In this session of the Metaphysics Grand Competition, several senior brothers from the Xingyi Sect were injured due to previous accidents, leaving only one healthy Ju Jingbai.
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Ju Jingbai took a step back and smiled, "Xu Ge, what a nice name."
"Of course, it's a name that left a deep impression on you!" The Ghost King smiled. He still had that handsome face, but his aura had become extravagant and cruel. He leaned over to Ju Jingbai and sniffed him, "You smell so good!"
Ju Jingbai took another step back, with his fingertips behind his back, emitting a golden light of merit.
The Ghost King smiled as he reached out and grabbed Ju Jingbai's fingers in front of his eyes. He stared at Ju Jingbai, lowered his eyes and kissed away the golden light of merit on Ju Jingbai's hand.
To be precise, it was not kissed away, but absorbed.
"Actually, you want me to do this with this face, right? I did it for him." The Ghost King said with a very expressive smile.
Ju Jingbai was forced to not curse.
She had a wooden face and watched the Ghost King walk out with a chuckle.
Was this Ghost King not only trying to trick her, but also trying to disgust her? Not only had she failed to extract any useful information, she had also revealed all of her personal information. It seemed the Merit Golden Light could only be used after crafting a talisman.
Ju Jingbai sat on the bed, deep in thought. What if she started acting like the Ghost King when facing Xu Ge in the future? Wouldn't she go crazy?
This Ghost King must be killed!!
Ju Jingbai thought about it, stood up again and looked at the wolfhound outside. The wolfhound was much larger than Dahei.
She reached for the whistle on her chest. She always wore it, having brought it with her when she entered the virtual realm. But could the whistle's power suppress the wolfhound?
In the next few days, Ju Jingbai, as the soon-to-be-crowned princess, was strictly forbidden from going out and was placed under house arrest in her room.
The King of Ghosts seems to be very busy and is nowhere to be seen all day long.
He would only come to Ju Jingbai's room at night.
She didn't say anything, just looked at Ju Jingbai quietly. Ju Jingbai suspected that if he couldn't eat her directly, his gaze would have made him want to eat her directly into his stomach.
It's like the way a very hungry person looks at food.
Ju Jingbai low-key covered his body with talismans made of golden light of merit.
Not only that, she also asked her maid to help her go out and get information.
The maids were allowed to move freely in the hall, but in just a few days, half of the maids around her were gone. When she asked about it, the officer guarding the gate would answer coldly that he didn't know.
Later, Ju Jingbai didn't dare let anyone go out. She would even wait for a long time if someone went out to get some water.
This is really not a solution.
Ju Jingbai planned to go out at night and return to the room before dawn.
On the day they made their plan, Bai Xiuxiu stood in front of the dressing table and helped Ju Jingbai style her hair. She said, "My concubine, I know you want to escape. How about taking me with you when you do?"
"If possible, I would definitely take you all with me, so I wouldn't have to come back." Ju Jingbai whispered, "But you can see that I can't get any information. It would take me several days to find out the situation by myself. How can I take you with me? The two of us would be too big of a target."
Ju Jingbai has many concerns, the biggest of which is that he is not strong enough to lead others.
"Don't worry, after I go out at night, I will come back during the day and will not bring any trouble to you." Ju Jingbai said. The most important thing was to control the wolfhound. She needed to experiment.
"Princess, let me go out and get some information for you." Bai Xiuxiu put away the wooden comb in her hand and said with a wry smile, "I know you are a capable person, but you can come back once, twice, but what about three or four times?
If anything unexpected happens, we maids won't survive.
Besides, it takes too long.
My family can't wait that long. The news of me being chosen as a maid has already spread back home, and now the news of the maid's murder must have also spread back to our family.
I left in such a hurry that I didn't even leave them with my soul. They'll definitely be overwhelmed by this news. I'm really scared... Actually, ghosts have another way to die. Do you know what it is?"
"What is it?" Ju Jingbai asked.
"If a ghost is muddleheaded and without any obsession, and its spirit collapses, it will dissipate on its own without any external force." Bai Xiuxiu recalled, "Is there any reincarnation in this place? When we escaped, there was a female ghost whose son was killed. She cried for a few days and then her soul power dissipated."
"You should have seen what happened to those maids the other day."
"I know, but I shouldn't be that unlucky, isn't Xiao Qi back?" Bai Xiu Xiu said firmly. She smiled and said, "Don't worry about me. If I really am unlucky, please help me go see my parents."
Ju Jingbai nodded: "Okay, don't worry."
Bai Xiu Xiu didn't hesitate after saying this and walked outside with a basin of water.
Ju Jingbai warned: "If you encounter danger, run quickly, don't hesitate, your life is the most important."
Bai Xiuxiu jokingly said, "My mother said the same thing when I went to the battlefield to get something."
Ju Jingbai was stunned for a moment. After getting to know each other, he found that Bai Xiu Xiu was not as shy as she appeared outside the city.
