Huh?
So that Cloud Seal Script was pronounced "ghost"?
Pei Ling's old face flushed red. He was just about to come up with a forced explanation, but Wu Liu had already moved on. Tilting her head, she said, "Forget it. No need to talk about that. Haven't you already mastered the Blood Ghost Escape Technique? See that branch over there? Go pick a piece and bring it back to me."
Was it really that simple?
Pei Ling could hardly believe it. This female ghost was no harmless soul.
Last time, she'd almost played him to death under the pretense of testing his Blood Fiend Saber Technique. If Fairy Li hadn't kept her in check, she'd even wanted to cut him open right then and see what was inside... This time, she definitely had something up her sleeve too.
Thinking this, Pei Ling grew wary. He activated the Blood Conch—no, damn it, the Blood Ghost Escape Technique—and appeared in a flash beside the branch Wu Liu had pointed out. Apart from being somewhat withered, it seemed perfectly ordinary. Still, Pei Ling didn't dare let his guard down. He deliberately took off his outer robe and wrapped it around a section of the branch before cautiously picking it up. With another flash, he appeared before Wu Liu and said respectfully, "Miss Wu Liu, here's the branch you asked for."
Wu Liu didn't take it. Instead, she studied him with a complicated expression for a moment, then sighed. "Impressive!"
"?" Pei Ling hadn't yet figured out what she meant when the scenery before him, Wu Liu included, suddenly shattered like glass. In the next instant, the plants and paths around him all returned to life as they had been moments earlier, and sounds of every kind came rushing back.
...He'd actually passed that