Unsheathed

The spirit holding the folding fan referred to himself as a noble scholar, and he started to discuss the commotion that had taken place in the northern region of Malicious Ghost Valley with the elder who had a goatee.

The spirit had gone on a distant trip recently, and he had heard some whispers while traveling through Copper Stench City. The contents of these rumors were extremely exaggerated, but they were full of detail and seemingly very logical.

He had initially planned to show off and recount these rumors after seeing Lady Bishu, but walking along the seemingly endless mountain paths was far too boring and monotonous. As a result, he started to recount these stories as he walked, saying, "It was said that there were two unbelievably beautiful women from outside of Malicious Ghost Valley traveling on an immortal ship, with one of them very possibly being the Deer Rider Divine Maiden from Mural City.

"They were incredibly arrogant, and they actually dared to fly directly to Skeleton Wall City. However, their aura was mighty and overwhelming, and not a single city lord along their route dared to step forward and block them. In the end, it was only when they arrived near Skeleton Wall City that a city lord made use of a powerful city defense weapon to unleash one hundred and eighty flying swords with a roaring whoosh."

The elder with a goatee was astounded, and he exclaimed, "Good heavens! If that were us, we would be transformed into porcupines straight away!"

"You? Do you know how many immortal coins it takes to fire those sword crossbows in unison? Only someone like Lady Bishu could be afforded such incredible treatment."

The spirit holding the folding fan chuckled before continuing, "Returning to the story, an ugly guardian unexpectedly appeared at this critical moment. He referred to himself as Zhou Fei, and his appearance was just as terrible as his name suggested.[1] However, he was a very capable person, and he directly tossed a huge net into the sky. According to the rumors, that bastard claimed that the net was refined from many thousands of snowflake coins. Anyhow, there was a loud ringing as the net voraciously engulfed all of the flying swords. It was as if the net were a large hemp sack filled with buzzing flies and mosquitoes. The city lord was unwilling to accept this outcome, so they unleashed another volley of flying swords. And guess what happened?"

One of their underlings confidently piped up and declared, "They obviously ran away. What else could they do?"

The spirit holding the folding fan raised a leg and kicked the underling, sending him flying more than a dozen meters away. He then got back into storytelling mode and revealed, "That ugly man retrieved another net, and just like the previous one, this net was also made from exhausting a huge pile of immortal coins. The ugly man also said that he didn't have any other abilities, but even he was scared of his own ability to make money. Thankfully, this man was quite ugly, or else even I would have wanted to take a piss on his head."

The group of spirits exclaimed in astonishment upon hearing this.

It was as if they were listening to a fictional story.

"And what happened afterward?" the elder with the goatee asked in a quiet voice. "Did the fight become even more intense after they arrived at Skeleton Wall City? It would be best if both sides went all out and ended up killing each other!"