An Unexpected Gift

From Yurouzi's perspective:

Just as the two Spirit Ghosts lunged at Shuhang, Senior Song calmly bent down, picked up his phone, and then pulled out a Poison Dragon Grass.

How composed was Senior Song? It was as if the two ferocious Spirit Ghosts charging at him were mere trifles, not worth mentioning!

The Poison Dragon Grass wasn't a particularly precious medicinal ingredient, but... this particular Poison Dragon Grass was clearly not wild. It had been deliberately planted by someone long ago, serving as the core of a formation.

As soon as it was pulled out, an invisible formation barrier unfolded.

The two Spirit Ghosts that intended to attack Song Shuhang crashed into the invisible formation barrier like flies hitting an electric net. With a snap, they fell to the ground, unable to rise again, clearly having lost their ability to resist.

"So... so powerful!" Yurouzi marveled inwardly.

She was impressed by Senior Song's perception!

She had been setting things up for half the day and hadn't discovered the hidden formation. When did Senior Song find it?

The Poison Dragon Grass was the core of a powerful formation. Unlike ordinary formation cores that provided formation capabilities, a core formation eye was a switch for the formation. Once pulled out, the formation would activate!

This must have been set up by her father over sixty years ago.

It seemed her father had set up two layers of sealing formations in the Ghost Lantern Temple back then. One was a simple spirit-confining formation that limited the Spirit Ghosts' range of activity. It was set up within the temple, but it had become ineffective with the temple's demolition.

The other was a powerful sealing formation that remained hidden most of the time. But it would activate as soon as the Dragon Grass was pulled out. This was a grand formation used to subdue the Spirit Ghosts. Once this formation opened, the Spirit Ghosts in the Ghost Lantern Temple would be subdued and sealed!

Senior Song must have discovered this second formation as soon as he arrived, right? He had chosen to sit near the formation eye casually, guarding against any accidents on her part.

As expected of a senior, I still have so much to learn!

Thinking this, Yurouzi darted forward and pinned the two weakened Spirit Ghosts under her feet.

Then, she grabbed two beads emitting a chilling aura from her large chest.

'Soul Sealing Ice Pearl'. These were treasures for sealing Spirit Ghosts. By sealing a Spirit Ghost within one, and then preparing the relevant contract formation, one could establish a contract with the Spirit Ghost!

Yurouzi had brought many 'Soul Sealing Ice Pearls' to guard against any mistakes during the sealing process.

She held two ice pearls between her fingers and quickly formed several hand seals.

"Seal!" she uttered softly.

The two heavily injured Spirit Ghosts, with no power to resist, were sealed into two Soul Sealing Ice Pearls respectively!

In Song Shuhang's wide-open eyes, the two balls of cyan light that had been dancing around Yurouzi were sucked into the two ice pearls.

This scene was incredibly surreal!

No scientific knowledge could explain what was happening before him.

Song Shuhang swallowed gently. At this moment, the worldview he had built over eighteen years had collapsed by more than half—perhaps ghosts really did exist in this world?

Things that couldn't be perfectly explained by science might exist in the human world in a special form, perhaps in folk legends?

"Senior, thank you so much this time. Without your help, these two Spirit Ghosts might have escaped. If they had escaped, they wouldn't have returned here, and it would have been troublesome to find them next time," Yurouzi said gratefully.

"Haha," Song Shuhang gave a dry laugh. What else could he say at this moment but a dry laugh?

"Senior, since there are two Spirit Ghosts, I only need one. I'll give the other one to you! Although with your cultivation, you might not need it, you could give it to your descendants or disciples." Yurouzi was a very generous person. She handed a mid-tier Spirit Ghost, worth a fortune, to Shuhang without batting an eye.

I don't even have a girlfriend, where would I get descendants?

"This is too precious, I can't accept it!" Song Shuhang said seriously—This is a scam! There's a ghost inside this ice pearl! Even though he was still half-doubting, what if it was a real ghost?

