After returning from my cultivation journey, I built a farm through fortune telling.

Chapter 47 (Revised)
The python spirit's soul, hiding in Wan Niang's sleeve, was also unable to dodge in time. Eight bolts of heavenly lightning struck it as well. It roared with its mouth wide open, and as it slid out of Wan Niang's sleeve, its soul began to become illusory, its body shrinking in size...
It's not much bigger than a chopstick, and it looks like it won't survive.

It tried desperately to climb out, but was still trapped in the array made of talismans, barely clinging to life.

"Is he... dead?"

Director Wang, who had somehow crawled under the table, poked his head out and peered through the gaps in the talisman to see a ghost and a snake inside, their fates unknown.

It's not moving at all, it must be dead!
Bai Lu frowned and didn't say anything. The next second, she suddenly grabbed Director Wang by the collar and threw him away. At the same time, a "nothing happened" sign fell on him.

The egret said, "Take it and stay far away!"

Director Wang gripped the blank sign tightly and scrambled toward Lin Saisai's dressing room. However, before he had gone far, he suddenly felt his body drift backward uncontrollably. The blank sign he was holding grew hotter and hotter, and then suddenly emitted a golden light. The feeling of drifting backward uncontrollably disappeared, and he crashed heavily to the ground.

He quickly got up and subconsciously looked back. As soon as he saw it, his legs went weak and he fell back to the ground, filled with regret!

How can a grown man like you not be able to control his curiosity?
They insist on looking back, they insist on looking back!

It's okay now!
Then, Wan Niang's figure appeared in the sky above the courtyard. Her hair danced without wind, and her originally short red fingernails visibly grew longer and harder. Most unbelievably, the python spirit, which was as thick as a chopstick, had grown much larger and was wrapped around Wan Niang's neck as before, flicking its tongue at the egret.

Bai Lu's expression turned serious: "I didn't expect you to still be able to use Ghost Domain even when you're seriously injured."

The "serious injury" that Bailu mentioned was not the serious injury she suffered from being struck by lightning, but rather the serious injury Wanniang had suffered before, which is why she did not rashly attack Bailu.

This is why Bailu dared to come; after all, no matter how powerful she is now, she wouldn't dare to confront a thousand-year-old vengeful ghost head-on!

That's so reckless! Are you out of your mind?!

But who knew that this person, no, this ghost, in his dying moments, could still unleash the Ghost Domain?

Only powerful and vengeful ghosts with high cultivation can create the Ghost Realm. It can influence the world of the living, and in some cases, it can even pull the living into this realm to experience the pain and fear of the dead.

Most importantly, in Wan Niang's ghost realm, she is the absolute controller. If she hadn't been injured, and Bai Lu had been dragged into the ghost realm at her peak, it would have been very difficult for her to survive.

However, controlling the Ghost Realm requires a large amount of Yin energy and spiritual power. Now that the Moon Goddess is weak, the Ghost Realm certainly cannot be maintained for long. The White Heron still has the strength to fight.

"The young celestial master can recognize the ghost realm, which is truly remarkable for his age. It's a pity that he is destined to die young today."

The maidservant sneered, and without making any move, the skeletons on the ground that had been smashed by the egret stood up unsteadily and began to attack and kill the egret.

The egret wanted to use the talisman, but found that it was completely unusable, and could only exert one-tenth of its spiritual power.

One-third of the second level of Qi Refining?!
That's no different from not having anything at all.

The egret only allowed her to dodge using primitive methods. She discovered that these skeletons were much stronger than before, and she was slapped twice, which hurt a lot.

She knew this must be the influence of the Ghost Realm of the Night Maiden.

We need to find a way to break through the ghost realm!

Otherwise, how long would it take for the stepmother's mental energy to be exhausted!
In fact, Wan Niang was also gambling, betting that she could kill Bai Lu before the Ghost Realm disappeared.

Because maintaining the Ghost Realm consumes a great deal of energy, if the Ghost Realm disappears and Bai Lu is still alive, then she will be the one to die!
But can she die?

Having become a ghost and lived freely for a thousand years, how could he possibly accept death? How could he possibly accept reincarnation?
The stepmother looked at the egret and said, "Little Celestial Master, give me your physical body, and you'll suffer less."

"You want to possess me?" Bai Lu sneered. "Then let's see if you have the ability!"

The stepmother was tired of being a ghost and wanted to be human again, but the path to reincarnation had long been blocked by her own killing. The simplest way was to possess someone's body. She had tried it before, but mortals died after a few days of possession. Their physical bodies couldn't support her soul after death, and her body would crack within a few days. Although there was no bleeding, her whole body looked like it was about to shatter, and she looked extremely ugly.

