Chapter 218: Little Ghosts’ Guess, Human Emperor Token, Li Bai
Old Man Ying: “This matter is of great importance; ultimately, it should be decided by you.”
The two ended their mental conversation, and Bai Ze looked at the girl in front of him.
Although it is very likely that she is the Dragon Girl, this girl’s identity cannot be confirmed yet. Bai Ze must thoroughly confirm it before deciding whether to help her.
Bai Ze casually took out writing brushes, ink, paper, and inkstones from the white jade bottle, wrote a personal letter, packed it well, and handed it to the Yellow Ox, asking him to take it back to Guanyin Bodhisattva.
The content of this letter was very simple, just saying that he had discovered a woman with profound blessings and rich immortal roots, and recommended that Guanyin Bodhisattva take her as a disciple.
With Bai Ze’s status, Guanyin Master will definitely give him face.
After all, there are many disciples on Mount Putuo. Although there are currently only two personal disciples, there are many inner disciples, outer disciples, and registered disciples.
Even if Guanyin Bodhisattva doesn’t want to accept her, with Bai Ze’s letter of recommendation, this Li Wanqing can at least get a registered disciple position.
But if Guanyin Master’s reply is that she will be a personal disciple, or if she bestows the Dragon Girl’s Daoist name, then that would explain everything.
At that time, Bai Ze must help this girl.
“Don’t worry, I will definitely complete the mission.”
The Yellow Ox put the letter into a storage magic item and, stepping on clouds, rushed into the sky.
Li Wanqing was still kneeling on the ground. Bai Ze said, “You don’t have to kneel here. This matter is of great importance. Allow me to consider it.”
“Really?”
The girl’s beautiful eyes fluttered. The originally despairing Li Wanqing seemed to see hope again at this moment.
She saw Bai Ze hesitating for a long time. Of course, she didn’t know that Bai Ze was talking to Old Man Ying; she thought Bai Ze was considering it internally.
Then she saw Bai Ze write a letter and have the Yellow Ox take it away, thinking that there were some arrangements.
Perhaps, he really is willing to help her? “Thank you!”
The dignified and elegant Li Wanqing, looking at the young man slightly older than her in front of her, actually felt a sense of admiration.
After all, in her situation, who would be willing to get involved in this kind of trouble? A hero saving a beauty is most likely to win the beauty’s heart.
The Yellow Ox’s reply wouldn’t come back in a short while, and Bai Ze couldn’t just stay put, so he prepared to deal with those little ghosts.
Li Wanqing introduced the specific situation to Bai Ze. It was roughly the same as what he had learned from the letter, but in fact, the scope was even wider, not limited to Chang’an.
In many prefectures of the Great Tang, people were dreaming of being chased by little ghosts. If they were caught and their bodies were eaten, then the next day when they woke up, the place that was eaten would be extremely painful.
If it was the internal organs that were eaten, when they woke up, the internal organs would be in severe pain, and there would be no use in seeking a doctor.
Some who were strong and healthy could endure it, but they would eventually become weak and frail.
If they were already weak, they would often die directly.
Li Wanqing said, “Immortal Venerable Brother, do you have any ideas?”
Bai Ze frowned slightly and asked, “I see that in Chang’an of the Great Tang, and in the prefectures below, there seem to be a large number of cultivators guarding them.
If there are ghosts sneaking in at night, they would probably be discovered, right?
How could so many ghosts still be able to sneak in?”
Li Wanqing shook her head helplessly, “This matter has been happening for several months. I have issued an imperial edict to strictly prevent ghosts from invading, and there have been no reports of little ghosts appearing in various places.
But every night, people dream of being chased by little ghosts, and then being eaten by them.”
“Is that so?”
Bai Ze fell into deep thought. Although the situation here was slightly different from White Tiger Ridge, both involved little ghosts causing trouble.
But why were the little ghosts of White Tiger Ridge going to intercept the ancestors of the villagers, while the little ghosts here in the Great Tang were directly attacking the people?
All of this was strange!
Most importantly, the Great Tang was heavily guarded. This could be seen from the fact that when he had just arrived in Chang’an, he was stopped outside the city by Li Yuanba.
It was not easy for him, a Golden Immortal, to sneak into Chang’an, let alone a group of little ghosts?
Moreover, within Chang’an City, there were already Sages and Golden Immortals stationed. How did these little ghosts bypass their eyes?
