Those glances looked like furious glares in Prefect Tang's eyes. Seeing the Red-clothed female ghost had been captured and the yin energy around her had vanished, he finally hurried over and asked, "There was only one? I saw two."
Pan Yun's expression did not change as she said, "The other was an illusion she created. That was why her power was greatly depleted, allowing me to take her down in twenty moves."
Prefect Tang let out a breath and asked, "How will Daoist Priestess Pan deal with this female ghost?"
Pan Yun tilted her head forty-five degrees toward the sky and said compassionately, "Naturally, I will take her back to Sanqing Temple, perform the Opening the Heavenly Gate Ritual before the Three Pure Ones, and send her on to reincarnation."
Prefect Tang nodded repeatedly and cautiously asked, "Then I won't see her again in the future, right?"
"Unless her resentment runs so deep that she escapes from the underworld, you will not."
"If her resentment is deep enough, she can do that?"
Pan Yun said, "If justice cannot be served and her Dao heart cannot let it go, a stubborn person will find the courage to break out of the underworld. Prefect Tang, the underworld is not easy to escape. Of ten ghosts that attempt it, nine have their souls extinguished."
Prefect Tang was no fool. On the contrary, anyone who could pass the jinshi examination and rise to the position of Prefect only knew how to play dumb; they were never truly dumb.
After a brief thought, he grasped the crux of it. "So any ghost that successfully escapes into the mortal world is an extraordinarily formidable one?"
Pan Yun nodded. "Such ghosts are like people. Their will is unwavering, and unless they achieve their goal, they will never