If you encounter a body of poor quality, it will start to smell of decay within two days.

He finally managed to possess a female cultivator, and lived happily for over a month, completely intact and fragrant, only to be discovered in a rather unfortunate way!

Otherwise, she wouldn't have been so badly injured.

It's so serious that I have to come back to recuperate!
However, just two days after returning, quite a few people came to this old house that had been abandoned for decades. It was like a pillow coming to someone who was sleepy!

Just as he was thinking of absorbing the souls of these two hundred people to heal his injuries, the egret came to cause trouble.

These stinking monks are truly despicable; they meddle in everything, even other people's business!
The maid immediately used her ghost domain to imprison the egret. She descended from mid-air and slowly walked towards the egret: "Then you can see for yourself whether I have the ability to—who!"

Before Wan Niang could finish speaking, she felt her ghost domain being attacked. Her ghost face turned pale. She was already at her limit, only thinking about capturing Bai Lu and using those two hundred people as snacks. Who knew that someone would come to ruin her plans!
Fearing that the delay would cause trouble, Wan Niang immediately tried to possess Bai Lu, but it was too late. The Ghost Realm was attacked from the outside, and Bai Lu took the opportunity to release the only Thunder Talisman, detonating it with the little spiritual energy she could squeeze out. The combined attack from inside and outside caused the Ghost Realm to collapse suddenly.

The maid screamed shrilly, her soul drifting away, almost transparent: "Who! Who is it!"

"This humble Taoist is pure and ethereal."

Master Qingxu, holding a whisk, stood in the courtyard outside the ancient building.

"Hmph, I've finally found you!"

With the Ghost Realm broken, Bai Lu's confinement was lifted. She bowed to Daoist Qingxu and said, "Thank you for your help, Daoist. What brings you here?"

Master Qingxu said, "This female ghost wreaked havoc in all directions some time ago, killing hundreds of young girls one after another, and even killing a female cultivator in our West City. Songfeng and I chased her for many days, but she cunningly escaped each time. Until a week ago, we seriously injured her, but we still couldn't catch her. Who knew she was hiding here! If it weren't for the huge fluctuations in the Ghost Realm, I wouldn't have been able to find her!"

There's no point in performing any rituals to help such evil spirits pass on.

Master Qingxu took out a magic artifact, and a golden light shone on Wan Niang. She immediately began to writhe in pain, but no matter what, she would not die!
He was on the verge of death, clinging to life.

“Taoist Master, this ghost is strange!” Bai Lu said.

Master Qingxu also thought so. A demon of this weakness would have been completely destroyed by the golden light after being exposed to it for so long. Although the mother was in excruciating pain, she was indeed still alive!

How can it be!

"Great...Great...Great—" Master~

Director Wang, pale-faced, raised his hand and cried out, "Help! I feel so bad..."

"Director Wang's vitality is fading a bit too quickly!"

When Bai Lu turned around, she was startled to see that Director Wang's face was as white as if he had been dead for three months.

"Life...life?"

Director Wang's hands trembled. "Is someone trying to kill me?"
That would be terrible!
He looked at the egret and almost cried.

"Help! Master!" His sudden survival instinct kicked in, and he stopped stammering!

Master Qingxu also noticed this and immediately sealed off all of his life force. He and Bailu then began to search for the cause of this incident.

Bai Lu frowned: "Taoist Master, this female ghost is draining the life force of the people in this ancient building to prolong her own life! This ancient building probably has a sacrificial array?"

"Array?"

Master Qingxu frowned, this touched on a blind spot in his knowledge. Thinking of how Bailu was frantically searching for formations at the Sanqing Temple, he placed his hopes on her.

Bai Lu walked around the ancient building again and found that Bai Xiao and the others had not escaped the disease. They were all huddled together in groups of three or five, looking like they had low blood sugar.

Finally, we found it.

This formation is not on the ground, but underground. This ancient building also has a basement. Moreover, the person controlling this formation is not Wan Niang, but the python spirit that seems to be attached to the female ghost!
It is the guardian spirit beast of this formation. It can control the formation and extract life force to give to Wan Niang!

This formation was originally a protective formation, not a sacrificial formation!

This formation was meant to protect the objects within it, but for some reason, the nature of the formation has changed, and there's nothing inside that needs to be specifically protected by the formation.

The egret found the core of the formation, pointed two fingers at it, and released two streams of spiritual energy, immediately severing the connection between the python spirit and the formation. The python spirit's soul swayed for a moment, then suddenly crawled into the formation, coiling up obediently on top, as if it had never died.

