Chapter 6: Enraged Beheading of Xiangyun's Soul

  Everything came too suddenly, Wang Chongchuan only felt a dizziness in front of his eyes, and everything returned to normal. Wang Chongchuan didn't dare to stay any longer, he crawled up from the ground, hugged Baojing and rushed towards the top of the mountain. As he ran, he saw that there was actually a pavilion on the top of the mountain, and at this moment, there was a woman crying inside the pavilion.

  Wang Chongchuan hastily stood up straight, not daring to be careless in his heart. Looking at the back of this woman, Wang Chongchuan shouted loudly: "Stop pretending to be a ghost, turn around!"

  At this sound, the woman in the pavilion was startled and her body trembled. She slowly turned around, crying and sobbing: "Brave warrior, save me! I am human, not a ghost!" After speaking, she cried again.

  Wang Chongchuan was skeptical in his heart, and let out a cold laugh: "Heh heh, you female ghost don't try to deceive me. How could an ordinary person possibly appear on the top of this old tomb mountain?"

  The woman looked at Wang Chongchuan carefully and cried: "Hero, you don't know that my surname is Lin. My parents died early in my family, and I followed my grandfather to live. Recently, a red-clothed female demon king suddenly came and took me to this mountain. She said that there was a huge stone on the mountain that had been suppressing the mountain for many years, making her feel annoyed. So she took me here and ordered me to smash the stone." After finishing speaking, the woman stretched out her hands and let Wang Chongchuan see: "Hero, you don't believe it, come and see."

  Wang Chongchuan raised his eyes and took a look, and indeed saw that the girl's hands were all blistered. He thought to himself again: The stone she mentioned is probably the Nine Heaven Demon-Suppressing Stone that Master He spoke of! Now that time is pressing, I don't care if she's human or ghost, I might as well follow her lead and let her guide me there!

  Having made up his mind, Wang Chongchuan's tone eased: "I say, miss, I don't dare to fully believe what you're saying. How about this? If you can prove that you're not a ghost or monster, then I'll take you and escape from here, how does that sound?"

  The woman heard this and burst into laughter, walking down from the pavilion to Wang Chongchuan's side. She smiled and said: "Brave warrior, ghosts are a type of empty body that don't have shadows. Come take a look, you and I are standing under the moonlight, do we have shadows?" After finishing speaking, the girl stood still, letting Wang Chongchuan observe.

  The girl on the ground looked at her own shadow, then looked at Wang Chong's and said: "Brave warrior, you have dealt with these ghosts before, you should know that they are cold all over, without any warmth. Come and feel me, I have a body temperature." After finishing speaking, the girl stretched out her beautiful small hand to let Wang Chong touch it.

  Wang Chongchuan was cautious and felt the girl's body temperature, and indeed she had a normal body temperature. He let out a sigh of relief in his heart. With an awkward smile: "Miss, please don't be offended, tonight has been too strange, it's unprecedented in my life. I've made many mistakes just now, I hope you can forgive me." After saying that, Wang Chongchuan bowed to the woman.

  The woman hastily helped Wang Chongchuan up and said, "Brave warrior, there's no need to be like this. Let's take advantage of the fact that the ghosts and monsters here are too busy to bother with us and make a run for it." After finishing speaking, she pulled on Wang Chongchuan, wanting to rush down the mountain. Wang Chongchuan hastily grabbed hold of the girl and laughed, saying: "Miss, don't be in such a hurry, you and I still have more important things to take care of. Earlier, Miss said that there's a huge rock on this mountain, I want to go there and take care of some things. Since Miss knows the way, please lead the way, after we're done, I'll definitely save Miss from danger." As he spoke, Wang Chongchuan quietly gripped the Wuchangdao tightly in his hand.

  The woman heard Wang Chongchuan's words, slightly stunned for a moment, but stealing a glance at Wang Chongchuan's hand gripping the knife, and then looking at Wang Chongchuan's expression, this woman suddenly trembled in her heart, and could only smile and reply: "Since the strong man has important matters to attend to, let's not delay any longer, come quickly with me." As soon as she finished speaking, the woman ran ahead.

  Wang Chongchuan followed closely behind, the more he looked at the woman in front of him, the more suspicious Wang Chongchuan became. It wasn't that he was naturally suspicious, but rather that at this time and place, he couldn't afford to be even slightly careless. Wang Chongchuan's mind stirred, and he quietly took out the precious mirror from his bosom and aimed it at the woman's back, but the mirror didn't react in the slightest. Wang Chongchuan thought to himself: Could it be that this woman is actually a human?

  Like this, in a state of half-belief and half-doubt, the two ran to the edge of a cliff. Wang Chongchuan took a look around and found that there was no giant rock here. He hastily called out to the woman in front of him, shouting in a cold voice: "Miss, stop!" The woman heard Wang Chongchuan's voice and immediately stopped in her tracks, turning her head to see Wang Chongchuan glaring at her with a fierce gaze, and she was so frightened that she burst into tears.

