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Chapter 154 Ghost Blows Out the Light
After Cao Qilong said this, I was startled. In such a place filled with Yin Qi, encountering a Ghost Wall is not impossible.
As the saying goes, when lighting a lamp to walk at night, do not proceed if the lamp goes out. People encounter Ghost Walls because ghosts want to lure their souls. The first step for a ghost is to obscure your vision, trapping you so that you cannot escape, and then they take the opportunity to extinguish your light or tap your shoulder. It is commonly said that there are Three Flames of the Body, one on the head and one on each shoulder; these three flames are called Yang Fire. When the fire is strong and directed upwards, no evil spirits can approach you because they fear being burned by your Yang Fire. Therefore, when a ghost wants to lure your soul, it will obscure your vision to trap you and then slowly extinguish your three Yang Fires. Once the Yang Fire goes out, the evil spirits can approach you. At that point, you may suffer from Yin Qi invading your body for months and be unable to get out of bed, or worse, lose your life and soul.
Thinking of this, I quickly opened my Heavenly Eye and looked at Cao Qilong. I saw that the Yang Fire above his head was still burning, but one of the Yang Fires on his shoulders had gone out without me realizing it. This startled me, and I hurriedly warned him to be careful because one of his Yang Fires had extinguished.
Upon hearing this, Cao Qilong's face changed. Normally speaking, we are not ordinary people; if a ghost were to blow out our light, we would definitely be able to sense it. However, now that one of Cao Qilong's Yang Fires had gone out without him noticing, it made us feel a bit uneasy. He panicked and said, "Damn it! Which little Ghost General blew out my light? How did I not notice?"
I urged Cao Qilong to quickly Open Third Eye to check if his Yang Fire was still there. As a result, he opened his Heavenly Eye and glanced at me. His face turned pale with fear, which made my heart race with anxiety. I quickly asked him what was wrong and told him not to scare me.
Cao Qilong pointed at my shoulders in horror and said, "This is bad! Both of your shoulder flames have gone out; only one of your three Yang Fires remains!"
Seeing Cao Qilong's terrified expression shocked me as well; I had a bad feeling about this. However, I did not expect the situation to be this dire—two of my three Yang Fires had gone out! This was serious.
In the realm of Yin and Yang practices, it is said that a person has three Yang Fires. When all three are present, there are no taboos; evil spirits cannot approach you. All ghosts will hide far away upon seeing you because they fear being burned by your Yang Fire. If one flame goes out, a person's Yang Qi weakens by a third, attracting evil spirits who will try to extinguish the remaining two flames as well; at this point, it becomes easy to encounter a Ghost Wall. If two Yang Fires go out, there is no need for a ghost to blow out your light anymore because your remaining Yang Fire is insufficient to burn them away; thus, evil spirits can directly attach themselves to you and lure your soul away. If all three flames go out, then that person is practically doomed; with all Yang Fire extinguished, they become like a Corpse—no matter how powerful a Great Luo Immortal may be, they cannot save you.
Some may wonder if the flames can reignite after one or two have gone out. In fact, as long as all three are not extinguished completely, the Yang Fire will reignite on its own eventually. However, once the Yang Fire goes out, it becomes easy for Yin Qi to invade the body; reigniting it is not an easy task—it could take six months or even a year filled with illness and misfortune.
Thinking about how I had unknowingly extinguished two of my Yang Fires filled me with an indescribable panic; in an instant, my back was drenched in cold sweat. What does this mean? It means that if any ghosts want to lure my soul or attach themselves to me, it will be very easy for them to succeed—especially in this maze filled with gusts of Yin Wind; danger lurks everywhere.
I was stunned at that moment and couldn't help but ask, "How could this happen? When did we get on the path of Evil Spirits?"
Cao Qilong was also very panicked. He found it strange that he had extinguished one Yang Fire, and now seeing that I had extinguished two, he felt just as uneasy. So at that moment, he had already formed a defensive gesture with his fingers to prevent being affected by the evil spirits again. He said, "What should we do now? Should we continue walking?"
