After the black mist in those people's bodies dissipated, the black mist seemed to turn into spiritual energy and poured into Yu De's body, making his strength stronger.

At this time, Yu De also suffered from a splitting headache because of Xiu Chen's chanting of the divine mantra three times.

"What kind of spell is this, and what did you do? Ah... ugh!"

Bai Hu took advantage of his loss of concentration and struck him hard with the tail of his whip, knocking him away. Yu De spat out a mouthful of blood, obviously he was injured.

"Let's stop now."

Xiu Chen's faint voice came. Bai Hu and Qiong Qi, who had wanted to chase after him and continue to attack, immediately stopped after hearing the words. They had no intention of attacking, but they still stared at Yu De closely without relaxing at all.

The battlefield calmed down again, and the howling wind slowly subsided.

"Yu De, this "Purifying Mind Mantra" was left behind by the Taoist ancestors. Every one of you disciples has memorized it. Have you forgotten it? Or do you mean that you don't want to remember it on purpose? Or, you are not Yu De at all.

Woolen cloth?"

Xiuchen stood with his hands behind his hands and repeated the three questions he had just asked, just like a gentleman asking a student about his homework.

Hallucinations gradually appeared in Yu De's eyes, and the appearance of Xiuchen in front of him gradually changed, turning into a human form that was extremely familiar to him but also extremely unfamiliar.

There was no joy or excitement, only panic and fear. Yu De uttered a title out of nowhere:

"Master..."

In Yu De's eyes, Xiu Chen had turned into the appearance of Tao Ancestor.

"Evil disciple, have you forgotten the "Heart-Purifying Mantra" that my master taught you?"

Xiuchen's voice has also become that of Daozu. This voice is like a bell or a drum to Yu De. Every word he strikes makes his heart vibrate, making him dare not resist.

"Master, forgive me, disciple, I forgot."

He bowed to Xiuchen on the ground, as respectful and pious as the disciple who had just embarked on the path of spiritual cultivation.

"Then I will teach you one more time, master. Come and read after me..."

"Tai Shang Tai Xing..."

"Tai Shang Tai Xing..."

"Continuous response..."

"Continuous response..."

"Exorcise evil spirits and bind evil spirits..."

"Exorcise evil spirits and bind evil spirits..."

…

Xiuchen recited one sentence, and Yu De followed suit. There were only eight short sentences in this "Qingxin Mantra". Before finishing these eight sentences, Yu De didn't have any headache.

Until he finished reading the last sentence:

"The soul is full of sorrow...ah...ah!"

The belated headache seemed to come all at once, and this time it hurt countless times more than before. Even with Yu De, an old monster with ten thousand years of concentration, he was rolling in pain in the air, holding his head and his eyes were broken.

The severe pain made him wake up. When he looked again, there was no sign of Dao Ancestor. The man in front of him was clearly the incarnation of the ancient tree. He had been deceived!

"Ah! You bastard, what did you do to me!"

Yu De's body also began to emit black smoke. The black smoke was extremely thick and completely covered Yu De in the blink of an eye.

The black smoke is still spreading. If the black smoke emitted from the bodies of those who were previously controlled is like the smoke from the incense offered in the hall, then the black smoke emitted from Yu De's body is like a forest on fire.

Thick smoke billowed out.

The evil spirit in the smoke made Xiuchen and Baihu Qiongqi have to step back. The black smoke spread for several miles, and all the plants and insects it touched were instantly reduced to ashes.

The evil spirit in the black smoke was so thick that Xiuchen could not purify it and could only wait for it to dissipate naturally.

"Brother Gushu, what is going on?"

Bai Hu asked doubtfully.

He remembered that he and Qiongqi thought Xiuchen had failed the selection meeting, so they went out to look for him. They didn't remember what happened next. When they woke up, he and Qiongqi had been tied up with vines by the ancient tree, and

There are some injuries on my body, but I don’t know where they came from.

Regarding the messy things here, his son didn't explain it clearly to him. He just told him that the ones in white clothes in the sky are ancient trees, and the ones in black clothes are bad guys, so just beat him up.

"Dabai, do you still remember Yu De?"

Bai Hu recalled it for a while, but couldn't remember anything.

"Take the word "virtue" as the Tao name, disciple of the Taoist ancestor. How can I remember who to invite to whom is the disciple of the Taoist ancestor?

"Kui Feng, the one who likes to set up formations, have you remembered?"

"Here, I have an impression. Is this person him? Why is he possessed by a demon?"

Hearing the screams that continued in the black smoke in the distance, Xiu Chen couldn't bear it, so he blew a stream of fresh air to help the black smoke dissipate.

"Actually, it's not quite right to say that he is possessed by a demon. All of this may not be his original intention."

It was still some time before the black smoke dissipated. During this period, Xiuchen and Dabai Xiaobai talked about what happened between the time when Daozong left and when he returned to Daozong, and talked about his new apprentice and how they wrote together.

New friends, and that cute little wolf demon, in fact, this period of time is not long for the three of them. For them, even a thousand years is just a short period of time in their lives, but they still feel like they have been separated for a long time.

It was a lot of fun chatting with old friends again.

As for the chaos happening here, it is not important to them and there is no need to care.

After a long time, the screams in the black smoke finally stopped, which meant that the black smoke was about to dissipate.

"Let's stop talking here first. I still have some questions to ask you. When the matter here is resolved, I will go to Xiaowu Peak to find you. It looks like he will be out soon."

"Well, okay, let's settle things here first."

There was not much black smoke left. Xiuchen released a large amount of clear spirit energy, which, in conjunction with the strong wind raised by the white tiger, blew it all away at once. After the black smoke dissipated, only Yu De was left kneeling in despair.

There.

His eyes were lifeless. The blow he received was much stronger than the blows received by the two trapped peak masters. His whole life seemed to have collapsed.

Xiu Chen transferred some spiritual energy to him and awakened a bit of his sanity. When he regained consciousness, an old guy like Yu De actually covered his face and cried bitterly.

"Damn it, what have I done!"

The memories of all the evil deeds he had done over the past ten thousand years came flooding back, like thousands of knives, cutting into his conscience.

Xiu Chen patted his shoulder.

"It's not your fault."

Yu De cried even harder, grabbing his head with both hands and squeezing it hard, feeling pain in his heart as if it was heartbreaking.

"This is my fault, this is all my doing, this is my evil thought, I am possessed by the devil, I am guilty, and my sin cannot be forgiven!"

Xiuchen didn't know how to comfort him, so he could only tell him:

"This is not your fault, nor is it your original intention. The person who did the evil is not you, but him, a demon made of evil thoughts."

Xiu Chen raised his head and looked up at the sky. The black smoke emitted from Yu De's body condensed again in the sky, seemingly turning into a human form.
Chapter completed!