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But in the female ghost's eyes, the hand was incredibly pale and icy cold, like the hand of a female corpse that had been soaking in a cold pool for ten thousand years.

The female ghost's eyes widened suddenly, and she was about to let out another miserable scream, but the hand moved immediately and covered her mouth to stop her from screaming.

A tremendous force came from her hand, covering her mouth and pulling her backward violently!

But there's clearly a wall behind her!

The female ghost panicked, her eyes filled with fear. She grabbed the other hand with both of hers, trying to pry it open.

Her efforts seemed to work; the hand was pried open a little, and she was about to shout for help.

The next moment, the strength of that hand suddenly increased tenfold, covering her mouth again and silencing her cries for help.

The nascent hope was ruthlessly extinguished, and a deeper despair filled the female ghost's heart.

An unparalleled force emanated from that hand, holding her tightly and pulling her violently backward, as if trying to drag her into the wall and into an infernal hell.

The female ghost's fear finally reached its peak. She rolled her eyes, and the entire ghost suddenly turned into smoke and disappeared, leaving only a gold hairpin stained with blood.

"Huh?"

Nie Xiaoqian burst through the wall and caught the falling gold hairpin, looking completely bewildered.

"Scared to death?"

Chapter 167 The Female Ghost Hong Ji, the Yin Wind Ghost Mother

Nie Xiaoqian held the gold hairpin, turning it over and over to examine it for a long time, and began to have some guesses.

"A dignified red-clothed vengeful ghost shouldn't be able to be completely destroyed by me. It's probably just that it temporarily dispersed its physical form and returned to the object it was attached to."

She held the gold hairpin up to her eyes and examined it carefully in the moonlight.

The hairpin is made of pure gold and is engraved with intricate patterns. A dark red gemstone is set at the top, which gleams faintly in the moonlight.

There were still some bloodstains on the hairpin, which emitted a faint and eerie aura. If you got close, you could vaguely hear the woman's wailing and screaming.

An extremely strong yin energy lingered around the hairpin, eerie and chilling. If an ordinary person held it in their hand, they would be completely infected by the yin energy in no time and their life would not be long.

Unfortunately, Miss Nie is not very similar to ordinary people in any way.

"That's interesting."

She randomly found a rooftop to sit on, her feet dangling in the air, and placed the gold hairpin in her palm to examine it.

This gold hairpin is clearly the possession of the female ghost, serving the same purpose as Nie Xiaoqian's urn of ashes.

The ghosts in this world are not entirely formless; they always need to attach themselves to something in order to survive in the human world for a long time.

This golden hairpin is the "true form" of the red-clad female ghost.

As long as the gold hairpin remains, the female ghost cannot escape.

"Little beauty, stop hiding, come out." She whispered to the golden hairpin, "I'm not a bad person, I was just teasing you because you're cute."

The gold hairpin remained completely still.

Undeterred, she intensified her efforts, her tone incredibly gentle: "Come out, come out! Don't you like eating people? Come out, and I'll catch you a hundred to eat!"

The golden hairpin remained as immovable as a mountain.

She then said many kind words and tried to entice the female ghost, but she remained unmoved.

Nie Xiaoqian was getting a little impatient.

"Not coming out?" She raised an eyebrow. "Fine, then I won't stand on ceremony. I've heard that true gold fears no fire; I wonder if this hairpin is genuine. Let's test it with fire..."

As she spoke, she unleashed a burst of intense true energy, instantly igniting a pile of ruins nearby, and made a gesture as if to throw the golden hairpin into the fire.

"Don't!"

A panicked scream came from the golden hairpin, followed by a wisp of red smoke rising from it and condensing into a graceful figure in the air.

So she's afraid of fire, Nie Xiaoqian thought to herself.

I was so busy scaring the ghost that I didn't look closely. I only knew that she must be pitiful. It wasn't until now that "Nie Xiaoqian" could really see the details of the female ghost.

This is a woman who is about seventeen or eighteen years old... well, a female ghost.

She wore a long, blood-red dress with a wide skirt and a black ribbon tied around her waist, which accentuated her slender waist.

Her skin was so white it was almost transparent, and under the moonlight it glowed with a faint luminescence, like the finest white jade.

Her features were so exquisite that she looked like a figure from a painting: willow-leaf eyebrows, phoenix eyes, a delicate nose, and slightly parted cherry lips, conveying a pitiful air of being still shaken.

Her red dress made her even more beautiful, yet it also gave her an indescribable, eerie beauty.

The combination of red and white creates a strong visual impact, making it impossible to look away.

"Nie Xiaoqian" was so tempted that she had an urge to grab the female ghost and lick her, but she barely managed to resist.

"That's right." She nodded in satisfaction, playing with the gold hairpin in her hand. "Once it falls into my hands, it will behave itself and suffer less."

The female ghost flinched, her eyes filled with fear.

She looked at the smiling woman in front of her, still vividly remembering the despair of being captured and powerless to resist.

I almost thought I was going to be refined into something!

Now, although she has realized that she was frightened, the strength that the other party showed in the process of frightening her was undoubtedly something that even she, a vengeful ghost in red, could not contend with.

Although she was dressed in red and looked fierce, she was clear-headed and knew when to advance and when to retreat. She would never hesitate to kneel down when it was time to do so.

