Bai Haorui said nothing, and took a step forward, holding a piece of Clear Heart Talisman between his fingertips. He flicked his wrist, and the talisman ignited a pale golden flame out of thin air. It was the condensed from "Three Altars Body-Refining True Fire Art" Pure Yang True Fire. He pinched Clear Heart Art with his left hand, whispered Heart-Clearing Mantra in his mouth, and with his fingertips, the golden light turned into a stream of warmth and fell directly on Owen.
Owen's movements suddenly stopped, and a trace of clarity returned to his cloudy eyes. He looked blankly at Jody and his husband, and whispered "Mom".
Jody burst into tears and covered his mouth, not daring to make a sound for fear of scaring the children. Bai Haorui said in a deep voice, "I can temporarily stabilize his mind and give you one day to say goodbye. Most of his soul has been eaten away by the death energy, and he can't hold on much longer."
Jody was stunned, and then he knelt down when his legs went weak. Bai Haorui stretched out his hand to hold her arm with a steady force. Jody choked with sobs, tears fell on the back of his hand, and he said thank you several times.
After she calmed down a bit, she reached out to wipe away her tears, took a deep breath, her eyes became sharp and firm again, and asked how she could help others.
Sam said that first gather all the residents who can be found in the prison, where the walls are thicker and the doors are locked, which is the safest place.
Jody immediately said that the police station's arsenal had enough guns and ammunition, and she went to arrange manpower.
Bai Haorui didn't follow them to the police station. He walked out of Jody's house and looked up at the clock tower in the center of the town - the clock tower is the highest and is located in the middle of the town. The yang energy gathers and it is an excellent spot for clothing Soul Deliverance Formation. He moved over and passed by in a few steps, his clothes leaving faint traces in the wind.
The bell tower of the town is a century-old bluestone building with a mottled body and windows on all sides on the top floor. The wind pours in from all directions, bringing with it the chill of late autumn. Bai Haorui stood on the floor in the center of the bell tower, closing his eyes and concentrating, in the Dantian True Gang is running slowly, and the method of "Three Altars Body-Refining True Fire Art" flows through the bottom of my heart one by one. Refining Qi into Gang, transforming True Fire, using its own Yang Yuan to attract the pure air of the heaven and earth, transfer the souls of the dead, and disperse the dead energy.
He first took out the brass compass from his sleeve, held the edge of the compass with his fingertips and turned it gently. The magnetic needle in Tianchi stopped steadily.
He stepped Gang Steps along the directions, determined the directions of Qian, Kan, Gen, Zhen, Xun, Li, Kun, and Dui Bagua. He also determined the position of the formation eye in the center, and stepped on Big Dipper steps to stabilize the base of the formation.
Then take out five Five Emperor Coins--Shunzhi, Kangxi, Yongzheng, Qianlong, Jiaqing, copper coins have experienced hundreds of years of human fireworks, and the yang energy is at its strongest, corresponding to the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. A trace of True Gang formed on his fingertips, and he drove five copper coins into the ground according to the five elements:
Shunzhi money, which belongs to gold, is put into the due west position to kill and purify impurities;
Kangxi Qian, which belongs to wood, falls in the due east earthquake position, and is the main source of vitality and soul protection;
Yongzheng money, which belongs to water, sinks into the due north ridge, and its main function is to moisten and return to Yuan;
Qianlong Qian, which belongs to the fire genus, is located in the due south position, with pure yang and yin in it;
Jiaqing Qian, which belongs to the earth, is placed in the middle position of Kun, and it mainly guards the eye of the formation.
The moment the five copper coins were put down, each of them glowed with an imperceptible yellow light, faintly echoing each other, forming a stable five-element barrier.
Then he took out a cinnabar inkstone and a wolf brush. The cinnabar was mixed with a drop of pure yang blood extracted from his fingertips, and was ground evenly.
He leaned down, dipped his langhao brush in cinnabar, and began to draw runes along the eight trigrams.
