Chapter 25 Thousands of Skins, Tens of Thousands of Faces
"You mean mechanical engineering?"
Kui Ming asked back.
Bai Xiaoxiao nodded: "About the same."
Kui Ming replied, "If you take me to the secret room with the mechanical devices, I could probably figure out a way to decipher some of it. But now I have no clues, and I don't know how to determine if there are any mechanical devices in this fabric shop."
Bai Xiaoxiao didn't give up: "Where's the magic weapon?"
Kui Ming said: "Magic weapons are used to exorcise demons and monsters."
[Oh... you only like fighting with fists, not with words...]
Bai Xiaoxiao felt that she was careless.
Kui Ming's gaze passed over her and cast towards the dark ash wood corridor: "But there's no need to be sad, little sister. The ghost you wanted has already come."
'boom--'!
A huge explosion resounded through the sky, and the shattered wood chips carried a person to their feet. Kui Ming had already stood in front of Bai Xiaoxiao before the explosion.
Bai Xiaoxiao lowered her hand that was half covering her face.
"Brother Youshan?"
Only then did she realize that the person lying on the ground was Youshan.
Youshan covered his chest and spat out a mouthful of blood.
"Hehehehehehe~"
Eerie and strange laughter came from all directions.
Bai Xiaoxiao felt dizzy and her vision was blurred and black when she heard the laughter. She was out of control.
"Don't listen, chant the calming mantra."
Kui Ming's steady voice was like the long and peaceful sound of a bell.
Bai Xiaoxiao came to her senses immediately and silently recited a few meditation mantras in her mind. The feeling of cotton stuffed in her head gradually dissipated, and her eyes became clear. She also saw clearly who was laughing.
She wore a light robe with arrow sleeves and had her hair tied up high.
It looked like the attire of a new disciple of the Wuliang Sect.
"Is he possessed?"
Bai Xiaoxiao asked nervously and hesitantly.
Kui Ming lowered his eyes and answered her, "He has already been infected by the evil spirit and is dead."
“Kui Ming!” You Shan gritted his teeth and stood up, looking at the black-robed man with eyes that seemed to be burning with blazing fire. “Did you know that he was poisoned by the evil spirit all along? Why didn’t you say it?”
Kui Ming raised his eyelashes indifferently and glanced at him lightly: "Yes. But why should I say it?"
"If you had told me earlier, I would have found a way to remove the poison from him or send him back to the sect. Then he wouldn't have been possessed by the evil spirit and wouldn't have died!"
"So what?"
"you……!"
Youshan suddenly raised his sword and pointed it at Kuiming.
Bai Xiaoxiao exclaimed, and suddenly turned around to block the sword tip: "Brother Youshan, it seems that now is not the time for internal fighting."
Youshan's eyes were red. "Don't you understand? Your senior brother is clearly..."
'boom--'!
The violent explosion was heard again.
Bai Xiaoxiao was held by Kui Ming's waist and jumped onto the roof.
Youshan also raised his breath to avoid the attack from the evil spirit.
The fabric shop was half collapsed.
The 'new disciple' in a light robe with arrow sleeves stretched out two fingers and lightly drew a line across the long sword: "Could you please stop talking? I hate it most when people ignore me."
His voice was very strange, like that of a man and a woman, old and young, and it seemed as if people of all ages were speaking together.
"The Thousand-Faced Ghost."
Kui Ming suddenly spoke up, "A thousand skins, ten thousand faces. No one knows the true appearance of the Thousand-Faced Ghost. It delights in peeling off people's faces, stealing their five senses, and feeding on their very essence."
“It is He.”
Bai Xiaoxiao also concentrated her attention.
The Thousand-Faced Ghost rolled his pupils and his gaze fell on Bai Xiaoxiao and Kui Ming: "You two are really beautiful, I like you, hehehe~"
"Junior sister, be careful."
