Chapter 1874: Disgracing the Sect

"Ah, stop, don't come over! I am the head disciple of the Heavenly Dao Sect, I know the art of ghost-repelling, I have magical treasures and Talismans in my hands—get away, stay far away from me!" Unexpectedly, at this pat from Chen Yu, Qingfeng shivered in fright; he raised the copper bell, mirror, and other items in his hands and let out a shrill scream.

That sound was simply like a slaughtered pig; if one hadn't seen it with their own eyes, no one would have imagined that the usually high-and-mighty head disciple of the Heavenly Dao Sect, who claimed he could repel ghosts and slay evil, would now be cowering like this.

"Enough, get up. Yu Lan hasn't come over, and you are safe," Chen Yu said with a cold sneer.

Hearing Chen Yu's voice, Qingfeng finally poked his head out from the pile of grass. He looked at Chen Yu and Tang Yi with a suspicious expression, not daring to come out for a moment.

"Why aren't you coming out yet? We are humans, you can rest assured," Tang Yi said irritably, then mocked, "The head disciple of the Heavenly Dao Sect, tsk tsk, truly impressive."

"You, you are humans?" Qingfeng looked at the two of them tentatively and asked doubtfully.

"Genuine and authentic. Come out, it won't take your life, it's just a malicious Spirit," Chen Yu said. "You Heavenly Dao Sect people are great at bragging, but when it comes to the crux of the matter, you're nothing."

Qingfeng's expression was somewhat awkward. Indeed, he had spoken too boastfully in front of Chen Yu and Tang Yi just now; now that he had been scared into such a state, he felt too embarrassed to face them.

But at least the two had come over, and he had a glimmer of hope. When he was being chased all over the place by Yu Lan earlier, he really thought he was going to meet his end here.

"Ghost... there's a ghost." He crawled out from the grass pile, panting for breath; he had truly been scared out of his wits.

He had originally thought there was some Great Immortal from the Northeast inside, so he had approached aggressively, but he hadn't expected that his anti-demon items would be completely useless against that thing.

She could even transform into a figure in red robes, with a deathly pale face and a long, protruding tongue, coming to tear him apart.

Fortunately, he had a magical treasure passed down from his sect, which kept him from being killed on the spot by Yu Lan, but he had been scared into hiding in the grass pile, and he had lost all face.

"Ghost? Didn't you just swear that there was a demon spirit in here? How did it turn into a ghost in the blink of an eye?" Chen Yu sneered, "Is this how your Heavenly Dao Sect enters the world for training?"

"I... misjudged it before." The expression on Qingfeng's face became even more awkward. "It was me who didn't figure out what exactly was inside."

"Admitting you're not up to it?" Tang Yi said triumphantly. "The ghost you mentioned is called Yu Lan, and my master and I have already crossed paths with her just now."

"Her strength isn't great; it can only be called average. She's a bit stronger than the usual wandering ghost, but not to an outrageous degree."

"Then why didn't you subdue her?" Qingfeng was a bit annoyed; he felt that Tang Yi was just talking big—that thing just now was very fierce, okay?

Since you are so capable, why couldn't you subdue that thing?

"Subdue? It's not that we won't, but the time hasn't come yet," Chen Yu said. "The ghost-repelling profession has its own rules; didn't you know that?"

"What rules?" Qingfeng looked at Chen Yu in confusion; he truly did not know what rules there were.

"First transcend, then subdue," Chen Yu said leisurely. "Saving a Life is better than building a seven-story pagoda. If you transcend a malicious Spirit, it is also a great merit, accumulating hidden virtue. Don't you know this?"

"I know it, of course, but this is a Ghost; she has been formed for decades. You're saying you can transcend her now?" Qingfeng was clearly somewhat skeptical.

He had crossed paths with Yu Lan earlier and had been beaten until he cried for his parents, nearly wetting his pants. Moreover, he could see that the resentment of that thing was extremely heavy; she had no desire to go to Reincarnation. Transcend? Could such a thing even be transcended?

"That's because your own cultivation is too poor and your insight is insufficient," Chen Yu shook his head and said. "With your level, you are the head disciple of the Heavenly Dao Sect? And you dare to go out for training? I think your Heavenly Dao Sect has no one left."

These words left Qingfeng speechless and ashamed. He wanted to retort, but he found that what Chen Yu said seemed to be a fact—his level was indeed not up to par.

"My own level isn't good, but if my master were to take action, he would have long since made the opponent vanish into thin air," Qingfeng's mouth remained stubborn.

"If my master hadn't come looking for us just now, I'm afraid your corpse would be found tomorrow. Everyone would discover that your body was soft, but only your mouth was hard," Tang Yi mocked mercilessly.

"You..." This guy was so angry his face turned beet red, but he was unable to retort; he was indeed a bit stubborn.

"That's enough, let's get out of this place first. Even if your master came, he might not necessarily be able to transcend her," Chen Yu shook his head, then walked to the center of the courtyard.

"How are we going to get out? Don't we have to find her first? But this place is a Domain she created; if she doesn't appear, we have no way to find her," Qingfeng followed.

A locust tree was planted in the center of the courtyard. Chen Yu walked over, circled the locust tree a few times, and then nodded thoughtfully.

"Where are we going to find her?" Seeing that Chen Yu didn't answer, Qingfeng asked again.

Although the strength Chen Yu displayed was indeed much stronger, he still didn't want to admit it.

"Isn't she right here?" Chen Yu pointed to this locust tree.

"Isn't this just a tree?" Qingfeng looked at the tree in confusion; he couldn't see any clues from within this tree.

"Then do you know what kind of tree this is?" Chen Yu glanced at him. "As a descendant of the Daoist school, don't tell me you don't recognize it."

"Of course I recognize it, it's a locust tree," Qingfeng said angrily.

"Since you know it's a locust tree, you should know that a locust tree represents 'ghosts within the wood'; this is common knowledge," Chen Yu said, suddenly giving a light pat forward with his right hand.

With a 'whoosh', the tree began to shake incessantly. Immediately after, a stream of black Qi rose, and the surrounding environment changed instantly.

The surrounding environment turned dark again, and dozens of clusters of black Qi drifted around. At the same time, a shrill, miserable laugh came from all around: "You actually discovered me, then all of you stay here."

"Yu Lan, we still want to have a good talk with you," Chen Yu raised his head and said leisurely. "You cannot stay in the human world forever. If time passes and you do not return to the Underworld, you will attract ghost messengers, because the laws of Heaven and Earth do not allow you to stay here."

"When the ghost messengers are dispatched, only a dead end awaits you. The people who harmed you are no longer in this world. If you talk to us calmly, we will send you to the Samsara Dharma Assembly to wash away your sins and enter Reincarnation."

A blood-red shadow flashed, and Yu Lan appeared before everyone's eyes.

She walked forward slowly, the terrifying deathly pallor on her face gradually disappearing, replaced by a delicate and pretty face.