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Chapter 83 The counselor enters the situation personally
"Where are you Taoist priests from? How dare you interfere in the affairs here!"

When the human-skin minions realized they couldn't escape, they simply turned around and started asking questions.

Taoist Xiyun spoke slowly.

"An old friend from Qingfeng Temple came to see you, don't you remember?"

"It's you!"

The human-skin minions seemed to remember something, their expression changed, but they suddenly thought of something else.

"No, he looked like this then. How come he still looks like this after decades?"

"You're not him!"

"I remember now, you were his apprentice, and you were watching him peel my skin off!"

Chen Ji felt something was strange when he heard this.

Skinning and killing people have always been things done by villains, but now it comes from the mouth of the Painted Skin Ghost, and he even scolds the Taoist priest, which is really funny.

The human-skin minion yelled loudly, anger rising in his heart.

Raise your finger and run it across your face.

The originally beautiful woman's face cracked open, and a terrifying and strange ghost figure emerged. The ghost aura on the body could not be concealed and was completely released.

The human skin fell to the ground without any ripples, but there were many ghostly shadows, showing countless charming tricks, even Chen Ji was dazed for a moment.

When Chen Ji saw the ability of the Painted Skin Ghost, his expression became stern and he felt a little scared.

If we face him face to face, I'm afraid that in just a split second, we might lose our lives.

I immediately realized how powerful the Painted Skin Ghost was.

Even his human skin minions have such means, it is indeed not simple.

Taoist Xiyun held the peach wood sword in his hand with a firm gaze.

"You evil creature, I let you escape that year, and I only saved a piece of your skin to make an umbrella. This time I will definitely catch you!"

"The Taoist priest is very brave, so let's try to see if he has the ability!"

"There's still one person who hasn't cultivated yet, and one who has just entered the Dao. I'll leave you two behind to be my new minions!"

"After I eat your Taoist temple, I'll let you know what it feels like to be skinned!"

The Painted Skin Ghost stretched out his body with a sinister grin.

Although it cannot break the Qi barrier, it is still very terrifying.

Taoist Master Xiyun held the spell in his hands and chanted the incantation, while taking the Gang Step and staring at the ghost figure in the Qi barrier.

"If you want to use ghost energy to break this qi barrier, I'm afraid it won't be enough. It's better to surrender obediently. Once you are sent to the underworld, you will be convicted naturally."

"fart!"

The human-skin minion retorted coldly, his eyes becoming even more ferocious.

"If the underworld is useful, why was no one concerned about me back then? My death was unjust, and no one else can expect to live a good life!"

After saying that, he exhaled another breath of ghost energy, which was able to break through the forbidden energy technique to attack the three people.

"I'm counting on you, fellow Daoist!"

Taoist Xiyun had exhausted all his strength in maintaining the Qi-binding technique, but he could not distract himself to deal with the human-skin minions, so he asked Chen Ji for help.

"I'm coming!"

Taoist Xiyun and Miss Bai had made arrangements, and Chen Ji had long been on guard against the actions of the human skin minions.

Seeing this, a flame spurted out, three times faster than the ghost energy.

The scorching flames rushed into the ghost energy like magma entering snow, melting it in an instant without leaving any trace.

A little fire rushed out and even burned the human-skin minions's ghost energy, causing it to scream.

"what!"

efficient!

Chen Ji's eyes lit up, and he simply looked at it intently, venting his anger at the human skin minions.

Just like Miss Bai did before, it expelled a long thin stream of clear air, but after it met the wind, it suddenly expanded into a fire dragon and tightly wrapped around the human-skin minions.

No matter how she struggled, she was helpless and could only be burned to ashes in the flames.

"Leave some for now!"

Seeing that the human skin minions were about to burn to ashes, Miss Bai called out to Chen Ji.

He used the soul-binding technique to snatch out the last bit of ghost energy.

Then he explained to Chen Ji.

"The Painted Skin Ghost controls these human skin minions by judging their status through their aura."

"If they were all inside the garden, the Painted Skin Ghost wouldn't notice even if they disappeared for half an hour."

"Just now I used magic to cover up this aura. It's understandable that one of them disappeared in a short moment. After all, some guests would bring magical instruments to block the aura."

"But if they all disappear, it will definitely alert the Animatronic Ghost."

