Sending Yin (4)

Yu Xing thought the Female Ghost had probably hidden her bones in the wooden hut. She was just an ordinary ghost, after all, and in theory wouldn't understand that hiding something in plain sight only made it more obvious.

But when the wooden door shattered and revealed the hut's interior, Yu Xing still fell silent for a moment.

He had to admit he'd misunderstood her this time. The Female Ghost hadn't lied at all.

—Because right then, four or five dead wild dogs lay sprawled across the floor of the hut, their bodies drenched in blood. They surrounded a skull still clinging to scraps of rotten flesh and a pile of broken bones.

Hmm...

If he understood correctly, the Female Ghost had killed every wild dog that had eaten her remains and stored them in the hut. Her bones were intact, in a sense.

Who said meat inside a dog's belly wasn't meat? Who said bones used by dogs as chew toys weren't bones?

Thinking about it, Yu Xing almost felt the Female Ghost had a certain unconventional kind of wisdom.

Of course, no amount of praise from him would change the fact that the Female Ghost had been driven mad with rage.

Her white robes flashed before his eyes. At some point, her face had become a hideous, bloodied mess. She suddenly appeared in front of Yu Xing, and a gust of wind carrying the stench of rot rushed at him, making him gag.

Yu Xing blocked with his saber. The Female Ghost was held back for only an instant before she curled around the blade like smoke, her sharp claws slashing viciously toward his face!

Yu Xing retreated at the last possible moment, narrowly avoiding a cut. A searing pain spread across his face, with a faint chill