Chapter 18: Haven't You Seen a Freeloading Ghost Before?
Inside Lanruo Temple, all the female ghosts stopped in their tracks upon hearing Zhao Youqian's shout, looking at him in astonishment.
Chen Xuan secretly gave a thumbs-up where the ghosts couldn't see. Truly professional acting—he was so dedicated!
"Bah!"
The second sister spat disdainfully at Zhao Youqian. "Look at yourself in a mirror! With that face, you have the nerve to come to Lanruo Temple for pleasure? Are we that kind of ghost?"
"That's right, that's right!"
The other female ghosts nodded with disdain.
The words of the female ghosts weren't very hurtful, but they were extremely insulting.
Zhao Youqian was thoroughly angered. As a wealthy young master who had roamed the flower gardens for years, what kind of beauty hadn't he seen? Whether it was a sect's holy maiden or a generation's ghost king, they had all been conquered by his "superpowers."
He never expected to be despised by a group of female ghosts in this small Lanruo Temple.
"You bold female ghosts! Under the bright sky, you dare to seduce scholars! I, Zhao Youqian, will today eliminate you scourges on behalf of heaven!"
"Hmph!"
The second sister snorted coldly: "Just impotent rage! Sisters, let's attack together and deal with him!"
"Yes!"
When the second sister heard the sisters agree, she was the first to rush forward, while the other female ghosts pounced toward Chen Xuan.
"My little husband, here I come~"
When Zhao Youqian saw this scene, he was completely dumbfounded, and the second sister, who had flown halfway, was also dumbfounded.
However, she quickly changed direction and flew toward her sisters.
"You bunch of cheap hussies! You dare to trick me! Today I'll teach you a lesson!"
"Who's afraid of who?"
Before the words fell, a group of female ghosts started fighting each other. This scene left both Chen Xuan and Zhao Youqian dumbfounded.
"Brother Chen, I've seen quite a few big scenes, but this scene, I really haven't seen before," Zhao Youqian said gloomily.
"Indeed, women, even in death, their plastic sisterhood remains," Chen Xuan couldn't help but remark.
For a moment, chaos erupted in Lanruo Temple. Accompanied by flashes of white light, some female ghosts were actually beaten into oblivion by their own teammates.
Women are ruthless—they'll destroy even their own ghosts!
Chen Xuan was about to draw his sword when he discovered that there was only one female ghost left alive in the entire Lanruo Temple. Damn, he'd been careless—all that experience value gone!
He could only blame the scene of the female ghosts fighting for being too beautiful. All that clothes-tearing and grabbing at key spots was even more heated than the action movies he'd watched in his previous life.
The second sister looked at the empty temple, her half-torn face revealing a chilling smile: "My little husband, you're mine now."
"It's the middle of the night and you're still out here scaring people. Die!"
Before Chen Xuan could act, Zhao Youqian beside him casually threw out a talisman, killing the second sister with one strike.
"Your kill-stealing speed is pretty fast, isn't it?" Chen Xuan said with a hint of regret.
Zhao Youqian said confusedly: "Didn't you say that before Granny Huai appears, I should handle everything?"
"That's not wrong."
...
In the backyard of Lanruo Temple, Granny Huai was searching for the whereabouts of her female ghosts. Last night, her most trusted female ghost, Xiao Zhuo, had actually run off with a man.
Fortunately, she had Xiao Zhuo's ash urn in her hands. As long as she had the urn, Xiao Zhuo couldn't escape the range of Lanruo Temple. Moreover, that man had been injured by her and surely couldn't have gone far.
Boom boom boom...
Accompanied by a series of muffled sounds, Granny Huai was stunned by the exploding ash urns. The demon was dumbfounded—these exploding ash urns belonged to her most capable female ghosts.
Now that the ash urns had exploded, it could only mean one thing: the female ghosts were all gone.
"WHO!!!"
Granny Huai let out a loud roar, and countless roots extended from beneath her feet, spreading in all directions. Soon, she discovered that two strangers had entered Lanruo Temple.
One of them even had cultivation, and in the meditation room, the lingering aura of the female ghosts remained. These two must have done it.
Whoosh...
A demonic wind instantly swept through Lanruo Temple, blowing Chen Xuan's hair into disarray.
Accompanied by a rustling sound, an androgynous old monster appeared in the meditation room.
"You have some nerve, daring to run wild in my Lanruo Temple! Today, this old one will tear you into thousands of pieces!"
"Hmph!"
Zhao Youqian snorted coldly: "Such big talk! It was clearly your group of female ghosts who have no ghost ethics. I came here for pleasure, and they ignored me and abandoned me!"
"Hmm?"
Granny Huai was also stunned. Did she hear that right? This guy was actually complaining that the female ghosts didn't suck his yang energy—was there really such a fool in the world?
"Haven't you seen a freeloading ghost before?"
Zhao Youqian said matter-of-factly. Anyway, with Brother Chen here, this Granny Huai couldn't do anything to him.
Granny Huai's face turned green. She had encountered cultivators before, but never one this arrogant. What did he take Lanruo Temple for? Freeloading!
"You're courting death!"
As soon as the words fell, Granny Huai sprouted countless vines, attacking Zhao Youqian from all directions.
"Brother Chen, save me!"
Zhao Youqian shouted and ran behind Chen Xuan. But just as he took a step, he heard a crack—a tree vine drilled out from the ground and wrapped around his foot.
Thump! He was pulled to the ground, and then the vine dragged Zhao Youqian, sliding him toward Granny Huai's gaping bloody mouth.
Clang!
Just then, the sound of a sword being drawn rang out in the meditation room.
A flash of sword light, and the vine was instantly severed.
Chen Xuan held his long sword and said to Granny Huai: "I'm not interested in you. As long as you tell me where my second junior martial brother is, I can spare your life!"
Granny Huai hadn't seen clearly how this scholar had severed her vines just now, but she could clearly sense that this scholar was just an ordinary mortal. Except for his fast sword, he was useless.
"Such big talk! Let me see how you'll spare my life!"
Chen Xuan didn't answer her, but simply raised the sword in his hand: "If this sword of mine falls, you really will die!"
"You think I was scared growing up? Die!"
Before Granny Huai could finish speaking, countless vines attacked Chen Xuan.
Chen Xuan stood motionless, lightly waving the sword in his hand. The surrounding vines were instantly cut in two.
Granny Huai immediately felt a hint of crisis. This scholar was too strange—fighting him was unwise. Just as she was about to escape into the ground, she suddenly saw a flash of sword light.
She also heard the scholar's calm voice ringing in her ears: "If you had just answered our questions honestly, would it have come to this? Why were you so bent on seeking death?"
Boom!
As the sword fell, Granny Huai was also split in two. While a white light entered Chen Xuan's body, a dark green essence also fell to the ground.
Chen Xuan sheathed his sword and walked to Zhao Youqian's side: "Brother Zhao, are you alright?"
"I'm fine. A mere thousand-year tree demon couldn't do anything to me. I was just creating an opportunity for you," Zhao Youqian said as if it were a matter of course.
"I understand."
Chen Xuan gave Zhao Youqian an appreciative look, but then changed his tone: "Unfortunately, we didn't find out where Junior Brother Leng is."
Just then, a cool voice came from outside the door: "I know where he is."
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