The Female Ghost Vanishes Upon Touch

Just as Qiusheng was so bewitched by Dong Xiaoyu that his wits were in a whirl, half supporting and half carrying her out of the abandoned house...

He was just about to find some "quiet place" to let Miss Dong "rest" for a while.

Dong Xiaoyu, in his arms, suddenly went rigid all over, let out a short cry of alarm, and shoved him away with a jerk!

"Ah!"

Caught off guard, Qiusheng nearly fell. He stared in astonishment and said, "Miss Dong, what's wrong?"

Dong Xiaoyu's face was deathly pale, all her earlier charm gone, her eyes filled with terror.

She stared fixedly in the direction behind Qiusheng, as if she had seen something utterly horrifying, and her figure actually began to blur and sway.

Puzzled, Qiusheng turned back and saw Lin Yan standing at the mouth of the alley at some point, still carrying a Wind-Proof Lantern in his hand, looking at him anxiously.

"Eldest Senior Brother! I finally found you! Master sent me out to look for you, afraid something had happened to you!"

Lin Yan hurried over, his gaze sweeping warily over the woman in white.

He had just been meditating at the Public Mortuary when the system suddenly issued an urgent prompt in his mind:

[Emergency mission issued: Rescue Qiusheng!]

[Mission description: Qiusheng has been bewitched by the hundred-year-old female ghost Dong Xiaoyu. His yang energy is continuously draining away, and he is in imminent danger! Host, please proceed to the rescue at once and help him break free from the ghostly entanglement.]

[Mission reward: Refining Essence into Qi—Perfection.]

Lin Yan was so frightened he immediately leapt up, grabbed a lantern, and followed the vague direction given by the system to find his way here.

Sure enough, he found Qiusheng here, behaving intimately with a