At the guesthouse, Qin Manjiang had yet to go to bed.
He watched the heavy rain outside the window, turning things over in his mind again and again.
This Ghost Story had come upon him too abruptly. One moment, he had still been inside [Soul Return]; the next, he had been forcibly dragged into [Wedding Dress].
And in Qiao Family Village, he had learned a few things about Zhong Xueran from the Old Taoist.
Her background was probably no simple matter. She was very likely a member of the Zhong Family the Old Taoist had mentioned, that family... whose members entered the Ghost Story World generation after generation.
No wonder the sole Permanent Item attuned to her soul was the Taoist [Three Pure Ones Bell]. Everyone in the Zhong Family probably had a [Three Pure Ones Bell], so where had the disposable item [Single Pure Bell] come from?
Perhaps only Zhong Xueran knew that secret. She was the one who knew the most about the [Eye Realm].
But whether it was Zhong Xueran or Xu Yi, Qin Manjiang felt that something was off about both of them this time.
Xu Yi had been unusually devoid of his usual fooling around, and Zhong Xueran was no longer chattering away with boundless energy.
He had a vague feeling that something was going to happen to those two...
So he had to hurry. He had to find the key to breaking this deadlock as quickly as possible. He could not make a mistake, and there was no room for trial and error. He had to succeed on the first try!
In fact, after Jiang Du's reminder, Qin Manjiang had already seen through the phenomena and grasped the crucial point.
The strangest thing about this [Wedding Dress] Ghost Story was that the same curses