The invincible female ghost is a bit love-struck.

Chapter 40 Then go to hell with it!

The voice sounded like a ghost from behind, startling Lu Yuan so much that his whole body stiffened.

He nearly dropped the vermilion pen and the floor tile from his hand and smashed them on the ground.

He turned around abruptly and saw the old man leaning against a huge mahogany pillar in the hall, leisurely holding a wine gourd in his hand.

"Huh...what?"

Lu Yuan's mind raced, and he instinctively hid the things behind his back, pretending to be stupid.

"You old fool, are you drunk again? What nonsense are you spouting!"

The old man tilted his head back and gulped down a large mouthful of wine, the liquid dripping down his stubble, but he didn't care at all, glancing sideways at the other side.

"Do you think I'm blind?"

"How could I not know what's painted in the side hall?"

"Kid, don't forget who taught you all these skills!"

"You want to steal the power for that female ghost, huh!"

Lu Yuan blinked.

Ok……

The talismans in the side hall... weren't actually taught by the old man; they were from the mental cultivation manual "Tao" given to me by the system.

He dared to so blatantly draw the talisman in the side hall because he thought the old man wouldn't understand.

but……

Just as Lu Yuan's mind was racing, the old man frowned and muttered something strange.

"But speaking of which, I don't think I've taught you that level of spell yet..."

"When did you drink too much... and just casually taught me that?"

"That's strange, I have absolutely no recollection of it..."

"Whatever, it doesn't matter. I'll have to teach you sooner or later anyway..."

Lu Yuan blinked.

Even an old man knows this?!

He knew his old man was no ordinary person, but he never imagined he was this extraordinary!

That's something from the top-tier cultivation technique that's part of the system rewards!

This old man...

Lu Yuan pondered for a moment, then suddenly realized something was wrong!

The next second, he suddenly realized, and with a backhand flick of his finger, he unleashed the Great Desolate Imprisoning Heaven Finger, aiming straight at the old man, and glared at him, saying:

"Hey!!!"

"Didn't you say you couldn't get plastic surgery?!"

"Didn't they say there was no way in the world to save her?"

"You clearly knew the method! You were deliberately lying to me, weren't you!"

The old man took another swig of wine and lazily glanced at Lu Yuan.

"You think you can just draw a wish-blocking array, build a bridge, and steal the power of faith and use it?"

"Do you know that this stolen faith is impure and mixed with the selfish thoughts and desires of many believers?"

"What would happen if this power of faith were poured directly onto the female ghost without being filtered?"

Hearing the old man's words, Lu Yuan blinked and swallowed.

What will happen...?

Lu Yuan didn't know.

but……

Hearing the old man's implication, Lu Yuan looked puzzled and said:

"From what you're saying, you can filter this credibility?"

The old man didn't say anything or respond to that, but instead frowned and looked at Lu Yuandao:

"Also, if we do this and others find out..."

"You've worked so hard for a year to improve the incense offerings at Zhenlong Temple, but it seems things will go back to the way they were before."

"No worshipper would believe in a Taoist temple that steals the spiritual power of the Three Pure Ones to raise ghosts."

"All your hard work over the past year has been wasted."

As the old man finished speaking, Lu Yuan stretched out his index finger and shook it.

"Wrong! Wrong! Wrong!"

"What I'm doing isn't stealing the faith and power of the Three Pure Ones to nurture evil spirits."

"What I'm doing is borrowing the power of the Three Pure Ones' vows to save a tragically wronged soul who has been persecuted."

"This is a good deed, a great act of merit! When people find out, they'll all praise our Zhenlong Temple for its kind heart!"

Hearing Lu Yuan's absurd reasoning, the old man was so angry he laughed, pointing at him and saying:

"Hey!! You've got a really good set of teeth!!"

He was about to say something more when the junior disciple on night watch was startled awake. He crept towards the back of the Three Pure Ones statue while whispering a question:

"who!"

"Who's there!"

