doitstory Chapter 550 Exception
Chapter 550 Exception
Chapter 550 Exception
If you walk the night too often, you're bound to encounter a ghost someday.
Chai Er was a corpse collector, and those in this line of work were all incredibly ruthless. Although he was young, he had collected corpses of all shapes and sizes, which gave him the courage to travel with them in the dead of night.
Unfortunately, today Chai Er ran into a ghost.
The funeral customs in Hulu Town are complicated, and Chai Er, a corpse collector without a master, inevitably had moments of distraction:
Did I do something wrong that caused this vengeful ghost to come knocking on my door?
Chai Er was also a ruthless fellow. After a moment of hesitation, he took out the cloth bag from his pocket, sprinkled the ash-like substance inside onto the terrifying ghost, and then grabbed his protective broadsword and ran away.
Thick fog often shrouded the area outside Hulu Town, and Chai Er, preoccupied with escaping for his life, quickly disappeared into it.
The terrifying ghost was originally a traveler whose belly had been ripped open by a wild beast. The flesh and bones were not closely connected, and his intestines spilled out all over the ground as he moved.
Although the vengeful ghost was terrifying in appearance, it moved clumsily. It seemed that it was not used to using its two legs. After staggering twice, it crawled on the ground, intending to crawl on all fours.
Before it had climbed even half a zhang (approximately 3.3 meters) away, the ghost's neck suddenly tightened, as if it were being strangled and unable to move at all.
Among the truckload of corpses left behind by Chai Er, an arm suddenly stretched out.
The donkey pulling the cart snorted, lowered its head to nibble on a not-so-plump piece of grass, and then began to chew slowly.
Wei Xi, her head now exposed, was filled with shame and indignation. She pushed aside the surrounding corpses and finally managed to escape from the donkey cart.
At this moment, Wei Xi was still tightly clutching the chain made of water.
The other end of the chain was tied to the vengeful ghost.
When she collided with the large net formed by yin and yang energies, Wei Xi's intuition told her to mobilize her spiritual energy to protect herself. Perhaps because she had already formed her core, although she felt as if she were being scraped by knives, she still managed to enter Dieji Mountain in a conscious state.
But precisely because of this, Wei Xi, who became an exception, had no idea what would happen to normal disciples after they entered the Yin-Yang boundary of Dieji Mountain.
The words of the Hehuan Sect, however, transformed into a vividly described and horribly terrifying demon before her.
Unfortunately, this kid was a mentally unstable madman, and Wei Xi felt that the chances of getting any useful information out of him were almost zero.
Even so, Wei Xi was determined to give it a try. After all, the corpse collector had been scared away by E Qiyu, and there didn't seem to be any living creatures around, which would make it easier for her to question him carefully.
Thinking of this, Wei Xi rubbed his face with one hand, trying to relax the two facial muscles that he didn't use often, so as not to frighten the kid and make him even more crazy.
Little did Wei Xi know that when he followed the chain, he was the one who was startled.
Is the person in front of me, whose face is rotten and looks no different from an ordinary corpse, really the incomparably handsome Red Dust Eye of the Hehuan Sect?
Although Wei Xi resolutely rejected the unreasonable request from the Hehuan Sect, the little lecher did get to appreciate E Qiyu's unparalleled beauty.
And he was deeply impressed, privately believing that only a gender-swapped version of Qin Feng could rival this guy.
Although Wei Xi did not possess Lian Gou's superb painting skills, he was quite familiar with corpses because he preferred death to life. How could he not see that the appearance of the vengeful ghost in front of him was extremely ordinary when he was alive?
The problem is that Wei Xi clearly followed the chain to get here, and he never let go when he fell from the clouds into Dieji Mountain. The other end of the chain can only be E Qiyu of the Hehuan Sect!
Wei Xi looked it over from head to toe, but ultimately felt he wasn't professional enough. He made a cleaning incantation with one hand to wash away the rotten flesh and blood on the ghost's face, to see if it was really E Qiyu.
Unexpectedly, the incantation washed away the filth from the vengeful ghost, but Wei Xi's expression froze.
The stiff expression stemmed from two things: first, the boy's appearance was indeed ordinary; second, it was Yin-Yang Qi that washed away the bloodstains. Wei Xi, refusing to believe it, tried to activate his Qi Palace again, only to find that he could only control Yin-Yang Qi.
The abundant spiritual power that had previously filled Wei's Qi Palace had vanished without a trace. In its place were rather docile Yin and Yang energies.
Previously, while still on the cloud boat, Wei Xi diligently cultivated using his spiritual energy to blend in with the crowd. Although the Dieji Mountain was filled with rampant Yin and Yang energy, out with the old, in with the new, and Wei Xi had no idea that things had quietly changed.
Just then, Wei Xi suddenly sensed something watching her, and she turned her head away without making a sound.
But apart from the big-eared donkey that took the opportunity to graze, there wasn't a single living creature around that could make a sound.
Wei Xi was filled with doubt, and then a chill ran through him—could it be that I, Qi Yu, was spying on him?
Thinking of this, Wei Xi sneered inwardly. If Qi Yu dared to play tricks, she would let him know the iron fist of a Core Formation cultivator!
Wei Xi's acting skills are superb; he nonchalantly faces the "vengeful ghost" he has been controlling again.
After falling into Dieji Mountain, Wei Xi was still conscious, but all his fellow Daoists around him had disappeared, and even the Qingcheng Sect members on the same rope had vanished.
Wei Xi surmised that this must be a rule restriction here.
Wei Xi landed amidst a pile of corpses. She intended to find E Qiyu and then leave, but instead discovered Chai Er busy at work not far away.
To avoid alerting the enemy, Wei Xi chose to play the role of a corpse, and was thus moved onto the donkey cart by Chai Er. Fortunately, the corpse collector of Hulu Town was quite diligent, loading all the nearby corpses onto the cart before leaving.
On the way, Wei Xi used the chain to manipulate the corpse and scare away the corpse collector.
As Wei Xi scrutinized the "ghost's" face, he slowly tightened the chain in his hand again, watching its eyes dangle precariously before loosening the chain.
Wei Xi could see yin and yang energy here, but strangely, all the symbols on those yin and yang energy disappeared, so he could not use this method to identify the language of Woqi.
The yin and yang energy here seems to have never been to the mortal world.
After a moment's thought, Wei Xi decided to trust the chain in his hand; this dazed "ghost" must be E Qiyu.
Wei Xi frowned, took out a bronze mirror from her storage bag, and looked at her familiar reflection. She had a general idea of what was going on.
The rule here is that the cultivator should be replaced by someone else, but Wei Xi, who has already formed his core, is the exception.
The good news is that Wei Xi can use Yin and Yang energy and has an advantage in cultivation; the bad news is that anyone here could recognize Wei Xi.
This is not a good thing for Wei Xi, who is already in big trouble.
Wei Xi held the bronze mirror up to E Qiyu's eyes, then put it away in disappointment.
Drawing on his own experience of forming his core, Wei Xi felt that the focus was not on the desolate wilderness, but on the gourd town that Chai Er had been talking about.
But before setting off, Wei Xi felt it was necessary to do two things.
The first thing he did was take out some clothes to disguise Qi Yu. Considering that his appearance at this time could easily frighten people, Wei Xi did not hesitate to choose women's clothing and put on a veil, and quickly covered him up completely.
The second thing Wei Xi noticed was the donkey cart.