The two headed south towards Phoenix Marrow Mountain, where a thousand-year-old demon lived, who specialized in abducting young men. They were going to exorcise the demon.
Fengsui Mountain is very close to Qin City. It is a treasure mountain. In the past, people from the city would go there to worship gods and pray for children, go on spring outings, and enclose land for horse racing. Mountain people and poor families would cut firewood, hunt, collect herbs, and dig for treasures to supplement their family income.
However, ever since this demon arrived, the entire mountain has been shrouded in a layer of dark clouds all day long, and no one dares to go up the mountain anymore, because there is no return.
That demon has a penchant for catching young, handsome men—handsome hunters, wealthy young men on outings—as long as they have fair skin and pleasing looks, once they go to Phoenix Marrow Mountain, they're gone for good.
The county government also organized Taoist priests and monks to exorcise demons, but all their efforts were in vain. In one case, dozens of Taoist priests who were exorcising demons died suddenly. Later, they had no choice but to issue a ban on going up the mountain, forbidding anyone from going up the mountain again.
However, the demons didn't listen to the magistrate's rules. If the people didn't come up the mountain, the demons would go down. Before long, Wang Daniu's butcher husband went missing, Hua Sanniang's young scholar husband went missing, and the richest man in the city, Master Zhu, lost his handsome son. Without exception, all of these people had one thing in common: they were all exceptionally handsome.
If someone else lost their husband, they would at most cry and whine, file a lawsuit, and wait a few years before it was over. But if the son of the richest man lost his son, that would be a different story.
In a fit of anger, Master Zhu spent a fortune to hire a famous Taoist master from the capital to exorcise the demon. He also worshipped all the gods in every temple and shrine in Qin City. Money can move mountains, and now the Heavenly Court found out and sent Nangong Mo and Yao Qingcheng to exorcise the demon and earn merit.
However, Linghu Lan and Yu Jue snatched it away.
One of the gods worshipped by Master Zhu was Yu Jue, who had fallen into the demonic path. Knowing that Linghu Lan needed to ascend to the Heavenly Court, Yu Jue didn't say anything, but along the way, he had already subdued countless demons and eliminated countless monsters.
Moreover, the Heavenly Court is far too high and mighty for the mortal realm, and the most common creatures among them are actually ghosts. With Yu Jue's command, Yu Jue will be the first to know if any demons or spirits are causing trouble.
So the two left Ghost Lotus Mountain, killing demons and monsters along the way, and even competing with the Heavenly Court for monsters. Linghu Lan was quite pleased to see this.
The two had just reached the foot of the mountain.
A young Taoist priest immediately stopped the two, saying, "Master Chen is exorcising demons here; living people must not enter. You two must leave immediately..."
Before the young Taoist could finish speaking, Yu Jue flicked him away with a finger. "Ah~" the young Taoist screamed, flying backward in terror.
Linghu Lan: "..."
Confess honestly, did you practice Huang Yaoshi's Finger Flicking Skill or Shaolin One-Finger Zen?
The young Taoist priest was sent flying backward, crashing into the altar where Master Chen was performing his rituals, and overturning the handbell, ritual bell, ritual whip, ritual flag, and torture stick.
The Taoist priests looked at each other in bewilderment, while Master Chen frowned deeply.
Why are you so clumsy?
What happened?
"Oh dear, quickly help him up."
The young Taoist priest cried out in pain as he got up. "Master, someone is causing trouble."
Master Chen's unease grew stronger.
He looked up and saw the two people walking slowly and calmly in the direction the young Taoist priest was pointing. The man had a smile on his lips and was as handsome as a jade tree in the wind, while the woman had clear and bright eyes and was clever and mischievous.
Linghu Lan saw him and said with a smile, "Master Chen, it's been a long time."
Master Chen's unease was confirmed: it really was that female ghost, who had actually cultivated a physical form.
Ugh! I really don't want to see them at all.
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