It was ten thirty at night.
The Old Taoist sat serenely in the mourning hall with his eyes closed. Although Qin Manjiang knew this Taoist had no magical abilities and only knew some general methods passed down from ancient times for dealing with Ghost Stories and Vengeful Ghosts, he had to admit that the Old Taoist gave him a considerable sense of security.
He, Mei Sijun, and Qiao Ziruo stood guard beside the skeletal remains wrapped in red silk. The other two looked unafraid, but he found it deeply unsettling.
He had no idea how the Old Taoist had arranged it, but the entire mourning hall felt exceptionally eerie and sinister.
A white funeral wreath stood on either side of the entrance, with a crowd of strange paper figures placed around them, all brightly colored and wearing smiles.
As far as Qin Manjiang was concerned, paper figures should never have existed. When he had seen them in [Yellow Springs Opera], his fear response had not been so intense yet, but he had still found them creepy.
These things were practically tailor-made to trigger the "Uncanny Valley" effect.
Qin Manjiang glanced back behind the Old Taoist. Beside the incense burner, the Old Taoist had lit an Eternal Lamp. It was actually just a black saucer filled with lamp oil, with a vinegar-soaked wick planted in the middle.
According to the Old Taoist, humans generally could not detect the arrival of a Vengeful Ghost capable of turning invisible.
They either had to discover the rules governing its invisibility.
Or they could light an Eternal Lamp like this one. The yin energy and baleful energy surrounding a Vengeful Ghost could extinguish it very easily.
As long as they made sure no one nearby had blown the lamp out, they would know a ghost