"In the city, there resides a family of Goodman Cui, who, according to descriptions, have a three-eyed ghost child not yet mature in its powers. This ghost child, possessing only a mild Yin Energy, can only roam during the night to scare people for fun, causing the family of Goodman Cui much distress. The incident has become well-known in the vicinity and has had a significant impact,"

"This ghost child has some intelligence, as whenever monks come to exorcise it, it hides and leaves no trace."

"I wonder if I might trouble both benefactors to go and eliminate this ghost child?"

Master Duanchen originally planned to send a disciple tonight, as the three-eyed ghost child is not a formidable ghost object, and any Qi Cultivation Stage cultivator holding a magic artifact could handle it.

The only difficulty lies in locating it.

Now happens to be a good opportunity to request Benefactor Lu and Benefactor Meng to go.

"This matter is not difficult."

"Also, when you two eliminate the three-eyed ghost child, could you make a bit of a show? The local people, not understanding magic skills, believe that only those with impressive displays are powerful," Master Duanchen reminded.

"That too is not difficult."

...

"Excuse me, is this the residence of Goodman Cui?"

Upon opening the door, the servant looked baffled at the two individuals who did not appear to be from Buddha Country, "Who are you?"

"My name is Lu Jingzhou, and this is my Junior Brother Meng Yang. We happened to pass by and heard about the ghost haunting the residence of Goodman Cui. We wish to stay overnight to eliminate the ghost,"

The servant was delighted upon hearing this, as it would be wonderful if the two could eliminate the ghost; he had been scared to sleep at night.

"Let me go and inform the master of the house," the servant ran off to inform Goodman Cui.

Goodman Cui was a portly middle-aged man, overjoyed at the news that cultivators were willing to come and remove the ghost.

After verifying the two men’s forged identity credentials, Goodman Cui cordially invited them into the Cui residence.

"Masters, please make sure to eliminate the ghost. Our family is so frightened that we can hardly sleep at night."

"We shall certainly do our best," Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou replied as they sat upright, drinking tea, each sitting on only one-third of their chair, exuding the demeanor of experts.

"Dad, look what I bought," a young girl ran cheerily into the hall. Upon seeing there were guests, she slowed to a walk and sheepishly asked, "Who are these two?"

Goodman Cui glared at the girl but quickly turned to introduce with a smile, "These two are cultivators from the Great Xia Wandering Monks Sect. This is Master Lu Jingzhou and Master Meng Yang, both Great Cultivators at the Half-Step Golden Core Stage."

"Masters, this is my daughter, Cui Que’er,"

"Pleased to meet you, Miss Cui,"

"From Great Xia?" Cui Que’er blinked at the two men, pulling a lantern out from behind her.

"Then you must recognize this, right?"

"Is that a solar-powered lamp?" Lu Yang thought to himself, could I not recognize it when I have a stake in it?

"Yeah, I just bought it from a merchant. It’s said to light up without any need for lighting,"

Lu Yang nodded, showing a clean and young knightly smile, "Indeed, this is quite popular in Great Xia. Even in Demon Territory, many of the Demon Race use it, and candles have become rather rare,"

"Dad, I’ll go back first then,"

Eager to try out this wondrous lamp, Cui Que’er hurriedly left.

"I apologize for that,"

"Not at all, Goodman Cui. It’s a good thing for Miss Cui to be playful,"

"By the way, since hearsay isn’t very accurate, could Goodman Cui elaborate on this matter with the ghost, so that we can better prepare ourselves,"

Upon speaking of the ghost’s troubling, Goodman Cui sighed incessantly.

"There has been a ghost in my house, and I don’t even know how long it’s been around. Half a month ago, in the middle of the night, I got up to relieve myself. The room was pitch dark, illuminated by just a sliver of moonlight."

"By chance, I glanced at the bronze mirror hanging on the wall and noticed that it reflected the figures of two people!"

"I jerked my head around to look, but I didn’t see anything. When I looked back at the mirror, the other figure had also disappeared."

"At the time, I just thought it was an illusion and didn’t think much of it."

"But then, something strange happened to my wife as well. Ten days ago, she couldn’t sleep and thought to go sit in the courtyard. When she got there, she suddenly saw a person crouching by the wall, stretching their neck to look at her, and that person had three eyes."

"But the strangest thing was that our home’s wall is three meters high!"

"My wife screamed, and everyone came outside, but the person suddenly disappeared by the wall. When the servant climbed the wall with a ladder to check, he found two large black handprints on the edge of the wall."

"Since then, our family often sees evil spirits at night, and we’re so scared that even if we wake up, we dare not open our eyes, fearing we might see something we shouldn’t. We beg you two masters to help save our family from this peril!"

𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎

Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou exchanged glances. According to records, the Three-eyed Ghost Child often appeared in mirrors and on wall edges, liked to morph into various forms to scare people, and fed on fear. Everything matched.

"Goodman Cui, rest assured, both of us brothers are skilled in removing demons. Tonight, we will definitely eradicate this evil spirit and bring peace to your home!"

Goodman Cui was moved and stood up to bow deeply, "Yours Truly Cui thanks the two masters!"

Lu Yang helped Goodman Cui to his feet, "At midnight tonight, we will perform the ritual in the courtyard. Please clear a space for us."

"I will have someone tidy up the courtyard right away."

Goodman Cui quickly ordered his servant to clean up the courtyard, and soon it was neat and tidy.

Then Goodman Cui also hosted a banquet to honor the two masters, who were Great Cultivators at the Half-step Golden Core Stage. What evil spirit could not be easily subdued by them?

As night fell and midnight approached, Goodman Cui waited anxiously for the result in his room.

In the courtyard, Lu Yang arranged swords according to the Postnatal Eight Diagrams. These were ordinary Spirit Swords, used to set up the Langhuan Sword Formation. This formation was not very powerful, especially compared to the Extinguishing Immortal Sword Array, but it was quite spectacular when activated.

Meng Jingzhou, meanwhile, pretended to perform rituals in the courtyard but was actually releasing a strong Qi and Blood power.

"Rise!"

Under the night sky, Lu Yang shouted, and the Sword Array activated, transforming into a spread of blue light that enveloped the entire Cui Family. Meng Jingzhou’s Qi and Blood power appeared as red, drifting towards the sky in strands.

The fusion of blue and red ravaged the scene, illuminating the Cui Family as bright as day.

"Ah, such painful Sword Qi!"

The Three-eyed Monk burst forth from the earth, glaring menacingly at the Sword Array, "Who are these rogue cultivators daring to meddle in my affairs!"

The monk had an exceedingly long neck and radiated an ominous aura, looking exceedingly eerie.

"Who has such vigorous Qi and Blood!"

The shadow on the ground wriggled and transformed into a pitch-black figure, only the eyes hollow.

Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou looked at the Three-eyed Monk and the Hollow Shadow, a bit dumbfounded.

Who are you guys, where is the promised Three-eyed Ghost Child?

Cui Que’er, hearing the noise outside, rubbed her eyes wanting to see what was happening.

But unbeknownst to her, a child with three eyes floated in front of her, nearly touching her face, and showed a creepy smile, just waiting for Cui Que’er to open her eyes!

"Where’s the light?" Cui Que’er fumbled for the solar lamp and finally found the switch.

Click.

The solar lamp lit up, and the Three-eyed Child screamed, turning into ashes.

Cui Que’er forced her eyes open and saw nothing, slightly puzzled, "Why do I feel like I heard a scream?"