Chapter 18 Why does the ghost seem to be scared away by me? You took a half step back...

Zhu Huai, Liu Mingyue and Liu Tianshan found the person who had traveled with Yang Yan.

Ordinary people couldn't see Liu Xiang standing next to Zhu Huai at all, and Liu Xiang also turned into the form of a little mermaid, hanging on Zhu Huai like a small pendant, holding his neck tightly.

It seemed that he could not maintain his human form for long. After all, what was in front of Zhu Huai was just Liu Xiang's water clone.

At the same time, Zhu Huai naturally became the center of the team. At least after Liu Xiang's figure disappeared, the two brothers looked relieved.

"Master Jishen, are you on a mission? Master Jiqi, please follow me closely. My Yin-Yang eyes can see those things. If you encounter danger, I will definitely lead you to the correct exit."

Liu Mingyue's eyes rolled, but she couldn't help but start chatting with Zhu Huai.

He has had this kind of temper since he was a child. Even if he meets a stranger, he can chat with the other person like a long-lost relative in a very short time.

Liu Tianshan's personality was more calm. He looked at Liu Mingyue and moved his lips, but in the end he didn't say anything.

"So that's how it is. Can your Yin-Yang eyes really see ghosts directly?" Zhu Huai asked curiously, "That sounds amazing."

"Of course. I have double pupils, a trait only possessed by descendants of the Liu family. When I was born, I saw the first ghost I ever saw in my life through these eyes."

Liu Mingyue smiled and said, generally speaking, a Taoist priest with such a pair of double pupils is destined to encounter many evil spirits.

But ghosts can be divided into good and bad. Liu Mingyue is not afraid of ghosts. Although these eyes of his have brought him a lot of trouble, he still does not hate these eyes.

"Master Zhu Huai, let me tell you something."

Liu Mingyue looked around, then came over quietly and showed her double pupils to Zhu Huai.

When he took off his glasses, he revealed a pair of strange eyes with overlapping pupils, which was also the reason why Liu Mingyue always wore glasses.

He said: "Not only can I see ghosts, I can also communicate with them. Even my second uncle can't do this easily."

Liu Mingyue put on his glasses again. His outgoing style might be his nature, but the presence of Liu Er and Liu Xiang made Liu Mingyue so suffocated. Once the people who could suppress him left, this kid immediately started wagging his tail.

"Is it a rare thing to be able to see ghosts and communicate with them?" Zhu Huai noticed the details in his words.

Liu Mingyue answered naturally, "Yes, how could such a thing happen so often? If I could see ghosts every day like I do, wouldn't that be too unlucky?

Bah, bah, what I mean is that, apart from the Heavenly Master, it’s best for ordinary people not to easily get involved in these things.”

Zhu Huai asked in return, "Then why can I see ghosts?"

Hearing his words, Liu Mingyue was stunned. Yes, why could Zhu Huai see ghosts?

But since he was offering sacrifice to his wife, he should not be an ordinary person. This question, which seemed to be a matter of course, was what Zhu Huai had always been puzzled about.

Zhu Huai went on to say, "A few days ago, I was just an ordinary person, but suddenly one day, I could see ghosts."

"Also, I was able to draw spells and learned to catch ghosts without any teacher."

As Zhu Huai spoke, he saw Liu Mingyue's expression changing like paint.

Liu Mingyue couldn't help but ask, "You mean, you were just an ordinary person before, but now you can catch ghosts and even be with a deity?"

Zhu Huai said, "I guess so."

Liu Mingyue stood there, her face full of colorful expressions, which was quite wonderful. After a moment, perhaps finally unable to bear it any longer, she pulled Liu Tianshan beside her and said to him, "Brother, come and see the living immortal."

Liu Tianshan's reaction was to slap him in the face.

"Impossible... Impossible." Liu Mingyue said, "I have the Yin-Yang Eyes, and my second uncle is a fourth-generation descendant. He has been learning how to exorcise ghosts and draw talismans since he was a child."

"However, even I spent so much effort to learn how to draw the evil-repelling spell."

As Liu Mingyue spoke, he became increasingly unwilling to give up. He was as troubled as an ant on a hot pan. Zhu Huai had not expected their reaction to be so intense. "An evil-repelling talisman? I think I've drawn one before."

