Chapter Fifteen: Corpse Escort

  A battle is about to unfold, my heart racing wildly, just then Tang Bingxue pushed me away. A figure leaped out and appeared in front of Wang Xiaoya, throwing away all the talismans that were in her hand earlier.

  These talismans surrounded her in a circle, floating in mid-air, and she raised the peach wood sword high, stabbing straight towards Wang Xiaoya's direction.

  Wang Xiaoya saw her coming towards herself, raised one of her hands, and it was only then that I discovered, the length of her fingernails was simply terrifying to the point of being deadly, nearly half a meter in length, probably not having been trimmed for eight years.

  She went straight for Tang Bingxue's neck, and my palms were full of sweat. Praying for Tang Bingxue!

  When Wang Xiaoya's hand was about to approach Tang Bingxue's neck by a few centimeters, she slightly turned her body and took down one of the talismans from mid-air, directly sticking it on Wang Xiaoya's face. At this moment, Wang Xiaoya was stunned in place. She quickly picked up the other talismans in mid-air and stuck them on her back, arms, and thighs.

  "Hmm..."

  At this time, Tang Bingxue's peach wood sword tip ignited a flame, and without hesitation, she chopped straight at Wang Xiaoya. Just as Wang Xiaoya raised one arm again and grabbed towards Tang Bingxue, the sudden movement caught Tang Bingxue off guard, and her shoulder was torn apart by Wang Xiaoya.

  Wang Xiaoya shuddered all over, and the talismans on her body all fell to the ground. Tang Bingxue was now kneeling on one knee on the ground, with her right hand inserting the peach wood sword into the earth, and her left hand covering her shoulder.

  At that time I was very surprised and didn't know what happened, just being caught once, how could there be such a great power.

  "A life for a life, a debt repaid in full. I'll keep coming back for you, Zhao Xiaolong, remember that."

  Wang Xiaoya's voice floated in mid-air, filled with resentment, desolation, and a hint of sobbing. As I looked at her again, her body had already begun to float up, flickering before me as if it were there but not quite, until it slowly disappeared into thin air.

  I quickly ran over and helped Tang Bingxue up, asking her with concern: "Are you okay, Bingxue?"

  Tang Bing Xue shook her head and said: "Nothing, but this guy can actually break free from the seal, it's simply too unbelievable."

  At this time I directly knelt on the ground, expressing gratitude to Tang Bingxue. She was taken aback at first, then smiled helplessly and said: "What are you doing? Hurry up and get up, proposing?"

  "Thanks for saving my life, I really don't know what would have happened to me if it wasn't for you." I said with all sincerity.

  Tang Bing Xue put one hand behind her back and pulled me up, saying: "Don't be polite, our duties are different. Since I've caught up, I won't let her do as she pleases. You got your life today for free, but you must listen to my advice and leave this forest quickly. It's too dangerous here!"

  "But I still want to find some clues, and besides, I don't even know if Wang Hui is still alive, I..."

  There are too many things I want to say, but when it comes to speaking, I realize that I actually have nothing to say.

  "Relying on an ordinary person, the answer can't be found. If what you said is true, and you've seen that witch, then everything she said must be real. The one from eight years ago was indeed the nine-tailed fox spirit. Today, I conversed with Wang Xiaoya's ghost, and she didn't deny it either. Now it seems what was said wasn't false."

  "What should I do now?" I looked at Tang Bingxue in confusion.

  Tang Bingxue let out a gentle sigh and said to me, "What else can we do? Go find that witch, you also saw it, I couldn't even win against the ghost king Xiaoya, protecting you is impossible. If you want to stay alive, just go find her, as for that Wang Hui you mentioned, I know where he is."

  "Do you know where Wang Hui is?" I got a bit excited!

  "Uh-huh!" Tang Bingxue nodded and said to me: "I know, I'll take you there later, but you must listen to my advice. The only one who can solve this problem is the witch, I hope you go find her, otherwise I'm really worried that you'll be scared to death. There's a demon of regret and fear in your heart, if it can't be controlled effectively, I'm afraid even after you die, you'll still be a vengeful spirit."

  When Tang Bing Xue said that, I really wanted to kneel down again. However, before I could start, she helped me up and told me not to easily kneel down in front of a girl, as it would cause unnecessary misunderstandings. I said I wouldn't kneel then, but I definitely will repay her. Seeing her constantly touching her wound, I asked how she was doing, and she said it's nothing serious, just that she got poisoned by some corpse toxin.

  She told me that Wang Xiaoya's corpse was a Wandering Soul, stolen by Wang Xiaoya herself. Although it had been preserved intact for so long, the whole body had already rotted away. When I asked Tang Bingxue what she was, she just said to treat her as a little Taoist nun.

  Tang Bingxue brought me to the front of Wang Hui, who had just guided me here, and said: "This person is not Wang Hui. Now I'll let him take us there."

  "But isn't he already dead?"