The brush strokes are steady and the lines are smooth. First, draw the Bagua symbols in the outer circle - Qian Sanlian, Kun Liuduo, Zhenyang Yu, Gen Covered Bowl, Li Zhongxu, Kanzhong Full, Dui Shangqian, Xunxia Broken, the Bagua are connected end to end, forming a large circle; circle Seventy-two soul-crossing talisman seals were drawn inside, and the curved talisman patterns extended along the Bagua pattern, spreading in all directions like a spider web, spreading down the stone steps of the bell tower, and extending along the streets to every corner of the town.
When the last main talisman pattern was drawn, cold sweat was already oozing out from Bai Haorui's forehead. Using his own essence and blood to draw the formation was extremely draining on True Gang. The True Gang in his Dantian that had never recovered was now leaking out like water that had been opened, and waves of stagnant stinging pains came from his meridians.
He straightened up, took a deep breath, and made a secret with both hands on his chest. He pinched Three Pure Ones Art with his left hand and Soul Deliverance Art with his right hand. With his fingers flying, Pure Yang True Fire was drawn out of his dantian. The lavender-gold flames danced on his fingertips, the temperature was scorching but not harmful. It was Pure Yang True Fire condensed from the Refining Qi into Gang realm of "Three Altars Body-Refining True Fire Art", which was designed to break through all evil evil and death.
"Xuanzong of heaven and earth, the root of all things. I have cultivated extensively for hundreds of millions of kalpas and proved my magical power. Inside and outside the three realms, only Tao is the most respected. There is golden light in my body, which reflects my body."
Bai Haorui's voice was not high, but it carried the power that penetrated people's hearts. He read "Golden Light Divine Mantra" word by word. The Pure Yang True Fire on the fingertips followed his gesture a little lower, and the Jiaqing money hit the center of the eye.
"Buzz--"
There was a very light tremor, and the copper coins in the array suddenly lit up with golden light. Following the cinnabar runes, the golden light spread like water, and the purple-gold shimmer spread against the ground. Wherever it passed, the light black death aura that filled the air was forced back and dissipated little by little. The entire town was enveloped by a gentle golden light network. The light network was not dazzling, like the early morning light, and warm and reassuring.
Bai Haorui sat cross-legged in the center of the array eye, his eyes slightly closed, and Divine Sense spread out completely, covering the entire town. More than twenty light spots of life souls wrapped in death energy clearly emerged in his Divine Sense. He controlled the Pure Yang True Fire in the formation, seeping into the living soul one by one, carefully peeling off the death energy on the soul body.
The dead air is cold and sticky, covering the living soul like asphalt. If you are not careful when peeling it off, the soul will be injured.
Bai Haorui didn't dare to be careless in the slightest, and concentrated on True Gang inputting into the array continuously.
Every time he stabilized a living soul, his face became paler.
The tingling pain in the meridians became more and more obvious, and nearly 20% of the True Gang in the Dantian was consumed. He gritted his teeth, pressed the tip of his tongue against the roof of his mouth, and forced his mind to activate, and another pure True Gang rose from the Dantian and injected into the formation.
The wind poured in through the window, making his clothes rustle. He sat still, like a calm stone statue.
Early the next morning, the sunlight fell on the bedroom floor through the gaps in the curtains, casting tiny spots of light.
When Karen woke up, I thought I would be as cold as before, Bones sore, but unexpectedly, I felt refreshed and even my breathing became much lighter.
She was stunned for a moment, then turned her head and looked at Bobby who was sleeping beside her. She gently stretched out her hand and stroked the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes with her fingertips.
Bobby woke up and saw that she was fine. The shoulders that had been tense all night finally relaxed.
Karen smiled and said, the weather is nice today, please go out for a walk with me.
Bobby nodded immediately and hurriedly started looking for a casual jacket. He even shaved in front of the mirror and combed his usually messy hair neatly.
After going out, they first went to the restaurant at the entrance of the town. The red booths and plastic-covered tables were exactly the same as they were decades ago.
