Chapter 172

"I'll untie the rope for you, Miss!" Qian Chen went around to the back of the Xie Miss and said diligently.

The Xie Miss said embarrassedly: "With so many men watching me here, it's really embarrassing. Can you please ask a few people to go out and let this young master untie the rope for me!" The Xie Miss smiled slightly at Qian Chen, her pretty face looking back, shy and timid, truly pitiful to see.

Yan Shu looked at the Xie Miss with pity and said: "I'll go outside the door to guard against the evil ghost coming back."

Seeing that Cen Can still refused to move, he dragged him out of the door. Cen Can went out and said puzzled: "That Xie Miss's origin is clearly strange. Although I haven't detected ghost Qi, I should still watch her. Why did you pull me out?"

Yan Shu smiled: "My Brother Taibai has always had quick wit. You just listen to him."

Cen Can still had doubts, just looked back at the desolate house, thinking of Qian Chen's amazing sword skills, and then hesitated and waited at the door.

The Xie Miss looked at Li Bi pitifully again. Li Bi said: "If that evil ghost suddenly returns, it will be inconvenient for you two. Like this... I will turn around!"

Li Bi said and really turned around, facing away from the two, holding the talisman in his hand, watching the talisman burn slowly.

Qian Chen was behind the Xie Miss, looking at the rope tying her, frowned and said: "This evil ghost is so cunning, it even used a cowhide rope to tie a weak woman like you."

The Xie Miss saw Li Bi facing her turned his back, and Qian Chen was behind her, so she showed a strange smile. The smile grew bigger and bigger, until a cherry mouth split to an arc that a human face could not complete. The Xie Miss said softly: "I ask the young master to cherish me and not hurt me."

"I was able to find this place, I originally thought it was some powerful character!"

"I didn't expect it to be just a stunned boy and a lecher!"

"Oh!" Qian Chen's voice came from behind the Xie Miss with a slightly apologetic tone: "I accidentally tied a dead knot!"

The evil ghost that turned into the Xie Miss sneered in its heart: "Still a clumsy lecher!" But it said in its mouth: "Young master, be careful..." Its neck twisted bit by bit, seemingly looking back, but actually it was about to twist to an extreme arc, twisting its head to the back. At this time, Qian Chen suddenly pulled out his sword. The sharp sword Qi startled the evil ghost, and it twisted its head back, but it was actually ready to break its skin and turn into a shadow to escape at any time.

"It's okay, I'll use the sword to cut it open..." Qian Chen said.

"Startled!" The evil ghost complained in its heart.

It felt a sword Qi faintly crossing its back, making it very vigilant and tensing its body. At this time, Li Bi, who was standing with his back turned, whispered: "Miss, have you seen the shape of that evil ghost clearly?"

The evil ghost disguised as the Xie Miss said softly: "I was too scared at the time, I only saw an evil ghost with red hair and blue face, and eyes as big as copper bells."

"This is a Yaksha ghost..." Li Bi said: "It is rumored that Yaksha ghosts can paint skin, disguise themselves as humans to deceive people."

The evil ghost was already showing anger, staring at the talisman in Li Bi's hand with fear.

Qian Chen asked in a low voice behind it: "What is painting skin?"

"It is to put on human skin painted with colored pens, disguise as a beautiful woman that people love, and play all kinds of deceptive means to achieve the purpose of splitting people's abdomens and digging out people's hearts." Li Bi said lightly.

The evil ghost was already showing anger, staring at the talisman in Li Bi's hand with fear. Qian Chen was behind it, seemingly half-understanding, which made the evil ghost sneer in its heart: "Truly a fool..." It was easy to kill the fool behind it, but that stunned boy seemed not simple, and seemed to want to use that lecher to trick it into revealing its true form to kill it.

The evil ghost stared at Li Bi's back with fear, thinking about what means to use to suddenly attack.

