Can't a girl be a traitor like Cao Cao?

Opening an inn in a place like this? Wouldn't you lose money hand over fist?

Moreover, the sign hanging above this inn clearly reads the words "Ghost Gate".

Chilling.

Is this place really called "Ghost Gate Inn"?

Chi Junlin frowned as he glanced at them, while Wenren Xuan also looked puzzled.

However, having already come this far, it seems impossible not to move forward.

So Chi Junlin and Wenren Xuan pushed open the inn door and went inside.

Surprisingly, the inn was bustling and lively inside, unlike the quiet and deserted outside.

The place was packed with people.

All sorts of merchants, travelers, Miao and Han people, men and women, young and old, were among them.

Waiters carrying large water jugs weaved through the crowd, serving the guests large portions of fish and meat.

The guests ate meat and drank wine, chatting loudly, while the shopkeeper at the counter meticulously calculated his accounts, and even in the corner, there were prostitutes soliciting customers.

They didn't even bother to avoid the crowds and actually started doing business right there in the inn's lobby.

A vivid scene of everyday life unfolds before your eyes.

If they weren't actually in the middle of a desolate mountain, Chi Junlin would have thought they were in a bustling, prosperous area.

At this moment, Wenren Xuan suddenly sniffed.

Then he whispered, "It smells like a corpse."

He hummed in response, without much reaction, as if he had already anticipated it.

As the two slowly walked into the inn, the surrounding guests acted as if they hadn't seen anything and paid no attention to them.

Even the waiters acted as if they didn't exist.

This is extremely illogical.

What's most unusual is that deep inside the inn, there's a burly man dressed in heavy armor, like a soldier, sitting alone at a table.

The surrounding area was bustling with merchants, but this guy sat there all alone, not moving an inch.

It was completely out of place with everything here.

It's hard not to find it strange.

Wenren Xuan glanced at him, and was about to go up and take a closer look.

But Chi Junlin grabbed his wrist.

"not him."

Chi Junlin said simply.

Wenren Xuan nodded and stopped.

Then he and Chi Junlin carefully observed the scene inside the store.

They wanted to find the plague demon hiding within.

After searching for a while, Wenren Xuan became increasingly aware of the strangeness of the place.

The inn appears to be bustling, but in reality, only a waiter wanders around inside.

And he carried only a water bottle the whole time, moving along a fixed route.

The innkeeper and the other guests were the same.

The shopkeeper only counted the twenty copper coins in front of him from beginning to end. After counting them once, he put them back and counted them again.

Although the guests seemed to be laughing and drinking, all that could be heard was laughter, and their glasses were empty.

How does it resemble a proper inn?

However, Chi Junlin's attention was not on the other people in the inn.

Because she had noticed something was off about a "merchant" drinking with three other people in the corner.

The person was completely shrouded in black, and his movements were quite agile.

Clearly, he was not the same kind of person as the other inn members who were stiff and seemed to be acting.

More like... a living person!

Chi Junlin narrowed his eyes and immediately took a step in the direction of that person.

The plague demon, hiding in the corner, realized it had been discovered, but did not hesitate at all.

He immediately raised his hand and threw the wine glass in his hand hard towards the "soldier".

With a "crash," the cup shattered on the ground.

The man dressed as a soldier jolted awake as if from a dream, his head snapping back to life.

In that instant, the people in the inn immediately and strangely stopped what they were doing.

Everyone seemed to freeze, their movements suddenly halting.

The room filled with laughter and chatter instantly fell silent.

Only the prostitute who was engaged in the flesh trade remained, still intently leaning over the body of another stiff, muscular man, kissing him passionately.

Wenren Xuan's expression was somewhat solemn, as if he had been frightened by the sudden change.

Chi Junlin sneered and said softly, "Playing tricks... won't stop me..."

Ghost Plague was getting anxious. When he saw Chi Junlin staring at him with sharp eyes, he couldn't help but feel fear.

He immediately shouted at the unknown person, "This person is here for revenge! Why aren't you helping me!"

After he finished speaking, the prostitute, who was draped in a light veil, let out a long sigh.

"what"

Then, the strange prostitute in the inn stood up, her body limp and slender like a snake, draped in a light veil.

He glanced at Chi Junlin, a lewd smile spreading across his face, and said, "I told you not to provoke people in the court, but you wouldn't listen..."

"Well, now they've come knocking on our door..."

Chi Junlin snorted coldly, looking at the group without any fear.

Wenren Xuan also realized at this moment that this place was probably the lair of the Eight Eccentrics of Hunan.

The three people in front of me in the inn are three of the Eight Eccentrics.

Ghost prostitutes, ghost soldiers, and ghost plague!

Chi Junlin looked at the three of them and sneered, "I've heard that although the Eight Eccentrics of Xiangnan have grudges against each other, they are surprisingly united when facing external enemies."

It seems that if I want to capture even one of you, it's impossible without defeating you all.

Upon hearing this, the veiled ghost prostitute looked at Chi Junlin with a seductive smile and said, "That tuberculosis ghost just said that an enemy had come looking for him, but he didn't mention that the person coming is such a handsome and lovely woman. If I had known earlier, I certainly wouldn't have helped him."

However, it's not too late now... If the heroine is willing to spend the night with me... I wouldn't mind turning against her and personally handing that tuberculosis-ridden wretch over to her..."

