Speaking of Science in a Supernatural Livestream 87

Chapter 87: Abandoned (Part 1)

The two formations opened at the same time, but the suppression formation was slowly covered by the blood-red killing formation. A thick black qi surged out from under the bridge, and then, one by one, vicious ghosts drilled out from the black qi, a total of nine of them.

Everyone present was shocked. They all knew that the things under the ancient town bridge were fierce, but who would have thought that a yin-attracting talisman was hidden in the double-nine formation? The yin energy was continuously sent into the mouths of these vicious ghosts, nurturing them to grow and become stronger.

“Hahahahahahaha—” Yang Yan, who had been silent all along, suddenly laughed out loud.

Wenren Jin turned to look at her in surprise. “Teacher…?”

Yang Yan looked at the changing sky, the formation, the talisman, and the murderous vicious ghosts. She looked up, and tears streamed down the corners of her eyes. Then, her eyes were firm as she looked at Sang Jing and Xie Yu on the bridge, and she ran straight into the water.

Wenren Jin was stunned for a moment and quickly chased after her, trying to stop her. “Teacher!”

Everyone’s attention was attracted by the formation and the talisman. It was too late when they saw Yang Yan’s action.

Yang Yan jumped into the inky water without any hesitation, bit her wrist, and the blood mixed with the river water, stimulating the vicious ghosts.

Wenren Jin chased to the shore and watched with wide eyes as a person was torn to pieces in front of her. Even her soul became food for the vicious ghosts. The hot blood fell on her face, still retaining the warmth of a living person, but her teacher had already entered the mouths of the vicious ghosts.

“Why…?” In her shock, there were only questions.

Why did she do this? Even if it meant being torn to pieces and her soul scattered?

“Wenren Jin!” Tan Wei shouted her name.

Ah Qing moved upon hearing the sound. When the vicious ghosts had eaten Yang Yan clean and were looking at Wenren Jin, she brought her to the nine-story pagoda.

“They have the intention to kill,” Ah Qing said in a low voice.

Yang Yan had used her own living flesh and blood to stimulate the desire of these vicious ghosts for the living and for souls.

“Ring the bell,” Wei Qingyun said, turning to Bei Shan.

“Alright!” Bei Shan turned and entered the pagoda, pulled the bell rope, and gave it a hard tug.

“Dong—”

A deep and heavy bell sound came from the nine-story pagoda, which made people calm and clear-headed, and also made the few vicious ghosts in the water shake their heads.

Seeing this, Bei Shan was overjoyed. “It’s working!”

Wei Qingyun’s lips twitched. “Nonsense. If it didn’t work, we wouldn’t have moved it over for nothing.”

However, the next second, the seemingly headache-ridden vicious ghosts suddenly all looked at the person and the ghost on the ancient town bridge and rushed up with bared fangs and brandished claws.

Bei Shan: “Sang Jing!”

“Stay by the pagoda. Don’t wander around. Changqing, Vice-Chairman Tan, come out with me,” Wei Qingyun said and rushed out, heading straight for the ancient town bridge.

There was no need to think about who she was talking to.

Hua Changge had no reaction. She blinked her eyes, and another person rushed out beside her.

She wanted to stop her but couldn’t. Yan Chuan controlled her puppet and ran fast, directly catching up with Wei Qingyun.

“…”

Wei Qingyun’s peripheral vision caught a glimpse and couldn’t help but say, “Chairman Yan is quite fast.”

Yan Chuan smiled. “After all, I’m young.”

Wei Qingyun: “…”

On the ancient town bridge, when Sang Jing saw the vicious ghosts rush up, she raised two fingers, and dozens of talismans flew around. But under the influence of the rain, the effect was greatly weakened.

She had blocked five or six of them, but there were still three or four that had climbed onto the bridge and were reaching out their claws to them.

The sharp nails carried a cold aura. Sang Jing blocked Xie Yu, and with one hand, she pulled the puppet thread and wrapped it around this ghost’s hand, then kicked it hard.

The evil spirit was also released by her and, together with her, surrounded Xie Yu in the middle.

When Xie Yu saw those vicious ghosts, a strange sense of hunger welled up again, and she couldn’t help but lick her lips.

Then she thought of how she had harmed Sang Jing by eating recklessly before, and she quickly shook her head to throw away the thought of eating.

Can’t eat, can’t eat.

Soon, the few vicious ghosts that had been trapped by the talismans broke free and climbed up one by one. And Wei Qingyun and the others also arrived.

The person and the ghost were in a chaotic fight on the bridge. Under the influence of the bell sound from the nine-story pagoda, the vicious ghosts could not gain the upper hand. But there were many ghosts and few people, so it was difficult to determine the winner for a while.

After hitting a ghost with a talisman, Wei Qingyun was about to use her magical artifact when she suddenly found that the ghost had turned its head and was heading for Sang Jing. She looked closely again and saw that Sang Jing was surrounded by three or four of them.

