The Guan family is the oldest ghost-catching family that has been passed down to this day, and it is also the most prosperous ghost-catching family. Therefore, the Guan family has the most secret talismans, as well as some unconventional methods of inheritance, but the inheritance is about to be broken.
Originally, the Guan family was not so extreme and unreasonable. In fact, they were a rare family of ghost hunters who were very kind to ghosts, and they had always had a good relationship with the underworld.
At the beginning, Hades only wanted ghosts to live in Yin Street and monsters to live in Yang Street. The reason for the change was because of the ancestors of the Guan family. The Guan family was indeed grateful and even the Yin Bone Incense they developed was initially provided to the underworld on a single line, and it was even provided free of charge for a long period of time, because they felt that the Yin Messengers were always on the front line and were too easy to get hurt.
Later, many things that were beneficial to ghosts were developed. In that era, there was no ghost doctor like Min Ziyu, and the Guan family was the only one who could provide treatment for the ghost officials. Even because of those Yin Guxiang, the ghost officials who were always on the front line also had a much higher survival rate, so the King of Hell has always valued the Guan family.
It’s a pity that times have changed. When the Guan family was at its peak, there were more than 200 clan members, and even six guardian gods. The one left behind to look after Guan Jiyue is one of them.
You should know that the guardian deity has always signed a contract with the demon creatures who are devoted to Taoism. Living people give offerings to the demon deity, and the demon deity protects the homes of the living people for peace. However, the demon deity has always been arrogant. It is already a blessing for other families to have a guardian deity, but there are actually six demon deities willing to be worshipped by the Guan family. You can imagine how powerful the Guan family is.
The most powerful of the six guardian gods of the Guan family is Jun Chan, who has a half-dragon body and is about to transform into a dragon.
He is the one that the Guan family respects the most, and because of him, the Guan family can always win. About seventy years ago, Yang Street was besieged by fierce ghosts. A group of fierce ghosts came from nowhere, each with the strength of a ghost king, and besieged Yang Street in a very organized manner. The Guan family, which was the backbone of Yang Street at that time, suffered heavy casualties. The guardian fairy Jun Chan also died at that time, along with Hu Liuqing and three guardian fairies, leaving a yellow fairy and a flower demon.
Huang Xian was frightened after the battle and would rather sacrifice his own cultivation than not terminate the contract with the Guan family.
Of the six guardian fairies of the Guan family, only the flower demon was left, and she was the weakest one at that. The Guan family’s fall officially began.
Leng Xiangying also went to that battle and was seriously injured, but fortunately the Guan family was at the forefront, and the casualties of these Yincha who were supposed to guard Yang Street were far less than those of the Guan family.
The underworld once again owed the Guan family a great favor.
In the following decades, those ghosts who kept their distance from the Guan family became like crazy and surrounded and killed all the people in the Guan family.
I don’t know if it was God’s blessing, but Guan Jiyue and her family’s lineage was passed down intact, so Guan Jiyue was not an orphan since childhood. Her parents were still alive before she was five years old.
Unfortunately, misfortune strikes again.
Twenty years ago, when Guan Jiyue's parents were out, they were suddenly attacked by a group of ghosts. Not only was the body of the couple gone, but even their souls were devoured.
At that time, Guan Jiyue was only five years old.
Almost at the same time when her parents were robbed, a ghost sneaked into Yang Street, the Guan family's ancestral home was robbed, and all the treasures such as the Zhenhuang Fu and Yin Gu Xiang were stolen. The flower demon used its own flowers and leaves to hide Guan Jiyue and her, thus avoiding the disaster of being killed.
Fortunately, the important inheritances of the Guan family are hidden in seals that can only be opened by the Guan family bloodline, and most of the magic weapons only recognize bloodline, which is how most of the inheritance has been preserved.
From then on, Guan Jiyue no longer trusted the Underworld. This was indeed the Underworld's fault. So many evil ghosts sneaked into Yang Street silently, and they were unaware. If there was not one remaining guardian deity of the Guan family, the Guan family's bloodline would have been cut off twenty years ago.
As for ghosts, they became Guan Jiyue's heart knot. Her young body was filled with hatred for ghosts. She went against the will of her ancestors to be kind to ghosts and began to regard all ghosts as evil, including the underworld officials who had cooperated with the Guan family for many years but failed to protect them at the critical moment.
