Investigate the truth

  Zhan Yi hastily shook his head in denial, "This... of course not, I'm thrilled to have a beauty like you offering me wine, but I'm afraid I might lose control and do something excessive."

  "Gentleman, don't be restrained. You are the only man who has moved my heart since I was born. Moreover, Little Jiao is now almost dying. If we can die together, it would not be a waste of this life." Little Jiao's tone was full of implicit encouragement, and after finishing speaking, she also lightly kissed his cheek.

  "Xiao Jiao, don't be like this. I know your good intentions, but let me help you retrieve that soul first. Then we can talk about the double cultivation and flying together." Zhan Yi said hastily while pretending to dodge and weave around her.

  Although he didn't know why Xiaojiao was seducing him, he became suspicious of her and wondered how a woman who had committed suicide rather than suffer humiliation could become so frivolous as a female ghost.

  Xiao Jiao didn't expect Zhan Yi's controlling power to be so strong, a complex glint flashed in her eyes, but her expression became even more charming, she softened and sat into his arms, rubbing his face with her hands and said coquettishly: "Young master, Xiao Jiao has been traveling for thousands of years and has long seen through the worldly affairs, it's easy to find priceless treasures, but hard to find a loving husband, I don't want to miss this opportunity after finally meeting someone who makes my heart move, especially when I don't know when I'll dissipate into nothingness, so let Xiao Jiao serve you."

  "Xiao Jiao, we can't do this because I'm naturally very reserved. Don't worry, I'll definitely think of a way to help you and won't let you lose your soul. Let's just chat instead." Zhan Yi said as he used both hands to hold Xiao Jiao's slender waist and helped her up, then quickly moved to the side. He was now certain that Xiao Jiao was seducing him, but the more she did so, the more he felt he couldn't give in.

  Xiao Jiao dodged as he spread his wings, and his eyes dimmed for a moment. Then, with a melancholy sigh, he said: "Alas... I didn't expect the young master to be so upright, it really makes Xiao Jiao admire him. When Xiao Jiao has truly restored her ghostly body, she will definitely become the young master's servant and concubine."

  "Hehe, Xiao Jiao, now there's no such thing as a concubine anymore. If that day really comes, you'll be my girlfriend, not some concubine." Zhan Yi said with a smile, seeing that Xiao Jiao wasn't going to pursue the topic further, feeling somewhat relieved, but also not wanting to make the other person too embarrassed.

  "It's not that there aren't any, I've seen many of you still finding several women, it's just that the big wife is at home and the little wife is outside, but they don't say it openly." Xiaojiao said discontentedly in response to Zhan Yi's words.

  "This... Xiaojiao, actually that's not a concubine, that's called a mistress, it belongs to the emotional life of a man outside of marriage." Zhan Yi didn't expect Xiaojiao to understand so much, and for a moment he didn't know how to explain.

  "Then I'll be the young master's mistress after I recover my true form, how about that?" Little Jiao said with a flirtatious tone, her eyes rolling around.

  "What, you want to be my mistress? No way, Xiao Jiao. I don't even have a girlfriend yet, let alone a third one." Zhan Yi was shocked and didn't know how Xiao Jiao could have such a strange idea.

  "I don't care, I just want to be your mistress, because you men are always better to mistresses than wives." Xiao Jiao said stubbornly, her cherry lips pouting.

  "Uh... then let's wait until I find Xiao Yi and Xiao Er before talking about it." Zhan Yi said with a wry smile, but his heart was secretly thinking, why did this female ghost stick to him again.

  The little Jiao finally didn't make any more excessive moves, although she would still occasionally tease Xianyi, but it was all within limits. As the two of them interacted, they both relaxed a lot, and after making noise in the house for half the night, they danced and chatted, telling each other many past stories. Jiao also told Xianyi some things about cultivating the truth, and some existing cultivation sects in the world. It wasn't until dawn was approaching that she transformed into white smoke and left.

  In the following days, Xiao Jiao came to visit every night, either chatting with Zhan Yi or talking about some cultivation matters. From time to time, she would also jump up and dance a beautiful dance for him, making Zhan Yi admire her extensive knowledge and experience, as if she understood everything.

