Chapter 127: Parting Ways
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
After Lu Yuan set up the Deceiving Ghost Eye Array, he did not activate it immediately.
This was because the greatest use of the array was to confuse the enemy’s sense of direction in an instant.
For example, the other party might think that they were advancing, but in fact, they were retreating.
This lack of sense of direction would undoubtedly be of little use if the enemy was on guard.
He had to strike the opponent at the most critical moment to achieve the best effect.
If he did that, neither Meng Ruyan nor Zhuang Yangbing would be able to know that he had gotten involved.
As a steady person, Lu Yuan had always remained vigilant even when facing Meng Ruyan, who was his practitioner partner that had interacted with him many times.
He didn’t trust her completely.
It was necessary to preserve some of his strength.
At the same time, Meng Ruyan decided to show her true abilities after seeing the horse-headed ghost’s transformation.
The peach wood sword that she took out was actually one of her trump cards.
This peach wood sword was essentially a magic instrument made of peach wood that had been struck by heavenly lightning.
Not only did the sword contain some power of the heavenly tribulation, but it was also veryeffective against demons and evildoers.
It was very useful to deal with the horse-headed ghost.
Meng Ruyan held the peach wood sword with both hands and continued pouring her energy into it.
Boom!
Unbeknownst when, a dark cloud appeared above Meng Ruyan’s head.
When the horse-headed ghost saw this, a trace of fear flashed across its eyes.
This was because the power of lightning contained in the dark clouds made the ghost, who had died once, feel an intense sense of danger.
Without any hesitation, the horse-headed ghost charged at Meng Ruyan again.
The moment it did so, Meng Ruyan launched her attack.
She unleashed yet another divine ability, Amethyst Thunder Sword!
Boom!
The peach wood in Meng Ruyan’s hand immediately summoned lightning from the sky.
A purple bolt of lightning fell from the sky and landed on the peach wood sword in Meng Ruyan’s hand.
The originally brown peach wood sword instantly turned into a sword of lightning that flickered with purple light.
Seeing that it could no longer stop her attack, the horse-headed ghost hurriedly raised the machete in its hand and placed it across its chest.
The human face on its abdomen opened its mouth and began to absorb the surrounding death aura frenziedly.
In an instant, a black death aura barrier surrounded the horse-headed ghost again.
Moreover, because its cultivation had reached the Pseudo Core Stage, the strength of this death aura barrier had also increased by a level.
Meng Ruyan appeared on top of the horse-headed ghost in a flash.
She held the peach wood sword with both hands and stabbed at the horse-headed ghost below.
Thrust!
The moment the purple thunder peach wood sword touched the durable death aura barrier, a large number of cracks began to appear on the barrier.
Seeing this, Lu Yuan and Zhuang Yangbing were shocked.
To be able to break through the barrier of a Pseudo Core Stage expert so easily, the power of Meng Ruyan’s Amethyst Thunder Sword was a little frightening.
Boom!
After a momentary stalemate, Meng Ruyan broke through the horse-headed ghost’s defense.
The Amethyst Thunder Sword in her hand slashed at the horse-headed ghost’s vital points.
However, perhaps because she had consumed a lot of energy to break the death aura barrier, Meng Ruyan’s final stab was slow.
The horse-headed ghost instinctively attempted to dodge by moving backwards.
When Lu Yuan saw this, he immediately made a gesture.
Thus, a shocking scene played out.
Not only did the horse-headed ghost not dodge Meng Ruyan’s attack, but it stretched its head over as if it was taking the initiative to be slashed.
Meng Ruyan didn’t think too much about it. How could she let go of such a good opportunity?
Slash!
The Amethyst Thunder Sword, which contained the power of heavenly thunder, slashed fiercely at the ghost’s head.
“Neigh!”
As the peach wood sword entered its body, the horse-headed ghost immediately screamed.
The power of the heavenly lightning instantly penetrated its entire body.
The death aura in its body melted away like ice when it came in contact with the lightning.
To ghosts, death aura was their blood qi.
The loss of death aura was equivalent to the loss of their life force.
Meng Ruyan held the Amethyst Thunder Sword in her right hand and unleashed another Lightning Palm with her left hand.
However, this Lightning Palm was aimed at the hilt of the peach wood sword.
Flowing through the handle of the peach wood sword, the Lightning Palm immediately entered the horse-headed ghost’s body, causing a second bout of damage to its body.
“Neigh…”
This Lightning Palm was the last straw that broke the camel’s back.
The horse-headed ghost let out a miserable cry and fell heavily to the ground.
