Chapter 31, Jingshan Trip
Ji Ying once told her that powerful ghosts have their own domains.
Ghost Kings of Fengcheng's caliber, regardless of whether they appear strong on the outside but are actually weak, all have black domains, pure black.
There is only one situation in which the Ghost King's domain will turn gray and dissipate yin energy!
When the Ghost King disperses his yin energy, it's a sign that the soul will be scattered and destroyed!
Is that Taoist priest that powerful?
Shi Yuan quickened her pace and ran towards the depths of Jingshan Mountain, with Gu Linyuan following closely behind. He Tian did not go in, but took out some defensive magical artifacts and set them up at the foot of the mountain to prevent ordinary people from accidentally entering.
On the way to Jingshan, Shi Yuan thought a lot. She still didn't believe that Fengcheng would use the yang energy of living people to nourish Sheng Yunhua. Even if he wanted to, Sheng Yunhua would not agree.
She was more inclined to believe her previous guess that the so-called ghostly disturbance was a scheme deliberately orchestrated by the Wu family to escape their predicament.
However, she didn't know what had happened in between that made Fengcheng take the blame.
But the most important thing right now is to save Fengcheng!
Thinking of this, she began to conjure golden talismans in her hand. She had not learned any talismans for exorcising ghosts, but she could deal with Taoist priests.
Putting aside responsibilities for now, we must at least give Fengcheng a chance to defend itself!
Wu Guanhai was already feeling down after losing face at the train station. When he got home, Xie Minyin was initially overjoyed and eager to rush into his arms, but halfway through, her expression changed drastically, and she covered her mouth and vomited.
The scene was... well, to put it another way, even Wu Xingzhou, who had been holding it in, was dragged into retching several times. Wu Guanhai's face turned from blue to black and then blue again. In the end, he pushed Wu Xingzhou away and locked himself in his study.
"Xingzhou, vomit! Your second uncle, vomit! What's wrong?"
Wu Xingzhou looked at Xie Minyin, who was covering her mouth and dry heaving, and then joined in with a few more retching sounds before saying, "Second Uncle was ambushed and injured. He'll be fine once he recovers."
This wasn't just a perfunctory remark. Wu Guanhai is truly capable, and Shi Yuan genuinely guessed his hidden thoughts.
Before he was tricked into the gold mine, he genuinely believed that Shi Yuan had expectations for him as his father. Telling him about the gold on the mountain was also a way of hoping that his father wouldn't fall down easily and that Shi Yuan was trying to help him.
This is easy to understand. Shi Yuan is old enough to consider marriage. Only the Wu and Shi families know that she is a soulless person. Outsiders think she has intellectual problems.
Shi Yuan is indeed outstanding now, but to be honest, there are families in Beicheng and Wu who are a good match for her. They are afraid that she might become mentally challenged again in the future, or give birth to a mentally challenged child. In addition, she grew up in the countryside, so there won't be many families willing to marry her.
Although nowadays the emphasis is not on matching social status with family background, but on free love, and the concept of arranged marriages between wealthy and powerful families has long since disappeared, in reality, the marriages of the younger generation in families like theirs are almost always arranged by their elders.
Of course, there will be a few exceptions. In these exceptions, the family will take back all resources. If they can make it on their own, the family will take them back. If not, then they can live the completely free life they yearn for, with no regrets after making their decision.
In Shi Yuan's case, if the Wu family hadn't made arrangements for her, she would have been an exception.
Shi Yuan has made a name for herself now, but precisely because of this, she should know better than others how difficult life is without the support of a family.
Shi Yuan: ...I don't know, it just happened like that, and then I was invited to take a sinecure!
Therefore, even if Shi Yuan hated his father, he would not want to see him fall into poverty or the Wu family decline.
Wu Guanhai thought he knew Shi Yuan very well, so he believed Shi Yuan's claim that there was gold in Qinglin Bay.
He first sent the others back to Beicheng as the treasure hunt leader, while he and Wu Xingzhou stayed behind. Then he asked Qi Zhang for some information about Qinglin Bay and the Blue Army's treasure to study.
He's really amazing. He found the valley based on those materials, determined that it was once the location of a treasure, and deduced from the mess at the scene that a strange demon had appeared there.
