Zhao Xuanjing thought the only female priest who could be described as immortal-like and unfathomable would be… Xie Qiao.
There were not many female priests, after all.
Zhao Xuanjing turned his head and called out, “Zhou Weizong.”
Imperial Bodyguard Zhou responded and heard Zhao Xuanjing speak again. “Gather the men to crush this wall.”
Something was clearly wrong with the black smoke. The wall was low, so it should be easy for the smoke to come out. However, there seemed to be a barrier whereby the smoke would not blow out of the wall. It was very strange.
The smoke should be able to spread after the wall was removed, right?
Imperial Bodyguard Zhou got people to start working immediately.
Official Liu was stunned. Although he had no idea who that person was, he speculated that the man was a young master from some wealthy family.
The Crown Prince’s underlings acted fast, and the wall was soon crushed.
The strange thing was that the black smoke kept hovering inside instead of spreading outside as if an invisible web covered it.
Zhao Xuanjing walked forward and took a step into the black smoke in a testing manner.
He went in.
Xie Pinggang was shocked, while Zhou Weizong and the rest were extremely anxious!
They wanted to get in too. However, as soon as they took a step into the black smoke, they would turn around and walk out instead!
“Why are you so nervous? Which family is that young master from?” Official Liu was nervous too. However, there were already so many people stuck in there. He did not think it was a problem that one more person had gone in.
Xie Pinggang glanced at Official Liu with sympathy. “That’s… the Crown Prince.”
“Oh…” Official Liu nodded before feeling his jaw drop.
“Who!?” he exclaimed, horrified.
“The Crown Prince.” Xie Pinggang’s voice was soft.
Thud!
Official Liu fainted.
It did not matter if that were someone else. However, now the Crown Prince… He had gone in as well!
It was the end for Official Liu. He would lose his job as an official, and his family members would be executed!
Xie Pinggang was nervous too, but he knew that it was useless for him to panic. The place seemed ominous. It made no sense for him to hope that the fire would be put out, so he ordered someone to bring a monk over.
Zhao Xuanjing was rather confused as he entered the black smoke.
In the next second, he saw a female priest standing there. She was mumbling to a cloud of black and red smoke.
She did not look too good, nor did she resemble Xie Qiao.
Xie Qiao immediately sensed someone coming in!
That was especially so for that creepy dark energy that she could not ignore. She turned around and was surprised to find out that it was Zhao Xuanjing. She had no idea what to say at the moment.
Excellent timing!
She had not brought any powerful instruments with her today, so it was difficult for her to fight the grieving spirit. She had been trying for so long, yet the spirit’s power had only dissipated by a little. She was still unable to trap it.
Xie Qiao could only fight it with incantations for now. However, she had limited strength and might not be able to hold on any longer!
Zhao Xuanjing was nothing to be worried about. The thing was, he had a bunch of ghouls following him!
He could come in because of his dark aura that matched the atmosphere. Although those were ghouls around him, they were different from the grieving spirit.
She could use the ghouls!
Xie Qiao chanted more incantations.
“Seven stars and eight spirits, the most powerful of them all. Gigantic beast with a long skull, the master of all souls. Hear my command, fight the evil one!”
The bunch of ghouls that had just come in charged at the grieving spirit as Xie Qiao ordered.
Thanks to the support she had just received, the ghouls started fighting with the grieving spirit like lightning, their claws flying like hooks.
“Ahh!”
The grieving soul’s voice sounded much more devastating now.
Zhao Xuanjing heard it faintly. It sounded like the howling wind and a little bit like crying.
It was rather eerie.
Before he could think too much into it, he saw the black smoke around was dissipating at a speed that could be seen with naked eyes.
Meanwhile, the female priest mumbled, “The righteous god is here to expel the evil spirit. Retrieve!”
The cloud that was absorbing the water like a dragon in the sky disappeared as soon as Xie Qiao was done speaking.
The black smoke was gone too. Although the fire was still burning in the shop, it had subsided now.
The courtyard seemed to have been emptied all of a sudden. Many people laid all over the ground and looked like they were in a daze. They were still moving, nonetheless. They were alive.
