Where to Go

Then Martial Uncle took out the small porcelain bottle and smashed it on the ground. With a "poof," a cloud of white smoke appeared...

A female ghost, her clothes tattered and her face smudged black and white.

Missing one shoe, she appeared before us.

She then looked around, her little head twisting as fast as a high-speed camera.

She peered everywhere, as if interested in everything.

But it was pitch black at night, and she couldn't see anything. Seeing her like this.

My heart ached a little, thinking about how unfortunate her life must have been.

Forget it, I thought. As long as she doesn't take my life, I'll let her stay with me! We can just be friends.

Seeing her like this, I walked up and asked, "Um... do you have any other clothes?"

As soon as the words left my mouth, I realized I'd asked a stupid question. How could she have clothes after just coming out from there?

I looked at her awkwardly, and she stood there, looking herself up and down.

Then, seeing her appearance, her cheeks couldn't help but flush red.

Next, she raised her hand in the air and swept it from top to bottom.

A white flowing gold dress, white flowing gold boots, and a red cloak draped over her shoulders.

I was stunned at that moment and quickly asked, "How did you do that? Did you bring clothes with you?"

Martial Uncle said I was making a fuss. It wasn't just Ghost Kings, even ordinary minor ghosts with some cultivation could change their appearance at will.

Then he asked me with a sly grin, "Are you infatuated with her?"

I quickly retorted, "Don't be ridiculous! You're infatuated with her!"

Martial Uncle said, "Then why did you look at her like that just now?" I said I was surprised.

While I was bickering with Martial Uncle, the female ghost came over and half-knelt before me and Martial Uncle, bowing slightly.

Then she said sincerely, "Thank you both for saving me."

Martial Uncle waved his hand and said, "It's nothing, it's nothing. But you promised us, and you can't go back on your word."

"That was a Ghost Oath. If you break it, you know the consequences."

The female ghost said she would never forget and would definitely keep her promise.

Then we left the back mountain and headed towards the village...

When we reached the village, my heart sank. It was still as dilapidated as before we came in.

The only difference was that the white mist and those ghostly things were gone.

The village was very quiet. We walked and looked around, seeing vines crawling on the walls and roofs.

A few mice scurried past in a panic not far away, making squeaking sounds.

Seeing this scene, my heart grew even colder. This was the place I had lived since I was a child.

Now that it had become like this, anyone would feel the same way I did.

The female ghost saw my gloomy expression and asked what I was thinking.

I said with a grim face, "Nothing." She got no reaction and continued to look around.

I suddenly thought that since we would be working together from now on, I couldn't keep calling her "female ghost."

So I asked her, "By the way, what should I call you from now on?"

The female ghost looked at me with a sly smile and said, "You can call me 'Sister' from now on."

I said, "Impossible. If we go by age, you're older than my ancestors."

The female ghost said, "Then let's not go by age."

Then she said with a hint of melancholy, "Honestly, I was only in my twenties when I died. Compared to you now, I'm only a few years older."

Then she put on a mischievous expression and said to me:

"You were happily calling me 'Sister' down there just now. Why are you acting like this when I ask you to call me that now?"

I said, "I didn't! You misheard."

She said, "Impossible. You also asked 'Sister' to let you off easy, remember? I heard you loud and clear."

Then she continued, "It's decided then. From now on, I'll call you 'Little Brother,' and you'll call me 'Sister.' Don't worry, calling me 'Sister' won't put you at a disadvantage."

I thought, Fine, it's just a name. It doesn't matter.

But I seemed to remember calling her "Sister" when I was selling out Martial Uncle down there.

Then she asked if I wanted to go home and take a look.

I said that there was nothing left at home, so why go back.

She said that's not necessarily true, there might be something.

I didn't understand, so I asked her what else was at my home.

She said there was a little mouse, which she had already pinned down. I was completely confused.

Then Martial Uncle said let's go take a look, he could sense it too.

Then we walked towards my home, or rather, 'my former home'.

