Who would have thought that after the two entered the formation, they found thunder exploding on all sides, talismans trembling wildly, and fetid foul blood splashing across the sky—yet they remained talking and laughing at ease, their steps unhurried. Before leaving, they even raised their voices to scoff, nearly infuriating Jiang Ziya to the point of flicking his sleeve and vomiting blood on the spot. Yang Jian alone possessed a clear spiritual platform. At a glance, he saw that Gao Ming and Gao Jue were steeped in dense demonic aura and were by no means of mortal coil. Doubts immediately rose within him. He promptly bade Jiang Ziya farewell, rode Earth Evasion straight to Golden Cloud Cave on Jade Spring Mountain, and sought an audience with True Person Yuding.
Yang Jian reported everything he had seen and heard in detail. Stroking his beard, True Person Yuding said, "Those two fiends are a thousand-year-old peach spirit and willow ghost transformed from Chessboard Mountain. Their peach roots and willow vines coil for thirty li, drawing in the pure qi of heaven and earth and absorbing the essence of sun and moon; their cultivation has already grown deep. Now, in the Xuanyuan Temple on that mountain, there are two clay ghost attendants named Thousand-Mile Eye and Wind-Following Ear. The two monsters draw upon the spiritual power of their incense offerings, which is why their eyes can see a thousand miles and their ears can hear ten thousand—yet beyond this realm, their strength falls short. Return swiftly to the Zhou Camp and have Jiang Ziya send men to dig up and sever the ancient peach and willow roots, then burn their remaining bodies; smash the clay statues in the temple and cut off their spiritual veins; then spread dense fog to lock down the