214: Chapter 214 The Evil Taoist

[Blooming Chrysanthemum: Ugh, ugh, ugh, I haven't seen this skill card before. Is it for stealing things?]

[Break Up With Math: So... is this guy's profession also Magician? I remember only Magicians can obtain the skill to steal from others.]

[I Am Not Mentally Ill: Isn't the Magician profession the rarest? In total, I've only seen one Many Children Many Blessings and one Longevity Like Southern Mountain.]

[Lao Liu: Could it be that the second Many Children Many Blessings is about to be born? Fallen genius, let me inherit your glory!]

[Supreme Fungus: This Seven-Star Lamp Array is activated using Paper Dolls, but looking at Ashes Silent, he probably doesn't understand Feng Shui.]

[Supreme Fungus: You have to place the Paper Dolls in a water vat and arrange them in the Seven-Star Return formation to activate it.]

[Supreme Fungus: As shown in the image below, you guys take a look, how is a normal person supposed to do this?]

[Supreme Fungus: (Seven-Star Lamp Array)]

[Blooming Chrysanthemum: It's truly difficult. You need to use the exact same amount of force to insert them into the water. Just this point alone, only a Magician could manage it.]

[Dabian Superman: Speaking of which... this stealing skill is really useful. It directly obtained the items needed to activate the lamp array.]

[Dabian Superman: If following the plot normally, you're supposed to knock the Eldest Miss Su unconscious while she's in the room burning paper to summon gods, in order to get the loot.]

Seeing the picture posted by Supreme Fungus, combined with the mural that Teacher Jiyin saw behind the ancestral tablets earlier.

The two were exactly the same.

Chen Mo immediately took action, flipped over to leap onto the rafters again, and used Threading the Needle to firmly bind the Ghost Bride.

He ensured she wouldn't interfere midway.

Immediately after, he carried a water vat from afar and tossed it into the center of the bright, moonlit courtyard, pressing it down over the well opening.

Chen Mo took out the Paper Dolls and inserted them into the water one by one in the order of the Big Dipper.

These Paper Dolls were not like those used for ordinary memorial services for the dead, but rather more like the substitute Paper Dolls used by Taoists.

Legend has it that the Seven-Star Lamp Array was the life-extending method used by Zhuge Liang back when he campaigned against the Wei Kingdom to revitalize the Han Dynasty.

"If the main lamp does not go out within seven days, my lifespan can be extended by one ji!"

One ji is approximately 12 years.

But in the end, Master Wolong's life-extension failed because Wei Yan suddenly burst in, causing the main lamp to go out.

The lower halves of the seven small Paper Dolls submerged into the large vat, but they didn't sink, remaining standing on the water's surface.

Chen Mo glanced at the picture posted by Supreme Fungus again, followed its instructions, bit his finger, and let a drop of blood fall in.

Then he inserted his thumb into it, secretly stirring the torrent according to a certain pattern.

A whirlpool appeared in the middle of the water vat, dragging all seven small Paper Dolls to the bottom of the vat.

The speed of the whirlpool didn't decrease, but a light began to emerge from the bottom of the water.

Chen Mo looked closely and discovered that the water in the vat had actually started to evaporate rapidly!

Soon, seven oil lamps appeared at the bottom of the waterless vat, absorbing the energy of the Big Dipper.

A piece of mutton-fat jade pendant was right in the center of those seven oil lamps.

Chen Mo took it out, and the item information appeared.

[Item: Second Miss's Jade Pendant, ID: B123]

[This jade pendant contains ancient black iron, capable of averting misfortune and subduing demons.]

"Subduing demons?" Chen Mo felt a bit baffled.

The jade pendant felt round and smooth to the touch, and could even cool the surface of the body; it didn't look like something that could be used to slash people at all.

Suddenly, the totem carved on the surface of the jade pendant surged with red light.

Chen Mo turned around and saw that Second Miss had already broken free from Threading the Needle and was attacking him once again!

"Since it's for subduing demons, I have to give it a try!"

Chen Mo held the jade pendant high, facing Second Miss.

The peach-blossom eyes beneath the red bridal veil instantly froze. She raised her arms to shield her face, as if she had been knocked back by an invisible wave.

Second Miss let out a miserable shriek and vanished without a trace in an instant.

To confirm his hypothesis, Chen Mo took out the bone-scraping knife and stabbed it into the mutton-fat jade pendant.

The bone-scraping knife squirmed up and down, growing and shrinking, which indicated that there was blood inside the jade pendant.

Soon, the light on the surface of the mutton-fat jade pendant completely dissipated, and it had become an ordinary jade pendant.

Chen Mo flicked his palm, and the bone-scraping knife instantly extended.

It transformed into a coin sword, strung together by countless round-outer-square-inner copper coins!

With a flick of the blade, an invisible sword qi slashed out, instantly turning the dozen or so Paper Dolls in front into ashes.

Seeing this, the surrounding Paper Dolls immediately covered their heads and fled.

"Heh heh, this young master is now a Taoist master too." Chen Mo placed the coin sword on his back.

He swaggered into the mansion; this time, there shouldn't be anyone who can stop me from solving the case.

Just as he walked into the mansion, a small Paper Doll's head poked out from Chen Mo's pocket. It slid all the way along Chen Mo's sleeve and quickly crawled out from his collar.

Then it crawled into Chen Mo's ear.

Chen Mo's face instantly twisted, and it quickly changed into the face of another person.

Even his chest became prominent, feeling somewhat heavy.

If it weren't for this sudden drastic change in his chest, Chen Mo really wouldn't have realized he had transformed.

He took out the twin fish bronze mirror to look, and Chen Mo was almost scared out of his wits.

"What the f*ck?! I turned into a woman?!"

"This..."

"No." Chen Mo stared at the woman's face in the mirror; it was very familiar.

After quickly searching his memories, it overlapped with a portrait.

"This is the appearance of Eldest Miss Su."

To confirm his hypothesis, Chen Mo sat before the bed, pulled down his shoulder, and looked in the mirror again.

He saw that there was indeed a tattoo on the left breast; this was Eldest Miss Su.

Chen Mo touched the white-and-reddish cheeks with his hand, and a memory instantly entered his mind.

"Hoo hoo hoo! Hahaha haha!"

The first thing that entered his ears was the loud laughter of a madman.

"The two young ladies of the Su Family are truly beautiful; how can I possibly hold back!"

Chen Mo's line of sight at this moment was very low. He turned his head slightly.

He saw that this was a very dark cave, and many holes had been dug into the walls of the cave.

And right inside those holes, many deity tablets were placed.

There was Yuanshi Tianzun, Yuchi Jingde, Qin Shubao, as well as Taishang Laojun and the like.

Chen Mo could determine who was who through the mounts they were riding.

He hadn't watched Journey to the West for nothing; the demons inside were all pets of this bunch of immortals.

Next, Chen Mo raised his hands and saw that his hands were yellowish and as thin as cicada wings.

"I've turned into a Paper Doll?!"

And the one who was laughing was a Taoist wearing a black Taoist robe.

He held two sticks of incense in his hand, inserted them into the bowl of rice in front of him, then muttered something, pressed his fingers together, and pointed forward.

A pillar of fire suddenly shot up from a brazier placed in front of him!