The Aloof Lord's Mysterious Wife-Chapter 22: Requesting Miss Chu to Accept Us as Disciples

Upon hearing Nanli’s words, the famished ghost grew even angrier.

Having lived for a hundred years, he had caused the deaths of countless people, even the so-called Taoist masters were unable to deal with him.

Never did he expect that today, a little girl would dare to speak arrogantly to him. Well then... she shall witness his might!

Manipulating his own resentment, the people who were previously feasting on food became like marionettes on strings, flying towards Nanli one by one.

With wide-eyed and filled with fear, Master Li stepped back.

If they were to be overwhelmed, they would surely be devoured to death.

Little did he know that Nanli stepped forward, raised her wrist, and lightly swung her Xuanyue sword, dispersing the resentment from several individuals.

However, this famished ghost had some skills, as the resentment quickly gathered again, controlling the servants of the Xiao Mansion to stand up once more.

Master Li desperately defended himself with his talismans, saying, "If we don’t strike the main body, this will never end!"

But with so many people, how could they know which one was the main body?

If they miscalculated, they would harm the person’s soul.

Nanli swept away several people with her sword, temporarily clearing a path, her eyes falling upon one of the beautiful maidservants.

The famished ghost did not expect her to easily find his main body.

He attempted to block her with his resentment, but Nanli effortlessly swung her sword, accompanied by a crackling sound. Nanli sheathed her sword and quickly formed hand seals, directly gripping the neck of the beautiful maid.

The hand seals prevented the famished ghost from escaping, leaving him trapped within the maid’s body. "Let me go! Release me!" she cried.

"Someone brought you here?" Nanli asked.

The Feng Shui of the Xiao Mansion was good, and it was not a prison-like place. There must be a reason for a famished ghost to be here without cause.

"You, a little girl, dare to question me..." the famished ghost started, but immediately changed his tone in pain as Nanli placed a fire talisman on him.

"It... it was a Taoist who captured me at the execution ground and brought me here," the famished ghost confessed.

Nanli narrowed her eyes, as expected, someone had done this intentionally.

Was it because of her brother’s fiancée, Xiao Wanyi? Were they targeting the Chu family again?

"What is his name?" she removed the fire talisman.

"I don’t know, I only vaguely saw him bowing to a woman," the famished ghost replied.

A woman? Nanli furrowed her brows. It seemed that it wasn’t a political enemy. Could it be her father’s romantic debt?

As she was momentarily distracted, the famished ghost found an opportunity and escaped from the maid’s body, gathering the resentment once again.

"You wretched girl, daring to interfere with my meal! I will tear you apart!" The famished ghost bared his teeth, appearing terrifying as if he wanted to devour Nanli in one bite.

Nanli raised her gaze fearlessly, "With your abilities, you are still insufficient."

With a hand seal, she blocked the scattered resentment. Then, she unleashed another talisman, shouting, "Heaven Thunder!"

The talisman locked onto its target, and with Nanli’s shout, a bolt of heavenly thunder descended from the sky!

The crackling sound echoed as the famished ghost was instantly revealed once more. However, even without Nanli’s action, the power of the heavenly thunder talisman was immeasurable itself, reducing the famished ghost to nothing but smoke, dissipating the resentment along with it.

The kitchen staff, no longer feasting, regained their senses, staring at their dirty hands and faces, frozen in place.

Master Li, who had taken refuge to the side, immediately appeared and cleared his throat, saying, "That was truly perilous! Thanks to our joining forces to subdue the evil spirit, everyone’s lives were spared."

Nanli glanced at him disdainfully, "Weren’t you just spectating earlier?"

It was clear that he had no effect whatsoever.

Master Li moved to her side and whispered, "I am of considerable age, show me some respect."

Nanli could only smile wryly, upholding the virtue of respecting the elderly and caring for the young, she refrained from speaking further.

She returned to the front yard and saw that Xiao’s parents had already awakened.

They were gathered around their still unconscious daughter, calling out with choked sobs.

"Don’t worry, Miss Xiao shall be well. She has merely been tainted by ghostly energy, and she shall awaken tomorrow," Nanli reassured them.

Xiao’s father wiped her teary eyes and said, "That is not the case. She has yet to awaken, and we have no way to carry her back to her room."

Their daughter was yet to be married, and it was not appropriate for strong servants to touch her.

The maidservants and old women did not possess the strength for such a task either.

They couldn’t possibly leave their daughter lying here for the night, could they?

Nanli put away her Xuanyue Sword and said, "Noble Xiao, I shall carry Miss Xiao on my back."

"You?" he shook her head in a hurry, "No, no." The Chu family had gone through great lengths to find their daughter, and if she were to be crushed by their own daughter, they would not be able to explain themselves.

"Ah, it would be better to have the servants come over..." he hadn’t finished speaking when he saw Nanli effortlessly lifting his daughter onto her back.

Both husband and wife fell silent, their jaws dropping in astonishment.

Although Nanli had great strength, Xiao Wanyi was truly heavy.

She couldn’t carry her for long, so she urged, "Madam Xiao, please hurry."

Madam Xiao snapped back to her senses, "Follow me quickly."

As Nanli carried Xiao Wanyi from the front yard to the back yard, she felt considerably lighter when she laid her on the bed.

She wiped the sweat from her forehead and let out a long breath.

Madam Xiao was still in shock from having subdued an evil spirit, and her daughter had become lighter.

But when she tried to move her daughter’s limbs, she clenched her teeth and only managed to move them a little.

In the end, it was with Nanli’s assistance that they managed to position Xiao Wanyi’s body properly.

Madam Xiao looked surprised, "Miss Nanli has such great strength."

"I learned it at the Xuanyue Tempe," Nanli replied.

At the Xuanyue Temple, they had to fetch food and water from the mountains.

Having suffered for ten years under Aunt Xu, her body was weak.

Even if she carried nothing, she would need to rest for half an hour after walking for fifteen minutes.

The prerequisite for advanced Taoist arts was having a strong body and a determined spirit. That’s why she clenched her teeth and carried water up the mountain.

At first, she could only carry two buckets a day.

Later on, she carried two buckets on each shoulder, making ten round trips a day without getting out of breath.

Nanli took out another talisman, flipped her hand, and the talisman ignited.

A wisp of incense smoke wafted around Xiao Wanyi. "This talisman will help Miss Xiao recover her Yang energy as soon as possible. Madam Xiao, please rest assured," Nanli said.

Madam Xiao finally realized that Nanli had learned at the sect on the mountain.

She felt both distressed and grateful, saying, "We are fortunate to have you tonight. If we had relied on master Li, our Xiao family would have suffered a great calamity."

Just as she finished speaking, they heard shouting from outside: "Please accept us as your disciples, Miss!"

Nanli and Madam Xiao exchanged glances, puzzled.

When they went out to take a look, they saw the few young Taoists kneeling on the ground.

Seeing Nanli come out, they shouted even louder, "Please accept us as your disciples, Miss!"

Master Li hurriedly arrived and, upon seeing his disciples wanting to become her disciples, he turned pale with anger.

He trembled all over, "You... you ungrateful disciples!" Each of the young Taoists spoke righteously: "Master Li, your Taoist skills are lacking, and you nearly killed us. How dare you call us ungrateful?"

"That’s right, Lady Chu even warned you, yet you remain so arrogant."

"Yes, from tonight onwards, we no longer recognize you as our master. We shall seek refuge under Lady Chu!"