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It turned out that there is a mountain behind Wangxian Town, and the mountain is covered with a kind of grass called Zhuyu[1]. It is so delicious and sweet that it can be used for cooking. After one meal, you can skip meals for three days. Therefore, there are very few people in Wangxian Town that grow their own food. Relying on the Zhuyu grass that covers the mountains and plains.

However, three months ago, when someone went up the mountain to pick the grass, they found that all the grasses in the southern part of the mountain had been uprooted and left to wither. Some people thought it was a prank.

Later on, the situation became more and more serious, and the grass died out in the entire back of the mountain, and in the front of the mountain, only a small area was left. To the townspeople, the grass was their only source of food, and if it withered, there would be nothing left to eat.

Eating and drinking is still a trivial matter. What is even more bizarre is that since the Zhuyu grass has died, the mountain became haunted by ghosts, who could be heard crying in the middle of the night, they are so powerful that their cries could often be heard for an entire night without rest until dawn.

Not to speak of young and middle-aged men, as well as timid children, women and children, were often so frightened that they could not sleep through the night and, over time, fell ill. By now most of the townspeople have fallen ill. The worst thing was that some young people went to the back of the mountain in groups of five to see what was going on in the middle of the night, and they never came back, adding to the horror of the haunting.

All of them were young and energetic and were eager to try. They immediately agreed to go to Wang Xian Town to expel the ghosts and urged Boss[2] Zhao to hurry up. They didn’t even drink tea after the meal and headed straight for the ferry to the east, towards Wang Xian Town.

At the ferry port, they chartered a fishing boat and crossed the river in a leisurely manner.

The fishing boat’s cabin is too small, and Boss Zhao and his three men were also squeezed inside, making Linglong unhappy. She finds the men nauseating and their breath smells bad, so she drags Zhong Min Yan to the stern of the boat to whisper.

Boss Zhao himself felt embarrassed, and smiled at Xuanji, “We should rent a larger boat. It’s a problem for the ladies to squeeze into this boat with us old men,”

Xuanji smiled and said calmly, “Uncle Zhao, don’t worry. There are so many inconveniences when you are away from home. Why don’t you tell me, has anyone in the town seen what that ghost looks like?”

Boss Zhao thought for a while, hesitated and said, “No adult has seen it, but the other day, my grandson, only four years old, yelled that he saw a ghost that cried, saying he had three heads and wings. He is only a child, so we don’t take his words seriously.”

Xuanji was in deep thought for a long time, and just then Linglong came back with Zhong Minyan in tow. Hearing Boss Zhao’s words, she turned pale and quietly pulled at her clothes and whispered to her ear, “Xuanji… Is it really a ghost with three heads and wings? That’s…how awful!”

Zhong Minyan heard her whisper and smiled, “Scared? Then who was the hero who took this job first? Why don’t you find a place to hide when you get to town and I’ll expel the ghosts with Xuanji?”

Ling Long said urgently, “Nonsense! I’m not afraid! I…I’ll go too!”

Boss Zhao smiled and said, “As a cultivator, you will not be afraid. I only hope that you will succeed in exorcising the ghosts and return the peace.”

“I’m sure it’s not a ghost, but rather a bird,” said Zhong Minyan. “In the past, we also encountered a Gu Eagle that sounded like a ghost crying at Mt. Lutai a few years ago. If it’s a demon, it must be caught.”

Ling Long took out the book of all demons from her pouch and said, “I do remember a demon bird with three brains, but I can’t remember its name.”

Xuanji also took a look at it with her and suddenly saw something and clicked on it, “Is it this one?”

The three of them look at the picture she is pointing at, and they see that it is a Qu Ru[3] bird with three heads and the body of a bird.

Ling Long hurriedly passes the picture to Boss Zhao and asks, “Look at it, old man, does it look like this?”

Boss Zhao squinted his eyes for a long time, and finally shook his head and sighed, “Ashamed to say, we haven’t seen the ghost that caused the accident before…Only my little grandson has seen it.”

Ling Long is impatient and rushes out of the cabin to check the sky, asking, “When will we get to Wang Xian Town? It’s been a long time since the boat crossed.”

Boss Zhao laughed and said, “It’s still early. After crossing the river in the afternoon, we still have to walk for more than ten miles, so we’ll have to walk faster to get there by tomorrow morning.”

When Ling Long was told that she would not arrive until tomorrow, she walked around the bow of the boat and finally stomped her feet and shouted, “Little Six! Xuanji! Let’s fly over there! How long will it take to swim and swim and swim!”

Zhong Minyan and Xuanji looked at each other, they knew each other very well, they knew Ling Long very well. She was already at her limit.

