Gu Xu's voice reciting a mantra echoed endlessly in Ma Qin's mind.

In this awkward atmosphere, Ma Qin tried hard to maintain the expression on his face so that he did not look too embarrassed.

At the same time, with a thought in his mind, he acquiesced to Gu Xu's request to "please ask God".

In an instant, Ma Qin's true energy surged towards Gu Xu's position like a surging tide.

"It seems that my experiment was successful," Gu Xu thought to himself with a sense of accomplishment. "In the future, when encountering strong enemies, I will have another way to deal with them."

Without hesitation, he squatted down, picked up a branch from the ground, and began to draw the "ghost-killing talisman" on the soil with concentration.

His movements were relaxed and skillful, as if he were moving freely and freely.

The majestic true energy from Ma Qin was injected into the runes, glowing with bright golden light.

When one complex rune after another gradually took shape on the ground, the dream-eating tapir under the peach tree also fully woke up from its sleep.

Its eyes finally opened completely.

It was dark and deep, like two bottomless black holes.

At this moment, these dull eyes were staring at Gu Xu - it was this young man who looked so weak that he had discovered his secret in his dream.

The Dream-Eating Tapir was once defeated in a battle by a powerful practitioner and was suppressed under a peach blossom tree, unable to move.

In order to improve its own strength and break free from the seal as soon as possible, the Dream-Eating Tapir used the resentment of the dead souls in this cemetery to create the beautiful and terrifying nightmare of "Taoyuan Town".

As long as an outsider steps into this cemetery, his soul will enter "Taoyuan Town" and undergo reincarnation again and again.

The pain and despair they experienced in reincarnation will become the dream-eating tapir's favorite food, helping it accumulate the power to break the seal.

Of course, occasionally there are smart people like Gu Xu who can see through its deception in nightmares.

For such people, it will choose to use simple and crude methods to directly obliterate them.

Now it plans to use the same method to deal with Gu Xu, a potential threat.

A sharp light flashed from its eyes.

One of its spiritual thoughts invaded Gu Xu's sea of ​​consciousness.

Like an elusive light cavalry, they began to attack the city and seize territory as fast as lightning.

Under normal circumstances, most human monks will only start cultivating their spiritual consciousness after entering the third realm [Naihe Bridge].

Before this, the monks' spiritual consciousness was very weak - so most of the time, with just a spiritual thought, the Dream-Eating Tapir could easily occupy their conscious world and turn them into walking zombies.

This trick has been tried repeatedly by the Dream-eating Tapir.

But at this moment, facing the dream-eating tapir's spiritual attack, Gu Xu's eyes remained calm.

He had already realized that the dream-eating tapir, under the suppression of the peach blossom tree, could not harm him on the physical level and could only use mental attacks on him.

Perhaps because of his two lifetimes, perhaps because of the talent of the [Unfortunate Genius], or perhaps because of the strong concentration formed under the shadow of death, Gu Xu's spiritual power is much stronger than that of monks in the same realm.

In addition, after experiencing the Painted Skin Ghost case last month, Gu Xu carved thirty "Decontamination Talismans" into his sea of ​​consciousness, which could help him avoid mental control and erosion to a certain extent.

While drawing the talisman, he was chanting the "Mind Purifying Mantra" over and over again, trying to build high walls for his mind.

Therefore, when the dream-eating tapir's spiritual thoughts entered Gu Xu's sea of ​​consciousness, it thought that it would easily occupy a weakly defended empty city with lightning speed.

However, what it never expected was to be greeted by an impregnable fortress!

This fortress not only has dozens of high walls, but also has elite soldiers and generals with strong bows and crossbows to guard key points.

It can be said that it is heavily guarded and weatherproof.

Dream Eater was stunned for two seconds.

At this moment, it couldn't help but begin to suspect that Gu Xu was not a young monk in the first realm, but an old monster who had hidden his true cultivation.

…………

While the Dream-eating Tapir was hesitating, Gu Xu finally drew the last stroke of the "Tai Shang Arctic Demon Suppressing and Demon Killing Talisman" with the help of Ma Qin's true energy.

He stood up and showed an elegant smile to the confused Dream-Eating Tapir: "Thank you for letting me experience a wonderful dream.

"But now, I've had enough dreams."

At this point, he began to softly recite the "Expelling Ghost Curse" that he had memorized by heart:

"Five stars suppress the color, illuminate the mysterious world. Thousands of gods and saints protect my true spirit..."

The brilliance comes.

Like a blazing flame, and like a dazzling sun.

Dream-eating tapirs, peach blossom trees, tombstones, and dead bones are all shrouded in dazzling golden light.

The gloomy atmosphere was completely dispelled, and the dark hillside suddenly became bright and clear.

The light wandered among the pale mist, tracing a seven-color rainbow.

This is the most powerful "ghost-killing talisman" that Gu Xu has ever drawn in his life.

Ma Qin sat paralyzed on the ground, staring blankly at this miraculous scene.

At this time, his face was pale and his body was limp and weak - because Gu Xu had just used the "God-Inviting Curse" to drain out all his true energy, leaving nothing behind.

The Dream-Eating Tapir narrowed his eyes again.

If it were said that Gu Xu's tightly guarded spiritual world was just a little surprising...

Then the dazzling brilliance of the "ghost-killing talisman" is enough to make it feel the threat of death.

It let out a deafening howl.

The spiritual impact hidden in this voice was like ripples on a calm lake, quickly spreading in all directions.

Ma Qin's eyes darkened and he fainted.

Gu Xu's expression remained calm as before.

However, in the depths of his sea of ​​consciousness, the nine "Decontamination Talisman" broke instantly.

Just recite the mantra.

The raging fire engulfed everything.

Before the dream-eating tapir could let out a second howl, it was burned to ashes by the fire.

The world suddenly became pure.

Only the peach blossom tree still stood proudly in place.

The flowers are in clusters, brilliant and beautiful.

…………

I don't know how much time passed, but Ma Qin finally woke up from his coma.

As soon as he got up from the ground, he saw Gu Xu standing in front of a damaged tombstone, fascinated.

"Brother Gu Xian, then... where is the dream-eating tapir?"

"Dead." Gu Xu pointed at a puddle of ashes on the ground.

"Then what are you looking at?"

"I was reading the inscription," Gu Xu replied calmly, "The people buried in this cemetery basically died fifty years ago.

"Their hometown was originally a beautiful Jiangnan town called Qingxi. However, due to a sudden war fifty years ago, the town was destroyed and countless residents were killed and injured, with few survivors."

Hearing this, Ma Qin recalled Gu Xu's previous introduction to Taoyuan Town: the clothes of the residents of Taoyuan Town were closer to the styles of fifty years ago.

"What is the relationship between Qingxi Town... and Taoyuan Town?" Ma Qin asked the question in his mind.

"The residents of Qingxi's nostalgia for their hometown and their resentful souls that cannot rest in peace are the materials that the dream-eating tapir uses to weave nightmares in Taoyuan Town."

"This is too cruel for them."

"Yes," Gu Xu nodded, "but after the death of the Dream-eating Tapir, they were freed."

Having said this, Gu Xu pondered for a few seconds, and then recited the "Rebirth Mantra" silently:

"Your Majesty's decree, transcend your ghosts, all ghosts, and be blessed by the four living beings..."

Although this place is just an illusion in the "Warming Pot" and not the real old site of Qingxi, I don't know if the dead residents of Qingxi can hear this incantation.

But no matter what.

May the deceased rest in peace.
Chapter completed!