Chapter 163
Heavenly Heart Locks the Sun, Finally Leaving the Village
Chapter 163 Heavenly Heart Locks the Sun, Finally Leaving the Village (Part 2)
Chapter Seven: Epilogue - Madness Unnoticed
"We've dealt with the zombie that was being kept in Fengmen Village. I thought that was the end of it, and that I would be able to leave this village, which had trapped me for five days and Zhong Cai for almost half a month, unharmed."
"But to my surprise, the matter was not over!"
"We've eliminated the zombies, but not the ghosts!"
"When we entered the room, we saw a figure standing on top of the body of the zombie we had destroyed."
"That figure looks exactly like the zombie on the ground."
"When we saw him, he saw us too."
"What I can't understand is that he, a soul, actually has his own consciousness!"
"I heard what the other person was yelling, and I realized something."
"The zombie we destroyed was actually a living person!"
"That zombie, buried underground for who knows how many years, was actually a living person!"
"I don't know how he did it, or perhaps what he said was a lie?"
"But now, we don't have time to think about whether this is true or not, because the soul on that zombie has self-destructed."
"Before he detonated, he left only one sentence."
"They all have to die!"
"The self-destruction of a newly born soul did not cause us any harm, but Qi Ning, Zhong Cai, and I all felt a sense of unease."
Before I could figure out what this familiar discomfort was, Qi Ning had already taken out deodorizing spray and started spraying it on us.
"From him, I finally understood what that familiar feeling of discomfort was."
"I was haunted by resentment! I experienced being haunted by resentment when I was dealing with Yue Na's matter with Chen Guokun."
"But back then, after Yue Na died, the resentment that haunted me disappeared. Why is it that after this guy self-destructed, he started haunting us instead?"
"Qi Ning seems to know something, but now is not a good time to answer this question. Qi Ning's advice is to leave here immediately, leave this village!"
Neither Zhong Cai nor I doubted his words.
"But just as I turned around to head towards the village entrance, my legs gave way and I collapsed to the ground."
"That's when I remembered the aftereffects of my body after I used the substitution technique to unleash my power."
"Upon seeing my appearance, Qi Ning picked me up without saying a word and carried me towards the village entrance."
"At this moment, I am very grateful for our friendship."
"Soon, the three of us arrived at the village entrance, but then a scene that filled us with despair unfolded."
"The ghost wall is still there!"
"Then I remembered something: Kazamo Village is not a game, not a dungeon where you can leave after defeating the boss."
"We still can't leave."
"When it rains, it pours," and just then, we heard a loud bang.
"Just as we were filled with doubt and uncertainty, I saw a swarm of seventy or eighty pairs of eerie green eyes emerge from one of the rooms."
"It suddenly dawned on me—that sound just now was the sound of the spirit tablet shattering!"
"The evil spirits trapped in the spirit tablets have been released."
"I was somewhat desperate. With my legs weak, it seemed that I had no way to deal with those ghosts except for that peach wood sword."
"Zhong Cai no longer has many talismans that can deal with ghosts."
"At this moment, only Qi Ning still had two bottles of Ghost Cry Spray, but... those were from seventy-eight crazed ghosts!"
"Despair spread among the three of us. When those ghosts were only ten meters away from us, Zhong Cai made his move."
"He said nothing, and then cut his middle finger, which had already been broken once, open again."
"He smeared a bloodstain on his brow, and then I saw the light shining from Zhong Cai's brow in the night."
"I saw this scene before when we were dealing with that half-finished flying zombie, but back then, Zhong Cai stopped."
"The light grew brighter and brighter until it turned into a small flame the size of a fingernail."
"Zhong Cai raised his sword fingers and stroked them across his brow. The warm flame that had brought me appeared on the tip of Zhong Cai's middle finger."
"Immediately afterwards, Zhong Cai took a few steps forward and blocked Qi Ning and me."
"Then, Qi Ning also moved. He put me down, sprayed a lot of Ghost Cry Spray on his limbs and body, and then walked in front to stand side by side with Zhong Cai."
"The two of them just stood in front of me."
"I didn't have time to be moved, because the evil spirits had already arrived."
"Qi Ning's performance was mediocre, but Zhong Cai's performance suddenly gave me another idea."
"Maybe we can survive?"
"Although he had no sword in his hand, everything that was touched by the flame pointed at by Zhong Cai's sword was burned to ashes without exception."
"Zhong Cai is like a wall, blocking those seventy-eight evil spirits."
"But when I saw the zombies that had broken out of their coffins rushing towards us, I sighed, struggled to my feet, and held my sword horizontally in front of me."
"Three minutes later, Qi Ning was dismembered, Zhong Cai's fingertip was left with only a faint flame, and I was being dragged into the village by a zombie."