Liu Mingyue couldn't help but ask, "I want to ask Master Zhu Huai, how long have you been studying?"

Zhu Huai glanced at him, and he asked, "What about you?"

"I studied for three whole days!" Liu Mingyue said, "My brother did the same as me, and he drew talismans that filled half the room."

Zhu Huai was silent. He remembered that he had learned how to draw the talisman to ward off evil spirits in just over ten minutes.

Looking at Liu Mingyue's expectant expression, Zhu Huai did not tell the truth. Zhu Huai said, "It seems like it's been a long time."

"Hahaha, I knew it was that difficult to draw. Most people would definitely need to be in a room with the blessing of tranquility incense to calm their minds."

Liu Mingyue breathed a sigh of relief, but Zhu Huai became a little confused: "What is the Tranquil Incense?"

The atmosphere was silent for a moment.

Liu Mingyue and Liu Tianshan looked at each other, but suddenly said nothing. Seeing this, Zhu Huai changed the subject.

He said, "Where are Yang Yan's colleagues? It's said that there were five people traveling with him. Aside from his girlfriend, the other four all claimed to have seen ghosts..."

"We'll be there soon."

Liu Tianshan had already contacted one of them, his name was Shen Wan, and the other party was also in a panic, anxiously looking for any life-saving straw that could save him.

Liu Tianshan didn't even need to say anything more. The man kept shouting for help at him desperately. He looked so anxious, so he must have encountered something.

The three of them were almost at each other's residence when Liu Mingyue said quietly from behind them, "You must be very powerful. Your talent is greater than mine and anyone I've ever met."

Zhu Huai paused, but saw Liu Mingyue continue, "However, I am also very powerful, my wife, I will definitely protect you."

Liu Mingyue smiles cheerfully, a little silly, but very smart, which is not contradictory.

It has to be said that this personality is very suitable for socializing, and it is indeed very complementary to Liu Tianshan's abilities.

Zhu Huai looked at the brothers and suddenly felt that Liu Er had brought them here on purpose.

Zhu Huai said, "Thank you very much, but if you really encounter danger, I think you should just try to run forward on your own."

Zhu Huai glanced at the little mermaid on his shoulder and the copper coin bracelet on his wrist, and he truly felt from the bottom of his heart that when encountering danger, it was most important for Liu Mingyue and Liu Tianshan to protect themselves.

Liu Mingyue seemed a little unhappy. He muttered something under his breath. Zhu Huai inadvertently heard him say, "Don't look down on me."

The three of them finally arrived at Shen Wan’s house, and Liu Tianshan knocked on the door.

After a long time, footsteps were heard in the house. It seemed that the person inside noticed that there was someone outside the house, but did not dare to make a sound or even speak. He just walked to the door and observed the person outside through the peephole.

Liu Tianshan knocked on the door again. This time, a voice came from inside the house: "Who is it? Who are you?"

Liu Tianshan picked up his phone and sent a message to Shen Wan. Liu Tianshan explained, “Didn’t you say that you have encountered a ghost recently?”

"It's you, you are the Heavenly Master?" Shen Wan said, but suddenly asked a question without any context: "Are you really... alive?"

These few words seemed to freeze the air. Liu Tianshan asked, "It seems your condition is very serious. Open the door. With us here, that thing won't dare to come out for the time being."

"Or would you rather stay alone in the closed room and wait for that thing to come find you?" Liu Tianshan said, "It seems that it also knows your home address."

Shen Wan in the room took a deep breath. With a click, the door opened a small crack, and a pair of bloodshot eyes looked at them through the crack.

Then, Shen Wan opened the door. Zhu Huai looked out and wanted to laugh. Although he felt sorry for the current atmosphere, Shen Wan was covered with talismans that he had bought from somewhere.

If you don’t know, you might think that he bought all the talismans that cost ten yuan each in the TB store, and even covered the door with them. But these things are not only difficult to clean, but are also useless.

The truly useful thing about the talisman is the spiritual power it contains. Liu Mingyue couldn't help but ask, "Where did you buy this talisman wholesale from? It looks quite interesting."

Shen Wan's face froze, and he smiled bitterly: "You may think I'm crazy..."