After observing for half a minute, Wei Qingyun shouted to the people on the bridge, “Go to Sang Jing’s side! These vicious ghosts are after her!”

“Alright!”

The few of them gathered together, and the nine vicious ghosts also surrounded them, their nails constantly scratching the railing, making a piercing sound.

“Fortunately, we went to borrow the nine-story pagoda. Otherwise, our faces would have been scratched today,” Wei Qingyun said softly, then asked Sang Jing, “Why are they all after you?”

Sang Jing tightened the puppet thread, and an answer formed in her heart.

These vicious ghosts were not after her, but after Xie Yu.

During the fight just now, she could clearly feel the hands of those vicious ghosts reaching out again and again, and their target was actually Xie Yu.

“I don’t know,” Sang Jing didn’t say.

There were people close to Hua Changge here. You know a person’s face but not their heart. Who knew what was under that human face?

The enemy was in the dark. It was better to be cautious.

Wei Qingyun: “Do you all have ghost-collecting magical artifacts?”

“Yes,” “Yes,” “Yes,” “Yes”…

They all had them.

“Alright, let’s collect them first. We’ll talk about the rest when we get back,” Wei Qingyun said and moved. Talismans continuously flew out of her pocket.

When the bell rang, the movements of the vicious ghosts would be affected and become slow. Wei Qingyun seized the opportunity very accurately.

“Changqing!”

“Coming!”

“Vice-Chairman Tan!”

“Alright.”

Grabbing a ghost’s hand, Wei Qingyun looked up at Sang Jing and found that she didn’t need her help. She turned her eyes and saw Yan Chuan, who was controlling her puppet and fighting the vicious ghosts back and forth. Wei Qingyun turned her hand and handed the ghost to Xia Changqing.

Half an hour later, many talisman fragments were floating on the water on the bridge. The vicious ghosts had all been collected into the magical artifacts.

Sang Jing, with the help of the evil spirit, had collected three into her small gourd. Wei Qingyun was helping the others and had collected one. Xia Changqing had two, Tan Wei had two, and Yan Chuan had one.

A lot of strength and spiritual power had been consumed. After a Xuan Master had overused their metaphysical arts, they would be tired for a while.

For a time, the bridge was filled with panting, and no one spoke.

On the other side, Bei Shan in the nine-story pagoda had also sat down on the ground, her two arms about to be crippled, her lips pale.

This ringing the bell was not a simple job either.

Seeing that the matter on the bridge was resolved, Hua Changge took Wenren Jin over to give them water.

Wei Qingyun saw Hua Changge come up, and then walked straight to Yan Chuan, meticulously wiping her sweat and asking her if she was injured.

That pretty boy, Yan Chuan, was just pretending to be soft! She had been standing just fine just now, but as soon as Hua Changge came, her hands and legs went soft.

Hua Changge supported Yan Chuan down the bridge. Yan Chuan turned her head, looked at Wei Qingyun, and smiled at her with a raised eyebrow.

Wei Qingyun: “…”

Sang Jing was the last to get off the bridge. She stood by the bridge and looked at the water under it.

The yin energy under this water… why was it weaker? When those vicious ghosts had climbed up just now, Sang Jing had discovered that the yin energy on them was not as heavy as it looked in the water. Otherwise, it would not have been so easy to collect these vicious ghosts.

Xia Changqing turned back and saw her not moving. She smiled and asked, “Not leaving?”

Sang Jing gave her a polite nod and followed the people in front of her down the bridge.

The small gourd had collected the vicious ghosts, and the evil spirit had nowhere to stay, so it followed beside Sang Jing. Xie Yu looked for a while, then elbowed it away.

“Was I amazing just now?” Xie Yu asked, hugging Sang Jing’s arm and leaning on her.

It would have been better if she hadn’t mentioned it. Now that she had, Sang Jing thought of the scene where Xie Yu had suddenly reached out from behind her when she was collecting the ghosts.

“You don’t have to make a move when I’m here,” Sang Jing said after thinking for a moment. “Weren’t you very afraid of ghosts before? Why aren’t you afraid now? Didn’t you see? These vicious ghosts eat people and also ghosts. Aren’t you afraid they’ll eat your hands?”

Xie Yu just wanted a compliment. “But I saw you were about to be caught. I didn’t think much at that time. Besides, didn’t I fight? Wasn’t I amazing?”

Sang Jing saw through her purpose and went along with her to satisfy her. “Mm, amazing, amazing.”

“Then am I more amazing, or is the evil spirit more amazing?” Xie Yu glanced at the evil spirit and pushed it further away with her hand.

Sang Jing’s peripheral vision caught sight of it. She said, “The evil spirit is a little more amazing. After all, I’m raising it. Don’t always bully it.”

Xie Yu tilted her head and looked at her. “?”

The doubt in her eyes was about to be written on Sang Jing’s face. Am I not the one you’re raising?

The vicious ghosts were collected. There was still some finishing work to be done at the ancient town bridge. This would be done by the Special Investigation Team and the Xuanmen. Wei Qingyun and Hua Changge stayed behind to watch. Yan Chuan also didn’t leave in the end.

