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Gu Yuehan, October 28, 13:21

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Volume 4, Chapter 88: The Hundred Ghosts Formation

That night, due to the lockdown, Shi Xin and Gu Feng couldn't go home and had to find a small hotel outside the neighborhood to stay overnight. However, they were busy leaving in the morning and didn't bring any cash with them. Fortunately, Shi Xin knew the landlady, who comforted her and offered to arrange two rooms for them. Gu Feng was worried about Shi Xin being alone, but the landlady insisted on not letting them share a room because of her reputation. Gu Feng pleaded for a long time, and seeing Shi Xin's lonely appearance, the landlady finally agreed.

Upon arriving at the room, Gu Feng took a deep breath, thinking to himself that the landlady was really annoying. However, upon reflection, he realized that she was indeed thinking of Shi Xin's best interests, so he decided not to pursue the matter further.

The landlady's words surprised Gu Feng greatly. The hotel was right across from the residential area. She said that apart from seeing Shi Xin's car drive out at dawn, there had been no other activity in the area. Perhaps, like the other residential area, they had all disappeared in the dead of night. However, the focus was on the other area. It wasn't until the afternoon when a homeowner returned from a business trip and his family went missing that people started to pay attention to this place. When asked why they were alright, Gu Feng pretended to be clueless to avoid making things worse. He just kept saying he didn't know anything.

Shi Xin walked into the bedroom expressionlessly. Gu Feng sat on the sofa, looking distressed. Since it all happened in the middle of the night, there was no guarantee that things would be peaceful tonight. However, it was hard to guess where "they" would go next. Gu Feng dialed Ah Mao Xiao Bing's number, and soon the three of them met up. Gu Feng hoped that the two of them could help take care of Shi Xin first. As he was about to leave, he became more and more worried and finally gave up. He sat down on the sofa in extreme distress.

Gu Feng stared blankly ahead, knowing that something was about to happen, but he could only sit and wait. This feeling was as unbearable as ants scratching at his chest.

Seeing him sitting and standing intermittently, with a pained expression and remaining silent, Ah Mao was puzzled and asked, "Brother Feng, are you in a hurry? Or..." He pointed to a direction and said, "The toilet is over there."

Gu Feng shook his head, made a helpless gesture, and collapsed onto the sofa.

Ah Mao and Xiao Bing exchanged a glance and shook their heads speechlessly. Although they knew that the coach's disappearance would upset them, Gu Feng's current reaction was completely inappropriate!

An awkward silence fell over the living room, with only the ticking of the clock reminding them that it was already 11 p.m. The two of them, Ah Mao and Gu Feng, stared at each other without saying a word, unsure of what to do. The oppressive atmosphere made them afraid to even breathe. They tried to urge each other to speak by making faces, as sitting like this was quite uncomfortable.

Suddenly, a gentle voice came from the left, and they felt as if they had been granted a pardon!

"Let's go, Gu Feng."

Gu Feng thought he was seeing things: "Shi Xin? You're alright?"

Shixin took a deep breath: "It's okay, I know you think the same way I do, let's go."

Gu Feng laughed, quickly went to open the door and went out, leaving A Mao and the other two behind him grumbling: "Damn it, why did you call us here for no reason? It's like we're in jail."

"Take a taxi home yourself, or you can stay and sleep here." Gu Feng said this and walked downstairs with Shi Xin without looking back.

"Where are they going? What are they doing?" Xiaobing asked curiously, watching the two figures disappear into the distance.

Ah Mao shook his head

...

Although it was late at night, the city's neon lights still illuminated the earth as bright as day. However, their attention was not on the beautiful night view. Knowing that evil deeds were hidden beneath the beautiful exterior, they drove back and forth through hundreds of residential areas in the city, not daring to let their guard down for a moment. Perhaps, at any moment, something strange would happen before their eyes.

Gu Feng was the first to notice something was wrong. Surprised, he hurriedly shouted for Shi Xin to stop the car. Shi Xin was startled and slammed on the brakes. Fortunately, the truck driver behind them was quick to react, otherwise an accident would have been inevitable. The two walked silently toward the residential area a hundred meters away, ignoring the driver's curses. The driver, bored, waved his hand and drove off with a snort.

If his attention hadn't been focused on those two despicable young men, he might have seen hundreds of eerie white or green "shadows" floating outside the apartment building. They formed an invisible net that encompassed the entire complex. Gu Feng saw a ferocious dog barking wildly on a balcony, but they couldn't hear a sound. Not only was the dog barking, but the entire complex was deathly silent.

Gu Feng made a hand seal, and a ball of light shaped like the Bagua rushed towards the "shadow array". The Tai Chi incantation that wards off evil spirits and demons immediately collided with the shadows. The next second, it had already dissipated to who knows where, as if it had been swallowed up by the array!

