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CHAPTER 261: It’s Actually the Ghost Doctor! ?

Chief Ke came in striding with steady footsteps in the lead as he let out a great boisterous laugh. When he saw the scene before the Famed Cloud Loft, he was a little surprised.

"Hmm? What is going on here? What happened?"

Chief Ke's eyes swept fleetingly over the corpses on the ground, and then turned to look at the bunch of elderly men kneeling on the ground.

However, it was silent all around, with no one answering his question, because they did not know how to put it in words. Were they supposed to tell him that the Ghost Doctor was dead, having died from having his eyes dug out and imploding his own body? And that the culprit that dug out the Ghost Doctor's eyes which led him to lose his life was still standing right there before everyone?

Although that was the truth, and many people were witness to it, but at that very moment, no one dared to breathe a word of it.

Because of that, the atmosphere grew heavy, and felt a little strange.

"Eh? And this is….."

Chief Ke's gaze fell upon the flamboyant youth dressed in a full suit of red. Seeing the youth made him unable to help himself but to think of the Ghost Doctor, because they looked extremely alike. Only that, this red clothed youth possessed outstanding looks. As he had never seen the Ghost Doctor's countenance, he did not know whether this person was the person he was seeking to find.

[That is the youth that killed the Ghost Doctor!]

These words, were what many of them wanted to shout out, but they did not have the guts.

Until, that strange atmosphere was broken by a squeal of delight.

"Master!" [Translator Note: changed it to "Master" instead of "Mistress" to not betray the gender in the current situation.]

Dressed in full sturdy black, Leng Shuang came running out from the back of the team of guards. Although she was dressed in a full suit of black, but her figure was not bound up or disguised at that moment, her fine womanly figure of a lady was clearly evident.

And hearing Leng Shuang's cry, Chief Ke was startled as he looked around and asked: "Where? Where is the Ghost Doctor?"

The moment his voice fell, he felt a gust of wind rush past him, as Leng Shuang shot forward speedily to come right before the red clothed youth.

"Master, how are you? Are you alright?" Leng Shuang asked, grabbing at Feng Jiu's arm, looking her up and down worriedly. When she saw that Feng Jiu's clothes had been torn by small little cuts, her coldly beautiful face turned chilly.

"Who? Who caused my Master to become like this?"

"Hahaha! So our brother Ghost Doctor is actually so handsome looking! This is the first time I am seeing your countenance. It's really quite a stunning surprise."

After Chief Ke saw Leng Shuang going forward to identify the Ghost Doctor, he walked forward with a laugh and asked: "Brother Ghost Doctor, how have you been recently? We came rushing over immediately when we heard the news about you here in the Six Path City, only afraid that we would miss the chance to meet you."

Everyone in the surrounding cloud were stunned by the scene unfolding before them. [Just what was happening?]

[Ghost Doctor?]

[Hasn't the Ghost Doctor been killed by this red clothed youth? Why is Chief Ke mistaking him to be the Ghost Doctor? And from where did that black robed woman sprout out from? Why is Chief Ke immediately greeting the red clothed youth with a smile after that woman jumped out to address him as Master? And calling him Brother Ghost Doctor at that! ?]

At that moment, the expression on the City Lord's face had changed drastically, his forehead beaded with sweat, and even his lips were trembling slightly.

[This….. This couldn't possibly be what he was thinking right? Could that….. that red clothed youth really be the real Ghost Doctor?]

[Heavens! What kind of a stupid thing had he done! ?]

When everyone that was crowded around saw that scene, every single one of them stared incredulously with their eyes wide, their faces filled with utter disbelief.

[Ghost….. Ghost Doctor? That is the Ghost Doctor? That who in Heavens was the one that died just now?]

"Chief Ke, you're looking well as ever."

The corners of her lips lifted slightly, to reveal a faint smile. Just one statement, had confirmed her identity, and weakened the knees of everyone here, to fall sitting onto the ground…..

CHAPTER 262: It Ends Right Here

Hearing Feng Jiu's words, the smile on Chief Ke's face deepened. But when he saw the faces of everyone in the surrounding crowd and the people who had collapsed to sit upon the ground, he could not help but ask: "What happened to those people?"

Feng Jiu glanced over at those people and the corners of her mouth hung with a tinge of mirth as she replied: "Maybe….. they have been overcome by shock."

At that moment, the City Lord who had managed to recover his senses quickly came forward apologetically: "Esteemed Ghost Doctor, humble Chang here had been blind to have mistakenly recognized that impersonator as the Ghost Doctor. I'm really….. Sigh!"

"Mistook the Ghost Doctor? What is going on here?" Chief Ke stared in bewilderment at Feng Jiu and City Lord Chang, to think to himself: [Had something big happened here just before this?]

"The matter is in the past and there is no need to mention it anymore."

As she spoke, she turned to look at the trembling bunch of elderly men. Her eyes darken as she walked forward, to go before them and say: "The matter ends right here. You can all go back."

Hearing those words, the several men kneeling upon the ground were so relieved they almost teared. When they heard that the red clothed youth was actually the Ghost Doctor, they had thought it was all over for them, and it was the end of the Liu Family. Never had they thought that the Ghost Doctor would let them off, and not pursue the matter. This….. This…..

"Thank you Ghost Doctor, thank you….."

They prostrated and bowed gratefully, thankful from the bottom of their hearts. Because of the Ghost Doctor's benevolence in sparing the rod, the Liu Family was able to escape the calamity of erasure.

Immediately, they led their men to leave quickly, not daring to remain a single moment more, like they were fearful that the youth would change his mind.

"Esteemed Ghost Doctor, please come to the City Lord's Manor to have a rest and allow your humble Chang here a chance to make amends." The City Lord at the side opened his mouth again to speak, seeking to do whatever he could to make amends for the wrongs that he had committed.

Chief Ke cast a gauging glance upon City Lord Chang and a glint flashed in his eyes. [Make amends?]

"No need." Feng Jiu said indifferently, and went on to say to Leng Shuang beside her: "Take the reins of Old White."

Leng Shuang turned her eyes to follow Feng Jiu's gaze and saw the fat horse plopped upon the ground, snoring loudly in sleep. Although she was puzzled why her Mistress would get herself a horse like that, she still went forward to pick up the reins.

Because of the tugging on the reins, Old White woke up and when it saw the coldly beautiful Leng Shuang dressed in full black before its eyes, it drooled as it shot itself to its feet and went up close to her.

"I have already left instructions for the branch to prepare for a place to rest. Let's do it this way, we'll head on over there first, and we can discuss about the rest of the things after that." Chief Ke said, sticking a hand out to the side in a gesture of invite.

"Mm." Feng Jiu muttered in acknowledgement, and went striding forward. However, she had just opened her stride when she suddenly paused, and her gaze seemed to glance thoughtfully at a certain spot.

Seeing the youth pause in his step, Chief Ke then asked: "What's wrong?"

"Nothing." She shook her head, and then continued with her stride.

Leng Shuang led Old White and followed right behind, a whole company of people making their way towards the black market. In moments, they disappeared from the Famed Cloud Loft…..

In the shadows, Grey Wolf and Shadow One glanced at each other before turning to look at their Lord to ask: "My Lord, we're not capturing the Ghost Doctor and bringing him back with us?"

"Who told you that this Lord wants to capture the Ghost Doctor?" The Hell's Lord swept his gaze over the two men, and with a flick of his sleeves, he turned himself around and left.

Seeing the Lord leave, the two men were stunned. Grey Wolf suppressed his voice and asked: "Didn't the Lord come running here just because of the Ghost Doctor? If not to capture the kid, then what have we come all the way here for? Don't tell me we came here just to have a look at the Ghost Doctor?"

Shadow One threw Grey Wolf a glance and then said expressionlessly: "In regards to that question, I think that you can go ask the Lord about it." The instant his voice fell, he immediately left as well.

"Ask the Lord? You want me to be skinned alive by the Lord!" Grey Wolf grumbled, and then summoned up his Qi to go catch up.

CHAPTER 263: Visit In the Middle of the Night

With their departure, it was silent right in front of the Famed Cloud Loft, without anyone speaking a single word for a long while, where everyone just exchanged glances with each other before they all dispersed in a hurry…..

Meanwhile on the other side, having reached the courtyard the black market's branch had prepared, Feng Jiu changed out of her blood stained red clothes after a bath and came walking outside to the yard.

"Mistress, I had people prepare something for you. Have something to eat first!"

Leng Shuang looked at Feng Jiu who had her countenance restored and her heart filled up with joy that made her say: "If Old Grandmaster and the others were to know that Mistress' countenance has been restored, they will be so happy."

"Although I was captured by people from the Hell's Palace, I gained quite a lot this trip." Feng Jiu said with a smile as she sat down at the table, her red clothes billowing out. She looked at the several dishes on the table which were all things she liked to eat and she could not help but turn to look at Leng Shuang, her eyes two smiling crescents.

"Leng Shuang, it's just great with you around. Look, I don't even have to say anything and you already know what I would like to eat." She picked up her chopsticks and started eating as she continued to say: "Come sit down and eat together! I won't be able to finish everything myself anyway."

"It's alright Mistress, I've already kept aside a portion in the kitchen." Leng Shuang replied as she came beside the table to scoop out a bowl of soup for Feng Jiu.

"Oh right, what happened at the Medicine Grading Grand Meet after that?" Feng Jiu asked as she ate. She had not looked into it throughout this period and she wondered if the guild had won first place.

"The black market got first place."

As Leng Shuang spoke, she saw Feng Jiu who was eating suddenly pause and Leng Shuang continued to say: "But Mistress, over the period that you were abducted, your medicines were being auctioned for high prices out here and it was because of that that the Ghost Doctor's name could be said to have been heard in all the various major cities."

