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Chapter 213 Nightmare Ghost?

Upon receiving Sikong Yan's message, Xu Qingling immediately headed to Jinling City, where the Baili family was located.

When we arrived at Baili's house, all we saw was a thick, inky fog covering the back of the house.

The area outside was surrounded by members of the Baili family. While others only saw thick fog, Xu Qingling saw waves of eerie energy.

This level of yin energy is even more powerful than that of a ghost king.

Xu Qingling had never seen such a dense yin energy before.

Xu Qingling flew into the thick fog. She had only received Sikong Yan's request for help, and to know the specifics, she had to go and see for herself.

In the thick fog, the members of the four major families, including Sikong Yan, were all lying on the ground. Sikong Yan heard the noise, turned his head and looked around. Overjoyed, he struggled to get up and said, "Sister, Baili Lin sacrificed her body to the female ghost. Now that female ghost has devoured all the evil spirits. You must be careful."

Xu Qingling nodded, landed softly, and looked at Baili Lin, who was surrounded by black mist.

Baili Lin and the female ghost, two different faces switching back and forth.

"Xu Qingling!" Baili Lin met Xu Qingling's cold gaze, the hatred in her eyes almost materializing, and her clenched teeth seemed to tear her apart.

The next second, the female ghost stared at Xu Qingling with a half-smile, her voice faint and eerie, as if it came from the distant past.

"Director of the Leave of Absence Department of Fengdu, I have long admired your name."

Xu Qingling didn't reply. She raised her hand, and under the swirling light, a black and gold seal appeared in her hand.

The seal exuded the power of heaven and earth, suppressing all evil spirits. Caught off guard, the female ghost was thrown back several steps before regaining her balance. When she looked up again, there was a trace of fear in her eyes.

With a wave of his hand, a thick, dark mist flew out, carrying countless hideous ghost heads that surrounded Xu Qingling and pounced to tear her apart.

Xu Qingling's face darkened as she held the seal in her hand. The seal emitted streams of black and gold light, which landed on the ghost's head. The ghost let out a wail before dissipating in an instant.

Countless ghost heads appeared. When one ghost head disappeared, the others attacked it in droves.

Suddenly, a female ghost's head flew off Baili Lin's body and lunged at Xu Qingling's face.

The moment the female ghost was scattered by the seal, the scenery before her eyes suddenly changed.

Xu Qingling only had time to hear Baili Tang shouting from the Baili family's side, "This female ghost is a nightmare ghost."

Xu Qingling frowned and looked around intently.

No longer is the jungle-covered back mountain, there are no menacing ghosts, only rows of old bungalows, the sky is dim, as if it is dusk, and goose feather snow falls all over the sky, covering everything with a thick layer of white.

The street was deserted, except for a red swaddled baby, which stood out starkly against the white backdrop.

Xu Qingling stood still, her body untouched by any trace of snow. It seemed as if only she and the red swaddled baby existed in the world.

Nightmare Ghost?

Is this a nightmare illusion created by a female ghost?
Xu Qingling scanned her surroundings but found no trace of the female ghost, so she guessed she was hiding.

"Woooo..."

A soft whimpering sound came from the red swaddling clothes in front; it was the faint cry of a baby.

Xu Qingling took a step forward and slowly approached, looking down at him.

The baby was wrapped in a red swaddle, revealing a small face that was purple from the cold. Layers of snow piled up on the swaddle, almost turning the red into white. The snow fell on the baby's face and melted in a moment. The baby's eyes moved but could not open. The baby's pale little mouth moved slightly as it sucked on the snow water, and the little body trembled slightly.

A soft sob escaped her throat, a low sound, as if she were using her last bit of strength to call for help.

Xu Qingling looked up, and for a moment, her memory returned to the past, when she questioned her grandfather about her origins.

Grandpa said, "You, I picked you up from the freezing cold in the dead of winter. It was so cold, the snow was so heavy, and you were huddled in your tiny red swaddling clothes, your little face frozen purple, barely clinging to life." "Whoever abandoned you was so heartless," Grandpa said, his beard bristling and eyes wide. "Such a tiny baby, in such cold weather, it was almost killing you. When Grandpa sees him, I'll definitely teach him a lesson and make him make it up to you."

Grandpa stroked the little girl's hair as she lay on his lap. "Aren't you curious about your biological parents?"

"Xu Qingling, aren't you curious about who your biological parents are?"

The female ghost's voice echoed from all directions, eerie and seductive.

"Eek~" Xu Qingling lowered her eyes and met the baby's eyes that had suddenly opened.

It was as if the world had been clean and clear since birth, without any impurities. In the instant their eyes met, some memory seemed to be transmitted from the memory of an infant into Xu Qingling's mind.

Lady Baili suffered a difficult twin birth; she sacrificed her own life to save the babies. An elder appeared, prophesying a harbinger of disaster, ruthless and without desire...

The world was dark, and snow was falling heavily. A figure hurried by, leaving behind a red swaddled baby without a second thought...

Xu Qingling snapped out of her daze, her cold and aloof face showing no emotion whatsoever. With a light tap of her fingertips, the seal transformed into a longsword, its black and gold light swirling around it.

With both hands gripping the sword hilt, the longsword slashed without hesitation at the red swaddling clothes, the black and gold light flashing like a thunderbolt.

"You actually found out. You're really ruthless. You can even do this to yourself."

The moment the longsword touched the red swaddling clothes, the latter turned into a cloud of black mist and dissipated. Not far away, the black mist condensed into a human figure, which was none other than Baili Lin.

Xu Qingling drew her sword, the tip touching the ground.

The two confront each other.

"He is indeed a heartless and desireless monster. No wonder he was unmoved even after learning about his origins and seeing his mother die tragically to save him."

"Xu Qingling, did you see that clearly?"

“You were abandoned, left in the freezing cold. It was meant to kill you, so how come you’re so tough? How come you didn’t die?”

"You are a monster, a jinx, you deserve to die, you deserve to die, you deserve to die!" Baili Lin roared, her eyes burning with hatred.

Xu Qingling drew her sword, the tip pointing at her, and said calmly, "Is this your reason for sacrificing yourself to the evil spirit?"

Bai Lilin was stunned for a moment, then laughed maniacally, "Do you think I want this?"

"But do you know what it feels like to be disfigured, paralyzed, and abandoned by everyone?"

Do you know the agony of heavenly lightning burning your soul day and night?

"I wish I could end my own life, but I'm not willing to accept it, I'm not willing to accept it."

"But even my proud identity as the eldest daughter of the Baili family belongs to you."

“Since it’s given to me, it’s mine. I even want your position as the Director of the Fengdu Leave Department.”

"I want you to taste the burning sensation of heavenly fire."

After speaking, Baili Lin transformed into a cloud of black mist. The black mist did not rush towards Xu Qingling, but instead swirled around the long sword formed from the seal.

Countless ghost heads roared, wailed, and then vanished.

The black mist remained like a persistent, intractable disease, clinging tightly to the body and refusing to leave.

Xu Qingling frowned, realizing her purpose, and used other evil spirits to dissipate the divine power of the seal.

Xu Qingling is a god of the underworld, but also a human. Now, her divine power almost entirely depends on the seal.

With the seal damaged and her divine power lost, she was also in danger.