Halfway up Qingwei Mountain, Yuan Xiushuo was haunted by a ghost and could not move forward even a single step.
No matter which direction he tried to break through, he would be blocked.
Even if he retreated back to the mountain and took another route down, he would still be haunted by the ghost again.
Moreover, this black shadow was very slippery and only wanted to imprison Yuan Xiushuo in place. It did not intend to hurt him, nor did it intend to let him know his identity.
He was very careful in his attacks, and always stopped when necessary. However, no matter how close he got, Yuan Xiushuo could not see the other person's face, nor did he know his identity.
Yuan Xiushuo asked with a cold face, "What exactly do you want to do?"
The dark figure hid in the shadows of the forest and did not answer.
From beginning to end, he only said four words: "This road is blocked", and then carried out these four words to the end.
Yuan Xiushuo even tried to break through by force, but after a moment, he was tied up by the other party and sent back to his original place.
Extremely difficult.
Yuan Xiushuo turned around and went back to Qingwei Mountain, and went down the mountain again with several disciples, hoping that they would escort him and delay the nagging ghost.
Unexpectedly, this time, the ghost disappeared without a trace, and Yuan Xiushuo went down the mountain smoothly.
He breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that the ghost was frightened by the number of people he brought with him.
Come to think of it, no matter how powerful it is, it is still a ghost, and it is afraid of places with strong yang energy - such as places with a lot of people.
"I'm going to make a phone call nearby."
Yuan Xiushuo instructed his disciples to avoid the crowd.
He walked to a secluded corner and made sure that no one was around before taking out his cell phone and preparing to send a text message to the old man of the Jun family.
He suddenly felt someone patting his shoulder.
The phone had just been unlocked and the screen lit up.
Yuan Xiushuo ignored him and hurriedly sent a text message to report the news.
The next second, the phone was taken away and floated into the mountains and forests.
——This ghost had been following them silently before!
He gritted his teeth and turned around to see that the disciples he had brought down the mountain were still on guard not far away, and seemed to have not noticed the ghost here at all.
The text message and the mobile phone number he is about to send the message to must not be discovered, so he cannot borrow other people's phones to send messages at will.
He could only chase into the mountains and forests.
He even suspected that the ghost was just trying to delay him.
Yuan Xiushuo searched for a few steps in the forest but found no trace and decided to give up.
Go borrow a cell phone to send a message to the old man. Be discreet and delete the message after sending. It's not a big deal.
If I continue to be dragged by the ghost like this, I will fall completely into the opponent's trap.
Unexpectedly, when he blinked, he found his cell phone lying in the grass three meters away with the screen on.
Yuan Xiushuo picked up his phone. A memo appeared on the screen, which read, "Just a joke, sorry to bother you."
It doesn't seem like an apology, it feels more like a provocation.
Could it be that the other party has achieved his goal?
"who?!"
He heard some noise and looked up suddenly, alert.
The shadows of trees swayed in the air, and the only sound was the rustling of leaves in the wind.
Yuan Xiushuo stared at the bushes five meters away. There was something there, approaching him.
He thought it was the ghost who stopped him from going down the mountain and snatched his phone. He frowned and asked, "What do you want to do?"
"Come and reclaim what is not yours."
This is what the ghost replied.
The phone with the screen lit up was crushed in front of him.
The ghost hand does not leave any fingerprints.
Yuan Xiushuo suddenly widened his eyes.
The ghost in front of him was not the same ghost that had been playing pranks on him before.
"It's you?!"
Bai Ningning noticed that the old man of the Jun family was looking at her, and naturally looked back.
The old man of the Jun family exerted spiritual pressure on her, but Bai Ningning stood steadily in the distance, neither leaning nor shaking, as if she didn't notice anything.
The room suddenly became quiet, and the old foxes who were arguing just now stopped what they were doing and looked at Mr. Jun at the same time, not understanding why he suddenly put pressure on them.
When Mr. Jun looked at her, Bai Ningning knew that she was under suspicion.
When she saw everyone's eyes focused on her, she realized she could no longer pretend.
She did not feel the slightest bit embarrassed about being discovered, and met Mr. Jun's gaze with a smile.
Bai Ningning moved closer to Yuan Muyang and asked quietly, "What happened just now?"
Yuan Muyang couldn't make a sound, so he could only write on the paper to answer her: "Spiritual pressure."
