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His footsteps are light, like that of a young man.

Yet his gait is determined, as if he is experienced all the hardships in life.

Is he really the Ghost Bridegroom?

Heaven Official's Blessing

Episode Two

There were dead wolves all along the way here, didn't you see?

This-This mountain is so weird.

The weirder it is, the richer the rewards.

Once we get the bounty, we can live it all up.

What's that over there?

The Ghost Bridegroom! Let's get him!

Is that person really the Ghost Bridegroom?

If so, the wolves in the mountain should be his minions.

But why were they so terrified on seeing him?

The spell array was probably set up by the Ghost Bridegroom,

but he was able to crush it with one foot.

If he is not the Ghost Bridegroom, why would he come for the bride?

That place is?

Ming Guang Temple

Ming Guang Temple

Ming Guang Temple?

Thank you, innkeeper.

Oh right, do you know the way to the nearest Ming Guang temple?

Ming Guang temple? We don't have a Ming Guang temple here.

Tea

None?

How can this be?

One.

Two.

Three.

Fifteen, sixteen, seventeen...

So all the missing brides are here?

New bride,

New bride,

New bride sitting on the red flower sedan,

Eyes brimming with tears,

While crossing the hills,

With no smile under the bridal veil.

New bride,

New bride,

New bride sitting on the red flower sedan,

Eyes brimming with tears,

While crossing the hills,

Charge! Let's catch the Ghost Bridegroom for the betterment of the people!

Everyone will get an equal share of the bounty!

Miss, you were taken into this mountain by the Ghost Bridegroom, right?

Don't be afraid. We are here to rescue you.

So it's them.

Eh? There's a Ming Guang Temple here.

That's odd. I've never seen it before.

Yeah, when was this built? I've never heard about it.

Stand still and don't move!

Huh?

You… how come you are a guy?!

It's you!

Where's the bride?!

Did you encounter anything on your way up here?

Why the hell should I tell you?

I still have a score to settle with you from before!

You…

So, did you run into anything on your way up here?

You chased the Ghost Bridegroom all the way here and only saw me?

So what? You don't believe us?

After we split up, we settled the sedan carriers and followed the road here.

We did not find anything suspicious.

I finished searching here, there is nothing nearby.

Could the Ghost Bridegroom be among these people?

Everyone, sorry to have offended you earlier.

But I just fought the Ghost Bridegroom, so he definitely couldn't have gone far.

These two didn't run into him when they came up here.

I'm afraid that he might be among you.

Impossible!

We all have proper names! No way...

If you don't believe it, you can check us one by one.

Nan Feng.

So? Everyone?

No one we dont know. No strangers here.

It's clear now, right?

The Ghost Bridegroom isn't among us.

Couldn't he take over someone's body?

Probably not.

He has a corporeal form.

As a Wrath-ranked ghost, he might be able to change his form.

He might have transformed into one of them and hid among them.

If that is the case, then we are in big trouble.

Who's there?

How come it is you, hideous brat?

I… I was just concerned and wanted to come and see.

You came up with her?

Don't remember.

Don't know.

That's not right. She wasn't with us on the way up, was she?

Anyway, I didn't see her.

I didn't either.

That's because I secretly followed you up here.

Why would you follow us in secret?

Could it be that you are the Ghost Bridegroom in disguise?

No, no!

Young Master, I am the real Xiao Ying.

I did your makeup and hair before!

Cross-dressing Master

Why would someone have this kind of fetish?

How unusual.

It's all for the mission, for the mission.

Nan Feng, Fu Yao, you...

Could you help me out here?

Do you have anything you wanted to say?

No.

You two sure are a great "help".

Hey, come quickly! There are a lot of brides here.

Hmph! Of course!

You just wanted to fool us and take all the credit so that you could get the bounty all to yourself.

And you think I would fall for it?

– Let's go! – Follow me to the inside of the temple.

Don't go in there!

Don't listen to him. Let's go!

– Yeah! – Let's go!

These fools...

Calm down.

If you attack the mortals, there will be trouble if you are found out by one of these watchful heavenly officials.

Sure enough, the missing brides are all here.

There are so many of them. We'll be rich!

They are all dead. Their bodies are cold.

It looked like she moved just now!

How is that possible?

I'm not lying!

Everyone, let's all get out of here first.

There is no wind all year round in this temple.

And it is permeated with toxic gases from the corpses. That is really dangerous.

We should all listen to him. Let's get out of here first.

Hmph!

This is so odd.

These girls have been dead for decades, but their bodies haven't been decomposed.

Are there ghosts?

– Let's move them quickly... – Who cares? Let's carry these corpses downhill.

Their family will still pay for them.

Pick the fresher ones.

Ignore the old ones. Their families are probably long gone.

No need to waste our efforts.

Don't take it off! The veil is what blocks the toxic gas from the corpses!

Gosh! This bride is gorgeous!

Such a pity that she died.

So pretty.

This... it's kind of creepy when you stare at her long enough.

What a coward. Move!

No! Don't do this!

Why is it you again?

Don't get in my way!

You will be condemned by the heaven for this!

Get lost, you ugly and troublesome brat!

You...!

Who hit me?!

Ah... it was me! I didn't mean to!

Over there! It's him!

It's the hideous guy wrapped in bandages!

Ghost Bridegroom, stop running!

No! He's not the Ghost Bridegroom! Don't hurt him!

Let's go catch that hideous guy and collect the bounty!

This smell...

It's dangerous! Don't go inside!

