GB Chapter 32

For ghosts who don’t know cold or warmth, buildings are just a psychological comfort. However, even so, the Welcome Joy God’s villa was still built extremely luxuriously. The tall red walls surrounded the entire palace. Upon entering, the first thing that caught the eye was the series of large red lanterns.

Huahun Island is covered by huge willow trees, and the sun never shines all day. No matter when, the sky is no different from night. Now, with a sea breeze, the blood-red light and shadow sway, falling on the wide cobblestone road like patches of blood, making people feel a chill in their hearts.

Unlike the usual palaces with their floral splendor, the only plants here were willow trees. Each willow branch was tied with a blood-red cloth strip. This, which would be a festive act of prayer in the human world, felt like a curse here. It was completely out of place, and one could not feel the slightest joy.

Although they didn’t know whether the Welcome Joy God had arrived on Huahun Island, Qian Ren still didn’t dare to break into the villa with the big-headed ghost. He hid him in the mountains outside the palace to wait, and then they sneaked in together.

They were both used to the strange scenes in the Ghost Domain. For some reason, Zhuge Qingtian felt that the layout here looked familiar, but it wasn’t the same kind of familiarity he had with Zhu Jiaji, as if he had experienced it himself. To be precise, it was that he had seen it many times… or rather, painted it?

The thought struck him like a bolt of lightning. Two paintings suddenly emerged from his mind, but before he could recall them in detail, they disappeared silently as if his soul was resisting the memory.

This kind of piercing pain from the soul was really unbearable. He quickly shook his head, no longer thinking about those things. He caught up with Qian Ren and asked, “Master, isn’t it a bit dangerous for us to sneak in so openly? Shouldn’t we hide our tracks?”

“The soul perception ability of the Ghost Gods in the Ghost Domain is extremely strong. I had already concealed my aura on the boat, but it was still useless against the Afflicted Spirit God. If the Welcome Joy God is here, it would probably be useless as well.”

Zhuge Qingtian just wanted to divert his attention through conversation. He didn’t care about the content. However, seeing this disciple of his asking some serious questions for once, Qian Ren still answered seriously. Although the final words were still shocking: “The perfect action for an assassin is not to be discovered by anyone. Since it’s destined that we can’t hide our tracks, then we just need to eliminate all the witnesses.”

Wait, this wasn’t the assassin he knew! Don’t bully him for not reading much. Shouldn’t assassins ambush in the shadows and assassinate their target? The way they are charging straight to the target from the gate is too brutal, right?

Staring at his master with wide eyes, Zhuge Qingtian was not mentally prepared for a big fight. He immediately worried, “But I don’t know how to fight!”

However, he still underestimated the speed of his master’s actions. He only received one answer: “Then start learning now.”

Qian Ren has always believed that practice is the best form of teaching. He was not joking at this time. Just when a line of zombies came patrolling in front, he raised his hand. The small ball of demon blood separated into several tiny blood needles in mid-air and flew away. In the blink of an eye, the corpses were all over the ground.

Completely ignoring how horrifying his actions were, Qian Ren picked up a zombie and gestured while explaining to his disciple: “A person’s fatal points are divided into three parts: the head, the heart, and the cervical spine. Among them, the easiest parts of the head to cause fatal damage are the temples and the back of the head. However, for cultivators, these vital points are protected by true energy. The best way to deal with them is to first destroy their dantian with a surprise attack.”

Following his finger, Zhuge Qingtian found that indeed, each zombie corpse had a drop of black blood gushing out from these locations. With Qian Ren’s movements, it gathered again to form a whole, except that its volume was more than twice as large as the previous black ball, clearly having sucked the Yin energy from these zombies.

Zhuge Qingtian only knew before that he couldn’t beat Qian Ren, but he never had a specific idea of how powerful his master was. Now, seeing that he could take down a team of zombies with just a little blood, he gradually understood how merciful Qian Ren had been to him in the past.

Sure enough, his master liked him a little. The treatment of only flying his head off was much better than that of the zombies!

Thinking of this, Zhuge Qingtian’s originally gloomy mood caused by the palace instantly cleared up. He asked diligently, “Master, where is the dantian?”

Qian Ren didn’t understand what was there to be happy about seeing a zombie corpse. However, since his disciple had asked, he answered truthfully: “Three inches below the navel. Use Yin energy to sense the place in a cultivator’s body where Yang energy is the strongest, that is the dantian.”

The only cultivator present was Qian Ren, so Zhuge Qingtian’s gaze naturally fell on the man’s abdomen, which was wrapped in a tight-fitting outfit, his eyes full of the enthusiasm of learning: “Can I touch it?”

Of course, the result was that he was directly smashed by a corpse and then got a sentence: “No, get lost.”

Zhuge Qingtian was already used to being beaten for teasing his master and enjoyed it. He kicked the corpse away and jumped up to follow. Qian Ren didn’t argue with him either. He just walked in while guiding the demon blood, teaching as he went.

“Ghosts don’t have physical bodies, so they are extremely difficult for cultivators to deal with. But you are a Ghost God. You only need to devour the ghosts with your evil aura to make them disappear forever. As for how to use evil aura, learn it from these opponents.”

