Before she could finish speaking, she had already drawn her peach wood sword and slashed with it.

The invisible sword energy shattered the approaching ghost messengers and headed straight for the person sitting high in the hall.

The once solemn and dignified King Yama was now scrambling to defend against the sword energy, while the judge scrambled to the side to avoid it.

Mingzhu threw out a few exorcism talismans and warding-off-evil talismans, and the majestic hall in front of him melted away inch by inch as if it were made of paper, revealing its true appearance.

It was just a dark, damp, and dilapidated underground cave.

The Yama King on the main seat, whose official robes symbolized his status, had disappeared. His clothes and appearance were still those of an ancient person, but half of his face was rotten, with rotting flesh hanging on his bones.

Xie Xiao almost threw up. Good heavens, she had just mistaken this ugly thing for the King of Hell.

The evil spirit glared at Mingzhuo with resentment: "It's you!"

It finally recognized that the amulet that had injured it was drawn by this girl.

This time they were really careless. They heard a lot of noise coming from Yuanxi Road and thought that was where the real expert was.

Unexpectedly, what came to our door was the one with the real ulterior motives.

Mingzhuo nodded generously: "It's me."

He attacked as he spoke, his movements incredibly fast.

The evil spirit retreated repeatedly, but was still stabbed by the sword. It immediately became angry, "Insolence! Don't you want to know what happened to that little boy?"

How can this person be so uncivilized? He attacks without ever giving a warning!

That's outrageous! Can't we just have a proper negotiation?

Mingzhuo moved with the speed of the wind and drew his sword like a rainbow: "Once I beat you to a pulp, I'll know where he is."

The evil spirit: "What arrogance! Do you think my years of cultivation are just for show? I've long been a ghost king..."

Mingzhuo threw over a few talismans, and a sword light slashed down. The evil spirit let out a wail and retreated repeatedly, having had one of its arms cut off.

“You’re right, it really is made of paper.” Mingzhuo stepped forward and kicked the evil spirit to the ground.

"Someone like you dares to call yourself the Ghost King? You've been soaking in the river for too long, your brain must be full of water!"

Evil spirit: "..."

What a disgrace! What a utter disgrace!

It was puzzled again. This little girl didn't look very old, and she didn't seem like a master with hundreds of years of cultivation. Could it be that cultivators in the human world were already this powerful?

Mingzhuo walked towards the nest. This thing had been lurking at the bottom of the river for who knows how many years. The nest was full of human bones.

It is evident that he committed numerous evils and harmed many people.

She raised her hand and wiped away the illusion, revealing a person inside.

"Xie Tan!" Xie Xiao shouted, rushed over and touched Xie Tan, only to find that the other's hands and feet were ice cold, which almost scared the soul out of him.

Were they too late after all...?

Mingzhuo took a look and said, "He's alright, but a lot of his life force has been drained, and his breath is very weak."

The evil spirit needed to constantly absorb human life force in order to prevent its body from decaying.

Once the anger has been absorbed, just kill him and leave him as his accomplice.

With such a crude and uncouth style, how could he possibly dream of becoming a local demon king? He must be insane.

"Oh no, that thing escaped!" Xie Xiao turned his head and was shocked to see no sign of it.

In that instant, the cave was flooded by the river, and Xie Xiao was so shocked that her heart almost jumped out of her throat.

Ming Zhuo grabbed Xie Tan and reached out to pull Xie Xiao along, "Let's go!"

The three returned to the riverbank they had been on before; it was now completely dark.

The drunken men by the river stared at them in shock, stammering, "You...you..."

Mingzhuo laughed and said, "You're drunk, that's why your eyes are blurry."

"I didn't..." the drunkard wondered, since these three people had suddenly appeared out of thin air.

“You’re just seeing things,” Mingzhuo said with certainty.

The drunkard mumbled, "Oh, right, I must be seeing things."

Mingzhuo was satisfied and casually slapped a talisman on Xie Tan's forehead.

"He has lost too much vitality, which has caused his soul to show signs of dissipation. This is a soul-stabilizing talisman to prevent his soul from dissipating. It would be best to find some monks or Taoist priests to perform exorcism rituals for him. By the way, the yang energy of his relatives and the incense ash from the temple can help him recover."

Xie Xiao nodded and tried to help her younger brother up, but as soon as she took him, she was almost crushed by his weight.

Mingzhuo pulled Xie Tan back, "Never mind, I'll take you back."

The Xie family's house wasn't far away, about three kilometers away. The two of them randomly flagged down a car at the intersection.

Throughout the journey, the driver kept glancing at Xie Tan's face. Ming Zhuo smiled and said, "Uncle, our little brother lost a game of truth or dare and is being punished."

driver:"……"

Is that so? Young people these days are really hard to understand.

"I was quite startled when I saw you. This looks like a crime scene, but you two girls shouldn't be bad people."

If it were two men with a woman who appeared to be unconscious, he would definitely call the police.

"But all sorts of strange things happen these days. The news reports that a little girl pushed an even younger boy off a building..." the driver said, recounting the news along the way.

As soon as the car arrived at the entrance of the residential area and the three of them got out, Xie's parents rushed over, "Tantan, Tantan, what happened to you?"

Mingzhuo turned around and met the driver's shocked gaze. She touched her nose: "..."

Hopefully, this driver won't overthink things.

"Cheng Zhuo, what are you doing here?" Chu Yuqi's voice rang out from the street corner.

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