Chapter 14: The Vengeful Ghostly Concubine

  After standing for a whole morning, Teacher Zhang Xiaoli called me and Wei Ge to the office, and then even bought us lunch in the school cafeteria. Looking at the fragrant rice and buns, our dissatisfaction with Teacher Zhang Xiaoli instantly disappeared without a trace. Suddenly, we felt that not only was Teacher Zhang Xiaoli beautiful, but her heart was also kind. Although Class Director Wang was also okay, he had never formally invited us to eat a meal together.

  After dinner, Teacher Zhang Xiaoli criticized me and Wei Ge, telling us to study hard in the future and not be lazy. Finally, she smiled at us and asked us to help out at her fruit shop on the weekend. That Wei fellow was indeed prescient, and we agreed without hesitation.

  After school, I and Wei Ge followed the original plan to go to the girls' dormitory to find Wang Meili. The girls' dormitory was just above us, and we arrived after passing by the chaotic burial mound. Today, there were two little ghosts following behind, my courage also increased a bit, pulling Wei Ge from the small road's chaotic burial mound edge, I believed in Zhen Zhen's strength, and knew that Gui Fei should have been severely injured last time, and wouldn't come out to cause trouble for a while.

  As I and Wei Ge passed by the Luozanggang, we suddenly heard a woman's crying voice coming from the tomb. At that time, it was dusk, and fog rose from the tomb, spreading from the surrounding woods to the small road. My heart was pounding, and I looked back at Zhenzhen and Ahfan, who were also becoming cautious, as if they had encountered something terrifying. I quickly pulled Wei Ge towards the small road.

  Wei Ge was so scared that he almost peed his pants. He was originally a timid person, and seeing such a bizarre situation, he was naturally frightened to death.

  "Meng Fei, Meng Fei, wait for me..." I suddenly heard someone calling my name from behind, the voice sounded familiar, listening carefully, it seemed to come from the grave, very similar to my brother's voice. I was about to go and take a look, but Wei Ge grabbed me in one swift motion, "Fei Fei, don't go! This is a ghost calling your soul, haven't you heard the old folks in the village say that if someone calls your name from behind at night, you mustn't turn back, or else your soul will scatter and you'll die an untimely death." Wei Ge said it very seriously, his eyes full of fear, I also became a bit afraid, so I stopped in my tracks.

  "Hurry up and leave! I feel something is wrong." Wei Ge pulled me back, but someone was still calling my name behind my ear. This time it seemed to be Zhang Xiaohong. I couldn't bear it anymore. Had something happened to Zhang Xiaohong? She was calling out to me. Thinking this, my heart suddenly skipped a beat with excitement. I broke free from Wei Ge and ran towards the grave.

  "Meng Fei, Meng Fei, don't go!" Wei Ge called out my name from behind, but I seemed to hear nothing and ran towards the triangular area where we were last time. From a distance, I saw a woman in red kneeling in front of a new grave, with four men in black standing behind her, carrying a pitch-black coffin. The woman was crying in front of the tombstone, and as I walked closer, I suddenly found that she looked somewhat like Zhang Xiaohong.

  "Xiao Hong, what's wrong?" I exclaimed subconsciously.

  Just as the red-clad woman turned around, Zhang Xiaohong's face suddenly appeared in front of me. I was excited for a moment and was about to rush forward to hug her. Suddenly, four men lifted the lid of the black coffin, and a dark shadow instantly sprang out from inside the coffin, rushing towards me with lightning speed. The four men in black were standing in a certain position, forming a surrounding formation. A gust of black wind slowly rose, blocking the figures of the four men. The wind formed a whirlpool, quickly enveloping me. The red-clad woman's face changed, and she suddenly became expressionless. I took another look, and this was not Zhang Xiaohong at all, but rather the ghost queen whose physical body I had killed.

  This ghostly wife was Wang Xiaoni, and the tombstone in front of her was actually hers. I suddenly broke out in cold sweat, my whole body stiffened, and I retreated several steps back. The woman in red suddenly gave me a cold smile, stretched out her hands, and two pale, bloodless hands with black fingernails as long as 7 or 8 centimeters came at me. I was so frightened that I hastily dodged behind my back.

  "Bang, bang——” Suddenly, a black shadow from behind also pounced on me. It was the same black shadow that had jumped out of the coffin earlier. I took a closer look and found that the black shadow looked somewhat like Li Dong. What's going on? I was stunned, no wonder I didn't see him coming to find me today. Did something happen to him? Was he turned into a monster by this ghostly empress? My mind was filled with a million whys, but before I could even explain, the black shadow pounced on me and tightly wrapped its black arms around my arm. The red-robed ghostly empress let out a shrill cry, and her two fingernails pierced towards my heart.

