While Zhao Guanting and the others were still in shock, Ning Wangshu glanced back at Zhang Yucheng and said with a sneer, "See? Just because that so-called Master Sun you were fawning over is useless doesn't mean I am!"
After speaking, Ning Wangshu glanced at the Red-clothed Female Ghost, who was pleading desperately. He gave a soft snort, casually released his grip on her throat, and flung her away.
Hearing Ning Wangshu's jibe, Zhang Yucheng's face flushed with embarrassment and indignation, but he couldn't think of anything to say in reply.
Freed at last, the Red-clothed Female Ghost secretly breathed a sigh of relief, though she still looked at Ning Wangshu with lingering fear. She hurriedly dropped to her knees before him with a thump, kowtowed, and said, "Th-thank you, Master, for sparing my life!"
Ning Wangshu looked at her calmly and said, "I can spare you, but you should know that you're already a ghost. You can't remain in the Human World any longer."
"I'll dispel the resentment and malevolent energy around you shortly, so you can enter the cycle of reincarnation. But first, answer my questions."
"Who tore open the seal suppressing you? Whoever did it on purpose and let you out probably wasn't a decent person!"
When Ning Wangshu had first arrived, he had already used his spiritual sense to get a clear picture of the situation and had seen that the seal suppressing the Red-clothed Female Ghost had been torn open by someone.
Considering what Ma Junfan had said—that the workers here had only encountered the Red-clothed Female Ghost a few days ago—it was safe to assume that the seal suppressing her had been torn open by someone quite recently.
Ma Junfan's father and Zhao Guanting had already started construction on this land. Whoever had done