nucmednet Chapter 249 Xuanji Pavilion
Chapter 249 Xuanji Pavilion
Chapter 249 Xuanji Pavilion
Long Chuqing and the others were still inside the temple dealing with the Dream Demon.
Outside the courtyard -
Three figures were projected into the courtyard through the moonlight from the dilapidated wall, their clothes rustling in the night breeze.
Two tall, slender figures stood firmly on the wall, their eyes fixed on the movements inside the temple.
The other one was lounging lazily on the wall, its eyelids drooping, yawning from time to time.
A cool female voice rang out: "It seems we're a step too late, someone beat us to it. The commotion inside looks pretty big."
She gently brushed the strands of hair that had been blown by the wind and tucked them behind her ear.
"What's the rush!" a man beside him said leisurely. "The battle isn't over yet! When they're both exhausted, we can subdue the monster without breaking a sweat."
"Hmph..." The woman snorted coldly, "You were so slow when I called you to come out. If you hadn't kept delaying, we would have arrived earlier than them."
The woman glanced at him out of the corner of her eye, her words full of reproach.
"Impulsive, impulsive... This monster hasn't run away yet!" the man replied nonchalantly.
At that moment, the person squatting on the wall covered their mouth with their hand and yawned.
"Sister Yaoxi, Brother Gupan, when are we going in?" He yawned again: "Let's catch that monster quickly so I can go back to sleep."
His voice was somewhat childish, with a hint of drowsy laziness, sounding like that of an eleven or twelve-year-old boy.
"Jinzi, you can really sleep! Didn't you sleep all day?" the man named Gupan complained.
"I'm still growing! Of course I need to sleep more!"
Jinzi slowly stood up and stretched: "Let's go in and take a look! What if that evil spirit gets away!"
Gu Pan smiled and said, "The demons that our Xuanji Pavilion has its eye on will not escape, and we must take them back."
The Xuanji Pavilion is a department secretly established by the dynasty, under the name of the Bureau of Astronomy for observing celestial phenomena, and has been operating secretly for more than two hundred years.
Its existence was known only to the emperor, his close eunuch, and a few members of the royal family throughout history.
The reason why few people in the imperial city have seen monsters is that the Xuanji Pavilion is silently protecting them. Once they discover that any evil spirits are lurking in the imperial city, they will immediately take action to deal with them and prevent the people from panicking.
They can detect living beings outside the Yin-Yang Rift and are specifically tasked with suppressing evil spirits that roam near the imperial city and attempt to threaten its safety. Some members of the Xuanji Pavilion are also responsible for secretly protecting the emperor's safety.
"Don't rush in. Let's set up an array and observe first to prevent the evil spirits from escaping," said the woman named Yao Xi.
“No problem,” Jinzi said.
“Okay…” Gu Pan said.
Gu Pan and Jin Zi dispersed to the two sides, and the three of them used secret techniques to set up an array around the temple.
Inside the temple
In the small rear hall, the red-glowing threads were intricately coiled around the group, creating a bizarre scene against the backdrop of scattered white bones.
The dream demon had turned all its threads red, and the force of its thread attacks had become increasingly fierce.
The exorcism talisman was no longer able to withstand the attack of the red thread. After several rounds of fighting, Qingying and the others suffered varying degrees of abrasions under the intense attacks.
The already dilapidated temple has become even more crumbling after numerous battles, and is now on the verge of collapse.
Long Chuqing destroyed all the silk threads blocking the doorway: "You all go out first, this place is about to collapse, hurry..."
Without hesitation, the group retreated towards the door.
"You destroyed my place and you still want to escape?" the dream demon roared.
She manipulated the red thread to continuously attack the exit, while Long Chuqing waved his whip to block all the incoming red threads.
Those reinforced red lines regenerate at an extremely rapid rate after being destroyed and dissipated.
"Chu Qing," Xiao Han called out as he turned back to leave through the doorway.
"Don't worry about me, you go out first." Long Chuqing replied, "Don't worry, I'll be fine."
Although Xiao Han was still very worried about Long Chuqing's safety, staying inside would only distract her and hold her back.
After pausing for two seconds, he finally left with a solemn expression.
After everyone had retreated, Long Chuqing swung his whip and struck with all his might, instantly destroying all the red lines that had attacked.
The dream demon was thrown off balance by the huge impact and crashed into the dream sac behind her, but the red thread protected her in time and helped her regain her balance.
Taking advantage of this brief moment, Long Chuqing's phoenix feather whip instantly transformed into a pale golden bow and arrow.
She leaned back slightly, holding the bow in her left hand and drawing the string taut with her right. A pale golden arrow instantly appeared, wrapped with the powerful demon-dispelling spiritual energy of phoenix feathers, aimed at the dream demon and the dream bag behind her.
"There were a lot of people earlier, so I had some fun with you." Long Chuqing said with a disdainful look and an indifferent tone, "The show has just begun..."
"whoosh whoosh"
As soon as it was released, the arrow transformed into countless sharp arrows the instant it left the bowstring, shooting towards the Dream Demon at lightning speed.
The dream demon was terrified; she stared wide-eyed at her sunken, wrinkled eyes.
Because she had just exhausted most of her demonic power to enhance the attack of the silk threads, she had now transformed from a young woman into an old woman with disheveled hair and a tired face.
She hadn't expected Long Chuqing to possess such power, but now she was unable to escape or avoid this attack.
She once again urgently gathered all the red threads together, weaving them into a red wall to protect herself, and then poured even more demonic power into it to defend against the incoming arrows.
"Knock knock knock---"
A dense barrage of arrows rained down relentlessly on the red wall.
The red wall she wove was limited in scope, while the dream pods behind her, which were not protected by the red wall, were directly hit by arrows.
"Bang bang bang--"
The dream sac struck by the arrow shattered instantly, breaking into faint blue fluorescent fragments. As more dream sacs shattered, the temple was instantly transformed into a vast starry sky, shimmering with countless blue fluorescent lights.
It disappeared after only two seconds.
The dream demon watched helplessly as the dream bags she had painstakingly collected were shattered one by one, feeling heartbroken and angry but powerless to do anything about it.
Her current situation is also very dangerous. The red wall has been hit by countless arrows and is in dire need of repair. It will soon be unable to hold on.
Long Chuqing pressed his advantage, drawing his bowstring taut once more and firing.
Even standing outside, Xiao Han and the others could still hear the loud noise coming from inside.
They were unaware that the sounds were caused by the arrows fired by Long Chuqing, and assumed they were the loud noises produced by the Dream Demon controlling the red threads to attack.
"Why hasn't Miss Long come out yet?" Qingying asked worriedly. "The attack doesn't seem to have weakened; on the contrary, it's becoming even more ferocious."
"That monster probably targeted Miss Long because she was alone inside, and attacked her fiercely!" Qingzhou said with a furrowed brow.