  Tang Bingxue took out a small bell from her bosom and shook it several times.

  At this time, the fake Wang Hui bounced up from the ground with a sudden movement, and his originally calm heart suddenly became tense. His hair stood on end as he quickly hid behind Tang Bingxue's back. Because I inadvertently saw his face again.

  "Don't be afraid, he's already a dead man and won't hurt anyone again." Tang Bingxue said while shaking the wind chime.

  "But......" I swallowed hard.

  "Have you ever heard of Corpse Driving Technique? I'm going to use this technique to make him lead the way in front." Tang Bingxue said, while taking out another talisman and sticking it on the fake Wang Hui's back.

  At this time, the corpse was still moving forward as before, and Tang Bingxue and I were following behind.

  Watching Tang Yuxue's professional demeanor, my heart finally relaxed a lot. Along the way, Tang Yuxue didn't speak to me, and I didn't ask her either, afraid of disturbing her while she was driving the hearse. Because I had read relevant information before, saying that people who drive hearses are most afraid of being disturbed.

  Following this fake Wang Hui, I walked and walked until we left the forest. He brought me and Tang Bingxue to Wang Hui's home. Stopped at the toilet location!

  Tang Bingxue put away the bell in her hand at this time, and the fake Wang Hui "slapped" and lay on the ground.

  I looked at Tang Bingxue with a puzzled expression and asked: "Where is Wang Hui?"

  At this time a stench had already been transmitted to my nose, this fake Wang Hui was really too ugly, full of rotten smell.

  "You'll find it if you open the stone beside the toilet."

  I didn't doubt what she said and directly opened the large stone slab next to the toilet. As the slab slowly opened, I saw a person's arm floating out.

  "Ah!" I shouted and hastily retreated back.

  "What's wrong, scared?" Tang Bingxue came over and pulled me up at this time.

  "Who is this...who is inside?"

  "Wang Hui!" Tang Bing Xue said coldly, and this remark made my scalp numb, with beads of sweat the size of beans covering my entire body.

  Tang Bingxue continued: "Alright, you open the stone slab and take a look."

  Although I was very scared, I still continued to open the stone slab. At this time, a rotten body appeared in front of me. Judging from the clothes he wore, it was undoubtedly Wang Hui. But when I saw his head, I almost fainted. This was actually a headless corpse!

  "Now you understand, right?" Tang Bingxue asked me.

  "What's understood?" I didn't know what Tang Bingxue meant.

  Tang Bingxue blinked at me and said, "I won't keep you in suspense anymore. The real Wang Hui had already died a few days ago. The one you saw later was fake, he cut off Wang Hui's head and put it on his own, pretending to be Wang Hui all along!

  "What!" I was somewhat incredulous.

  "Believe it or not, that's just how things are." Tāng Bīng Xuě said resolutely.

  "That's to say, when Wang Hui couldn't be found in the toilet that day, he was already dead?"

  "I don't know what happened between you guys before, but that's just how it is."

  My doubts outweighed my fear, and I looked at Tang Bingxue and asked: "But who did it, what was his purpose? If the Wang Hui by my side is fake, it would be too easy to kill me, why didn't they?"

  "Borrowing souls and returning souls, it was you three who accidentally harmed Wang Xiaoya back then. You must use the souls of your three fears to exchange for Wang Xiaoya's power. I think Zhang Bao and Wang Hui's fearful souls have already been absorbed by Wang Xiaoya, leaving only yours. Your will is still strong, one of the three souls has always existed, so he casually found a substitute to pretend to be Wang Hui, with the purpose of scaring you. In the small woods, when your last soul disappears, she will absorb your soul."

  "So you're saying it's always been Wang Xiaoya who has been sabotaging things?"

  "No, no, no!" Tang Bingxue shook her head and said: "This is just my guess, I'm just a small Taoist priest, I won't reason or deduce, now I think all this was done by Wang Xiaoya, as for the nine-tailed fox that the witch said, it should not have come out, otherwise you wouldn't have lived so long."

  I wanted to ask Tang Bingxue more, but she waved her hand and said: "Alright, I know that's all I can say, the rest you should go ask Witch Grandma. It seems like Wang Xiaoya wants to use the Fearful Soul to enhance her own power, and in this case your soul is a must-have. Take care of yourself, that's all I can say."

  "Thank you, Ice Snow!" Now I can only say these three words too.

  "Your situation is a bit complicated, involving the soul of your true body and the possessed fox spirit. I hope to see you again next time. I have to go!"

  Tang Bingxue finished speaking and walked away with her hands behind her back, as if heading out of the courtyard. I still wanted to stop her, but there was no reason to do so. All I could do was watch her receding figure, feeling helpless.

  I didn't expect that the mistake eight years ago would bring such great mental torture eight years later. It's too late to regret now, all I can do is find Auntie Wu and ask if she has any way to resolve this. If not, I'll have no choice but to follow Wang Hui and Zhang Bao. This matter is the responsibility of the three of us...