Upon discovering this, his heart began to heat up. It is said that a cunning rabbit has three burrows, and perhaps the alien demon has another lair hiding the Blue Army's treasure.
When the time comes, he'll return to North City in glory, with gold in his left hand and the Blue Army's treasure in his right. His future will be so bright that he won't be able to sleep!
Of course, he had already decided that he wouldn't dare touch the Blue Army's treasure, but he would definitely keep a portion of the gold.
Thinking about gold, gold, I actually saw gold!
As everyone knows, those gold pieces were molded by Shi Qingtian from mud.
Sure enough, Wu Guanhai was walking along the beach picking up gold when he suddenly fell into a gold pit with a "plop"!
It was his bad luck, or perhaps his greed, that prevented him from throwing away the gold to lighten his load. He struggled back and forth in the gold pit, getting thoroughly soaked in its contents.
Originally, it wasn't a big deal. I could just go back and wash it off properly, and everything would be fine. The key point is that no one saw it.
Since no one saw it, it's as if nothing happened.
But that gold was made of clay, and Shi Qingtian was a tree, so it was inevitable that a twig or something would get stuck in it during the process of making the gold.
Isn't that a coincidence?
The soil couldn't withstand the power of the golden pit and melted away, revealing thin branches. Wu Guanhai was still struggling, and that thin branch was poking and prodding in his pocket.
Ladies and gentlemen! Those are the tree spirit's twigs!
At this moment, Shi Ling, who was down the mountain, cracked two eggs into a bowl, beat them with chopsticks, and said to Shi Ming with a smile, "Today we're having egg noodles with gravy!"
As for why Wu Guanhai smelled so bad, there's only one reason: he hadn't washed properly!
That's just how things are. So, even though he looks down on Xie Minyin now, her attitude still deeply hurt his male pride.
Not long after arriving at the study, Wu Guanhai received a call from Wu Guanchao: "Guanhai, things have gotten out of hand. It's your turn to clean up the mess."
Wu Guanhai took a deep breath and agreed. This was a plan he had devised before heading south, originally intended as a backup plan.
If the treasure hunt goes smoothly, the plan will be automatically shelved.
Now, he must rely on this plan to turn the tide and help the Wu family and himself get through this crisis!
He clutched his lower abdomen, walked to the bookshelf, opened the door, and ran his hand over a row of books. His fingertips stopped on a thick ancient book, and he pressed down hard. Half of the book slowly fell down, and with a "click," a square hidden compartment popped out.
Inside was a small porcelain bottle containing a secret medicine he had been searching for for many years.
The reason he didn't seek medical treatment outside was because he knew that doctors couldn't help him with his condition.
He swallowed the secret medicine to calm himself down, opened the drawer, took out the compass talisman paper, pondered his words, and dialed the leader's phone number.
The night was now even darker.
Jingshan was pitch black, but even in this situation, Shi Yuan could still see that the Ghost King's domain was continuously collapsing.
Shi Yuan explained the matter of the "domain" to Gu Linyuan, and she expressed her judgment: "Is it possible that the Taoist priest made a mistake?"
"There are other ghosts that suck people's yang energy, and my uncle is just doing his duty, capturing evil spirits?"
"Gu Linyuan, what level of Celestial Master is the Taoist priest in the Seventh Division?" she asked again.
"The Purple-Robed Celestial Master," Gu Linyuan said. "I shouldn't be mistaken."
Shi Yuan frowned and stepped into the thickest part of the gray fog. She said, "I still feel there is a problem. Aunt Yun is recuperating in Jingshan. No matter what, Uncle could not possibly be dispersing spirits in Jingshan."
At this point, she paused, then suddenly thought of another possibility: Sheng Yunhua was in critical condition, and Fengcheng was willing to sacrifice his life for her!
Huan Ni knew Shi Yuan's thoughts best. Without Shi Yuan having to say anything, she opened her mouth and spat out an ancient palace lantern: "This is a ghost lantern. It can guide you to find ghosts."
"I hope that ghost is Fengcheng," Huan Ni added to her mind.
After the palace lanterns appeared, the surrounding gray fog dissipated somewhat, and Shi Yuan and Gu Linyuan followed the palace lanterns deeper into Jingshan.
Within the thick gray fog lay layers upon layers of black fog, within which two figures could be vaguely discerned.
