Chapter 557: Deal with It

Zhao Xuanjing heard Xie Qiao’s words as soon as she came over. He was stunned for a moment.

Then, he calmly reached out and took the umbrella in Xie Qiao’s hand, holding it for her.

When she saw Xie Qiao’s grave expression, he could not help but doubt what Xie Qiao saw.

“All of you starved to death. No matter how much food you have, you won’t be full.” Xie Qiao was helpless. Even if she brought the granary over, she would not be able to fulfill these ghoul’s wishes.

When she said that, some of the ghouls revealed sorrowful expressions.

There were also a few who went out of their minds.

Their faces were suffused with black energy. They hovered into the air and opened their bloody mouths.

Their bony figures became even more terrifying. Their mouths looked as if they had been torn from their faces. Their appearances were terrifying and scary.

Xie Qiao had always had some fear toward ghouls, especially these very frightening ones. If she saw too many of them, she would have nightmares.

Her face turned pale, and she hurriedly took out talismans to protect herself.

These starving ghouls could also hurt people. After being entangled by them, they would develop symptoms of anorexia or gluttony. They would either starve to death or eat so much that they died.

Xie Qiao took out her peach wood sword and threw out a few talismans. She muttered, “Calling out to the Jade Maiden, capture the bad luck… Divine Masters kill, don’t avoid the powerful ones… Kill the evil spirits first, then kill the light in the dark! Hear my command!”

Many pieces of talismans hit those slightly vengeful spirits directly.

In an instant, Xie Qiao heard a few ferocious screams, and then many spirits were beaten back.

Xie Qiao saw the female spirit who came first and asked, “Where did all of you come from? Why did you starve to death?!”

The female spirit trembled twice, and she quickly said, “Master, please spare our lives… W-We don’t know what happened either… We only remember that a nobleman asked us to help him, and we were brought there blindfolded. As we walked, we suddenly heard a rumbling sound. When we opened our eyes again, the surroundings were pitch black, and there was nothing around us. We starved to death just like that… After we died, we were all locked in a place and could not come out. Occasionally, we could go outside and eat something, but when evening came, we would be sucked back…”

When Xie Qiao heard that, she frowned and was a little worried.

Today…

Xie Qiao did some divinations. It was a cloudy day today, and it was the time when dark energy flourished and Yang energy declined.

If she guessed correctly, these ghouls must have come from a dark energy grave!

She could not send these ghouls away.

They were trapped in one place. If they did not find the place where they were trapped, the energy required to collect these ghouls would be several times more than the normal amount of energy.

Her body could not keep up.

“Do you know where you are?” Xie Qiao asked.

“I don’t remember very clearly. Every time, we would suddenly come out and go back… I only remember that there’s water and trees nearby…”

There was water and trees…

Xie Qiao nodded. “Okay, you guys be good and follow the convoy. There should be some food in the convoy. Although it’s not enough to eat, you can more or less fill your tummy.”

As soon as they heard that there was food, these ghouls immediately became obedient and nodded continuously.

Zhao Xuanjing probably guessed something from Xie Qiao’s words.

There were ghouls, and they were starving spirits that could not eat their fill. There were quite a number of them.

In addition, Xie Qiao could not capture them, so it was more troublesome.

These guys became obedient, but Xie Qiao had a headache. “Your Highness, I’m afraid you’ll have to go first. I need to look for the grave and deal with it.”