Xiao Peng...

Nothing ventured, nothing gained!

If he doesn't want to chase him, we will!

Let's go!

Blood... there is blood everywhere...

What?

How come there are so much blood?

Don't panic. The blood is not theirs.

Lend me your torch.

Corpses are hanging off the tree!

All the blood is dripping from these corpses.

Why are there so many corpses?

I didn't expect the Ghost Bridegroom, a Wrath, has something to do with the Green Ghost.

This is going to be tricky.

Who are you talking about?

A ghost whose cultivation level is near that of the Devastation rank.

He loves hanging corpses upside down in the woods.

After the attack of binu, we split off in two directions.

Judging from the location, Your Highness should have passed through here on your way up.

Your Highness didn't notice anything?

What is it?

I encountered a person while waiting in the wedding sedan.

He...

You're saying that this perilous spell array in this mountain,

was just easily crushed by a careless stamp of his foot?

Could he be the Great Ghost that you speak of, who's near the Devastation rank?

Can't really say.

Does he have any distinctive features?

Silver butterflies.

What kind of silver butterflies?

They were silver-coloured and crystalline.

They didn't look like they were alive.

Let's go. Let's get out of here now!

We haven't taken care of the Ghost Bridegroom. We can't go now.

The Ghost Bridegroom is just a Wrath.

Even the Green Ghost is only near Devastation.

Do you know who the master of these silver butterflies is?

I don't.

Tell me.

I don't have the time to explain.

The current situation is beyond what you can handle now. We need to report this to the Heavenly Realm.

Then you go ahead.

First, he didn't show any ill will.

Second, if he is as scary as you say, that's all the more reason we shouldn't abandon others.

I'll stay here with Nan Feng.

Why don't you head back and get help?

I caught the Ghost Bridegroom!

Come on you...

Fantastic! We now have bounty to share.

Well done! You get the biggest credit!

My brothers, let's go down the mountain to collect the bounty!

–Let's go split the bounty! –

– –You are mistaken, he's not the Ghost Bridegroom.

He didn't do anything. He's just a common...

A common what?

A common hideous freak?

I'd like to see how hideous can he be that he needs to kidnap women.

Enough!

Young Master, please help us!

He is not the Ghost Bridegroom.

The real Ghost Bridegroom should be in the vicinity.

I was just wondering why you were all acting so weird.

It turns out that you are all colluding with the Ghost Bridegroom.

I saw it myself - the temple full of dead brides is all your doing!

Hmph!

You claim to fight for heavenly justice, but are actually here to murder and pillage!

Today, for the sake of all people, I'm going to–

This place is not suitable to linger any longer.

Let's leave here first.

I'm sorry for all the trouble, Young Master.

Are you hurt?

Thanks to you, it's nothing serious.

Then could you tell me about the corpses that are hanging in the woods?

I don't know what's going on.

But I'm sure it has nothing to do with him.

Miss Xiao Ying, who is this child?

He used to live in Mount Yujun.

When starving, he would come down the mountain to steal food.

One day, he came to my house to steal food.

I felt sorry for him and saw he still had wounds on his face.

So I bandaged him up.

He was born ugly and not good at talking.

The villagers were afraid of him, so they'd beat him when they saw him.

So I had to take him back to the mountain and bring him food every few days.

I was just concerned about him and so I followed everyone here.

Everyone says that he's the Ghost Bridegroom. But he's not!

Young Master, you have to believe me.

By the way, Miss Xiao Ying, I have a question.

Other than this temple, are there any other Ming Guang temples nearby?

Well... there used to be some.

But somehow, all of them caught on fire.

Some said that General Ming Guang wasn't powerful enough to guard this place.

So they replaced him with General Nan Yang.

Miss Xiao Yang, you two stay here and don't run off.

Nan Feng, lend me some of your spiritual powers.

Why?

I'll explain later.

Let's head back to Ming Guang Temple first.

Wait a minute! You can't leave!

It's so dangerous here.

What will we do if something happens?

Yes, yes! What are we going to do?!

Protect us! Don't leave us!

Why are we going back to Ming Guang Temple?

To subdue the 18 brides in there.

Huh? Weren't there only 17 of them?

There used to be 17, but now there are 18 of them.

What?

One of them is the Ghost Bridegroom.

Oh no!

Your Highness, I still don't understand.

Why is there an extra one?

We had asked the villagers to confirm before that there were no strangers among them.

You and Fu Yao also had searched nearby and couldn't find any traces of the Ghost Bridegroom.

If the bandaged boy is not the Ghost Bridegroom, then where did he go?

Could it be?

Yes.

He probably never left here and has just been hiding here all this time.

What I was chasing after was just a black fog.

I see.

When he first came in, I was hiding among the brides and didn't get discovered right away.

In turn, it would be equally hard for us to discover him if he was also hiding among the brides.

According to Xiao Ying, the nearby Ming Guang Temples often caught on fire.

This is not a coincidence. It's arson.

Why would one set the temples on fire?

Usually, it's out of hatred.

But why is there still a Ming Guang Temple in Mount Yujun that is sealed off by a spell array?

The statues in the temple are also well-carved.

Plus the fact that the brides who pass by here were forbidden to smile.

Doesn't this seem like he's jealous of the bride's happiness?

If we connect all the dots, there is only one possibility.

Jealousy.

Possessiveness.

Hatred.

Are you saying that the Ghost Bridegroom is not a groom

but really is a scorned...

woman?