Chapter 87

Lin Haoming stared intently at the ribbons, and to his surprise, he found that some of the ribbons that had wrapped around him were adorned with grotesque and terrifying ghost heads.

Although these ghost heads were hideous, their expressions seemed to be in extreme pain, giving the impression that they were suffering from the tortures of hell.

Lin Haoming felt a chill run down his spine. Under this terrifying presence, he was unable to activate the talisman treasure he was about to use.

Lin Haoming instinctively felt that the wailing and howling of the ghosts was not just to scare people but might also have some powerful spell to震慑 their hearts and souls.

With this thought flashing through his mind, Lin Haoming felt a bit panicked and desperately wanted to break free from this restraint.

At this moment, the "Soul Calming Spell" almost instinctively came to his mind. Without hesitation, he immediately began to recite it silently.

After reciting the "Soul Calming Spell," the feeling of being completely shaken by the spell quickly subsided. At the same time, something suddenly appeared in his mind.

When Lin Haoming understood what these things were, he immediately put away the talisman treasure in his hand and began to perform continuous hand seals, continuously reciting the "Soul Calming Spell."

As the spell and hand seals were cast, a faint, soft white light began to emanate from Lin Haoming's body.

The white light gave a particularly peaceful feeling. When the grotesque and terrifying ghost heads faced this white light, their wailing and howling actually became quieter.

Seeing this, Lin Haoming was overjoyed and immediately intensified his efforts. Instantly, the white light on his body became brighter, and some white light points flew out from the white light, surging directly toward the ghost heads.

When the white light points landed on the ghost heads, the ghost heads let out another scream. This scream was clearly different from the previous ones, seeming to be in great pain but also having a sense of relief.

Just as these ghost heads continued to scream, Lin Haoming suddenly noticed that the ribbons began to rapidly retract, indicating that Shao Youhe had realized something was wrong.

However, Lin Haoming did not stop his actions, and the white light points continued to head toward the ghost heads.

The spectators saw Shao Youhe's ribbons wrap around Lin Haoming, but the expected quick defeat of Lin Haoming did not happen. Instead, Shao Youhe herself withdrew the ribbons.

As the ribbons were pulled back, the ghost heads on the ribbons broke free one by one. Under the influence of the white light points, they transformed into white light spheres and flew toward the sky.

In the end, a rainbow appeared in the sky, as if specifically creating a bridge for these ghosts to enter the cycle of rebirth.

As the light spheres disappeared, they turned back into white light points and fell back to the ground, eventually landing on Lin Haoming's body.

Seeing the ghost heads on her ribbons being exorcised one by one, Shao Youhe's beautiful face twisted in anger.

When she realized that she could not save them, she screamed like a madwoman, "My Thousand Soul Silk, you are dead! I will extract your soul and refine your essence!"

Shao Youhe was furious, but Lin Haoming was overjoyed.

The white light points that had emerged from his body were not something else but the merit he had absorbed. Although he knew that this merit could resolve the ghosts and exorcise them, he was initially reluctant to use it, as it was not easy to obtain. However, he was now pleasantly surprised because when the ghost heads were exorcised and returned to the cycle of rebirth, they gave him a significant amount of merit, more than what he had gained from exorcising the cultivators before.

Shao Youhe's magical tool was called Thousand Soul Silk, but in reality, it only had about a hundred ghost heads. Although they were all cultivator ghosts, none of them were at the Foundation Establishment stage, and there were not many at the peak of the Qi Condensation stage. Therefore, their overall cultivation was relatively weak.

Even so, when Lin Haoming defended against Shao Youhe's attack and absorbed all the merit, he found that he not only regained a large amount of merit but also had about forty to fifty small amounts of merit circling around him. To deal with the ribbons, Lin Haoming had used all sixty-six of his small amounts of merit.

This kind of effort and reward greatly satisfied Lin Haoming. More importantly, through this incident, he seemed to have found a way to quickly earn merit.

However, Shao Youhe had not yet been defeated, so Lin Haoming did not dare to think too much. He patted his storage bag, and another low-grade supreme talisman appeared in his hand.

Just as Lin Haoming was about to use the talisman, a Foundation Establishment cultivator surnamed Yao, who was watching the battle, suddenly shouted, "Stop!"

This Foundation Establishment cultivator was the referee of the competition. His sudden intervention made both sides pause, and even the spectators were puzzled.

Amidst the confusion, the Foundation Establishment cultivator surnamed Yao had already reached the stage and glared at Lin Haoming expressionlessly, saying, "What technique did you just use? If I'm not mistaken, it was a Buddhist cultivation method. As a disciple of the Blood Refinement Sect, how do you know a Buddhist cultivation method? Speak the truth!"

Lin Haoming never expected that just when he was about to win, this man surnamed Yao would jump out and question him. Judging by his demeanor, if Lin Haoming could not give a satisfactory answer, things would not end well.

Faced with this situation, Lin Haoming felt he could not show any weakness, or the other party would only become more aggressive. So he deliberately said loudly, "Senior, we in the Demon Sect are not bound by trivialities. I did indeed learn some Buddhist techniques, but that does not mean I have a problem. Not long ago, I made great contributions to the sect during the Red Leaf Mountain spirit stone mine dispute. Is it appropriate for you to accuse me like this?"

"You dare to question me? I think you have a big problem!" The cultivator surnamed Yao became even angrier when he saw Lin Haoming dare to contradict him.

Seeing the murderous intent in the other's eyes, Lin Haoming was startled.

At this moment, a familiar fragrance suddenly wafted over, and a familiar figure appeared beside him.

"Senior Sister Xie... Uncle!" Lin Haoming immediately greeted the person when he recognized her.

The cultivator surnamed Yao was taken aback by the sudden appearance of a beautiful woman. He squinted his eyes as if recalling something and asked, "Are you Xie Ruolan?"

"Do you know me?" Xie Ruolan sized up the person who she used to call senior, but now she did not give him any respect.

Seeing her attitude, the cultivator surnamed Yao felt a bit cornered. He frowned and said, "This person practices Buddhist cultivation methods and needs to be investigated!"

Hearing this, Xie Ruolan let out a cold snort from her delicate nose and said disdainfully, "He is mine, who dares to touch him!"

Hearing this, Lin Haoming glanced at the beautiful face beside him, but he felt as if he had been chosen by the boss of a gang.

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