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Lei Jiaojiao explained, "So-called ghosts are completely different from demons."

"No matter how ferocious a demon is, it is still a living being after all. It has flesh and blood, demonic energy, and can be seen and touched. If it is killed, it will die."

"But ghosts are different. They are not living things, but rather the lingering souls or resentments of some kind of living being after death. They are nourished and strengthened by yin energy and then condense into strange things."

"Some ghosts don't even have a physical form, so ordinary swords and knives can't hurt them at all."

She paused, then continued, "And ghosts themselves are divided into two types: ghosts and monsters, and eerie creatures."

"The former is alright. As long as we use special secret techniques or attacks targeting the soul to shatter their Yin energy core or deplete the Yin energy in their bodies, they can be completely eliminated."

"But the latter is simply unkillable!"

"Although the eerie also appears in the form of ghosts and monsters and can be dispersed, they will reassemble after a period of time."

"The only condition that limits the supernatural is distance. It can only operate in the place where it was born, like an old tree that has taken root and can never leave."

Upon hearing this, Mu Yang finally understood why Lei Jiaojiao and Yuan Yuan had advised him to leave.

The dantian construction method he cultivated was just ordinary attribute-less true qi. Even with his amazing strength, he was indeed difficult to fight against ghosts that had a certain degree of "physical immunity".

"So, the woman in the wedding dress is a ghost, and can't be killed by true energy alone?"

Mu Yang quickly made a judgment and asked.

"right."

Lei Jiaojiao nodded: "But that's not entirely true either."

"It's not that you can't kill ghosts with true qi, but that the true qi of ordinary martial artists is insufficient in both quality and quantity to completely eliminate the yin energy of ghosts."

"To eliminate ghosts, you need either high-quality, sufficient true qi, such as superior true qi, or mid-grade true qi with special effects."

"Forget about high-grade true qi. There are no martial artists in our entire Qinghe County who can condense high-grade true qi, so we can only rely on mid-grade true qi with special effects."

As she spoke, Lei Jiaojiao pointed at Yuan Yuan: "Sister Yuan Yuan cultivates the 'Purifying Heart Dantian Construction Method,' and the purifying true qi she refines has a purifying effect on evil qi such as demonic qi and yin qi. In addition, her mastery of the ghost-suppressing secret technique 'Evil-Suppressing Force' is enough to severely injure or even eliminate ghosts."

Lei Jiaojiao gave Mu Yang a brief explanation of the "Evil-Suppressing Force".

This is a secret technique that requires the release of true qi, meaning it can only be practiced by martial artists of the fifth rank or above. It is specifically designed to counter ghosts.

"High-grade true qi, or a special mid-grade true qi specifically for dealing with ghosts...?"

Mu Yang murmured to himself.

He doesn't have special mid-grade true qi, but he does have high-grade true qi!

I just don't know if 2,500 strands will be enough.

Just then, a very faint sound of footsteps suddenly came from deep within the alley.

The footsteps were very light, like bare feet gently touching the wet, slippery floor, unhurried and with a strange rhythm.

All three were martial artists with considerable skill, so they naturally noticed something and looked over together.

Under the cover of night, a hazy red glow appeared out of nowhere, slowly "drifting" from the depths of the alley.

A bright red wedding dress, the hem of which trailed on the ground.

Her head was slightly lowered, and the bright red veil, which was even more crimson than blood, completely covered her face, making it impossible to see her features.

Despite the wide hem of her dress, her feet were still sticking out.

The insteps were unbelievably white, making the veins on them stand out clearly.

Each time she walks, her snow-white toes lightly touch the ground, but her body doesn't sway at all, making it look like she's floating.

"Is this the bride in her wedding dress?" Mu Yang thought to himself in surprise.

If you disregard the pitch-black alleyway, the moss-covered walls, the chilling night wind, and her eerie footsteps, the bride's wedding dress actually looks quite beautiful.

"A fourth-order perfect ghost that is close to breaking through; thankfully, it arrived just in time tonight."

Yuan Yuan sensed the presence of the woman in the wedding dress immediately and murmured something to herself.

Even though she has methods to subdue ghosts, due to the inherent characteristics of ghosts, she can hardly guarantee that she can keep a ghost alive if they are of the same level.

Ghosts, unlike eerie creatures, are difficult to track.

Once they escape and go into hiding, finding them again will be extremely difficult.

"Jiaojiao, back off!"

Yuan Yuan gave a soft shout, then picked up three silver needles with her right fingertips.

The body's medium-grade purifying true qi flowed along the meridians, covering the silver needles and creating a faint white halo under the moonlight.

Purifying Flying Needle Technique!

Three silver beams shot out like meteors, heading straight for the woman in the wedding dress's abdomen.

If a fourth-level martial artist uses true qi to attach to a flying needle, the true qi will dissipate the moment the flying needle leaves the body.

Only the more concentrated true qi of the fifth-order Meridian Opening Realm can condense briefly without dissipating after leaving the body.

The woman in the wedding dress seemed to have a keen sense of the evil-suppressing force. Despite wearing a red veil that obscured her vision, she immediately reacted when the silver needles flew towards her.

A layer of blood-red light suddenly shone from the bright red wedding dress worn by the bride.

As if a semi-transparent, blood-red barrier had appeared out of nowhere, the silver needles struck it, making a crisp "ding-ding-ding" sound, and then fell to the ground.

"There are even ghost artifacts?"

Yuan Yuan frowned slightly, her tone becoming more serious than before.

"A ghost artifact?" Mu Yang asked.

"The so-called ghost artifacts refer to special objects that appear with certain ghosts when they are born. They usually have unique effects that far exceed those of ordinary weapons."

As Yuan Yuan spoke, she picked up three silver needles in each hand: "A ghost with a ghost artifact can increase its combat power by at least one rank."

"A fourth-tier ghost combined with a ghost weapon would be difficult for even a fifth-tier martial artist to withstand without countermeasures, and could even lead to their death."

Of course, the term "fifth-tier martial artist" here obviously does not include herself.

Before she finished speaking, her fingers moved as if playing a piano, and six silver needles flew out of her hand again.

This time she held nothing back, pouring all her evil-suppressing energy into the needles, which emitted a faint hum as they pierced the air.

It sounds like a clear bell, calming and soothing to the mind.

Flying Needles - Suppressing Evil!

The red light barrier surrounding the woman in the wedding dress lit up again.

But this time, the penetrating power of the silver needles far exceeded that of before.

The six silver needles were no longer blocked by the barrier, but instead, as if they had pierced through adhesive tape, they stirred up ripples on the barrier.

It finally pierced through the red light's defenses, penetrating the woman in the wedding dress's shoulder and abdomen, going in half an inch.

The powerful energy that suppresses evil flows through the needle and into the ghostly object.

The bride's red wedding dress was suddenly torn open like a windowpane ripped by a strong wind, leaving several gaps.

Her skin was revealed inch by inch beneath her bright red wedding dress.

"Bluish-black?"

Mu Yang was stunned when he saw the skin color on the shoulders and abdomen of the woman in the wedding dress.

It wasn't the snow-white color like the instep of her feet, but rather a bluish-black color similar to the one on Liu Zhuang's body that afternoon.

The only difference is that the woman in the wedding dress does not have black scales on her skin.