After finishing the instant noodles, Ling Feng burned the instant noodle buckets that he and Mona had eaten into ashes with flames.
Full and satisfied, Ling Feng stretched comfortably.
Suddenly, the surrounding air temperature dropped significantly, with a cool breeze blowing. Ling Feng couldn't help but shiver, "Why is it so cold tonight?"
"Evil spirit!" Shenhe suddenly stood up, holding a blue talism in her fingers, and threw it towards the east. Her movements were fluid and graceful, executed in one go.
Seeing Shenhe make a sudden move, Ling Feng's first reaction was that there was an enemy attack. He quickly stood up from the ground, summoned the Yazhuang Longyin, and followed the direction the talism flew with his gaze. But that direction was empty, let alone an enemy, there wasn't even a living creature.
However, Ling Feng knew very well that Shenhe was not joking, because Shenhe didn't even know what joking was, so it was impossible for her to act without reason. If she acted, there must be a reason.
Invisible and intangible.
Could it be?!
Ling Feng thought of a possibility, which was also the most fitting one at the moment.
The scene that happened in the next second also confirmed his guess.
Dragging a long trail of energy, the blue talism stuck to the air as if there was an invisible wall in front of it. Then, the talism's light flared up, and it began to dissolve into energy fragments from bottom to top.
At the same time, a strong wind raged around, and the plants swayed as if a beast was roaring.
"As expected, there's a ghost! And probably not a good one, no wonder my senior sister called it an evil spirit."
"Soul Out!" Shenhe's Vision flashed with blue light, and a spirit, lacking a lower body, rushed out. In other people's sight, the spirit was attacking the air.
"Spirit Channeling!" A flash of light in Ling Feng's eyes, as if he had put on a pair of invisible glasses, allowed him to see the evil spirit fighting with Shenhe's spirit.
The evil spirit was a little girl about seven or eight years old, wearing a small brown skirt, with black mist floating around her body. She was fighting fiercely with the spirit.
The only thing that didn't fit Ling Feng's imagination of an evil spirit was the little girl's expression.
The little girl's expression was not fierce and brutal, as if she wanted to kill him. Instead, her facial features were almost twisted together, showing an expression of extreme pain. This was the only point that was completely different from his imagination.
The battle between the spirit and the evil spirit was completely one-sided, with the evil spirit constantly being wounded and retreating.
"No!" The evil spirit suddenly let out a roar.
[Ding! Triggered Wish Mission! Please help the innocent departed soul "Pei Yu" break free from the control of evil. Reward: Daoist technique "Supernatural Charm" +100 Wish Power. After the first stage is completed, the second stage will be unlocked. This mission has a chance to obtain "Merit Points". Reminder: Currently, "Pei Yu" is about to be completely controlled by evil and lose self-awareness.]
"Controlled by evil?"
This reminded Ling Feng of Xiao. Xiao carried countless karmic debts and had to suppress the resentment of the god of war at all times, otherwise, he would be corrupted by the god of war's resentment and eventually fall into fear and madness, losing self-awareness.
Besides attacking demons that attacked humans, Xiao was either clearing evil spirits or on his way to clear them. It could be said that Liyue's current peace and stability owed a lot to Xiao.
Beings controlled by evil spirits, remnants of gods of war, etc., were stronger and more brutal than their original selves.
He didn't expect to encounter a departed soul controlled by evil today. He looked at the mission description: help the innocent departed soul break free from the control of evil. This meant that Pei Yu at this moment had not yet been completely controlled by evil and lost self-awareness, and there was still hope for rescue.
However, Ling Feng was curious, the power of evil control was not generally strong. Looking at Pei Yu's appearance, a little girl of seven or eight years old, her strength was much weaker than the evil spirit. How did she manage to last so long?
But now was not the time to think about this. The evil spirit Pei Yu had already reached the final stage of fighting with Shenhe's spirit. It was probably because the departed soul Pei Yu was resisting the evil spirit that the evil spirit's strength was very weak and was easily suppressed by the spirit.
Pei Yu was in a sorry state, her body becoming translucent. If the fight continued, her soul would be scattered.
"Senior Sister, wait! She's being controlled by evil in her soul, she's innocent. She's been resisting and trying to break free from the control of evil. Let's help her!"
"What did you say?!" Shenhe was startled. Looking at Pei Yu's changing expression, she remembered her own childhood. Wasn't Pei Yu very similar to herself when she was young?
To survive, she fought against the remnants of the god of war. And she must have been fighting against evil for some reason, otherwise, she would have lost herself long ago.
Thinking of this, Shenhe immediately recalled the spirit, thus saving Pei Yu's life.
After the spirit returned, Pei Yu did not attack Ling Feng and Shenhe. Instead, she held her head with both hands, knelt on the ground, and let out a painful roar.
The black mist on Pei Yu's body became thicker and thicker. This black mist should be the power of the evil spirit controlling Pei Yu's soul. Looking at the situation, Pei Yu's soul was about to be completely controlled.
"Help me." Pei Yu uttered a plea with difficulty.
"How do we save her?" Shenhe asked. As someone who had been through it, she could understand Pei Yu's current state of mind very well. Pei Yu was now in endless darkness and needed a light to illuminate this darkness.
In her past, she had not waited for the light that saved her. She had torn through the darkness with her own hands, bringing forth the light.
But Pei Yu was not her. She did not have the ability to defeat the evil spirit. Maintaining her sanity was already Pei Yu's best effort. She could probably last so long because there was something in her heart that she had to persist for, just like herself back then.
"Emmm, let's try using a Clarity Talisman. It can calm the mind and focus the spirit, which should weaken the evil spirit's mental influence and temporarily suppress it," Ling Feng said after some thought.
Shenhe nodded, agreeing with Ling Feng's suggestion. Time was pressing, so Ling Feng and Shenhe simultaneously used their true qi and immortal power to sketch talismans in the void. Sky-blue light flashed, and the talismans gradually took shape.
Almost simultaneously, Ling Feng and Shenhe finished sketching. Two Clarity Talismans shot out, one on each side of Pei Yu, and then rotated clockwise around Pei Yu in a 360-degree circle.
The power of the talismans, like pollen, sprinkled on Pei Yu. The black mist rising from Pei Yu's body instantly faded a lot, and her facial expression was no longer that of extreme pain.
As Ling Feng had predicted, the Clarity Talism could bring some help to Pei Yu.
However, Ling Feng didn't know what to do next. The talismans he had learned were only basic ones, and there were no talismans for expelling evil spirits and demons in basic talismans. If the evil spirit was not removed, the Clarity Talism would only prolong the time Pei Yu was controlled, which would be a waste of effort.
Ling Feng looked at Shenhe, "What should we do next? The Clarity Talism has limited power."
He did indeed still possess the power to deal with evil spirits, but those two powers would also kill the departed soul Pei Yu!