The Extraordinary Urban God of Medicine

Chapter 523: Chapter 523: The Battle is Fierce!
 

“Little Long, it seems…you look pretty angry…” Ji Yianxue said uncertainly.

“Yes, I’m very angry, let’s go.” Huang Xiaolong put the lady in the red dress who had hanged herself into the Soul Tube and took the lead to leave the room.

Ji Yianxue and the others dared not delay, and hastily followed.

Huang Xiaolong was walking at the front, heading straight for the hills behind the village.

According to the Red Dress Ghost, the villagers of Long Family Village have been fighting a retreating battle and were now forced into the Ancestral Temple in the hills by the fake ghost emissary and his team.

The group made their way forward along a steep mountain path, Huang Xiaolong released several fierce ghosts, using their yin energy to ward off poisonous insects and Gu worms, thus preventing Ji Yanxue and others from being bitten.

After walking for quite some time, the scent of blood filled the air as several corpses blocked the path.

Upon closer inspection, these were the bodies of strong men wearing black shirts. Their deaths were gruesome; some were discolored, dead from poison, while others had bodies mostly rotten. They could see small centipedes, scorpions, spiders coming in and out of the wounds…

“Heh, seems like the villagers from the Dragon Family Village have caused serious losses for the enemy.” Huang Xiaolong said with schadenfreude.

However, they also discovered the bodies of simple-dressed villagers from the Dragon Family Village lying in pools of blood, essentially all dead from gunshot wounds.

Along the way, they came across many corpses. The hot weather attracted hordes of green-headed flies, buzzing annoyingly.

From this they could tell, the state of the battle was extremely brutal.

Suddenly, Huang Xiaolong stopped, retrieved several talismans from his canvas bag.

“Mr. Huang, are these Taoist talismans?” Xia Jian’s eyes lit up.

“That fake emissary holds a magic artifact, ‘Soul Hook Rope,’ which can imprison living souls. So I’m giving each of you a ‘Soul Protecting Talisman’ in advance. This way, you won’t need to worry about your souls being captured by him.” Huang Xiaolong explained with a smile.

Ouyang Lingling asked, “Do we just stick these talismans on our bodies?”

Huang Xiaolong gave a mysterious smile and then tossed them casually.

Whiz~~Whiz~~Whiz~~~

The three “Soul Protecting Talismans” strangely and inexplicably penetrated into the bodies of Ji Yanxue, Ouyang Lingling, and Xia Jian! They disappeared!

“Ah?!!!”

The three of them were startled, and they automatically started feeling their bodies.

“The talismans I gave you are not like typical talismans. Ordinary talismans are stuck on the body and can’t be hidden within. These talismans I made took extra care and have better quality, and they can be concealed inside. The human body is a Taoist body and can actually accommodate many talismans. The exterior of the body can hold only so many talismans, but the interior can hold as many as a thousand talismans!” Huang Xiaolong said gleefully.

“So, these three ‘Soul Protecting Talismans’ will become a part of you and will be concealed within your bodies, they cannot be destroyed. Your souls will be as solid as gold at any given time. Even if you encounter any evil spirits, they will not be able to hook away your souls. It’s a one-time solution.” Huang Xiaolong laughed. “How does it feel? Like stumbling upon a great bargain, eh?”

“Ah~~hahahaha~~ in that case, thank you very much, Mr. Huang!” Xia Jian was over the moon, he felt like he’d found a treasure.

Ji Yianxue and Ouyang Lingling both shared a smile.

The mission to rescue Long Lan and the villagers of the Dragon Family Village was extremely dangerous. Without Huang Xiaolong, it would most likely end in failure. But now with Huang Xiaolong, Ji Yianxue, and the others felt an indescribable sense of reassurance and confidence.

Finally, they arrived outside a valley.

Going through this valley would lead them to the Dragon Family Village’s Ancestral Temple.

They hid behind a massive boulder and peeked out, seeing more than a dozen burly men wearing black shirts guarding the valley entrance, each holding a firearm with a stern, frigid expression.

In Huang Xiaolong’s view, intermittent chilly winds were blowing from the valley, lending it an eerie atmosphere. He could even sense the thick stench of death looming.

Faintly, they could hear the sounds of battle cries emanating from the valley, along with terrifying screams of countless tortured souls.

“Mr. Huang, there are 17 guards outside the valley…they might be well-trained gunmen, how do we breach the valley?” Xia Jian licked his lips nervously.

