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"Damn it, Mother-Child Evils!"
When people die and become ghosts, those without regrets simply follow Ox-Head and Horse-Face to be reincarnated. Those with too much resentment who refuse reincarnation can't be handled by normal Underworld Messengers; the Underworld has to send specialized personnel to the mortal world to subdue them. However, just like the Official Government, the Underworld can never capture all the ghosts, and there will always be a shortage of hands. Therefore, there are always those that slip through the net. These Resentful Spirits, if they stay in the mortal world for too long and become fierce ghosts, are difficult to deal with. If a fierce ghost is left unattended, it will turn into evil spirits. Once it becomes an evil spirit, there's no chance for reincarnation or new life; it can only be obliterated!
In short, a fierce ghost has a term to serve in the Underworld—a few hundred years of punishment. After suffering enough, there's still a chance to reincarnate and become an animal, slowly accumulating merit to eventually return to human form. But if it turns into an evil spirit, that's a death sentence, the kind that's carried out immediately upon capture!
Among these evils, the Mother-Child variety is the most formidable. The mother died unjustly, and the child in her womb never even saw daylight, filled with soaring resentment!
Gu Shi Yi wore a bitter smile.
"This female ghost must have a son in her belly. No wonder the Sixth Master Huang's family couldn't bear a son all this time. The Mother-Child Evils are hindering their lineage!"
With them around, the Huang Family is doomed to die out!
If these Mother-Child Evils continue to cultivate for a while longer, not only the unborn children of the Huang Family will be threatened, but even the living members won't be safe!
Li Yaner was so scared by the intermittent cold winds that she could only hide behind Gu Shi Yi,
"Shiyi, why didn't we notice such a powerful evil presence in this mansion during the daytime?"
Gu Shi Yi said,
"Naturally, they have their special ways of hiding. Otherwise, they would have been discovered by the city's Spirit Clearing Guards or dealt with by passing Great Cultivators or someone from the Taoist Sects!"
It seems that this pair of Mother-Child Evils had been lying dormant, quietly cultivating in this mansion. They couldn't resist revealing themselves now, lured by the thing in her own possession!
She didn't know if it was Sixth Master Huang's good luck or her own misfortune!
Gu Shi Yi sighed and placed her finger on the edge of the Peach Wood Sword, smearing her own fresh blood on it, and then held the Ghost-Expelling Talisman in her hand,
"I wonder if I can handle it by myself."
However, she wasn't afraid. If she couldn't fight them off, she'd make a big commotion, alerting everyone outside to come to her aid, inviting the Spirit Clearing Guard or other experts to take care of the Mother-Child Evils. What she had to do was either fight if she could or run if she couldn't. As long as she survived until daylight, she would be victorious!
As Gu Shi Yi was mulling things over, the hanging ghost had already extended a pale ghost claw toward her, the burn marks on the back of its hand already gone,
"Give it to me!"
She spoke, her voice as harsh as fingernails scraping across a china plate. Gu Shi Yi only felt her ears itch unbearably but positioned the Peach Wood Sword across her chest defensively,
"If you have the ability, come and get it!"
The female ghost let out a cold laugh and indeed lunged at her, both claws aiming straight for Gu Shi Yi's chest. The black nails, over a foot long, shone with a chilling light, clearly intent on ripping her apart. Gu Shi Yi huffed and raised her sword to block the incoming claws, not surprised to hear the female ghost's scream as deep sword marks were scorched into the palms of the ghostly claws. Gu Shi Yi tauntingly gestured,
"Come on! Come on! If you dare, come at me!"
The female ghost became enraged, let out a piercing scream, and her hair lifted as her blood-red tongue suddenly elongated,
"Whoosh..."
In an instant, it became thin and long, swiftly wrapping around Gu Shi Yi. She was caught off guard and ensnared by the waist. Not panicking, she shifted the Peach Wood Sword to her left hand and grabbed the ghost's tongue with her right hand, feeling slick and as cold as holding a snake,
"Sizzle..."
This time Gu Shi Yi got a firm grip, and the Talisman Seal in her hand scorched the tongue, causing it to emit billows of black smoke. As the female ghost screamed and tried to retract her tongue, Gu Shi Yi refused to let go, clinging on tenaciously,
"Aaah!"
In the midst of its screams, the female ghost's blood-red tongue was burnt off by the Talisman Seal in Gu Shi Yi's hand,
"Ouch!"
Gu Shi Yi, putting too much force into it, leaned back and hit her head against the wall behind her. Pain made her dizzy and nauseous, and the half of the tongue in her hand turned into black smoke and vanished,
"Aaah!"
The female ghost retracted the severed half of her tongue, holding her mouth, her gaze filled with bitter hatred as she stared at Gu Shi Yi. Suddenly, with a shriek, she reached for her lower abdomen. Gu Shi Yi realized in an instant that the ghost was about to release the Child Evil, and with a start, she hurriedly offered an appeasing smile,
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