After ordering the bacon, omelette, steak and black coffee that we usually had on dates back then, Bobby sat across from him and watched Karen without blinking as he lowered his head to stir the coffee.
Karen raised his head and laughed at him, saying, "Why are you always staring at me? I have flowers on my face."
Bobby scratched his head and said awkwardly, "It's beautiful, but I can't get enough of it."
After dinner, they went to the cinema. The theater was empty, with few people. Bobby went to the administrator to stuff some money into it, and the last movie shown was Karen's favorite movie of the year.
Bobby used to find this movie pretentious and boring, but this time I sat quietly for two hours, holding Karen's hand the whole time, and my palms were warm.
Karen leaned on his shoulder and gently hummed along with the theme song. It was still the same as before, the tune was running out of tune.
Bobby My eyes became hot as I listened.
In the afternoon, they went to the chapel where they got married. The sycamore tree at the door was still there, its trunk was thicker than before, and the fallen leaves were spread all over the ground. Karen stood on the steps, the wind blowing her broken hair, and said with a smile that you were so nervous that you even wore the ring backwards, but I took it and put it on myself.
Bobby laughed and said that her father kept staring at him at that time, and the pressure was a bit too much and he couldn't bear it.
Karen looked at him with serious eyes. "In the next life, will you still marry me?"
Bobby held her hand, held it tightly, and said word by word, "Marry. In the next life, and in the next life, I will marry you."
When I got home in the evening, Bobby personally cooked a candlelight dinner.
The steak was a bit overcooked and the edges were burnt. But Karen ate very happily, eating each bite carefully, with his eyes bent like crescents.
On the dining table, the light of the candle flickered. Bobby looked at her and finally said the sorry that had been hidden in her heart for decades.
His voice was hoarse, and he said that he was useless back then, for not discovering the devil earlier, and in the end... he even killed her with his own hands.
Karen stretched out his hand to press his mouth and shook his head gently.
She said, I never blamed you.
I know you have no choice. You are saving me and others.
She paused, stretched out her hand to gently touch Bobby's face, her fingertips were warm, her eyes were gentle and firm. "Bobby, after I leave, you have to live well. Apocalypse is not over yet, the children need you. You have to come back to reunite with me later, the later the better. I'm waiting for you over there, there's no rush, there's really no rush."
Bobby's tears finally fell.
This tough guy who had spent half his life dealing with monsters and had shed no tears, his shoulders were shaking slightly and he was crying like a child.
He held Karen's hand and said repeatedly, I can't bear it.
Karen smiled and wiped his tears.
She said I know.
But we've made a few extra days, and that's enough.
I am very satisfied to be able to say goodbye to you properly.
The wall clock in the living room struck twelve times.
Karen's body began to become transparent, like tiny pieces of starlight.
She hugged Bobby for the last time, rested her chin on his shoulder, and whispered "I love you" in his ear. Then she turned into tiny dots of light that filled the sky, and slowly dispersed in the warm yellow light, leaving not even a trace of residual warmth.
Bobby stood there, the warmth of her palm still in his hand.
He didn't cry anymore, his back was straight, but his fingertips were trembling slightly.
He knows that Karen wants him to live well, so he will live well.
Clean up this mess Apocalypse, protect the children, and then go slowly to accompany her.
The Clay family went to the small amusement park in the town.
There were no people in the amusement park in late autumn. The carousel was spinning slowly and the small train was clattering.
Clay rode the merry-go-round three times with his son and bought the largest strawberry ice cream cone.
My son's face was covered with cream. Clay smiled and wiped him clean with his sleeves, and squatted down to look at him levelly.
He said, Dad is going on a long journey, you should listen to your mother, be a man and protect your mother.
The son nodded in understanding, threw himself into his arms, and said in a sweet voice that daddy would be back soon.
His wife's eyes were red and she held his hand tightly.
A family of three took a family photo at the entrance of the amusement park. The three people in the photo were all smiling, with the sun falling on their faces.
