Given Lei Dong's birth and his current cultivation and status, he had no interest in teaching some lowly lackey—or cultivator—a lesson. But once someone crossed him, he didn't care about the consequences. He ordered a Ghost Guard to take the boat back in place of Mute Girl. By the time they reached shore, dawn was just beginning to break, yet a dozen or so burly men were already waiting near the harbor in their boats. They had probably done this to keep Mute Girl from secretly hiding any Golden Spirit Fish. So they moved to intercept her.
But in the faint light of dawn, they saw that there were three people on the boat besides Mute Girl. They froze for a moment, then barked viciously, "Who are you?"
Lei Dong couldn't be bothered to waste words on these powerless mortals. His injuries hadn't healed, but he could just about manage a fight. He set the Netherworld Great Law in motion, and billowing black ghostly energy swept up all dozen men. Mute Girl and the middle-aged scholar were caught up in it too. He took them to a secluded spot by a cliff before withdrawing the Black Mist. The group crashed to the ground with a series of thuds, battered and nearly unconscious. Mute Girl and the middle-aged scholar had been given special consideration and were completely unharmed.
With a cold expression, Lei Dong raised the Myriad Ghost Banner and released over a hundred vengeful ghosts. They bared their fangs and claws, circling the group amid waves of Ghost Howls, now and then revealing their hideous, savage faces. The fishmongers turned deathly pale and collapsed where they stood. In truth, if Lei Dong hadn't kept them in check, the ghosts would already have devoured their flesh.
"Immortal! Spare us, Immortal! We'll