It heard Qian Chen whisper behind it: "Using colored pens to paint skin, how can it be very similar. I know a way that is more similar..."

Li Bi smiled: "But this method is difficult to disguise as an old man!"

"Why?" Qian Chen asked.

"Because the skin of an old man is not as tight as that of a young person, so if you put it on your body, it will definitely be loose."

The Xie Miss felt that the sword Qi was constantly gesturing behind her back, and the sharp and slightly cold sword Qi pointed by the sword tip made her feel very uncomfortable, so she couldn't help but urge: "Young master, cut the rope for me quickly, that evil ghost might come back at any time."

Qian Chen said softly: "Don't worry, my sword is sharp, it won't be good if I hurt your skin. I'll be careful, and it will be accurate."

The Xie Miss groaned, looking very weak.

Behind the evil ghost, Qian Chen's sword Qi had cut open the human skin it was wearing, revealing its blue ghost body. The Affectionate Sword Qi was extremely sharp, and the evil ghost didn't notice it at all. Qian Chen cut open the next layer of ghost skin, revealing the dirty flesh inside. He smiled slightly, his smile full of demonic nature.

And Li Bi was wondering, he had clearly hinted to Qian Chen, why didn't he take action? He quietly untied the hairpin on his head, preparing to slap it out.

At this time, Qian Chen suddenly said: "Painting skin ghost is just a small ghost. In legend, there is a truly terrifying demon called the Moon Demon, and this demon is also good at painting skin. Brother Changyuan, have you ever heard of it?"

Li Bi heard this and put the hairpin back into his sleeve, whispering: "I haven't, please explain, Brother Taibai."

Qian Chen whispered: "This Moon Demon was originally a practitioner, with profound cultivation, but he ultimately failed to prove the Dao of Primordial Spirit and immortality. When his lifespan was approaching, he feared the laws of heaven and earth, and the Yin Spirit of the soul catching him. So he suddenly had a thought: 'Humans have a limit of lifespan and a calamity of life and death. If I put on ghost skin and disguise myself as having died, wouldn't I be able to deceive the laws of heaven and earth?'"

Li Bi's expression became slightly solemn: "This is indeed a terrifying idea! To deceive heaven like this, it is truly a demon!"

Qian Chen continued: "So the Moon Demon tricked a Yaksha ghost and said to it, 'My lifespan is approaching, and I want to corpse-disintegrate and release my Yin Spirit, turning into a Yaksha ghost god to continue practicing. I can leave this skin of mine to you, but you have to let me study the Yaksha ghost body and let me change my cultivation method. After the work is done, not only can the flesh be left to you as painted skin, but I will also give you another copy of the cultivation method.'"

"The Yaksha was very happy, so it let him do whatever he wanted..."

Qian Chen's voice gradually became ethereal in the evil ghost's ears: "One day, after the Yaksha let him do whatever he wanted, it heard a sigh from the Moon Demon behind it: 'Finally, the work is done.' The Yaksha was very happy and turned back and said: 'You should keep your promise.' The Moon Demon smiled and said: 'As everyone knows, the demonic path never keeps promises.' After saying this, he made a cut on the Yaksha's back..."

"Rip."

"The Yaksha heard a slight tearing sound, its body felt cold, and it saw its skin peeling off like clothes. The Moon Demon grinned and revealed a ferocious smile, wrapped the Yaksha skin on his body, and turned into the appearance of that Yaksha. From then on, he escaped the laws of life and death..."

Qian Chen's voice became lower and lower:

"And the Yaksha lost its ghost skin and could only become a monster that is neither god nor ghost, sinking forever. Its only hope is to trick another Yaksha's skin to be liberated."

"So there are many skinless ghosts in the world, called 'corpses', suffering forever from that Avici suffering!"

Li Bi whispered: "To be able to deceive even ghosts, one can see how vicious this human heart is, even more than ghosts. I once heard that the Nine Heavens Demonic Path has a supreme demonic scripture called 'Moon Demon Painting Skin Scripture'!"