Gu Feng was taken aback, and Shi Xin made an even more surprised expression, pointing ahead for Gu Feng to see. The barking dog was now only half a dog!

However, the scene did not feel bloody; it was eerie, endlessly eerie!

The dog's lower body was still doing the same thing, and its tail was still swaying rhythmically, but its front body had disappeared, as if it had entered some other dimension that it couldn't see.

Shi Xin held Gu Feng's hand: "Gu Feng, look closely at that shadow."

Gu Feng had actually noticed them as soon as he arrived; otherwise, he wouldn't have used the Tai Chi Incantation technique. Those white or green shadows, except for their ethereal lower bodies, were no different from humans. He was certain that the legendary ghosts were what was before him. But... why were so many ghosts inexplicably gathered together, 'devouring' the living creatures in this neighborhood?

Gu Feng thought of Chu Yun'er. It seemed that when he first met her, she was also in this ghostly form. He called out to her in his heart: "Yun'er, are you there?"

After a long while, Chu Yun'er answered breathlessly, "What is it?" Before Gu Feng could reply, she exclaimed in surprise, "'Hundred Ghosts Summoning Formation'!"

Gu Feng wondered: "A Hundred Ghosts Summoning Formation?"

Chu Yun'er's voice trembled slightly: "Gu Feng, quick, find a way to break it, be quick!"

Gu Feng had never seen her so panicked before, and asked in surprise, "What's wrong? Why are you so nervous? Besides, you have to tell me how to break it!"

Chu Yun'er said anxiously, "I don't know the solution either, but you must break this formation."

Gu Feng asked curiously, "What's so strange? Why are you so nervous?"

Chu Yun'er: "This is one of the three great formations of Mitian!"

Gu Feng was speechless: "What? A sky-wide formation..."

"The Ten Thousand Bones Soul-Binding Array has already been activated. If this array is not broken now, you will only have one last step left to take. You must break it!"

"The Ten Thousand Bones Soul-Binding Array? I remember it was already broken."

Chu Yun'er: "You only managed to escape by temporarily suppressing it with the Celestial Master's ashes. In reality, the Hundred Ghosts Summoning Formation has already been activated. This Hundred Ghosts Summoning Formation must be completely neutralized no matter what, otherwise..."

Looking at the massive ghost formation surrounding the entire residential area, Gu Feng felt uncertain: "I'll try my best!"

Hundred Ghosts Formation

Gu Yuehan, October 28, 28:12

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Chapter 89 of Volume 4: A Perilous Tribulation

Gu Feng took a deep breath, silently recited a spell he had never used before, then bit his right index finger and waved it in the air as if drawing something.

Shi Xin was stunned. The blood seeping from Gu Feng's fingertips followed the trajectory of his movements, condensing in the air and finally becoming a blood-red incantation. Below the incantation, a red light shone!

Looking at Gu Feng's cold and resolute face, Shi Xin suddenly realized that a subtle distance had gradually grown between them. She wondered to herself, how many more surprising things would happen to Gu Feng?

Once the ancient Taoist incantation was completed, he pushed his palm horizontally, and the incantation tore through the sky, rushing towards the ghost array dozens of meters away with the force of wind and thunder. The ghosts facing the lightning let out a series of mournful ghostly cries, and in vain they gathered a ghostly aura in front of them. In the end, they could not withstand the overwhelming power of the invincible Taoist magic, and the three souls lost their human form and turned into wisps of white smoke.

The attack was successful, and Gu Feng smiled knowingly at Shi Xin. There was hope of stopping the ghost calamity, and he believed that there were few things in the world that could make him happier than this.

The wound on his index finger bled again under the force of the ancient wind... In the night sky, streaks of red light became the only focus between heaven and earth.

"One after another."

Gu Feng watched with delight as the souls within the Hundred Ghosts Formation dwindled wave by wave, completely unaware that his face was gradually losing its luster and his lips were turning pale…

Shi Xin couldn't bear to see him like this, but she also hoped that Gu Feng's actions would save her father. She was torn between pleasing him and pleasing him...

Gu Feng felt tired, his legs were weak and his center of gravity was unstable. He endured the feeling of exhaustion, and the blood from his fingers continued to seep out. The continuous incantation seemed to be determined to completely destroy the ghost formation before he was satisfied!

Shixin cried.

Looking at the crumbling ancient style

She didn't know Gu Feng's real purpose in desperately breaking the formation; she only thought that he was risking his life to save his father...

"Gu Feng, stop!" Shi Xin was surprised that she actually said those words. Did she really think that this man's safety was more important than her father's?