When we arrived, I saw someone standing there from a distance, it looked like a girl.

She had her back to us, so I couldn't see who it was clearly, but her silhouette seemed a bit familiar.

I immediately ran in front of her to get a better look. Seeing her face, I couldn't help but be slightly surprised.

It was "Qianqian".

I quickly asked Qianqian why she was here. Qianqian didn't move at all, her eyes filled with terror.

I looked at the female ghost. She snapped her fingers, and Qianqian could move again.

Then she started backing away, shouting in fear, "Ghost... Ghost King..."

I quickly explained to Qianqian that she didn't need to be afraid, that I was one of them.

Qianqian came to her senses and looked at me, "Brother A Tong... is that you?"

Hearing this, I nodded at Qianqian.

At this moment, the female ghost looked at Qianqian with suspicion and spoke with a displeased tone:

"I sense the aura of the deceased villagers on you. Are you their descendant?"

Qianqian timidly nodded at the female ghost.

I thought, 'It's over!' The female ghost was already unhappy that she hadn't personally exacted her revenge.

Now that she'd found one, wouldn't she vent all her anger on Qianqian?

As expected, before Qianqian even finished nodding.

The female ghost let out an angry "hmph," and then suddenly raised her hand.

Instantly, Qianqian's body was pulled by a powerful suction force into the female ghost's hand.

The female ghost seized Qianqian by the neck and lifted her high into the air.

The female ghost's eyes were blood red, and her aura was terrifying. I felt as if Qianqian's soul was about to be crushed.

Without a second thought, I quickly ran forward and said to the female ghost with urgency:

"Sister, please spare her. She's the last one from our village besides me.

Everyone else is gone without a trace, and Qianqian is already dead.

This is just her soul. Please spare her, I beg you."

The female ghost looked at me with her blood-red eyes. Combined with her terrifying aura and gaze.

My scalp tingled. After a moment, her aura slowly subsided.

Then, she threw Qianqian towards a nearby wall.

I heard a "boom," and the wall immediately shattered into pieces, with dirt and debris raining down.

I quickly ran over to check on Qianqian, thinking, 'Did this female ghost just destroy Qianqian's soul?'

Halfway there, I saw Martial Uncle preparing to put a small wooden box into his embrace. I thought, 'Martial Uncle was about to intervene just now.'

Qianqian stood up from the pile of dirt and walked out unsteadily.

Seeing that she was alright, I felt a lot more relieved and then glared at the female ghost.

The female ghost said with a gloomy expression, "Don't worry, she's an evil ghost after all. She can withstand this much of an attack."

I looked at the female ghost indignantly.

Then I asked Qianqian what had happened and why she was here.

Qianqian said that after she was killed by someone, she was trapped in a well and couldn't get out.

She stayed there for a while, and as her resentment grew, she eventually became an evil ghost.

After that, she broke free from the well that trapped her and returned home, hoping to find me to retrieve her corpse.

Because her corpse was submerged in a well, she couldn't retrieve it herself.

The night after Qianqian returned, something happened in the village.

Then many ghosts appeared in the village, and they attacked her as soon as she entered.

Qianqian had no choice but to wander around the vicinity of the village. It wasn't until a few days ago that she noticed the white mist in the village was gone.

So she cautiously went in to take a look. After she entered, there was nothing left in the village.

It was completely empty, and she had nowhere else to go, so she just wandered around the village.

She knew I wasn't dead, but she didn't know where to find me.

Then she kept lingering around my house, hoping I would return one day.

Tonight, she suddenly felt an incredibly powerful aura lock onto her.

She wanted to run, then she was immobilized, and finally, our group arrived here.

Everyone knows what happened after we arrived here, so I won't go into further detail.

So now it seems that the incredibly powerful aura Qianqian mentioned was the 'Ghost King Nangong Yiyi'.

I'm guessing the female ghost sensed Qianqian as soon as she appeared, which led to everything that happened afterward.