Chapter Sixteen: Summoning a Ghost to Possess My Body!

  Although Ninth Uncle's face looked very unpleasant, Autumn Water still forced herself to open her mouth and say: "Xiao Yu heard our conversation just now and wants to stay and help!" As she spoke, she secretly observed Ninth Uncle's expression.

  Jiu Shu heard this and was so angry that he couldn't find the words to scold, but suddenly he thought of something and began to ponder in silence.

  Xiao Yu had been pulling on Qiushui's clothes since they entered the house, hiding behind him and not even daring to glance at Jiu Shu, as if afraid that Jiu Shu would eat him up.

  After Autumn Water finished speaking, he saw Ninth Uncle standing on the spot without saying a word. Autumn Water also didn't dare to speak and stood on the spot waiting for Ninth Uncle to speak.

  This is torture, especially when facing the unpredictable Ninth Uncle. Autumn Water stood still, feeling as if her back was crawling with ants, and she really wanted to run out of there, away from this atmosphere.

  In an instant, Ninth Uncle's dark face turned amiable and he smiled at Qiushui. Qiushui felt the hairs on his back stand up when he saw this, and weakly said: "Master, if you don't agree, I'll have Xiaoyu go back! I was just asking casually, no other meaning!"

  "It's all right, it's all right, stay and help out, okay?" said Ninth Uncle with a smile to Autumn Water.

  Qiu Shui didn't know whether Jiu Shu was speaking sarcastically or sincerely, and felt a chill in his heart. However, for Xiaoyu's sake, he steeled himself and said: "Master, what do you mean exactly? Your disciple doesn't quite understand, could you please clarify? Otherwise, your disciple will always feel uneasy." Anyway, whether he retreated or advanced, it would be the same outcome, so he might as well go all out.

  Jiu Shu heard Qiu Shui's inquiry, didn't respond, and walked to the chair with a smile, sat down, picked up a cup of tea and took a small sip before saying: "Tonight's zombie, how confident are you?"

  After hearing the question from Ninth Uncle, Qiū Shuǐ's mind was a bit rushed, but he still opened his mouth and said: "That zombie sucked away the thousand-year essence of Jīn Jiǎo Sǐ Wáng, now it has become an invulnerable golden armored corpse." Then Qiū Shuǐ paused for a moment and firmly said: "Now there is no guarantee of success at all."

  Xiao Yu heard Qiu Shui's words and was so frightened that she clutched at Qiu Shui's clothes, her eyes filled with misty vapour as she stared tensely at him.

  Jiǔ shū heard the autumn water's answer, sank for a moment, said: "Don't mention you, even as a teacher this life has not seen the golden armor corpse, we master and apprentice several add up, I now don't have three-tenths of confidence." After pausing, his eyes looked at Autumn Water and Xiao Yu again, with some fortunate words: "However, after seeing this female ghost, I now have four layers of confidence."

  After hearing the ninth uncle's words, Qiu Shui was completely bewildered and filled with doubts. Indeed, Xiao Yu was just a female ghost with decent combat strength, but taking on the Golden Armor Corpse would be like an mantis trying to stop a chariot - it was a futile effort that underestimated one's own strength. Not to mention just one Xiao Yu, even if there were ten more, Qiu Shui didn't think it would make much of a difference, after all, the gap was too vast.

  However, after hearing the ninth uncle's words, Xiaoyu knew that he wouldn't be in trouble anymore. He secretly lifted his head and looked at the ninth uncle with a questioning expression, his eyes filled with gratitude.

  Jiū Shū also saw the doubts of Qiū Shuǐ and Xiǎo Yù, and said in a deep voice: "In my Taoist school, there is a magical technique called 'inviting the spirit to possess the body', do you know about it?"

  Qiu Shui nodded in response to Jiu Shu's words: "I know, but it seems that Master hasn't taught us this technique yet."

  "Uncle Jiu sighed and said: 'It's not that I don't want to teach you, but I'm afraid you'll misuse this magic.'"

