Chapter 23

Not All Untitled Sages Are Guardians [散仙不一定都是御史 Sàn Xiān Bù Yī Dìng Doū Shì Yù Shǐ] is the twenty-third chapter of Tong Yao's Guardians of Night.

Summary
Ye Yan and Ximen Guanren demand that Gu Xiaohua explain herself. She teases them to not shout at a girl before weaving a hand sign and teleporting to the position of the talisman, causing her to land directly on top of Ye Yan. She then stands up and apologizes to Ye Yan while acting embarrassed and cute, feigning innocence by saying she is still inexperienced with her techniques. This successfully lowers the guards of the three men. When asked by Ye Yan to explain why she is using a zombie tag, Gu Xiaohua hands the talisman over to Ximen, stating that as a Gravekeeper he should be familiar with the undead. Unbeknownst to him, the inscription for an explosion tag is written on the other side of the spell tag. The spell tag subsequently detonates, knocking Ximen Guanren unconscious with the blast.

Gu Xiaohua sneeringly admits to using zombies to improve her powers and mockingly asks what Ye Yan and Wuren plan to do now that the only person who can handle zombie gas is incapacitated. She then summons two zombies at her sides and declares that she will turn the two into zombies to augment herself. The zombies begin to emit poisonous gas out of their mouths.

Chapter Notes

 * Ximen Guanren is incapacitated by an explosion tag.