Chapter 84

Chapter 84

As for the child she had with the young master, the child drowned in the well in the back courtyard because of the young master’s carelessness, never to draw breath again.

When the child died, the Female Ghost’s heart died with the child.

Once the seventh day after the child’s death had passed, she jumped into that same well and followed the child.

But her resentment in life had been too deep. After death, she could not reincarnate. She could only become an Earthbound Spirit, locked day after day within that sprawling mansion, forced to watch the young master and the woman share their bed, watch them love each other, and watch that woman bear him offspring.

The cries of a newborn finally pushed the Female Ghost past her limit. Thinking of her own child’s death, she could no longer hold back. After strangling that child, she killed the young master as well.

Afterward, the young master’s family invited a Daoist priest to perform a ritual, nearly beating her into Soul Dispersal.

That completely enraged her. Since things had already come this far, she decided there was no point in stopping. She slaughtered the young master’s entire household and devoured their Living Soul, causing her cultivation to soar. With that, she broke through the restraints binding her and left the mansion.

Over the years, as she wandered the world, she saw too much love, hatred, parting, and sorrow between men and women. Her thoughts grew increasingly extreme. Convinced that no man under heaven was any good, she began hunting and devouring the opposite sex wherever she went.

In the past century, the number of people who had died by her hand had already reached a thousand.

After seeing the Female Ghost’s life and past, Ding Jingshan cursed, “Sure enough, evil ghosts all deserve to die! This Female Ghost already has a thousand lives on her hands. She’s devoured the Living Soul of over a thousand people!

“No wonder her cultivation reached such a level. So this was the method she used to cultivate and advance!”

Lan Chenghai sighed. “In a way, fate really does make fools of people. If that young master hadn’t betrayed this Female Ghost, there wouldn’t have been so much karma afterward.”

Ding Jingshan snorted. “What? Are you going to start spouting that stale old nonsense about people being inherently good again?

“The way I see it, no matter what this Female Ghost went through in life, it cannot be used as justification for killing people indiscriminately.

“She has committed countless evils. She deserves to die!”

In his early years, Ding Jingshan’s parents had been killed by Fierce Ghosts, so it could be said that he hated such ghosts and monsters to the bone.

Lan Chenghai was not trying to defend the Female Ghost. He simply found her pitiful.

But that bit of pity was nowhere near enough to cloud his judgment on a matter of right and wrong.

Even if he had to do it all over again, he would still choose to kill the Female Ghost.

With that, the matter of the Female Ghost was finally and thoroughly resolved.

Ding Jingshan turned to look at Xia Sheng, a few more traces of respect already in his expression. “Little Fellow Daoist, how did you appear here in such a short time?”

Xia Sheng said, “Li Zhun told me your location. I used a Teleportation Talisman and came over.”

“Teleportation Talisman? Talismans can have that kind of function?” Ding Jingshan had studied mystic arts for decades, yet he had never heard that Talismans could be used like this. “Do you have any left? Could you sell me a few?”

Xia Sheng nodded. “I do.”

As she spoke, she took several sheets of Talisman Paper from her bag. “But they aren’t free.”

Ding Jingshan nodded. “Of course.”

On ordinary days, their Xuan Kong Sect would also place some Talisman Paper in antique shops to sell. An Evil-Warding Talisman of slightly better quality would cost over a hundred thousand.

Little Fellow Daoist’s Talismans were of such high quality. Naturally, he couldn’t possibly take them for nothing.

“May I ask how much one sheet of your Talisman Paper costs?”

Xia Sheng held up two fingers. Ding Jingshan understood at once.

Two hundred thousand.

That was quite cheap, actually.

“All right. I’ll take two of these Talismans. Also, is the Heavenly Thunder Talisman from earlier the same price?”

Xia Sheng nodded.

