Who are you?

He is Back

At Dafan Mountain :

Recently there was a series of complaints and incidents at Dafan mountain relating to soul consuming spirit. Till now there were atleast 7 such cases, which led many cultivator sects, big or small, to come and investigate. And also gain fame if they manage to solve the issue and catch the spirit.

Amongst the small sects there were also 3 big  sects who were taking part in the night-hunt, the Jin sect, the Jiang sect and the Lan sect. Meaning top 3 of the 4 main sects were present here. Unsurprisingly, the only missing was the Nie sect whose leader is titled "The Head-shaker". The only response he has for any question or problem is saying "I don't know" shaking his head. Hence the name.

Hearing that help was needed at the mountain, Hanguang-jun the Second young master and heir to Lan sect decided to go help there whereas his brother, Zewu-jun, the sect Leader of Lan sect decided to help out in one of the other parallel missions.  

There was also a lone cultivator who had come. Dressed in all black with hair half up and half down tied with a red ribbon, black bamboo flute with red tassel on his waist.

He looked to the fellow cultivators, "Where is the temple?" 

"Up straight . Follow the other sect disciples, all of them are heading there"

He had heard of the strange occurrences and was excited with the challenge of figuring it out, but also was lazy so it took him longer to reach here. Upon reaching he wanted to check the temple here that he had heard a lot about. Surprisingly everyone is heading there.

He reached a clearing and paused to catch breath and rest. As he was resting he saw a horde of disciples rushing down the mountain and is that a huge statue following them? Oh God ! what is going on here?

Thankfully the statue was still far away and was busy dealing with few of the disciples who were either too daring or not fast enough. Then there were a few sensible ones who did bring a flare to signal for nearby senior to help them out. 

He was bored, as it is he could not do anything to help so he decided to stay out of it and relax. He pulled out his flute and started playing.

What happened next confused not only him but also most of the people present there.

As he was playing they could hear the sounds of chains clinking and soon after they saw the source of the sound. It was the Ghost General, Wen Ning. Walking as if trying to locate the source of song. When he saw the statue killing and eating disciples, just within a few strikes he destroyed it, and once again started looking for the flute song but it had already stopped looking at the horrible scene in front of him.

As people saw it was Ghost General, they turned their swords on him, wanting to gain even higher prize. But he didn't pay them any heed, they anyway were no match for him. With one flick the ones attacking him flew behind. 

He walked towards the flute player and looked at him expectantly as if asking to play the song again. The young cultivator realised this. Scared out of his mind, he thought best course of action was to do as he demand so he started playing the song again. It seemed to satisfy the Ghost General.

Just few notes in, he felt warmth on his hand and was surrounded by the chilly scent of sandalwood. The one who held his hand and stopped him was none other than the esteemed Hanguang-jun. Seeing this the Ghost General disappeared leaving the pair. 

There was someone who was not willing to leave it as it is though.

Sandu Shengshou, the leader of Jiang clan arrived just then and asked for report, concerned about his nephew stuck in this ordeal. "What could it be? Beating you all in such an undignified way?"

"Sec-Sect Leader , Its Gho-Ghost General", one of the brave disciples answered.

"What did you say?!"

"Wen Ning is back! I could not have mistook him. It really is him". He then pointed to the flute player, "and he is the one who summoned him"

In an instant shock, anger, disgust, and disbelief crossed his face.

"Well well well, So you are finally back!"

And without a warning activated his whip and struck.