Chapter 211: Ghost Killer

An elder of the Maoshan Sect personally came out and led a group of disciples to the imperial capital, trying to contact Huo Qinghuang.

Sanqing Palace sent several elders to secretly investigate Huo Qinghuang's background.

However, Huo Qinghuang's whereabouts were erratic, and even the Taoist masters found it difficult to track her down.

She was like a ghost, moving through the night of the imperial capital, devouring evil spirits one after another.

Huo Qinghuang stood on a city wall somewhere in the imperial capital, the night wind blowing through her long hair, bringing with it a hint of chilliness.

Her eyes swept across the streets in the distance, which were brightly lit and bustling with people. It was the Ghost Festival, and every household was offering incense to the souls of the dead.

She licked her lips gently, a glimmer of excitement in her eyes.

For her, these evil spirits are not only delicious "food", but also a great opportunity for her to accumulate merit.

She flashed and disappeared into the night like a ghost, and the next moment, she appeared in a dark alley.

Deep in the alley, several evil ghosts were greedily sucking the incense offered by humans. Their bodies were looming in the darkness, emitting a chilling and cold breath.

Huo Qinghuang smiled slightly, flicked his finger lightly, and a ghost-exorcising talisman flew out.

The talisman paper turned into a golden light in the air and instantly hit one of the evil spirits.

"roar……"

The evil ghost let out a shrill scream, and his body quickly became illusory under the impact of the golden light.

"The ghost killer is coming, run!"

Upon seeing this, the other evil spirits panicked and fled in all directions.

"Killer ghost? What is that?"

Huo Qinghuang frowned, and his body moved as fast as lightning. He instantly caught up with one of the evil ghosts and punched it, directly knocking the other party to pieces.

"Tsk, I didn't control my strength well."

Huo Qinghuang curled her lips and shook her head somewhat dissatisfiedly.

She originally wanted to spare the lives of these evil spirits. After all, it is meritorious to devour living evil spirits.

However, since they had already been dispersed, she no longer thought about it and with a wave of her hand, she swallowed up the remaining evil spirits one by one.

As the evil ghost disappeared, a faint force of merit surged into her sea of consciousness.

Huo Qinghuang nodded with satisfaction. Although the merit was not much, it could consolidate the sea of consciousness, which was better than nothing.

She looked up at the sky. There was still some time before dawn, enough time for her to devour a few more evil spirits.

…

The night before dawn was as dark as ink. Huo Qinghuang stood on the roof of a tall building, overlooking the city below.

There was a faint smile on the corner of her mouth and a bright light flashed in her eyes.

In just one night, she had devoured dozens of evil spirits, and the power of merit in her sea of consciousness also grew from a trace to a wisp.

The black blood that originally wrapped the soul tightly was also purified a little by the power of merit, leaving the soul with more space to move.

“Not enough.”

She murmured softly, then her figure flashed and disappeared into the night again.

At the same time, in a corner of the imperial capital, a young monk was carefully avoiding the attack of evil spirits.

His name is Li Qingshan, and he is an ordinary disciple of Longhu Mountain.

This time he was ordered to come to the imperial capital to investigate the whereabouts of Huo Qinghuang. However, he did not expect that as soon as he entered the city, he would be besieged by several evil spirits.

"Damn it, why are there so many evil spirits!"

Li Qingshan dodged the attack of the evil spirit while cursing in his heart.

His cultivation was not very high, and he was already somewhat overwhelmed when facing the siege of several evil spirits.

Just when he was about to collapse, a figure suddenly appeared in front of him.

She was a woman dressed in black, with a cold face, an angelic temperament, and a hint of excitement in her eyes.

She waved her hand casually, several golden lights flashed, and those evil ghosts were instantly reduced to ashes.

Li Qingshan was stunned. He stared blankly at the woman in front of him, feeling an inexplicable awe in his heart.

"Thank you for the rescue, senior!"

Li Qingshan hurriedly bowed, with a hint of respect in his tone.

Although the girl in front of him looked a few years younger than him, there was no hierarchy among people; whoever had the bigger fist was the senior.

Huo Qinghuang glanced at him indifferently, then turned and left, as if she didn't take him seriously at all.

Li Qingshan felt disappointed when he saw this, but he quickly reacted and chased after him.

"Senior, please stay!" Li Qingshan shouted loudly.

Huo Qinghuang stopped and looked back at him with a hint of impatience in her eyes: "What's the matter?"

Can't you see she is busy? How can this person be so tactless?

Li Qingshan quickly said, "Senior, I am a disciple of Longhu Mountain. May I ask if I am Senior Huo Qinghuang?"

"Hmm? You know me?"

Hearing this, Huo Qinghuang looked at him strangely.

What do the people from Longhu Mountain have to do with her?

Seeing that she did not deny it, Li Qingshan was immediately refreshed and said quickly: "Really, senior! It is like this, I was ordered to come here to investigate the disappearance of the evil spirit.

I wonder if you could tell me if these evil spirits are related to you?"

Huo Qinghuang sneered, with a hint of sarcasm in her tone: "Why, you from Longhu Mountain also want to meddle in my affairs?"

"No, no, no, senior, you misunderstood."

Li Qingshan's heart tightened, and he quickly explained: "What our Heavenly Master meant is that evil spirits are also members of the common people. If we can eliminate their evil spirits and help them to reincarnate, it will also be a merit."

Huo Qinghuang's mouth twitched, and after a while he said, "I didn't expect you Tianshi people to be so nice."

Is the Heavenly Master of the Tianshi Mansion so saintly?

If that's the case, then she shouldn't be held accountable for going to Mount Longhu to search for some elixirs, right?

Li Qingshan smiled awkwardly.

Of course, he didn't dare to say in front of Huo Qinghuang that their Heavenly Master wanted to find the person first, find out the details, and then decide whether to bring charges against him.

If he really said that, he might not see the sun tomorrow.

Huo Qinghuang glanced at him, then said calmly: "Tell your Heavenly Master that I devoured these evil spirits. If he has any dissatisfaction, feel free to come to me."

After saying this, she flashed and disappeared into the night again.

Li Qingshan stood there, unable to calm down for a long time.

He knew that his mission this time was accomplished, but he also realized that Huo Qinghuang's strength was far beyond their imagination.

It is not clear whether it is right or wrong for Longhu Mountain to provoke such an opponent.

No, he had to go back and report to the elders immediately. It would be best not to make an enemy of them.

At the same time, Huo Qinghuang's figure appeared again in another corner of the imperial capital.

She stood in front of a centuries-old attic and licked the corner of her mouth unconsciously.

In the attic, a strong negative energy is surging. Obviously, an extremely powerful ghost is hiding here.

"Swallow this one and go back to sleep."

Looking up at the sky, Huo Qinghuang muttered to himself, then walked into the attic.

In the attic, there was a gust of cold wind. A young girl in a red wedding dress was sitting quietly on an embroidered stool, drawing her eyebrows and eyes in front of a bronze mirror.