Xue Huan began to call back Rui'er's soul, but failed after several attempts. She could sense his soul, but she just couldn't call it back, as if his soul was trapped somewhere.

It seems that she has to go there in person.

The longer they delayed, the lower the chances of the child's soul returning, so Xue Huan immediately said, "Please wait a moment. I'll be back soon."

She went to the backyard and used the teleportation talisman to disappear in an instant.

When she reappeared, she came to a dilapidated courtyard. There was a piece of paper on the wall, which read: This house is only priced at forty taels. Hurry if you want to buy it. No time left.

Although the courtyard before me was run-down, it looked quite large. And yet it was only sold for forty taels? However, judging by the worn-out state of the paper, it had been there for quite a while, yet it still hadn't been taken down. It seemed it hadn't been sold yet.

Forty taels of silver alone would be enough to cover my investment in the land, so why hasn't this house been sold yet? There must be something fishy going on.

The copper lock on the gate was broken, revealing a gap in the middle that was wide enough for a child to squeeze through. Looking through the gap, the scene inside was desolate and barren.

Xue Huan gathered her spiritual energy into her eyes and saw a scene that ordinary people could not see.

A dark and gloomy aura lingered above the house, occasionally gathering into terrifying shapes that were frightening.

Xue Huan jumped over the courtyard wall and the first thing she saw was the screen wall at the entrance, where the black air was the thickest.

It seems that the negative energy in the house is emitted from here.

Could it be that there was a ghost hiding in here? It seemed that her chance to earn merit had come.

Xue Huan did not approach rashly, but searched everywhere in the house first. She did not see Rui'er's soul that had left his body. It seemed that it could only be in that screen wall.

She casually broke off a willow branch and hit the screen wall with it.

Before the attack could reach him, the screen wall collapsed first, and a female ghost in a scarlet dress and a green skirt stood in mid-air. In her arms was a boy of seven or eight years old, who was Rui'er.

The female ghost revealed her appearance in life, with delicate features and waist-length hair. She was indeed a pretty lady, but her dress was covered in whip marks, making it look rather tattered.

Although she was filled with negative energy, she was not entangled in the sin of killing, which meant that she had never killed anyone.

For such evil spirits, Xue Huan usually chooses to liberate them.

"What's your name?" Xue Huan asked, using courtesy first and then force.

The female ghost snorted coldly: "Are you here for this little ghost?"

Xue Huan nodded: "That's right, if you let him go, this drop of Yellow Spring Water will be yours, how about it?"

She stretched out her hand, and in her palm was suspended a drop of bright yellow water, with the texture of an amber bee. It was exactly what was left over from the resurrection pill she had made before.

There is not much Yellow Spring water left, only a few drops.

In addition to the strange effects mentioned above, Yellow Spring Water has another strange effect, which is that it can make ghosts' bodies solid and not afraid of sunlight.

The female ghost seemed to appear in the sunlight openly, but in fact, there was a thick yin energy shrouding her head, like a protective shield covering her, which could greatly reduce the damage caused by the sunlight on her body.

But it is not possible to be completely immune.

Moreover, condensing these negative energies is also a huge drain on her.

Seeing the drop of Yellow Spring water at this moment, the female ghost intuitively felt that the drop of water would be of great use to her. She was irresistibly attracted to it and stared at it without blinking.

Obviously, he was moved.

It's good that she's moved. It would be best if she could rescue the person without any fighting. Xue Huan also doesn't want to fight with the female ghost, so as not to accidentally hurt little Rui'er.

After all, once the soul leaves the body, it becomes very fragile and can be easily blown away by a strong gust of wind.

The female ghost thought about it for a while and agreed. After all, she took the child's soul just to amuse him. Even if the man didn't come, she would let him go when the time came.

"Okay, but you have to give me that drop of water first." The female ghost licked her lips.

Xue Huan shook her head. "What if you take the Yellow Spring Water but don't return Rui'er's soul to me? How about this? I'll count to three, and we both let go and throw the things to each other at the same time. How about that?"

Female ghost: "Yes."

"One, two, three--" As Xue Huan finished speaking, she shot the drop of Yellow Spring water floating in her palm towards the female ghost, and the female ghost also pushed Rui'er's soul over.

Xue Huan caught Rui'er and put him into the soul-nourishing bag.

The female ghost opened her mouth and swallowed the Yellow Spring Water directly.

Soon, her figure became much more solid. Originally, she looked light and weightless, which made people easily think of her as a ghost, but now, she looked just like a normal person.

The ghost girl stretched her body, landed on the ground, and tried to take a few steps. If you ignore the fact that she had no shadow, she looked like a human being.

Xue Huan took out pieces of delicate paper clothing and a brazier. As she lit the fire, she asked the ghost's name again, but this time added, "I'll burn some clothes for you to wear."

The female ghost was silent for a moment, "Aster."

"Aster, this name is very nice." Xue Huan praised and threw the paper clothes into the brazier to burn for Aster.

The paper clothes burned to ashes, but on the other side, Aster received several gorgeous dresses.

She transformed herself, and her tattered clothes turned into a purple skirt.

Afterwards, Xue Huan prepared some food and drinks for Ziyuan.

After being a ghost for so many years, Ziyuan finally tasted the delicious food of the human world again and was so moved that she cried.

Afterwards, he started to complain to Xue Huan.

"...I'm so unlucky. I caught Madam having a secret meeting with her cousin from her natal family, and Madam found out. She was afraid I would reveal her secret, so she sealed me in the screen wall..."

Recalling the experience of being sealed alive, Ziyuan's face was filled with horror. So many years have passed, but the shadow still remains.

Because the corpse had been embedded in the screen wall, she was unable to leave the house. Over time, her resentment grew.

She turned into an evil ghost, but at first she could not leave the screen wall and could only scare people near it. Over time, this originally exquisite house turned into a haunted house.

This house was originally the villa of Ziwan's wife. After it was haunted, the wife felt guilty and suspected that Ziwan's ghost was lingering around, so she invited Taoist priests and monks to perform several rituals and pasted talismans on the screen wall to calm the soul to prevent Ziwan's ghost from coming out.

After that, the lady didn't dare come here anymore and wanted to sell the house. Because of the rumors of haunting, the house was sold at 20% less than the original price. However, not long after the family who bought the house moved in, they also encountered all kinds of strange and supernatural things.

The family did not dare to live there anymore, and the house was sold again at a low price.

After being sold several times, no one was interested in the house anymore and it gradually fell into disrepair.