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Chapter 154: "The Divine Brightness Guards the Body Scripture"

  Many people would be terrified and at a loss after experiencing what Gu Mingwei had gone through, shrinking into the darkness without daring to move. But at this moment, she didn't have a hint of fear in her heart, with a fierce aura bursting out from her chest, wanting to eradicate all evil things. She walked with big strides, carrying the symbol sword, with the seven-colored ribbon tied to her hair scattering a faint glow, if the four city guards saw her, they would definitely see that there was a fierce flame burning on top of her head, warding off evil spirits.

  There's a saying that goes: "When yang energy is strong, yin ghosts can't get close." Another way to put it is that if a young man has enough fire in him, when he walks under the moonlight, he'll see smoke rising from his shadow, like his head is on fire. This phenomenon isn't rare, and many people have seen it. Now, Gu Mingwei's body is emitting an aura of resentment, even her hair, which isn't tied up with that seven-color silk ribbon that clearly has protective powers, ordinary yin ghosts can't get close to her.

  She strode forward, encountering people who didn't seem right along the way. She would ask a single question; if they didn't respond, she would immediately swing her hand and behead them with the symbol sword in her palm. As she walked towards the city center, she had already beheaded over ten people. She knew what she was doing, and if someone saw her behavior, they might think she had gone mad. In fact, she was exceptionally clear-headed; otherwise, how could she have judged that there were abnormal people? It's just that as soon as she saw people who had been possessed by evil spirits, she immediately thought of Gu Mingyu and Granny Gu, and her actions became ruthless.

  In her eyes, ordinary people have a special feeling, at first she couldn't understand it, but after comparing with several people, she immediately felt that the feeling was a sense of security in their hearts. She only thought about it briefly and understood that the sense of security came from their faith in the River God. She didn't understand why believing in the River God would prevent evil spirits from possessing them. This was because she couldn't see that those who believed in the gods actually had a flame of will burning on their bodies, which connected with the flame of will on the altar in the city center, forming a continuous chain.

  As we walked closer to the city center, the void became brighter and there were no more people possessed by yin spirits. In the mortal world, the spirits of the dead are called yin spirits. These yin spirits generally only exist in darkness and cannot appear in sunlight. Evil ghosts, on the other hand, are vengeful spirits that have condensed into a physical form with yin energy and can devour people's souls.

  When she arrived at the very center, what she saw was a sea of flames covering the ruins of the city wall, burning fiercely. However, she did not feel even a hint of heat, and from within the flames, she could still hear the soft hum of a sword being unsheathed. She watched as an evil spirit that had taken shape emerged from the ground and disintegrated in the flames, and after her initial shock, she felt worried because on her way here, she had already killed over ten people, and she believed that there must be many more people possessed by dark spirits in the darkness, and the river god could not protect them.

  She turned her head and saw that Cheng Shou was standing there with a worried face, and she couldn't help but ask: "Is City Guardian worried that the River God is no match?"

  Yan Zhong tilted his head to look at Gu Mingwei, who was still holding the symbol sword in his hand. He hesitated for a moment before saying: "The River God has come to the city, which means he has left the divine realm. His powers are limited and rely solely on the faith of the people in the city. However, this faith is unstable and will likely collapse as time passes, especially when everyone's fear grows. If that happens, our Ba Ling will cease to exist in this world, and from then on, there will be an additional ghost city between heaven and earth."

  Gu Ming was silent and still, she didn't know what to do either. She thought of her own Gu Mingyu's death, thought of her grandmother's death, thought of those people on the road who were killed by herself, and for a moment, she was at a loss.

  "Don't think too much, the only thing we can do now is to pray in our hearts, which will bring more blessings to the River God." Yan Zhong said, Gu Ming suddenly woke up and opened his mouth to tell him everything he saw behind, but he had already stretched out his hand to stop Gu Ming's words: "You don't need to say it, I know it all. This is because their faith in their hearts is not enough, so they can't get the protection of the River God."

  Yan Zhong's statement is a very normal and correct one among humans. Especially at this time, all gods who have received the heavenly edict will have a spell called "Anling Chou", which can make people who believe in them not be disturbed by evil spirits. The premise is that the person must always worship that god, as long as the faith is lost, the spell will also disappear, and the deeper the faith, the greater the power of the spell. This spell is actually similar to the protective charm method, but the protective charm is transformed into a tangible symbol that can be given to anyone, while "Anling Chou" is an intangible one that is integrated into the believer's body.

  There is a saying among humans: Those with unshakeable willpower are immune to external demonic invasion.

  Gu Mingwei heard Yan Zhong say this, and she was also helpless. She didn't have any way to save people either. Yan Zhong looked at the seven-colored silk ribbon tied to her hair and hesitated for a moment before saying: "So Aunt Gu has passed on the Seven-Colored Soul-Protecting Silk to you. Unfortunately, I didn't get to see Aunt Gu one last time." As soon as he saw the ribbon, he had already guessed that Aunt Gu was dead.