Seeing that Xia Sheng was even willing to sell Heavenly Thunder Talismans, Ding Jingshan was instantly overjoyed. “Good, good, good. How many Heavenly Thunder Talismans do you have?”
In recent years, yin had waxed while yang had waned, and monsters and evil spirits in the mortal world were becoming more and more common. Keeping a few powerful Heavenly Thunder Talismans on hand could save your life at a critical moment.

“I have ten of them.”

“I’ll take them all!”

“Deal.”

Xia Sheng took out the Heavenly Thunder Talismans as well and handed them over. After Ding Jingshan received the Talismans, he was utterly amazed.

“Little Fellow Daoist, your abilities are truly profound. This is the first time I’ve seen Heavenly Thunder Talismans of such fine quality.”

He carefully tucked the Talismans into his sleeve, then immediately made a call and had someone transfer the money to Xia Sheng.

Very soon, Xia Sheng received a bank transfer notification.

When she saw the 2.4 million yuan in the text message, Xia Sheng was dazed for a moment.

Were there really that many rich people in Capital City?

It was understandable that Jiang Zhongqing and Wu Yuhan had spent lavishly before, but even some old Daoist priest could casually transfer this much money?

Did Capital City have its own currency system or something?

Lan Chenghai also saw the transfer notification on her phone. Then he glanced at Ding Jingshan, who was standing to the side happily examining the Talisman Paper in his hand, and found himself at a loss for words.

That stupid old man.

Something that cost 200 yuan apiece, and he had actually paid 200,000 yuan for each one.

Still, Little Fellow Daoist had saved their lives today. Paying this bit of money was already far too little.

Lan Chenghai and Ding Jingshan thanked Xia Sheng once more, and Xia Sheng left.

Early the next morning, Xia Sheng had just gotten up when she saw a guest at home.

The moment Auntie Wang saw Xia Sheng, she smiled brightly and called her over to sit down and eat. She also thanked Xia Sheng for the poem from yesterday.

“Last night, I heard from your mother that you’d done a divination for me and said there was a Marriage Thread between me and Old Li.

“So I went to find him last night. Guess what happened? That old man was still stubborn at first, saying he didn’t like me. But then I kissed him, and his old face turned red, and he agreed.

“If I’d known he was into that sort of thing, I would’ve just taken him down ages ago!”

Xia Sheng: “……”

Auntie Wang was as fierce as ever.

After hearing that, Fang Rong couldn’t help laughing. “You went right up and kissed him? Weren’t you afraid you’d scare him away?”

Auntie Wang snorted and said, “I’m five years younger than that old man. I’m in the prime of my life, blooming like a flower. It’s his good fortune that I took a liking to him. Why would he run?”

At that, Fang Rong couldn’t help laughing again.

Even Xia Sheng, for once, revealed a faint smile.

After breakfast, Xia Sheng and Fang Rong went downstairs together.

As soon as they reached the bottom of the building, they saw a Cayenne parked at the entrance.

In the morning, people were constantly coming and going near the school gate. A luxury car parked so blatantly below the residential building naturally made the passing residents and students look over.

Xia Sheng recognized whose car it was at a glance and paused slightly.

She was still hesitating over whether she should go over and greet Shen Yanchen when he opened the car door and stepped out.

Today, the man was dressed in a custom-tailored suit. The buttons of his shirt were fastened meticulously all the way to the very top, revealing his sexy Adam’s apple. He looked ascetic, elegant, and coolly aloof.

He walked slowly up to Xia Sheng. Xia Sheng asked, “Why are you here?”

Shen Yanchen’s brows and eyes were gentle, carrying a smile. “I was passing by, so I came to see you.”

In truth, he missed her.

After their relationship had been settled last night, he kept feeling as if it wasn’t real.

A girl as outstanding as Xia Sheng-he wasn’t sure whether he truly deserved her.

He was worried that Xia Sheng had only reluctantly agreed to let him pursue her last night. Maybe she would wake up today and regret it. That was why he urgently wanted to come over and confirm it-confirm whether Xia Sheng had changed her mind, and confirm whether she really liked him.