Zhang Kanwen nodded without hesitation. "That's right!
I don't have any Dao energy in my body, and it's the same for the Heavenly Masters. Only you can use your cultivation, so only you can do this. "
My heart was in turmoil, and I couldn't speak for a long time.
According to the Heavenly Masters, the sacrificial evil spirit had the cultivation of "Xia Ju". Although I didn't know what realm this "Xia Ju" cultivation was, he could defeat a dozen Heavenly Masters with just a lift of his hand. In my eyes, this kind of cultivation wasn't far from that of a deity … Now he wanted me to kill him?
Before I could react, Zhang Kanwen hurriedly said, "Zhou Yi, I know this is dangerous. I should have done it myself, but I have no choice but to ask you."
Hearing his words, I sighed and nodded. "I can try … What exactly should I do?"
Zhang Kanwen glanced at the sacrificial evil spirit, then whispered to me, "You said before that although you cultivate shaman energy, you still have Dao energy in your body, right?
The technique passed down by my master can only be activated with Dao energy. "
I nodded. "That's right, but my Dao energy cultivation is only at the tenth acupoint. Now that my Heaven Meridian is sealed, I can only use Dao energy at the seventh acupoint."
"Seventh acupoint?
Then there's no problem! "
Zhang Kanwen let out a long sigh of relief and hastily took out something from his body and handed it to me. Then, he said in a low voice, "This is a secret technique passed down by my sect. It's different from the technique I used to expel the evil spirit that day. I don't need to use my cultivation to deal with the evil spirit. Instead, I need to use this secret technique and the Eight Trigrams Compass of King Wen to activate the power of the sacrificial hall and suppress it.
I lowered my head to look. What Zhang Kanwen passed me was a circular compass with a typical Eight Trigrams pattern carved on it. However, the position of the Eight Trigrams was different from the Precelestial Eight Trigrams. It was the King Wen's Eight Trigrams that he had mentioned.
King Wen's Eight Trigrams was also called the Postcelestial Eight Trigrams. It was said that King Wen of Zhou had derived it from the Precelestial Eight Trigrams in the chapter "The Emperor Came Out of Quaking" from the Precelestial Eight Trigrams. That was why later generations called it the "King Wen's Eight Trigrams".
After a quick glance, I took the initiative to ask how to use this compass.
Zhang Kanwen immediately read a short incantation to me. Then, he said, "As long as your voice contains Dao energy and recite this incantation, then pour your Dao energy into the Wen King Eight Trigrams Diagram, it will be fine."
The steps were simple. With my memory, it wasn't hard to memorize the incantation he had just chanted. However, I felt that it wasn't real. An evil sacrificial spirit with such a terrifying cultivation base could be dealt with so easily?
As if seeing through my thoughts, Zhang Kanwen said to me solemnly, "The method isn't hard, but you have to be careful, you can't make a single mistake in this step.
I don't know why this evil spirit isn't attacking us right now, but once we use my sect's secret technique, it will definitely be able to sense it. We only have one chance. If we fail and anger this evil spirit, the consequences will be unimaginable. "
He didn't need to tell me that. I understood that.
After pondering for a while, I clenched my teeth. Since it had come to this, I had no choice but to try everything I could.
After making up my mind, I didn't hesitate and silently recited the incantation Zhang Kanwen had just told me. After confirming that it was correct, I took a deep breath and tightly held the compass in my right hand. Then, I carefully circulated the Dao energy in my body. I divided a small portion of it into my roar and raised my head to look at the evil sacrificial spirit. I raised my voice and began to recite the incantation.
"The Dao of man is sentient and trustworthy, incorporeal and formless. It can be transmitted, but it can't be received, but it can't be seen. It has its own origin, without the Heaven and Earth. It has existed since ancient times. Gods, ghosts, gods, and emperors are born in the Heaven and Earth. They are before the Tai Chi, but they are not high. They are below the Six Extremes, but they are not deep. They are born in the Heaven and Earth, but they are not old.
The Bi Wei Clan obtained it to control the Heaven and Earth. The Fu Xi Clan obtained it to attack the Mother of Qi … "
As I recited the incantation, a gust of wind suddenly blew in the hall. It seemed to come from the ancient times, carrying with it the decaying aura of time as it constantly brushed past me.
