Chapter 564: Chapter 556: Ancestor, I Urge You to Show Some Shame!
Qin Liuxi watched Yiqiu trembling uncontrollably, her soul body disintegrating, so he lit a stick of incense candle and held it in front of her: “Eat it.”
Yiqiu took a deep breath.
While she consumed the essence of the candle, Qin Liuxi drew a Soul Firming Talisman and slapped it onto Yiqiu’s soul form. The combination of the talisman and the candle allowed Yiqiu’s soul body to recongeal considerably, and her panicked consciousness regained some calm.
“Thank you, Master, for your kindness.” Yiqiu expressed her gratitude to Qin Liuxi with a bow.
Qin Liuxi waved his hand: “What happened to you?”
Trembling with anger, Yiqiu blurted: “Master, someone is refining ghosts, can you help those poor women?”
She recounted her recent horrifying experiences.
Knowing that Madam Lou wouldn’t last much longer, Yiqiu left the Lou Family. Because she wasn’t careful for a moment, she was hurt by the Merit Golden Light in the old woman’s room and decided to find a place heavy in yin energy to replenish her soul.
As soon as she left the Lou Family, she saw a place with particularly dense yin energy and drifted there, only to almost pay for her impulsive act with her soul scattering.
The place with dense yin energy had actually been arranged into a Yin Gathering Formation.
“Ghost refining, there are people inside refining ghosts. As soon as I entered and felt something was wrong and tried to escape, it was too late. Already weak in soul, I was immediately entangled by the old Taoist with a soul-locking chain,” Yiqiu explained with horror: “He locked my soul and threw me into a drum made of human skin, flesh, and bones. Inside were many female souls. Using the Soul-Expelling Technique, he forced us to battle against each other, increasing the resentful energy bred from our despair, making us increasingly insubstantial. As the ghosts fought and their souls dispersed, the drum absorbed their intense resentful energy, and with each new soul incorporated, we were pressed into even weaker states.”
Qin Liuxi frowned.
“Given these circumstances, how did you escape?” Feng Xiu examined Yiqiu.
Yiqiu glanced at him with a touch of panic and said, “All those female ghosts were new ghosts, I don’t know how they were captured, only I am a ghost of several decades, and my Soul Power is stronger than theirs.”
“You are burdened with a Sin Barrier.” Qin Liuxi reopened his Heavenly Eye, inspected the karmic obstacles on her body, and frowned.
Yiqiu bowed her head: “I had no choice, the moment that person chanted the spell, we went mad. If I didn’t fight, I could only dissipate; clinging to resentment, I would remain trapped in that Ghost Drum. Tonight, that man captured another female soul, who was different from the other ghosts and shrouded in Merit Golden Light, and also a living soul. When she was pushed into the Ghost Drum, her strong resistance and the golden light cracked the Forbidden Curse of the drum, and I managed to escape through that crack, stumbling upon you, Master.”
“It wasn’t your time to die, oh, you had a stroke of luck,” Feng Xiu clicked his tongue.
Yiqiu continued: “I’m standing here now, all thanks to that girl with the Merit Golden Light, I don’t know what has become of her now.”
She knelt before Qin Liuxi and said, “Master, you are a Heavenly Master, and the most formidable one I have ever seen. Can you save them? They are all very young and pitiful girls.”
Qin Liuxi glanced at her sideways: “Without any direct victims seeking help, how do you expect me to rescue them? Do you know whose mansion that is? Changchuan Marquis Mansion.”
Yiqiu was stunned: “Can’t I be considered a victim?”
“Sure, you count. But you’ve escaped, haven’t you?” Qin Liuxi spoke indifferently: “I am indeed a Heavenly Master, but I’m not a fool. If I rashly go there, accuse them of practicing evil magic, do you think the Changchuan Marquis Mansion would not report me to the authorities and have me thrown in jail?”
