Uncle Nine: You were supposed to drive corpses, so you summoned the Monkey King!

On a large tree about ten meters away.

Lin Chen and Daoist Simu squatted on a tree branch, looking down at this scene.

Master Simu was holding a handful of melon seeds, cracking them open with great relish.

"Those two idiots didn't go wrong with their method of summoning ghosts."

"That's the kind of courage they have; they're even smaller than a mouse."

Lin Chen leaned against the tree trunk, staring at the red line on Wen Cai's foot.

"Uncle-Master, there's movement."

A chilling wind swept through the once peaceful banana grove, and the red candles stuck in the soil turned a ghastly green.

rustling --

The banana leaves began to shake violently.

The red thread tied to the tree trunk tightened, and with a whoosh, it snapped straight.

Wen Cai, who was lying on the ground, felt his toes being pulled hard.

He opened his eyes.

Red sap seeped from the trunk of the banana tree.

A woman dressed in a bright red theatrical costume slowly slid down the tree trunk.

The female ghost had long, flowing hair, extremely white skin, and alluring features.

Her eyes were incredibly captivating.

Wencai was quite frightened.

But after seeing the female ghost's face, the heat in his body directly overwhelmed his fear.

He swallowed hard, his eyes wide open. Qiu Sheng, hiding in the bushes, was also stunned, drool dripping down his chin.

The banana spirit, barefoot, trudged through the mud, step by step toward Wencai.

She bent down, opened her red lips, and exhaled a puff of pink mist.

Wen Cai took a deep breath of the mist, feeling completely dazed, and then opened his arms with a silly grin.

"My lady... I'm here..."

Just as the banana spirit was about to bow its head to absorb the yang energy of Wen Cai.

Her face split open.

Her originally beautiful features became distorted, her mouth split open to her ears, revealing a mouthful of fine, sharp teeth.

Wen Cai was sobered up by the fright.

"Oh my god, it's a monster!"

He scrambled backward, but the banana spirit was incredibly fast and bit down on his neck.

"You fiend, how dare you harm my Maoshan disciples!"

Master Four Eyes shouted loudly from the tree and leaped down.

He held a yellow talisman between his right index and middle fingers and pointed it forward.

The yellow talisman spontaneously combusted in mid-air, turning into a fist-sized fireball that hurtled straight towards the banana spirit's back.

The fireball flew and exploded on the banana spirit.

The banana spirit screamed and was blasted several meters away.

Wen Cai escaped death and scrambled to hide behind Master Simu.

"Master...Master Uncle, help me!"

Qiu Sheng also emerged from the bushes, holding a tree branch in his hand.

Master Four Eyes snorted coldly.

"Get out of here, you good-for-nothing."

The banana spirit rolled on the ground once, then got up again.

A large patch of his red clothes was charred, revealing the green bark underneath.

She revealed her true colors, spreading her ten fingers, her nails growing long and turning into sharp thorns, as she lunged at the Four-Eyed Taoist.

Master Simu stood still, not moving an inch.

"How dare a mere newly formed wood spirit be so presumptuous in front of me?"

He took a breath and activated his pure Yang Qi and blood.

Master Four Eyes stepped on the ground with his right foot and unleashed a Black Tiger Heart-Piercing Strike directly at the Banana Spirit's chest.

That punch landed squarely.

The magic power of a geomancer, mixed with pure yang energy, was poured into the banana spirit's body.

Before the banana spirit could even scream, its body flew backward.

It crashed into three banana trees, each as thick as a bowl, and fell to the ground.

Lin Chen, sitting in the tree, watched this scene and nodded.

"Master, your Earth Master realm is quite solid."

"No need to invoke gods, I can crush this level of monsters with just my physical body and magic power."

Master Simu was getting excited.

He strode forward, turning his fists into palms.

"Let me show you what your master is capable of."

Lightning flashed in the palm of the Four-Eyed Taoist.

One palm strike to the left, one palm strike to the right.

He slapped the banana spirit's head three times in a row.

Each strike carried the acrid smell of burning lightning.

The banana spirit was beaten so badly that it had no chance to fight back, and its yin energy was completely dissipated.

Finally, Master Four Eyes took half a step back.

He clasped his hands together and shouted.

"break."

A beam of golden light shot out from his palm, piercing straight through the banana spirit's body.

