How could a perfectly good tire suddenly blow out?
They were in the middle of a remote field, with no nails or anything like that around. Moreover, these were luxury cars worth over a million, and the tires were all brand new.
Shui Miao got out of the car and walked toward the crowd. To his surprise, next to the blown tire was a small hole, and a little hedgehog was crawling into it.
Could the tire have been ruined by a hedgehog?
That was obviously absurd. If a hedgehog could pierce a tire, it would surely deserve to be the king of all beasts.
Everyone was confused and clueless, unable to figure out why the tire had blown.
“What’s there to see? Hurry up and change the tire. Find out the reason for the flat,” said Jiang Zhihao, waving his hand to signal the crew to get to work. The two drivers responsible for the car quickly took out their tools, and everyone scattered to attend to their tasks.
Sun Hao and Jiang Zhihao, along with Jiang Zhihao, approached Shui Miao with smiles on their faces.
“Master, it’s nothing serious. Just a flat tire. Hope it didn’t scare you too much, hehe…”
Jiang Zhihao blinked his eyes and noticed that Shui Miao was staring fixedly to the north. He quickly turned his head and saw hundreds of crows gathered on the nearby trees, creating a dark and eerie sight.
Although Shui Miao couldn’t channel his immortal powers, his vision was extraordinary. He not only saw the crows but also noticed many weasels hiding in the grass, partially visible.
This was strange and highly unusual.
Shui Miao casually glanced around and felt increasingly uneasy.
Could it be the ghost of the Dog-Eyed Taoist causing trouble again?
Or was this place itself haunted?
At that moment, Shui Miao didn’t say anything. Instead, he silently turned back to the car and shut the door firmly.
Seeing his master close the door, Jiang Zhihao was slightly taken aback and sensed something was wrong. He immediately turned around, called Sun Hao and Jiang Zhihao over, and whispered to them, “Something feels off here. I think Master has noticed something. We’ve been cultivating for quite some time now. For minor issues, we should handle them ourselves and not trouble Master. There’s nothing to fear even in broad daylight. All of you, bring out your spirit-repelling treasures.”
Indeed, thanks to Shui Miao’s repeated purification and enhancement of their bodies, the three middle-aged men could now channel spiritual energy and had even developed the “Yin-Yang Eyes,” allowing them to see malevolent spirits.
Now, with their master as their backup, the three of them felt emboldened.
They were all extremely wealthy men. Because of their deep interest in Taoist cultivation, they had each spent large sums of money to acquire their own “treasures.”
“Great! Finally time to exorcise some evil spirits, hahaha!”
Sun Hao was visibly excited. He immediately unbuttoned his shirt, revealing a palm-sized ancient bronze Bagua mirror hanging around his neck. The mirror had dragon carvings and special symbols along its edge. Not only was it an antique, but it was also a powerful spirit-repelling artifact.
Sun Hao had spent 3 million yuan to purchase this ancient bronze Bagua mirror from a remote Taoist temple. It had been the temple’s most treasured possession, but due to financial difficulties, the abbot had sold it to him.
Jiang Zhihao lifted his shirt and drew a blackish-brown wooden sword about sixty centimeters long from his waist. Though it appeared ordinary, this sword was extremely valuable. Jiang Zhihao had paid 3.5 million yuan to buy it from an antique dealer. It was said to be made from naturally lightning-struck jujube wood, known in Buddhist and Taoist traditions as a wood with powerful spirit-repelling properties, and extremely rare.
According to legend, when the celestial deity rode a fiery chariot across the heavens, he accidentally collided with a jujube tree, igniting it and causing a deafening explosion that echoed far and wide. This event became known as “Thunder.” Coincidentally, the divine essence of the deity was transferred into the jujube tree during the collision. From that point on, lightning-struck jujube wood was believed to contain divine energy, making it feared and avoided by all evil spirits and misfortunes. The tree became known as “Divine Wood” or “Spirit-Repelling Wood.”
Lightning-struck jujube wood, also known as “Thunder-Struck Wood” or “Spirit-Repelling Wood,” was considered the supreme sacred wood in Taoist magical practices.
The book “All Paths Return to One” listed it as the number one sacred wood for crafting magical instruments.
Lightning-struck jujube wood was the essence of the union of yin and yang energies in the heavens and earth, enriched by the essence of the sun and moon, the Big Dipper, and the five elements. Only when the wild peach wood grew on mountain peaks could it absorb such cosmic energy, and the older the tree, the more spiritual it became. It had endured the seasons, the cold winds, and the starlit nights. Especially after being struck by lightning, it became an object of dread for all evil spirits.
Jiang Zhihao nodded in satisfaction and went to another car to retrieve a box. Inside were a pair of copper cymbals that looked ancient. Unlike ordinary cymbals, these bore twelve Sanskrit mantras on both sides. They were said to be the magical treasures of a Tibetan red-robed lama. When struck together, their clear, sharp sound could shake the soul. Demons and evil spirits hearing the sound would be terrified, their livers and gallbladders bursting as they fled in all directions.
Thanks to their wealth, all three had acquired extremely rare magical treasures.
However, this was the first time they had ever used them.
The three of them proceeded cautiously and secretly to the place where the tire had blown.
Together, they channeled their spiritual energy, using their Yin-Yang Eyes. They saw green mist rising from the small hole—clearly a sign of a demon.
Jiang Zhihao nodded at Sun Hao, who immediately channeled his spiritual energy into the bronze Bagua mirror and shone it on the hole. But as soon as the light hit, a strange cry came from the hedgehog’s nest, and a black mist rose, scaring the two tire-changing drivers into running away.
“Haha! So there really was something dirty here!”
Jiang Zhihao wasn’t scared at all. Instead, he immediately thrust his lightning-struck jujube wood sword into the hole. Instantly, strange cries and rustling sounds came from the hole, making the hair on one’s back stand on end.
The drivers looked at each other, wondering what kind of creature was hiding beneath the hole.
“Whoosh… whoosh…”
Suddenly, eerie winds began to blow, swirling dry grass and broken branches into the air, rushing toward Jiang Zhihao, Sun Hao, and Jiang Zhihao.
Looking up, Jiang Zhihao saw numerous little demons with bared fangs and claws rushing toward them.
Without hesitation, Jiang Zhihao shouted “Halt!” and struck the copper cymbals together, producing a sharp ringing sound. Immediately, the little demons clutched their heads and fell to the ground, and all the ghostly winds vanished. Even the distant crows, upon hearing the sound, flapped their wings and flew away in a panic.
Seeing the immense power of his copper cymbals, Jiang Zhihao was delighted and struck them several more times. The crows and weasels scattered in all directions, and the surrounding atmosphere seemed to improve.
Hearing the noise, the crowd gathered around.
Shui Miao got out of the car and saw the three of them performing an exorcism. He felt a stirring in his heart. Seeing that the crows and weasels had disappeared, he became even more convinced that it must have been the Dog-Eyed Taoist’s soul causing mischief. Only he could have summoned such a large number of evil spirits. Ordinary demons wouldn’t dare appear in such numbers during the day.
“Brother Seven, it’s definitely that Dog-Eyed Taoist behind this,” said Zhuge Abacus’s voice in Shui Miao’s mind. Using the Holy Yuan Bracelet, he had sensed the ghost of the Dog-Eyed Taoist crouching beneath a nearby tree. “Brother Seven, this Dog-Eyed Taoist has only just died, and his spirit is weak. We just need a small trick to capture him easily.”
Zhuge Abacus, known for his wisdom, had already devised a plan for Shui Miao.
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