Dongxuan Spiritual Realm

Chapter 92 The Evil Ghosts of the Chu Family
Yang Qisheng strolled through the gate of the Fairy Maiden Temple with the worshippers.

Now that he has some experience and knowledge, when he meets someone like him, he will first secretly judge what kind of person they are.

Is it a legitimate sect of Taoism? Or a heretical sect? Is it the Three Corpses Taoist method? Or the Taiyin Ghost Path? Or perhaps a sect of divine arts?
He saw a statue of a god enshrined in the main hall of the temple. It had a human head and a cat's body, held a club in its hand, and was surrounded by a faint aura of malevolence.

This is similar to Huailing Temple, where incense is offered to deities, so it should also be a sect of divine power.

Thinking of the Divine Skill Sect and the Huailing Temple, he remembered the wild boar demon he had captured last time, which was still sealed in the Spirit Treasure Talisman.

The pig demon claimed to know about the immortal abode of Ancestor Qingyu, as well as some Poison Dragon King.

Yang Qisheng didn't think it was very reliable. Many people knew about that immortal abode. If there were really good treasures that were easy to obtain, so many experts in the world would have taken them long ago. It wouldn't be his turn. What's this about nine fakes and one real?

Therefore, he didn't take it too seriously. He planned to bring out the pig demon when he had time and ask it out. He would try his luck, and if it worked, great; if not, he wouldn't lose anything.

He asked the Taoist nun who was receiving worshippers inside the hall, "Is the eldest daughter of the Chu family practicing here?"

The Taoist nun immediately looked wary: "Who are you? What do you want with my junior sister?"

"I was entrusted by the ancestors of the Chu family to come and ask the Chu family to do something. When I arrived at the Chu family, they told me to come here to find the eldest daughter of the Chu family."

"What Chu family ancestors? Were the Chu family ancestors alive or dead? How would they know you? Why would they entrust you with this task? What is your relationship with the Chu family? Who exactly are you?"

The guy's eyes were full of criticism and disgust, as if he were looking at a scoundrel trying to harass an innocent woman. He fired off a barrage of questions in quick succession.

This person's attitude disgusted Yang Qisheng: "The affairs of the Chu family cannot be discussed with outsiders casually. I can only talk about them when I see the eldest daughter of the Chu family."

"You scoundrel!" The nun raised her hand, almost poking her finger into the cheek of a worshipper in front of her. "I've seen plenty of lecherous scoundrels like you who try to covet the beauty of the fairies in our Fairy Temple! Today you say you were asked by an elder, tomorrow you say you were introduced by a friend. You're all lustful and heartless!"

Yang Qisheng was too lazy to argue with her, and only asked, "Are you going to tell me or not where the eldest daughter of the Chu family is?"

"Don't even think about finding out about my junior sister!"

Seeing that she refused to speak, Yang Qisheng turned and left the main hall, intending to ask someone else.

The nun, however, kept a straight face and quickly chased after him. Seeing that he was heading towards the backyard, she stopped him, saying, "Where are you going, you scoundrel? Do you dare to venture into the inner quarters and force your way into our boudoirs?"

Yang Qisheng was amused by her: "Isn't there a temple behind here, a place to offer incense? I see so many worshippers walking in there."

"That's a place only believers of the Fairy Maiden Temple can enter, a place only devout disciples can go. What are you? You filthy rogue and scoundrel!"

The nun was standing on the steps cursing, which attracted the attention of many worshippers who stopped and stared at her. They mistook her curses for the presence of thugs and ruffians. Seeing that Yang Qisheng was a handsome, tall, and wealthy young man, they were confused about what was going on.

She was still cursing there. Yang Qisheng didn't know where she got such a rage from. Seeing that she wouldn't let him in, he didn't argue with her and turned around and walked out of the temple.

Even three miles away, Yang Qisheng could still hear the nun cursing and swearing, telling other worshippers that she was a lecherous ghost who coveted the beauty of the four fairy maidens in their temple and was plotting something wicked.

Yang Qisheng found it amusing. He released the five hundred evil spirits of the Chu family: "I have found the descendants of the Chu family, but the Chu family mansion will not let me in. They told me to come here to find the eldest daughter of the Chu family. When I got here, I was stopped again. I can't go in. They won't let me see anyone."

"That's all I can take you this far. Now I'd like to ask your opinion. Do you want to see the head of the Chu family? If so, I'll take you to the entrance of the Chu family mansion. If you want to see the eldest daughter of the Chu family, I'll leave you here, and you can go to the Fairy Temple to find her yourselves."

Five hundred years ago, the Chu family members were no pushovers; they were prominent and influential families in the country. Otherwise, Chu Hanfeng wouldn't have been able to become a great general.

After death, they are placed in the upper corpse realm of the Three Corpse Realms. Although the Three Corpse Realms are all called hell, the lower realm is actually the ghost realm, a true hell where one suffers torment day and night.

The Upper Corpse Path is essentially like heaven. Compared to the 100,000 ghosts below, they are like gods. Although they are fewer in number, they absorb more and purer evil energy.

Chu Hanfeng's zombie empire is pyramid-shaped, with the zombie emperor and zombie queen at the top, followed by upper zombie noble zombies, middle zombie warrior zombies, and lower zombie commoner zombies.

If the two of them successfully "emerge" and are resurrected from the Mysterious Female Stone, their combined strength will exceed the total strength of the Noble Zombies, and the Noble Zombies will also surpass the other two.

In other words, although these 500 evil spirits are few in number, their overall strength surpasses that of the 10,000 military souls or the 100,000 civilian zombies below.

