"It turns out that Sister Qingmei is also a person with a bitter fate, just like me. Since you don't mind, Sister, you stay in my courtyard tonight."

  Xu Taiping preteo sympathize and nodded.

  Upon hearing this,Liu Qingmei's face immediately showed a look of joy, and there was a fsh of excitement in her eyes.

  "Thank you, Little Hero Taiping. When Liu Qingmei's injury is healed, I will definitely bring a generous gift to thank you for saving my life."

  With tears in her eyes, Liu Qingmei said gratefully.

  "Sister Qihe evil wolf may still be lurking nearby. If I rashly open the courtyard gate, it might e in. It's better for you to turn around and keep an eye on the surroundings. After I opee, you quickly e in. This way, it will be safer."

  Xu Taiping said cautiously to Liu Qingmei.

  Upon hearing this, Liu Qingmei hesitated for a moment, then nodded repeatedly and said, "Taiping, you're right. I'll keep an eye on it. Let me know when you opee."

  After saying this, Qingmei quickly turned around.

  In the instant she turned her head, the gentle expression on Liu Qingmei's face disappeared, repced by a fierce expression. Then, she raised the er of her mouth and whispered in a barely audible voice, "Seems cautious, but actually foolish. It's ridiculous that he didn't notice even wheh roag."

  But as soon as she finished speaking, her ears trembled slightly, and the sound of a taut b reached her ears.

  "You!..."

  "Swoosh!"

  Liu Qingmei was about to flee, but the sound of the arrow pierg through the air exploded behind her. An arrow covered in frost pierced straight through her chest.

  "You're seekih..."

  "Swoosh!"

  Looking at the arrow in her chest, Liu Qingmei's face turned pale with anger. However, before she could finish her angry shout, another sharp arrow flew through the air, pierg through her throat.

  At this moment, Liu Qingmei, who had turned her head, met the gaze of the young man standing on the courtyard gate behind her. She looked at him with an incredulous expression and asked, "How did you... detect me?"

  "Swoosh!"

  Xu Taiping raised his hand and shot another arrow, which directly pierced Liu Qingmei's forehead, leaving a fist-sized hole.

  "Sister, remember to wear suitable shoes ime you go out to gather herbs."

  In the midst of Liu Qingmei's angry gaze, Xu Taiping ti his bow and calmly said.

  As if feeling greatly humiliated, Liu Qingmei suddenly became furious. Ign her injuries, she leaped up and used her suddenly enrged cws to swipe at Xu Taiping, who was standing on top of the courtyard gate.

  "Boom!"

  Before Xu Taiping could make a move, a green light suddenly appeared in the courtyard's barrier, and it struck Liu Qingmei, who had survived three arrows, like a heavy sp, sending her flying.

  "Ah!..."

  Liu Qingmei, who fell to the ground, let out a scream of agony.

  Immediately, a bck smoke emerged from her mouth, which then turned into a bck whirlwind, stirring up a cloud of dust in front of the courtyard.

  "Kid, unless you never leave this courtyard again, otherwise, sooner or ter, I will catch you. When that time es, you will beg for life but won't be able to die!"

  In the bck whirlwind, a sharp and fierce male voice roared.

  "I seem to have never offended you. Why do you want to harm me?"

  Entering such a monster for the first time, Xu Taiping was trying hard to calm himself down. While questioning the creature, he pulled the b again.

  "Soon you will know!"

  With a burst of mad ughter, the bck whirlwind howled and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

  "Could this be the enting ghost mentioned in the jade scroll?"

  Xu Taiping murmured to himself as he looked in the dire where the bck whirlwind dissipated.

  Acc to the information on the jade scroll, besides the beasts in the deep mountains, there were alse creatures and ghosts lurking in the forest where the outer disciples were located.

  These strange creatures and ghosts often liked to possess the bodies of wild beasts or dead people, and then deceive other living beings to suck their blood and essence for cultivation.

  Because they were strange creatures without a true form, the only way to pletely kill them was through certain teiques.

  "With such a monster hiding in the dark and ung sneak attacks, it will be troublesome to go hunting in the surrounding area iure. The most important thing is that I know nothing about it."

  Xu Taiping looked at the corpse on the ground and frowned slightly.

  In this situation, it should be reported to the sect. However, after this period of uanding, he was very clear that even if he reported it, no one would e to iigate.

  In his eyes, as a named outer disciple, he was dispensable and wouldn't receive much attention.

  "Hoo..."

  Just as Xu Taiping was thinking about how to prevent the ghost, a gust of cold wind suddenly blew at the courtyard gate.

  By now, it was pletely dark, so when this cold wind blew, it gave people an eerie feeling.

  "Could it be that the ghost has e so soon?"

  Xu Taiping immediately became vigint, drew his bow and arrow, and started searg the surroundings.

  "Young man, I'm here."

  Just as Xu Taiping was empty-handed, little green fireflies suddenly flew out from the corpse in front of the gate, eventually turning into a nearly transparent female figure.

  This phantom had the same appearance as the corpse on the ground.

  "You dare to show yourself again?"

  Xu Taiping immediately aimed his arrow at the female phantom.

  The arrows in his hand couldn't kill ghost spirits, but arrows infused with residual surue qi could still cause some damage to them. Purple Yang True Immortal had mentiohis before.

  "Young man, spare me, spare me. I was forced by that evil ghost. I had no choice but to e and deceive you to leave the house."

  The female ghost pleaded repeatedly.

  "Evil ghost?"

  Xu Taiping observed her tone, which didn't seem fake, and listeo her words, which revealed the identity of the previous ghost. He immediately moved his bow and arrow to the side.

  "Yes, that was indeed an Evil Ghost. I was victimized by it and became its Ghost Servant, enduring its humiliation every day."

  The female ghost spoke through gritted teeth, her eyes filled with regret ament. It seemed she truly despised the Evil Ghost.

  However, having learned his lesson just now, Xu Taiping naturally wouldn't easily believe her one-sided story, let alone leave the courtyard to meet her.

  "Young man, you don't have to worry about me harming you. My soul was already inplete to begin with, and just now it was hit by the three arrows you fired with your True Qi. In at most the time it takes to bre of tea, my soul will scatter."

  The female ghost seemed to have read Xu Taiping's thoughts and quickly expio him. However, by the end of her speech, her tone was filled with desotion.

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