Before long, Luo Jun returned to Leslie's former residence carrying the raggedly dressed Father Anthony over his shoulder.
"Master, did you succeed?" Aishiliya came forward to greet him.
"That ghost is sly as hell." Luo Jun grumbled, then raised a hand and tossed a Bronze Man to Aishiliya. "She relied on her home-field advantage to play hide-and-seek with us. If these guys hadn't shown up and made her possess someone to escape, she really would've been hard to catch."
Aishiliya caught the Bronze Man. "That was only because Master drove her into a corner."
Just as the legends said, after Miss Leslie died, her spirit had continued wandering within this house. The resentment of the young girls she had harmed had sought to take revenge, only to be absorbed by her instead, causing her spiritual power to surge until she became a Peak Vengeful Ghost.
Though her strength had increased, the resentment of those girls had also imposed immense restrictions on her, turning her into an Earthbound Spirit. She possessed immense power, yet she could not leave this mansion.
She had once tried to possess people who accidentally entered the mansion, borrowing a corpse to return her soul and leave this place. However, a Peak Vengeful Ghost's power was far too great for ordinary people to withstand. Only Cultivators with powerful spiritual energy could serve as suitable vessels.
Father Anthony had previously come here to explore, and Miss Leslie's evil spirit had already set her sights on him. But after probing him, she discovered that although the Father was stronger than ordinary people, his cultivation was still insufficient. If she forcibly occupied him, his body would not be able to fully contain Leslie's power. He would fail to maintain human form and mutate into a monster. Even if she escaped,