Zhu Huai said, "No, I don't think you're crazy, but what I want to say is that this thing is useless."

Shen Wan didn't know what to say. During the conversation, he seemed to believe that the person in front of him seemed to have some real stuff. Even if he met a liar, there were three people to share the risk with him.

Thinking of this, Shen Wan invited them in and closed the door without hesitation, as if he was afraid that they would run away.

After entering the room, Zhu Huai seemed even more silent, because Shen Wan not only covered the house with talismans, but also scattered glutinous rice and salt on the ground.

Zhu Huai couldn't help but complain: "Glutinous rice seems to be used to deal with zombies, right?"

Liu Mingyue asked, "You put so much salt in it, are you trying to make the evil spirits feel it's too salty and drink the water to death?"

Liu Tianshan took a look and saw a cross in the corner of the room and three incense sticks stuck on the ground. The air was filled with a strong smell of incense ash.

Zhu Huai also noticed this scene and asked, "What is this?"

The three of them took a step forward, but they saw a photo that Shen Wansuo was offering, and the owner of the photo was the target of Zhu Huai's trip, that is, Yang Yan they were looking for.

Looking at the three incense sticks and the underworld photo, Zhu Huai felt sad. After all, he was still one step too late. Before he arrived, his mission target had already become a black and white photo.

Liu Mingyue asked, "Who is this to you? It's not even the Ghost Festival yet, so why are you putting these things in your house in broad daylight? Aren't you afraid of attracting ghosts?"

Liu Tianshan said: "So, the ghost you met is the person in the photo, right?"

Shen Wan stammered, his eyes wandering. He said, "Yang Yan is not dead, he just disappeared. Yes, he just disappeared. Several Heavenly Masters, you must save me!"

He said this with a panicked look, but even at this point, he was unwilling to tell the truth.

Zhu Huai looked at the photo. Since he was already here, he had no intention of turning around and leaving.

Regardless of whether Yang Yan was dead or alive, even if he was truly dead, Zhu Huai would dig three feet into the ground to pull out the ghost he had turned into. Zhu Huai said, "Yang Yan is already dead."

As soon as the words fell, a gust of cold wind seemed to blow in the room, Shen Wan's pupils contracted, and he stared at Zhu Huai intently.

Zhu Huai continued, "You know he's dead, right? He came looking for you. He turned into a ghost and came looking for you one by one. So... you know how he died, right?"

Shen Wan gritted his teeth, his face flushed, and he gasped, looking very creepy.

However, the people standing in front of him all looked calm. Liu Mingyue turned his head, as if observing something. His eyes fell on the computer on the desk, and he seemed to have discovered something.

Liu Tianshan's expression remained serious and cold throughout, and he didn't look like the man who had agreed to Shen Wan's request without hesitation during the communication and came to his house in person.

Zhu Huai continued, "Even after his death, he came looking for you and wouldn't let you go. And you're so scared of him. It seems like your relationship isn't very good, is it?"

"You, you are talking nonsense." Shen Wan said: "His death has nothing to do with me, nothing at all! If it wasn't me, why didn't he go find someone else?"

"So you admit he's dead?"

Zhu Huai's words made Shen Wan's body tremble, but he slowly lowered his head. After a moment, he actually sobbed directly. The pressure of many days made Shen Wan unable to maintain that expression anymore.

He said: "Help me, it wasn't me who did it..."

"I'm innocent." Shen Wan said, "I used to be his best friend. How could I possibly hurt him?"

When Shen Wan finished saying this, the lights in the room suddenly shook for a moment, and then went dark.

In the silent darkness, Shen Wan suddenly screamed, and the little mermaid on Zhu Huai's neck blew a bubble in displeasure. The next second, the dark light came on again.

"Save me." Shen Wan's psychological defenses had been completely broken, and he begged, "I'm still young, I don't want to die."

"That's what everyone who's done something wrong says," Liu Tianshan said, his tone stern. "How can we help you if you don't tell us everything you know?"

Shen Wan hesitated for a moment, gritted his teeth, his eyes flickering. At this moment, Liu Mingyue suddenly pointed at the computer on the table and said, "There seems to be something in there."