  "Invite the god to descend, divided into three levels: upper, middle and lower. The upper level is to invite ancestors and land gods to descend, the middle level is to invite ghosts from the underworld to descend, and the lower level is to raise ghosts and invite them to descend."

  "These three categories have no distinction of high or low, it's entirely based on the compatibility and trust between the practitioner and the person being invited. The greater the trust, the more powerful the manifestation will be, especially when the person being invited has reached a state of entrusting their life to the practitioner, the power will be boundless."

  "My master's school has always had few people who can learn the superior method, the superior method will not go crazy, while the middle and lower ranks, those who come to me have too much yin energy, this is still unknown what is most important, mainly because the people invited are all arrogant and domineering, at that time, even if inviting a god is successful, their own body will also be affected by the arrogant energy, lightly then personality changes greatly, heavily then goes crazy."

  "As for Xiaoyu, before her death, she shouldn't have died unjustly. Her body had no evil energy, only pure and gentle yin energy. Although it was a bit weak, it was safe and wouldn't affect your mind after summoning her spirit."

  After hearing Jiu Shu's explanation, Qiushui understood the situation and wasn't surprised that his face had changed just now.

  "Master, you mean that when the zombies come, Xiaoyu will possess me and we'll fight them together?" Qiu Shui asked in surprise.

  "That's right, although Xiaoyu hasn't become anything yet, wait for me to perform a spell and fill Xiaoyu with the power of Taiyin. After her abilities greatly increase, we can just wait for the zombies to arrive." Jiū Shū nodded firmly and said, it seems that this time against the zombies, Jiū Shū really didn't have much confidence, otherwise he wouldn't be discussing with a lone ghost.

  Jiǔ shū said after looking at Xiaoyu, wanting to ask for Xiaoyu's opinion.

  Upon seeing Jiu Shu's inquiring gaze, Xiao Yu simply nodded and said: "Dao Zhang, as long as I can stay to help the young master, I'm willing to do anything." After finishing speaking, she looked at Qiu Shui with some shyness, and Qiu Shui's face became somewhat awkward upon seeing Xiao Yu's gaze.

  Jiū shū saw the female ghost's expression and nodded helplessly. As a person of refinement, Jiū shū didn't know that the female ghost had feelings for his disciple. Unfortunately, humans and ghosts are on different paths. If it weren't for having a request to make of her, Jiū shū would have taken action to get rid of the female ghost long ago, so as not to let his disciple's soul be restless.

  However, after eliminating this zombie, I still need to persuade the female ghost to reincarnate, so that my apprentice won't suffer and go astray.

  " Ninth Uncle." The voice of Ah Wei came from outside the door. Upon hearing it, Ninth Uncle felt tense and urged Autumn Water: "Quickly, Autumn Water, take Little Jade to hide first, don't let anyone see her."

  "Ah." Qiū Shuǐ was already feeling uncomfortable being in the same room as Jiǔ Shū, and now he had a good opportunity to avoid him for a while. He quickly pulled Xiǎo Yù along and ran towards the bedroom.

  When Qiū Shuǐ pulled Xiǎo Yù into the bedroom, he only then discovered that Xiǎo Yù's face was completely red, and she looked so shy that she couldn't help it. At this moment, Qiū Shuǐ suddenly realized that earlier, in his haste, he had actually grabbed Xiǎo Yù's jade-like hand. Qiū Shuǐ quickly let go of her hand and pretended to look outside to avoid the awkwardness from just before. Meanwhile, Xiǎo Yù stood elegantly in place, occasionally glancing over at Qiū Shuǐ.

  "What's up Ah Wei? Anything going on?" Ninth Uncle asked suspiciously after seeing Ah Wei calling out at the door.

  "Uncle Jiu, it was Autumn Water who told me to buy more glutinous rice and send it to the Righteous Village. She said it's for dealing with zombies." Ah Wei said politely to Uncle Jiu, panting heavily.