Just when Zhuge Qingtian was wondering where the opponents were, two fierce ghosts, one green and one red, fell from the archway they had passed through. Both had angry, hideous faces, with two heads and four arms, looking terrifying. They seemed to not expect anyone to dare break into the Welcome Joy God’s territory. They waved their hands and attacked, “You bold madman, how dare you trespass—”

However, before they could finish speaking, Qian Ren quickly pinched two drops of demon blood between his index and middle fingers and flicked them upwards without turning his head.

Thus, the two fierce ghosts didn’t even have a chance to announce their names before they tragically turned into shattered spiritual light on the ground. Only Qian Ren calmly continued to explain to his disciple: “Like this, gather your evil aura into one point and shoot it out, and you can disperse ghosts. If you want to devour them, you only need to expand it and stop them from reforming their souls.”

So that’s what master meant when he raised his hand to him in the past? So he had actually brushed shoulders with the treatment of being annihilated countless times? He had wanted to kill him countless times but didn’t. Master really did care about him! To make master like him more, he had to become useful!

Once again, relying on his powerful thought process, he made his mood a bit more brilliant. Zhuge Qingtian asked with an enthusiastic face, “Master, what’s the difference between Yin energy and evil aura?”

“Yin energy is what surrounds the air and you can control at will. Evil aura is something inside your body that has to be driven by strong resentment. Your Ghost God power hasn’t been sealed. The reason you can’t be as strong as the Afflicted Spirit God is just because you have forgotten how to hate.”

Although he didn’t understand why this person’s mood got better when seeing his own kind suffering, Qian Ren decided not to waste his brain guessing Zhuge Qingtian’s thoughts. To give his disciple some self-preservation ability in the upcoming battle, he taught everything he understood about the Afflicted Spirit God,

“However, there isn’t only one kind of hatred. Hating evil itself is also a kind of hatred. Just try to hate your enemies.”

He hadn’t said half of what he wanted to say. Only, this kind of hatred was ultimately not as strong as the resentment that the Ghost Gods themselves carried. With Zhuge Qingtian’s optimism and open-mindedness, the only way to bring out his hatred would be to harm the people he cherished. However, as the Demonic Cult Protector, who was very likely one of those people, he didn’t want to discuss this topic.

However, he still underestimated Zhuge Qingtian’s obsession with him. As soon as the young man heard this, he had a look of sudden realization and said, “No wonder I have always been unable to fight back in front of you, because I like you.”

“Alright, shut up.”

Looking at him expressionlessly, Qian Ren also sighed secretly. He had predicted all kinds of possibilities of being teased and avoided them one by one. Who knew that in the end, he would still be caught by this person, and that expression was like a straightforward truth…

This troublesome disciple, if this kind of thing was taken seriously, it wasn’t a joke. Did he really know the consequences of continuously flirting with a demon?

Skeptically glancing at Zhuge Qingtian’s clearly senseless expression, Qian Ren finally chose to ignore him. He silently told himself, “Forget it. Don’t take the nonsense that the little guy says seriously. Children don’t know better, he should.”

Zhuge Qingtian didn’t know that at this time, he was kicked out of the realm of being taken seriously by his master because he looked too stupid. In fact, although he obediently shut his mouth, he was still very aggrieved. It was indeed because he liked this man that he couldn’t use any evil aura against him. He was very powerful when he fought against old Taoist priests before!

He swore that although he was teasing his master intentionally before, this time he really just blurted out what was in his heart subconsciously. Why was he being disliked by his master for telling the truth? The world of demonic cultivators is too weird!

Zhuge Qingtian seemed willful and reckless, but in fact, he never disobeyed his master’s words. At this time, although unwilling, he obediently shut his mouth and stopped talking. He just used his eyes pitifully to beg his master to lift the gag order.

However, Qian Ren had no time to pay attention to his shocking words now because, under the guidance of the demon blood, they had found a secret room.

This secret room was extremely hidden behind the rockery. If it were an ordinary person, they might not be able to find the mechanism at all. However, Qian Ren never does useless work. After the demon blood stuck to the rockery, he used his true energy to kick it into pieces.

Along with the flying rubble, countless baby cries resounded throughout the palace. Through the red light swaying from the lanterns, a half-bird monster with its claws locked was huddled in the depths of the secret room. Now hearing the movement, it could only murmur in a painful voice: “No, I promised the palace master that I would never do evil… These are not my children… Give me back my children…”

The demon blood had never made a mistake when looking for its target. This was undoubtedly the Xia Huo Bird they were looking for. However, looking at the crying human babies all over the floor, Qian Ren’s eyes darkened. When he heard the woman’s voice, his expression slightly changed as he sighed with nostalgia, “I knew that master’s actions wouldn’t have any loopholes. So the Xia Huo Bird here is actually you, Gou Xing.”

Just as these words fell, the Xia Huo Bird, who had been leaning tightly against the stone wall, suddenly raised its head. Its beautiful face was full of disbelief, as if doubting whether it was dreaming. It only exclaimed in surprise, “Great Protector?”

The author has something to say: Zhuge Qingtian (shocked): Why doesn’t he believe me when I confess? This is not scientific?

Qian Ren (doubtful): You don’t look like you have the wisdom to find a romantic partner at all.

Zhuge Qingtian: Author! Give me my head! I was a genius back then!

Author: Are you sure? Why isn’t that written in my script?

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