Chapter Thirty-Four: Protecting the Bones and Forming the Body

  My arm was tightly grasped by Bai Shangjie, that strength, absolutely a reaction when the heart is extremely afraid. This made my heart hang up again, what's going on here?

  Guan Lingdao's face was dark, but his voice was low and gentle, "Daughter, your father has worked hard to rescue you back. You have suffered enough. Now follow your father and don't bother Zhēng Língshǐzhě anymore."

  This pipe spirit actually knows I'm an orthodox messenger.

  His footsteps seemed to want to move forward, but it was as if he still had some reservations about me. However, his heart was extremely anxious, as if he was desperately trying to restrain himself and couldn't help but fidget. Guan Lingdao's behavior really made me puzzled.

  "You're not my father, save me!" Bai Shangjie's face suddenly burst into tears, and the scene was tragic. The girls who were hiding behind the crowd also cried out in surprise, not daring to come forward, but only looking at this scene with horror. We are really like watching a play, damn it, this reversal is too fast!

  Suddenly a gust of wind blew, and the white-robed Taoist priest began to chant again. The willow branches swayed gently, and the surrounding weeds suddenly stood up straight, pressing in on us with a loud rustling sound. Not good, this guy is going to cast another spell!

  "I asked in a low voice amidst the raging wind: 'Is this really your father? It was indeed he who, with his methods and my protection, helped you lot return to your nests as white bones, and only then did you have your proper forms.'"

  "It's not my father, believe me, I'll tell you later, let's save us first." Bai Shangjie was already trembling in the wind, and it didn't seem like she was lying.

  Lao Qian and the others were blown east and west by the sudden gust of wind, but he shouted loudly: "Damn it, who cares if it's true or not? We've seen this woman before, she's not bad. Save her first and talk later." Lao Qian had always been unfavorable to Guan Ling, still remembering the grudge from the Ba Gua tree array earlier.

  "It's me, don't be afraid. Qing Shan Daozhang has a secret message for you, saying that you are in trouble and he is busy planning the Honorable Master's outing, so he can't come." It was Li Yan's voice. As soon as the sound fell, a red shadow flashed by, and Li Yan appeared.

  Li Yan and Bai Shangjie exchanged a glance, Bai Shangjie seemed to hum a sound, but now it's such a situation, of course, can't entangle the misunderstanding between the legitimate wife and the little three.

  Li Yan said sternly: "Guan Lingdao, you are still so obstinate and unenlightened. Don't you fear that your cultivation will ultimately end in nothing but bones and smoke?"

  Li Yan's words suddenly made me determined, damn it, this Guan Lingdao is really weird.

  "All right, both daughters have arrived, let's go back with Father." Guan Ling said. The willow branches swayed ceaselessly, the wind still not stopping.

  "Who is your daughter, you ruined the Lin family's father and now you want to borrow her body? Your sinister plot is despicable! I will not tolerate you!" Li Yanyu said sternly. From what I heard, it seems that this Moonlight Lin Master might have some background after all, his father might be the one who really controls the Ling Dao.

  Li Yan's body flew around in a circle, a soft voice calling out, wanting to snatch the willow branch from Ling Dao's hand.

  The pipe spirit flew swiftly and suddenly struck Li Yan with a straight willow branch.

  Li Yan dodged the willow branch that was like a sword and shouted, "Heng Heng retreat, let your friends retreat too."

  Everyone heard the words and immediately retreated. Guan Lingdao's first strike missed, his body suddenly turned around, and he rushed towards the group of girls. Huayu Jiao shouted, and there was a great commotion.

  Li Yan suddenly flew over and landed in front of Bai Shangjie, looking straight at her with both eyes, saying: "Sister, can't wait any longer, quickly set up the Lingyue Formation, what else to say."

  Bai Shangjie knew the situation was not going well. With a loud cry, she released my arm, and with a wave of her sleeve, all the maidens flew up together, suddenly falling down to form strips of white silk, surrounding Bai Shangjie's back.

  The silk fans fluttered again, and the girls danced up, their white sleeves swiftly passing through the empty space, instantly surrounding Guan Lingdao in the center.

  Li Yan spun around and landed behind Bai Shangjie, dancing with her back against his, their hands moving in tandem.

