Red and White Fiends, Part 1

After returning home, Zhou Yi first took out the basic Essence Refining and Spirit Manifestation Method. The book was not thick, only about ten thin pages. The first few pages contained the cultivation methods. Zhou Yi only glanced at them a few times. With the system panel, Zhou Yi wasn't worried about cultivation problems. Skipping the cultivation methods, Zhou Yi looked at the last page.

The last page quantified spiritual power. With the help of a yellow Spirit Testing Talisman, one could test the spiritual power limit below the Master level. As for how to test spiritual power above the Master level, the book did not explain.

If a novice Talisman Master inputted their spiritual power into the Spirit Testing Talisman, the Talisman Spell would emit a light yellow glow. The higher the spiritual power, the deeper the color, until a hint of blue light was mixed in, which represented the limit of a Talisman Master.

After breaking through the limit and becoming a Grand Talisman Master, the color of the Spirit Testing Talisman would turn blue. After blue came the purple of a Master.

This also corresponded to the colors of Talisman Spells that Talisman Masters could draw, but the yellow Spirit Testing Talisman could only test up to the limit of a Grand Talisman Master at most.

Zhou Yi put down the basic Essence Refining and Spirit Manifestation Method and picked up the Compendium of Talismans.

The Compendium of Talismans was much thicker than the basic Essence Refining and Spirit Manifestation Method. Zhou Yi opened the Compendium of Talismans.

The first page did not show Talisman Spells but an introduction to them.

It turned out that even the most basic yellow Talisman Spells were divided into low, medium, and high grades based on difficulty.

Zhou Yi turned to the second page, which was the Spirit Testing Talisman used to test spiritual power, along with its introduction and drawing method.

Below the Talisman Spell, the words "Low Grade" were marked. It seemed the Spirit Testing Talisman was just a low-grade yellow Talisman Spell.

Zhou Yi continued to flip through the pages. After reading the entire book, Zhou Yi tallied the results.

There were thirty low-grade yellow Talisman Spells in this book, mostly low-grade Talisman Spells like Water Purifying Talismans, Fire Starting Talismans, and Hemostatic Talismans. They were not of much use to him, but Zhou Yi still memorized them firmly, just in case they might be useful someday.

The number of medium-grade Talisman Spells was twenty less than low-grade Talisman Spells, with only ten. Most of them were also not very useful to him, such as House Warding Talismans, Object Finding Talismans, and Illness Curing Talismans.

The number of high-grade Talisman Spells dropped sharply, with only five. Zhou Yi was familiar with the few above. Besides the Three Powers Talisman and Light Body Talisman, the other three were Talisman Spells he used frequently, such as the Evil Exorcising Talisman, Evil Warding Talisman, and Signal Talisman.

Zhou Yi carefully read the introductions to the Three Powers Talisman and Light Body Talisman.

Three Powers Talisman: Primarily used to form a talisman array to warn of the arrival of Weirdness. When three Three Powers Talismans are placed nearby and a spiritual connection is established, the Three Powers Talismans will self-destruct upon the arrival of Weirdness, activating the spirit within to alert the person who set up the array. Note: The placement distance of the Three Powers Talisman cannot exceed one zhang.

Light Body Talisman: Stick the talisman onto oneself to increase the speed of martial artists below the Vitality Realm by thirty percent. Note: Only one can be used at a time.

After finishing both books, Zhou Yi placed them on the table. As Old Qin had said, relying on self-study would take too much time. Zhou Yi decided to wait until he had Yin Energy before starting to study.

He turned to look out the window. The snow from last night had stopped, but the gloomy sky still exuded a sense of oppression.

A light rain was falling sporadically from the sky. Just as Zhou Yi was contemplating where to find Yin Energy, the outside of his door suddenly became noisy.

Zhou Yi opened the door. People were running in the street in the rain. Zhou Yi walked out and grabbed a passerby, asking, "What's going on?"

The passerby, realizing he had been grabbed, struggled a couple of times. Finding he couldn't break free, he turned to look at the person holding him.

Seeing the passerby look at him, Zhou Yi repeated his question, "What happened?"

The passerby finally saw clearly that the person holding him was from the Patrol Team, so he said to Zhou Yi in a hurried tone, "Weirdness is coming, Weirdness is coming! Let me go."

Hearing the news of Weirdness's arrival, Zhou Yi's pupils contracted slightly, and he then asked the passerby, "Where is the Weirdness?"

"At the village entrance!" the passerby shouted loudly.

Zhou Yi released the passerby and then used his footwork, running against the flow of people towards the village entrance.

How could Weirdness come into the village? Although the weather was gloomy, it was still daytime. Ordinary Weirdness wouldn't come out. There was no mist during the day to enhance their abilities. Could it be the Red and White Fiends!

Thinking of this, Zhou Yi's heart began to race. He ran towards the village entrance at his maximum speed.

Upon arriving at the village entrance, Zhou Yi frowned at the sight before him. The area outside the village entrance was completely shrouded in white mist.

Zhou Yi remembered very clearly that this white mist belonged to the White Fiend. The last time, Zhou Yi hadn't seen clearly what was inside the white mist, but this time, Zhou Yi saw clearly.

Many white "people" were floating in the white mist, carrying a coffin. It looked like a wedding procession. The two "people" in front were carrying white lanterns, and behind them were two "people" blowing trumpets. However, no matter how hard those two people blew, no sound came out of the trumpets.

The ground within the white mist was covered with white paper money, which the "people" stepped on.

These "people" carried the coffin and lingered at the village entrance, but they did not step into the village.

Seeing this, Zhou Yi did not rashly attack but stood by the village entrance, waiting for Qu Yong and Old Qin to arrive.

A moment later, Zhou Yi heard the sound of running footsteps from behind him. He turned to look and saw it was Qu Yong.

Qu Yong stopped beside Zhou Yi and asked, "What's going on? Why is there only the White Fiend?"

As soon as Qu Yong finished speaking, red mist began to appear in the white mist. A sedan chair appeared before the two of them. It was accompanied by many "people" in wedding attire. The "people's" faces showed eerie smiles. If one ignored these eerie "people," Zhou Yi would have thought it was the wedding of a young lady from a wealthy family.

Unlike the White Fiend, the Red Fiend's purpose was very clear. The sedan chair was carried by four sedan bearers who looked like paper figures and walked towards the village entrance.

Just then, the coffin in the white mist blocked the sedan chair, and the scene fell silent.

"The White Fiend wants to stop the Red Fiend? But why?" Qu Yong murmured with a confused tone.

Zhou Yi, standing beside him, naturally heard Qu Yong's words, but he couldn't provide an answer. He could only say to Qu Yong, "We'll have to wait for Old Qin."

Since Old Qin did not practice martial arts, he was already out of breath by the time he reached the village entrance. Before Old Qin could catch his breath, Qu Yong, who was standing beside him, impatiently told him about the situation he had witnessed.

After hearing this, Old Qin also frowned, unable to figure out the reason. He could only shake his head at the two of them.

Then, Old Qin stood aside and carefully pondered the descriptions of the Red and White Fiends in the ancient texts.

"The Red Fiend represents souls who died accidentally due to joyous occasions, while the White Fiend represents water ghosts with immense resentment..." Old Qin muttered to himself.

Just then, a flash of light crossed Zhou Yi's mind, and he then said to Qu Yong, "I'm going to the yamen."

Although Qu Yong didn't understand, the Weirdness had not yet entered the village, so he told Zhou Yi to go quickly and return soon.