Accompanied by a dozen or so house servants, the group arrived at the new residence.
As they entered the gate, a series of smashing sounds erupted simultaneously from various parts of the courtyard.
The sounds were harsh and sharp, echoing in the pitch-black night, enough to make one’s heart skip a beat.
Tan Ba Wan swallowed hard, his face pale: “Re…Really, what’s going on?”
“A show of force…Interesting.”
Mu Chen’s expression remained impassive as he strode towards the main hall.
“Master Tan, just put your mind at ease. With Master Mu here, those ghosts are the ones who should be afraid.”
“This is a mixture of ox tears and citron leaves boiled into a Yin fluid. Applying it to your eyes will open your Yin vision. This lifetime, you can see the Heavenly Master’s junior disciple in action. Even when you go down to the Underworld, you’ll have stories to tell.”
Mao Shan Ming comforted Tan Ba Wan, taking out a bottle of clear liquid and carefully distributing it among the group.
Once their Yin vision was activated, the scene before them transformed dramatically.
The entire courtyard was enveloped in a thick miasma of Yin energy, as if they were in the depths of the Nine Yins. Just looking at it made one’s scalp tingle and heart pound with fear.
It wasn’t until they saw Mu Chen that their tense hearts calmed.
Through the Yin vision, Mu Chen was bathed in a faint golden light, ethereal like a celestial descending, untouchable.
Even the black Yin energy in the air melted away instantly upon contact with him.
The miraculous scene left Tan Ba Wan and the others speechless, dumbfounded with disbelief.
Mao Shan Ming almost dropped his jaw in astonishment, exclaiming: “This…this is the Divine Void Robe?!”
His mind was filled with a tidal wave of shock.
The Divine Void Robe, solidified by spiritual energy, possesses the divine ability to repel all evils and be impervious to any magic.
Even a Cultivating-Dan True Person could only achieve the manifestation of their spiritual energy, not solidify it. Let alone condensing a robe from spiritual energy. To achieve this, one needs to be a Grand Earthly Master!
For a moment, Mao Shan Ming felt like all the years he’d spent cultivating Dao were wasted! He’d spent forty years in arduous cultivation, only reaching the seventh level of the Cultivator Realm.
Even if Mu Chen had been cultivating since birth, he’s only been alive for seventeen or eighteen years. How could he already be a Grand Earthly Master???
Mao Shan Ming mumbled in a daze: “No wonder the Grand Master took him as his disciple. With such terrifying talent… damn, the mere title of Heavenly Master is not worthy of being his teacher!”
Under everyone's watchful gaze, Mu Chen walked into the main hall.
The main hall was filled with a dense fog of Yin energy, like a terrifying and eerie underworld. Through the mist, one could vaguely see nine figures.
“Ghosts…more than one?”
Tan Ba Wan’s voice trembled, doubting his own sanity. He quickly pushed Mao Shan Ming: “Master, though the True Person seems like a deity, he can’t fight nine at once. Why don’t you go up and help?”
Mao Shan Ming: …
Ghosts are classified from low to high: Wandering Souls, Evil Ghosts, Malevolent Ghosts, Red Garments, Ghost Kings…
The nine ghosts in the room were clearly eight Evil Ghosts, each no weaker than him. The leader was even a Malevolent Ghost that only a Cultivating-Dan True Person could handle!
Asking him to go up and help? He’d be sent to his death!
Tan Ba Wan’s words reminded Mao Shan Ming of Journey to the West… the King asked him to eliminate Tang Sanzang and his disciples!
“Master Tan, if you want me dead, just say it…”
Mao Shan Ming’s eyes twitched, then he comforted: “Don’t worry, Master Mu is even stronger than you think. These little ghosts are nothing to him, utterly insignificant.”
Tan Ba Wan was speechless, staring at Mao Shan Ming dumbfoundedly.
Hearing the first sentence, his world had come crashing down, as he hadn’t expected the ghosts in his home to be so ferocious. It was only after hearing the latter part that he was reassured, realizing that Master Mu was even more powerful than the ghosts…
In the main hall.
As Mu Chen stepped in, the Yin mist instantly dissipated, as if it had never been there.
The nine ghosts revealed themselves.
They were men, women, old, and young, standing in a row, looking at Mu Chen with a mixture of awkwardness and apprehension.
