Chapter 176 Dealing with the Old Witch, Going to the Mountains to Shoot a Magazine
As the old woman pulled out the peach wood sword, her power grew stronger and stronger, and a powerful suction force appeared on the altar's formation, pulling the underworld messengers towards it.
Yun Shu looked at her with icy eyes.
I never imagined that her weak appearance just now was all an act; she wasn't that weak at all!
Even so, the old woman was not as strong as she had been at the beginning; she needed to rely on the array on the altar to unleash her ghost magic.
The antique treasures placed beneath the altar were there to provide energy for the formation. Once the formation was activated, many of the antiques turned to dust.
The underworld messengers were dragged above the altar and suspended there. A strange force bound them, preventing them from moving.
"It's over. This old woman wants to use our sacrificial formation to help her break through!"
The underworld officials' expressions changed drastically.
"You're only realizing it now? Too late!"
The old woman chuckled disdainfully, then tossed Yun Shu's peach wood sword aside and sat cross-legged in the very center of the formation.
"Ah! Help! Let me go!"
At that moment, Wang Hui's screams rang out.
The old woman patted the altar beneath her, and a gap appeared in the stone of the altar, allowing Wang Hui's soul to be transmitted up.
Looking at Wang Hui's soul, she murmured to herself, "Although she wasn't a girl born in the year, month, day, or hour of the Yin, the power of the formation will be greatly weakened, but with so many Yin messengers as sacrifices, it's about right."
The main reason is that she is eager to advance to the rank of Ghost General, so that the underworld will not send ghosts over again. She also doesn't have time to look for Fu Yuezhong's daughter now.
After muttering to herself, the old woman closed her eyes and began to activate the formation, hoping to break through her cultivation level in one fell swoop through this formation.
Yun Shu could naturally see through her purpose. She walked to the side of the altar and picked up the peach wood sword.
"Little girl, your peach wood sword is useless against me, so I advise you not to make any rash moves. Just wait for me to advance before I deal with you, or I guarantee you will die a more miserable death than these underworld messengers."
The old woman's voice came from behind.
She didn't open her eyes, but it was as if she could see Yun Shu's every move.
Just as the old woman finished speaking, Wang Hui's cries for help rang out, "Yun Shu, please save me! Save me! If you can save me, I'll give you all my money, and I'll publicly apologize to you online! I was wrong, I shouldn't have questioned your fortune-telling abilities, please save me!"
Yun Shu said coldly, "You're already dead."
Wang Hui saw Yun Shu raise her peach wood sword and point it at him, and his heart skipped a beat.
"I'm not dead! No, ahhh!"
Wang Hui's terrified scream rang out, growing increasingly shrill. Yun Shu's peach wood sword appeared as a blur beside him, piercing his brow.
In an instant, Wang Hui's soul was extinguished.
The light from the formation dimmed.
Chu Xingnan was the first to react and shouted, "That soul was the key to the formation! Yun Shu broke the old woman's formation!"
The other underworld messengers instantly felt they could move again and attacked the old woman without hesitation.
The old woman's advancement process was interrupted. Two lines of bloody tears streamed from her bloodshot eyes as she glared venomously at Yun Shu, "You wretched girl, I should have dealt with you first!"
Yun Shu raised her head and waved her hand, and the peach wood sword returned to her side. Only then did she slowly say, "It's too late for you to realize this now."
The old woman originally thought that with the protection of the formation, Yun Shu could not harm her, but she did not expect that Yun Shu would see through her formation at a glance and decisively attack Wang Hui.
Wang Hui was born at a special time, and the formation could only be activated by using his soul as the core of the array.
This is why the old woman repeatedly tried to harm Fu Yuezhong's daughter; she was drawn to the girl's special birth chart.
But Yun Shu ruined the whole thing, and she was injured, so Wang Hui had to take her place for now.
But Yun Shu still bothered me!
"ah!"
The old woman let out a resentful scream, used all her soul power to knock away the underworld messengers beside her, and pounced towards Yun Shu.
Even if my soul is scattered to the winds, I will drag you, you brat, down with me!
Seeing her lunge forward, Chu Xingnan's expression changed drastically. "Yun Shu, be careful! She's going to self-destruct!"
As a result, Yun Shu raised her hand and threw out a stack of talismans. The talismans emitted golden light and surrounded the old woman, trapping her inside like a cage.
A loud bang.
The old woman's soul exploded inside the talisman cage, but not a single ounce of the explosive force escaped.
Then Yun Shu stretched out her hand, clenched her five fingers, and the talisman cage began to slowly shrink, directly compressing the explosive energy inside into a small ball the size of a marble.
Chu Xingnan and the other underworld officials watched this scene in shock, unable to believe that the self-destruction power of a Qing Ghost had been resolved so easily!
This is the Green Demon! Although she's injured, the power of her self-destruction will be ten times greater than her strength!
If Yun Shu hadn't been able to stop it, not only would Yun Shu, the human, have been blown to pieces, but the ghosts who were far away would have also been seriously injured!
During the time they were stunned, Yun Shu held up the small golden bead, looked at it, and then crushed it to pieces.
"That solves it?"
It took Chu Xingnan a long time to find her voice, and she stammered out this sentence.
"It should have been resolved long ago."
Yun Shu said calmly.
If it weren't for this old woman's tendency to run away every time she saw Yun Shu, and her excellent escape skills, Yun Shu would have dealt with her long ago.
The old woman was already wary of Yun Shu, so she planned to wait until she advanced to the Ghost General level before dealing with Yun Shu. However, she didn't expect that the formation would be broken directly.