Just as Zhang Kanwen had said, the evil sacrificial spirit seemed to sense something. Its ugly and sluggish body slightly moved, slowly standing up from the ground.
I held my breath, but I couldn't turn back now. I tried to calm my emotions, but I couldn't help but speed up the incantation.
Fortunately, the evil spirit didn't make any further moves. It just stood in front of me and gazed at me with its empty eye sockets.
Fear wasn't something that people could control. Since my breathing had quickened, I was worried that I would make a mistake while reciting the incantation. I closed my eyes and didn't look at the evil spirit. I focused my mind on the incantation.
Zhang Kanwen was right. I only had one chance. If something went wrong, there would be no way to save it.
Slowly, I recited the last part of the incantation, and my frightened mood gradually calmed down. While reciting the last few lines of the incantation, I carefully manipulated the Dao energy in my body and slowly circulated it toward the Wen King Eight Trigrams Diagram.
"… The Heaven is selfless, and the Earth is selfless. How could the Heaven and Earth be poor for me?
Those who seek it will not be able to obtain it!
However, when you reach the extreme, your life is yours! "
After the last line of the incantation, the Dao energy I had prepared immediately surged toward the Wen King Eight Trigrams Diagram.
Although Zhang Kanwen had told me that my Seven Apertures acupoints cultivation base was enough to activate the compass, I wasn't so confident that I didn't dare to hold back.
After pouring all of my Dao energy into the compass, I had completed all the steps Zhang Kanwen had told me. Now, whether I lived or died, it was up to the Heavens.
When I opened my eyes, my first reaction was to look at the compass in my hand. At this moment, the Eight Trigrams Diagram of King Wen was emitting a dusky aura that covered all the diagrams on it. Even though I was holding it in my hand, I couldn't see it clearly.
At the same time, the evil sacrificial spirit didn't do anything.
I turned to ask Zhang Kanwen what was going to happen next. However, before I could open my mouth, my right hand suddenly felt hot. The compass exploded in the air.
The explosion of the compass wasn't that powerful. It was about the same as the firecrackers I had played with when I was young. With my current strength, it wouldn't cause any harm. However, it still scared me. I didn't have the time to ask Zhang Kanwen, so I lowered my head to look at the compass.
A small stone the size of a grain of rice flew out of the exploding compass. It followed the shockwave of the explosion and flew up, hovering in the air.
At this moment, the breeze that had appeared when I read the incantation moved toward the stone. When the two forces met, the stone grew at a speed visible to the naked eye. In just a blink of an eye, it had grown from the size of a grain of rice to the size of a thumb.
Then, the enlarged stone circled twice in the air. It was so light that it didn't look like a stone at all. Instead, it looked like a bird.
As the stone circled around, it looked like it was searching for something. Soon, it seemed to have found its target. It fell straight down and landed right on top of the evil sacrificial spirit's head.
There was no skull or brain stem on top of the evil priest spirit's head. There were only some things that looked like pieces of rotten wood. The thumb-sized stone seemed to be quite heavy. After it fell, it seemed to sink into those things and disappeared.
I lifted my head to look at the evil sacrificial spirit. He was still standing there. He didn't show any sign of panic. His empty eye sockets were still gazing at me.
I muttered under my breath. Why didn't he react? Did the stone have no effect?
I suppressed my worry and waited for around ten minutes. Gradually, I found that something was wrong with the evil sacrificial spirit. He seemed to have faded a little!
That's right, this evil spirit had come into direct contact with me before. I clearly knew that he wasn't an incorporeal body like Tong Tong. But now, his body looked like a shadow.
At first, I wasn't so sure. However, as time passed, his body became fainter and fainter. Eventually, I could even see the ground behind him.
Zhang Kanwen and I glanced at each other. We both heaved a sigh of relief. It seemed that the secret technique of Mount Wen's lineage had worked.
Around half an hour later, the evil sacrificial spirit's body had faded to the extreme. Inside the shadow above his head, I could see a fist-sized stone. This stone looked different from the other small stones. It was dark brown and didn't look magical at all. It looked like an ordinary stone. All of a sudden, it fell from the sky. After rolling twice, it stopped moving.