It was SuZhui's first night hunt as a leader. Of course, I volunteered with brother to be the supervisor.

We arrived in Mo village in the early afternoon. After settling in at the inn, I gave the disciples free time and told them that I had some business to attend to. They had heard that at the "House of Immortal Stories" a storyteller was telling about the night hunts of the greatest cultivators and they decided to go and listen to him.

The meeting with the Mo family was not scheduled until late afternoon. I decided to take some rest, in anticipation of the night ahead. I promised myself that I would only intervene in case of an emergency. Sizhui had a good head on his shoulders and didn't make untimely decisions, unlike his friend Lan Jingyi.

After putting Bichen down beside the bed, I lay down and closed my eyes. Sleep took me away immediately. I recognized the dream at once. It had been years since I had done so.

There you were, playing the flute, with your hair blowing in the wind on the edge of a cliff in Guzu! Like every time, I said your name and you turned around slowly and smiled.

"Lan Zhan, I'm home."

I jumped up! This was the first time you spoke to me in my dream. What could it mean? I left the bed and went to the balcony.

Night had fallen. The disciples must have left to set up the spirit attraction flags in the Mo Mansion. The night's hunt didn't seem very dangerous, probably the spirit of a deceased person who had a score to settle with a member of the Family.

I was still troubled by my dream. Why now? The last time was in Qishan when I had mourned my love! I looked at Wangji. The qin was on the table facing the balcony. I approached him and my fingers caressed the strings. I sat down and played my question. As always, there was no answer. There was a knock at the door. The owner of the inn looked disturbed. He told me that he and his wife had seen ghostly shadows around the inn and asked me if I wanted to take a look. I took Bichen and followed him. I did not hear the four chords that echoed over Wangji.

"I'm back."

It took me less than 5 minutes to eliminate the 2 wandering spirits and give peace to the innkeeper and his wife. I returned to my room and went out on the balcony. As usual I was staring at the moon and thinking about you. Suddenly, a flash of light lit up the sky. The emergency call! I grabbed Wangji and headed as fast as I could to the Mo Mansion.

I arrived just as the ferocious female corpse was about to attack SuZhui. From the roof, I cast "Assassin's Chord" to stop her and then I cast "Spirit Control". The 3 ferocious corpses calmed down instantly and crouched down. Only one sword remained in the center of the courtyard. I immobilized it too. Everything being under control, I made Wangji disappear.

The sword intrigued me, I made her come to me to inspect it!

The disciples rushed to me. I had to remind them of the rules about rushing even if it meant relief! I was reassured that SuZhui was safe and sound!

"Han GuangJun! What is the origin of this demonic spirit? It's so fierce! "

"It's not a demonic spirit, it's the spirit of a high level spirit weapon . It is hidden in the sword, perhaps it is the spirit of another sword.

"The spirit of a sword? But why does it have such a strong resentment? "Jingyi said.

He was right, I raised the sword in front of me and inspected it more deeply with my Qi. A dark energy came out of it. I didn't believe the energy I had detected at first...

"Han GuangJun is... "began SiZhuis.

"Yin Hufu! "I couldn't believe it, the amulet had been destroyed 16 years earlier by its creator: Wei Wuxian... how could it be!

This is what SiZhui and Jingyi pointed out as an aside. Then Jingyi turned to me.

"Maybe the Yiling Patriarch really isn't dead?

I was skeptical. But what if it was true? What if my dream tonight warned me of your return, and this sword, with the traces of the Yin Hufu, was proof? But in that case, why did you summon this spirit? Why these deaths? And why did it appear here in Mo Manor? So many questions for which I could not find answers.

After a quick glance at the disciples, I noticed that they seemed to be looking for someone. That's when I heard the sound of footsteps running away through a gallery of the mansion. I went after him over the roofs. Once in the street, I found nobody. Neither on the right nor on the left...empty.

Wei Ying...is it really you? The disciples joined me.

After we settled the final details in the mansion and secured the sword in my Qiankun pouch, we all returned to the inn. I sent the disciples to bed and asked SuZhuis to follow me to my room so that he could report on the evening.

He told me about their arrival and their meeting with the Mo family. But, he spoke especially about the young Lord Mo XuanYu who seemed to be an illegitimate child of a great cultivation clan. This young master was persecuted and mistreated by his family, which had driven him half mad! It was strange that SiZhui talked about him so much! He told me that afterwards they had set up the "spirit attraction" flags. Again, Elder Mo came to see and after grabbing a flag, gave it back to them and then ran off like a fool!

The disciples then stood on the roofs of the western courtyard and waited. SuZhui spoke of a melody of Guzu's that had echoed in the night. He was sure he had heard it before, but could not remember where. He had asked Jingyi, but Jingyi did not know it.

Shortly afterwards, events had happened in a hurry, the son of the family, after having stolen one of the "spirit attraction" flags, had been possessed by the spirit, and then it had been the turn of the head of the clan and of one of the servants.

Each time, the young Master Mô had helped them.

Then it was Mo Furhen's turn and they decided to call me. The young Master Mon looked disturbed. He tried to dissuade them from calling me. But SiZhui knew his duty to the innocent people in the manor and ignored him.

After listening to his story, I sent SiZhui back to his room. I went out on the balcony and looked at the moon.

Young Master Mon's behavior seemed suspicious! When I had gone to the manor, I had noticed that the protective circle that was supposed to hold the fierce corpses of the clan chief and his son had been damaged. Then, they had fought against Mo Furhen! Someone manipulating the demonic culture had intervened!

Mo XuanYu,.. Were you a disciple of my beloved? Did you bring him back to life? Tomorrow, I will return to Mo Manor and find out your secret!

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