As soon as Kui Ming finished speaking, the Thousand-Faced Ghost leaped in front of them. The thick black air carried the coldness of death. Kui Ming pulled Bai Xiaoxiao aside and summoned the Black Kirin Spear to stab directly at the Thousand-Faced Ghost. However, the Thousand-Faced Ghost could transform, and the next second he turned into black smoke and disappeared.
The shrill laughter continued to echo.
Bai Xiaoxiao's body was stiff, not daring to look at the ground. She closed her eyes, took a few deep breaths, and when she opened them again, she saw a bloody face suddenly appear in front of her. She subconsciously screamed and stepped back but did not step firmly on the roof tiles. At the same time, the rough and hideous hand reached out to tear her face.
The Black Kylin spear shot towards him.
Bai Xiaoxiao also condensed spiritual energy at her fingertips.
Countless vines grew rapidly from under her body, protecting her while attacking the Thousand-Faced Ghost.
Perhaps he had never noticed Bai Xiaoxiao, who was only in the Qi Refining Stage. The Thousand-Faced Ghost dodged the Black Kirin Spear extremely quickly and fiercely. As soon as he gathered his evil spirit, he felt a slight pain in his abdomen.
Emerald green vines pierced His body without mercy.
Even Bai Xiaoxiao herself didn't expect that it would be so easy!
Facing the Thousand-Faced Ghost's cold gaze, she smiled implicitly.
"court death!"
The Thousand-Faced Ghost was filled with murderous aura, and its five fingers turned into claws as it attacked Bai Xiaoxiao.
Bai Xiaoxiao didn't dodge or evade. Just as the Thousand-Faced Ghost was about to pierce her throat, the Black Qilin Spear, with its powerful force, came from the side and sent the Thousand-Faced Ghost flying. Kui Ming stood in front of her and said, "Junior Sister, are you okay?"
"It's okay."
Bai Xiaoxiao patted her chest and said, "After all, I'm a cultivator. I should have no problem protecting myself."
Kui Ming glanced at her sideways and said, "The Thousand-Faced Ghost is a demon-level demon, equivalent to the early stage of the Golden Core. Are you really okay?"
Bai Xiaoxiao: "..."
Bai Xiaoxiao: "There's a problem, a big problem."
The Thousand-Faced Ghost, who was knocked flying, spat out a mouthful of black blood. Black lines spread across the skin he was wearing, and it gradually rotted and festered, as if it had exploded.
"Ah! W-What's going on?!"
Mr. Wu's dull voice was trembling.
He was resting well in his mansion when he heard his servants say that the fabric shop seemed to have collapsed and exploded. He was a little worried and decided to go and take a look. However, as soon as he arrived, he saw a ghost in a different skin.
His two fat legs were shaking, and he collapsed to the ground with a thud.
The Thousand-Faced Ghost saw him and suddenly grinned, then pounced towards him at high speed.
"Master Wu, be careful!"
Youshan came to Master Wu with a long sword in his hand, and with a wave of the sword, he knocked the Thousand-Faced Ghost away. As the Thousand-Faced Ghost left, his outer skin began to peel off like melted wax.
When He stood in front of everyone again, He looked completely different—that of a young girl.
He chuckled a few times and then left.
Kui Ming brought Bai Xiaoxiao back to the ground, and Bai Xiaoxiao held on to the beams to relax.
Youshan turned back to look at Master Wu: "This incident is beyond our expectations. I will inform the sect of the situation and request external assistance. Master Wu, you... Master Wu, are you okay? Master Wu?"
"No...it's not me...D-don't come over here! Go away!!"
Mr. Wu suddenly started yelling like a madman.
The servant who followed him was frightened and fell silent.
Youshan gathered his magic power, pointed at Mr. Wu's eyebrows, and instantly closed his eyes and deflated.
Bai Xiaoxiao hugged the pillar and watched Youshan arrange matters and contact the sect in an orderly manner. She let out a long sigh, but suddenly heard someone calling her not far away.
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