He looked puzzled: Don’t you feel anything?
Bai Ningning was stunned for a moment and looked at the other people in the room. She found that only a few old foxes did not react, but the people behind them were more or less pale.
Bai Ningning muttered softly: "It's strange, I don't feel anything at all..."
Provocation, it is a provocation
[Baby, please speak softly. It’s so funny. I’m going to hate you.]
She sensed something wrapped around her, but since it was not threatening, she ignored it.
[Polygraph is activated! ]
[Mr. Jun's eyes that see through the truth of everything in the world (fog)]
Bai Ningning: “…”
The barrage is starting to show its second-year syndrome again.
The old man asked her, "Where did this little girl come from?"
Bai Ningning smiled as if she knew nothing about the world, with a sincere look on her face: "From Qingwei Mountain."
After testing, I found out that she was not lying.
But Master Jun still felt something was wrong. He stared at her and asked again, "Who sent you?"
Bai Ningning: "I volunteered to come here."
[Indeed, I haven't left Qingwei Mountain yet, so it's okay to count me as Qingwei Mountain.]
[More than willing, she came here under Mu Yang's command. Old man, please ask some useful questions! For example, ask her about her relationship with the underworld.]
Mr. Jun just turned on the lie detector's eye, unlike the barrage that turned on the God's eye.
After testing her twice and finding out she wasn't lying, Mr. Jun became amiable again and asked, "What do you think of them?"
The representative of the Wei family was a little dissatisfied. They were a group of old seniors who were highly respected in the world of metaphysics. How could they be evaluated by a little girl?
Does she deserve it?
Without hesitation, Bai Ningning said in a clear voice, "A very noisy group of people."
The old foxes didn't expect that she would dare to say that and make such an impolite comment. A group of people glared at her.
"You ignorant little girl!"
Someone said something vicious to her.
Bai Ningning looked frustrated, lowering her head and muttering, "You got so angry after just a few words. How rude of you."
The sound was not loud, but just loud enough for everyone in the room to hear.
He seemed depressed with his head down, but his eyes were still clear - he was pretending to be depressed.
Mr. Jun ignored the atmosphere and laughed to himself.
His laughter was as loud as a bell and as deafening as thunder.
Bai Ningning watched her hatred value rising rapidly. It seemed as if a few old foxes were planning to cause her some trouble later to let her see how sinister human nature was.
She curled her lips helplessly. The old man asked her to say those words, and it was the old man himself who laughed. Why don't you dare to hold a grudge against the old man and take it out on me?
The topic has all turned to her, and one person has already been forced to leave, so there's no hope of getting any more information tonight.
She quietly used the cell phone hidden in her sleeve to send a signal to Chu Yuyan.
Bai Ningning put her hands behind her back and smiled sincerely: "Children's words are innocent, children's words are innocent, please don't take them to heart."
While he was speaking, his cell phone vibrated, which meant that Chu Yuyan received the message and retreated safely.
The moment the vibration started, she pressed the volume button to completely silence the vibration.
Some subtle movements were also covered up by the sound of her voice, and no one present discovered the secret in the phone.
The Wei family representative scoffed disdainfully: "You're already grown up, and you're still talking like a child?"
Bai Ningning sighed softly (actually a sigh of relief), looking helpless. "That's just how adults are. When they see someone younger than them, they call them 'young brats'. We've all accepted our identities as brats, but then we're told we're 'grown-ups'... Oh, they're so hard to please."
The Wei family representative's face darkened even more.
Bai Ningning had no sense of offending anyone and looked at Mr. Jun with clear eyes: "Grandpa, the meeting is over, right? Can we leave now?"
Mr. Jun asked, "Are you in a hurry to leave?"
Bai Ningning pointed at Yuan Muyang and said, "Yes, he hasn't recovered yet. He just took some medicine and now it seems to have some side effects. He needs to go back to see a doctor."
The reasons are very sufficient, and it would seem a bit inhumane to not let him go now.
But Master Jun has never been a kind person. Although he smiled kindly, his voice was stern: "What if I don't let you go?"
Bai Ningning looked distressed: "There's nothing we can do about it."
She just lay back and accepted her defeat, as if it didn't matter whether she left or not.
Every word she said was sincere, and Mr. Jun could not see anything unusual.
