Chapter 545: Soul Returns to Hometown

Running in front, chasing from behind.

The starry night illuminates the mountain path; man and ghost are as swift as flight.

Wu Xian's legs moved rapidly, the bayonet in his leather bag clattered, his face was not flushed, his breath was steady, and he could even spare a moment to glance back from time to time.

The ghosts brought immense resentment up the mountain, startling countless snakes, insects, and birds into fleeing in all directions.

After running for a distance like this.

Wu Xian turned his head to look down the mountain and saw that those ghosts were still far away from him.

Thanks to the Lotus Juanren's physique, which was slightly stronger than an ordinary person's, and the potential of "Accumulated Labor Becomes a Ghost," Wu Xian's running speed was actually faster than the drifting speed of these ghosts.

"If it's just like this, passing the minor exam smoothly won't be difficult."

"Since that's the case, since I'm already here, why not try to see if these ghosts can drop Malevolent Incense?"

While Wu Xian was considering the feasibility, he turned his head and suddenly stopped abruptly, because he saw a woman in red appear suddenly on the mountain path ahead! This woman had a beautiful face, her cheeks were painted with rouge, her eyes were cloudy and vacant, her feet were translucent, her body was three fingers off the ground, and her complexion was pale with a ghostly green tint.

At the same time the woman in red appeared, the surrounding scene began to become unreal. Everything was twisting; stones looked like wobbling jelly, trees looked like kelp in the ocean, and weeds were like hair fluttering in the wind.

The woman was full of terror and asked Wu Xian for help in an eerie tone.

"Can you help me?"

"I, I was just hit by a gunshot!"

"The gunshot wound is bleeding constantly; if I don't plug the wound, I will bleed to death!"

"I'm only twenty-two, I haven't found a husband yet, I don't want to die, so can you help me find the gunshot wound on my body?"

"I can't see, I can only rely on you. I will cooperate with you wherever you want to look."

"After finding the gunshot wound, you can leave."

After the blind female ghost in red finished speaking, she lowered her head as if she were a bit shy.

"Sure."

Wu Xian agreed readily, pulled out his pistol, his expression turned into that of a malevolent ghost, killing intent wrapped around the pistol, and he jammed the barrel into the woman's eye socket! "I found the gunshot wound!"

"The gunshot wound is right in your eye socket!"

The female ghost covered her eyes, emitting screams of resentment and pain, and the surrounding scenery gradually returned to reality.

When the surroundings were completely normal, Wu Xian swung the Blood Thorn Silk and whipped the blind woman's face with a fierce expression, beating her until her body and soul were extinguished!

This female ghost should have been a special type among the ghosts down the mountain, and her purpose was to delay Wu Xian's progress.

The distortion of the surrounding space should have been some kind of low-level Ghost Wall, and the question she posed was the method to escape the Ghost Wall.

How to deal with this situation was exactly what was taught in the physical education class.

Wu Xian thought calmly for two seconds.

He realized that the question she posed was too general; he only needed to find the gunshot wound on her body to pass.

Why go through the trouble of finding the original gunshot wound? Wouldn't it be easier to just create a new one on her? The bullets weren't enchanted, so shooting might not be useful, but if he treated the pistol as a cold weapon and used "Born Killer" to provide a buff to the cold weapon, it would definitely work! Who said you can't kill without firing? A wound made by jamming it in is also a gunshot wound!

The female ghost was burned to ashes by fire, and there was nothing left on the ground, which meant that such weak malevolent entities could not provide Wu Xian with Malevolent Incense.

Wu Xian shook his head in disappointment, gave up the idea of sniping the ghosts down the mountain, and continued running toward the summit.

Just the time wasted earlier had already shortened the distance between the ghosts down the mountain and Wu Xian, and it was uncertain what other tricks might appear in a while...

The tricks appeared!

Just after Wu Xian ran for a distance, he found that there was no road ahead; a section of the road about ten meters long had collapsed, and below was a daunting bottomless abyss.

