The Taoist priest holding the yellow banner stepped forward and stared at Bi Xie. He opened his Heavenly Eye and immediately saw her soul floating in the air around her. Thinking she couldn't see it, he solemnly shouted, "The Yin energy here is very heavy. Little Taoist friend, you'd better come over quickly, or you'll get hurt."
After saying that, he winked at the other old Taoist priests.
The old Taoist priests' expressions changed immediately. They all raised the tools they used to deal with ghosts and shouted, "Open your Heavenly Eye!"
The Taoists who came to Manyue Village were all capable of opening their third eye. After all, this time they were dealing with a procession of a hundred ghosts. Those who did not open their third eye could not even see the ghosts. However, opening the third eye required a great deal of Taoist power, so several old Taoists took turns opening their third eye along the way. When they encountered ghosts, they would open their third eye together.
“These are all ghosts that were frightened out of the village. Now that you immortals have come, let’s guide them back into our bodies,” the girl with long black hair sat down on a grave as if nothing had happened, not caring that the yellow mud had dirtied her Taoist robe. She tapped her fingers on the grave, smiled, and said with red lips and white teeth, “As for what’s inside this grave, it’s mine.”
"How dare you!" Hua Qing was angered by her disrespectful manner and disliked the young Taoist even more. "The yin energy underground is even denser than above ground, and it also exudes a corpse aura. Perhaps the evil spirits with overwhelming evil energy are hiding underground."
Bi Xie's smile remained unchanged, showing no fear. "I told you, what's underground is mine. Are you going to try and take it from me, old Taoist?"
Hua Qing was so angry at her calling him an old Taoist priest that his beard trembled. He turned to He Xi and said, "Is this the elite disciple your temple has cultivated?"
"Brother Hua, please don't be rude," He Xi hesitated for a moment, but still sided with Bi Xie.
Hua Qing was stunned by his words and asked, speechless, "I was rude?"
Seeing the two sect leaders about to fight over a little girl, Taoist Huang Fan quickly stepped forward to smooth things over, saying, "Sect Leader He, Sect Leader Hua, the most urgent matter right now is to deal with these souls that have been frightened out of their bodies."
Hua Qing snorted coldly and called out several disciples.
He Xi also snorted coldly. The old bastard dared to snort at him. He could snort back. "Weibo, Chengling, Siyuan, you go with them to the village to summon the souls."
The group bowed and nodded.
Bi Xie glanced at the group of people; they were all handsome young men, and their natural spirituality was undeniable even in their blue Taoist robes.
Cheng Ling met her gaze and immediately blushed, flustered, and bowed to her with a fist.
Bi Xie couldn't help but laugh. What an innocent little Taoist priest. He's definitely not the villainous big boss.
She then looked at Xu Weibao, the third senior brother Chengling had mentioned. He was a fair-skinned, aloof young man with dark eyes and a slender build. After hearing He Xi's instructions, he turned and left without even glancing at her. Chengling bowed to her and hurriedly chased after him, "Third senior brother, wait for me! Third senior brother, that's the eldest senior sister. She asked me about you before..."
That's ruthless enough; with that kind of looks, he might actually be the big boss.
Bi Xie pondered for a moment, and Hua Qing's voice came again, "There's definitely something strange down there. The inscriptions on the tombstones next to these graves haven't been weathered, so they must all be newly built graves in recent years. But what could have caused so many people to die all at once?"
He turned to look at Cao Cheng, whom they had met when they entered the village. It turned out he was from the same village, so they brought him along.
Cao Cheng glanced at Bi Xie with trepidation, only to see her leisurely taking a sip of wine at the grave, then lowering her head to gaze at him with a deep, unsettling look. "The immortal is asking you a question, why are you looking at me like that?"
Hua Qing frowned and glanced at her.
He then reassured Cao Cheng, saying, "Don't be afraid, just tell me what you know."
Cao Cheng glanced at Bi Xie with a look of fear and asked Hua Qing, "Immortal Master, are you here to exorcise ghosts?"
Hua Qing replied with an upright expression, "Of course."
So Bi Xie heard firsthand a twisted story: Cao Cheng said that a heretic had come to the village three years ago, and that the graves on the back mountain contained the remains of their relatives who had been killed by the heretic. The heretic used these corpses to practice evil magic and made them nourish the graves with fresh blood every so often. The ghost parade in the village was caused by this heretic, and the heretic was none other than Bi Xie.
Bi Xie wanted to applaud after hearing this.
Hua Qing and the others actually believed such a flawed explanation, and their gazes toward Bi Xie were as sharp and piercing as knives.
She glanced at Cao Cheng with a cold smile, but he felt guilty and dared not look at her.
A group of Taoist priests, incited by Cao Cheng, turned their anger towards her. Only He Xi, with a gloomy face, stared at Cao Cheng and shouted, "Nonsense! What heretical sect? She is a disciple of my Xuanyun Temple!"
Cao Cheng asked in a low voice, "Since she is a disciple of Xuanyun Temple, why is her Taoist robe different from yours?"
He Xi was taken aback by the question, hesitated for a long time, and then his face turned red with anxiety. "She has a special constitution and has been cultivating in the deep mountains. What's so strange about her wearing different Taoist robes than the disciples of this temple?"
"Sect Leader He, it's already suspicious that your disciple suddenly appeared in Full Moon Village. When you discussed this with us before, you also said that this disciple was a highly skilled person whom you hadn't seen for many years. Haven't you ever thought about what your disciple has been doing all these years? And why he has such profound cultivation? Perhaps he has fallen into evil ways and is practicing evil arts to rapidly increase his cultivation!"
"Brother Hua!" He Xi couldn't help but shout, "No disciple of my Xuanyun Temple has ever practiced evil arts. Moreover, can't you tell whether she has any evil aura? What this villager said may not be true. He said that the evil sect killed half of the villagers. Then why did they spare the other half? I have never heard of any Taoist evil arts that require blood to nourish them."
"Why was he the only one to escape from the village when a hundred ghosts were walking around it? Since he escaped, why didn't he go to Liangyi Mountain for help, instead sneaking back to the village and trying to escape again? If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear. What is the truth behind this?"
Bi Xie wanted to applaud again. No wonder Xuan Yun Temple was the best among all temples. This Headmaster He had good values and was not someone who couldn't distinguish between good and evil.
She was too lazy to reveal the truth about the ghost parade in Manyue Village, because you can never wake someone who is pretending to be asleep. Hua Qing had been hostile to her from the beginning and might not have believed her words. But since He Xi was here, she wanted to give justice to the villagers of Manyue Village who had died unjustly.
"Cao Cheng".
Bi Xie's voice sent a chill down Cao Cheng's spine as he cowered behind a group of Taoist priests.
Then she said in a gentle tone, "Aren't you afraid of going to hell after you die? Lying and deceiving people will send you to the Hell of Tongue Pulling After Death."
Cao Cheng trembled with fear. Suddenly, a hand landed on his shoulder and patted him. Before Hua Qing could utter the words "Don't be afraid," Cao Cheng suddenly convulsed and collapsed to the ground as if he had no bones. His eyes were wide open, and he stopped breathing a moment later.
His expression changed, and he probed the man's neck and nose with his fingers; he was dead.
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