She sealed up all the books that were useful to ghosts, including the recipe for Yin Bone Incense.
Most of the Guan family's houses were sealed off with magic circles, and even business was prohibited. Except for her and the flower demon, no one else, whether human, ghost, or demon, could set foot into the Guan family.
Fortunately, although a large number of treasures were stolen, the evil ghosts were obviously not interested in gold and silver, so the money was not lost. The Guan family's rich financial resources allowed Guan Jiyue to do nothing and still have enough money.
Later, it was the demons in Yang Street who persuaded her to reopen the shop when she was in her teens. However, she did not sell anything that could benefit ghosts, only talismans and weapons for killing ghosts.
Her hatred for ghosts was so deep in her bones that she even merged her soul into her flesh and blood in order to avoid entering the underworld she hated so much, causing the little flower demon to grow white hair at a young age.
The monsters on Yang Street always said that the flower monster sighed and hugged the door every day, feeling extremely resentful.
She was extremely afraid that if Guan Jiyue continued to be so extreme, she would lose her life sooner or later. If the Guan family was completely wiped out in her hands, she would have failed as the guardian of the family.
She also arranged blind dates for Guan Jiyue, but was ruthlessly rejected every time.
Guan Jiyue was filled with too much hatred. She had been the head of the Guan family since she was five years old, but she could only guard the empty mansion. When she closed her eyes, she could hear the roar of evil spirits, and when she opened her eyes, bright red blood kept appearing in her mind.
If the White Camellia Demon had not known her kindness and had not left like the Yellow Fairy, and even stayed to take care of the five-year-old Guan Jiyue after almost all of the Guan family had died, Guan Jiyue might have died long ago. After all, no matter how precocious a child was, her ability to take care of herself was very limited, and the Guan family had too many enemies, so she was not able to protect herself.
It is also difficult to buy food for living people in Yang Street.
Guan Jiyue’s safe growth to this day is inseparable from the contribution of the White Camellia Demon. Of course, most of the demons who live in Yang Street all year round are also pretty good to Guan Jiyue.
This is understandable. After all, although the monster is cunning, it is also grateful. When the Guan family was at its peak, it had always been the backbone of Yang Street. They were always the first to rush to the front when anything happened in Yang Street. Now there is only one left, so it is natural for them to protect him.
In fact, the underworld is also grateful. The King of Hell has sent envoys to express his goodwill to Guan Jiyue many times. However, Guan Jiyue has too many objections to ghosts and the underworld, and she does not appreciate it at all.
The Hades were indeed in the wrong. They had taken a lot of benefits from the Guan family before, but they were of no use to Guan Jiyue at the critical moment. Guan Jiyue almost died when she was five years old. Because of this debt, even though Guan Jiyue had a very bad attitude towards the underworld officials, few underworld officials would bother her.
Even the ghost messenger who had caused trouble for Guan Jiyue was demoted by Hades.
People with connections are most afraid of meeting people with connections. Leng Xiangying can only vent her anger when it comes to Guan Jiyue, and she can't even win the argument.
After all, Guan Jiyue is the kind of person who would not take advantage of a verbal argument and would walk away at any time.
She didn't even feel angry. She was always calm. She was calm in her cruelty, calm in killing ghosts without blinking, and calm in declaring war on Ren Qiao and the others. One could only see the unchanging indifference on Guan Jiyue's face.
There is no point in arguing without seeing any change in facial expressions.
However, Guan Jiyue was obviously shocked by Ren Qiao's uniqueness. He was so easy to talk to, and even patiently answered many of their questions.
She guessed that Guan Jiyue was thinking about how to deal with Ren Qiao, a ghost who had no way out and stayed in the world of the living. But when she left, it seemed that she would not take action against Ren Qiao for the time being. This was a good thing, after all, Guan Jiyue was very evil.
Guan Jiyue is still young, and even a genius picked out of a million cannot master all the spells and talismans. But the inheritances in her hands are different. They are treasures that have been baptized by tens of millions of years and the lives of ghosts, and each of them has absolute suppressive power over ghosts.
If they really come into conflict, you will inevitably suffer losses.