"That must have been the work of that Hell's Lord and although I do not understand the reason for his actions, it does no harm to me at all." When she was reminded of the Hell's Lord at that moment, she immediately recalled about the Cloud Devouring Beast that Family Head Liu had summoned, which did not come.

"Leng Shuang, when all of you were on the way to find me, did anyone see a Sacred Beast?"

Leng Shuang thought about it a moment before she shook her head. "We didn't. But we did hear a roar. We were already in the city at that time."

"Oh, so that's what it is!" Feng Jiu nodded her head, thinking that the Sacred Beast would not have failed to appear for no reason. And for that Hell's Lord, he has his eyes and ears placed within the Six Path City and it was not possible that he would not be aware of the incident in front of the Famed Cloud Loft when the matter blew up to garner so much attention.

Maybe, her intuition at that moment had been right. He should have been nearby back then.

But, what was he really trying to achieve? If he had wanted to capture her back, he had quite a number of chances to do that but he did not do anything. And about that Sacred Beast, she had clearly heard it roar but it did not even appear, so she had quickly guessed that it must have something to do with the Hell's Lord.

Because too many things had happened that day, when night fell, Feng Jiu had already retired to bed long before. Leng Shuang had thought to stand guard in the yard but was ordered by Feng Jiu to go rest.

As for Chief Ke, because the day's events had been rather strange, after he escorted Feng Jiu to the courtyard for her to rest, someone came in to relate to him about everything that had happened in front of the Famed Cloud Loft that day.

After knowing the entire story, Chief Ke did not speak for a long while, finding it all just too incredible, and a little unbelievable that the Ghost Doctor could actually stand against an entire mid sized family clan with just his own strength alone, where he even achieved total victory…..

The night gradually grew deeper, and it was silent within the courtyard. At that moment, a black figure traversed through the place like it was the backyard of his own house, treading upon the breeze as he leapt over the overhanging eaves of a house, to silently come inside a courtyard, leaping through a window, to enter into a room…..

CHAPTER 264: A Reserved Confession

At almost the same moment that that black figure slipped into the room through the window, the room that had been completely dark lit up a little and a light voice tinged with a trace of laziness floated out from the room further inside.

"Hell's Lord, it's the middle of night and you're not sleeping back in your room. What are you doing running here into mine instead?"

Hearing those words, the Hell's Lord's deep eyes glinted and the corners of her mouth curled up as a highly magnetic voice came out of his mouth: "You knew that this Lord was going to come?"

The moment his voice fell, he went striding towards the inside of the room, going closer with one step, and then a second step.

"Hell's Lord, I do not wear clothes when I sleep!"

His footsteps then paused, and the smile at the ends of his mouth deepened. His voice deep like thick fine wine tinged with an intoxicating charm, he went on to say: "No matter. This Lord does not mind."

A corner of Feng Jiu's mouth twitched as she flipped herself up to sit leaning against the headboard of her bed, to see the figure shrouded in shadows striding his way inside, his deep penetrating pair of jet black eyes holding a glint within as his gaze fell upon her, an eyebrow raised slightly as if to ask: [Didn't you say you were not wearing clothes?]

Her eyes narrowed up as she smiled, looking like a sly and crafty little fox, arrogant and complacent. "Knowing that the Hell's Lord was coming, how could I allow my clothes to be in a disorderly state? Hence, I slept with my clothes on tonight."

"Waiting for this Lord?"

His steps stopped when he came to the side of the bed, standing still before it as he looked down upon the figure of the woman sitting on the bed and hugging her blanket. Although she was still dressed up in men's clothing, but it might have been because she had been resting right before this and that was why her long black hair was spread over her shoulders unbound.

Seeing her silk black hair behind her on her back, with wisps of them fallen across her face, it added quite a bit of mesmerizing allure upon her, causing the Hell's Lord's gaze to deepen further.

Placed under that searing gaze of that deep penetrating gaze, Feng Jiu who was hugging her blanket suddenly felt uneasy all over and she went on to ask with a sheepish smile: "Hell's Lord, what would make your old distinguished self come all the way here to find me for?"

Hearing the form of address she had used, the Hell's Lord's brows creased up and he asked: "Is this Lord here that old?"

"….."

Feng Jiu was speechless. She only felt like saying. [Hell's Lord, you're always missing the point you know?]

"Is this Lord here really that old?"

He asked once more, seemingly finding that question highly sensitive as his eyes stared unwaveringly at her, looking as if he was not going to give up if she did not give him a satisfactory reply.

"Heh heh, no you're not old, not old at all." Feng Jiu laughed awkwardly and said, thinking that he was a little mad to be picking on such a thing with her.

The Hell's Lord's stared piercingly at her, his cauterizing gaze coming to fall upon her soft and fair face and his eyes glinted, his expression stern and serious as he said.

"This Lord is currently twenty five years of age, and is still not paired in marriage."

"Pffft!"

When she heard those words and saw that stoic and stern face on him, she could not help but burst out, unable to hold back her laughter. She quickly covered her hands over her mouth to prevent herself from laughing out loud, and cleared her throat lightly instead before she said: "Why, Hell's Lord! With your good looks….. Eh, no, what I mean to say is….."

"Don't you understand what this Lord means?"

He interrupted her mid sentence, and his gaze flashed complicatedly as he stared at her. He had already been so direct and made it so clear, how could she still not get it?

Hearing that, Feng Jiu was slightly taken aback as she blinked her eyes and said in bewilderment: "Don't you mean you're twenty five years old and is not married? I understand that!"

Seeing that, the Hell's Lord's face darkened immediately, and it was not known whether he was frustrated by the fact she was not all that bright or was it because he was not good at confessing his feelings.

Seeing her looking at him innocently, and seemingly unaware of what he was getting angry about, he could not help but feel a little humiliated and angry. Suddenly, he leaned himself forward and pushed her down onto the bed.

CHAPTER 265: The Old Cow and Fresh Young Grass

"What are you doing! ?"

His sudden and unexpected action startled her and her eyes stared while her hands pushed out instinctively against his chest, to stop him from leaning any further down. But that male presence that suddenly came so close and that handsome face whose charm was allure was magnified right before her still caused her heart to suddenly thump wildly.

The Hell's Lord's deep gaze were fixed right upon her, his hands pressed on the bed on each side of her that propped him up, his entire body right over her, trapping her underneath to prevent her escape.

Looking at her stunned expression and smelling that distinct scent of herbs that belonged to her, his eyes darkened and his throat swallowed once before his low voice tinged with a magnetic raspiness said: "You really do not know what this Lord wants to do?"

Feng Jiu looked right into that handsome face that was so close before her eyes and she could not help but gulp and her voice came out a whole lot softer: "About that, Hell's Lord, we're both men here and having you push me down on the bed like this really isn't good. People might misunderstand if they see this."

Although she was feeling that he was quite a great catch, but this man was oozing out danger from every part of his body and she was afraid that she would draw trouble to herself from then on. Moreover, his overwhelming might had been something she was not able to predict at all and she would not be able to overpower him in a fight, hence, it would be better to not have anything to do with him.

"Are you a man?"

He deep penetrating eyes glinted with a tinge of mirth, a brief flash, so fast that it was impossible to notice.

"Of course"

She said easily, but caught under his gaze, her voice sounded a little weak and not that sure of herself.

The Hell's Lord looked upon the exquisite face of unmatched beauty just below him and his breaths grew heavy.

At such a close distance, he could almost even hear the thumping sound of his heart. Seeing that moist little mouth opening and closing as she spoke, he discovered that he was not hearing what she said at all, as all his attention was being focused upon those glistening red lips filled with mesmerizing allure.

[Really feel so much like planting a kiss on them to know how they taste.]

And with that thought in his mind, an impulse surged up in his heart, and he went on to follow on his urge as his body slowly pressed downwards, his eyes becoming darker, a heat rising up within him as he fell towards those irresistible red lips.

Feng Jiu was stunned!

Seeing his face gradually lowering down, her eyes flared wide with shock as she stared. [Could this man be the same bearded uncle back in the Nine Entrapment Woods who fainted away when she accidentally kissed him?]

[When did he become so shameless?]

Seeing that pair of sexy thin lips was right about to kiss her on her lips, and her hands on his chest were unable to push him away no matter how she tried, it was like a huge mountain crushing down upon her. Seeing that happen, the look in her eyes changed and she immediately called out.

"Uncle!"

That one call had indeed caused the Hell's Lord to freeze in shock. The eyes that had originally been focused only upon those red luscious lips then looked higher up, to see that little lady looking at him with a highly aggrieved look on her face, like he had just committed the greatest and most unpardonable sin upon her. No matter how thick skinned he was, at that moment, he was feeling too embarrassed to continue with what he was doing.

"Uncle, although you lust after men, you should not set your paws upon me right? I am only like what…. fifteen or sixteen? And just a budding little grass. Aren't you embarrassed to be eating such young grass?"

Hearing those words, a corner of the Hell's Lord's mouth could not help but twitch, and his handsome face immediately turned dark. He cast a cold glance upon that face with such an innocent expression on it, indignant rage rising up in his chest that he had nowhere to vent out upon.

"You mean to say that this old cow of a Lord here should not be eating young grass like you?"

He said, feeling like gritting his teeth together. If he could, he should just strangle this frustrating girl to death and be done with it.

CHAPTER 266: Gifting

"Heh heh, I did not say that."

She smiled sheepishly. Seeing his face darken, and a glint of embarrassment in his eyes, she then said quickly: "Get up quick. It really wouldn't look good for people to see two grown men in such a position!"

