"Mom, I'm scared!!"
Xue Shuo buried himself in his mother's arms, hiding his burned and ulcerated skin.
If it were an ordinary human being, my Yin Five Thunderbolts wouldn't cause any harm. However, Xue Shuo was first possessed by his dead brother, and now that troublesome One - Eyed Buddha Mother also tried to use him to escape. He was like a lightning rod, attracting all the power of the Yin Five Thunderbolts into his body.
If Officer Xue's wife knew a bit about the Taoist magic to exterminate demons and ghosts, she wouldn't think her son was a normal child now!
She hugged Xue Shuo and tried to squeeze out of the store's door. Du Wenzhong reached out to pull her back, but she struggled desperately and ran out. No one could measure the determination and strength of a mother trying to save her child.
While breaking free from Du Wenzhong, she shouted and rushed out of the store.
"Help!! Murder!!"
Her shrill scream pierced the early - evening alley.
It was summer now, and the weather was hot. Many old men and women came out for a stroll after dinner. Hearing the scream, they all gathered around.
"Hey, isn't this Master Du?"
"Why are there already people coming to see things so early?"
"No way! Why is she shouting for help? Is she possessed by a ghost?"
Seeing so many people gathering around, Officer Xue's wife immediately gained courage. Crying and wailing, she said, "Everyone, call the police quickly! They're going to burn my son to death!!"
The One - Eyed Buddha Mother was quite tenacious. Even though her divine sense was shattered by the Yin Five Thunderbolts, she still didn't leave Xue Shuo's small body. She let Xue Shuo's skin burn and turn yellow.
The neighbors in the alley all knew me and my grandfather. Of course, they wouldn't believe Officer Xue's wife. They all chattered away, saying, "Mr. Du's family only saves people. How could they harm someone?"
"You must have burned your child and now you're trying to extort Master Du!"
"Hey! The child is burned like this. Why don't you take him to the hospital quickly? Are you here to see a god?"
"This clearly looks like he was burned by fire!"
Facing everyone's doubts, Officer Xue's wife swore and said that the people in the store had harmed her son like this. "I came here to ask them to exorcise evil spirits. I should have known better. I'd rather my son be crazy than be burned to death like this!"
"… Call the police! Please call the police! They won't let me take my child to the hospital!!"
Officer Xue's wife mixed truth and lies. How could those on - looking old people tell the difference?!
"Xiao He, let the mother and son go!" Seeing Xue Shuo's burns getting worse and worse, Landlady Xu, our landlady, squeezed out of the crowd and kindly advised, "Look at how badly the child is burned. If something really happens, we can't bear the responsibility."
I never expected the One - Eyed Buddha Mother to be so cruel. She showed no mercy not only to others but also to her own divine sense. She was willing to be destroyed by my Yin Five Thunderbolts but would never escape from Xue Shuo's body.
This was a situation I had never seen before.
Whether it was my Yang Five Thunderbolts or Si Jiangchen's Yin Five Thunderbolts, they were only effective against spirits and ghosts.
Even if there were evil spirits possessing a person, as soon as the Five Thunderbolt Spell was uttered, the power of the thunder tribulation would make them suffer so much that they would all flee in a hurry. How could they possibly stay firmly on a person's body?!
Now, the One - Eyed Buddha Mother was almost reduced to powder by the overbearing Yin Five Thunderbolts, but she still clung to Xue Shuo's meridians, allowing the power of the Yin Five Thunderbolts to chase her through the child's veins...
The One - Eyed Buddha Mother was gambling, betting that I wouldn't let this child turn into a self - burning torch!
Fortunately for her, she won the bet!!
No matter how much I wanted to catch the One - Eyed Buddha Mother, I couldn't sacrifice Officer Xue's only son.
"The Heavenly Lord arrives, and the wandering gods of the four directions..."
Just as Si Jiangchen had taken the backlash of the Five Thunderbolt Spell for me before, I silently recited the incantation to send off the heavenly gods in my heart and reached out to pat Xue Shuo's Shangxing acupoint.
This acupoint was a major one among the Thirteen Ghost Gates acupoints, which was the main entrance and exit for ghosts. My Yin Five Thunderbolts first sealed this place.
With a soft "pop", the surging thunder tribulation magic power was like a flood breaking through a dam and instantly flowed back into my body.
I originally thought that once I withdrew the Five Thunderbolt Spell, the One - Eyed Buddha Mother would escape from the child's body as the Shangxing acupoint was unsealed. But I didn't expect that Xue Shuo, while crying loudly to leave quickly, leaned on his mother's back and looked at me with a sinister smile.
"Du Xinghe, this is your sin!"
The One - Eyed Buddha Mother silently mouthed to me triumphantly, "I've now been branded into this little thing's meridians and internal organs. From now on... he is me, and I am him!! If you have the guts, just grind this child to dust!!"
"Mom!! Save me. I'm in so much pain!"
Then he shouted again, burying his head in Officer Xue's wife's arms and crying loudly, "If I don't go to the doctor soon, I'm going to die!"
Officer Xue's wife felt sorry for her son and scolded Fu Ning, "Xiao Fu, if you still remember your master's kindness, quickly save Shuo Shuo and take him to the hospital. How could I be so stupid to believe these quacks!!"
"Miss Du is not a quack! Madam, Shuo Shuo's evil illness needs to be treated by a reliable master!"
Fu Ning only knew that after Xue Shuo used my talisman, the other personality in his body disappeared. What he didn't know was that the one who was sent to the underworld was the real Xue Shuo, and the evil ghost in the child's body now was the One - Eyed Buddha Mother!
Moreover, it was precisely because they came to our store that Xue Shuo got involved with the more powerful One - Eyed Buddha Mother!
"Get out!"
Fu Ning and Officer Xue's wife, who were still arguing, were suddenly thrown out by a powerful force. Si Jiangchen made his move. He held my body, which was filled with the powerful Yin Five Thunderbolts and was about to explode, and kicked Fu Ning. Fu Ning staggered forward and bumped into Officer Xue's wife. The two of them fell out of the crowd together.
In fact, from the time I used the Yin Five Thunderbolts to try to force out the One - Eyed Buddha Mother to the time Si Jiangchen made his move, it was only about three or five seconds. I finally felt the pain Si Jiangchen had endured when he forcibly suppressed the Yin Five Thunderbolts in his body.
The feeling of being burned from the inside out made me groan involuntarily. As soon as I made a sound, a stream of blood spurted out.
"Xiao He?!"
"Miss Du!!"
The neighbors and Fu Ning, who almost fell, were all shocked. A few kind - hearted aunts were about to come and help me.
"Get out! All of you get out!"
Si Jiangchen's voice rolled over everyone's eardrums like a dull thunder. Du Wenzhong also changed his expression. He bowed to everyone and said, "Thank you all for your concern! Our Xiao He is fine. Please all disperse!"
After saying that, he actually took off his outer robe and covered the bloodstains I had sprayed. "All the ghosts we've captured in these decades are about to come out. Don't watch the excitement. Go home quickly!"
As his voice fell, a white and a black ghostly figure faintly appeared in front of everyone!