The Inner Ghost Reveals Itself

The passenger in the second room was going to teach the Inner Ghost a technique.

Zhao Xiaowan wanted to hear the essentials of the technique, but the second room fell silent.

There was no need to explain the essentials. This Inner Ghost could understand them; he and the passenger in the second room shared an inborn rapport.

Zhao Xiaowan had already judged where that rapport came from. The second room housed a shadow cultivator, and the Inner Ghost was Li Banfeng's shadow!

Was this shadow the Banfeng Yi her husband often mentioned?

Whether it was him or not could wait until later.

Zhao Xiaowan returned to the gramophone's body. Two records sat on the turntable. Once the shadow emerged, she was confident she could capture him alive.

He had to be taken alive. She had to learn where the key was, or her husband would not be able to return home.

As for the passenger in the second room, Zhao Xiaowan could not yet determine his level. She would exchange a few moves with him first; if necessary, she would wake Hong Ying and join forces to eliminate this Evil Spirit.

With everything prepared, the gramophone steadied its flames and waited quietly by the bed.

A crack opened in the second room's door, and the shadow slipped out.

The firelight trembled slightly. The first record should have flown out, yet it remained firmly fixed to the turntable.

The gramophone was startled. The turntable spun rapidly, but the record still did not move.

What was happening? Had the second room acted? Had he dispelled the technique on the record?

It should not have been possible.

There was no movement in the second room. That Evil Spirit should not have noticed yet.

And the shadow did not leave the Portable Abode. He