Hearing that, the Hell's Lord almost burst wanted to burst out laughing from anger but he instead pulled out an item from space and stuffed it right into her arms as he turned around with his face dark to leave.

Feng Jiu was startled and before she could react, her hands felt something small and furry which made her lower her head to look. Her eyes lit up helplessly as she exclaimed: "Wah! Where did this little puppy come from! ? It's beautiful!"

The little white fluffy thing was plumb, like a meatball, its snow white fur fluffed up as it stared at her with its dark blue eyes. That little thing just made Feng Jiu unable to resist carrying it up to ruffle its fur.

"Little puppy!"

She called out in delight, suddenly remembering about the Hell's Lord who had just turned around to walk away. She raised her head up to look and saw that there was already no sign of him anywhere.

"I wouldn't have thought that he would give me a little puppy as a present to be my pet." Feng Jiu muttered to herself not really all that concerned about him but instead ruffled the little puppy's fur as she said with her eyes narrowed: "There's already Old White. Should I then call you Little White?"

The moment her voice fell, she seemed to have recalled something as she said: "Little White might not do afterall. Old White's previous owner was called Little White!"

"Hmm, I think I'll call you Ball Ball." She patted its little head and said, deciding the little puppy's name.

And carrying Ball Ball in her arms, Feng Jiu did not see that the dark blue eyes of the little creature in her arms were filled with rage but it did not dare to do anything to her but remain an obedient little "puppy".

The next day, when Leng Shuang saw her Mistress carrying a meatball when she came out of her room, she was slightly surprised but she did not ask Feng Jiu anything about it but just said: "Mistress, breakfast has already been prepared."

In the Main Hall

"Hahaha. My Brother Ghost Doctor, you here at last. Come come come, sit."

Chief Ke had some small snacks served up and after Feng Jiu was seated, he then said: "Our black market must really thank you this time. If not for you, we will not have been able to get first position. But what made me feel really bad was that the people from the Hell's Palace managed to abduct our Brother Ghost Doctor that must have startled you."

When his voice dropped, he smiled as he looked at Feng Jiu and continued on to say: "I had a great gift especially prepared just to thank our Brother Ghost Doctor." He clapped his hands together, and two guards came walking out carrying a tray.

Feng Jiu turned to look, and saw that the tray was covered with a red cloth which made it impossible to see what it was. She did not say anything but the corners of her lips toyed with a smile a she watched quietly.

Chief Ke went up to uncover the red cloth and said smilingly to Feng Jiu: "This is the deep sea Red Jade Coral, the rarest grade among corals. It can be put out to be admired and also has a calming effect that soothes a person's nerves. Moreover, this Red Jade Coral has abundant spirit power and just placing it in one's bedroom or the place one cultivates at would assist in raising one's cultivated power."

"Pleasing to both the eye and one's heart. A great gift indeed." Feng Jiu nodded, her gaze resting upon the eye catching and beautiful red coral a moment before she shifted her eyes onto the second item.

"Woo hoo, as for this second item, it's the Heavenly Silkworm Snow Cloak, something I found specially for my brother here." He lifted the red cloth, to reveal a silvery white garment that seemed like soft armour.

CHAPTER 267: Luxurious Airship

Chief Ke looked at the Heavenly Silkworm Snow Cloak and said: "To put it more accurately, it is a magical treasure with great defence capabilities. It can withstand three attack strikes from a Golden Core cultivator, or a single attack from a Nascent Soul cultivator. Once it is put on, it would conform to the wearer's body shape and size on its own to fit. With this Snow Cloak, our dear brother here would at least have another layer of protection if you were to meet with danger in future."

Seeing those two presents, Feng Jiu's demeanor soften a little as she looked at Chief Ke and clasped her hand over her fist to say: "These two presents had obviously taken Brother Ke quite a lot of effort. Let me express my gratitude to you right now."

Hearing Feng Jiu address him as Brother Ke, Chief Ke's heart rose up with delight as he laughed out loud to say: "As long as our dear brother likes it, as long as you like it." As he spoke, he pulled out something else from out of his sleeve and said to Feng Jiu with a smile: "Those two items are gifts in gratitude, this one here is our dear brother's remuneration for helping the black market achieve first place."

"Have a look, my dear brother." He opened his palm, to reveal an exquisite and luxurious little ship.

"This is….." Feng Jiu looked at him in puzzlement.

"Hoho. This is a superior grade flying magical artifact, which can be blown up big or miniaturized, its capacity able to hold more than a hundred people. Everything is fully equipped inside and all that you will need to use is in there. It can be considered to be a luxurious airship."

Chief Ke looked at the shock in the Ghost Doctor's eyes and said with a smile: "With this airship, my dear brother will be able to come and go from the Sun Glory Country anytime and not just that, in countries below the fifth grade, you will only need to register this airship with them and you will be able to enter freely."

Feng Jiu picked it up to take a look at it, her face breaking out into a smile as she said: "If so, I'll then accept it."

This thing, was as comparable to an aeroplane in modern times, and it would be convenient for her to go anywhere she wanted. That was just great! From what she knew about the prices of magical artifacts in this world, this airship would be considered to be a priceless item, as afterall, not even the royal family of the Sun Glory Country had something so luxurious.

Having received such generous gifts, it made her feel a little embarrassed. Hence, she took out a small bottle from the space and said: "Brother Ke, this is Spirit Congealing Liquid. Brother Ke should find time to take it and it should be able to help you breakthrough to the next level."

"Spi….. Spirit Congealing Liquid?"

Hearing those words, Chief Ke was getting excited. Being from the black market, he knew that among the medicines the Ghost Doctor had recently concocted, there was a miraculous concoction called the Spirit Congealing Liquid. City Lord Chang had drunk a bottle of that before he was finally able to breakthrough the bottleneck he had not been able to overcome for a very long time. Even as a Chief of the black market, he had only heard of it over the recent period and not seen it for himself. He had not thought that the Ghost Doctor would offer a bottle of Spirit Congealing Liquid in the first instance and it was actually gifted to him?

Feng Jiu smiled slightly. "Mm. It's Spirit Congealing Liquid. Actually, I need to trouble Brother Ke about one more matter."

Holding the Spirit Congealing Liquid, Chief Ke's mind was reeling slightly from the excitement and when he heard those words, he immediately asked: "What is it? Please speak freely, my dear brother. As long as it's within the ability of your brother here, I will not refuse."

He just knew that establishing good relations with the Ghost Doctor was better than anything else he could have done! It's the Spirit Congealing Liquid! It's divine medicine for the level advancement! Everyone's gone mad fighting to get their hands on a bottle of it and there was no need to mention the Ghost Doctor asking for help from him on just one matter. Even if it was ten different matters, he would have agreed to them all.

"I need some books and manuals to do with Elixir Cultivation and I would like to ask for Brother Ke's help in looking for them."

"Hahaha. That is no problem at all. I'll have them sent over in awhile."

He agreed to it immediately. Such a task was not difficult for him at all. But the moment his voice just fell, his eyes shone slightly as he looked at the red clothed youth before his eyes to ask: "My dear brother, could it be that you're also a Pill Refiner as well?"

CHAPTER 268: Going Against the Lord’s Will

Feng Jiu laughed and said: "Medicine concoction and pill refining are from the same family, hence I don't think it will be that difficult learning it."

"Hahaha, with my dear brother's gift and capabilities, I believe that you will definitely become an outstanding Pill Refiner. Rest assured, leave the matter about the manuals to me." Chief Ke said as he thumped himself on his chest. He then made the two guards put the gifts down at the side, to let Feng Jiu keep them properly.

Chief Ke then continued to say: "After we got back in the evening yesterday, quite a number of people wanted to come pay a visit to my dear brother you, but I pushed them all back. I believe the matter about my dear brother taking on the Liu Family singlehandedly would spread very soon and that would definitely add a lot more colour to my dear brother's fame as the Ghost Doctor."

He looked admiringly at the flamboyant red clothed Feng Jiu before him, his eyes filled with nothing but respect. "I had not thought that my dear brother is not only outstanding in concocting medicines, you are also highly formidable in your cultivation. Moreover, your looks can be matched only by a rare few, you are truly been well blessed by the Heavens!"

Hearing the series of praises heaped upon her, Feng Jiu's face filled up with smiles as she said: "Brother Ke, if anyone seeks to pay me a visit, can you help me tell them that I do not wish to see anyone during this period. I will have to trouble you for that." She clasped her hand over her fist in greeting, and kept away the gifts before she left.

Coming back to her courtyard, she was in high spirits as she brought out the luxurious airship to show to Leng Shuang. "Look, this is a magical flying artifact. In future, we'll be able to return back on our own! This tiny little ship can actually contain more than a hundred people. I just saw it. Everything is inside there! It's definitely something good to have prepared when going to faraway places!"

"Mistress intends to go back already?"

Leng Shuang came to the side of the table, to look at the tiny airship before she asked.

"No hurry for that yet. I still have something I need to do here. Right, help me get a map of the Green Gallop Country." As she spoke, she glanced into the yard to see the little thing sitting right before the door to look at her, and she could not help but smile.

"Ball Ball, come here." She called out as she hooked up her finger.

Meanwhile Leng Shuang acknowledged her orders and went out to look for a map of the Green Gallop Country.

The fluffy white furry little thing sat there staring at her and hesitated for a moment before it slowly came walking over, to come beside her feet.

"Good doggie."

Feng Jiu carried it up, her face in smiles as she put it down on the table and ruffled its fur to say: "You don't really look like a little puppy, but more like a little pet Spirit Beast."

"Awoo!"