  Gu Mingwei only then realized that a seven-colored ribbon had been tied to her hair at some point, mixed in with her black locks and emitting a faint, shimmering light. She of course knew that the treasured family heirloom had been passed down through her family, and that Gu Mingyu's purpose for returning with her must be related to this Seven-Colored Soul-Protecting Ribbon, which was why she had lost her life. Although Gu Mingwei had heard of the Seven-Colored Soul-Protecting Ribbon, she had never seen it before, and she hadn't expected her grandmother to have passed it down to her; she immediately understood why her grandmother had been devoured by a vengeful spirit.

  Just as Gu Mingyu was deep in thought and heartache, a voice suddenly came from the void: "I have a volume of 'Shenming Shou Shen Jing', reciting it can calm the soul and protect the body from external demon invasion." The voice wasn't loud, just like someone talking to oneself face-to-face. Naturally, no one responded, and then Chen Jing's voice came again: "Flesh and blood body, formless soul, three feet above the head is the river god. White blue evil-repelling clothes, three-foot demon-slaying sword, in the heart, in the mud pellet, protecting my soul forever..."

  The "Divine Guardian Scripture" did not exist in the world, but now it does, because Chen Jing recited it and transmitted it to the people of Ba Ling City through his magical techniques. Chen Jing's scripture may have no practical use, but it can also be said to have great significance. This passage is both descriptive and factual, making people think of Chen Jing in an instant, thinking that there are river gods guarding their bodies.

  This scripture can strengthen their faith, and those who persist in their faith will not be invaded by external demons, and Chen Jing's power will also become stronger. If someone does not believe in his heart, this scripture will naturally have no effect on him, but if he believes, it will have a significant effect.

  Chen Jing's words were like magic, echoing in everyone's heart, like the sound of an empty room, reverberating between the heartbeats. People couldn't help but follow along, reciting it several times, and the anxiety and fear in their hearts slowly disappeared, replaced by Chen Jing's figure slowly appearing in their minds. Even Gu Mingwei closed his eyes and silently recited the words, and as he thought about it, Chen Jing's figure became clearer and larger, until a clear image emerged: a person wearing a blue Taoist robe, sitting cross-legged with a long sword shining brightly on his knees.

  "... Intent on the scripture, his voice did not cease. People's ears kept hearing his voice: "... Mind concentrated and spirit calm, divine light shines on heavenly spirits. What mortal eyes see is what the River God sees; what the heart observes, the River God also perceives. Ghosts and monsters dare not deceive him, all evil spirits keep their distance..."

  Chen Jing's voice echoed repeatedly, and people listened with their ears, unknowingly reciting along in the midst of their unawareness. In a process they themselves didn't know, the fear of evil spirits being born had already disappeared from their hearts. All that remained was the image of Chen Jing sitting cross-legged with his sword, shining with divine light, warding off all evil and external demons.

  This is faith, this is the most direct way of preaching. A god can only gain people's trust and live in their hearts, and obtain the original power of faith from them. This process will not harm either side, each takes what they need, and each has something to gain, it's more like a fair trade under the law of nature.

  For Chen Jing, this is still a kind of mysterious and profound power that he cannot understand, but he can feel the willpower and accept the faith. Under the starry sky in front of the temple where the demon asked the Tao, he had thought about the issue of faith and willpower, but he couldn't figure it out or put it into words, that kind of mysterious and profound feeling. As for why he could accept the willpower and faith without clear understanding, he attributed half of it to the heavenly decree symbol and half of it to the rules of heaven and earth.

  Jing Chen, who has merged with the divine image and is sealed within it, can only move freely in the world thanks to the entrustment of the sword's spirit. Now that the formless sword and the flame of will have merged, they are stirring up and driving the spiritual energy between heaven and earth by borrowing the collective willpower of the people in the city, thereby increasing the sword's power. The willpower itself cannot harm anyone, but when concentrated on Jing Chen, it becomes an unparalleled sharp weapon.

  After the sword is transformed into nothingness, one of its biggest characteristics is that it can gather and disperse at will, unrestricted by physical form. Among the heavens and earth, there is a particularly special sword technique - transforming into a sword as silk, which requires the sword to be offered to a state of nothingness before it can be practiced.

  Since the sword was transformed into nothingness in his hands, he had only used it once in the battle at Embroidered Spring Bend to transform the sword into silk. Especially after fighting with Lidust, he never used this move again, because he felt that his transformation of the sword into silk was far inferior to Lidust's. He even almost suffered a great loss due to using the transformation of the sword into silk, so he rarely used it. But this time, he used it, and not only did he use it, but he also used it wildly.

  His mind was focused on the sword, controlling it through the spirit of the heavenly butterfly, making it much faster than usual. However, to split one sword into tens of swords, each with a different trajectory, was fundamentally impossible, yet he managed to do so with ease. His mental strength at this moment was unparalleled, as a single sword transformed into hundreds of sword threads, covering the entire void. As soon as the evil spirit emerged, the sword threads would entwine it, slicing its body open like cutting tofu.

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