on a crowded street, a woman and a man walked side by side down the street. The man is carrying his sword on his back. The woman and man walked towards the poster wall where the crowd gathered beside the city gate.
Man one, "Ten thousand sliver ingots for anyone who catch the grave robber ghosts."
Man two, "I would rather choose my life over that ten thousand sliver ingots." He whispered, "I heard that the latest Taoist master tried to send the ghost back to the underworld, and was seriously injured and died of internal injuries. The ghost suck the life out of him."
Man three, "Yes, when they found him. He was black and blue from head to toe."
Man two interrupted, "The worst part is that all the bones on his body are shattered into pieces."
Man one gasped, "What a horrible way to die?"
Man three, "Many hunters have tried, but they all died in the end."
Man one, "How many?"
Man two, "I heard that include the latest Taoist master there should be twelves."
Man three, "Look at this post. It has been here for almost two months. No hunter dared to take it down."
Man one, "It's a pity."
The woman and the man approached the group of people. They have heard enough. The man gently patted on one of the man's shoulder to make way. He went to the poster board and removed the poster. The people around him gasped with open mouths.
Man three shook his head, "Another body to collect tomorrow morning."
The man smirk with a smile at the group of people ad stroked his chin with the thumb of his left hand. The women in the crowd smiled at him. He gave her a flirtatious smile. He walked towards her, and the two walked side by side on the street looking for the owner of the poster.
When Zhao Renshu and Ping'an approached the house number on the poster. There was already a group of people gathered at the front door.
Servant, "Master, this person is the one who tore up the poster." He pointed to Zhao Renshu.
Master Fu Chen, "Young man, are you the one who tore off the poster?"
Zhao Renshu replied confidently, "Yes."
Master Fu Chen, "May I know your name?"
Zhao Renshu, "For what?"
Master Fu Chen, "Just in case you fail to do it. I will know how to write it on your tombstone."
Zhao Renshu, "Ha....Ha...Ha...Just get your money ready. Where is this grave yard?"
Master Fu Chen, "I will take you there."
Master Fu Chen led the way into a narrow dirt road. There are tall vegetation on both sides of the road.
Master Fu Chen explained, "This cemetery belongs to the richest people in this town. The Fu and Wu ancestors are also buried here." He worried, "About three months ago, the grave keeper suddenly died. The coroner concluded. The cause of death was that his heart suddenly stopped. The next grave keeper also died, and the cause of death was the same as the first one. The third grave keeper survived."
Zhao Renshu, "He saw the ghost?"
Master Fu Chen, "He said he heard strange sounds. When he walked outside, he saw white shadows flying around the house. He ran back into town in the middle of the night. He was seriously injured, but was not life threaten." Master Fu Chen stopped, "We are here. The house is there."
When the three people walked to the wooded house, four servants came out.
Master Fu Chen, "When I heard that you tore off the poster, I made arrangements. There should be enough food to last a full week. If this problem cannot be resolved, I will ask the servant to send more food." Master Fu Chen and his servants is ready to leave the grave area. He said, "Young man, we have to get back before sunset. Good luck." He walked to the gate then he ran back, "If you catch the ghost, send us a signal." He handed Zhao Renshu a small firework.
Zhao Renshu, "If I send the signal, you come with the money, okay."
Master Fu Chen, "Will do." He waved at Ping'an and Zhao Renshu and quickly descended down the dirt path with his servants.
Zhao Renshu and Ping'an walked inside the wooden house. Inside the wooden house there is an old wooden table with two benches. On the left is a small kitchen, and on the right is a medium side daybed with a long pillow.
Ping'an walked to the daybed, "At least, there is a bed this time." She put their two bags on the table next to the bed. "I'll cook something."
Zhao Renshu, "I'll walk around." Zhao Renshu walked out of the door.
Ping'an put the food on the table and waited for Zhao Renshu to come back. After waiting for about thirty minutes, she saw Zhao Renshu walking back. He was sitting at the table opposite her. Ping'an and Zhao Renshu began to eat. After dinner, Zhao Renshu blew out the candle light and climbed into bed. Ping'an and Zhao Renshu lie side by side. Zhao Renshu embrace Ping'an.
Zhao Renshu kissed Ping'an forehead, "Goodnight, love."
Ping'an kissed him on the neck, "Goodnight."
Zhao Renshu smile at her, and they closed their eyes and falling asleep.
Around one o'clock in the morning. The scream and weird sound awakened Ping'an and Zhao Renshu. They walked to the window and saw four white ghost figures flying around the house. The ghosts' long hair covered their faces. Their nails are long and dark. Ping'an and Zhao Renshu saw enough, so they walked out of the wooden house and faced the four flying ghosts.
Ghost one whispered, "Wooo....wooo... I...died horribly..."
Ghost two yelled angrily, "Vengeance... I want revenge."
Ghost three, "I am so cold.....I am so lonely...Hungry..."
Ghost four landed on the ground, "I will suck the life out of you." He walked clumsily towards Zhao Renshu and Ping'an.
Zhao Renshu smirked with a smile at the ghosts, "I have never seen such a talkative ghost before." He turned to Ping'an.
Ping'an nodded, "Agree."
The fourth ghost flew directly to Zhao Renshu. Zhao Renshu jumped doing a high kick landed on the ghost's neck. The kick caused the ghost to flew thirty feet away and completely destroyed the water-well. The remaining ghosts fired towards Zhao Renshu. Zhao Renshu fought fiercely with the ghosts. Zhao Renshu flipped doing a combination of multiple kicks landed on ghost number two, which caused ghost number two to fly straight to the house wall.