Ball Ball moved its mouth slightly to let out a wail, and then glanced at her before plopping itself down on the table, not bothering with Feng Jiu anymore.

"Little one, being haughty are you?"

She gave a light laugh, and flicked her finger gently on its head. She suddenly could not help but think, that for the Hell's Lord to give her this little thing as a present, and he did not pursue the matter about her stealing the Thousand Year Ginseng, would that mean that there was something she needed to do for him?

Thinking about the fact that the Hell's Lord and Uncle were one and the same, she could not help but sigh. [That should have been obvious! How could there be so many people in the world afflicted with the Thousand Year Frost Poison? She had guessed that the two people were linked in some way but had not thought that they were actually the same person.]

Meanwhile on the other side, in a certain courtyard.

Watching their Lord having his breakfast, Grey Wolf and Shadow One standing on the side glanced at each other and discreetly shifted their footsteps towards the outside. When they got outside, Shadow One suppressed his voice and asked: "What would you say is the situation for our Lord? He went to seek out the Ghost Doctor last night, so why is his face still dark as thunder? Could the Ghost Doctor have snubbed him?"

Grey Wolf cast a quick glance inside and his voice was a whisper as he said "I am guessing the gift wasn't right. Look, although the Ghost Doctor is a young youth, but he is still male you know! ? And the Lord goes and gives him a little pet, isn't there something wrong with the Lord's mind?"

CHAPTER 269: Reciprocal Gift

"Then based on what you say, what gift would have been good?"

"Of course a….."

The moment that voice sounded, Grey Wolf then looked at Shadow One who had his head lowered, and he had no other choice but to turn himself around stiffly. "My L….. Lord….."

[Why was he so unlucky? Everytime he gossips about the Lord, the Lord always hears him.]

"Tell me then. As what you said earlier, what gift would have been suitable?" The Hell's Lord was not mad, but just looking at Grey Wolf as he asked, seemingly like he was also thinking about the same problem.

Seeing that, Grey Wolf secretly heaved a sigh of relief, his face splitting into a grin as he said: "My Lord, from the way I see it, the Ghost Doctor likes things that are worth a lot of money. Didn't you see that when he secretly ran away back then, he swiped the Thousand Year Ginseng from the Medical Tower? Hence, I feel that instead of having the Lord give a pet as a present, why not give him some magical artifacts or spirit treasures, where the Ghost Doctor would be able to find a use for them at critical moments."

Hearing that, the Hell's Lord's eyes flashed. [Likes things worth a lot of money? With that girl, she shouldn't be short of money at all. Afterall, one bottle of her medicine will already fetch her a heavenly sum.]

[But, magical artifacts and spirit treasures might just work,]

Hence, after casting a glance at Grey Wolf, the Hell's Lord turned and went walking back.

Seeing the Lord walking back into the house, Shadow One breathed out in relief and patted Grey Wolf on the shoulder as he said: "Do you know what that little pet the Lord gave to the Ghost Doctor really is?"

"Isn't it just an ordinary little pet?"

"That is the Cloud Devouring Beast. The Lord did not kill it but instead gave it to the Ghost Doctor as a present, thinking that it could protect the Ghost Doctor while it stayed at the Ghost Doctor's side.

"Cloud….. Cloud Devouring Beast? The one from the Liu Family?" Grey Wolf's eyes were wide as a goldfish as he stared in shock.

"That's right. I heard the Lord say that is a peak level Beast Saint, and in future, it can level up to become a Divine Beast. That is definitely anything but an ordinary pet."

"The Lord is really thoughtful towards the Ghost Doctor! What a pity, why can't the Ghost Doctor be born a girl?" Grey Wolf shook his head as he sighed. Regarding the matter about the Lord falling in love with a man, Grey Wolf still could not reconcile himself with that fact.

They were outside in the world now. If they were to return, the Lord's identity could not possibly allow him to be with the Ghost Doctor. Afterall, the Lord was someone so highly revered and mighty, needless to mention that the Ghost Doctor was a man, even if he was a girl, he still might not be worthy enough for their Lord.

But the fact was he only dared to think these thoughts to himself in his heart. If he was asked to speak them out loud, he really wouldn't dare.

— High Noon, Feng Jiu's Courtyard —

Feng Jiu was pouring the end product of her entire morning's worth of research into a medicine bottle. That was a pill she had specially developed for that Uncle, which meant the Hell's Lord. It was to be used to suppress the Thousand Year Frost Poison, which was also her reciprocal gift to the Hell's Lord.

"Doesn't Mistress only concoct medicine?" Leng Shuang asked as she watched Feng Jiu put the pill that was about the size of a thumb into the bottle. Having toiled the entire morning, she had finally finished.

"To be able to make the Mistress take such effort, I would think that this person's relationship with Mistress must be rather extraordinary."

"Relationship?" Feng Jiu arched up an eyebrow and stuck her pointing finger up to shake it as she said: "Wrong. We're not all that close, but I swindled quite a lot of things from him and I should at least do something for him in return." She then stood up with a flourish of her clothes, and stretched her back as she said: "I'll go in and rest for awhile. Don't let anyone come disturb me."

"Yes," Leng Shuang acknowledged, and immediately saw a figure suddenly appear with a swoosh. Her body instinctively turned wary, when she heard the figure's voice call out.

"Ghost Doctor!"

CHAPTER 270: What Ulterior Motives?

Feng Jiu paused in her steps to turn her gaze over towards the newcomer in surprise: "Grey Wolf? What have you come here for?"

His Lord came last night, and this scoundrel is here today. The Hell's Lord and his underlings are coming and going as they please in this courtyard!

Grey Wolf glanced at the cold faced black robed young lady with a alluringly sexy body and his brows creased up unnoticeably for a brief moment as he thought to himself: [The Ghost Doctor already has the Lord and he still keeps this cold and beautiful girl by his side. What kind of position does this put His Lord in?]

[Why doesn't the Lord admonish him? Is the Lord going to just allow him to do as he please? Isn't the Lord afraid that the Ghost Doctor would succumb to temptation with a beauty right by his side?]

Wiping that thought from his head, Grey Wolf then turned to Feng Jiu in a full suit of red and said: "Ghost Doctor, I came here to deliver something for my Lord."

As he spoke, he strode forward and took out a little Eight Trigrams dish and placed it on the stone table as he continued to say: "The is the Heaven and Earth Eight Trigrams Dish. It's a superior grade magical artifact. It can push back oppressive auras and can also be used as a flying artifact. There is also the Phoenix Dagger. My Lord says the Ghost Doctor prefers to use a dagger and he asked me to deliver the Phoenix Dagger here. This dagger cuts through metal like slicing through mud and is also a magical artifact. If the Ghost Doctor encounters a battle, this will surely be able to lend the Ghost Doctor a hand."

Feng Jiu looked at the two items on the table, and her gaze flashed as she turned to Grey Wolf to ask: "These things are worth quite a bit of money right?"

A corner of Grey Wolf's mouth twitched and he glanced at the Ghost Doctor to continue to say stiffly: "These items are absolutely priceless and highly coveted. The Lord mentioned it's for you to keep and to not sell it in the next minute."

Hearing that, Feng Jiu arched up an eyebrow. "For no rhyme or reason, why are there so many gifts? And they are all so expensive ones at that. Just what kind of ulterior motives does your Lord have?"

Hearing those words, Grey Wolf's eyes widened. "You….. you don't know?"

[Come on! He still doesn't know that the Lord likes him? Then what had the Lord been doing all this while? Unrequited love? One sided torment?]

[His Lord was so outstanding, can't the Ghost Doctor see just how irresistible his Lord is?]

Thinking back on how out of sorts his Lord had been over the Ghost Doctor throughout this period, Grey Wolf felt sorry for his Lord as the Ghost Doctor was still unaware of how his Lord felt. It looked like his Lord had not yet even touched the Ghost Doctor's little finger right? If he could, he really wanted to just knock the Ghost Doctor unconscious and just carry him back.

But, though that was what he thought, he did not have the guts. The Ghost Doctor was afterall not any meek little kitten and the slightest carelessness might very well cost him his life.

Hence, Grey Wolf cast a brief glance at the Ghost Doctor and then replied: "The Lord only ordered me to bring the gifts. The items have been delivered, and I must now go back. I shall take my leave." He turned the moment his voice fell, but was halted by Feng Jiu's voice.

"Wait."

Grey Wolf turned his head back, his face unfriendly as he asked: "Is there something else?"

"Give this to your Lord. Tell him although it is not able to eradicate the Thousand Year Frost Poison completely, but it can at least suppress the frost chill from flowing through his entire body when he suffers from a relapse every month by taking just one pill." Feng Jiu took out the pills and handed it over to Grey Wolf, for him to bring to the Hell's Lord.

"This….. This really can suppress the Thousand Year Frost Poison?" Grey Wolf was a little excited, and feeling a little incredulous at the same time. It must be known that the people in the Medical Tower had already researched it for so long but had not been able to concoct any medicine that could suppress the poison. But the Ghost Doctor had actually done it?

Feng Jiu cast a sideway glance at him and said: "What? You doubt my ability?"

"No no no, I do not mean that. Ghost Doctor, you can be assured that I will definitely hand this over to the Lord. Thank you. I shall take my leave now." Grey Wolf said as he kept the bottle of medicine away happily, and after clasping his hand over his fist in a bow, he tapped the ground with the tip of his toes and leapt away to depart.

[If it is truly just as the Ghost Doctor had said, then the Lord will no longer have to suffer the agony the Frost Poison brings every month! That is just great!]

CHAPTER 271: Owe Each Other Nothing

Feng Jiu kept the two items away and yawned as she made her way back into the room to rest while Leng Shuang sat in a half lotus position to cultivate in the yard. The little fluff ball then went on to lazily lie itself down upon the stone table in the yard.