Qian Chen nodded slightly: "This is the story of the first Moon Demon. Later, he discovered that Yakshas also have Yin lifespans, so he wore Yaksha skin, tricked the skin of the Zhu Wuchang God of the Yin Mansion, wore the Zhu Wuchang God's skin, went to peel off the Judge's skin, and finally peeled off the skin of a true Heavenly God, turning into one of the Heavenly Demons in the demonic path, the Moon Demon."

Speaking of this, Qian Chen suddenly asked the Xie Miss in a low voice: "Miss, do you know why the Moon Demon clearly had cultivation and ability that already exceeded Yakshas and the ghosts and gods behind, but still had to trick their skins?"

He leaned behind the Xie Miss's ear and whispered: "Because if you peel it hard, they will struggle, and it will be easy to tear the skin, so you won't be able to deceive the laws of heaven! To peel skin like this, it is best to cut open the tight skin on its back when the ghost is unaware, so that the tight skin only needs to be cut a small opening, and it will crack by itself, and then let the ghost be constantly, nervous, relaxed, nervous, relaxed... its skin will slowly peel off, and finally, you only need to suddenly peel it... that piece of ghost skin will be completely peeled off."

The Xie Miss said tremblingly: "Young master, why did you tell such a terrifying story for no reason, I... I am so scared!"

Qian Chen whispered and smiled: "Listen, is it this sound?"

"Rip!"

A sound of tearing silk rang out. The Xie Miss's scalp cracked a seam, and a Yaksha evil ghost jumped out of the human skin. It shouted: "I can't take it anymore! You cultivator, how can you be more vicious and terrifying than us ghosts!"

At this time, the Yaksha turned back, wanting to fight Qian Chen to the death.

Even if it was killed, it was better than this kind of invisible torture.

But looking back, it saw Qian Chen holding a blue skin bag in his hand. The skin bag had red hair and an indigo face, with fangs exposed, eyes like copper bells, and teeth like files, extremely ferocious. But at this time, the skin bag had already shriveled like a piece of clothing, with a seam cracked from the top of the head, and its shoulders hung in Qian Chen's hands.

Qian Chen tilted his head and looked at the evil ghost, smiling: "You thought I told this story to scare you?"

The evil ghost turned into a mass of shadows, constantly twisting, and an indescribable pain struck, making it howl, and the whole person turned into a rolling shadow, rushing towards the door.

Cen Can saw that there was no movement in the house for a long time, and secretly walked to the door, wanting to poke his head to check.

But a mass of shadows rushed out from the room. Cen Can was panicked and only used sword Qi to protect himself. Unexpectedly, that shadow passed through as if it were nothing. Inside came a strange howl that didn't sound like a human voice, rushing into the distance. Yan Shu slashed out with a sword, but didn't hit that shadow. Just as the shadow stepped out of the desolate courtyard, a sword Qi rose, blocking it for a moment.

Immediately, the pale yellow silk ribbon hanging on the elm tree turned into a thunder light and swung out, completely shattering the shadow, making the evil ghost's soul fly away and scatter, which still couldn't describe its misery.

Qian Chen shook off the Yaksha skin and rolled it up casually, tucking it under his arm.

He bowed to the human skin of the Xie Miss on the ground and sighed in a low voice: "I came late and failed to save the Miss. I can only pay back in kind, making that ghost taste the pain of being skinned itself. I hope the Miss rests in peace in the nine springs!"

After saying this, he pointed his hand, and the human skin was filled with flesh and blood again, turning into a corpse with a calm expression, lying in the side room.

Qian Chen and Li Bi, whose expression was gloomy, exited the desolate house, and saw the side room sink into the ground. Qian Chen casually set up a blue stone.

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The Tomb of Xie Pianqian, Daughter of Metropolitan Graduate Xie Ao!