"I wonder exactly how this Paper Man Evil Spirit tracked me down. Was it a special ability, or did it just run into me by chance..."
"If it really has been watching me all along, then that's a little troublesome."
Lu Xuan thought to himself. He had originally assumed that once he escaped from the ghost domain, he would be safe and sound. He had not expected to run into an evil spirit here that had possessed a cultivator's body. If he had not been thoroughly prepared, he very likely would have walked straight into its trap.
He shuttled swiftly through the jungle, the Voidsky Nightmare Eye and Cloud Stepping Lynx keeping careful watch over the surroundings. After a long while passed without any trace of the evil spirit appearing, he felt much more at ease.
"It's about time I went looking for that Mystic Yin Old Ghost."
"He snatched my stone coffin treasure out from under me, keeping the Saint Infant Fruit in my courtyard from getting enough nourishment. I have to settle accounts with him properly."
A cold smile surfaced at the corner of Lu Xuan's mouth.
In the Treasure Pavilion, that stall owner had been cowed by the Mystic Yin Old Ghost's cultivation and had handed the mysterious stone coffin over to the withered old man, leaving Lu Xuan with no choice but to give up.
But in his heart, there had always been a thorn lodged there. So he had had the Demon Ghost Vine remember the withered old man's aura, to see whether there would be a chance to take back the treasure that had originally belonged to him.
The Demon Ghost Vine was especially sensitive to all kinds of auras, particularly those of Spirit Plants. If within a certain range, it could search out