Chapter 4 – The Ghost In The Wealthy Merchant’s Manor In Yi’an City

Xia Zhiheng followed behind him, and the two of them walked out of the town slowly, the three characters “Fu’an Town” engraved high on the city gate became smaller and smaller behind the two of them.

“Immortal Venerable, where are we going next?” Xia Zhiheng asked after walking with Jiang Wulu for a while.

“Yi’an City.”

It turned out that Jiang Wulu came down the mountain this time because a malicious spirit appeared in a wealthy merchant’s manor in Yi’an city. The malicious spirit killed the wealthy merchant’s daughter and two servants. They invited him to exorcise the evil spirits.

When they first arrived at the merchant manor, the malicious spirit dared to wander openly in the manor without having any interest in them. When it were about to be caught, the malicious spirit slipped away cunningly and then fled the mansion.

To catch the malicious spirit, Jiang Wulu and the disciple he brought with him went to find it separately.

Which led him to Fu’an alone, he found that there was a spirit in an inn, and he stayed there until the night, waiting for the spirit to come out, and then he saw Xia Zhiheng.

“That malicious spirit isn’t in Fu’an, I’ll take you to the city to find someone else to check the situation.” Speaking of this, Jiang Wulu’s eyes darkened, and he asked Xia Zhiheng, “Do you remember the roadblock we encountered last night? What do you think he’s there for?”

Xia Zhiheng thought for a while “He’s not from the town. Although he wears coarse clothes, you can tell at a glance that it is the kind of clothes worn by the servants in the big manors. Could it be that the spirit is one of the rich merchants servants who died?”

” Indeed .”
After getting an affirmation, Xia Zhiheng went on “I can see that the man loves the girl very much, but the girl has only her head intact, which should be the work of the fierce spirit. The spirit should want to eat her soul, but he even bit off her head so cruelly. Is he abnormal?”

Jiang Wulu saw Xia Zhiheng’s contemplative appearance, so he said to him “No hurry, you can wait and think about it later. It is also an opportunity for you to practice .”
At this time, the two were walking and talking, and the sound of horses’ hooves was heard close by, and a young man in white came riding on a horse.

“Your honor!” Ning Bei quickly dismounted from his horse to meet Jiang Wulu.

He was the disciple who came with Jiang Wulu this time, Ning Bei, the eldest disciple of the Sect Master .
Because his master doesn’t care about him on weekdays, he always put him into Jiang Wulu’s hands, and he followed him down the mountain to practice.

Ning Bei’s appearance is very pleasing, and he always speaks with a smile, his teeth are particularly bright and distinctive. Just looking at his appearance, one can tell he is very friendly.

“What happened?” Jiang Wulu asked.

Ning Bei only glanced at Xia Zhiheng in doubt, and immediately said with a serious face “Someone found two corpses and Miss Liu’s head on the hilltop to the west. Those two corpses should be the two servants in Liu’s house, and now they have been was moved back to the mansion.”

Jiang Wulu nodded and said, “What about the malicious spirit?”

“This…I haven’t found it yet.” Ning Bei said nervously, “The talisman can’t be found, and the only thing is the two bodies of the maids ”

“It’s the same as that Miss Liu?”

“Exactly.”

Jiang Wulu said lightly “Then go back and have a look.”

The horse next to him seemed to sense Jiang Wulu’s gaze, and shook his head while neighing.

Ning Bei explained “When this disciple came, I was afraid of disturbing the people who lived nearby, so I only rode this horse out.”

However, he didn’t expect that Immortal Venerable even brought a young boy, who was quite handsome, so he couldn’t help but look at him.

Xia Zhiheng stood aside like an outsider, silent.
“He is still young. I’ll take him.” Jiang Wulu said lightly, “Go ahead with your sword.”
Ning Bei was stunned “… OK.” Xia Zhiheng was also depressed at this time, because he suddenly remembered that he seemed to have some skills.
Although he can’t use the sword, he can use Lightness Skill. It’s unnecessary to ride a horse . Immortal Venerable must also be able to ride a sword. Why should he be the only one to ride a horse?
Xia Zhiheng’s eyes couldn’t help looking towards Ning Bei.
‘This height difference, I seem to be a little short.
Does Immortal Venerable think I am just a child who can only throw charms?, Is it, is it? Do you?’
Ning Bei and Xia Zhiheng thoughts were lost in the wind.
“Can you come up?” Jiang Wulu took the reins and turned to Xia Zhiheng.
But Xia Zhiheng was sighing silently, frowning slightly Jiang Wulu asked “What’s wrong?”
“It’s OK. I can go up.” Xia Zhiheng stepped on the saddle and stepped on the horse with his strength. He rolled over and sat on the back of the horse, looking at Jiang Wulu sassily , hoping to see a trace of approval in his eyes.

But the other party ignored his eyes and sat directly behind him.

“Be careful, don’t fall.” Jiang Wulu’s low voice sounded behind him, Xia Zhiheng’s back was close to Jiang Wulu, and the scorching temperature came, making him want to arch his back involuntarily. He tensed up nervously .
Immortal Venerable even rode with him!

Jiang Wulu looked at the person infront of him with a smile, and he kicked the horse and rode away .
Ning Bei cried, looked at the backs of the two leaving, and took out his weapon.

Jiang Wulu took Xia Zhiheng to the outskirts of Yi’an City in a blink of an eye.
After entering the city, he was not allowed to ride a horse, so Xia Zhiheng got down and hurriedly took the reins.

Jiang Wulu looked at Xia Zhiheng, who wanted to pull the horse himself, with a little surprise, and didn’t say anything after looking at him for a while.
Xia Zhiheng said “Immortal Venerable that senior brother…”
“Don’t worry, he’ll catch up soon.”

Hearing Jiang Wulu’s reassuring tone towards ‘his’ disciple, Xia Zhiheng sighed secretly, looked at the back of the man who was walking in front of him, thought for a while, and said, “Immortal Venerable don’t look at my young age . My strength is pretty good.”

“Well, indeed.”

“I’ll do my best too…”

” We’ll see.”

Hearing such an answer, Xia Zhiheng lost his temper.
‘ Forget it, you don’t have to care too much about this kind of thing after a good performance it will make Immortal Venerable change his mind. ‘

Thinking of this, Xia Zhiheng regained his fighting spirit.
There are quite a lot of people on the street, and the appearance compared to Fu’an Town is not much different, but the buildings are larger and more refined.

Looking left and right, Jiang Wulu suddenly asked, “Why are you called Xia Zhiheng?”
Xia Zhiheng was stunned for a while, then hesitantly said “My adoptive parents said that they hope I can understand the principle of things and be a good person. But I can’t remember too well, they died too early.”

After hearing this, Jiang Wulu didn’t ask any more questions and took him to Liu’s house. Because the malicious spirit this time was more difficult to find, to prevent the malicious spirit from continuing to hurt people, they lived in the manor under the arrangement of a wealthy merchant, always paying attention to it’s sneaky movements.

　　As soon as he walked into the mansion, someone stepped forward to lead the horse to the stable. It was Xia Zhiheng first time to enter such a large mansion, and he couldn’t help but be surprised. From time to time, some servants will come forward, and when they see Jiang Wulu, they will bow their heads and say “Immortal Venerable “.