Chapter 100

Nine dragon gods, eight have surrendered, one has escaped, and the ritual jointly facilitated by the Xiaoyao Sect and the Daoists from Jiangcheng was truly an unprecedented success.

However, except for the three disciples of the Xiaoyao Sect, the other Daoists showed no signs of smiling. Instead, each of them had a dazed expression, their worldviews severely shaken.

After a long while, the Daoists finally remembered what they were originally here for and their faces tightened. "The Daoists from the Southwest region don't even know where they've been locked up. With the Six-Armed Evil God's stance, could they have already been harmed?"

They couldn't intervene in the matter with the Six-Armed Dragon God.

No matter how much they trained, they were all over fifty years old, still bound by their mortal bodies. How could they possibly catch up to an evil god turned into black smoke, or a divine beast like the White Tiger?

The most urgent matter was to rescue the Daoists from the Southwest, and then they would have more people to deal with any future problems.

Speaking of which, they were guided here by an insider.

Everyone's gaze unknowingly landed on the crying yellow-haired one.

The yellow-haired one had been crying since the death of the thin, evil Daoist. After all, that person had raised him for more than twenty years. Even though the thin, evil Daoist had shown his true nature before he died, the emotions built over so many years couldn't be easily severed.

With tears all over his face, he looked up and met the expectant gazes of everyone, yet he shook his head with determination: "You guys dream on! I won’t say a word!"

The last time he trusted these people, he lost his closest master, and many familiar elders died in front of him. The shock was just too much for the yellow-haired one. He didn’t want to lose anyone else now, and he didn’t dare trust them anymore.

The yellow-haired one curled up helplessly, his body and expression showing strong resistance to the people in front of him.

The Daoists looked troubled.

When Assistant Liu had reported earlier, they heard that he had brought police with him when he came up the mountain. Unfortunately, the captured evil Daoists had used extreme methods at the first opportunity, and now most of them had their souls damaged and became idiots.

Aside from the yellow-haired one, they couldn’t find any other insiders to help.

Just when they were at a loss, they noticed that the Xiaoyao Sect's particularly clever eldest disciple had a subtle expression, looking at the yellow-haired one on the ground with a look that seemed to want to say something but stopped.

Whenever he made that expression, he would say something that could shatter their worldviews. The Daoists had an uneasy premonition in their hearts.

Sure enough, the next second, they heard the sound of a video call being connected. The screen still showed the white snake and big black dog who were taken by the Xiaoyao Sect and sent to Beijing in a luxury car to take up their positions.

The big black dog was clearly doing well in Beijing, accompanied by his beloved snake, looking radiant. As soon as the call was connected, the dog happily "woof woof"-ed twice.

Zhu Chu was also pleased with how satisfied the employees were with their work environment, cheerfully greeting the two of them. Then, he pointed to the white snake: "Come over here."

The big black dog tilted his head, looking puzzled, but the white snake, being very clever, pondered for a moment and then leaned his head towards the screen—

And directly crawled out of the phone screen.The soul of the white snake floated in mid-air and stuck out its tongue at Zhu Chu.

The Daoists and yellow-haired one all looked at Zhu Chu's actions with confusion, until Zhu Chu pointed at the yellow-haired one on the ground and asked the white snake, "How did you draw that talisman for possession from a distance? Can you demonstrate it? And the little black one, get ready, you're going to possess this yellow-haired one."

Big Black Dog: "?"

Zhu Chu calmly smiled: "Just lending your dog nose for a moment."

Yellow-haired one: "!!!"

The yellow-haired one showed an expression of disbelief, while the Daoists thought to themselves that this was indeed a bit unethical. After all, how could they make someone work by forcefully using their dual soul nature so soon after their master’s death? It would be normal for the yellow-haired one to fight back in anger.

Who knew that after being shocked for a long time, the yellow-haired one finally blurted out: "How do you know about the talisman?"

Daoists: "........"

Zhu Qian shook her head, thinking that someone who could be so devoted to the evil Dao truly shouldn't have high expectations for their intelligence.

The white snake's intelligence had developed earlier, and it already showed signs of demonization. It was far more mature than the Big Black Dog and the others. Previously, in an attempt to escape the Nine-Headed Dragon, she had indeed studied some of its methods.

She used her body to simulate the form of the talisman on the wall. As soon as the Daoists saw the talisman, they immediately recognized it: "Isn't this the Soul Separation Curse?"

The Soul Separation Curse was a fairly common evil Daoist spell. As the name suggests, it was used to make the soul of a living person leave their body, allowing the evil Dao to take advantage of this to extort money from the family, a scam tactic.

However, as time went on, the evil Dao became bolder, and the Soul Separation Curse began to be used in more malicious competitive tactics.

The Daoists hadn’t expected that the Nine-Headed Dragon’s people would develop a new use for the Soul Separation Curse, directly allowing animals to separate from their bodies along with humans.

Animals with awakened intelligence were already on the path to becoming demons and monsters. With the favor of heaven, their souls were much stronger than regular humans. After some training and torment, they could seize human bodies just like ordinary animals.

The Daoists had been wondering how the Nine-Headed Dragon came up with such a bizarre method, and they never expected it to be like this!

The yellow-haired one was also hearing the true name of the spell for the first time. He seemed confused: "What’s wrong with this spell? It doesn't harm the body. My master and they used it themselves."

Zhu Chu paused for a moment, then incredulously spoke: "Your master doesn’t even have his own body anymore. He’s been possessing corpses every day. How could it harm the body?"

"..." The yellow-haired one fell silent.

It seemed to make sense?

