Caught You!

"I caught you!"

Lu Siye held the Blazing Blood Blade in his hand and stared ominously at the skeletal phantom behind Shi Yimin.

The Mirror Ghost immediately turned to look toward the restroom door when it heard the voice, its pupils contracting sharply.

Why could a Night Patrol Envoy detect me? I'd been cautious enough. I hadn't even left the mirror, let alone let out a trace of Yin energy.

The Mirror Ghost, Wu Jianyuan, was horrified. Fear Points +87!

I'm done! I'm done for!

He definitely isn't a Night Patrol Envoy. A Night Patrol Envoy couldn't detect me through the mirror. He's probably a Night Wanderer Envoy!

Damn humans, pretending to be weak so they could catch me off guard.

I'm doomed! I'm dead for sure!

The more the Mirror Ghost, Wu Jianyuan, thought about it, the more terrified he became. Fear Points +93!

If Lu Siye could hear the Mirror Ghost's thoughts, he probably would've laughed out loud.

In truth, he hadn't noticed the Mirror Ghost at all before. When he'd knocked on the wall earlier, it had just been an unconscious gesture.

But to his surprise, the other party had been startled by the sound of his knocking and given him a burst of Fear Points. That was how he'd realized there was a Mirror Ghost next door.

The Mirror Ghost didn't know that its momentary fright had given it away. Now, all it wanted was to withdraw its curse immediately. It was at a disadvantage, and absolutely couldn't afford to suffer another backlash.

As for the prey that had nearly been in its grasp getting away, so be it. Given the situation, staying alive came first.

The Mirror Ghost, Wu Jianyuan, was terrified and prepared to run. Fear Points +86!

Hearing the notification by his ear, Lu Siye would've grinned from ear to ear if Shi Yimin hadn't still been there and he hadn't needed to maintain a respectable image.

He hadn't expected the other party to be so generous. With just one sentence, it had given him nearly three hundred Fear Points in the blink of an eye.

But Lu Siye didn't give the Mirror Ghost time to escape just because it was being so generous. Shi Yimin was still in mortal danger, and saving him came first.

Raising the Blazing Blood Blade, Lu Siye channeled his qi and blood into the blade. Mysterious patterns lit up instantly.

He bent his legs and pushed off hard. The immense force shattered the tiles beneath his feet, and the recoil propelled him forward at high speed. A streak of red blade light flashed through the darkness, slashing across the skeletal phantom behind Shi Yimin.

Boom!

An invisible flame of qi and blood erupted in the cramped space. The skeletal phantom caught in it ignited instantly and was burned to nothing in the blink of an eye.

Shi Yimin, standing in front of the mirror, suddenly felt his body grow lighter. The feeling of being unable to control himself disappeared, and his legs gave way, sending him tumbling to the ground.

At the same time, the Mirror Ghost inside the mirror let out a piercing scream. Several long, thin wounds appeared on its body from nowhere, sparks drifting from them.

A third of the maggots on the cursed skeleton behind it spontaneously combusted, flaring up in patches of green Netherflame. Then they turned into wisps of smoke and dissipated inside the mirror.

The Mirror Ghost was utterly horrified. The other party's seemingly ordinary strike had destroyed its curse and made it suffer a backlash. He was definitely a cultivator at the Night Wanderer Envoy level.

The Mirror Ghost, Wu Jianyuan, was terrified. No... I don't want to die again! Fear Points +99!

The Mirror Ghost ignored its injuries, grabbed the cursed skeleton behind it, and hurriedly turned to flee deeper into the mirror.

"Trying to leave? Did you ask your Fourth Master first?"

Lu Siye roared. Reversing his grip on the Blazing Blood Blade, he kicked off the wall and surged forward, driving the blade straight through the mirror.

The searing qi and blood spread from the blade across the entire mirror. A shrill scream rang out from within, vibrating against his eardrums.

Ding~ Fear Points +...

Hearing the Mirror Ghost's scream, Shi Yimin shuddered. He scrambled over to Lu Siye and grabbed his leg, asking in a trembling voice, "M-Master, is the... ghost in the mirror dead?"

"No. If a Mirror Ghost doesn't come out of the mirror, simply smashing the mirror it lives in won't work." Lu Siye shook his head. According to the Town Demon Suppression Division's records, Mirror Ghosts were among the more troublesome common types of ghosts to deal with.

"Th-then am I still in danger?" Shi Yimin said, his face crumpling.

"Don't worry. I couldn't kill it, but I've trapped it in this mirror. As long as this blade stays where it is, it can't escape."

He'd learned from a post on the Town Demon Suppression Division app that sealing a ghost's host object with qi and blood could restrict its movement.

Normally, only a Night Wanderer Envoy or someone above that rank could use such a technique. But with the Blazing Blood Blade's help, he could achieve the same effect.

After explaining, Lu Siye involuntarily turned to look at the mirror pierced by his blade, his expression suddenly growing a little strange.

Did I accidentally jinx it?

"That's great, then!" Hope shone anew in Shi Yimin's eyes.

After making sure nothing had happened to the mirror, Lu Siye looked down at the emaciated figure clinging to his leg. From the feel of it, the other man's body was ice-cold.

He gathered the Yang energy within him into his eyes and examined Shi Yimin's shoulders, the top of his head, and his heart.

The two flames on Shi Yimin's shoulders had already gone out, leaving only the flame atop his head, flickering feebly.

A stream of pitch-black Yin energy was also coursing through his body. The Yang energy in his heart was like a candle sputtering in the wind, in danger of going out at any moment.

Lu Siye had read about the consequences of one's Yang energy going out on the Town Demon Suppression Division app.

Generally speaking, once a person's Yang energy went out, there was an eighty percent chance they would die on the spot. As for the remaining possibilities, they would either become a zombie or turn into a ghost.

Lu Siye placed a hand on the other man's shoulder and said sternly, "If you don't want to die, don't move."

"Huh?" Shi Yimin's mouth fell open, his face full of question marks.

Before he could react, he suddenly felt a scorching current rise from his shoulder and race through his blood vessels, spreading all over his body and driving out the cold.

Half a minute later, Lu Siye withdrew his hand and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

He had just used the Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill, which produced waves of hot Yang energy. He'd channeled those waves through Shi Yimin's pores and into his body.

He gathered Yang energy into his eyes once more. The Yang energy around the other man's heart was flourishing again, no longer at risk of going out at any moment.

This was his first time trying to save someone with waves of hot Yang energy. It had taken quite a bit out of him, but the expenditure was still manageable.

"Thank you for saving my life, Master!" Shi Yimin immediately let go of Lu Siye's leg, clasped his hands together, and thanked him with a grateful expression.

Although he had no idea what the exorcist before him had done,

he could clearly feel that the bone-deep coldness—and the sense that his legs might give out and he might die at any moment—had disappeared.

"All right. I'll keep watch here. If nothing goes wrong, we can deal with the Mirror Ghost tomorrow. Go get some rest."

Lu Siye looked at Shi Yimin's sunken eyes and waved him away.

"Y-yes! Thanks for your hard work, Master!" Shi Yimin replied with a quick nod.

He still had plenty of questions, but since the master had spoken, he didn't dare bother him any longer.