The Lord of Void and Real-Chapter 245 - : 243

Chapter 245: 243

Shen Luo reached out to grab the jade box, once open, he found a foot-long piece of red wood lying in the box. The wood grain was delicate, the surface exuding a flame-like red light, and a scorching heat hit his face.

“Nice, it’s Fire Scale Wood! Thanks a lot”, Shen Luo thanked with a smile.

“These are all rightfully yours. I wonder where you plan to complete the task next? I can recommend some for you.” asked the Middle-aged man with a smile.

“Not at the moment, I have other things to deal with.” Shen Luo shook his head.

Although the ghost hunting tasks issued by the Government Official offered rich rewards, he didn’t currently need Immortal Jade. Furthermore, his cultivation level was too low. Even with a thunderfall talisman, the risk of carrying out tasks was high. It would be safer to focus on his cultivation while waiting for Senior Horse Face’s call.

According to his guess, the work that Gouhun Horse Face wanted to do is probably the same ghost to be exorcised by the Government Official – there’s no conflict between the two.

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Disappointment flashed on the Middle-aged man’s face, but he said nothing and soon bid his farewell.

“The Bai Family seems keen on making us, the Retainers, do more tasks. It seems there might be more involved in this exorcism task issued by the Government Official.” Shen Luo retured to his room, secretly guessing.

However, these matters had little to do with him. He didn’t think too much about it. He looked at the jade box in his hand and his face was lit up with a smile again.

“With the main material, Fire Scale Wood, on hand, besides finding a kind of Spirit Fire to match with the main material, I just need to gather a few auxiliary materials, and then I can try to condense the Pure Yang Sword Embryo.”

Unfortunately, Spirit Fire is hard to find, and it’s not easy to gather the other auxiliary materials. He had already asked Manager Ma to keep an eye on it for him, but still received no news.

Shen Luo shook his head, put the jade box into the stone box, and intended to continue cultivating.

At this moment, a heat wave came from his waist, he took out something from his bosom, it was the Messaging Token that Horse Face gave him.

“It’s coming so soon! If the ghost unrest in Jianye isn’t solved, I won’t be able to cultivate in peace.” Shen Luo muttered to himself before carefully examined the item in his hand.

The side of the Messaging Token that was engraved with the rune turned pitch black, and a line of white small characters appeared on it:

Come to Liugong Bridge after dark.

“Liugong Bridge, it seems to be in the west of the city.” Shen Luo murmured.

The bridge is said to be named after the pseudonym of a distinguished scholar, Mr. Liugong, from the previous dynasty. When Bai Xiaotian took him around the city earlier, they passed by this place, so he had a bit of impression on it.

“I seem to have seen this place name on the task list.” He thought for a while, and then walked to the accounting room.

At this time, the sun was almost setting, and most of the retainers who had gone out to complete the tasks had not yet returned. Only two or three were here, as for the others, they were mostly the children of the Bai family coming to watch the fun.

Shen Luo came to the front of the crowd, looked at the task list, and quickly browsed it.

“As expected!”

His gaze stopped at a spot on the list, the corresponding task location was near Liugong Bridge, and the task was that there were ghosts appearing at an abandoned temple near the old bridge at night, which had already harmed many passersby.

This task rewarded Immortal Jade, as much as thirty pieces, which was one of the most rewarding tasks on the list. Thus, the difficulty might not be small.

“It seems that this is the right one. Since the Bai family also has this task here, I should take advantage of this.” Shen Luo’s gaze fell on the task of Liugong Bridge, and a hint of a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

“Did you hear? They said that yesterday more than ten people from the Lin and Du families went to take up the task of Liugong Bridge. Apparently, a few people died right after the confrontation, and although the others managed to escape, their injuries were not light.” Shen Luo was about to turn around when he heard someone discussing.

“Gentlemen, do you know the details of the confrontation between the Lin and Du families and the ghost yesterday?” Shen Luo asked as he stopped.

“What? Are you thinking of taking this task?” One of the retainers nearby raised his eyebrow and asked.

Shen Luo saw the unhappy expression on his face, so he lost interest, smiled and didn’t reply, and turned to leave.

“Just because he luckily completed the task at Red Leaf Town, he thinks he’s so skillful. He doesn’t know what he’s dealing with.” The man sneered as Shen Luo turned around to leave.

“Well, I think he does have some strength.”

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After those three retainers sparked off the discussion, the onlookers joined and started to comment. The comments were more skeptical than appreciative.

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Shen Luo, hearing all sorts of discussions behind him, did not pay much attention, and went straight back to his residence.

It was already evening now.

He took out the Messaging Token, looked it over twice and then held it tightly and infused mana into it, but there was no reaction from the black token.

Undaunted, he ran the Ninety-Nine Wealth Technique hoping to refine the token, but still, the black token showed no change.

“It appears this requires a specific method to unlock.” Shen Luo reluctantly gave up trying, put away the token, picked up the Storage Stone Box, and took out all the talismans inside to carefully count them again.

This ghost was obviously not easy to handle. Although Horse Face was leading, he had to be fully prepared himself.

He had drawn quite a few Small Thunder Talismans a while ago. About half were used in Red Leaf Town, and there were still about forty left, along with five exorcism charms and two Thunderfall Talismans.

“After completing this task, it appears I have to make some more.” Shen Luo contemplated in his heart and carefully put these talismans easy-to-reach places in his sleeve.

After leaving the courtyard, he didn’t go through the main gate. He jumped over the wall and left Bai Mansion, heading straight west of the city and soon reached a small river.

An ancient stone bridge spanned across the small river. Two rows of tall evergreens were planted on both sides of the riverbank. Although it was deep autumn, the leaves were still dense, making the old bridge look unusually dark and deep.

The sky had no moon today. Because of the ghost problem, people in the city hid in their homes after dark. There were not even any dogs around the old bridge. The evening breeze blew over the bridge, making a wooing sound, which was quite scary.

He glanced around several times, store the surrounding environment in his mind, and turned back to look at the old bridge again. To his surprise, a white figure was standing on the old bridge, unwittingly.

“Senior Horse Face, you should’ve said something when you arrived. You came out of nowhere and gave me a fright.” Shen Luo saw the figure clearly and breathed a sigh of relief while complaining.

“Stop prattling. Follow me.”

Gouhun Horse Face said to Shen Luo, then turned around and walked towards the other side of the old bridge.

Shen Luo lightly smacked his lips and followed.

Across Liugong Bridge was a desolate area. It was uninhabited, but there was a dilapidated temple sitting lonely in the area. It was surrounded by weeds, growing as tall as half a person.

Gouhun Horse Face and Shen Luo crossed the bridge one after another and headed towards the temple.