My Lady Always Lacks Ambition-Chapter 1074 - 1044: Born a Spirit Medium

Kuang Shan came to handle the matter at Qin Liuxi’s behest, to deal with this Evil Ghost.

He liked to refine living corpses into Evil Ghosts, then devour their Ghost Essence and refine it into his own ghost power. Well, now he could experience what it’s like to have his Ghost Essence devoured by a Ghost King more powerful than him.

As Wu Tongtian stood there dumbfounded, Kuang Shan snatched his Ghost Essence and chewed it up before swallowing it.

Wu Tongtian experienced soul scattering.

Kuang Shan was utterly disgusted.

He had devoured quite a few ghosts, but such a deeply sinful and fetid one—he could count such instances on ten fingers.

Does Qin Liuxi have some kind of grudge against him, to specifically call upon him to devour something so repulsive?

"If you have any orders, just let me know, no need to humiliate a little one like me," Kuang Shan said bitterly.

Qin Liuxi replied, "I don’t have any, isn’t this within your jurisdiction? Such a thing emerged, and I am kindly notifying you to clean house."

Kuang Shan: "..."

So I should thank you for shoving a pile of crap my way, and I have to swallow it with a smile?

Seeing his face looking like someone who just swallowed crap, Qin Liuxi chuckled and said, "Nothing else, I just haven’t seen you for a few years, and I missed you."

Kuang Shan: Do you think I believe a word of this?

"I used to have a little disciple, a young girl, who was captured by the Evil Buddha. Now she should be around eleven years old, and I suspect she’s cultivated the Heartless Path, thus she is called Heartless."

Kuang Shan frowned, "Heartless Path? That’s a cultivation technique from the era when Spiritual Energy was abundant and mortals could pursue immortal cultivation. Once cultivating this technique, a person would sever emotions and desires, becoming a heartless, desireless killing machine."

Qin Liuxi’s expression turned cold and detached.

Little Ginseng asked, "Would they also forget everything and everyone?"

"Naturally, the Heartless Path is solitary and lonely—cultivating this path leads one to forget everything," Kuang Shan explained, "Nowadays it’s rare to hear of anyone cultivating the Heartless Path, especially now when Spiritual Energy is scarce. To forcefully cultivate the Heartless Path, first, one must sever emotions and love, second, must dare to face solitude. I’ve heard of a Daoist who cultivated this path by locking himself in a dark room without a sliver of light for three days and nights."

Little Ginseng was a bit confused, "That would work?"

"When a person is in a place devoid of light, forget three days and nights—a person with a weak mind can’t bear even an hour. In darkness, especially absolute silence, a person feels panic, starts suspecting ghosts or gods, and soon their spirit collapses," Qin Liuxi explained.

Little Ginseng turned pale, "Then Wang Chuan she..."

"Anyway, to cultivate the Heartless Path, one has to cut off emotions and love—what one endures cannot be managed by ordinary people," Kuang Shan said, "If that girl named Wang Chuan has already cultivated the Heartless Path at just eleven or twelve years old, what she’s been through must be..."

He saw Qin Liuxi’s increasingly darkened expression and dared not continue, quickly changing the subject, "Are you looking for her, sir?"

"She previously caught several pure yin girls to extract yin yuan from them, and I don’t know when she’ll appear again or what she’ll do. Keep an eye out for her on your turf for me, and notify me as soon as you discover her presence."

"Sure thing."

Qin Liuxi thought for a moment and added, "Also, inform the Eastern Ghost King and the others."

Kuang Shan agreed once more.

Seeing Qin Liuxi had no other orders, he quickly disappeared as swiftly as he came.

Only then did Qin Liuxi call upon Little Ginseng and Teng Zhao to prepare to leave, but as soon as he turned around, Teng Zhao was gone.

"Zhaozhao?"

"Master, I’m here, come over."

Following the voice, Qin Liuxi walked over; it was a burial ground, with white bones scattered everywhere. The yin energy was incredibly dense—it’s no wonder Wu Tongtian was refining Evil Ghosts here. Such an extremely yin land was indeed a perfect cultivation spot for them; if a Demon Path practitioner found this place, he’d be thrilled too.

An excellent place for refining Yin Evil artifacts.

This burial ground was already on the outskirts of the capital, and yet it was so eerie. Do people still throw dead bodies here?

Little Ginseng saw Teng Zhao digging something up and exclaimed, "Zhaozhao, are you digging up corpses?"

Teng Zhao retorted, "There’s someone alive here."

Qin Liuxi hurriedly walked over and sensed life energy under the soil—a very faint sound of breathing.

Teng Zhao had already cleared the soil, revealing a rolled-up mat. He immediately tried to drag it out, but it wouldn’t budge and he fell backward, sitting with a crunch on an unknown person’s broken hand bone.

Little Ginseng laughed heartily.

Qin Liuxi stepped forward to help and soon dragged the mat out. Unwrapping it, she discovered a hefty man, equivalent to two of Teng Zhao, buried there.

She placed her hand on the man’s carotid, which still had a faint pulse. It’s unclear whether it was due to being buried for long or something else, but he was barely alive.

Fate favored him.

Observing the man’s facial appearance, Qin Liuxi noted it was quite unfortunate. There was disharmony everywhere; Yin Evil was embedded in his fate. He was naturally a communicator with spirits, bringing misfortune to his family and relatives—destined for a solitary life.

Teng Zhao, though not as adept at face reading as his master, could tell the man was of yin nature, and having been buried in this extremely yin land made it even more pronounced.

Snowflakes began drifting from the sky.

Qin Liuxi asked Teng Zhao to perform a ceremony to usher the remaining yin souls from the burial ground into the afterlife, then lit a fire to break the Yin Evil land, saying, "Let’s head back."

Teng Zhao tried to carry the hefty man, but his weight was impossible to manage. Ultimately, it was Qin Liuxi who hoisted him up.

The group traveled directly via the Yin Road to return to Jiuxuan.

Jiuxuan was bustling with preparations for the evening’s charity auction, yet the courtyard where Qin Liuxi resided was quietly secluded—no one dared to trespass.

Seeing activity in her area, Feng Xiu approached, only to find her holding a filthy, somewhat smelly hefty man. "Where did you pick up this fat guy?"

"From a pile of the dead."

Feng Xiu: "?"

Little Ginseng responded, "Wei Xie, the fool, was caught by an Evil Ghost and barely escaped being devoured completely. We went to rescue him, at the burial ground on the capital’s outskirts. This hefty man is who Zhaozhao dug out from there."

Wei Xie protested, "The phrase ’devoured completely’ isn’t meant to be used like that."

Feng Xiu looked disgusted, "He’s not ginseng, why are you digging up everything? What good is picking up corpses? Also, aren’t you particularly averse to filth, how come you dare to dig up corpses?"

Teng Zhao’s little face was icy, "He’s still breathing."

"Alright, Little Ginseng, find an assistant and get a set of clothes; dress this man. Zhaozhao, you rescued him, so you’re responsible for his treatment. Take him in." Qin Liuxi interrupted their pointless chatter.

Little Ginseng recognized the urgency and rushed to call for assistance, while Teng Zhao and Wei Xie dragged the hefty man inside, but soon there were cries of surprise from within.

Qin Liuxi hurried inside to find the man vomiting copious amounts of dark, foul-smelling blood.

This child has been poisoned!