Creak~ creak~
In the bedroom, the wooden bed groaned under the strain.
On top of it, two figures grappled, the man's fierce vitality constantly dispelling the yin energy clinging to the female ghost.
In an instant, the ghost was completely on the defensive.
Thudthudthudthudthud~~
Lu Siye swung his fists again and again, like a merciless pile driver. Every punch landed solidly, leaving the female ghost powerless to fight back.
The ghost let out a pained wail. The bones in both her hands were shattered, her clothes were in tatters, and frigid yin energy poured from her body, sizzling under the scorching heat of Lu Siye's Yang energy.
The female ghost stared at the man before her, whose body radiated boundless, blazing Yang energy. Her heart filled with regret and terror.
Why did I come here tonight? Why did I provoke this man?
The searing waves of heat washing over her made her feel as if she were tied to a rack and roasted over a fire. The agony was unbearable.
Ding~ Fear Points +...
Run! I have to run!
If I don't, I'll definitely die!
After struggling in vain, the female ghost suddenly looked at the wooden bed beneath her. She raised both hands and slammed them down with all her strength.
Creak~ Crash~
That slap was the last straw. The wooden bed could no longer withstand their thrashing, and collapsed with a crash.
The instant the bed collapsed, Lu Siye seemed to lose his balance and staggered.
The female ghost's eyes lit up. She seized on that momentary opening, dragged her nearly crippled body toward the bedroom window, and lunged for it.
Crash!
In the blink of an eye, the female ghost smashed through the glass. She saw the pale moon and the handful of stars scattered across the sky. With freedom almost within reach, she couldn't help smiling in relief.
Suddenly, a scorching hand grabbed her ankle, then another seized her calf.
An irresistible force tugged at her legs, slowly pulling her backward.
"Your treatment is almost over, patient. Please don't run—just hang in there a little longer!" An excited voice called from behind her.
"No..." the female ghost screamed in anguish, her fingers digging into the wall, but she still couldn't resist the tremendous force pulling at her legs.
Screeeee—
A sound like fingernails scraping across a chalkboard rang out. After leaving ten bloody streaks on the wall, the female ghost gazed despairingly at the moon above, then vanished into the pitch-black bedroom.
"No... Please... I'm begging you, let me go..."
Ding~ Fear Points...
"Ah, when the meridians flow freely, there's no pain. It'll be over in a moment, heh heh heh~"
In the darkness, the female ghost's screams mingled with Lu Siye's heartfelt laughter.
"Patient, please don't move around. Lie still, and we'll be done in no time!"
Wang Wenjing, hiding in the bathroom, listened to the commotion outside and anxiously bit her fingernail.
Lu Siye had told her not to come out until he gave her a signal, no matter what she heard, so they wouldn't scare off the ghost behind all this.
But after pressing her ear to the door and listening for a long while, she could no longer contain her curiosity about what was happening in the bedroom.
She quietly opened the bathroom door and went to the unlocked bedroom door. Gently pushing it open, she saw what was happening inside.
"Uh... Sorry, wrong room!" Wang Wenjing's pretty face flushed red, and she slammed the door shut with a bang.
Just as she turned around, the female ghost's cries for help came from the bedroom behind her.
"Don't! Help..."
But before she could finish, her voice abruptly cut off.
A few seconds later, Lu Siye switched on the bedroom light. After straightening his rumpled clothes, he opened the door.
"Um, Jinger, it's not what you think. Let me explain..."
Lu Siye stammered as he looked at Wang Wenjing's back and the reddened ear beneath her ponytail.
"B-Big Brother Lu, I know everyone has their needs. I understand. You don't have to explain..."
"But, Big Brother Lu, please don't go looking for ghosts again. No matter how good a ghost might be... it's still not human. Th-this kind of thing is bad for your health..." Wang Wenjing said with her back to him.
Lu Siye couldn't see her expression, but her ears were growing redder by the second. He was sure she'd gotten the wrong idea.
He'd just been properly exorcising a ghost and squeezing some Fear Points out of her, that was all. The positions might have been a little suggestive, but he was absolutely innocent.
Who would have those kinds of thoughts about a female ghost with mismatched eyes and a crooked mouth, anyway?
"No, really, I..."
"Big Brother Lu, please stop!" Wang Wenjing covered her face, lowered her head, and ran to the entryway.
She quickly opened the front door and fled from apartment 703, giving Lu Siye no chance to explain.
Lu Siye watched her ponytail disappear behind the door. His raised hand dropped helplessly.
That's it. I've probably lost all chance of finding a partner at the Town Demon Suppression Division for the rest of my life.
Lu Siye took two steps back and leaned against the wall, staring blankly at the ceiling.
I shouldn't have gotten greedy over those two hundred or so Fear Points.
My reputation is ruined!
After brooding for a while, Lu Siye pulled himself together again.
First, he dragged Chen Feiguang out of the wardrobe, where he'd fainted. Then he took a picture of the female ghost's corpse and uploaded it to the Town Demon Suppression Division.
After that, Lu Siye went to the female ghost's slowly fading corpse, placed a hand on it, and activated the Northern Darkness Divine Art to absorb its yin energy.
The female ghost hadn't been particularly strong, about as powerful as an intermediate Evil Ghost.
He had used only the Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill to deal with her, without relying on any other techniques.
Perhaps because Lu Siye had gotten carried away beating her earlier, there wasn't much yin energy left in the female ghost's body. It felt like only half as much as the Ghost Relic he'd encountered last time.
Lu Siye focused his thoughts and opened the system panel.
Host: Lu Siye Fear Points: 1487 Cultivation Power: 170 years (External Skill: 155 years; Internal Skill: 15 years) Martial Arts Techniques: Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill, Third Level; Body Tempering Art; Five Tiger Soul Severing Blade Technique, Proficient; Northern Darkness Divine Art, Beginner; Lingbo Microstep, Beginner Special Items: Evil-Exorcising Fruit Knife; Blazing Blood Blade +1; Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill; Five Tiger Soul Severing Blade Technique; Northern Darkness Divine Art - Volume 1; Lingbo Microstep - First Volume
The Fallen Female Ghost had provided him with more than 1,300 Fear Points. After converting the yin energy, he had gained only five years of internal cultivation.
After finishing all that, he didn't leave. Instead, he stayed in the living room.
Although the Fallen Female Ghost had been dealt with, there was no guarantee that a male ghost who'd died falling from a building wouldn't show up to claim a life.
Following the principle of seeing a rescue through to the end and escorting the Buddha all the way west,
he decided to stay a little longer and leave after dawn.
After the Town Demon Suppression Division's specialists arrived and left, Chen Feiguang, who was lying on the collapsed bed, woke up not long afterward.
Still disoriented, Chen Feiguang saw Lu Siye and immediately burst into tears as he threw himself at him.
If Lu Siye hadn't been quick enough to dodge, he might have ended up in a man-on-man situation.
After a brief explanation, Chen Feiguang finally understood that the danger had passed. He hurriedly kowtowed to Lu Siye, thanking him for saving his life, and offered to give him all the money he'd struck rich with earlier.
Unable to refuse his earnest offer, Lu Siye accepted it with a show of reluctance.
He didn't take all of it, though—just half, a little over 1.3 million yuan.
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