I'm Ximen Qing, living in a ghost story!

"you!"

Granny Shan's eyes were like lightning as she waved her hand.

Several mandrills roared, reached out and grabbed stalactite spikes from the wall next to them, and threw them across the way.

Ximen Qing blocked Zhou Qingyun from behind.

After a series of clanging sounds, golden light flew out, naming each of the mountain demons that had suddenly attacked it.

The gold bricks were directly imprinted on their foreheads.

These mountain goblins, which the locals had described as terrifying monsters, immediately clutched their heads and rolled around on the ground in pain.

"Jellyfish Sword! Go!"

Just as Ximen Qing was dealing with these monsters.

A delicate shout rang out from behind!

A dark blue sword light shot forward, its sharp energy grazing Ximen Qing's cheek before heading straight for Granny Shan!

"Drink! A mere trick!"

Granny Shan stretched out her cane, and a layer of stone shield appeared on the ground, blocking the path of the sword light.

"Hmph! My sword cleaves the nine fields!"

Zhou Qingyun let out a soft snort, spat out a mouthful of blood, and instantly turned pale.

The jellyfish sword split into nine, passed through the stone shield, and rushed towards the mountain old woman.

"Impressive! Count me in!"

Ximen Qing sighed in admiration.

Without hesitation, a gold brick flew out.

He then picked up the Yang family's treasured sword, shouted loudly, and charged forward.

"What?"

Granny Mountain was entangled by the nine sword lights and felt their sharpness fully revealed. In particular, her original stone statue was actually breached!

She's a stone demon!

At the same time, Ximen Qing also came with his sword. His magic power, which had just broken through to the fourth level of the Acquired Realm, surged from the tip of the sword and transformed into a three-zhang-long blade of light.

It scraped directly onto Granny Shan's body.

"Damn it!"

boom!

The rocks collapsed and the stone statues overturned.

The entire cave began to shake.

That's not right!

Why is there no Soul Point notification?

Ximen Qing looked at the cloud of dust in front of him.

"Get out of here! This place is about to collapse!"

Behind me, Zhou Qingyun's voice came, sounding very anxious.

However, she spoke too late.

The entrance to the cave has been blocked by a huge boulder that crashed down.

The moonlight streaming in from outside was also blocked, and the entire cave was plunged back into darkness.

"Go!"

Zhou Qingyun's voice came from the darkness.

Flames and talismans shot into the sky. Ximen Qing squinted and looked around.

The surrounding mountain walls were completely intact.

"Something's not right, that old hag did it on purpose! Only the cave entrance has collapsed!"

Zhou Qingyun gave her conclusion before Ximen Qing could.

The two exchanged a glance and then looked in the direction where Granny Shan had just been.

The huge stone statue that once stood in the cave has vanished without a trace, leaving behind only a dark cave.

However, this cave, like the one we had just entered through, also collapsed.

"A cunning rabbit has three burrows! Despicable! It got away!"

Zhou Qingyun's chest heaved with anger. The jellyfish sword had just exhausted too much of its magic power, and even the firelight in the air was flickering.

Ximen Qing handed her a Qi-restoring pill directly.

"Hey, calm down first."

"Where did it come from?"

"I didn't finish the food you gave me before."

Zhou Qingyun swallowed the Qi-restoring pill, her face tense and her cheeks puffed out.

"Haha! I must say, you actually look quite cute."

Ximen Qing was finishing off the unconscious mandrill with a gold brick when he saw Zhou Qingyun behind him, who looked like a hamster, and couldn't help but laugh.

"You!" Zhou Qingyun turned to the side, clearly having been taken aback by Ximen Qing's teasing.

Seeing Zhou Qingyun like this, Ximen Qing slowly said, "Alright, it's not entirely impossible, but we need to make some preparations first."

"Hmm?" Zhou Qingyun couldn't help but look at the confident Ximen Qing, somewhat puzzled. "Since that old woman destroyed the passage, she's definitely cut off our hopes. What else can we do but return the way we came?"

"Well..." Ximen Qing stepped forward, looked around, and his eyes lit up.

This cave was originally a shrine belonging to the Mountain Goddess, and it still retains a stone table and incense burner.

Ximen Qing placed the stone table opposite the corpses of the mountain demons, took out four incense sticks from his waist, and then took out a ball of glutinous rice from his pocket.

Zhou Qingyun crossed her arms and watched him busy himself.

Before leaving Black Wind Stronghold, Ximen Qing made thorough preparations.

Thanks to the crow spirit's experiment, he now has no doubt about the skill coverage of [Asking the Gods].

He muttered incantations, and several illusory mountain demon spirits flew out of his body, dazed and confused.

Zhou Qingyun, who was standing next to him, looked shocked and rubbed her eyes.

"That's impossible!"

Zhou Qingyun murmured, "Mountain demons are mountain spirits, they shouldn't have anything like a soul!"

Also, your method of summoning spirits doesn't seem like a proper magic trick!

With that thought in mind, she silently drew her jellyfish sword and became alert.

At this moment, Ximen Qing had already closed his eyes.

Like the crow spirit, the mandrill could not speak, so he saw some fragmented images.

Many of them were useless, but one caught his attention.

brush!

Ximen Qing opened his eyes.

Startled, Zhou Qingyun immediately drew her jellyfish sword.

However, Ximen Qing ignored her and walked straight to the side of the mountain wall, picked up his precious sword, and slashed with all his might!

boom!

With the immense force applied, the thin layer of rock instantly cracked open, revealing a long tunnel.

A cunning rabbit has three burrows; how could a cowardly monster like Granny Mountain only prepare one escape route?

"bring it on!"

Ximen Qing then turned his head to look at Zhou Qingyun, who was on guard behind him.

"Phew!" Zhou Qingyun let out a long sigh of relief and patted his chest. "What you just did was..."

"Just a secret technique."

Ximen Qing shrugged.

"Alright, everyone has secrets, I won't ask, but there's one thing you have to tell me the truth!" Zhou Qingyun stared at him.

"Please speak, Senior Sister," Ximen Qing said, a smile still on his face.

"Weren't you sent by my father to protect me?"

Zhou Qingyun asked, word by word.

"Huh?" Σ(°△°|||)︴?

This time, it was Ximen Qing's turn to be dumbfounded.

He stepped forward and touched the girl's forehead. "No fever? Why are you talking nonsense?"

"Really...really not?"

Zhou Qingyun saw Ximen Qing's astonishment, her small face visibly turned red, and finally her voice became as soft as a mosquito's buzz.

"Why does Senior Sister have such a misconception?"

Ximen Qing was curious.

"It's all because you mentioned Laoshan that I misunderstood!" Zhou Qingyun said sullenly, using the Mummified Saber Sword to shield herself.

Ximen Qing became even more curious and pressed for answers before realizing it was all a beautiful misunderstanding.

It turns out that Zhou Qingyun's father was named Zhou Chun, one of the famous "Three Heroes of Qingqi" and the senior disciple of the Laoshan Sect.

His cultivation was outstanding, and he achieved the Innate Realm at a young age.

Zhou Chun doted on his daughter, arranging for Zhou Qingyun to become a disciple of a true Golden Elixir Yang God, and also assigning her a protector.

However, before setting off, Zhou Qingyun insisted on traveling alone to gain some experience, and Zhou Chun agreed.

Unexpectedly, after arriving at Black Wind Mountain and accepting the commission from the Shi family to slay demons and monsters, he encountered Ximen Qing, a helper who appeared "just in time." Ximen Qing even mentioned Laoshan Road in his conversation. How could this not lead to a misunderstanding?