Leng Xiangying's mood gradually improved. She muttered, "If Ren Qiao's matter can bring some changes to Guan Jiyue, her guardian deity will probably come to thank Ren Qiao with treasures. It's a great thought."
The Guan family has too many treasures.
In the original book, Guan Jiyue's character changed later on, but not because of Ren Qiao, but because of the poor mother-daughter ghost.
Guan Xue was indeed very grateful, and even took them home to take care of them, but Ren Qiao probably wouldn't go that far yet. After all, Guan Jiyue was very determined, and if she hadn't been trapped in the mountains for a month, living with the mother and daughter ghosts every day, she probably wouldn't have changed.
Jin Banwei is far less optimistic than Leng Xiangying. Now she not only has to worry about Guan Jiyue's attitude, but also has to worry about that old monster Sheng Mao. Sheng Mao is much more petty than Guan Jiyue.
Of course, she didn't know that it was Mikong who instigated Sheng Mao to cause trouble for Ren Qiao. She just thought that Sheng Mao had targeted Ren Qiao.
It is a terrible thing to be targeted by such a sinister, terrifying and evil old monster.
To be honest, she is not strong enough. If she were as strong as Guan Jiyue, she would be arrogant and would go to Yungu Village to fry the poisonous insects. How could Sheng Mao release the poisonous insects to bite Ren Qiao?
The most effective way to deal with poisonous insects, besides using insects to fight insects, is to use fire. Normally, fire is useless, but she has not yet drawn any talismans related to fire, nor has she mastered any effective fire-related methods.
Maybe I can buy some of the Nether Fire that Leng Xiangying uses, but it seems that only ghosts can use it.
She was so distracted that she didn't hear Ren Qiao talking to her. Leng Xiangying kicked her in dissatisfaction, and she came back to her senses: "Sister Gui, what did you just say?"
Ren Qiao was quiet most of the time. She wouldn't argue anything, except for the obvious sadness when she first heard that her death was too tragic. Most of the time she was calm, with gentle features and warm eyes: "Is Xiao Jin still worried about Miss Guan? But she seemed to mean that if I don't hurt anyone and don't take the initiative to appear in front of her, she shouldn't embarrass us anymore."
The standard feature of a powerful person seems to be extremely stable emotions, and the ability to remain unmoved even when a mountain collapses in front of them.
Guan Jiyue was stable and indifferent, while Ren Qiao was stable and gentle. Although their emotions were different, their ups and downs were the same. No excessive anxiety could be seen on their faces, unlike her, who had everything written on her face.
Even her behavior became strange depending on her mood. Jin Banwei messed up her tied hair in annoyance: "I'm thinking about Sheng Mao, not only Sheng Mao, but also that nightmare!"
When Sheng Mao was mentioned, Leng Xiangying's expression gradually became more ugly: "I'm also surprised, why do you always get into trouble?"
"Mr. Shen, there is actually a Ciwen Temple."
Jin Banwei originally didn't want to mention Jiang Chuchu and her daughter to Leng Xiangying, but when facing Guan Jiyue just now, Leng Xiangying did not extricate herself and even kept thinking about them. Jin Banwei trusted her more and took the initiative to tell her what happened in Jiang Chuchu's family.
"Then we have to hurry. If people and ghosts stay together for a long time, the harm will be great." Leng Xiangying didn't care about them leaving Jiang Chuchu with Jiang Liyu, but her face became more and more solemn: "The monks in Ciwen Temple are really not good people."
Jin Banwei also found it strange. She had only been there for a short time, but it seemed like they had already offended all the troublesome people in the book, including Guan Jiyue, Sheng Mao, and the monks from Ciwen Temple, plus an extremely difficult nightmare.
Although Guan Jiyue temporarily gave up the idea of killing Ren Qiao, there is still a potential danger.
"Xiao Jin, it's okay." Jin Banwei looked too anxious. There was still hair on her palms that she had pulled out. It seemed that even the pain had disappeared. Ren Qiao calmly held both of Jin Banwei's hands in his palms and stopped her from pulling her hair. "I will protect you."
She wanted to use gentleness to soothe Jin Banwei's anxiety, but Jin Banwei's anxiety came from the fear that gentleness would disappear.
