Overwhelmed by the fear of being derelict in her duty, Ru Hua finally noticed Bi Xie's deathly pale face. Panicked and disoriented, she cried out, "Holy crap, host, don't scare me! Your Dragon Bone Soul-Destroying Nail has flared up again? Cheer up, hang in there! Quickly send a Dao Transmission Talisman to the big boss—"
"No, no, you need to land right now! This is thousands of meters in the air, people will die if they fall!"
"Ruhua, if I die, it'll either be from your constant nagging or from your anger!" Bi Xie swallowed two bottles of spirit-replenishing pills whole, then roared through gritted teeth in his mind, "Shut up!"
The Spirit-Replenishing Pill transformed into wisps of spiritual energy, which were quickly absorbed by the spirit attached to the Dragon Bone Soul-Destroying Nail as soon as they entered the body.
The nails were like containers, only taking in and not giving out, desperately sucking up the spiritual energy in Bi Xie's body. Due to the excessive speed, vortexes of energy formed in Bi Xie's body. These vortexes scraped against her internal organs, and Bi Xie was drenched in cold sweat, almost wishing she could die on the spot from the pain.
Ru Hua's voice softened, and she said aggrievedly, "I was just worried for you, host. Alright, I won't say anything more, host. Please don't talk. You look like you're in a lot of pain. Tell me, how can I help you?"
Bi Xie traced a few lines on the moonlight boat with his five fingers, made a hand seal, and sent out a transmission talisman.
At the same time, she seemed to have all her strength and life drained away, and she became listless.
His once sleek black hair turned completely white at a visible speed, and his smooth, jade-like face became dry and withered, as if it had been rapidly dehydrated, with wrinkles appearing on his skin.
Ru Hua screamed, "Host, your...your hair..."
The porcelain bottle containing the Spirit-Replenishing Pill rolled on the ground, its white surface reflecting a face with white hair and wrinkled skin.
Bi Xie frowned, looked down at his hands, which were covered in deep furrows and resembled old tree bark, and his face remained largely expressionless.
The spiritual energy within her body had been completely absorbed. Fortunately, the moonlight was a natural treasure that she had been nourishing with her dantian, so controlling its descent did not require any spiritual energy.
Moonlight fell on a deep mountain forest, and Bi Xie was hit by the impact of the landing, his old bones almost falling apart.
Seeing that she was lying motionless on the ground, Ru Hua asked anxiously, "Host, how are you feeling? Please don't die like this. The big boss's happiness level is only 3 points away. It would be such a loss if you kicked the bucket now."
Bi Xie let out a breath, cold sweat already sliding down her cheeks, soaking most of her front and back hem.
I knew this day would come, but I didn't expect it to come so soon.
"Waaaaah, host, how are we supposed to increase the big boss's last 3 points of happiness now that you're like this? Who would like an old lady? Waaaaah..."
Bi Xie struggled to turn over, lying on the ground in a starfish position. He probed his storage bag with his divine sense, took out a green spirit grass, and slowly chewed it.
Sunlight streamed through the gaps in the leaves, casting its rays upon her. The leaves swirled and danced in the wind, and all was still. The sound of birds flapping their wings and flying away was clearly audible.
In this world, being able to slowly await death under the warm sunshine is actually... quite a blessing.
Bi Xie's lips curled slightly. The green spirit grass in his mouth had lost its flavor, so he chewed another one.
But my teeth are really bad; after chewing just a few pieces, they started to feel sore.
Ru Hua: "Host, the big boss has received the letter and is rushing here at breakneck speed. You must hold on! Waaah, how can you still have the appetite to eat? I'm so worried!"
Bi Xie spat out the green spirit grass from his mouth, a sly glint in his eyes: "Ru Hua, do you think Ji Gui will recognize me when he arrives? If I say I'm his mother-in-law, will he believe me?"
Ru Hua: "...What kind of time is this, host, to still be joking."
Bi Xie chuckled a few times, somewhat disgusted with his own voice: "This world is not at a loss, letting me experience what it's like to be old and faded in advance. Tsk tsk, I must say, getting old is really quite worrying. This green spirit grass is a bit hard, I can't chew it."
Ru Hua wanted to both cry and laugh.
Bi Xie sighed and said something that made no sense to Ru Hua: "It seems that I am unable to find Xiao Lian's son. I can only ask someone else to do it for me."
Just as Ru Hua was about to ask her how she could help that face in this state, she thought...
Bi Xie slowly sat up, supporting himself on the ground. His wrinkled face suddenly gained a rosy hue, and he uttered a string of rapid incantations, "Heavenly spirits, earthly spirits, three and five intertwine, divine energy rises, ten thousand ghosts slither—"
"Host, what are you chanting? This doesn't sound like a cultivation technique; it sounds more like... more like a genuine Taoist incantation from the Maoshan sect."
As soon as Ru Hua finished speaking, five ghostly figures, as if to verify her words, gathered from all directions, laughing and joking, and began to hum a song around Bi Xie: "If there are grudges in the human world, the five ghosts will settle them. They don't take gold, silver, or copper, they only take half a life..."
Bi Xie opened her eyes, casually placed her hands on her knees, and parted her cherry lips slightly, "I'll change."
One of the little ghosts wearing a red bib glanced at her and said, "But you look like you're about to die. How can you possibly trade half a lifetime for ours?"
Bi Xie: "I am a cultivator, but my spiritual power has been absorbed by the parasitic spirit in my body. I am different from those mortals with short lifespans, so I can exchange with you."
The five little ghosts started circling around her again, sprinkling a few ghostly words between them.
"Wow, a cultivator! Should we trade with her?"
"It would be a huge loss not to exchange them; she looks like she's about to die."
"Let's hear what grudges she has that she wants us to settle. If it's easy, we'll make the trade; if not, we'll slip away."
"Good idea."
The five afterimages gradually slowed down as they spun around. The five little ghosts each occupied a position, and one of them, wearing a green bib, put his hands on his hips and said in a childish voice, "Tell me, who do you have a grudge against, and what is it? Do you need us five ghosts to settle it for you?"
Bi Xie looked at the five little devils gently, and in his aged voice, he recounted the story of the beautiful face.
"I want you to find Chenlang and bring him bad luck, so that he can have no wives or concubines, no children, live a life of poverty and destitution, and die a gruesome death. As for Xiaobao, I want you to secretly help him so that he can have a life of good fortune and pass the imperial examination with flying colors."
The five ghosts began to circle around Bi Xie again. Strangely, when they circled, they only stirred up a gust of cold wind, but did not stir up a speck of dust or withered leaves on the ground.
Ru Hua was completely stunned.
Is this host really that awesome?
This looks impressive.
Don't try to fool her, this is Taoist magic! It's not some kind of immortal technique!
Bi Xie waited patiently. After a short while, the five little devils stopped spinning, looked at Bi Xie in unison, and said, "We won't switch!"
After saying that, he was about to turn into a gust of cold wind and slip away, just as he had come.
Bi Xie was prepared. He quickly chanted something, and suddenly five golden rings appeared in the sky, falling down and trapping the five little ghosts.
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