Chapter 54
Chapter 54
After listening to Hua Jiunan’s explanation, Chang Huaiyuan let out a soft sigh.
“To think that female Daoist used such a heinous, wicked technique right under our noses and we didn’t even notice. How shameful!”
“If we don’t find her and wipe her out completely, how can we, the Five Great Immortal Families, have the face to accept the people’s worship?”
Hemp-clad Grandmother rubbed her hands together. Her long black fingernails looked exceptionally eerie under the moonlight.
“No matter how heinous that Ghost Daoist is, it has nothing to do with me,” she said.
“But she should never have targeted Xiao Jiu!”
“She even had the audacity to use my precious grandson’s placenta to practice her evil arts!”
“Jiejiejiejie! If I don’t extract her soul and refine her spirit, I would have cultivated for a thousand years in vain!”
As soon as Hemp-clad Grandmother finished speaking, she slammed her pipe down.
Suddenly, a cold wind rose from all sides, sending the accumulated snow flying through the air.
Old Sixth Hui brought up the previous topic again: “Does the young master physician have a way to find the Ghost Daoist?”
“Hehehe, Five Ghosts Burial?”
“That’s just enough for each of our five spirit medium families to take one!”
“Hemp-clad Elder Sister has already taken the Iron Coffin, so don’t try to compete with us for these!”
Just as Old Sixth Hui finished speaking, several more figures appeared in the courtyard.
“Old Sixth is right. This time, Hemp-clad Sister cannot compete with us for the credit.”
The speaker was the current head of the Hu Family, Hu Qingshan. Beside him stood a girl of captivating beauty.
The girl looked at Hua Jiunan shyly and performed an ancient salute.
“This humble girl, Hu Fei’er, pays respects to my benefactor.”
Seeing Hua Jiunan’s bewildered expression, Hemp-clad Grandmother spoke up.
“Silly boy, this girl is the little white fox you treated!”
Beside Hu Qingshan stood another elderly man with a similarly hunched back.
The old man smiled and introduced himself: “My surname is Huang, Huang Zuo.”
“Huang Wan’er is my daughter-in-law.”
After Huang Zuo finished, the head of the Bai family, Bai Wuwei, took a step forward.
“Young master physician, it has been a few days!”
Seeing that everyone had arrived, Chang Huaiyuan said to Hua Jiunan, “Young master physician, please perform your art to lead us to the Ghost Daoist.”
“Tonight, we must settle this once and for all!”
With the Five Great Immortal Families gathered along with the thousand-year Ghost Immortal, Hemp-clad Grandmother, Hua Jiunan felt extremely confident.
He placed the luopan in front of him, formed a hand seal pointing toward the space between his brows, and recited the Ghost-Seeking Mantra:
“Five ghosts, five ghosts, rushing in haste. To confuse men and hide things, to move without constant form. I follow the decree to chase the fierce and avoid the desolate. If you dare to disobey, your bones shall turn to dust and fly away.”
As Hua Jiunan finished the recitation, the needle of the luopan spun wildly before pointing due south.
Bai Wuwei let out a great laugh.
“Hahaha! Not seeing you for a few days, the young master physician’s Daoist arts have truly made us look at him in a new light!”
Chang Huaiyuan called for Eighth Master Chang and instructed, “Old Ba, when we find the Ghost Daoist in a moment, you are responsible for protecting the young master physician.”
Eighth Master Chang nodded while revealing his true form.
With a gust of foul wind, a giant python over ten meters long appeared beside Hua Jiunan.
“Xiao Jiu… Young master physician, I’ll carry you to find the ghost.”
Before Hua Jiunan could object, Eighth Master Chang wrapped his tail around him and placed him on his back.
Chen Daji, fearing they wouldn’t take him along, hurried to ask Hemp-clad Grandmother for help.
“Grandmother, I want to go too, just to broaden my horizons…”
Hemp-clad Grandmother gave a strange, cackling laugh and transformed into a plume of black smoke, flying back into the sedan chair.
“You little brat, do you want to sit in the sedan or ride the snake?”
Chen Daji hesitated for a moment, still lacking the courage to enter the ghost-aura-filled sedan chair.
He walked fearfully toward Eighth Master Chang.
“O-O-Old Immortal, can you take me too?”
“I-I-I can treat you to spicy strips…”
Eighth Master Chang didn’t waste words. He swept his tail again and placed Chen Daji behind Hua Jiunan.
The young girl, Hu Fei’er, looked prettily toward her grandfather, Hu Qingshan.
Hu Qingshan nodded with a smile, his eyes full of encouragement.
Hu Fei’er stole another shy glance at Hua Jiunan before revealing her true form-a small, pure white fox.
The little fox leaped up and landed on Hua Jiunan’s shoulder.
Her eyes were brighter than the stars in the sky.
Eighth Master Chang gave a shout: “Hold on tight, young master physician. Let’s go!”
Amidst a foul wind, Eighth Master Chang glided rapidly across the snow, heading straight south.
The rest of the Immortal Spirits followed close behind.
The group moved with incredible speed. In a short while, they left the village and arrived at the Chaotic Graveyard outside.
The needle on the luopan began to spin frantically once they arrived.
Before Hua Jiunan could speak, an old grave suddenly split open, and the Red-Dressed Female Ghost floated out.
Following closely behind her were three generations of the Tian Family-four flesh corpses.
These four flesh corpses were bleeding from their facial orifices, their expressions hideous.
The Red-Dressed Female Ghost stared fixedly at the luopan in Hua Jiunan’s hand, her face filled with madness.
“Brat, why is my Senior Brother’s item in your hands?”
“Tell me quickly, where did you see him?!”