CHAPTER 169: CHAPTER 169: GHOST KING

"Sigh~" Xuan Shiyi sat down facing the wall. He took out the Peach Wood Sword and stabbed the wall once, twice, three times...

Suddenly, he thought of something, stood up, and without getting annoyed, began stabbing the wall bit by bit.

Just as he was enjoying it, suddenly, the space they were in began to warp and change...

"It’s here!" Xuan Er’s gaze sharpened as he looked ahead.

Daoist An immediately walked to Xuan Er’s side; Xuan Wu and Xuan Shiyi also went over. The four stood together, watching the scene unfold before them.

"Let go! Let me go, I’m begging you, my child is still at home. I need to go back... please, I’m begging you..."

A woman in a delivery outfit was pushed in, tied up.

The woman pleaded, struggling desperately.

"There’s no one at home, my child is only three, I’m begging you..."

However, when the few people in white coats and masks heard the woman’s words, they looked at her indifferently and continued their work.

"What does this buyer need?"

A man asked the person next to him.

One person picked up a notebook from the table, glanced at it, and said, "One cornea, two hearts, kidneys, liver..."

"Wait a moment." The man picked up a pair of scissors and walked towards the bound woman.

The woman looked at the sharp scissors and the organs she just heard about, feeling utterly hopeless.

"No! I’m begging you, spare me..."

Thinking of her daughter alone at home, the woman’s tears flowed like a broken dam.

"My daughter has no one to care for her at home; if she wakes and doesn’t see me, she will cry. I’m begging you..."

No matter how the woman wailed, the people fixed her hands and feet to the operating table, while cutting off all her clothes.

"Alright, say it again."

"One cornea..."

Hearing each organ, the man circled the corresponding place on the woman’s body with a pen.

Soon, all the organs on the woman’s body were marked.

The woman’s body trembled, tears constantly flowing, her mind not filled with the fear of being killed, but with thoughts of her daughter still asleep at home.

She couldn’t go back. What about her daughter?

Thinking of her daughter waking up, unable to wait for her, perhaps crying continuously, perhaps accidentally getting hurt, perhaps starving to death...

Thinking of these possibilities, the woman felt cold all over, her heart incessantly aching.

"Where are the tools? Are they not ready yet? I need to get home and rest!" The lead surgeon was already gloved, waiting to finish up and go home to sleep.

"Coming, coming, just finished sterilizing..."

"Hurry up!"

"Alright! Alright..."

With the surgical tools prepared, they were brought over.

The lead surgeon picked up the scalpel and looked at the woman on the operating table.

The cold scalpel glided over the woman’s body, "Where to start?"

The woman felt the coldness of the scalpel, awakened from her stupor, and looked at the man through the tears, "I’m begging you, spare me... Can you... can you not let me die... I still have a daughter..."

"Daughter?" The man finally showed interest, "Where is your daughter? I’ll send someone to bring her over."

Hearing the man’s words, the woman grew even more terrified; she couldn’t say. Once she revealed where her daughter was, she believed these people would definitely kill her daughter...

The woman said nothing more. As the scalpel pierced her body, her eyes fixed on the man’s eyes exposed outside his mask.

In the last second before losing consciousness, she prayed in her heart that her daughter could be found and grow up safely...

"Inhumane!"

Daoist An watched those people dissecting a living person to harvest her organs without changing expression, and he spoke angrily.

Xuan Er and the others looked at the dissected woman on the operating table.

"So, the Ghost King is likely to be this woman," Xuan Shiyi said.

"Sigh, such pitiful people. What happened to her daughter, I wonder?"

Upon hearing the word "daughter," the space twisted again, changing to another side...

When Daoist An and the others saw the new scene with the little girl, their hearts skipped a beat; they all guessed the outcome.

...

On the other side, Lin Xiaoyan was walking forward slowly with eyes closed, holding a Jade Pendant in her hands.

This Jade Pendant was given to her by Xuan Er before and had always hung around her neck. Just when they entered this room, she had forgotten that this Jade Pendant was also a protective treasure, if not for the heat from her chest reminding her.

At present, it seems that this Jade Pendant is much more effective than the talisman paper.

They were now in a circle, with Lin Xiaoyan walking at the forefront, holding the Jade Pendant to open the path.

Lin Xiaoyan: ...Before this, she would never have thought that one day she would be paving the way through a group of ghosts.

The leader was surrounded in the middle, holding a gun, while the others on both sides and behind were slowly moving with Amulets held up.

The leader looked ahead, "There’s a wall up ahead."

Lin Xiaoyan stopped, carefully opened her eyes, looked at the wall in front, and then slowly turned to look behind.

Though they hadn’t opened their eyes to see ghosts, the burning heat from the talisman paper and the Jade Pendant constantly reminded them that ghosts were all around them.

Moreover, from time to time, they felt something trying to grab their legs, arms, hair...

Lu Lan felt something touch her leg again, her expression was terrible, she couldn’t stand it anymore, and kicked hard.

However, she kicked the air!

Lu Lan took a deep breath, feeling an unprecedented frustration reaching its peak!

Lin Xiaoyan’s hand touched Lu Lan’s arm beside her, and Lu Lan dodged, thinking it was that ghostly thing touching her again.

"Sister Lan, it’s me."

Lin Xiaoyan turned to look, and Lu Lan sighed in relief, "I thought it was that thing again."

Lin Xiaoyan gave a bitter smile, reaching to touch Lu Lan...

A moment later, she looked at the blocking wall ahead, carefully taking out a Five Thunder Talisman.

"What are you going to do?" The leader, behind Lin Xiaoyan, asked upon seeing her take out the Five Thunder Talisman.

Lin Xiaoyan whispered, "In a moment, an Evil Ghost will come out from here. Xuan Shiyi and the others are in there. I’ll blow it open in advance and join Xuan Shiyi and the others!"

She had just "seen" that an Evil Ghost would soon come out of this wall, and the Amulet in their hands couldn’t block it at all.

Ultimately, Lu Lan was taken away into the wall behind and met Xuan Shiyi...

So now, taking advantage that the ghost hadn’t come out yet, she planned to blow this place open and join Xuan Shiyi and the others, ensuring safety!

Lin Xiaoyan held the Five Thunder Talisman, ready to throw it at the wall, when she suddenly remembered her poor aim. She looked back.

"Who among you has good aim? I’m afraid I can’t throw it accurately..."

"I’ll do it!"

Lu Lan grabbed the Five Thunder Talisman, and the others quickly retreated.

Lu Lan threw the Five Thunder Talisman with force towards the wall standing before them.

"Boom!"

"Crash!"

A bolt of lightning struck directly at the wall, causing it to collapse instantly.

However, unexpectedly, this wall turned out not to be a real wall.

Suddenly, a piercing scream came from inside.