  Wang Chongchuan looked at her crying appearance, and his heart was also somewhat unbearable. He then collected his momentum and asked in a gentle voice: "Miss, don't be afraid. I saw that there's nothing here, so I called out to you." The woman finally stopped crying and said: "Brave warrior, don't be suspicious. Look, isn't that the stone you're looking for?"

  Wang Chong looked in the direction of the girl's pointing finger, but only saw a dilapidated grave. He immediately knew something was wrong and before he could react, his neck was wrapped around by an object, followed by his feet leaving the ground, and his entire body was actually lifted up!

  Just as Wang Chongchuan was struggling desperately, a cold laugh came from above his head: "Baby, since you're struggling so hard, let Auntie send you on your way!"

  Wang Chongchuan was shocked and hastily lifted his face to look, only to see that the woman was right above his head. At this moment, a blood-red, thin, and long tongue was tightly wrapped around his neck! Wang Chongchuan felt great regret in his heart: If he had known earlier, he should have chopped off this female ghost with one knife! But what's the use of regret now? Just as Wang Chongchuan's eyes rolled back, his face turned iron-green, and he was about to pass out, suddenly, the treasure sword in his hand buzzed. Only a scream was heard from above, and Wang Chongchuan only felt his neck loosen, and his whole body fell to the ground!

  Wang Chongchuan clutched his throat and coughed violently several times, then looked up to see that the female ghost had been startled by the treasured sword and had also fallen to one side! This was truly anger rising from the heart, Wang Chongchuan didn't say another word, raised his hand and struck with his knife: "You wicked creature, come and take my life!"

  The female ghost let out a scream and floated backward, dodging the knife attack. Wang Chongchuan was furious and chased after her, shouting loudly. The female ghost pointed at the rocks and trees on the ground, summoning them to attack. Wang Chongchuan raised his knife to meet them, cutting each one in two. As he wielded his divine sword with bravery, the female ghost let out a strange cry: "You're really shameless! We have no grudge or feud with you, why won't you give up?" As soon as she finished speaking, her ghostly hand shot out towards Wang Chongchuan, growing larger and larger in mid-air until it was like a giant door slamming down on him.

  Wang Chongchuan gritted his teeth and cursed fiercely: "If you hadn't harmed others, there wouldn't be a Wang Mou here today!" As soon as the words fell, a cold light flashed, accompanied by a whistling sound, and came slashing down!

  In the ear, a woman's ghost let out a mournful cry, and her body emitted a burst of white smoke, sending her tumbling down to the foot of the cliff! Looking down, there was a withered, dark purple hand on the ground, twitching and trembling by itself. Wang Chongchuan spat in disgust, cursed loudly, and holding his treasured sword, ran back in the direction he came from!

  As expected, the female ghost deliberately led him in the opposite direction. Now, as he turned back, he soon saw a huge stone standing on top of the mountain! Wang Chongchuan hurriedly ran to the front and looked up to see that the middle of the boulder had cracked open with a hole. Thinking of Master He's previous instructions, he quickly took out the treasure mirror from his bosom and was about to put it into the hole when he heard a sudden gust of wind behind him. Wang Chongchuan hastily rolled on the ground, and just as he did, he heard a loud "crack" - a tombstone had shattered right in front of him!

  Wang Chongchuan wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, looked up and saw that it was actually the red-clothed female ghost! Wang Chongchuan's heart was greatly shocked, and he hastily opened his mouth to shout: "You wicked creature, what have you done with my brother?" The red-clothed female ghost only laughed loudly: "That stinky Taoist priest has already been beaten by me until his soul has flown away and his spirit has dispersed. He probably won't even be able to reincarnate." After finishing speaking, she covered her mouth with her hand and laughed until her whole body was shaking violently.

  When he heard this, it was like a thunderclap to his head. Wang Chongchuan felt dizzy and black in front of his eyes, almost falling to the ground. He only felt a shock in his chest, and a mouthful of blood spurted out. With bloodshot eyes, Wang Chongchuan raised his treasured sword and pointed at the female ghost, shouting: "You damned woman, if I don't kill you today to avenge my brother, I swear to die on this mountain!"

  Just as they were talking, the female ghost in the pavilion earlier floated over. However, her appearance had changed this time. Her left hand was severed at the elbow, and her white face was twisted and deformed, with half of it sagging down.

  The red-clothed female ghost looked at Wang Chongchuan with disdain, turned her head to glance at the female ghost beside her, and smiled: "Hey, I say, sister, you usually love beauty, how did you end up like this today?" After finishing speaking, she actually laughed hehehe.

  That female ghost glared at the red-clothed female ghost and hummed: "This skin bag has been used for too long, it's time to change." After speaking, she actually shed her skin like taking off clothes!