"This bit of ghost energy is just right to confuse the Painted Skin Ghost."

"After we finish dealing with the human-skin minions, we'll go find its real body."

"But how do we find the human skin minions now?"

Chen Ji asked seriously.

"Then it depends on your ability."

"I?"

Miss Bai looked at Chen Ji seriously.

"The Painted Skin Ghost is lustful, and even his human-skinned minions can't change this habit. Your face is enough to attract them. Just stand outside and it will be fine."

"..."

Chen Ji said nothing, but just pushed the door open silently. He finally understood what it meant for a strategist to put himself in the game.

"Why is it that you are here alone, young master, enjoying the scenery?"

Sure enough, before long, a voice sounded in my ears.

Chen Ji recognized that this was the woman who had just danced the Hu Xuan dance on the stage.

Then he sighed.

"I was watching a dance with my uncle and the other two, but was kicked out."

"So you were the three of you who asked the girl to dance together?"

The human-skin minion covered his mouth and chuckled, licking his lips secretly.

"In that case, with the flowers in bloom and the moon full, why don't you come to my room and have a cup of tea?"

"Of course, come with me and get something."

"Alright."

The human-skin minion felt the ghostly aura floating in the house and followed him into the house without any suspicion.

A moment later, another human skin appeared in the room, and Chen Ji pushed the door open again.

After standing for a while, I heard the sound again.

"It's a beautiful day, young master, why are you standing here alone?"

……

Repeat several times.

Except for the girl who already had an appointment with someone else, all the other human skin minions were attracted by Chen Ji and turned into a ghost aura and a piece of human skin.

Miss Bai held in her hand the ghost energy collected from the human-skin minions.

A faint green flame emanated from his palm, burning the evil spirits.

The ghost energy that originally did not interfere with each other slowly merged into a ball in the hands of Miss Bai, revealing a vague shadow.

"It's done. The Painted Skin Ghost's true spirit is already here."

"Then we can go find the real Painted Skin Ghost."

Miss Bai explained to Chen Ji only after she performed the magic.

"Ordinary ghosts can be controlled with the wronged souls, but the Painted Skin Ghost has hidden a trace of soul in each of its skin minions in order to absorb the essence of the living." "Originally, they wanted to use this trace of soul to strengthen themselves and then feed back to their own soul. Now it's convenient to find where it's hiding."

"Senior Fox, please wait a moment."

Taoist Xiyun looked into the courtyard and spoke slowly.

"If we remove the Qi restriction now, I'm afraid the Painted Skin Ghost will notice the changes in the Human Skin Minion and cause trouble."

"Does that Taoist priest have a way to control the entire Jinluo Garden with his Qi?"

"Yes, but this technique consumes a lot of energy. You two should act quickly, otherwise I won't be able to hold on for long."

"Understood. Taoist Priest, just rest assured and maintain the situation. Mr. Chen and I will go catch the Painted Skin Ghost."

"it is good."

Taoist Xiyun nodded, looked at the altar and chanted, waving the peach wood sword in his hand and pointing to the air.

Chen Ji felt that the restricted energy was spreading out and covering the entire courtyard.

"Good magic!"

After he casually expressed his feelings, he saw Taoist Xiyun shaking his head with a tired look on his face.

"go quickly."

Chen Ji knew that this technique was indeed quite burdensome, so he nodded and went out with Miss Bai.

Miss Bai made a casual move.

The painted skin ghost spirit that had just condensed floated before his eyes.

"The sky is clear and the earth is turbid, the soul is scattered and wandering..."

Miss Bai pointed at the wandering soul and chanted a spell. After a few words, the ghost couldn't help but float in one direction.

"Follow me! Prepare your magic."

"I'll trap her, and you do what you want."

Miss Bai gave an instruction.

Chen Ji nodded in response and made hand gestures.

Prepare the wall-opening and fire-controlling techniques in advance, just waiting to see the Painted Skin Ghost spit out a breath.

Under the cold moonlight, the spirit of the Painted Skin Ghost actually flew towards the peach tree.

"A peach tree hides a soul?"

Miss Bai suddenly understood.

"No wonder the Painted Skin Ghost wants to collect the essence of living people. It turns out it's for this purpose."

After saying this, his eyes became even colder.

