Do you really think you can get me with just a banana?

The whip in Chen Rongrong's hand was still raised in the air, but her head had already turned to the side along with the others.

The door was slowly pushed open, and a young man in a wide-sleeved robe and a jade belt around his waist came out. He ran and greeted, "Excuse me for waiting, fellow monks. Please be patient. It's been hot lately and it's easy to get irritated. How about you all go to my house and have a couple of cups of fragrant tea first?"

Upon hearing this, the expressions of several people quickly returned to solemnity, and they all put on the appearance of young monks and acted serious, as if the quarrel just now had never happened.

The leader, Hu Qi, stepped forward, bowed, and asked, "Are you Mr. Chen Bing, the official delivering the visiting card?"

The young man also bowed and said, "It is I. You all are of extraordinary bearing, and you can tell at a glance that you are from a great sect. I was busy taking care of my son and was a bit inattentive. Please forgive me for being so slow. Please come inside first; tea and dinner are ready."

All the disciples bowed and expressed their gratitude. Chen Bing ordered the servants to take their horses away and settle them down. Then everyone followed Chen Yuanwai into the house.

As he crossed the threshold, Guan Shanyu felt that he still needed to explain to Yan Ruchen, so he moved closer to him and said seriously, "Don't worry, although I like men, I have absolutely no improper thoughts about you."

Yan Ruchen: “Hmm?”

This mansion is located at the foot of a mountain not far from Tianxuan Taoist Sect. Although the city is not big, it is quite prosperous.

The Chen Bing family has been in business for generations, and the mansion they built is even more magnificent. Although this scene was described by Guan Shanyu himself, looking at the mansion's small bridges and flowing water, rockery and green trees, and continuous and interlaced corridors, it seemed as if he had seen the garden landscape when he traveled to Suzhou in the past. He couldn't help but admire how rich they are. He was dazzled all the way before he slowly turned to the lobby.

Although he had written the whole story in detail on the visiting card, when he really met the disciple sent by the Xianmen Taoist Sect, Chen Bing still told the story again with tears in his eyes.

It turned out that their family had moved here nearly ten years ago, and they had been living in peace. But one day last year, something strange happened. The reason was that when their servant got up at night, he always saw a half-dressed girl walking in the yard. He thought it was a maid sleepwalking in the middle of the night and didn't take it seriously. So he privately reminded the maids not to take off their clothes when going to bed in the middle of the night, and to be careful not to sleepwalk out and act inappropriately.

But in the days that followed the reminder, the girl could still be seen wandering naked in the yard every night. The servant was a decent man and did not harbor any evil intentions. Instead, he thought that since the sleepwalker did not know what she was doing, he might as well go up and help the girl put on some clothes.

But this is when something really strange happened.

"What's weird?"

Several female disciples gathered together and asked with curious blinking eyes.

Guan Shanyu recognized them as disciples from the Ziwei Society, but he hadn't carefully studied the contents of the invitation. Seeing this, the other disciples only frowned slightly, glanced at them, and said nothing more. Hu Qi gestured to Chen Bing to continue.

Chen Bing picked up a cup of fragrant tea and took a swig. As if remembering something horrifying, he shook his head and lowered his voice and said:

"My servant saw the girl was thinly dressed and kindly went forward to help her put on some clothes. However, when he got closer, he saw that the girl had no head, and there was nothing around her neck. She was wandering around the yard like a willow leaf drifting in the wind. The servant was terrified. He saw the headless female ghost approach the west wing of my house and disappear in the blink of an eye. After dawn, he crawled to my room to report the incident. He was so frightened that he had a high fever for three or four days. When he woke up, he submitted his resignation and left. In the next few days, I and several other housekeepers kept watch in the yard in the middle of the night. Unexpectedly, we actually encountered the headless female ghost. Oh, what bad luck!"

Guan Shanyu sat far away at the back, nodded slightly, and thought to himself that the plot was exactly the same as what he had written. The female cultivators were shocked and curious, asking Chen Bing to continue. Chen Bing sighed heavily and continued, "If it were just a female ghost wandering around my yard in the middle of the night, naked, it wouldn't be a big deal. But the problem is, ever since that female ghost appeared, my son, who was just one month old, has suddenly developed a high fever at night. At first, we thought he just caught a cold, but several doctors were helpless. His condition eased slightly during the day, but at night, the fever flared up again, and he was even mumbling incoherently in the middle of the night. My wife was worried that my son was possessed by an evil spirit, so she invited several Taoists to perform rituals, but the female ghost still lingered, and my son's fever didn't subside. I'm afraid if his fever continues like this, he'll die, so I wrote a letter asking the cultivators of the Immortal Sect to help me. My family has only one son for five generations, and I was almost thirty when I had this one son. If anything happens to him, I really... I..."

