r. Song, this is Xiao Yu, whom I told you about earlier—the owner of the golden-threaded Nanmu box.”"Brother Xiao, this is Mr. Song Shuhushan. He intends to buy your golden-threaded Nanmu box."When Te...Chapter 179: It's Better to Let Things Flow Than to Block Them

Xiao Yu stood at the door, focusing his gaze inside the room. Dozens of ghosts were floating in mid-air within the house, but the ghost general and ghost soldiers were not present here. Xiao Yu carefully sensed the surroundings and found that a large hole emitting dense malevolent energy was still continuously spewing out this energy, though he could no longer sense anything below.

The ghosts that had been floating in the living room of the villa upon seeing Xiao Yu enter immediately looked at him as if they had discovered some delicious pastry, their eyes gleaming with desire.

At this moment, these spirits had already forgotten that Xiao Yu had previously visited the villa and inflicted significant damage on them.

Xiao Yu didn't pay much attention to these minor ghosts. They would not cause him any harm, let alone get close to him.

Xiao Yu surveyed the entire villa; the living room was shrouded in dense malevolent energy that had even formed a light mist, indicating how thick it was. This might also be related to Zhang Tianshi and his team's magic array that sealed off all the malevolent energy within the villa, preventing it from escaping.

However, after over a year of accumulation, such dense malevolent energy could only mean that the large hole in the basement wasn't simple either.

Gazing at the thick mist-like malevolent energy here, Xiao Yu thought to himself: No wonder Zhang Tianshi and Li Shiqing's magic array collapsed after over a year due to this place’s malevolent energy.

In reality, Zhang Tianshi and Li Shiqing were mistaken. By sealing the entire villa with their magic arrays, they created an enclosed space where all malevolent energy couldn’t escape, causing it to accumulate within the villa more and more until it eventually burst like a balloon.

This was akin to the saying in ancient China about flood control: it’s better to let water flow than block it. If you only tried to block the increasing amount of malevolent energy, it would inevitably lead to the collapse of this place sooner or later.

If they had used a magic array that blocked spirits but allowed malevolent energy to pass through instead, then such an array might have been able to hold for decades, maybe even centuries.

However, at this point in time, Xiao Yu was actually wrong to blame them. A magic array capable of blocking spirits while not obstructing the malevolent energy here would be far more difficult and beyond their current capabilities to create.

The ghosts inside the room gazed at Xiao Yu one by one with eyes filled with greed as if he were some delectable food item.

Xiao Yu reached out and took out his purchased wooden sword. Recently, after reviewing numerous pieces of information, he had discovered that this very wooden sword might be what was known as the 'thousand-year lightning-struck peach wood sword', otherwise it wouldn’t have been possible for it to carry such a mysterious pattern.

As for what materials the Judgment Pen and List of Ghosts were made from, Xiao Yu still didn't know. He only knew that the brush hair he often used to draw talismans and write was wolf-hair; but which exact type of wolf, Xiao Yu hadn’t yet finished searching through Zhong Kui's memories to find out.

But the items that Zhong Kui used to make these three mysterious-patterned magical artifacts shouldn’t be simple either.

Xiao Yu held his wooden sword and slowly walked forward, looking at the little ghosts floating in mid-air above the villa. He said, "Go get Old Ghost out here! I can spare your lives!"

"Gagaga... Do you want to see our king You don’t have that right yet. You’re only fit to be our food!" The ghost hovering above the villa cackled.

After speaking, these ghosts looked at Xiao Yu as if saliva was about to drip from their mouths.

The ghosts inside the villa were actually extremely frustrated too. They had been trapped in a large cave for several decades before finally breaking free and escaping, only to be imprisoned once again within this villa. To date, they hadn’t even tasted any living person’s life energy.

A few days ago, someone did come by but their life energy was mixed with yin qi, making it unpalatable like mixing a delicious dish with sewage. Only two ghosts who had been beggars in their previous lives could eat it, while the others avoided it as far away as possible.

Now that they saw Xiao Yu arrive, how could they let him go If they told King Ghost about this fresh source of life energy now, wouldn’t it be too late for them

"Haha, food" Xiao Yu chuckled and held his wooden sword as he slowly walked toward the villa’s main hall.

When the ghosts saw him enter, they let out excited howls, their eyes gleaming with greedy intent as they lunged at Xiao Yu.

"Hmph... don’t know when to stop!"

Xiao Yu sneered at the charging ghosts.

Standing where he was, when the horde of ghosts got close enough, a sudden burst of golden light flashed on his body and vanished instantly.

The moment the swarm of flying ghosts were hit by this golden light, wherever it touched their bodies melted like ice encountering fire, leaving behind fist-sized holes. The little ghosts let out piercing screams.