A Daoist beside him snorted coldly: "If the Soul Separation lasts too long, it might not be reversible. How could the Soul Separation Curse not harm the body! If the soul is separated for too long or too many times, it will cause the soul to be unable to return to the body, or even if it does return, it will easily separate again! This can lead to death!"

People who have had their souls leave their bodies tend to become sluggish and easily distracted. If the soul leaves too often, the body may be possessed by a foreign soul, making it difficult to return to their own body after a while.

The blood drained from the yellow-haired one's face: "So, my master has been using this talisman on Xiao Bai and the others..."

"Naturally, it's just exploitation." Ke Xingzhou said calmly.

From the way the Nine-Headed Dragon treated those animals, it was clear that, except for the yellow-haired one, the other evil Daoists had never thought about letting the animals' souls return.

In the end, not only would the possessed people die, but the animals possessing innocent humans would also be punished by heaven, and they might not even have a chance to be reincarnated, their souls scattering forever.

Ke Xingzhou turned his gaze towards the yellow-haired one: "Forget about them. Your dual soul nature is not infallible. Once another soul possesses your body, it will become entangled with their karma. If your own soul leaves the body, this body could easily be taken over by lonely spirits and ghosts at any time."

"..." The yellow-haired one stood still, his expression blank, as if he had been struck dumb.Even though his master treated him like that before, even calling him a waste, he never felt so disillusioned. Although he had known from the start that his master treated the little white and the little dog badly, his own life in the Nine-Headed Dragon sect wasn’t any better, so he thought everything was normal.

He even firmly believed that his master had given him the few sweet moments in his life.

But now, after learning the whole truth, those past memories that he had adorned were like a swamp hidden under fallen leaves—when he stepped in, it revealed the most ugly and terrifying side.

The Taoist priests looked at his tragic expression and couldn’t help but feel some sympathy for him.

His master, who had been his only companion for so many years, had never cared for his life. In fact, the repeated uses were pushing him toward death. Anyone would not be able to bear this.

Yellow Fur completely wilted and stopped resisting, accepting the talisman water and possession without protest.

After the big black dog possessed him, it indeed retained its canine sense of smell and instincts, leading everyone through the grand Taoist temple, twisting and turning, finally finding the missing Southwest Taoist priests in a natural cave halfway up the mountain.

The Taoist priests were already on the brink of death, half of their bodies submerged in the cold cave spring water, and they had basically lost their consciousness.

Assistant Liu quickly contacted the police, and all nearby ambulances rushed to transport the Southwest Taoist priests to the hospital.

On the way, one Taoist priest barely regained consciousness. Upon seeing the priests from Jiangcheng, he thought they had just arrived and urgently grabbed the sleeve of the old Taoist priest with the goat beard, struggling to speak: "Be careful..."

The Taoists' hearts jolted, thinking, could there be a mechanism in the cave?

They heard the Taoist priest speak in a broken voice: "The Nine-Headed Dragon has many methods. They’ve raised a large group of Yin soldiers, and even their leader isn’t a living person! Quickly gather the nearby Taoist association, bring enough people, and go up again..."

The Taoists were silent for a moment.

Just as they were about to explain that they had just finished a battle, the saved Taoist priest became more agitated: "These unscrupulous evil Taoists actually mixed a large number of good ghosts among the Yin soldiers!"

The Taoists fell silent even more, their eyes instinctively shifting towards Ke Xingzhou.

Ke Xingzhou: "?"

The saved Taoist priest: "I don't know how they thought of such a sinister method, or how they trained them, but those good ghosts actually followed them without regard for their future lives! Fellow Taoists, you must be very careful!"

After speaking, he noticed the three young, unrobed disciples from the Xianyao Sect in the corner, their expressions suspicious: "Who brought these disciples up here? This place is extremely dangerous, hurry and send them back!"

The Taoists: "…………"

The saved Taoist priest finally realized something was wrong: "Why is no one saying anything?"

The Jiangcheng Taoists swallowed, feeling a dry throat, finding it hard to speak: "These three are Taoist priests from the Xianyao Sect in Beijing."

The saved Taoist priest: "?"

The Xianyao Sect, wasn’t that the name of the Taoist cultural tourism experience base that was just established in Beijing last year?

Why are these three from the Cultural and Tourism Bureau?

The Jiangcheng Taoists: "…This operation to eliminate the evil Taoists has greatly benefited from their technical and financial support. Otherwise, you probably wouldn't have seen us today."

The saved Taoist priest: "??"

The saved Taoist priest was confused. "You’ve already met with the Nine-Headed Dragon? Then why are you still here reminiscing? Hurry and leave!"The Taoist priests fell into a moment of silence again: "Actually, the Nine-Dragon Sect has already disappeared. In the end, the Nine-Headed Dragon is probably down to just one head."

The saved Taoist priest: "???"

At this moment, Zhu Chu finally took a satisfactory promotional photo of the "first collaboration between the Xianyao Sect and Jiangcheng Taoists," and when he walked in, he happened to hear the Taoists' conversation. He exclaimed, "Huh? What dragon? Isn't it a Nine-Headed Worm? Their location is even on Worm Mountain! Speaking of which, they tried to learn from our Xianyao Sect's business model, but they only scratched the surface. They're so amateurish. I hope their evil god doesn't go back and claim they learned it from our Xianyao Sect!"

The local Taoists, who had been taken away, were stunned: "…???"

The saved Taoist priest opened his mouth and slowly turned his head to look at the side.

The Jiangcheng Taoists, meeting his confused and puzzled gaze, felt guilty and didn’t dare to make eye contact. He could only ask the old Taoist priest with the goat beard beside him: "Fellow Taoist, what are they talking about? I don’t understand a word."

The old Taoist priest with the goat beard: "…You'll get used to it."