Chapter 425: Help Me Do Something

Yu Lin found a person.

To be precise, it was a ghost.

During the Zhong Kui period, the one he met was a female ghost named Huang Wan, whose beauty had led Li Yuanji to kill her whole family, and she was accompanied by a white demonic wolf. (Chapter 198)

As for why he specifically sought her…

"I want you to do something for me," Yu Lin said, sitting upright on a green stone, looking at the bow‑crowned, reverent female ghost and the demonic wolf before him, getting straight to the point.

Huang Wan heard this and immediately replied, "I do not know what you mean, young master. I shall exert all my effort!"

Although she was a ghost, her brows still bore the dignified bearing of a former genteel lady, her eyes were clear, and there was no usual vengeful poison nor Chaos.

The white wolf beside them let out a low whine, as if echoing.

"Very well." Yu Lin was quite satisfied with her attitude. "For you, this matter may carry risk, but it is also an opportunity. First, look at this object."

Having said that, he casually pointed at the empty ground before him.

A faint light flickered on the ground, and a stark white skeleton materialized out of thin air, its frame pure white yet faintly exuding a sinister aura.

Most strikingly, four characters were boldly engraved on its spine—"White Bone Lady"!

Huang Wan and the white wolf were both startled, instinctively stepping back half a step, focusing their guard.

However, before they could examine the skeleton's other peculiarities, the frame suddenly crackled, a dim light surged, and it swiftly manifested a woman in plain robes, with bewitching beauty yet a ghastly pallor.

The "White Bone Lady," upon appearing, could not attend to anything else; with a thud she fell to her knees, repeatedly kowtowing to Yu Lin, her voice thin and mournful:

"Great Immortal, spare my life! Great Immortal, spare me! Little demon… I do not know where I offended the great Immortal's law, my sins deserve ten thousand deaths! I beg the great Immortal's mercy; I am willing to swear a poisonous oath, to serve the great Immortal forever as slave and maid, to atone for my sins!"

"If… if the great Immortal insists on taking the little demon's life, then… then at least let the little demon die with clarity!"

She wept like rain‑kissed pear blossoms, her posture utterly humble.

Yu Lin merely gave her an indifferent glance, his voice showing no emotion: "If you have never harmed or eaten anyone, with such meager cultivation, not even an offense, even if you came before me, I might not spare a second glance."

"If you have ever done a good deed..........."

"Spare your life, even casually point out a couple of things to you, that would be fine."

"What a pity."

Yu Lin's gaze shifted to the complex‑looking Huang Wan, his tone softening slightly: "Both of you are of yin nature; you, Miss Huang Wan, bear a sea of blood‑deep grudges, yet you can keep to your heart, your grievances clear."

"You have never harmed an innocent, and instead often guide lost souls here away."

"Compared with her, you truly are worlds apart."

The White Bone Lady heard this, realizing she might not escape a disaster today; a fierce light flashed in her eyes, still hoping to fight to the death or beg for mercy again.

But Yu Lin gave her no further chance.

He did not employ any earth‑shaking divine technique; he simply extended a finger and lightly tapped the incessantly kowtowing White Bone Lady.

A pinpoint of clear light shot from his fingertip, sinking into the White Bone Lady's forehead.

The bewitching woman's form suddenly stiffened, the terror and venom on her face instantly solidified.

The next moment, her entire body reverted to the original engraved skeleton, like an eroded sandcastle, silently crumbling and melting into a handful of fine, uniform white bone dust, quietly piled on the ground.

Yu Lin brushed his sleeve again; the bone dust, infused with the White Bone Lady's cultivation essence, was drawn like a current, transforming into a milky white stream that surged toward Huang Wan's ghostly body.

More precisely, it surged toward the place of her own bones!

Huang Wan felt her soul‑body violently shaken, as if a warm force forcibly pulled her!

In a gasp, her ghost uncontrollably flew toward the spot where her corpse was buried!

The next moment, a divine phenomenon manifested!

The earth and stones at the burial site loosened, and a relatively intact human female skeleton belonging to Huang Wan slowly rose.

The milky white bone‑dust stream enveloped it, rapidly merging.

Immediately, visible flesh and sinews, like spring‑burst vegetation, sprouted, spread, and covered the bones at astonishing speed!

Within a few breaths, a warm, fair, flawless, and even more radiant and lively female body appeared beneath the moonlight.

Her heartbeat revived, blood flowed, body temperature rose!

She even wore clothes!

Yu Lin truly is exceedingly considerate!

Huang Wan's consciousness re‑coalesced within this brand‑new body.

She opened her eyes blankly, instinctively raised her hand, clenched her fist, feeling the incredibly real texture; then, incredulously, pinched her own cheek, sensing warm, soft skin.

What shocked her even more was a power flowing within her, far stronger than when she was a ghost.

This flesh, astonishingly, was no ordinary mortal body but a spiritual form reshaped by the White Bone Lady's essence and Yu Lin's Immortal Method.

"Is… is this real?!" Huang Wan's voice trembled, with a hint of bewilderment.

"Naturally it's real." Yu Lin's voice pulled her back to reality:

"Her entire demonic cultivation has been fully refined and transformed by me, stripped of dross, and merged into your body."

"Now you are no longer a ghost, but a re‑forged ghost‑immortal body, with limitless prospects."

Huang Wan heard this, no longer doubting, and immediately bowed deeply to Yu Lin, her forehead touching the ground:

"Huang Wan… thank you, young master, for the grace of reconstruction! This favor weighs heavier than Mount Tai, I shall never forget! As long as you command, I will not shy from a thousand deaths!"

"Don't rush to thank me yet." Yu Lin's tone remained flat, "I haven't told you the task I want you to do."

He gestured, and Huang Wan hurriedly rose, respectfully bowing her head to listen.

Yu Lin produced three seemingly ordinary, yet bearing mysterious patterns, jade rings, and handed them to Huang Wan.

"Listen carefully. I want you to go to a place called 'White Tiger Ridge', find a suitable spot there to settle temporarily. After some time, a group of seekers will pass that place."

"You need..........."