"Finally showing yourself."
Nangong Luo opened his eyes, a mocking smile on his lips, staring at a mass of black mist before him.
The cultivator standing before Chu Lingwei's eyes flashed with fear. This was, in fact, a trap.
Before this fear could reach his eyes, his pupils widened, and his breath ceased.
Chu Lingwei retracted her bronze ancient sword, which was still dripping blood, each drop falling to the ground.
"Second Senior Brother, do you know what this is?" Chu Lingwei frowned, the thing before her only describable as a mass of shadows, writhing repeatedly on the ground.
"A ghost."
Nangong Luo's Warm Jade Haotian Fan had already flown into the air, ready to scatter the soul of this bodiless, formless ghost at any moment.
"A ghost!"
Chu Lingwei had never seen a ghost so devoid of human form.
"Yes." Nangong Luo stepped forward, finding their current actions very strange. Weiwei was not someone who liked to cause trouble; why did these ghosts want to take Chu Lingwei away? "Why do you want to take Chu Lingwei?"
"Chu Lingwei must die."
The ghost's body began to struggle, trying to break through the barrier, but was pushed back.
With no escape, a battle was inevitable. It charged towards Chu Lingwei.
"Junior Sister, be careful."
Nangong Luo blocked the ghost and engaged it.
This ghost, being formless and able to change at will, was difficult for Nangong Luo to strike.
Chu Lingwei observed the ghost's movements, identifying its pattern. The Nine Phoenix Cry Fan in her hand struck its body, and a heavy mass of black shadow fell to the ground.
"I have no grievance with you, why are you so persistent in capturing me?" Chu Lingwei's Nine Phoenix Cry Fan was held above the ghost, paralyzing it.
Nangong Luo was momentarily perplexed by the ghost before him. It was so easy to deal with now because it was within their formation, suppressing their cultivation.
Once it left this place, even if he and his Junior Sister joined forces, they would not be its match.
Now, it had to be eliminated.
"Hahaha, Chu Lingwei, you know better than anyone what you've done." The ghost chuckled sinisterly, and a wave of chilling energy shot towards Chu Lingwei. "If I cannot kill you today, Chu Lingwei, then one day, your blood will surely be a blood sacrifice for all our departed souls."
"You are all dead, yet you speak of departed souls? This is a joke, isn't it?" Chu Lingwei looked at the ghost with disdain. A ghost talking about departed souls to her was utterly absurd.
She, Chu Lingwei, wasn't easily frightened. How could she be scared by a ghost?
"You..." The ghost's voice faltered.
"You yourself are a ghost. Tell me, when you die, what will be left of you?" Chu Lingwei saw the mass of black shadow freeze as if paused, and she laughed. "Are you trying to fool a three-year-old child?"
Nangong Luo chuckled softly. His Junior Sister's ability to provoke others was truly remarkable.
"Perhaps I should tell you. When you die, there will be no afterlife, and no one will use my blood to consecrate you." Chu Lingwei threw an explosive spiritual talisman at the ghost. The spiritual energy enveloped it, causing it to let out a pained scream.
Today was not without opportunity. At least she knew that the ones who had been wanting to kill her were ghosts!!!
"Junior Sister, leave it to me."
A single explosive spiritual talisman would not be enough to utterly destroy this ghost.
Chu Lingwei stepped back, watching Nangong Luo use a special formation to trap it. Dozens of spiritual talismans surrounded it, and the mass of black shadow instantly transformed into a sea of black fire.
Nangong Luo casually fanned himself. "To deal with such an intangible ghost, you have to use their own methods."
"Second Senior Brother, we need to leave quickly. Someone is coming." They had already lingered here for a long time.
"Let's go."
Shortly after the two left, several cultivators at the Tongtian realm appeared at the original location.
"Second Senior Brother, do you think those two Supreme Realm cultivators ahead were also working for the ghosts?" Chu Lingwei and Nangong Luo, having changed their attire, walked through the streets of Xiuling City.
"It's highly possible. As long as it can improve their cultivation, they are willing to do anything." The two Supreme cultivators they fought against had impure spiritual energy, indicating their cultivation was likely through unorthodox means.
"Junior Sister, how did you offend those from the ghost path to the point where they dare to attack you in Xiuling City?" They had come all the way to your doorstep for revenge; what unforgivable act had you committed?
Chu Lingwei shook her head, also puzzled. "I don't know either."
"Really don't know?" Nangong Luo didn't quite believe Chu Lingwei's words. If Weiwei hadn't ruined something significant for them, the ghost path wouldn't have dared to make an enemy of Xiuling Academy.
"Really don't know."
Chu Lingwei felt she needed to think carefully about how she had offended the ghost path.
"I suspect, when you were at Bingji Cliff, you disrupted something for them?" Before Junior Sister entered Bingji Cliff, everything had been peaceful.
A flash of inspiration struck Chu Lingwei. "I think I know when I offended the ghost path."
"Let's go back now and find Master."
Chu Lingwei stood before Bei Chenfeng and recounted the day's events of being ambushed by two Supreme Realm cultivators and a ghost.
"Weiwei, do you know when you offended the ghost path?"
"Master, when I was at Bingji Cliff, I encountered little. I suspect it might be related to me exposing that fake disciple of the Ten Thousand Buddhas Sect."
After his identity was exposed, the fake Ten Thousand Buddhas Sect disciple had uttered words of revenge against Chu Lingwei before dissolving into blood.
Nangong Luo seemed to recall Su Yan mentioning that fake Ten Thousand Buddhas Sect disciple. They had also seen him in the Chengtian Hall within the Cangshan Secret Realm. Even if there was a desire for revenge, it wouldn't be solely directed at Weiwei.
Bei Chenfeng nodded, realizing it wasn't too late to figure this out.
"The Ten Thousand Buddhas Sect has closed its gates. No disciples are allowed to leave, and any disciples currently traveling are forbidden from returning to the sect." Worry flickered in Bei Chenfeng's eyes; what was bound to happen, had happened.
"Master means, the Ten Thousand Buddhas Sect is in danger?" Nangong Luo's expression changed. The Ten Thousand Buddhas Sect was one of the Five Great Sects; who would have the power to control it without alerting the other sects?
Chu Lingwei understood her Master's meaning. The closure of the Ten Thousand Buddhas Sect's gates might be related to the ghost path.
And she had just thwarted their plans, leading to a bounty on her head by the ghost path.
"It's very possible." Bei Chenfeng nodded. "I have already sent your Eldest Senior Brother to investigate. We should receive news soon."
So Eldest Senior Brother's departure was to the Ten Thousand Buddhas Sect.
"Weiwei, until your Eldest Senior Brother sends news, you are not to leave the academy even half a step." Bei Chenfeng issued a strict order to Chu Lingwei.
"Yes."
If this was truly the case, Chu Lingwei's current situation was very dangerous.
"Master, if the Ten Thousand Buddhas Sect is indeed controlled by the ghost path, then we..." Nangong Luo hesitated, the ghost path daring to extend its reach into the Xuan Tian Continent, their intentions were heinous.