspended dead person will produce a lot of dark energy, which is very likely to attract disasters and wandering ghosts. That's why I told you to take this child away as soon as possible to avoid involving his family."

Hearing the fairy's voice, Li Yi breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "It's good that the fairy is not gone. I want to ask what the residual soul and scattered spirit are?"

The fairy transmitted the message: "There are many souls in this world that cannot enter reincarnation. They wander between yin and yang. They are what people often call lonely ghosts. We in Taoism call them wandering souls. If the spiritual power of wandering souls is exhausted, they will dissipate. Among them, those with strong obsessions will hunt weak wandering souls to absorb their spiritual power in order to survive in the world. The residual souls and scattered spirits are the accumulation of residual souls that have been deprived of their spiritual power."

Li Yi asked curiously, "Since it was for the purpose of absorbing spiritual energy, why didn't you eat it all and leave some?"

The fairy explained: "Memories are stored in the soul, so wandering souls also have self-awareness and obsession. Sucking other wandering souls may cause memory confusion and eventually lose themselves, so they will not suck other wandering souls dry, but leave their obsession and memory to ensure the clarity of self-awareness."

Li Yi asked again: "What happens if a wandering soul loses its self-awareness? Will it become an evil ghost?"

Yi Ling replied: "Yes, many evil ghosts are formed in this way, but it is also common for powerful wandering souls with evil self-awareness to become evil ghosts."

Li Yi asked: "What should I do next?"

Yi Ling replied, "These residual souls and scattered spirits are not very powerful. If you are entangled by such things, you will have nightmares at best, and suffer from diseases at worst. It is easy to deal with them. Just hang talismans and chant scriptures or place some objects with strong evil spirits. Ordinary people with strong bodies and sufficient yang energy can disperse them. It will take a long time to recover. So there is no need to worry. What needs to be dealt with is... Here they come! Wandering souls! Wandering souls driven by people!"

The boy from the Yu family woke up with a start. He stood up and looked at the blue light balls around him, and was very scared. Suddenly, those light balls scattered like a school of frightened fish. Then two blue shadows in the shape of two humans floated over. The little boy was so scared that his legs went weak and he sat on the ground.

Li Yi immediately jumped out, stood in front of him and asked, "How do you know that these two ghosts are driven by people?"

Yi Ling said in his ear: "You have a righteous spirit in your body. If there is no cause and effect, the wandering soul will never approach you rashly."

Li Yi asked: "What should we do next?"

Yi Ling replied: "Of course, we need to lure out the Ye Mao Shan that drives them!"

The two wandering souls were getting closer and closer, and the little boy was so scared that he grabbed Li Yi's pants tightly. One wandering soul reached out to Li Yi, and the other reached out to the little boy. The latter screamed, and seven blue flame lotus lanterns suddenly appeared around them. The two wandering souls were instantly sucked into the lantern closest to them, and the corresponding lotus lanterns made crackling sounds and then went out. The seven lotus lanterns slowly rose and flew to a tree.

Yi Ling's voice suddenly rang out from all directions: "Since you are here, why don't you show yourself? You can't snatch people from me with these two wandering souls!"

A cold ghostly laugh was heard, and then someone said, "We are really lucky today. Not only did we find a powerful Xuanmo, but we also met a beauty! Beauty, we are in the same boat. This scholar in front of us is not easy to deal with. The righteousness in his body is too strong. Do you want to join forces? After defeating this scholar, we will split the child in half. You take the spiritual power and I take the bad luck. How about that?"

Yi Ling said coldly: "Humph, then you'd better hurry up! Don't be too late or there will be nothing left!"

The ghostly voice laughed and said, "Please wait a moment, beauty. I will be there soon!"

The fairy jumped down from the tree and stood opposite Li Yi, who asked, "What are you doing, fairy?"

The fairy snorted coldly: "I'll teach you a lesson first!" Then she drew the peach wood sword from behind and attacked.

Li Yi pushed the boy from the Yu family away and said, "Stay here and don't move! Don't run around!" His words were a bit redundant. Even if the little boy wanted to run, he couldn't because his legs were still weak!

On the other hand, Li Yi used the Vajra Divine Art to fight with the fairy. Li Yi also guessed that this was just a show for Ye Maoshan. After a few moves, the fairy felt something was wrong and immediately showed a flaw. She took Li Yi's punch and jumped back two feet. Li Yi didn't know this was a trick and thought he had hit too hard. He hurried forward to check. As he was walking, the righteous energy in his body suddenly responded. He immediately stopped and jumped in front of Yu Jiu.

Just as he jumped away, a skeleton holding a long-handled saber suddenly appeared under his feet, and a sinister ghost laugh came: "Haha, I didn't expect that a Confucian scholar like you knows so much. No wonder my beauty is no match for you."

Li Yi stood up and smiled: "Don't talk as if you are my opponent. What can a skeleton soldier like this do?"

The fairy also activated her taunting skill and said, "Humph, I thought you were capable, but it turns out you're just this capable!"

The ghost laughed and said, "Don't worry, beauty. This is the first time I've seen someone with long hair use the Buddhist Vajra Magical Skill. He also has a righteous spirit, so he is indeed a bit tricky. Let me try him first!"

Li Yi smiled and said, "You are not going to use this skeleton soldier to test me, are you?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the saber in the skeleton's hand glowed with a dark yellow halo, and all the scattered souls were sucked into the sword. Then the land around the skeleton rose up and attached to the skeleton, turning into flesh. Soon the skeleton grew twice as tall and turned into a huge monster with a ghost face all over its body.

Li Yi scratched his head and said, "Is it too late for me to take back what I said just now? I think the skeleton just now has a handsome face and is quite suitable for testing me. This is a bit exaggerated! We are all people in the martial arts world. We should leave a way out for each other so that we can meet again in the future, right?"

