With Wang Yue's help, the group's trip to Wuhe County went very smoothly.
A Painted Skin Ghost had been roaming the county town and had already killed over a dozen newlywed couples. In the end, Zhuo Qingyan skinned it alive.
A Ghost-faced Owl that came to Wuhe County every two months to snatch and devour a young boy happened to run into the group during their crackdown. Taoist Yan Song cleaved it in two with a single strike of Sword Qi.
Then there were two Water Monkeys. After forming a Harmony pact with humans, they required human blood for their Cultivation. When the group discovered them, they fled into the water, only for Gu Zhao to blast them to death with a few bolts of Palm Thunder.
After visiting a few more towns around Wuhe County, five days passed, and just like that, their pleasant seven-day summer vacation was over.
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