The Dragon-Breaking Stone sealed the tomb entrance, and the whole world fell quiet. Strong, powerful heartbeats could be heard:
Thump, thump-
Xie Jinhuan stood inside the sealed burial chamber. However keen his eyesight, he could not possibly see anything. After a moment's thought, he raised his right hand:
Crackle!
Blue-white lightning arcs surged from his palm. With his increased power, the dense sparks no longer sputtered intermittently, but formed a continuous arc, illuminating an area more than ten feet around him.
Then a female ghost in a blood-red wedding gown appeared mere inches away, her face pale and her tongue hanging out, her hollow eyes staring at him:
"Bleeeh~~"
"Aah-?!"
Caught completely off guard, Xie Jinhuan's hair stood on end. He leaped backward into a corner of the burial chamber, then came to his senses, somewhat speechless:
"Wife, we're in a tomb! Are you trying to scare me to death?"
"Hmph~ Your blood and Qi were surging, and you were far too excited. I was just helping you cool down."
The voice came from beside his ear, flitting from left to right.
The pill had stimulated his body's potential, and Xie Jinhuan was indeed a little excited and restless. But rather than calming him down, that fright had only made his heart beat faster.
He lit the chamber with Palm Thunder again, only to see Ghost Wife right in front of him, trying to scare him once more.
Even the fabric of her red dress let light through. Amid the flickering lightning, the shadows of dramatically rising and falling contours were faintly visible...
?
This illusion is so lifelike...
Xie Jinhuan's gaze sharpened slightly. In an instant, he no longer found the ghost bride frightening!
He wanted to take a closer look, but A Piao vanished from before him again.