Zhong Min Yan then got up and apologized to Boss Zhao, “I’m sorry, Uncle, we will be one step ahead. We will wait for you in Wang Xian Town.”

Boss Zhao wondered, “The boat is still on the water… Little Brother! How will you ……. first …….?”

Ling Long smiled and said, “We have our ways. I’m leaving!”

As soon as they said that, the three of them disappeared from the bow of the ship, and the people chased them to the bow of the ship and saw three streaks of white light in the sky. They are people who have never seen the Flying Sword of the Immortals before, and they take it as a sign from the gods, so they kneel down and kowtow at the bow of the ship.

The three, who flew away with the sword and arrived at the town in a blink of an eye, naturally didn’t see anyone kneeling to them.

As soon as they landed on the ground, Ling Long was busy looking for someone to ask about the situation, but the town was so big that there was not a single person on the streets in broad daylight.

“It’s not like… It’s not haunted in the daytime, why is there no one there?”

Ling Long was walking down the street for a while when she saw a half-decorated restaurant with a half-doors open in front of her.

Ling Long couldn’t hold her breath and went in, yelling, “Shopkeeper! Shopkeeper!”

After calling for a long time, no one inside agreed. The three of them looked intently, but saw that the tables and chairs in the lobby were scattered and dusty. It seemed that the guests left in a hurry, and even the wine glasses and tea cups on the table were not taken away.

Xuanji picked up an unbroken stool and wiped the dust off it with a handkerchief. Then she sat down and said softly, “Maybe it is haunted, so the restaurant has no business, so they just abandoned the shop and left.”

Saying this she yawned, she usually took a nap at this time. Now she is out of the house and can’t sleep, and she has a headache.

Linglong also sat next to her and touched her stomach, sighing bitterly, “I’m… I’m hungry. There’s no one here… I hate this place…”.

Zhong Minyan smiled bitterly, “My ladies, going out are no different than at home, aren’t you too squeamish?”

He took the dry food pack out of his bag and handed it to Ling Long, “Here, have something to eat first. After we catch the demon, we’ll go to the town and eat something nice.”

Ling Long smiled beautifully and took the dried food and gave half of it to Xuanji, smiling, “Sister, eat more. Are you hungry too?”

Xuanji picked up the dry biscuits and was hesitating about which one was the softer, when he heard footsteps upstairs, as if someone was moving around. The three of them immediately threw down the dried food and ran up the stairs together like lightning. They saw a flash of figures in the hallway. When they saw them, they quickly hid in the room and closed the door with a slam. The dust flew around.

Linglong couldn’t take it. She ran up with a quick stride and kicked the door down and squealed, “Who are you? Man or ghost, come out!”

As soon as the words were uttered, the sound of crying came from inside, and someone trembled, “Have mercy, my lady! Spare my life!”

The three of them looked at the room and saw more than a dozen people hiding in the room, some even lying under the bed with their heads exposed, looking at them with fearful faces.

Zhong Min Yan hurriedly pulled Ling Long away and said, “I’m sorry to disturb you all. We heard that your town is haunted by ghosts, so we came here to exorcise them.”

After hearing that, those people came out trembling.

Turns out they were all people from this restaurant, but because the town was haunted by ghosts, there was no business and they didn’t want to go home, so they all stayed here. They hope to get rid of the ghosts sooner or later so that they can continue their business.

After everyone explained their misunderstanding. They were so excited when they knew that Xuanji and the other were here to catch the ghosts, and they served tea and cooked meals.

When the hot food was finally in their mouths, Ling Long sighed in satisfaction and smiled, “Actually, it’s fun to be out and about!”

Zhong MInyan just smiled bitterly, she probably forgot, who the loudest screamer was.

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[1]: 祝余的草 (zhù yú de cǎo) or 祝余草(zhù yú cǎo) – 祝余 (zhù yú) translates as ‘celebration/celebrating’ or ‘well wishes’, maybe can be taken as ‘giving blessing’. 草 (cǎo) is grass. With the grass being so essential to Wangxian Town, makes sense why they would name it something along those lines.

[2]: Not literally their boss, but as a sign of respect. Similar to calling someone Mister or Sir.

[3]: 瞿如 Qu Ru – Qu Ru , a monster in Chinese mythology , looks like a monk , but has a white head, three feet, and a human face. The call is your own name.

“ Shanhaijing ·Southern Three Classics”: “Five hundred li in the east, it is said that the mountain is prayed over. There are many gold and jade on the top, and many rhinoceros, 兕, and many elephants below. Three-legged, human face, its name is Quru, its name is also called.”

Guo Pu’s “Picture Zan”: “Qu is like a three-headed man, and its shape resembles a monk.”

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