"It turns out that Sister Qingmei, like me, is also a miserable person. Since you don't mind it, sister, please stay in my yard tonight."
Xu Taiping pretended to be sympathetic and nodded.
After hearing this, Liu Qingmei's face immediately showed a look of joy, and a touch of excitement flashed in her eyes.
"Thank you so much, Young Master Taiping. When Qingmei's injury heals, Qingmei will definitely bring a generous gift to thank you, Young Master Taiping, for your life-saving grace."
Liu Qingmei said with tears in her eyes and gratitude on her face.
"Sister Qingmei, the demon wolf may still be ambushing nearby. I opened the courtyard door rashly and might let it get in. Why don't you turn around and help me keep an eye on the surroundings, and then rush in quickly after I open the door? It’s more secure.”
Xu Taiping said to Liu Qingmei with a vigilant expression.
Liu Qingmei was stunned for a moment when she heard this, and then nodded repeatedly:
"Taiping, you are absolutely right. I will help you keep an eye on it. You will let me know after you open the door."
After saying this, Liu Qingmei quickly turned around.
And the moment she turned her head, the soft look on Liu Qingmei's face disappeared as if she had changed her face, and she turned to reveal a fierce expression. Then she raised the corners of her mouth and whispered in an inaudible voice:
"It seems cautious, but in fact it is stupid. It is really ridiculous that you are not aware of your imminent death."
But as soon as she said these words, her ears trembled, and a crisp sound of the bowstring tightening reached her ears.
"you!……"
"Whoosh!"
Liu Qingmei just wanted to run away, but the sound of arrows piercing the air had already exploded behind her, and an arrow covered with frost penetrated straight through her chest.
"you wanna die……"
"Whoosh!"
Looking at the arrow on her chest, Liu Qingmei roared with a livid face, but just as she said this roar, another sharp arrow shot through the air and penetrated her entire throat.
At this time, Liu Qingmei had turned her head, and her eyes happened to meet with the young man standing on the backyard door behind her. She followed her and asked with a look of disbelief:
"How... did you notice it?"
"Whoosh!"
Xu Taiping raised his hand and shot another arrow. The arrow penetrated directly between Liu Qingmei's eyebrows, leaving a hole the size of a fist.
"Sister, next time you go out to collect herbs, remember to change into a suitable pair of shoes."
Under Liu Qingmei's angry gaze, Xu Taiping continued to draw arrows and draw his bow, while speaking calmly.
As if she had been greatly humiliated, Liu Qingmei suddenly became angry. Regardless of her injuries, she jumped up suddenly, and then used her suddenly swollen claws to grab Xu Taiping, who was standing at the top of the courtyard door.
"boom!"
Before Xu Taiping could take action, a ray of green light popped up from the barrier of the small courtyard, like a heavy slap in the face, sending Liu Qingmei, who had survived three arrows, flying backwards.
"ah!……"
Liu Qingmei, who fell to the ground, suddenly let out a shrill scream.
Immediately, a stream of black smoke was spit out from her mouth, and then the black smoke turned into a black whirlwind, rolling up a dust in front of the small courtyard.
"Boy, unless you never come out of this small courtyard from now on, you will fall into my hands sooner or later. When the time comes, I will make sure you live and die!"
In the black whirlwind, a man's roar sounded with a sharp voice and a cruel tone.
"I don't seem to have offended you, why do you want to harm me?"
It was the first time for Xu Taiping to encounter such a monster. He was trying to calm down. While questioning the monster, he drew the bow string in his hand again.
"You'll find out soon!"
Along with a burst of laughter, the black whirlwind roared out and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
"Could this be the enchanting ghost mentioned in the jade slip?"
Xu Taiping looked at the direction where the black whirlwind dissipated and muttered to himself.
According to the statement on the jade slip, in the mountain forest where the outer disciples are located, in addition to the monsters and beasts in the mountains, there are also spirits and ghosts.
These spirits and ghosts often like to possess some beasts or the corpses of dead people, and then lure other living people to suck their flesh, flesh and vitality for practice.
Because they are all spirits and have no real body, if you want to completely kill them, only some magic can do it.
"With such a monster hiding in the dark and making sneak attacks, it will be a bit troublesome to hunt around in the future. The most important thing is that I still know nothing about him."
Xu Taiping glanced at the corpse on the ground, and then frowned slightly.
Logically speaking, this situation could be reported to the sect, but after understanding it over this period of time, he knew very well that even if he reported it to the sect, no one would come to check.
In his eyes, the registered disciples of the outer sect like himself are dispensable, and he will not spend too much energy on them.
"call……"
Just when Xu Taiping was worried about how to guard against the ghost next, a gust of wind suddenly blew at the entrance of the courtyard again.
The sky was completely dark at this time, so when the dark wind blew, it felt particularly penetrating.
"Is it possible that the ghost came so soon?"
Xu Taiping immediately cocked his arrow and drew his bow with a vigilant expression, looking around for him.
"Young man, I'm here."
Just when Xu Taiping found nothing, dots of green fireflies suddenly flew out from the female corpse in front of the door, and finally turned into an almost transparent female figure.
This shadow looked exactly like the corpse on the ground.
"You still dare to show up?"
Xu Taiping immediately aimed the arrow in his hand at the female figure.
Before the freezing period, although the bows and arrows in the hand could not kill the souls of ghosts, the arrows wrapped in the residual glow's true energy could still cause some damage to them. This was mentioned by Zhenjun Ziyang in his lectures.
"Young man, have mercy on me, young man, have mercy on me. My little girl was just coerced by that evil spirit and had no choice but to come here to trick you into going out."
The woman's soul begged for mercy again and again.
"Ghost?"
Xu Taiping saw that her tone didn't seem to be fake, and when he heard her reveal the identity of the ghost before, he immediately moved the bow and arrow in his hand to one side.
"Yes, that was exactly a demon. The little girl was harmed by him at that time and became his ghost servant. She was humiliated by him every day."
The female ghost gritted her teeth as she spoke, and her eyes were full of regret and resentment. She seemed to really hate the ghost.
However, after the lesson he just learned, Xu Taiping would naturally not believe her words, let alone go out to see her.
"Young man, don't worry that the little girl will harm you. The little girl's soul is already mutilated. Just now, young man, you received three arrows driven by your true energy. In the time of a cup of tea, the little girl will be gone."
The woman's soul seemed to have noticed Xu Taiping's thoughts and hurriedly explained to him, but at the end of the words, her tone was full of desolation.