  Overbearing spirit, in an instant the white exercises went crazy, each of the white exercises was like a dancing snake group, all rushing towards Guan Lingdao.

  The pipe spirit's willow branch was bent into an arc by the white silk, but on its black face, a faint red glow appeared, and it let out a fierce howl.

  "No good, sister, the evil path is going to bleed." Li Yan shouted loudly.

  Suddenly, they were face to face. Li Yan let out a loud cry and bit down on her finger, blood gushing out. White Shangjie's eyes welled up with tears, but she too bit down on her finger without hesitation. The two streams of fresh blood seemed to have a spiritual energy, shooting straight out and merging together, creating a red mist. The two didn't stop moving, joining forces to scatter the mist in all directions. Instantly, the red mist enveloped the bodies of the maids, each one's body suddenly growing taller and stronger, their white robes turning crimson in an instant, becoming incredibly fierce as they charged towards Guan Lingdao.

  "When did you become a spirit body? Come to harm your father! You're really a demon woman!" Guan Lingdao spat out a big mouthful of black blood, and his whole person shook uncontrollably.

  Li Yan and Bai Shangjie did not stop, their faces were getting paler and paler. But the red fog still rushed on relentlessly.

  A strange cry echoed through the air, emitted by Guan Lingdao.

  Suddenly a giant bat soared into the sky and flew rapidly southward.

  "If you don't listen to your father's words, if there is any misfortune in the future, don't blame your father for being heartless. This account will be settled first. You rely on the righteous spirit messenger's spiritual protection, ruining my good deeds. In the future, I won't tolerate it." The dark and cold voice flew away quickly.

  We were all stunned, damn it, this is more nerve-wracking than a suspense drama, and it's changing too fast.

  Bai Shangjie was already weak and short of breath, sitting on the ground, apparently having lost a lot of spiritual energy. Li Yan's face was also completely red, her body swaying unsteadily, but she could still barely hold on. The group of girls were all panting heavily at this time, their bodies recovering slowly.

  Li Yan struggled to hold herself up as she walked over, her eyes filled with pity and love, wanting to help Bai Shangjie who was on the ground.

  Bai Shangjie, on the other hand, is a coquettish and flirtatious person. This time I know that it was all because of Feng Chenju's deception, who tricked Gui Yangdao into thinking he had become a ghost, and also deceived him into believing that Li Yan had seduced Bai Shangjie's boyfriend. After the incident, I can truly testify that from the moment Gui Yangdao was deceived, I knew it was nonsense.

  Li Yan had already learned about the whole story from Qing Shandao Chang.

  She walked over, squatted in front of Bai Shangjie, and said softly: "Sister, how could you believe that evil Daoist's words? It ruined the deep affection between us sisters. Even if you didn't believe me before, now you should have believed me, right? If I had any ulterior motives, just now when our spiritual blood merged and the Moonlight Array's power increased greatly, we would not have been able to retreat from Guan Lingdao. This is enough to prove that I am still the sister you like. Moreover, although Guan Lingdao escaped because he was afraid of the righteous Spiritual Messenger's aura, why were we sisters' combined strength still so powerful? I really didn't do those things as Feng Chen said. My transformation into a spirit was entirely due to our master's gratitude for my meritorious service in protecting the spirit. It wasn't because I was infatuated with your boyfriend and wanted to take his place. As for your boyfriend, this matter is not clear for now, but fortunately, you have returned to normal, so go figure it out yourself. However, trust me, sister, I will always be by your side." A ferry ghost and a lantern ghost, the two daughters of the righteous Spiritual Messenger, actually dispelled their previous misunderstandings here. I couldn't help but feel some emotion, just like in the mortal world, petty people's schemes can often ruin great things.

  Bai Jing heard Li Yan say this, and also burst out laughing, "Oh my, sister, people are tired, saying such embarrassing things, others will laugh at us, the two of us arguing over who knows whose man, really not worth it."

  A group of girls surrounded him, singing and dancing, and returned to their feminine nature, chattering and saying, "Don't worry, Master Lin, we have to get past our test before we let you see our sister."

  The previous stormy weather, but this time it's a perfect moonlit night, oh my, my little heart.

  "Is the one who controls the spiritual path your father?" I still can't let go of this question, because this question is linked to a long string of doubts, related to the progress of the project. I really don't want anything to happen to the project again.

