"Abbot Hongxin, please don't misunderstand."
Wu Heng's words had just eased Hongxin's anger slightly when his next sentence enraged him again.
"I'm just informing you that I must take away the evil spirit today, by whatever means necessary!"
He had just made a huge offer, but since the other party refused, he decided to let it go, since neither of them were good people anyway.
Why pretend to be so righteous?
"Guards! Someone's trying to steal the divine embryo!"
Hongxin roared, reached under the kneeling cushion, pulled out a black Type 1 pistol, and pointed it at Kotoko.
In his view, this most powerful medium was the real threat.
Wu Heng stepped forward.
"Stop!"
His gun was then turned on Wu Heng.
"It would have been so much better if you had done this earlier. You were so polite before, it made me feel awkward to take any action."
Wu Heng acted as if he hadn't seen the pistol in front of him and walked straight towards Hongxin.
Bang!
The bullet was fired, but it was aimed at Kotoko.
The monk worried that Wu Heng was deliberately trying to distract him, while Kotoko was secretly plotting against him. He predicted that this was a second-tier threat.
Unfortunately, he's getting old and his reactions are too slow.
Wu Heng determined the position of the gun barrel and, when the man's index finger twitched slightly, extended his left hand to block it.
The bullet hitting my palm felt like holding a freshly cooked quail egg.
Wu Heng flipped his hand, caught the deformed bullet between two fingers, and flicked it back.
On the shiny bald head of the Hongxin, a red, swollen lump the size of a walnut was visibly raised.
Let's end it here.
Wu Heng flashed to Hongxin's side, grabbed his wrist, and with a cracking sound, the pistol fell into his hand.
He held the pistol in his hand and examined it for a moment.
"During the Pacific Ocean War, this was the Type 1 officer's pistol, the exclusive weapon of high-ranking officials. I never imagined that in this day and age, I would be able to capture one from a high-ranking official."
It seems this old monk was a war criminal in his youth. Although he is now a monk, he is a monk who takes deceit as Buddhism and does not abstain from wine, meat, or women.
I wonder how much compassion he possesses?
Wu Heng remained expressionless, extending his right hand to pinch Wu Heng's bald head, his fingers applying pressure.
"Today, I have come to guide you to Buddhahood!"
Hongxin's face turned red, as if he were wearing a tight headband.
Wu Heng rotated his palm, as if he were turning a screw.
A "crunch" sound rang out, and he gripped Hongxin's bald right hand tightly, as if picking up a piece of clothing.
The moment the clothes rose, the crimson mass beneath them vanished, and the open flesh cage inside the Life Box instantly closed and began to writhe.
To the average person, Wu Heng simply grabbed Hongxin's head, leaving only a skin behind.
Since Hongxin regards deceit as Buddhism, then guiding him to become a deceitful person is naturally the same as guiding him to become a Buddha.
Wu Heng felt that his logic was sound.
He turned to look at Kotoko, and after demonstrating this method, he was somewhat mischievously curious to see what Kotoko's expression would be.
But they found that Kotoko was still standing calmly in the same spot, with some doubt and inquiry in her eyes, as if she was guessing how Wu Heng did it, but she was not panicked.
Wu Heng realized what was happening instantly.
I almost forgot, this is Japan, an island nation where evil spirits reside in temples and readily sacrifice people. They've seen all sorts of methods here.
"Wait a mininute."
He walked behind the screen and stayed for 30 seconds. When he came out, he had become Hongxin.
"Go, go and retrieve the filth!"
Kotoko followed the monk out of the reception room.
"Quick, here!"
"Host, are you alright?"
Six monks, leading a group of villagers, gathered and ran over, just in time to meet Wu Heng at the door.
Initially, Hongxin thought Kotoko was just visiting and found the villagers in the Buddhist temple too noisy.
He led them to the most secluded room, so no one heard his shouts. These people only came after hearing the gunshots.
"I'm fine. Lead the way to see the Buddha embryo," Wu Heng said.
The arriving monks, without any suspicion, led Wu Heng and Kotoko into the basement of the side hall, where an underground Buddhist shrine was being built. The Buddha statues there had ferocious faces and limbs.
The guide only dared to stand guard at the entrance, allowing Wu Heng to enter alone. He easily took away eight one-foot-tall leather figurines covered with white talismans.
After dispersing the crowd, Wu Heng and Kotoko left the temple and departed from Oita Prefecture.
"Let's stop here for now. I'll come find you when I'm done."
Near Nara, at the highway exit, Wu Heng had Kotoko stop the car.
"Alright, I'll work on improving the magic runes as soon as possible; they're very useful to me too."
Kotoko emphasized this matter again, indicating that she had not forgotten it.
If it can be improved, it would indeed be of great use to her. At the very least, she wouldn't have to use her family's sensory abilities to forcibly contact evil spirits every time, thus avoiding many dangers.
"Good!"
Wu Heng nodded and watched Kotoko's black car leave. He then climbed over the fence and headed straight for the hill.
After walking around the mountain, we found a cave.
There were messy claw marks at the entrance of the cave, suggesting that it was once a den of a wolf or similar animal.
Wu Heng took out a flashlight and went inside, tearing apart the spider webs blocking his way with his cane.
After exploring this cave, which is about 100 meters long.
Fifty meters from the cave entrance, Wu Heng placed a pile of items from the Life Box, including a motorcycle, a cannon launcher, a single-person helicopter crew assembly frame, and a series of other large metal items.
Everything was piled up here, forming a dead wall.
Furthermore, landmines were laid at intervals within a 40-meter radius behind the wall.
If anyone breaks in here, moves everything, and continues on their way, then they're just asking for death.
Then he went to the deepest part of the cave, took out a shovel, and, as if cutting tofu, slightly expanded the surrounding space.
Then, all the items used in the previous Seven Fiends Ritual were taken out.
After observing the outside of the cave through the camera on the metal wall and finding nothing unexpected,
Wu Heng took out the doll and eight leather figurines.
These eight leather figurines are blackish-yellow in color and feel like dry skin to the touch. The finest lines on their eyelids and lips are clearly visible.
Based on Wu Heng's experience, he already understood that each of these leather figurines was made from a single, complete human skin.
The skin was likely removed, re-stitched back together, and then the inner layer was turned inside out. As it slowly dried, the skin shrank and became smaller, and then the original ashes were filled in.
By exhausting the life force of a living person, a leather figurine is successfully created.
These leather figurines are filled with resentment, similar to floating spirits, and they use them as temporary containers to seal away evil.
"Using deception to counter deception, what a brilliant tactic!"
Wu Heng used red threads to suspend six of the stronger evil spirits and puppets, and he directly dispelled and absorbed the demon spirits and the weakest one among them.
To prevent them from causing trouble during the ritual.
Then, following the proper procedures, Wu Heng covered himself with a white cloth, and the Evil Spirit Short Sword containing his true form was taken out of the Life Box.
Since his true form was attached to the short sword, he has never touched it again.