Afraid She Came to Exorcise Herself

Hearing Deng Xiaolin, Liu Haoyu froze for a moment, but he quickly turned around. As he shielded Deng Xiaolin behind him, he also gripped a Thunder Shock Talisman in his phone case.

However, when he turned around, he found that there was no one behind him.

"Xiao Lin, is she still there?"

"She's gone..."

Deng Xiaolin was a little surprised, but also somewhat excited.

She was quite obsessed with ghosts and supernatural matters, and Liu Haoyu knew that this girl possessed spiritual vision far beyond that of ordinary people.

It allowed her to sense the existence of ghosts and similar entities, and even observe them directly with her naked eyes.

Just like now, Deng Xiaolin had clearly noticed a ghost following behind him, while he himself had been completely unaware.

In other words, this girl really did have some talent for finding ghosts.

However, as a girl, getting involved in ghost hunting and exorcism was simply too dangerous.

Just as there were generally no female coal miners, there were no women in the ghost-hunting profession either.

Or rather, women absolutely could not enter this profession.

Anyone with even a little knowledge of the matter knew what would happen if a woman fell into the hands of ghosts.

Things like ghost fetuses and Ghost Infants were no laughing matter.

Long ago, there had been a female exorcist who was attacked by an extremely vicious Fierce Ghost and then vanished without a trace.

When people found her, her eyes were wide open, her abdomen appeared to have been torn apart from the inside by something, and her lower body had been ripped beyond recognition.

Her death had been extraordinarily gruesome.

Even more terrifying was the Ghost Infant born from her. Three exorcists had later been dispatched, and only after two of them died was the matter finally brought to an end.

Elder Deng was the only one who had survived.

Naturally, he could never allow Deng Xiaolin to get involved in this line of work.

"Brother Hao, Brother Hao!" Deng Xiaolin said excitedly. "That thing just now was a ghost, right?!"

"..."

Although he did not want to admit it, Liu Haoyu could only nod and say,

"Yes."

If Deng Xiaolin had not been mistaken, the red ghostly figure that had followed behind him just now should have been the Fierce Ghost from the haunted house.

In other words, Qin Liu.

How had she come to a place like this?

Could it be that her strength had become powerful enough to break free of the haunted house's restrictions?

Liu Haoyu touched the Red Jade in his pocket.

Or was it... that she had been following him from the very beginning?

At that thought, a chill ran through Liu Haoyu's heart.

He took the Red Jade out of his pocket.

"Deng Xiaolin, take a look. Is there anything inside this Red Jade that resembles a shadow?"

"Let me see..."

After staring at it for a long time, Deng Xiaolin rubbed her sore eyes and said,

"No. I can't see anything."

Could she have run off?

Liu Haoyu touched the Red Jade in his pocket.

Without a doubt, Qin Liu had been following him through this Red Jade.

It was also possible that, because he had stayed in that haunted house for too long, Liu Haoyu had failed to notice the ghost behind him.

That had truly been a rookie mistake.

However, Qin Liu had now hidden somewhere and would not be coming out for the time being.

The Fierce Ghost was clearly very powerful, but it seemed that she did not want to be discovered.

With that thought, Liu Haoyu put the Thunder Shock Talisman back into his pocket and said to Deng Xiaolin,

"It's fine. She left."

"Brother Hao, Brother Hao, I heard from my classmate that someone bought that haunted house outside the city. That person wouldn't happen to be you, would he?!"

Tsk. Which jinx had told Deng Xiaolin about this?

"Brother Hao~" Deng Xiaolin spoke affectionately, like a younger sister acting spoiled. "Just let me go take a look at your house. I promise I won't touch anything!"

"No..."

Liu Haoyu had originally planned to refuse, but when he thought of Deng Xiaolin's exceptionally powerful spiritual vision, his mind changed.

Perhaps he could have her search for the Red-clothed Fierce Ghost—or maybe even locate the basement.

With that thought, Liu Haoyu said,

"Fine. I'll take you there, but... you can't tell Elder Deng about this."

"Don't worry, don't worry!" Deng Xiaolin patted her chest and promised, "How could I possibly tell my grandpa? It's not like I'm asking for a beating."

Meanwhile, after Qin Liu left Liu Haoyu's side, she did not remain inside the house.

Instead, she fled into the outside world.

Although the Red Jade's restriction probably only extended for about one kilometer, that one-kilometer range actually covered a fairly large area.

Qin Liu was somewhat curious whether, after dying, she was still in the same world she had originally lived in.

She had stayed in that house for nearly five years, and in all that time, she had never once gone outside.

She had only learned, through passersby and the previous owners who had bought the house, that this world was still a modern metropolis.

But she had no idea what it truly looked like.

Now, with the help of a certain perverted Red Jade, she had finally gotten her wish and seen the city outside.

It was still just as prosperous, and the crowds were still just as dense.

Only, she was no longer human, and had long since become completely out of place among them.

At that thought, a trace of sorrow inexplicably arose in Qin Liu's heart.

She had had no parents when she was alive, only a younger sister who depended on her for companionship—and that sister had been adopted.

She wondered how her younger sister was doing after she had been hit and killed by a car.

It really was worrying...

Just as Qin Liu was lamenting her ill-fated life, she raised her head and glanced at the roadside. Then her eyes widened.

"Jiangquan City...?"

How could this be?!

Qin Liu could hardly believe it. Wasn't this place the neighboring city to where she had lived when she was alive?

Could it be that she had not transmigrated after all, but had instead taken over the body of this ghost?

Upon realizing this possibility, Qin Liu hurried into a convenience store.

After searching for a while, she found a map.

Sure enough... this world was exactly the same as the one she had lived in!

At that thought, Qin Liu became extremely excited.

All this time, she had been deeply worried about her younger sister, afraid that she might encounter difficulties in life.

Now, she finally did not need to worry anymore.

Sooner or later, she would be able to see her younger sister.

However, to find her sister, she would definitely need to ask this man for help.

By following him for a while, she had learned that this man named Liu Haoyu seemed to be some kind of ghost hunter or exorcist.

She was a ghost, while he was an exorcist. If he really saw her, forget helping her—he might directly slap a talisman onto her forehead.

In that case, it was better to be cautious.

She did not want to provoke people who looked so formidable.

How about... testing him later?

With that thought, Qin Liu's figure began to fade away.

She returned to the Red Jade.

To prevent that somewhat sunny and cheerful girl from discovering her, Qin Liu cautiously poked her little head out of the Red Jade.

Only then did she realize that she was already sitting on the motorcycle heading home.

However, this time, she was not the only one on the motorcycle.

The girl who could see her—Deng Xiaolin—was there too.

In her hands, she held a Peach Wood Sword and a large pile of miscellaneous items that looked like they were used to ward off evil.

Could she have come to exorcise her?

Qin Liu had never seen such a lineup before. The courage she had just mustered vanished without a trace, and she could only shrink back into the Red Jade.