"My arm and sword remain at the village entrance."
"In my line of sight, I saw Zhong Cai being hit on the back and falling towards the big rock at the village entrance."
"I couldn't bear to look, but just as Zhong Cai approached the rock, a bright flash of light suddenly appeared."
"The firelight appeared for only a moment and then disappeared, but I could sense the fleeting heat underground."
"Just then, I saw the zombie that was dragging me, as if it had been scalded by the ground, abandon me and disappear somewhere!"
"The same applies to the other zombies and ghosts."
"I strained my eyes to look at Zhong Cai's location, and he went silent the moment the firelight appeared."
"I want to go and see, but I don't have the strength."
"Without my arms, I lay on the ground, watching the dissipating gloom above my head, watching the starry sky revealed, and slowly closed my eyes."
"I'm dead. I died from blood loss."
……
Chen Miao stared at the ending, then at the room, and froze on the spot.
"Chen Miao, shall we go take a look?"
Zhong Cai asked, but Chen Miao did not answer.
Seeing Chen Miao staring blankly at the book, Zhong Cai was somewhat puzzled.
"Chen Miao, is there something else?"
Chen Miao still did not answer.
Qi Ning glanced at Chen Miao, then said to Zhong Cai, "I'll go check first. If he's not dead, I'll finish him off with a sword strike."
With that, Qi Ning took Chen Miao's Seven Star Peach Wood Sword and walked into the house.
Zhong Cai was worried, so after glancing at Chen Miao who was still in a daze, he followed Qi Ning away.
Just as the two were about to step into the room, Chen Miao suddenly shouted.
"return!"
Without any hesitation, the two immediately retreated.
"what happened?"
"Chen Miao, what did you discover?"
Chen Miao didn't answer, but instead threw herself onto Qi Ning's back.
"My leg is injured. Take me to the village entrance right now, quick!"
Qi Ning paused for a moment, then handed the sword to Zhong Cai and carried Chen Miao on his back, running towards the village entrance.
Zhong Cai naturally wouldn't be left behind.
"Chen Miao, what happened?"
Zhong Cai followed behind Qi Ning and asked Chen Miao.
Chen Miao glanced at Zhong Cai, his gaze sweeping over the other man's brow.
"That thing isn't completely dead. We still have one last chance. Otherwise, we'll just have to wait for those seventy-eight ghosts and twenty-nine zombies to come out and tear us to pieces!"
Zhong Cai's expression changed. Having exhausted all their resources on that half-finished flying zombie, how many more ghosts could they possibly kill?
The result is obvious.
Zhong Cai didn't ask Chen Miao why he was so sure; Chen Miao's arrangements this time had already convinced him.
Zhong Cai never imagined that one day he would be fighting against a flying zombie.
Even if it's just a half-finished flying zombie.
Even his master probably never had this experience.
And all of this is because of Chen Miao.
The process of dealing with that unfinished flying zombie just now seemed to go smoothly and simply.
But without Chen Miao, the outcome would have been their deaths, and very simple deaths at that.
So he believes whatever Chen Miao says now!
Just then, Chen Miao spoke again.
"Brother Zhong, I saw a light flash between your eyebrows when I was in the room just now. What was that?"
Zhong Cai was taken aback, looking at Chen Miao's clear black and white eyes in the darkness, and did not hide anything.
"My master once taught me a life-saving technique called Heavenly Heart Fire."
"Heavenly Heart Fire is actually a secret technique for locking in Yang energy."
"The human body is actually radiating yang energy outwards at all times, and ordinary people cannot control this yang energy at all."
“If investigators join the ranks of Yang cultivators, they can prevent this leakage of Yang energy to some extent.”
"I am not a Yang cultivator, but because of the Heavenly Heart Locking Yang Secret Technique, I can lock in a portion of this overflowing Yang energy and nurture it in the space between my eyebrows."
"But the Heavenly Heart Locking Yang Secret Technique is not a profound secret method, so it can only lock in a small amount of yang energy."
"If the Heavenly Heart Locking Yang Secret Technique is to work, it would take an ordinary person at least three years to condense the Heavenly Heart Fire."
"Because it is Yang Fire, which is formed from pure Yang energy, it has a strong killing power against any ghosts and evil spirits. However, since it is not something that can be cultivated, it will be consumed every time it is used."
Chen Miao nodded, then asked, "Brother, how long have you kept it locked?"
Zhong Cai smiled.
"Twenty years."
"Twenty years?"
Qi Ning glanced sideways, and Chen Miao suddenly realized.
No wonder Zhong Cai was able to sustain himself with the Heavenly Heart Fire for so long; it turns out that it was the result of twenty years of accumulation.
Thinking of this, Chen Miao fell silent.