  "I'll tell you, it's a long story, but the messenger has been kind to me, so I'll just say it," Bai Shangjie slowly stood up, her eyes filled with tears again, and said softly, "My father was originally the manager of the Lingdao here. At that time, when Wuyingmen and Zhenglingmen were at war, my father was still young and was a small door servant of Zhenglingmen. The two sides fought fiercely to occupy the mountain city, but they were evenly matched, and after a long battle, there were piles of white bones, and countless deaths and injuries. Wuyingmen wanted to dominate the Yin realm and gathered evil demons from all over the world. During the fierce battle, these evil demons took advantage of the situation to harm the Yang realm, which was the southern village and the nearby villagers. At that time, there were plagues and epidemics everywhere, and evil spirits appeared in the world, causing people's hearts to be frightened. The southern village was almost empty. This was actually a poisonous plan by Wuyingmen! Zhenglingmen took it upon itself to help the Yang realm and warm it up as its own responsibility. At that time, what could be done? The master of Zhenglingmen had no choice but to divide his subordinates into four directions to rescue the villagers from the disaster, while Wuyingmen took advantage of the situation to occupy the mountain head, exterminate Zhenglingmen, and only a small group of Zhenglingmen disciples escaped south. And the master bit his tongue and poured all his blood into my father, saying that he must die to guard against Wuyingmen's harm, in order to cultivate his spirit, so that one day he could rise again."

  Bai Shangjie's narrative was the first time I heard the authentic version of this countless circulating versions.

  "My father shed blood to protect not only the vengeful spirits and ghosts of the Righteous Spirit Gate, but also collected the white bones and buried them. He was kind-hearted and also helped the countless souls and white bones of the Unseen Gate. I thought this good deed could temporarily resolve the grudges between the two gates, but unexpectedly, an evil person emerged from within - Guan Lingdao, a minor soul spirit of the Unseen Gate who had been left behind due to the gate's expansion plans. He stirred up trouble everywhere and eventually incited the souls of the Unseen Gate, leading to my father's demise. Guan Lingdao then claimed to be the master of the place, and I barely escaped with my life to the Righteous Spirit Gate, where I told them the truth. However, the gate was still recovering from its injuries, so I stayed behind as a lantern ghost. Meanwhile, Guan Lingdao spent day and night cultivating his powers, growing not only in strength but also in ambition. He considered this place his own sect and worked tirelessly to build it up. When you entered this place, disturbing the earth and stirring up the yin energy, he naturally wouldn't allow it. His heart was set on finding the Spirit Blade and dominating the Underworld. Only when he heard that the Spirit Blade had appeared did he realize that the true body of the Righteous Spirit was nearby, which is why all these strange things have been happening."

  Now I understand roughly, there is indeed a hidden story.

  Li Yan, however, remained silent, seeing Bai Shangjie stop talking, just about to continue the conversation. But Bai Shangjie suddenly said: "Sister, let's not talk about family matters for now, we'll talk again when the time comes." Li Yan looked at me and stopped talking. It seems that Bai Shangjie hasn't told the whole story yet, and the grudges between the two families are indeed not as simple as she said.

  But there's no time to investigate further now. I'm worried about whether Zhang Mei will be okay, what happened to that man, and whether the project can start construction yet?

  Li Yan seemed to know my concerns and said, "Xin Xin, tomorrow you should still go find that old Daoist from the past, just to cover up for now. Otherwise, the villagers will become suspicious, and the construction will start. Guan Ling Dao was forced out of his evil blood by our Moonlight Array, injuring his true yuan, and he won't be able to take care of it for a while."

  I nodded and asked: "Shall we go back now?"

  Bai Shangjie said: "I'll follow my sister back to make up for the lost soul, I'm fine with that, it's just that my girls can't become lonely ghosts and wild demons anymore. Farewell for now, we'll meet again in the future."

  Li Yan also said she had to go back and report, telling me to be careful. Zheng Lingmen has been busy with many things lately, and Qing Shan Daozhang is also surrounded by things, so everything still depends on the opportunity. She also had to leave.

  Everyone said goodbye, but my heart was empty and hollow.

  He and Lao Qian returned to Zhang Mei's courtyard with a group of people, but unexpectedly found a group of black shadows. What? Something happened again?