It was not known how long had passed when Feng Jiu who was soundly asleep opened her eyes all of a sudden and saw the black robed man where she then patted herself over her heart to exclaim with a gasp: "You almost scared me to death! Why are you here again?"

Her tone of voice was not too friendly, as the way he had appeared in here without any warning made her feel rather insecure.

Moreover, he held powers too deep to be fathomable where she did not even sense anything with his arrival into the room.

It might be because he received the bottle of medicinal pills that she had specially developed for him where the Hell's Lord was in a great mood. Seeing the woman glaring at him as she patted herself on the chest while speaking in such an unfriendly tone, his brow lifted a little, and his voice sounded with a trace of an almost unnoticeable smile.

"Are you all that timid?"

Feng Jiu flipped herself over to come down from her bed and pulled her clothes together as she went walking to the outer room while asking: "What are you here for again?"

Coming to the side of the table, she poured out a cup of water and drank when she suddenly seemed to recall something. She opened her door and gazed outside, to see Leng Shuang obviously immobilized from having her acupoint struck, unable to even say a word. Feng Jiu then sighed and went walking outside to help her free her acupoint.

"Mistress, he….."

"It's alright. If you see him in future, you do not need to stop him as you will not be able to stop him anyway. You do not need to remain here and you are dismissed!" Feng Jiu said with a wave of her hand, indicating for Leng Shuang to leave.

"Yes, Mistress." Leng Shuang glanced once at the Hell's Lord before she turned around to leave.

Seeing Feng Jiu sitting down in the yard, the Hell's Lord then opened his stride to come walking outside as well before sitting right opposite her and casting a glance her way. He then put on a lofty demeanor as he asked with a deep voice "This Lord had merely come to ask whether there is any food this Lord needs to avoid while taking the medicinal pills you have developed."

"PFFT! !"

Hearing those words, Feng Jiu had not even opened her mouth when Grey Wolf and Shadow One hiding in the trees could not help themselves but burst out with laughter. The moment the sound escaped out, they immediately thought it to be inappropriate and they clamped their mouths shut but the sound was already heard by the two people at the stone table in the courtyard.

Feng Jiu looked askance at the Hell's Lord and then turned her gaze to the trees while saying: "You brought two little tails with you?"

The Hell's Lord's face darkened at that moment and his deep and penetrating eyes gazed chillingly at the two men. "Aren't the two of you going to scram?"

Seeing the situation, Grey Wolf and Shadow One immediately replied with a "Yes, my Lord" and then speedily left, not daring to remain behind to peek.

"Cough cough!"

The Hell's Lord cleared his throat lightly and then glanced at Feng Jiu before he went on to say: "And the other thing I came here for is that this Lord came here to thank you."

When those words fell into her ears, Feng Jiu waved her hand and with her eyes smiling till they were two crescents, she said: "There's no need to thank me. I received repayment for it. Having cultivated those pills would also make us even and I do not owe you anything anymore."

However, when he heard those words, the shade of the Hell's Lord face turned ugly and the expression on that face that had softened immediately turned tense and dark. He looked at Feng Jiu's face overflowing with smiles and he asked with his brows creased up: "Do you really hate to have any links to this Lord all that much?"

Feng Jiu looked at the Hell's Lord in bewilderment. "Why should I have any links with you?"

When those words fell into the Hell's Lord's ears, the Hell's Lord's lips stiffened and his deep eyes stared penetratingly at her. He had originally prepared a whole bellyful of words to say but seeing her reacting like this, he could not even say a word at all.

With his lips stiffened, he sat there quietly for a while before he stood up under Feng Jiu's puzzled and confused gaze, as he left with a flick of his sleeves without saying a word.

Seeing that, Feng Jiu cradled her chin and her eyes changed, with no one knowing what was going through her mind. The next moment, she similarly got up and went walking outside.

Chapter 272: Hard to Mouth the Words

Back at the residence, Grey Wolf and Shadow One who had come back to wait were discussing in hushed voices to guess how things would turn out when the Lord comes back this time. Who would have known that they had not even discussed several rounds when they already saw their Lord striding in through the door and the two men immediately stood up, to greet respectfully loudly.

"My Lord."

The Hell's Lord cast a passing glance over them and just as he was about to step into the room, his steps under his feet paused. He turned his head to glance over the two men and said in a deep voice: "The grounds in the backyard has grass growing. Both of you go pluck them out! Remember, pull them out yourselves."

The moment his voice fell, he ignored the two completely stunned men behind him and went striding into his room.

"Pluck….. Pluck grass?"

The two men looked at each other in shock, a twitch tugging at the corners of their mouths. With the kind of powers they possessed, few among the Family Heads in the entire Six Path City could even compare to them and the Lord was saying that highly talented individuals like them were to go pluck up weeds?

"Would you say that the Lord has been snubbed once again?" Grey Wolf muttered, the shock on his face not yet faded.

"Come on, let's go. Pull out the weeds it is then. It's at least better than being thrown into the Clear Wind Tower." Shadow One said as he patted Grey Wolf comfortingly on the shoulder, taking the lead to go walk towards the back of the house.

There was no need to say it. The Lord must have been snubbed by the Ghost Doctor. But….. How pitiful it was for them!

Hence, the hidden guards within the shadows of the manor could not help but snigger quietly to themselves, as they looked at their leader and Grey Wolf squatting there in the backyard to get rid of the weeds…..

Back in the room, the Hell's Lord was becoming more enraged the more he thought about it, under to understand why he had come walking back sulkily like this. He was acting just like a aggrieved little lass! Did he really expect to wait for that heartless little woman to come here to coax and appease him?

That was something he need not even think would happen. That woman would surely have liked nothing better than to stay far from him.

The more he thought about it, the more he was unable to suppress the rage rising up inside. He had just sat down by the table for a short while when he stood himself up with a whoosh and went striding outside, intending to go over to her place once again, to clear things up once and for all.

However, when his footsteps had just reached the door when they paused, and the hands that were about to pull the doors open froze. His deep penetrating eyes were deep in thought and his lips stiff as he snorted in frustration before returning back to his seat by the table.

If he went to find her right now, he would surely just be met with the words: Why are you here again?

When that thought came to his mind, he forcibly pushed that impulse back down. He had just come back and if he was to go over there again, what would that make him look like? Even if he was offering himself up, there was no need to be so desperate was there?

Hence, he forced himself to swallow it all down. But with his belly full of words left unsaid, and his heart burning with insufferable rage, the entire day was like having taken deer penis tonic and unable to give vent, making him highly restless…..

After a long arduous wait, morning finally came and he washed and changed before going outside where he saw Grey Wolf and Shadow One coming in. He swept his gaze over the two men and asked: "You've plucked all the grass?"

"My Lord, we've finished pulling them all out."

The two men quickly replied. Heavens knew that they had been squatting there in the backyard the entire day yesterday and their backs were so sore when they woke up this morning.

Suddenly, Shadow One's gaze fell upon the black robe on his Lord's body and his mouth moved slightly, but he held his tongue, merely lowering his head in silence.

"Stay here in the house." The Hell's Lord threw down those words, and summoned his Qi to leave with a great leap out.

After he left, Shadow One then lifted his head up and asked: "Grey Wolf, did you notice it?"

"Notice what?" Grey Wolf asked as he went walking over to the table to sit down as he massaged his sore back.

"The black robe that the Lord was wearing is a new one!" Shadow One was feeling rather amazed, thinking that his Lord had once again rewritten what he thought he knew of his Lord.

So, a man who falls one sidedly in love can actually be so….. Terrifying!

When Grey Wolf heard that, he was surprised a moment as well. "That cannot be, right?" He had not noticed it earlier.

However, when the Hell's Lord came once again to the courtyard that Feng Jiu was staying in, his face darkened once again, like a thunderous storm that was about to descend, a low oppressive air emanating out from his entire body…..

Chapter 273: Quickly Return to the Ancient Capital

The entire courtyard before his eyes stood clearly empty, with no sign of her inside and outside. He came to the bedroom and when he saw the neatly tucked bedclothes, his gaze darkened slightly as he turned around to go walk outside into the main hall.

It was bright and early in the morning when Chief Ke heard that someone was looking for him. He then washed and dressed himself before he came to the hall.

Once there, he saw a black robed man sitting straight backed upon the main seat in the house, his handsome features looking slightly dark as a power presence exuded from his body. An air of a conqueror was emanating out from his body most naturally and just one glance from the man made his heart tremble, and waver in fear and suspicion.

[Who could this man be? Just the aura coming out from the man was enough to terrify him. The Six Path City would not be able to produce such an entity.]

It could be due to the overly powerful and commanding presence of the man, where Chief Ke could not help but step forward to bow in greeting and ask: "May I ask who your esteemed self could be?"

"Where's the Ghost Doctor?"

Chief Ke paused a moment and said: "He left yesterday. He did not say where he was going. From what told me, it seemed like he intended to have a tour around."

The moment those words came out, Chief Ke saw the face of the black robed man seated up upon the main seat turn darker, and the air within the entire hall seemed to sink, filled with an incredible rage, which made his entire body suddenly turn cold as he stood there in the hall, finding it rather difficult to breathe.

He could not help but ask inwardly in his heart in terror. [Just who could this man really be?]

However, before he even asked anything, a black shadow fleeted past right beside him, and the black robed man seated upon the main seat had disappeared, where the chilling and oppressive air that pervaded the entire hall started to revert to normal…..

When the Hell's Lord came back to the manor, Grey Wolf and Shadow One who were in the courtyard immediately stepped up in greeting.