The ghost laughed and said, "You are from the underworld? Well, boy, if you can defeat this Earth Demon Soul Gathering, I can let you live. How about that?"

Li Yi said seriously: "Do you keep your word?"

The ghost voice replied: "I still want to stay in this area, so I will keep my word!"

Li Yi gave a thumbs up and said, "Good job, brother, can you please tell me your name so that we can recognize each other if we meet again in the future?"

The ghost voice replied: "Cheng Jinshi, can we start fighting now?"

Li Yi nodded and said, "Come on!"

The Earth Demon Soul raised his saber and slashed at Li Yi. The latter put his hands together, concentrated on Buddhism, and recited the Diamond Sutra. A golden big foot dropped from the sky and then immediately disappeared. When he looked again, the Earth Demon Soul had been trampled into sand, with only the long sword left stuck in the ground!

This made the fairy, the Yu family boy, and Cheng Jinshi who was hiding in the dark all dumbfounded. They just couldn't do it. If they had mastered the essence of modern Chinese language, they would definitely be able to say "wow"! Facing Li Yi who solved the battle in an instant, Cheng Jinshi was really shocked and broke out in a cold sweat, thinking: How can this boy be so strong? I can't afford to offend him, let's go!

Li Yi rubbed his hands and slowly walked to the saber stuck in the ground. He stretched out his hand to pull the sword out to have a look, but the sword suddenly flew away by itself. He did not stop it. Instead, the fairy glared at Li Yi and flew away after the sword.

Li Yi muttered, "Is it because I hit too hard? I thought the monster could take a beating, but it's so weak! It just looks scary. Oh! Can you blame me for this? It's obviously because that Ye Maoshan is such a loser."

He walked up to the little boy, who looked at him with almost worshipful eyes and said, "Sir, you are too awesome! You killed such a big monster in one blow before I could even see what was going on!"

Li Yi reached out and touched the boy's head and said with a smile: "Look at your expectant eyes..." As he spoke, Yu Jiu's crown suddenly lit up with a red light. Li Yi immediately withdrew his hand. He looked up at the starry sky and saw that the lone star under the moon suddenly lit up with a strange red light, as if echoing the red light above the little boy's head.

In a flash, the two red lights disappeared, and the little boy closed his eyes and stood quietly. Li Yi felt a little strange and took a few steps back. At this moment, the little boy was surrounded by raging fire. In the red flames, he slowly opened his eyes, his eyes were bright and fiery, and a red fire mark appeared between his eyebrows!

Li Yi thought: Damn, is this cheating? Damn, I thought I was the only one who had cheating, but I didn't expect to encounter a cheating. Oh well! Forget it, fortunately my cheat has not expired yet, so I'll just do it.

After a while, the flames around the little boy disappeared along with the mark between his brows. Li Yi asked, "How do you feel now? Have you experienced any changes?"

The little boy looked at his hands and said, "I can feel the fire and the fire spirits around me!" As he said that, he bent his right hand into a claw and a flame appeared in his palm! The little boy finally survived the catastrophe and successfully opened his spiritual wisdom. Today is his ninth birthday.

Li Yi nodded and said, "Not bad, not bad. It seems that I don't need to teach you any magic. You should be able to learn it on your own."

The Yu family boy put away the flame and asked, "Master, what should we do now?"

Li Yi looked in the direction where the fairy was going and said, "Wait for her here until she comes back."

The little boy said "oh", and Li Yi sat down next to a tree and asked, "What's your name?"

The little boy replied: "Yu Jiu."

Li Yi was surprised and asked, "Yu Jiu? Aren't you the fourth child? Why aren't you called Yu Si?"

Yu Jiu replied, "My father said that on the day I was born, a bolt of lightning struck from the sky, which caused a fire from the sky. The next day, monks and Taoist priests came to my house to inquire about my fate. They took one look at me and said that I would not live long, so my father gave me this name, hoping that I would live longer."

Li Yi nodded and said, "Oh, I see. Let's make a fire and rest for a while."

Yu Jiu immediately went to collect firewood. Li Yi said unhappily, "Are you stupid? Why are you still collecting firewood?"

Yu Jiu finally reacted and stretched out his hand to light a fire on the grass. As a result, the fire spread instantly. Li Yi stood up and summoned the Dharma image of Acala to extinguish the flames with one palm. Then he retracted the Dharma image and slapped Yu Jiu on the back of the head and cursed: "You want to burn this mountain!"

Yu Jiu looked at Li Yi aggrievedly and asked, "Didn't you ask me to light the fire?"

Li Yi broke off a branch, drew a circle on the ground and said: "The first step is to control your flame to burn only within this circle. No matter how strong the wind is, it cannot go out of the circle. Do you understand?" Yu Jiu nodded and began to try to control his flame. Li Yi sat back under the tree and closed his eyes to rest.

After about an hour, the fairy came back with the long-handled saber. She threw the saber to Li Yi, who took it and looked at it carefully and said, "This saber is quite beautiful. Did the fairy kill Cheng Jinshi? Why are you giving me this saber?"

The fairy replied: "I give it to you. It is inconvenient to travel the world without a weapon, and ordinary blades are not suitable for you."

Li Yi looked at the fairy and asked, "This knife has a lot of yin and violence. The fairy gave me this knife for some other purpose, I'm afraid!"

The fairy smiled and said, "You are not stupid! That's right, I let you hold this knife so that I can use you as bait to attract more wild Maoshan so that I can complete my homework!"

Li Yi threw the knife aside, put his hands on his head and leaned against the tree, saying: "Less trouble is worse than more trouble. Why should I help you finish your homework? Please forgive me for not being able to obey you. You can keep this knife."