Xiao Shou's expression changed drastically. He hurriedly pulled handful after handful of paper money from his sleeve and scattered it outside, while shouting at Pei Ling, "Zheng'er! Wake up, quickly!"
"Wake up at once!"
"Don't let these evil spirits bewitch you any longer and ruin the great matter of our Household!"
Pei Ling ignored Xiao Shou completely. His figure swayed slightly, then turned into a shadow in an instant, vanishing into the darkness.
The countless strands of hair hanging from above the ancestral hall swayed like spirit snakes, coiling toward the three people who remained.
Paper money fluttered through the sky, but it had no effect whatsoever on those strands of hair.
"Creak," "creak"...
The strands soon wrapped around the three people's necks, limbs, and torsos, then tightened.
Xiao Shou grew frantic, but in an instant the strands covered his entire body, cocooning him in a thick black shell. He could no longer make a sound.
"Hee hee hee... hee... hee hee..."
Their skirts brushed over the paper money strewn across the ground. The maids' mouths curled into strange smiles as they drew closer, step by step.
They crossed the ancestral hall's threshold with ease and slowly raised their hands.
Beneath their narrow sleeves, made for ease of work, their arms were fair and tender, their fingers slender. But in the next moment, their pink nails grew at a startling pace, turning into bluish-black ghost claws that viciously swiped at the three people's faces!
But just then, Xiao Meng and Xiao Xiang'e struck at the same time. Their spiritual power surged, and with tremendous force, they instantly broke free of the countless strands binding them.
"Riiip!"
A sound like cloth tearing rang out. Countless strands of hair snapped at once, and two figures burst out of their cocoons.
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