They walked over, but saw that the computer actually turned on slowly without anyone operating it, and a video prompt automatically popped up. It was a video recording left by Shen Wan during his travels.

For some reason, he did not delete the video. When Liu Mingyue walked over, she saw the video playing automatically.

There were seven people in the group, Shen Wan, Zhou Yongchang, Peng Qiu and two other people, as well as Yang Yan and Yang Yan's girlfriend Meng Xun. They were all smiling happily at the camera. The background seemed to be in an uninhabited valley with beautiful scenery.

Several people in the camera stood together and waved at the camera. This seemingly ordinary scene caught Liu Mingyue's attention. One, two, three... seven people are here, so who took this shot?

"We're going out for an outing today. This was Teacher Fan Geng's idea. Thank you, Master Fan, for funding and inviting us over!"

Everyone cheered, and Fan Geng's figure appeared in the camera. He seemed to be the focus of the crowd. Everyone was secretly complimenting him, but his eyes fell on Meng Dai.

It’s a pity that Yang Yan and Meng Dai were standing together all the time and didn’t notice him at all. As the only couple there, the two had a very good relationship.

Looking at this scene, Fan Geng's eyes fell on them vaguely, as if he was thinking about something.

"Thank you, Teacher Yang Yan. If it weren't for you, we wouldn't have been able to complete this project. When you go back this time, you'll get a promotion and a raise, right?"

Shen Wan teased his friend, and Yang Yan also smiled, but his expression seemed a little stiff.

This feeling was very strange. While watching, Liu Mingyue kept noticing something strange.

He was looking for the source of this sense of incongruity, but found that Yang Yan in the camera seemed to be always separated from the crowd for some reason.

He was clearly standing there, but everyone else seemed to ignore him at the same time.

Yang Yan clapped his hands towards the camera, and everyone followed suit, but Liu Mingyue suddenly discovered that Yang Yan's way of clapping was to clap his hands back to back.

The others were clearly standing next to him, but no one noticed that something was wrong with him. Yang Yan's skin was pale, his expression was stiff, and his eyes were always looking at the camera, as if... he was looking at something through the lens.

"Yang Yan, congratulations, we all envy you."

"Yeah, you have such a great girlfriend, and you're getting a promotion and a raise... and you're completing such a big project, all thanks to you."

"If only we could all be as lucky as you."

A group of friends surrounded Yang Yan, seemingly congratulating him sincerely, but upon closer inspection, completely different expressions appeared on their faces in an instant.

Liu Mingyue took a breath of cold air because he saw that during the subsequent expedition, Yang Yan, who was in the team at the beginning, had fallen behind everyone without realizing it.

Gradually, it started to drizzle. Even though everyone was in the front, the camera kept filming.

Yang Yan followed at the end of the team with some difficulty. He shouted and called, but the others left him behind. Finally, in the huge valley, Yang Yan got lost.

"You must be kidding. Hello, is anyone here?"

Yang Yan wanted to take out his cell phone, but found that his cell phone had disappeared at some point. At that moment, he broke out in a cold sweat.

In order to find his team, he began to search for them in the vast forest. He kept calling out everyone's name: "Xiao Dai? Shen Wan, Zhou Yongchang, are you there?"

"Can you hear me? I'm here." Yang Yan said, "I can't find the way. Where are you?"

Yang Yan continued walking and shouting, but he seemed to be completely abandoned in the forest. The sky was dark, and he was completely lost in the rain. At this moment, he finally found his companion, but the person who found him was Fan Geng.

It was Fan Geng who had always looked down on him and had some hostility towards him.

Everything that happened next became extremely chaotic and noisy. Fan Geng was walking with Yang Yan, but when they passed by a cave, he suddenly pushed him down without hesitation!

Yang Yan watched Fan Geng leave. His leg was broken and his body was stuck in the cave. It was drizzling. The vicious side of the people around him suddenly revealed pushed him into the abyss.

He could only keep calling for help. His friends also noticed something was wrong and started looking for him one by one. Meng Dai was very worried about Yang Yan's safety and kept looking for him despite others' dissuasion.

But for some reason, even though Yang Yan was right next to her, Meng Dai seemed to be unable to see Yang Yan and could not hear his cries for help during her repeated searches.