"Not only do you want to be resurrected, you also want to become a ghost immortal. How bold!"

Chen Ji secretly remembered Miss Bai's words.

Now is not a good time to ask, so let's wait until the ghost hunting is over.

But I'm curious about where the Painted Skin Ghost is hiding.

You can't just dig out a space under the tree like Fox and Senior Huai did, right?

But the soul of the Painted Skin Ghost did not stop when it flew to the peach tree. After shaking slightly, it actually drilled into the trunk.

The next moment, a beautiful face floated on the tree trunk.

"Dog Taoist priest, it's you!"

"You failed to kill me back then, and now you dare to come and destroy me, you accomplice! Die!"

After saying this, the peach tree swung its branches and smashed down.

Miss Bai waved her hands and grabbed them all. Looking at the tree trunk, murderous intent flashed in her eyes.

"I thought you were infected with Yin Qi, but I didn't expect it was the soul-nourishing peach wood left by the Painted Skin Ghost. I can't let you go."

He opened his mouth and spit out fox fire.

However, he never expected that the fox fire that could even burn plague ghosts would not leave any traces on the peach tree, and even the peach bark was not burnt.

"fox?"

The Painted Skin Ghost noticed the shape of the fox fire, his eyes turned cold, and he actually laughed out loud.

"Demons and ghosts flow together. You don't want to help me, but you actually help the Taoist priest. Could it be that the Taoist priest really surrendered to you?"

"Sure enough, the story of the talented scholar and the wild fox is not a rumor."

"I wonder if you, the fox, are also enjoying it?"

The Painted Skin Ghost spoke obscenely and cast spells while speaking.

He also secretly stretched out a few peach branches, lashed them down like whips, and smashed them hard at Miss Bai.

"Little tricks!"

Miss Bai's fox eyes flickered, and the murderous intent in them became stronger. She looked at Chen Ji and nodded.

Chen Ji knew that it was time for him to take action.

Miss Bai suddenly thought of something and reminded him.

"This Painted Skin Ghost hides in a peach tree. It is nourished by Yin Qi and human energy. It is no longer an ordinary peach tree, but a peach fairy. It is not afraid of ordinary anger. It needs to be cut down with a knife!"

"Ah!"

The Painted Skin Ghost continued to sneer as if he sensed something.

"The Taoist priest who trapped my human-skin minions has exhausted his strength."

"You locked me with the Soul Chaser Technique, leaving me powerless to split myself. Even the Fox Fire couldn't hurt me, and now you're counting on this newcomer?"

"Even the best magical weapons can't hurt my peach wood body. I want to see what he can do!"

The Painted Skin Ghost ignored Chen Ji and concentrated on fighting with Miss Bai.

Chen Ji's eyes moved slightly, and he thought of something.

He pointed his sword and performed the wall-opening technique.

"open!"

"boom!"

With the blessing of Dengchao, the power of Kaibi is even greater.

The imagined scene of the tree trunk cracking did not appear, only a shallow white mark was left as if it had been chopped down by an axe.

"What a hard wood!"

Chen Ji sighed.

But he never expected that the Painted Skin Ghost's expression would suddenly change, and even the peach wood trunk would tremble.

"Impossible! I've integrated the aura of humanity into the tree. How could your magic hurt me?"

"Is it the aura of a saint?"

"Impossible! How can a little Taoist like you possess such pure saintly energy?"

The white girl smiled slightly.

"It's just the Peach Fairy ghost body, do you think there's no way to break it? Sir, please continue!"

Chen Ji suddenly realized.

No wonder Miss Bai asked me to do it myself. It seems that she knew that the talent given by the saint could cause harm to this ghost.

That's why I asked Taoist Xiyun to restrain his breath and lock the soul of the Painted Skin Ghost so that I could kill the ghost.

I don’t know if the saint also discovered the trace of the Painted Skin Ghost when he was in the academy, which is why he gave me a hint of talent.

But now is not the time to think about this.

The Peach Fairy ghost body, the Yin energy and the human aura are not as strong as the saint's upright and righteous energy at this moment.

"Thank you for the gift, Saint!"

So Chen Ji silently recited words of thanks in his heart and put his fingers together again.

"Wait until I kill this painted-skin ghost and offer him as a sacrifice before the statue!"

(End of this chapter)