But Wu Xian clearly remembered that when he drifted down the mountain, there was a road here, although it was a relatively narrow mountain path.

Wu Xian thought for a moment, then conjured the "Blood-Soaked Old Wolf-Tooth Staff" out of thin air from his poker cards; this staff was five meters long, just right for probing the path.

After probing a few times.

Wu Xian discovered that the road hadn't disappeared; the abyss below was just an illusion cast by the ghosts.

So Wu Xian bit the bullet and walked up.

His steps were very slow; he had to probe before each footfall, and only dared to take the next step after stepping firmly, as if walking a tightrope between high-rise buildings.

Although Wu Xian knew it was safe here, his survival instinct forced him to be cautious. In the real world, there are high-mountain glass skywalks; even with thick glass blocking and others setting an example, some people still don't dare to step forward, let alone Wu Xian, who couldn't see anything here.

After crossing the ten-meter cliff that made his heart race.

Wu Xian didn't encounter any more thrills, at most one or two ghosts suddenly jumping out from the side to give him a scare.

Finally.

Wu Xian ran to the Tudimiao, and the army of ghosts behind him was about to catch up.

The stone statue of the Earth God had disappeared.

But above the tunnel entrance, a flesh-mangled malevolent entity was lying prone.

This malevolent entity had its limbs spread out, its head lifted toward Wu Xian's direction, and it glared at Wu Xian, roaring in a daze.

"Not allowed to enter! Cannot enter! Peach Blossom Spring does not welcome you, get out, get out!"

If he were outside and encountered such a malevolent entity, Wu Xian would have investigated a bit before taking action.

But this was a physical education minor exam.

Judging from the content of Guo Xiaodong's physical education class, what was being tested here was nothing more than whether the student had the courage to take action against malevolent entities.

So Wu Xian kicked the malevolent entity on the forehead.

Sure enough.

This malevolent entity was very fragile.

Even an attack without any added power made it cry out in pain; after just a few hits, the malevolent entity had to flee in a sorry state, and before leaving, it warned Wu Xian like this.

"Never enter Peach Blossom Spring, you will regret it once you enter!"

Wu Xian turned around, looked at the ghosts that were approaching ferociously and were less than twenty meters away from him, ignored the malevolent entity's warning, and jumped directly into the tunnel entrance.

Plop! Wu Xian landed in blood, splashing a patch of blood.

The blood formed characters in mid-air, leaving information for Wu Xian.

"Physical education minor exam over, language minor exam officially begins."

Wu Xian looked up.

Countless ghost heads were crowded at the entrance, but none of them tried to enter the tunnel; it seemed Wu Xian didn't need to be too anxious for the time being.

Wu Xian had already seen the scenery here; it was just a pitch-black tunnel.

It was narrow at first, just enough for a person to pass, and it would take a while before it became spacious.

Wu Xian had only walked a few steps.

When he heard the sound of metal being struck, several Yin Messengers wearing tattered black jackets walked over sluggishly.

Only one Yin Messenger had clothes that were barely intact; he held a broken gong and struck it, shouting listlessly.

"Yin Messengers passing, living people make way!"

The tunnel was narrow, and there was nowhere to make way, so Wu Xian could only press against the wall and turn his face away, trying his best not to look at these Yin Messengers.

The Yin Messengers passed by Wu Xian, and their clothes even touched, but because Wu Xian didn't offend the Yin Messengers, no conflict occurred.

After walking for another distance, Wu Xian heard the sound of gongs and drums again.

Only this time, the sound came from behind.

Wu Xian was helpless and had to make way again, but this time the team was much longer.

He saw in his peripheral vision that the ghosts that had just been chasing him were obediently following behind the Yin Messengers, walking with their heads lowered...

After everyone had passed.

Wu Xian shook his head and sighed.

"Although you cannot return to your hometown, at least your souls can return to your hometown. I hope this can fulfill your wishes..."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 546 =====