Even when she was arguing with others, she was speaking the truth.
Mr. Jun made an unreasonable request: "Tell me a sincere lie, and I'll let you go if I'm satisfied."
【He panicked, he panicked! 】
[Old man: Let me know if my lie detector still works]
[Old man: I always feel that this little girl is telling lies, but I have no evidence]
Ningning didn't lie, but it wasn't entirely true either (hey)
Bai Ningning looked at him without hesitation: "You look so young."
Mr. Jun noticed the abnormal fluctuation and realized that this sentence was indeed a lie to him.
But it's a bit hurtful.
"Okay, let's go." The old man laughed again, "Interesting little girl."
"Thank you." Bai Ningning helped Yuan Muyang up.
She asked, "You should be able to walk by yourself, right? I can't carry you."
“…”
Yuan Muyang took two steps and felt a little reluctant.
Bai Ningning placed him on the doorstep and let him sit on it to rest for a while. She then turned back to ask Mr. Jun to borrow something: "Do you have a spare wheelchair? Can you lend it to us?"
"Can……"
Just as Mr. Jun was about to respond, he was interrupted by a strange noise at the door.
Suddenly, a strong wind blew outside the door, and the withered yellow leaves were blown all over the ground.
If you look closely, even the formation he painstakingly arranged has been blown into chaos and has become ineffective.
He frowned, tapped his cane twice solemnly, and ordered the person hiding in the shadows, "Go and see what's going on."
"etc--"
When Bai Ningning saw the black whirlwind, she looked bad and quickly chased after it.
The black whirlwind wrapped up Yuan Muyang and disappeared in an instant.
Bai Ningning widened her eyes. This was the only unexpected event that was beyond her plan and should not have existed.
"Looking for someone!"
Old Master Jun awakened the stunned crowd, and with his command, the others woke up as if from a dream and took action.
Everyone who came to the meeting brought some guards, but at the moment they were too busy to take care of themselves and felt that they might be the next person to be taken away.
Only Old Master Jun really sent a team of elites to look for him - Yuan Muyang had not yet left the Jun family's gate, and if something happened in his home, he would be responsible.
However, the other party was nowhere to be found, so the limited personnel had to be deployed to search for him in all directions, which was extremely inefficient.
Bai Ningning could sense the direction of Qinghuai, and early in the morning she broke away from the crowd and went there.
She could probably guess what Qinghuai wanted to do, but not now, and this approach was not right.
Bai Ningning chased to the cliff at the back mountain. She was not in good physical condition and was panting when she ran up.
Qinghuai seemed to be waiting for her, standing on the edge of the cliff, looking up at the moon.
Yuan Muyang was lying at his feet, as if he had fallen asleep.
"Wait a moment."
Bai Ningning bent down and supported her knees. She was so tired that it was difficult for her to speak.
Qinghuai didn't look at her, but he was indeed waiting for her.
Qing Huai suddenly spoke, as if in a murmur: "You know, I couldn't even see the moon before."
Bai Ningning felt a sweet and fishy taste in her throat. She hadn't exercised for a long time, and her health was not in good condition to begin with. Running up the mountain almost killed her.
She endured the discomfort and said, "You will see it every day from now on."
Her voice was very hoarse. For people who have not exercised for a long time, taking one more breath after a long-distance run or even climbing a mountain would be a torture to the throat.
Qing Huai floated in front of her, tucked her messy, sweat-soaked hair behind her ears, and said gently, "What if I want to see more than just the moon?"
Bai Ningning was too tired, so she simply sat down and rested on the ground, saying, "You can look at it, whether it's the sun or the moon, whatever you want to look at."
She tried her best to slow down her breathing, but every breath felt like a blade scraping her throat, which was very uncomfortable.
Qing Huai's hands suddenly felt empty, and his eyes were cold: "Lies are always better than the truth. Ghosts cannot stand the light, and I can't possibly see the sun."
Bai Ningning noticed something different about him.
She pretended not to know and pointed at Yuan Muyang and said, "Can you make him wake up? I have something to ask him."
Qing Huai laughed sarcastically, as if mocking himself. After a while, he spoke again: "Ask him if he wants to go with you to save the world?"
Bai Ningning felt that he was in a bad mood, but couldn't figure out why.