Outside the black mist, in the sky, two ghostly figures were locked in a life-or-death struggle.
"Fengcheng, stop struggling!" one of the ghostly figures said. "Let me devour you!"
"Don't worry, after I swallow you, I will use my Yin body to prolong your wife's life. We will be one, your wife will be my wife from now on, hahaha!" After saying that, he exhaled a large mouthful of Yin energy towards Fengcheng.
Fengcheng was severely injured, staggering to the ground and spitting out a mouthful of black blood. His ghostly form was weak, and the yin energy of Jingshan Mountain became even paler.
Seeing this, the evil spirit pressed its advantage, opening its gaping maw to suck Fengcheng into its belly.
A purple-gold Taoist robe flew out from the black mist, striking the evil spirit's brow and life-threatening point: "Ghost, you have no remorse and bring calamity to the human world. Today, this Heavenly Master will subdue you!" After saying this, chanting came from the black mist, and golden characters pierced through the black mist, tightly binding Ghost.
Gui Jian panicked for a moment and was about to beg for mercy when he noticed that the golden characters binding him were faintly visible, their color much dimmer than when they had suppressed him before. He then remembered that he had just used mortals as bait to severely injure his opponent, and he laughed loudly: "Master Ji, don't be impatient. After I devour Fengcheng, you will be next!" With that, he struggled with all his might, and the golden characters were broken!
"Pfft!" A cry of surprise came from within the black mist, "Master Ji, are you alright?"
Feng Cheng forced himself to sit up, raised his hand to reinforce the black mist further, and said, "Ghost Realm, release them, and I'll let you devour them." His aura was unstable.
"Ah Cheng!" Sheng Yunhua's voice came from within the black mist, "No!"
"Yunhua, live on well, I'll be waiting for you to come find me!"
"No, Ah Cheng!"
"Hahahaha!" Ghost Realm laughed strangely, "Not only is the dignified Ghost King's cultivation hindered by a half-human, half-ghost thing, but he also dares to dream of having a next life!"
"Fengcheng, your wife doesn't know what 'devouring' means, and neither do you?" Guijian cackled at the black mist. "Let me tell you, Fengcheng is finished."
"He scattered his yin energy to trap me, and he was already close to death. Now he is willingly being devoured by me, so he won't even be completely destroyed!"
A bullet struck Guijian squarely between the eyebrows. Guijian cried out in pain, but the hole between his eyebrows was immediately repaired.
"Your bullet was refined by Fengcheng with Yin energy, so it can indeed hurt me. Unfortunately, I just swallowed Fengcheng's clone, and I have the same aura on me. Your bullet won't kill me!"
"Fengcheng, I really like your wife's fierce nature. I promise to release her."
"Now, obediently let me devour you!"
"The Ghost Realm!" A righteous female voice echoed from within the black mist, "Turning back is the right path!"
"If you devour the Ghost King, you will surely ascend to the Ghost Emperor realm, but in this era, there is no room for the Ghost Emperor to descend. If you go against the tide, you will surely bring about your own destruction!"
"Master Ji's compassion remains unchanged!" Gui Jian's eyes flashed with intense hatred. "Since that's the case, why don't you offer yourself to the tiger and let me devour you together? That would give me a better chance of becoming the Ghost Emperor, how about that?"
Feng Cheng lowered his head, and taking advantage of the fact that Gui Jian's attention was not on him, he began to gather his last bit of power with his hands behind his back.
Gui Jian is known for his cunning. Once he is gone and the black mist dissipates, he may not keep his promise to let Yun Hua go. He has no choice but to make a final decision.
As Yin energy continued to emanate from his body, Feng Cheng's body became visibly transparent. His abnormality quickly alerted the ghosts: "Feng Cheng, don't struggle in vain!"
He looked at Fengcheng with a leisurely air, like a cat toying with a mouse: "I'll give you time to gather your Yin energy, and see who dies in the end!" After saying that, he slapped Fengcheng with his palm, "Just kidding! Hahaha!"
Gui Jian used all his strength in this attack, shattering the Yin energy that Feng Cheng had just gathered, and even his body was scattered for a moment before it reassembled.
"How about it? Still want to fight back?" Guijian was excited. "Come on!"
"I'll give you a chance!" he said, and then struck out with his palm again.
Fengcheng was almost completely destroyed.