  "Little demon, Ah Fan, Zhen Zhen, save me!" I shouted wildly, a sharp pain spreading through my body. The ghost queen's left hand grasped my neck, her right hand's fingernails about to pierce my heart. At this moment, the blood jade on my neck flashed red light, and the ghost queen let out a shrill cry, retreating far away. She stared at her own left hand, which was now emitting thick black smoke. Her palm was dissolving at a visible rate, leaving only a bare wrist and a white bony stump exposed.

  "Who?! Come out!" The ghostly empress's face twisted in a fierce scowl as she bellowed around her, her voice thick with hatred. Behind her, the black monster suddenly opened its bloody maw and lunged at my neck.

  "Monster, you dare to hurt people!" A loud shout rang out, and immediately afterwards, a thunderstorm raged in the sky, with a yellowish light shooting down from above. A man wearing a yellow Taoist robe appeared, holding a bell in his left hand and a peach wood sword in his right hand, with a yellow talisman inserted into the sword. I took one look, and it was none other than my ruthless master! Master bit open his tongue tip, spitting out a mouthful of fresh blood onto the bell. With a few gentle shakes of his left hand, the black creature that had bitten my neck suddenly let go of me. "Thud——" It fell to the ground beside me, motionless.

  I stared at the black monster, its entire body covered in black fur, looking neither human nor ghostly. Yet, I still recognized its face - wasn't that Li Dong, that bastard? It seemed he had finally gotten what was coming to him. I lay on the ground, struggling for half a day but unable to get up. Suddenly, I felt a chill run through my body. Looking at my shoulder, I saw that my skin had turned black. Immediately, my entire body went numb. I bit my tongue, and a thread of fresh blood flowed into my throat, sweet and metallic-tasting. I suddenly became much more alert.

  "You foolish kid, this demon has been plotting against you for a long time. Wait for Master to capture her first, then I'll come and rescue you, you must hold on!" The master said, reciting a few incantations towards the talisman on the Peach Wood Sword, and suddenly the yellow talisman ignited a yellow flame. The master shouted loudly: "Break!" The yellow flame turned into a fireball, rushing towards the surrounding dark whirlwind.

  Immediately, a deafening explosion was heard, and the four black shadows fell to the ground in an instant, turning into four white bony skulls that flew out scattered. The ghostly empress also spat out a mouthful of blood, seemingly injured again.

  "You, this Taoist priest, with an evil spirit that won't disperse. I just want to retrieve my Golden Heart, don't interfere with me!" The Ghostly Concubine said viciously and then gave orders to my master.

  "Hmph, I know you're the Ghostly Concubine. Your Golden Heart has also been obtained by my disciple, but that Golden Heart has already transformed into a divine spirit's power and infused his five organs and six viscera. If you want to retrieve it back, wouldn't that harm him?" My master looked at me, speaking word by word, and hung the bell on his waist. He then took out a red talisman, which seemed to be soaked in fresh blood, extremely bright and vivid.

  "Hahaha, as long as I capture him and refine his energy with the Triple-Truth Fire for 49 days, I can re-condense the Golden Heart. With the Golden Heart, it won't take me 500 years to cultivate an Indestructible Golden Body, escape the cycle of suffering, and occupy a seat in the underworld." The Ghost Empress laughed loudly and maniacally, saying "You can't stop me!"

  "When the wind is strong, I will block you." As he spoke, the red talisman in his hand slapped against Gui Fei, who also spat out a mouthful of white ghost fire to resist. However, the ghost fire encountered the talisman and seemed transparent, as the talisman passed through the ghost fire and instantly stuck to Gui Fei's forehead.

  "Hurry up like the law! The Jade Emperor, Taishang Laojun is above, assisting me in sealing this evil spirit!" The master quickly chanted a few spells, his left hand's index and middle fingers together, pointing at the ghost queen's forehead. The talisman emitted a bright red glow, enveloping the ghost queen. With a wave of the master's left hand, the talisman wrapped around the ghost queen, slowly shrinking until it transformed into a small, fire-red pill that fell into the master's palm. The master sighed, "Becoming an immortal or Buddha is not wrong, but you used the wrong method."

  Right after that, I saw the master take out a golden gourd, remove the wooden stopper on top, put the red medicinal pill inside, cover it with the stopper again, and then stick a yellow talisman on top. He carefully hung it from his waist.

  The master walked up to me, looked at my face, and immediately furrowed his brow and sighed, "You've actually been afflicted with Corpse Evil, even with your Celestial Spirit's power, you can't deal with this Black-haired Corpse Evil. I'm afraid I've come too late."

  I saw my master muttering again on one side, and suddenly everything went black in front of me, and I fainted.