She took a deep breath and explained seriously: "It's to let him return the spiritual power to you, and then choose whether to be an ordinary person in the future, or work in the underworld to pay off the debt."
The ghost energy in Qinghuai became violent again, like inky black waves surging.
His ghost energy is much stronger than before.
Qing Huai's hand gently stroked Bai Ningning's smooth neck: "No one gave me the opportunity to choose at that time."
Bai Ningning knew he wouldn't hurt her, so she felt confident. She looked up, met his gaze, and said, "You'll have a chance to choose, too. It's a little late, but you'll have many more opportunities to choose in the future."
Qing Huai suddenly became annoyed and covered her eyes.
Why did she think he wouldn't hurt her? Why did she think he would go along with her playful plans?
——Even if he did cooperate, mostly cooperated, including coming to pick her up.
He suddenly wanted to scare her maliciously and said, "I know what you want me to do. Take back the spiritual power he absorbed from the Soul Transformation Formation. You think this will relieve him of his psychological burden, right?"
He moved his hand away, showing an extremely evil smile, and said close to Bai Ningning's eyes, "I just tried it once, and he will die."
Bai Ningning understood where the enhanced ghost energy came from.
Mr. Jun searched for the person but to no avail, so he contacted the Yuan family and learned that something big had also happened there.
The signal base station on the mountain suddenly lost power, so Yuan Xiushuo led his disciples down the mountain, but he disappeared as soon as he reached the foot of the mountain.
The disciples couldn't find anyone for a long time. When they were about to go back to the mountain to ask for help, they found Yuan Xiushuo rolling down the mountain, covered in blood.
Old Master Jun sighed softly and said, "My condolences." He suddenly couldn't bring himself to speak about the disappearance of the Yuan family's only son.
He could only hang up the phone helplessly and ask his subordinates to intensify the search.
The one who could kidnap Yuan Muyang in public was a ghost, and the one who could kill Yuan Xiushuo silently was also a ghost.
He gathered the rest of the participants here for protection and did not allow them to go home for the time being - the journey home might be even more dangerous.
When they heard the bad news, they called home immediately and only breathed a sigh of relief after learning that they were safe and sound.
This ghost is quite powerful. I don’t know if it is the ghost alliance that has come to harass me, or it is the revenge of a lonely ghost.
Not knowing who it was, he tremblingly guessed, "It's the King of Hell seeking revenge... They're coming to our door one by one..."
Old Master Jun said sternly, "That's nonsense! The King of Hell is always upright and wouldn't do such a thing!"
The old man acted so serious that I almost believed he was a good man.
[His voice is also full of righteousness]
Although I’m quite old, I still feel really safe.
The room was silent for a long time, and then someone said, "It can't be the one that's locked..."
"Improper discussion, improper discussion."
This topic cannot be brought up. As soon as it is brought up, it is immediately cut off.
The Zhuo family member stood up and took the initiative to say, "I can't sit still, so I'll go out and find someone."
He was quite quiet in the meeting, and he only said one sentence to every ten others said. But at this moment, he actually took the initiative to stand up and be the first to speak.
The Wei family representative was unhappy and cursed, "Why the hell are you trying to be a hero? You didn't say it just now, what's the point of saying it now?"
Once someone gets out, can these people still continue to be protected here with peace of mind?
Mr. Jun sighed and said, "Just wait for the news."
It was already a dereliction of duty for him to let Yuan Muyang be kidnapped in front of him, and he couldn't let anyone else take the risk.
Bai Ningning took a deep breath.
She was worried that something might happen to Chu Yuyan, so she specifically asked Qing Huai to protect him in secret, which was considered an insurance policy.
But unexpectedly, after Chu Yuyan evacuated, Qing Huai actually attacked Yuan Xiushuo.
She had clearly told him before that he should only delay time and try not to attack the other party, but saving his life was the first priority and he could fight back when necessary.
Bai Ningning looked at him. He was clean and not at all disheveled.
She asked, "Did you almost get killed again?"
"As you can see, no." Qing Huai's voice was cold and indifferent. "He didn't do anything, and then I killed him."
Seeing Bai Ningning staring at him in silence, he smiled sincerely instead: "Is your life too comfortable? What gives you blind confidence that I will definitely listen to you?"
He bent down, leaned close to Bai Ningning's ear, and pressed his face against hers, as if to seduce her, and also as if to provoke her: "You're out of control."
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