Joohyun jumped from the hole under the stone altar. The cave was about two stories high, but the space inside was narrower and only about 30 square meters.
Silver-white moonlight shone in from the cave overhead, becoming the only source of light in the room. Joohyun turned on the flashlight of her phone and carefully surveyed the surroundings.
This was a sealed stone chamber. The cave overhead seemed to be the only entrance. Some patterns were carved on the walls. However, Joohyun didn't examine them carefully. Her eyes have been searching around for the place where the spiritual artifact might have been stored.
"Where exactly is the spiritual artifact?" Joohyun couldn't help but grumble. The stone chamber was empty without even a chair or stool, let alone a spiritual artifact.
Joohyun searched back and forth three to four times, but still did not find anything extra in the stone chamber. She used her spiritual power to search for it, but still did not detect any spiritual artifact or zombie or something. It was as if the stone chamber was nothing but an ordinary stone room.
"Qin Guanhai said he sensed a magic artifact here, then there should be no mistake, ah!" Joohyun stood in the middle of the stone chamber, wondering whether there was something she missed. However, she could sweep a glance at the empty chamber and couldn't find any deliberate hiding place, except for those patterns on the walls...
"Patterns?" Joohyun turned around with a whoosh. She ran to the left-hand side of the wall with the most patterns.
On the wall was a painting of a Celestial Master beheading demons, which included a malevolent ghost, a Ghost King, a zombie, and a drought demon. Except for the drought demon, Joohyun had seen all the others in the flesh, but not nearly as ominous as the mural.
Joohyun carefully studied the mural from one end to end, but still did not find any useful clues.
"Where the hell is it?" Joohyun's emotions turned from frustration to irritability. She almost stomped her feet in anxiousness. The artifact was clearly underneath, but she couldn't find it.
"Could it be behind the wall?" There was no door inside the stone chamber, so Joohyun could only reasonably suspect that there should be room next door. She just hadn't found the entrance.
Joohyun regained her composure and touched the wall with her palm, not missing every stripe on it, trying to find the entrance crevice on it.
"Ka-ching."
A spot that her palm touched suddenly sank. Joohyun's eyes lit up, Found it.
......
Joohyun, who thought she had touched the mechanism, waited for a long time, but there was no more movement in the stone chamber other than that click.
"Isn't this the mechanism?" Joohyun drew back her hand and carefully used her flashlight to the place she had just touched. The stone there had already sunken in, revealing an empty hole above. It was the same entrance as the one she saw in the cave when the Old Man brought her into the Luoshan Sect.
Is it the same as in the cave?
Joohyun suddenly remembered what Elder Wu had said to her: "If the switch at the entrance isn't opened with the unique spiritual power of the Luoshan Sect, the door will not open."
Right, she didn't inject any spiritual power just now.
Now that she figured it out, she placed her hand in again, and then injected spiritual power.
"Rumble..."
There was no surprise this time. A rumble sounded behind her, and when she turned around, she saw that the wall opposite her, the one painted with the drought demon, revealed a one-meter-wide entrance with a faint bright light inside.
Joohyun was delighted and hurriedly sprinted toward it. However, the moment her foot crossed the boundary of the stone door, the three magic artifacts on her body trembled at the same time. Joohyun froze and instinctively stepped back, as a gust of wind coated in evil qi Qi puffed in her face.
"Graaah!"
"Zombie!" Joohyun exclaimed.
When the zombie saw that Joohyun dodged his first blow, he followed it with another. Joohyun waved her hand in time to stop it, but the zombie's formidable strength blew her away.
The light in the room was so dark that Joohyun could hardly see the zombie, but she could tell that this was definitely the most agile zombie she had encountered in 18 years.
"Schwa!!"
A seven-colored spiritual light suddenly burst out, illuminating the dark stone chamber and allowing Joohyun to have a clear picture of the zombie's appearance. The zombie was about 1.9 meters tall, wearing a black armor. The style of armor seemed to be very special, dark and shiny. Except for some dust, there was no sign of rust on it. But this was not the point. The issue was that the zombie was carrying a lance on his back.
This zombie even has a weapon?
"Graaah! Graaah!"
Sensing that Joohyun was in danger, the Green Spirit Hairpin flew out on its own. The seven-colored spiritual light temporarily slowed down the zombie's attack but did not drive him into retreat.
Joohyun had no time to think. She crawled up nimbly from the ground, while fishing out the Soul Summoning Bell and the compass of her pocket. The bell flew into the air, divided into three, interconnected, transformed into a huge bell, and surrounded the zombie.
"Graaah!" The moment the bell surrounded the zombie, he roared in anger. He pulled out the lance on its back, and then frantically thrusted it in an attempt to cut the bell's shackles.
"Jing-ding-ding... Jing-ding-ding..."
With each zombie attack, the Soul Summoning Bell above her head jingled non-stop. Joohyun feared that the zombie would break the bell's seal, so she raised her hand and sacrificed the compass.
The compass rotated at lightning speed while absorbing the dense spirit qi around it, until it turned into a pale golden light ball before it rushed into the bell and smashed the lance in the zombie's hand.
"Graaah!" The zombie was caught off guard and took a step back. He immediately turned the lance head and tried to pierce the compass flying in the air. The compass darted swiftly, and for the first time, it was free to enter the Soul Summoning Bell's seal. The compass hit the zombie hard. After several rounds, his anger mounted, and the surrounding walls trembled with his roaring.