Upon hearing what the ghost prostitute said, Chi Junlin couldn't help but smile and replied, "I've heard before that Miss Ghost Prostitute has unusual tastes; she's indifferent to both the raw and the raw, and even to life and death. She prefers to indulge in pleasure with cold, lifeless corpses..."

But I'll pass... because... I'm afraid of getting sick.

Hearing Chi Junlin's mocking words, Gui Chang's expression hardened, and then she said angrily, "You're courting death!"

After saying that, he stretched out his hands, revealing pale hands with bright red fingernails on the ten fingers, making him look like a zombie.

At this moment, the "zombies" in the room, under the control of the ghost prostitute, pounced on Chi Junlin like madmen!

This is the martial arts ability of "Ghost Prostitute," one of the Eight Eccentrics—manipulating corpses to fight enemies!

As Ghost Prostitute and Crimson Lord Lin got into a fight over a disagreement, Ghost Plague, who was huddled in the corner, breathed a sigh of relief.

He knew very well that the ghost prostitute's abilities could be fully utilized within this inn.

No one can defeat the ghost prostitute here.

Therefore, one can rest assured about one's own safety.

Chapter 303 Mentorship, Classical Mechanics

Although Wenren Xuan didn't know much about the Eight Eccentrics of Xiangnan, after entering the house and seeing how the corpses moved and smelling the strong stench of decay, he knew what kind of secret technique the "ghost prostitute" was practicing.

It is a secret method of corpse-driving that reduces one's lifespan.

Dual cultivation of corpses.

This secret method requires one to cultivate with a corpse, infusing one's yang energy into the corpse. Living with a corpse for many years will inevitably shorten one's lifespan.

Therefore, even within the demonic sects, very few people practice this evil art.

However, correspondingly, because of the enormous price to pay, the efficiency of refining corpses through this technique is terrifyingly high compared to ordinary disciples of the Corpse Driving Sect.

A disciple who practices the art of corpse driving can usually refine a corpse in three to five years, filling its body with the yin energy he infuses into it, so that it can be used to fight enemies.

But this ghost prostitute, after using this life-shortening corpse-driving secret method, has refined so many corpses for her own use in just a few years.

They can even manipulate them to form an inn filled with corpse puppets.

It can’t be said that he is not strong!

However, Wenren Xuan, being from the Demonic Sect, naturally knew the weaknesses of this corpse-refining technique.

That is, in order to fully utilize the combat capabilities of the corpse puppet, it is necessary to use the method of pulling strings to guide its movements.

Just like what Wenren Xuan did at the Dongting Never-Night Tower.

She had also laid out silver threads to control the corpses of so many bandits in advance, which was why she was able to manipulate so many of their corpses to help her fight the enemy.

Otherwise, to pull a large number of corpses with one's own internal force, one would probably need someone like Bian Renyao, whose internal force is already superior to that of the demonic sect and whose internal skills are superb.

Although the "corpse-driving" technique is a mysterious martial art, it is still limited to the realm of martial arts.

It's not about cultivating immortality.

Therefore, they cannot do things that are too contrary to the principles of physics.

That is why Wenren Xuan was able to guess how Gui Chang controlled these corpse puppets.

This inn must be densely covered with countless threads, used to help the ghost prostitute command these corpse puppets to fight for her.

With so many refined corpses fighting for her, the Ghost Prostitute's combat power in this place is terrifyingly strong.

But once she leaves this place, the Ghost Prostitute will inevitably lose control of so many corpse puppets.

Their combat strength will then drop sharply.

At that moment, Wenren Xuan quickly said to Chi Junlin, "These corpses must have strings attached to them! Cut those strings, and the corpses will no longer be under her control!"

As they were speaking, several of the corpses swiftly attacked the two of them.

Chi Junlin raised his leg and kicked the corpse hard, smashing several long tables to pieces.

The ghost prostitute smiled slightly and said, "You have good insight... but unfortunately, my thread is well hidden, you will definitely not be able to find it."

Wenren Xuan couldn't help but frown upon hearing this.

Just as the ghost prostitute said, her methods of manipulating corpses were different from those of other disciples of the Corpse-Driving Sect.

Ordinary disciples usually hide the thread behind the corpse puppet or on its head.

The advantage of doing this is that the traction force will offset some of the gravity, making the corpse easier to handle.

The downside is that the rope used to tether the body is easily discovered and cut, which would result in a loss of control over the corpse.

However, the ghost prostitute did the opposite, hiding the threads of the corpse under her feet and then going deep beneath the inn to weave a huge "eight-fold net".

As long as one's internal energy drives it, the entire corpse controlled by the Eight-Woven Net can move like a mechanical puppet, according to one's will.

In other words, the entire inn is actually her weapon, a giant meat grinder driven by corpses.

Any enemy who dares to trespass into her territory will be overwhelmed and killed by the powerful, invincible, and death-intolerant corpse puppets.

This idea was undeniably ahead of its time. Even if dozens of ordinary martial arts practitioners came, they probably wouldn't be a match for the Ghost Prostitute.

Only by luring it out of the "Ghost Inn" can we find a way to eliminate it.

Sure enough, at this moment, the several corpse puppets that Chi Junlin had kicked down had "stood up" again and, as if nothing had happened, pounced on Chi Junlin once more!