As she spoke, Nangong Ling'er slowly walked to the well and pointed to the faint bloodstains on the ground. "Also, the great array in this courtyard has become a spirit-summoning array. I guess someone wants to refine this corpse into a demon, right?"
Xiao Yuhan looked at the corpse on the ground, seemingly lost in thought. Then, glancing at the guards at the door, she brought them inside. "Speak! What happened here?"
The guards were no match for Xiao Yuhan, but they weren't afraid of him either. However, upon seeing the female corpse on the ground, they were all shocked. "Where...where did this corpse come from? It stinks!"
Xiao Yuhan said in a cold voice, "Enough nonsense! Tell the truth! What happened?"
The guard was also quite helpless and immediately said, "How would we know what happened? I should be asking you what happened! How did a withered corpse end up here?"
Seeing their expressions, Xiao Yuhan was puzzled and wondered if these people really didn't know.
After thinking for a moment, he asked again, "Who lived in this courtyard before?"
At this moment, the guard said again, "This courtyard used to be the villa of our Snow Frost Blade Sect's eldest disciple. That eldest disciple was also our sect leader's brother who grew up with him since childhood, but he died young."
"Oh? What's going on?" Xiao Yuhan pressed.
The guard hesitated for a moment. At this moment, another guard nudged him, signaling him to stop talking. But he still continued, "This is no secret. Who in our Snowfrost Blade Sect doesn't know? Elder Xue Changfeng was devastated after his wife died. Later, he fell ill and never recovered, and died young. But... where did this withered corpse come from?"
Xiao Yuhan glanced at the ancient well. "You really didn't know it was fished out of the well?"
The guard thought for a moment and said, "It's quite common to pull a body out of a well here, but this kind of body is really frightening. Who could be so cruel?"
Before Xiao Yuhan and the guards could think further, Nangong Ling'er, wielding the Su Yue Liu Tian sword, pierced the corpse with her hand seals, purifying it with spiritual energy. After she finished, the corpse turned into withered bones and then vanished.
The spirit they had seen before reappeared, kneeling before Xiao Yuhan and Nangong Ling'er. "Thank you... If you can, please save him..."
"Him? Who is he?" Xiao Yuhan asked.
The woman's spirit gradually dissipated, leaving only one name: Xue Changfeng.
Xiao Yuhan tried to protect her soul, but found that no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't. He watched helplessly as the woman vanished before his eyes, and his expression turned serious. "Her soul has been scattered..."
The junior sister behind her stepped forward and said, "There's nothing we can do. She must have been dead for a long time. This iron coffin not only slowed down the decay of her body, but also imprisoned her soul, so she should have disappeared long ago."
Xiao Yuhan frowned deeply, "What exactly is going on? Could it be..."
Xiao Yuhan and Nangong Ling'er exchanged a glance and both thought of Nanmen Ruoxuan, but they dared not speak recklessly about something without evidence, after all, this was still the territory of the Xuehan Blade Sect.
After Nangong Ling'er purified the corpse that served as a medium for the ghosts, the vengeful spirits that were besieging the Xuehan Blade Sect lost their target and all turned into wandering ghosts, killing anyone they saw. Everyone was busy dealing with these vengeful spirits until midnight before they finally stopped.
The original plan to depart for Beiyuan today has been temporarily postponed, and the remaining matters have been handed over to the Xuehan Blade Sect. Xiao Yuhan and her junior sister returned to their courtyard.
On the way back, Nangong Ling'er said with a solemn expression, "Senior brother, even if it wasn't Nanmen Ruoxuan, it must be someone from the Xuehan Blade Sect who is behind this. They set up a medium inside the Xuehan Blade Sect so that those vengeful spirits would keep moving towards the Xuehan Blade Sect. But I don't understand what the point of doing this is. Those vengeful spirits aren't very strong. It's just a waste of our time."
Xiao Yuhan shook his head and said, "I have two guesses. One is, as you said, to stall for time. The other is... someone wants to deliberately create chaos to achieve some purpose, but I don't know what it is."
"It's just speculation after all. Oh well, let's take it one step at a time. Senior brother, you'd better be wary of Nanmen Ruoxuan!"
At this moment, Xiao Yuhan suddenly seemed to remember something, and his expression darkened. "Wait a minute! Junior Sister, have you seen Yao'er and the others?"
Nangong Ling'er shook her head, "I haven't seen her at all... I guess she went out to exorcise ghosts?"
At this point, Nangong Ling'er's expression also turned grim, as if she had thought of something. "Something's not right! Let's go! Senior brother, let's go back to the courtyard and check!"
The two siblings hurriedly walked into the courtyard. All the rooms were eerily quiet. As soon as they entered the courtyard, they saw bloodstains and signs of a struggle on the ground. Xiao Yuhan's bad premonition grew stronger, and he quickly ran to Bai Yao's room to check.
I pushed open the door, but there was no one there.
"Junior sister, none of those vengeful spirits came in today, right? How come there was a battle here?"
Nangong Ling'er also realized something was wrong. "Yes, unless... the battle here has nothing to do with the vengeful spirits. Senior brother... don't panic. Yao'er might not be in trouble. Let's go check inside her room first!"
Xiao Yuhan entered the room, and after they looked around together, they found only a letter on the table. It read: "Xiao Yuhan, if you want to see Bai Yao, come to the Ten Thousand Ghosts Cave alone. We will be waiting for you! Qiu Xinghen."
Upon seeing this, Xiao Yuhan's expression turned solemn, a hint of murderous intent flashing in his eyes. He then handed the note to his junior sister and walked out the door without saying a word.
These two lines were short, but Nangong Ling'er read them immediately and stopped Xiao Yuhan, "Senior brother, don't be impulsive, let's set off together tomorrow!"
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