The zombie seemed really enraged. Evil qi slowly coalesced in the lancehead. The evil qi was growing denser. The seal closest to the lance head began to twist, and it was plain to see that it was about to collapse.
Surprisingly, this zombie can actually move!
Although ordinary zombies were invulnerable to swords and lances, and were brimming with evil qi, they weren't that intelligent and could only rely on instinct to attack. But this zombie not only knew how to use weapons, but also could use his evil qi combined with his weapon. It meant that this zombie already had a certain intelligence.
If a zombie has intelligence, then what would he be?
"Graaah!" It wasn't Joohyun's dazed efforts that was the only one obstructed, but the Soul Summoning Bell also could not resist the zombie's evil qi that was condensed in the lance head. The zombie broke through the barrier and returned the favor. He turned towards Joohyun, who was just in front of him. Joohyun quickly retreated, while the compass circled in the air and turned into a shield to protect Joohyun.
What should I do?
The Soul Summoning Bell couldn't restrain the zombie. Even if the compass could barely block the zombie's attack to let her escape, she couldn't get the spiritual artifact inside.
How about escaping for down, go down the mountain and call Grandpa for us to capture this zombie together?
Joohyun decided to do so and turned around to return the way she came. However, when she looked at the exit that was two stories above her head, she couldn't help but utter an expletive.
What the, without the compass's help, how am I supposed to go up?!
"Dang!" The zombie's lance knocked the compass away and hurled it into the wall behind Joohyun. It was followed by the zombie's lance flying over. Joohyun rolled down, dodging the zombie's attack.
"Roar!" The zombie turned around, staring at Joohyun coldly with bloodshot eyes. He grasped the void with his left hand, and the lance that was nailed to the wall instantly returned to the zombie's hand.
"You know how to take things from space?" Joohyun was dumbfounded. With a wave of her right hand, the compass once again flew toward the zombie.
All of a sudden, a colorful spiritual light enveloped Joohyun. She felt a burn on her right shoulder. Upon glancing at it, she found a darkening wound on her shoulder, which should have been accidentally scratched when she was avoiding the lance.
The seven-colored spiritual light of the Green Spirit Hairpin was purifying the evil qi on Joohyun's wound, but without the hairpin's restriction, the zombie's power doubled. The spirit qi of the compass was getting weaker and weaker, looking like it would fall from the air.
Joohyun was alarmed. She looked up at the Green Spirit Hairpin in the air, and a streak of light suddenly slid through her eyes. She turned her head toward the zombie again, and withdrew the compass with a click of her fingers.
Without the compass to hinder him, the zombie aimed straight at Joohyun.
Dang!
The compass released a spiritual light and used the last of its spirit qi to turn into a shield and protect Joohyun in front. The zombie seemed to have realized that the compass wouldn't last long, so it condensed the evil qi around his body, and tried to pierce the shield and the annoying woman behind the shield.
Now!
Joohyun's right hand moved. The Green Spirit Hairpin floating above her head turned into a stream of light and flew towards the zombie's forehead.
"Arghhh!!"
"Bang!"
The Green Spirit Hairpin passed through the zombie's brow and out the back of its head, accompanied by the zombie's mournful hiss as its huge frame fell to its knees. The zombie propped itself up with one hand and reached for Joohyun with the other, as if it was unwilling to let Joohyun go even in death.
Joohyun was clinging to the wall, injured. She clutched the compass and panted, watching the zombie disappear into dust under the spiritual light.
Knowing that the zombie was completely dead, Joohyun breathed a sigh of relief and raised her hand to recall the hairpin. Joohyun held the hairpin in her hand and examined it carefully, feeling absolutely puzzled by that inspiration just now.
How did I know that the Green Spirit Hairpin can kill zombies?
Why did I know how to control the Green Spirit Hairpin?
Joohyun felt that after leaving the cave, she had to go back and have a good chat with the Old Man. Too many things popped out of her mind recently for no reason, making her wonder if some soul had possessed her.
Joohyun stood up, put away the compass and the hairpin, and went to pick up the Soul Summoning Bell, before re-entering the stone door.
The walls of the stone door were inlaid with two huge night pearls, emitting a faint glow. With the faint glow, Joohyun surveyed the surrounding area , and then saw a small altar. She approached it and discovered a closed wooden box on it. She was wavering whether to open it when the box automatically opened the instant she touched it, revealing an old silk cloth inside.
The silk cloth was worn out, but the writing on it was legible.
[Profound Fiend Purification Technique]
(There are thousands of evil spirits in the world, but the Profound Fiend is the most powerful. However, Profound Fiends can still be defeated...)
The author has something to say:
Young Wu's master tripped him again and again. He really couldn't stand it any longer, so he went to confront him.
Young Wu: Master, When the girl and I are alone in the future, can you not show up?
Master: This kid, you're not yet married, yet you already want to play the rascal?
Young Wu: What nonsense are you talking about?
Master: A single man and woman in a two people's world. We are all men, so how can I not know your thoughts?
Young Wu felt that his master had insulted his pure love, so he stepped forward in anger, intending to kill his master.
After a series of crackles and rattles, Young Wu was beaten into a dog.
Sad Master: It's all my fault. I only taught you to catch ghosts, but I forgot to teach you how to be a human being.