141 In the Unmarked Cemetery (1/2)

Shangguan Lingxiu’s face was pale was fright but she was adamant on seeing this through.

Compared to her six nephews, her fear of this unmarked cemetery was even more intense.

No matter how much of a heroic bearing she had or how much tougher she was, Shangguan Lingxiu was still a girl. Facing the bellowing autumn wind around her and the mice that scampered from the bushes, any slight movement was enough to make her shake. As a girl, no matter how much of a tough front she had put up, her timid nature could never be changed.

Yet humans were odd like this; the more timid one was, the more one would not close their eyes and the more they would take note of any movement around them, frightening themselves even more.

Rustling noises drifted over as Shangguan Lingxiu's eyes widened in fear, watching as a tiny round thing stalked towards her from the bush while her body remained frozen.

Her small mouth was agape, her delicate face drained of color.

The dark shape was approaching; her breath quickened while her hands clung to the material on her chest in a tight grip as she came close to fainting.

Finally… a porcupine emerged from the bushes.

Shangguan Lingxiu heaved in relief, patting her chest; the porcupine before her eyes was so much more adorable in comparison to the mice.

It was at about this point that she clearly heard a long sigh come from her side.

Goosebumps erupted through her entire body, she knew that she had not heard it wrongly.

There was indeed… something… that had sighed beside her ear.

This was an unmarked cemetery, who else could be sighing here in the dead of the night?

Shangguan Lingxiu was terribly close to breaking down in hysteria.

She stood up nervously and felt herself drenched in cold sweat yet she was determined to check on her six nephews. Certain that her nephews were safe upon hearing their punches, she felt more assured, the fear diminishing at once.

However, another sigh rang beside her ear.

The nightmare was here once more as Shangguan Lingxiu gave a gasp of surprise and jumped up high, feeling herself melting into a puddle. ”You… w – who a – are… a – are you…?”

Her teeth were clattering, her speech incoherent.

She then heard an unhurried voice mutter behind her, ”What is this for?”

It spoke!

The ghost had spoken!

There was really a ghost!

Shangguan Lingxiu jumped some eighty feet into the air and turned around to see a black shadow standing at the tombstone where she had hidden herself.

The black shadow looked foggy and intangible as if the body was continuously morphing into new shapes under the dark nightfall.

”Ghost… Ghost… There’s r – really a ghost…” Shangguan Lingxiu was still hanging in midair, forgetting to guide her mystical Qi in panic and was falling down like a weight from the air.

She was some eighty feet high though. If she were to fall, she would definitely bear some serious injuries!

The silhouette by the tombstone sighed. It shifted and caught Shangguan Lingxiu accurately in its embrace.

If the silhouette had not caught her, this hero of the Shangguan Family of Generals could have been critically injured, if she did not die outright.

Not many people would forget to direct their flow of mystical Qi while hanging so high in midair.

”Let me go!” Shangguan Lingxiu screamed instinctively. Terrified, she used the hidden skill of a female without hesitation.

”Calm down, it's just me.” Yun Yang rubbed his nose helplessly.

With just this little bit of bravery and she could actually bring six children to train in the unmarked cemetery.

He was absolutely speechless.

The six children were not even that frightened yet the one bringing them here was traumatized through and through.

”It’s…” Shangguan Lingxiu kicked about in Yun Yang’s arms with her eyes tightly shut before opening them upon realizing that the voice was familiar. What greeted her eyes was an exasperated handsome face whose hair she had pulled into an unkempt mess, wearing a helpless expression and staring back at her.

Who else could it be if it was not Yun Yang in front of her!

”It’s you!” Shangguan Lingxiu felt her spirits coming back at once as blood returned to her face. Replacing the fear was an icy coldness. ”Put me down at once!”

Yun Yang dropped the woman without a word.

Shangguan Lingxiu picked herself up and dusted herself off with a flustered face but asked in a hard voice, ”Why are you here?”