After saying that, he got down from the stool, bent his knees and was about to kneel down in front of everyone. Everyone hurriedly helped him up and comforted him with a few words before he calmed down.

Seeing that he had given up, Hu Qi and the others said, "Mr. Chen, why don't you take us to the west wing to take a look?"

Chen Bing finally reacted and said "Okay, okay", then stood up and led everyone out.

Guan Shanyu reluctantly stood up and followed at the back, hesitant to speak. After walking for a while with his head down, Yan Ruchen finally noticed that he looked a little strange and asked, "What's the matter?"

Guan Shanyu quickly shook his head, but under Yan Ruchen's concerned look, he couldn't help but remind him, "Shouldn't we go eat first?"

The sound was not loud, but everyone heard it.

Hu Qi turned around and said angrily, "If you're really that hungry, just go eat it yourself. Why are you saying it out loud? Aren't you ashamed?"

Guan Shanyu immediately turned his head away and pretended that he had said nothing.

Yan Ruchen looked at him for a long moment, then suddenly seemed to remember something and said, "What Shanyu said makes sense. Since it's a female ghost, she's extremely sensitive to the Yang energy of living people. Furthermore, so many Taoists have come before and failed to completely eradicate it, which shows that this female ghost is quite powerful. We haven't rested for a moment on our way here. If we don't eat, our Yang energy will be damaged, and we might not be able to handle it tonight."

Hu Qi sneered, "We're a group of a dozen hot-blooded young men. Can we really say we can't defeat a female ghost just because we haven't had a meal? If you're really that useless, go eat yourselves. If you don't investigate now, how are you going to deal with us tonight? Don't you understand the saying 'know yourself and know your enemy, and you'll never be defeated in a hundred battles?'"

Guan Shanyu turned his head away silently. As expected, the IQ of the male protagonist and the NPC are never on the same level. He forgot all the knowledge he learned in the immortal sect as soon as he came out.

Aren't all the details that need to be explained clearly in this visiting card? Even if they go to the scene to investigate, what else can they detect from the female ghost except a trace of ghostly aura.

But the key is to ensure that the male protagonist bravely kills the enemy and saves everyone in the end. Nothing else matters.

After thinking about it, Guan Shanyu lowered his eyes, put on a dizzy expression, and said to Yan Ruchen, "Oh, Brother Ruchen, I haven't eaten all day, and I'm really dizzy. I see you've been riding all day today, and your stomach was still growling just now. How about we go eat something first?"

Yan Ruchen looked down at his stomach hesitantly and said, "Is my stomach growling?"

Guan Shanyu said seriously, "Of course, I was sitting in front of you just now, and your stomach was growling all the way."

A female cultivator nearby laughed out loud. Yan Ruchen nodded awkwardly and said, "Then let's go eat something."

Hu Qi watched coldly and snorted, "If that's the case, why don't you go get some sleep before trying again? Let's go and leave them alone."

After saying that, Hu Qi flicked his sleeves and walked away with his younger brothers who looked unhappy. A few of the disciples from other factions were also growling with hunger, but they couldn't neglect their important matters, so they followed after hesitating for a while. Chen Bing called a servant and told him to settle Guan Shanyu and the other two. After giving the instructions, he said a few polite words to express his regret for not taking good care of them, and then he eagerly picked up his robe to chase Hu Qi and the others.

Chen Rongrong didn't leave. She stood there and stared at Guan Shanyu from head to toe.

Guan Shanyu naturally knew what she was thinking. She was probably worried that he would do something bad to her lover, so she was standing here watching him. However, it was better for her to follow him so that she could eat something to replenish her energy and avoid any accidents if a fight really broke out at night.

Guan Shanyu held his forehead and whispered, "I'm so hungry I feel dizzy. Let's eat something quickly and then go help."

Chen Rongrong rolled her eyes secretly from behind. Yan Ruchen nodded silently and followed the servant to the hall for dinner. Guan Shanyu was still walking with his hand on his forehead, thinking about how to deal with the female ghost that night, when he suddenly heard a deep voice in his ear:

"Shanyu, I think you have changed a lot since before."