I Have A Dual World Seal
Chapter 75: Obtaining the Ghost-Controlling Technique

Chapter 75: Chapter 75: Obtaining the Ghost-Controlling Technique

The daytime passed quickly.

At night, Lu Zheng lay fully on the bed, waiting for the old Taoist priest’s performance.

Soon, a chill suddenly spread, followed by the subtle release of Yin Qi.

It’s here!

Lu Zheng shivered, quickly rolled over, but before he could take any action, he heard several noises from the backyard.

"Sha!"

A hoarse voice rang out, followed by the continuous sound of a bell.

Lu Zheng opened the window a crack and saw the old Taoist priest, holding a brass bell, standing in the yard. He was stepping on Gang and Dou, clutching a spell seal with his hand, his eyes shining brightly, muttering incantations under his breath.

As for the Ghost Child, it hovered mid-air, letting out a series of dreadful laughs and screams, approaching and retreating around the old Taoist priest unpredictably.

Such a cool scene, although not as intense as the battlefield at Taohua Village, was certainly enough to dazzle ordinary people.

Perhaps having noticed Lu Zheng’s appearance, the old Taoist priest and the Ghost Child fought even more fiercely.

The Ghost Child stirred up gusts of cold wind, causing the courtyard to howl with chilling winds, while the old Taoist shook the bell rapidly, igniting bursts of golden light.

For a time, the man and the ghost were at it back and forth, with neither losing ground.

It was just... Lu Zheng frowned; this bell sound was a bit loud, wouldn’t it disturb the neighbors’ sleep?

As Lu Zheng frowned, it seemed the old Taoist priest also felt the play was about enough, as he pointed at the Ghost Child and then pinched a hand seal, pointing to the bell in his hand.

The Ghost Child then screamed, transformed into a white light, and quickly plunged into the bell.

"Whew—"

The old Taoist priest let out a long breath, wiped the sweat off his forehead, slightly nodded towards Lu Zheng with a calm demeanor while holding the bell in one hand and stroking his beard with the other, "The ghost has been captured by me, young master can rest assured!"

"Creak—"

The bedroom door was pushed open, and to the astonishment of the old Taoist priest, a strong Martial Artist’s blood Qi and pure Daoist True Qi suddenly erupted.

The next moment, Lu Zheng stepped out holding a knife in one hand and a talisman in the other.

The old Taoist priest: Σ(°△°|||)︴

"Taoist priest?" Lu Zheng asked with a half-smile.

"Young master, you are..." The old Taoist priest struggled to squeeze out a smile, "I didn’t expect the young master to also have cultivation..."

"Taoist priest?" Lu Zheng raised the knife in his hand again.

"Bang!"

Without another word, the old Taoist priest immediately knelt down straight.

Lu Zheng raised an eyebrow, so familiar?

"Young master, let me explain, I just wanted to cheat some money, I never intended to harm anyone!"

The gloomy face twisted together, inadvertently adding a bit of comedic effect.

"I’ve just been wandering the streets and alleys, finding a meal wherever I can, never doing anything too heinous, please spare me, young master!"

"Hmph, then what about the Ghost Child?"

"The Ghost Child died of an illness, he’s dead already. I just took his divine soul on the day of his burial. I’ve never killed anyone, young master!"

Lu Zheng pouted, put the exorcism talisman into his pocket, then stretched out his hand towards the old Taoist priest, his eyes focused on the brass bell.

The old Taoist priest showed difficulty on his face.

Lu Zheng raised the knife in his hand again.

The old Taoist priest immediately got up, bent over, and handed the bell to Lu Zheng.

Lu Zheng took the bell, walked over to a stone bench under the persimmon tree, and sat down, "Speak."

"Speak... speak what?"

"Clang!"

Lu Zheng tapped the ground with the knife.

"I’m a man from Mo State, after fleeing from war and famine, I wandered around and later accidentally entered an abnormal person’s tomb, obtained a fragment of cultivation scripture and this brass bell, and since then I’ve been..."

...

As expected, although this old Taoist priest wasn’t completely devoid of skill, he was indeed an old fraud.

His entire skillset was nothing more than a fragment of cultivation scripture and a technique for Soul Exorcism and Soul Nourishment, along with a brass bell obtained from a tomb.

