A Tale of Encounters with Immortals: A Peach Blossom Temple in the Martial World

Peach trees provide ample shade.

Zhang Zhengdao glanced at the female ghost, who was sobbing softly but without tears, squatting dejectedly in the corner, counting ants. He then searched through Taoist texts for the reason why so many dead people had no souls, but this woman in red had become a ghost in red after her death.

Finally, I found this sentence between the lines of the Taoist scriptures: "Set up an array to gather spiritual energy, and the spiritual energy nourishes all things."

This means that the peach grove was arranged according to the Bagua formation he had just learned, so it had the effect of gathering spiritual energy. And since the woman was buried under the peach grove, her soul did not dissipate and absorbed spiritual energy.

So that's one of the benefits.

"You know, since we're already like this, how about... you tell me your name?"

Zhang Zhengdao understood, put down the Taoist scripture, and spoke to the red-clad female ghost playing with ants.

"This humble servant calls herself Fairy Shu Baimei, the Moon Inviter."

When Zhang Zhengdao asked the question, the female ghost stood up and bowed.

"So you came here just to find Guo Lanying?"

"Guo Lanying killed Cui Yiming, one of our Five Eccentrics, the Soul-Chasing Sword. We had to get revenge, at least to make it look like we were here. Little did I expect... that I'd run into you as soon as I came out... Waaah..."

Damn it, female ghosts just love to cry.

"do not Cry!"

Zhang Zhengdao gave a stern rebuke.

"I'll recite the Rebirth Sutra a few times for you, so you can be reincarnated!"

"Ah? No! I... don't want to be reincarnated!"

Shu Baimei panicked. She had committed so many murders that if she went to the underworld, she would be sent to the eighteenth level of hell, dismembered, and fried in oil hundreds of times.

Zhang Zhengdao angrily retorted, "You female ghost, are you trying to steal my property?"

"I only want to follow you, my lord... Or, shall I dance for you?"

Shu Baimei shyly asked for a wider belt...

What the hell...

Zhang Zhengdao angrily retorted, "Stop talking nonsense! I'm not a heretic..."

"As long as I'm not allowed to be reincarnated, I'll do anything..."

Just as Zhang Zhengdao was about to get angry, he suddenly heard a silvery laugh coming from outside. The sound seemed to come from a very far place, yet it entered his ears clearly.

"Hehehe... What a loving couple... Looks like I'm too early..."

Zhang Zhengdao looked up and saw a woman in an apricot-yellow dress descending from the sky, seemingly walking on clouds or moving with the wind, her dress fluttering, like a goddess descending from the heavens.

It's a person, not a ghost!

Zhang Zhengdao did not sense any evil energy.

The woman landed gracefully, glanced at the red-clad female ghost, and goosebumps rose on her skin.

"The Moon Fairy Shu Baimei?"

"Butterfly Fairy Hu Yunying?"

The human and the ghost exclaimed in unison, each taking a step back.

These are people I've met before; I can recognize them at a glance. After all, they're top figures in the martial arts world; one look is enough to remember them for a lifetime.

"You two know each other?"

Shu Baimei snorted: "My junior sister is Hu Yunying, but I don't acknowledge her. I don't have such a junior sister. She stole my man and ruined my reputation. Bah! Just because she's good at pretending, I was expelled from the sect, so everyone in the martial arts world believes her nonsense."

Hu Yunying ignored Shu Baimei and looked Zhang Zhengdao up and down.

"Tsk tsk tsk, no wonder my disciple is so infatuated with you, even willing to be your slave... You certainly have a handsome face. I heard you're very skilled in martial arts; you're the one who killed Cui Yiming, the Soul-Chasing Sword!"

"really!"

Shu Baimei said in a low voice.

He was inexplicably killed by Zhang Zhengdao. He remembered that Guo Lanying had met Zhang Zhengdao before she went to Lingzhou. With such unpredictable methods, killing Cui Yiming, the Soul Chaser Sword, would be a piece of cake for him.

"But you, Shu Baimei, are you here to kill the young master?"

Hu Yunying looked at Shu Baimei provocatively.

Shu Baimei: ...

I'll fucking kill you!

With a glare from his ghostly eyes, the surrounding air instantly turned icy cold. A blast of cold air seemed to suddenly descend upon Shu Baimei. Her entire body stiffened as if frozen in ice.

"court death!"