She admitted that she was a bit useless and fell too quickly. It was only the second day and she was almost ready to fight for Ren Qiao.
Jin Banwei knew that Ren Qiao was very powerful, but each of those people had means to defeat ghosts.
Leng Xiangying also thought the same as Jin Banwei. She said, "Ren Qiao, although you are very strong, it would be okay if you suddenly encounter an old monster like Sheng Mao Mikong. But if they are well prepared and determined to deal with you, you will probably suffer."
"Why don't you come with me? I know a few good hiding places where you can stay out of the spotlight."
Ren Qiao was very grateful for Leng Xiangying's concern for her, but she had never avoided it when she had no ties before, let alone now that she had ties.
Although she didn't know Mikong and Sheng Mao, she felt that they were not good people just by listening to Leng Xiangying's tone. She was a little worried that if Sheng Mao and the others couldn't find her, they would make things difficult for Jin Banwei.
Besides, that nightmare could appear at any time, so she would definitely not leave.
She would protect Jin Banwei. This was something she had promised herself long ago.
She glanced at Jin Banwei, smiled and comforted Leng Xiangying: "Officer Shen, I know you are doing this for my own good, but it's still unnecessary. I don't want to leave Xiao Jin, and I may not lose. You also said that I am very powerful."
"That's possible. After all, we've known each other for such a long time, and I haven't seen your true strength yet. It's just that your soul and this body are probably not well integrated right now, so the power you can use is probably limited."
"There will be a way." Her voice was soft but her tone was firm.
What else can be done? The best way is probably to completely merge with the body of this paper man, but... after complete fusion, there is no way to separate them.
If only she were stronger, if only she could protect Ren Qiao.
Negative emotions such as anxiety and impatience kept surging into Jin Banwei's heart. Her face darkened and her brows were tightly furrowed. Her fair and slender fingers broke away from Ren Qiao's hand, and she raised them slightly and placed them on her chest. Her soft white fingertips clenched her clothes little by little. The anxiety accumulated in her chest almost swallowed her. She gasped for breath, wanting her heart to calm down, but she couldn't do it at all.
If it wasn't for her good wife card that pulled Ren Qiao to her side, Ren Qiao would never have gone to Ciwen Temple and would never have met the heroine.
What should she do!
She pulled her clothes tighter and tighter, and gradually she found it difficult to breathe.
Ren Qiao held her hand and forcibly separated her hand from her collar: "Xiao Jin, I'm fine, you don't have to worry too much."
She was much calmer than Jin Banwei, as if she didn't care at all about the approaching danger.
"It's actually pretty good. I've fought with the master from Ciwen Temple before. His fellow disciples should have similar skills to him. I know how to deal with them. As for the Gu Master, at least we already know who the boy who used the Gu is. We can pay more attention to his related news and find a way to deal with him. I don't think the Gu insects will do much harm to my body."
Jin Banwei didn't know if she said this to comfort her, as Ren Qiao's painful expression was still in front of her eyes.
"But you were clearly in a lot of pain just now, and you almost went berserk."
"The Soul Devouring Gu should be able to absorb souls, but my soul is not damaged at all, and even its strength has not weakened." She raised her hand, and her cold fingertips fell on the bulging soft flesh, gently rolling over it to smooth out the wrinkled part. She was always like water, flowing gently: "Xiao Jin, can you trust me?"
Jin Banwei held Ren Qiao's slightly cold hand, and her restless heart slowly calmed down. Ren Qiao still managed to calm her down: "Okay."
In fact, she has always believed in Renqiao, but she doesn't believe in herself.
She is too weak and could easily become a burden.
Jin Banwei agreed verbally, but was already summoning the system to draw the lottery.
She needs strength.
With 25 points of good karma, you can draw eight prizes.
[Ding, thank you for participating in the lucky draw. I will give you a consolation prize of Yin Gu Xiang. ]
[Ding, congratulations to the host for obtaining the Blue Lotus Curse Seal. ]
[Ding, congratulations to the host for mastering the second-level paper-binding technique. ]
[Ding, thank you for participating in the lucky draw. I will give you a consolation prize of Yin Gu Xiang. ]
[Ding, congratulations to the host for obtaining five Soul Gathering Pills. ]
[Ding, congratulations to the host for obtaining two Qingxin Talismans. ]
[Ding, thank you for participating in the lucky draw. I will give you a consolation prize of Yin Gu Xiang. ]
【bite……】
With the system upgrade, I always feel that the winning rate has decreased. Although the Yin Gu Xiang is a good thing, neither she nor Ren Qiao can use it. Fortunately, she can help Leng Xiangying, otherwise the Yin Gu Xiang would become a useless thing in her hands.
