Chapter 150: Heavenly Talisman

My speed was incredible.
To be precise, Xie Yu’s body was immensely powerful, and his speed was astonishing!
It was almost several times faster than the speed at which my soul drifted through the air.
How could a body forged from the heart's blood of a Qiongqi be anything less than extraordinary? Coupled with the fact that this was an Underworld-Crossing Fetus, a vessel that every vicious ghost in the world desired.
Aside from speed, there was also raw strength.
Every time my foot hit the ground, I could feel the earth tremble.
An ordinary person would probably not be able to endure the impact of that single step.
Wangjiaya was not far from Baihu Village. In just over ten minutes, I reached the foot of the mountain, and for the time being, the shadow monkeys were out of sight.
I stopped and looked down at this body.
Earlier, when I was drawing talismans, my soul had been half-detached. I had consistently used soul blood.
The soul blood produced the Deity-Shaking Talisman, which possessed immense power.
However, the blood inside this body was the heart's blood of a Qiongqi. Would this heart's blood have a deterrent effect on the shadow monkeys?
If I used it to draw talismans, would it yield miraculous results?
I bit down on my fingertip, drawing out a drop of fingertip blood, and then bit the tip of my tongue, spitting out a mouthful of extreme-yang blood.
Mixed together, they instantly formed the blood-ink required for the Quelling Talisman.
First, I drew three Fusion Talismans on the ground.
To my slight surprise, whereas previously I would be restricted after drawing just three Fusion Talismans, that limitation seemed to have vanished.
I drew ten Fusion Talismans in a row before feeling a hint of fatigue, vaguely sensing that I could draw at most three more before reaching my limit.
Choosing not to push myself to the brink all at once, I drew a few more Quelling Talismans and left them all along the path.
If the Qiongqi blood possessed miraculous effects, it should be able to hold back those shadow monkeys for some time.
I continued heading up the mountain.
I wondered if Shi Changsheng had already taken over my body by now.
And whether Granny Ghost’s soul had been completely shattered.
Before long, I arrived at the mountain pass of Wangjiaya.
I was just about to step inside when I suddenly heard a series of footsteps coming from within.
What made my expression change slightly was that the person walking at the very front was none other than myself!
No, that was Shi Changsheng—Shi Changsheng, who had usurped my corpse!
Shi Changsheng stared at me with constricted pupils, his expression turning exceptionally ugly.
I looked at him with a strange gaze.
This time, I no longer felt any formidable threat emanating from him.
He had taken over my body.
I had no idea where he had left the Cicada Comb.
The reason I found this bizarre was that lingering, mystical sense of a connection between our life-souls.
"Shi Changsheng!"
I narrowed my eyes and shouted those words.
"Xie Yu! The Underworld-Crossing Fetus!"
Shi Changsheng suddenly shouted back.
My pupils constricted.
Immediately following that, Wang Erjun, Li Yue, Zhang Zhang, and Granny Li also walked out.
In Granny Li's eyes, there was sheer fury—boundless fury.
"It's you! You're the one who almost scattered Uncle Jiu's soul!"
The moment her voice fell, Granny Li abruptly pulled out a talisman!
My expression shifted slightly, because that talisman actually gave me a strong sense of oppression!
In an instant, I understood a crucial fact: while this body I now inhabited was far stronger, the Underworld-Crossing Fetus was also terrified of talismans and anything imbued with righteous awe.
Wang Erjun, Li Yue, Granny Li, and Zhang Zhang—any of them could suppress me!
"Erjun! It's me! Xie Yu!"
I immediately looked at Wang Erjun, whipped out my talisman brush, and said rapidly, "Earlier, I was taken away by the Three Corpses Gods, and I went back to Baihu Village—"
Before I could finish, Shi Changsheng immediately said in a harsh, grating voice, "Erjun, don't listen to the lies of the Underworld-Crossing Fetus! He is most adept at clouding people's minds! Kill him and avenge your father! He is the root cause of it all!"
Wang Erjun's eyes instantly turned bloodshot. With a fierce roar, he pulled out a Ghost-Repelling Talisman and hurled it straight at me!
The talisman in Granny Li's hand also unhesitatingly came flying toward my body.
My expression altered drastically. I violently leaped back a dozen meters, and with the body's instinctive reaction, sprang up into a nearby tree.
The corners of Shi Changsheng's mouth curled into an icy smirk as he commanded, "Kill him! Companion Ghost!"
The companion ghost suddenly burst forth from Shi Changsheng's arm and lunged directly toward me!
