Chapter 47

She changed the subject again and said to Su Xuan: "Hey, you haven't answered me yet; can you really summon ghosts and gods?"

"I heard people say that you summoned ghosts and gods in the court hall, not only finding out the truth of the ghost soldier hijacking case but also finding the lost military pay."

"Princess is very interested in this matter?" Su Xuan looked at Honglian.

Honglian wanted to deny it verbally and didn't want Su Xuan to know her true thoughts, but with the words on the tip of her tongue, she hesitated, then decisively admitted, "That's right, I am very interested!"

A flattering smile hung on the corners of her mouth, "So, supernatural Mr. Su, can you let me see the legendary ghosts and gods?"

Su Xuan said indifferently, "Throughout history, humans and ghosts have been different. Ghosts and gods are feared by people for a reason, just because their appearance is different from ordinary people, terrifying and hideous. Are you sure you really want to see ghosts and gods?"

Honglian had heard people describe what happened in the court hall.

The ghost that appeared in the court hall was extremely terrifying; not only was its face rotten, but there were maggots crawling in it...

Thinking about that appearance slightly, she felt disgusted.

At this moment, hearing Su Xuan's words, she couldn't help but think of that description again and felt a sense of retreat.

But following that, she strengthened her determination.

Even if the ghost's appearance was terrifying, so what? That was a ghost!

It was an existence that ordinary people could hardly see in their lifetime.

Terror was only for a moment; as long as she could see them, that was enough.

"That's right, I want to see a ghost!" Honglian said firmly.

Su Xuan did not refuse and continued: "Since it is the Princess's request, then I will let the Princess see it."

Without using the soil of Soul-Breaking Valley as a medium like when he first performed the art of communicating with the netherworld, and without using the so-called "Soul-Guiding Incense," they saw Su Xuan flick his sleeve, and in an instant, eerie wind blew up.

Honglian's clothes and hair flew, and she felt bursts of chill.

Following that, black mist attacked, and within the black mist, a figure wearing broken armor appeared.

The moment this figure appeared, Honglian actually already regretted it.

If she had known, she shouldn't have said those words so quickly.

No one expected Su Xuan's actions to be so fast; without doing any preparation work, he directly summoned the ghost.

Honglian summoned her courage and took another look at the ghost's face.

The hideous and terrifying face was reflected in her eyes, and after that, Honglian lowered her head abruptly; no one knew what she wanted to do or say. The next moment, she turned around abruptly and left this place.

She was actually scared away?

Watching Honglian run away, Su Xuan was also speechless for a while. He waved his hand, and the ghost he summoned dissipated.

His gaze suddenly became sharp and looked to the other side.

"Did you make an appointment?"

"Either don't come, or come together?"

A figure twisted her waist and walked out quietly; the other party's appearance was charming, and she was one of the four fierce generals of the Nightless City, known as "Lady Mingzhu," the Tide Witch.

"That is the ghost you summoned in the court hall?" Lady Mingzhu had actually come long ago, but because she discovered Princess Honglian was also here when she arrived, she chose to hide her tracks temporarily.

After Princess Honglian left and she heard Su Xuan's words, she actually felt it was a coincidence.

Princess Honglian and she actually came to Su Xuan's place at the same time.

But obviously, their purposes were not the same.

Lady Mingzhu also did not expect that after hiding in the dark, she would have the good fortune to witness the ghost summoned by Su Xuan.

She had also heard about the court hall affair, with so many people speaking clearly, saying that the ghost had really appeared.

She had also once doubted whether Su Xuan could really summon gods and ghosts.

But now, after witnessing it, she still saw a clue.

"What a brilliant illusion, almost indistinguishable from the real thing!"

Lady Mingzhu herself was a master of illusion, and because the ghost was summoned by Su Xuan casually and he didn't deliberately pursue any details, Lady Mingzhu finally discovered the truth.

Hearing Lady Mingzhu's words, Su Xuan smiled and did not respond.

Lady Mingzhu was right; from the beginning, his so-called art of communicating with the netherworld was actually an illusion.

In the seventy-two earthly arts, there was indeed the art of "Communicating with the Netherworld," which could allow people to penetrate the netherworld and converse with ghosts and gods, but the key was that Su Xuan hadn't lit up the star belonging to communicating with the netherworld and hadn't mastered it.

However, it didn't matter; just like when he hadn't mastered the heavenly great supernatural power of "Summoning Wind and Rain" but could use the "Borrowing Wind" technique combined with the "Knowing Time" technique to calculate the celestial phenomena, subsequently disguising himself as being able to "Summon Wind and Rain," among the earthly Daoist arts he mastered, there was a Daoist art that could allow him to disguise himself as the "Communicating with the Netherworld" technique.

This technique was called—"Nightmare Prayer"!

Nightmare Prayer was illusion; one could use magic to confuse people with illusions, and those who were hit by the technique would be like in a nightmare.

The first two times of communicating with the netherworld were just two illusions performed by Su Xuan.

Even for the one in the court hall, in order to make the effect of the illusion more realistic, Su Xuan also learned from Lady Mingzhu's use of illusion and used some illusion incense to amplify its effect.

Su Xuan spoke, not mentioning the illusion, but pointed out Lady Mingzhu's purpose for coming here, "You came with killing intent. Why, did Ji Wuye order you to take action against me?"