Chapter 15

Chapter 15

“Qiao Moyu!”

Lou Qianqian and the others shouted as they scrambled down from upstairs, racing toward us and throwing themselves at us.

On the other end of the video call, the class monitor was still gloating.

“I knew it. That’s Qiao Moyu we’re talking about. Last time in Jiangxi, she took down a flood serpent all by herself in seconds. Have you all forgotten?”

Song Feifei said, “Two people wiped out over a hundred vengeful ghosts? Wait, is that for real?”

“Are they seriously that strong? I don’t believe it!”

“Lingzhu, say something. Is Qiao Moyu really that much stronger than you?”

Lu Lingzhu replied, “Heh. Fake. Photoshopped.”

The class monitor said, “No way. This is a livestream!”

Lu Lingzhu cursed up a storm and left the group chat.

“Damn it, what the hell did she pull? She really got to show off big this time.”

Soon, dawn broke. The baleful energy in the village completely dispersed, and the villagers crept out of their homes, trembling. Only then did they see the horrific scene in the wedding canopy.

Everyone was overwhelmed with grief, but those people had been killed by ghosts. There was nothing anyone could do except contact the police while collecting the bodies.

The sky was clear and bright. I stood upstairs and looked into the distance. Only then did I realize that the Azure Dragon and White Tiger formations here had turned their backs. This place was indeed a yin-gathering site.

The yin energy had condensed here for ages without dispersing. That was why the feng shui master from before had come up with that method of using human dolls to protect the villagers.

Jiang Yan told me that according to the village custom, after someone died, the skin on their chest and back had to be peeled off in one complete piece before they could be buried. That human skin was then used to make the dolls.

It had been done this way for a hundred years. Not a single villager dared to break the rule.

“Your village sits on a yin-gathering site. It’s only thanks to these dolls that you’ve all been safe. If you want to keep living here in the future, you’ll still have to make the dolls the same way as before.”

“But living in a place like this for too long will affect both your health and your fortune. You should have your family move out as soon as possible.”

I packed up my things and prepared to leave. Jiang Yan’s family thanked me over and over again and insisted that I stay for a few more days.

Just then, a helicopter suddenly appeared overhead.

Lu Lingzhu poked half her head out from the air.

“Whoa, the yin energy is this heavy? So you weren’t bragging?”

The helicopter landed. Lu Lingzhu rushed over to the outside of the wedding canopy and was stunned.

“Holy crap. This many people died? There really were over a hundred vengeful ghosts?”

I let out a calm, cold snort.

“A mere hundred or so vengeful ghosts. Piece of cake.”

Lu Lingzhu stamped her foot. “You’re bluffing! You cheated! You-”

Her eyes suddenly darted around, and she reached out to hook an arm around my neck.

“Qiao Moyu, you really are badass. I didn’t expect that after just a few days apart, your Daoist arts would have improved to this level!”

“There’s a tricky matter I feel only someone with your strength can solve. Want to come with me?”

I nodded.

“Get lost!”

Song Feifei suddenly cut in from the side.

“Someone took a picture of a handsome guy at that place. He looks kind of familiar to me.”

In the photo, the man was wearing a black baseball cap. One hand blocked half his face, revealing only a sliver of his fair chin.

On the back of his hand was an intricate black totem that extended from his pinky finger all the way up into his sleeve.

Ji Kang!

My pupils shrank. I immediately changed my mind and wrapped an arm around Lu Lingzhu.

“Give me three million, and I’ll go with you. And not just me. I’ll call Hua Yuling over too. This money isn’t for me, by the way. It’s for her. She’s the Miaojiang Saintess, you know. Her appearance fee is very high!”

Lu Lingzhu haggled, “Thirty thousand!”

I said, “Deal!”

Lu Lingzhu: “?”

“Hey, wait a second. I feel like something’s not right.”

“Did I quote too high a price? Stop right there!”

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(End of this story)