Spirit Hunters of Maoshan Sect

Tan Xiaohui remained as usual, but her eyes looked a little gloomy today .

Ye Shaoyang sighed quietly .

Xie Yuqing arrived slightly later; she carried two large torches with her and introduced the functions of the torches to them . Ye Shaoyang found two pieces of red cloths and covered the torch . After he had finished everything, he looked around, and fixed his gaze on Tan Xiaohui, “Ready?”

Tan Xiaohui nodded .

“OK . We will set off later at twelve midnight and exterminate Madam Chee!”

Ye Shaoyang’s words stupefied the others .

“Why midnight? I thought you said that evil beings would become stronger when the sky darkens because of the Yin Qi?” Xie Yuqing asked curiously .

“The circulation of Yin and Yang follows the traditional twelve two-hour periods . Yang Qi is the strongest between 11 a . m . and 1 p . m . , and it turns weaker after that . Around twelve midnight, Yang Qi will be the weakest, while Yin Qi will be at its strongest . However, the two are related, where Yin will promote Yang at its peak and vice versa . Therefore, performing Daoist crafts during the peak of Yin on an evil being can be surprisingly effective . ”

“Oh, is it something like what we learn in mathematics, where two negatives make a positive?” asked Xiao Ma .

Zhou Jingru looked at her watch and said, “Since we have time, let’s go and have a meal first . ” As she spoke, she intentionally pulled Xiaohui, “Let’s go . ”

Tan Xiaohui did not reject the suggestion .

Zhou Jingru booked a private room in a restaurant for them .

None of them ordered any alcoholic drinks, as they need to have the absolute concentration for the fight tonight . Everyone was anxious as if they were heading to war . They all talked less, even Xiao Ma .

Halfway through the meal, Tan Xiaohui raised her teacup and looked around, “I guess this is my last meal with all of you . I give a toast to everyone with tea instead of liquor . ”

The others raised their cups and downed the contents, they all felt melancholy .

After the meal, they returned to their rooms and packed some items . Xiao Ma and Xie Yuqing picked up the cinnabar guns; they had not used these weapons for quite a long period . They loaded the guns with the powders . Then, they went down to the car park . Old Guo and Zhou Jingru each drove a car respectively .

Just when Zhou Jingru was about to enter her car, two women walked out from the hotel and immediately greeted her . One of them scanned the few of them in the car and asked Zhou Jingru, “Hi, Miss Zhou, there are so many of you . Are you going clubbing? Or going for supper? Can we join?”

Xiao Ma popped his head out from the back seat and smiled naughtily, “Hi pretties, we are going to solve a haunted case . Let’s go . ”

The two jumped happily, “Is it something like Ouija? I want to go . I want to go… . ”

However, Zhou Jingru simply rejected them with an excuse and set off .

“I guess that both of them would pee in their pants if they came along . ” Xiao Ma burst into laughter .

Zhou Jingru sighed quietly, “I was like them, feeling excited when I thought of playing Ouija . I never expected to go and help subdue an evil being at midnight one day . ”

Once they arrived at the main gate of Ma Family Cemetery, they all exited the cars . Without a word, the security opened the gate for them . They walked past a tunnel and arrived at the Sakura garden .

It was the first time Zhou Jingru and Xie Yuqing had come to the garden . They were amazed at the beautiful scene under the torchlight .

Ye Shaoyang took out a notebook, compared the map he drew with the view in front . Then he pointed out the location on the map, as he briefed them on his plan .

“Tan Xiaohui, you are in charge of the most crucial part . You will need to go down and use Jin Shuai’s blood to find Madam Chee’s lair and release her . The well is her only exit, and she will definitely enter my formation . Once she enters it, she will have no way out and can only advance to the next sub-formation . Your part is the most important for today\'s mission . Are you certain you can do it?”

“No problem,” replied Tan Xiaohui as she nodded .

“Excellent . The Nine Stars Formation has nine sub-formations . Ignore the first six sub-formations; I think she can get through them without any difficulties, although I hope she will collapse in one of the six sub-formations . We have to block her once she makes it through the sixth sub-formation . Senior brother will guard the seventh sub-formation, while Teng Yongqing will guard the eighth sub-formation . I will be the one who controls the formation . If she manages to reach the final sub-formation, we will have to kill her together . ”

Ye Shaoyang took the two torches from Xie Yuqing and shone them on the end of the ‘red carpet’ and said, “Sister Yuqing and Xiao Ma will take each torch . Sister Yuqing, you will stand at the front and shine the torch on Madam Chee when she gets near your location . Xiao Ma, you will shine the torch before Madam Chee enters the formation, by the well . ”

As Ye Shaoyang spoke, he cut his finger and drew a ‘Chi’ Chinese character on each torch lamp with his blood and explained, “An instant strong light with the power of this talisman will slow her down . And, Xiao Ma, you need to retreat along the formation once she enters it . Do nothing and don’t mess up this time . Be careful . So, is everyone cleared on their jobs?”

All of them nodded .

“How about me, Big Brother Shaoyang,” Zhou Jingru pouted her lips . Even though she knew today’s mission would not be easy, seeing that the others had tasks while she did not, she felt unsettled .

“Umm… . ” Ye Shaoyang scratched his head, “You can watch the fight from far . ”

“Miss Zhou, your job is to supervise and pay us after we are done,” Old Guo smiled cunningly .

“Yea, absolutely right . Your task is the most important one,” Xiao Ma added .

Zhou Jingru snorted .

“Oh, I almost forgot . This,” said Ye Shaoyang as he took out the yellowing foot-binding cloth and passed to Xiao Ma, “Cover your mouth with this . You face a higher level of risk because you stand guard beside the well . This thing has Corpse Qi . It can filter the Yang Qi you exhale and prevent Madam Chee from detecting your existence . ”

“Oh? That is nice!” Xiao Ma quickly wrapped the cloth around his neck a few times and covered his mouth; he sniffed for a moment before he asked, “Weird, what smell is that?”

“It is the smell of Corpse Qi . The cloth has been kept for hundreds of years, of course, it will smell a little… . ” Ye Shaoyang stopped talking once he realized he had almost had a slip of the tongue .

Old Guo chuckled instantly .

Xiao Ma became alarmed at once, “Why do you laugh?”

“Nothing . You look cool with that mask . ”

“I feel right, like a masked hero,” said Xiao Ma as he tightened the mask and posed .

“More like a foot-binding hero,” Old Guo muttered to himself .

It was almost ten . Everyone felt slightly cold because of the strong Yin Qi in the Sakura garden . So, Ye Shaoyang suggested for everyone to rest in the security house .

“Let me stay here for a while, you can all proceed . ” Tan Xiaohui sat on the ground after she said that .

Ye Shaoyang hinted for the others to walk back, while he squatted beside her .

Tan Xiaohui rested her chin in both her hands, bathing under the moonlight and enjoying the beautiful scenery of the sakura blossoms . She sat down quietly for a long time before she said, “No matter what, this scenery is stunning . ”

Ye Shaoyang nodded in agreement .

“The mortal world is beautiful,” she sighed quietly .