They were not good-tempered to begin with, and after absorbing five hundred years of evil energy underground, they were about to meet the descendants of the Chu family and were already looking forward to a new life. How could they listen to these words?
The Chu family patriarch, who was leading the group, found out where the nearest Chu family member was. Then, he waved his ghost staff, and five hundred evil spirits immediately stirred up a gust of cold wind and rushed towards the Fairy Maiden Temple like a tide!
Each of them was a vengeful ghost over five hundred years old, cultivated in an extremely yin-afflicted tomb, making them many times stronger than ordinary vengeful ghosts. Under the bright sun, they stirred up a sky full of yin winds, dimming even the sunlight, blowing dark clouds, and sending sand and stones flying. In an instant, they arrived at the Fairy Maiden Temple.

The raccoon spirit in the front hall of the temple was startled. With a meow, it jumped off the statue and onto the roof, anxiously shouting, "Where did all these hundred-year-old vengeful ghosts come from? Quickly, go and invite the immortal master! Quickly, go! Meow meow meow!"

As the guardian deity of the Fairy Maiden Temple, he could not back down and could only bite the bullet and greet them: "Fellow immortals, what brings you here..."

Beside the Chu family patriarch, a tall, fierce demon warrior pointed a longsword formed from malevolent energy at them in a threatening manner: "Who gave a wildcat like you the right to speak!"

These evil spirits didn't stop talking, and they forced their way in, accompanied by a chilling wind.

Seeing that the other party looked fierce and menacing, and that none of them were easy to mess with, the raccoon cat bristled with fur that was made of malevolent energy. It dared not stop them, and with a "howl," it leaped into the east courtyard.

The Taoist nun who had been cursing earlier was also a practitioner, and she showed no fear at all when she saw so many ghosts coming.

Because the evil spirit appeared in broad daylight, even ordinary people could see it, and many worshippers were terrified and screamed and fled in panic.

The nun called out loudly, "Don't be afraid, everyone! They're just wandering ghosts and hungry spirits, blind fools who dare to cause trouble at the Fairy Maiden Temple! Don't be afraid, what kind of place is our Fairy Maiden Temple? It's a place dedicated to exorcising evil spirits!"

She raised her right hand, took a jade bracelet from her plump wrist, held it above her head, and shouted, "You bunch of ignorant fools! Even in death you can't rest in peace, coming to our Fairy Temple to sabotage our sacred space, you know..."

Her voice was shrill and she spoke quickly, rambling on and on with her scolding and questioning.

The Chu family, those wicked devils, would never tolerate her. The strongman wielding the sword brought it down on her head.

"So you dare to commit evil in broad daylight!"

The Taoist nun raised her hand and offered the jade bracelet in the air.

She was also a cultivator in the Refining Demon stage. Although she couldn't compare to the Golden Light Cauldron of yesteryear, she still possessed considerable strength. The jade bracelet she used was indeed a treasure. It flew through the air, transforming into a circle of green light, and first met the longsword in the strongman's hand.

These evil spirits had no magical artifacts; all their weapons were formed from malevolent energy. In terms of quality, they could cut through gold and jade, and were no less powerful than ordinary flying swords made of malevolent energy. However, they were no match for this bracelet and were scattered by the green light ring.

Then the halo flew up, shattering the strongman's body into a mass of malevolent energy.

Seeing that her magic weapon had worked, the Taoist nun was very pleased with herself. She made a hand seal with her left hand and summoned another flying sword: "Today, this old lady is going to go on a killing spree!"

Little did they know that the strongman was an important figure in the Chu family, with three wives and four concubines and a large number of children and grandchildren. Although his ghostly body could be restored after being scattered, and he would not be completely destroyed, he would still suffer a great loss of vital energy.

His wives, concubines, children, and grandchildren all screamed, especially the three ghost concubines, who were all wearing red wedding dresses before they died.

The five-hundred-year-old red-clad ghost bride was incredibly fierce, letting out a scream that pierced the sky, and rushed towards them with three gusts of yin wind!

The Taoist nun wields her sword to slay ghosts and offers sacrifices to dispel their souls.

If it were a one-on-one fight, none of these evil spirits would be his match, but unfortunately, there were too many of them. The strongman's entire family alone numbered eighteen!

The whole family of ghosts flew over at the same time, howling and screaming. Some opened their mouths wide and blew out eerie winds, some roared and emitted soul-snatching ghostly sounds, some created illusions for the Taoist nun, some flew close to the ground and grabbed her ankles, some flew down from the sky and grabbed her hair bun, and some reached out from behind to grab her neck.

These ghosts were also quite experienced in combat. They did not confront her head-on. When her flying swords and magical artifacts came at them, they would disperse their bodies into a gust of yin wind. After the flying swords and magical artifacts passed, they would re-condense into ghost bodies.

The raccoon god who had already run to the east courtyard saw that the place was open and hurriedly flew over to help. Another black cat god enshrined in the second courtyard behind also flew over to provide support.

Just as the two cat gods arrived at the battlefield, the Taoist nun was thrown into the sky by the ghosts, spinning like a windmill in the eerie wind.

The Taoist nun tried to steady herself, but a child ghost was riding on the back of her neck, its fingers growing to over a foot long and forcefully drilling into her ear canal.

The left arm, right arm, both thighs, chest and back were all covered with fierce ghosts.

Some of the ghosts grabbed at her body, their claws digging deep into her flesh; some bit off pieces of her flesh; and others sucked her yang energy and drank her essence...

(End of this chapter)