They no longer seemed like evil ghosts, but more like schoolchildren who had done something wrong, their faces tinged with innocence and guilt.
“Didn’t you seem pretty powerful just now? You even tried to intimidate this Daoist. Go ahead, be a little more threatening.”
Mu Chen looked at them with an amused smile.
Faced with Mu Chen’s question, the nine ghosts trembled, the young female ghost and the old crone ghost even knelt down with a thud: “Daoist, spare us, we…we know we’ve made a mistake.”
Each of the ghosts was filled with fear and doubt, questioning their existence.
They thought they were going to be like always, easily scaring the Daoist into running away in terror.
But upon closer inspection… this wasn’t a Daoist, but a living father they couldn’t possibly afford to offend!
Just the spiritual energy contained in the robe he was wearing could crush them ten times over without even running dry!
Mu Chen waved his hand, saying nonchalantly: “Seeing as you haven’t been tainted with any evil karma, this Daoist will listen to your explanation for three minutes. Live or die will be up to your fate.”
There are good and bad people, and good and evil ghosts.
The Dragon Tiger Mountain lineage is not heartless. When it comes to driving away evil spirits, they follow the principle of “Cause and effect cycle, retribution is inevitable, benevolent ghosts are guided, malevolent ghosts are cut down.”
Seeing that Mu Chen wasn’t a cold and ruthless Daoist who killed every ghost he encountered, the young female ghost quickly kowtowed and pleaded: “True Person, please understand, our family was once human. Even though we’ve turned into ghosts, we’ve always strived to be good to humans. We aren’t the kind of ghosts who do evil for no reason.”
“Even though Tan Ba Wan built his residence on top of our ancestral tomb, we never thought about harming them. We just wanted to scare them away and make them move.”
Mu Chen nodded, indicating he understood.
Residences are divided into Yin and Yang. Yang residences are for people and built aboveground, while Yin residences are for ghosts and buried underground.
Building the two together easily leads to an imbalance of Yin and Yang, impacting both. This is why tombs are rarely found in bustling towns, and houses are rarely found in cemeteries.
They didn’t even harm anyone after their ancestral tomb was built on top of, these ghosts were really quite good.
Mu Chen continued to ask: “I see you’ve been dead for at least fifty years. Why haven’t you gone to reincarnate?”
The young female ghost looked distressed: “True Person, it’s not that we don’t want to reincarnate, but we can’t!”
“We died at the hands of bandits years ago. There was a powerful person among them. He was afraid we would become ghosts and seek revenge, so he placed soul-suppressing nails on our corpses… ”
Mu Chen’s eyes narrowed, feeling a mixture of sympathy and astonishment.
On one hand, Tan Ba Wan was fortunate that his yang residence was built on top of someone else’s ancestral tomb.
On the other hand…
The owners of the ancestral tomb he’d offended were kind-hearted. They were all victims of a brutal attack, yet even after death, they were given soul-suppressing nails, trapped in a confined space for decades without even turning evil!
Mu Chen pondered for a moment, then said: “Yin and Yang are different, humans and ghosts are distinct. It’s not good for you to stay in the mortal realm for too long. This Daoist will send you to reincarnate.”
He then called Tan Ba Wan in and told him to find a large rooster.
“The heavens are vast and the earth is boundless, rooster, rooster, you have received this good fortune.”
“Borrowing your life, I guide you to the Underworld. May you become human in the next life, with hope for the future!”
Mu Chen formed hand seals, spiritual energy surging, and after reciting the incantation, he swiftly severed the rooster’s head. He then dipped his finger in the rooster’s blood and placed a drop on each of the nine ghosts’ foreheads.
Immediately, a gust of Yin wind arose, and Yin energy manifested out of thin air.
A ghostly portal appeared silently.
From the rooster’s corpse, a ghostly rooster emerged and led the way, entering the portal.
The nine ghosts sensed something, and the soul-suppressing nails that had been restraining them were now ineffective.
They bowed to Mu Chen in gratitude and followed closely behind the rooster, entering the portal.
【You have successfully exorcised the evil and guided a family of exceptionally benevolent ghosts to the Underworld. You have received rewards: Merit Protection and Grandmaster-level Eight Extremities Fist!】