"They're both pleasure boats, but the one outside Azure Sun City can't be compared to the one in the capital. The scale here is several times that …" Wang Baole gazed into the distance, looking at the rows of pleasure boats on the vast surface of the water and the bright lights under the stars. His face was filled with joy.
For this fellow who loved sensual pleasures, the pleasure boats on the Luo Shui River were his paradise. He wished that he could soak there every night. "I heard that the emperor often visits as well … Lin Fan, don't bump into him."
"So what if I bump into him?
If he can come, why can't I? "Lin Fan expressed his disdain.
"Lin Fan, I heard some unfavorable rumors about you," Wang Baole said.
Lin Fan asked, "What rumors?"
Wang Baole frowned. "Let's not talk about it. It'll spoil the mood."
Lin Fan said, "If you don't talk about it, my mood will be ruined."
"Alright," Wang Baole said.
"I heard rumors outside that the nation's generals are unhappy with your promotion. They say that you have the ability to handle cases, but your cultivation is too weak. They say that it's because you haven't met a powerful ghost. If you do, not only will you be unable to protect yourself, you will also bring disaster to the nation …"
Lin Fan said, "Nonsense."
Wang Baole said, "Lin Fan, don't be angry. Those people are just jealous of you."
"Angry?
… I won't go that far. I'm not so narrow-minded. "Lin Fan waved his hand, not minding it at all. He looked into the distance.
At that moment, on a pleasure boat not far away, a huge fire suddenly broke out. There was chaos, and the people on the pleasure boat shouted for help and jumped into the water.
The fire spread quickly, and the flames engulfed the entire pleasure boat in an instant.
Lin Fan and Wang Baole both stood up and looked at the burning pleasure boat. Wang Baole said strangely, "This fire is too fast."
Looking at the purplish-blue flames, Lin Fan's pupils contracted. He turned and glanced at the female lantern spirit beside him.
When their eyes met, the ghost in the lantern quickly turned away.
Lin Fan ignored him and turned to look at the burning pleasure boat. "Baole, stay here obediently. I'll go take a look."
Wang Baole nodded. He was no longer in the mood to play around.
Lin Fan waved his hand and summoned the flying sword. It landed on his knees. Then he grabbed the female lantern ghost, stepped on the flying sword, and flew toward the burning boat.
In the end, the flying sword stopped above the huge flame. Under the raging fire, he could not feel the slightest bit of heat. On the contrary, it was a bone-chilling cold.
Seeing this, he understood. He tightened his grip on the female ghost and said playfully, "Qu Linglong, do you feel very comfortable?"
Qu Linglong was the name of the female lantern ghost. At this moment, Qu Linglong felt comfortable under the burning of the ghost fire. However, her face was pale and her delicate body trembled. She said incoherently, "I, I … This matter has nothing to do with me …"
Under the burning of the will-o '-the-wisp, the flying sword emitted a bright light to resist.
The flying sword was a Dharma treasure with spirituality and had a mechanism to resist the will-o '-the-wisp.
"You should at least know about it, right?" Lin Fan tightened his grip on the flying sword again. At the same time, he released an electric arc to electrocute Qu Linglong.
"Ah, it hurts. No, I, I really don't know," Qu Linglong moaned in pain.
"If you don't know, then you can return to the Soul Nurturing Pagoda and stay there," Lin Fan said as he took out the Soul Nurturing Pagoda and threw Qu Linglong inside.
Then, Lin Fan rode the flying sword and patrolled the sky above Luo River, intending to find the ghost responsible for the crime.
However, in the end, he did not find anything.
Then, Lin Fan interrogated the people who knew about the Will-O-Wisp Case. Although the Will-O-Wisp Case was strange, fortunately, there were no casualties. The two prostitutes and two customers had jumped off the boat in time to escape. In the end, the two prostitutes and one customer were found.
The three of them were not clear about the fire.
They said that nothing unusual had happened before the fire.
The only strange thing was that the other customer had disappeared.
Finally, the prostitute who received the customer gave a general description of him. She said that he was an old man who looked to be in his seventies or eighties. He had a brandy nose, and his face was covered in pimples. He looked extremely ugly.
The prostitute was not shy, and then she talked about that kind of thing. She said that although the old man was old, he was as vigorous as a dragon and as fierce as a tiger. She had been in this business for more than ten years, but she had never seen such a vigorous old man.
Finally, she talked about another strange thing about him. The old man's body was cold and did not have any warmth.
After hearing this, Lin Fan was even more certain that the culprit was a ghost. For a ghost to dare visit the area under his jurisdiction was truly audacious. Lin Fan was infuriated, but he did not say it out loud, afraid that it would cause unnecessary panic.
Late at night.
Lin Fan brought Wang Baole back to the city.
The carriage left the Luo River and headed for the city gates. Both sides of the road were lined with tall locust trees. Under the moonlight, the trees' shadows danced like ghostly shadows.
Suddenly, a face appeared on a locust tree. It was old, with a brandy nose, and pimples. It was extremely ugly.
The carriage driver was focused on driving the horses and did not notice it. But at that moment, Lin Fan, who was sitting cross-legged in the carriage with his eyes closed, suddenly opened his eyes.
He circulated the Rat Metamorphosis Technique, and more than half of his Yin Qi had been converted to Yang. In half a year, his cultivation level had risen by two levels. He was already at the sixth level of Qi Refinement, and his True Qi was abundant. After the conversion of Yin Qi to Yang, his True Yang was even more abundant.
Under the illumination of True Yang, his eyes emitted a blazing glow in the night. He looked out through the carriage curtains and immediately sensed something.
With a flick of his finger, a bolt of lightning shot through the carriage curtains and headed straight for a locust tree. To be precise, it was aimed at the ghost face on the locust tree.
When the ghost face sensed something, it immediately revealed a look of panic and fear before disappearing in a flash.
Bang!
The bolt of lightning arrived.
A thunderous rumble shook the quiet night.
What followed was the rumbling of a tree collapsing and a strange wail. It was obvious that the ghost had been injured by the bolt of lightning.
It turned into a gray shadow and fled.
At this moment, a flying sword flew out of the carriage and rushed towards the ghost that hadn't fled far away.
The ghost let out a strange wail of fear, but in the end, it could not escape. With a puchi, the flying sword pierced a gray shadow. In the next moment, the gray shadow's soul appeared. It was the old ghost that committed the crime on the pleasure boat tonight.
The old ghost's face was filled with unwillingness and malevolence as it screamed at the carriage, "Lin, our king told me to warn you. Let go of Qu Linglong, or else you'll suffer."
"Qu Linglong is my maid and has already established a slave record. There is no way I will let her go. If he has the guts, tell him to come see me."
As Lin Fan spoke, he waved his hand and the flying sword immediately shot out of the rosace-nosed ghost's soul and returned to the carriage.
However, the ghost was powerless to get up and fell to the ground. After being stabbed by the Thunder Rush Finger and the flying sword, it was already heavily injured and on the verge of death.
"Hmph, with that bit of quality, you're not even qualified to be an informant." As Lin Fan spoke, he waved his hand and the lantern in the carriage immediately rushed out and landed in front of the old ghost. Then, he said to the frightened driver in front of him, "Let's go."
The carriage continued forward. The old ghost struggled to grab the lantern in his hand and then brought it to the wound on his soul and lit it.
The ghost fire burned and continuously burned the wound. After a whole incense stick's worth of time, the wound was finally healed. The old ghost stood up with difficulty and looked towards the capital, muttering, "This kid is amazing!"
Then, his soul rolled up and turned into a gray shadow, drifting away to report back.
It was not a problem.