I held my breath and concentrated, and there was dead silence in the flower garden.
One by one, the figures huddled together, their necks stiffly twisted, looking tremblingly at the figure on the high rock.
"He seems to be saving us..."
“… But this person seems scarier than the ghost over there.”
"What should we do? How about...we pretend to be dead?"
…
They were whispering to each other, but she still leaned towards Lu Liangsheng.
In the dense fog, the sounds of cymbals, gongs and opera gradually faded. On the empty stage, a slender figure brushed her bloody face with her long sleeves, revealing only a pair of bloodstained eyes.
"Why are you helping these people, sir?"
There was no stupid question like "Who are you" in the ghost's words. The figure behind the crowd on the opposite side faintly exuded an evil aura, so it was definitely not a human, which made the female ghost feel fearful.
The group of people huddled together tremblingly also wanted to know this question, and silently turned their heads to look at the cloaked man on the rock.
“Hehehe…”
Under the shadow of the cloak, a pair of scarlet eyes raised up and laughed hoarsely and darkly: "I can save whoever I want to save, and I can kill whoever I want to kill. Do I need a little devil like you to interfere?"
These words frightened the group of people below so much that their hair stood on end, and they looked like they were about to start a fight if they disagreed with each other.
When everyone's hearts were pounding wildly, the stage over there fell silent. The lotus steps revealed the hem of the skirt, which seemed to be floating and swaying.
This time it was no longer a faint female voice, but became a little sharp.
"… Do you really think Lianhua doesn't dare?"
Lu Liangsheng's palms were covered with cold sweat as he waited for his master to respond, hoping that they would not really fight. Everyone waited for a moment, but there was no answer from the man.
"Master?" Liangsheng called softly.
call…
Whoosh…
There was a light snoring sound coming from above his head, and Lu Liangsheng's heart sank.
There's no need to cheat your apprentice like this.
… What should I do now? With my current level of cultivation, it would be no problem if I just walked away, but what about Uncle Pan and the others? There are so many lives at stake…
There is no other way...
At this point, Lu Liangsheng gritted his teeth and forced himself to speak in the same tone as his master.
"Girl, you dare to kill someone, but there is a saying that goes, every wrong has its perpetrator, every debt has its creditor. There are more than 40 people here, has every one of them hurt you?"
As soon as the words came out, the people below breathed a sigh of relief, but then they were stunned for a moment. Why was it not the same dark and evil voice as before
Even the female ghost on the stage showed suspicion in her eyes, but the evil spirit on the other party still did not disappear. She had never seen a monster before and did not want to fight with the other party. What if she was defeated
"Sir, what you said makes sense, but these people are here to deal with me. Should I just let them go?"
In the crowd, the heart that had been falling rose to the throat again, and then turned to see how Lu Liangsheng would answer.
After the young man spoke, he felt a little more at ease. At least the female ghost didn't come directly to kill him. It seemed that she was still trying to deal with him.
"Girl, although they are not good, they are just rogues who walk the streets in the market on weekdays. They sneak in just to cheat and eat. If you really lose your life, what is the difference between you and the person who hurt you? I am not a ghost, but I have heard that ghosts who hurt too many people will have no afterlife. Girl, you have to think clearly."
Everyone nodded in agreement.
“Yes, yes, yes… We all came here to deceive the Chen family father and son!”
"You..." Mr. Chen looked at them and was so angry that he almost fainted.
In the swirling mist, the female ghost laughed sadly: "Next life?"
The figure was floating on the stage, and the words were long and sad.
"... Will I have an afterlife..."
After calming the female ghost down, Lu Liangsheng was about to continue dissuading her when the toad lying on top of his head woke up slowly and spoke first after hearing his words.
"What the hell is your next life? How could a little ghost like you be in my eyes?!"
Lu Liangsheng was so angry that he almost wanted to bully his master and ancestors. He reminded the toad above his head and whispered, "Master, I have persuaded her to calm down..."
"There's no point wasting time talking to this little brat, just kill him casually—"
The female ghost on the stage over there was stunned, and then she screamed "Ah!". The wind blew violently, and the calm mist surged and agitated wildly.
"I killed you—"
The toad's eyes glowed red, and he shouted majestically: "Come on!!"
Suddenly, he burped, lay down, and fell into a deep sleep.
Lu Liangsheng felt his scalp tingling as he looked at the surging negative energy around him. His mind flashed quickly with thoughts of what he should do next. The next moment, he hurriedly took out the centipede's tentacle, held it in his hand, and poured his cultivation into it.
There was a loud thunder in the night sky.
The diffuse fog suddenly rolled up, and a gust of evil wind blew, colliding with the eerie ghostly aura on the opposite side. The people caught in the middle had dimples on their cheeks, but they looked at Lu Liangsheng over there in horror. A flash of lightning cast a huge shadow with bared fangs and claws behind the grey robe, and fell on the wall of the wooden building.
The female ghost in the white dress didn't dare to act rashly. She restrained her negative energy and stared at the other party with fear.
The people in the middle were also anxiously waiting for both sides.
After a long time, a slight sound finally came from the stage, which was a gentle laugh.
The mist gradually thinned out.
On the stage, the long sleeves that covered her face fell down, revealing a white neck. The bloody flesh on her face turned into a pale cheek in the misty fog. Unfortunately, no one could see it clearly, except that she was a beautiful woman.
“Heh…hahahaha…”
The soft laughter turned into a sad laugh, and the female ghost seemed to start crying. She slowly knelt on the stage, staring at the ground, her thin lips trembling a few times.
"I was born in a poor family and sold to an opera troupe... I was alone and helpless..."
In an instant, in the surging and rising fog, Lu Liangsheng and the people below suddenly saw something in the distance.
It is so close yet it is slowly being outlined.
"Wow..."
The cold air squeezed into the dilapidated house and was diluted a lot by the loud cry of the new life. The midwife came out holding the swaddling clothes, looking at the man who was anxiously waiting outside the door and the dirty little girl next to him as if to seek credit.
"Congratulations, it's a boy."
A smile appeared on the man's face, and the girl also became happy. She clapped her hands and jumped up to go see her brother in the midwife's arms.
Not long after, it started snowing.
But she was about to leave home, being taken by her father on a long journey. Before leaving, her bedridden mother held her and shed tears.
Touching the girl's head and crying.
"Our family is poor. You have to be obedient and sensible outside so that you won't go hungry."
The wind and snow were so strong that day that it could freeze people's tears.