In fact, this [Soul Return] Ghost Story had another difficulty: how to enter the [Soul Return Realm] woven by a Vengeful Ghost.
But for Mei Sijun, who knew parts of the Yellow Springs Opera, and the Old Taoist, who possessed some "Ghost-Treating Folk Methods," this was no problem at all.
In the Ghost Story World, Mei Sijun's singing of the Yellow Springs Opera could make living souls leave their bodies and travel through space.
The Old Taoist, meanwhile, knew how to get back after going there.
Having spoken openly, neither delayed any further. They sat cross-legged on the ground on either side of Qiao Ziruo, who lay between them with her eyes closed, as peaceful as though she were asleep.
Before long...
Mei Sijun parted his lips slightly, and a mysterious melody, eerie yet lilting, flowed into the Old Taoist's ears like running water.
The Old Taoist was utterly astonished. He looked at Mei Sijun, wanting to ask, but knew this was no time to speak.
This was... the Yellow Springs Opera.
It was not an opera the living should sing, nor should humans wield the uncanny powers it possessed.
This young gentleman of the opera, who had impressed even the Old Taoist, had launched straight into the Yellow Springs Opera. Though Mei Sijun's expression was calm, the Old Taoist knew...
Using powers that 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, in the eyes of those opera fanatics, being able to sing the Yellow Springs Opera a few times in their lives would probably leave them without regrets, even in death.
Was this astonishingly beautiful young master of the opera such a person too...?