Ghost number two was seriously injured lying on his stomach. The ghost then slowly stood up, trying to attack Ping'an, but she had directly sent a magic rope talisman to the injured ghost. The talisman rope tied the robber feet together, causing the robber fallen down flat on his stomach. The grave robber hit his face hard on the ground, causing severe bleeding from the robber's noses. Then, the talisman rope wrapped the robber entire body from feet to the neck in a matter of seconds. The grave robber was tightly bound defenseless face down on the ground.
The three remaining ghosts surrounding Zhao Renshu. When ghost one is about to attack Zhao Renshu from behind, Ping'an sent rope talisman to the robber. The talisman turned into three icicles and flew directly to ghost number one. The ghost robber doge two icicles, but the third icicle hit him right on his right shoulder, causing him flying two feet away. The fallen robber has difficulty getting up, so Ping'an sent out another rope talisman at the fallen ghost. The tight rope also tied him down.
The remaining two ghost robbers took out two medium-sized daggers and began to attack Zhao Renshu. When Zhao Renshu flipped over one of the robber, he conjured a spell and stick the talisman on the robber's back.
The robber felt like a thousand pounds of weight fallen on him. He went down on both of his knees.
Ghost robber four uttered one word at the time, "I.....Can't...Move..."
Ghost robber three directly lunged his final attack on Zhao Renshu. Zhao Renshu prevented the attack by twisting the robber's right hand. Zhao Renshu forcibly kicked the ghost's lower abdomen. The fallen robber shrank in pain and knelt on the ground. Ping'an sent another rope talisman at the last fallen ghost robber. Zhao Renshu sent out the firework signal.
Ping'an and Zhao Renshu drank their tea, sat on the wooden bench outside the house, admiring the full moon, and the four ghosts struggled to escape.
Ping'an, "Don't bother. This is not an ordinary rope. It is a talisman magic rope. The more you struggle, the tighter it becomes."
Around two in the morning, people from the town and ten law officers rushed to the scene. Master Fu Chen is among them.
Master Fu Chen, "You really caught the ghosts, young hero." He was so happy.
No one dared to approach the four fallen ghosts. They are afraid that the ghost will absorb their life energy.
Zhao Renshu, "Do you have the ten thousand sliver ingots?"
Master Fu Chen, "Yes, bring it over her."
Ten servants brought two large boxes and placed them in front of Zhao Renshu and Ping'an.
Zhao Renshu explained, "I looked around during the day and the surrounding environment was good. The feng shui here is good. The people who designed this cemetery are well-educated. It is impossible for ghosts to rob the grave." He smiled at Ping'an. "But.... Very possible for men to rob the grave."
Ping'an, "The dead are buried here from upper-class families. Think about all the jewels, gold, jade, and silver that buried with them."
The people in town were taken aback.
Ping'an, "Also." She pointed at ghost number two. "Ghost does not bleed."
The people in town nodded in agreement.
Zhao Renshu walked to the four wounded ghosts, "Your so-call ghost is just tomb raiders."
Master Fu Chen, "Then how can you explain the cause of death, the serious injury of the former grave keeper and the hunters who has died."
Zhao Renshu explained, "The two previous dead grave keepers died because they might be scared to death. The third grave keeper is still young, so he ran down the mountain. In the process of running for his life, plus the disadvantage of the night, he injured himself. The hunters who died was because their skills was no match for these impostors."
Master Fu Chen, "If they are so ruthless, why let the third grave keeper live?"
Zhao Renshu, "So he could spreads fear to people."
Lead officers, "Men, take these scumbags away."
The four grave robbers were dragged away by the law officers.
Zhao Renshu took out a talisman recited a spell and threw the talisman on the ground. A white smoke emerged, and a man stood right before his eyes. The town people were shocked.
Shan walked to the money chest. He opened the money chest, then took two silver ingots and threw it to Zhao Renshu. Zhao Renshu grinned at Shan like a mad dog.
Shan said expressionless, "When you run out, I will send it to you again." Shan vanished with the money chest.
Mast Fu Chen was so shocks he couldn't hardly speak, "He... He... He...." He almost fainted.
Zhao Renshu, "Congratulations everyone, everyone has witnessed the presence of a real ghost." He bursts out laughing.
Master Fu Chen faint into his servants arms.
Zhao Renshu and Ping'an refused to return to town with the town people. They walked into the wooden house and closed the door. Ping'an and Zhao Renshu lie side by side on the bed again.
Zhao Renshu, "I am impressed. Your skills are much better."
Ping'an, "I want to be able to conjure talisman out of thin air like you."
Zhao Renshu sympathetically pulled Ping'an into his embrace, and gently kissed her on the forehead, "It takes time. We have a life time to learn. One day, you will be as good as me or even better." He kissed her forehead again. "Where are we going next?"
Ping'an looked up at Zhao Renshu, "I don't know."
Zhao Renshu, "How about Capital City? It's only a day's walk from here."
Ping'an, "Why?" She lower her voice and adjusted herself facing the ceiling.
Zhao Renshu, "You have never been there, plus we can visit Baiyu." He smiled at her.
Ping'an, "No, if he wanted to see us, he would had already. He knows where we are. He choose not to come." She smiled and sighed. "We should respect his decision."
Zhao Renshu, "Don't you miss him?"
Ping'an, "Yes, but.... Let's go home."
Zhao Renshu, "Okay, dear." Zhao Renshu knew that whenever Guo Baiyu's name was mentioned, it would hurt her. He placed his left arm under her neck and held her in his right arm. "Tomorrow we will go into town and have a look at the market."
Ping'an, "What do you want to buy?"
Zhao Renshu, "I don't know, let us see what we will find. I also want to try some food and wine. We can leave this town when we are bored."
Ping'an, "Sounds great."
Zhao Renshu, "Good night." He kissed her forehead again.
Ping'an, "Sweet dream love." She kissed his left cheek.