The evening breeze was gentle, and the sky slightly chilly.

Old Taoist Huang coughed violently, spewing out a large lump of dark, foul-smelling water weeds, tears streaming down his face as he lay on the ground coughing desperately, his dazed mind gradually returning to clarity.

Only then did he realize he was lying between the soft muddy banks of the river, the cool breeze from the forest river striking his soaked body, chilling him to the bone.

He shivered forcefully, the cold completely dissipating the last shred of confusion in his eyes.

He propped himself up, struggling to recall all that had happened last night, as if it were a dream.

Seeing the remnants of scattered fruits and broken bamboo rafts, he guessed that everything that happened last night, as nightmare-like as it was, was indeed real!

Old Taoist Huang shook his head vigorously; he still remembered the terrifying red-clothed female ghost in the river being wary of that harmful dead woman before he lost consciousness.

Yet somehow, it went mad in the end, the entire river surface turned red, it rushed recklessly to kill the disaster.

Even someone like him with no cultivation as a fake Taoist could clearly feel the change in the female ghost’s aura before and after, defying nature, fearing nothing at all, entangled and fighting fiercely with the unknown disaster!

Unfortunately, at that time Old Taoist was knocked unconscious by the waves and didn’t see the struggle between the female ghost and the harmful spirit nor knew the end result.

"Bah! Bah! How unlucky! Just wanted to try something fresh, how did I run into such a wretched event?"

The old Taoist cursed as he dusted off the mud from himself and got up, thinking to himself that the village might not be a place to stay.

Though the harmful one was that vile woman, those five innocent women were drawn into the river to feed the ghost due to his lousy idea.

Their families would know if such an accident occurred, even skinning her alive might not quell their hatred.

Truly a big loss!

Stayed in this village for so many days, didn’t earn a dime, but instead lost a useful little apprentice.

What was more annoying was that all the things arranged in the village were thrown into the river last night.

Now, truly left with empty sleeves, at wit’s end.

At this moment, he had to leave in disgrace, like a whipped dog, to avoid the spotlight.

Just when Old Taoist Huang was worrying endlessly, distant cries of villagers searching echoed through.

Listening to the voices, they were coming in a surrounding formation, soon would be near here.

Could they have found those women’s bodies so quickly? 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

Old Taoist Huang became anxious like an ant on a hot pan, grabbed the hem of his robe and shrank his head, scrambling to find a place to hide himself.

"Huh?" Old Taoist Huang exclaimed, rubbing his eyes, discovering a blood-covered figure fainted in the forest.

He rushed over, stared closely to see clearly, his old, muddled eyes immediately showing a hateful and vicious gleam.

"Vile woman, finally you’ve fallen into the hands of this old Taoist!"

Looking at her covered in blood, barely clinging to life, completely devoid of the fierce demeanor last night, it seemed that she suffered greatly from the female ghost.

The old Taoist’s brows raised, his eyes spinning crazily, already realizing this woman might be something transformed by evil spirits, otherwise what woman could be so seductive to make him repeatedly lose his rational mind.

Thinking to himself, if he shifted all the blame from last night’s disaster onto her, no matter whether by burning with fire or chopping with an axe, she would certainly show her true form.

Let the villagers see, surely it would dramatically change his current predicament, establishing a profound Immortal image for everyone.

Veneration and rich offerings, what a delightful profit!

"Taoist! Taoist Huang!"

The villagers quickly found their way here, each one anxious, finally relieved seeing that Old Taoist Huang was safe.

"Taoist Huang! Immortal Huang! It’s so good we finally found you! We searched for you all night, thought something happened to you!"

"Yes, Immortal Huang, last night’s rain was truly strange, you just crossed the river and it came down, no matter how we called, you seemed unable to hear us.

Soon after, a thick fog covered the river, couldn’t see any trace of you, it really worried us!"

"Fortunately, Heaven blessed us, found you all one by one on the riverbank, those women swallowed a bellyful of water, took quite a bit of effort.

But luckily they’re not in imminent danger, truly a blessing, Heaven has opened its eyes."

Those women weren’t eaten by the Evil Ghost?

On hearing this, Old Taoist Huang breathed a big sigh of relief.

Thinking that last night’s outcome of mutual biting between them turned out to be mutually destructive, and the female ghost was slightly worse off, didn’t even have the chance to eat people.

"Oh my! My sweet Potato Sister! How did you get so horribly wounded!"

Madam Wu worried all night, scared of facing the young master from the Baili family.

Looking now, among the six, her Potato Sister was hurt the worst.

This was truly creating karma!

Already had a bedridden young man in the family, now the only person earning money for the family hurt bloodily like this.

Isn’t this doomed for this young couple?!

Old Taoist Huang coldly blocked Madam Wu from getting closer, gravely saying: "Madam, be careful, don’t approach this disastrous harm!"