"What...what do you want to do?"

She knelt down in front of "Nie Xiaoqian," clasped her hands behind her head, and lowered her head. Her voice trembled, and she had completely lost her initial ferocity.

Even Nie Xiaoqian was stunned for a moment. Was she really that well-behaved?

"Don't be nervous, I just want to ask you a few questions." She straightened up and reached out to touch the female ghost's head. "What's your name? What's your background? Why did you come to this wretched village to harm people?"

The female ghost confessed honestly, but her voice was as soft as a mosquito's buzz: "My name is Hong Ji. I was originally a young lady from a wealthy family, but I couldn't stand being forced to marry by my family, so I ran away from home."

“Two months ago, I came to this Fengshui Village and was captured by the villagers. They dressed me in red and wanted to sacrifice me to the Yin Wind Demon Mother. I couldn’t resist and was burned alive in extreme hatred.”

"The Ghost Mother of Yin Wind?" Nie Xiaoqian raised an eyebrow. "What's her background?"

"The Yin Wind Demon Mother is the most powerful demon in this area, which spans hundreds of miles. She is a tiger demon who has cultivated for hundreds of years and rules this region, having taken in dozens of ghosts and monsters."

“Fengshui Village worships it as a deity, and every year they sacrifice young and beautiful women to ensure the peace of the village.”

Nie Xiaoqian pointed to the ruins around her that had been scorched by the fire and asked, "How did that so-called Ghost Mother manage to keep everything peaceful?"

Hong Ji raised her head, her face filled with hatred, and she could barely suppress her fierce aura:

"Of course, the Ghost Mother has the ability to keep a village at peace, but unfortunately, I turned into a vengeful ghost in the agony of being burned alive, and I took my revenge on the spot!"

A look of satisfaction spread across her face: "I ate one person on the spot, which scared them so much that they ran around in panic, causing the fire to get out of control. Under my deliberate guidance, the whole village quickly caught fire."

"I was grabbing a man's thigh and gnawing on it while chasing after those despicable villagers, forcing them to jump into the fire themselves, watching them being licked by the flames, their skin cracking, their flesh charred, their eyes..."

"Alright, alright, who cares about such details!"

Nie Xiaoqian waved her hand to interrupt, her face still bearing an intrigued smile, "That so-called Yin Wind Ghost Mother, do you know where her lair is?"

Hong Ji was filled with hatred, and the tens of thousands of words describing the villagers' tragic plight were stuck in her throat, forcibly swallowed back down.

She buried her face in her hands and lowered her body again, weakly saying, "I know. After I destroyed Fengshui Village, she suddenly appeared, defeated me, and took me under her command."

"I am now the number one general under the Ghost Mother. The area within a radius of thirty miles of Fengshui Village is my territory, and all living people within this area are my assets..."

"Oh, so he's a big landowner. Doesn't he have to eat one and then throw it away every day?" Miss Nie teased.

Hongji lowered her head and remained silent, so that she could know, sister, that she had only been released today by the Ghost Mother with an important mission, and that among the first people she met was a deity like herself. She was really not that wealthy.

She was actually quite confused. According to the Ghost Mother, she should go out and guard the place herself. If she encountered a powerful enemy that she couldn't handle, she should just mention her name and the problem would be solved.

But now, she has not only given out her name, but she has almost given out the Ghost Mother's birth date and time, yet there is no sign of solving the problem at all.

Upon hearing the name of the Ghost Mother, the other party showed no fear whatsoever and instead inquired about the location of her lair.

This……

"My esteemed elder sister... why are you asking about the whereabouts of the Ghost Mother?" She had a bad feeling.

"Just curious."

Nie Xiaoqian shrugged. "I've never seen a tiger spirit before. I want to go and broaden my horizons."

"To tell you the truth, I am a very curious person. Since I have never seen a ghost before, I decided to grab you and study you carefully after seeing you today."

"I've never seen a tiger spirit before either, so I'll definitely have to catch one and play with it to see how it feels."

Looking at her nonchalant demeanor, Hong Ji felt a sense of absurdity welling up inside her.

Is this woman... serious?

Doesn't she know how terrifying the Ghost Mother is?

That was a powerful demon that had cultivated for hundreds of years, capable of swallowing dozens of people in one gulp. Even a vengeful ghost like her in red couldn't resist it at all!

But... since she wants to go and die, why should I stop her?

A fierce glint flashed in Hong Ji's eyes, but her face remained pitiful.

"Since you want to go... then I can take you. But I must warn you, the Demon Mother has a bad temper, so don't regret it if you go."

"regret?"

Miss Nie grinned, revealing a set of white teeth: "The thing I regret most in my life is not meeting you interesting monsters and demons sooner."

She stood up and dusted off her skirt: "Come on, lead the way."

"Now?" Hong Ji was taken aback.

"Strike while the iron is hot."

"Nie Xiaoqian" interrupted her, "Do you want to wait until dawn? I don't mind, but can you sunbathe?"

Hong Ji opened her mouth as if to say something, but ultimately kept it closed.

She silently turned around, flew into the air, and drifted outside.

Of course, she dared not move too fast, fearing the terrifying woman would think she was trying to escape and kill her on the spot.