Chapter 7: We Agreed to Be Undead Knights Together!
"Great secreti?"
A meaningful smile appeared on Chen Xuan's face. The kneeling female ghosts, seeing his expression, felt extremely anxious. They couldn't escape even if they wanted to - this young man was simply too strong.
"Spirits' nonsense, I won't listen!"
As the words fell, a sword light flashed. The red-robed female ghost instantly vanished into ash. Until her death, she couldn't understand why this young man didn't follow the rules.
"Run!"
The remaining three fierce ghosts had just started moving when they saw a sword light fall.
Bang, bang, bang!
One sword, three strikes. Clean and efficient, without any hesitation.
Clang!
After Chen Xuan sheathed his precious sword, he turned to the dumbfounded crowd on the patrol boat: "Would any of you like to come aboard and have some fun?"
"I've long heard the Red Pavilion is full of beautiful women. Today I must broaden my horizons." With that, Zhao Youqian leaped onto the Red Pavilion.
Zhou Yuanyuan was about to board when her father Zhou Delong pulled her back. He said seriously: "What business does a young girl have on the Red Pavilion? Let your father go instead."
"???"
Commander Liu and Master Feng exchanged glances, then also jumped onto the Red Pavilion. As soon as they landed on the deck, they immediately bowed and said respectfully:
"We pay respects to Immortal Chen."
Master Feng also secretly glanced at Chen Xuan with his peripheral vision. He had earlier mocked this powerful immortal, and now he could only pray that this great person would be magnanimous and let him off.
Chen Xuan said calmly: "Do you know what secrets this Red Pavilion holds?"
Commander Liu shook his head: "We truly don't know. We've never boarded the Red Pavilion. Our understanding comes entirely from a desperate letter the previous Commander Qin sent before his death, which led to everything that followed."
Zhao Youqian beside them smiled: "Brother Chen, I actually know something about this Red Pavilion."
"Tell me."
Chen Xuan hadn't expected this additional gain. It seemed Zhao Youqian wasn't just an ordinary wealthy man.
Zhao Youqian waved his folding fan: "This Red Pavilion isn't actually a ship - it's a Spiritual artifact, a vessel specifically designed to transport ghost creatures."
"A Spiritual artifact!!!"
Hearing this term, Commander Liu, Master Feng, and Zhou Delong couldn't help but show shock. They had never even seen a top-quality magical treasure, let alone a Spiritual artifact.
But they had no designs on this artifact before them. Putting aside Chen Xuan right there, even that Fusion realm ghost cultivator wasn't something two small shrimps like them could handle.
"I see. It's still early, and this Red Pavilion probably won't return to that ghost cultivator's hands anytime soon. You few come with me to capture the female ghosts."
Chen Xuan said nonchalantly. With four people helping, it should be faster.
Hearing this, Zhao Youqian's eyes lit up with excitement. He smiled: "So Brother Chen is also one of us! I quite like the title 'Undead Knight'."
The previously dejected Commander Liu and Master Feng also brightened. So this immortal had such tastes!
Both were experienced men. Whatever else they couldn't do, currying favor was first-rate. Master Feng slapped his chest and promised:
"Immortal Chen, rest assured. We'll bring every captured female ghost to you first. Becoming undead knights has always been Commander Liu's and my greatest wish. Thank you for giving us this opportunity."
Zhou Delong was inwardly conflicted. He didn't want to become an undead knight, but he couldn't refuse Immortal Chen's invitation!
"Don't talk nonsense. I'm not."
Chen Xuan said sternly: "I just want you to simply capture the female ghosts for me to handle."
"I understand, I understand completely."
Zhao Youqian said, giving everyone a look that all men would understand.
"Let's move. Pair up. We'll meet back in this cabin after one incense stick's time." Chen Xuan finished and walked into the cabin, sword in hand.
"Yes!!!"
Before long, all sorts of strange sounds came from within the Red Pavilion.
"Sir, please don't!"
"Young master, please spare this servant."
"..."
The cultivators on the patrol boat all showed excited faces, some even getting a little worked up. Only Zhou Yuanyuan, as a young girl, turned red-faced, cursing the four men who had boarded in her heart.
"It's all you fellows who corrupted our Sword Keeper Senior Brother."
After an incense stick's time, Chen Xuan looked at the trembling female ghosts filling the room and nodded with satisfaction: "Not bad, quite efficient."
As the words fell, his sharp sword instantly unsheathed. A white light flashed, and the female ghosts before him vanished into ash.
Chen Xuan looked at his experience bar, now a quarter full, and smiled happily: "This trip wasn't in vain. Mission accomplished!"
The four beside him were instantly dumbfounded. All that trouble, and he just had them do manual labor. They agreed to be undead knights together, and this is what he showed them?
The four felt their hearts grow heavy. They needed a few female ghosts to comfort their wounded spirits.
After leaving the cabin, the heavy burden in Commander Liu's heart finally lifted. He asked cautiously: "Immortal Chen, how should this Red Pavilion be handled?"
"Naturally, keep it. Didn't Brother Zhao say this Red Pavilion is a ghost-transporting artifact? Next time it comes, there will probably be many ghost creatures aboard again."
Chen Xuan smiled. Such a convenient leveling spot wasn't easy to find. One shouldn't drain the pond to catch all the fish.
"..."
Commander Liu, Master Feng, and Zhou Delong all showed strange expressions. The immortal's actions were truly beyond what ordinary mortals could fathom.
"Good idea!"
Zhao Youqian put away his folding fan: "Once Brother Chen has slain that ghost cultivator, this boat will be ours. Then we can run our own Red Pavilion and make money."
Chen Xuan: "..."
Indeed, there wasn't a single normal person in the Wushang Sword Sect!
The same thought simultaneously appeared in Commander Liu and the others' minds.
"By the way, Commander Liu, I forgot to ask - whose idea was it to have our Wushang Sword Sect handle the Red Pavilion?" Chen Xuan immediately changed the subject.
Commander Liu's heart skipped a beat. Was this great person going to settle accounts? He quickly explained:
"Immortal Chen, this has nothing to do with me. This task was assigned by the prefecture city. I heard it's connected to the Liyang Gate. Beyond that, I don't know the details."
Sss...
Hearing the words "Liyang Gate," Master Feng and Zhou Delong's expressions drastically changed as they sucked in cold breaths.
Seeing their expressions, Chen Xuan asked curiously: "Is this Liyang Gate very powerful?"
Zhou Delong quickly said: "The Liyang Gate is one of the three great sects of our Jin Kingdom. Its strength is second only to the royal family, and there's a Fish-Dragon realm ancestor sitting in the sect.
Immortal Chen, please be careful. If Liyang Gate truly has designs on the Wushang Sword Sect, the sky is truly falling."
Hearing this, the corner of Chen Xuan's mouth curled up. He said nonchalantly: "Don't worry. With this sword in my hand, the sky won't fall!"