“Say… we aren’t going to run into a ghost, are we?”
“Shh!”
The group of four felt a chill run down their spines.
These talismans…
Kind of scary, right?
Deep in the mountains.
Li Qiaoqiao carefully looked around. Towering ancient trees were everywhere. When she looked down, she caught sight of a single shoe on the ground.
Xiao Qingbei rushed over and exclaimed, “That’s Gu Yu’s shoe.”
“They’ve run into trouble.”
“What? Trouble? A ghost?”
“To be precise, a vengeful wraith.”
Xiao Qingbei’s body trembled with fear: “Qiaoqiao, let’s get out of here quickly, a vengeful wraith…”
Besides, he really didn’t want to see a ghost. He was scared.
“There’s no leaving now.”
“Huh?”
Suddenly, a gust of wind swept towards them. Li Qiaoqiao raised her peachwood sword to shield her eyes.
The area around them was empty.
“Come out. Hiding and skulking will only make your end worse.”
“…”
Qiaoqiao, you’re being pretty arrogant, aren’t you?
Then, another fierce, howling wind came. Li Qiaoqiao suddenly looked up towards the treetops—a flash of white appeared!
She swung her peachwood sword, accurately stabbing it into the figure’s neck, which drew out a series of harsh, rasping screeches.
“Whoa… a ghost, a ghost… it really is a ghost…”
The vengeful wraith had crimson eyes and wore a red dress. Her long hair floated ethereally around her.
Her expression was vicious. As she turned her head, she collided with Xiao Qingbei.
With a yelp, he stumbled backward.
“Interrupting my business.”
The female wraith stared at Li Qiaoqiao with her red eyes, as if looking at a delicious meal.
“A century-old wraith, harming innocent lives. Today, I will destroy you.”
“Courting death!”
“Miss Li… be careful!”
Li Xinyue and Gu Yu emerged from the woods together. The female wraith fiercely swung her flowing silk sleeves, wrapping them around Gu Yu’s neck.
His face grew increasingly pale, his breathing becoming labored.
In that critical moment, Li Qiaoqiao flung out a Thunder Talisman.
It shot towards the female wraith. With a cracking sound, the wraith fell onto the grass.
Li Xinyue rushed to Gu Yu, anxiously shaking him: “Gu Yu, wake up, Gu Yu…”
“Cough, cough, cough… I’m okay.”
The female wraith suddenly lifted her head. A peachwood sword was now pressed against her neck. Her body trembled as she looked at Li Qiaoqiao with a mix of unwillingness and fear.
“You’re different from those incompetent exorcists.”
“I’ll take that as a compliment, then.” Li Qiaoqiao smiled slightly, then her expression turned serious: “Why did you try to kill him?”
“Someone promised me a reward in exchange for his life.”
The female wraith looked at Gu Yu with a somewhat complicated expression, but Li Qiaoqiao didn’t believe her. She said, “Tell the truth, or I don’t mind sending you to oblivion right this instant.”
However, the female wraith just lowered her head.
Seeing her chance, she subtly moved her fingers to swing her sleeve again. But Li Qiaoqiao sliced through it with her sword in one swift move, her expression cold: “Incorrigible. I’ll send you on your way.”
A talisman materialized between her fingers, and the female wraith’s face instantly changed drastically!
Suddenly, an urgent voice called out: “Milord… please show mercy.”
A mist appeared; an old friend had arrived.
Black and White Impermanence appeared together.
Little Bai said with a smile, “Milord, this wraith cannot be killed. Old Hei and I came specifically to take her back. Lord Yama will pass judgment on her.”
“Oh? Usually, you two never show up, but today you’re punctual. She’s a vengeful wraith who tried to take a life. She cannot stay!”
Li Qiaoqiao’s stance was clear.
Little Bai broke out in a sweat and continued to explain, “Milord, you may not know this, but actually, she… has karmic ties and grievances from a past life with this man.”
The person he pointed to was Gu Yu.
Everyone present was stunned.
Li Qiaoqiao looked slightly skeptical. Little Bai said, “If Milord doesn’t believe it, you can open your spiritual eyes and see for yourself.”
