I turned around in alarm. Three people dressed in Tang Household clothing were walking out of an unlit room in the Taoist temple, all three wearing murderous expressions.
The sun was especially glaring today. None of the three looked well. Their eyes were swollen and rimmed with dark circles, as though they had barely slept lately.
"My father died at your hands. Since we finally got you here today, we never planned to leave alive. But we also never planned to die just like this!" The young man in the lead gave a savage laugh, his expression utterly crazed.
"Who was your father?" I frowned and silently borrowed power with my hands behind my back.
One of the three was in the late Seeking the Dao stage, while the other two were in the mid Seeking the Dao stage. They might not have been death soldiers, but they were definitely high-status members of the Tang Household. The exquisite Tang blades hanging behind them made that obvious.
"Can't summon ghost generals anymore, can you? We set up a ghost-repelling formation long ago and placed corpse-repelling powder in advance. We've just been waiting for you to walk right into our trap!" one of them said.
"My father? Tang Yu. I wonder if you still remember him!" The one in the late Seeking the Dao stage sneered.
"Yin and yang wax and wane, the five elements shift. Borrow the Yin-Yang arts! Five Immortals!" I thrust out a hand, and a blue talisman and a handful of ritual salt flew out at the right moment.
A cloud of colorful smoke billowed up. The Five Immortals flew out of the thick smoke and slammed into the three men! All three were shocked. Their opponent had attacked before they could even finish speaking. Perhaps they had