And his secret technique for Soul Exorcism and Nourishment had to use this bell as a medium, so no wonder he showed reluctance when Lu Zheng reached for it just now.

"Why did you target me?" Lu Zheng knocked the knife again.

"I heard that you just moved here, live alone, and opened a candy shop. I guessed you didn’t have deep roots or connections, so..."

The old Taoist priest’s eyes were filled with regret, this was truly a case of a long-time bird hunter getting pecked in the eye!

"Why didn’t you go directly back to the west side of the city when retrieving the Ghost Child, and instead circled around from the north or south?"

This was what troubled Lu Zheng the most. If the old Taoist priest had gone straight back west on the first day, Lu Zheng wouldn’t have been so suspicious, scaring himself all day.

The old Taoist priest glanced at Lu Zheng stealthily, "In the county and on the main streets, there are City God ghost soldiers stationed at night, I was afraid to let the little ghost walk through the city..."

Lu Zheng, "..."

He understood the look in the old Taoist priest’s eyes, so this was common sense!

Lu Zheng gritted his teeth, "Where is your cultivation scripture?"

"After I learned it, I burned it..."

"Clang!"

"I’ve been carrying it with me all along!"

The old Taoist priest tremblingly took out a worn book from his pocket.

"Young master, this little bit of skill is really all I have to rely on for the rest of my life, please spare me, let me go!"

The old Taoist priest was almost crying, "I swear, I’ll never come to Tonglin County again!"

Lu Zheng reached and took the book, "You’ve been wandering the streets for decades, haven’t you saved enough for your retirement?"

Lu Zheng glanced at the old Taoist priest and said faintly, "Tell me, where are the fields and houses you own? How many concubines do you keep?"

The old Taoist priest was dumbfounded—is this preparing to strip him bare?

"Young master, let me explain! I truly have no money, I dare not go to the big cities like the state capital, and in the county, there aren’t so many wealthy individuals!"

"Clang!"

The air became still.

"Stop wailing!"

Lu Zheng shouted sternly, "If you keep wailing, I’ll send you to the authorities, let you wail to the officers at the Anomaly Suppression Bureau!"

The old Taoist priest immediately fell silent.

"Don’t worry, no matter how much money you made before, I won’t take it, I have my own ways of making money." Lu Zheng said.

"Young master possesses both Daoist and martial skills, knowledgeable in business, talented and ambitious, surely wouldn’t be interested in an old Taoist’s small savings for retirement!"

"But in the future, don’t think about making any more money from scams." Lu Zheng added calmly.

"Young master..."

"Should we take a trip to the County Government Office?"

"Master, let me explain, I actually have long had the intention to stop, after all, this harms karmic virtue. It’s just that because of the Ghost Child, I had no choice but to do so."

Lu Zheng casually flipped through the worn book fragment, finally finding the part about Soul Exorcism and Nourishment.

"You dispersed its Three Souls, leaving only its Seven Spirits?"

"Yes, yes, yes!"

Lu Zheng nodded, finally understanding why the Ghost Child had no consciousness at all.

The Three Souls, which guide memory and thought, were dispersed, leaving only the Seven Spirits, which govern the form. It became a vegetative ghost, completely controlled by others, only able to perform simple tasks and actions, without any self-awareness.

Lu Zheng looked at the old Taoist priest, and the old Taoist priest looked at Lu Zheng with lowered eyes.

"Alright, you can go."

The old Taoist priest was like receiving a great pardon, nodded repeatedly, then quickly ran into the house, grabbed his bundle, and was about to leave.

"Clang!"

Lu Zheng knocked the knife again, "Aren’t you forgetting something?"

The old Taoist priest, displaying a tearful face, trembled as he reached into his pocket and took out those thirty thousand coins of treasure notes.

"I am a lay practitioner of White Cloud Temple. If you wish to seek revenge, feel free to find me."

"Dare not, dare not! " The old Taoist priest froze upon hearing the name of White Cloud Temple, wishing he could slap himself.

...

Seeing off the old Taoist priest in embarrassment, Lu Zheng felt a shiver in his Mind Jade Seal, as three threads of the Light of Fortune immediately entered his account.