Gui Jian seemed to have had enough fun. He sighed and said, "Fengcheng, the law of reincarnation in this world is incomplete. The Ghost Emperor has perished, and you and I are both Ghost Kings, jointly ruling the Underworld. One day, when we lead the Yin army to rule the human world, how much Yang energy will we be unable to absorb?"
Who knew you were such a romantic?
"Tsk tsk tsk, a perfectly good Ghost King, now that you've lost half your cultivation, you're about to become my food. Do you regret it?"
Feng Cheng spat out a mouthful of black blood, gave a bleak smile, and looked at his lover through the layers of black mist, his eyes filled with reluctance and tenderness: "No regrets!" he said. After speaking, he formed a hand seal, and a transparent ball of light appeared in his palm, about to be pressed into his dantian!
"You want to self-destruct and take me down with you?" Gui Jian burst into laughter again, as if he had seen a hilarious joke. "Feng Cheng, have you forgotten?"
"To save your wife, you gave her half of your demon core?"
"Your self-destruction won't hurt me!" He laughed for a moment, then his face hardened. "You said you wanted me to devour you!" He raised his hand, and several streams of yin energy shot towards the black mist, which immediately thinned out a bit.
"Don't you care about your wife's life?"
Feng Cheng gave a bitter laugh and clenched his fist as the white sphere dissipated: "Ghost Realm, if you break your promise, I will crawl back from the Avici Hell to take your life!"
"The Infernal Purgatory?" Guijian scoffed. "It's something that doesn't exist anymore, yet you still keep talking about it. No wonder you're so stupid!"
The ghost chuckled a few times, opened its huge mouth, and charged towards Fengcheng. Fengcheng closed its eyes.
"No!" Sheng Yunhua's desperate voice came from the black mist.
"Bang bang bang!" Several talismans exploded around Gui Jian. Although they couldn't hurt him, they did interrupt his devouring of Fengcheng.
Shi Yuan and Gu Linyuan's figures gradually appeared in the gray fog.
"Director Gu, it's an old friend! How have you been?" Gui Jian took a step back, gesturing with his hands in greeting. "And this is your wife?"
He clicked his tongue: "Why do you all like getting married?" He answered himself, "It's alright, after I kill you all, I'll get married too." He looked at Feng Cheng, "I'll marry your wife!"
Shi Yuan helped Feng Cheng sit down: "Uncle, are you alright?"
"This isn't good." Feng Cheng gave a bitter smile and said, holding Shi Yuan's hand, "I didn't absorb anyone's yang energy. It was a ghost that transformed into my appearance. He wanted to lure me out and then devour me."
"I can testify!" A righteous female voice came from the black mist, "Director Gu, I was bewitched by the ghosts and gave you the wrong information!"
"It was Fengcheng who appeared in time to trap the Ghost Realm in Jingshan and also saved me."
"Be careful of the Ghost Realm; he's absorbed something and his strength has increased dramatically."
Gui Jian chuckled strangely a few times and said, "Master Ji is too busy taking care of himself to worry about them. I am truly moved!" After saying that, he suddenly inhaled, and Fengcheng involuntarily flew towards him.
"Ah Cheng!" Sheng Yunhua's broken voice came from the black mist.
Shi Yuan pulled hard, dragging Feng Cheng back. Gui Jian was stunned: "Director Gu, is it true that your Seventh Division has a lineage of liking women who are half yin and half yang?"
"Watch your mouth!" Gu Linyuan snapped coldly. "She's not someone you can judge so casually!" With that, he raised his hand, and Taoye transformed into a chain that shot straight at Guijian's brow and life-threatening point.
Gui Jian dodged aside, laughing arrogantly: "Director Gu, other strange demons may fear you, but I don't!"
"With my divine body, apart from Fengcheng and Master Ji, no one in the world can kill me!" He half-closed his eyes, revealing an expression of enjoyment. "Right now, Master Ji and Fengcheng are almost dead because of me."
"You're next, okay?"
Huan Ni couldn't hold back any longer: "Shi Meili, can't you just beat him to death? Especially that grotesque face and mouth, I really can't stand it!"
"A mirage beast!"
"It's actually a mirage beast!" Gui Jian looked at Huan Ni's gleaming eyes and said to the black mist, "Master Ji, look, I am favored by the Heavenly Dao!"
