The Lin Word Incantation!

"Are we there yet?"

Sun Wang slept very lightly. The first knock from Wu Ming had already woken him. He immediately grabbed the weapon placed by his bedside. Hearing Wu Ming's voice, he relaxed slightly, got out of bed, and walked out.

Wu Ming had a brief chat with Sun Wang and found that Sun Wang truly couldn't sense the subtle changes in the world, nor could he feel the slight chill brought by the heavy yin energy. As for those misty white wandering spirits, he naturally couldn't see them either.

After finding Sun Wang to take over, Wu Ming said he was going out for a patrol and left with the Crimson Serpent Spear in hand.

Sun Wang felt Wu Ming seemed a bit paranoid tonight, but he just shook his head slightly in his heart, not finding it strange. After all, the matter of the 'Evil Bandit' had been spreading everywhere these past few days. It was normal to be a bit more vigilant late at night.

Splash.

Beside an old water well, Wu Ming reached out and pierced through a mass of misty white wandering spirits. The Black Emperor's Demon Subduing Diagram deep in his mind rippled again, devouring this mass of spirits.

Since he had used the excuse of going out for a patrol, in a short period, he had already used the Black Emperor's Demon Subduing Diagram to devour seven wandering spirits. Vaguely, Wu Ming felt that this ancient and exquisite diagram, full of spiritual charm, seemed to be gradually gaining a layer of hazy texture on its surface.

"Still not enough?"

Wu Ming observed the Black Emperor's Demon Subduing Diagram in his mind. Seeing that it hadn't undergone any substantial changes, he pondered for a moment, then brandished his spear and leaped. After a few flips, he landed on a rooftop, casting his gaze into the distance.

He could see some misty white wandering spirits still drifting in the distance.

Wandering around the city late at night was actually quite dangerous. Not to mention the ferocious evil bandits, even running into the patrolling Cautious Punishment Division night watchmen could lead to being mistaken for a thief and arrested on the spot. Explaining things afterward would also be troublesome.

But after a brief thought, Wu Ming decided to take a slight risk. On one hand, those wandering spirits weren't too far away; they were still within the familiar alleyways. On the other hand, this kind of yin year, yin month, at the most yin hour, wasn't easy to encounter. Having a rare opportunity to study the Black Emperor's Demon Subduing Diagram, he didn't want to miss it, not knowing when another chance would come.

At that moment, Wu Ming brandished his spear and leaped, landing back in the alleyways, moving swiftly along them.

He walked briskly, passing through more than ten alleyways, covering several miles around Chen's Apothecary. He found about twenty groups of wandering spirits and used the Black Emperor's Demon Subduing Diagram to devour them one by one.

The hazy texture on the Black Emperor's Demon Subduing Diagram grew thicker and thicker, but apart from that, there were no other significant changes. This made Wu Ming somewhat uncertain. Had his judgment been wrong? Did devouring these wandering spirits not benefit the diagram?

But, Just as Wu Ming walked a bit further and devoured another wandering spirit, a change occurred!

The hazy mist on the surface of the Black Emperor's Demon Subduing Diagram suddenly began to converge inward, condensing into white threads that intertwined and outlined above the diagram, ultimately forming a mysterious rune.

This rune, outlined by white threads, was extremely profound and didn't belong to any script Wu Ming was familiar with. However, the moment he saw it, Wu Ming immediately understood its meaning and essence. It was a true word incantation.

Its name was, Lin!

Lin, meaning stability. Body and mind are stable, unmoving, unable to be captured by any demon, unable to be confused by any evil!

"Lin."

A faint light flickered in Wu Ming's eyes, and his entire consciousness became immersed. His mind was completely focused on that mysterious and profound true word character, memorizing every trace and detail of this character.

It was just a single rune, a true word incantation, but it felt like a vast and magnificent scripture, containing unspeakable and endless profundity. Wu Ming knew that by mastering this single true word incantation, with just a thought, his body and mind would be stable, and all demons would retreat!

After an unknown amount of time, the white threads outlining the 'Lin' true word incantation on the Black Emperor's Demon Subduing Diagram finally blurred and dissipated. The entire demon-subduing diagram returned to silence, with no further changes.

Wu Ming knew he had gained immense benefits from this.

This 'Lin' true word incantation was an unknown cultivation method. With a single thought, the body and mind would be stable, all thoughts would cease, all methods would be repelled, and there would be no fear of evil. Furthermore, by concentrating one's own mind and spirit, it could also awaken the power of the soul and awe others!

"Hoo..."

Wu Ming let out a long breath.

Just as he was about to carefully savor the wondrous uses of the Lin word incantation, he suddenly heard a faint sound by his ear.

After obtaining the Lin word incantation, Wu Ming clearly discovered that when he activated this true word incantation to calm his mind, his perception ability would further increase. The movement he detected at this moment was coming from a very distant direction.

And that direction seemed to be—

Chen's Apothecary!

Wu Ming's expression changed slightly. Had something happened at the apothecary?

He brandished his spear and leaped, quickly returning towards the apothecary.

Chen's Apothecary.

Backyard.

The relatively spacious courtyard was now in disarray.

Hu Yong, Sun Wang, and Ma Liu were fighting together, their faces grave as they stared ahead. They were not facing ferocious evil bandits rampaging at night, but an extremely bizarre ghostly figure!

To call it a ghostly figure, it was still a human body. But this human body, from top to bottom, was almost unrecognizable as human. The skin was shriveled and sunken, the eyeballs were gone, and the entire body was like a terrifying desiccated corpse, with only skin wrapped around a skeleton!

Even though Hu Yong, Sun Wang, and the others were well-traveled and experienced, they were still shocked at this moment.

The two sides had already exchanged blows. This evil desiccated corpse, despite its shriveled body and skin-and-bones appearance, was incredibly tough, impervious to blades and swords.

"A mere evil spirit dares to be so arrogant!"

Hu Yong shouted loudly, wielding his ringed saber and slashing down fiercely. He channeled his blood energy to the blade's edge and delivered a powerful strike, hitting the desiccated corpse's head directly. However, with his Second Blood Forging physique, such a powerful blow only caused the desiccated corpse's head to sway slightly, emitting a hum like metal striking ancient bronze.

The desiccated corpse swung its arm, and with a single move, it knocked away Hu Yong's saber.

"No, this Corpse Fiend is too strong. My blood qi alone can't break through its malevolent nature..."

Sun Wang's gaze was solemn. At this moment, he circled around to the rear and launched a surprise attack, thrusting out a sword. As the sword was thrust out, he circulated his blood qi, condensing it on the tip of his tongue. He bit down hard, spitting out a drop of crimson vital blood onto the sword's edge.

The Pure Yang True Blood, condensed with blood qi, naturally had extraordinary effects. This sword thrust finally had an impact, directly piercing through the desiccated corpse's body from behind!

However, after unleashing this strike, Sun Wang's aura significantly weakened.

Unlike circulating blood qi within the body, this move involved gathering the refined blood qi and expelling it mixed with blood. It was a genuine loss of that portion of blood qi, though the effect was quite evident.