The Legend of Situ Shankong.

Summary

The passage describes a tense encounter in an Arhat Hall where the narrator, along with Qin Bu Kong and Song Zi, confronts and seemingly defeats a guardian demon. Using a curved blade, they strike a bundled cloth containing a mysterious black powdery substance that vanishes unexpectedly. Upon opening a stone box, they discover a preserved crocodile's eye and ceramic fragments with a hidden inscription by Cao Jie, a scholar who battled a supernatural entity for 49 days. The text reveals a complex tale of sealing a powerful spirit using a magical sword and an Eight Trigrams formation, hinting at deeper supernatural mysteries and transformations.

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