Chapter 767 -767: The Female Ghost
The beautiful female disciples of the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion all had suitors.
But she claimed she had always been alone.
Other than the possibility that she was lying,
there was actually another possibility!
And that is, she didn’t know anything about the situation in the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion!
To be in the Ninth Layer of the underground world of the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion but remain oblivious to the widely known matter of men and women.
The answer was practically screaming at them.
Just as You Yunzi had warned the new arrivals—
in the Ninth Layer, beware of Yin creatures.
Hua Xin slowly stood up.
The gaping hole in her chest began to close at a visible speed.
A thin layer of black mist surged across her body, transforming into an elegant black gown.
Her face, so strikingly similar to Concubine Yunxia’s, now appeared like a flower in the mist.
Clearly within reach, yet impossible to discern clearly.
“Oh? How did you know?”
Hua Xin cradled her chest with her left hand and supported her delicate chin with her right, asking with solemn curiosity.
Jiang Fan replied, “It’s quite simple.”
He drew out a jade box containing Yin marrow and said:
“If there were no Yin creatures in this place, how could the Yin Qi be so concentrated that it condensed into Yin marrow?”
When he was examining the surroundings earlier, he already had his suspicions.
There were some conspicuous human remains here, but they didn’t emanate any Yin Qi.
So, the dense Yin Qi in this place was highly suspicious.
Hua Xin’s appearance immediately amplified Jiang Fan’s doubts.
Hua Xin revealed a look of sudden realization: “Even the most meticulous plans have their flaws.”
Jiang Fan scrutinized her stunning figure and breathtaking beauty.
He too showed a trace of realization.
“No wonder when I asked my elders about the characteristics of Yin creatures,”
“they avoided the question and merely told me to guard against lust.”
Such a stunning, gentle, and fragile-looking Fairy Sister could indeed easily ensnare the unsuspecting.
Especially since this Yin creature possessed an alarmingly high level of spiritual wisdom.
It could even disguise itself as a disciple of the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion.
For new disciples unfamiliar with the Pavilion, the deception was exceedingly dangerous.
A surge of thunder and lightning erupted under Jiang Fan’s right foot.
He stomped firmly half a foot behind his heel.
A jade bottle containing Healing Spirit Pills had somehow rolled to his heel unnoticed.
As his foot pressed down,
the spirit pill let out strange squeaking sounds.
Under the assault of lightning, it emitted clouds of black smoke.
Once the squeaking ceased,
Jiang Fan moved his foot aside and squinted slightly at what he saw.
It turned out to be a tiny centipede-like bug.
Its back was pitch black and glossy.
When it curled its head and tail together, it perfectly resembled a smooth, jet-black pill!
Jiang Fan let out a light laugh: “No wonder—you either offered me spirit pills to eat or asked me to help you pick them up.”
“So the issue lay here.”
After pausing for a moment,
Jiang Fan started to inspect Hua Xin’s true form and said meaningfully:
“Besides, you must still have some kind of powerful trump card on you, right?”
“Otherwise, why would you pretend to be injured, even feign death, just to lure me closer?”
Hua Xin rubbed her temples again.
Annoyed: “What kind of little monster have I run into?”
She had been a Yin creature for so long but had never encountered someone before.
His earlier wariness, she could attribute to caution.
But she had already “died.”
He even stabbed her corpse with a sword, stripped her clothes off, and burned her body with fire.
What’s next—was he planning to scatter her ashes?
The thought made her indignant: “Damn brat!”
“I’ve never met someone so hard to deceive before!”
“Are you even a man?”
She felt that the female disguise she had carefully crafted, whether in appearance or temperament, should have been the dream incarnation of every man.
Yet Jiang Fan wasn’t moved in the slightest!
Something was very wrong with Jiang Fan!
Her gaze involuntarily drifted toward Jiang Fan’s legs.
Jiang Fan clamped his legs together and shouted:
“Where are you looking, you pervy ghost!”
Hua Xin’s expression froze, and she sneered, “That’s still better than stripping a female corpse’s clothes!”
