Chapter 481: The Red Figure

“How dare you, foul creature!”

“Take this Daoist’s sword!”

Following the voice, everyone turned to see a clean-cut young man dressed in gray Daoist robes slowly approaching.

“Argh, you damn Daoist, where the hell did you come from?!”

The ghostly creature, wounded by the peachwood sword, growled angrily.

“Me?”

The young man waved his hand, and the peachwood sword embedded in the ground flew back into his grip.

Then.

“I am Mo Xiaobai.”

He raised the peachwood sword, pointing it at the ghostly figure floating in the air:

“A humble Daoist from Qingfeng Temple!”

“……You!” Feeling the power of the peachwood sword suppressing its soul body, the ghost hesitated, showing a hint of fear.

But after glancing at the “irresistibly delicious” Fu Xue, it couldn’t bring itself to retreat.

Ultimately, it steeled itself and charged at Mo Xiaobai.

“Little Daoist, how dare you meddle!”

“You’re courting death!”

The ghost came at him ferociously, but Mo Xiaobai remained calm.

He casually pulled a yellow talisman from his robe and waved it lightly.

The talisman ignited, transforming into a golden light that enveloped him.

When the ghost’s massive claw struck the golden light, it was instantly “burned,” black mist billowing as it screamed and retreated.

“You dare to act wild in my presence, foul creature.”

“You truly don’t know your place!”

Protected by the golden light talisman, Mo Xiaobai rushed forward and began slashing at the ghost with his sword.

“Damn it!”

Both the golden light and the peachwood sword severely suppressed the ghost’s soul body.

So, the once-arrogant ghost was now being relentlessly chased and hacked at!

This scene left Fu Xue, Xu Ruochu, and the other three Special Management Bureau members utterly dumbfounded.

“Little Daoist, just you wait!”

Finally, after another failed attempt to approach Fu Xue, the ghost gave up.

Using its ability to float, it evaded Mo Xiaobai’s attacks and fled into the distance.

“Foul creature!”

“You won’t escape!”

Mo Xiaobai immediately chased after it on foot, sword in hand.

“……”

“……”

Meanwhile, the five left behind were still reeling from the bizarre encounter.

However, watching Mo Xiaobai and the ghost, one chasing and the other fleeing, Fu Xue couldn’t suppress her thoughts—

“……Both of them are only at the late Hidden Strength stage…”

“It’s just that the monster’s strange appearance and tricks scared me…”

She wasn’t limited to physical attacks!

If it came down to a fight, she might not lose!

Plus, she still had her grandfather’s “trump card”!

And such a dangerous ghost couldn’t be allowed to escape.

So, after instructing the others to stay put.

Ignoring the Special Management Bureau member’s excited cry of “Sister Xue, we finally have a signal!”—

Fu Xue pursued them alone.

***

The chase led her to the entrance of a deep cavern.

There, she saw Mo Xiaobai, preparing to descend.

“Where’s the ghost?”

“It escaped into the cave.”

Seeing Fu Xue also preparing to go down, Mo Xiaobai kindly advised:

“Young lady, I know you’re strong.”

“But against these ‘ghosts’ with strange methods, strength alone isn’t enough.”

“Leave this to us professionals!”

“……Mind your own business!”

Hmph, how rude of him to call her “young lady”!

If Mo Xiaobai hadn’t just helped her, she would’ve snapped back with, “None of your damn business!”

Ever since realizing Wang Haoran disliked her being “small,” Fu Xue had grown to hate being called “Xiaoxue” or “young lady.”

Even the Special Management Bureau members had been “threatened” into calling her “Sister Xue”!

After glaring at Mo Xiaobai, the defiant Fu Xue leapt into the cave.

She was far quicker than Mo Xiaobai, who was carefully climbing down.

“The ghost is in here, right?”

“That’s right!”

Seeing Fu Xue stride off immediately, Mo Xiaobai sighed and hurried after her.

“Hey, wait for me!”

“You don’t have any protective talismans; that ghost is very dangerous for you!”

***

The two walked one after the other.

As they ventured deeper, they discovered that the cave connected to a dilapidated ruin!

“……It’s so cold in here…”

Following the worn stone corridor, the further they went, the colder Fu Xue felt.

“So eerie…”

When they turned a corner and entered a spacious stone chamber, even Fu Xue, a mid-transformation stage martial artist, was shivering from the cold!

Meanwhile, Mo Xiaobai, clutching his talismans, seemed unaffected.

“Young lady, want me to lend you a talisman?”

“Shut up!”

Fu Xue snorted coldly.

She had made up her mind—

When faced with difficulty, retreat!

For now, she decided to leave and report everything to her grandfather!

Her “burning passion” had been extinguished by the chilling ruins.

Looking at the ominous stone chamber, Fu Xue hesitated.

She was about to turn back when suddenly—

“Watch out!”

Mo Xiaobai shouted, raising his peachwood sword.

“What’s wrong?” Seeing Mo Xiaobai’s tense expression, Fu Xue was about to ask.

But the next second, she understood.

“Hehehe, I didn’t expect this!”

“You actually delivered yourself to me!”

“I thought only this little Daoist would come!”

“Hehe!”

The ghost reappeared.

Blocking the stone chamber’s entrance with its massive body, it looked at Fu Xue with delight.

Of course, if it were alone, Mo Xiaobai wouldn’t have been so tense—

“Hehehe!”

“Chitter-chitter!”

“Hahaha!”

“Cluck-cluck!”

“……”

A series of eerie, sinister laughs echoed.

“……What?!”

Fu Xue watched in shock as, after the ghost appeared, similar ghostly figures began emerging from the stone walls!

“One, two, three…”

“Thirty, thirty-one… fifty…”

There were over fifty of them!

“Damn it… these stone walls can block my Yin-Yang Eyes!”

Surrounded, Mo Xiaobai cursed internally, pulling out his strongest talismans, ready to fight to the death.

Fu Xue also prepared her trump card.

But then.

Something that made their hearts sink happened—

“Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh…”

Behind all the ghosts, a final ghostly figure emerged.

As it appeared, the other ghosts immediately showed fear.

Clearly, this was the strongest one—

“Whoosh, whoosh… a pure Yang boy…”

It looked at Mo Xiaobai with glee, then turned its gaze to Fu Xue:

“And…”

It couldn’t quite identify it, but it sensed that this girl was even more “delicious.”

“And you…”

“Whoosh, whoosh… attack!”

At the leader’s command, all the ghosts swarmed forward, aiming to tear their souls apart.

“Damn it! Even ghosts gang up!”

Feeling a sense of helplessness against the overwhelming “ghost tide,” the two fought with all their might.

In the chaos.

Mo Xiaobai, protected by his golden light talismans, fared better, but Fu Xue, lacking specialized anti-ghost methods, quickly found herself at a disadvantage.

To make matters worse, the leader ghost was sneakily attacking from within the horde!

“You’re mine! Whoosh, whoosh!”

“Despicable ghost!”

Seeing the sneak attack about to succeed, Fu Xue felt despair—

But the next second.

“Young lady.”

After a cold female voice, a red light flashed.

Then, as if erased by an invisible hand, all the ghosts vanished.

Even the leader ghost of Grandmaster level.

It was as if they had never been there.

Both Fu Xue and Mo Xiaobai were stunned by the sudden turn of events, frozen in their attack stances.

At that moment.

A red figure appeared before Fu Xue—

“Young lady, you…”

“Would you like to become my disciple?”