Lin Wan held the goose-feather saber Lu Zheng had prepared for her, her burning gaze fixed on the woman, her heart tense beyond measure.
Qiong Niang, leaning against the door, wore a baffled expression. She had no idea how this martial newcomer, whose cultivation did not seem particularly impressive, had seen through the fact that she was not human. But...
Zhang Sheng stepped forward several paces and said to Lin Wan with concern, "Greetings, miss. Miss, have you mistaken her for someone else? Qiong Niang's surname is Ye, not Shi."
Qiong Niang: ??? Lin Wan: ??? Lin Wan nearly lost her composure, while Qiong Niang's face bloomed with a smile. Then she put on a frightened look, grabbed Zhang Sheng, and hid behind him. "Zhang Lang, this miss is carrying a knife. She... who is she?"
At the mention of a knife, Zhang Sheng became somewhat timid too, but he still gathered his courage and said to Lin Wan, "Miss, may I ask your name? Why have you entered my home in the dead of night?"
Lin Wan was so angry she laughed. Pointing her saber at Zhang Sheng, she said, "You casually bring home a woman you met on the road. Aren't you afraid she might be a female ghost who will dig out your heart and rip out your lungs at midnight?"
Zhang Sheng froze. Racking his brain, he finally recalled what Lin Wan had shouted when she came in...
It seemed to be "Corpse Ghoul," not some name with the surname Shi? Zhang Sheng abruptly turned around and saw Qiong Niang looking timid and delicate, her complexion rosy and her gaze evasive. How did she look anything like a Fierce Ghost or corpse demon? "Miss, have you mistaken... blegh!"
The next moment, in Zhang Sheng's eyes, Qiong