Hearing Ning Wangshu's words, the Red-clothed Female Ghost stared at him, her expression shifting between dark and light. "Y-you... how do you know all this?"
Ning Wangshu smiled faintly. "You don't need to know that. All you need to know is that if I wanted to destroy you, it would be as easy as lifting a finger. I'm only showing you mercy because you're a pitiful soul who had no choice."
"Later, I can help you break the seal here and dispel the malice and resentment within you, so you can move on."
"Still, I'm curious. Someone clearly tore open a corner of the seal suppressing you, allowing you to leave it, but you still can't break free completely or go too far away."
"Who did this? The seal suppressing you isn't something an ordinary person could break!"
At this, the Red-clothed Female Ghost's expression shifted several times. Then she suddenly bared her teeth in a vicious grin. "Move on? Heh, why would I want to move on?"
"Like you said, that seal's been torn open at one corner, so I can come out and move around, even if my range is limited for now."
"But if I absorb more of the resentment left behind by the dead, my power will keep growing. Sooner or later, I'll be strong enough to break the seal completely and get out on my own."
As she spoke, she glanced at Ma Junfan and the others not far away, her voice turning sinister. "If those guys hadn't run off two days ago and escaped the limits of my range in time, they'd already have become my 'food'!"
"But that doesn't matter. I can start with you lot. Once I've killed you—especially you and that bull-nosed Taoist—and absorbed your resentment, I'll be much stronger than