Would Zhong Cai be willing to give up twenty years of accumulated wealth?
Chen Miao didn't know, but for now, it seemed to be their only option.
After reading the epilogue, Chen Miao, annoyed, began to look for a way out.
It doesn't make sense that after dealing with the flying zombies, he should die at the hands of a lowly henchman!
Then, he found a glimmer of hope in the epilogue.
The last glimmer of fire!
Why was there a fire? And why did the evil spirits scatter and flee after the fire appeared?
There seems to be only one reason, and that is Zhong Cai.
If Chen Miao was only guessing before, he is now 70% certain.
The key lies in Zhong Cai's Heavenly Heart Fire!
If Zhong Cai's Heavenly Heart Fire is pure Yang energy, then the energy near the stone at the village entrance, within the Soul-Suppressing Field, is pure Yin energy.
What happens when pure Yang meets pure Yin?
Chen Miao didn't know before, but now it seems he does.
Therefore, the last resort to resolve this matter is to detonate the yin energy gathered by the spirit tablets, thereby detonating everything in the underground feng shui network of the entire village.
Destroy all the feng shui arrangements in Fengmen Village!
Even zombies and ghosts that haven't yet left the feng shui node will be destroyed.
All of this requires Zhong Cai to give up the Heavenly Heart Fire that he has nurtured for twenty years.
If he is unwilling, then all is lost.
Soon, the three of them arrived at the entrance of the village.
"You're not going out?"
Qi Ning asked.
"can not go out."
Chen Miao's words stunned the two of them.
Just then, the three of them suddenly sensed something and looked up at the sky.
A layer of haze enveloped the entire Fengmen Village, obscuring the starry sky.
Chen Miao knew that this must be the soul that had condensed inside the flying zombie, which self-destructed before the three of them arrived.
His self-destruction appears to have been a key to triggering the riots.
Time is running out for the three of them.
Chen Miao looked at Zhong Cai and said, "Brother Zhong, although I don't want to say this, our survival depends on your Heavenly Heart Fire."
Chen Miao's words startled Zhong Cai.
"Heavenly Heart Fire?"
Chen Miao nodded, then pointed to the large rock.
“That place contains the most Yin energy in the entire Fengmen Village. If it can be detonated, then all the Feng Shui formations underground in the entire Fengmen Village will be detonated.”
"Therefore, there is no longer any feng shui arrangement here."
After Chen Miao finished speaking, he looked at Zhong Cai.
"And the only thing that can detonate it is..."
Before Chen Miao could finish speaking, he saw Zhong Cai had already cut his middle finger and slashed it across his forehead.
Seeing Chen Miao stunned, Zhong Cai laughed and said, "I can tell which is more important, the Heavenly Heart Flame of twenty years or our three lives."
"Alright, Chen Miao, what's the next step? Should we just throw it over?"
Chen Miao snapped out of his daze and a smile appeared on his face.
"If you can throw it, that would be great; if not, you might get hurt, bro."
Zhong Cai nodded and said to Chen Miao and Qi Ning, "Alright, you two should stay away."
"By the way, Chen Miao, if you had known earlier that I had the Heavenly Heart Flame, would we have been able to leave this place without even having to deal with that flying zombie?"
Chen Miao paused for a moment, then shook his head with a wry smile.
"do not know."
Or rather, no.
Without the epilogue, and without Zhong Cai being accidentally hit by a zombie and crashing into a rock, even if Chen Miao knew Zhong Cai possessed the Heavenly Heart Flame, he wouldn't have thought of this.
Moreover, even if they escape, they will still die, so killing the flying zombie is the only option; there is no other choice.
At least, that was true for Chen Miao.
Soon, Chen Miao and Qi Ning hid behind a stone wall, while Zhong Cai, standing five meters away from the stone, smeared the blood from his fingertips onto Chen Miao's Seven Star Peach Wood Sword.
Then, he took the Heavenly Heart Flame from between his eyebrows and placed it on the tip of his sword.
With a flick of his wrist, flames shot out from the tip of the sword.
When the distance to the stone was about a meter, a bright flash of light appeared.
This time, Chen Miao saw it very clearly.
Not only him, but also Qi Ning and Zhong Cai, all saw the fleeting, vein-like light on the ground of Fengmen Village under the night sky.
If someone were to look down from the air at this moment, they would see a streak of firelight resembling forked lightning bolts flashing across the entire Fengmen Village.
After a moment of calm, a scorching heat, enough to make one sweat, rose from the ground and instantly dispelled the gloom that had shrouded Fengmen Village.
"go!"
At Chen Miao's command, Qi Ning carried him on her back and ran.
This time, the three of them encountered no further obstacles.
They've left the village!
……
(End of this chapter)