Chapter 807
Fainting
Those few glances were met with glaring anger from Prefect Tang. Seeing that the red-clad female ghost had been subdued and the yin energy around her had disappeared, he jogged up and asked, "Was there only one? I saw two."
Pan Jun said without changing his expression, "That was an illusion she conjured. That's why her power was greatly diminished, which is why I was able to defeat her in twenty moves."
Prefect Tang breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "How will Master Pan deal with this female ghost?"
Pan Yun looked up at the sky at a 45-degree angle and said with compassion, "Naturally, we should bring him back to the Sanqing Temple, open the Heavenly Gate under the Sanqing's seat, and send him to his next life."
Prefect Tang nodded repeatedly and asked cautiously, "Then I won't see her again, right?"
"Unless she harbors such deep resentment that she escapes from the underworld, it's unlikely."
"Does having deep-seated resentment cause this?"
Pan Yun: "If justice is not served, she will not be able to get over it. Stubborn people will have the courage to break out of the underworld. Prefect Tang, the underworld is not easy to escape from. If ten ghosts go there, nine of them will perish."
Prefect Tang was not stupid. On the contrary, those who could pass the imperial examination and become prefects would only pretend to be stupid, not actually be stupid.
After a moment's thought, he realized the key: "So all those who manage to escape to the human world are extremely dangerous ghosts?"
Pan Yun nodded: "Such ghosts are just like people, with a firm will and will never give up until they achieve their goal."
Prefect Tang hurriedly asked, "Does Master Pan have any way to deal with such a ghost?"
"Lord Tang, such a ghost must have a great injustice. We Taoists also believe in harmony with Heaven. We are not like those characters in the storybooks, who beat a ghost to a pulp. On the contrary, we should fulfill its wishes and make it willingly reincarnate."
Prefect Tang pondered for a moment: "So if I encounter ghosts again, all I need to do is clear my name and fulfill my wish."
Pan Yun nodded: "Not all ghosts have grievances. Each ghost needs to be analyzed individually, and we still need to..."
“I understand,” Prefect Tang raised his hand to interrupt her, saying, “Judging people and cases is my forte, and I still have the ability to judge people and discern their words.”
Pan Yun swallowed the rest of her words. She looked up at the sun on the horizon and reminded him, "Prefect Tang, it's getting late. I should take my leave."
Prefect Tang snapped out of his daze and pretended to try to persuade her to stay.
Pan Yun firmly refused, and Prefect Tang nodded slightly to the steward.
The steward immediately brought over a small tray, lifted the cloth covering it, and inside were five silver ingots, each weighing ten taels, totaling fifty taels.
Pan Yun didn't stand on ceremony, simply reached out and took it, then said goodbye.
Seeing them leave in a hurry, Prefect Tang stroked his beard and asked, "What's the matter that you're in such a rush?"
The butler smiled and said, "They said they want to go back to Sanqing Mountain for their first meal of the new year."
Upon hearing this, Prefect Tang became delighted, stroking his beard and laughing, "A man of deep feelings. It seems that Master Pan is indeed a good Taoist priest, just as Magistrate Wu said."
The butler nodded.
I thought the matter at your residence would take quite a bit of effort, but it was resolved in less than an hour.
It was so fast that he was a little unaccustomed to the pace.
Pan Yun led Miao Zhen and the other two away in a hurry. On the first day of the Lunar New Year, there wasn't a soul on the street, let alone any stalls.
The only sound on the street was the hurried footsteps of four people. Hongyan transformed into her true form and quickly soared across the rooftops. In no time, she caught up with the four people from above, leaped into the air, and landed in human form, squeezing next to Pan Jun: "Where's Xiaohong?"
Pan Yun patted her waist and said, "She's sleeping in her box."
Hongyan felt relieved and looked around: "Are we going back empty-handed? Aren't you going to buy your senior brother a chicken?"
Pan Yun: "My senior brother doesn't like eating chicken. I think you're the one who wants to eat it, right?" Hong Yan muttered softly: "Wu Zhihong is so stingy. I haven't eaten chicken for three days."
