Chapter 68: Showing Off and Provoking (Part 2)
How to run? This side courtyard only had one exit, and it was blocked by those three children.
The puppet thread in Sang Jing’s hand tightened.
Xie Yu saw it and thought she was going to fight them head-on.
Alright, let’s fight! It’s just three children!
Xie Yu was mentally prepared.
A puppet thread was thrown in front of her, and several paper talismans flew out extremely fast. Xie Yu felt a tightness around her waist, and then her whole body was pulled back and flew over.
“Let’s go!”
Sang Jing released the evil spirit, stepped on its back, and jumped over the wall. The puppet thread in her hand also pulled Xie Yu over, and the evil spirit followed behind.
Outside the wall were Yan Chuan and the others.
“What’s going on?” Sang Jing asked as she ran.
Yan Chuan cursed and spat. “This is not a dream! It’s a trick! Those three are the ghost kings that were raised. Sister Hua found that the yin energy in this courtyard would all go to one place at night, which is that well just now. And those three are not children at all. They are completely pieced together from different heads, hands, and feet!”
“Ah!?” Xie Yu was terrified. She looked back and saw that the evil spirit was tripping up the three things that were chasing them at the end. The three black shadows were on all fours in a strange posture.
“Then why did they pull us in? Isn’t this exposing them?” Sang Jing found it strange.
Just like Chaoyang Community, they had deliberately used Ying Laishi to lure her over.
“Who knows,” Yan Chuan said, releasing her puppet and holding back the fastest one.
The few of them ran all the way to the front courtyard. In the front courtyard, the sophora tree was in full bloom. Under the silvery white moonlight, the branches and trunk seemed to glow.
Wei Qingyun waved her hand, and a dozen or so talismans surrounded them, blocking the claws that the three things were reaching out with.
After a slight pause, the few of them stood under the sophora tree, and a layer of white light seemed to fall on them.
Sang Jing looked at the three things staring at them in the darkness. She raised her fingers, and a talisman burned at the corner of her eye.
When she looked again, it was as if there were threads on the three things. There were threads connecting the neck and the joints of the limbs.
No, it wasn’t just the head and limbs that were sewn together.
Sang Jing raised her hand and threw a talisman at one of them. The thing had to turn to avoid the talisman.
The head and limbs behind the shadow were revealed. This was clearly a monster sewn together from four or five ghosts! By using the fights between the ghosts, their hatred was maximized.
“Oh my god…” Yan Chuan could hardly speak.
This method was simply… inhumane. Oh, no, this was not something a person could do! What was the difference between this and a human body modification experiment?
The Wuchang warrant on her reacted. Sang Jing took it out, and the information of several ghosts quickly popped up in front of her.
Yan Chuan glanced at it. “So smart?”
“They are all the ghosts that Ruan Wenxiu was in charge of reaping,” Sang Jing said.
This was also why Ruan Wenxiu would come to such a remote park every few days. But Ruan Wenxiu was only a six-coin Celestial Master and could not have sewn together four or five ghosts with such strong resentment. There was someone else behind this.
“Catch them.”
Sang Jing said to the few people beside her, holding the Wuchang warrant. Wei Qingyun and Yan Chuan both nodded.
Although they had been chased just now and were a little disheveled, Sang Jing’s evil spirit and Yan Chuan’s puppet had already tested the strength of these three things. They were not strong.
Wei Qingyun took on one by herself. Yan Chuan controlled her puppet to lure one away. Hua Changge held a short knife in her hand and found an opportunity to cut at their seams. Sang Jing could also trap one.
Soon, a puppet thread tied the three things together, and a dozen or so hands and feet were entangled in a mess.
Sang Jing looked for their heads on the side and held the Wuchang warrant to their faces. They all matched.
Hua Changge, on the other side, was looking at the seams between them.
“This… is a novice?” Hua Changge’s tone was a little hesitant.
“A novice? What do you mean?” Yan Chuan also went over to look, but she had not studied spiritual medicine and could not see the tricks.
“The person behind this is a beginner in spiritual medicine. She is practicing on these ghosts,” Hua Changge’s expression was cold.
Spiritual medicine was not so easy to learn. There were these three monsters that were successful, but what about the unsuccessful ones? How many had failed? No wonder a dozen or so ghosts could gather such a large range of yin energy. Many ghosts had probably been scattered under that person’s knife.
Wei Qingyun also frowned.
She and Hua Changge were from the same sect and had studied together for a period of time. She had never seen Hua Changge make a move on a ghost without being sure. At the very beginning, she had also practiced on spiritual bodies created by yin energy. But now, a beginner was directly practicing on ghosts… In her eyes, ghosts seemed to be just playthings that could be manipulated at will. Since she had come into contact with these things, how could she still be fearless? Karma would fall on her one day.
Hua Changge took her knife and separated the entangled ghosts. The white thread connecting the soul-bodies broke. Just as she was about to deal with the next one, the white threads suddenly caught fire, instantly engulfing the connected ghosts. Even the two on the side were also burned.
Sang Jing’s eyes were quick. She separated one ghost, and her hand was almost burned, but she still couldn’t stop the fire from coming over.
“A talisman!” Wei Qingyun saw the talisman on the ghost in Sang Jing’s hand.
A talisman that acted on a ghost. Was the person behind this also a Ghost Master?
The moment the fire started, Yan Chuan had pulled Hua Changge over and had even held her hand and looked at it several times in a hurry.
This scene fell into Wei Qingyun’s eyes, making her squint.
