Chapter 424: Chapter 423: Ghost Disaster_1

“Old Lu should break through in about three to five days, so you can wait.”

“Recently, Hanshui City has been plagued by several ghost disasters. If you have nothing to do these days, you can go to catch ghosts near Hanshui City. You can also earn contribution points by swapping them for the certificate I’ll write for you.” Elder Gai laughed, caring for the three juniors Lu Yang.

“Ghost disasters?” Lu Yang was puzzled. Hanshui City was presided over by a governor and assisted by the Corpse Chasing Sect. No ghost disaster would dare to rise.

Elder Gai sighed, “The previous governor was reported and taken away by someone, along with a group of officials. There has been a shuffle in the Wild State’s officialdom.”

“At this time, many ghost disasters suddenly appeared in Hanshui City. Even rules are difficult to completely prohibit them. It is likely that a Unification Stage is fighting in secret.”

“The newly appointed governor could barely stand before he was confronted with this situation, which was not handled properly, and the ghost disasters remained unchecked.”

𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

“The Nine Nether Sect is best at expelling ghosts. The governor suspects that the Nine Nether Sect is causing trouble in secret, but there has been no result from the strict investigation.”

“Our Corpse Chasing Sect, as a well-known major Sect in the Wild State, naturally bears the responsibility, encouraging our disciples to solve the ghost disasters. The level of ghost disasters is not high and should be manageable for you.”

“Of course, you can also choose to study corpse-chasing in our Sect. It’s up to you.”

Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou exchanged glances, seeing the confusion in each other’s eyes.

Why would the Nine Nether Sect cause trouble in secret? They are busy running a barbecue shop, where do they get the time to do this? Is it because the barbecue shop is not making enough money?

No matter who created the ghost disasters, as disciples of the Seek Dao Sect, they need to deal with it.

After bidding farewell to Elder Gai, the voice of Fairy Eternity echoed in Lu Yang’s mind.

“The old guy just now wasn’t a living person, but a living corpse. It’s a very clever craftsmanship.”

“Who?” Lu Yang thought he had heard wrong.

“That old guy just now.”

Lu Yang mulled over, quickly thinking of the most plausible explanation, cold sweat breaking out: Elder Gai is dead, unknown to anyone, someone has refined Elder Gai’s corpse to create the illusion that Elder Gai is still alive.

“Brother Zhao, I feel there’s something odd about Elder Gai.” Lu Yang said tentatively.

Zhao Po gave a thumbs up: “Brother Lu has good eyesight. You could even notice that. The person you saw wasn’t my master, but a living corpse my master crafted.”

“How did this happen?” Meng Jingzhou and Man Gu grew interested.

Zhao Po laughed as he explained, not evading at all: “We, as corpse-drivers, have been in contact with Corpse Qi and death Qi for many years, causing disharmony in our bodies, an excess of Yin and lack of Yang, resulting in physical weakness. We can’t even compare with ordinary cultivators, let alone body cultivators like Brother Meng.”

“A corpse-driver’s cultivation is all reflected in the living corpses they craft. All Divinity Transformation Stage corpse-drivers no longer show their true selves for safety reasons, but let the living corpses they have crafted replace them instead.”

“Not only my master but all the elders in the Sect also use crafted living corpses to replace themselves when interacting with the outer world. No one knows where their true forms are.”

Most corpse-drivers are introverted due to their long-term interactions with corpses, and Zhao Po is one of the rare extroverts.

“So that’s how it is.” Lu Yang suddenly understood that he had been overthinking.

“Next, do you want to go to our academy for learning, or shall I accept a task for us to solve the ghost disasters together?”

Lu Yang hooked a faint smile at the corner of his mouth, speaking seriously: “Of course, we should go solve the ghost disasters. Old Meng has a Single Body Spiritual Root, achieved dual Single Golden Elixirs, and possesses a full yang body causing all ghosts to flee on sight!”

“With Old Meng taking action, solving ghost disasters will be a breeze!”

Even though Lu Yang rarely praised himself, and everything he said was true, Meng Jingzhou just couldn’t get happy.

You are the one with Single Body Spiritual Root, your whole family has Single Body Spiritual Roots!

Sometimes Meng Jingzhou really wanted to hit Lu Yang with a Punch of Single Body Curse, but he didn’t dare.

Intuition told him that if he used the Punch of Single Body Curse on Lu Yang, the counter attack from Causality would be more severe than now, and then it would truly be irredeemable.

Just wait and see, Lu Yang. I’ll hit you with a punch after I become immortal!

“So, does that mean we can take any task for the Golden Core Stage?” Zhao Po thought, the four of them going out in the Golden Core Stage could sweep ghost disaster tasks.

Lu Yang waved his hand broadly: “Be bold, we can even take tasks for the Nascent Soul Stage.”

Zhao Po was shocked for a moment, but soon caught on. The four of them working together should have no problem dealing with Nascent Soul Stage ghosts.

“Okay, then I will look for a task for the Nascent Soul Stage. You three just wait a little bit.”

While Zhao Po was accepting a task, Lu Yang was free, so he pulled out the Nine Qui Order, connected with Vice Headmaster Shi and sent a message.

“Our Heaven’s Court sect has a Heavenly King in Hanshui City of the Wild State. It was found that out that there are ghost disasters here. The governor suspects it’s your doing. Did you do it?”

He waited for a while, and the Nine Qui Order didn’t respond. Lu Yang was preparing to put it away, thinking that Vice Headmaster Shi was busy and hadn’t seen the Nine Qui Order. Suddenly the Nine Qui Order became hot, and a long message appeared on the surface.

Lu Yang was speechless: “Turns out it wasn’t that Vice Headmaster Shi didn’t see it, he was just busy writing a lot.”

The reply from Vice Headmaster Shi was:

“This is pure slander. Those bastards from the imperial court are blaming us again. Every time something unclear happens, they say it’s our demonic sect doing it. We are too busy making money to have such leisure time! We agree with what Young Master Lu said about ‘Dine & Defense’. We should focus on cultivation and increase the number of Unification Stage and Transcendance Tribulation Stage. Most of our Nine Nether Sect’s activities are semi-stagnant, and everyone in the Sect is busy making money by opening chain stores. This is a decision made by the Master.”

…

In the Nine Nether Sect division, Vice Headmaster Shi was irritated when he saw Lu Yang’s question.

“We barely have enough time to make money, so where would we have time to cause trouble with ghosts? What benefits could we get from it? The imperial court has falsely accused us more than once or twice. They always blame our demonic sect for things they can’t clear up. We’re too busy to do such things!”

As he replied to Lu Yang, he cursed out loud. If this causes Heaven’s Court to misunderstand and think that the Nine Nether Sect is acting recklessly despite the overall situation, it will be difficult to cooperate deeply in the future.

After replying, he felt it necessary to explain something to Lu Yang, but found that the Nine Qui Order could not be used.

“It needs to cool down for five days, what a drag.”

Vice Headmaster Shi looked at the ceiling while leaning back in his chair, then smacked his forehead: “Hey, why am I worrying about this? The Master is in Wild State, isn’t he?”

He took out another Nine Qui Order, told the Master about what Lu Yang had said, and waited for the Master’s instructions on how to handle it.

The Master replied quickly, with just one line.

“I am in Hanshui City.”