Lu Yuan quickly leaned out halfway, looking disgusted.

"Alas!"

"You're supposed to be guarding the temple? Go to sleep! My master and I have been here for ages, let's see how long you can keep sleeping!"

Upon seeing that it was Lu Yuan and the old man, the junior brother immediately blushed and lowered his head in embarrassment.

"Master... Brother Lu..."

Lu Yuan raised an eyebrow: "I'll remember this debt and punish you tomorrow!"

"Go back to sleep. You don't need to keep watch tonight, and don't call anyone else."

The junior apprentice nodded repeatedly, then secretly glanced at the old man beside him.

The old man let out a burp and glared at the ground.

"Aren't you leaving yet?"

"Your words, Brother Lu, don't carry any weight!"

The junior apprentice shuddered in fright, quickly bowed and scraped away.

Silence fell once again inside the Sanqing Hall.

The candlelight flickered, making a soft crackling sound.

"Is it absolutely necessary to get it done?" the old man asked.

"There's nothing I can do." Lu Yuan's voice lowered.

"She saved my life. Without her, I would have died long ago. Isn't it you who taught me to repay kindness?"

"..."

long silence.

"all!"

The old man uttered only one word.

Lu Yuan felt a sense of relief, but then his hands, which were gripping the vermilion pen and the floor tiles, suddenly felt heavy again.

Lu Yuan pondered for a few seconds.

Then, Lu Yuan looked up at the old man, but quickly lowered his head guiltily and whispered to the side:

"If... I mean if..."

"If what you said actually happens, and we get caught, we won't be able to explain ourselves..."

"By then, Zhenlong Temple will be deserted again and no one will come..."

"you……"

Before he could finish speaking, the old man snatched the vermilion pen and the floor tile from his hand.

"It doesn't matter."

The old man said nonchalantly.

"Before you came along, Zhenlong Temple was almost bankrupt."

"If it weren't for your initial enthusiasm, insisting on making Zhenlongguan the number one pass outside the pass."

"This old man is too lazy to manage such a big operation."

"Anyway, this True Dragon Temple is just to make you happy. If you feel uneasy or unhappy if you don't save this female ghost..."

At this point, the old man grinned and exhaled a breath of alcohol, saying:

"Then screw it up!"

"Then we can go back to the way we were before, traveling all over the country every day. Wouldn't that be more comfortable than being stuck in this shabby little Taoist temple all the time?"

"Stop talking, just do it!"

……

……

early morning.

When the junior disciple on duty pushed open the door of the Sanqing Hall, Lu Yuan and the old man had already climbed out through the back window.

Everything inside the hall was as it had been, as if nothing had happened the night before.

"Alas!"

"I don't know what's so good about this crap, yet I keep chugging it every day!"

Lu Yuan looked at the old man who came out and immediately started drinking heavily from his gourd, his face full of disgust.

The old man disliked him even more.

"Stop babbling!"

"I was perfectly fine all day, drinking and sleeping, waking up and drinking again, I was so carefree!"

"Now you're in trouble, you'll have to keep an eye on this female ghost for you every day!"

"Hurry up and eat the Pink Spirit Flesh to advance to the Celestial Master level!"

"Once you've dealt with Zhao Qiao'er, you can come back and guard her yourself!!"

Lu Yuan didn't say anything in response to this, as he was already on his way to the storeroom to get the Pink Spirit Meat.

It's just that...

Lu Yuan suddenly turned his head and stared intently at the old man.

"You were so brave last night..."

"Are you really capable of controlling Gu Qingwan?"

The old man didn't have a system and didn't know Gu Qingwan's background.

But Lu Yuan didn't know that it was a super ominous 20-star monster!

As far as he knew, the old man was at most a three- or four-star Celestial Master.

But last night, the old man wasn't afraid at all!

and……

He knew all the top-level methods in the "Tao" that Lianxitong had given him.

This old man...

What kind of cultivation level is it exactly?