“She knew we would come here. After breaking the formation, she still pulled us in. She just wanted us to see these three things she had made,” Sang Jing said, looking at her hand. The ghost just now had slowly dissipated in front of her, without even having time to scream.
“She is, showing off her achievements. She is provoking us.”
“Don’t let me catch her!” Yan Chuan gritted her teeth in anger. “I’ll definitely wring her head off!”
Hua Changge squeezed her hand. “Don’t talk nonsense.”
Yan Chuan turned her head and snorted.
The feeling of being played was not good. For a time, the atmosphere was a little silent.
The silvery white moonlight slowly faded. Sang Jing walked to the sophora tree, took out a small gourd, and sucked in the yin energy.
“Sang Jing! Team Leader Wei!”
“Chairman Hua! Chairman Yan!”
Tan Wei and the others had just found the formation hidden under the sophora tree and were about to break it when the wind blew and the tree moved. Sang Jing and the others just appeared out of thin air.
After working hard for half the night, they had been led on a wild goose chase.
The few of them looked a little tired. Wei Qingyun suggested finding a place nearby to rest and discuss it the next day.
Since they were all back in Nancheng, Sang Jing didn’t go with them and took Xie Yu back to the incense shop.
Just as they reached the door, a black shadow shot out and enthusiastically rubbed against Sang Jing’s leg.
“Meow Meow.”
Sang Jing squatted down and stroked Meow Meow’s head. Just as she was about to stroke it a second time, Meow Meow raised its proud head, turned, and went back into the shop, leaving Sang Jing with a cold back.
“…”
At that time, Granny Lin had entrusted Meow Meow to her. She had then gone to Xianling City. These days, Sister Hei and Sister Shu had been helping to take care of it.
She was a little irresponsible.
Sang Jing pinched her hand guiltily and pushed the door open to go in.
Shentu at the counter was a little surprised. “Hey, why are you back?”
Xie Yu raised her hand to greet her. “Sister Shu, long time no see.”
Shentu looked at her face and neck and smiled inexplicably. “Xiao Xie is fine.”
How long has it been? She’s already cleaned her up and made her pretty, and even sent out so much merit. She doesn’t feel the slightest bit of heartache for all the hard work she’s put in over the years.
She then looked at Sang Jing’s face, and Shentu raised an eyebrow. “What’s wrong? Not going well?”
“Ah, Sister Shu! You don’t know how bad that person is!” Xie Yu blurted out everything that had happened yesterday and tonight.
Sang Jing did her evening duties on the side, then washed her hands and calmed her mind, and went to the shrine behind the counter to offer incense to her teacher.
After hearing what Xie Yu had said, the smile on Shentu’s face also disappeared.
She had heard from Xiao Hei that there had been a troublesome matter recently, but since the Big Boss and the Boss’s wife also knew about it, she hadn’t paid much attention. But hearing what Xie Yu had just said, this matter was not just troublesome, it was a malicious incident!
“Xiao Jing, you can do it!” Shentu said, clenching her hand and giving Sang Jing her most sincere encouragement.
Sang Jing: “…Thank you.”
After cleaning up, it was already past three in the morning. Sang Jing went upstairs to take a shower and sleep. Her peripheral vision noticed a tail behind her.
Xie Yu was following her, looking at her eagerly.
Sang Jing looked at her, then at the livestreaming room over there.
Your room is over there.
Xie Yu snorted and her eyes darted around. “But the livestreaming room doesn’t have a bathroom. What if I want to take a shower? Should I go to the master bedroom to wash?”
“No!” Sang Jing refused without hesitation. After a two-second pause, she frowned slightly. “You can wash in my room.”
Xie Yu lowered her head and pursed her lips in a smile, still pretending to be proper. “Alright then. I’ll trouble you.”
She had already asked. The master bedroom belonged to Sang Jing’s teacher. With the reserved person’s respectful nature, it was impossible for her to let her in. She probably wouldn’t even dare to go in herself.
When Xie Yu knocked on Sang Jing’s door with her clothes, the timing was just right. Sang Jing had just finished her shower and was drying her hair with a towel. There were still some water droplets on her face, her skin was translucent and pink, and her lips were also moist.
“Come in.”
Xie Yu licked her lips, her throat moved, and she followed behind Sang Jing.
After entering, Xie Yu observed Sang Jing’s room. Like the shelves below, the books, talisman paper, and magical artifacts were all arranged neatly. There were no decorations, and the color scheme was a consistent black, white, and gray, even more monotonous than her usual clothes.
“Hurry up and wash. I’m going to sleep,” Sang Jing said, raising her leg and pushing her calf.
Xie Yu walked into the bathroom, then peeked at Sang Jing from the side of the door. “Can I… tonight?”
Sang Jing smiled at her. “No. If you say any more nonsense, I’ll throw you out. Don’t wash.”
Xie Yu: “Oh.”
After Sang Jing had dried her hair on the balcony, Xie Yu had just finished her shower. It was no different from changing her clothes. The water was still on her.
Sang Jing stared at her for a while, feeling that something was not right.
Xie Yu saw her staring at her and walked over with a smile. Just as she came in front of her, “You…”
Sang Jing: “Go out after you’ve washed.”
Xie Yu: “…”
“Alright! Then I’m leaving!” Xie Yu turned and left, her back looking carefree.
Drawing the curtains and lying down on the bed, Sang Jing was still thinking about what was different about Xie Yu just now.
As her body relaxed, drowsiness slowly crept in.
Just as she was about to fall asleep, Sang Jing opened her eyes.
“…”
A certain ghost had snuck in.