Without a moment's hesitation, I swiftly stroked the air and conjured a Martial Talisman!
The companion ghost was forced back once, but immediately charged forward again. I followed up with a Quelling Talisman, holding nothing back!
Showing mercy to Shi Changsheng would be tantamount to committing suicide.
I had to make physical contact with Shi Changsheng; relying on our life-souls, I could directly suppress and devour this shred of his remnant soul.
That was precisely why he dared not come anywhere near me.
The companion ghost was driven back step by step, its expression turning bewildered.
At that moment, a dark shadow suddenly burst out from Li Yue's body!
My expression changed wildly.
This dark shadow emanated an intense threat.
When I caught sight of its appearance, my heart jolted even harder!
Because she looked fully eighty percent similar to Li Yue!
In her hand, she even grasped a white sickle, slashing directly toward my throat!
The distance between us was already extremely close—so close it was merely a matter of meters.
All of this happened in a flash. Having retreated earlier to dodge the talismans of Wang Erjun and Granny Li, they had now closed in on me again, preparing to attack once more.
I roared at the top of my lungs, "I am Xie Yuan! The one over there is Shi Changsheng! He has usurped my body! Great-grandfather, can't you see that something is wrong with my soul?!"
As I spoke, I deliberately willed my soul to emerge halfway from my crown.
Abruptly, Li Yue let out a piercing scream.
The ghost's sickle, which was about to slice into my neck, also abruptly halted.
Suppressing my panic and forcing a calm tone, I said to Granny Li, "Granny, do you remember what I told you, and what I asked you and Grandpa Jiu to do?"
Granny Li's expression instantly flickered with astonishment.
The talisman in her hand remained unfired.
Conversely, Wang Erjun's eyes were bloodshot as he bellowed, "Don't let yourselves be fooled by the Underworld-Crossing Fetus! He's just exploiting your weaknesses!"
I stared fixedly at Wang Erjun and said through clenched teeth, "You fat bastard, have you forgotten all the bride-price money I dug up for you?"
At that thought, my heart skipped a beat, and I suddenly realized that Shi Changsheng knowing everything about me wasn't actually as comprehensive as it seemed.
Otherwise, at this moment, he could easily have countered me with a few sentences, weaving a web of half-truths and lies.
His occupation of my body gave him even greater credibility.
Yet he hadn't done so. This meant he simply didn't know, or what he knew was limited solely to the period when the companion ghost had appeared on me and followed me.
There had been a period of time when I had completely sealed away the companion ghost; even that, he knew nothing about!
With that realization, I looked straight into Wang Erjun's eyes and said, "Erjun, if you don't believe me, turn around and ask that 'Xie Yuan'—where did our butcher knives come from back then?"
Wang Erjun's body suddenly stiffened.
His eyes constricted to the size of soybeans.
Immediately afterward, Wang Erjun abruptly whipped his head around.
He stared at Shi Changsheng and uttered, "Xie Yuan, he's lying to me, right?"
Shi Changsheng's hands slowly moved behind his back.
In Zhang Zhang's hand, a dagger materialized out of nowhere.
Zhang Zhang's figure vanished from where he stood.
His movements were blindingly fast!
In the next instant, he was already beside Shi Changsheng, driving the blade fiercely toward his heart!
"Great-grandfather, grab him! I can devour his soul directly!"
I immediately shouted at the top of my lungs.
Just then, Shi Changsheng suddenly leaped back several paces. His movements were ghostly, his footwork bizarre and unfathomable.
Zhang Zhang's strike missed him entirely.
The corners of Shi Changsheng's mouth curved into a sneer. "To think you can devour my soul—you certainly aren't simple. Let me think, isn't the body you've occupied a gift I left for that beast all those years ago? Your days are already numbered; once that beast emerges, you will undoubtedly die as well."
I looked at him coldly, leaped down from the tree, and said, "Today, you won't be leaving even if you want to."
"Whether I die or not, no one knows yet."
"As for you—you are dead for sure!"
"A mere shred of a remnant soul, and you dare utter such brash words?"
Shi Changsheng retreated another few steps, a look of cold indifference settling into his eyes.
"You swallowed my soul and stole my earth talisman; you're going to leave something behind for me as well."
Abruptly, Shi Changsheng produced a white-covered book from his hand!
My expression underwent a drastic change.
Zhang Zhang's expression shifted as well.
A smile played at the corner of Shi Changsheng's mouth as he spat a mouthful of blood directly onto the white-covered book.
"You don't even know how to use this Heavenly Talisman Book, nor do you have any idea what it truly is. How utterly pathetic!"