Chapter 29: The Asura Ghost

Su Bao silently pulled out her little black book and added Fu Lang’s name to it.

—Chatterbox.

—Always pointing out people’s flaws.

—Annoying.

Fu Lang had no idea that his loose tongue had earned him a spot in Su Bao’s little black book.

“Is there nothing else you need?” Fu Lang asked, still hoping.

Su Bao shook her head, “That’s all.”

Fu Lang’s gaze towards Su Bao grew more respectful and admiring.

Despite his carefree appearance, being from the prestigious Fu family in the capital, he had a good sense of judgment.

Most people, when given a promise from someone like him, would seize the opportunity to make endless demands, fearing they wouldn’t ask for enough and would miss out.

He was asking Su Bao to save his life, and though he kept calling her “great aunt” out of fear, he knew how sincere he really was.

But after Su Bao stated her three conditions, Fu Lang genuinely respected her.

After all, people who aren’t greedy are always admirable.

“Xiao Bao, can you tell me a bit about where this disaster is coming from?” Fu Lang asked Su Bao, his eyes more sincere.

If she had made outrageous demands, he would have just seen her as a businesswoman looking for profit.

But Su Bao didn’t make such demands, and her serious, thoughtful expression was endearing!

He could treat her like a little sister!

Hearing Fu Lang change his tone, Mo Yan immediately understood what was going through Fu Lang’s mind.

Xiao Bao?

It was a cute nickname.

It gave the impression of a sweet, innocent child, though this girl was anything but with her formidable skills!

At this moment, Mo Yan didn’t realize…

That he would later wish to strangle Fu Lang for using that nickname.

Xiao Bao?

Get lost, you shameless scoundrel!

“I don’t know,” Su Bao said, pursing her lips. “My cultivation isn’t advanced enough to see the cause and effect on you.”

The black-robed elder who had drilled a hole in her head and filled it with mercury, sealing her in a glass jar, had intended to turn her into an Asura Ghost.

Three souls sealed in the body.

Seven spirits nurtured outside.

After ten years, the body would become an Asura, and the seven spirits a Ghost.

Asura Ghosts were known to cultivators but rarely seen. The process was incredibly difficult and inhumane, something no decent cultivator would engage in.

Unfortunately, not everyone in the world has a conscience.

An Asura Ghost, a destructive weapon, could traverse heaven and earth, the seas its playground, capable of destroying a city in an instant once complete!

For those who had lost their way in cultivation, it was an irresistible temptation!

Now in the ninth year, Su Bao had escaped while the black-robed elder was distracted, her seven spirits fleeing.

To remain in the human world, she had to devour other evil spirits, enjoy human offerings, or absorb spiritual energy from jade…

To see the cause and effect, the karma on people like the old monsters in the cultivation world…

She couldn’t do it.