Pan Jun pulled her along, saying, "There aren't many vendors in the city today. If you want to buy chicken, go to the village."
She dragged the four of them to the outskirts of the city. Wang Cong, Xue Shao, and Xi Jin were carrying chickens, ducks, and fish, while Bangchui and Pan Xiaohei were sitting in a bamboo basket full of tangerines. Bangchui kept taking out tangerines from under his buttocks to peel and eat, and casually stuffing a segment into Pan Xiaohei's hand.
Pan Yun picked him up and examined the tangerines in the basket carefully: "Can cats eat tangerines?"
Pan Xiaohei: "What can't I eat? It's just that you won't let me eat!"
Pan Jun looked at it with disgust: "Can't you have some self-awareness as a cat? Stop stuffing everything into your stomach."
"Don't worry, Junior Uncle, it won't get sick from eating it." Ever since Pan Xiaohei could speak human language, everyone had no problem communicating with it. Wang Cong had also recently studied the issue of raising cat demons. He felt that cat demons were quite easy to raise, as long as they weren't spoiled too much.
Wang Cong waved the chicken in his hand and said, "Taihe black-bone chicken. We bought it directly from the village. The villagers even cleaned it for us. We can stew it as soon as we get home."
Taihe black-boned chicken is known as the "white phoenix" of the medicinal cuisine world.
Miaohe swallowed hard, then raised her hand high: "I, I, I'll stew it!"
Xue Shao held up the fish in his hand and laughed, "Bighead carp!"
Xi Jin said excitedly, "There are also red-feathered ducks, Master Pan, let's go quickly."
Pan Yun took the Three Treasures Cauldron from his waist and released it, and everyone happily climbed into the pot.
Pan Jun was the last to arrive. He casually tossed the bamboo basket into the pot, and Xue Shao caught it and put it down. Bangchui and Pan Xiaohei then squatted into the bamboo basket. It was clear that they really liked eating tangerines.
The Three Treasures Cauldron rose into the air, paused briefly in mid-air, and then streaked across the sky like a shooting star.
The people standing or sitting in the pot collided instantly, letting out screams of "Ahhh!"
Pan Yun laughed heartily: "Doesn't it feel like riding a roller coaster?"
Of those present, besides her, who else had ever ridden in one of these things? None of them had even heard of them.
But it didn't matter anymore, because after flying all the way back to Sanqing Mountain, their brains were practically turned to mush. When they climbed out of the cauldron, they felt as if the sky was beneath their feet and they were in the sky, with the surrounding mountains and rivers floating around them.
Wang Cong staggered to his feet and saw his father emerge from the Taoist temple, his eyes filled with tears as he walked towards him, calling out, "Father, Father—"
Wang Feiyin rarely opened his arms to welcome his son, but then saw him stagger, his foot slipped and he tilted at a sixty-degree angle, and the man walked past him without even wiping his sleeve with his own…
Wang Feiyin: ...
Wang Cong walked over and froze, turning his head left and right to look: "Where's my dad? Where's my big dad?"
He felt like his brain was about to fall off, so he quickly reached out to steady himself. He took a few steps, but his footing became increasingly erratic, and he was already close to the cliff.
Wang Feiyin: ...
Then I looked at a few of the younger ones, and they were the same. They walked unsteadily, holding their heads, and would fall down after taking two steps.
Xue Shao was clever; after realizing he couldn't tell which way was right, he lay down, opened his eyes, looked at the sky, and quietly felt the earth.
But soon, even his quiet recovery became difficult, because Wang Feiyin pulled several children who were close to the cliff back, and they wandered around aimlessly. One of them accidentally stepped on Xue Shao's hand, another accidentally kicked his leg, and then fell directly on top of him...
Xue Shao cried out in pain and silently struggled to get out and move to the side, but as soon as he moved, he found that his head was blocked.
Pan Yun sat on top of him, completely still. (End of Chapter)