Perhaps there really was such a thing as personal chemistry.
Zhong Xueran thought highly of Qin Manjiang but disliked Xu Yi. Yet the moment Xu Yi and Qin Manjiang met, they acted as though they had known each other for ages, skipping even the most basic pleasantries to start plotting some trouble together.
"Did you touch this Jade Cicada just now too?"
Xu Yi asked.
"Yes," Qin Manjiang answered, then asked, "Are you in the modern era?"
"Yeah, at the Mei Family's [Southern Branch Troupe]."
Qin Manjiang rubbed his chin. In that case, the logic behind allowing two time periods to communicate should be touching the same object at the same time and place.
Wasn't that way too hard?
If solving this Ghost Story required cooperation between past and present, merely contacting a companion in the other world was an extremely luck-dependent affair. No wonder it had become an Ultimate Game.
Although the ghost was also appearing, Qin Manjiang actually felt it was less ferocious than the Sheep Immortal. Moreover, this ghost seemed to retain some "humanity," which made it even less frightening. It was just that the bizarre rules of the [Southern Branch Troupe] were a real headache.
Rather than the ghost making [Yellow Springs Opera] an Ultimate Game, Qin Manjiang felt that the [Southern Branch Troupe]'s bizarre, disordered spacetime was the fundamental reason.
"If I hold this Jade Cicada, will you see a Jade Cicada flying through thin air?"
Xu Yi suddenly asked.
Qin Manjiang froze. He looked down at where the Jade Cicada had been, but this time, he could see nothing.
"It's gone."
"Gone?"
Xu Yi's eyes lit up. "I can see it!"
Xu Yi looked at the Jade Cicada lying in his palm. Its complete form had actually appeared in the real world!
But before