"My Lord, the Ancient Capital sent an urgent message." Grey Wolf handed up a letter.

After the Hell's Lord saw the seal on the letter, he reached his hand out and with a wave, a surge of spirit power passed over the letter. The seal disappeared and he pulled out the parchment within. There were only two words on it: Return speedily.

Clenching his hand and then opening it up, spirit power aura that was visible to the eye swirled within his palm and the message turned into ash in the next moment. His lips stiffened and his deep eyes flashed with a dark glint as he ordered in a deep booming voice: "Finish up with the things here and we'll set off for the Ancient Capital!"

"Yes, my Lord!" The two men answered, speedily making their way outside.

On another side

The sun was already slowly setting and the skies were gradually darkening. From evening yesterday, Feng Jiu and her group were leisurely traversing through a mountain path. Feng Jiu was riding upon Old White, while Leng Shuang rode upon another horse following beside her, while Little Ball that looked like a little puppy rode upon the back of Leng Shuang's horse.

Because, Old White refused to carry it.

"Mistress, there seems to be two houses just further up front. Why don't we go ask whether we can stay for the night there?" Leng Shuang asked Feng Jiu beside her as she looked at the dim lights just a little further up front.

"Sure, we're not in a rush to go back anyway." Feng Jiu replied with a smile.

When they left, they had taken the airship and they had only come down to ride their horses after flying for a distance. As their destination was to return home, they were not in a rush. Moreover, from here to the Sun Glory Country, it was only about half a day's journey and not too far away, hence, they were not rushing for time.

"Old White, walk a little faster. Once we reach people's place up front, we can get you some food." Feng Jiu said with a smile as he patted Old White on the head. As if she suddenly thought of something, she then turned to glance a little strangely at Little Ball plopped upon the horse's back.

When she was leaving, Feng Jiu had initially intended to leave Little Ball behind to return it to the Hell's Lord. Who would have known that the moment they stepped onto the airship, the little thing had acted as if it was terrified of being abandoned and run straight onto the airship, to hide itself into the deepest corner, refusing to come out no matter how they called out to it.

So, in regards to Little Ball's identity, Feng Jiu had been a little suspicious, thinking that it might not be just a simple little puppy as it seemed to be.

Chapter 274: Inconceivable

Actually, Feng Jiu was not aware that the Hell's Lord had told it that if it could not stay at Feng Jiu's side to protect her, then it had no reason to continue to exist.

To think that it being a peak grade Divine Beast, was actually threatened so blatantly, and it was helpless against the person threatening it. When it thought back about the man whose powers had been so close to being terrifying, Little Ball who had been lying across the back of the horse could not help itself but tremble with a chill.

It had been unlucky. It had thought that it was finally free after breaking out from the stone but who would have known that it would encounter that man with such perverse strength? It had been threatened and had a sliver of its divine soul pulled out, hence if it did not obey, its little life could be forfeited anytime.

Its gaze then swept disdainfully over the red clothed youth, seeing nothing great in this human youth worthy of cherishing, and he was so weak to death. Having a great peak grade Divine Beast like it protecting him, he's got a really good deal.

The moment Old White heard that there was food up ahead, it drooled and strength surged into its legs, its hooves lifting as it went galloping forward, leaving Leng Shuang and Little Ball in a billowing cloud of dust that rose…..

Little Ball that had been lying down choked on the dust kicked up, as it sat itself upright to glare angrily at the galloping figure running ahead in front.

[That obese horse! Only knows how to eat eat eat! It should just die from obesity!]

Not long after that, when they came to a hill slope not too far away from those two houses, Feng Jiu was rather astonished as she rode upon Old White's back. She pulled back on the reins as she stared at the place before her, and her eyes flashed with a glint.

Catching up from behind, Leng Shuang came beside Feng Jiu. Seeing that Feng Jiu was not moving forward, she turned to look at the two houses with their lamps lit and said warily: "Will Mistress wait here for a moment while I go up ahead and take a look." She then flipped herself off her horse, about to walk towards the houses immediately.

"I'll go with you."

Feng Jiu flipped herself off the horse to land on the ground, leading Old White down the slope. However, Old White did not seem too willing to go forward as it neighed, its hooves stamping on the ground uneasily.

Feng Jiu smiled slightly and stroked ts head as she cooed in a gentle voice "It's alright. Just follow me."

Seeing that, Old White then snorted softly, following obediently at Feng Jiu's side.

And plopped upon the horse's back, Little Ball narrowed its eyes at that moment, its eyes glancing at Feng Jiu, before turning to look at the two houses, as it followed behind without making a sound.

There were only two families in that place and their houses had a lamp lit inside. It might be because they seldom saw any outsiders come, the little boy who was about four or five years old seated by the door and playing with pebbles blinked his eyes curiously as he looked at Feng Jiu dressed in a full suit of red and the black robed Leng Shuang leading her horse in approach.

He suddenly jumped to his feet and went running inside the house as he shouted: "Father! Mother! Someone came. Two people came here."

'Snort! Snort!'

Old White snorted two streams of hot air from its nostrils, its hooves stomping impatiently as it pulled with its head, seeking to pull Feng Jiu away from there.

Seeing Old White's strange behaviour, Feng Jiu's eyes turned slightly, to glance inside the house before her gaze swept over the other house situated not too far off and then lowering her eyes. It was not known what was going through her mind.

Until the little boy that had gone running inside came walking out once again, to stand by the door and looking inquisitively at Feng Jiu, and Old White whom she was leading, before turning to look at Little Ball upon the horse's back.

At that moment, a young woman half covered by the door stuck half her body out, to look at the people who had come before she asked in a soft voice: "Where have the guests come from?"

Hearing that voice, Feng Jiu raised her head to look. With that one look, the young woman's pale and colourless face then reflected in Feng Jiu's eyes. It was just one glance, and her heart slightly quaked, feeling that it was just inconceivable…..

Chapter 275: Something’s Amiss

But she pushed back the shock she felt in her heart, her face not showing the slightest abnormality but instead put on a smile to say: "We were just passing by and the sky was starting to darken. Seeing that someone was staying here, we thought to come ask to stay a night. Would that be convenient?"

The woman was silent as she looked at Feng Jiu and Leng Shuang with a measuring gaze outside the door before turning to see their steeds, seemingly hesitant.

"Mother, Mother, let the pretty big brother and big sister stay! Sunny likes pretty Big Brother."

The little fella that looked to be about four or five tugged at his mother's sleeve and shook it lightly, his childish voice soft and gushing, his clear and beautiful eyes hopeful and pleading, making it unbearable for people to refuse him.

Seeing that, the woman revealed a doting expression on her face and she rubbed the boy's head as she said to Feng Jiu and Leng Shuang: "Will the two of you then please come in? My humble home is very simple and if there is anything lacking in anyway, please do not take offense."

She opened the door and turned sideways to extend a hand inside in invitation. As because the door was opened, Feng Jiu and Leng Shuang were able to see that there was only a single oil lamp on the table that was providing the house with light.

"In that case, don't mind if we intrude."

Feng Jiu clasped her hand over her fist in greeting, and got Leng Shuang to hitch Old White and the horse securely outside before striding into the house.

Although the interior of the house was simple, it was kept very clean and neat. But it might be because the sun seldom shone inside, the inside of the house was a little chilly, which was felt especially distinctly in the night.

"Big Brother, do you want a drink of water?"

The little boy climbed onto a chair to look at Feng Jiu, as he pointed at the water flask on the table and said: "There's water in there, and Sunny drinks it when thirsty."

Feng Jiu's gaze then fell upon the woman to see her shuffling towards the back of the house with light steps, her posture graceful and soft, her steps a light patter. Her actions revealed that she had received good upbringing and it could be imagined that she was not just any average village woman.

But, in a place like this, why would there be a person like that living here?

She retracted her gaze and steadied her mind as she looked at the little boy who although was lively, had quite a bit of dark rings under his eyes. She sighed inwardly and the opened her mouth to ask: "Is your name Sunny? How old are you this year?"

"Yup! I'm called Sunny! And Big Brother, today is Sunny's fourth birthday! Mother is behind cooking some red eggs for Sunny to eat."

The little boy leaned forward on the table and looked smilingly at the handsome Feng Jiu dressed in a suit of red clothes as he went on to say in a crisp voice: "Big Brother is so good looking. Sunny has never seen anyone who is more good looking than Big Brother."

"Oh, so today is your birthday!"

She stared in surprise at the excited little boy with his sparkling eyes. She thought about it a moment and then pulled out a luminous pearl about the size of a grape to give to him as she said with a laugh: "Nah, this is a birthday present for you."

"Wah! This bead is so pretty, it actually glows."

The little fella stared at the pearl in delight and reached his hand out to take it happily before he slipped himself off the chair to run into the back of the house as he cried out excitedly: "Father! Mother! Mother, look. Big Brother gave me a bead that glows as a present."

At that moment, Leng Shuang came to Feng Jiu's side and glanced towards the back of the house before she suppressed her voice to say softly: "Mistress, this place doesn't feel right. Are we really going to stay here?"

There were only two houses in this place. On that side, the door was shut with a light on inside but there was no sign of anyone. In this house, only the little child was a little more normal. One could tell that something was not right with the woman at a glance and there was a male owner inside this house as well. They had not seen him since the moment they stepped in through the door and logically, all of this shouldn't be the case.

Feng Jiu's eyes flashed slightly as she glanced at the curtain at the back before she said: "Something's amiss alright. But he child is very normal. What's abnormal is just the adults."

Chapter 276: Laughter Deep in the Night

The moment her voice dropped, Feng Jiu turned to look at Leng Shuang and asked: "Where's Little Ball?"