Hu Yunying was furious. She channeled her energy throughout her body, and the icy feeling immediately subsided. With a flick of her finger, the long sword burst from its sheath and landed in her hand. A cold star shot towards Shu Baimei.

Shu Baimei didn't dodge; instead, she giggled and charged headlong at the sword tip.

Hu Yunying was shocked. She couldn't retract her sword in time, and she and the sword pierced straight through Shu Baimei's body. When she stopped and turned around, she saw Shu Baimei behind her, giggling smugly.

"Hold the grass..."

"Scared? You can't hurt me!" Shu Baimei floated triumphantly to Zhang Zhengdao's side, her hands loosely wrapping around his arms. "In this world, no one can hurt me except my lord!"

"Pah! What kind of evil magic did you use?"

Hu Yunying was indeed surprised.

This is illogical, too unusual. How could she not know what kind of martial arts Shu Baimei possessed? But... she really did pass through her body, as if it were some kind of ethereal energy.

"She's dead. What you're seeing is her soul!"

Zhang Zhengdao found the two women bickering and arguing too annoying.

"What are you doing here?"

Hu Yunying suppressed her shock and looked at Zhang Zhengdao: "You...killed him?"

“Yes, I don’t know why she came over and tried to kill me without warning.” Zhang Zhengdao nodded. “So I had no choice but to kill her. I was afraid that if she ran away, she would send people to harass me, which would be too much trouble.”

Shu Baimei said aggrievedly, "My lord, how did you know I would send someone..."

"My guess!"

Shu Baimei felt wronged +1

Shu Baimei will definitely send someone. If she manages to escape, she will immediately incite the other three monsters to come over, while she hides in the shadows and watches the fun.

If we're going to suffer a loss, we should all suffer a loss together.

"Couldn't you have guessed that if I lost, I might offer myself to you..."

"So you really wanted to sleep with me..."

Zhang Zhengdao was furious. "Am I Tang Sanzang's flesh?"

Hu Yunying was also stunned.

I originally came to see the handsome and highly skilled young Taoist priest, but I ended up getting a huge juicy tidbit of gossip.

"Taoist priest, this woman has become a ghost now, how about... we give it a try!"

"You're almost thirty, aren't you? You look young, but I think your apprentices are too old..."

"Young Taoist priest, you are too young to know how good my elder sister is..."

Zhang Zhengdao: ...

"No visitors allowed!"

Zhang Zhengdao shouted and waved his hand.

Hu Yunying and Shu Baimei suddenly felt dizzy and their bodies swayed. In that instant, when they regained consciousness, they suddenly found that they were nowhere to be found.

Not far ahead, there seemed to be scattered lights.

"Where is this?" Hu Yunying looked around in surprise and asked.

"Where else could it be? Linbin Town, of course!"

Shu Baimei said in an annoyed tone.

"We... we got here in the blink of an eye?" Hu Yunying was shocked.

The Taoist priest is indeed...

Even if the Four Great Masters came, I'm afraid they couldn't do it. What is this? A deity? Is the Taoist priest a mortal immortal? When did immortals first appear in this world?

Hu Yunying plopped down on a rock.

"I need to calm down, this is too fantastical..."

Shu Baimei snorted: "I'm already a ghost, what are you still trying to recover from? Tell me, did you come here specifically to seduce the Taoist priest?"

Hu Yunying:...

"I just came to see the Taoist priest and thank him for saving my life, after all, he saved Guo Lanying..."

"Saving my life, what a great favor! How about repaying it with your body?"

Shu Baimei's sarcastic remarks were sly and eerie.

"It's not impossible, young master... you're so handsome... and your martial arts are so good..."

"Hehe, young master? You're calling me so affectionately, why don't you just call me husband!"

"I just don't know if the young master is willing?"

"Shameless, unwanted vixen!"

"Pah! You fleshless ghost, trying to seduce men!"

The two women used very offensive language.

Finally, at the rooster's crow, Shu Baimei disappeared. Only then did the argument end.

Hu Yunying went to Linbin Town and found a place to stay.

I've been single for almost thirty years, and I can't stand the sight of my fat, greasy senior and junior brothers in my sect. The younger generation of disciples, though young, are not skilled in martial arts and don't know how to be considerate.

Zhang Zhengdao is simply a treasure that fell from the sky just for me!

Settle down first, then work things out slowly. Things will fall into place naturally, which is perfect!

Love at first sight! The ancients were right!

Hu Yunying laughed heartily, feeling like she was truly the chosen one.