"As long as I devour the Mirage Beast, I can advance smoothly and ascend to the position of Ghost Emperor. At that time, both the Underworld and the Human World will be my domain!"
Huan Ni spat, "Ugly as a man, yet so full of himself! Shi Meili, slap him!"
As soon as Huan Ni finished speaking, Shi Meili conjured several tendrils and lashed them towards the Ghost Realm, but unfortunately, she missed.
Gui Jian said smugly, "I've said it before, the only ones in this world who can hurt me are Master Ji and Fengcheng!"
"But I can harm all things in this world!" With that, he grasped a beautiful branch and was about to break it off.
Fortunately, Gu Linyuan's peach leaf chains pulled Shi Meili's vines back with force.
Gui Jian shrugged, not in a hurry. In his eyes, everyone present today, whether ghosts or strange demons, was his prey. He looked at Gu Linyuan, but this prey was a bit tricky.
He clasped his hands together and then opened them again, revealing an arrow emanating a sinister aura between his hands.
"The Ghost King's Token!" Feng Cheng exclaimed in surprise, "How did you get the Ghost King's Token? No wonder his strength has increased so much!"
He held Shi Yuan's hand and whispered, "Shi Yuan, I'll dispel the black mist later. You take Yun Hua and Master Ji and leave. Director Gu and I will stay here to hold off the ghosts. You go and ask for help."
Shi Yuan thought for a moment and nodded. She had just tried it, and the talismans couldn't deal with the ghosts. Rather than everyone being wiped out here, she would try to ask for help. He Tian was waiting at the foot of the mountain to meet her. With her abilities, she could definitely send out a message for help.
Gui Jian used the Ghost King's Decree to repel Gu Linyuan and floated to Shi Yuan's side: "Trying to escape, huh?" Gui Jian's sinister voice rang in Shi Yuan's ears, "You can escape, but this mirage beast cannot leave."
"This is the last mythical beast in the world."
"Great tonic!" Gui Jian chuckled and stretched out his hand to grab Huan Ni. Huan Ni was disgusted and spat out several talismans to attack Gui Jian. Seeing that the other party was unharmed, she remembered that this thing was a ghost and that the explosive talismans were ineffective against him.
She hurriedly pulled out magical treasures from her storage space, but unfortunately, those treasures were of such high quality that she could use them to her heart's content in her prime, but now she couldn't even activate them!
Just as the ghostly hand was about to ensnare her, Huan Ni cried out in disgust and despair, "My life is over!"
"Boom!" Shi Yuan punched the ghost hand from the Ghost Realm back: "Be good, I'm not dead yet, it's not your turn."
Huan Ni's eyes were sparkling as she looked at Shi Yuan. She almost forgot that Shi Yuan had a Reincarnation Platform and a Three-Life Flower!
"Shi Yuan, tear him apart!" Huan Ni immediately trembled. "Especially that stinking mouth of his, rip it to shreds!"
Shi Yuan glanced helplessly at Huan Ni, "Run for your life, my ancestor! That thing over there is the Ghost King! How can I possibly defeat him?"
Huan Ni, unusually, did not receive Shi Yuan's signal, and instead gave him an encouraging look that said, "I believe in you."
"You were able to grab the ghost of Fengcheng with your bare hands and also repel me. Who exactly are you?"
"She's your ancestor!" Huan Ni exclaimed. "You never expected this, did you? Besides Fengcheng and Master Ji, there's someone in this world who can deal with you!"
"Is that so?" Ghost laughed strangely. "I don't believe it!" After saying that, he commanded the Ghost King to order Chao Shiyuan to attack Erlai.
"Be careful!" Ignoring his injuries, Gu Linyuan raised his hand and used the peach leaf chain to hold onto the Ghost King's Token tightly. The Ghost King's Token's yin energy surged, and the peach leaf turned to ashes inch by inch. Gu Linyuan was severely injured and spat out a mouthful of blood.
He braced himself against Shi Yuan, and once again used the Peach Leaf Chains to hold back the Ghost King's Decree: "Go!" he said to Shi Yuan, turning his head slightly.