"On the horse's back outside. It just laid there and refused to get off."

"Just leave it be then. It should be fine on its own. But you should not go running about at night." Feng Jiu told her, and saw the curtain move as the little boy came running out.

"Big Brother, Mother said this is too expensive and Sunny cannot accept it." He then held up the luminous pearl in his hand to return it to Feng Jiu. Although that was what he was saying, but as the child had never seen such a thing before, his eyes were filled with reluctance to part with it.

Feng Jiu smiled and said: "It's all right, you can keep it!" When her voice fell, she then saw the woman coming out as she carried several eggs dyed red in her hands.

"There isn't much we can serve you in this house. Will our two guests have a red egg first?" The woman's voice was gentle as her gaze fell upon Sunny, her eyes doting, thickly filled with motherly love.

"Big Brother, can Sunny really keep this bead?" He asked as he blinked his eyes at Feng Jiu, and then turning to look at his mother.

"The luminous pearl is too precious a gift and the child doesn't even know what it is. The Young Master should keep it." The woman said softly, gesturing for Sunny to return the pearl back to Feng Jiu.

"It's alright. It's just a toy for the child. Just keep it with you!" Feng Jiu said with a laugh, asking Sunny to accept it.

Seeing that, the woman then leaned forward slightly towards Feng Jiu and bowed as she said: "In that case, let this humble woman express my gratitude on my son's behalf for the Young Master's gift."

Seeing the woman's posture bowing before her, Feng Jiu's eyes glinted but she did not say anything and just smiled faintly.

After awhile, the woman left only Sunny in front to accompany Feng Jiu while she turned to go to the back of the house.

"Sunny, who stays in the house next door?" Feng Jiu asked as she turned to look at the little boy munching on an egg.

"It's Grandfather and Grandmother. But Grandfather and Grandmother are not well and they seldom come out from the house."

"Oh? Then what about your father? Is he at home too?"

"A bad man came the last time and he wounded Father. Father is still recuperating in bed now!" The little boy exclaimed as he handed Feng Jiu an egg, before he said affably: "Big Brother! You have some too! Mother says that eating red eggs will let one grow up safe and healthy!"

Hearing that, she smiled and accepted the egg. She peeled off the shell and then began to eat. After a while, the woman brought out a dish of meat and a dish of vegetables with two bowls of rice and said to Feng Jiu: "I don't have much else in the house. The vegetables are wild and the meat is wild rabbit caught in the woods. I hope the Young Master can make do and eat a little."

After that, she brought Sunny out with her and left the front of the house to Feng Jiu and Leng Shuang alone

Waiting till she had left, Feng Jiu then looked at the vegetable and meat dish with the two bowls of rice before she said to Leng Shuang: "Come sit down and eat! Although this family is a little strange, but I do not think they harbour any ill intentions against us."

Hearing her Mistress say that, Leng Shuang acknowledged curtly and sat herself down by the table before she picked up the rice to eat.

As the night grew deep, the surroundings seemed to become chillier. Even the chirping of the insects outside sounded exceptionally clear from the night's silence, so clear were the sounds that it felt a little strange.

It was arranged for Feng Jiu and Leng Shuang to rest in the annex, a little house at the side. In this place so filled with many peculiarities everywhere, it was impossible for the two of them to rest properly. Hence, Leng Shuang took up watch, while Feng Jiu sat in a half lotus position as she closed her eyes in cultivation.

The first half of the night was peaceful, and it was till the second half that the howling of the wind beat upon the door and windows in a rush, causing them to rattle and bang against the walls. The wind outside continued to howl, sounding a little terrifying.

And it was at that moment that a loud and ear shattering laughter sounded from someplace unknown outside, reverberating in the night's air, like the sudden boom of thunder, that shocked Feng Jiu and Leng Shuang wide awake.

Chapter 277: All are Ghosts! ?

The two of them immediately opened their eyes and jumped to their feet. However, before they could do anything, they heard the wild wind kicking up, the loud howling mournful and filled with aggrievement.

"Why? Why won't you let us off? Why! ?"

That was a old and raspy voice, sounding a little shrill and sharp, exceptionally clear and distinct in the night. That was not a woman's voice, sounding elderly instead, but…..

Feng Jiu's eyes glinted and she looked at Leng Shuang outside to say: "Don't go out as it does not concern us." As she spoke, Feng Jiu came to the table and sat herself down.

Hearing that, Leng Shuang was startled and then acknowledged Feng Jiu's orders as she came to stand behind Feng Jiu in guard.

Outside, a middle aged man dressed in Taoist robes while holding a horsetail whisk in hand stood in midair, a powerful aura swirling around his body, and a glow of….. divine light that was slightly different from spirit power.

On the ground, an old woman and an old man stood holding each other, their faces streaked with tears and filled with aggrievement. And swirling around their body was not thick and robust spirit Qi, but waves of chilling Yin energy.

"Let you off? Hahahaha. Preposterous!"

The middle aged man standing in midair guffawed. "Mortals and ghosts tread on different paths and if this priest had not encountered you, it would not have mattered. But since now that we've met, I must have you exorcised!"

The moment that voice fell, he gave the horsetail whisk in his hand a wave, and a stream of spirit power aura shot downwards streaking viciously with divine light. Tearing through the air, a malicious whoosh could be heard and the old couple who were standing on the ground became enraged at that moment.

"We did not harm anyone when we were alive but died bearing aggrievement. Even having turned into spirits after we died, we have not harmed all those people who passed by here but you, a person who keeps mouthing off about righteousness, are not even willing to spare us, immediately proclaiming that you want to exorcise us. Since that is the case, even if our spirits are to scatter and disperse, we will kill you!"

The old man shouted sorrowfully in rage. He seemed to have been a cultivator when he was alive, and became a ghost after he died, the aggrievement in him refusing to dissipate, the Yin energy strong and intense. With a loud roar, he rose up into the air, his fingernails on his hands suddenly becoming long like claws, as he lunged at the Taoist priest.

Meanwhile, in the room, Leng Shuang who heard those words could not help but widened her eyes and look at Feng Jiu to ask softly in shock: "Mistress, the people in this family….. are ghosts?"

Feng Jiu lightly tapped the table and replied in a soft voice: "Not all of them are."

"Not all are?" Leng Shuang was stunned, suddenly recalling that her Mistress had said that only the child was normal and she could not help herself but continue to ask: "What Mistress means is that only the little boy is human?"

"Mm." Feng Jiu acknowledged affirmatively before she said: "Before we came in through the doors, I had seen only one person's aura and it was the little boy's. So, his parents and grandparents should all have already died because I had not been able to feel another bit of human aura besides ours and the little child's."

"But how is that possible? If they were ghosts, why do they have a child with them?" Leng Shuang just felt that it was just too unbelievable. [Since there are humans and there are also deities in the world, then there will naturally be ghosts. And it is exactly because these three kinds of beings exist in Heaven and earth, the three realms are formed.]

"I have not seen the other three spirits and I do not know what they are like. But I think Sunny's mother isn't a malicious ghost, and she does not hold any malicious intentions against us. Even the rice and dishes she prepared last night for us last night had been things that were edible, and not things morphed by the ghost eye from sand and soil."

Upon hearing that, Leng Shuang then recalled that when the woman had served up the vegetables and meat, she had specifically mentioned that they were wild vegetables and rabbit meat. It was now quite clear that she had known the Mistress had been able to see that she was not human?

"Mistress, then they are all here because….."

"It should be because of the child."

Feng Jiu sighed and then said: "But, what that man outside had said is not wrong either. Mortals and ghosts tread upon separate paths and if they remain with Sunny for too long, the Yang energy on Sunny's body will grow weak, and he might very well not survive in the end."

Chapter 278: Plea

Hearing the voices, there seemed to be another man's voice outside and the two ladies guessed that it should be Sunny's father.

Thinking about that, Feng Jiu lowered her eyes, and it was not known what she was thinking about.

Until, a knock accompanied by a soft call sounded at the door.

"Young Master."

Hearing the voice, Leng Shuang shifted herself warily a few steps forward, to stand guard before Feng Jiu.

"What is it?" Feng Jiu said as she gestured for Leng Shuang to back away.

"Will the Young Master open the door please, and allow this humble woman to come in to speak."

Hearing that, she gestured for Leng Shuang to go open the door. Leng Shuang hesitated a moment before she went forward to pull the door open. When she saw the woman outside the door, the palms of her hands went cold.

The woman wasn't human, but was a ghost! Thinking about that, she gulped and then stepped back a step.

She was not afraid of humans, but as for ghosts…..

Feng Jiu turned her eyes to look up, and saw the pale faced woman carrying the soundly sleeping Sunny as she walked in, to fall to her knees right before her.

"Young Master."

"What do you mean by doing this?" Feng Jiu asked as her eyebrow raised, looking at the woman's tear streaked face.

"That old Taoist priest is back. He claims to want to exorcise us but in actual fact, he is aiming for our Little Sunny here. Our Little Sunny is born blessed with a Spirit Pearl but the Spirit Pearl cannot be extracted. The old priest then wanted to have Little Sunny refined into a human elixir and ingested to advance his cultivation. We are really left with no other choice but to come beg Young Master."

She sobbed softly and continued to say: "I know that Young Master is no ordinary person and would have seen that we are spirits and not human. But though we are ghosts, we have never harmed any humans. We remained here only because of this child and our entire family of ninety nine is now left with just Sunny, a little child. Young Master, Young Master! I beg you! I beg for you to help us!"

The woman wept softly, her words forthright, tinged with helplessness and despair. It made Feng Jiu's heart sink, as she wanted to keep her hands out of the matter, but was unable to ignore such a mournful plea. If she did not help, not just these few spirits, but even the child's life would meet with misfortune.