The banana spirit let out a miserable cry, and its body quickly withered away.

In no time at all.

The female ghost in red has disappeared.

Only a charred section of banana tree heartwood remained on the ground.

The banana grove quieted down.

A night breeze blew by, carrying the smell of burning in the air.

Qiu Sheng and Wen Cai collapsed to the ground, their anger long since extinguished by cold sweat.

Lin Chen jumped down from the tree and landed next to Daoist Simu.

"Master, those palm strikes were perfectly executed."

Master Simu smugly patted the dust off his hands.

"Of course, your master is a true disciple of Maoshan."

"Do you even need to draw your sword to deal with such a lowly demon?"

Lin Chen walked up to the charred banana leaf and squatted down to examine it closely.

This banana leaf core is about the thickness of an adult's arm, and its surface is dark black.

Lin Chen could see an abnormal black aura emanating from beneath the charred surface.

This black aura is different from ordinary yin energy.

Lin Chen reached out and picked up the banana leaf.

"Master, this thing is a bit strange."

Master Simu leaned over to take a look.

"Strange? It's just a tree heartwood. Just take it back and burn it as firewood."

Lin Chen shook his head.

"Although banana trees tend to attract shade, this grove isn't old enough."

"Logically speaking, at most it would only attract some wandering ghosts and spirits, it's impossible for it to give birth to a spirit that can take human form so quickly."

After listening, Master Simu felt that it made sense.

"You mean, someone's pulling the strings behind the scenes?"

Lin Chen stood up.

"I'm not sure, I need to take it back to my senior apprentice for a look."

After speaking, Lin Chen turned to look at Qiu Sheng and Wen Cai sitting on the ground.

The two men met Lin Chen's gaze and shrank back.

"Junior Brother Lin...we know we were wrong."

Qiu Sheng quickly admitted defeat.

Lin Chen sneered.

"What's the use of admitting your mistakes? I can see you're still angry."

"Come on, let your junior brother help you cool off."

Lin Chen walked over, gathering two streams of Geng metal armor-piercing energy at his fingertips.

"Whoosh! Whoosh!"

Two streams of golden energy entered the acupoints on the knees of the two people.

"Ouch!"

"It hurts so much!"

Qiu Sheng and Wen Cai rolled on the ground, clutching their knees, tears streaming down their faces from the pain.

Lin Chen clapped his hands.

"What's a little pain? I'll help you break down the effects of that tonic soup."

"Get up quickly, let's go back to the mortuary!"

The two dared not utter a word, and helped each other up, limping behind.

Late at night, at the mortuary.

The group pushed open the door and went inside.

As soon as I entered the courtyard, I heard a noise coming from the top of the wall.

"who!"

Master Simu rested his hand on the hilt of the Crimson Thunder Sword behind his back.

"Don't attack, it's me!"

A head peeked out from over the wall; it was Uncle Nine.

Uncle Nine, wearing a short jacket and carrying half a roast chicken wrapped in oil paper, was climbing down the slope with his buttocks sticking out.

Uncle Jiu blushed when he saw the four people in the yard.

He jumped down from the wall and dusted himself off.

"Where have the four of you been in your rooms in the middle of the night instead of sleeping?"

Uncle Nine adopted the airs of a master, trying to cover up the fact that he had climbed over the wall to get home.

Lin Chen suppressed a laugh.

"Uncle-Master, you just got back from visiting the town to observe the people's conditions?"

Uncle Nine coughed twice.

"The town's feng shui has changed, so I went to check it out. Enough nonsense, where have you guys been gallivanting around?"

Qiu Sheng and Wen Cai lowered their heads, not daring to speak.

Master Simu stepped forward and threw the charred banana leaf core onto the stone table.

"Senior brother, those two lads went to the banana grove to summon ghosts."

"I encountered a banana spirit that had taken human form, and I dealt with it easily."

When Uncle Nine heard that Qiu Sheng and Wen Cai had caused trouble, he was about to get angry, but when he saw the banana leaf on the stone table, his face darkened.

He handed the roast chicken in his hand to Wencai and walked to the stone table.

Uncle Nine stretched out two fingers and gently stroked the heart of the banana leaf.

A layer of black powder was stuck to my fingertips.

Uncle Nine put his finger to his nose and smelled it.

"Earthly Fiend Qi!"