Gu Feng glanced back at her, still smiling naturally: "It's alright. Look at that ghost formation, it's already half gone. I believe I'll break it soon."

Shi Xin looked at him, and before she could even feel moved, she noticed that Gu Feng, who had been wearing a confident smile, suddenly looked anxious.

She turned her gaze toward the apartment building, and in her surprise, she forgot what she was doing...

Gu Feng's shout woke her up in time: "Shi Xin, run!"

The demons finally reached their limit of patience, abandoning their prey for the night. The encirclement around the neighborhood suddenly disintegrated, and the demons howled as they rushed towards the two clueless humans who dared to cause trouble tonight!

Ignoring his own exhaustion and shortness of breath, Gu Feng grabbed Shi Xin's hand and hurriedly turned and ran...

They could hear the whistling wind in their ears, but the stars and moon in the sky reminded them that it was a clear, windless night. Soon, they stumbled onto an empty road. There was no terrifying scene of ghosts chasing them as they had imagined. Everything was so quiet that they could hear each other's heartbeats clearly.

They stood back to back, each of them scanning their surroundings with heightened awareness. Gu Feng noticed his consciousness was becoming hazy. He shook his head, but instead felt dizzy and on the verge of fainting. His body involuntarily twitched. Shi Xin asked anxiously, "What's wrong?"

Gu Feng forced himself to stay calm and said, "It's alright. There are ghosts everywhere now, so we can't be careless for a moment."

Shixin nodded: "You bled so much just now..."

Gu Feng interrupted, "I already said it's nothing, don't think about other things. At this point, we can only test whether what Grandpa said is true or not."

Shi Xin: "??????"

Gu Feng was struggling to stay upright. He pressed his hands against his thighs and leaned against Shi Xin to keep himself from collapsing: "He...he said that I have 'Dragon Yang Righteous Qi'? As long as I don't recklessly invade evil spirits, I can be protected from all ghosts, right?"

Shixin had some concerns: "That's true, but you offended them first, and your body is so weak. Can you really rely on this energy to protect yourself?"

Gu Feng smiled. The intense dizziness finally overwhelmed him completely. Although his body remained in that position, his will had already completely drifted off to sleep...

"Gu Feng, why aren't you saying anything?"

...

"You...you're scaring me, please say something."

...

Shi Xin had already guessed what had happened, but Gu Feng was now entirely on her shoulders, and any movement could cause him to fall. Besides, they were surrounded on all sides, and she dared not make any rash moves. Fortunately, he remained unusually still. Listening to Gu Feng's heartbeat and relatively even breathing, she knew that his life was not in danger, so she remained in that position, only able to pray to God that Gu Feng's 'male righteousness' would still be effective...

Time passed second by second, and perhaps Gu Feng's words came true; nothing really happened.

Shi Xin leaned against the ancient-style backrest and suddenly had a feeling that it was a wall, a wall that would never fall, and under its protection, she would always be safe, forever...

A perilous ordeal

Gu Yuehan, October 30, 21:42

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Volume 4, Chapter 90: Believe Me

Gu Feng opened his eyes, his head still spinning. He squinted and forced himself to sit up. Seeing his attire and the layout of the room, he was certain that he was in the hospital.

He suddenly became anxious. He had suddenly lost consciousness yesterday, but what about Shixin? He had killed most of the ghosts, so how could the rest give up? He had survived thanks to his righteous energy, but what about Shixin?

"No... nothing will happen," Gu Feng thought, tearing off the tubes and other cumbersome items from his body and running out of the room with a pained expression.

Shixin, please don't get hurt. I promised to protect you. It's my fault. I shouldn't have been so reckless. You absolutely can't...

"Gu Feng, you are in poor health. How can you run around like this without a doctor's permission?"

Upon hearing that voice, Gu Feng's tense nerves instantly relaxed, and he smiled knowingly. He looked up and took a deep breath. Even though the smell was filled with the unpleasant odor of medicine, he still felt that everything was so wonderful, just like the pleasant aroma of grass and flowers in the wild...

He turned around, and Shixin, carrying two boxes of medicine, smiled with a hint of mystery: "What are you still spacing out for? Come in quickly. You just had a blood transfusion this morning. Are you feeling any better now?"

Gu Feng was already thinking of answering that everything was fine when a surprised exclamation suddenly came from the ward where he had just been: "What did you say? You gave Xiao Feng a transfusion of mortal blood!?"

Looking into the ward, Shixin asked in surprise, "Grandpa? How did you get in?"

Zhao Longteng's face seemed to be covered with frost: "Never mind that, just tell me, is it true or not?"

Shixin knew she might have done something wrong, and nodded cautiously.