At sunset, Clay hugged his wife and children, kissed his wife on the forehead, smiled and closed his eyes.
The body slowly became transparent, and finally only the shadow of the mother and son embracing each other remained in the sunset.
At Jody's house, she and her husband made Owen's favorite bacon pancakes, which were fried into round shapes and arranged in the shape of a little bear. The family of three sat on the carpet and finished building the Lego castle that they had never finished, and Owen was dancing with joy.
Jody told him a whole bedtime story.
Owen was lying on the bed, holding her arms, and whispered, Mom, I don't want to leave. Jody touched his hair, her voice trembling, and she said, Mom will always love you, and you will always be her little hero.
Owen After falling asleep, his breathing slowly became lighter and his body became transparent little by little.
Jody and her husband sat by the bed, holding their son's little hand, and sat there all night.
At dawn, the bed was empty, leaving only the little brown bear that the child often hugged.
Other families in the town were also quiet. A few old men gathered in the tavern, drank whiskey all day, chatted about the past, laughed and clinked glasses, and talked about being brothers in the next life and going hunting together.
An old mother cooked a table full of dishes for her children, and from noon till night, she kept telling her to put on clothes and eat well in the cold weather. The children sat beside her, nodding while eating, and tears fell into their bowls.
There was also a young man who took flowers to the door of the girl he had been secretly in love with for more than ten years and confessed his love seriously. The girl nodded with red eyes. He smiled and shook his head and said, "We have no fate in this life. I will come to you early in the next life."
The whole town was quiet, with only small voices, gentle laughter, and suppressed sobs in the throat.
Death Horseman The curse that was originally used to create pain and despair was turned into a belated and decent farewell by a gentle magic circle.
On the top floor of the town's bell tower, the wind rustled the corners of clothes.
Bai Haorui sat cross-legged in the center of the array, his eyes slightly closed, and his whole body was glowing with a faint purple-gold halo, which flickered on and off, like a candle that was about to burn out.
Dean When he came up carrying two cans of beer, he could see his pale face from a distance, his lips had no blood color, and the clothes on his back were so wet that you could squeeze water out of them.
Dean felt nervous, walked over quickly, handed him a can of beer, and asked in a softer voice, "Can you hold on?"
Bai Haorui opened his eyes and took the beer. His fingertips were as cold as ice. He shook his head, his voice a little hoarse. "It's okay, I can still survive until the end."
Dean squatted next to him, pulled the tab, and beer foam poured out. He was silent for a while, and then said, "Thank you."
Bai Haorui turned to look at him, smiled faintly, and opened his eyebrows a little. "Thank you so much."
Dean scratched his head, feeling a little uncomfortable.
He said, "In the past, I always thought that the rules of a hunter were to kill monsters if they were dead. I never thought that there were other ways."
Bai Haorui shook his head and looked at the small town in the distance, dotted with lights.
He said that rules are dead but people are alive. Life is hard enough, so if you can keep a little warmth, just keep it.
Sam also came up in the middle of the night, carrying two cups of hot coffee and a sandwich. He handed the coffee over, looked at the direction where the pattern spread, and said softly, he just passed by several houses, and there were lights on and laughter inside.
Bai Haorui hummed and said that it is almost over. In the last half hour, the counterattack of the dead energy will be more powerful. I will just keep watch. You can go and rest for a while.
The two brothers did not leave. They sat next to him, one on the left and the other on the right, and stayed with him until dawn.
The wind was strong and the weather was cold, but the bell tower was quiet. The three of them didn't speak, but they felt more at ease than ever.
When the sky was bright, the golden light of the last talisman slowly extinguished, and the formation came to a complete stop. Bai Haorui put away the wisp of Karen's soul that he left behind. His body shook, and his eyesight went black. Dean and Sam quickly reached out to support him, one on the left and the other on the right.
He took a breath and waved his hand to say it was okay.
All the resurrected people have disappeared.