“Mr. Xia, if we take action together, we should be able to deal with the 17 gunmen stationed at the gate of the valley.” Ouyang Lingling was brimming with battle desire.

“Hehe, can you both dispose of more than a dozen gunmen without firing a shot?” Huang Xiaolong grinned.

Xia Jian and Ouyang Lingling both looked disheartened.

“Alright, here are a few more talismans for you.” Huang Xiaolong took out a few Invisibility Talismans from his canvas bag along with talismans that could shield human scent and mimic the resentment of fierce ghosts.

After all, once they infiltrate the valley, there will undoubtedly be numerous fierce ghosts. If they can disguise as such ghosts, it would certainly make matters easier.

Everyone applied the talisman, their bodies transforming into nothingness, boldly strolling into the valley.

The dozen or so gunmen guarding the entrance of the valley were naturally none the wiser. This shocked Ji Yanxue and the others, scaring them to their wits’ end.

The tactics and talismans of Huang Xiaolong were truly God-like in nature!

It was only then that Ji Yanxue realized, spending 30 billion to hire Huang Xiaolong was indeed worth it! The cost-effectiveness was incredibly high!

Entering the valley.

The ground was still littered with numerous bodies strewn about, wild grass spreading, and the path narrow.

Because the yin energy in the valley was so dense that it blocked the sky, even during broad daylight, it was dim as dusk, extremely terrifying.

In mid-air, a great number of ghostly spirits were floating around.

Some spirits were clad in ancient-looking clothes, with a dumbfounded look on their faces, obviously summoned from the nearby ghosts.

The mana of the invisibility talismans ran out, revealing the bodies of Huang Xiaolong and the others. However, since they had talismans that disguised them as vengeful ghosts, the spirits they encountered along the way treated them as one of their own.

Along the path, there were too many spirits, various types of deaths were represented, such as hangings, decapitations, and skin flayings, creating the illusion that they had entered the underworld.

Ji Yanxue and the others could only watch, their hearts pounding, big beads of sweat seeping out non-stop.

On the other hand, Huang Xiaolong was quite elated. With so many spirits, and not lacking fierce ghosts, once he uses the soul cylinder, he would have a huge harvest.

Moreover, looking at the current situation, the one impersonating the ghost envoy had invested quite a bit. He speculated that the person was not just looking to kill Long Lan and Ji Yanxue and her son, but was more interested in obtaining the Gu technique and insect taming technique of Long Village.

For a Taoist, if they could also practice Gu and insect taming, they would become much more proficient in causing mischief.

Finally! They arrived at a hill!

The hill was about tens of meters high, and an ancient temple was built on top of it.

At this moment, hundreds of plainly dressed villagers were sitting cross-legged outside the temple, each with a black clay pot in front of them. These pots were for cultivating Gu.

Under the hill, many of the black-shirted gunmen were laid out, all with their intestines and stomach torn, or the whole body necrotized.

A densely packed swarm of spirits encased the hill, fearlessly drifting upward.

The black pots in front of the villagers were opening, various Gu bugs flying out, gnawing at the spirits. The bodies of the spirits were gnawed until they were all scarred.

The spirits let out harrowing screams, reminiscent of the cawing of a crow.

The Gu worms, having grown up in jars made of Yin-earth and absorbing Yin-energy since young, could communicate with spirits. They can not only see specters, but also hurt and even kill them.

A few fierce red ghosts charged to the top of the hill; suddenly, a golden light flew out from the temple, splitting them in half.

“Huh…Golden Silkworm Gu… it seems there is a very powerful Gu Master guarding inside that temple. I wonder if it is Long Lan.” Huang Xiaolong had a thought.

The battle was extremely dangerous, intense, and brutal.

Just when the attacking spirits stopped their assault, they suddenly sat down like humans, reciting something in their ghostly language. The hum of their chants echoed throughout the valley!

“Mr. Huang, what… what are these ghosts doing?” Xia Jian asked in bewilderment.

“Oh, the ghosts are chanting sutras.” Huang Xiaolong smiled. “When humans chant sutras, it is to ward off evil. When ghosts chant sutras, it is to attract evil spirits. They are summoning all the lonely spirits and wild ghosts within hundreds of miles to join the battle.”

Gradually, the valley filled with clusters of Yin energy.

The cutting gusts of Yin wind, one by one the fierce ghosts were summoned.

Before long, at least hundreds or thousands of fierce spirits gathered at the bottom of the hill!

It seemed like they were preparing to launch a final attack!