My Master Disconnected Yet Again (Part 3)

Chapter 375: River of Forgetfulness Returning to Position

Yi Qing adjusted his own cultivation and pulled harder downward. The golden river which hang in the air fell even more rapidly. After a quarter of an hour, he finally managed to pull that misplaced section of River of Forgetfulness back to the ground.

The abnormality of water levels at the city gate returned to normal as well. The River of Forgetfulness started flowing once more in the city, golden glimmers shining on its surface.

"The method that Master mentioned is really effective." Yi Qing looked at Shen Ying with joy. It was Master indeed.

"..." What did she mention?

After this there'd be no more ghosts trapped in the city. Yi Qing gave out a sigh of relief, before he turned to look at Song Ren beside him and frowned once more. It's only that... they still didn't find out how he died.

"Master, how about we go to the nearby towns to ask about what actually happened in this city?" While the ghosts were trapped due to the misplacement of the River of Forgetfulness, the cause of death of the city humans remained to be known. Maybe they could find out the cause of Song Ren's grievous energy too.

"OK." Shen Ying nodded.

Just as Yi Qing was ride the sword, he felt strange aura approaching them. Somebody was coming!

His movement stopped. Whoever that came was absolutely familiar with this ghost city. He gave up moving and waited for the person to show up.

Indeed, in a short while, a man in green robes appeared at the city gate. However, he didn't come on sword ride, but seemed to come in a hurry using the sorcery of ground-shrinking. He stopped first by the city gate and looked around in surprise. "The... the Ghost Qi in this city actually disappeared completely!"

His expression was full of disbelief. Only now did he notice Yi Qing in the city, and thinking of something, his eyes brightened, and he made a strange gesture towards him which seemed to be some kind of etiquette. Only then did he say, "Did Fellow Daoist cleanse the ghosts around here just now?"

Cleanse? He didn't like this word somehow. He just sent them to Samsara via the River of Forgetfulness.

Yi Qing frowned, but nodded anyway.

The man became even happier. "It was a great kindness that Fellow Daoist did!" His face was full of sunshine, and he looked relieved. "This ghost city has caused harm around the area for years, and even the Taoists couldn't deal with them. But it is actually resolved by Fellow Daoist today."

He seemed to remember something and continued, "I am Tang Han from Tang Clan of Qing City. Fellow Daoist has such great Dharmic Dao, may I know which great clan you are from and how I should address you?

"Yi Qing."

"Yi?" He was stunned. He had never heard of such a surname among the great Taoist clans?

Just as he was confused, Yi Qing took a step to the side and continued, "This is my Master, Shen Ying."

Tang Han was stunned. He didn't pay attention just now and had just realized that there was another woman beside him. Surname was Shen... His eyes brightened even more. "Can you be from Shen Clan of Luoyang?" That'd be no wonder. Though Shen Clan was not a big clan, it was a respectable one with hundreds of years of history. Since when had Shen Clan produced such an excellent cultivator? He could actually manage the ghosts that even the Taoists couldn't deal with.

"No!" Yi Qing shook his head directly. What Shen Clan from Luoyang and Tang Clan from Qing City? Can't it be that all the cultivators of this small world were from clans?

"No... no?" Tang Han who kept guessing wrongly stunned. "What family are both of you from, then?" Couldn't they be independent cultivators?

The master and disciple exchanged a look before answering together,

"Niu Family!"

Tang Han, "..."

(⊙_⊙)

Huh?

What family is Niu family? He never heard of it! Can it be some great clan that hid from the world?

"Does Fellow Daoist Tang known what actually happened in this city? Why would the city be full of ghosts?" Yi Qing stepped forward and asked.

Seeing that the other party showed no intention of introducing his origin, Tang Han didn't make further inquiries. Looking at the ruined city, he sighed and said, "The people of this Qing He County are rather pitiful. Right now, the world is chaotic and deviant ghosts were everywhere. They were the cause of the city residents' tragedy."

"Deviant ghosts?" Yi Qing was stunned. He had only heard of deviant beasts and deviant demons. What on earth are deviant ghosts?"

Seeing the other party's confusion, Tang Han grew even more certain of his guess that they were from some great clan that hid from the world. He side-stepped and said, "If you don't mind, maybe you can return to my humble home and then I will tell you about it in detail?"

Yi Qing looked towards Shen Ying, and seeing no opposition from her, he cupped his fists and said, "We'll trouble you, then!"

"This way, please!"