  "Ah, I see. Well, you can put the glutinous rice in the living room first." Ninth Uncle replied politely after hearing Ah Wei's words, after all, they were there to help.

  "Uncle Jiu and Ah Wei walked towards the living room, chatting along the way. 'Ah Wei, while it's still not dark, you should head back early, in case it gets dark, it won't be safe.'"

  "Uncle Jiu, don't worry, I'll stay tonight and fight the zombies with you." Ah Wei patted his chest to guarantee Uncle Jiu, speaking with a serious face. If one didn't know his character, they would really be moved by this behavior. However, no matter what, although Ah Wei is not great usually, he can still put it all out there at this critical moment, and I have to admire that - how many people can do that?

  Jiu Shu's face was filled with difficulty, not knowing what to say. Ah Wei didn't know any Taoist spells and staying would only cause trouble.

  After putting down the glutinous rice, Ah Wei was about to go find his cousin. Ninth Uncle saw this and quickly pulled him back, sighing: "Ah Wei, you have a good heart, I've taken note of it. However, I have something important to tell you. Just now, I also went outside to investigate and found that the zombie that Old Man Ren turned into has become impervious to swords and guns, extremely formidable. If the zombies come, I'm afraid we won't be able to handle it... in case something happens..." Ninth Uncle trailed off without finishing his sentence.

  A Wei Na couldn't understand what Jiu Shu said and immediately asked anxiously, "Jiu Shu, don't you have a way to deal with the zombies either?"

  Jiu Shu didn't dare to tell the truth to Ah Wei, in case it was spread out and caused unrest among the people. He quickly said to Ah Wei: "Ah Wei, no, it's just that the zombie has become incredibly powerful now, and its body is impervious to knives and guns. I'm afraid that if something happens, you might get hurt, which would be terrible. After all, our town still relies on you to maintain law and order."

  Qiu Shui almost burst out laughing when she heard Jiu Shu's words in the house, fearing that Ah Wei would stay here tonight and still have to take care of her, so he actually said such flattering words. It was Qiu Shui's first time seeing Jiu Shu say something like this.

  After hearing Ninth Uncle's words, Ah Wei also understood that Ninth Uncle was just trying to save his face by saying so. Although Ah Wei knew that Ninth Uncle's words didn't sound very pleasant, he himself still knew what had happened. Ever since that night when he witnessed the power of zombies, he has been a little scared. If it weren't for his cousin, Ah Wei wouldn't have come here.

  "Ah, I remembered, I still have official business to attend to. Ninth Uncle, I'll take my leave first. Tonight, Tingting will be relying on you to take care of her." Ah Wei immediately found an excuse and stood up to leave. However, Autumn Water, who was inside the house, heard the sentence "Tonight, Tingting will be relying on you to take care of her" and almost laughed out loud. If someone who didn't know them had heard it, they would have thought that the two were in a romantic relationship.

  "Awei, you walk slowly, I won't see you off." Although Ninth Uncle also felt that Awei's words were a bit off, he still spoke politely to Awei. However, just as Awei was about to leave, he pulled Ninth Uncle's sleeve and asked quietly: "Ninth Uncle, we're both understanding people, can you tell me how confident you are in dealing with that corpse?"

  Jiu Shu heard this and knew he had to give Ah Wei a clear message, or else let him be on tenterhooks, in case something unexpected happened. With a confident expression, Jiu Shu stretched out his hand and said: "I dare not say it's 100%, but 70-80% is possible."

  "Haha, after hearing Ninth Uncle's words, I felt at ease. Since Ninth Uncle is busy with official duties, he left first." Ah Wei smiled foolishly and walked out the door after hearing Ninth Uncle's words.

  "Not sending, not sending." Jiū Shū looked at ā Wēi walking away, then lifted his arm to wipe the sweat off his forehead. Dealing with this kind of person is really damn tiring.

  Then Ninth Uncle looked up at the sky and found that the sun was about to set, so he had to hurry back to prepare.