The others seemed to have heard something faintly. Shen Wan in the crowd looked in a certain direction, while Zhou Yongchang spotted Fan Geng who had returned. But for some reason, they all chose to remain silent.

Meng Dai searched for her boyfriend again and again, but she didn't know that just a few steps away from her, Yang Yan was stuck in a narrow cave, constantly calling for help.

It was getting dark, and no matter how much Meng Dai wanted to continue searching, she had to choose to leave.

Yang Yan was left there like that. The screen slowly dimmed, but the cry for help never disappeared until... the videotape returned to the beginning and automatically started playing again.

In front of Liu Mingyue, Yang Yan in the videotape slowly raised his face and looked straight in his direction, as if he was about to walk out of the screen.

Liu Mingyue took a few steps back. His double pupils always made him the first to encounter the strangest things. He quickly said, "Yang Yan is right here. He's in your computer!"

The moment he heard these words, Shen Wan's face turned pale. He almost screamed and ran in another direction. Liu Tianshan and Zhu Huai came up at once. Zhu Huai said, "Where is he? Have you seen him?"

Liu Mingyue was about to speak, but he let out a light exclamation, because he suddenly realized that after Zhu Huai came, for some reason, Yang Yan, who was about to leave the team in the video, suddenly stopped and then retreated back into the team.

Liu Mingyue scratched her head in confusion: Was he serious about taking a half step back?

Zhu Huai raised his head and saw the videotape in the computer. Only then did he realize something was wrong: "This computer doesn't seem to be plugged in. Why is it still playing?"

Liu Mingyue was so engrossed in watching that he didn't notice this at all. Only then did he realize that he had been staring at an unplugged desktop computer for so long.

Looking at the computer that was still running, Liu Mingyue slapped her thigh and said, "This is simply a miracle, brother, this is the legendary new energy computer!"

Liu Tianshan didn't say anything.

Liu Tianshan slapped him on the head.

Zhu Huai asked, "What did you just see?"

Liu Mingyue said, "The video tape inside just played automatically. I saw Yang Yan being pushed into the cave by someone, and Yang Yan looked like he was about to crawl out."

"Maybe he has something he wants to tell us."

As Zhu Huai spoke, he also clicked on the videotape. However, no matter how he tried to play it, the video was always stuck at the very beginning, which was very embarrassing.

Zhu Huai said, "Is there really no problem with this computer?" That's not right. The computer is not plugged in at all, how could there be no problem with it?

Zhu Huai couldn't help but use the most primitive method of repairing electronic equipment. He stretched out his hand and began to slap the computer host.

"Bang, bang, bang!" Zhu Huai slapped the computer, making a loud noise. When he lowered his head and slapped the host computer, the picture on the screen moved. Liu Mingyue said, "My Lord, it moved! It moved!"

"What, really?" Zhu Huai raised his head in surprise, but saw that the picture on the computer screen was frozen again. At this moment, he and Yang Yan on the screen looked at each other, and there seemed to be a hint of embarrassment between them.

Zhu Huai coughed lightly, straightened his back, and said to the person on the screen: "Yang Yan, can you hear me? I'm here to see you."

Yang Yan stared at the screen with his eyes wide open, and heard Zhu Huai say, "I came here just for you."

For some reason, a tear of blood slowly flowed from the corner of Yang Yan's eye. Combined with the paused picture, he looked inexplicably sad.

Zhu Huai didn't know what he was thinking. Perhaps he was crying with joy because someone finally came to uphold justice for him.

Zhu Huai continued, "Don't worry, I'm here to seek justice for you. You can tell me anything you want to say. However, you haven't thought about occupying someone else's body and resurrecting yourself, have you?"

After a pause, Zhu Huai said, "No?"

Yang Yan on the screen did not make any movement or respond. Zhu Huai could not help but frown. He was about to step forward and tap the host again when he saw the screen suddenly go dark, and then all the images disappeared.

Zhu Huai was a little puzzled, and then he finally realized: Yang Yan seemed to have been scared away by him.

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The author has something to say: Zhu Huai: Don’t worry, I’m here to find (save) you

Yang Yan heard: Hey brother, this person next to me can't eat ghosts, come over here, don't worry, he really won't do anything to you, come over here quickly [starry eyes]