The reason he asked this was significant. In our Yin Yang profession, there is a saying: when lighting a lamp to travel at night, do not proceed if the lamp goes out. The "lamp" here does not refer to a torch or a Flashlight, but rather to the three Yang Fires that we carry within ourselves. This means that once the Yang Fire is extinguished, we cannot continue moving forward; otherwise, something serious will happen.
Hearing Cao Qilong ask me this left me momentarily speechless. Indeed, his Yang Fire had gone out once, and mine had gone out twice. Should we continue moving forward? If we did, given our current state with such weak Yang Fire, if a few evil spirits appeared ahead, it would be a big problem. On the other hand, if we stopped and stayed put, that wouldn’t work either because this place is inherently sinister; staying here might also attract trouble.
After pondering for a while, I finally looked up at Cao Qilong and said, "Let’s go, let’s keep moving. It’s dangerous to stop in a place like this. If we were outside, stopping could allow us to wait until dawn when the Yang Qi would be stronger. But where are we now? We are in Fengdu County, which falls under the jurisdiction of the Underworld. In this place, even if you wait for a thousand years, you won’t see the sun; let alone we are currently in a cave."
Seeing me say this, Cao Qilong felt that our only option was to bravely move forward since we had no way to retreat. Of course, we couldn’t just walk blindly ahead; after all, our Yang Fire had been extinguished by the spirits. If we recklessly proceeded like this, it would indeed be hard to ensure nothing would go wrong.
Fortunately, earlier in the Stone Chamber, we had inadvertently discovered the Corpse of the Gravekeeper. We had picked up his Yellow Cloth Bag, which contained quite a few Copper Coins, and now they came in handy.
At that moment, I took out several Copper Coins from the Gravekeeper's yellow rag bag and prepared to reignite our Yang Fire.
Copper belongs to Yang; coins have passed through countless hands, so they carry strong Yang Qi. Additionally, since Copper Coins are round on the outside and square on the inside, they represent heaven and earth and embody righteousness associated with the emperor's era. Therefore, not only do Copper Coins possess strong Yang Qi, but they also carry significant positive energy.
As the saying goes: righteousness overcomes evil; as long as righteousness surpasses evil energy, then evil will naturally stay away. This principle is similar to how the Yang Fire works within a person.
Thus, I took out the Copper Coins, bit my fingertip to draw blood onto them, and then placed one coin on each shoulder.
Of course, this was a last resort because evil spirits thrive on Yin energy. They can invade and harm people because those individuals lack strong Yang Qi. People with abundant Yang Qi are not easily approached by spirits. Similarly, since our Yang Fire has been extinguished now, using these heavy Yang-associated Copper Coins along with my fingertip blood placed on my shoulders will allow the evil spirits to sense my shoulder's Yang Qi. This way, they might mistakenly believe that I still have three flames of Yang Fire burning brightly and would not dare approach us easily.
Although this method only uses the yang energy from copper coins and fingertip blood to deceive ghosts and evil spirits, in reality, if a ghost were to truly attack, the yang energy from the copper coins would not be enough to burn the spirit. However, as long as we remain cautious moving forward, we can still trick the ghosts.
I placed copper coins on both shoulders where the yang fire had been extinguished. Then, Cao Qilong understood and placed a copper coin on my shoulder as well.
With everything set, we began to worry about the intersection ahead. At this point, we started to suspect that we had encountered a ghost wall, especially since we had extinguished two sources of yang fire. To prove whether we were truly facing a ghost wall, we decided to mark this intersection. If we encountered the same intersection again and saw our mark, it would confirm that we had indeed been going in circles.
Without hesitation, I left an Exorcism Talisman at the intersection as a marker and also for its protective effect. I was concerned that a ghost might interfere; for example, if we marked the ground and a ghost erased our mark, all our efforts would be in vain. Using a talisman for marking was different since ghosts would likely not dare to touch an Exorcism Talisman.
Cao Qilong was also busy; he blew out an oil lamp on the stone wall in front of the intersection.
With everything done, we exchanged glances and stepped into the passage ahead. Of course, at this moment, we still chose the path filled with cold winds because we believed that only a ventilated passage could be the right one.
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