He was showing off these magical artifacts to us as he held them.
“Look, every single magical artifact I have here is top-grade.
No matter what kind of sinister spirits we encounter, I can deal with them.
See this silver crossbow?”
After saying that, he waved the silver crossbow a few times in front of everyone:
“This was given to me personally by a Cardinal of the Papal Court when I was an exchange student studying Taoism in Qingcheng Mountain and returned to China after graduation.
Silver crossbows are specifically used in the West to kill vampires. See? There are Western runes engraved on it.”
Hearing this, I almost burst out laughing.
Exchange student, indeed. Currently, there is only simple cooperation and contact between the Taoist Alliance and the Western Papal Court.
And a Cardinal personally gifting him a silver crossbow.
As I rolled my eyes, this guy spoke again:
“The Vajra Pestle, this is a supreme treasure of the Shaolin Sect.
A year ago, Abbot Jingxin of Shaolin’s Darma Institute encountered me in Xiangxi.
At that time, he was being pursued by evil spirits. When both sides were injured,
I intervened and saved him. Abbot Jingxin then gifted me this Vajra Pestle.
Under the Vajra Pestle, evil spirits cannot withstand even a single blow.”
“……”
Then he rambled on for a few more sentences.
I was too lazy to pay attention. He would soon learn how formidable I was.
After introducing his items for a while, he picked up his tools and prepared to go upstairs.
Before going up, he said to us:
“Wait for my good news.”
With that, he went straight upstairs.
The sun was shining brightly, and it was daytime.
Exorcising ghosts at this time was actually the best.
The strong yang energy greatly suppressed ghostly spirits.
The surrounding workers also started to discuss.
“I wonder if this Taoist priest is capable!”
“He looks quite skilled, with so many tools.”
“What’s the use of having many tools? With your many tools, have you ever tiled as fast as I do?”
“I don’t know, let’s wait and see!”
“……”
Everyone was waiting here.
Several surrounding buildings had already stopped construction.
Everyone gathered here, ready to watch the show.
About ten minutes later.
We finally heard some movement.
“Ah…”
A sharp scream pierced the air.
Many people in the crowd were still seated. Upon hearing this scream, they all stood up.
“What’s happening?”
“The Taoist priest screamed,”
“Something bad might have happened?”
“……”
Immediately after, a burst of black smoke emerged from the twelfth floor.
The young man had already retreated to the edge of the window.
Vaguely, I could see a figure in front of him.
However, the sunlight in front prevented the figure from getting close to the young man.
The young man was in extreme fear, constantly muttering:
“Don’t, don’t come any closer, don’t come any closer…”
As he spoke, he kept crawling towards the outside of the window.
Seeing this, everyone on the ground was terrified.
The scaffolding had collapsed, and there were no support points on the outside of the wall.
If he fell from such a height, he would surely be killed.
“Taoist priest!”
“Good heavens! What is going on.”
“……”
Everyone exclaimed in shock.
Only Chu Yue quickly called out to the Mr. Niu beside her:
“Mr. Niu, quickly have the tower crane extend its rope to save him. It must be that the entity inside is too ferocious, and he can’t handle it!”
Chu Yue’s words immediately brought clarity to everyone.
Mr. Niu also instructed the tower crane operator to immediately swivel the crane head and lower the hoisting rope to save the young Taoist priest.
Because the sunlight outside was very strong.
Although faint black energy was constantly emanating from the twelfth floor,
under such intense sunlight, it would still decompose quickly.
I stood on the ground, watching quietly.
At the same time, I took out a talisman and opened my heavenly eye.
Under the heavenly eye, I saw the blurry figure on the twelfth floor becoming clearer.
Finally, a white-faced woman stood there coldly in the shadows.
She was looking at the young Taoist priest, who was forced to the edge of the window and being continuously impacted by black energy.
Under the impact of the black energy, the young Taoist priest had no choice but to roll over to the outside of the wall, grabbing the bricks with his hands to prevent himself from falling.
However, the continuous impact of the black energy felt like his hands were being scalded by boiling water, and he continuously let out cries of terror…
“Ah! It hurts, it hurts. Save, save me, save me…”
He was as disheveled now as he had been arrogant before.
Just then, the tower crane finally turned, and the hoisting rope was lowered.
The workers below also shouted continuously, telling him to grab the rope.
The young Taoist priest did not dare to hesitate. Seeing the rope, he made a swift lunge and grabbed it.
However, when the female ghost saw this, she let out a cold snort, and a ball of black energy shot out.
It directly struck the young Taoist priest.
The Taoist priest cried out, almost losing his grip.
Finally, he held onto the rope, and as the rope was continuously lowered, he safely landed on the ground.
I didn’t pay much attention to the man; instead, I looked at the female ghost.
Under the heavenly eye, I could see more clearly.
The female ghost was enveloped in malevolent energy, pulsing like electric arcs.
However, the malevolent energy she emitted was not as strong as imagined.
In other words, this was just a low-level red-clothed female ghost.
If it were only low-level, with my current cultivation and the addition of the Twelve Demon Souls, I could easily subdue it.
The female ghost watched from the window for a while. Seeing the young Taoist priest escape, the black mist dispersed, and she disappeared from the window.
The young Taoist priest, having narrowly escaped death, began to gasp for air as soon as he landed.
There were scratch marks on his chest and back, oozing blood.
Especially his hands, which were bloody and mangled, with a layer of skin ripped off.
That was from corrosion by the Yin malevolent energy.
I glanced at him and said nothing.
Instead, I turned to Chu Yue and said:
“I’m going up to take a look!”
With that, I prepared to go upstairs.
At this moment, the young Taoist priest quickly got up and said:
“No, brother, don’t go. It’s, it’s a red-clothed, red-clothed ghost. You can’t handle it, it’s too ferocious, too ferocious…”
The young Taoist priest was greatly terrified.
However, I just smiled and did not gloat.
I calmly replied:
“Even if she’s red-clothed, she’s going to die today…”