"No one is leaving!" Gui Jian unleashed his power, sending a continuous stream of Yin energy towards the Ghost King's Decree. The Ghost King's Decree's Yin energy surged once again, and Tao Ye turned to ash. Gu Linyuan clutched his chest and knelt on one knee, yet still stood in front of Shi Yuan.
Shi Yuan was never the kind of woman who would hide behind her comrades. She whispered a few words to Huan Ni, telling her to find the right opportunity to ask He Tian for help. She took a few steps forward and punched the Ghost King's Token.
Since talismans are useless, let's just use them directly!
Her face and hands gradually turned golden, and she punched the Ghost King's Decree again. The Ghost King's Decree was hit twice and suddenly stopped moving.
Gui Jian frowned and sent out a large amount of Yin energy, but the Ghost King's Decree remained motionless. Gui Jian sent out more energy, and the Ghost King's Decree finally moved. It flew to Shi Yuan's forehead and rubbed against her forehead while Gui Jian was being arrogant and smug. Then it stuck in her hair!
Ghost Realm: ...
Shi Yuan: ...
The crowd of demons, ghosts, and exorcists present: ...
Gui Jian immediately made a hand seal and chanted incantations, trying to take back the out-of-control Ghost King's Decree, but the Ghost King's Decree ignored him and was determined to settle on Shi Yuan's head!
"Looks like your luck with ghosts isn't good," Shi Yuan mocked. "The Ghost King's Decree doesn't want you anymore!"
"You!" Guijian roared in fury, "What exactly are you?"
"How could the Ghost King's Decree exist? How could it exist?"
"Maybe I'm lucky now, and I'll be even luckier as a ghost in the future." Anyway, she couldn't tell Gui Jian that her forehead burned when the Ghost King's Decree first appeared.
It is obvious that there is a connection between the Ghost King's Decree and the Three-Life Flower of the Reincarnation Platform.
"You're kidding me!" That wouldn't work in the Ghost Realm!
Shi Yuan nodded solemnly: "Isn't that just fooling ghosts!"
With a flick of her wrist, the Ghost King's Decree flew over and landed in her palm. Without any incantation or hand seals, she simply waved it lightly, and a sharp yin energy shot towards the ghost realm.
The Ghost King's command possesses an unparalleled power over ghosts and monsters. With the strength of a ghost, he could have easily dodged it, but his ghostly feet seemed to be nailed to the spot, unable to move at all.
All he could do was watch helplessly as the yin energy pierced his brow and struck his vital point, just like when he could only stand and take the beating in Fengcheng before!
Gui Jian was sent flying by the Ghost King's order. He spat out a mouthful of black blood, and the whole ghost looked somewhat desperate.
He was just one step away from becoming a Ghost Emperor!
So why did Shi Yuan say so much nonsense before he arrived?
"Looking like that, you've got some nerve!" Shi Yuan tucked the Ghost King's Token back into her hair and punched Gui Jian in the face. "Did you devour Huan Ni to advance to Ghost Emperor?"
"Look at how capable you are!" she said, punching him again. "I wouldn't even bear to lose a single hair on her head, and you, you little devil, actually dare to dream!"
Shi Meili glanced guiltily at Huan Ni, wondering if she should return all the feathers she had collected.
Huan Ni reassured her with her eyes: "This is an exaggerated rhetorical device. Try to read more books when you have time, beautiful!"
His expression was one of smug satisfaction, his neck held high, and he was incredibly proud!
Shi Yuan was still cursing and beating the ghost, punching him for every curse, for all sorts of reasons. In the end, he even included the ghost not helping an old lady cross the road. He finally got his fill of beating her.
At this moment, Fengcheng was also in dire straits. The black mist finally could not be maintained and completely dissipated. Sheng Yunhua ran to Fengcheng's side and let him lean against her.
"Ah Cheng, don't leave me." Sheng Yunhua's tears fell drop by drop onto Feng Cheng's heart. He sighed softly, "Don't be afraid, I wasn't swallowed by the ghost realm. At worst, I'll be reincarnated as a ghost again."
"This time, it's your turn to come to me, okay?"
Sheng Yunhua sobbed uncontrollably, "No, we agreed to reincarnate together once the Reincarnation Platform is repaired."
"We want to get to know each other again and fall in love again with a brand new life."
"But Ah Cheng, that's us, yet it's not entirely us."
"I can't bear to part with you!"