Despite this, these little ghosts seemed to be invulnerable. The thick, tangible yin qi inside the villa rapidly converged upon them.

When this yin qi gathered around their bodies, it caused intense turbulence around the fist-sized holes in their flesh, which gradually shrank and then disappeared.

Seeing this, Xiao Yu’s brows slightly furrowed. He didn’t expect the thick yin qi in the room to give these little ghosts the ability to heal themselves. It seemed that he would have to thoroughly defeat and disperse them.

"Gack... Gack..."

The ghosts twisted their faces into grotesque shapes, emitting a series of strange laughs. Although their bodies had healed, the excruciating pain from being hit by the golden light hadn’t disappeared.

After that last attack, these little ghosts no longer dared to approach Xiao Yu but instead floated around him in mid-air and occasionally let out howls directed at him as a form of defiance.

"Scatter now! Otherwise, you’ll lose your souls!"

Xiao Yu looked at the ghosts. They didn’t have any bloodstains or the qi from consuming living beings’ yang energy. If they were sensible, Xiao Yu wouldn’t mind sending them to the underworld after he finished dealing with this villa.

"Hah hah... You think it’s a joke Offer half of your yang qi and Lord Ghost might consider sparing you!"

A vicious-looking ghost in mid-air laughed wickedly upon hearing Xiao Yu’s words.

"Humph..." Xiao Yu’s eyes narrowed slightly when he heard the ghosts’ obstinate remarks, his face instantly turning cold.

"Well Have you made up your mind Otherwise... Gack... As you can see, Lord Ghosts are immortal. If we wear you down long enough, you’ll die of exhaustion!"

Seeing that Xiao Yu didn’t respond, the vicious-looking ghost emitted a smug laugh.

Xiao Yu looked at the ghosts and remained silent as he raised his peachwood sword and leaped forward. The blade stabbed out horizontally toward one of the ghosts hovering low in the air.

When the tip of the wood sword pierced close to this little ghost, a point of golden light condensed on the tip and followed through as it entered the ghost’s body.

With the sword entering its body, a thread of golden light instantly flashed from the ghost before fading away. The ghost let out an extremely piteous screech.

As the wood sword pierced into the ghost, its body started to fade and disappear where it came into contact with the sword, eventually vanishing completely in a loud “boom.”

Seeing the little ghost dissipate after being stabbed by Xiao Yu with a single sword, the group of ghosts let out a sudden cry and quickly flew to the top of the villa's hall, looking at Xiao Yu with tense expressions.

Xiao Yu looked at these floating ghosts on the roof and said, "For one last time, if you scatter now, I will send you to the netherworld; otherwise, it will be your moment of soul dispersion!"

Although these ghosts were fierce in words, they had never harmed anyone. If they didn’t obstruct Xiao Yu, he wouldn't mind helping them enter the netherworld.

The ghosts didn't respond to Xiao Yu but instead swung their hands wildly, sending long dragons made of malevolent energy towards Xiao Yu.

"Humph..."

Xiao Yu looked at these attacking ghosts and coldly snorted. He thought, Since you insist on doing this, don’t blame me later.

Xiao Yu dodged the malevolent energies heading his way, held up his wooden sword with his right hand, muttered an incantation from his mouth, and brought his left index finger and middle finger together to lightly touch the wooden sword.

As Xiao Yu's fingers moved across the blade, a golden glow flashed from its originally dull surface. The golden light gathered at the tip of the wooden sword as it followed Xiao Yu's fingertips.

A moment later, when Xiao Yu held the wooden sword and gently pushed upwards, the golden light at the sword’s tip detached from the wood.

Xiao Yu glanced at the floating golden light above the sword tip. The incantation in his mouth suddenly resounded, causing this point of golden light to swiftly dash toward the ghost hovering atop the roof like a bolt of golden lightning.

The vicious-looking ghost on the rooftop hadn’t even reacted before this golden light pierced through its body with a long trail.

"Hahaha... I thought you were so powerful, but that’s all you can do!"

When these ghosts first saw the gathering of the golden light, they felt an innate fear. However, after the golden light passed through this vicious-looking little ghost without causing it any discomfort, it couldn’t help but emit a derisive laugh.

"Humph!" Xiao Yu gave this evil spirit a cold look and let out a cold snort from his nose, ignoring its laughter.

With the wooden sword in hand, Xiao Yu’s incantation became increasingly tight. With his hand lightly pointing at another ghost soul, after the golden light passed through the evil spirit, it made a sharp turn with its long trail and sped towards another little ghost.ate your little Daoist master 50 thousand afterward to provide for his family.""Then on behalf of Dihuan, I thank Mrs. Wei! You rest assured; this ghost has nowhere to run!" Old Master Tianming perfor...