Chapter 8: The Ghostly Immortal Zhuangzi's Dream

  Two people were sweeping, and they couldn't help but chat. Out of curiosity and also out of consideration for her own safety, Li Huan began to ask Wei Xiangtu about his strength in a roundabout way.

  "Wei Xiangtu didn't hide anything, nor was she modest. She said straightforwardly: 'To be honest, I'm a relatively talented person. I entered the Taoist sect at the age of twelve and have been learning for eleven years. As for magical powers and spells, even my master would yield to me in three aspects.' Then, she paused, her lips curled into a smile, as if wanting to say something but hesitating."

  As for Wei Xiangtu's strength, Li Huan didn't have the slightest doubt. However, Li Huan was extremely curious about what she wanted to say but didn't: "What are you smiling at? Tell me."

  "I have a friend," Wei Xiangtu thought for a moment and smiled, "She's a very fierce ghost, always following me around."

  Li Huan was suddenly frightened and almost fell against the wall, but fortunately was caught by Wei Xiangtu.

  "Ghost... your friend, where is he? Why can't I see him?"

  "How can she come out in broad daylight? Even a ghost wouldn't be so defiant. " Wei Xiangtu was both amused and annoyed, "Besides, although she's also a vengeful spirit who died unjustly, she's a good ghost. You don't have to be afraid."

  Ghost fairy, died a violent death of fierce ghost, good ghost, Li Huan no matter how can not pull these words together.

  Wei Xiangtu looked at Li Huan's puzzled expression and continued to explain: "It's like this, my friend was killed by a ghost when she was 17 years old. Because of the unjust death and the fact that she had unfinished business, she couldn't go to the underworld to be reincarnated. I put her in a bamboo tube and brought her back to my master's place. She has been relatively obedient and hasn't caused any trouble, and has even helped me catch ghosts several times. My master allowed me to raise her as a ghost immortal."

  "Ghost Immortal?"

  "Hmm, those who catch ghosts mostly raise ghosts, and the ghosts they raise are ghost immortals." Wei Xiangtu said with a strange warmth in his eyes. Li Huan furrowed her brow and asked tentatively: "You and your friend, were you close before?"

  "Uh-huh." Wei Xiangtu nodded, but looked somewhat downcast.

  Was it Wei Xiangtu's first love or something? Li Huan couldn't help but mutter to himself. But Wei Xiangtu returned to normal and smiled, "You'll be very surprised when you see her, she's really cute, seventeen years old but still like a little loli in elementary school, many people think she's just in junior high."

  Is it a girl?

  But why did Wei Xiangtu's expression seem like he was mentioning his own lover?

  Li Huan shook his head, wondering if he was thinking too much...

  So he decided to change the subject.

  "By the way, Xiangtu, why are there so many ghosts on that side? And what's going on with the fourth floor of that office building?"

  Wei Xiangtu gave him a white eye, seemingly very disdainful of his question, but after thinking about it, he patiently replied: "The female ghosts we saw in Zhengli Community last night are called Gui, the story of being a tiger's accomplice, you know? It refers to people who were eaten by tigers and became ghosts that assist tigers. So we generally call those vengeful spirits controlled by a certain evil spirit 'Gui'. However, they don't necessarily have to be killed by that ghost."

  Li Huan suddenly realized, "So, you're saying that there was originally an evil spirit lurking near the Zhengli community. After the Jade Slabs were scattered, it obtained one of them and started causing trouble, resulting in all these vengeful spirits?"

  "It's just now that I understand, you're a bit too slow-witted." Wei Xiangtu said with a sigh.

  It's not just about being scared and only thinking of one's own safety. Li Huan coughed awkwardly: "That, that fourth floor of the office building..."

  "Wei Xiangtu shook his head and said: 'I'm not clear either, it might be just another evil spirit.'"

  At this moment, both of them have finished sweeping and are moving the medicines back to the dispensary.

  According to Wei Xiangtu's words, since they didn't understand the origin of that evil spirit, neither she nor Wang Lao Tou dared to make any rash moves. Wang Lao Tou was already unable to cope on his own and could only rely on her symbol power to calm down the area and prevent anything from happening. As for dealing with the ghost head, they would have to wait until everything was clear before taking action. After all, knowing oneself and knowing one's enemy is the key to winning every battle.

  Let's see if Old Wang can really find out anything now.

  However, Li Huan is now very interested in the little Lolita ghost fairy. Under his strong request, Wei Xiangtu agreed to let him meet her friend.

  It's not a big deal, according to Wei Xiangtu's words, this little loli was just a low-ranking servant girl when she was with her master, only showing her fierce side when necessary.

  However, Li Huan still followed Wei Xiangtu's suggestion and delayed the dinner time to 8 o'clock in the evening, lit incense candles, and solemnly "invited the ghosts".

  Wei Xiangtu took out a bamboo tube from the room, pulled out the wooden plug on top and said gently: "Zi Meng, come out."

  Then Li Huan saw a girl in green clothes suddenly appear in the room.

  The girl was about 1.5 meters tall, with a melon-shaped face and a slender figure. It was unclear whether it was due to her physique or the fact that she was a ghost, but Li Huan always felt that she seemed to be drifting away as if blown by the wind. Due to being very short and thin, and seemingly carrying an innocent and calm expression, the girl looked really young.

  "Are you Dr. Li? I'll have to trouble you to take care of Xiang Tu for a while." This little loli called "Zi Meng" was surprisingly serious, as if she were Wei Xiang Tu's guardian, "My name is Zhuang Zi Meng, you can call me Zi Meng just like Xiang Tu does."

  "Ah, hello, sit down, let's eat."

  Li Huan was a bit embarrassed and hastily said, Zhuangzi Meng didn't decline, and lightly sat down on the chair. Wei Xiang carefully helped her serve the rice, and also prepared chopsticks and a spoon for her before sitting down to start eating.

  Because of the three people, two of them were ghosts who didn't speak, so the atmosphere was a bit awkward. Zhuangzi's dream seemed to want to dissolve this atmosphere, and asked: "Xiangtu, what kind of ghosts did you collect last night? They seem to have a lot of resentment."

  "Ah, it's a vengeful spirit." Wei Xiang said casually, "Dying and still being enslaved, the resentment is a bit hard to dispel. After things are over, I'll take some of my own copied scriptures and burn them for her."

  "Then I'll help you copy it." said Zhuangzi with a smile.

  "Okay."

  "But what is the origin of the evil spirits that enslave them? Does Xiang Tu know?"

  Wei Xiangtu could only smile wryly and shake his head: "No, now it's basically a blind spot, I can only see if Wang Lao can find out - my Shibo."

  Zhuangzi shook his head and said, "I think it's unlikely that he can be relied upon."

  "Huh? What was that?" Li Huan finally chimed in.

  "He's now too busy to care, where would he have the energy to investigate? I think it's better for you all to figure it out yourselves." In Zhuangzi's spirited and dynamic eyes, a strange light seemed to flash, "I have an idea right now."