Yun Shu then looked at the antique treasures near the altar.
Most of them had their spiritual energy absorbed by the formation, turning them grayish and some even turning into powder, rendering them worthless.
Yun Shu simply took a picture and sent it to Lu Shijing: "The items have been found, but they're all unusable."
Lu Shijing replied quickly, "It's okay, they're just small things."
Upon seeing his reply, Yun Shu couldn't help but gasp in astonishment.
Those things are worth at least a billion, otherwise the old woman wouldn't bother stealing them. Such things are actually trivial to Lu Shijing.
This guy may be a bit of a noob, but he's definitely rich.
Because Chu Xingnan and the other underworld officials had to go back to explain things to the old woman and also deal with the formation in this area, Yun Shu went back by herself.
She swam up from the river next to the abandoned shopping district. Because her body was enveloped in spiritual energy, her clothes and bag didn't get wet.
She hadn't walked more than a few steps when Yun Shu received another message from Lu Shijing, asking where she was.
Yun Shu sent him her location.
It was two or three in the morning, and there were hardly any cars on the roadside. Yun Shu was even considering using her light-footed skills to get back by herself.
As a result, Lu Shijing said he would come to pick her up.
Yun Shu didn't like to trouble others, so she refused him. But Lu Shijing said it wasn't safe for a girl like her to go home alone in the early morning, and insisted on coming to pick her up.
Yun Shu: "..."
How could she not be safe?
This road was quite close to Lu Shijing's home, and he arrived in no time, taking Yun Shu home.
Lu Shijing left after dropping Yun Shu off. Yun Shu estimated the time; he would probably be home by dawn. She wondered what he was doing running around like that.
Regardless, he meant well, and Yun Shu sent him a message as soon as she got home, wanting to invite him to dinner to thank him.
Lu Shijing only saw the message when he got home. A slight smile played on his lips, and he immediately replied to Yun Shu, "Then I'll choose where to eat myself."
Yun Shu: [Okay.]
Yun Shu readily agreed.
She's made a lot of money lately, and she can afford to pay for whatever Lu Shijing wants to eat.
The next day, Yun Shu slept all day at home.
For the next few days, Yun Shu didn't have much work, so she stayed home to rest and recharge, waiting to go to another city with You Shuqing's team to shoot magazine posters.
Although Lu Shijing told Yun Shu where he had chosen to eat, he didn't tell her for a long time because he was very busy with work and didn't even have time to go home for meals.
Yun Shu had nothing to do at home these past few days, so she would go to Lu Shijing's house for meals. Lu Shijing even specially arranged for a driver to pick her up.
However, she has been eating alone during this period. Lu Shijing is too busy. It is said that he is busy until midnight before he can go home to rest.
Not long after, the day of the business trip arrived, and You Shuqing sent his assistant to pick up Yun Shu and take her to the airport.
When Yun Shu arrived at the airport, she learned that You Shuqing had chartered a plane specifically to take them to the filming location.
Besides Yun Shu, there were other celebrities and models on the plane. They were also there to shoot for a magazine, but they weren't shooting for the cover.
The plane landed in a city in the northwest.
After arriving in the city, they still had to travel for four hours to reach the filming location.
Yun Shu stood next to the plane, waiting for her luggage to be brought over.
You Shuqing came over and said to her, "This issue of the magazine is about nature, so I chose a shooting location that is close to nature. Those places are not very developed and the living conditions are relatively poor. You will definitely suffer these few days."
Yun Shu frowned. She didn't care about the harsh conditions; she cared about other things.
Yun Shu turned to look at the others who were traveling with her, then said to You Shuqing, "Why don't you consider changing the location or the time of filming? Judging from their faces, this filming might not go very smoothly."
"ah?"
You Shuqing was a little embarrassed when he heard this. "But I carefully selected this place for a long time. This place is the most suitable. As for changing the shooting time, that is even more impossible. Everyone's schedule is very busy. If I ask them to change it at the last minute, it will be a breach of contract and I will have to pay compensation."
Yun Shu didn't speak.
Having experienced the Fox Fairy incident, You Shuqing still trusted Yun Shu quite a bit. She said, "Yun Shu, if anything strange happens this time, you help me solve it. Just like last time, I'll give you a fee. How about that?"
Yun Shu thought for a moment before saying, "Alright, but I have one condition."
"you say."
"Once we get into the mountains, you have to listen to me about safety matters. Otherwise, if anything happens, it won't be my responsibility."
“Okay!” You Shuqing quickly agreed, “I’ll do whatever you say, except for the videos we’re filming.”
Soon, the luggage was put into the van, and Yun Shu and the others got in one after another.
The car headed towards the mountains.
After driving for more than two hours, we were completely surrounded by mountains. The roads were winding and steep, and it was said that we had to go around several mountains to reach our destination.
It took them a long time to fly here, and they still had to drive for more than four hours in the afternoon. It was getting darker and darker.
"Stop the car! Stop the car!"
A woman's loud shout came from the back of the van that Yun Shu and You Shuqing were sitting in.
"Stop the car quickly, let's rest here! This winding mountain road is making me so dizzy, I feel awful, I think I'm going to throw up!"
Yun Shu glanced at the nearby mountain. Through the trees and bushes, she could vaguely see many raised mounds on the mountain, without tombstones.
She glanced at the sky again, her expression grave, and said, "This place is unsafe. We absolutely cannot park here. Let's get to our destination as soon as possible. We must get there before dark!"
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