  However, it was precisely this that made Xuan Yi even more determined to find Lao Dao as soon as possible, because he felt that things were getting too dangerous. Xiao Jiao didn't seem to be afraid of him like the other ghosts he had encountered before, and she would often tease him, but now he couldn't tell whether Xiao Jiao was good or bad.

  In the past few days, he learned from Xiaojiao's account that the old Taoist who captured her soul was called Xuānmíng. He also found his residence, about 30 or 40 miles away from his current home, located at the foot of Cuixian Mountain on the east side of N City, a small building with a courtyard.

  Originally, Yan Yi wanted to ask Xuan Ming about whether Xiao Jiao was good or bad, because he thought that the evil path of killing people and refining evil objects only existed in legends. After all, this is a society governed by law, how could so many people be killed without anyone investigating?

  When he first saw Xuan Ming not far away, his heart began to waver. He was taken aback by the other's eagle-like eyebrows, mouse-like eyes, garlic-shaped nose, high-bridged donkey mouth, and a tuft of goat whiskers. His entire body was as thin as a skull, looking nothing like a good person. Especially the triangular eyes that occasionally shot out gleams, making people feel extremely sinister.

  After several more days of observation and inquiry, his impression of Xuan Ming became even worse. This old man not only frequently flirted with the village women, but also used fortune-telling as an excuse to take liberties with them, causing the women in the area to avoid him, he was simply a dirty old man.

  Having understood a part of Xuan Ming's character, Zhan Yi began to have some doubts about his previous views on Xiao Jiao. Could it be that the other party was indeed a kind-hearted ghost who had been injured by Xuan Ming?

  Various doubts made him more and more bewildered, thinking repeatedly finally produced a bold idea, that is to find an opportunity to take a look at Xu Ming's house, because he knew if Xu Ming was really evil, then there must be some discovery in his house.

  With this idea in mind, he began to look for various opportunities to secretly observe Xuan Ming. His efforts were not in vain, and after several days, Zhan Yi finally got the chance he had been waiting for.

  Around 8 or 9 in the morning, a young woman with a good figure and large breasts came to Xuanming's residence. She stayed inside until noon before leaving with Xuanming together.

  Zhan Yi overheard the conversation between the two at the door and saw their flirtatious behavior, learning that this young woman was Xuan Ming's mistress. This time she came to ask Xuan Ming to set up a prayer altar for her to pray for a child, which would take several days to complete before he could return.

  Xuan Ming also brought a lot of magical instruments, and before leaving, he even deliberately took a look around the courtyard, completely looking like he was going to be outside for a long time.

  This made Zhang Yi's heart extremely excited, he knew that if he wanted to figure out whether Xuan Ming was good or bad, this was a rare opportunity. After Xuan Ming and the young woman left, Zhang Yi waited for a long time, and when he found that they had not returned, he pretended to be unintentional and walked towards the courtyard, then turned to an unmanned place and used a rope to hook and hang on the wall, flipped his body into it.

  He had learned from his conversations with Xiao Jiao over the past few days that Xiao Jiao's captured soul was sealed by Xuan Ming in a magical artifact called the "Hundred Soul Treasure Bottle". In fact, daytime was the safest time to come here and steal the Hundred Soul Treasure Bottle, because most of the things Xuan Ming refined were yin evil objects, which feared sunlight and children's urine the most.

  So he had already urinated in a bucket these days, and after entering the yard, he sprinkled it in front of Xuanyuan's door, then opened a window and entered the house. As soon as he entered the house, he was startled by Zhangyi. Inside, there were all modern appliances, luxurious decorations, leather sofas, red wood tables and chairs, and some famous calligraphy and paintings. This didn't look like a place where a Taoist priest lived at all. Even an ordinary rich merchant might not have such a luxurious home.

  What made Zhang Yi feel most disgusted was that next to the old man's TV, there were more than a dozen yellow DVDs, all of which were perverted categories, such as "Torture", "S&M", and "Humans and Animals". Just looking at the covers already made people know how unbearable the content inside was.

  Zhan Yi was furious and stuffed all the CDs into his pocket, cursing in a low voice: "Damn it, dead old Tao, I'm going to see what kind of perverted content you have here." After that, he started searching around the building.

  From the first floor to the second, he almost searched every corner, but couldn't find anything valuable, which made him depressed. Xiao Jiao said she felt that her lost soul was in this courtyard, so there must be a place for Xuan Ming to practice and refine his skills here, but why can't he find it?