Although her character was one of cold bloodedness and merciless, but such a young child was innocent. How could she bear to just keep her hands in her sleeves and ignore it?

Her gaze then fell upon the soundly sleeping child. So it turns out that he was born with a Spirit Pearl in him. No wonder she had seen that the child was filled with abundant spirit power from the moment she stepped in. Though his face had been rather pallid and thin, but to be able to still stay alive while living with these few ghost spirits, it was now known that it had been due to the Spirit Pearl in him that protected him.

After a slight pause, she looked at the woman and asked. "How do you want me to help you?"

Hearing those words, the woman's heart filled up with joy and she hurriedly said: "I am only asking for the Young Master to bring my son away from here, to allow him to grow up safely."

"Leng Shuang, carry the child." Feng Jiu ordered, her words meaning that she had agreed to the request.

"Thank you Young Master! Thank you Young Master!"

The woman thanked Feng Jiu vehemently, her tearful face breaking into a smile as she handed the child in her arms over to Leng Shuang, her eyes looking at the soundly sleeping boy and her heart filled up with pain. She gazed deeply at the child and then said to Feng Jiu: "Young Master, leave from the back!" The moment her voice fell, she immediately went running outside.

Leng Shuang was slightly stunned as she carried the child in her arms as she asked: "Mistress, are we really going to bring him back?" She had not thought that her Mistress would really help those ghosts.

"We are not really all that short of another mouthful of rice back home. What's the big deal about bringing him back?" Feng Jiu replied, thinking nothing of it.

"He lost his parents and family at such a young age, he's indeed rather pitiful."

Leng Shuang then said as she looked at the soundly sleeping Sunny with sympathy in her eyes. She and her brother had only each other to depend on. Her brother had her to take care of him at least but for this child, he had lost all his family at such a young age, and it tugged incessantly at her heart's sympathy.

"Argh!:

A sharp shriek tore through the night's air, which chilled the hearts of the two people in the room.

Chapter 279: Strike When Needed

"Watch the child. I'll go out and have a look." Feng Jiu said to Leng Shuang, and then went striding towards the outside.

Opening the door, the several ghost spirits were fallen upon the ground and howling pitifully. Up in midair, streaks of bright Qi rained down, lashing upon the ghost spirits with a series of loud vicious sounding swooshes.

Seeing the several ghostly figures on the ground had turned very faint like spirits that would scatter and disperse at any moment, Feng Jiu's eyes glinted sharply as she raised them up to glance at the priest waving the whisk he was holding. With a flick of her hand, a silver needle wedged between two fingers shot out with a swish straight towards the man hovering in midair.

'Swoosh!'

The silver needle was struck to the ground by the priest's whisk, which also halted the lashing that was being inflicted upon the ghost spirits. Sharp piercing eyes then turned onto Feng Jiu and a deep holler then sounded: "Just a little kid. Who are you? The fact that you would actually associate yourself with ghosts makes you deserving of death!"

As he spoke, the whisk waved and a stream of Qi streaked straight towards Feng Jiu.

'Swoosh!'

With the malicious stream of Qi shooting straight at her, Feng Jiu dodged unhurriedly with a flash of her body. Sweeping her gaze over the priest, she said: "To think your esteemed self would deliver a killing strike in the first instance, could it be, that you see me as a wild and untamed ghost as well?"

"Hahahaha! Kid, you refuse to take the open path to Heaven but instead choose to crash into Hell without a door! So what if I kill you?" The priest guffawed loudly, his voice filled with arrogance and malice, not showing the slightest benevolence of people practicing the Dao.

"Young Master, leave quickly. This old Taoist Priest's cultivation is at the peak of the Foundation level. Young Master must not clash with him head on. Quickly bring my son with you and run for your lives!" The ghostly man stood up shakily and shouted at Feng Jiu, thinking that they would hold back the priest here in exchange for his son and this youth to be able to escape from this place alive.

Feng Jiu threw a glance at them and did not heed the ghostly man's words but to lift her eyes up to look at the priest. A faint smile curled up at the corners of her mouth and she said: "Throughout my journey, quite a number of people have sought to kill me. But in the end, they all died under my hands instead."

Her voice was lazy and tinged with a bit of nonchalance. Just a peak Foundation cultivator really was beneath her notice.

"If you leave now, I can find it in myself to spare you your life." She looked at the priest hovering in the air to say, her expression stern, seemingly not joking at all.

However, the people present did not take her words seriously. From what they could see, the kid was not even at the Foundation cultivation level, so how could he be able to take down the old priest?

That was exactly what the old priest was thinking and hence, upon hearing her words, he laughed scornfully and said: "You think you can take my life with your level of power? I fear you are still…."

He had not even finished his words when he saw the red clothed lad that had been on the ground suddenly elevate, and a long sword with a sinister glow appeared in his hand with a swoosh. Before his eyes, the figure of the red clothed youth flashed and he felt pain in his chest the next instant, his entire body stiffened, shock and incredulity on his face as he stared at the lad, and the sword he held in his hand.

"Blue….. Blue Edge Sword! You….. You….."

'Bam!'

Feng Jiu lashed out with a kick and pulled her sword out at the same time, to see the priest falling straight towards the ground as she snorted derisively: "I asked you to leave and you refuse. This, is the result."

A sword thrust right through his heart, the priest could not even gasp a breath before he died. Till death, he had still not known who the red clothed youth was. Why was he holding the Blue Edge Sword? What baffled him further was that as a respectable Foundation cultivator at the peak, how did he come to be killed by a young lad that was not even at the Foundation level?

What he found even harder to accept was that the lad had struck without saying a word that made him die feeling so aggrieved…..

The several ghost spirits were stunned as they stared in shock at the scene before them, their eyes filled with disbelief. Never would they have thought that the tables would be turned in just a single instant…..

Chapter 280: God Soul Wood

Feng Jiu wiped the Blue Edge Sword she held in her hand clean, and slid it back into its scabbard with a swish. She then went walking forward and emptied out all of the priest's possessions on his body, not even sparing the whisk, because that was a magical artifact and even if she had no use for it, she could sell it for money.

"Many thanks to the Young Master, many thanks to the Young Master!"

Voices raised in gratitude sounded out from behind her, that made Feng Jiu turned her head around, only to see four spirits kneeling upon the ground with their faces looking highly emotional.

"Stand up on your feet! I have some questions for you." She flicked a ball of flames out from within her hand and burnt up the priest's body.

"What does the Young Master want to ask us about?" They supported each other as they climbed to their feet, their ghostly bodies slightly translucent, their spirit souls seemingly a little unstable.

Feng Jiu cast a glance at them and said: "Ghosts are just ghosts. What I want to know is how were all of you able to keep your spirit souls from scattering and dispersing? It could be explained if it was just one of you who was able to congeal into a spirit ghost, but the four of you are one family aren't you? For all of you to be able to preserve your souls, how is that achieved?"

"Will the Young Master please come with us." The four of them said, leading Feng Jiu to the back of the other house, and then digging out block of reddish brown wood.

"To be honest with the Young Master, the fact that we were able to congeal our souls and not scatter and disperse is because of an encounter two years ago when a Great Master came here to ask for a cup of water to drink. We prepared a vegetarian meal for him and he said that our hearts did not contain evil but kindness. Seeing that my grandson Sunny was still in his infancy, he gave us this block of God Soul Wood that allowed us to remain here and it preserves our spirit souls. He reminded us repeatedly that we must not harm any humans and throughout the past two years, we kept those words in mind and did not dare to harbour evil in our hearts. Unexpectedly, we caught the attention of that priest and if not for Young Master here tonight, we would not even be able to be ghosts anymore."

Hearing those words, she then looked at the God Soul Wood before she realized that such a thing could actually happen.

However, she then continued to ask: "Since that Great Master was kind and you are all ghosts, why didn't you hand Sunny over to him?"

"We did."

The one that spoke this time was the younger man. He looked at Feng Jiu and then said: "We had pleaded with the Great Master to take Sunny along with him, as afterall, with all of us being ghosts, our bodies are tainted with Yin energy, and we fear that it would not be good for the child to remain with us. But the Great Master had refused and just said that when the time is ripe, a benefactor would come. It's only after tonight, that we came to realize that the benefactor the Great Master mentioned is actually the Young Master, you."

Feng Jiu rubbed her chin, and thought silently to herself: [Reclusive Masters who are able to foretell the future actually exists in this world?]

"That priest is now dead, so what are your intentions from now on?" Feng Jiu looked at them to ask.

"We beg for Young Master to take Sunny away from here! We….. We are ghosts, and we cannot remain together with him." The woman wept softly. No matter how much her heart could not bear to, there was no other way to it.

"I beg for the Young Master to bring our grandson to leave! With the great benevolence the Young Master has shown to us, we can only repay you in our next life." The old man and old woman then prostrated themselves before Feng Jiu.

The younger man was embracing the woman as he said: "As long as Sunny can live, that is more important than anything else. Young Master, we will leave our Sunny in your hands. We do not have anything much to present to the Young Master but the God Soul Wood is a superior spirit artifact. Will the Young Master please take it with you as well!"

Hearing that, Feng Jiu raised up an eyebrow as she glanced at them. The God Soul Wood was indeed a good item. It's celestial wood of the Ancients. The Great Master that had left it behind had been rather generous to have given them the block of God Soul Wood.

But, she was a person of principle, and she was not a person who accepted anything, nor did it mean she wanted everything.

"Even ghosts are able to cultivate themselves into devilry cultivators. I have here a book that would teach you how to cultivate, are all of you willing to come along with me?"