Ju Jingbai watched the gatekeeper close the door, and Bai Xiu Xiu's figure disappeared behind the door.
She stood restlessly by the window, staring at the wolfhound's location. The last time her two maids made a move in the wolfhound's place, they never came back. But when Xiao Qi, whom Bai Xiu Xiu mentioned, went out, the wolfhound's place was quiet.
After sitting there for a long time, no one went to the wolfhound's place, and the wolfhound started barking wildly.
Ju Jingbai stood up immediately. At the same time, there was a commotion in the corridor of the hall outside.
She secretly opened the door, and the ghost officer guarding outside had disappeared.
"Find the person for me." Ju Jingbai heard the Ghost King's angry roar.
The sky outside was covered with dark clouds, becoming even gloomier.
Ju Jingbai quietly went out and hushed to the two little maids huddled in the corner.
The two little maids were sitting in the corner. Seeing this, they fainted on the ground.
Ju Jingbai nodded and went out to find Bai Xiu Xiu.
"Xiu Xiu, Xiu Xiu?" Ju Jingbai called out softly, and drew a talisman to find someone with the golden light of merit.
The talisman led Ju Jingbai to the innermost room.
"Bai Xiu Xiu." Ju Jingbai quietly entered the room and closed the door.
This is a storage room with only a small skylight at the top. Various red and white candles are piled on wooden shelves, and various sacrificial flags are also piled on the shelves.
Bai Xiu Xiu fell into the corner, her face turned pale, and the negative energy in her body was about to collapse. When she saw Ju Jingbai, she wrapped her soul in a purse and handed it to Ju Jingbai.
Seeing this, Ju Jingbai hurried over and asked, "What's going on? How did it become like this?"
"This is my soul. Give it to my parents. I will come back." Bai Xiuxiu instructed, and then said, "Princess, you must escape quickly. The Ghost King and his men are setting up a formation. They want to use the ceremony to take the golden light from you for themselves. And it turns out there is more than one Ghost King. There is also an old one. I heard them say that as long as they can absorb the golden light of merit from you, they can break free from the corner city."
"Old Ghost King?" Ju Jingbai frowned. She couldn't defeat just one, so how could there be another one?
"Yes, the old Ghost King has been practicing in Jiaocheng. The large amount of evil energy offered every year has been absorbed by the old Ghost King. I blocked all distracting thoughts and stood there. The Ghost King didn't notice it. It was the old Ghost King who discovered it..." Bai Xiu Xiu's voice became smaller and smaller until it disappeared. Her whole body gradually became transparent and turned into Yin energy, filling the dark clouds above Jiaocheng.
"Knock, knock, knock." Suddenly, there was a knock on the door.
Ju Jingbai stood up, but didn't open the door. He walked to the door, put a sealing talisman on it, and asked, "Who is it?"
"Princess, it's only been a few days since we last met, and you've already forgotten my voice?" The Ghost King's voice came in.
"I'm sorry, I didn't come out on purpose. Didn't we agree not to meet before I become your consort? How about you leave first and I go back to my room?" Ju Jingbai made a condition.
"Do you think you can negotiate here?" The Ghost King's voice grew colder. "Don't think that just because I treated you kindly earlier, you're going to push your luck. The maid in your room neglected her duty, and I've had her dealt with. I'll count to three. If you don't leave, I'll kill the officer who was guarding you."
"No need, I'll go out right away." If the Ghost King says to kill ghosts, he will do it immediately.
Ju Jingbai took back the sealing talisman on the door.
As soon as she opened the door, she saw a familiar grandfather's face. He was about 1.7 meters tall, with black hair and wrinkles on his face from smiling. She was stunned for a moment and immediately closed the door again.
This is really weird, is this the other ghost king that Bai Xiuxiu mentioned?
"Master, this time it's your face!" Ju Qiyue shouted. He couldn't help but laugh and said, "I miss you so much. Look at my little sister's expression. She's basically scolding me with her expression!"
"However, Junior Sister, this time the virtual realm is really difficult. The Ghost King has even asked the little ghosts to explain the knowledge to Junior Sister one by one. It's clearly a good start, but the ending is nowhere to be found. What should Junior Sister do?"
Qin Shijun couldn't help laughing and looked away, saying.
"Now Master has finally gotten what he wanted." Qi Qingren laughed.
After a long moment, he glanced at his master and muttered, "Brother, why do I feel like the master is still not very happy?"
Bai Shuo took a look and smiled, "Of course. Not only did he appear later than Xu Ge, but even when comparing the two Ghost Kings, Master's old Ghost King doesn't have a good figure like the original Ghost King. He's ugly and has no presence. How can Master be happy?"
Qi Qingren curled his lips: "Master, why are you so nosy? If I had Senior Brother's face, do you believe that Senior Brother would be secretly happy for most of the day? He's spoiled."
Upon hearing this, Bai Shuo moved lightly and walked to Ju Qiyue's side.
"Mmmmm."
Qi Qingren stared at his master with wide eyes. Just now, his master had cast a talisman on him to silence him.