A look of despair crossed Yiqiu’s face: “Does that mean we can only watch helplessly as those girls find no peace even in death?”
Instead of answering, Qin Liuxi countered: “Do you want to be reincarnated? If so, I’ll see you off. If not, then you should rest and rehabilitate your soul.”
Yiqiu gave a wry smile and shook her head: “How can I be at peace with reincarnation in this state?”
“Then just recuperate for now. Since you encountered a living soul tonight and are protected by the Merit Golden Light, there might be a turning point.” Qin Liuxi unscrewed the bottle again to let Yiqiu in.
Yiqiu had no choice but to do as she said, quietly recuperating inside the bottle. If Qin Liuxi didn’t help, she’d have to do it herself once she was better.
“See, wasn’t I right? It’s a life of nonstop labor.” Feng Xiu sneered.
Qin Liuxi glanced at him: “Why don’t you, as a good Demon, save the distressed damsels from peril?”
“Do I look like a good Demon to you? No way.” Feng Xiu huffed.
“If you succeed, that would be a meritorious deed, which has its benefits.”
Feng Xiu laughed: “Do you think the good deeds I do every year are few? Changsheng Hall has dispensed medicine and saved many people.”
“Whoever complained about having too much merit? If you accumulate enough, who knows, you might become an immortal, a Fox Fairy, sounds nice, doesn’t it?”
Seeing her continuously coaxing and sweet-talking, Feng Xiu said, “If you want to go so badly, then go. Why drag me into this?”
“That mansion has some unknown Evil Path practitioner and something called a soul-locking chain, as well as a Ghost Drum they’re refining. Sounds pretty tough. What if I can’t beat them?” Qin Liuxi expressed her reluctance to exert too much effort. She lounged in her chair, thought for a bit, and said: “Perfect, Jinhua Temple now needs to perform a major good deed to restore its reputation. Isn’t this a great opportunity? How about having Master Tai Cheng take the lead to exterminate evil and defend the Dao? If he can’t handle it, then I’ll roll up my sleeves and join in. As members of the Mystic Sect, we should unanimously resent the Evil Path and present a united front.”
Feng Xiu: “…”
Please, have some shame. How can you make hanging back and swooping in for the kill sound so self-righteous (shamelessly)?
Master Tai Cheng: What sin did old Taoist Chi Yuan commit to educate you into a devil instead of a human?
Seeing Qin Liuxi still self-satisfied, Feng Xiu said, “You’ve got it all figured out, but where’s the assurance that Master Tai Cheng will do as you say? I tell you, the closer you get to the temples and Daoist Temples in Shengjing, the more cunning those monks are; they’re not silly enough to just knock on the door and say they’re here to catch practitioners of the Evil Path.”
“That’s easy, I’ll just rile up an Evil Ghost to provoke him and lead him to that Changchuan Marquis Mansion. He should take action then, right?”
Evil Ghost: Who did I provoke to deserve this? I’ve always said that humans are more wicked than ghosts.
Feng Xiu silently swallowed his complaints. Fine, as long as you’re happy, I’ll spare a thought for that poor Evil Ghost.
Qin Liuxi was a woman of action. She summoned several little ghosts and asked directly: “Which one of you is the most evil here?”
The little ghosts were trembling with fear, and they fell to their knees. One of them said, “Lord Heavenly Master, we haven’t done any evil, haven’t harmed anyone. The worst I’ve done is secretly watched young ladies bathe.”
A sleazy ghost said, “The most evil thing I’ve done is watch people having a good time in the brothel, got so excited that I scared the man impotent.”
“Wuwu, all I did was stuff the Lv Family lady from West Eight Alley’s undergarment on the neighbor Old Wang, because she always mistreated her stepdaughter and beat the girl to a pulp.”
Qin Liuxi: “…”
You few dead ghosts are really something!
Feng Xiu burst into laughter like a pig snorting. You’re finally getting what you deserve, it’s divine justice!