The Big Dipper, not as people imagine.
It’s not like plugging in seven flags to form a ladle shape.
Instead, it uses the seven stars of the Big Dipper – Tian Shu, Tian Xuan, Tian Ji, Tian Quan, Yu Heng, Kai Yang, and Yao Guang – as the initial stars and starting positions.
Combining the flow rules of "Yi Shu" (Book of Changes) such as One, Two, Three, Four Images, Five Elements, Six Harmonies, Seven Stars, Eight Trigrams, and Nine Palaces.
Depending on the opponent's position, it can form forty-nine array variations.
Seven stars in seven positions, hands moving back and forth, circulating endlessly.
What we need to do now is to arrange each array flag and place each array-initiating talisman according to what we've learned.
Of course, it's mainly Uncle-Master.
Mo and I are basically just doing odd jobs…
We are not newbies, and our hands are quick.
In less than half an hour, the Seven Star Array was set up.
Standing outside the array, one can see the seven large array flags connected within.
Outside the array flags, there are dozens of smaller flags used to transform the array positions.
Dozens of red lines are densely connected.
And in the center of the formation is the dry well where the female ghost resides.
Once the formation is activated, the female ghost, whether in heaven or hell, cannot escape this place.
Unless the array flags are destroyed…
This is the largest, most varied, and most intricately etched formation we have ever set up since we started in this profession.
At this moment, Xiao Mei also returned, carrying two yellow chickens.
“Daoist Priest Tang, I’m back!”
Xiao Mei ran very fast, and soon appeared before us.
“Here are the live chickens you wanted!”
The two live chickens clucked and were thrown on the ground by Xiao Mei.
Uncle-Master nodded:
“Good, let’s rest for another five minutes, everyone adjust yourselves.
The next part might be a tough fight.”
After speaking, Uncle-Master found a stone to sit on.
This time, Old Mo’s chuunibyo didn’t act up.
Looking at the dry well, he also gasped and nodded with a solemn and respectful expression.
I steadied my nerves, saying nothing; what is meant to come will come.
Uncle-Master took out his wine gourd and took a drink.
Mo and I lit cigarettes.
Xiao Mei stood by, watching us quietly.
For a moment, the atmosphere became extremely silent.
Around us, only the whistling wind and our breathing could be heard…
Five minutes seemed to pass very slowly, and yet very quickly.
When Uncle-Master stood up, we knew the time had come.
Mo and I extinguished our cigarette butts in unison, stomped them out on the ground, and walked forward.
“Uncle-Master, has it started?”
“Master, I am ready.
Tomorrow’s sun will rise for us!”
Xiao Mei said nothing, but white fur began to grow on her hands, revealing sharp fox claws…
Uncle-Master looked at the three of us and nodded:
“Let’s begin!
Xiao Qin, you guard Tian Shu and Tian Xuan.
Xiao Mo, you guard Tian Ji and Tian Quan.
I will guard Yu Heng, Kai Yang, and Yao Guang.
Xiao Mei, you act opportunistically.”
Everyone nodded and began to act.
I carried my sword bag and went to the Tian Shu and Tian Xuan positions.
I took out three swords from my sword bag.
They were all stuck in the ground nearby, ready for use.
Old Mo also gripped his double axes, standing in a state of readiness.
Xiao Mei raised her claws, baring her fangs slightly, and prowled nearby.
Uncle-Master, carrying the two yellow chickens, went to the dry well in the center of the formation.
He took a deep breath, formed his hand into a palm, and channeled his internal Daoist energy.
His palm transformed into a blade, and with a single strike, he severed the neck of one yellow chicken.
The chicken didn’t even react as its head was chopped off.
Chicken blood splattered out with a sizzling sound, all drenching the sealing stone tablet.
Uncle-Master held the yellow chicken upside down.
The chicken’s legs twitched twice and straightened, and blood dripped down.
Every drop of hot chicken blood seeped into the cracks of the stone tablet, which had begun to crack…
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Soon, the first yellow chicken bled dry.
Uncle-Master then picked up the second yellow chicken and repeated the same action.
As the hot, dripping blood continuously stained the stone tablet.
The dry well, sealed with the malevolent ghost, began to show some strange changes.
Most noticeably, the faint black Yin Sha energy emanating from the cracks of the stone tablet clearly increased.
The surrounding air also became much colder.
Seeing this, I knew it was time for me to open my eyes.
I took out an eye-opening talisman and held it in my hand.
I muttered in a low voice:
“Hurry, like the law, open!”
The talisman ignited with a flash of fire and turned into flying ash.
My eyes felt a chill, and the Underworld Heavenly Eye opened.
In an instant, the dimly lit surroundings became incredibly clear.
What had appeared to be a stone tablet and dry well emitting only faint black mist.
Now, under the Heavenly Eye, it was like a chimney, spewing forth rolling Yin Sha energy…
Faintly, I could also hear faint whimpering sounds coming from beneath the dry well.
It sounded like the low roar of a beast, or perhaps the crying of a woman.
It was very faint and indistinct.
But it was obvious that the source of this sound was the malevolent ghost in the dry well.
I squinted, warily watching the stone tablet of the dry well.
Uncle-Master retreated after killing the two live chickens and draining their blood.
He returned to his position.
Then he said to Mo and me:
“The blood has stimulated that malevolent ghost.
Coupled with the fact that the seal was already loosening.
The malevolent ghost will surely try to break through the seal due to its bloodthirsty nature.
Once the seal is broken, it will be our time to suppress and kill the malevolent ghost…”