Some of the family members were sitting at the door in a daze, and some were crying while holding the belongings of their loved ones, but there was a hint of comfort in their sadness.
Jody led the police officers from door to door to comfort the residents. When passing by the bell tower, she stopped and nodded solemnly to Bai Haorui and the brothers. Her eyes were still a little red, but her eyes were firm. "If this kind of thing happens again in the future, come to me at any time. The people, guns, and resources of the police station can be used."
Sam smiled and stretched out her hand and shook her hand. This capable female police chief officially became their ally from then on.
In the yard of Bobby's house, Bobby stood next to Karen's favorite geranium potted plant, holding in his hand the last piece of Cherry Pie that Karen baked for him before leaving.
The pie is still a little warm, and its sweet aroma spreads in the wind.
When he saw the three of them coming back, he raised his chin and his expression returned to its usual calmness, but there were still red bloodshot eyes that had not faded away.
The four of them sat around the dining table in the living room, with steaming coffee and a map spread out on the table.
Bobby spoke first, his voice still a little hoarse, but very steady.
He said that Karen told him before she left that the day she first came back, she saw a man in the cemetery - as thin as a skeleton, and asked her to bring a message to Bobby.
The two brothers and Bai Haorui all looked at him.
Bobby smiled bitterly and said that was Death Horseman. He came to this town all because of me. Sam was stunned for a moment and asked you? Why.
Bobby said, because I have been helping you.
Sam You keep rejecting Lucifer, and I am one of the reasons.
They wanted to get rid of me. I don't know whether they wanted to kill me or break my will. In short, they just wanted to keep me out of the way.
Sam's fingers suddenly tightened, and his fingertips turned white. Guilt surged up like a tide, making his chest feel tight.
Dean saw what he was thinking, reached out and patted his shoulder hard, very hard.
Bobby waved his hand and said, don't act like this, do you want to destroy me? He Death Horseman is a bit too young.
I've never seen any big storms or waves in my life. It's not that easy for me to admit defeat. Apocalypse The battle is not over yet, and the battle has to continue. I want to see what other tricks they have up their sleeves.
Bai Haorui tapped the table with his fingertips and said, "Death Horseman This move is to attack the heart first. There will be more games that target our weaknesses. But he missed one thing - we are not alone. He wants to destroy us one by one, so we will become a team and fight him to the end."
Dean nodded, his eyes becoming sharp and firm again. Sam also put away his guilt and clenched his fists. Bobby picked up the coffee cup and bumped it hard with them, causing the coffee to spill out a little. He said, "You're right. Lucifer or Four Horsemen wants us to bow our heads. There is no way."
Late at night, the lights at Bobby's house were still on.
The night sky outside the window was very dark, dark clouds covered the stars, and the wind rustled the fallen leaves against the window glass.
Bai Haorui sat cross-legged on the sofa, closed his eyes and adjusted his breath. His face was still pale, but his breathing had stabilized. A faint purple-gold halo circulated slowly around his body, and True Gang from "Three Altars Body-Refining True Fire Art" slowly traveled through the meridians, repairing the worn-out meridians.
Dean was sitting on the floor next to him, wiping his dagger. The suede cloth rubbed against the metal, making a soft sound.
He wiped very seriously, looking up at Bai Haorui from time to time to make sure he was okay, then lowered his head and continued wiping.
Sam was lying on the dining table flipping through the devil's file. The tip of his pen circled the next possible clue point on the map. He frowned slightly and paused on the paper before drawing another circle.
Bobby stood by the window, holding a glass of whiskey in his hand, looking at the geraniums in the yard.
The wind lifted a corner of the curtain, and he seemed to see Karen standing among the flowers again, wearing a floral apron, smiling and waving to him. He raised the glass gently, the whiskey sloshed, and he drank it all in one gulp, the spicy liquid sliding down his throat.
The room was very quiet, with only the soft sound of paper turning, the sound of metal rubbing against each other, and the sound of steady breathing.