Chapter 23: The Water Ghost Sisters

The Canine Xiaos surrounded the area, crouching on their hind legs like hunting dogs, their blood-filled maws gaping wide, long tongues lolling out, their entire bodies radiating a nauseating, fishy stench.

Originally there were eight, but after circling the mountain peaks nearby, only four remained.

What place is this? This is Ghost Wushan!

Conducting a "mountain sweep" here... the ghosts accepted it with a smile.

Of course, for the people of the Pingtian Society, these medicinal beasts were merely consumables; they felt no pain at all.

A Rank Dan Xiu issued an order, and the remaining four medicinal beasts shot into the forest like arrows loosed from a string.

The Holy Maiden adjusted her skirt, and before she advanced with high spirits, she stepped with one foot onto the central "vital spot" of the human-shaped object on the ground. Unexpectedly, the human-shaped object, as if struck by a heavy blow, shattered with a "Crack!"

Twenty li away, Xu Yuan's heart stirred: "They have found it..."

This also meant they had already begun their pursuit.

Xu Yuan stood on a large rock by a small river; the rock was three zhang high. There were many such massive rocks on both banks of the river, and various shrubs with tenacious vitality grew in the crevices.

Ahead was a towering, steep stone cliff. The river wound around from the bottom, and over thousands of years, it had unknowingly sawed out a groove in the cliff.

Xu Yuan jumped from one rock to the next, appearing quite at home.

After rounding that stone cliff, a sound of coquettish laughter and play suddenly came from ahead. Behind the cliff lay a pool of water, and two Bai Huahua things were playing in the water.

Xu Yuan habitually glanced twice. The pair of Water Ghost sisters in the pool, upon seeing him, were too lazy to even act. They spat disdainfully: "It's that rascal again!"

"Every time you only watch the performance but never buy a ticket."

"Our sisters have such bitter fates..."

"We cannot meet a worthy man..."

Xu Yuan swept his gaze over the Bai Huahua spots a couple more times before shifting his eyes and saying: "I'll make a deal with you. I can lure a large batch of blood food to you; in return, you point out a place where I can spend the night in the mountains."

"Giggle, giggle, giggle..." The older sister of the Water Ghost sisters covered her mouth and laughed coquettishly: "The place we point out, do you dare to go?"

Xu Yuan thought for a moment and said: "You wouldn't want to do just this one-time business, would you? If I survive tonight, I can introduce more business to you in the future."

The younger sister saw right through him: "The blood food you want to lure is the people hunting you, right? You want to use us sisters as a knife to solve your enemies for you?"

The older sister also sneered: "We sisters have lived for several hundred years. You little brat, do you think you can play such tricks on us?"

The younger sister poked the older sister's chest: "Don't talk nonsense. You are eighteen this year, and I am only sixteen."

"Yes, yes, yes!"

Xu Yuan pretended to leave: "Ungrateful. If you don't want it, I'll take it to Blind Huizi next door."

Regardless of whether those people are my enemies, they are rare blood food.

You guard here, coming and going with nothing but the trick of seducing men. The people in the town have long figured you out, and you dare not provoke the people in the village. If you miss this opportunity, you won't know how many more centuries you must wait before you can eat something hot.

"Wait!" The younger sister finally couldn't hold back and asked: "How many people?"

"Men and women, eight in total."

The two sisters couldn't help but lick their lips.

Then the two of them sank into the water and began to discuss things while bubbling.

After a while, the two sisters surfaced again: "We sisters will take this deal!"

Xu Yuan nodded as expected: "Tell me where I can spend the night."

"I cannot tell you now. Wait until we have eaten those people, and then I will tell you."

Xu Yuan nodded: "I will hide first."

The older sister pointed to the old plum tree by the pool: "Hide in the hole."

No one knew how many years the old plum tree had lived; it was thick enough for more than one person. After the older sister pointed, Xu Yuan finally saw that there was a tree hollow at the very bottom.

He had come many times before, but Xu Yuan had never noticed there was a hole here.

... Perhaps it was because he was too busy looking at other things.

Xu Yuan hid inside. As soon as he entered, he heard a strange dog barking sound approaching.

This dog barking sound was also somewhat like a wolf howl, rapidly approaching from a distance, and soon arrived behind the stone cliff.

In the pool, the two sisters, who were posing seductively and preparing to make a big move, suddenly changed color, trembling like a sieve: "There are dogs—"

The sisters' voices changed, and then, disregarding everything, they rushed out of the pool. With a "Whoosh!", they all squeezed into that tree hollow!

Xu Yuan immediately felt two furry things burrowing into his arms, while a strong smell hit his nose.

Xu Yuan immediately understood: "You are afraid of dogs—you are not Water Ghosts, you are..."

This was bad news.

Xu Yuan had lured the Holy Maiden here, intending to let the Holy Maiden's charm technique clash with the Water Ghost sisters, to see who was more lewd.

But these two sisters were useless; before they even met the Holy Maiden, they were scared into shrinking by a pack of dogs.

Xu Yuan gritted his teeth: "I will go solve this pack of dogs—you two get ready!"

"Good, good, good!"

"Chirp, chirp, young man, a man like you is the best!"

Several furry little paws pushed Xu Yuan out.

After Xu Yuan came out, he first tilted his ear to listen, and quickly distinguished that there were four in total.

When he was young, there were also a few stray dogs in the alley, so Xu Yuan had certain experience in dealing with them.

But these four were obviously different; their roars carried a ferocity, and the speed at which their voices approached was clearly faster.

Xu Yuan dove into the pool.

Soon, the four-legged Canine Xiaos leaped to the edge of the pool. Immediately, all sound vanished from the tree hollow. Even the tree hollow itself disappeared!

Two furry things shivered in the tree hollow. Those four "dogs" were larger than humans, with blood-red eyes, sharp teeth interlocked in their blood-filled maws, and their entire bodies radiated a terrifying aura that their instincts feared.

"Is that young man capable..."

The Canine Xiaos began to circle the pool searching, lowering their heads and constantly sniffing the ground.

They snorted irritably, clearly leaving behind many scents they disliked on the ground.

One Quanxiao sniffed its way to the edge of the pool, then lowered its head to glance at the water.

The pool water was as calm as a mirror.

Just as the Quanxiao relaxed its guard, with a sudden splash, a powerful large hand shot out from the water, grabbed the Quanxiao by the neck, and dragged it swiftly into the depths!

The other three Quanxiao, startled, quickly fled from the pool's edge.

The Quanxiao in the water struggled violently, splashing and roaring! Stirring up huge waves of water, but in the end, it slowly sank.

Xu Yuan, in the water, tightly choked the Quanxiao's neck and dragged it to the deepest part of the pool.

Dense water weeds grew here; Xu Yuan used the weeds to bind the Quanxiao, then silently swam toward the other side.

The more the Quanxiao struggled in the water, the tighter it became; gradually, it began to tremble its legs continuously. With every tremor, a large mouthful of water rushed in, followed by a string of bubbles spitting out.

The three Quanxiao on the shore, watching the bubbles continuously rising, dared not approach the pool any closer.

But they scattered around the pool, staring fixedly at the water; whatever burst out from the pool, they would pounce and tear at it immediately.

Bubbles rose four or five times, then the pool water calmed down again, and the mountain forest instantly fell into a dead silence.

The Quanxiao grew even more vigilant; that thing was about to surface.

Suddenly, from somewhere in the pool, with a light gurgling sound, a shadow shot out of the water.

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