  Wang Chongchuan took advantage of the two men's idle chatter and suddenly pounced to the side of the giant stone. Before he could even stand firm, a green stone came crashing towards him. Wang Chongchuan hastily raised his knife to meet it, but with a loud crash, he was sent flying onto the giant stone by an enormous force!

  Wang Chongchuan lay on the ground, his mouth full of fresh blood. With a strong willpower, he managed to prop himself up. Seeing Wang Chongchuan's stubborn expression, the two female ghosts also changed their faces. The red-clothed female ghost spoke up and said: "What a tough guy! I think it's better this way today. You hand over the treasure mirror, and we'll let you go, what do you say?"

  Wang Chongchu spat out the blood in his mouth and laughed, saying: "Delusional!" The red-clothed female ghost heard this remark and was about to get angry when she was stopped by the human-skinned female ghost beside her. She said, "I say, brother, you and I have no past grievances, nor recent grudges. What's the point of this?"

  Wang Chongchuan looked at the two ghosts in front of him and coldly laughed: "Joke, the other day my young son passed by this place, was bewildered by the evil spirits in your mountain, and has been bedridden until now! Today you two killed my brother again, how dare you say there's no grudge or feud? Between us, our enmity is as high as heaven, our resentment as deep as the sea!"

  After hearing this, the female ghost with a human skin mask was slightly stunned, and then seemed to remember something, and actually laughed so hard that her whole body shook. She floated up to Wang Chongchuan and said with a smile: "Ah, I thought it was someone else, but it's actually Father who has arrived. The daughter-in-law didn't treat you well enough, please forgive the daughter-in-law for her unfilial behavior." After finishing speaking, she burst into loud laughter along with the red-clothed female ghost beside her!

  "Ah, it's you!" Wang Chongchuan held up his treasured sword, his body trembling with rage as he pointed at the human-skinned ghost and cursed: "You shameless wretch! Today I'll make you look good!" After speaking, without even glancing at the two ghosts beside him, he took out a treasured mirror from his bosom and was about to insert it into the broken hole. Suddenly, an ominous wind blew behind his head, Wang Chongchuan gritted his teeth fiercely, but didn't react. Just as the stone slab was about to smash onto his head, something suddenly flew in from mid-air and forcefully knocked the slab over!

  Several people turned their faces to look, and saw that the flying object was actually a person! Zhen! Only then did they see Master He lying on the ground, covered in blood. He looked up at Wang Chongchuan and shouted loudly: "Stop your damn nonsense, hurry up and take action!"

  Wang Chongchuan burst out laughing, ignoring the people around him, and with a flick of his wrist, he flung the treasure mirror into the stone cave. The two ghosts in red clothes and human skin let out a startled cry: "Don't!" But it was too late. As soon as the treasure mirror entered the cave, the huge stone shook violently, and a golden light suddenly burst forth, like a million-foot-long rainbow, illuminating the sky. It felt as if the entire Lao Feng Shan mountain was shaking, and from among the flowers, grass, trees, earth, stones, and tombs, black smoke began to rise in waves!

  As I watched, the red-clad and human-skinned ghosts suddenly fell to the ground, becoming completely ethereal. From their toes, they began to fade away bit by bit until they vanished into thin air. Only the female ghost with human skin was left, shouting loudly: "You come see! I'm willing to exchange this thing for that, as long as you take out that mirror, I'll use your child's missing soul in exchange!"

  Wang Chongchuan and He Dao Ye heard this, and quickly turned to look, only to see that the female ghost had conjured up a small, illusory figure in her hand. The face of this figure was exactly that of Wang Ran! He Dao Ye hastily spoke out to Wang Chongchuan, saying "Brother, you must not!" But Wang Chongchuan patted He Dao Ye's shoulder and laughed, saying "Elder brother, rest assured, I know what is important and what is not!" Having said this, Wang Chongchuan drew his sword and advanced on the female ghost, shouting "You wicked woman, even if the soul of my child is incomplete, I will still make your spirit scatter and flee!" As he spoke, he raised his treasured sword and struck down with a single slash!

  The female ghost let out a loud cry: "You want to take my life, but I won't let you rest in peace!" After finishing speaking, the human skin female ghost clenched her five fingers and pinched Wang Rang's soul into nothingness. Wang Chongchuan shouted loudly and chopped the female ghost into two segments with one knife. A miserable cry was heard, and the female ghost turned into two puddles of blood water, her spirit dispersing!

  Wang Chongchuan raised his hand and struck again, resolving the red-clothed female ghost. He then walked to the side of He Mingzhen. The two brothers looked at each other, supported each other, and burst out laughing. From this point on, the evil spirits and monsters on Lao Kundshan were completely eliminated. When dawn broke, the two brothers descended from Lao Kundshan. Later, He Dao opened a platform to perform a ritual for Baojian Wuwen's soul, using the knife to complete Wang Rang's missing soul. From then on, Wang Chongchuan, the second-generation executioner of the Wang family, took up the mantle!

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