Chapter 13: Buying a Knife
"All things with spirit energy have Qi, and those with Qi have fortune. Corpse Ghosts are born of Nether Qi, so naturally they have fortune on them as well."
"Understood, thank you!"
Lu Zheng donated another thousand merit coins, then took his leave.
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"Master, that young man is quite generous, and I can see he has abundant Yang Qi. That Corpse Ghost might not give up on him. If he suffers a ghostly misfortune, wouldn’t that be a shame?"
"No worries. Not only did he evade it yesterday, but he may not encounter it again. Even if that Corpse Ghost does return, the Peace Talisman I gave him can ward off one calamity."
Daoist Mingzhang shook his head and said, "Am I supposed to randomly search in the county? In a large county of tens of thousands, that Corpse Ghost can use the Skin Painting Technique; where would I even begin to find it?"
"Uh, master, you’re not using that young gentleman as bait, are you?"
"Don’t talk nonsense. Young Master Lu has divine light in his eyes. When he heard that even mortals could deal with Corpse Ghosts, he calmed down."
Daoist Mingzhang said thoughtfully, "Maybe I won’t even need to intervene this time."