Xiang Wan rose and bowed to take her leave, but the old man could not refuse. He thanked Xiang Wan profusely, told her the location, and then instructed her, "Master, it is dangerous there, please be very careful."
"Okay, take good care of yourself, sir!"
The nameless village was surrounded by towering mountains, and the only mountain road leading to the outside world was blocked by a mudslide. Xiang Wan had traversed the mountains to get here, not only to treat the old man, but also to prevent a one-sided massacre that was about to unfold.
If it weren't for the inaction of the King of the Underworld, none of those subsequent events would have happened!
This body is an excellent physique for cultivation and the best choice for various ghosts to possess.
When Xiang Wan first arrived here, her soul was not yet fully integrated with her body, and she was almost taken over by an evil spirit. Fortunately, the Soul-Stabilizing Incantation activated automatically, stabilizing her soul. After reciting Sanskrit chants for three days, she finally purified it and had it directly absorbed by the system.
According to Xiaoqi, it went through great hardships to find this world so that her soul could be replenished. However, it expended a lot of energy, and it couldn't let Xiangwan have it all to herself.
The system's incessant chatter annoyed Xiang Wan, and they finally reached an agreement to split the profits 50/50.
The profession of ghost hunter was destined for the original owner from birth. His body possessed a pure Yin constitution, a rare find even in millennia, allowing him to cultivate exorcism techniques far faster than others. He also had innate Yin-Yang eyes, enabling him to see ghosts. His fatal weakness was that if he encountered a ghost with superior power, once possessed, it was equivalent to giving the ghost a perfect body for resurrection—the kind of body even the King of the Underworld couldn't handle.
Therefore, Xiang Wan stayed at home and cultivated the Frostbite Technique, the Three Pure Ones Scripture, the Ruthless Sword Technique, and the Ghost Exorcism Technique to their fullest extent before she began to go out and catch ghosts.
Ghosts can generally be divided into four types: evil ghosts, fierce ghosts, wronged ghosts, and ghosts who died unjustly.
Evil spirits are among the most difficult to deal with. They devour human souls as well as other ghosts, and their yin energy and resentment are the strongest. When encountering such a ghost, it is generally best to kill it directly, because purifying it requires far more energy than simply killing it.
Evil spirits have fixed territories and generally don't easily provoke humans. However, if humans intrude, they will show no mercy. Encountering such a spirit can result in a shortened lifespan or, in severe cases, being haunted by yin energy. Even if one escapes, if the yin energy isn't removed in time, death is still likely. When encountering such a spirit, Xiang Wan generally prioritizes subduing it, with killing it as a secondary measure.
Wrongfully deceased ghosts and those who died unjustly often seek revenge on those who harmed them in their previous lives. After taking their revenge, they usually return to the underworld or roam the human realm, rarely harming humans. Those they possess are generally people with weak constitutions and insufficient yang energy; they won't kill, but they may shorten a person's lifespan. These are the types of ghosts Xiang Wan likes best because they have no attachment to the human world, and with persuasion, they usually go to the underworld on their own. For those who have no attachment to the human world or reincarnation, Xiang Wan will release them from their suffering.
Many times, she encountered the Black Impermanence and White Impermanence, who stood guard in front of the door of people about to die, trying to capture their departed souls, but Xiang Wan always managed to thwart their plans.
Of all the evil spirits in the world, why not go and take their souls? Why wait at the door of someone whose lifespan is about to end to collect their soul? Xiang Wan would never believe that he has no selfish motives.
There's a reason why she has no good feelings towards the underworld.
Humans suffer from the harassment of evil spirits and malevolent ghosts, but the underworld does nothing about it and expects humans to deal with it themselves. What use are the underworld's ghost messengers then?
Ghost appraisers are not a new profession that emerged recently, but rather a product of humanity's efforts to combat ghostly intrusions.
The underworld tacitly accepts the existence of this profession, and sometimes even collaborates with human ghost hunters to capture evil spirits. But so what?
Xiang Wan circulated her qi and hurried to the ravine the old man had mentioned. As soon as she reached the low-lying area, she saw the figure she least wanted to see, standing with his back to her in front of the coffin.
"You've arrived?!"
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