“I… I was just… just…”
Jiang Fan’s mouth twitched.
There was no way to explain this!
And why should he bother explaining to a female ghost anyway?
“Die, you pervy ghost!”
Electricity crackled in Jiang Fan’s palm as he unleashed a “Five Thunder True Heaven Palm” directly at Hua Xin!
Hua Xin’s expression changed dramatically.
As a Yin creature, she was most terrified of this kind of divine skill.
“You brat, you can act, but I can’t even talk?”
“And now you’re trying to kill me to silence me?”
She opened her mouth and spat out.
A tiger talisman, the size of her palm, floated into the air.
Jiang Fan was stunned.
The entire talisman was composed of pure Yin marrow!!!
His previous refinement of a thumbnail-sized piece of Yin marrow,
was merely a thin layer on this overwhelming talisman!
Clutching the Yin Marrow Tiger Talisman, Hua Xin swatted away the incoming Thunderstrike Palm.
Countless torrents of dense Yin Qi surged forth like a flood, instantly engulfing the Five Thunder True Heaven Palm.
With deafening crackles and explosions,
the palm’s energy was entirely obliterated.
The remaining Yin Qi roared toward Jiang Fan.
“Void Flow Thunder Force!”
Jiang Fan slammed his hand into the space ahead.
Stream after stream of electric current wove together into a net of lightning, scattering the residual Yin Qi.
His expression turned slightly serious: “Pervy ghost, with such a powerful Yin Marrow magical treasure in hand,”
“why go to such great lengths to approach me?”
This female ghost clearly could have used the Yin Marrow Tiger Talisman from the start.
Not a single disciple in the entire Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion could have escaped unscathed.
Hua Xin snorted: “Surrender the Mountain River Tripod.”
“And I’ll let you leave!”
Jiang Fan thought for a moment before realization struck!
She had her sights set on the Mountain River Tripod but was wary it might be inside a space storage device.
So, she pretended to be a gentle and understanding elder sister to get close to Jiang Fan and trick him into revealing the spell for the storage device.
Failing to deceive him, she resorted to force.
“Greedy for treasures, are you?”
Sneaking a glance at the Yin Marrow Tiger Talisman, Jiang Fan said:
“If you want my Mountain River Tripod, it’s not impossible.”
“But don’t think you’ll get it for free!”
Hua Xin mulled it over.
Her instincts told her this Little People Clan member wouldn’t be easy to deal with.
If she could acquire the Mountain River Tripod peacefully, that would be for the best.
“What are you proposing?”
Jiang Fan replied, “Give me the Yin Marrow Tiger Talisman, and I’ll give you the Mountain River Tripod.”
Hua Xin didn’t hesitate to respond: “Impossible!”
What kind of joke was this?
The Yin Marrow Tiger Talisman was her most important treasure, more precious than life itself.
How could she possibly give it away?
Jiang Fan pushed for a compromise: “Then what can you give me?”
Hua Xin had already planned for this.
She moved swiftly to the corner of the hall.
Kicking aside several floor tiles, she revealed a small pit.
Within it were items collected from the Human Clan across different eras.
Deactivated ancient swords,
Jiang Fan’s gaze turned cold: “You killed quite a few humans.”
Hua Xin glanced his way and said, “If I wanted to kill you humans,”
“how many of you coming to this underground world would survive?”
With the Yin Marrow Tiger Talisman in her hand,
no disciple could escape her grasp.
“They all died tragically underground in various accidents.”
“I merely collected their possessions afterward.”
Jiang Fan scanned the broken and tattered items.
He shook his head slightly: “You have a penchant for scavenging?”
“Too bad I don’t deal in junk.”
She rummaged through the pile for a while.
Finally, from the very bottom, she pulled out a bronze circular disk covered in green patina.
Intricate and unfathomable carvings adorned its surface.
Just staring at it for a moment made Jiang Fan feel a wave of dizziness.
His eyes revealed a trace of vigilance as he stepped back. “This is… an array?”
He had only recently suffered a setback with Ye Banxia’s gravity array.