“This is so strange!”
Bai Ze was completely puzzled.
At this moment, a flash of inspiration suddenly crossed Bai Ze’s mind, and he suddenly came up with an idea: “Wanqing, is it possible that no ghosts have actually sneaked into the city?”
Li Wanqing said, “But there really are people who have been attacked. Those attacks in dreams become reality.
You wouldn’t say this is an illusion, would you?
How can there be such an illusion that appears randomly, with an attack range covering all the prefectures of the Great Tang?”
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Bai Ze said, “I’m not talking about illusions. I’m saying, is it possible that the crime scene isn’t within the city?”
“Look, when people dream, their spirits wander outside their bodies.”
“Is it possible that when people are dreaming, they go to the Underworld or the outside world, and then these little ghosts seize the opportunity to attack?
If that’s the case, no matter how tight our city’s defenses are, we won’t be able to catch a single ghost, because they’re simply bypassing our defenses.”
Li Wanqing’s eyebrows furrowed slightly: “What you’re saying makes a lot of sense. When people are sound asleep, it’s very possible that their souls leave their bodies and enter the Underworld, or use the Underworld as a bridge to randomly appear anywhere.”
“Then these little ghosts only need to lock onto these people’s souls and attack them, and we won’t be able to find any clues.”
Bai Ze narrowed his eyes. He originally thought this was a minor matter, but after hearing Li Wanqing say that it involved the entire Great Tang’s prefectures, he realized that if he solved this, he would be benefiting countless people.
Then, could the remaining half of Bai Ze’s evil corpse be severed because of this?
Even if it couldn’t be completely severed, severing a fraction of it would be good enough. He could accumulate it slowly.
Bai Ze said, “Tonight, come with me to the Underworld. Let’s see what’s going on.”
Li Wanqing said, “Okay, I’ll change out of my dragon robe, then it will be easier to move around.”
Li Wanqing went to change clothes, and Bai Ze walked outside the main hall. He spread out his divine sense, locking onto a Golden Immortal in the southeast corner.
If he didn’t sense it wrong, this should be a human cultivator.
He took out the Human Emperor Token from the white jade bottle: “Teacher said this is the Human Emperor Token, so it should be able to suppress human cultivators.”
With a thought from Bai Ze, the Human Emperor Token pressed down on that cultivator.
On the other side, Li Bai was in his own courtyard, drinking wine and dancing with his sword while writing poetry.
With each poem he wrote, his sword intent changed slightly.
“Moonlight in front of my bed!”
A sword light like moonlight was scattered by his sword.
“I suspect it is frost on the ground!”
As the sword intent flowed in his hand, sword rain flew, and the entire courtyard was covered in a layer of white frost.
“A waterfall plunges three thousand feet!”
His blade was like a waterfall, the water splashing like a curtain, the waves turning white, plunging straight down.
“A light boat has already passed ten thousand mountains!”
Finally, Li Bai sheathed his sword, standing on a small boat, drifting among the mountains and rivers.
“That’s great, young master!”
The surrounding servants clapped their hands one after another. It was truly too poetic and picturesque, Li Bai was actually boating in his own courtyard, as if he were traveling among mountains and rivers.
However, what no one expected was that in just an instant, Li Bai’s house collapsed.
Boom!
Li Bai felt a powerful pressure from the sky, making it hard for him to breathe. The small boat under his feet was instantly crushed.
And Li Bai was born in the Western Regions desert, and was basically a landlubber, how could he know how to swim?
He fell into the river with a ‘plop’.
The servants: “???”
We just praised you, how come you’re only cool for three seconds?
“Save…save me.”
Li Bai struggled in the water, and the others were also dumbfounded. Wasn’t this water transformed by your sword intent? How did you get drowned by the water created by your own sword intent?
“Save…save me.” Li Bai kept struggling.
The servants quickly went to rescue him.
And all of this was seen by Bai Ze. At the moment, he didn’t know that this person was Li Bai. He only knew that he had suppressed a human cultivator with the Human Emperor Token.
“This thing is very useful!”
“That little girl Jiuli didn’t even mention it when she gave it to me.”
Bai Ze was a little reluctant to give it to Li Wanqing. Even if he did, he would have to ask for a sky-high price. Otherwise, how could such a treasure be given away so easily?
