Player of the Uncanny
Chapter 287

Food for the seventh night

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In fact, this [Soul Return] Ghost Story had another difficulty: how to enter the [Soul Return Realm] woven by the Vengeful Ghost.

But for Mei Sijun, who knew part of the Yellow Springs Opera, and the Old Taoist, who possessed some "folk remedies for ghosts," this was no problem at all.

In the Ghost Story World, when Mei Sijun sang the Yellow Springs Opera, he could make living souls leave their bodies and traverse space.

And the Old Taoist knew how to get back once they went there.

Having talked everything through, neither delayed any longer. They sat cross-legged on the ground, one on either side of Qiao Ziruo, who lay between them with her eyes closed, as peaceful as if she were asleep.

Before long...

Mei Sijun parted his lips slightly, and a strange yet lilting, mysterious melody flowed into the Old Taoist's ears like water.

The Old Taoist was utterly astonished. He looked at Mei Sijun, wanting to ask, but knew this was not the time to speak.

This was... the Yellow Springs Opera.

It was not an opera the living should sing, nor should humans wield the uncanny power it possessed.

This young gentleman of the opera, who had amazed even the Old Taoist, had begun singing the Yellow Springs Opera the moment he opened his mouth. Though Mei Sijun looked calm, the Old Taoist knew...

Wielding power humans should not possess would inevitably exact a price humans could scarcely bear.

But since this young master of the Mei Family said nothing, he would not ask.

Come to think of it, to those opera fanatics, getting to sing the Yellow Springs Opera a few times in their lifetime would probably leave them with no regrets even if they died.

Was this stunningly beautiful young master of the

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