Shi Yuan punched Gui Jian one last time and walked to the two of them, saying, "Aunt Yun, don't cry."
"Uncle, if there is enough yin energy, will you not need to be reincarnated?"
Feng Cheng paused for a moment, then nodded and said yes.
Shi Yuan pointed at the Ghost Realm and said, "Isn't that ghost going to devour you? You can let it devour you, get revenge, and survive. Once the Reincarnation Platform is repaired, you two can be reincarnated together for a new life."
"Huh? This doesn't comply with the rules of the Seventh Division," Feng Cheng said weakly.
“You are the Ghost King, so why don’t you follow the rules of ghosts?” Shi Yuan said. “Come, tell me, what are the rules of ghosts?”
"The strong prey on the weak." This time, Fengcheng answered with unwavering certainty.
"That's fine then, go ahead and swallow it."
Feng Cheng looked at Gu Linyuan, who dusted himself off and smiled nonchalantly: "As the head of the Seventh Division, I agree to handle this matter as a special case!"
Fengcheng then looked at Master Ji. Besides being a member of the Seventh Division, he was also the number one Celestial Master. If she disagreed, he could not act rashly.
He could disregard everything, but the Sheng family was still there.
Master Ji flicked his whisk and said, "The Ghost Realm has committed numerous evils, is unruly, and has fled from Changbai Mountain, causing the deaths of many people. Its evil is unforgivable!" This meant that he agreed to let Fengcheng swallow up the Ghost Realm.
Indeed, a ghost king of Guijian's strength can only be suppressed, not completely eliminated. He is a hidden threat, and who knows, he might find a weakness and escape to cause trouble again someday.
Now that we have a solution that solves the problem once and for all, let's give it a try.
Master Ji looked at Shi Yuan, who was tearing apart a ghost with her bare hands, and thought to himself, "Even if I just give her face, she won't object."
Everyone agreed that Fengcheng didn't want to die, so they naturally started the operation.
Ever since Master Ji spoke, Shi Yuan had been staring at her, staring and staring, making Master Ji feel uncomfortable.
Gu Linyuan stepped forward to introduce them, but Shi Yuan still looked at Master Ji's face and asked, "Excuse me for being presumptuous, but does Master Ji have a Master named Ji Ying in his family?"
“Ji Ying?” Master Ji shook his head with a smile. “The character Ying is used in names several generations later. The Ji Ying that Comrade Shi Yuan mentioned should not be the Master of our Five Elements Mountain.”
Shi Yuan apologized, feeling embarrassed: "That was my mistake. Are you alright, Master? Let me help you sit down and rest for a while."
"I'm fine, thank you for your trouble." Master Ji did not refuse, and thanked him with a smile. He was then helped by Shi Yuan to find a clean place to sit down.
Shi Yuan looked at the red string on Ji Tianshi's wrist and a look of nostalgia flashed in her eyes. Ji Ying also had a red string on her wrist.
Thinking of what Master Ji said, that only after several generations would a Master be named with the character "Ying" in his name, Shi Yuan felt somewhat relieved. Whether they could meet or recognize each other was not important. As long as Ji Ying was doing well, that was enough.
Master Ji admired Shi Yuan and was also very curious about her ability to tear ghosts apart with her bare hands.
She had been in seclusion, so she was unaware of the Reincarnation Platform.
This is the seventh open secret. Shi Yuan didn't hide it and told everyone that she had taken on the job of the Reincarnation Platform charger by chance.
She wasn't afraid of anyone taking them away. Things like the Reincarnation Platform and the Three-Life Flower weren't something Shi Yuan possessed; rather, they chose Shi Yuan.
Even if someone tries to take it, they can't.
The key point is that no one dares to steal it. After all, everyone dies eventually, and divine artifacts have spirits. If someone holds a grudge against it, who knows where they'll be reincarnated afterward.
Ji Tianshi was a highly accomplished Taoist master, so she naturally knew these things. She smiled and gave Shi Yuan a booklet: "This contains some of my understanding of Taoist methods and some methods for drawing and applying talismans. I'm giving it to you."
Shi Yuan hesitated to accept it: "This is a secret technique of Five Elements Mountain, I cannot accept it."
"It's alright. The Tao follows the natural order. If you are destined to learn it, that's your fate. If you can't, it's just an ordinary greeting gift. You don't need to worry about it."
