Mortal Bones

This evening.

Qiyuexuan.

"Xu Taiping, what's wrong with you?"

"Xu Taiping, are you okay?"

Just after returning to Qi Yuexuan, Xu Taiping's body began to tremble with coldness, and all his blood and energy were disappearing at an extremely fast speed.

Bai Yu and Ping An, who had already noticed this, asked him anxiously.

"You guys, wait for me."

Xu Taiping opened the green gourd with trembling arms and released them from the gourd.

As he spoke, he took out a wine gourd that had been mixed with gentian wine, raised his head and drank the remaining half of the bottle of spirit in one gulp.

Although it has been blended and diluted many times, the medicinal power of gentian wine is still there, so Xu Taiping usually drinks at most half a bottle a day, otherwise he will become groggy.

But now, after drinking half a pot of diluted gentian wine, he could barely feel his body getting warmer.

"Hiss..."

After shivering, Xu Taiping exhaled a long breath.

Although Qi and blood are still being lost, it has finally slowed down a bit.

The situation that just happened to him was exactly what Sister Lingyue mentioned in her letter - the shortcomings of the Three Talents Ghost-Sealing Talisman.

However, even though he was mentally prepared, he still underestimated the damage this side effect would do to his body.

At first, when he was still in Baicaotang, he just felt a little weak, so he wanted to settle the senior sister and fourth senior brother, leave a message to senior sister Linglong and the others, and then return to Qiyuexuan.

So in this way, he wasted half a stick of incense in Baicaotang.

But in just half a stick of incense, he almost died due to lack of energy and blood.

Fortunately, at the critical moment, he instinctively picked up the gentian wine and took a sip, thus saving his life by accident.

The three-talent ghost-sealing talisman was like a bottomless pit. No matter how much gentian wine he drank, he would be swallowed up immediately.

If this continues, even if all the power of the gentian stone is consumed, this bottomless pit will not be filled.

After some energy and blood recovered, a touch of anxiety surged into his heart again.

Let's wait and see what Sister Lingyue said in her letter.

While thinking this, Xu Taiping put away the wine bottle, then smiled at the anxious Ping An and the nervous Bai Yu and said, "Don't worry, I'm much better now."

After hearing this and seeing that Xu Taiping's face was indeed much better than before, they both breathed a sigh of relief.

The little monkey jumped onto Xu Taiping safely, and then lay in his arms without saying a word.

Xu Taiping knew that it was worried about him, so he gently rubbed its little head, then looked at Bai Yu and said, "There is something I want to tell you."

Then, he roughly told the story of the disappearance of Sword Demon and Fairy Lingyue.

"Daoyu, what is this, why have I never heard of it?"

Bai Yu looked at Xu Taiping in astonishment.

"Actually, I still don't quite understand what the sword domain is."

Xu Taiping also shook his head.

Even if he had seen the sword domain with his own eyes, he still didn't quite understand what kind of existence it was.

What's more, the sword ghost vowed to bind himself at that time and never showed him the true power of the sword domain.

"By the way, when I was in Baicaotang, I was indeed unable to sense your presence for a period of time. The same happened to Sister Lingyue a few days ago. She would disappear for a period of time from time to time. Could it be that she was pulled into the red-haired sword ghost? In the realm of swords?”

Bai Yu thought of Fairy Lingyue's abnormality in the past few days.

"While I was sleeping, Sister Lingyue had been fighting with the sword ghost. Thanks to the letter and the ghost-sealing talisman she left behind, I was able to seal the sword ghost in my body."

Xu Taiping nodded.

"Let me tell you why that old woman was so weak that day. It turns out that during the past few days when you were unconscious, she was fighting with the sword ghost in the sword domain."

Bai Yu looked stunned.

"She doesn't know how to inform me, so she looks down on me like this?"

It then muttered a bit complainingly.

"It's not that Sister Lingyue doesn't know about you, but she doesn't want the sword ghost to notice your existence, so that you can carry the message for me."

Xu Taiping shook his head.

Fairy Lingyue also mentioned this in her letter.

Hearing this, Bai Yu felt a little better.

"Is your current situation related to the sealing of that sword ghost?"

He then asked Xu Taiping.

"No surprise, it should be related to the sword ghost."

As Xu Taiping spoke, he raised his hand, then looked at the rune mark on his palm and said:

"I feel that this talisman is constantly devouring my blood and true energy. It may be the price of sealing the sword ghost."

"Hurry up and read the second letter the old woman left for you. There may be a solution in it."

Bai Yu thought quickly and immediately reminded Xu Taiping.

"I came back just to read this letter. You two will help me guard this place. I'll go to Fan Tower first."

Xu Taiping nodded.

Even if Bai Yu didn't say anything, he was already planning to read the letter.

…

Inside Fan Tower.

Xu Taiping opened the second letter from Fairy Lingyue——

"Taiping, you can still open this letter, which means that the sword ghost has been sealed. Fortunately, fortunately."

"It's not in vain that I spent so much effort to draw the Three Talents Ghost-Sealing Talisman."

"I guess you must have many questions in your mind now."

"Don't worry, let's start with the time when I sensed the existence of the knife ghost."

"In fact, after you visited the injured fourth brother that day, I had already realized that the knife ghost might have been targeting you, because I could sense its breath near Qiyuexuan from time to time."

"But I didn't care too much at first, because I have encountered many existences like knife ghosts in other cultivation circles. This kind of evil spirit born out of obsession is naturally subject to many constraints, such as it can only appear at night, can only attack people who use knives, etc."

"At the same time, this kind of evil spirit that is transformed by strong obsession often inherits part of the skills and inheritance of their original masters, so for cultivators who want to improve their own cultivation, this is an excellent whetstone."

"So I originally planned to capture it and test the knife with you when your cultivation is further improved, which will definitely be of benefit to you."

"This is also the reason why I haven't told you yet."