Although she did not have as much prejudice against ghosts as Guan Jiyue, she was not kind enough to use Yin Gu Xiang to increase the power of ghosts. Not all ghosts have such high self-control as Ren Qiao.
You should know that the more powerful the ghost, the more likely it is to eat humans. After all, the flesh and blood of living people is a shortcut for ghosts to practice.
She now has a total of seven Yin Bone Incense, a Soul Gathering Talisman, a Formation Breaking Talisman, two Heart Purifying Talismans, five Soul Gathering Pills, and also masters the Green Lotus Curse Seal.
The Green Lotus Seal is one of the Buddhist methods for redeeming the souls of ghosts. When used, a green lotus will bloom. Although it is not very aggressive, it is a skill she has mastered thoroughly. As for her paper-making technique, it has been upgraded to the second level.
Level 2. She was somewhat curious about how many levels there were in paper-folding.
There are quite a few paper-making artists in the original book, but most of them are ordinary paper-making artists, and some of them are businessmen who run secret shops.
[System, how many levels are there in the paper-binding technique? ]
[System: Paper-making techniques are divided into eleven levels. The most powerful paper-making master in the world is only at the tenth level. A full-level master can master the lost paper-making technique! ]
Then she might as well just keep wishing for paper-cutting in her heart when drawing lots. After all, the wish to become stronger is too general. If the things she draws are too mixed and have no damage, it will be useless. If she concentrates on drawing things related to paper-cutting, maybe she can max out a skill as soon as possible and have the ability to compete with the heroine and the others.
But Jin Banwei always had a feeling that before the next system upgrade, she would not be able to draw a higher-level paper-making technique. This was not a guess, but a reasonable analysis. The most intuitive thing was that before the system was upgraded, she could only draw one Qingxin Talisman, but after the upgrade, she drew two Qingxin Talismans at once. As for the Dream Weaving Fruit, if it had not been opened by accident, it would have been just a disposable consumable, and its ability was only to let ghosts enter dreams, so every time the system was upgraded, the things she drew would be more advanced.
After Jin Banwei finished drawing the prize, Leng Xiangying hadn't digested Ren Qiao's words yet. Her beautiful eyes widened and widened: "Ren Qiao, your power is completely intact? Are you kidding?"
This doesn't make sense, because there are ghost officials in their underworld who died in the mouth of the soul-devouring Gu.
Yinchai himself had certain antibodies against these things that naturally suppressed souls, but he was still eaten by the Soul-Swallowing Gu. However, Ren Qiao had no antibodies at all, so the Soul-Swallowing Gu did not harm her at all.
She would rather believe that this was Ren Qiao's way of comforting Jin Banwei.
"Officer Shen, I didn't have to lie to you. The Soul Devouring Gu really didn't devour my strength, and my strength seems to have increased a little. I don't know why I felt so uncomfortable just now, and even couldn't control my emotions, but my body was not damaged."
Not only did the Soul Devouring Gu not weaken her soul, but it actually strengthened her power.
I wonder if Ren Qiao understands how outrageous she is talking about.
Leng Xiangying's eyebrows jumped. She put away the ghost card, grabbed Ren Qiao's wrist with one hand, grabbed Jin Banwei's wrist with the other hand, and ran forward: "Hurry up, let's go to Master Min."
"Officer Shen, I don't need eye treatment." When Ren Qiao heard her mention Min Ziyu, she subconsciously remembered the conversation when Leng Xiangying wanted to take her to treat her eyes. She wanted to free her wrist: "Xiao Jin is really good."
"I know she's good. You're not here to ask Master Min to treat your eyes, but to ask her to check your body. The Gu worms will have residual toxins, but... according to what you said, there shouldn't be any Gu worm toxins in your body, but this is too unreasonable. Let's check it out. Besides, we're going to Master Min anyway. A Yuan in her shop can draw."
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