At this moment, Lu Yuan and Zhuang Yangbing dealt with the hungry ghosts that were originally pestering them at the same time.
Meng Ruyan looked at the corpse of the horse-headed ghost and frowned.
She wasn’t worried that the horse-headed ghost was still alive.
Instead, she was puzzled by the horse-headed ghost’s last move. It was too strange.
No matter how she looked at it, this horse-headed ghost had not displayed its full strength.
Even if she had the initiative and prevented the horse-headed ghost from unleashing many of its techniques in a short period of time, a Pseudo Core Stage cultivator was still a Pseudo Core Stage cultivator.
Relying on the vitality of its Pseudo Core Stage cultivation, it should be able to survive the first attack from the Amethyst Thunder Sword.
Meng Ruyan was especially weirded out by it moving its head forward at the last moment.
However, she couldn’t pinpoint what was off.
In the end, she could only attribute this to the fact that the horse-headed ghost had Pseudo Core Stage cultivation, but did not have the intelligence to match it.
Was this really the case though?
Meng Ruyan felt that something was wrong here!
“Sister Meng, you’re quite capable!”
Just as Meng Ruyan was still confused, Zhuang Yangbing had already walked over.
He praised Meng Ruyan as he approached her.
He wasn’t just lipservicing her, he truly felt that way.
Although he also noticed that the horse-headed ghost’s last move was a little strange, he thought that Meng Ruyan had used some special technique to restrict its movements at the last moment.
By doing so, she managed to kill the Pseudo Core Stage ghost in one strike.
Meng Ruyan didn’t say anything in response to Zhuang Yangbing’s praise. She just put her peach wood sword away.
At the same time, Lu Yuan also walked over.
Before coming over, Lu Yuan had already kept his Mountain River Painting away in advance.
“Senior Sister, go ahead and retrieve its Ghost Pearl.”
Meng Ruyan nodded and walked to the corpse of the horse-headed ghost that had turned into ashes. Only its Ghost Pearl remained.
She stretched out her hand, and the Ghost Pearl immediately flew towards her.
After admiring it for a while, Meng Ruyan unexpectedly handed the Ghost Pearl to Lu Yuan.
“Take it.”
“All?”
Lu Yuan was stunned by her action.
Meng Ruyan looked at him and smiled. “Your cultivation is the lowest. I should give you the Ghost Pearl first. After all, it’s not easy to kill a ghost with a Ghost Pearl.”
“With this Ghost Pearl, you at least have the qualification to enter the King of
Hell’s residence. 1 think you won’t be in danger for the time being.”
Looking at Meng Ruyan who handed the Ghost Pearl to him, Lu Yuan was silent for a moment.
However, after hesitating for a moment, Lu Yuan still accepted it.
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In that case, I will accept your kindness.”
After putting away the Ghost Pearl, Lu Yuan asked, “Senior Sister, what do you plan to do now?”
“I plan to go off on my own for a period of time. We’ll gather at the official residence in three days.”
To the side, Zhuang Yangbing also said, “Then I’ll act on my own for a while. Don’t worry about me.”
After he said this, Lu Yuan and Meng Ruyan rolled their eyes at him.
Worry about him? He didn’t look like the kind of person who would make people worry!
Since both of them proposed to act alone, Lu Yuan thought for a moment and handed them a bottle of pills each.
“Senior Sister, Brother Li, these are qi extinguishing pills. After consuming them, you can conceal your aura for a short period of time.”
“From what I observed, these ghosts mostly rely on blood qi to detect the presence of people. With these qi extinguishing pills, I believe that you won’t be discovered so easily.”
Meng Ruyan didn’t suspect anything and accepted the pills.
Zhuang Yangbing waved his hand and said, “Thank you for your kindness. 1 actually have a similar method of hiding my aura. I won’t waste your pills.”
Hehe, wasn’t he just worried that Lu Yuan had poisoned the pills?
Actually, Zhuang Yangbing’s suspicion were spot on. Lu Yuan had indeed put something in the pills.
What a shame.
“Alright, Junior Brother, I’ll send you back first. After that, 1’11 go hunt the ghost listed on my note.”
After they emerged from the inn, Zhuang Yangbing bid his goodbyes, saying, “Friends, we’ll meet again in three days.”
Lu Yuan said with a fake smile, “Brother Li, have a safe journey.”
Zhuang Yangbing pretended to be touched and said, “Thank you for your kind words.”
Meng Ruyan was speechless when she saw the fake display of camaraderie.
The two of them were clearly on guard against each other, but they pretended that they had a good relationship.
Was the world of male cultivators always so complicated?