God's mad laughter echoed in the conference room.
At this moment, director Lin and the assistant both didn't notice that their expressions had changed. As they listened to the laughter, it was as if they were possessed, staring dead-on at the video. Their eyes gradually became crazed.
Ding-ling-ling—
The heart-protecting spiritual treasure fetched by the assistant, an ancient-style wind chime, began to ring.
It seemed to sense the changes in their mental states.
The ancient wind chime jingled clearly.
Ding ding dang dang~
But the wind chime rang louder and louder. As if it had noticed the wind chime treasure was protecting the two of them, the laughter of God in the video actually grew subtly louder, making their eyes even more crazed, to the point where the wind chime could never pull their gazes back.
At that moment, on the screen, the people in front of the church, under the influence of God's mad laughter, also had crazed expressions, even laughing along.
At the same time, the one filming, under the laughter, couldn't hold the phone steady, the footage shook, looking like even the image itself was laughing along.
At the critical moment, perhaps the one who leaked the video knew the video was strange, the video ended as the two from Lin's side were on the verge of madness, and the laughter abruptly stopped.
Ding-ling-ling—
At this moment, the two finally heard the wind chime's sound, and their agitated, maddening emotions were soothed. Director Lin came back to his senses.
When he realized what had just happened, "Damn it!"
Even with high self-restraint, Director Lin couldn't help but curse, breathing heavily, his face full of lingering fear.
The assistant directly collapsed to the ground. As if he had seen a ghost, he looked in horror at the ended video on the tablet and couldn't help blurting out, "Was that video cursed? Black magic? Sorcery?"
The two of them rested for several minutes. With the wind chime treasure washing their mindsets, only then did they recover.
"Send this video to Professor Chen, have her investigate the video's authenticity, whether it's really cursed, truly filmed, or just special effects."
Director Lin let out a long breath and continued, "Be sure to tell Professor Chen, she must be cautious of the laughter of God in the video. Take enough heart-protecting treasures. If possible, have Elder Zhang accompany her for protection."
"I'll go do that now."
"Wait." Director Lin called the assistant back.
The assistant turned around. "Director Lin, do you have further instructions?"
Director Lin nodded, his voice deep, "Earlier I had you arrange for a night-watch-level Daoist to go to Europe and inquire. Cancel that. Wait until Lady Miao Gu finishes her meeting, and let her go."
As he spoke, he looked at the wind chime treasure in the assistant's hand.
"Even a sect-guarding treasure couldn't protect our minds. Sending the night-watchman is too dangerous, too uncertain."
After experiencing the video, Director Lin realized the 'Gate of Heaven' incident in Europe was no less strange than the Old Master Hu San matter.
Recalling the upside-down God in the video, Director Lin still felt lingering fear.
"To be safe, have someone of Grandmaster level like Lady Miao Gu go. Also, before she departs, send her to Bureau 749's treasury and let her pick treasures freely to bring along."
"Yes."
After the assistant left, Director Lin sat at the table for a long time without getting up, lost in thought.
After a while, whispers came from the conference room:
"An upside-down God… a polluted angel… If all this is true, I fear Heaven has fallen… then has the Celestial Court also… become like Heaven? Hope I'm just overthinking it. After all, who could really make even God go mad…"
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[Daxia, Fujian]
"Even the Little Green Turtle has lost contact?"
After Qin Ye finished casting the seal, he turned to a matter he hadn't completed before, calling the Little Green Turtle.
But after repeated calls, the Little Green Turtle's worship statue gave no reaction at all.
Qin Ye wasn't surprised. "Even the Southern Heavenly Gate got smashed, maybe Little Green Turtle also met misfortune. Sigh."
He sighed lightly. Just as Qin Ye was lost in thought, a streak of flowing light cut across the sky. Qin Ye looked up and stretched out his hand. The light landed precisely in his palm, and as the glow faded, it revealed a Heavenly Law Cage.
At this time, the Heavenly Law Cage was only palm-sized, like a small delicate birdcage. Qin Ye lifted the cage and looked inside, Old Master Hu San was still attacking the cage.
"Just like Old Man Li said, Old Brother Hu San, you've become something neither human nor ghost."
Reflected in his eyes was the eerie form of Old Master Hu San.
"Quick, kill me… kill me…"
From inside the cage, the snake-scaled, fox-tailed figure let out the painful moans of Old Master Liu of the Liu family.
Though compressed to the size of a figurine due to the Heavenly Law Cage's rules, Qin Ye could still clearly see the strangeness of the snake scales, fox tails, and the thick black liquid.
At the same moment, inside the cage, Old Master Hu San saw the large pupils and handsome face of Qin Ye outside the cage.
Just like when he'd seen Old Daoist Li Hanguang and Wang Qingqing earlier, it would instinctively attack. This time was no different.
Upon seeing Qin Ye, Old Master Hu San spasmed toward the side of the cage facing him, the nine fox tails lashing out, attacking Qin Ye outside the cage.
Clang!
Sparks flew. With the Heavenly Law Cage in place, all his attacks landed only on the cage itself.
Qin Ye observed for a while, then spoke, "Old Brother Hu San, do you still remember me? I'm Qin Ye. A thousand years ago, when we first met, you saw my spiritual body was excellent, and wanted me to become your mount spirit."
His slow voice echoed, like the tranquil voice of the Western Tathagata Buddha, like a Daoist Immortal preaching.
His voice held an indescribable magic.
Even, it gave one the feeling: if Qin Ye were to speak to flowers and trees now, saying 'bloom and bear fruit', buds would surely open, and trees would fruit by his words.
Pity that Old Daoist Li Hanguang and Wang Qingqing weren't present, or they would've noticed Qin Ye's technique.
This was a Daoist divine immortal art, "When words are spoken, the law follows."
Now Qin Ye used this technique, attempting to awaken the spirit of Old Master Hu San.
"At that time I refused you. You didn't give up, tried various ways to make me submit, even fought with me, thinking you'd use your strength to win me over, but you got beaten down by me."
"We only became acquainted through fighting. Old Brother Hu San, do you still remember that?"
Qin Ye's words spread into the Heavenly Law Cage.
Old Master Hu San seemed not to hear, only responded with zombie-like roars, endlessly attacking the cage.
Qin Ye looked attentively. There was not a trace of clarity in Old Hu's eyes, still hollow and lifeless, drooling black, thick saliva. Nothing looked like his spirit was awakened.
Qin Ye touched his chin, frowned, and muttered, "Strange. A living being becoming like brain-dead… Excluding brain damage, then either part of the Three Souls and Seven Spirits are lost, or they've fallen into slumber."
"If it's slumber, then my Word Spirit voice should wake at least some of the Three Souls and Seven Spirits."
"If it's lost souls, then my Word Spirit would get no soul resonance at all."
"But why does my Word Spirit voice get a soul resonance from Old Brother Hu San, clearly the soul is still there, but the level of that resonance, doesn't feel like they're asleep."
"Could it be because of fusion with Old Master Liu's soul? The Three Souls and Seven Spirits became unclean? Murky? No… that's not it…"
Qin Ye looked at the snake scales and fox tails, muttering, and recalled the earlier Word Spirit incantation.
The Word Spirit was cast, like tossing a rock into a dead sea, other than a splash, the sea had no further reaction.
Qin Ye quickly came to a conclusion, face turning strange, "Old Brother Hu San's Three Souls and Seven Spirits… not only fused with Old Master Liu's… they've all completely merged into one mess."
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