The Lord of Void and Real

Chapter 85: Chapter 84: Seven Star Formation

Daoist Luo asked Ma Simo to bring seven burning candlesticks and place them around the altar, forming the shape of the Big Dipper.

For a moment, the courtyard was filled with floating sparks, making everyone feel a sense of awe.

Seeing Daoist Luo’s well-organized arrangement, Ma Simo’s expression also became slightly calmer.

Daoist Luo solemnly stood in the middle of the seven candlesticks, bit his finger, silently activated his Skills, and shot seven drops of blood onto the flames of the candlesticks.

“Puff!”, the flames of the seven candlesticks suddenly enlarged several times, burning fierily.

Ma Simo couldn’t help but widen his eyes at the sight.

The mages he had invited for the last few days were merely dabbling around, performing as if in a drama, but this is the first time he had seen such authentic God’s Power. His family was indeed saved at last.

Ma Simo was thrilled, his eyes looking at Daoist Luo were filled with newfound respect.

“Phew… stimulating the Seven-Star Array drains a lot of essence blood. After this, Poor Daoist will need at least three years of quiet cultivation to recover.” Daoist Luo wobbled a bit, took a deep breath, and spoke.

“In return for your great insight, I’m willing to donate an additional two hundred taels of gold to make up for your loss. However, please make sure to eliminate that ghost.” Ma Simo said immediately upon hearing this.

“Mister Ma, rest assured, with the Seven-Star Great Array laid out, no matter how powerful that ghost is, it won’t be able to escape from Poor Daoist’s hands!” Daoist Luo revealed his teeth with a slight smile; his pearly-white teeth, reflected by the surrounding firelight, were dazzling.

Shen Luo, standing on one side, quickly lowered his head and suppressed his laughter.

The aura on Daoist Luo had not diminished in the slightest. Where had his great loss of cultivation come from? With respect to the sudden increase in the flame, it happened when Daoist Luo shot out his blood and simultaneously triggered seven strands of Mana.

If it were not for his status as a Qi Refining Cultivator, he would have been fooled, just like Ma Simo and the others, and would have considered this a divine miracle. It appeared that Daoist Luo, who usually seemed cold, was indeed adept at making money.

After taking a short rest, Daoist Luo dove into drawing charms.

Shen Luo observed Daoist Luo drawing a type of exorcism charm similar to those he’d seen before, and carefully watched. However, with Daoist Luo’s swift and dazzling Brushwork, one charm was quickly followed by another without intermission.

In a matter of moments, he had drawn more than twenty charms.

“Stick these charms in all the rooms of your mansion, including the courtyard. Make sure not a single spot is missed and call everyone in the mansion here!” Daoist Luo left one charm on the altar, handed the rest to Ma Simo, and instructed him sternly. n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

Without any deliberation, Ma Simo immediately ordered several servants to paste the charms. The entire household, including the servants and his seventy-year-old mother, who was carried out on a palanquin, were summoned. There were around twenty or thirty people altogether.

Daoist Luo waited until everyone had gathered, then he unsheathed the sword that had been hanging on his back. It was a Peach Wood Sword.

The red body of the wooden sword had clear patterns, and from a distance, one could feel a strong righteous Qi emanating from it, used for exorcising evil spirits.

“What a superb Peach Wood Sword!” Shen Luo’s eyes sparkled.

He had read many miscellaneous books and had a good understanding of the Peach Wood Sword, a common Daoist tool for driving out demons. Peach wood, also known as “Dragon-Slaying Wood”, had the effect of exorcising evil spirits and ghosts. The older the tree, the deeper its color, and the stronger its power to exorcise evil.

The color of ordinary peach wood is usually light yellow. Only after 30 years can it possibly turn pink. To achieve a deep red color, however, it must come from a hundred-year-old peach tree.

What’s more rare was that Daoist Luo’s Peach Wood Sword did not have a single scar, and the exorcising power of the hundred-year-old peach wood was not damaged in the slightest, decidedly making it a top-class instrument for eliminating ghosts.

Daoist Luo took out a red charm from his chest and stuck it on the sword handle. The body of the Peach Wood Sword suddenly bloomed with a layer of red light. The power of the Peach Wood and the charm fused together, raising its capacity several times.

A strong surge of Mana radiated from the sword body, causing the surrounding air to hum faintly.

The audience in the Ma Mansion gasped at this sight, each one transfixed.

Shen Luo was silently impressed. Compared to the others, he had a better sense of the astonishing aura that the Peach Wood Sword emitted, vastly more powerful than when he activated the Talisman Fork.

That being said, this was due to his current lack of Mana, which was far from unleashing the full potential of the Talisman Fork.

Having stimulated the power of the Peach Wood Sword, Daoist Luo didn’t immediately proceed, and suddenly waved at Shen Luo.

“Master Luo.” Shen Luo was slightly surprised, but immediately stepped forward.

“Hold onto this and stand aside.” Daoist Luo took an object from his chest and handed it to him. It was a three-foot-long yellow banner.

There was a Taiji Diagram on both ends of the banner, with seven pentagonal stars drawn in the middle, formed into the shape of the Big Dipper. It was a commonly seen Seven-Star Banner in Daoism, and a yellow talisman was attached to the top, radiating faint Mana waves. Obviously, it was another Talismanic Instrument.

Shen Luo was inwardly surprised by Daoist Luo’s wealth. He responded aloud, reverentially accepting the Seven-Star Banner and standing next to Daoist Luo as instructed.

At this moment, the servants returned, reporting that all the charms had been pasted.

“Withdraw to the side. You can just watch quietly.” Daoist Luo nodded, waved everyone to retreat, and then started moving his feet accordingly to the step method.

He spun around a few times, then with a huge scream, the Peach Wood Sword in his hand twirled around and pierced the charm on the altar.

The runes on the charm immediately lit up, emitting a bright red light.

An unseen wave burst from the charm, rippling quickly in all directions, and the candles around the altar flared up.

At the same time, dazzling red lights bloomed in various places around the Ma Mansion. Those were the charms pasted in the rooms lighting up.

For a moment, the entire Ma Mansion was bathed in clusters of red light.

Seeing this scene, everyone in the courtyard held their breath, afraid to even gasp for air.

Just then, the charm affixed in the central area of the left courtyard suddenly shot up, landing in a corner of the courtyard. There was a lush bamboo forest there, with a big locust tree deep inside, its verdant branches and leaves indicating it had been there for at least forty to fifty years.

The charm hit the ground under the locust tree, ignited without any wind, and turned into a crimson fireball which then smashed to the ground like lightning.

With a muffled ‘bang’, the fireball exploded spectacularly, turning into a shower of sparks, scattering dry bamboo leaves and twigs, revealing a pitch-black abandoned wellhead.

The sound of gushing water resonated from the well, then a black mist slowly emerged, exuding an aura of cruelty.

In the main courtyard, Daoist Luo’s eyes lit up. He opened his mouth and spat out a breath of white Qi, which entered the Seven-Star Banner.

The yellow light on the banner swelled enormously, illuminating the seven starlight patterns that shot seven yellow rays, enveloping the ground in front.