Chapter 1217

These two big ghosts were shot with two or three holes, covered themselves with their robes, and swung their whips, fast and fierce.

The whips suddenly extended more than twice their length, passing directly through solid objects when they struck, while the trees and long grass along the way didn't move at all.

A guard couldn't dodge in time and was struck; his body shook, and he couldn't stand steady.

Others only saw the big ghost's whip coil, hooking a phantom out of his body.

The phantom didn't want to leave the body, but the big ghost pulled hard, and it was still dragged out.

The guard immediately fell to the ground, unconscious—his soul had been hooked away.

Fu Liushan threw out a pair of short cymbals, directly cutting the whip. He walked to the phantom, grabbed it with one hand, and stuffed it back into the guard's body.

That action was just like stuffing cotton into a quilt.

I don't know how he managed to do it, but in a few quick moves, the guard's soul returned to its place, only he couldn't move for a while.

Just after he finished saving the person, he threw out a chain to capture the big ghost.

The two sides fought for a while, and the big ghost was careless, being entangled by the chain and captured tightly.

When Fu Liushan turned his head to deal with the other big ghost, he discovered—

The ghost was gone.

He Lingchuan was standing where the big ghost had been, and the long blade in his hand that looked like autumn water had just disappeared.

"That...?"

"Dispelled."

Fu Liushan scratched his head, alright then.

He Lingchuan walked toward the sand pit: "What about these few?"

Those little ghosts were still stuck in place, and seeing him approach, they all showed fierce expressions.

"Get rid of them, they are all scourges." The miners in Rolling Stone Valley had their essence and souls sucked away by them.

He Lingchuan nodded, walked near the sand pit, and slashed casually.

With a soft 'swish', where the blade energy passed, the little ghosts were cut in half at the waist, and they disappeared into the air before they could even scream.

The Void-Breaking power of the Floating Life blade had never missed when dealing with these ghosts.

Fu Liushan finally saw clearly this time and clicked his tongue twice: "Your blade, the more I look at it, the more strange it is."

Magic treasures that can slash ghosts and monsters are all specially made, except for treasures from ancient and medieval times.

He took out the bellows and put away the bound big ghost, and just as he was about to speak, something fell from the night sky, looking like a big moth at first glance.

Fu Liushan reached out, and this thing landed in his palm.

Dong Rui and the others walked over to look, and it was a green coin, one size smaller than an ordinary copper coin.

"Eh, Green-Fly Coin?" Dong Rui had only heard of it and was seeing the real thing for the first time today.

The Green-Fly is a flying insect that looks like a cicada; using the mother and child blood of the Green-Fly, one can refine a pair of green coins. Releasing the child coin will make it find the mother coin, and vice versa. People have many uses for this characteristic, one of which is for short-distance communication.

At a distance of thirty to fifty miles, the mother and child Green-Fly coins can find each other, especially for contacting each other while moving, which is even more convenient than sending letters by birds.

This Green-Fly coin was specially made; Fu Liushan folded it gently, and it was hollow inside, hiding a tiny note.

Fu Liushan walked a few steps away to the water's edge, unfolded it, and his expression changed immediately.

He Lingchuan's line of sight couldn't turn corners, but the mirror in his bosom directly reported the content of the note:

Return immediately! Boss Situ He has been moved to the Ju City prison and will be beheaded tomorrow at noon!

Boss Situ He? He Lingchuan's brows furrowed immediately.

He had only seen Boss Situ He's wanted poster while buying dry rations during the day; so he had already been caught?

Fu Liushan put away the Green-Fly coin and said to He Lingchuan and the others: "I have urgent business and must leave first; I'll come back in two days."

Jiang Lishui was dissatisfied: "Master Fu, this matter isn't finished yet."

This guy has already taken the money, isn't he going to clean up the loose ends? Fu Liushan pointed at He Lingchuan and said: "Honestly, once Xuan Lu discovers him, it will definitely not let you go. You must know that after Xuan Lu turned into an evil spirit and came out of the mountains, the first thing it did was find all the descendants of its enemy Bao Ning and kill them all; this took decades, and it never tired of it, which shows its vengeful nature."

"So me staying here to catch ghosts now is just treating the symptoms, not the root cause. The best way is for you to abandon this place and leave immediately!"

His mind wasn't here, so he spoke bluntly. Jiang Lishui and the others were terrified, but He Lingchuan walked to Fu Liushan's side and whispered, but also bluntly: "You are in such a hurry to leave, are you planning to raid the prison or the execution ground?"

Fu Liushan was startled; he actually saw it?

The three words "raid the execution ground" were truly taboo. The first thought that popped into Fu Liushan's mind was to kill to silence him.

However, as soon as he thought of the martial prowess of these two, this thought was extinguished with a 'puff'.

Can't beat them, can't beat them.

"Nonsense, what prison or execution ground would I raid!" He changed his previous slacker attitude and turned back to the village to lead his horse, "You are outsiders, just mind your own business and earn your money; why meddle in these idle affairs?"

He Lingchuan reached out and gestured by his own ear: "That tall, black skin, square face, and a scar on his long neck?"

Fu Liushan paused, but still said: "Did you see the bounty?"

There was a portrait of Boss Situ He on the wanted poster, so it wasn't strange that He Lingchuan could describe his features.

He Lingchuan smiled: "The nail on his right pinky finger is naturally split."

A split nail is common on the little toe, but relatively rare on the hand. The wanted poster only drew the face, so it didn't draw this feature, right? Fu Liushan finally cast a scrutinizing look at him: "You really know him?"

He had guessed right. This fellow wasn't from out of town, so how could he get involved everywhere? "He studied at Lingxu City, right?" He Lingchuan said leisurely, "He is a good friend of mine from the Imperial Academy; I haven't heard from him for two years, and I didn't expect to see his name on a wanted poster. What exactly did he do to deserve beheading?"

Fu Liushan said vaguely: "How would I know? But in this kind of place, even if you are a clean and innocent good person, you could still be caught and beheaded."

"When was he arrested?"

"He went missing a few days ago." This was nothing to hide, "Later, General Boss Situ received a threat from the Bixia people, saying that if he didn't surrender, they would kill his son."

It seems General Boss Situ had already made his choice.

Seeing that he refused to say more, He Lingchuan stopped asking.

Fu Liushan still had some professional ethics, so he took advantage of the walk back to the village to explain in detail the methods for resisting ghosts, and handed some Heart-Covering Candles, high incense, and other magic tools to Jiang Lishui: "You saw how I did it just now; just follow the pattern, and I'll be back in a few days."

He glanced at He Lingchuan again and was about to leave.

He Lingchuan suddenly said: "If General Boss Situ sends troops to attack Ju City, Boss Situ He will probably die even faster. Does he know this?"

Fu Liushan was startled when he heard this, but didn't answer, instead riding his horse and leaving in a hurry.

(End of chapter)