"How did you run into him?"
"Three afternoons ago, just after Yuan Zheng left, a group of townsfolk came up the mountain. They said something strange had happened in the woods outside the town: a manor would appear at night, but when they went to investigate during the day, there was nothing at all."
Real Person Yuechen said, "I saw Yin Qi clinging to them, so it was clearly some ghostly thing causing trouble. I went back with them, only to happen upon that ghost preparing to pull up the manor and leave."
"Pull up the manor and leave?" Real Person Qing Song asked.
Real Person Yuechen nodded. "That manor was not an illusion created by magic. It was a genuine Ghost Manor, and that ghost did not seem to intend to remain there long.
"But he wanted to leave, while I could not simply let him go.
"In merely seven or eight days, every townsfolk who entered the woods had become tainted with Yin Qi. That Yin Qi was strange and sinister; when mortals were tainted by it, they would suffer a serious illness at best and lose their lives outright at worst.
"How could I let him continue wreaking havoc in the Yang World? I intended to capture him. At the very least, I had to severely wound him and drive him back to the Netherworld."
At this point, Real Person Yuechen could not help but sigh. "I never expected that ghost to be so formidable. I was no match for him. Though I injured him as well, my own injuries were far worse, much less leaving him behind."
Real Person Qing Song nodded. "The opponent's cultivation is not weak, and his Ghost Qi is pure. Come, let us see whether he has left and whether we can