Shi Yuan thought to himself with admiration, "This must be one of Ji Ying's patriarchs, the two of them speak in exactly the same tone!"
She accepted the booklet with both hands and sincerely thanked him. Master Ji was a hermit and a highly accomplished master. Since she had nothing of value, she used her supernatural ability to create a lotus-shaped token as a return gift: "This token is a token. If the Master needs any orders in the future, just send someone to find me with this token."
This is tantamount to Shi Yuan making an unconditional promise.
Shi Yuan's own strength might be mediocre in the Seventh Division, but she possesses great opportunities and has a Reincarnation Platform, so those who know about her treat her with great respect.
Moreover, to be honest, if divine objects possess spirits, the benefits one may receive in the future are immeasurable.
Therefore, Shi Yuan's promise actually carried a lot of weight, which obviously surprised Master Ji, but he was also happy to accept this return gift.
Once Fengcheng completely devoured Guijian, not only did its ghostly form stabilize, but its strength also subtly increased.
Gu Linyuan immediately sent him to Changbai Mountain to check what was wrong with the barrier there, how Gui Jian suddenly escaped, and where his Ghost King Token came from.
Fengcheng readily agreed and set off with Sheng Yunhua.
"Aunt Yun's health?" Shi Yuan asked with concern as she watched the two figures disappear into the distance.
"The root cause of her previous health problems was Fengcheng. Now that Fengcheng's strength has greatly increased, there won't be any more problems. Don't worry," Gu Linyuan explained patiently.
"Oh, I see." Shi Yuan suddenly realized.
Master Ji watched the two of them talking back and forth, and then he took a closer look at Gu Linyuan. This man used to seem upright and approachable, but in fact, he was the most cold-hearted.
She never expected to witness such genuine emotional expression in her lifetime; it was quite an eye-opening experience for her.
With the Ghost Realm eliminated, He Tian naturally took over the cleanup work, and Shi Yuan and the others left Jingshan one after another.
At this time, news of Jingshan had not yet spread.
After receiving Wu Guanhai's call, Wu's superior thought for a while and agreed to mediate and let Wu Guanhai handle the problem.
"Guanhai, you know I've always valued you highly," the leader said earnestly. "But you also need to know that your position is special. In order to protect you, I've made concessions on many issues."
"Yes, I have failed your trust and expectations." Wu Guanhai quickly apologized. "The matter of the Blue Army's treasure was a serious mistake on my part. This time, I will definitely make amends."
The leader grunted in agreement and then said, "I remember you said that your nephew comes from a family with a long tradition of scholarship."
Wu Guanhai's face darkened, but his voice remained respectful: "Yes." At this moment, he should have taken the opportunity to offer a few words of praise, but he simply couldn't bring himself to do so.
This feeling was strange. He had always regarded Wu Xingzhou as his successor and taught him everything he knew without reservation.
He had always thought of himself as a mentor and father figure to Wu Xingzhou, and he never imagined that one day he would be disliked.
Yes, I dislike it!
On the way back to Beicheng, Wu Xingzhou did take good care of him, but he also saw disgust and impatience on his face several times.
Before he could say anything, his superior's words came through the phone again: "Once you've resolved the issue, we'll let your nephew get some experience in the Seventh Division."
Wu Guanhai had followed this leader for many years and knew his ambition well. So when the leader said that, he understood that the other party wanted to control the Seventh Division through Wu Xingzhou, or rather, to first control a portion of the Seventh Division's power for his own use.
He felt that the leader had taken a rather big step.
"Yes, I thank you for your promotion on behalf of Xingzhou." After hanging up the phone, he walked around the study twice, and after confirming that the pain in certain unspeakable places had subsided, he took the magic artifact and left the study.
"Second Uncle, where are you going?" Wu Xingzhou glanced at Wu Guanhai and asked with concern.
After becoming a father-in-law, Wu Guanhai became particularly sensitive to people's gazes. He frowned, said, "On official business!" and walked past Wu Xingzhou to leave.
On the way to Jingshan, Wu Guanhai kept thinking about one thing: finding a new patron.
Jingshan's problem is thorny for others, but not for him.
He needs to maximize his profits.
And then there's Shi Yuan, she should still be in Beicheng, he needs to find her and settle accounts with her!
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