On the way back, Wenren Jin came to Sang Jing’s side. “That talisman, was it the one on Shen Jue?”

This time, Sang Jing did not hide it. “Yes. That’s my teacher’s talisman.”

Wenren Jin lowered her eyelashes and took a deep breath.

She had shown that talisman to Yang Yan.

After a moment of silence, Wenren Jin turned to look at her again, the sadness in her eyes replaced by a question. “Why did your teacher leave such a fierce talisman on Shen Jue’s back?”

Sang Jing was silent for a moment. “I don’t know either. Maybe… there’s a grudge.”

Wenren Jin didn’t ask anymore. Of course, she knew who Sang Jing’s teacher was. To have a grudge with her, it must be that Shen Jue from countless generations ago had a grudge with her.

Returning to the homestay, the magical artifacts that had collected the vicious ghosts were placed together. With both Wei Qingyun and Sang Jing’s talismans sealing them, they were not afraid that they would escape.

With a major matter resolved, everyone’s faces relaxed a lot.

Sang Jing was sitting in the courtyard, replying to Zhu Yun’s message. Xie Yu was chattering beside her, determined to get an explanation. The evil spirit stood not far behind Sang Jing, occasionally receiving an eye dagger from Xie Yu.

After Xia Changqing and Tan Wei had finished discussing the candidate to replace Yang Yan as vice-chairman, they came out and saw this scene. She curved her eyes and asked Tan Wei, “Why does that evil spirit have no eyes?”

Tan Wei replied, “At that time, when Sang Jing was participating in the assessment, she said she couldn’t carve the eyes. Chairman Hua gave her spiritual medicine a seven-coin.”

Xia Changqing raised her hand and adjusted her glasses, her palm covering half her face. “I see. I saw that the evil spirit’s other five features were very well made, and could even pass for real. I thought she had deliberately not carved the eyes.”

Tan Wei was busy again and didn’t answer her.

At night, after the matter at the ancient town bridge was resolved, Wei Qingyun and the others came back, and also brought back a late-night snack and wine, calling the people in the house out to eat together.

Wei Qingyun, Hua Changge, and Xia Changqing had once learned metaphysical arts together and had been from the same sect for a period of time. As they chatted, they opened up.

Bei Shan was also a chatterbox and couldn’t help but ask, “Hey, I just found out that Chairman Hua and Chairman Xia both have the character ‘Chang’ in their names. What a coincidence.”

Wei Qingyun opened a can of beer with one hand and said with a smile, “How can there be such a coincidence? They changed it. They were both brought back to the Xuanmen by Teacher Gu. They didn’t take Teacher Gu’s surname, but they took a character from her name.”

Bei Shan blinked her eyes. “Teacher Gu? Is it Gu Changning?”

Gu Changning, that nine-coin Celestial Master, had been in seclusion for several years and had not shown her face. It was said that she was preparing to advance to ten-coin.

Sang Jing ate a little, didn’t drink, and listened to them talk about these things.

At the mention of Gu Changning, Hua Changge looked at Xia Changqing. “Is Teacher Gu alright?”

Xia Changqing had drunk some wine, and her cheeks were a little red. “You and Senior Sister Wei are so in sync. You’ve just met, and the first thing you ask is about Teacher Gu. Teacher Gu is fine. I’m here.”

“With Changqing, I’m at ease,” Wei Qingyun said, raising the wine in her hand and clinking it with the one in front of Hua Changge. She said softly, “Go back and see her in a while. You haven’t been back for a long time, have you?”

Hua Changge picked up the wine in front of her and took a sip, not refusing. “Mm.”

Xia Changqing looked at them and smiled, then drank all the wine in her cup in one go.

After talking and laughing for over an hour, the courtyard finally dispersed. Wei Qingyun told them to rest well and talk about business tomorrow.

Xie Yu had originally wanted to see what Sang Jing was like when she was drunk, but no one could persuade her. She didn’t drink a single drop all night.

Returning to the room, she turned her head and the evil spirit also came in. Xie Yu glared at it. “You get out.”

Hearing this, Sang Jing said, “I let it in.”

Xie Yu: “?”

“You want to have it both ways?” Xie Yu was unwilling. “Let it out.”

“Don’t be noisy,” Sang Jing said, sticking a talisman on Xie Yu’s mouth and waving at the evil spirit.

Xie Yu looked at her in disbelief. She couldn’t speak, so she just stared at her.

The evil spirit squatted in front of Sang Jing. Sang Jing took out the fine knife she had just borrowed from Hua Changge.

Slowly, Xie Yu found that Sang Jing was carving eyes for the evil spirit.

The words from before were still fresh in her ears.

Sang Jing had said, Eyes can speak. I only need one pair of such eyes by my side.

Look at that focused gaze, that gentle and meticulous action…

And her? A talisman was stuck on her, and she was not allowed to speak.

Xie Yu looked at Sang Jing with a look of abandonment and resentment.