Chapter 16: The Body Ghost

The two seemed to be talking about the same thing, yet no one picked the matter apart, and the atmosphere gradually became strange.

“Brother Ji, I’ll leave this transmission jade talisman with you, I still have something to do, so I’ll leave first.”

A few breaths later, Bai Yulou took out a green and white jade talisman from a ring-shaped storage treasure.

Ji Yue Nian took the jade talisman and nodded his head.

Bai Yulou once again gave Ji Yue Nian a deep look before turning back and leaving the place.

The direction he went was slightly different from the ancient city of Tai Chu where Ji Yue Nian was going, and was on the southern side of the Qing Luan Mountain Range, where there was a sea area of about ten thousand miles in circumference.

After an unknown period of time, a figure quietly returned to this place.

It was Bai Yu Lou.

At this moment, his face was no longer half unversed in the world, and his aura was like that of an abyss, he was actually at a half-step to the realm of the Returned Truth!

Bai Yulou looked at the direction where Ji Yue Nian had disappeared, his gaze full of doubts as he said to himself, “How could he have escaped the body ghost’s dip? What exactly is this person’s origin?”

The hundred ghosts spirit streamer behind him trembled slightly, and four translucent figures gradually emerged, spreading a terrifyingly cold aura, causing the grass and trees within a hundred feet to wither and die.

The Body Ghost, in the form of a translucent figure, is an extremely special and terrifying ghost that only appears when thunder, wind, rain or snow falls. It has no cultivation, but if there is no special method to resist it, the only way to die is to be targeted by it.

This time, Bai Yulou did not come to the Qing Luan Mountain Range to take the ghosts, but to take advantage of the heavy rain in the past two days to collect the ghosts with the Hundred Ghosts Spirit Streamer!

The previous time he had detected a body ghost and used the special Hundred Ghost Spirit Streamer to take it in, he was surprised to find a brand deep within the body ghost’s origin, indicating that it had already chosen its target, but had perversely refrained from actually striking.

He then followed this aura to find Ji Yue Nian, and then was even more surprised to find that Ji Yue Nian was only at the early Xuan realm, so Bai Yulou deliberately approached him to find out more about Ji Yue Nian’s true nature, but until the end, he did not get a single piece of useful information.

“This person has an unusual secret,” Bai Yulou shook his head slowly, “Let’s leave a shallow fragrance of love for the time being, it’s not too late to make contact when we have the chance.”

Although the immersion and killing of body ghosts has nothing to do with cultivation level, the higher the cultivation level, the more means one has to counteract the heart ghosts, and this is an undeniable fact.

With this in mind, he took out the Spiritual Dharma Sword and moved it with both hands, and in a few moments, a blazing sword light rose up and carried him across the extreme sky.

It was only after one’s cultivation level had broken through to the Realisation realm that one could break through the air and travel with a sword.

The fact that Bai Yulou is only half a step into the Realm of Returning to Truth, yet he is able to rise up with the Spiritual Dharma Sword, obviously he has a lot of secrets in his body as well.

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Ji Yuenian stopped a little while looking at the village close at hand.

“Does Little Taoist Master want to enter the village?” A crisp, sweet voice rang out from his ears.

He looked sideways and saw a twisted girl dressed in coarse cloth struggling to put down the wooden bucket in her hands and smiling up at him.

“Yes,” Ji Yuenian’s eyes moved slightly, and he gently brushed the sleeves of the Zhanqing Dao Robe, “Is it heavy?”

“No, it’s not heavy, I can do it myself.” When she saw Ji Yue Nian’s face, she was subconsciously stunned for a moment, and only after a few breaths she came back to her senses and lift the bucket filled with water again, her fair and beautiful face already tinged with a shy blush.

Ji Yue Nian nodded and took the lead, walking towards the village.

The girl with the twisted pigtails froze once again, opening her mouth to say something, but not even half a word came out.

After glancing down at the heavy wooden bucket in her hands, she stomped her feet lightly and followed Ji Yue Nian towards the village.

“Greetings, Little Taoist Master.”

“This Little Taoist Master is so handsome.”

“Indeed, he is much better looking than that Taoist Master Ku Mu.”

On the way, many villagers bowed towards Ji Yue Nian, as if they were not too surprised by his arrival.

After walking along the main road of the village, a short-clothed man greeted him with a smile on his face and said respectfully, “Taoist Master, please come inside.”

Ji Yue Nian had some doubts in his mind, but at this moment, with his thoughts flowing, he vaguely guessed something and nodded, “Lead the way.”

As expected, after walking for about half a column of incense, the two of them arrived at the place where the village chief’s family lived.

The man in short clothes led Ji Yue Nian into the hall and then respectfully withdrew.

“Why did another one come? Is the regent of Chu Yang City so untrustworthy of you and me, Master and Brother?”

A somewhat unpleasant voice rang out.

Ji Yue Nian looked towards the hall, two Taoist men were sitting on the left side, a white robed youth with a sword was sitting on the right side, and standing inside the room was a middle-aged man with a sturdy body.

The man who had just spoken was the one with a slightly lower cultivation level among the two Taoists.

When that middle-aged man saw Ji Yue Nian enter, he was also stunned for a moment, and then he asked somewhat tentatively, “Is the Taoist Master also from Chu Yang City?”

Chu Yang City was one of the several subsidiary cities of the ancient city of Tai Chu, and almost all of the territory on the outskirts of the Qing Luan Mountain Range was under the jurisdiction of Chu Yang City.

Ji Yue Nian glanced at the two Taoists and shook his head, “I come from the Ancient City of Tai Chu.”

“Ancient City Tai Chu!”

The Taoist who had spoken earlier called out again, but this time there was more surprise and caution in his tone.

Even the other Taoist who had entered the Upper Profound Realm and the white-robed youth with the sword both turned their heads towards Ji Yue Nian, with a slight gaze and scruple in their eyes.

The ancient city of Tai Chu was one of the nineteen ancient cities under the Tai Yu Ancient Sect, and governed a vast and boundless territory, and practitioners from the ancient city of Tai Chu were always looked up to wherever they went.

The middle-aged man was dumbfounded for a moment, and then became somewhat overjoyed and said, “So it’s the Upper Truth from the Ancient City of Tai Chu who has come! Together with the two Taoist masters and Duke Xu sent by Chu Yang City, the matter of Mao Cao Village can finally be resolved!”

“Maocao Village is the dead neighbouring village on the west side?” Ji Yuenian’s gaze passed through the wide open door and looked to the west.

“So you are just passing by and do not know the truth of this matter,” the Taoist who had entered the upper realm of Profound energy stood up, his face eased a little, “Hundreds of people in Mao Cao Village died overnight, this village is adjacent to Mao Cao Village, both villages are under the rule of Chu Yang City. That is why the regent of Chu Yang City asked me and my brothers to come and check it out.”

Hearing that Ji Yue Nian had not been sent by the Regent of Chu Yang to steal the credit, the startled Taoist who had entered the Profound Primordial Realm changed his face and pulled out a smile, saying, “It was me who spoke out of turn just now, so don’t blame me.”

“It’s all right,” Ji Yue Nian waved his hand gently, “I just noticed something unusual about thatched grass village, so I came here to ask a few questions.”