"Ah!!! Roar—"

Without the life-sustaining power of the python spirit, the late Qing dynasty let out its final lament and vanished in the golden light.

The soul is gone.

"This... is dead?"

Director Wang witnessed the female ghost, dressed in a phoenix coronet and wedding gown, transform into twinkling lights and disappear from his sight. He immediately disregarded his weakness and stared wide-eyed.

Bai Lu looked at the obedient python spirit within the protective array, which showed no sign of ferocity, and his eyes darkened slightly. Hearing this, he said, "Then what else do you want? To fight another three hundred rounds?"

"I'm not, I'm not..."

Director Wang waved his hands repeatedly, his worldview was about to be shattered, and he still wanted to go another three hundred rounds?

Bai Lu turned to look at him: "How are you feeling now?"

Director Wang turned his neck and found that the feeling of "emptiness" he had felt earlier was gone, and his strength had returned. He was overjoyed: "Except for feeling a little dizzy, I don't feel anything else."

"The female ghost is dead. The life force she extracted has returned along the same path. She will need a few more days to fully recover. You should get some sunshine during this time."

"Yes, Master!" Director Wang said, while secretly glancing at Master Qingxu. To be honest, a Taoist priest wearing a robe and holding a whisk looks the most professional.

But he is not a fickle person. He has already recognized the master, and no second or third master who came later can compare to him!
Even if our master is now wearing rolled-up trousers, muddy shoes, and a straw hat.

But it did not affect her image of being wise and powerful in his heart at all!

"what!"

Director Wang suddenly remembered: "I wonder how Bai Xiao and the others are doing. I'll go and call them out!"

Director Wang was about to run towards the lounge when he turned back after taking only two steps: "I'd better call them out!"

He was still a little scared because he was so far away from the master.

The people in the break room all looked as if their energy had been drained, their faces pale and their eyes red, looking sickly. Lin Saisai, in particular, couldn't hide her haggard appearance even with makeup on. She felt dizzy, a feeling she hadn't experienced even after working three consecutive night shifts.

Listening to the sounds outside that sounded like they were being slowly tortured, they clung tightly to Bai Xiao. Compared to their own near-death experiences, Bai Xiao was in much better condition!
After Bai Xiao received a call from Director Wang and learned that the matter had been resolved, everyone went to the courtyard.

Bai Xiao finally broke free from the crowd. As if she couldn't see the snake spirit's soul, she ran straight towards Bai Lu. Just as she was about to step on the snake's head, Bai Lu pulled her a few steps around.

"Egret!"

Bai Xiao grabbed Bai Lu's hand and groped her all over, asking, "Are you alright?"

Bai Lu smoothed her hair, which was sticking up from running: "It's okay, how are you?"

"Me?" Bai Xiao was about to say that she was fine, but when she saw the director, she immediately said, "I was scared to death!"

If you say you're fine now, how do you account for the emotional distress? How do you account for the egret's contribution?
The director has money!

Even egrets need a lot of money to farm!

This guy is probably really serious about farming. Judging from the way this farm girl is dressed, she was working in the fields when she arrived!
"What was that black hole when you came here?"

Bai Xiao pulled Bai Lu aside and whispered in her ear, "Could it be the legendary wormhole, a space-traveling experience?"

“No.” Bai Lu shook her head: “It’s the realm of ghosts and spirits.”

Bai Xiao: "..."

Okay, she doesn't want to know anymore.

What kind of underworld or ghost realm is this!
She wants to walk the sunny path!
Bai Xiao felt a chill run down his spine and desperately needed sunlight, but it was already dark. To create a terrifying atmosphere, the antique-style lamps in the ancient building were dim and flickering, making it feel like the whole room was filled with ghostly figures!

Bai Xiao rubbed the goosebumps on her arms, and only when she was next to Bai Lu did she feel like she was still in the mortal world. She whispered to Bai Lu, "Why didn't you tell me this ancient building was so dangerous! I should have known better than to come!"

"Everything's fine now, isn't it? I can travel through the underworld, and I'll be back from home in a minute at most. I can definitely save you! You don't need to be afraid when you're filming here anymore!"

Before they leave, they will remove the python spirit's soul.

"One minute?"

Bai Xiao's eyes widened in amazement. "With this skill, you'll save so much on transportation costs! Now you can come visit me anytime, anywhere!"

"besides!"

"If I ever need to go home, I'll just call you over, and you can take me back through the underworld in a minute! That way, I can go home every day after work!"

(End of this chapter)