"Meng De, you’ve had to pass through Ghost Street on both occasions when you crossed realms. Ghost Street is where yin and yang converge, most peculiar, filled with mysteries not even known to Family Disciples from great families. However, to enter Ghost Street, you must visit the Spiritual Woman in Sanyang City. Only she has the ability to channel between yin and yang and send people to Ghost Street. Before, when Zhao Qian sent a dream, it was a Spiritual Woman who assisted by using the Dream Implanting Technique to make contact with you. And luckily, Meng De, you left a trace of blood on some clothes that Zhao Qian wore previously. Using blood as a medium enabled the casting of the Dream Implanting Technique. Otherwise, even the Spiritual Woman would be helpless."
This morning, Zhao Ge, Rong Niang, Shou Hou, Zhao Qian, and others gathered together, preparing to send Li Yi home.
Li Yi was ready, his bags packed big and small.
At this moment, Master Zhao Ge began to speak of the method to enter Ghost Street.
"So it’s ? Using blood as a medium to cast the Dream Implanting Technique? But now that Master has mentioned this, it reminds me that I must leave behind the blood of a person from the Four Seas and Eight Continents. Only then can I return here next time. Otherwise, without guidance, I can only linger in Ghost Street, unable to Cross Border."
With this in mind, Li Yi immediately found an empty bottle he had previously used for nutrient solution.
"Big Brother, use my blood." Rong Niang immediately offered.
Li Yi shook his head and called Jin Dafu over, then handed him the bottle, "Find a servant with a family, draw a bowl of blood and fill it in here. Not too much, too much could kill a man. Once done, give him some extra silver for his good recovery, in a while, he’ll be fine again."
"I understand, Master. I know how much blood to take without risking a life." Jin Dafu assured and promptly went to do it.
"Using a servant’s blood works just as well, no need to deplete our own Qi-Blood." Li Yi said.
Rong Niang nodded her head, suddenly understanding.
Blood as a medium to guide the Yin Horse into Sanyang City would suffice; it didn’t have to be the blood of someone close.
Shortly after, Jin Dafu returned with a bottle filled with fresh blood: "Master, it’s taken care of. I gave the servant twenty taels of silver, a month of leave, and ten Blood Replenishing Pills. I swear he’ll be as good as new in a month, and it won’t cost him his life."
"Well done, Jin Dafu. While I’m away, Master, Rong Niang, Zhao Qian, and a few others will be in charge of the estate. Obey them in all things. If any issues arise, Zhao’s Martial Arts Hall will also look after you; they won’t let you suffer any losses." Li Yi said.
"The Master’s instructions, I dare not forget," Jin Dafu replied.
Li Yi nodded and then rose to his feet, "Master, everything is ready; it’s time for me to leave."
Zhao Ge sighed deeply, "Meng De, go well, and if there’s nothing amiss, come back soon. Your teacher still awaits the day when you make a name for yourself across the Four Seas and make your mark in the Eight Continents."
"Next time I come, I will definitely accompany Master on a journey to the Four Seas and Eight Continents to elevate the prestige of Zhao’s Martial Arts Hall." Li Yi promised with a smile.
"Rong Niang, my daughter, both of you escort Meng De to the Spiritual Woman’s place and into Ghost Street." Zhao Ge then instructed.
The two responded in unison.
After a round of farewells, the three of them rode out of the estate on horseback, heading straight to the City God Temple where the Spiritual Woman in Sanyang City resided.
Shou Hou complained, "Master, you’re being partial. Why let the female disciple accompany Big Brother? I want to see off Big Brother too."
Zhao Ge glared at him, "They are women, are you a woman too? Haven’t you noticed that both Rong Niang and my daughter have taken a fancy to Meng De? I’m simply facilitating a match between the three of them, you lack discernment."
"So that’s the case." Shou Hou said with an awkward smile, "Then why doesn’t Master just let Big Brother marry the two Senior Sisters, and I can enjoy the wedding wine too?"
"It depends on fate."
Zhao Ge shook his head slightly, "Meng De is a rare talent with high ambitions, not preoccupied with love affairs. During his days in Sanyang City, he’s never so much as touched a woman, and I perceive he is still pure."
"Master, I too am still pure. Haven’t you said that those of pure body have powerful cultivation? Yet I don’t feel it." Shou Hou said.
"Do you know why you are called Shou Hou? If not for refraining from pleasures of the flesh with your poor constitution, by now you’d be nothing but dry bones. How else could you have achieved the Marrow Refining Realm? After this matter concludes, focus intensively on your cultivation. Big Brother passed the Cultivation Method to you, which is an opportunity for rebirth. Sieze it well. If there’s still no improvement, dig a hole and bury yourself to spare us the shame." Zhao Ge huffed severely.
Shou Hou responded dejectedly.
Li Yi, Rong Niang, and Zhao Qian had already reached the City God Temple of Sanyang City on horseback.
Today wasn’t the first of the month, so there were few worshippers at the temple.
An elderly woman, nearly sixty years old with a face full of wrinkles, was sitting in a corner of the City God Temple, her eyes closed and body hunched, resting peacefully.
"Hey, Spiritual Woman, how much to send someone to Ghost Street?" Zhao Qian walked over and woke her up.
The Spiritual Woman slowly came to her senses, her cloudy eyes scanning the surroundings, eventually fixing her gaze on Li Yi with a hint of astonishment, which quickly turned to a sullen tone, "Send someone to Ghost Street? That’ll be two hundred taels of silver per trip, but for this gentleman here, the price needs to double to four hundred taels."
"You greedy old hag, jacking up the price like that." Zhao Qian grew angry, raising her fist, "Watch it, or you’ll get what’s coming to you."
"Heh, heh." The Spiritual Woman chuckled without responding, "For him alone it’s four hundred taels, but if you two accompany him, I can offer it for free."
Zhao Qian and Rong Niang paused, looking at Li Yi for a moment.