What if this ghost got out? What would he do? He was just an ordinary person with no means to deal with ghosts. He would surely be drained of his vital energy and die!

He couldn't accept this, could he?

"Senior, please accept it. You've helped me so much on this trip to the Ghost Lantern Temple! If you don't accept this Spirit Ghost, I won't be at peace, and it will affect my future cultivation!" Yurouzi said equally seriously, then forcefully stuffed a 'Soul Sealing Ice Pearl' into Shuhang's hand, not allowing him to refuse.

Song Shuhang felt an icy chill. In the hot weather, he surprisingly felt cool all over—carrying this thing in summer would be like having a portable air conditioner.

"Let's go, let's head back," Yurouzi smiled brightly, quickly packing the items she had set up by the graveyard into her suitcase, and cheerfully walked over to Shuhang.

Shuhang could only shove the 'Soul Sealing Ice Pearl' into his pocket. Since this gift was Yurouzi's gesture, he would accept it! Besides, it was already sealed, so it probably wouldn't come out anytime soon, right?

That's what he thought.

"Let's go back and get some sleep, then tomorrow morning we'll go to the station to check train tickets and prepare to head back," Song Shuhang said.

"Okay." With her objective achieved so smoothly, Yurouzi was in a very good mood.

The two walked side by side, exiting the small grove.

"Ouch!" Yurouzi suddenly cried out, then looked down at her right foot. The sole of her shoe had come unglued at some point, and the sole had fallen off.

It was damaged when she had burst forward to chase the two Spirit Ghosts at the end.

Song Shuhang turned his head in confusion, "Huh?"

"My shoe is broken," Yurouzi raised her right leg. The sole had fallen off, revealing her small, delicate jade foot, her crystal-clear toes wiggling adorably.

"I'll help you. The motorcycle is just ahead. Also, I remember there's a commercial street near the hotel. We can go there later to see if they have shoes," Song Shuhang chuckled.

A moment later, the motorcycle roared to life again, carrying the two away from the Ghost Lantern Temple graveyard.

Yurouzi leaned against Song Shuhang, her lips curved upwards, in a very good mood, while holding a huge suitcase.

Song Shuhang felt that the auntie selling sandals on the commercial street was a cold and elegant woman.

Song Shuhang: "Auntie, how much for these women's sandals?"

The auntie frowned and said coldly, "Forty."

"So expensive, will you sell them for twenty?" Song Shuhang bargained without mercy. For places like this commercial street, cutting the price in half was definitely the right move.

"Fine." The auntie smiled coldly, "Do you want the left foot or the right foot?"

Song Shuhang: "..."

"Hahahaha." Yurouzi, standing nearby, laughed so hard she couldn't stand up straight.

In the end, Song Shuhang had no choice but to obediently take out forty and buy the pair of women's sandals for Yurouzi to wear.

The two got into the car and drove towards the hotel.

On the way, Song Shuhang asked doubtfully, "Speaking of which, did I offend that auntie just now? Why did she keep giving me a cold smile? It made my back feel all shivery."

"We don't know anything!" Yurouzi giggled.

Senior, your mortal world experience is still far from enough! she thought to herself.

On the commercial street, the auntie snorted proudly, "I'm only twenty-nine years and 144 months old this year, and she called me an auntie? It's good I didn't charge you two hundred and fifty for them. Hmph!"

***

Ghost Lantern Temple graveyard.

After Song Shuhang and Yurouzi left, a figure emerged from the woods. The figure sighed, took out a cigarette, trembled as he lit it, and gave a wry smile—his bitter smile made one feel an unbearable bitterness even from a hundred miles away.

The figure was the strange altar master, who had been hiding in the shadows, waiting for an opportunity. But in the end, the 'opportunity' he wanted never appeared, and he couldn't make a move.

From beginning to end, he hid on the sidelines and played the role of a spectator, watching Yurouzi and Song Shuhang take Spirit Ghost away.

He had considered making a move to snatch Spirit Ghost, but he didn't dare.